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Prospectors
F armers
Trappers
Tourists
The Nenana district offers oppor
tunities for prospecting, farming, and
trapping that are unequaled hi any
other section of Alaska.
Gold placers of known value, close
to Nenana, are producing annually sub
stantial amounts, and there are scores
of streams within the district on which
little or no prospecting has been done.
These streams, until a short time ago
almost inaccessible, are now easily
reached by means of the new Govern
ment Railroad, and undoubtedly soon
will be the scene of much mining ac
tivity.
Farming in the Nenana district has
the advantage of a growing season fully
ten days longer than that of any other
section of Interior Alaska. There is
much desirable land in the district open
to homesteaders, and marketing possi
bilities are being expanded steadily.
Fur-bearing animals of the Nenana
and adjacent districts are noted for the
fine quality of their fur, and trappers
annually bring large numbers of pelts
to Nenana and receive for them higher
prices than are obtained for the average
furs of other, districts.
Game of all kinds abounds in the
Nenana district, there are scores of
trout streams easy of access, and the
scenic wonders of the district are un
surpassed. The district is the natural
gateway to Mt. McKinley National
Park, and close to Nenana may be
viewed the largest coal ledges in the
world.
Detailed information regarding the
resources and possibilities of the Ne
nana district may be obtained from the
Nenana
Commercial
Club
HONOLULU, T. H.—One locality
in the Hawaiian islands registers
the greatest rainfall in the world,
while other places almost rival the
Sahara in dryness, says L. V. Dan
gerfield, head of the weather bu
reau here.
The rainfall on Mount Waialeale,
Island of Kauai, has averaged 476
inches a year for the past several
years, said Dangerfield. A higher
record than th'3 was established in
1918 to Puukukui, where there was
a precipitation of 562 inches, while
eight and one-half miles away to
the south the rainfall in 1912 reg
istered only two and one-half inches.
Heavy precipitation on the wind
ward sides of all the islands is due.
said Dangerfield, to the warm, moist
trade winds cooling as they rush
up the steep slopes. This causes
the moisture in the air to con
dense, and when it reaches a suffi
cient altitude to fall in a torrential
downpour.
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DROUGHT IN HAWAII
IS FATAL TO CATTLE
HONOLULU. T. H—Cattle are
reported dying rapidly in the Ko
hala district. Island of Hawaii, as
a result of a continued drought,
j According to stockmen, it is not
,the lack of drinking water that is
proving fatal to the animals, but
the effect of the drought upon the
range grass. There is said to be
scarcely any nutriment in it.
The cattle are so weak when they
go to the water holes that they
become bogged and cannot pull
themselves out again.
Twenty-seven head of cattle are
reported to have been lost in this
way at one water hole.
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i Among the recent arrivals in Ne
nana from the Kantishna district is
Harry Martin, who mushed across
country from the diggings with a
hand-sleigh. He “necked it” prac
tically the entire distance and spent
two nights in the timber for want
of a better lodging place; but the
weather was not bad and he reached
the Government railroad none the
worse for his experience. He was
six days on the trail.
Martin, who went in to the Kan
tishna to drive team for Ed Bart
lett, says that ore is now moving
steadily from the Aitken mine to
the landing at Roosevelt. The out
put of the mine averages about 100
sacks of galena ore per day, which
is about all that Bartlett is able
to take care of with his present
outfit. He has two teams engaged
in moving the ore from the mine to
the foot of the hill, and three four
horse rigs at work on the trail,
working in relay.
1 The ore is moved down the hill
on double-enders, two horses to a
sleigh. Between them, they man
age to prevent an accumulation of
ore at the orehouse, but the work
is hard on both horses and rigs be
cause of the steepness' of the hill
trail.
! The ore varies greatly in weight,
Martin says. Some of the sacks
weigh 100 pounds, and some of
them much more than 100 pounds.
He tells of encountering one that he
could not lift at all.
The weather in the Kantishna.
during the time that Martin was
there, was very good. Fairly mod
erate, not very windy, and only a
normal snowfall. The wind blows a
little all the time, he says, but ho
did not experience any severe
storms. He did not notice the cold
much until he approached the rail
road.
Toward the end of his long mush,
Martin was overtaken by Billy Mc
Donough, who made the trip out
with a horse. Had he deferred his
start a day or two, he could have
accompanied McDonough, the entire
distance, but, unfortunately for Mar
tin, neither was aware of the other’';
plans.
SEASHEILS FOUND
HIGH ABOVE OCEAN
SAN BERNARDNO. Cal.—Orlis
I. Kennedy, an attorney of San
Bernardino, has returned from an
exploration trip on Painted hiii,
north of Whitewater, which is forty
miles east of this city. He brought
with him samples of seashells from
the *,rreat bed of a one-time ocean
that is older than Mt. San Jacinto,
and a story of seeing an old Span
ish musket and Indian water ves
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jsels in an inaccessible place on the
'hill.
Mr. Kennedy plans to organize a
party to return and get the musket,
which he believes is at least 100
years old. To obtain the relic,
somebody will have to be lowered
from a clilT on a rope and then
: swung into what probably is an old
sea-cavern.
Some of the shells, he said, were j
found 2,050 feet above sea level.
He stated there probably were mill
ions embedded in the rock forma
tion.
JAPANESE DOLLS ARE
BANNED IN CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES. — Los Angeles
homes offer no -belter for Japanese
Kewpie dolls. Two 1.000-dozen lots
imported from Japan were turned
back by local custom- officers, who
said the rotund little imitations of
the American variety infringe patent
privileges granted a New York firm.
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Miners and Prospectors! |
NOTICE OF GHANBE OF REG0RDIN6 PRECINCTS f
According to a recently issued Court Order by §
Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Xenana Mining and Re- |
cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon- i
ni field and Totatlanika Districts. |
Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be f
enabled by this change to do their recording and |
transact other business at Nenana, which is within I
easy reach of their mining activities. I
XENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB. 1
J. R. Bowen, President. R. J. Diven, Secretary. I