Nenana Steam Laundry
OUR EQUIPMENT COMPLETE DL 7Q
WORK EQUAL TO THE BEST mOIie IO
J. F. BENNETT.
GEORGE RICH
BLANKFIELD EXPRESS
CONNECTING WITH FAIRBANKS TRAIN.
PASSENGERS BAGGAGE MAIL
Clean Dry Wood for Sale Haulm* of All Kind*
OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL.
Prompt Reliable Satisfactory
STOVES OF ANY KIND MADE TO ORDER
All Workmanship Guaranteed Pertaining to Heating or Plumbing.
The Nenana Sheet Metal Works street.
Prospectors
Farmers
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
Commercial
Club
BELL TELEPHONE
SIGNS RANK HIGH
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 12.—
According to the report about to
be issued by the Bureau of the
Census showing the results of the
census of telephones covering the
year 1917, there are 53,234 sepa-,
rate telephone systems and lines.
These lines an! systems operated
28,S27,188 miles of wire in the
United States—enough to girdle th<
earth ai the equator 1,153 times
and connected 11,716,520 telephone>
and 21,175 public exchanges. Tht
messages or “talks” sent over these
wires aggregated the stupendous
total of nearly 22 billion, or, to be
exact, 21,845,722,335. Figured on
the estimated population of the coun
try in 1917, this gives 211 messages
per annum to every* man, woman,
and child.
The industry- in 1917 gave em
ployment to 262,629 persons, of
whom 171,119, or over 65 percent,
were women. The sum paid out in
salaries and wages amounted to
$175,670,449. These employes op
erated plants and equipment valued
at $1,492,329,015, which yielded op
erating and non-operating revenues
of $391,499,531.
The report discusses the develop
ment of the telephone industry, tele
phone equipment and traffic; offers
interesting comparisons between the
Bell and other systems, and between
the telephone system as a whole
and the telegraph system, and gives
important financial statistics of the
industry. Detailed figures are pre
sented for 1917 by states and geo
praphic divisions and comparative
statistics for earlier years. The sta
tistics for 1917'are believed to be
more accurate than for any previous
census, due to the uniform system
| of accounts provided for telephone
[companies by the Interstate Com
, merce commission, which have been
jin use since January 1, 1913.
I The Bell telephone system con
• trolled over four-fifths of the total
[wire mileage, employed over three
j fourths of the employes of the in
dustry, paid over four-fifths of the
j total bill for salaries and wages, and
[received nearly four-fifths of the
total revenue.
Over three-fifths of all the tele
phones in the United States bore the
"Bell” sign, and two-thirds of all
persons' who were “wanted on the
wire” were wanted on a Bell wire.
The dominating part that the Bell
system plays in the industry may
be further illustrated by the fact
that of all the other systems report
ed, 96.1 percent reported annual in
comes of less than $5,000.
Comparisons with previous cen
suses bring out in a striking way
the remarkable development of the
industry. During the decade 1907
1917 wire mileage increased 129
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lercent, the number of telephones |
102.8 percent, the number of mess-1
iges 90.5 percent, for systems hav- j
ng incomes of $5,000 or more.
A comparison by geographic di-!
,-isions brings out the fact that
ronsiderably more than one-half of
he telephone systems reporting an
iual incomes of 55,000 or more in
1917 were located in the Middle
iVest, while systems and lines re-;
sorting incomes of less than $5,000 |
.vere found in the largest numbers'
n the Western states of the central
rroups.
The financial statistics of the re- j
port show that, while the revenue of .
:he telephone companies has more ;
:han doubled during the decade
1907-1917, the expenses have in-;
.•reased at an even more rapid rate.
Much of the increase in expenses
was due to increase in salaries and
wages paid. These had advanced
from 47.4 percent of the total ex
penses in 1912 to 54.2 percent in j
1917. For systems reporting annual :
incomes 'of- more than $5,000 in
1917, the average total revenue per
telephone was $38.41, average net
income per telephone $6.13, and
average surplus per telephone $1.46.
This report of the telephone in
dustry is part of the “Census of
Electrical Industries” which was
taken in 1918, covering the opera
tions of the fiscal year 1917.
