THE NENANA DAIL Y NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under tjie Act of March 3, 1879.
Hnb of Alaska —_Where Rails and Rivers Meet
Published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streeta. Nenana. Alaska
R. G. Southworth ....Editor and Manager
Mrt. R. G. Southworth ......Circulation
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NEEDED IN 1917-18
An enterprising Chicago lawyer
has discovered a decision of the
Illinois Supreme Court in 1893 to
the effect that any citizen can be
drafted for civic duty. “The public
has a right to the services of all
the citizens.” declared '.he judge,
“and may demand them in all civic
departments, as well as the milit
ary.” That is a princple that would
have saved the national government
billions of money and heartbreak
ing delays had it been applied dur
ing the World War. While the men
drafted for military service were
being killed or permanently in
capacitated for $30 a month, those
who escaped the draft were earning
wages never dreamed of before and
with no danger to life or limb. If
the men receiving $1 a day had
struck for more pay they would
have been branded deserters and
punished accordingly. But the men
at home, earning from $8 a day up
never hesitated to lay down their
tools if they thought that a strike
in avital war industry would bring
them better pay. The government
had as much right to their sendees
in essential industries as it had to
the sendees of the' soldiers in the
trenches. Let us hope that in the
next emergency the draft will be
applied indiscriminately to all.
FISHERMAN IS RESCUED
BY KANATAK MAIL BOAT
The steamer Starr in addition to
supplying the westward people with
efficient service is on occasion doing
much good in lines other than trans
portation says the Seward Gateway.
This was exemplified on the recent
trip when but for the timely aid of
the vessel, Nick Hansen, a fisher
man of Unga would in all pro
bability have been drowned.
According to eye witnesses the
Starr had scarecely cleared the port
of Unga for Squaw Harbor when
a drifting power dory was sighted
by Captain Johansen, the small
craft evidently being in distress and
rapidly drifting ashore. Running in
as close as conditions would permit
the captain had ship's boat lowered
with a line leading from the ship,
to be used in hauling the boat to
the ship, and after many trying mo
ments Hansen’s boat was made fast
to that of the Starr and his rescue
from impending death was accom
plished. After a stiff battle with the
gale the crew and the rescued man
were taken on board. Hansen with
his dory, was taken back to Unga
POLAND PLANS PARK
WARSAW. May 10—The Society
of Friends of the Tatra Mountains
is working out a plan for transform
ing the Trata Mountains into a na
tional park on the lines of Yellow
stone Park.
ITALY SEEKS OIL CONCESSIONS
WARSAW, May 10—Beside:
French capital invested in the Gal
ician Oil Fields, Italy is also inter
ested therein. Italians are negoitiat
ing now with the Polish govemmen'
for a concession of 5,000 acres foi
30 years.
Miss Herman, surgical nurse a
the local hospital left for the coas
yesterday.
TONOPAH BIG PRODUCER
TONOPAH, N«*v. May 10—Ap
proximately *127,636,903 worth of
gold and silver have been taken
from the mines in the Tonopah dis
trict. since 1901, acording to fig
ures compiled by Victor C. Heikes
of the United States geological
survey. Thi3 is the first officials
statement regarding the Tonopah
mines since the region was first
opened.
The ore of the district runs almost
entirely in gold and silver, Mr.
Heikes’^report showing that from
1909 until 1913 only *8.36 worth
of copper and *8.32 of lead was
marketed.
In 1901-2 there were but four
mines in the Tonopah region com
pared with over 25 at present. In
1901 gold and silver worth approx
imately $1,001,754 was marketed,
compared with an estimate of $6,
j 864,690 for 1922.
NEW COMPANY PREPARING
TO INVADE OIL DISTRICT
j -A new organization will soon be
entering the development of the
Cold Bay oil fields in the near fu
ture, according to Ben Poindexter,
who recently arrived at Seward
from the States where he complet
j ed the organization of the Northern
I Oil and Development Company in
j New York City. Mr. Poindexter is
the locator of the ground upon
| which the work will be done, the
i claims being adjacent to the present
j holdings of other companies now in
the field.
