A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
Tom Smith, Prop
MOTORBOAT FOR SALE
Herman Anderson has decided to
sell his fast motorboat, the Ankle
Deep. This is the fastest boat in
Alaska and is in first class running
condition. 40 H. P. Roberts engine
"with knuckle joint and shoe made of
pick steel. Will float over 15 inches
■water. Will sell complete outfit,
■with two propellers for $700. It’s
■worth double the money. See Ander
son Bros. & Nerland.
Tab* of all lands at The News office
SIAWSDAIRY
SWEET MILK
Fresh Sweet Buttermilk
Fresh Churned Butter
Phone 139 W
FAIRBANKS, ALASkA
U. S. GRILL
First Class
Restaurant
Second Avenue
Fairbanks
HOTEL
NORTHERN
FAIRBANKS
Only Hot Water Heating System
in Fairbanks
Pool and Card Rooms, Cigars
Ice Cream and Soft Drinks
CARL BERGE, Prop.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Four jackhammers and
fittings; 250 feet of hose; six sets
of steel. All in good condition.
Inquire of Jack Singleton, Healy.
FOR SALE—Good brood sow with
ten pigs averaging 30 pounds.
None better in Alaska. Will be
sold at a bargain for spot cash.
C. N. Creamer, Fairbanks.
The Sporting Season Is Here, Boys!
All the best sizes and brands of
fly hooks, salmon eggs, fish lines,
leaders, fish poles, King salmon nets,
greyling and whitefish nets, cork?,
sinkers. Ammunition and guns just
arriver at Anderson Bros. & Nor
land’s.
Charley Ingersoll left for the
Kantishna on Saturday, with Mrs.
J. C. VanOrsdel and Andy Roth as
passengers. Joe VanOrsdel got away
on Friday on the Moody power boat
and will pick up a quantity of hy
draulic pipe enroute, which was
frozen in last fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Barker en
tertained a crowd from Heaiy at the
Canyon roadhouse on Sunday. Most
of the Ilealy office force attended
and a jolly time is reported.
When other methods fail, try an
advertisement in The Nenana News
r.s. McDonald
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
Facts About Merchant Tailoring
CUSTOM TAILORED CLOTHES are made to your individual
measurement and are sewed and made by hand. The shape, is
worked into the garment. Custom Tailored Clotliis are economical
because they wear longer, look better and cost no more. Well
dressed men have their .clothes custom-tailor-made, selected from
the guaranteed line of all pure wool fabrics.
LET US TAKE YOUR MEASURE WHEN IN FAIRBANKS
LAMM & CO., CHICAGO-IRVING & CO. SEATTLE
OR WE WILL MAKE YOUR SUIT IN FAIRBANKS
T. BERG, Tailor
Opposite Nordal Hotel Fairbanks, Alaska
l
EQUIPMENT SERVICE
NORDALE HOTEL
THE LARGEST HOTEL IN INTERIOR ALASKA
MAKE THE NORDALE YOUR HOME WHILE
VISITING FAIRBANKS
THE E. H. MACK Co.
Successors to St. George Realty Co., and St. George &. Cathcart
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance, Public Accountant
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Notary Public, Collections, Bonding Company, Rents Collected
OIL PERMIT IS GRANTED;
INTERIOR OUTLOOK BRIGHT
The first oil permit issued to an
applicant of Interior Alaska was
received at the Fairbanks office of
the General Land Office on the last
mail. The issuance of this permit
-
is a harbinger, it is hoped and be
lieved, of new development for the
territory adjacent to Nenana.
Immediately upon passage by Con-;
gress of the memorable oil bill, a !
large amount of land was located !
in various parts of the Territory. It
has recently been stated that over
700,000 acres of land has been j
staked in the Territory for the pur
pose of prospecting for oil. From
Juneau to Cold Bay, on the coast,
much activity in oil development is
evidenced by the press dispatches J
from those localities. Some of the •
latest developments in the oil situa
tion on the coast have been the dis
covery of oil indications on Ad
miralty Island, Lituya Bay, Ania
chak Bay, and a further extension
of the Cold Bay district toward j
Bristol Bay. A local company has
been drilling for oil about four
miles from Anchorage and, at the
last report, was down about 200 feet.
