THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alasks
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 187s
Hub of Alaska_— > Where Rails and Rivers Meet
Published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by the Nenana Prlntln
Company, at First and B Streets. Nenana. Alaska.
R. G. Southworth .
Mrs. R. G. Southworth
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Excellent progress is reported by
•the engineers in charge of the con
struction work on the spur to the
Moose creek coal fields, says the
Anchorage Times.
Thirty-two acres have been clear
ed ready for grading, which is about
three fourths of the total amourt; to
be cleared, and five station con
tracts have been let for the work of
excavation. To date 1,800 cubic
yards of material have been moved
by these contractors.
Including the contractors, com
mission camp proper, etc., there are
ninety-three men engaged upon the
work and barring untoward hap
penings the work should be pushed
to completion on schedule time.
As the result of extensive pros
pective development by the Fern
mine and the Consolidated company
on Archangel and Fairangel creeks,
Willow creek district, the Alaska
Road commission has ordered the
wagon road extended to the forks
of this creek from opposite the Ma
ble mine to which point the road is
now operative for automobiles. This
announcement was made by Jerome
Drumheller, on his arrival in Anch
orage where he has been complet
ing arrangements for extensive tun
nel work.
Members of the Eagle party re
port they were splendidly entertain
ed at Valdez, practically every auto
in the city being at the dock to
take the passengers for a trip thru
the canyon as far as Wottman’s.
The Alaska also caMed in at Colum
bia glacier where the cameraman
of the movie company went out in
a small boat and took several scenes
of the glacier with the ship and pas
sengers in the foreground. The trip
■up was very smooth and pleasant,
altho the party encountered rain
at Ketchikan and Juneau.
With compressor and tram install-'
cd and camp created from the build
ings of the LeRoy mine, the Home
builders property, controlled by1
Richter and associates. Is now going
ahead with development that promi
ses to soon add another big property j
to the Willow creek group says the
Anchorage Times. The plant con- •
sits of a gasoline power driven
tramway and Ingersoll-Rand com
pressor, and five houses have been
erected including a bunk house, j
cook house, headquarters power
house and powder house with an
auxiliary blacksmith shop at the
base of the hill and a station black
smith house at the portal of the
tunnel.
The Alaska road commission has
started work on a road from the
railway camp at Gird wood to the
property of the Crow Creek com
pany 8 miles away, and a crew of
25 men is at work.
More than 350 fdx farms are in
operation in the territory, carrying
from five to fifty pairs of foxes,
representing an inresfiment of ap
proximately S2.000.000.
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Juneau, July
New:
Recently the American Legio
through its National Americanisr
Commission announced the subjec
and conditions governing its 192
National Essay Congest. The ar
nouncement reached this office to
late for us to notify schools befor
the close of the school year. In viei
of the fact that the contest run
during the period May 25—Octobe
12, and that the greater part o
this time falls in the summer va
cation period, it has ocurred to m
that possibly you would be willin
to give the contest publicity in you
columns. Such publicity would bene
fit especially those school childre
who might find time and inclinatio
to give the matter attention befor
the opening of school.
Subject and Prixei
The subject of the 1923 essay i
“Why America Should Prohibit Irr
migration for Five Years.”
Following are the American Le
gion National Scholarship Prizes
“Firs': Prize. $750.
Second Prize, $500.
Third Prize. $250.”
“First Prize in each state an
territory will be a silver medal, se
cond prize, a bronze medal, third
a certificate of Merit issued by Na
tional headquarters of the Legiur
“The cash prizes will be used on
ly toward scholarships in college
designated by the winners.”
Rules
“All girls and boys between th
ages of 12 and 18, inclusive, ar
elgible to enter this contest.
“Only one essay to a person.
“Essays will not be over 50<
words in length.
“Only one side of the paper ti
be used. A margin of one inch mus
be allowed on either side of the pa
per.
