THE NENANA NEWS
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Nenana, Alaska, June 23, 1917
The mass meeting held during
the week for the purpose of dis
cussing the school question furn
ished convincing evidence of the
need of taking action immediately
and it is gratifying to find the res
idents and property-owners of the
town ready to render the assist
ance necessary to insure the success
of the movement inaugurated by
Commissioner Riggs.
Nenana needs a school. There
are a sufficient number of children
here now to enable the town to
organize a school district under
any one of the existing laws, and
it is quite certain that the winter
population will show a very large
increase if a good school is estab
lished. Without a school we can
not hope to attract new families,
and we will lose many of those
already here, together with the loss
of business their residence here
creates. Briefly, we cannot make
Nenana a home town without a
school.
As soon as copies of the new
laws enacted by the legislature are
received another meeting of the
people of Nenana will be called
and it is to be hoped that steps
will be taken at that time to or
ganize a school district and make
other preparations to insure the
commencement of the first school
term by fall.
One of the greatest needs in
Nenana at the present time is
cabins—from the very inception of
the town this need has been felt,
and as the summer advances the
demand tor houses is increasing
at a rate to justify the belief that
the growth of the town will
be seriously retarded unless the
home builders become more active.
Building cabins torrent has always
proven a profitable investment in
Interior Alaskan towns and there
is every reason to believe that in
comes from that source will be
equally certain here.
Unless there are more cabins
available in the very near future
the town will lose a part of its
present population and the arrival
of new families wilj be delayed, if
not prevented altogether. Condi
tions in this regard are what might
be termed serious, with the demand
for houses already exceeding the
supply and increasing much more
rapidly. Owners of property please
take notice.
The arrival of the steamer Al
aska on Monday will mark the be
ginning of real railroad building in
the Interior—building on a much
more elaborate scale than has been
possible up to the present time
owing to the lack of rolling stock.
The Alaska is bringing a standard
gauge locomotive, flat cars and a
dragline excavator and with this
equipment in operation the work
of extending the line toward the
coal fields will proceed more rap
idly and much more satisfactorily
to those in charge of construction.
Residents of Nenana have been
urged repeatedly to make their
premises more sightly as a matter
of civic pride. Now they are re
quested to do so as a matter of
economy. It has been pointed
out by a visiting representative of
the big fire insurance companies
that the removal of rubbish and
other inflammable materials from
private property will tend to lower
insurance rates. Need more be
said?
INTERNAL REVENUE
MAN VISITS NENANA
Carl D. Eslielman, United States Gen
eral Deputy Collector of Internal Rev
enue, who is making liis annual trip
through the Territory on official business
spent several days in Nenana during the
week investigating revenue reports and
looking after other matters in which his
government is interested. Mr. Eslielman
came down from Faribanks early in the
week and left for the lower river on the
Washburn. He will visit the Hot Springs
district. Ruby, Iditarod, Nome and sur
rounding country and probably the towns
along the Alaskan coast. This is his
second trip to the Interior count.y.
SOCIAL DANCE
The Coliseum management announces
another of their popular Social "'Dances
tonite after the show, and promises a
most enjoyable time to all who attend.
Admission $1,00, spectators two bits.
A cold storage plant is to be installed
at Douglas for the benefit of the fishing
industry.
Captain Rice, master of the American
steamer Mongolia, from which the shot
was fired which sank the first German
submarine in the war between Germany
and the United States, was formerly an
Alaskan, and was third officer on the
old steamer Ohio when she was on the
Nome run.
Wm. H. Smith
ATTORNEY AT LAW
NOTARY PUBLIC
GENERAL HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
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LOCAL AND WORLD NEWS IN A CONDENSED FORM
Monday*s Bulletin
Amsterdam: Well authenticated rumors
were received here this morning of riots I
in several different cities in Germany. j
!
Senator O. P. Gaustad arrived from j
the Tolovana last night and is spending
the day looking over Nenana. He will
leave for Fairbanks this evening,
London: Reports from General Haig’s !
headquarters state that the llritish forces !
have taken a number of “impregnable” j
German positions in the past 24 hours.
Corona, Cal.: Dent H. Roberts, for
[ nineteen years publisher of the San Fran
cisco Examiner, died at lus home in this
city this morning after a prolonged ill
ness.
Berlin: Bombing squads are officially
reported to have landed from aeroplanes
this morning and destroyed the Russian
base on the island of Runeo in the Bay
of Riga.
