THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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SITKA CEMETERY RECEIVES
GOVERNMENT RECOGNITION
The Sitka cemetery, in which are
hurled members of early American
forces in the occupation of Alaska,
is to be made a National Cemetery,
according to advices received by
George A. Parks, head of the Alaska
Field Division of the General Land
office. Instructions have been re
ceived from Washington, he said,
to make survey of the cemetery for
the War Department.
After years cf neglect says the
Juneau Empire, a small sum was
last year provided by the government
for reclaiming the Sitka cemetery
at the instance of Governor Bone,
who was interested in the matter by
the Sitka Post of the American
Legion. The post had supervision
of the expenditure cf the funds and
was able to put the plot in fair con
dition. Governor Bone suggested to
the War Depar:ment last year that
it take over the cemetery and make
it national in character, similar to
the big one at Arlington. Ya.
This suggestion, according to Mr.
Parks . has apparently been adopted
by the War Department. The surrey
is being made at the request* of
Secretary Weeks.
SECOND DREDGE FOR GANES
TO COME IN THIS SUMMER
The dredge planned to be placed
on Gants creek by G. C. Glass and
associates will >.rrivc- on one ©f the
first up rive.- boats, according to
Ophir Glass, his son, who. with his
brother Clyde, arrived at McGrath
recently.
The machine to be Installed is
understood to be of the flume
dredge type, operating 2H foot
buckets. G. W. C. Glass has been in
San Francisco the greater part of
the winter, attending to details' ir.
connection with the shipment of
the machine.
Coming up with the dredge will
be Mr. and Mrs, Glass, a third -or.
and Mrs. Clyde Gia-s,
Andy Simons, licensed guide, is in
the field with Ira T Minnick, In
dianapolis capitalist after brawn
bear. Mr. Minnick will hunt in the
vicinity of Chignick and expects to
spend several weeks in that part
of Alaska and later intends to visit
Anchorage en route to McKinley
Park.
H. K. Carlisle, of the general
land office, came down from Fair
banks yesterday on his annual cruise
of Government Timber tracts along
the Tanana and Yukon rivers.
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SEATTLE STEEL MAN VISITS
NORTH TO MAKE PURCHASES
G. H. Alcott, representative oi
the Pacific Coast Steel Company oi
Seatile was in Juneau recently on a
trip over the Territory to make a
survey for the purchase of materia!
for h.s firm. From Juneau he went
to Skagway and planned to return
to the Capital, en route to the West
ward ports and the interior. This
is the first time a representative
has been sent to Alaska by the Pa
cific Coast Steel Company, Mr. Al
cott said.
Mr. Alcott has purchased an
amount of material for his firm
from the Treadwell mine. His firm
is a buyer of the Northwest Steel &
Products Company, which purchased
the Thane mill and equipment, and
was interested in the purchase by
t :e present holders, having taken
over considerable of the material,
according to Mr. .Alcott.
STEAMER DAVIS LAUNCHED
The Government steamer General
Davis was launched yesterday after
noon and is now being made ready
to enter service with the General
Jacobs in connection with the Alas
ka Railroad operating between Xe
r.ana and Holy Cross.
PAY YOUR SCHOOL TAX
These who have not already paid
their annual school tax should call
on Collector Tunison. at the office
of the city clerk, without further de
lay. The final roundup of delin
quents is now in progress and Mr.
Tunison is hopeful of being able To
get the remaining taxes in without
invoking the aid of the law.
L. J. Sturdevant is a late arrival
in Nenana. having come down on
yesterday’s train from Fairbanks.
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS
Office of the Municipal Clerk of
the City of Nenana Alaska April 5,
1923.
Notice : r. -e-'--y e ven that the
assessment hooks of the taxable
property in the City of Nenana Al
aska for the year 1923 are now in
the hands of the City Clerk at his
office in the Telephone Exchange
Builtiir.g. All unpaid taxes a- shown
by the revised asses-ment books will
become delinquent at 12:01 a. m.
on the 1st day of June 1923 after
which date a penalty of 10' will
be added together with interest at
the rate of 12% per annum from
date of Delinquency until paid.
B. TUNISON
Municipal Clerk
Alaska Furs in Big Demand!
Mr. Fur Shipper:
We have a big demand for all kinds of Alaska furs.
SHIP PROMPTLY all the furs you can and get the benefit
of the High Prices we are now paying. We will remit for
furs by cash, draft or money order—whichever way you
desire—and send remittance the SAME DAYyour shipment
is received. Try us out with your nest shipment.
Foiike Fur Co.
™ ST. LOUIS, MO.
Fouke Grading ALWAYS Makes Your Fur Checks Bigger
SMALL INVESTMENT BRINGS
PHONY WEALTH TO ALASKANS
Two well known Seward business
1 men are literally rolling in wealth;
a; least it looks like wealth.
