The Broad Pass Route Is The Short-Cut Route — Saves Mushers Miles and Money
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VOLUME ONE member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, WE DNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1919
WHOLE NUMBER 260
CAMP IS
Steps are being taken by the
Alaskan Engineering commission to
clean up and fix up camp 415, ly
ing across the Tanana river from
town,and at the Nenana end of the
Nenana-Fairbanks railroad.
The roundhouse, blacksmith shop
and pumping plant are in course
of erection, and it is expected that
the camp buildings will also be
thoroughly renovated and will be
made habitable for a large force
of men almost immediately.
Camp 415 will serve as division
headquarters for the Nenana-Fair
banks line until such time as the
line is converted to standard gauge.
It will also be headquarters for
Resident Engineer J. J. Kestly and
his party during construction.
A messhouse is running there
now for the accommodation of the
men who are erecting the buildings
and fixing up the camp generally,
and it is expected that when the
camp is occupied by the force of
the A. E. C. propose to station there
the messing arrangements will be
extended.
Camp 415 is - likely to blossom
into a small sized town during the
construction period.
SAN FRANCISCO SCIENTIST
WILL WATCH QUAKE SIGNS
SAN BERNADINO, Cal —To act
as a sentinel in warning the people
of the United States of earth
quakes, which he says, he can de
tect the day before they occur,
Orlis Kennedy, a lawyer and scien
tist of this city, has given up the
practice of law and will soon leave
for a point on what is known as
San Andreas fault, in the Cajon
Pass near here.
Mr. Kennedy will spend the re
mainder of his life in studying this
fault, he says. The San Andreas
fault runs from a point in Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, to the
Imperial Valley, he declares.
The lawyer-scientist claims to
have predicted on April 13 , the
earthquake which destroyed the
towns of Hemet and San Jacinto,
April 21, last.
HUNS CHANGE SIGNS
TO LURE AMERICANS
With the American Army of Oc-1
cupation in Germany.—Within a ]
few days after the Americans reach- J
ed Coblenz tradesmen’s signs of:
various kinds appeared in English!
in many stores along the main'
streets. German maps showing an
outline of the bridgehead to be oc- j
cupied by the Americans across the
Rhine were in several bookstores I
in Coblenz on the day the ad- j
vanced guard of the army of oc- j
cupation arrived.
TELEGRAPH CABLE IS
OUT OF COMISSION |
The telegraph cable was reported ;
to be out of commission yesterday i
at a point somewhere between Sitka j
and Seattle, and it was expected
that the cable ship would make the
necessary repairs in short order.
Press despatches came in late
yesterday afternoon by wireless via
Bremerton and Cordova, and it was
expected that the same service would
be available today, but up to a late
hour this afternoon, no press mess
ages were received at the News
office.
The break in the cable will, it is
expected, be repaired today, and
press messages ought to come thru1
in the ordinary way tomorrow. j
As a result of the interruption j
no news of the happenings on the1
Outside was received today.
NEW OBSERVES i
BIRTH OF LINCOLN!
Lincoln’s birthday was observed
at the Franklin K. Lane school to
day by the pupils and the teaching
staff, and after appropriate exer
cises, the school was closed for the
day in honor of the memory of the
martyred president.
Shortly after the school opened
the whole school sang the national
anthem of the United States, “The
Star Spangled Banner ”
Several recitations and readings
on the life and works of Lincoln
and patriotic songs were rendered
by the pupils, and Dr. Diven de
livered an address on the life of i
Abraham Lincoln. j
The singing of the song “My Flag
and Your Flag” by the whole school,
brought the program to a close, and
the school children were dismissed1
for the day.
PORTO 10 HI!
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SAN JUAN. — Five thousand
deaths, the department of sanitation
fears, will be the toll taken by*' in- (
fluenza in Porto Rico. More than
3.000 deaths it is estimated, have
already occurred and the acting
commissioner, Dr. Font y Guillot,
believes that in spite of every effort,
that will be made from 1,500 to
2.000 more may be expected.