“After essay is completed, pape
should be neatly folded—not rolled
“Spelling, penmanship and neat
ness will be considered in judging
the winner.
“Age will be given full considera
tion.
Date
All essays must be in the hand
of teachers, if a one-room schoo
and of the principal or superinten
dent, if two or more teachers ar<
employed, not later than evening o
October 12, 1923.
A committee of local judges wii
decide upon the best essay fron
each schooL This essay must be for
warded to the office of the Commis
sioner of Education, Juneau, to ar
rive not later than November 5th
From the essays so submitted a firs
second and third choice will bi
made by a committee of judges, am
the essays forwarded to Nations
Headquarters, American Legion, fo
entrance in the National Contest
Thanking you for 3ueh publicit;
as you may see fit to give to thi
matter, I am,
Respectfuly yours
L. D. HENDERSO?
Commissioner of Educatioi
SAYS NERVE EXHAUSTION
CAUSES AIRPLANE FALLS
—
LONDON, July 12—Fear is never
, responsible for airplane accidents.
• in the opinion of Major H. Greame
Anderson, consulting surgeon of the
British Royal Air Force. From the
confession of pupils and his own ex
: perience. Dr. Anderson said, he
r found that fear never asserted itself
« in <the first few flights because the
pupils were too occupied,
j The chief causes of accidents to
) pilots, he explained were due to
) nerve exhaustion, which might de
velop within an hour after the be
, ginning of a flight. The pilot then
) came to grief on landing through
i inability to judge his speed and
J found himself unable to use his
nearness to the ground.
Dr. Anderson said that since the
* British medical service reduced the
_ first practice flights from an hour to
I ten minutes, accidents from exhaus
t tion had been considerably lessened,
t They also insisted upon young pilots
t having a good meal before flying.
i> even at three or four in the morn
i ing.
! People who fly in commercial
1 machines, the British experts advis
1 ed, should choose the back seat as
, being considerably safer than the
1 i
, front, where theTe is danger of be
ing crushed in case of engine I
9 trouble. He also suggested that some
^ method should be devied whereby in
k. case of fire the pilot could liberare
s the cabin to which a parachute of
_ sufficient strength should be attach
r; 1
f ed to carry it and the passengers
safely to earth.
DRILLING SUSPENDED
Residents of Kanatak ariving at
Seward last week si:ate that the
Associated Oil company, drilling in
the oil fields near the western camp
has closed its plant and its work- ;
men will be out on the steamship
Starr. The Associated company is
down 1,000 feet, and a:ill in the
3 hard eaprock. The suspension of
work is not taken to mean the com
pany will pull its rig out of the
, field but that drilling will resume
. in the near future.
The standard company is down o
ver 400 feet and is also in hard
rock.
Moonlight dances in Yakima were
hit recently in a rule passed by the
county commissioners requiring that
all “buildings, halls, rooms, or pav-1
ilions or other places in which public
dances are carried on, as well as all
halls, corridors, and rooms leading I
j thereto,” shall be well lighted at all
times when open ro the public.
The Bank of Seward has deposits
; aggregating $213,026.46 and re- j
j sources aggregating $316,611.21.
With a population of 700 persons j
1 that gives per capita, $4,166. The po
tential wealth of Seward believes
' the Gateway >s greater per capita
than any other town in Alaska.
Colonel Frederick Mears, former ]
■ chairman of the Alaskan Engineer- 1,
, ing commission, in charge of con- •
struction of the Alaska railroad, ,
: has been appointed chief engineer i
of the St. Paul Union Depot Con- ‘,
struction company, it is learned, and '
will direct the constructioin of the
$15,000,000 station at St. Paul. j
. The Cordova Chamber of Com- j
I merce recently received from the
Kennecott Copper Corporation sev
, eral fine samples of ore for an ex
•, hibit. The samples include the var
; ious grades of copper ore in the
. Kennecott, Bononza. Mother lode
! and Erie g-roups. Five bottles con
taining specimens of the different
. . ■
precipitates and concentrates were1
also received from Kennecott and ■
are now on display.
