THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for eniry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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this paper and also all the local news published herein.
The News welcomes Governor
Bone to Interior Alaska and to Ne
nana. We are particularly pleased
to have him with us because we feel
that his coming, so soon after his
arrival in Alaska, means that plans
are really afoot for the adoption
of an Alaskan policy that will bring
relief to the Territory in the shape
of federal reforms that will permit
an encourage development. Even a
hurried trip through the country
undoubtedly will convince the Gov
ernor that something is needed to
improve conditions, and we feel
sure his early visit will help to
speed those remedial measures which
are so urgently needed.
It would appear from the discus
sion of the Anchorage telephone and
light question, appearing elsewhere
in this issue of The News, that the
Alaskan Engineering Commission is
treating all towns along the rail
road alike in the matter of discon
tinuing the operation of public
service plants. But there is a vast
difference, never the less, in the
situation at Anchorage and that at
Nenana. In the case of Anchorage,
the town is large and prospering,
with funds at hand or easily obtain
able, to buy a power plant outrigh*
and with sufficient population to:
maintain it on a paying basis. But
in the ease of Xenana, purchase is
out of the question, and operation,
even on a non-rental basis, is a big;
undertaking;, partly because of the!
limited population, but chiefly be
cause of the fact that the Xenana
plant is not a desirable type. And
in assuming the task of keeping it
in operation, the people of Xenana
are shouldering responsibilities of
very much greater magnitude than
those which Anchorage appears to
have hesitated to assume.
Major E. R. McFarland, head of
the T. & T. department of the
Alaskan Engineering Commission, ar
rived from the coast on Tuesday
and will be here a day or two on
official business. He made a trip to
Fairbanks and back yesterday.
and Carlton, who mushed to the.
coast by way of Broad Pass, left
Seward last night on the steamer,
Alameda, for Seattle. Mrs. Schmidt
writes that they had a splendid trip
out.
The Fairbanks trc department re
sponded to an alarm last evening'
from the Gordon store, where the
awning was ablaze. The damage was 1
nominal.
MRS. D’ORSAY TO TAKE OVER
THE MELLISH STORE
The Mellish Store, and D'Orsay’s
Tailor Shop will both be closed for.
several days, or during the time Mrs..
Printz takes account of stock, and
Mrs. D’Orsay moves in; the reopen
ing will combine the ladies’ dry
goods store and the men’s tailor
shop. The reconstruction and stock
taking necessitate an unavoidable de- ^
lay. The opening of the combination
under the management of Mrs..
D’Orsay, will be announced in a
late.- issue of The Nenanana News.'
INCORPORATION PETITION
PREPARED BY COMMITTEE
The following petition, addressed
to District Judge Chas. E. Bunnell,
was prepared by the Xenana Incor
poration committee at a meeting
held last night at the T. & T. office,
and circulated last night and today
for the necessary signatures, the
number required by law being 6n:
"‘The undersigned, male adults,
bone fide residents of the unincor
porated community known as the
Town of Xenana, Alaska, said com
munity lhaving more than three hun
dred permanent inhabitants, hereby
present this petition, praying for
the incorporation of the said com
munity, and submit the following
information relating to said pe:: • :
“1—The boundaries of the pro
posed corporation embrace: com
mencing at a point of intersection
of Ninth and G streets in acreage
tract in Section 24, Township 4 S ,
Range 8 W.. Fairbanks Meridian,
surveyed 1917, thence, northerly
along center line of G street, a dis
tance of 1510 feet, more or less;
Thence, easterly' a distance of 20
teet to the southwest corner of st.
Mark’s Mission Reserve; thence,
northerly along t)he west boundary
of St. Mark’s Mission Reserve a dis
tance of 2640 feet, more or less,
to the south bank of the Tanana
river; thence,, westwardly along the
south bank of the Tanana river to
confluence of the N’enana ri er;
thence, southerly along east bar.* of
the Xenana river to a point in line
with the center line of Xinth street
produced; thence, easterly a distance
of 2112 feet more or less to the in
tersection of the center line of
Xenana street and Xinth street;
thence, easterly 3428.5, more or less,
along center line of Xinth street to
point of beginning.
