THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1. 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for en^ry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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TOO MUCH MILITARY
Civilian government of the Pana
ma Canal Zone under the depart
ment of commerce or the department
of the interior and effective suffrage
for civilian American citizens re
siding in the Canal Zone are two of
the objects sought by the newly
formed “Civilian League of the
Canal Zone.” The zone is now a
military reservation.
“The League has been keeping in
touch with proposed legislation by
Congress affecting the Canal Zone,”
said F. J. White, president, in a
recent interview, “and it has dis
covered that parties not connected
with the zone have attempted to
secure the enactment of bills sub
mitted by them which would not
prove applicable or beneficial to
the zone.”
A statement issued by the league
declares that “the military branch
of our government is using its in
fluence to have the canal consider
ed primarily as a military project"
and adds:
“The League takes the position
that the business interests of the
United States demand the fullest
commercial development of the
canal; that, as far as possible, the
same form of government that ex
ists in the United States should ap
ply in the Canal Zone; that the
civilian citizens of the United States
residing in the Canal Zone should
have a voice in the affairs of the
zone; that the zone should be
thrown open to Americans who want
to own property and settle in it, the
same as in the District of Columbia;
that the army and navy, while per
mitted to do any and all necessary
defensive work for the protection
of the canal, should be entirely
separate and distinct from the gov
ernment of the Canal Zone.”
Specific demand is made that
“Congress grant the right of suff
rage to civilian Americans residing
in the zone, authorizing them to
elect a resident commissioner to
represent them at Washington, in
the same manner as the present
resident commissioner of the Philip
pines and Porto Rico.
ALASKA SHIPPING BOARD
WAS COSTLY EXPERIMENT
The Territorial legislature appro
priated the sum of $300,025 in 1919,
points out the Valdez Miner, to be
used by the Territory to engage “in
maritime and river commerce and
for other incidental expenses.” Fol
lowing the appropriation, the Ter
ritorial Shipping Board entered the
j transportation business by paying
Maurice D. Leehey, a Seattle at
torney, $8150 for his services as
1 counsel, which was futher agument
ed by a bill from Mr. Leehey of
' $5,545.38 for “rent, supplies and
clerk hire,” and of $2,205.01 for
travel and subsistence. Also a bill of
$70.84 for having a copy of the
hearing printed for dissemination
among the protestants for inexpen
I sive transportation. Mr. Semmes was
. “Traffic Adviser,” for this board,
and he was also a high-priced ex
periment, as it cost $8,166.66 for
his services and $1,358.66 for keep
ing him on the job.
J One would imagine, says the Val
dez paper, that Mr. Leehey could
have traveled around the world and
subsisted on goose livers and hum
ming birds’ tongues for $2,205.01,
but being from Seattle his tastes
were rather higher than those of
the average Alaskan, who is willing
to subsist on beans, while his coun
sel piles up the bills.
( Mr. Semmes also appeared to be
somewhat of a bon vivant, as $1,
358.66 was required to feed him
and pay his traveling expenses. The
duties of the counsel appear to
have been light, judging by his bill
of $5,545.38 for clerk hire and rent
of the Smith building for the few
months the board was intact.
t
I M. H. Sides, a Juneau man, pre
pared a statement for the counsel
who was too busy to obtain facts
for himself, as to vessels and ton
nage, which cost $15, a mere baga
telle, as it were, and probably the
most valuable service rendered by
! the board, at any time.
The counsel for the board also re
tained other counsel as counsel for
cousel for the board, at an ex
pense to the territory of $190.20.
The attorneys also appear to have
worked under the union scale for
counsels as their services were re
markably cheap compared with
those of the Seattle attorneys.
Governor Riggs, who traveled
with the board, appears to have
suffered from dyspepsia, as his bill
was only $36.50 for subsistence, as
against $3,663.67 for his compan
ions, showing that, as an Alaskan,
he could not digest the rich food
placed before the Seattleites.
Before the board disbanded it
spent $26,402.80 of territorial funds
and saved the territory several
hundred thousand dollars by keep
ing the steamship lines worried over
possible competition. The rates were
not lowered, but the good accom
plished will long remain an example
for other legislators to follow.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. VanOrsdel
plan to leave for their Kantishna
properties on Wednesday, on the
Moody launch.
