The Nenana News
VOLUME I
NENANA. ALASKA, FEBRUARY 10. 1917.
NUMBER 21
COMPANY FORKING
Many Residents Of Town
Ready To Serve
Uncle Sam
At a largely attended meeting held in
the drafting room of the general office
building of the Alaskan Engineering
commission on Wednesday evening, pre
liminary steps were taken toward form
ing an Engineer company, for service in
the states or elsewhere in the event of
war.
The meeting was called to order by
Thos. Riggs, Jr., member of the Alaskan
Engineering commission, who explained
briefly the manner of organization and
the status of such a company in the army. |
He said that Nenana was the first town i
in the territory to anticipate a call for
volunteers, and that he hoped to see Alas- I
ka first among the units to be accepted,
for he felt that Northeuers would prove
invaluable to the army. He explained
further that it would be impossible to do
more than organize at this time, since it
would require considerable time to train
and otherwise prepare for service.
Mr. Riggs said that he stood ready to
give up hfs position to enter the service
of his country as a member of the pro
posed company, and numerous others of
those present expressed themselves in
like manner, a spirit of intense patriotism
prevailing throughout the meeting.
When the list was presented for signa
tures eighty-seven put their names down,
and several have signed the roster since, j
bringing the total up to 91. The list j
will be kept open until the full quota of
160 names nave been secured.
Immediately following the meeting
Mr. Riggs wired Secretary of War Baker
offering the services of the new company,
but no reply has as yet been received.
CLASH MAY BE AVERTED
Imperial German Government Reported To Have Addressed Com-;
munication To United States, Suggesting Conferene
Believed That Kaiser Desires Peace
TOLOVANA ACTIVE
Prospecting On Brooks
Creek Attracting
Attention
Arrivals from the Tolovana country are
authority for the statement that consider
able prospecting is in progress this wint
er on Brooks creel:, a stream of consider
able size about eighteen miles buck of
West Fork. There are four outfits on
the creek now, and several recent stakers
are thinking seriou-ly of sinking holes
before the water runs. Although the
creek was staked Irom end to eud a year
or more ago, very little work was done
until the present winter and no one has
yet reached bedrock.
J. Ii. Moody, pioneer sawmill man of
the Tolovana, has a boiler cn Bfooks
now and i< down SO feet. Bob Mann also
has ground on the creek and spreparing
to sink as soon as he can get a boiler.
About fifteen plants are working on
I.ivengood, the cliiei producer of the
Tolovana camp. Gus Petersjn is onle
working one boiler at present, his opera
tions being confined chiefly to the Sunny
Bench.
Galbreath, Sampson & Kellv are tak
ing out a dump on their ground on Upper
Liveugood and expect to have their
ground worked out this winter.
Clias. Lind is sinking a working shaft
on the bench back of the town of Liven -
good. In the first attempt to reach bed
rock he lost his drill and was compelled
to sink a shaft 30 feet deep to recover the
string of tools.
Clias. Joynt, former manager of the
Tatiana Valley railroad, has accepted ;t
position as general manager of the saw
mill and tram at West Fork. There is it
possibility that the tram will be extended
to Terminal before the water run*;
Xels Glar tz and wife have opened a
lodging house atLivengood, in the build
ing which was formerly occupied > as a
hospital by Dr. Evans.
The Paul's have added a second story
to their building and are doing a nice
business,
Alabam is freighting tins winter, and
likeall other freighters operating between
Tolovana and Fairbanks this winter, is
using the new Happy trail. It is stated
that tiiere is not enough travel over the
Olnes trail this winter to keep it open.
There is a little prospecting oil Mike
Hess creek, but that section of the dis
trict has ceased to interest the majority
of the people in the camp
JOE HANBURY KILLED
WHILE FELLING TREE
WASHINGTON. D. C.: After a week of suspense following the severance of diplomatic relations
with Germany, reports in circulation in this city today indicate that there is still a chance that war be
tween the two nations will be averted. Germany is understood to have addressed a communication to
the United States, suggesting that the two governments discuss ways and means of preventing actual war
between them.
While information regarding the channel through which the communication has been addressed is lack
ing. it is regarded as probable that the message is being forwarded by the government of Switzerland.
Germany is understood ta have made it clear that although diplomatic relations have been broken, it is
greatly desired by that country that peace be maintained.
The show will begin, as usual, at eight |
oclock, and feature prices will prevail, !
fifty cents for general admission and six
bits for reserved seats.
