THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenanm, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March S, 1879.
Hub of Alaska —_Where Rails and Rivers Meet
Published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by the Nenar.a Printing
Company, at First and B Streets. Nenana. Alaska
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SEATTLE ALASKANS DISCUSS
PLANS TO ATTRACT MEMBER
The Yukon Order of Pioneer;
No. 2. of Seattle, is planning th
surrender of its charter to the pai
ent organization, which is in Dawso
Yukon Territory says The Alask
Weekly. The plans, now in proces
of formation, and which will prc
bably reach full fruition within th
nest few wcekr, comprehend th
organization of what will be calle
the Alaska-Yukon Pioneers, and a
sour-doughs either from Alaska o
the Yukon Territory, will be eligibl
for membership that come withi
the rules governing eligiblity. On
rule that will probably be adopte
will require that all members sha
have been in Alaska or the Yuko
territory prior to the year 190(
This rule will probably automatival
3y change each succeeding yea;
That is the next year the north lan
residence requirement will be 190
and so on.
Those advocating the change, wh
appear to be in the majority in th
present Seattle organization, poin
out that it would be very' desirabl
to have Alaska sourdoughs as mem
bers. so as to largely increase mem
bership. as it undoubtedly would
It has been estimated that then
are some 30.000 permanent resi
dents of Seattle who have been tJ
Alaska and to the Yukon Territory
Indeed, most of the Yukon pioneer
have lived at least a part of th;
time in Alaska. If the estimat;
made is even approximately correct
the possibilities for a big member
ship in the proposed re-arganzatiot
change is quite evident.
A. J. Godard, well known resi
dent of Seattle, is the president anc
Donald McDonald is the secretary
of the present Yukon Order of Pio
r.eers. No. 2.
STEWART LEAVES FOR
WEST ON ALAMEDA; TO
MEET CAMBRAI PARTY
B. D. Stewart. Supervising Min
ing Engineer for the Bureau of Mine;
in the Territory, will leave here to
morrow on the steamer Alameda foi
a rush trip into the interior. He
plans to go a? far a? Fairbanks.
Mr. Stewart will meet the Con
gressional delegation somewhere a
long the line of the Alaska Ralroaa
and aid in showing it something of
the district and giving it information
relative to mineral resources. He
will return here about the middle of
June.
Mr. Stewart is taking with him
some silver-lead or samples from a
5 prospect on Annette Island to be an
alyzed at the Fairbanks experiment
< station of the Bureau of Mines
i These were sent to Mr. Stewart on
- one of the last boats from the South
i for a report as to value.
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5 LAWMAKERS ENJOY OUTING
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dence of development and of promise
j of expansion of Alaskan industries,
j The visitors did not see much be
sides Alaskan scenery on the fast
trip to the Interior but it is hoped
their stay at Nenana. their visit to
the Fairbanks district, their inspec
j tion of coal mines on the return
. trip and their more leisurely survey
of conditions in the coastal region
will convince them of the wisdom
of continued liberality in the mat
ter of Congressional support of
^ federal activities in the Territory.
^ All of the members of the party are
enjoying the outing in Alaska. They
like the Interior climate, they agree
that the railroad has been well con
’ structed and that the ride over it
is a pleasant one, and they are de
lighted with the manner in which
Alaskans have received them. As for
;he rest, their observations have not
yet reached the concrete form.
The Alaska Delegations
' Those who represented the rail
road towns on the trip and en
’ deavored to supply the fund of in
formation demanded by the visitors,
were Mayor L. V. Ray and City
Clerk W . H. Whittlesey-, of Seward;
Dr. E M. Spalding. President Cham
ber of Commerce, and A. A. Shon
beck. Anchorage; George Hutchin
son and Frank R. Clark. Fairbanks;
Herman Anderson, and R. G. South
worth. Nenana.
Inside Passage Back
It is understood the Cambria will
take the Inside passage down
Alaska coast as far as the transport
will permit, with short stops at
the more important towns enroute.
A considerable number of members
of the party will leave the vessel
upon return to Seattle.
The party is by far the most im
pressing one that ever visited Alaska
and is the second delegation of Con
gressmen to reach the Interior, the
firs* delegation having made the
trip to Fairbanks by way of Daw
son and the Yukon river, a score of
years ago; under the leadership of
the late Senator Knute Nelson.
It is only one of several impor
tant parties to come north during
the present summer, however. Tie
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We’re paying big prices for Alaska furs—demand strong.
We are the largest buyers of Alaska furs in this big
central market and we must have all kinds for quick
sale at present high prices. Money sent same day ship
ment comes in—cash, draft or money order, whichever
you want. ACT NOW—if you have one skin or a
hundred. Ship to us at once.
Foiike Fur Co.
suss? ST. LOUIS, MO.
