The Nenana News
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tbe Postoffice at Nenana, Alaska, ior
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Nenana, Alaska, Oct. 14, 1916.
Growth is Rapid
While it is not an uncommon
thing in this country for towns to
spring up overnight, as it were,
the rapidity with which Nenana
buildings are taking form exceeds
even the expectations of those
far-sighted investors who put their
money into property at the time
of the let sale. And the growth
of the town is of a most substan
tial character, the majority of the
buildings now under construction
having more the appearance of
permanence than frame struc
tures usually seen in Northern
towns.
The growth of the town has
been remarkable in every way,
but even greater progress would
have been made had the lot sale
been held a month earlier and if
building material had been more
plentiful. Scores of property
owners were unable to build this
year cn account of unfavorable
conditions and many of the struc
tures and business blocks now in
course of construction have been
greatly delayed, all of which acted
as a check to the growth of the
town. But for that, Nenana today
would rank among the first cities
of the territory in every respect. |
These things are mentioned,
not as an apology for the absence
of buildings that might have been,
but to direct attention to the build- j
ing activity which is to be expect- i
ed with the coming of another sea
son. The indications are that
where there is one building now
there will be at least a dozen a j
year hence. The fact that sixty
four permits for permanent build
ings were issued during the first
two months of the town's exist
ence shows that confdence in the
future of Nenana is not lacking
and the steady advance in the val
ue of property is a further evi
dence of solid growth.
George W. Pennington arrived from
Fairbanks this morning with his launch
Galatea and a load of freight.
Among the Builders
The new Simson building at the cor
j ner of A and Second streets is rapidly
nearing completion and adds materially
to tl:e appearance of that section of the
town wherein it is situated. The lower
floor, facing A street, is already finished
1 and is occupied by Perusse & Taylor,
; who began moving in their stock Fri
J day. The upper floor, which is divided
into offlce rooms, will be ready for oc
! cupancy soon and so will the store
1 room on the main floor facing Second
j street.
Work on the other Simson building
! on the corner of Second and A streets
is also being rushed and by the end of
another week the ro#f should be com
pleted. This will be a two-story build
ing also, occupying two lots.
The Cooney building, which was mov
ed from the waterfront, is now perma
nently settled in its new location on the
east side of A street, above the Coliseum.
Throughout its several days journey
across the town the building was filled
to its capacity with lodgers and the
mercantile business of the firm went on
uninterrupted.
The work of finishing the exter*ir of
the Coliseum building is progressing
steadily. The front of the building
now presents an attractive appearance,
especially on show nights when the
lights are on, and the sides will be
boarded up as soon as the necessary ma
| terial can be secured.
The Thompson building, next above
the Coliseum, will be ready to move
into within a few’ days, This is a two
story structure, with a large storeroom
on the ground floor and offlce rooms on
the upper. Gagnon’s drug store will
occupy the lower portion.
The building owned bv Coghill &
Lescure on A street, near the corner of
Second, is rapidly nearing completion.
The ground floor will be occupied by the
owners with a stock of general mer
chandise and pool rooms in connection.
A lunch counter will also be placed in
the rear. The uppstairs portion will be
set apart for lodgings.
The Nenana Trading Company has
begun the erection ef a log building
next to theSimson building, near Sec
ond street. Two ot the walls are now
in place and the roof, doubtless, will be
on within a few days.
Work on the Jail building on Market
street next to the Commissioner’s office
is progressing rapidly but it is doubtful
if it will be ready for occupancy before
the end of another week. It is being
| built of peeled logs.
! The telegraph office at the corner of
Market and Second will be completed
within a few days. It is a frame build
ing with much the appearance of a cot-1
tage and is designed to accommodate the
future as well as the present needs of j
the town.
The Rappolt Bakery building on A
street is practically completed and pre
sents a most attractive appearance with a
large store room in front. The bake
ovens are housed in a specially con
structed building in the rear.
Ground was broken yesterday for the
foundation of a two-story frame building
at the corner of Boulevard and A street.
The work is being done by N. O. Ode-1
gard who has taken a five-year lease on j
the property from Joe Morrow. The!
building will be 24x50 feet in size and j
two stories in height if sufficient materi-;
al can be obtained, otherwise it will be
necessary to limit the work on the sec
ond story.
Harry Hoerler is building a frame
house on his lot on A street, just above
Second. It is his intention to rent the
building when completed.
. ’
Curley Benson and his partner j
“Dutch,” have leased the Joe Roberts
building on the corner of Second and A
streets, and will open a restaurant there
in the near future.
