VOL. 2.
N EX ANA. ALASKA, SATURDAY. SEI'T. '22. I'll:
Nl'.MMKU 1.
GERMANY APPROVES MOVE
BRITISH RETAIN NEW WESTERN GAINS
ALLIES BOMBARD GERMAN BASE IN FLANDERS
London—The German naval
works at Ostend were born
barded early this morning by a
squadro/ of British warships,
assisted by war planes. The
attack was strongly resisted by
German defending planes and
shore batteries, but the report
of the attacking force indicates
that satisfactory results were
obtained. Three of the Ger
man planes were brought down
by British airmen.
DISTRICT ORGANIZED;
DIRECTOR^™
The Nenana School district!
was established on Tuesday,!
at the election held for the
purpose of ascertaining the
wishes of the voters on thatj
question. Two hundred seven
votes were cast for establish
ing the district and there was!
no opposition whatever in evi-i
denee, not a single vote haGngj
been cast against the propposi-j
tion.
At the same time a board of
five school directors was clios-j
en from among the eight can
didates who entered the race. j
The successful candidates, with !
the number of votes received by
each, were: Geo. W. Pen-;
nington. 247; dohn Brevig. I
246; J. I). O'Neill. 225; Carl
Schmidt, 172; Mrs. M. J. j
Sweeney, 167. The other can
didates were: Dr. David More,
160; Fred Major, 137; Sanova
Cooney, 58.
A total of 305 votes were
cast, of which number, seven
were thrown out because six
candidates were voted for in
stead ot five. a minuter or
"plunkers" were cast.
The election board, appoint
ed by Judge Bunnell, consisted
of Thos. Riggs,Jr. Robert E.
Burns and James Hagan. The
officers presiding over the elec-,
tion were W. H. (irigg. Henry]
Baatz and Willian Strait. The
election was held at the town
site office.
The territorial law under]
which the election was held,
requires that the directors meet
immediately for the purpose
of organizing and making prep
arations for the opening of
school, which involves the levy
ing of an assessment against
real and personal property j
for the purpose of raising'
sufficient funds to defray twen
ty-five per cent of the cost of
conducting the scholl for the
term. The other funds needed,
or seventy-five per cent, are sup
plied by the territory, provid
ed the cost of maintenance dot's
not exceed $15,000.
The contract for build
ing the school was let on Tues
day to Chas. Mayben and the
work must lx* completed within
tliiry days. The funds for this
purpose are supplied by the j
federal government, being part,
of the refund received from the
sale of lots. When completed;
the school will represent an j
investment of approximately ■
$10,000. It is to be a one-story j
structure, patterned after Out
side school buildings of modern
construction.
The school equipment, for
the present, will include desks
which were shipped into the
country In* the government, for
one of the government schools
and which have been at the mis
sion for some time. Permission
to use the desks and seats was
obtained from Superintendent
Geo. Boulter, of the bureau of
education , in a wire sent to
Mrs. M. J. Cooney, during the
week. Mrs. Cooney, who was
one of the members of the
school committee appointed to
make such arrangements as
might be necessary to hasten
the commencement of the school
term took this matter up with
Mr. Boulter when he was in
Xenana a short time ago. and
the telegram received on Thurs
day contains formal permission
to use the equipment. The wire
reads as follows: "Mrs. Cooney
school committee. Desk seats
etc. property of federal govern
ment. stored at mission are
hereby loaned to territorial
school. Send me statement
of property received by com
mittee. Boulter, bureau of
education.*’
Books were ordered some
time ago. through the Alaskan
Engineering commission, and
some of them, at least, are ex
pected before the close of nav
igation. Some of the books,
which could not be obtained
on the coast, will be shipped
in over the trail as soon as
they arrive from the East.
WATER IS LOW
IX CHEXA SLOUGH
Arrivals fr m the upper
river declare that navigation
has closed on Chena slough,
the larger boats now being un
able to reach Fairbanks. The
Canadian was forced t > dis
charge cargo at Chena, and
passengers and freight complet
ed their voyage on the Tanana
Valley Railroad. On the down
trip, the Canadian was 18
. . 1. mel'iior rlwi
from Chena to Nenaua, the
slow time being due to taking
on wood.
PARTNERS SUFFER
PAINFUL FREAKS
Howard Wilson, of the log
ing firm of Wilson & McPher
son. was brought to the hospital
during the week with a broken
leg. the result of an accident
at the loging camp 30 miles
up the Tanana. The break is
a serious one, being described
as a compound fracture. Mc
Pherson is also under the care
of the hospital staff, having
recently had the misfortune to
break his arm.
TANANA ARRIVES
WITH LARGE LIST
The passengers arriving on
the Tanana, which reached port
earlv Wednesday morning,
were: Mrs. 1). D. Lowrey. R.