That Alaska would witness great |
activity in oil development was
prophesied by Alfred H. Brooks, of
the U. S. Geological Survey, in an
address which he made before the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce in
November, 1919, when he intimated
this activity would be greater than
that which resulted from the gold
industry.
One of the largest oil companies
in Alaska is the Alaska Oil Fields
Consolidated, headed by B. L.
Thane, of the Alaska Gastinau Gold
Mining Company. Mr. Thane is well
known in Alaska and a mining en
gineer of international reputation.
: This company is backed by $3,500,
000 of San Francisco, New York
and Seattle capital, and has begun
the hunt for large oil pools of 45
degrees gravity oil, which Alfred
H. Brooks and Dr. J. C. Martin,
of the U. S. Geological Survey, are
positive can be found in the Ter
ritory.
In the Interior of Alaska, the
Totatlanika and Healy River sec
tions were staked early last spring
and permits applied for. Reports of
oil indications in other parts of the
Interior country have also been re
ceived.
It seems only reasonable that this
vast Interior country should contain
oil sections and should this prove
true, it is difficult to visualize what
proportions this new development
might reach.
That the large oil companies are
interested in the oil possibilities of
the Interior is evidenced by commu
nications received by local parties.
One of these letters received from
the largest oil company operating in
the Territory states that this com
pany will go anywhere in Alaska,
and requests information regarding
properties in the Interior. This in
formation, coming from high au
thority in the oil industry, answers
those who have held the opinion
that the Interior country was loo
j remote for development of the oil
industry.
' In Canada, oil companies have
gone into the Fort Norman district,
in the Arctic, hundreds of miles
from transportation, and are de
veloping that remote region. These
faets tend to prove the statement
that the oil operator will go any
place where there is a reasonabk
chance of striking oil.
The oil permit issued to this appli
cant of Interior Alaska is for the
. Healy section and, in addition to lr. •
dicating early development, has the
value of calling upon the Govern
ment to define just what constitutes
the oil structure of this section and
how extensive it is. Since the form
ation of tl^e Healy and Totatlanika
sections, in which the oil indications
have been found, is of sandstone
of the Nenana Coal Fields, and oc
cupies an area extending into the
Kantishna country, to the west, and
to Wood river, to the east. It fol
lows that if the sections above
mentioned prove to be oil bearing,
a very extensive area of this char
acter is present.
A reference to the publication of
the U. S. Geological Survey on the
N'enana Coal Fields, which includes
the areas in which the oil indica
tions have been found, shows the
formation to be sandstone and shale,
of the Tertiary Age. Several of the
large oil fields of the world are of
this geological period. Also, sand
stone and shale play an important
part in oil formation; the sandstone
being the reservoir for the oil, and
the shale the seal which prevents
the escape of the oil to the surface.
Making a comparison to a teakettle,
just for illustration, the sandstone
is the containing part of the ketlle
and he shale is the lid. Sandstone
due to its porosity, is considered
the best container for oil, although
other rock is known to act in this
capacity. That the oil prospector
will not find oil escaping from the
ground in quantity can be readily
appreciated by anyone familiar with
oil formation. Oil pools are re
tained by the formation in which
they exist and only at a fracture in
the formation can the oil escape to
the surface. In many of the oil
fields development was undertaken
on the geological infonnatio t with
out actual indications of oil present.
The services of the gfedogkt in
determining an oil field and the
most likely place to sink the first
hole are of inestimable value All
the largo companies retain a staff of
oil geologists ard, according to Dr.
George Otis Smith, former director
of the U. S. Geological Survey, in
an article published in the National
Geographic for February, 1920, the
oil geologist is correct 82 per cent
of the time, as proven by tile drill.
