WHERE- RAULS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 1C, 1920.
NO. «6
QUAKES ROCK LOS ANGELES BUILDINGS
ARMY PLANES REACH ERIEj RESUME TOMORROW
GOVERNOR SUSPENDS CITY OFFICIALS OF GALVESTON
Rain, and a lot of it, is needed
to put the Tolovana district on its
feet, according to O. P. Gaustad,
owner of the Tolovana tram, who
' was in Nenana last night on his
way to Fairbanks to wait for wet
weather. No rain had fallen in the
Tolovana up 'to the time Gaustad
left, and he is of the opinion that
the showers of the past couple of
days will not do a great deal of
good over there.
“Practically everybody is taking
it easy over our way, waiting for a
thorough drenching,” said Mr. Gaus
' tad to a representative of The News.
“Some work is in progress, of
course,” he continued, “but not a
great deal can be done without wa
ter, and until rain comes the camp
will continue to remain practically
at a standstill.”
There are a number of large
dumps waiting to be sluiced. Sev
eral of them were partially put
through the boxes during the first
run of water in the spring, but there
is much work yet to be done. Kelly
and Pat O’Connor have a lot of dirt
to sluice on the Letram claim, only
about a third of their dump having
been disposed of when water was
available for sluicing. There is an
other dump on the same claim wait
ing for water, representing the last
of the Fontas pay dirt.
Bostrom & Co. have a lot of dirt
out on the Marietta, about three
fourths of the dump remaining to be
sluiced. This dump originally rep
resented 82,000 feet of bedrock, be
ing the largest in the district, mea
, sured in bedrock feet. The outfit
is now sinking a new shaft on "the
claim, preparatory to further oper
•\ ations.
Bachner & McClellan are waiting
for waiter for hydraulic operations
on four above on Livengood. They
have 90,000 feet of gravel stripped
of overburden, ready to shoot thru
the boxes with their three nozzles.
They have another block of 100,000
feet stripped of moss.
John Simonds and Jim McIntosh
are reported to have found rich pay
in the bottom of a shaft which they
put down on the Franklin claim on
Franklin gulch, the gold being part
„ of the regular Livengood paystreak
and richer than anything ever found
before in the Tolovana district. The
* dirt in the bottom of the shaft av
eraged about $10 to the square foot
of bedrock. At the time Gaustad
left the diggings, the discoverers
were just starting to drift from the
shaft and were still in the pay.
Mr. Gaustad is confident that
steps will be taken soon to provide
the Tolovana district with a plenti
ful supply of waiter by tapping Mike
Hess creek, which will involve con
siderable ditching and a tunnel thru
the hill toward the head of Liven
good. The project has been under
' consideration for some time, and,
if carried through, will mean the
inauguration of much large-scale
mining in that district.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CITY
VISITED BY SEVERE SHOCKS
YACHTS 10 RACE
AGAIN TOMORROW
SANDY HOOK, July 16. — The
second heat of the international
race for the America’s cup will be
sailed tomorrow, weather permitting:.
Yesterday’s race was awarded to
the Shamrock IV, whieh crossed the
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finish line in 4:25:30, after the
Resolute had withdrawn because of
a mishap to the rigging. The ac
cident came in a dramatic manner,
after the yacht had passed half
Iway through an electrical storm,
with torrential rain from the start.
The wind and wafer combined part
ed the throat halyards and com
pelled the defender to quit the race.
The Resolute easily had the up
per hand and was leading by half
a mile when the accident happened.
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Leo Rodrigue, proprietor of the
Healy roadhouse at the end of steel,
is among the out-of-town visitors
in Nenana, having come in on a
brief business trip.
Commissioner Reed Heilig, Mrs.
Heilig and tho two Heilig children
left for Chitina this morning in the
Heilig car, piloted by Fred John
son. Mrs. Heilig and the children
are on their way to the States, and
will be accompanied by Mr. Heilig
as far as Cordova.
Mrs. Thomas O. Lake, Mrs. F. D
Browne and Mrs. R. G. Southworth
were among the returning passen
gers on the Fairbanks train today,
after a short stay in the upper town.
The steamer Carl White arrived
in port last evening from the Tolo
vana, enroute to Fairbanks. The
through passengers on' board the
boat were Mrs. William Zacharias.
