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TMPPERS, HOIICE!
We are in the Fur Manu
facturing Business, therefore
CAN and WILL pay you more
for your furs than any other
fur buyer In town CAN AFFORD
to pay you.
SIMSON’S
UNCLE SAM SUSPENDS
EASTERN PASS RULES
TRENTON, N. J.—The Federal
Railroad administration has decided
that the state law requiring railroads 1
in New Jersey to furnish passes to'
certain officeholders is of no effect
while Uncle Sam is operating the
railroads. Thus, after January 1,!
1919, certain New Jersey citizens
will either pay fare, walk, stay at
home or board in Trenton.
The governor, state senators,
members of the House of Assembly,!
judges of the higher courts, certain!
state officers other than the execu- j
tives have been entitled to these
passes, as well as most of the legis
lative employees.
The passes, it is said, were used
added to or made an effort to en
large the list.
The passes, it is said, were used (
throughout the year by many hold- j
ers and were especially desirable
to the South Jersey resident who j
; spent his summers at the shore.!
j Many of the officials now commute
! to Trenton on their passes.
A Japanese is the inventor of a
street sprinkler that distributesj
water so as to form advertisements]
on smooth pavements.
HYLAND’S CIGAR STORE
CIGARS POOL TOBACCOS
Soft Drinks Candies Fresh Fruit
Warm Comfortable Rooms
Barber <SKop in Connection
Mike Hyland, Prop.
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Cigars »- Tobaccos — Candies
Soft Drinks — Pool
Furnished Rooms For Rent
HARRY DAVIS FRANK TAYLOR
SCHOOL FINANCES
ARE SAMMY
Mr. John H. Scott, clerk of the
School Board, has released for publi
cation the following interesting
news regarding the status of the
Franklin K. Lane school.
According to Mr. Scott’s figures,
approximately $3300 has already
been collected in school taxes foi
the year, which came to a close
Tuesday, and there still remains for
collection about $675, made up as
under
Taxes due on real property $600
Taxes due on personal property $75
It is expected that approximately
$200 of the real property tax due
will not be collected, on account
of the fact that some of the lots
have reverted back to government
ownership.
The territory of Alaska pays a
large portion of the expenses of all
schools, or about 75 per cent of the
expenses incurred in salaries of
teachers, janitor service, heat and
light, and where the cost of such
is not in excess of 10 per cent of
the regular fixed charges for run
ning expenses, the territory also
pays 75 per cent of the mainten
ance cost of the buildings.
On the basis outlined, the terri
tory pays approximately 60 per cent
af the total expenses incurred in
running and maintaining the school
and the city pays the remaining 40
per cent.
It is necessary, however, for the
school board to pay all of the ex
penses in the first instance, for
which purpose it is very necessary
that it should be in funds. On an
accounting being rendered to the
territorial authorities by the School
Board, and after an indefinte lapse
>f time, the share of the expenses
borne by the territory is returned
to the School Board in the form of
a refund.
Last year, owing to a lack of
funds to carry on the work of the
school, was necessary to request
the Northern Commercial company
to advance the necessary money to
cash the warrants, which they cheer
fully did. This year George \V.
Pennington used his personal funds
for the same purpose.
The collection by the School
Board of the present tax places it
in good shape to meet the necessary
expenses to carry on the work of
the school until the usual refunds
are received from the territorial
treasurer.
It is stated to be the intention
of the School Board, working in
conjunction with Townsite Manager
Joseph to go very carefully into the
valuations of real property in order
that the school taxes for the coming
year may be based on as nearly as
possible on the actual values The val
ues are subject to fluctuate to meet
the changed conditions in different
parts of the town.
If, during the next school season,
the growth of the school shows no
very great increase and the city
remains as it now is, there is every
reason to believe that the amount
of the taxes collectible for school
purposes fill be less by approxi
mately 20 per cent than the taxes
collected this year.
But, as confidently expected,
should the city grow and the re
quirements of the school also grow
larger, needing expansion in nil its
branches, requiring additions to the
teaching staff, it would, by reason
of the territorial aid given, add
approximately $600 to ;he city’s
normal expenses for school purposes.
If enough families can be in
duced to come to Nenana with their
children and the growth of the
school demands the use of the en
tire building, the town of Nenana
will be the gainer in more ways
than one.
ARCTICS MIXED;
EXCHANGE DESIRED
Mrs. W. H. Gilcher got the wrong
pair of arctics after the dance New
Year’s eve and would like to ex
change it for her artics, which were
evidently taken by mistake.
If the party who got the wrong
pair of arctics will call up Mrs. Gil
cher she will be glad to make tlr
exchange.
EXECUTIVE ORDER
DEFERS PAYMENT
ON 1DWN LOIS
Referring to the executive order
recently published in these columns,
regarding the payments of install
ments for lots on the Nenana town
site, the townsite manager makes
the following statement for the in
formation of the public.
The annual payments for all lots
sold at the original sale in August,
1916, are due on September 15 of
each year, beginning with 1917 and
ending with 1921.