“2—The number of inhabitants jf
the proposed corporation is estimated
to be between 450 and 500.
“3—The name by which the pro
posed corporation is to be known is
City of Xenana.
“4—Other facts tending to s’r. >w
good grounds for such inecrpnrat.oo
are as follows: Reason for incorpora
tion of town in the near future is
in the fact that the control and
management of tihe townsite exer
cised by the Alaskan Engineering
Commission must soon be relinc. sh
ed, owing to the beginning if the
issuance of patents to the towuisite
lots sold under the Alaska Railroad
regulations established by the Ex
ecutive Order of June, 1915, which
makes it necessary that a municipal
corporation be organized in order
that the maintenance of streets and
alleys, fire protection and other pub
lic services may be continued for
the benefit of the residents of the
said community. In the judgment of
your petitioners, the main'etanee of
an organized municipal government
existing for all the objects and pur
p&ses authorized by the law of the
Territory of Alaska relating to the
incorporation of towns, should be of
material and continuing benefit to
the community.
“Wherefore the undersigned re
spectfully request that a time and
place be fixed by your order as con
templated by law for considering
this petition.”
The procedure is for the court
to set a date for a public hearing
on the question of incorporation
and then set a date for an election
in order that all male residents, en
titled to a vote, may express their
wish, for or against incorporation.
Incorporation must receive two
thirds of the votes cast to carry.
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THE CANNERY DIES HARD
N'enana, July 28, 1921
Editor News:
After three seasons at the mouth
of the Yukon, the cannery of the
Carlisle Packing Company is order
ed out by September 1st. This is a
regulation passed by the Secretary
of Commerce, after the hearing of
the fish experts, Dr. E. A. Gilbert
and Mr. Henry O'Malley, who made
investigations last summer. (Order
of Jan. 4, 1921, Department of Com
merce, Bureau of Fisheries.)
Surely it stands to reason that
when such a light run as visited the
Tanana this summer, is to have a
toll taken from its ranks by the
:ommercial cannery at the mouth of
the Yukon," some of the needed fish
are not going to reach the spawning
grounds. It is simple logic that it
will be only the matter of a few
years before the salmon will be de
pleted. This is not a matter of guess-1
work on the part of those who have
:he welfare of the whites and native
Alaskans at heart. It is a matter of
>bservation and bitter experience
from what happened on the Copper
River. There was a time in the mem
ory of prospectors of this country
when the upper waters of the Cop
>er River teemed in Salmon. But
ifter the establishment of canneries
>n the Copper River, it was a mat
ter of only a few years before the
>almon run began to fall off, and in
recent years, it is stated, the num
oer of salmon that reach the upper
waters of the Copper River is neglig
ble. One man, who had a paying
fox farm at Gulkana, was forced
to quit for lack of fish food to feed
:he foxes. The Government finally
•eeognized the seriousness of the
situation and by this same order jf
lanuary 4, 1921, prohibits ALL fish
ng on the Copper River and its trib
utaries, until further notice. It was
i matter of stopping everyone from
ratching any stray salmon that might
iucceed in getting up to spawning
grounds.
While it is true there was a rood
'un of salmon for a few days of
his summer, fishermen all along the
ranana say it is a very dishearten
ng catch. Practically all the fisher
nen speak of the many salmon that
show the net marks. The effective
methods pursued by the Carlisle
Packing Company allow few of the
ierv large fish to get by. The Gov
irnment experts who noted condi
tions last summer were convinced of
this.
Yet we are now confronted by a
petition from the cannery of the
Carlisle Packing Company, asking!
that we, whose welfare is being
menaced, sign our names asking that
they be allowed to continue thc-ir
depredations. Of course there will
be some who will sign. The cannery
has brought a few dollars into the
pockets of some, and again there
are others who are not interested
in the prospector, an 1 winter travel
er, to say nothing of the Indian, all
of whom must have their oog team.
Sign? No! Let the cannery get
out of the Yukon, as is the Govern
ment orders. The cannery v ll still
be allowed to fisih 500 yards out of
the mouth. This is good enough f ir
them, but to allow them to remain
in the Yukon means suffering and
deprivation in time to come, both
to the natives and to many of our
sourdoughs.
