The Broad Pass Route Is The Short-Cut Route — Saves Mushers Miles and Money
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press nenana, alaska, Monday, march 3, 1919. whole number 270
FISH TRUST MUST PAY ALASKAN TAX
SENATOR CONDEMNS CONSTITUTION OF LEAGUE
SEATTLE STRIKE* BREAKS; MEN RETURNING TO JOBS
GOVERNORS’ MEET
IS OPEN TODAY
AT THE CAPITAL
WASHINGTON". Mar. 3—Opening
tie conference of governors anc
mayors at the White House today
and commenting on the business oi
peace and the labor problem, whiel
formed the motive for the calling
of the conference, President Wilsor
promised that the federal govern
ment would consider itself the ser
vant of the states and municipalities
and the countries involved in solving
the readjustment problems.
He said that he hoped that th«
conference would assume a wide
range and include within its scope
the means whereby labor condition;
will be restored to a normal basis
as soon as possible, and also toward
effecting fresh allocations to laboi
and industry.
The conference at Paris, he said
regarded themselves as the servant:
of and not the masters of aboul
seven hundred million people.
Secretary of Labor 'Wilson, w’hc
presided at the opening meeting oi
the governors’ and mayors’ confer
ence, said that the recent strikf
at Seattle, Butte and Lawrenct
were deliberate organized attempt:
at" a social and political movemen'
to establish soviet governments ir
the United States.
MINING DEAL IN
KANIH GAMP
IS PUI THROUGH
An important mining deal, in
volving a very large extent of botl
placer and quartz ground, was pu
through last Saturday
W. R, Taylor has been given at
option on the Anderson-Hjelvil
property on Caribou creek, in the
Kantishna country, involving 71
placer ana eight quartz mining
claims. An option was also taker
on the antimony property on Stam
pede creek belonging to Finke anc
Christensen.
The first payments, in taking ui
the option, were made on Saturday
March 1, and amounted to $7,50(
on the Caribou creek claims, anc
$5,000 on the antimony claims, anc
latter payment represented the las'
instalment in an outright purchast
of the antmony property on Stam
pede creek.
It is expected that active minin{
operations on a large scale will b<
commenced early in the spring.
WOLVES ARE KILLED IN
BIG CHENA COUNTRY
Archie McIntosh, who is engagec
in mining by hydraulic methods oi
Birch creek, a tributary of the Bi(
Chena river, is reported to hav<
killed 16 wolves recently.
Wolves are said to be plentifu
in the Big Chena country this yeaT
and several hunters have made goo*
bags of these animals.
Don't m, « the lulu channel
Saturday night.
! IMPERIAL CIGAR STORE
REOPENS FOR BUSINESS
The Imperial Cigar store of Fair
; banks opened their store to the
public yesterday and Harry Brown's
familiar figure was again in evi
1 dence.
1 The Imperial is now located in
the building formerly occupied by
: Moyer, on Second avenue, just
above Thorne’s.
SHIPYARD SHRIKE
IN SEATTLE MAY
BE ENDED SOON
SEATTLE, Mar. 3.—The striking
shipyard workers are to vote, some
time this week, on the question of
returning to work under the old con
ditions.
It is believed that the strikers
will vote in the affirmative and re
sume their old occupations imme
diately.
Five hundred sheet metal workers
returned to work in contract shops
today, thus marking the first break
in the strike.
I
GIVE EARN DANCE
ON MARCO 15TH
The entertainment committee of
the local Moose lodge has definitely
j decided that the dance planned in
honor of Ireland’s patron saint, to
be held in the Union Hall on Sat
urday, March 15th, will be a barn
dance.
Those who will attend the dance
are requested to appear in overalls
and other rough clothing, more in
I keeping with barn-like surroundings
than evening dress will be. Starched
J collars and “Sunday best” clothes
are absolutely taboo.
! The Coliseum orchestra will fur
nish the music, arrangements have
been made for refreshments and a
rollickig good time is in prosepect.
VAN ORSDEL BACK
FROM FAIRBANKS
J. C. VanOrsdel, who went to
Fairbanks a few days ago on busi
ness, returned to town on Saturday
evening on the auto.
Mr. VanOrsdel’s trip was made
in connection with some mining
business in the Kantishna country,
i in which he is interested.
