NENANA’S BEST APPOINTED HOTEL
Cooney Hotel and Annex
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A shipment of typewriter paper,
of the standard American brand,
has just been unpacked at The News
office, where it is on sale by the
box or in any other quantity desired.
The sizes include both legal and
letter and the weights range from
the lightest to heavy.
The paper was bought right and
is being sold at a close margin of
i profit.
The News also has unprinted en
velopes for sale by the box and by
the package—all sizes, from baroni
al to legal, white and colored, and
bond and wove.
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Renana. Where Balle and Blvere Meet
Prospectors
F armers
Trappers
T our ists
The Nenana district offers oppor
tunities for prospecting, fanning, 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
Commercial
Club
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PARIS. — Representatives of the
American war department here es
timate that about 60 percent of the
American soldiers buried in France
will be exhumed and taken back to
their native land A little more
^han 77,000 American burials have
been registered by the Graves Reg
istration service and about 71,000
of these are in France.
Not all of these soldiers will be
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returned to American soil, as the
|United States war department pro
poses to carry back to America only
those requested by their next of
; kin. This policy will result in leav
ing in France those whose next of
kin ask that they be left here and
those whose removal is not request
ed. It is understood also that the
unidentified American dead will be
left in France.
Decision by the Franco-Ameriean
commission that bodies of American
soldiers buried in the zone of mili
tary operations may be exhumed
any time after September 15 next
ends a long period of negotiations
between French and American au
thorities. The French government
•desired to meet the wishes of the
j American nation, but entertained
| serious doubts as to the advisability
.of removing the American dead
! from the zone of operations this
jyear, owing to labor and transporta
tion difficulties involving the passing
!of the bodies over the railways and
i highways at a time when the French
1 population was in the first stage of
; its recovery from the economic and
|sentimental strain of five years of
war. The French government feared
j that the granting of such permission
! to America would bring on clamor
ous agitation from other nations for
| similar permission, and that this
would hamper the rehabilitation of
French industrial conditions.
I American officers, however, have
j vigorously urged that the number of
i Americans in the zone of operations
jwas relatively small; that the tradi
tional policy of the United States
jwas to return its dead from foreign
Jsoil, and that the American Govern
iment could do no less than heed tho
[pleas of those next of kin who in
sisted that the bodies of their rela
; tives be returned to their homes.
Fresh Kodak Filins at Thompson's
[Drug Store.
Calling Cards printed to order on
short notice at the News Office.
^HRisnANSCiENCT
Regular service will be held in
the building near the telegraph of
|fice Sunday at 7:00 p. m. Subject,
i “Sacrament.”
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
ha Connection. Also Rooms for
Rent, Transient or Permanent.
Mr. and Mrs. Heimburger
Proprietors.
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FIRST CLASS
in Every Respect
PRIVATE BOXES
JOHN KETOOROKY :j
Proprietor. *j
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CENSUS TO BE
MADE OF SEALS
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dr. G. Dallas
Hanna, member of the staff of the
California Academy of Science, has
just left here for Alaska, where he
will make a census of the fur seals
on the Pribilof islands under direc
tion of the United States bureau of
fisheries.
Dr. Hanna has been connected
with this work each year since 1913.
In 1919 it was reported that there
were 540,000 animals in the herd.
In 1910, when the Government first
took over the operation of the island
industry, there were less than 200,
000. During the time when this
increase was taking place, enough
surplus and useless males were killed
and their skins sold at auction to
provide the national treasury with
$3,500,000 above all expenses, ac
cording to W. W. Sargeant, secre
tary of the California Academy of
Science.
The purpose of the census is
^chiefly to determine how many ani
mals can be safely removed each
year and still provide for a maxi- ;
mum percentage of increase of the
herd. If the increase in 1920 con
-tinues as heretofore, it is said that
there should be about 600,000 of
these amphibious fur-bearers, by far
the largest herd in existence, as
well as a surplus of about 30,000
males which can be killed for their
skins. At current prices of these
furs they will be valued at about
$3,000,000.
“Since the cost of operation will
be less than $200,000, it is quite
evident that this industry is one of
the best, if not the best, financial
enterprises the Government has,”
said Mr. Sarjreant, “and it is capa
ble of almost unlimited expansion,
provided the females are protected
at sea and the surplus males are re
moved from the herd. The fifrhtinK
of such males on the crowded rook
eries causes a lartre mortality amon;;
the females and youn^.
“The carcasses of the animals
killed were formerly allowed to
waste, but last year a by-products
plant was put into operation, by
means of which it is expected a very
superior oil and animal meal will be
placed on the market. The census
,, which will be taken in 1920 will en
able a close approximation to be
made of the quantities of these prod
ucts which will be available in the
immediate future.”
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Phone 73
OUR EQUIPMENT COMPLETE
WORK EQUAL TO THE BEST
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CONNECTING WITH FAIRBANKS TRAIN.
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Clean Dry Wood for Sale Hauling of All Kind*
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WEEK OR MONTH
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HEALY RIVER
ROADHOUSE i
END OF STEEL
LEO RODRIGUE
Proprietor.
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST MONDAY OF MONTH
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Martin Nash,
Secretary. President.
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CARLSON’S
BROAD PASS
ROADHOUSE
42 Miles from End of Steel.
GOOD ACCOMMODATIONS
KENNELS IN CONNECTION
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| NOTICE OF CHAN6E OF RECORDING PRECINCTS I
1 According to a recently issued Court Order by 5
| Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- |
| cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon- f
i nifield and Totatlanika Districts. |
| Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be |
| enabled by this change to do their recording and f
| transact other business at Nenana, which is within |
| easy reach of their mining activities. |
| NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB. 1
| J. R. Bowen, President. R. J. Diven, Secretary. |
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