A short time ago. says the.Gat
. way. H. E. Wilson of the Bank of
Seward and Elwj n Sv-etmann of
the Seward Drug Company, finding
t themselves overburdened with
' wealth of the realm decided to in
, vest their surplus in a marketable
comm'odi.v. deciding upon the Ger
man mark for the venture. Ac
cordingly they sent to the Deutsche
Bank of Berlin, Germany the stu
pendous sum of two whole American
dollars. In due course of time this
is what they received.
Thirty thousand paper marks; on
which postage charges and duty,
amounting to 7,430 was paid by
the German government. The pack
age of wealth was consigned to Sew
ard in care of the Bank of Seward
leaving Berlin on April 25. 1923,
arriving in New York on May 4th
and arrived in Seward May 16.
The marks vary in denomination
from one mark to a few of five
thousand marks valuation, consisting
of Is, 2s. 5s 20s 50s 100s 500s
1000s. ar.d 5000s marks.
In estimating the value it was as
certained that Mr. Wilson and Mr.
Swetman received 1ST marks for
.01 cent. The present value of
each mark is .0004 and the par val
ue before the decline was .2382.
Figuring on the par value the marks
cost SI 769.82 postage to Seward
and the value of the marks re
ceived would amount to S7146.00.1
a small fortune in itself. Each,
therefore, in investing a dollar stand
to realize heavily on the investment
at some future date.
HAWK INLET PROPERTIES
WILL BE DEVELOPING SOON
R. K. Neill, prominent mining
man of Spokane, has taken an op
tion on 69 gold quartz claims lo
cated on the west side of Hawk In
let on Admirality Island, according
to a statement made at Juneau re
cently by Charles Williams, one of
the original locators and now owner
of the property. Mr. Wiliams return
ed to Juneau from Seattle where
tae deal was consumated.
Under the terms of the option
Mr. Williams will have charge of
development work, to be inaugura
ted at once. The necessary supplies
and equipment for the construc
tion of a camp will be brought
r. T:h next week by a freighter which
will take them directly to Hawk
Inlet, The camp will be built to
accomodate about 30 men. About
12 or 15 men will be employed for
this work.
After the camp has been construc
ted work of driving the tunnel and
blocking out ore will be started.
Mr. Williams expects : leave Jun
eau for the mine on the freighter
which is bringing the sup; ;i.Mos. ji
of his crew, c-tning from Seattle,
will arrive here next week. Mr.
Neil! will probably be in the early
part of July.
Mr. Williams has held the min
ing property for five years this
coming July. He as formerly as
sociated in partnership with R. D.
Brown, of Spokane, but took over
entire control last summer, buy
ing out Brown’s interests.
Mr. Neill who is well known in ,
mining circles financed the Premier
mine when that property was in the
category of a prospect. He still re
tains an interest in the mine.
Muggins—“Did Wigwag go in for
athletics when he was in college?”
Buggins—“I believe he held the rec
ord for jumping at conclusions.”
Dr. D. C. Hardy
DENTIST
OFFICES
CENTRAL CAFE BUILDING
Nenana, Alaska
DRILL DOWN 500 FEET NOW;
KANATAK SURE OF OUTCOME
J. J. Chisholm, of Anchorage. rep
resenting the West Coast Grocery
Co., of Tacoma arrived in Cordova
recently on the freighter Valdez
direct from Kanatak. in the Cold
Bay district. He reported everybody
to the Westward very optimistic a
bout the future of the new oil
camp, and the residents feel that
it is only a question of how much
oil will be struck by the two com
panies now drilling.
The Associated Oil Company has
drilled to a depth of EO feet thru
hard rock, so that the use of cas
ing is no: necessary. The Standard
Oil Company is down 200 feet, en
countering the same formation. Con
siderable diflficlutv has been exper
:
lenced in the past few months'
work, but now that ample equip
ment is on the ground no further |
trouble is expected in drilling. Both
companies are also starting two
other rigs and it is believed that by
the latter pan of June oil will be
struck, at a depth of from 800 to;
1,000 feet.
Mr. Chisholm says that Kanatak
has afine townsite with plenty of
water for power. There are 400 peo
ple in the camp and some building!
going on, with business fairly good.
A lighterage company with a tug
and four scows transports the freight
from the steamers in the roadstead
to the beach.
Four general merchandise store1
supply the wants of the residents,
while innumerable pool and soft j
drink places are well patronized. A
small hotel looks after the comforts '
of the traveler, with a number of
good restaurants to supply the wants ,
of the “inner man.”
The Alaska Road Commission has
started work on a roadway from
Kanatak to the oil seepages, a dis- '
tance of seventeen miles.
KING COUNTY SEEKING
ALASKA TROUT SPAWN
A permit to secure trout spawn
from Alaskan streams has been ap
lied for by the Game Commission
of King County. Washington, and is
being considered by the Bureau of
Fisheries, according to Assistant
Agent E. M. Ball before whom the
application is pending. The com
mission wants to get cut-throat :
spawn mainly but will also use oth
er varieties it was stated.