At the same time Dr. Font an
nounces that the reports received
at headquarters from the island
show that the epidemic is steadily
decreasing. Recently there has been
a decrease of approximately 25 per
cent. One hundred, twenty-five
thousand cases is given by the act-!
ing commissioner as an estimatej
of the number of persons »in Porto j
Rico attacked by influenza, and he j
points out that 5,000 deaths cannot j
be regarded as a very bad record. 1
ANCHORAGE.—Passenger traf-!
fic over the completed sections of
the government railroad has proved
much heavier than officials of the
Alaska * Engineering commission.
anticipated. Travel from the In-1
terior especially, is larger than ini
former years, most of it being per- i
sons destined for the States. Trav-!
elers coming from the Innoko, Idit-'
aord, McGrath and Cache creek dis
tricts come by trail to Sunshine,
where they board trains for An
chorage and then change cars for i
Seward.
This year’s exodus has included'
not only owners of summer gold,
placer diggings, but operators of,
winter diggings. Winter mining in'
the Interior, therefore, is at a low
ebb this year. |
Orders came to the people in
charge - of the molybdenite property
at Shakan, "Which, is being de
veloped by the Treadwell company,
to close down. Considerable v/ork
has been done towards the de-;
velopment of the Shakan property
by the Treadwell company. A 1 .ng
tunnel had been driven and the
trestle from the beach to the jn'ne
was almost completed. It is thought;
that the works were closed down j
owing to the uncertainty of the |
metal market on account of the'
closing of the war and that opera
tions will be resumed »s soon as
conditions become normal again.
MARK SELLS IS NOW
OUT OF HOSPITAL
Advices from Fairbanks indicate
that Mark Sells, the tailor who was
burned badly recently, when his
clothes cleaning establishment was
set afire by an explosion of gaso
line, has left the St. Joseph’s hos
pital and was seen around town
this morning.
He expects to open for business'
in a few days.
NENANAiTES LEFT j
FOR THE STATES
ON TRAIN TODAY:
Bound for the States, via the \
Broad Pass trail, several Nenana- j
ites left on the train which pulled I
out this morning for the end of
steel. Those leaving were Roy j
lamieson, Frank Nye, Charles Wag
ner and Frank Washburn.
Frank Washburn, who is bound
for Boise, Idaho, decided on the
trip only yesterday afternoon, and
made his preparations hurriedly.!
Mrs. Washburn remained behind, as
Frank is going to be away for a
short time only.
Roy Jamieson is bound for Cali-'
fornia, whither his wife had pre
ceeded him, and it is not likely
that he will return North for a
while.
Charley Wagner is on a visit to
his folks, whom he has not seen for
many years. He expects to be back
in Nenana on the first boat in the
spring, if not sooner.
Frank Nye is on a similar mis
sion and he also expects to come
to Nenana in tha spring.
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Deputy Marshal James Hagen was
host last night at a dinner party
i?iven at the Tavern Cafe to several
young ladies of Nenana.
Those present at the dinner were
Misses Alta dnd Queenie Russell,
Betty Foster, Lucille Diven, Luella
Shaffer and Mrs. Leon Kellum.
After having partaken of an elah
>rate repast, the entire party was
rscorted by the host to the Coliseum
where a box had been reserved for
;heir accommodation, and the pic
ture show was enjoyed.
The pictures shown last night
were entitled “The Stampede” and
‘Their Divorce", both of which
were of a high order.
FAIRBANKS DOCTOR HAS
SMALL FIRE AT OFFICE j
At three o’clock yesterday after- j
loon a fire alarm was turned in!
:rom Dr. LeBlanc’s office at Fair-1
janks, which met witji a very quick '
•esponse by the fire department. j
It was found that an overheated j
flue had set the roof on fire. The I
fire was quickly put out, the dam-'
»ge done being very slight; the
report of the fire, received over
ihe phone, places the damage at
ibout $45.
Capt. A. L. Bell, of the R. N.