A new blinker light has been es- 1
tablished on the southern end of '
^ Martin Island at the entrance to 1
' Katalla. Eight lights have been es- 1
tablished between Cordova and Uni- 1
mak Island. '
- 1
> Sawyer & Reynolds have a con- <
tract for logging 1,606,000 feet of
spruce timber for the Juneau Lum
ber Mills. They also furnish pulp j
t timber to the Speel river mills. 11
iVORK URGED AS MEANS TO
SAVE DYING HAWAIIAN RACE
HONOLULU, July 12—The Haw-'
iiians have a right to the good
-hings of their islands and “I hope
>-ou will not let possession of them slip
:rom your -hands,” Representative
lohn E. Raker of California, told
:he Hawaiian Civic Club here re
:ently.
“After two weeks of studying
,-our territory I am wondering what
s to become of the Hawaiians," he
rontinued. “A short time ago near
:he immigration station I saw 250
nen and women from the Phillipines
ind I am wondering whether they
ire to take your places here, for I
don’t see Hawaiians using and own
ing the soil.
“There is no need of one closing
itis or her eyes to the conditions a
oout us. Unless the Hawaiians re
tain possession of the lands, own
ind control them and work them, they
ire not going to run this territory."
The effort that is being made to
rehabilitate the Hawaiian race, on
the island of Molokai drew praise
from Representative Raker.
“If you Hawaiians could develop
Molokai it would renew your energy
aspiration and give new hope to
pour young men,” .he said. “You
Save the right to some things which
were ithe heritage of your fathers..
We Americans, and you Hawaiians
ire Americans, are getting farther
iway from work and labor Yet, un
less education leads youth back to
the land, it is vain.”
CLAW-HAMMER COATS DOOMED
BY WAITERS OF BERLIN CAFES
BERLIN. July 12—Numbered are
the days when the dress suit will
make it difficult to distinguish a
ivaiter from a guest: in the fashion
ible eating-places of Berlin. The
familiar black coat claw-hammar
rarb was doomed as a waiter’s un
iform by a decision of a recent in
:emational congress of ho^el em
ploye at Geneva, and the Berlin
branch association has now voted
:o endorse this action.
In place of the frock coat, waiters
lere will wear what is known as the
IVenzel jacket, so named after its
treahor, Paul Wenzel, a Dresden ho
tel employe. Wenzel is said to
lave won an international prize for
submitting the most suitably design
?d substitute for tthe dress suit
litherto worn. His new jacket great
y resembles the ordinary’ street coat
n appearance. It will be single
oreadted, of Cheviot material, and
slack, dark blue, or dark grey in
;olor. The material will be so treat
ed that it will not w’ear shiny.
E. Hofstad and Harry Klatsch of
iYrangel! were in Sitka recently
>nd displayed samples of galena ore
vhich they had taken from a vein
’our feet wide on the ocean side of
Jaranoff Island. Bernard Hirst and
>ther mining men who saw the sam-j
lies declared they were indicative
>f values. Hofstadt is a brother of
deyer Hofstad, who recently sold a
troup of nickel claims on Baranoff
sland to a syndicate, which pro-:
■oses to erect reduction works. j
A sanitarium for tubercular pa-!
ients is said to be needed at Wood
sland, just across from Kodiak, i
rhe Baptist Orphanage and gov
ernment radio station is already !o- j
ated here. On account of so much
uberculosis existing here among the
latives which is contracted by many
vhites, the government has been ‘
tppealed to send a tubercular expert
o study conditions with a view to i
levising means of eradicating the
lisease.
Indications are that there will be
in active demand for space on
learners for Alaska as reservations .
'or July and August are all taken
ind those who insist upon going to
he north are making September
eservations. The trouble with Alas
ta travel from the steamship com
pany's standpoint is that it is sea
onal.
