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Prospectors
F armers
Trappers
Tourists
The Nenana district offers oppor
tunities for prospecting, fanning, and
trapping that are unequaled in any
other section of Alaska.
Gold placers of known value, close
to Nenana, are producing annually sub
stantial amounts, and there are scores
of streams within the district on which
little or no prospecting has been done.
These streams, until a short time ago
almost* inaccessible, are now easily
reached by means of the new Govern
ment Railroad, and undoubtedly soon
will be the scene of much mining ac
tivity.
Farming in the Nenana district has
the advantage of a growing season fully
ten days longer than that of any other
section of Interior Alaska. There is
much desirable land in the district open
to homesteaders, and marketing possi
bilities are being expanded steadily.
Fur-bearing animals of the Nenana
and adjacent districts are noted for the
fine quality of their fur, and trappers
annually bring large numbers of pelts
to Nenana and receive for them higher
prices than are obtained for the average
furs of other districts.
Game of all kinds abounds in the
Nenana d&rict, there are scores of
trout streams easy of access, and the
scenic wonders of the district are un
surpassed. The district is the natural
gateway to Mt. McKinley National
Park, and close to Nenana may be
viewed the largest coal ledges in the
world.
Detailed information regarding the
resources and possibilities of the Ne
nana district may be obtained from the
Nenana
Commercial
Club
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Nenana, May 15, 1920.
Editor Nenana News—Sir:
In order to inform the people of
; the conditions that exist and have
prevailed in Nenana regarding the
prevalence and malignancy of the
; flu and pneumonia, I desire to state
conditions in your paper.
In the first place, the type of in
fection that you have had here is
' much more majignant than existed
in Fairbanks.
. I Secondly: At the time that the
epidemic was at its height there was
a terrible lack of adequate nursing.
This was caused partly by lack of
trained nurses, which condition pre
vails all over Alaska, but principally
1 by the action of many members of
your community in not coming to
the front and doing all possible to
help combat this pestilence. Some
crawled into their holes and would
not help those stricken. Such an
one I consider worse than a Siwash
pup and not as deserving of con
sideration by your good citizens.
Others have helped and done ev
erything in their power to aid their
stricken fellow men. These are de
serving of all the praise and honor
that your community can bestow on
them. Knowing the desperate risks
they ran of a surety of taking the
flu, still they offered their most
precious possession, their health.
! Others used their influence to
keep their friends from helping.
These I consider the most despicable
of all and not fit to associate with
white people.
Fairbanks sent you all we could*
spare in the way of nurses who
had had some experience before.
These have been working hard to
help you. But when I arrived here
I found idle men, who were able
bodied, on your streets, in cigar
stores and in places of business.
Why are they not doing the work
that is required of them'.’
It will be necessary for those
from Fairbanks to return there in
a couple of days, and your citizens
must step into the breach and take
their places.
! Third: There has been too much
work for any single doctor to han
;dle adequately.
The treatment of the pneumonia
'cases has been the same as is used
all over America, and is practically
the same as we used in Fairbanks,
j Fourth: The prevalence of pneu
monia is due to several causes:
First, climatic conditions, prevailing
winds, etc.; second, patients expos
i ing themselves while sweating:, due
to indiscreet use of toilet facilities;
third, exposure when patient has
jleft his sickbed too soon; fourth,
.disobedience of doctor’s orders and
i
j jotting up when told to stay in
;bed or indoors; fifth, flu patients
| having: not had treatment in time,
i such as those •who have been beyond
; reach of a physician and' have had
: to walk from where they were work
ling to hospital accommodations.
| I do not wish to make this in
.the way of criticism, but merely to
1 place the facts before you. The
' crest of the epidemic is past, but
: those who are debilitated and con
:valescent cannot be too careful.
| Get in and help, those of you who
I are able, and everyone will feel
better.
Those of you who are prone to
criticize, ask yourself the question:
Have I done as much to help as the
man or woman has, that I am criti
cizing? If not, you have no right
i to talk. Stop it and work.
Thanking you,
J. A. SUTHERLAND,
Asst. Health Commissioner.
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“Governor Emmet Boyle of Nev
ada was the champion of the excise
tax on cold at the International
Mininc congress at Seattle," said
Territorial Inspector of Mines B. D.