Mr. Poindexter for many years
! past says the Gateway has been i
1 dentified with the development oi
various ventures in the north and
j when the government thru open
■ the Cold Bay fields for location he
I was among the first to secure
claims, with choice locations as the
j result in furthering his project he
has made a careful study of oil
conditions in Texas and other oil
fields and under expert advice. In
the near future a party of engin
eers and geologists will arrive from
.the states to select the drilling sites
At a recent meeting of the
; Cordova City Council it was decid
ed to abolish the office of night
patrolman, Fire Chief Nettleton re
I signed, the office of Assistant Fir<
Chief was created, a salary ordin
ance was adopted, a city engineei
appointed, street improvements dis
cussed and estimate ordered for re
pairs on First Avenue from I
| Street to the dock, and an ordinanc*
i will be drawn including all the in
j corporate limits in the fire limits
The following officers were re
i c-ently elected by the Cordova Cham
| ber of Commerce:
President—George C. Hazelet.
Vice President—Caleb Corser
Secretary—Edward F. Medley.
Treasurer—John Muller.
Executive Committee—Nathanae
Greene, T. J. Donohue, Chas. J
Goodall, A. J. Adams, Caleb Corser
Jas. L. Galen and Harry G. Steel.
Tom McKinnon, who passed thn
Nenana on Tuesday enroute to Fair
banks from the Outside, returned t
Nenana yesterday, enroute to th
Tolovana district.
PROSPECTORS WORKING HARD
TO LOCATE NEW PAYSTREAK
Forty-five holes down to bedrock
each penetrating the frozen gravel
an average of fourteen to fifteen
feet is the record of the good work
of two husky prospectors, Lyman
Williams and Matty Matson, on En
chantment creek, a tributary of Six
tymile in the Dawson Country. The
report was brought to Dawson says
the News by Jim Hughes engineer
of the Injun River Express, who
has returned with his ten-malamute
team after a visit to Enchantment.
“Matson and Williams are real
prospectors, the kind that counts in
a new country,” says Jim, “and if,
the Yukon had several thousand of •
that type at work it might turn up!
i
a marvelous new place' camp or
two, soon. You can't sit around a;
stove and tell what’s in the count
ry, and none of that medium or
astrology business goes when it
comes to locating the paystreak. The
things that count are the pick and
the shovel and a little steam boiler j
nd a good strong arm and back and
mind to keep on moving. Those boys
have all that, and I hope they get
it.”
SMALL CARS WILL RUN
IN INDIANAPOLIS RACE
—
INDIANAPOLIS, May, 10—Elev-I
en cars have been entered in the!
the international five hundred mile
automobile race to be he'd at the!
Indianapolis Motor Speedway May
; 30, according to T. E. Meyers,
manager of the track.
| Six drivers have sent in their en
tries. They are Tommy Milton, 1921
champion; Cliff Durant, Ralph De
Palma, Joe Boyer, Harry Hartz and!
Eddie Hearne. Milton will drive a
i car he has built himself. Durant
also will pilot one of the four
machines he has constructed. De
Palma and Boyer will be behind
j the wheels of two of three cars that
1 are being built on the Pacific coast.
! Hearne and Hartz will team with
1 Durant.
Louis Chevrolet is completing
work here on three speedsters. He
has options on eight prominent ]
pilots.
The race this year will be for
cars having a piston displacement
of not more than 122 cubic inches.
The machines in most instances
will be single seaters. Each must
be provided with a reflector so
j that the driver may see another
car pulling up from behind. They
will be smaller in every way than
previous contests. The engines will
i be smaller than the smallest motors
: used for commercial or pleasure
1 purposes in this country.
Representing the Mack Sennett
; company of California, George Rust
’ is a business visitor in Anchorage,
looking over the location possibil
j ities for filmng pictures. Mr. Rust
j came from Cordova where he spent
| some time in the interests of his
J company.