Barney Simon and little daughter
Rosaline, of Anchroage, had an ex
citing experience recently, while
enroute to the States. When com
i ing over the government railroad
to Seward, Barney was caught in a
1 snowslide between stretches of the
1 steel and was held prisoner for
several hours. After being extri
cated he was brought to Seward
l ...
I on a special tram.
, W. A. Coghill left on the train
1 this morning enroute to Anchorage
j and the States. On arrival in the
States, he will take ship for Shrews
• bury, Shropshire England, on a visit
to his home.
i PARIS, Mar. 3.—According to
i Havas News Agency despatch, re
j ceived in this city today, the re
| parations committee of the Inter
Allied peace conferenece has de
cided that the enemy countrie
ought to pay the Allies 24 billio:
pounds (120 billion dollars) a
compensation for damage done dur
ing the war.
The Havas agency also says tha
France demands the immediate pay
ment of one billion pounds, part i
; gold, part in materials and part i
foreign securities.
The paymaent of the remainde
is recommended in instalments sprea
over a period of from twenty-fiv
to thirty-five years.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 3. — Th
Senate Judiciary committee decide
today to take no action on legisli
tion to enforce war time prohibitioi
which becomes effective July 1.
The committee also came to th
i conclusion that there was no thane
;to secure th passage of the pendin
measure during the term of th
j present congress.
PIONEER MEEIING
« mil I0NIGH1
The semi-monthly meeting of th
Nenana Igloo No. 17, Pioneers o
Alaska will be held at the Nenan
Union Hall tonight. The meetin
will be called to order promptly a
8 o’clock, and all members are r<
quested to be on hand on time
Members of other igloos who ma
happen to be visiting in town ar
cordially invited to the meeting.
TUESDAY BRIDGE CLUB
MEETS TOMORROW NIGH'
The Tuesday Bridge club wil
; meet tomorow night at the hom
j of Mrs. J. R. Bowen, on Secon
[ street, between C and D. Play wi
; commence sharp at 8 p. m. and a!
members are urged to be there q,
! time.
i Thise who may not be able t
' attend personally, are requested t
j arrange for a substitute.
Geo. W. Pennington, of Nenam
I has the distinction of being the firs
! member of the territorial legisls
| ture to reach Juneau. He arrive
there during the first week i
February.
Mrs. Martha White, of Ant-hoi
age, who was well known and love
by all of the oldtimers for he
many kindly deeds, died early i
February. Mother White, as sh
was familiarly known, leaves
large circle of friends on th
Alaska coast to mourn her de
parture.
i WASHINGTON, Mar. 3—The Su
. preme court, in effect, upheld the
- constitutionality of the Alaska Ter
- ritorial Fish Trap Act of 1915, in
- dismissing appeals, brought by the
s Alaska Pacific Fisheries to recover
i $1900 paid in taxes under this law.
s The supreme court, also held, in
- effect, the federal court decrees, up
holding the validity of the Alaska
t Fish Canning License Act of 1915;
- in dismissing for lack of jurisdiction,
i appeals from judgments for $2500
i against the Alaska Pacific Fisheries
for taxes under the act.
! | WASHINGTON, Mar. 3.—Presi
! dent Wilson today attached his sig
nature to two important bills, there
by making them a law.
e One bill was for validating and
* authorizing adjustments of over two
and one-half billions dollars relating
’ to war contracts; and the other was
the bill carrying a large appropria
e tion for the improvement of rivers
e and harbors.
e FEDERAL JUDGE
DUE HERE SHORTLY
j -
j District Judge C. E Bunneb. of
the Fourth judicial division, ex
pects to pay a visit to Nenana in j
the near future and will probably
arrive in about a week’s time,
i It is not known at present, just
how long Judge Bunnell expects to
stay in town. It is quite probable
that he will make a tirp out the
line and take a look at the Burns
coal mine.
? _
V Shakespere used 15,000 different
words in all his writings. Yet the
f English dictionary published n:
s Shakespere’s time contained only
5080 words. While Shakespere went;
beyond the dictionary in his use i
of words, Milton kept this side of i
p it. He used 8000 different words,1
i while the dictionary of his time ga <e j
1 13,00° words. How different is all,
e this from the present English die- j
1 tionary.
1 Where Noah’s ark landed, after
i the deluge, the summit of Mount:
Ararat, just 4267 years ago this'
j year, is a little plain of snow, silent;
j and desolate, more than 17,000 feet,
high, with a bright, green sky above.
The view all around is described
’ as “stern, green and monotonous.”