A. Merrill. H. Steel. John Pier
son. Mrs. Jas. Oldfield, John
Oldfield. John Svedie, Mrs.
j. Svedie. Thos. Sandwich. J.
H. Flower. Mrs. J. H. Flower,
Mrs J. Rush, Ed. Harbor, S.
H. Simerson. A. F. Melerms,
Mrs. Lucy Henekle. Thos. F.
Rush. John Jasovetch. E; Han
sen. Frank Sadwav, A. Kanter.
Miss A. M. Tonseth.
FIRST FIRE HITS
ZACHOW BAD BLOW
The first serious fire record
ed in Nenana occurred on Thur
sday afternoon when the new
Zachow building on Market
'street between First and Se
cond was completely destroy
ed together with its valuable
contents consisting of machin
ery, furniture and a large
quanity of mattress-making sup
plies. The building was a two
j story frame structure Jo x 70
and was to have been as a
; mattress factory and furniture
store.
The fire was discovered by
;Mr. Zachow but not until the
flames had gained too much of
a start to yield readily to hand
extinguishers. And by the time
the big commission chemi
cal arrived on the scene haul
led by hand a distance of three
blocks the building was prac
' tically enveloped by the fin .
The townsite chemical, which
j is being housed temporarily at
, the commission fire house, also
was brought out and the two
machines rendered excellent
service in preventing the spread
of the flames to the Skof build
ing. a two story log and frame
I structure out over fifty from
the Zachow building. Water
| was also used to advantage in
j saving the Skof buidling. a
la crowd of volunteers taking
| up a position on the roof, where
They kept supplied with buckets
of water. Most effective ser
vice as rendered by them.
There was a slight breeze
blowing at the time of the tire,
just sufficient to turn the
flames toward the opposite
side of the street. Sparks were
carried all the way across the
block, where they deposited on
the roofs and awnings of A
street buildings. No damage
resulted from that source,
however.
The destroyed structure was
built by Zaehow during the
past summer, practically all
the work having been done by
him and one other man. The
front was installed only a few
days ago. and everything was
in readiness for the owner to
engage in business when the
entire investment representing
weeks of labor and the earn
ings of a decade, were consum
ed by flames in a few brief
moments. The loss is a most
severe one. the only insurance
carried by Zaehow being just
sufficient to cover the value of
that portion of the stock on
which a balance was owed.
Part of the equipment de
stroyed consisted of a complete
mattress making plant, with
special machinery for trans
forming birch trees into ex
celsior.
MINISTER THANKS
Mrs. Tims. Riggs, Jr., is in
receipt, of a letter from the Bel
gian minister to the United
I States, thanking the people of
: Xenana for their recent con
tribution to the Belgian fund.
At the time the mone> reached
Washington, a wire of thanks
was sent to Mrs. Riggs and the
letter contains a further ac
knowledgement. as follows:
Washington. D. C.
.Mrs. Thos. Riggs, Jr.
I Dear Madam: I have iust
| received the check of $Hd3.!K)
! which you have forwarded to
| me for the Belgian relief.
i I can assure you that Xa
nana's charitable initiative
| touches me deeply and I would
be grateful to you if you would
kindly express my thanks to
the generous doners and espe
cially to the postmistress, Mrs.
Love, and all other sympatbiz-j
ers of our cause in far away
Alaska, now very near to Bel
gian hearts.
Yerv respectfullv vours,
EDW. .CARTIER,
Belgian Minister to the U. S.
CAXADIAX BRINGS
BARGE OF CATTLE
The steamer Canadian ar- ]
rived from Dawson early Wed
nesday morning with several
passengers for Xenana and
Fairbanks and a barge of cat
tle for the Fairbanks market.
The boat started on her return
trip vesterday and will go thru
to Whitehorse.
The Fairbanks Commercial
Club has been advised by Dele
gate Sulzer that his bill sus
pending assessment work in
Alaska for the i>eriod of om*
year, has lieen appnned by the
lower house of congress aud is
now ^ under consideration in
conference. The delegate ex
presses the belief that the mea
sure will be finally approved
early next week. The bill pro
vides that claim owners taking
advantage of the act must make
it known to the commissioner
of their district that it is their
intention to hold their prop
erty.
MINNEAPOLIS UP
WITH LATE <'AIIfK>
The steamer Minneapolis ar
rived from tin* lower river
last night with part of the car
go of the Julia I*, the latter
boat now being on the way up
the river on her third round
trip of the season between
Fairbanks and St. Michael.
NEW NURSES HERE
FROM THE OUTSIDE
Miss Liverson and Miss A.