Advices were received in Seward
j i
| recently to the effect that the gas
! boat Virginia IV. had left' Seattle
i for Seward under command of Capt.
Hanson and on arrival at Seward
would be placed on the Kanatak
to Kodiak run, making Seward
about May 12. The Virginia, h was
stated, would handle cargoes be
j tween Seward and Kanatak at a
I $12 rate.
Mrs. W. A. Coghill, who left for
the Outside several weeks ago en
route to her home in England, sail
ed from Newr York last Saturday on
the White Star liner Homeric. She
reports having had a delightful trip
j out and across the country and, in
i spite of the fact that the Homeric
: wras crowded with passengers, she
', was able to secure very comfortable
' quarters with a stateroom all to her
’' self.
I -
| C. W. Felch, one of the best
i known traveling men visiting Alaska
- j arrived from the coast on Tuesday
> and has been busy calling on local
■ merchants during the last several
' days.
dYDER PROPERTY INVOLVED
IN LAWSUIT OVER OPTION
Suit was filed in the United States j
iistrict court, at Ketchikan recently
jy the New Alaska Mining Company
through its attorney, James M.
Shoup. against Charles O. Knupple,
Dan Davis, William McGrew and the
Daly Alaska Mines, a corporation
therein the plaintiff asks the court
lo compel defendants to deed it cer-;
:ain mining properties in Hyder on
which an option was given in April
1919. Although sums much less are
mentioned in the suit, it is said that
the plaintiffs believe the properties
to be worth millions.
The plaintiff alleges that on April
11, 1919, Knupple, Davis and Mc
Grew entered into ' an agreement
with Charles F. Caldwell whereby
the latter was given an option on
the Eleven-Mile group, the Mineral,
Claim group, the Iron, Hosier and j
Eleven-Mile claims, and agreed to
stake all the vacant adjoining claims1
and to turn over to the plaintiff cer
tain cabins and outfits. One hun
dred dollars'cash wa, paid, an addi
tional ?500 was to be paid in 30
days and then $51,400 between that!
time and October 1, 1921, certain
fixed dates and amounts for pay
ments having been agreed on and
set forth in the complaint.
This agreement and his rights.
Caldwell is alleged to have assisted
to the New Alaska Mining Com
pany. the plaintiff. It is further set
forth that on Septen^ber 17. 1920,
the time for payment of the sums
agreed on was extended, and that on
September 30, 1922, the plaintiff
tendered to the defendant in ac
cordance with the terms of the ag
reement, $37,400 but that the de
fendants then refused to transfer
the property, and has since contin
ually refused to give them title.
Therefore, the plaintiff asks the
court to compel the defendants to
carry out their part of the agree
ment and to transfer the claims.
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GERMANY INCREASES TAX
BERLIN, May 10—Foreigners
studing in Germany will have to
pay increased fees on a gold-mark
basis for the coming summer sem
ester. it is officially stated. Students
in the mental sciences will be cherg
ed 120 gold-marks as compared
with 100 last year, and the tuition
for studies in medicine, technique,
and physical sciencs will be raised
from 120 to 150 gold-marks.
MASONS GOING TO CHICAGO
CLEVELAND. O.. May 10—In
asmuch as 18,000 members of the
Masonic order already have made
reservations in hotels here for June
11, 12 andl3, the dates for the
Masonic Groto national convention,
the committee in charge of the ar
rangements estimates a total of 60,
000 members of the Grotto will be
assembles.
Mr. and hfrs. E. T. Sullivan were
among those leaving for the Out
side yesterday. They will locate
temporarily in Seattle.
“EVERYBODY can buy groceries,
feed and supplies WHOLESALE.
Write for free pricelist. Peoples
Grocery, 701 Olive St. Seattle.”
PEOPLES'GROCERY COMPANY
GUNS,
AMMUNITION
and
FISHING TACKLE
Why send Outside for
your RIFLE or SHOT
CUN? Our Prices are
Catalog List
We e*rry THREE MODELS it tit 22
MARLIN—Model 39. Lever Atrios.