O. P. Gaustad and Oscar Sampson.
Captain White reports a very low
stage of water in the Tolovana
river.
Billy Butler, member of the Dan
Sutherland advisory committee in
I this division, came down from Fair
banks on 'today’s train.
General Storekeeper R. S. Donald
son returned today from a brief
business trip to Fairbanks.
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TEMPERATURE
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observation station, Nenana
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LOS ANGELES, July 16.—Great
excitement prevails in this city to
day as the result of a series of
severe earthquakes, the first of which
occurred shortly after ten o’clock
'this morning. The disturbances
[were much more violent than the
] quake of several weeks ago and
considerable damage resulted, but
there has been no' loss of life thus
far.
j The first shock was felt shortly
after ten o’clock this morning, more
severe than any recorded recently.
A hasty survey made immediately
after the quake showed that no ma
terial damage had been done, al
though a number of old structures
were considerably weakened by the
loss of mortar, which was shaken
from the walls. Several plate-glass
windows were broken down town,
j A second severe shock occurred
at 1:27 this afternoon, followed by
a still more violent one two min
utes later, which caused a large
brick chimney to fall across the tun
nel entrance at Third street and
created a panis throughout the city.
Part of the retaining walls in the
Hill street tunnel, between First
and Temple streets, caved in, scores
of windows, including many large
ones, were broken, and crockery and
drug stores suffered considerably,
but no serious damage resulted be
yond that.
Crowds, with nerves on edge,
rushed to the streets, and for the
remainder of the afternoon office
buildings were practically deserted,
the fear being general that addi
tional shocks would come. There
were no further disturbances, how
ever, up to a late hour this after
noon.
It is believed that the shock was
local.
AIRPLANES COMING
ON ALASKA FLIGHT
MINEOLA, July 16.—The four
army airplanes which started for
| Nome, Alaska, yesterday from Mitch
ell field have arrived at Erie safely
and will leave that city tomorrow
morning for Grand Rapids, the sec
ond stop enroute. Two of the
planes reached Erie late yesterday
afternoon and decided to wait there
for the other two machines, which
i were forced to land at Scranton,
thereby delaying their schedule.
They proceeded to Erie today and
iall four planes will resume the flight
j tomorrow, weather permitting.
GAS MAY DELAY.
j GRAND RAPIDS, July 16.—The
I non-arrival of special grades of oil
| required for the army planes due
here tomorrow may delay the Alaska
| squadron somewhat. The oil was
^shipped from Philadelphia several
| days ago, but is still in transit, and
there is none available in this lo
cality.
THE PERSONNEL.
MINEOLA, July 16. — Prior to
the departure of the Nome flight
machines on their Alaska voyage,
Captain Street, head of the party,
who is piloting machine No. 1, was
handed a congratulatory message
from Explorer Stefansson, another
from Henry F. Osborne, president
of the American Museum of Natural
History, and a third from Norwegian
officials, to be delivered to Explorer
Amundsen at Nome.
The personnel of the flight ex
pedition was carefully selected. As
1 observer, Captain Street has Ser
geant Edmund Hennis; the second
officer in command is Lieut. Clifford
Nutt, piloting No. 2 machine, with
Lieut. Eric Nelson hs observer.
Lieut. C. H. Crumrine is piloting
No. 3, with Sergeant Long as ob
server, and Lieut. Ross Kirkpatrick
has charge of the fourth machine,
as pilot. The party is accompanied
by an information officer and Mas
ter Signal Electrician J. E. English.
The aviators will encounter un
known climatic conditions in cross
ing the Rockies in Albert, and will
cross that region at an altitude of
14,000 feet.
| M’DONALD MADE TRAIL
TRIP IN RECORD TIME
Commissioner R. S. McDonald and
August Peterson, who went from
Nenana to Cordova to confer with
Secretary Payne, made a record trip
to Chitina, according to a telegram
received this morning by Dr. J. R.
Bowen. The wire, which was sent
;from Chitina on Wednesday, hav
ing .been delayed e.nroute by line
j trouble, reads as follows: “Reached
here Tuesday morning at two
o’clock, just fifty-two hours from
Nenana, and found train for Cor
dova had left on Monday morning
instead of Tuesday morning. Hope
to get train tomorrow (Thursday)
and make Northwestern for Anchor
age. Valdez trail not open or would
have taken that.”
