Nenana Steam Laundry
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WORK EQUAL TO THE BEST rllOIie id
GEORGE RICH
J. F. BENNETT
BLANKEIELD EXPRESS
CONNECTING WITH FAIRBANKS TRAIN.
PASSENGERS BAGGAGE MAIL
Clean Dry Wood for Sale Hauling of All Kmd.
OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL.
Prompt Reliable Satisfactory
STOVES OF ANY KIND MADE TO ORDER
A1I Workmanship Guaranteed Pertaining to Heating or Plumbing.
The Nenana Sheet Metal Works street.
Prospectors
F armers
Trappers
Tourists
The Nenana district offers oppor
tunities for prospecting, farming, and
trapping that are unequaled in 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
Comme rcial
Club
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PEOPLE SCALIER
“The lid has been clamped upon
Hyder, the dance halls are closed
and gambling and drinking have
been declared illegal. When 1 lett,
ten days ago. there were about 125
people at Hyder and about 100 at
Stewart, on the British Columbia
side. If Hyder had remained wide
open for three more months, that
place would have boasted of at least
20,000 people, but now the last
frontier town in Alaska is tight.
' That, in short, is the story of
' Hyder brought to Cordova recently
by H. A. Bowers, tonsorial artist
and mining man.
“Old sourdoughs would have en
!joyed the sight in Hyder as 1 did
at first," said Mr. Bowers to a rep
resentative of the Cordova Times.
••The town was wide open, whisky
and 7 to 16 percent beer were be
ing sold at the many bars. Girls
were there, too. either dancing or
soliciting drinks at the bar. Pianos
were thumped, roulette, blackjack
and faro were being played,
j “Then, all of a sudden, John
Ronan. former senator from Seward
and pioneer of the Fairbanks dis
trict. was appointed deputy marshal
and he received word to close ev
erything.
"Ronan went around and told the
various proprietors that the lid wa;
: on and to forget the past.
"Bang! went the lid. and hun
dreds could not get away from Hy
der fast enough. Many went ti
Stewart, one mile away and ius
across the border. There every
thing seems to be wide open.
I "Hyder is in a hard-rock torn
tory. It is a different camp fron
the placer camps, and all who thin
of going there should be cautious.
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The Model cafe, of Fairbanks, ha
offered four loving cups for the
members of *he team winning the
last curling bonspiel of the season,
which will *tart soon. There will
be a cup for each member of the
winning team.
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| Billy Butler, well-known Republi
can dog musher of the Fairbanks
district, will be in N'enana within
the next few days, enroute to An
chorage to meet John A. Davis,
head of the bureau of mines sta
tion at Fairbanks, who is on his
way back to Alaska after a stay of
* several months in the States.
! C. H. Ward. Chatar.ika mining
man, whent out the line today to
have a look at Nenana canyon.
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SAN* FRANCISCO. — Sixty years
ago the pony express which carried
letters from St. Louis to San Fran
cisco in eight days was inaugurated.
Today plans are being made to es
tablish a transcontinental airplane
mail service, and trail-blazing flights
have been made as far west as
Omaha.
It was a great achievement when
the pony express was started »o
carry the mail to the young but
bustling state of California in ISt'O.
Its inauguration was preceded by
the publication in a St. Louis paper,
in March of that year, of the fol
lowing advertisement:
*'To San Francisco in eight days.
The first carrier of the Pony Ex
press will leave the Missouri river
on Tuesday, April 3, and will run
regularly weekly thereafter, carry
ing letter mail only. Telegraph mail
eight days, letters ten days to San
Francisco.”
The population of San Francisco
and other California towns eagerly
welcomed this service, bringing them
into touch as it did with the states
from which the gold hunters and
other fortune-seekers had migrated.
Ten riders going each way, with
changed horses every 25 miles,
brought the pouches of mail across
the thousand-mile wilderness. The
pony express, with its fast rider.-,
among them ’‘Buffalo Bill (Colonel
William F. Cody), then a young
man. was one of the most romantic
features of th° great Western coun
try. Many were the adventures
these daring riders had. They av
eraged 75 miles a day. but often
covered double that distance. “Buf
, falo Bill” once made a ride of 384
miles when the messenger who was
A-aitinsr was Kiuea. until
by Indians or “sniped* by outlaw.-.
:he pony express riders were ex
posed to death at all times, an 1
they braved rain and snowstorms
as part of an everyday duty.
One of the memorable achieve
ments of the pony express was the
delivery of Lincoln’s inaugural ad
dress in 1861. when all the Western
country was waiting for the mo
mentous news from the capital. The
addres swas hurried to St. Joseph.
Mo., the “taking off place" of the
pony express. Wrapped in oilskin
and put in saddlebags, the address
was started on its way amid wild
cheers. Fresh horses waited at
every ten miles, and the final ten
miles before reaching San Francisco
was made in 31 minutes. The mess
age was carried by the riders a total
of 1.950 miles in 185 hours, an
average of a little more than ten
miles an hour. That was wonderful
in those days.
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letter and the weights range fron
the lightest to heavy.
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ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
stands alone in par-excellence of
service and sanitary convenience.
Turkish, Steam. Shower
or Plain Baths, at
MODERATE RATES.
Rooms for Dressing and Resting
in Connection. Also Rooms for
Rent, Transient or Permanent.
Mr. and Mrs. Heimburger
Proprietors.
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Environment* of Home
Appeal to You,
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OR MONTH.
MRS. BERT JOHNSON
Proprietress
SKOF HOUSE
That’s the Place
GOOD BARN FOR HORSES
IN CONNECTION.
Second and Market Sts.
MRS. JAMES LAV1N
Venana. the Gateway to McKinley
JTational Park.
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| Miners and Prospectors! I
, | NOTICE OF CUAN6E OF RECORDING PRECINCTS |
| According to.a recently issued Court Order by =
| Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- |
= cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon- §
1 nifield and Totatlanika Districts. |
1 Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be =
= enabled by this change to do their recording and f
S transact other business at Nenana, which is within |
| easy reach cf their mining activities. |
1 NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB. §
= J. R. Bowen, President. R. J. Diven, Secretary. |
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