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agin '■ Is a- Very Busy Deputy
hal and Robert B. Bums
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U4d» -Court But Soldom
as Result.
j jbe foundation of a com
«rsiup -in- Xenons, there has
ttle -vr-no violation of the
|U)bert B Burns, oemmission
. had ‘ hut- one ease before
two months, principally be
Deputy Marshal Jim Hagen
m on the job n sht and day,
.owing law breakers to get
I io,tJleir work.
ri arrives in Xenaria with
deputy marshal being on
o give the new arrivals ‘ the
over.” 'tf they do not look
o him he tells them that there
?tter climate for them in otu
Vo'ns, ahd none of them ' have
to take the “tip.”
lis connection, the citizens of
consider themselves fortun
having such an experience!
During his career, Mr. Ha
as had an extensive exper
as an officer, especially in
;r towns and new mining
ly back in the early 90’s he
sheriff of Chehalis county,
;ington, for several terms, a
crat elected in a Republican
jv. In the early days of Fair
he was a deputy marshal and
of police. And now he is
ty United States marshal with
parters at Nenana.
-nmissioner Burns was born in
igo and has been a resident
.iaska for the past five years,
ng that time he has taken in
stampedes to Nelchina and to
ana, being among the first in
-e camps, and now be is in
.ana, the first commissioner in a
■n that promises to be one of
most important of the North.
ZENANA, THE
fuel DEPOT”
(Continued from page 1)
he big railroad shops will be at
nchorage. and only a small force
men will be employed in the
‘pair shops in Nenana.
Money Spent This Year.
Of the money spent for construc
on purposes this year, approxi
ately $4o0,000 has been disbursed.
will have been disbursed in the
rterior by the end of - the present
!cal year. This money is for wage?,
id merchandise bought in the Tan
ia. valley, and does not include the
oney sper.t Outside for supplies.
Schools Up to Territory.
The Alaskan Engineering eommis
on will not interfere in the mat
-r of schools, this being entirely
p to the territory. The territory
ust supply the teachers and the
aiding for the school. At the
••esent time little money is avail
id e and it is doubtful if any elab
ate school system or even a sys
m of any kind will be establish
before next summer.
Postoffice In Same Position.
The commission, will not have any
ing to do with the postoffice eith
At the present time the com
- ision is furnishing a small struc
»re for tits postoffice, but next snm
fr the postal department will be
to furnish a suitable build
YOR IS SOURDOUGH
(Continued from page 1.)
futuTe will determine the great
of the town.
“On the other hand, Fairbanks
has mines and other industries that
will be opened up by the railroad
and the landing of eheaper freight
and fuel there. No matter how great
Nenana grows, it will not interfere
with Fairbanks.
Ryus' Alaska Record.
Fred S. Ryus first came to Alaska
in 1905 as a member of the Geo
logical Survey. His first trip was
to Fairbanks and the surrounding
district. In 1908 he went with the
boundary survey of which Thomas
Riggs. Jr., was in charge.
In 1914, immediately after the
f >rmation of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission, he was appointed a
resident engineer and came North.
Before his work in Alaska, Mr.
Ryus had a long experience and
for the past sixteen years he has
been engaged in various engineering
works. Among other projects with
which he was connected was the
water works and sewers of Berkeley,
Richmond, Oakland and San Fran
cisco, California, which fitted him
particularly for the work which he
now has in hand as townsite man- j
ager.
In Mr. Ryus, the people of Ne
r.ana will always have a man that
they can go to with their troubles,
sure that they will be given due
consideration and fair treatment.
DRAFTSMAN NOW
HAS RESIDENCY
STEPHEN SHUMAN IS ON THE
UPWARD CLIMB WITH THE
COMMISSION.
In Nenana. as well as in Fair
banks and Anchrage, friends of
Stephen Shuman will be glad to
.earn that he has been promoted
from draftsman to a resident engi
neer in charge of the first five
miles of construction out from Ne
r.ana.
In 1914, with the first party of
surveyors to come to the Interior
under Thomas Riggs, Jr., who had
just been appointed as a member
of the commission, was Stephen
Shuman. He came as a draftsman.
That winter he went Outside and
worked in the Seattle office of the
commission. The following summer
he returned to Fairbanks and last
winter he spent at Anchorage. Again
this summer here turned and is now
in the Interior for the remainder
of his life.
He was appointed to his residency
the first of this month and is bus
!y engaged with them at the pres
ent time.
RINGSETH PUTS
UP PLACE.