These payments are still due on
these dates, and if the money is sent
j the General Land Office in Fair
| banks will be accepted, and patent
| issued after the final payment in
i 1921.
Howeer, if the payment is not
made when due or within the year
following, the lot will not be re
ported for forfeiture until one full
year has elapsed after the date due,
September 15th.
Each year the payment becomes
due on the same date; but each year
purchasers are allowed one year in
which to make payments before the
lot may be reported for forfeiture
The net result of this is, pro
vided the purchaser takes advantage
of privilege of delay each year, that
the last payment will be made in
September, 1922, instead of Sep
tembei, 1921.
I
!
Anyone desiring to delay the pay
ment that was due September 15,
19IK, may make that payment an;|
time between now and September
15, 1919; such payments should be
made in ample time to reach the
General Land Office in Fairbanks on
or before the last named date.
If later (he purchaser desires to
bring his payments up to date he is
privileged to do so by making the
additional payment of an installment
when it is actually due, thus not
taking advantage of the privilege of
delay. This would then bring the
patent for the lot in 1921, pro
vided future payments were made
when due.
The above statement applies to lots
sold after the August, 1916 sale, ex
cepting that instead of September
15th of each year the particular date
that applies to each lot will be the
date when due; these later sales
were made at no regular time, and
purchasers may now obtain informa
tion at the townsite office as to the
official date before which payments
should be made for these lots.
The same privilege applies to these
later sales only the dates on which
payments are due will be different.
The full text of the executive
order is as follows:
Executive Order
Alaska.
Modification of Railroad Townsite
Regulations.
“It having been made to appear
to me that, as a result of conditions
produced by the war in which the
country is now engaged, it will be
for the best interests of the Terri
tory of Alaska, of certain towns in
said territory hereinafter named, and
of the railroad now under construc
tion by this government in that terri
tory, that the time or times fixed
and prescribed by administrative
regulations for the payment of cer
tain portions of the purchase money
due or to be come due on lots in
said named towns, which have been
heretofore sold in accordance with
! said regulations, shall be enlarged
and extended.
“Now, therefore, in and by virtue
of the authority vested in me by the
Act of Congress of March 12, 1914
(38 Stats., 305) entitled ‘An Act to
authorize the President of the United
States to locate, construct and oper
ate raliroads in the Territory of
Alaska, and for other purposes,’ I
do hereby order and direct that all
lot payments falling due subsequent
to August, 1918, in the towns of
Anchorage, Matanuska, Nenana, and
Wasilla, and in any additions thereto,
be and the same are hereby ex
tended for the period of one year
from the date when the same became
or become due. Lot payments in
said towns falling due p.ior to
August 1, .1918, are n«t hereby ex
tended. Executive Order No. 2214,
We Carry a Complete Line of 1
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issued June 19, 1915, and all other
orders conflicting herewith are here
by modified to conform with this
order.
“WOODROW WILSON.”
“THE WHITE HOCRFDWLY HRR
“The White House,
“25 October, 1918.
m sim
WILL Bt BURIED
SATURDAY MORN
The remains of the late Ivory St. .
Clair, who met death on December
27th by the falling of a large slab
of frozen dirt while he was at work
on the grade near camp 415, will be
buried on Saturday morning in the
Nenana cemetery.
The funeral services will be held
at the Grace Presbyterian church
at 10 o’clock on Saturday morning,
the burial taking place immediately
afterwards.
The partners of the late Ivory
St. Clair will act as pall-bearers.
In response to the telegrams sent
to his relatives by the Alaskan En
gineering commission, a reply was
received from Mrs. St. Clair Murray,
who is presumed to be the dead
man’s sister, requesting that the
body be buried in Nenana and that
his personal belongings and valuables
be sent to his brother-in-law, Thos.
W. Cloninger, whose address is
given as Shusana.
RED CROSS MEETING AT
CLUB ROOMS TOMORROW
Mrs. J. R. Bowen, chairman of the
local Red Cross, wishes to announce
that the first meeting of the local
Red Cross for the year will be held
at the Nenana club rooms after one
o’clock tomorrow afternoon.
All members are cordially invited
to attend and to resume the manu
facture of garments for the Bel
gians.
Wenana, Where Balia and Blvara Meet
Men wanting employment can
obtain work at good wages at
Juneau, Kennecott and Latouche.
If you go out you will only
come back “Busted” in tHe spring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latouche and
Kennecott.
ALASKA PUBLICITY
BUREAU
Juneau Alaska.
Sheidon-Gibson Stage Line
Carrying U. S. Mails
For CHITINA and WA POINTS
Every Tuesday Morning
Special Auto for parties of four
or more any time.
C. Ha»ry Woodwrrd, agent
Fairbanks
RUST HOUSE
Mrs. Ed. Williams, Prop.
A and FIFTH STREETS
ROOMS AND BOARD
ROOMS 75c and $1.00
Coffee and Doughnuts 25c
DOG KENNELS
NOTICE.
Townsite Manager Joseph having:
returned from Fairbanks, wishes to
announce that all payments of
assessments, etc, can now be made
at the townsite office.
Kenana—The Gateway to KcXlnley
National Park.
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