IV. M. P., has issued strict orders
;hat no Indians be allowed to enter
;he ton of Whitehorse during the
jrevalence of influenza in Kluk
wan, Haines! and other Alaskan
;own where the Indians are in the
labit of going to visit relatives \
ind friends. A quarantine station1
»lso has been established at Cham-:
lagne, with Sergt. Mapley in
:harge, to prevent the Indians from i
Oalton Post mingling with the In- j
.erior Indians. . i
JACK MATHEWS’ HOME
VISITED BY THE STORK
Word was received on the last
lower ri\ rr mail that a baby daugh
ter had arrived at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Mathews, at Hot
Springs, on January 22nd- Mrs.
Mathews and the stranger are said
to be getting along very nicely.
Jack Mathews was formerly con
nected with the marshal's office at
Fairbanks. He is now manager of
the X. C. store at Hot Springs.
10 EXTEND LINE
When the train arrives in town |
tonight from the end of steel it J
will bring the entire tracklaying
camp and the men along, the work
of extending the line toward the
Lignite coal fields having been tem
porarily halted at the gap in the
right of way, near station 17044. j
This gap in the line extends for,
a distance of approximately 300
feet and a contractor with his!
force of men is now busy filling
it in. Just as soon as it is ready!
for the rails, the steel gang will j
be sent out and the extension of
the road toward the coal fields'
pushed as rapidly as possible.
Tomorrow morning the steel
gang will commence laying a nar-!
row gauge track from a point near
the old roundhouse to the river ice |
near the sawmill, for the purpose'
of taking the big narrow gauge
locomotive No. 151, the passenger
coach, box cars and the other nar
row gauge rolling stock across the
river.
A third rail will be laid on the
yard roadbed, alongside the per-1
inanent way, and this will be taken
up immediately after the narrow
gauge rolling stock has passed
over.
On the river ice near the saw- j
mill a narrow gauge line will be
laid to connect with the line leading
from the dock at the foot of the
stiff leg derrick on the ricer ice
to camp 415.
A narrow gauge line, on which
supplies will be hauled until the
breakup, will be laid on the river
ice.
This line will commence at the
Jock at the foot of the stiff leg
lerrick, running alongside the dock
and extending down and across
the river to connect with the Ne
lana end of the Nenana-Fairbanks
line. The steel will also extend to
ward Fairbanks as far as possible
dong the completed portion of the
roadbed
It is expected that the work
jutlined above will be completed
iust about the time the fill on the j
line, south of town, has been fin
ished, when the steel gang will
igain go back to renew operations
an the line to the coal fields.
Nearly $600 has been raised for
the Red Cross by the fruit cake!
which was raffled off at various j
tanneries between Sitko.i Bay and
Juneau during the last season.
The cake was made by the. chef|
sf the Pacific Steamshin company’s,
steamer Spokane for the benefit j
)f the Red Cross organization andj
was first raffled aboard the heat,
jn one of her trips last summer '
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HA LAND IS
TO FARMED
Yesterday afternoon a homestead!
application was filed at the Fair
banks Land office by Andrew Jack
son Irvine.
Mr. Irvine’s homstead is situated
about one and one-half miles south
of Nenana, and is a trifle over 150
acres in extent. The homestead
law-allows any American Citizen
to homestead, under certain re
strictions, a tract of land not to
exceed 160 acres.
The homestead applied for is in
Section 26, Township 4, south,
range H west, Fairbanks meridian.
IDAHO DRINKERS
PAY BIO PBICtS
BOISK, Idaho.—On January 1,
1910, Idaho had been »■" e-dry foi l
three years. The Idaho prohibition
law is one of the most drastic in ■
effect anywhere in the '* ert and
makes it a crime to have liquor in
possession even for medicinal use. *
Special permits are issued for ship
ments of wine for sacramental use
in the churches, out ail other s'1 ip-'
ments are strictly barred.
In spite of the vigilance of state
officials, a great deal of liquor is
brought into the state by boot
leggers and sold at from ?6 to s ■ 1
a quart, according to the scarcity
of the supply. Since Nevada went
dry on December 16, hoot legging
prices have been mounting r | dly.
