THE NENANA NEWS
Application ma de October 30, 1916, at the Postoffice at Nenana, Alaska, lor
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nana Printing Company.
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Nenana, Alaska, June 9, 1917
Nenana needs a bank. And as
the need becomes more apparent
the assurance that such an insti
tution can be made to pay becomes
equally so. Nenana is not the
center of a gold producing district
like Dawson. Fairbanks or other
Northern towns which depend in
great part upon the output of the
nearby creeks to maintain their
banks and other institutions: but
ours is a permanent town, with a
most promising future. And there
are mining camps sufficiently close
to us to justify the belief that at
least a part of the gold mined can
be attracted to a local bank. We
are, in fact, in the very heart of a
most promising mineral belt, with
many streams already producing
gold and scores of others in the
early stages of development. The
day may not be so far distant when
the Nenana district is as prolific
in producing mines as any in Alas
ka.
But without the gold dust upon
which Northern banks have come
to depend so largely for profits,
there is enough other business here
to justify the establishment of a
bank. We have a large payroll
to insure generous deposits and
there are opportunities here for
using that money advantageously
through legitimate banking chan
nels. Large stocks which have
been ordered by local merchants,
and the prospect of the establish
ment of additional supply houses
in Nenana in the near future, give
assurance that the town will be
plentifully supplied with provisions
and other supplies during the com
ing winter. Nenana, in fact, will
soon be in a position to reach out
for the business of neighboring
districts, and within a year we
should be firmly established as a
supply point, with boats coming to
our docks for goods during the
summer months and freighters
from many nearby points making
the town their headquarters during
the winter.
As has already been pointed out
in these columns, Nenana is a
natural supply point for a large
district, which embraces the Tolo
vana, Kantishna, Totatlinika, Bon
nifield and numerous camps both
up and down the river. The fact
that we do not already control this
trade is the result of being unable
in the past to sellsupplies in com
petition with other nearby towns.
But the present season undoubted
ly will alter this condition. We
will have our own large stocks to
draw on hereafter and our location
| is such that we will be able to
| compete successfully with other
1 Interior towns.
! Help the Red Cross. A more
■ worthy cause could not be recog
| nized than that embracing the
j world-renowned work of this pat
j riotic organization. All good cit
izens will find pleasure in the
; interest which has been awakened
| in Nenana and the efforts which
| are being made to increase the
membership of the American so
ciety which, in comparison with
the Entente countries, is conspic
uously in arrears. The sale of
badges, which was started during
' the week, met with such a gener
■ ous response that all were sold in
short order and a new supply has
been ordered. When these arrive
a further appeal for members will
be made.
These badges entitle the purch
aser to membership in the Ameri
can Red Cross and include a month's
subscription to the Red Cross mag
jazine. which aims to keep mem
bers of the Red Cross in touch
with all the movements inaugurat
ed by the society. Through its
columns relief measures are given
publicity, and it also serves as the
official channel of communication
for sick and imprisoned soldiers.
_
NOTICE
To the heirs, and all others, interested
in the estate of Emil Roatsch, De
ceased:
The petition of A. D. Thompson, ad
ministrator for the estate of Emil Roatsch,
deceased, having been filed, petitioning
for an order of sale of real property be
i longing to said estate:
It is therefore ordered that the heirs,
and all others, .interested in the said
estate appear in this Court on the 9th
day of July, 1917, at the hour of 10
oclock, a. m., to show cause, if any ex
ist, why an order of sale should not be
made as in the said petition prayed for;
the real property belonging to said es
tate consisting of Lot No. 14, in Block
No. 21, with cabin situate thereon, Ne
nana townsite, Alaska.
Robert E. Burns,
United States Commissioner
and ex-Officio Probate fudge
First Publication, June 9, 1917.
Last Publication, fuly 7, 1917.
Angus McDonald, who has the contract
to erect the Burns building at the corner
of First and A streets, started work the
first of the week and now has the build
ing well under way. When completed
this building will be the largest in town
MONDAY’S BLLLETIN
Fairbanks: Mrs. Rov Shafer was tak
' en to St Joseph’s hospital this morning.
The appointment of United States Mar
shal Tanuer has been confirmed by the
senate.
Valdez: Major Davidson has gone to
Juneau to organize the first unit of the
Alaska National guard.