The warm storage building which
is being erected by Paul Ringseth
on the upper end of the water front,
s rapidly nearing completion and
will be ready for the storage of
goods probably before the end of
the seprent week.
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m mu is
it OF WEST
PIONEER BUSINESS MAN OF
THE NORTH 'HAS INVESTED
HEAVILY IN THE NEWEST
TOWN IN INTERIOR ALASKA.
HAS CONFIDENCE
AS TO THE FUTURE |
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PROPERTY HOLDER AND MER-'
CHANT IS BUILDING AND;
SPREADING GOOD CHEER; •
ENCOURAGING OTHERS.
Probably no man in Xenana is i
more enthusiastic to the possibili- .
ties and future of the town than
Ben Simson, a pioneer merchant and
builder of Alaska. Mr. Simson has
invested heavily in Neiiana real es
tate and is now investing more
money in the construction of good,
' permanent buildings that will be
; a credit to himself and to Interior
Alaska. From him optimism radi
: ates. He is not only enthusiastic
himself, but has an over-supply
which he is spreading among those
with whom he comes in contact. He
was among the boosters at the sale
of lots at Nenaraa during the lat
ter part of August, when he pur
chased five desirable lots, and has
been boosting ever since. He has
one new business block practically
ready for occupancy and will have
the other ready before snow flies.
At the corner of A and First
streets, he is preparing the founda
tion for a big one story building.
It will have a 50-foot front, and
the depth will depend entirely upon
how much lumber he can secure.
It will have a big plate glass front
and will be up to-the-minute in ev
ery detail. In this building he will
open up with a full line of ladies’
and gent’s clothing, furnishings, and
in fact everything that can be worn
by man or woman. This store will
be one of the most thoroughly
equipped in Alaska, he states, and
as the town grows he intends to
spread the store out to much great
er proportions.
At the corner of Second and A
streets, he is erecting a two-story
building. This is practically ready
for occupancy and it will be but a
few days until the Arctic Pool
room, conducted by Mrs. Grace Per
usse and Frank Taylor, will move
into one of the stores on the first
floor. The other half of the build
ing is now for rent.
In this building, the lower floor
is lined with steel, while the up
stairs is completely lined with as
bestos. This floor will be used for
office rooms and will be for rent as
soon as the structure is complete.
Ben SimBon is a pioneer from
son in 1898, after which he went
to Nome. He remained there from
1900 until 1908, when he removed to
Fairbanks and entered in business
there. During his early days on
the Seward peninsula he was also
in business at Candle and Council.
In Fairbanks, Mr. Simson built up
a thriving business and also be
came an extensive holder of real es
tate, which he still retains. He is
in Nenana now, however, and says
he intends to stay with it, to see
it grow to the greatest town in the
North.
STORE DEPARTMENT
ONDERJLP, CURTIS
FREIGHT IS COMING IN NOW;
MANY TONS OF RAILS ON
THE WAY TO NENANA.
The Stores Department of the
Alaskan Engineering commission is
under Howard P. Curtis, a sour
dough of the vintage of ’97. Under
this department comes the store, the
commissary, the general mess, and
the freight handling. Mr. Curtis
has been storekeeper for the com
mission since April, 1915, having
been appointed at that time on ac
count of his record as a merchan
dise man.
At the present time the commis
sion has a big warehouse and one
big store building. In the spring
a cold storage plant will be erect
ed and, according to Mr. Bailey,
the division engineer in charge, a
much larger warehouse will be nee
1 essary. In this department, the
commission has its genera! mess in
an old log building, but within a
week or ten days the new mess
building will be ready for occu
pancy.
Although it was expected that the
freight would be in Nenana much
earlier in the summer, it has been
coming slow. Now, however, every
boat is bringing a large consignment
for the government, keeping a large
force of men busy handling it.
Five thousand tons of rails are
on the way to Nenana or were ship
ped from Seattle. Of these 700
tons have arrived and are unloaded
and others are expected within a few
days. As near as can be learned,
there is little hope that the whole
shipment of rails will arrive here
this year.
BAKERY BEING
PUT UP.
Nenana will soon have a first
class bakery. The building which is
being erected on A street by Henry
Rappolt, oFdtime Fairbanksan, is
rapidly nearing completion and the
manufacture of bread on a large
scale will commence at an early
date. The new establishment will
be known as the Nenana Bakery.
Bring in your subscription to the
Nenana News.
