THE NENANA NEWS
Application made October 30, 1916, at the Postoffice at Xenar.a, Alaska, for ;
entry as second-class mail matter under the act of March 2. IS/9, by The Xe
nana Printing Company.
Published Weekly by The Nenana Printing Company
Day oh Publication Saturday , Edited by R. G. Southworth.
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“ NENANA. ALASKA, SATURDAY SEPT. 8, 1917
A LOCAL MARKET
The Aliiskan Engineering
commission is advertising in
tin* Fairbanks papers for more
than fifteen tons of turnips,
rutabagas, cabbage, carrots,
beets, parsnips anti saner kraut
for usi* in tin* division during]
the coming winter, ami farmers
of the Fairbanks district will!
be giveil the opportunity to fill
the order. In atldition, the com
mission will use many tons of
native potatoes, also supplied
by the up-river ranchers.
We mention this merely to
call attention to the fact that
there is a good local market for
home grown produce a market
which should he supplied, in
part at least, by the Xeuana dis
trict. And the commission is
only one of the many of the;
consumers in the Interior coun
try.
There is a large acreage of
"nod land adjacent to Xeuana
which can be purchased from
the government in almost any
size tract desired and on most
desirable terms. There is more
"ood land along the right-of
way, which can he taken up
in the form of homesteads. All
of this land is close enough]
to. the railroad to insure tin*;
best of transportation facilities
for the shipment of produce]
to neighboring districts; and i
the nearness of the small tracts
to the local market is a distinct*
advantage which doubtless will
attract many farmers to the dis-[
trier. It is an opportunity
which cannot be found else-;
where in the Interior country
and the fact should be given
the widest possible publicity,
by those interested in the fit- i
rare of Xeuana. for the devel
opment of rhe land means new
business for rhe town as well
as substantial returns for the
farmer.
MFST HAVE THE FOAL
Press dispatches received
from the national eanital today
relating to the attitude of Sec-,
retary Lane, regarding a con
tinuance of railroad const re
turn. need not. in our omnion.
cause serious alarm to tin*
people of Interior Alaska . As
we understand it, the secretary
believes it is best and right to
continue and complete this
end of the line to and into the.
Xeuana coal fields, making this]
'coal jivailaMe to the people of
the Interior at the earliest pos
sible day. So to. on the south
ern end. connecting up the line.
Se\vard-A Meliorate with the
real eoal fields at t'hicka
loon. and making this coal a
vailahle at an early day to both
people and government. Pursu
ing sueh a eourse would leave
| a gat* between Mile 174 and
Lignite ereek. to be taken up
land completed in the very near
future. So. as we sense it. all
| construction will not stop, at
|any rate, until tin* people are
provided with coal.
A POPULAR APPEAL
There is a distinction be
tween contributing to the gen
eral lied (Tos fund and assist
ing to defray the expense of
maintaining a bed in a lied
Cross hospital, for the use of
American soldiers. The appeal
for funds for a specific purpose
will reach more deeply into the
■pockets of American stay-at
homes than would any call for
general relief. For surely there
is not a man or woman among
us who would not give his or
her ‘'bit" to make the way
easier for our wounded and
sick boys at the front. It is a
direct appeal which brings
home to us some of tin* horrors
of war and reminds us of the
fate awaiting many of our sol
diers, when they shall have en
tered the great struggle. And
the response, we feel certain
will reflect credit on the people
of Xenana.
The appointment of Adolph
Pruning as receiver of the de
funct American bank, which
dosed its doors recently in
Fairbanks, is a fitting compli
ment to a man who sacrificed
everything, save reputation, to
safeguard the interests of the
depositors. The failure furn
ishes one of those rare in
stances of a bank official con
tinuing to enjoy the confidence
of the public after the collapse
of the business with which he
was identified. And we do not
believe that the confidence has
been misplaced. As receiver,
the former cashier and manager
will be able to recover more
for the depositors than an out
sider could, and when the final
accounting is made, it doubtless
will be found that the winding
up process was accomplished at
a minimum of cost.
Hew F. I.. Forbes was an out
going passenger on tin* steamer
Yukon. He went to Dawson
to meet bis daughter, who is
enroute to Nenana to make her
home hero. From Dawson Dr. i
Forbes will go to Itubv to take
charge of the Presbyterian work
in that town and may spend
the winter on the lower river. 1
Mrs. I). Ross is enroute
to Xenana from Portland, to
her home here. She left Seat
tle during the week.