Idaho’s bone dry law gives the
sheriffs and their deputies, s well
as city policemen, power of search
and seizure. Any • me .»r tusiness
establishment may be entered if
reasonable suspicion exists that li
quor may be on the premises and •
thorough-going sea ch may be made
by the officials.
SPECIAL AGENT MAKES
TRIP TO THE TOLOANA
11. K. Carlisle, timber cruiser and
special agent of the General Land
office, left Fairbanks this morning
on a business tour of the Tolovana
district.
He is traveling by dog team in
company with O. P. Gaustad, who
is returning to his home in the Tolo
vana district.
COURTS-MARTIALS
TO BE REVIEWED
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 11—Secre
tary of War Baker announced to
day that most of the court-martial
sentences imposed on soldiers of
the American Expeditionary Forces
during the war will be revised.1
Sentences imposed in cases of a
very serious nature, however, will j
be allowed to stand.
On the Fourth of July, 1868, the
American flap: was hoisted at .Fort
rongass, Alaska, by Gertie and1
Hattie, daughters of Capt. C. R.1
Pierce, Battery E, Second U. S.!
\rtillcry, says the Ketchikan Miner!
n commemoration of the purchase'
jf Alaska, October 18, 1867, six!
months before. In time Gertie:
Pierce married a Mr. Sullivan. A
i>aby girl was born who today is
Mrs. Jack Jenkins, of Ketchikan,
ilso the proud mother of a baby
jirl. At the time of the flag-rais-,
ing ceremony, 'an ode was com-!
posed by the local poet, Charles,
Stevens, a copy of which ’s in the ]
possession of Mrs. Jenkins.
NEW ROUNDHOUSE
IS BEING BUILT
AT CAMP 415
A gang of carpenters commenced
operations this morning on the
building which is to serve as a
roundhouse for the narrow gauge
locomotives which will be in use
on the construction work on the
Nenana-Fairbanks line.
The roundhouse is being built
near the Y, close to camp -115, at
the foot of the bluff across the
Tanana river, and it is expected
that it will be completed and ready
for the locomotives by the time
the rails have been laid across
the river.
The temporary roundhouse which
was built shortly after the destruc
tion by fire of the old roundhouse,
was taken clown a few days ago to
furnish the material for the narrow
gauge roundhouse now being built
at camp 415.
The first warehouse erected in
Nenana by the A. E. C., a frame
structure, has also been taken
down and the material sent across
the river. The building is being
re-erected near camp 415 and will,
in future serve as a blacksmith
shop for the Fairbanks line.
A boiler and a powerful pump
is now on its way to camp 415
from Fairbanks and will be in
stalled in a few days; it will be
used to supply w-ater to the camp
and locomotives.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.—Coal
mining: has been Now Mexico’s most
important war industry. In this
activity, the state has made a cred
itable record, without more than
touching' her vast deposits.
An increased coal production of
600,000 tons in 1018 over that of
1017 is reported by the state coal
administration. Miners' wages have
been raised from CO to G5 per cent.
Sevently-five per cent of the in
crease in the price of coal is due
to the increase in wages, it is offi
cially stated
This augmented output has re
leased immense quantities of fuel
oil for naval and military pur
poses. It is expected that in view
of the present shortage of oil, coal
will continue to be used as fuel
by larger industries, especially mines
and smelters.
Among New Mexico’s war plants
is the zinc oxide factory at Waldo,
in Sante Pe county. It has oper
ated continuously on ores from
New Mexico, Arizona and Colo
rado. Its product has been used
in the manufacture of paints for
America’s warships and in making
rubber tires for Yankee army
trucks.
Since New Mexico is not a man
ufacturing state, it is not con
fronted with the problems of re
adjvfitment of war industries to
peace needs. Its mines and smelt
ers can continue in full blast, for
a world under reconstruction needs
metals and minerals as much as
» world at war.
MUSICAL TROUPE FOR JAVA
HONOLULU.—A company of
native Hawaiian musicians have
prone to Java for a nine months’
tour.
Ifenana, Where Bella and Bivera Meet
■rational Bark.