ENGLAND REPORTS BOOM
IN MARRIAGES FOR 1920
LONDON', May 24—There was a
boom in marriages in England and
Wales during the past year, when
nearly 400,000 couples were wed.
This easily constitutes a record, ac
cording to the barrister-general.
For the three years preceding the
war the annual average was only
200.000 and only twice has the
300.000 mark been passed—in 1915
and 1919—when owing to the re
cruiting cry of “single men first’’
the marriages in the second year
went up with a bound and eclipsed
all previous figures.
The Hudson Bay Company’s new
schooner Lady Kinderly was launch
ed from the yards at Vancouver,
B. C., recently. The vessel will be
employed in the Arctic fur trade
and will sail for Herschel Island
as soon as navigation becomes pos
sible in the Arctic.
Charles Swanson, widely known
I oldtimer, was drowned in the swift
waters of the Tanana river on Sun
day and no trace of his body has
been found. The drowning occurred
a short distance below the fox
farm, above Xenana, and is believed
I to have resulted from an attempt
I to rescue a boat. When last seen,
j the unfortunate man was clinging
J to the gunwale of the skiff, ap
j parently having been unable to
lift himself into the boat or to
steer the boat to shore. A man who
saw him drifting past, waded into
the water with a pike pole, but
could not reach the boat and was
unable to' render assistance. A few
moments later he saw Swanson
iet go his hold and disappear be
neath the water. Swanson lived on
Whisky island, and worked along
the Xenana waterfront during the
breakup period this spring.
Miss Stella Madole is paying Xe
nana a brief visit, having arrived
on the Fairbanks train this after
noon. She expects to return to the
upper town on Friday.
Dr. and Mrs. Cultra are making
a trip from Healy to Camp 334.
WANTS STRIKE PROBED
WASHIXGTOX, D. C., May 24
Senator Johnson, of California, has
introduced a resolution providing for
a congressional investigation of the
West Virginia coal mine disturb
ances and the strike situation in
general.
WILL HELP MOONEY OUT
SAX FRAXCISCO, May 24—As
sistant District Attorney Milton
Uren is authority for the statement
that the district attorney “believes
injustice was done in the conviction
of Thomas Mooney in connection
with the Preparedness Day bomb
murder, and will present evidence
in substantiation of this belief
which will compel the governor to
act.”
? The little daughter of Mr. and
j Mrs. W. A. Coghill, who had been
| lying at the point of death at the
j Government hospital for many weeks
' died at the hospital on Sunday
; morning, and was buried in the
i local cemetery late yesterday after
noon. The baby was a little ovei
a lear old. Mr. and Mrs. Coghill
have the sympathy of the entire
^ community in their bereavement.
i ‘ -
i The steamer Tanana, enroute tc
the mouth of the Tanana river to
connect with the steamers Yukon
and Canadian, arrived in port at
* 10:30 this morning, with two big
cold storage barges in tow. The
steamer broke a rudder in Chena
slough, a short distance below Fair
banks and met with further delays
on the Tanana river, head winds
causing considerable trouble in
handling the heavy tow. The steamer
left Fairbanks early Sunday after
noon and is scheduled to get away
from Xenana this afternoon.
Charles Bergman, local contractor
and builder, returned to town this
morning, after a several-day ab
sence, most of which time was
spent aboard the steamer Tanana.
J. R. Fowle, of the Fairbanks
Clothing Company, who came down
from Fairbanks on Friday, return
ed to his home in the upper town
today.
Fred Struthers, manager for the
Waechter Bros. Company, is an ar
rival in town from Fairbanks, hav
ing arrived on the steamer Tanana
this morning.
Fred Dunbar, who left for the
Kantishna several days ago. found
it impossible to negotiate the Riley
trail, owing to water, and has re
turned to town.
Engineer in Charge Fred'k D.
Browne was at Camp 327 last night,
enroute back to his headquarters at
Healy.
CIRCLE
Hot Springs
Best of the known medicinal
springs in Alaska according to
U, S. Geological Report, 1917
First Class Hotel Accommodations
Terms $3.50 per day
Including all hath privileges
U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT 1917
Mineral analysis of water from 3 Hot Springs most used.
PARTS PER MILLION
Circle Tenakee Chena
Silica (Si 02) .
Iron (Fe) ...
Aluminum (Al) .
- Calcium (Ca) .
Magnesium (Mg) .
Sodium (Na) ...