.Mrs. Dr. 1 Woven was in Xe
nana during the week on her
way to the Tolovana district to
join her husband. They may
spend the winter in Xenana.
YOUR Chance
to help smooth the
way for the
American Boys
in France
Your Dollar
is needed to help
care for the wounded
to endow a bed
for American
Soldiers.
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RED CROSS
BENEFIT
Coliseum
Monday September 10
ELSEWHERE IN ALASKA
The gas schooners Puritan
ami Commonwealth, lmbuming
to the 1’ooth Fisheries Co., tin
loaded 110.000 |>oulids of tisli
in Sitka recently at the eom
panv’s jdant.
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Operators at the naval wire
less station in Alaska have
been ordered to don their uni
form and wear it at all times.
The messengers will also wear
la uniform.
The Nome Nugget states
that Frank Shaw and Charles
Carlson have begun a cut on
Hock creek and have set up
their boxes to sluice tungsten
for shipment to the Outside.
Ex-Delegate James Wicker
sham spent some time recently
at Ketchikan, and at Craig and
other points on Prince of Wales
island taking testimony in con
nection with his contest for the
seat in congress.
A report at Juneau states
that the herring seining crews
from Killisnoo are making
hauls at Surprise hay and aver
aging 1400 barrels of herring
each haul.
Owners of property along
2S00 feet on Fourth Street An
chorage have voted to lay ce
ment sidewalks in front of their
property and bids for the work
have been called for. The side
walks are to be 12 feet wide.
Pitman and Houston are the
names of two new stations re
cently added to the main line
of the government railrod be
yond Wasilla. The former is at
Mile Hit; and the later at Mile
174. the crossing of the Little
Susirna river. Doth of the sta
tions were named for congress
men who had been instrumental
in the development of Alaska
and the government railroad.
Senator Pitman of Nevada and
Congresinan Houston of Ten
nessee.
Tli«* assessed valuation of tin*
taxable property in rise city of
Juneau, according to the tax
roll recently completed is 83,
730.7<»S, and the cafe for the
year has been fixed at lti mills,
which will yield the city about
851Uih2.28.
Miss Albrecht, a Juneau
nurse, who left last spring for
a trip to the interior was ar
rested at Eat.rle some time aim
as a Merman spv and interned
there for a time. She was final
ly given a hearing before a
board of imiuiry and was re
leased.
W. H. Clements, engineer of
the steamer Tahlton. operat
ing on the Stikine river, fell
from the vessal recently and
was drowned. Me is survived
by a wife and a very young
baby at New Westminster. I!.
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The receiving scow of the
National Independent Fisheries
Company at Takue was recent
ly destroyed by tire together
with 2.0(H) pounds of halibut
and about 8200 worth of per
sonal property. A drum of gas
oline on tile scow exploded with
terrific violence, spreading the
flaming oil all over the craft
and practically destroying it.
Several men aboard narrowly
escaped death.
A Miss Webster of Juneau,
posed recently for I)r. I.. S.
Sugden. tin* noted movie man
and lecturer on Alaska, at Taku
glacier. Among tin- stunts she
performed for the camera was
diving from icebergs and swim
ming and disporting in the icy
waters around the face of the
glacier.
A Vein of high grade molyb
deunt ore, ranging from 8 to
3<5 inches in width has been
found on the property of the
Hercules Mining Company,
near the headwaters of Ar
changel creek, in the Willow
creek section, near Anchorage.
The company is preparing to
work the property on a moder
ate scale ami hope to have
some of the ore on the market
this fall. Ninety per cent con
centrates of molybdeum are
are worth f2.20 per pound.
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Charles K. Ford of the Dis
trict of < "olumhia has boon ap
pointed clerk in the Washing
ton office of the Alaska Kail
way Commission.
.Miss Annie oherg. a resident
of Portland Ore., while climb
in:; one of the mountains near
Port Walter, in Southern Ala
ska. recently fell over a cliff
a hundred feet in height, strik
ing on a snowbank and break
ing through it into the stream
beneath. The members of the
party finally succeeded in reach
ing her and after several hours
got her back to Port Walter
where she was placed on a gas
boat and taken to .1 uneau for
treatment. Np bones were
broken bur the tlesh was liter
ally torn from her body and
limbs in large pieces. She has
a chance for recovery.