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next visitors of national prominence
probably will be the President and
the members of his official party,
said number in the neighborhood of
200. The President will arrive early
in July and at about the same time
the Brooklyn Eagle party will come
North to dedicate Mt. McKinley
National Park. Senator Wesly L.
Jones. Washington, is also planning
a trip to Alaska in his capcity as
chairman of the senate commerce
committee, to investigate the con
troversy between Delegate Dan
Sutherland and the fisheries bureau.
He will come North next month on
the coast guard vessel and probably
will be accompanied by Rpresenta
tive W. H. White. Jr., principal
member of the house merchant mar
ine committee, and by Henry O'Mal
ley, commissioner of fisheries. Dele
gate Sutherland also has been in
vited to join the party. Still another
capital visitor may be Senator Dill
of Washington, who is quoted as
saying he intended to come to Alas
ka during the summer for a person
al investigation of conditions.
Request for Legislation
A list of subjects on which Alaska
desires legislation, prepared by a
committee of the Anchorage Cham
ber of Commerce, was presented
to the members of the party by
the Achorage delegation, with the
indorsement of the other delegations
insofar as the subjects related to
Alaska and the railroad belt in gen
eral. The report of the committee
was as follows;
“To begin with we have divided
our suggestions into a genera! and
special or local class, the first be
ing things that w!3 aid :he entire
territory and the second those things
which pertain to the railroad belt
more specifically, but which will,
directly or indirectly, benefit the
entire country.
Generally: I We ask for liberal
aid for transportation in Alaska;
more money for roads and trails,
and that the Federal Road Aid Act
be extended to the :erritory.
II We ask that the Govenment
revenues from the seals and other;
fur-bearing animals in Alaska be
turned over to the Public Schools
in Alaska, after the expiration of
the presen: contract.
III We ask that the enforcement
of all law in Alaska, Federal and
’Territorial, (except ordinances of
incorporated towns) be turned over1
to the Depatment of Justice and
sufficient funds supplied to insure .
efficient enforcement of said laws.'
IV We ask for more liberal aids
to Navigation in Alaska waters.
V We ask that the government
of Alaska (the governing bureaus be
consolidated into one department,
bureau or commission, and that Al
aska have representation thereon.
VI We ask that Alaska be per- !
mitted to lew and collect her own
trade license taxes and that part
of the Organic Ac: of tne Territory
in conflict with the request be re
pealed.
VIII We ask that all of the
Federal laws designed to aid the
American fanner, now in force in
states, be extended to Alaska, and
that additional funds be provided
for the enlargement of at least one
experimental farm in Alaska.
Localiy: I We ask for Govern
ment aid to the end that a smelter
be established somewhere alone the
line of the railroad.
II We ask that the headquarters
of the District Court for the Thir/
Division be removed to some point j
nearly the center of population and
industry of the Division.
III We ask that additional funds
be supplied the railroad to provide'
rolling stock and general better- j
ment to meet expanding conditions” i
Reception At Fairbanks
The visitors were met near the
Agricultural college by a large num
ber of Fairbanksans in automobiles
and driven to Ester creek where
they witnessed a cleanup. On the1
return trip to town stops were made !
at the Government Experiment sm-!
tion and at the callege, the greater j
part of the afternoon being taken1;
up in that manner. During the ear- ;
ly evening the visitors were ban
qaeted at Masonic hall and the visil
was brought to a close with a pub
lic reception at the Auditorium. The
las: auto load of visitors left towt
at 11:30 and the excursion trair
got away from Happy shortly be
fore one o’clock this morning.
Mayor Tom Marquam acted a;
toastmaster at the banquet and al
so as chairman at the Auditoriurr
reception. He spoke at some length
at the dinner, informing the visitor
at the outset that guards had beer
placed at the doors to see that none
escaped until all of the local speak
ers had addressed them. Districl
Judge Cecil H. Clegg and Presidenl
Charles E. Bunnell, of the Alaska
college, each gave an interestine
talk.
The speakng was given over tt
the visitors at the Auditorium meet
ing and Senator Francis E. War
rn, of Wyoming, head of the dele
gation, was first on the list. Tht
senator said he had come to -Casks
fishing and had caught a long string
He said he and his traveling com
panions had been favorably impres
sed by what they had seen and
spoke encouragingly of the future
Representative Lee. of California
said many nice things about the
trip to Interior Alaska and gave
the impression that he had beer
favorably impressed by what he had
seen.
Repesentative Harry M. Wurz
bach, of Texas, said he had lost i
watch and some money on the trij
and finished up in Fairbanks bj
losing his heart, in spite of the
presence of vast numbers of mos
quitoes encountered in the receiv
ing line.
Delegate Dan Sutherland brough'
the speaking to a close. He said he
had been trying for many years tc
get a party of his colleagues a'
Washington to make a trip to the
Territory, and expressed the hope
that the coming of the big delega
tion of lawmakers now in Alaska
would result in much good.