The office building which is being
built by the Commission, is rapidly
nearing completion, sufficient lumber
having arrived during the past week to
enable the carpenters to put on the side
boarding and the roof.
PROGRESS OF THE BIG STRUGGLE IN EUROPE
ROME : The entire Greek fleet have '
joined in a revolutionary movement.
l’ARIS: A transport carrying 2,000
French and Serbian troops, was torpe
doed in the Mediterranean.
PARIS: In an artillery duel south of i
| the Somme last hight it was reported
: that the Germans used gas bombs that
were very destructive to the eyes.
AMSTERDAM: The Reistcbag has
asked for another war loan of twelve
billion marks according to a Berlin
i dispatch.
i NEWPORT : The crew of the Kings
| ton are still missing. Four American
destroyers arrived here this morning
having on board two hundred and six
teen passengers of the torpedoed ves
sels picked up at sea among whom were
fourteen babies and a great manv wo
men. All lost their personal belong
ings. Half a dozen warships and nu
merous smaller cratf are engaged in
| searchiug the Atlantic coast for subma
| rities.
LONDON: The London Chronicle’s!
I correspondent at Athens reports that!
j Greeee has accepted under protest the j
i demands made by the Allies in regard ,
| to turning over the fleet to them. A1
1 telephone message from the Piraeus re- •
! ceived at Athens says that the transferr
! mg of the Greek navy to the allied na
[ val authorities lias already begun.
BERLIN: A wireless dispatdh by way
| of Savville announces the advance of
I the Bavarian troops southward, thereby
| invading Roumania for the first time
i during the war from the north. The
wireless official dispatch also states that
the Roumanian armies that invaded
Transylvania have been annihilated bv
the Austro-Germans who are sweeping
the enemy back upon their own fron
tier. The Northern army, composed of i
Russians and Roumanians, are retreat
ing in disorder.
VIENNA: The Austro-Germans ad
mit the loss of the village of Ovras to
the Italians during a drive on Trieste.
It is officially claimed that 2,700 Ital
ians were taken priseners during the
drive and that tli** Roumanians failed
in their attempts to stem the Austro
German advance.
PARIS: A fierce artillery engagement
has been going on along the entire
Somme front all night.
An auxilliarv cruiser, with 2,000 Ser
vian and French soldiers on board has
been torpedoed and suuk Nearly half
of those on board lost their lives.
LONDON: Official dispatches say
that tne French under Gen. Pouch still
continue their thrust against Cauhnes
in the Somme sector and are within a
mile of this important centre. The cap
ture of the place is believed to be only a
question of a dav or two.
PARIS: The French have consolidat
ed their positions on the Somme front
and captured 1,400 prisoners during the
night.
BOSTON:’Seven ships, five of them
British and two neutral, were subma
rined off the New England coast by the
German submarine U 53 aided possibly
hv another. Seventeen American torpe
do boat destrovers rescued the passen
gers and crews of the vessels sunk and
so far there have been no reports of any ’
loss of life. Several British war vessels !
have hastened to the vicinity. The fiir
ng was plainly heard on shore.
NEW YORK: Ambassador Gerrard,
when questioned upon his arrival here
as to whether he had brought aiv peace
proposals from the Kaiser to President
Wilson bad nothing to savand llso re
mained silent in regard as to whether or !
not he had any communications to de- |
liver relative to Germany’s submarine j
policy, It has just been learned that I
the U 53 carried notes from the German
Foreign Affairs office outlining the sub- ,
marine attitude.
LIVERPOOL: No announcement of
the amount of submarine activity oc
curring recently on the New England
coast, or regarding future sailings have
been made. Insurance rates to Amer
ica have doubled.
ROME: It is believed that England
and France will pay no attention to the
Greek protest relative to turning their
navy over to the Allies and are prepar
ing to recognize the revolutionists.
PARIS: A fierce artillery fight is now
in progress in the Waevre district east
of the Meuse river.
LONDON : Announcement has been
made by the War Office that between
five hundred and eight hundred thous
and men will be needed to recruit the
army daring the next six months. The
Recruiting Board hopes to get that num
ber of men without resorting to con
scription.
PETROORAD: Poisoned sweets and
garlic infested with cholera bacilli were
dropped by the enemy’s aeroplanes
on the occasion of their attack upon the
Roumaniau Black Sea ports.
LONDON. Sept. 7.
It is officially announced bv the Ad
miralty that the Canard liner Franco
nia, employed as a transport, was sunk
in the Mediterranean by a submarine.
No troops were on board ut the time
Twelve of the crew are missing. The
Franconia was of 18,000 tons burden
and was built in 1910.