Mr. Ball said he would confer .
ivith Governor Bone and other mem
bers of the Territorial Fish Com
mission before issuance of the per
mit* says the Empire. He has asked
:he King County organization what
provision it can make for restocking
■uch streams and lakes from which
spawn might be taken if it should !
trove to be necessary.
In a letter to Mr. Ball, E. B.
Palmer. Chairman of the Commis
sion-- said he had secured an ex
•erienced man. William Dunstan, to
.endue* the field operation.-. Any
vork permitted will be so arranged
is not to interfere with the sal
non runs.
Florice Korth has returned to Sun
rana after a brief vacation in towm
n the probate Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Fourth, Division.
Nenana Precinct.
In the matter of the Estate of Al
bert Maurice, deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that the
indersigned has been appointed ad
ninistrator of the above named es
itate and all persons having claims
igainst said estate are notified to
>resent them, with proper vouchers,
vithin six months from the date
>{ the first publication hereof, to
he undersigned at his place of bus
ness in the Town of N'enana,Alaska.
vhich place is hereby designated as
he place where the principal busi
less of said estate will be trans
ited.
Nenana, Alaska. May 5, 1923.
ALFRED GHEZZI
.. .Administrator
!>ate of first publication May 5,
1923.
Date of last publication June 2.
1923.
VESSEL
Alaska Steamship Co.
SAFETY SPEED SERVICE
Lv. Seattle Lv. Seward Lv. Anch.
VICTORIA May lit May 26
AL1MF.DA . May 26 June 1 June 2
NORTHWESTERN .June 2 * June 9
ALASKA June 9 June 15 June 16
FOR RATES AND RESERVATIONS APPLY TO
J. H. FL1CK1NGER, A. H. McDONALD,
Agent, Seward, Alaska Agent. Anchorage
BSHBa
A. A. SHONBECK
ANCHORAGE '
WE ARE AGENTS FOR
Romeo Redwood Stave
WATER & MINING TANKS SILOS HYDRAULIC PIPE
EXPLOSIVES FEED
Write us for information
See Mel Cooney for postcard
of the breakup.
MINING GROUND FOR SALE—
Group of three claims (placer) or
Glacier Creek. Kantishna district
Nos. 17.18 and 19. (No. 17 worke
out.) Shallow ground, from sit
inches to five feet, to bedrock
Coarse gold. Automatic dam, boxes
tools, complete camp outfit. Foi
furthers particulars inquire at New:
Office.
FOR SALE—Two first-class paci
horses, known as Kennedy stock
Black weighs 1200, gray 1350. In
quire of Anthony Letray.
FOR SALE—3 room residence furn
nished—Cheap—Inquire News Office
“EVERYBODY can buy groceries
feed and supplies WHOLESALE
Write for free pricelist. People
Grocery. 701 Olive St. Seattle.”
PEOPLES GROCERY COMPANY
RUBBER!
Baby’s and Ladies Rubbers; rub
ber tea-aprons in blue, green and
light gray—pockets and butterfly
pockets, the dainty fluted ruffle
are made secure with rubber ce
ment. Childrens ventilated pants,
are pure white and protective, as
well as sanitary.
THE D’ORSAY SHOP
ORDER YOUR
COAL
BY PHONE
Mealy River
Coal
Corporation
PHONE YOUR ORDERS
TO THE
RAILROAD CIGAR STORE
F. A. Hedstrom left for the Koy
ukuk district yesterday to spend
the summer prospecting in that dis
trict.
LOCAL TRAIN SCHEDULE
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
, Trains leave and arrive Nenana as
follows:
11.35 d. m. Tuesday and Friday for
Seward and intermediate points
Returning arrives Nenana 11:20
a. m. same days.
5:15 p. m.. Tuesday and Friday for
Dunbar, Fairbanks and Chatanika.
; Arrives Nenana 5:00 p. m. Tues
day and Friday.
F""11 fc
Andy’s Express
i! — A T —
Seward
Will Give Your
EAGGAGE AND FREIGHT
Careful Attention
v: MEETS ALL TRAINS
| AND BOATS
William A. Hesse
MINING ENGINEER
V. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
BOX 1035, FAIRBANKS
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Iifioo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always 1
Welcome.
Alfred J. Ghezzi R. C. Morri..
Secretary. Piesidrnt.
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D. H. WILLIAMS
Undertaking Parlors
Licenced Embalmer
Funeral Director
Anchorage — Nenana — Seward
CHAS. E. BERGMAN
Nenana Manager
Trappers
Traders
SHIP TO
GEORGE R. GOSHAW, INC.
Dealer in Raw Furs
SEATTLE
AUiIm Building
NEW YORK
127 W. 27U» Street