MORE BOATS ON RUN
TO HANDLE FREIGHT
Traffic Manager Zipf, of the White
Pass company, has announced that sev
eral additional steamers will be placed in
commission during the coming season to
handle the heavy freight shipments that
will begin arriving at St. Michael and
Whitehorse with the opening of naviga
tion. It is stated that the Seattle No. 3
and the Alice will be placed on the run
between Dawson and Fairbanks in ad
dition to the Yukon, Alaska and Tan
ana: the Herman and Louise will be ad
ded to the lower river fleet. The Reli
ance will operate on the Koyukuk river,
as heretofore, the Washburn will contin
ue on the Iditarod run and if sufficient
new business developes in the Inrioko
country the Delta will be placed on that
river. There will also be one extra bc\at
on the Upper Yukon, operating between
Whitehorse and Dawson.
STROKE ON TRAIL
CLAIMS OLDTIMER
The partially frozen body of Emil
Roatcsli, a pioneer resident of Neuana,
was found on the right of way a short ,
distance south of town, on Thursday ,
morning. An examination ofthe remains, j
conducted by Dr. M. E, Smith, showed
that death was due to natural causes, the I
oldtimer probably having been stricken >
by heart disease. The body was found a
tew hours after death occurred.
Funeral services will be held at the of
fice of the marshal tomorrow afternoon !
at two oclock.
SUBS MENACE SEA
Great Damage Done In
New Blockade Zone
Deutschland Taken
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Washington: Reports received front |
Ivloyds today state that tonnage aggregat
ing 85,000 tons was sunk by German sub
marines on the fifth, sixth 'and seventh
of this month. At this rate, the reports
declare, the seas of the world would be
swept clear of vessels in four years’ time, j
One Norwegian ami two British vessels!
were sunk today. Three members of the !
torpedoed steamer Dauntless, which was !
destroyed early in the week, were picked |
up today by a trawler patrolling the Brit
ish coast. They had been in an open
boat five days without food.
N. M. Butler, of Pittsburg, claims to
have received information to the effect
that the submarine Deutschland has been
captured by the British. ‘T have positive
knowledge,” Butler says in an interview,
“that the Deutschland is one of 67 cap- i
tured suhmaiines in one British port. I:
know that the English have captured I
not less than 200 German divers.”
GERARD TO LEAVE
GERMANY TONIGHT!
Berlin: Arrangements have been com
pleted for the departure of the Gerard
party tonight, a special train haying been
placed at their disposal to carry them to
Switzerland.
mined upon regulating the red light dis
trict of that town. All residents of the
district were warned recently that no h- |
quor could be taken into the district and
other restrictions imposed. The federal
officers have signified their willingness
to cooperate with the city authorities in '
the matter.
BRITAIN ORDERS
NEW FREIGHTERS
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San Francisco: Orders were placed in !
this city today bv British firms for three
freighters of 10,0*00 tons each, to be built
here. This is the first time in fifty years
that Britain has placed an order abroad
for ships.
WAR DEPARTMENT
ORDERS FIELD GUNS
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Washington: Secretary of War Baker
this morning ordered the Bethlehem Steel :
company to suspend work on all minor '
orders in their shops, and devote the en
tire resources at their command to the
building of thirty-nine batteries of 4-inch j
guns, thirteen batteries of 6-inch guns
for field artillery, and a number of the
new 9.2-incli siege guns, said to be more
deadly than the German 42cms.
GERMANY TRYING TO
STARVE ENGLAND
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Washington: In the opinion of sever- 1
al officials this morning, Germany is in
tent on carrying out her threat to starve
England out. More than eighty thous
and ton.-- of shipping have been sunk in j
the last three days.
SEATTLE PRODIGY
HELD IN JUNEAU
PIPES INSPECETED;
NEARLY ALL SOUND
As the result of a suggestion made at
the last meeting of the Commercial club,
an inspection of stovepipes was conduct
ed during the week under the direction
of Townsite Manager Ryus, The exam
ination showed that in most cases the
owners of property are watching their
pipes closely as a precaution against fire.
Nearly all the pipes were comparatively
free from creosote and it was necessary
in only a few cases to order new sections
of pipe to replace those condemned.
The inspectors found that the pipes
weaken at the joints where they are in
closed by a safety, and occupants of all
buildings are cautioned to make frequent
inspections of that portion of their pipes
which is concealed from view, particular
ly when there is a joint inside the safety.