F. B. DRAVE.
The first private automobile of
the season to reach Fairbanks from
Valdez, arrived from the coast yes
terday afternoon.
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* CANYON NOTES *
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Johnnie Bidwell, of Camp 319.
the largest camp in the Northern
division, is planning a trip to Seat
tle and Tacoma. He expects to get
away for the coast about the middle
of August and will be away on leave
for three months. .
Bert Anderson, assistant to Spe
cial Disbursing Officer Frank Doner,
at Healy, made a trip along the
line as far as Camp 319 last week,
leaving Healy on Thursday and re
turning on Monday.
Changes are in progress at tfne
Pioneer hotel, the plan of the owner
being to have one large room down
stairs. The alterations are being
made by George Smith.
Orville Leech returned to the Can
yon on Monday from Fairbanks
and reports having had a good
time. He returned much improved
in health.
Miss Julia Schnebbe is planning
to take a vacation trip to Ancharage
next week.
Robert E. Bums was at Healy
yesterday on his way to the Mount
McKinley and Shulitna districts. He
will be in the hills ten days or two
weeks.
Misses Jessie Johnston. Ruth Reat.
Julia Schnebbe, Mrs. Helen Kellum
and Messrs. R. S. Donaldson and
Dan Leech spent Sunday at the
Canyon roadhouse as the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Barker. They re
port an enjoyable outing and re
turned particularly enthused over
the meals served by Mrs. Barker
Some of the girls are seriously con
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ROOMS by the DAY
WEEK or MONTH
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Proprietor.
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sidering taking lesson* from her.
Deputy Marshal Bill Butler claims
to be the best dummy solo player
in Healy and is ready to take on
all comers.
Work is being rushed on the
second bridge between Tunnel No. 2
and Tunnel No. 3, ^nd when the
structure is completed it will be pos
sible to lay steel some distance be
yond Tunnel No. 3, toward Riley
creek.
The George Moody launch return
ed to Nenana from the Kantishna
yesterday, having made the run from
Roosevelt in the remarkable time of
approximately 46 hours, including
stops. The launch made a trip up
! the Bearpaw river to Diamond City,
jand then proceeded to Roosevelt, on
the Kantishna river, with the mail.
The passengers arriving included E.
E. Dilley, Herb Ellis, “Doc” Lehman,
i George Wesch, George Herington
and one or two others.
The weekly force report of the
Alaskan Engineering Commission for
the period ending July 23, shows a
grand total of 1,335 at work on the
Government railroad in the North
ern division. The payroll employes
number 892, stationmen, 390 and
stationmen laborers 53. The com
mission also had 146 horses at work
during the week under review.
NEW AMMUNITION just re
recived, including .256 Newton
•hell*. Anderson Bros, it Norland.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Kitchen stove and pipe;
heater and pipe. All for $12.50.
Inquire at D’Orsay’s Tailor Shop.
CABIN FOR SALE
Cabin, furnished complete. In
quire of Fred Maurath at N. C. Co.
LOST—Cameo ring. Finder please
leave at News office.
LOST—Lady’s engraved wrist watch
Reward for return to Railroad
Cigar Store.
WANTED—Information as to the
whereabouts of our father, Erik
Ilartull; last known address was
Nenana. Communicate with Mrs.
M. Silva and Anna Sofia Hartull,
836 15th. St., Oakland, California
FOR SALE — Two pairs short varnn
2-strap slippers. Mrs. Langstrom.
A BARGAIN—Fully equipped hand
laundry and bath house, for sale
cheap. For particulars address
Mrs. L. Gallian, Brooks, Alaska.
FOR SALE—Four jackhammers and
fittings; 250 feet of hose; six sets
of steel. All in good condition.
Inquire of Jack Singleton, Healy.
LOST—Pocketbook containing pa
pers of value to the owner, and
money. Reward for return to AI
Clarao.
FOR SALE—Mule weighing 1500
and two horses. William Smythc.
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MEETS AT UNION HALL
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AT 8:00 P. M.
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Alaskan Engineering Commission
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