Billings, trained nurses, arriv
ed in Nenana on the steamer
t'anadian. having come in from
Seattle to accept positions at
the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission hospital.
Max Manger, well-known old
timer of the Fairbanks dis
trict, is on his way back to the I
|interior, having left Whitehorse
today. He spent considerable
'time in Germany after the oiit
| break of the war. and should
jhave many interesting experi
ences to relate.
GRIFFIN INJURED
BY SEATTLE LIFT
E. W. Griffin, former mer-'
chant, was seriously injured re
jcentl.v in Seattle as the result
I of an elevator accident in the!
j Collins building. He was about!
to enter the elevator when it
dropped, catching the former j
Alaskan in such a manner that j
! he was badly crushed.
SHFSANA BRINGS
FARGO OF LI MBER
i
j First class mail arrived from
the Outside yesterday via Fair
banks. A large consignment of
second class mail arrived on
the Tanaua, having come by
way of Dawson, on the all-wa
iter route.
GRADING STARTS
! The work of grading First
street was started this week
by Contractor Lundburg, who
was awarded the contract to
grade the street between A
land F streets,, a distance of.
I five blocks. As soon as ihisj
jwork is completed, a walk will!
be built on the north side of;
l the street.
II. E. Heacock, who has been
with the commission during
the past several months, resign
led his position today and will
leave for tin* Outside tomorrow
! on the steamer < 'anadian.
_
{ The work of building the
i Catholic church was started
j during the week and is pro-.
; gressing rapidly, a large pan
: of the foundation structure al
ready being in place.
j < 'has. Joynt is reported to
have disposed of liis Tolovaua
: tram interests and is now en
; route to the Outside. He was
an up-hound passenger on the
steamer Tanana.
Mrs. F. (i. Noyes, wife of
the receiver of the Washington
1 Alaska hank, spent several
days in Nenana, the guest of
Mrs. W. Adams. Mrs. Noyes
returned to her home on the
steamer Idler, on A\ ednesday.
The steamer ('anadian ar
rived from ('hena this morning
and is laid up here while the'
boilers are being washed. The
boat will leave for Dawson
earlv tomorrow.
; ’ _
Mrs. Frank McGibney is a
recent arrival in town, having
been absent several weeks out
the right of way, where her;
husband is doing some grading!
for the Commission.
Miss Irene Readme. of ti e
'Fairbanks telephone office, will:
spend her vacation in Nenana.
She will arrive here within (he
next few days.
Captain Douglas will be host
tonight at an infonnl dancing
party on board the steamer
Canadian.
The steamer Caska left AN hite
horse today with the following
pssengers for Nenana: Mrs. J.
P. Steel and Miss Lucille Foss.
KAISER HOPEFUL;
LIKES PEACE NOTE
Amsterdam — The reply of
the kaiser to the peace pro
posal of Pope I5em*dict amounts
practically to an acceptance of
the proposition. The emjieror
cherishes a lively desire that
the appeal may meet with suc
cess. He sees in the proposal
a suitable basis for negotiations
which will lead to the estab
lishment of a just and lastin'!
peace. He declares that the
Herman government desires to
find a practical basis for peace
and that fJermauy is ready to
support every possible peace
offerin': of his holiness that w ill
lead to permanent peace. He
strongly expresses the convic
tion that future material power
of arms must be suppressed by
the moral force of the world
powers.
GERMANS COUNTER;
LOSE MANY MEN
London—The Hermans con
tinued throughout the night to
launch heavy counter attacks
in West Flanders, in an effort
to dislodge the British from
their new' positions east of
Yores. Heavy reinforcements
have been brought to the dis
trict to assist in checking the
British advance, but thus far
without result, except an in
crease in losses in men and
equipment.
New York — Passengers ar
riving from England today on
an American steamship bring
the report that five liritisli
steamers, which were being con
voyed across the Atlantic by
two destroyers, were sunk re
cently off the Irish coast by
German submarines. The de
stroyers were also sunk, while
attempting to protect their
charges.
Washington. I). <\ The fav
orable manner in which the
kaiser has viewed the pope's
peace proposal will not swerve
the American government in
its determination to continue
the war to a finish, or until it
is certain that lasting peace is
assured.
Juneau—According to an
nouncement made at the gov
ernor’s office this morning, it
will be six weeks or two months
before the draft drawing will
take place.
Washington. 1). (\ chair
man Flood, of the house forebm
affairs committee, stated dur
ing a conference with Secre
tary Lansing this mornie
that the house probably would
start an investigation of the
Iternstorff affair.
J. Wilson, wood buver for
the American Yukon navigation
company, is making the round
trip on the Canadian.
Mrs. Emma Duke is in Fair
banks. having taken passage on
the steamer Tanana.