Hows Twenty-fin Slmrti
Twen'y Longs
Figlleee Long Rifle—Lilt—$25
White Ivory Sight* plat
Long Barrel* give* ac
curacy to there Rifle*
Also The REMINGTON
AM WINCHESTER
22s., L Lr uo Sperm
Bargain Prices
IN 8-POWER
Binoculars $35.00
W. TAYLOR,
JEWELER
Alaska Steamship Co.
SAFET} SPEED SERVICE
VESSEL Lr. Seattle Lt. Seward Lv. Ancta.
ALAMEDA .May 5 May 11 May 12
NORTHWESTERN .— May 12 May 19
VICTORIA May 19 May 26
ALAMEDA .May 26 June 1 June 2
ALASKA June 9 June 15 June 16
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FOR RATES AND RESERVATIONS APPLY TO
J. H. FLICKINGER, A. H. McDONALD,
Agent, Seward, Alaska Agent. Anchorage
A. A. SHONBECK
ANCHORAGE
LIME, PLASTER, CEMENT, FIRE BRICK, FIRE CLAY
Explosives and Blasting Supplies
COAL OIL GASOLINE LUBRICATING OILS GREASES
MAY and GRAIN
WHERE IS SAM ELSTED?
Postmaster Martin is in receipt :
of a letter inquiring for the present
address of Sam Elsted. The letter
came from the treasury department
through the bank at Fairbanks.
ARMY STORES FOR SALE
An auction sale of approximate
ly five thousand cases of miscellan
eous subsistence stores will be held
at Anchorage May 23 starting at
nine o’clock in the morning. This
sale includes all staple articles.
WANT ADS
MINING GROUND FOR SALE—
Group of three claims (placer) on
Glacier Creek, Kantishna district, j
Nos. 17,18 and 19. (No. 17 worked
out.) Shallow ground, from six,
inches to five feet to bedrock.
Coarse gold. Automatic dam, boxes,
tools, complete camp outfit. For
furthers particulars inquire at News
Office.
FOR SALE—Going Outside. Bed,
spring and mattress, all new; Cole’s
airtight heater; oak dining table;
4 leather seat dining chairs library
table; brass bed, spring and mat
tress; writing desk; hand washing
machine; wringer, tubs, boiler;
screen door; two 50-gal. oak bar
rels.
ED SULLIVAN, B. street be
tween First and Second.
ORDER YOUR
COAL
BY PHONE
Healy River
Coal
Corporation
..PHONE YOUR ORDERS
_ TO THE
railroad cigar store
BILL OF SALE blanks for sale
it The News Office.
LOCAL TRAIN SCHEDULE
rHE ALASKA RAILROAD
rrains leave and arrive Nenana as
follows:
3:00 p. m., Tuesday and Friday for
Seward and intermediate points.
Returning arrives Nenana 6:45 a.
m., same days. *
1:30 p. m., Tuesday and Friday for
Dunbar, Fairbanks and Chatanika
Arrives Nenana 12:30 p. m., Tues
day and Friday.
Pullman sleeper charges: Lower
berth, $4.50; upper berth, $3.50.
Tickets entitle holders to privi
leges Observation car.
Andy’s Express
— AT —
Seward
Will Give Your
BAGGAGE AND FREIGHT
Careful Attention
MEETS ALL TRAINS
AND BOATS
1
William A. Hesse
MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
BOX 1035, FAIRBANKS
Pioneers ef Alaska
Nenana Iploo No, 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting- Members Always
Welcome.
Alfred J. Ghezxi R. C. Mom*.
Secretary. President.
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D. H. WILLIAMS
Undertaking Parlors
Licenced Embalmer
Funeral Director
Anchorage — Nenana — Seward
CHAS. E. BERGMAN
Nenana Manager
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Dealer in Raw Furs
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NEW YORK
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