It is also urged that the pipes be rapped
frequently with a flat stick, to keep them
as flee as possible from creosote.
FIVE REEL METRO
WILL BE FEATURE
“Pennington's Choice,” a five-reel
Metro feature presented by the (Quality
Pictures corporation, will be the attrac
tion at the Coliseum tomorrow, and those
who have seen the picture declare it to be
one of the best of the Metro productions.
In the cast are seen Miss Beverly Bayne,
one of the most lieautiful and accomp
lished actresses in the world of fildom,
and F. X. Bushman, whose work on the
screen is too well known to need com
ment. Former World’s Champion Jas.
J. Jeffries also plays an important part in
ihe action of the stcry.
The scene is laid in the Canadian north
west, and the drama is powerful and in
tensely human throughout. It is a story
of love, beginning in fashionable New
York, and ending happily in the Canadi
an woods, after a series of thrilling situ
ations.
Joe Hanbury, widely known prosector
and logger, was accidently killed this
week while cutting tiniberon Clear creek,
for the Salchaket sawmill. He was caught
beneath a falling tree.
The deceased leaves a wife and son in
Montana. lie was in the employ of
Matheson, the logging contractor, at the
time of his death.
DAWSON FIGHTEQ
DIES IN SEATTLE
Harry Agee, a colored youth who at
tained considerable local fame in the
early Dawson days as ah exponent of the'
manly art, is reported to have been shot
and killed recently in Seattle. He was
owner of a barber shop and pool room iri
the Puget Sound city at the time of his
death.
Rio de Janiero; The American steam
ship Evelyn was fired on yesterday bv a
Brazilian battleship. Through a misun
derstanding of signals, the Evelyu failed
to come about as requested and a shot
was laid across her bows. She was not
damaged and returned to port immediate-*
ly t«.clear up the misunderstanding:
Bruno CUilinski, a 15-year-old boy, who
is said to have run away from his home
in Seattle, is charming residents of Ju
neau with his masterly playing of the i
violin. He was taken off the steamer
Dolphin bv the Juneau police upon tele
graphic instructions from his parents.
Montreal: A dispatch to the Montreal
Star from London this morning states
that out of 76 adequately armed vessels 1
which have passed through the submar- 1
ine zone from the 1st to the Till of the
present month, German submarines were
able to sink only six.
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Seattle: Geo. li. Holmes and John
Morgan, who disappeared and were sup
posed to have lost their lives whilmin
ng in Alaska several years ago, are re
ported to be located in this city, propri
etors of a thriving broom manufacturing '
business. i
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Berlin: Official notification has been
received here of guarantees of safe con
duct for the Bernstorff party, and Gerard .
has been notified that his credentials are
ready and his party will be furnished an
armed escort iuto‘Sw itzerland.
MRS. RICE MUSHES
DOGS FROM TANANA!
Among the lower river arrivals in Ne
narra during the week are Mrs. John Rice
of Tanana and her father-in-law. George
F. Bemis, well known jeweler and for
mer mayor of the thriving little town at
the mouth of the river. Mrs. Rice, who
is noted along the Yukon as au expert
dog musher, is driving her own team of
nine dogs from Tanana to Fairbanks and
return, and is thoroughly enjoying the
outing, Jiiis being her first trip up the
TananaTiver. Mr. Bemis is also enjoy
ing himself, the experience of riding all
day in comfort, with an expert woman
musher at the handlebars being some
what in the nature of a novelty to the
old-timer.
During their brief stay in Neuana Mrs.
Rice had a number of ladies out with her
team, while Mr. Bemis looked over the
town with a view to placing a stock here.
They left for Fairbanks Friday morning,
and after visiting there a few days will
return to their home down the river.
DAUGHTER IS BORN
TO MAJOR FAMILY
A daughter was born 16 Mrs. Fred
Major last night at the Commission hos
pital. Reports received from the hospi
tal today state that both mother and
daughter are doing nicely. This is the
third birth recorded in Nenana to date.
BURNS OVERRULES
VERDICT OF JURY
The verdict of temporary derangement
which was rendered on Wednesday by a
jury summoned to inquire into the sanity
of Edward Welsh, was set aside by Judge
Burns on the grounds that such a verdict
is not in accordance with the statutes.
The law requires a verdict must be sane
or insane.
JUNEAU PUTS LID
ON ITS RED LIGHT
The eity fathers of Juneau have deter