Paris: It is reported that the spirit of
revolution is seething tliruout Spain, and
that a movement has been started, with
Senor Alvez at its head, to establish a
republic.
Fairbanks; Clifford Smith, the young
son of former Mayor Murray Smith, was
thrown from a horse yesterday and re
ceived a cut on the leg which required
seven stitches to close.
J. Casson Williams left for Fairbanks
on the Rutherford launch this afternoon
to act as purchasing agent for the Xana
na Valley railroad until John Rapp has
qualified to fill the position.
London: Two zepplins attempted a
raid on the English coast early yesterday
morning. One of them was set afire and
brought to earth by anti-aircraft guns,
and the other disappeared to seaward.
Washington: President Wilson, in a
letter to Senator Borland this morning,
stated that congress must pass the food
legislation bill before Julyl if the nation
is tobe saved from the food speculators.
New York: According to a message
received m this city this morning from a
high Spanish official in Madrid, it is
practically an assured fact that Spain
will enter the war on the side of the En
tente Allies.
Fairbanks: Bob Serafino, a miner
employed by Deep Hole Johnson on Our
Creek, was severely scalded yesterday as
the result of the bursting of a blowoff
pipe. The Gibson auto was sent to bring
the injured man to the hospital.
Wasliigton: According to the official
figures issued byr the British admiralty
the submarine toll of shipping for the
period since February 17th totals 535.
There were 299 vessels unsuccessfully at
tacked during the same period.
Fairbanks: A party composed of W.
G, Tack, mining engineer, John A. Clark
and Dr. Sutherland, will leave for the
Kantishna tonight in the Karstens launch
to investigate some mining property in
which Dr. Sutherland and other local
people are interested.
Fairbanks: Carl Fleischinan, former
Fairbanks boy who has been attending
college in Oregon and has accepted a po
sition on the editorial staff ol a New York
religious publication, was married last
Saturday at Portland to Miss Elsie Haume
sen. They will leave for the East next
week.
New York: An official of the Kenne
cott Copper corporation declared this’
morning that the strike in its copper
properties near Cordova, Alaska, involv
ing 200 operators, has been engineered '
by pro-German interests in the hope of ■
cutting down the great amount of copper j
which is being shipped from these mines
to the United States and is used in the
manufacture of munitions of war.
Funeral services over the remains of
the late Laun Richards were held at the ^
Coliseum this afternoon under the aus
pices of the Pioneers, and the remains
were laid at rest in the local cemetery.
Music was provided by a quintet consist
ing of Miss Jane Anderson. Mrs. R. S.
Hildebrand, Messrs. Momb, Dumholton
and McConnell. Miss Anna Witiecoff
and Mr. Victor Durand accompanied the
singers. The funeral ceremony was
preached by Rev. Win. Thomas.
Seattle: One soldier is in thecitv hos
pital here and fifty-one I. W. \V., two
soldiers and one sailor are in jail as the
result gf a fight which occurred on Sec
ond avenue last evening. A large num
ber were in the eitv on leave and a party
of them resented a speech being delivered
on a street corner. The speaker was
arguing agaimt conscription and a mem
ber of the party of soldiers told him to
“cut it out." Sympathizers of both sides
took up the fight and it rapidly assumed
riot proportions. All available officers
of the police department were called out
and had the greatest difficulty in restor
ing order. The wounded soldier was shot
from a second story window, six shots
being fired and one taking effect. The
soldiers were unarmed. A detachment
of soldiers from the navy yard has been
placed as a guard over the district where
the fight occurred, as the I. W. W. head
quarters are located there and mob vio
lence is still feared. Fourteen of the
I. W. \V. under arrest failed to produce
conscription registration cards and will
be held for failure to register.
Tuesday’s Bulletin
Fairbanks: Ole Bernson died at St.
Joseph’s hospital this morning.
Fairbanks: Everything is in readiness
for the Tennis court dance which is to
be held a', the new court tomorrow night.
Washington: In a speech before the
senate this morning Herbert Hoover
urged the immediate passage of the Food
Control bill.
Boston: For the first time since the
Battle of Bunker hill was fought, the
Union Jack which floated over the U. S.
force there was broken to the breeze dur
ing the recent anniversary parade herein
commemoration of that event.
I’etrograd: It is announced by officials
of the government this morning that the
recent vote of the Soldiers and Working
men party, declaring against a separate
peace with Germany and Austria, assures!
resumption of fighting in the near future. I
Fairbanks: W. W. Pendergast, of the I
Imperial cigar store, has been advised of j
the discontinuance of premiums by the j
tobacco companies hecanseof the inability j
of the premium makers to deliver the I
goods. Coupons are being recalled.