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We Carry In Wenam A Full Lins Of
FURNITURE, CARPETS, RUGS, BUILDING PAPER OF ALL KINDS,
WINDOWS, DOORS, ALL KINDS OF MOULDING, CROCKERY AND
GLASSWARE, LINOLEUM, PAINTS, WALLPAPERS, HOUSE LIN
INGS. GUNS, AMMUNITION, FISHING TACKLE, Etc.
Also the Films 6oTemment-Becommendsd
HYDRO-CARBON GASOLINE LAMPS
ANDERSON BROS. & NERLAND, NENANA
Sign Painting and Paperhanging
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T5hQ
Now Open
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Nen ana's New Up-to-Date
Motion Picture Theatre
Watch for Program Announcements
I Send Your Goods to Nenana
I in Care Of
RINGSETH’S WAREHOUSE.
I We will handle them with care I
I and at little cost |
HffSW
SHIP YOUR GOODS IN CARE OF
PIONEER TRANSFER
Office
Terminal Cigar Store
LEON KELLUM
Prop.
SUTHEILANI III
NENANA FOR 0«
SENATOR OF FOURTH JUDICIAL
DIVISION WHO SEEKS RE
ELECTION TOURING INTER
IOR IN OWN INTERESTS, TOO
WILL GO DOWN RIVER
TO NOME IN A WEEK
FEW PEOPLE HEAR HIM TALK
IN NENANA, OWING TO UN
FAVORABLE HOUR AT W HICH
MEETING W AS HELD.
At the Coliseum on Friday nighi,
Senator Dan Sutherland, of Ruby,
addressed a small audience on be
half of his candidacy for re-elec
tion and that of Delegate James
Wickersham. The political meeting
was held after the picture show and
was at such a late hour that few
people were on hand to hear the j
speaker.
At the picture show, there were |
in the neighborhood of 130 people
and of these only 73 rema ned for
the meeting at which Mr. Suther
land was the only speaker. During
his address, some of these people
left. As the picture show was some
what long, and as many of those
present were anxious to retire in
order that they might be at their
work the following morning, the
crowd undoubtedly was smaller than
it would have been otherwise.
In his talk Mr. Sutherland de
voted little time to his own candi
dacy, saying simply that he would
stand on his record in the Senate
and that anybody could investigate
it. With these few remarks, he j
turned to the candidacy of Delegate
Wickersham.
In his opening he devoted con
siderable time to what he termed as
the Democratic machine, which he
declared to be bossed completely
by Marshal L. T. Erwin, of the j
Fourth judicial division. He also j
paid a compliment to the marshal, I
stating that the marshal was able
to control the organization by his j
force of character and strong mind
edness. He reviewed the elect:ons
of the past, saying that every year
the machine and big interests had
chosen a remarkably clean man to
oppose Delegate Wickersham and
each time had tried to oust him
in order that they might be pro
tected.
He refer e to Senat ir Charles A.
So'?.-r, the I>• ii. (■vatic candidate,
as a man haracter and
an honest, u. -hr gentleman,” and
ed ,• infortunate that
ich men a ed themselves every
• years gai ist Delegate
ee of these
”ooss politician-.
The ,-enatoi i i tided his re
j f to the charges
e by tl gainst the
transportat o of the
h. He th it the people
Ala k n ave an able rep
e he. ngs before
he Int.'i-.Sta: i . '.merce Commis
.. tans cannot get
y t . represent them
than Deleg t- vV ; kersham.
therland did
i round N’enana,
places and
camps, where he renewed many old
acquaintances.
He i- n ■. n his wy down the
Tanar.a rivet the lower
river camp nd Nome, where he is
to close thi on behalf of
Delegate Wiekersham.
CASEY BUILDING
LARGE WAREOAUSE
PROGRESSIVE BUSINESS MAN
SHOWS COM IOENCE BY IN
VESTING HERE.
A large and .veil-constructed warm
storage warehouse is -apidly near
ing completion on the waterfront in
the upper end of town and should
be ready for the reception of goods
before the end of the present week.
The building, which is being con
structed for William Casey, will be
26 x 36 feet and two stories in
height, and in addition there is a cel
lar the full size of the building.
Mr. Casey also will construct a
building for cold storage on the
same property and he expects to
have both places ready for occupancy
within a few days.
During the past week Mr. Caaoy
received a large shipment of lum^f ^
her and logs from Chena, the great
er part of which he is using in
the buildings now under construc
tion.
Mr. Casey’s A street building,
which may also be converted into
a warm storage building late'- on,
is practically ready for occupancy
now, being one of the first large
buildings erected on the main street.
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