Dan T. Hill, internal revenue a
rent, came North on a recent boat
in his annual visit to Alaska.
Alaska Steamship Co.
SAFET} SPEED SERVICE
Lv. Seattle Ar. Seward, Lv. Seward
July 7th July 13th Julyl4
July 21st.
July ?7th
Aug 3rd Aug Ith
Aug 11th
VESSEL
ALAMEDA .........
NORTHWESTERN . July 14th
ALASKA . July 21st
ALAMEDA ...July 28th
NORTHWESTERN .Aug. 4th
Ship, in .bore schedule call at Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau,
Cordora, Valdez. LaTouche and Seward, both north and southbound
S. S. ALASKA is not goin* to make Anchorage a Port of Jail
ALAMEDA also makes \nchorage a port of call
Ships in abore schedule marked ** connect with SS STARR
at Seward for the Westward.
FOR RATES AND RESERVATIONS APPLY TO
J. H. FLICKINGER, A. H. McDONALD.
Agent, Seward. Alaska_ Agent. AnellorMe
A. A. SHONBECK
ANCHORAGE
WE ARE AGENTS FOR
Remco Redwood Stave
WATER & MINING TANKS SILOS HYDRAULIC PIPE
EXPLOSIVES PEED
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OVER THE TRAIL
Richardson Highway Transportation Company
Operating a First Class Stage Service over the Famous
RICHARDSON HIGHWAY
Between Fairbanks, Chitina, Valdez and Way Points
a E. H. Mack Co., Agt. Fairbanks R. E. SlieHOD, Supt. a
WANT ADS
M ANTED—Information regard
ing the -whereabouts of John Win
zenried. Supposed to have come t<
Alaska on the steamer Xorthwesterr
early this year. Mrs. Ellen Heiser
1705 First Avenue, New York City
MINING GROUND FOR SALE—
Group of three claims (placer> or
Glacier Creek, Kantishna district
Nos. 17,18 and 19. (No. 17 worked
out.) Shallow ground, from sis
inches to five feet to bedrock,
Coarse gold. Automatic dam, boxes
tools, complete camp outfit. For
furthers particulars inquire at News
Office.
“E\ KRYBODY can buy groceries,
feed and supplies WHOLESALE.
Write for free pricelist. People
Grocery, 701 Olive St. Seattle.”
PEOPLES GROCERY COMPANY
Comfortable rooms for rent in
The Arctic. $15.00 per month. Sec
Abe Simson.
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
At 8:00 P. M.
Sac ratary Dictator
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELANU
SECOND AND FOURTH MONDA>
ORDER YOUR
COAL
BY PHONE
Healy River
Coal
Corporation
,>HONE ^TOUR ORDERS
.. TO THE
RAILROAD C1GA* STORE
LOCAL TRAIN SCHEDULE
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
Trains leave and arrive Nenana as
follows:
; 11.35 p. m. Tuesday and Friday for
Seward and intermediate pointo
Returning arrives Nenana 11:20
a. m. same days.
5.15 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
bound stop over night at Curry
where excellent hotel facilities are
available for the public.
River steamers leave Nenana ev
ery Wednesday at 10:00 a. m. for
points down river to Holy Cross and
Connecting with gas launch at lat
|ter Point for St. Michael. Arrive Ne
nana every Monday or Tuesday.”
BILL OF SALE blanks for sale
i at The News Office.
Andy's Express
— AT —
Seward
Will Give Your
BAGGAGE AND FREIGHT
Careful Attention
MEETS ALL TRAINS
AND BOATS
D. H. WILLIAMS
Undertaking Parlors
Licenced EmbaJmer
Funeral Director
Anchorage — Nenana — Seward
CHAS. E. BERGMAN
Nenana Manager
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
i FIRST ANb THIRD MONDAY
AT «:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Alfred J. Cheui L C. Morri*.
_Secretary. _President.