I’lueberries are reported to
be very abundant in the vicin
ity of Douglas and are being
gathered in large quantities.
John Ilitchison, superintend
ent of the Clark and Davis coal
mine at Katalla. expects to he
marketing coal by this fall. A
patent has been granted to his
company by the government
for his claims, which are on tin
east side of Canyon creek in
the liering River fields. One
vein is reported to be six feet
thick, while the other vein is
five feet thick, and is fine coal.
A force of ten men are opening
up the veins and building
bunkers.
•T. II. Long and other Juneau
capitalists will erect a clam
canning plant at Sitka. Later
in the season the company w ill
put up salmon with a hand
packing outfit and next year
will install a model 2-line can
nery outfit.
Harry Ober. a former Yal
dezan is playing tine ball in
the Turnagain Arm team, with
a batting percentage of .333.
Our of forty-two times at bat
Ober (louted the ball for safe
hits 14 times.
Iirown and Hawkins of An
chorage, recentlv put up a
large sign. which is visible for
miles around. It is made of con
crete, painted white and reads
“M A II." The letters are fifty
feet liiiih and twenty-two feet
wide.
A1 < liritie, one of tin* best
known deep sea divers of the
Pacific coast went west recent
ly with a crew of men and will
attempt to salve the wreck of
the cannery ship. St. Catherine,
sunk in Agashik river.
Dave Moberg, a Valdez res
ident was recently adjudged
insane by a jury and will be,
sent Outside, he had an undue
mania for pestering the ladies
<if the city to come and cook
for him.
The salmon cannery of the
Valdez Packing Company has
shipped nearly HO.OOO cases so
far this season, having the best
pack of auv one line cannery
on the coast.
Sulphur from the volcanic
deposit near Males Landing in
Stepovak bav, 50 miles east
of Sand Point, will be taken
out this fall by the Standard
Metals Company Los Angeles.
L. L. Males, the well known
Alaskan guide and hunter. <unl
discoverer of the deposit, went
west recently with a crew of
men to commence sacking the
sulphur and later two auto
trucks will be used to haul it.
from the mine to tin* beach.
Aimin'' '"■oval shark camdit
at Seward recently by Peter
Anderson, one of which was
so much thinner than the others
and had practically no liver,
that the fisherman proceeded
to investi"°*“ the cause. It was
found that the shark had swal
lowed a milk can and had evi
deutlv since suffered with an
attack of indigestion.
Mr. Lannr and son, expert as
sayers and chemists, of Mon
tana, and later of California,
have taken a complete outfit
to the Iron creek copper belt.
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WE HAVE THE
LUMBER
DELIVERY ON SHORT NOTICE
INDEPENDENT LUMBER CO.
PROPOSALS I'OH <;KAIUN<t
Proposals for the "railing of
Markrt strt*«*t, Xetiana Tmvn
; silt*, in accordance w ith tht* spe
j citicat ions "iven helow, will ho
received at tin* townsiu* office
lip to eleven o'clock A. M., Scp
jtemlH.'r 1(». 1!»17.
lliils. This work will he
known and designated as
"<!radin^ doh No. 11." I’idders
| w ill hid a lump sum for the
| entire joh, and no extra charges
will he allowed for any work
incidental to the ijradiiijr. All
! hrnsh, stumps, roots, timber
;and dehris on the art*a covered
jbv contract must he cleared
land burned hv contractor at no
added cost to the townsite.
Work must commence within
twenty-four hours after sijjninj;
of contract and he completed
| to the satisfaction of the town
site inspector within twenty
days unless further time is al
lowed hv the townsite nianayer.
Contractor will he required to
furnish bond to the amount of
fifteen per cent (lot of the
price bid. Neither contractor
nor contractor’s employees
w ill have commissarv privileges
nor will contractor's em
plovers he entitled to competi
' Nation from the Alaskan Enyi
neeriui* <'ommission for per
sonal injuries which may oc
citre during the progress of the
, work.
.Material. No earth, sand or
"ravel from points above <rrade
may be wasted, hut will he us
ed to till in places helow "rude.