1 Ararat is in Armenia.
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•t observation station, Nenana *
1 at - *
r Sunday, March 2 It
1 It Maximum .10 above ^
e H Minimum .11 below *t
* *t Monday, March 3 H
~ H Maximum ...18 above It
H Minimum .-. 6 above
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PROSPECTORS LEAVE
FOR THE BONNIIELD
George Nightingale left yesterday
afternoon with a load of supplies
headed for the Bonnifield country,
where has has some valuable hold
ings.
Jake Howell and Jimmy Heaney
followed shortly after, headed in
the same direction, and expect to
be gone for quite a while
Calhoun's dog team, returning
from Talkeetna after having safely
landed Howard Wilson at the end
of steel, reached the camp at the
Crossing on Saturday evening. He
brought no passengers with him.
The round trip from the Crossing
to Talkeetna and back was made
in just eight days traveling time,
and Calhoun describes the trail as
in friff~rate condition. There are,
he says, small stretches where the
ground is bare of snow, but these
are not very difficult to get over,
otherwise the trail is Just perfect.
Calhoun will leave again for
Talkeetna, taking W. A. Coghill,
who left for the end of steel on
the train this morning.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 3—The
Senate today confirmed the appoint
ment for another term of District
Attorney Smizer, of the First judi
cial division.
The appointment of John W. Troy
as collector of customs in succession
to the late John F. Pugh, who was
drowned when the Princess Sophia
foundered, was also confirmed.
MARSHAL’S PARTY
ARRIVE IN SEATTLE
Deputy Marshal Pete McMullen,
who took a batch of prisoners Out
side recently, wired to the marshal’s
ofice at Fairbanks that he arrived
with his party safely at Seattle.
He says that it became necessary
to put Major, one of the prisoners,
in a straight jacket enroute, and
that Mrs. Zimmerman’s condition
showed no change.
What does February mean? It
is from the Latin "expiate” or
"purify”, because the Roman ft* i
val of purification was celebrated
in February. When it w-as first
put into the Roman calendar it was
the last month of the year
Charles Smith returned to Nenana
yesterday evening from Fairbanks.
He will resume the freight and
passenger business on the Broad
Pass trail in a day or two.
There was a war over beards
once between the Tartars and the
Persians and it lasted for years.
The Tartars said that the Persians
were in “'dels because they would
not trim their oeards, and war en
sued.
•miA
SEVERELY SCORES
NATIONS LEAGUE
WASHINGTON, Mar. 3.—Senator
Lawrence Y. Sherman (Republican)
. of Illinois, commenting on the
League of Nations, in a lengthy
speech before the Senate today, un
reservedly condemned the constitu
tion of the league, and pictured it
in very vivid terms, as Pandora's
box of misfortune, which would
empty on the long suffering Ameri
can people, the aggregated calami
ties of the world.
The senator sharply criticised
President Wilson, asking who au
thorized him to rear himself above
the republic of the United States
at autocratic power.
Concluding his remarks, Senator
Sherman said that Wilson adroitly
manage to manoeuver himself into
the spotlight as the fountain of
peace and the guardian of mankind.
POSEN, Mar. 3—Reports received
in this city today indicate that after
a period of three days of compara
tive quietness, the Germans have re
, sumed their attacks against the Poles
all along the Polish-German frontier
and heavy fighting is now in prog
ress.
BROWNE ARRIVED
AT END OP STEEP
YESTERDAY EVE
Frederick D. Browne, engineer
in charge, and his party, composed
of Supervising Engineer H. K.
Ward, William Sborgia and Dorwin
Browne, arrived at Camp 367 yes
terday evening.
Mr. Browne is making a recon
naissance tour and had been as far
as the Broad Pass summit On
the journey to the Summit road
house, the party passed through
the upper canyon, and on the re
turn trip they followed the Cooney
trail which avoids the canyon.
Mr. Browne stated over the phone,
that fine weather was experienced
on the trip and that the trail to
the summit was in fine shape.
The party took the trail this
morning, from Camp 367 headed
for the Kantishna country, and a
thorough reconnaissance, with a
view to building a wagon road, and
possibly a railroad into that rich
mining district will be made.
Mr. Browne expects to be away
about two weeks or more in the
Kantishna country, and on the re
turn of the party to the end of
steel, if trail and weather conditions
do not interfere, will make a trip
up Lignite creek and the Healy
Fork for the purpose of looking
into the coal situation.
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