Coal Mine Visited
On the return trip to the coast
this morning. the Congressional
party reached Suntrana at 10:30
and spent nearly an hour looking
over the workings of the Healy
River Coal Corporation. Senator
Warren, who comes from a coal
producing state, was paticularly in
terested in the big seams of coal
at Suntrana and the promise of de
velopment of heavy tonnage for
* Vl rinvi.rnmc.ltt voilvnncj t r-nr.-nr,
panying the parry to the mine were
Federal Mine Inspector Stewart and
John A. Davis, head of the Bureau
of Mines station at Fairbanks. The
former is making the round trip
with the party and the latter will
go as far as Curry.
The visitors also planned to make
a short stop at Mile 341. where the
Mt. McKinley Bituminous Coal Cor
poration is developing a large seam
of anthracite coal, but it was not
learned by The News if the pro
perty was examined.
Path* Man Along
The party is accompanied on the
trip by a representative of the
Pathe company and within a short
::me the Outside world will learn
the story of the Alsaka trip through
the medium of motion pictures. The
camera man was in evidence at all
points along the line, and the wea
ther conditions were such that good
results undoubtedly were obtained
st N'enana and Fairbanks.
POLAND BEGINS ENFORCING
COMPULSORY EDUCATION LAW
WARSAW, June 7—Tne first
step towards the introduction of
compulsory education in Palond, as
provided by the constitution, has
oeen made by the Ministry of Edu
cation; which announces that, be
ginning next fall, all children born
m Poland who have reached the age
if seven years shall be obliged to
go to school.
Fred C. Ferrell, head of the
nechanical department of the Al
iskan Engineering Commission, was
i member of the railroad official
>arty on the Congressional special.
Alaska Steamship Co.
SAFETY SPEED SERVICE
VESSEL
Lv. Seattle Lv. Seward Lv. Anoh.
VICTORIA May 19 May 26
ALAMEDA ..... May 26 June 1 June 2
NORTHWESTERN ....June 2 June 9
ALASKA June 9 June 15 June 16
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Write us for information
Col. John C. Gotwals. vice-chair
man of the Alaskan Engineering :
Commission, who was called to Ju- <
neau recntly to attend to some Road ;
Commission matters, returned to ■
Seward in time to join the Congres- .
sional party on the trip to the In
terior.
FOR SALE—Sewing Machine,
Morris chair, cooking utensils. See i
Chas. E. Bergman.
FOR SALE—Two first-class pack *
horses, known as Kennedy stock. 1
Black weighs 1200, gray 1350. In- ‘
quire of Anthony Letray.
FOR SALE—3 room residence fum- 1
nished—-Cheap—Inquire News Office *
“EVERYBODY can buy groceries, r
feed and supplies WHOLESALE.
Write for free pricelist. Peoples ^
| Grocery. 701 Olive St. Seattle.”
PEOPLES GROCERY COMPANY j
RUBBER!
Baby’s and Ladies Rubbers; rub
ber tea-aprons in blue, green and
light gray—pockets and butterfly j
pockeis. the dainty fluted ruffles
are made secure with rubber ce-1
ment. Childrens ventilated pants,
are pur? white and protective, as
well as sanitary. ’
THE DORSAY SHOP
ORDER YOUR
COAL
BY PHONE
Healy River
Coal
Corporation
PHONE YOUR ORDERS
„ TO THE
RAILROAD CIGAR STORE
A man's range of view is about
!10 by 90 degrees of arc, but that
if an insect comprises the entire vi
uai globe in every direction.
LOCAL TRAIN SCHEDULE
HE ALASKA RAILROAD
["rains leave and arrive Nenana as
follows:
1.35 p. m. Tuesday and Friday for
Seward and intermediate points
Returning arrives N'enana 11:20
. m. same days.
■: 15 p. m., Tuesday and Friday for
Dunbar, Fairbanks and Chatanika.
Arrives Nenana 5:00 p. m. Tues
day and Friday.
“Trains both north and south
iound stop over night at Curry
there excellent hotel facilities are
vailable for the public.
River steamers leave Nenana ev
ry Wednesday at 10:00 a. m. for
■oints down river to Holy Cross and
Connecting with gas launch at lat
er point for St. Michael. Arrive Ne
ana evert- Monday or Tuesday.”
Andy’s Express
-AT —
Seward
Will Give Your
BAGGAGE AND FREIGHT
Careful Attention
MEETS ALL TRAINS
AND BOATS
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Alfred J. Ghezzi R. C. Morris.
Secretary. Prezident.
--,
D. H. WILLIAMS
Undertaking Parlors
Licenced Embalroer
Funeral Director
Anchorage — Nenana — Seward
CHAS. E. BERGMAN
Nenana Manager
T rappers Traders
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Dealer in Raw Furs
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