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SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
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NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second a“d Fourth Tuesdays
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
WEEKLY FORCE REPORT
For the week ending April 19,
there were 399 employes on the
pay rolls of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission, showing a decrease
of 22 employes as against the num
ber employed during the preceding
week. There were also 106 station
men or contractors, and 18 station
men laborers, showing a decrease
of 1 stationman laborer for the
period under review.
The forces of the A. E. C. were
distributed as follows:
Camp 1, general
Camp 1, electric .
Camp 1, corral .
Camp 1, construction .
Camp 1, store..
Hospital —..
Townsite —.
Surfacing camp
Tracklaying camp
Section Xo. 1... .
Section Xo. 4
Section Xo. 5 and 6
Camp 387 (Lynn)
Camp 415
Camp 423 .
Camp 432 .
Camp 440 .
Camp 449
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12
14
65
21
10
25
31
9
.12
15
4
. 8
23
9
Xenana total 364
Fairbanks office . •
Tanana Valley R. R. .... 21
Camp 454 11
Fairbanks total ..35
Total for division -- 399
Kenana. Where Bail! and Blrera lteat
Nothing Succeeds
Like Success
Our Goods are Right. Our Prices are
Right
Watch and Jewelry Repairing, Engraving
Wm. TAYLOR
Northern Commercial Co.
Carry A Complete Line of
General
Merchandise
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
We Carry a Full Line of
MINERS' and TRAPPERS' SUPPLIES
and Can Furnish Vour Outfit Complete at Special Prices
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
:
A. E. C. TRAINMEN
MUST NOW QUALIFY
A system of appointment by ex- j
amination has been inaugurated by
the officials of the A. E. C. for
all train and enginemen and a series
of questions are given to candidates
for appointment to positions on the
train crews of the A. E. C.
The examinations are held by
Superintendent W. L. Packer; the
candidates taking the written exam
ination in his office. Those who
; can qualify are given the appoint
ments. while those who are not
quite up in railroad train work are
given an opportunity to acquire this
knowledge.
Examinations are held as men are
needed by Mr. Packer and promo
tions in the service depend entirely
on the merits of the employee and
his knowledge of railroad work, in
accordance with the rules in force
on any big railroad in the United
States.
i There is a lot of good material
here. Mr. Packer said, and of a
great deal better quality by com
parison than the average train and
enginemen obtainable in the States.
The questions asked of the men
in the examinations are based on
the book of rules governing rail
road operations on all iines in the
States, and Mr. Packer said that he
means to hold these examinations
periodically, with a view to raising
the standards of work on the road
and ensuring the safety of the
trains entrusted to the care of these
men.
It is up to the men to study and
take the examinations as they a?e
set, if they desire to climb the
ladder of promotion.
In the matter of promoting mem
bers of the train crews, and for
i their guidance generally, the A. E.
C. has adopted a book of rules
similar in substance to the rules
| governing railroad operation thru
,out'ithe. States.
The rule relating to promotion
reads as follows:
“Trainmen will be promoted on
their respective divisions, with ref
i erence to the following: the Alas
i kan Engineering commission./ to de
cide: 1. Fitness for promotion.
2. Previous record for faithful
1 service. 3. Length of service."
! Capacity for greater responsi
bility will largely guide the officials
, in their selections for promotion.
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V.CTURY LOAN
! FORCING AHEAD
| LADIES ACM
Very satisfactory progress is re
jported in the sale of Victory Loan
| bonds today, which is only the
l second day of the drive- The de
| mand for the bonds appear to be
1 steady, and if it continues as at
| present, Nenana will surely go
‘•Over the top in great style. *
Mrs. Carl Schmidt, chairman of
the Ladies’ committee, has named
Mrs. R. S. McDonald and Miss Mild
red Anderson to be members of the
committee, and bonds may be had
of these ladies at most any time.
Mrs. McDonald will be at the post
office during office hours and will
be glad to sell as many bonds as
may be required. Miss Mildred
Anderson will be at the A. E. C.
head offiice (upstairs) between the
hours of 8 a. m. and 5 p. m. She
will also canvass the town. Mrs.
Schmidt intends to canvass the
town and will be glad to sell bonds
at her residence over Johnson’s, on
Front street.
The figures of the sales made
by the ladies for the day are not
available at the present time, but it
is understood that they have made
great headway.
Miss Mildred Anderson’s sales
totaled $6,800 up to five o’clock
today.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
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LAUGHLIN BACK
FROM THE SiATES
E. L. Laughlin returned to Xe
nana yesterday evening on the train
arriving from the end of steel, hav
ing made the journey from Tal
keetna over the Broad Pass trail.
The trail, Mr Laughlin says, is im
possible for any kind of travel for
the future, as it has practically
gone to pieces. The rivers which
cross the trail are open in places
and on the present journey he had
to ford the Jack river twice and
make a long detour in one or two
other places to avoid open water.
From Talkeetna to within eleven
miles of the Lignite roadhouse, hr
traveled with Ole Jacobsen’s doe
stage. At this point they had to
'cave their baggage and come on
foot on account of forest fires. Th*.
Xenana Canyon is reported to be
wide open now, and the Xenana
river seems to have broken in sev
eral places, open water being see’
in pretty long stretches.
From a point about the middle
of the Xenana Canyon to r Billy
Lynn's coal mine, forest fires arc
said to be raging and threaten.na
to cut communications ... mg he
railroad. Xear Lynn’s mine a cul
vert is reported to have been or
fire, and at the time he passed thrr
the piiedriver crew were hard al
it trying to save the structure.
Mr. Laughlin left Xenana for the
States via the Broad Pass trail, or
January 13 last, and traveled ir
company with CL W. Pennington
who was on his way to Juneau
He went to Los Angeles, and trav
eled largely in Southern California
He left Los Angeles March 21. anc
had considerable difficulty getting
passage to Alaska, as the boats wire
all full on Alaska sailings no tc
the end of ApriL He managed tc
secure passage through the goo.]
offices of the A. E. C. repres mia
tives at Seattle. He stopped a
day at Seward, and a week at an
chorage, waiting for a train.
Mr. Laughlin was five days or
the trail between Talkeetna anc
Lignite. He reports having me)
Cap Griffith and his party on Apri
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10th at a point between Sullivan's'
and the Indian river. Cap's party
was then preparing to freight their
supplies over the Indian river sum
mit to Chulitna. The trail left be-,
hind by this party is said to have
been badly cut up and utterly un
fit for travel. The Griffith party
had six head of horses and a con
siderable outfit.
Talking of conditions in the
States, Mr Lauehlin says that
things appeared to be booming in
Los Angeles; but Seattle was in the'
throes of a big strike on his out
! ward trip, and did not seem to have
come out of it quite on his home
ward trip. He thinks that there
, may be a recurrence of the trouble
there later on, due entirely to I.
W. W. activity.
Xenana looks good to him. and
he stated that he was mightly glad
to be back.
FOE REXT—Small one-room partly
furnished frame cabin, on First
and B streets. Aplly at Ghezzi’s.
Rubber boots have been indented
with hollows between their outer
surfaces and linings which can be
filled with hot water to keep the
wearers’ feet warm.
\V. .1 Lynn came into town yes
terday from his coal mine on busi
ness. He expects to leave for his
camp again on the train tomorrow.
Both amusinp and instructive is
a toy fipure of a soldier that can
be made to send correct signals
with semaphore flaps as a key
board is operated.
Wenana—The Gateway to McKinley
National Park.
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