The first census of the telephone
industry was taken in connection.:
with the decennial census in 1880, i
only two years after the first public i
telephone exchange was opened for (
business at h'ew Haven. Conn., on
January 25, 1878. In 1890 a cen- i
sus of telephones was again taken ]
with the regular decennial census,
but for 1902 and for every fifth
year since a census of electrical in
dustries, which includes telephones,
has been taken. The development j
of the industry, therefore, is shown
from its infancy.
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Woodbury’* Facial Soap and other
standard toilet soaps. Fowler &
Morris.
LEAP YEAR DANCE
ENJOYED BY MANY;
SUCCESS OF YEAR
N'enana’s first Leap Year dance,
which took place at Union hall on
Saturday night under :he direction
of a committee of ladies of which
Mrs. Herman Rosburg %vas chair
man. was very largely attended and
one of the most enjoyable affairs
ever held here, the ladies entering
into the spirit of the occasion in a
manner that left little to be desired
by the men in the way of enter
tainment. The ladies enjoyed the
opportunity to do their own choosing
of partners for once, and the men
did not suffer any in consequence.
• And a number of novelty dances,
which were introduced during the
evening, left the choice of partners
to chance, with results generally
satisfactory-.
The hall was very elaborately dec
orated for the occasion, large hearts
" ™
Chop Suey, Noodles
' AND
Home-Made Bakery
Northern Cafe
GEORCE TANAKA, Prop. !
CANYON
ROADHOUSE
(Formerly Davis')
FIRST STOPPING PLACE
BEYOND END OF STEEL
BARN AND DOC KENNELS
MRS. CLARA ALLRED
COLISEUM
STRONG TRIANGLE FEATURE AND SCREAMING CIRCUS
COMEDY FOR PROGRAM TONIGHT.
Triangle Plays Presents
THE CHARMING SCREEN STAR
BESSIE LOVE
-IN
“A Daughter of the Poor”
A story of an anarchist with ultra-radical tendencies, who changes
his views when Dame Fortune leaves a bundle
of gold on his doorstep.
IN FIVE POWERFUL ACTS
Triangle-Sennett-Keystone Presents
ORA CAREW and JOSEPH "BALDY" BELMONT
-IN
“Her Circus Knight”
A DANDY CIRCUS COMEDY IN TWO SCREAMING ACTS.
MUSIC-VIOLIN, PIANO AND DRUMS
General Admission 50 cents Reserved Seats 75c
SOLDIERS AND CHILDREN 25c.
SHOW STARTS AT EIGHT O’CLOCK.
>eing arranged on the walls in a
■ery attractive manner, which re
vived much favorable comment.
The dance started about eleven
>’clock and continued until an early
lour in the morning'.
Fresh Groceries, Fancy and Sta
>Ie. Fowler & Morris.
BIG HORN ROADHOUSE
SVill be open to the public, twelve
niles from Moreno’s, on tfarch first.
Everything new. Bam room for 12
torses. J. X. BAIX,
kI9 Manager.
See J. A. Slippern for new rates
in subscriptions and renewals of all
leading magazines and periodicals.
Club rates on application.
I have paid all bills for the firm
known as Bain & Booth, at Pano
rama. Will pay no more bills for
Booth. .1. X. BAIX. kl9
■Tenana. Where hsUs ana mixers Wee*
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.
WOOD
Sawing
ICE and EXPRESS
CYRIELE VERHAEGHE
OFFICE AT
THE TERMINAL
WATCHES
JEWELRY
Watch Repairing
DESIGNING AND NATIVE
JEWELRY A SPECIALTY
WM. TAYLOR
l Rust
j House
Warm, Comfortable
ROOMS
DOG KENNELS
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> MRS. CLAUSEN
> PROPRIETRESS.
If Comfort, Economy and the
Environments of Home
Appeal to You,
STOP AT THE
MONTANA
SPECIAL RATES BY WEEK
OR MONTH.
MRS. BERT JOHNSON
Proprietress
SKOF HOUSE
That’s the Place
GOOD BARN FOR HORSES
IN CONNECTION.
Second and Market Sts.
MRS. JAMES LAVIN
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Miners and Prospectors!
NOTICE OF CHANGE 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
nifield and Totatlanika Districts.
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'.
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