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BROTHER OF GRIGG
ON DIVERED CRAFT
Mail advices recently received
from the Outside informed W. H.
Grigg, of the Townsite office, that
his brother, Sidney H. Grigg, of
the 20th Engineers, was among the
American soldiers on the Tuscania
at the time that vessel was attack
ed by a German submarine. He
reached the Irish coast in safety,
however, and by this time probably
is engaged in active service in
France.
FOR SALE—Well matched Cross and
Red Fox Skins. Apply Simson's.
The Koland stage arrived in Ne
nana last evening, to days from
Fairabnks, with a quantity of first
and second class mail, also some
freight and express for the local
merchants.
BROOKER’S
CAFE and
BAKERY
YOU’LL LIKE THE PLACE
KETCHIKAN GETS
NEW ENTERPRISE
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The Alaska By-Products Co., of
Blaine, Wash., has purchased from
the Ketchikan Real Estate and
Insurance company, the old clam
cannery site, in Newton, just inside
the city limits, with the intention
of building a modern by-products
plant, which will be ready for oper
ations by May 1.
The plant to be erected is of new
orodorless type, which extracts by
products through a system of machin
i ery known as the Wannenwetseh
system of reduction. The plant will
produce fish-meal and oil only, not
fertilizers. The fish meal is prov
ing a great success for feeding cat
tle in the winter time and the mar
i ket demand at present is grater than
I the supply.
The company operated a success
, ful plant last season at Blaine, and
; the new plant in Ketchikan is to be
operated as a subsidiary plant to
the Bell Island Canning company
interests.
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YARN FUND BALANCE
Fairbanks reports a balance of
$572.20 in the yarn fund. The total
receipts were $1553.75 and the dis
bursements to date have been
,$981.55.
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Close upon the anouncement o:
canneries to be constructed come:
| the information that Juneau is t<
have another one, says the Empire
According to E. R. Jaeger, the can
nery will be operated by W. A
i Estes, an experienced cannery man
; who has a cannery at Bangor, Wash
ington, which he has operated foi
I the past six years.
I The new Juneau cannery is to be
! located on the R. P. Nelson prop
erty which lies along the water front
between Cash Cole’s barn and the
Femmer & Ritter dock. It is plan
ned to have the building constructed
at once and begin work with the
opening of the present season.
It is expected that the output o{
I the new cannery for the first sea
! son will be upwards of ten thousand
i cases, including clams and salmon,
j Sixteen men or women will be em
j ployed at the outset to work in the
| cannery.
Mr. Estes will return soon with
his plant and bring with him two
' experienced clam diggers who have
! been working for him for several
years. Two equipped boats are now
: owned by Mr. Estes and they will
be put in use in connection with the
| catch for the Juneau cannery.
Better than money, because they
earn money.’ Buy a WAR-SAVINGS
STAMP TODAY!
Koland’s Stage
ROUND TRIP WEEKLY
BETWEEN
Nenana and Fairbanks
Carrying Mail, Freight and
Passengers
Make Reservation* at Southern
Hotel
$1,000.00 POOL
Backed up by many of the most
ardent sport lovers of the commun
■ ity, the edict has pone forth that the
going out of the ice in the Tanana
this spring is to see a revival of the
i custom of making a pool on the
i exact .tinute of the breakup. It is
t the intention of the backers to sell
| at least one thousand tickets at a
! dollar each and the total amount
! taken in to go into one royal prize
to the lucky man, woman or child
whose guess is the closest. All tick
ets to be filled in and turned over
to the committee at the Commission
; retail store not later than the 15th
j of April.
The following regulations have
; been decided upon as being official
j A post will be frozen into the ice
' at the middle of the river and this
will be connected by wire with the
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; whistle in the Commission engine
■room. -The regulated clock of Wm.
| Taylor, the jeweler, has been ac
| cepted as the governing timepiece.
I From this the clock in the engine
i room will be set twice each day
| after April 15th. As the ice moves
I in the river it will pull the taut wire
; leading to the whistle, the blowing
i of which shall decide the winning
! time.
| The custom of pooling guesses on
1 the exact time of the breakup in
. the larger rivers is almost as old
i as the white man’s tenure of the
| territory and dates specifically from
; the spring of 1899, when the break
up at Dawson occasioned the first
j pool. After the repressed, confined
life of the long winter, the restless
fever of doing things that bad origi
; nally brought the men into the
(North, broke out afresh with the re
turn of the sun. The drive of the
(desire to take a chance hit the ad
! venturers again and some wag con
; ceived the idea of celebrating in a
I fitting manner the movement that
proclaims to the world that once
more the tremenodus rivers of the
; North are open highways to the
travelers of all races and that again
I the long ice-bound inhabitants of
1 the northern territories have free
: access to the great Outside. Be
I cause of the interest the event has
| for every inhabitant of the country,
f; its proper celebration has become
ja thing dear to all that have winter
j ed in the North.
j Closely following the ice down
| river comes the mail boat, with
;: greatly improved service. Travel
; by launch and river boats offers
| tremendous advantages over the dog
; team and snowshoes of the winter
trails. And the oldtimer in the
j country knows that the way is open
; again for the shipping in to him
| of green truck from the gardens,
'fresh fruit and the thousand and
one delicacies he has been denied
| by lack of rapid transit,
j Likewise, the event has an appeal,
aside from that of commercial im
I portance, to those who love the
'spectacular. It presents one of
Nature’s most interest compelling
I displays and has been recognized as
a thing to see even by the people
of the Outside. In stories of the
. North, the spectacle has been used
repeatedly as a background for in
| cidents in the life of make-believe
characters that have become house
(hold names and the expectation of
seeing this and similar wonders of
nature has added, among travelers
of all lands, to the charm and
(glamour that surrounds the name
i of Alaska.
ELECTRIC PUMPS
DECK PUMPS
FORCE PUMPS
PITCHER PUMPS
WELL POINTS
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TWO MORE ARE
OFF FOR COAST
Former Commission Contractors to
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Make Trip to Coast on Skiis
and Snowshoes.
Henry Alexander and Jim Mc
Sweeney, formerly contractors in the
employ of the Alaskan Engineering
commission here, left Nenana Satur
day morning on their way to the
Suuny South, via the Broad Pass
and Anchorage route.
The men are making the trip 1
traveling light. They are carrying
no supplies, but will live off the
country on their long mush across
the country. Alexander is traveling
on snowshoes and McSweeney is
using a pair of skiis.
Buy That Libery Bond Today.
FAIRBANKSANS PLAN
BIG MILITARY BALL
Adiveces received from Fairbanks
today announce that plans are being
made for a grand military ball, to
be held in the upper town on April
20th. A feature of the affair will
be competetive drills by the several
squads which are drilling in tne up
per town.
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COCKTAILS
Shrimp, Clam and Oyster
Martin’s Pool hall
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