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NENANA IS BEST
TOWN IN ALASKA
AVERS OLDTIMER
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Frank Sagar, well know oldtimer
in the country, arrived in Nenana
this week from an extended trip
I to various camps and settlements
in Interior Alaska and the coast,
and definitely states that Nenana
j is the best of them all in every
possible way
j Mr, Sagar left Nenana on the first
I of June bound for the Kuskokwim
j country making the camp there by
| way of Holy Cross and the portage,
j He remained in the Kuskokwim for
j about a week and from there went
on to Dime creek in the Kuskokwim
■ Bay region, but none of these places
looked good to him. There was
| very little doing in the mining busi-j
j ness and there was practically no
business of any other kind.
After spending about two weeks
j in this region, he visited the Willow
I creek diggings in the Marshal dis- j
j trict and thence went on to St. j
Michael and Nome. At the Marshal
1 district he worked about a week for
Waskey. Things are said be very
j quiet in Marshal and there is very
| little doing in the mining game.!
! Waskey was taking out a little pay,1
and R. Cockburn (Jew Bob) was
| also said to be doing fairly well j
and was employing a few men. Ike
Mitcham was on Jew Bob’s payroll
; when he was identified and re
!arrested.
At St. Michael, on his way to
, Nome, he was held up for ten days
awaiting the coming of a boat, and
i he says the cost of living in St.
' Michael is fierce.
Conditions were much the same
at Nome and the exodus being poss
ibly greater. It was not possible to
buy a steerage ticket out of Nome,
as every available berth in all classes
had been taken up. The Roman
Catholic chuch and hospital at Nome
have been closed owing to the exodus
and two of the patients, with the
nursing sisters were sent up to Fair
banks. i
On his return to Nenana, which
Frank says is unquestionably the
best town in Alaska, he stopped at
Ruby and Tanana for a short while.
The same quiet prevailed there too,
men were going away and business
was slack. There were quite a few
people at Tanana from lower Yukon
settlements waiting for a boat to;
go Outside.
It is estimated that the popula
tion of the camps and settlements
on the lower Yukon will be sadly
depleted- It is estimated that there
will be only about 12 or 15 in the
Marshal diggings, and from 20 to
30 in the town of Ruby, the rest j
of the camps will also suffer con- j
: siderably.
j All those who go out, with the
| exception of the draftees, expect to ^
return later in the winter or early i
next summer.
j The trading schooner Sea Wolfj
i recently returned from Siberia from
j a trading trip. The vessel reached |
as far north as Kaulchin Bay. The ;
! trip was very successful from a i
trading point. The vessel encount- j
! ered considerable difficulty with j
! ice and bent one of her propeller j
i blades, forcing repairs to be made j
at Teller. The greatest difficulty'
experienced on the trip was to)
secure trading licenses from the j
grafting Russian officials. The i
captain was compelled to take out
two licenses before he could clear,
! one for the government and one for
the officials. One cost 115 rubles I
and the other 26.
We’ll substitute corn for wheat
and victory for defeat.
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IN DEAD CRATER
ON LONELY ISLE
HONOLULU.—I..ost for four days
in the immense crater of Haleakala
on the Island of Maui, the largest
extinct volcano in the world, a party
of four Honolulu school teachers,
Henry Abell, Hazel Abell, Edna
Lockridge and Elizabeth Appleton,
have at last reached the sea and
safety' at Keanae, Maui, after ter
rible hardships.
That the three young women and
their companion escaped death in
the almost impenetrable jungles
through which they cut their way
for miles is considered remarkable
They were completely exhausted
when they reeled into the settle
ment at Keane.
The crater of Haleakala has an
elevation of 10,032 feet and an
area within the towering rim of
sixteen and one-third square miles.
At one point it is twenty miles from
rim to rim. The floor of the crater
is a veritable wiledrncss.
Re fusing the services of a guide
the party entered the crater with
food for only one day and with little
water. On this they sustained life
during the four days they fought
their way to the sea. Going into
the crater they planned to come out
through the Kaupo gap, a well
known trail, but became lost when
heavy clouds obscured all landmarks.
The intense cold of the high
altitude added to their sufferings
during the nights they w’ere lost,
as they' had no blankets. Much of
the time they were without water
and after the first day they had no
food but berries and fruit.
They eventually got out of the
crater through the Keanae cut and
from there struggled to the coast
through the jungle. Old residents
declare this trip has been made only
once before, and then by an ex
perienced mountaineer.
Dr. J. B. 80WEN
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NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECTION
Complying with the requirements
of the laws of Alaska, as set forth
in Section II: “An Act to provide
for the organization of School Dis
tricts outside of incorporated
towns,” notice is hereby given that
an election will be held in the town
of Nenana, Tuesday, October 15th,
for the purpose of electing two
school directors to fill the vacancies
caused by the resignation of Mr
Nora Hall and John A. Brevig.
Those who are chosen in the coming
election will serve for the the unex
pired terms of the two members of
the board whose resignations are
now under consideration.
The names of candidates must be
in the hands of the Treasurer, Geo.
W. Pennington, not later than Sat
urday, October 5th, 1018.
The polling place will be located
in the fire hall, adjoining the town
site office. Polls will be open from
8 a. m. to 7 p. m. on the day and
date of election.
NORA M. HALL,
Clerk, Nenana School Board.
Approved:
MRS. E. L. SWEENEY,
President
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