Paris: The German forces delivered a
series of smashing counter attacks last
night against the French lines in the
region of Champaigne, north of St.
Quentin, and near Parrov. All attacks
were repulsed with heavy losses to the
snemy.
Fairbanks: Advices received in this j
:ity yesterday from Falls City, Wash.,
told of the death of A. L. Rutherford, an
ancle of Roy Rutherford of the Indepen
lent Lumber company. Death was due
to the overturning of an automobile.
London: The movement for the estab
lishment ol a republic in Spain is report
id to be gaining strength by leaps and
bounds, according to dispatches received
[rom Madrid this morning. It is also
stated that King Alfonzo is outwardly
passive as regards the situation.
Butte: The electrical workers of all
:he copper properties in this vicinity are
aut on strike, and if their differences are
lot settled in the near future the copper
autput of the nation will be seriously
rurtailed as the properties affected pro
luce fully one-quarter of the nation’s
:opper output.
Fairbanks: The first N. C. stage to
eave for the coast with first-class mail
■inder the summer contract got away
:his morning.
Washington; An official statement
issued bv the Trade Commission this
morning says that at the present ratio of
sinkings the Germans will have destroyed
ten million tons of shipping in the fir .
vear of their submarine blockade. It i ;
also stated that the present output of ti, •
yards of the United States will total six
million tons a year.
London: According to a statement i-•
sued by the w ar department this morning
a Itritish transport was torpodoed in tlu*
Mediterranean yesterday w ith the loss of
63 lives. A Japanese battleship which
was convoying the transport sank the
diver immediately after the.torpedo was
fired and took off the crew and all others
aboard the transport before she sank.
London: A statement published this
morning by the war department announc
es that according to a very conservative
estimate, based on the most authentic
records obtainable, the total German
casualties in killed, wounded and prison- ^
ers for the period of the entire war, up
to June 1st of this year, amounts to 4,
356,760 men, which equals more than
one-half their entire resources in man
power.
Alaska has been allotted twenty candi
dates to the second reserve officers’ train
ing camp to he established at the Presidio
in San Francisco on August 27. This al
lotment was made only after a personal
appeal to the Adjutant-General by Dele
gate Sulzer, and a telegram from the
delegate received this afternoon states
that he is now endeavoring to arrange
that applicants for admissions may he ex
amined in Alaska, eliminating the trip
Outside, such as would otherwise he re
quired. Application blanks have been
mailed to the United States Commission
ers in all towns and districts in the Ter
ritory, as well as to the commanding of
ficers of Alaskan army posts. Traveling
expenses of the successful candidates will
be paid to San Francisco, and thev will
receive $100 a month while in training
camp.
Los Angeles: The towns of Oiat and
Nordhoff, in Southern California, have
been wiped out by a forest fire which
has been raging in that vicinity for the
past several days. Three women are re
ported dead from shock and exposure,and
one of the fire fighters is dead as the re
sult of sunstroke, the thermometer reg
istering as high as 104. The town of
Needles is also reported to be seriously
threatened by a flood of the Colorado
river.
Wednesday’s Bulletin
Fairbanks: George Ota died at St.
Joseph’s hospital at 11 oclock last night.
The funeral will be held tomorrow.
Seattle: Col. Richardson, chairman
of the Alaskan Road commission, arrived
in this city today enroute to his head
quarters in Juneau.
Fairbanks: Mose Dunn, an old-time
employe of the N. C. stage line, was ad
judged insane yesterday and will be sent
to Mt. Tabor for treatment.
Fairbanks: Miss Edith Waite has been
ulvised of the death of her mother, who
passed away yesterday iu San Francisco.
Mrs. Waite has been ill fora number of
years.
Washington: It is estimated that the
total subscriptions to the Red Cross fund
is the result of the 7-dav campaign being
tarried on thruout the United States will
total more than $50,000,000.
London: The woman suffrage measure
.vas passed by the House of Commons
today by a majority of 330 votes. The
neasure confers the same franchise on
vomen as the men enjoy at present.
Fairbanks: G. A. Aarons, manager of
lie Fairbanks creek dredge, has returned
rom Europe and is preparing to begin
lummer operations. He tells a most mi
jrestmg story of conditions in England.
Fairbanks: C. R. Arundel), chief of