Dawson: Ahlert & Forslia, pioneer
grocery concern of this city, are contem
plating entering business in Xenana
early this summer.
Washington: State department offic
ials are authority for the statement that
the British forces have captured 52,000
Get mans since April 15.
Mrs. Ed Bund went to work for the
Alaskan Engineering commission this
morning, having been assigned to a desk
in the commissary office.
Fairbanks: The local baseball players
are practicing diligently, preparing for
the game which they hope to play with
the Nenaiia organization next Sunday.
Fairbanks: Mrs. Georgine Anderson,
owner of the Sunnyside greenhouse on
the Garden island side of Chena slough,
died at St. Joseph’s hospital today, death
being due to diabetes.
London: General Haig reports that
the British forces have resumed the of
fensive in Northwestern France and are
making considerable advafice despite the
stubborn resistance of the enemy.
Petrograd: Tne city of Troitska was
partially wrecked yesterday .by rioters.
Included in the damage done was the
looting of the wineries and the destruc
tion of large stores of wines and liquors.
R. C. Woods, Frank Whitely and 11
B. Parkin, Fairbanks business men, spent
a short time in Nenana yesterday, en
route to the Tolovana. They are travel
ing in the Wood launch.
Washington: The Norwegian admir
alty liasannounced that during the mouth
of May German submarines collected a
total of fift^ vessels with an aggregate
tonnage of 55,000. The torpedoing of
the vessels caused a loss of 25 lives.
Juneau: L. D. Henderson, superinten
dent of the Tuneau public schools, has
been appointed as first superintendent ot
schools for the territory of Alaska, under
the authority of the act passed by the
legislature providing for a uniform school
system.
Washington: According to an official
announcement made today, it is the plan
of the federal government to provide life
insurance for American soldiers and sail
ors engaged in the war. The relatives of
those who die during the war are to re
ceive the sum of $4000. Tile details of
the plan have not been made public.
Fairbanks: The Alaska Citizen re
ports the passage, last Saturday, of the
Sundry Civil bill by the upper branch of
congress. Up to a late hour this after
noon the News-Miner press reports con
tained no mention of the passage of the
measure. The sundry civil bill includes
the Alaska railroad appropriation.
About 500 ties and more than 100 logs
were destroyed by a forest fire which
swept the woods yesterday in the vicinity
of Twelve-Mile. A call for fire fighters j
was sent to town early in the afternoon
bv Bob Touissant, who was making a
trip over the right-of-way. and a special
train responded with a score of volun
teers. Additional men were picked up
along the line and some very effective
work resulted. The train returned to
town during the nite.
TUESDAY’S BULLETIN
Tokyo: The Chinese revolutionary i
movement is reported to have assumed
serious proportions and the republic ap
pears to be doomed.
Seattle: The steamship St. Michaels
is billed to sail for the North with a ship
ment of 500 tons of steel for Nenana.
New York: Two Germans were placed
under arrest in this city today, charged
with supplying information to the Ger
man government. They are being held
under bonds in the sum of $25,000 each.
Washington: It was athoritativelv an
nounced this afternoon that it is the in
tention of the war department to draft
one million men immediately, which it
is believed will insure a fighting force of
650,000 instead of half a million, as orig
inally planned.
Vienna: An official bulletin issued to
day states that the Italian offensive,
which was started eaflv last month, has
cos', the enemy during the past 19 d ivs a
total of 160,000 in killed and wounded.
Twenty thousand Italians were also
taken prisoner. Much lighting continues
along the entire line, but the positions
of the opposing armies remain practical
ly unchanged.
London: A report received from Gen
eral Haig this* morning states that the
British forces oj erating on the Western
front continued their advance during the
night and met with further successes.
Intense fighting characterized the en
gagements east of Yprcs, where the tier
mans were retired at several points. The
losses on both sides in that region have
been unusually heavy during the past
twentv-four hours.
Washington: Registration It.ay is being
observed generally thruout the United
States in accordance with the net recently
passed bv congress tor tbe purpose of as
certaining the number of Americans
available for war duty. The registration
order applies to all male citizens betw een
the ages of 21 and 30 years, ninl includes
every section of the United States. Ailav
for registering in the territories, includ
ing Alaska, Hawaii anil the 1‘hillipines,
will soon he announced.