If they made connections with
the Northwestern as planned, the
two delegates will be able to meet
Secretary Payne upon his return to
Anchorage from the coal fields,
where he is ait the present time.
The plan of the two cabinet officers
is to board the battleship Idahb at
Anchorage and return direct to (Se
attle, being scheduled to reach Pu
get sound on or about July 25.
George Keyes, who is engaged in
mining with his father on Moose
creek, south of Nenana, came down
from Fairbanks today.
Arcording to information received
over the Government wires today,
i Secretaries Payne and Daniels and
line members of their party reached
Anchorage this morning, and were
to make the trip out the line today
to Chickaloon and Eska to inspect
the coal development operations in
progress there. Tomorrow they will
continue to Gold creek, going to
| that point by boat from Talkeetna.
i The message does not state how
| many days will be spent along the
! line, but it is presumed that they
jwill ret; pi t. Ainhorage from Gold
jcreek, arriving there on Monday,
|where they will board the battleship
j Idaho for Seattle.
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j Information received at Fairbanks
| today states that the incoming mad
failed to connect at the Cfritina end
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of the trail and will not reach Fair
banks before Monday or Tuesday.
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The auto stapes which left Fair
banks yesterday morning were com
pelled to stop at Richardson for the
night, owing to wet weather. The
rain stopped during the night, how
ever, and trail conditions are said
to be better beyond Richardson, so
that good time probably will be
made from Richardson south.
Mrs. Peter Deiser came down from
Fairbanks on today’s train, enroute
to the end of steel.
Father Monroe is a visitor in Ne
nana from Fairbanks, having arrived
on today’s train.
CANNERY HAS CLOSED
AT MOUTH OF YUKON
According to advices received at
Fairbanks yesterday, the Carlisle
cannery at the mouth of the Yukon
river has suspended operations, the
wire, dated July 14, stating that the
plant would be closed the following
day.
No explanation is contained in the
message, but it is presumed the can
nery was compelled to suspend be
cause of a shortage of fish, the in
dications along the river being that
the run of king salmon is about
over.
It is also presumed that cannery
operations will be resumed just as
soon as there is another run of fish
suitable for canning.
At the request of Secretary of the
Interior John Barton Payne, the
j property owners of Anchorage have
| taken steps to incorporate the town.
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AUSTIN, Tex., July 16.—Gover
nor VV. P. Hobby has announced
the suspension of the city commis
sioners, city attorney and entire po
lice department of Galveston on
the charge of neglect of duty in
connection with the prolonged strike
of dock workers. The governor
declares that the officials of the Gulf
city failed and refused to maintain
law and order and to preserve peace
during the labor trouble.
TROOPS IN CHARGE.
GALVESTON, July 16.—The mu
nicipal and domestic officials of this
city have been superseded by the
Texas militia, on orders issued by
| Governor Hobby.
The city commissioners have is
jsued a statement in which they make
a general denial of [lie chargi 3 pre
f< rred again.?! tV**n ’.y f he ■ovtrnor.
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| According to word received from
[Fairbanks today, a considerable num
ber of baseball fans plan to make
the trip to Nenana on Sunday to
witness the first of the weekly frames
I to be played throughout the re
jmainder of the season between the
'Fairbanks and Nenana teams. Ar
irangements are being made to make
the trip by special train, provided
a sufficient number of tickets can
be sold to satisfy the railway man
agement. Thirty' reservations had
been made up to last night, and it
is believed that there will be more
than the number required.
The Fairbanksans will leave the
upper town at nine o”clock Sun
day morning and will return during
the evening. The game will be
played during the afternoon, com
mencing at 2:30.
WOMEN OF KANSAS
KEEP AGE SECRET
TOPEKA, July 16.—Kansas club
women are rallying to the support
of Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter,
who refused to make her age known
when she appeared at the office of
the city clerk for the purpose of
i registering.
The state attorney-general de
clares that Kansas women cannot
register unless they give their ages
more definitely than “over twenty
one.” The women claim that the
decision of the attorney-general is
a club to prevent them from voting.
Sam Godfrey, Tolovana mining
man, left Fairbanks yesterday for
Livengood, by way of the Olnes
trail.