Potassium (K) .
Carbonate radicle (CO 3) .
Bicarbonate radicle (HCO 3) .
Sulphate radicle (04) ..
Chloride radicle (Cl) .
Nitrate (NO 3) ..
Borate radicle (B4 07) ..
Total dissolved solids at 180 OC
Temperature (F) .
Chemical character .
a—E2 03 plus A12 03
b—Calculated
82. 94. 77.
1.3 1.0
3.7 2.4 al.2
29. 35. 2.3
2.1 2.8 1.2
248. 201. b94.
8.6 4.0 -
.0 24. 0.
173. 26. 118.
98. 302. 78.
252. 99. 26. •
0. 0.
Present
816. 787. 388.
134] 106. ~149]
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Mail stage between Chatinika and
Circle, Alaska, connects with Cir
cle' Hot Springs stage weekly in
winter; with mail stage from Cir
cle three times a month in summer
F. IVI. LEACI1, Proprietor
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In the Probate Court, Territory of
Alaska, Fourth Judicial Division,
N'enana Precinct.
In the matter of the Estate of
Herman Nelson, deceased.
Notice of Settlement of Account
Notice is hereby (riven that John
E. Lund, the administrator of the
estate of Herman Nelson, deceased,
has rendered and presented for set
tlement, and filed in said Court, his
Final Account, of his administration
of said estate; and that Saturday,
the 9th. day of July, 1921, at 10
o’clock, a. m.. at the Courtroom of
said court, at Nenana, Nenana pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska, has been
duly appointed by the Probate Judge
of said Court, for the settlement of
said account, at which time and
place any person interested in sail
estate may appear and file excep
tions in writing to the said account,
and contest the same.
Dated this ninth day of May, 1921
JOHN E. LUND,
Administrator of the estate of
Herman Nelson, deceased.
Date of first publication May 10.
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set aside any of your earnings now
for life insurance, how do you ex
pect your wife and children to do
without ALL your earnings? See
R. S. McDonald. New York Life
Insurance Company Agent.
If Comfort, Economy and the t:
Environments of Home :!
Appeal to You, jj
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Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST MONDAY EACH MONTH
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke Geo. S. Smith
Secretary. President.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
j Schedule of trains, subject to
change without notice:
LEAVE NENANA for Healy on
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and *
Saturday at 8 a. m.
Returning leaves Ilealy at 1 p. m.
LEAVE FAIRBANKS for Nenana
on Tuesday and Friday at 8 a. m.
Returning leaves Nenana at 1:30
p. m.
In the Probate Court, Territory of
Alaska, Fourth Judicial Division,
N'enana Precinct.
In the matter of the Estate of
Robert Smith, deceased
Notice of Settlement of Account
Notice is hereby given that John
E. Lund, the administrator of the
estate of. Robert Smith, deceased,
has rendered and presented for
settlement, and filed in said Court,
his Final Account of his administra
tion of said estate; and that Satur
day, the 9th. day of July, 1921, at
10 o’clock, a. m., at the Courtroom
of said Court, at Nenana, Nenana
precinct, Territory of Alaska, has
been duly appointed by the Probate
Judge of said Court, for the settle
ment of said account, at which time
and place any person interested in
said estate may appear and file ex
ceptions in writing to the said ac
count, and contest the same.
Dated this ninth day of May, 1921
JOHN E. LUND,
Administrator of the estate of
Robert Smith, deceased.
Date of first publication May 10.
In the Probate Court, Territory of
Alaska, Fourth Judicial Division,
Nenana Precinct.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Andrew Sidback, Deceased.
Notice of Settlement of Account
Notice is hereby given that Aug
ust Sandeen, the executor of the
estate of Andrew Sidback, deceased,
has rendered and presented for set
tlement, and filed in said court, his
final account of his administration
of said estate; and that Saturday,
the 28th. day of May, 1921, at two
o’clock, p. m., at the Courtroom of
said Court, at Nenana, Nenana Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska, has been
duly appointed by the Probate Judge
of said Court, for the settlement of
said account, at which time and
place any person interested in said
estate may appear and file excep
tions in writing to the said account,
and contest the same.
Dated this 28th. day of Mar., 1921
AUGUST SANDEEN,
Executor of the estate of Andrew
Sidback, deceased.
Date of first publication March 29
Date of last publication, May 24
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ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELANU
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