The Teutonic troops, under Gen. Von
Falkenhayn have turned against the
Roumanians who have been advancing
steadily in eastern Transylvania and
and have recaptured several positions
and taken two hundred prisoners. The
fighting wss along a fifty mile front,
little north of I'ogaras. Although the
Roumanians are contending against
great odds heavy fighting continues
around Fogaras. In the neighborhood
of Dobrudja the Roumanians claim to
be making progress. The Russians have
ceased their attacks in the Volhynia
district, but continue their assaults
against the Lemberg approaches. Al
though repulsed northwest of Lemberg
the Russians claim taking several po
sitions south of Brezany together with
500 prisoners. The Germans declare
that in the battles around Lemberg they
took 1,200 prisoners. The entente
allies are still continuing their advance
into Macedonia. The British have
crossed the Struma, northeast of Sa
lonika, capuring the town of Nevolyn.
Turkey reports the rout of the Russian
troops northwest ot of Hamacan, bn
the Rnssians claim progress southwest
of Trebizond. Unconfirmed reportst
from Stockholm say that the Gtand
Duke Nicholas has been transferred to
Dobrudja.
According to Copenhagen dispatches
the Russian attacks on the eastern front
are the most violent since the com
mencement of the war. the Russian in
fantry being engaged in an attack on the
German lines that has continued wiih
out cessation for the last thirty-six
hours.
COPENHAGEN: King Otto, the in
sane king of Bavaria, died at Fuersteu.il
castle where he had been confined lor
many years.
BAYONNE : Rioting occurred here
again today among the striking employ
ees of the oil refineries, and ml least
three men were shot and killed in a clash
with special policemen.
PERSONAL
!
George Coleman, manager of the Nor
thern Commercial Company’s Fairbanks
store, paid a brief visit to Nenana early
this week, coming down on the Reliance
and returning on the Martha Clow. The
N. C. Company will not enter the local
field this year.
Eddie Stroecker, of the B. R. Peo
ples establishment, came down from
Fairbanks a few days ago in the inter
ests of his firm. He made the round
trip as purser of the Martha Clow.
J. H. Russell was in Nenana again
this week, having come down for the
purpose of disposing another Chena
building.
Mrs. W. H. Gilcher came to Nenana
several days ago to join her husband
and will spend the winter here. The
Gilcher residence on First street is just
about completed.
Eddie Bresnahun, oldtime linotype op
erator, who was with the Fairbanks
“Times” for many years. ha3 accepted
a position with the Alaska “Citizen” and
will be associated with that paper here
after.
Mrs. Perus^e one of the owners of the
Arctic Pool rooms, who was in Fair
banks several days on a purchasing trip,
returned to Nenana on the last trip of
the Reliance.
Islidor Stein, of the Fairbanks firm of
Abe. Stein & Son, arrived here this
week on the Colmubus with a quantity
of potatoes and other goods The proba
bilities are that the enterprising young
business man will open a place here and '
be with us this winter.
William Casey returned to Nenana
yesterday on the Susana. Me was in
Fairbanks several days on business and
has returned to spend the winter here.
Dick Thorne, veteran showman of
the North and owner ot Thorne’s House
of Features at Fairbanks, came down on
the Peerless Monday for a brief stay in
Nenana.
Alois Friedrich, the well known Fair
banks contractor and antimony miner,
arrived here during the week and went
to work immediately on one oi the nu
merous buildings under construction.
A1 Ghezzi, the oldtime Chatanika mer
chant, arrived on the steamer Tanana
early in the week and will remain here
until his hew building on A sfreet is
well under way. Mr. Ghezzi and his
brother will enter the local mercantile
field.
Louis Anderson, ot the firm of Ander
son Bros. & Nerland, made a flying trip
to Nenana this week, returning on the
Reliance Thursday night.
Charles Birch, an oldtimer who has
resided the greater part ot the summer
in a house boat at the upper end of
town, was a passenger on the Reliance
Thursday night. He disposed of his
craft to the Engineering Commission
and will spend th« winter in California.
A1 Thompson returned to Kenan*
from Fairbanks on the steamer Tatiana
Tuesday.
That whiskers are sometimes deceiv
ing is borne out by the statement of C.
D. Ross, of the Electrical department,
who declares that, although similar, his
are not of the Archdeacon Stuck variety.
Cam Basso'F. of the Fairbanks firm of
McKenzie & liassoff, was in Kenana dur
ing the week.
Mrs. Russell Hildebrand came to Ne
nana Friday to join her husband who
has been here several wenks makitg
preparations for the winter. The Hilde
brands will reside on A street in a log
cabin which has just been completed.
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