The first permit to be issued to
an applicant of Interior Alaska, was
awarded to W. B. Reaburn, of Ne
nana, and the information is given
that others will follow soon. The
permit grants the recipient the ex
clusive right to prospect for oil oi
| gas for a period of four years. T'nc
claim on which this permit has been
issued is located in the Heaiy dis
trict and it is said the surface indi
[ cations are very proimsing. Under
I the permit the first year must be
Ulevoted to the running of lines,
j marking and placing monuments
land such work as will definitely
] show the boundaries of the claim
| The laws relating to oil permits arc
! such that there can be no holuine
of land for an indefinite time with
| out development, and the faet thai
I permits have been applied for and
| are now being issued under the cor.
| ditions stated, would indicate, il
I would appear, an early^ attempt ti
| prove up the Interior field will be
! made.
To what extent the permittee;
are intending to develop their hold
ings is not known at this time, bul
it is rumored that some of those
holding oil claims have only been
waiting to receive their permit;
! when capital can be interested to
I develop the properties.
—
[tALKEETNA COMMISSIONER
HAS RESIGNED FROM POSI
J. F. Majors, United States com
missioner at Talkeetna, has tendered
his resignation to the judge of the
Third division, in antiepation of the
change in administration.
In commenting on the resignation,
the Anchorage Times says that “as
commissioner, Mr. Majors has given
splendid satisfaction and, regardless
of political faith, the people of Tal
keetna and vicinity speak very com
plimentarily of his faithful and effi
cient services.”
Upon retirement from office, the
commissioner will devote his time
to his interests in the Iron Creeii
district.
W. H. McPhee, who left for the
Kantishna several days ago aboard
the Wigger launch, returned to Ne
nana on Sunday on the Steamei
Carl White, and left for Fairbanks
by train this afternoon. He plans
to make another start for the Kan
tishna a little later and will spend
the summer there prospecting.
Kenans, Alaska's Interior Tuel repot
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SOLDIERS AND CHILDREN. 25c
SHOW STARTS AT 8:00 O’CLOCK.
FRUIT FRESH CANDIES SMOKES
BILLY GAGNON’S - UNION BUILDING
CARDS
SOFT DRINKS
POOL
Sheet Metal Work
Plumbing, Heating Plants
Stoves and Ranges
Nenana Sheet Metal Works
PAUL PALFY, Prop. — — New Location on A Street
FANCY BOX STATIONERY
HOLIDAY CANDY IN BOXES AND BULK
PIPES, CIGARET HOLDERS, POUCHES
FOUNTAIN PENS, PENCILS, INK
HIGH GRADE CLEAR HAVANA CIGARS
LEADING BRANDS OF CIGARETS
FAMOUS BUDWEISER BEER
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NENANA STAMPS—25c per 100; $2 per 1,000
lumiuuKu::
ALASKA MINES PURCHASES
HOLDINGS OF WILD GOOSE
Judjre 0. D. Cochran, of Nome,
is authority for the statement that
the Alaska Mines Corporation has
purchased the holdings of the Wild
Goose Mining & Trading Company,
on Seward peninsula. The Alaska
Mines Corporation is one of the big
gest companies operating on Seward
Peninsula, and is under the manage
ment of Chas. S. Funk, of the In
ternational Harvester Company.
Lou Isabel has taken ever the
Joe Mills barber shop. Mr. Mills is
preparing to leave for the lower
river on a prospecting trip.
NEW STAMPEDE IS REPORTED
IN THE KUGRUK DISTRICT
! Advices were received at Juneau
^recently telling of a stampede on
[ Seward peninsula to the new silver
j lead district on the Kugruk river,
j where it is said sensational finds
[ have been made.
The scene of the strike is near
what is known as Coal Mine, about
200 miles northeast of Nome, and
a short distance west of Candle. It
is on the route of the proposed main
trunk line of the Alaska Road Com
mission.
•v i
U. S. Commissioner R. S. McDon
ald returned from Fairbanks today.
Screen Doors
Screen Wire
(Small Mesh)
Fresh Walnuts, 50c a pound
W. A. COGHILL
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