Tarts: At a most secret session of the
Chamber of Deputies, held during the
night, the peace terms which will be in
sisted upon bv the I-’rench government
were decided upon, the vote on the reso
lution beiiig 453 in favor while only 55
voted against. France will insist upon
the restoration of all territory at present
occupied by the Germans, including all
of Alsace-Lorraine, end the Imperial
German government must make full rep
aration for all the damage done since the
commencement of the war. The announce
ment of the action of the Chamber has
been received with general accord thru
out the nation.
London: One of the most important
engagements recorded recently took place
today along the coast of Flanders and in
volved both land and water force . Aj
squadron of British warships opened the {
attack by bombarding the German base i
at Ostend, the British land forces renew
ing their offensive in the same sector si
multaneously. British cruisers also en
gaged the German defense fleet at long
range and succeeded in sinking one Ger
man torpedo boat. While tile extent of
the damage done to the land defenses is
not known definitely, it is known that
many buildings were wrecked by shells
at Ostend and several land batteries were '
silenced. The attacking vessels escaped
uninjured.
WEDNESDAY’S BULLETIN
Berlin: The naval board this morning
.rDScially announced the loss of the sub
nariue U-20.
Seattle: The results of registration in
this city according to latest reports totals
26,000, with the count still incomplete.
Fairbanks: Miss Lucille Latimer, the
popular “hello girl” at the local ex
change, is enroute to Xetiana to consult
with Dr. M. E. Smith.
Navajo, Ariz.: The Ute Indians have
absolutely refused to comply with the
registration order and have driven the
registration officials off their reservation.
Dawson: Advices from the upper river
state that the ice in Lake Labarge broke
yesterday. This morning the lower end
of the lake for a distance of a mile and a
half was heavily jammed with ice.
Fairbanks: An interesting game of
baseball was played at the park last night
between the city hall bunch and a nine
composed of federal employes. Tne city
tossers won by three runs, the score being
13 to 10.
Washington: Wisconsin is the first
state to make known the result of regis
tration, and the total comes w ithin 11,000
of the number estimated for the state
prior to the vote. The returns show a
!
otal of 218,000.
Fairbanks: Judge Bunnell ami the
members ot the court party which will
visit the lower river this summer are
awaiting the return of the steamer Wash*
burn. They will go direct to Iditarod,
where a number ot cases are awaiting *
trial.
Butte: Fix hundred I. W. W. and
Socialists paraded the streets of this city
yesterdav burring a red tlag with tlie in
scription: “Down with war.” A com
pany of the state militia was called out
and dispersed them to prevent an\ possi
bility of rioting.
Washington: Officials in charge ot the
assembling of the registration returns
stated this afternoon iliat the reports so
far received indicate highly satisfactory
results, hut that it will probably he late ,
tonight before the last reports are in and
the grand total can he announced.
Fairbanks: Falcon Joslin lias taken a
lease on the McDonald I,ode, the Blue
bird and the Tango quartz claims, located
on Kster Dome, and it is the intention of
the railroad man to begin operations in
the immediate future. The properties
belong to John McDonald, George Kenny
and Dwight Newton.
Rio de Janiero: In a reply to the note
recently received from Berlin in which
the Imperial government protestcdagauist
the seizure of German ships in Brazilian ,
ports, the government this morning dis
patched a note to Germane in which it
was stated that the seizure of interned
German vessels “is necessary to replace
the Brazilian merchantmen whcli have
been sunk bv German lT-boats. ”
Washington: According to an official
announcement issued bv the war depart
ment this morning ;m armed American
merchantman sank a German U-boat in
the blockade zone early this morning.
A running fight lasting ail hour and a
half took place, during which the diver
fired 35 shots and the merchantman 35.
The last shot of the merchantman was
plainly seen to pierce the shell of the
liver, which instantly reared out of the
water by tli'e stern, and after remaining
in plain sight for a few seconds disap- -
peared from sight. The submarine had
no flag when she attacked the merchant
man.
THURSDAY'S BULLETIN
First-class mail reached Xenana last
night.
William Casey, who has been in Fair
banks several days, is expected home to
morrow.
Paris; A number of American war
ships are reported to have arrived qtf the *
French coast this morning.
Mrs. F. A Stevens arrived in Xenana
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