Nenana Steam Laundry
OUR EQUIPMENT COMPLETE DL
WORK EQUAL TO THE BEST mODe IU
J. F. BENNETT.
GEORGE RICH
BLANKEIELD EXPRESS
CONNECTING WITH FAIRBANKS TRAIN.
PASSENGERS BAGGAGE MAIL
Clean Dry Wood for Sale H.olm* of All Kind*
OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL.
Prompt Reliable Satisfactory
STOVES OF ANY KIND MADE TO ORDER
All Workmanship Guaranteed Pertain inf to Heatinf 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.
Fanning 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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LONDON. — Purchasing an auto
mobile in England these days is ;
largely a matter of “futures,” pay- ji
ing for options on machines not yet ;
built. At the automobile show here
recently, at which there were more
people and fewer cars than ever
before. $5,000 was paid for the op
tion on a $15,000 chass's that could
not possibly be delivered before next
spring. The same amount was col
lected by a man for his place among
the first fiftv to whom the manu
facturers of an expensive car are j
to deliver machines soon after the
ft* st of the year.
So many have been dealing in
future contracts with the intention
of selling their priority rights that
one large firm has made its con-'
tracts non-negotiable.
After the second day of the show,
the agents for an American manu
facturer of a light, cheap, popular
car were reputed to have accepted
orders for 38,000. with no delivery
promises. Although pressed to ac- >
jcept more orders, they refused on1
any condition whatever.
Conveniences on the American
cars attracted much attention at the
show. Some of the improvements
that Americans take as a matter of
i
, course are rarely seen on British
'cars. Manufacturers of machines
selling from $2,000 to 84,000 still,
prominently advertise that a self
starter is included. It is not un
usual to see a driver cranking up a
$15,000 ear because it has no start
er.
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WASHINGTON, D. C.—Declar
ing that ‘‘for lack of intelligent
government assistance the truly
treat resources of Alaska must per
’orce lie in idleness," Governor
rhomas Riggs, Jr, in his annua!
-eport, made public recently, voices
i plea for the adoption by the Gov
ernment of a more libera! Alaskan
>olicy. The report said lawlessness,
•particularly that fomented by pro
jermans. I. W. W., and Bolshevik
dements,” was becoming a menace.
“Appropriations are placed at such
i low figure as to preclude effective
oess; rich mining regions are made
jnavailable for lack of transporta
tion facilities; fisheries are threat
ened with exhaustion for lack of
protection; natives, in time of epi
demics, are allowed to die of dis
ease and starvation, and. as a re
sult of laws and regulations, at ev
ery turn appear; the huge Teutonic
sign ‘Verboten," the Governor said,
“The people of Alaska," he added,
“hold out their hand-, to Washing
ton, not as supplicants for bounty,
but in petition to be allowed to de
velop as were the Western terri
tories, now the great Western
states.”
Referring to the menace of in
creasing radicalism in Alaska, the
report said:
“Indications point to a continued
immigration as the result of army
demobilization and the closing of
war-time industries. Alaska is re
ceiving the extremes of the social
scales. On the one hand the fine
young men of the type who devel
oped the great Western states are
becoming evident in increasing num
bers, and, on the other hand, the
I. W. W., alien enemy, and Bol
sheviki. knowing the unprotected
condition of the Territory, are ar
riving in force and making thei/
presence known. The great num
bers of foreigner? in Ala?ka whc
can hardly ?peak the English lan
guage fall easy victim? to the in
sidiou? propaganda of the seditious
agitator. It does not seem right
that the decent, honest, law-abidina
majority should not receive full pro
tection at all times."
The Governor's report deplored
the action of Congress in failing tc
appropriate money for the relief ol
the native population during the re
cent severe outbreak of influenza
in the Far North. There were mort
than 1,500 deaths, chiefly amonp
the natives, Governor Riggs report
ed, and conditions in the interioi
of the country were beyond de
scription. The entire adult popula
tion of many villages was wipe*,
out, the report stated, and hundred:
of children starved or succumbed t:
cold.
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“Despite this serious situation,”
said Governor Riggs. “a bill intro
duced in the senate appropriating
i $100,000 for Alaska relief passed
that body, but failed in the house."
although at the same time Congress
was considering appropriations of
$2 00,000,000 for the relief of the
destitute in Europe and $1,000,000
for fighting influenza in the I'nited
States.
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Great credit was given the Ameri
can navy and the Red Cross for
voluntary assistance during the epi
demic. The report incorporated the
following recommendations:
Reimbursement of the Territory
for money spent for the relief of
natives.
Consolidation of ail governmental
.authority possible in the department
of the interior.
Removal of restrictions on export
of birch timber from public lands.
Establishment of a uniformed
constabulary.
Assignment of naval or coast
guard ships to continuous duty in
Alaskan waters.
Transfer of jurisdiction over fish
eries to the Territory.
Assistance to farmer? by loan of
money and cattle.
Restoration of national forests to
the public domain.
Appropriation for Mount McKin
ley National park.
Increased telegraph service.
Increased appropriation for work
among natives.
Increased appropriations for the
protection of game and the suppres
sion of the liquor traffic.
Increased appropriation for the
establishment of aids to navigation.
Increased appropriations for coast
surveys.
Renewal of mail contract system
for the delivery of mail.
See J. A. Slippern for new rates
on subscriptions and renewals of all
leading magazines and periodicals.
Club rates on application.
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CYRIELE VERHAEGHE
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Public Stenograph? Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
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RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE
Only tbe moil reliable companies
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
Chop Susy, Noodles
AND
Home-Made Bakeiy
Northern Cafe
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f Miners and Prospectors! j
| NOTICE OF CHAN6E OF REG0R0IN6 PRECINCTS f
I 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- |
| nifield and Totatlanika Districts. i
| Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be |
| enabled by this change to do their recording and |
| transact other business at Nenana, which is within §
| easy reach of their mining activities. |
| NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB. |
| J. R. Bowen, President. R. J. Diven, Secretary. I