Stewart, upon his arrival at Juneau
recently from attendance at the con
vention. “Press dispatches and Se
attle papers wrongly reported Gov
ernor Boyle as saying that the law
to provide a bounty on gold bullion
was not a good law and only a
makeshift."
Frank A. Vanderlip, (he eminent
banker, spoke at the congress on
Friday, April 9. Mr. Vanderlip gave
the history of the mining business
and showed how gold was used as
a reserve to allow the issue of cur
rency. “When he was through with
his speech,” continued Mr. Stewart,
“Governor Boyle, who was sitting
on the platform, asked him if he
was not getting away from the sub
ject of the gold bonus, and asked
him to give his objection to it. Mr.
Vanderlip stated, that ever since
1812 the price of an ounce of gold
had been set at $20.07, and that
there was more or less sanctity
about the metal and the price that
would be disturbed if the excise law
went into etfect raising the value of
the metal.”
Back the McFadden Bill.
Mr. Stewart said that Governor
Boyle then made a speech in which
he said that something over $80,
000.000 worth of gold bullion was
used in the manufactures and arts
last year. Fifty-eight million dol
lars’ worth of gold was mined in
America, thus making the amount
of gold used solely for manufac
tures and arts something over twen
ty-one millions more than was
mined. The average cost of the
mining of the gold was somethin”
like $P>0 an ounce at the present
time. After the gold is manufac
tured into jewelry, it is sold at an
average price of $145 an ounce at
retail and the manufacturing jew
elery, “like good sports,” according
to Governor Boyle, were perfectly
willing to pay the additional ten
dollars an ounce as provided in thi
McFadden bill.
Governor Boyle said that the onlj
reason the great mines on the Ram:
in South Africa were able to op
erate at all now was owing to thi
fact that the British government
was allowing the operators there tc
sell their gold in the open market.
After hearing the speech of Gov
ernor Boyle, the Mining congress
without one dissenting voice, en
dorsed the McFadden bill, and reso
lutions to the effect were prepare!
and passed.
Admit Ignorance.
According to Mr. Stewart, bank
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J. F. BENNETT. GEORGE RICH
ers who were present at the con-'
gross admitted that they were ig
norant of the provisions of the Me- ■
Fadden bill. They thought it would :
tause inflation of gold coin and :
cause the prices of commodities to'
rise even higher than they are at
the present time. It was pointed
out to them that the McFadden bill
provides for an excise tax on gold
sold to the manufacturer and would
not alfect gold coin whatever. In-'
asmuch as more gold is being used
in manufactures ami arts than is
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being mined, the miners would be
reimbursed from the money received
from this source.
BROOKER’S CAFE WILL RE
OPEN TOMORROW MORNING.
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF
FINAL ACCOUNT OF AD
MINISTRATRIX.
In the Prrobate Court, Ruby, Nulato :
Precinct, Division 4.
In the Matter of the Estate of Fred!
B. Wajker, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given to ail
whom it may concern that the un
dersigned, Mrs. Fffic M. Walker, ad
ministratrix of the estate of Fred
B. Walker, deceased, has this day
filed in the above court, her final
account as such administratrix, and
that said court has by order duly
appointed Tuesday, the 22d of June,
1920, at the hour of 2 p. m., at
United States Commissioner’s office.
Ruby, Alaska, as the time and place
for the hearing and settlement of
said account, and for the hearing of
any objections thereto; and at said
time and place said administratrix
will apply to said court for an order
approving and settling said final ac
count and for her discharge as ad
ministratrix.
MRS. EFFIE M. WALKER,
Administratrix
JOHN W. DUNN.
Attorney for Administratrix.
First publication, April 24, 1920.
| Last publication, May 22. 1920.
Day of publication, Saturday.
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I NOTICE OF CHAN6E OF RECORDING PRECINCTS i
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1 According to a recently issued Court Order by 5
i E Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- |
| cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon- |
| nifield and Totatlanika Districts. i
§ Miners and Prospectors,of these districts will be |
| enabled by this change to do their recording and |
| transact other business at Nenana, which is within §
| easy reach of their mining activities. i
| NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB. |
| J. R. Bowen, President. R. J. Diven, Secretary. |
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