Extra material needed may he
norroweii rrom unsold lots pro
vidin'! contractor dears and
hums all stumps, roots or other
i timber on lot. No excavation
shall come nearer than five feet
to the street line or either side
of the lot, nor nearer than
twenty feet to the alley line,
and no excavation may he more
than three feet below the estab
lished buildinj! tirades. After
street has been cut and filled
I to established tirade it shall lie
finished with a smooth, even
surface throutihout. No rubbish
or debris of any description
shall be allowed to remain on
or adjacent to the area covered
by contract. The amount of ma
! ferial to lie moved is approxi
I mutely 2000 cubic yards.
!a sub-tirade for a twelve foot
sidewalk on both sides of tin*
street is included in this job.
Street w ill be crowned and gut
tered as specified in plans on
till* at tin* townsite.office.
•Job No. 11. Grading, to
established tirade, the full wid
th of Market street from river
.edge to the south side of Third
street, Nenana, Townsite.,
KEEI* Vorif MONEY IN
| NENANA. Exchange it at
j the Commission office for tin
Glide Sam check, flood its gold
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Blanks
Tablets
Blotters
Envelopes
Scratch Pads
NEWS OFFICE
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NENANA BEANERY
Cold Lunches. Hot Tamales
Chile Beans
SERVED 10 A. 51. TO 2 A. M
Tom Monagon
THE SHOE HOUSE
Market Street at Second
Comfortable Rooms Spring Beds
Clean Bunks
EVERYTHING NEW and CLEAS
Ion as A LIC—Motor boat, ^
with 111 II. |\ I'Vito online.
Inquire at Nows.
NOTC’E TO CRHLUTOU8
Will. M. Smith
ATTORNEY AT l.WV
NOTARV PI HI.IC
In probate emm, Territory
of Alaska. Nonana ptwim-t.
Janies Duke. decaseii.
j Notice is herein j^iven that
.the ninlersi”iie<l lias heen ap
‘pointed hv above named court
executrix of the estate of
i Janies Duke deceased. All per
!sons havin': claims against said
estate are hereby notified and
.required to present them with
i the proper vouchers within six
Imonths after the date of this
•notice to the undersigned exeeu
11rix at her (dace of business
in tlie town of Nonana. Alaska.
Dated at Nenana. Alaska. Jnlv
11)17.
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\utici: of kealfstati:
i AITTOX.
In tIn* ('omissioner's court,
for tin* district of Alaska, Four
th •Ttidicial division, Nomina
precinct, before lion. iJoliert
jK. I »nrns, ('ommissioner.
In the matter of the estate
I of hmil IJoatsch, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
! in pursuance of an order of the
Probate Fourt of Xenana Pre
cinct. Fourth Judicial Division
! Territory of Alaska. made the
jTtli day of August, 1917. in the
; matter of the estate of Kmi!
ilvoatsch, deceased, the under
signed. the administrator of
tin said estate, will sell at
; public auction, to the highest
| bidder, for cash, gold coin of
|the Failed States, and subject
jto confirmation by said Pro
| bate Foilrt, on .Monditv, the
tenth d;tv of September. PUT. *
| at t w o o’clock P. ,M., itt t he of
fice of the Failed States Fom
misioner for said precinct, in
the town of N'eiiana. Alaska,
lull the right, title, interest, and
estate of the said Emil Poatsch
;,t the time of his death, and
all the right, title, and interest
thiit the estate has by the oper »
jaiion of the law or otherwise,
acquired other than or in addi
tion to that of the said Ktnil
P »itfsell, itf the time of his
|death, in and to all that certain
lo\ piece, or parcel of land
jsituate, lying, and being in the
i said town of Xenana, Xenana
Precinct, Territory of Alaska,
land bounded and described sis
follows, to-wit: Lot Xumber
i Fourteen (14l, in Flock Num
ber Twenty-one CM), in the
Townsite of Xenana. Territory ^
of Alaska, together with the *
cabin or dweliug situate there
on.
Terms and conditions of sale:
Fash, gold coin of the Fnited
States, ten per cent of the pur
chase money to be paid to the
auctioneer on the day of sale,
balance on confirmation of sale ^
by said Probate Fourt. Deed at
expense of *uirehaser.
A. D. Thompson, administra
tor of Emil R outsell, deceased.
First Publication, Aug. 11,1917
Last Publication Sent. 8,1917*