LAUNCH NILA 10
The commodious launch Nita,
Captain Pete Godfrey, which has
teen thoroughly overhauled this
spring, was launched yesterday and
given a trial spin.
The interior of the launch has
been thoroughly renovated and the
smooth way in which the engine
worked on her trial yesterday
showed that it would be equal to
any emergency and that the boat
is now in good shape to take up her
regular run between Nenana and
Fairbanks.
The Nita will sail for Fairbanks
at 7 o’clock on Monday morning,
May 12th, leaving from the N. C.
dock, provided the reports indicate
that the river is navigable at that
time. She will take a small quan
tity of light freight and a few pass
engers.
Inquiries regarding freight and
passenger accommodations may re
made on the boat and at Thomp
son's drug store.
Senana—The Gateway to McKinley
National Park.__
The Powerful Steamer
Will Leave Fairbanks
FOR NENANA
ON OR ABOUT
MAY 15
SAILINGS FROM PIONEER DOCK
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Nothing Succeeds
Like Success
Our Goods are Right. Our Prices are
Right
Watch and Jewelry Repairing, Engraving
Wm. TAYLOR
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CONTRACTORS GO
TO PAVE WAY TO
COMMENCE WORK
With the letting of several new
grading contracts, within the last
few days, for work on the Fair
banks-Xenana line, a movement of
men. stock and supplies toward Fair
banks has already commenced.
Teams were seen across the river
this morning, taking on loads con
signed to the contractors' camps
along the right-of-way, and it is
expected that this movement will
continue for some time to come.
Xick Jelick & Co. have a contract
from station Xo. 20,477 to Xo. 20,
510. There are five partners to
this contract and they expect to
leave on Monday for their camp,
cvhich is near Camp 432. They ex
pect to set up their camp and get
things ready for commencing the
work as soon as the frost is out of
the ground.
Paul Aguzaroff 6z Co., a partner
ship of six men, have a grading
contract near Camp 440. Three of
them expect to leave Xenana on
Tuesday with part of their outfit,
for the purpose of setting up camp.
Other grading contracts have been
let as follows:
Pete Torres, from Station Xo.
21.031 to 21.038; date of comple
tion October 1st. ,
Tom Hickey & Co., from 20.67C
to 20,723 plus 50; date of comple
tion September 30.
j A. B. Funk, from 20,350 to 20.
410; date of competion August 1st.
On the Happy branch of the Fair
banks-Xenana line 45 men are a'
I work on twenty grading contracts
extending from Martin creek to <
point about four miles below Cache
creek, under the supervision of Resi
! dent Engineer Hawley W. Sterling.
It is believed that Xenana am
Fairbanks will be connected by rai
i this fall.
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RETURNED SOLDIERS
10 BE ENTERTAINED
BY THE RED CRQSE
An entertainment and danct
j which is being arranged by the la
j dies of the local Red Cross branch
| in honor of the returned soldiers
■ will be held at the Labor Union hal
j tomorrow evening.
I The entertainment will com
mence at about 9:30 p. m.. which
! will give those attending the picturt
I show an opportunity to be presenl
: also. Music at both the entertain
j ment and dance to follow will b<
! furnished by the Coliseum orchestra
| A vocal and instrumental program
will be rendered and light refresh
! ments will be served throughout the
: affair. Everybody is cordially in
vited to the function. No charge
j will be made for admission.
The entertainment will be repeat
i ed shortly after the last boat of the
j season arrives at Xenana.
JOHN M0E GETS
LONE MOONSHINER
Alphonse Boulay was placed under
arrest yesterday by Special Agent
John Moe. The man had about a
quart of moonshine whisky in his
possession at the time of the ar
rest.
After Boulay had been placed in
the federal jail at Fairbanks, John
Moe, with Deputy Marshal Jack
Wood, went in an automobile to
Boulay’s cabin, on Moose creek, and
found a large quantity of home
made liquor and a quantity of col
oring matter.
Leaving the cabin, they went
about a mile up the creek, where
they found Boulay’s still, which is
said to be a very elaborate affair.
The still and the liquor, etc.,
found were brought to town to bo
used' in evidence against the man.
THE TOP"
As a result of the splendid ef
forts put forth by those in charge
of the bond sales, especially the
ladies’ committee, and the willing
response made by the patriotic citi
zens, Xenana will once more emerge
triumphant and go “over the top,”
with a substantial margin to spare,
in the Victory Loan drive.
The quota allotted to Xenana is
838.150, and, in view of the short
period of depression felt here and
the gloomy outlook preceding the
events transpiring during the past
few days, grave fears were enter
tained for the success of the loan.
The assurance of early congres
sional action, with the promise such
action holds for the majority df
Xenanaites. changed the betting
completely, and the appeals made
to boost the Victory Loan were met
with a ready response.
Mrs. Carl Schmidt and Miss Mil
dred Anderson, of the ladies’ com
mittee. started a close canvass; Mrs.
R. S. McDonald backed their ef
forts and sold bonds at the post
office; Mrs. Kestlv canvassed the
camps along the Fairbar.ks-Xenana
right-of-way, and the Terminal and
the Portland came to the rescue and
started raffles, which added consid
erably to the success of the drive.
All these people deserve great
praise for the splendid work they
have done to put Xenana "over the
top,” where she rightly belongs.
The work is not finished, by any
means, and although the quota has
almost been reached, the workers
have not slackened their efforts.
Miss Mildred Anderson and Mrs.
Schmidt, who have been out all day,
are still around buttonholing every
body who can be suspected of hav
1 ing money, and they are doing fine.
Andy Hoey and Mrs. Bishop, who
worked hard in running the raf
fles, have contributed 81,000 toward
the loan, and Jackson & Ekland,
who added to it to the extent of
8700 last night, mean to take an
other crack at it tonight, and prom
ise big things.
1 The total amount collected up to
I 4 o’clock this afternoon was $36,
000. The drive will close tomorrow.
ANOTHER CRIME
COMMITTED IN
NENANA’S NAME
i
C. C. Dunlap, a well-known min-'
ing man, who is now in Xenana,
received the following clippings
from a St. Paul, Minn., paper in a
recent mail. He admits having sent1
the moosehide mitts, and also hav-1
ing written the letter, but dis- i
claims any connection with either'
the weather that froze the ink be
was writing with, or the dusky
maiden of the St. Paul reporter’s
dream. The clippings read as fol- .
lows:
Ink Froze on Letter
For Tropical St. Paul
Rudv Schmidt, deputy clerk of the
district court, looked out at the
warm shower yesterday, took a sniff
of the balmy air after he had fin
ished reading a letter from his
friend, C. C. Dunlap, a former St.
Paul boy, who is near N'enana, Alas
ka, and wondered whether this is
the north temperate or one of the
tropical zones.
Dunlap wrote November 17. One
sheet of it was written in ink and
the last one with a pencil—4lue to
the ink freezing up while JJunlap
was writing.
It was only 60 degrees below at
the time, he said, and he was out
twenty miles from town.
At the time the letter was writ-,
ten the mercury stood several de
grees above the freezing point in
St. Paul.
The letter was encased in a birch
bark envelope, common to the
Alaska country.
O-Wanna-Goo-Gco She No Forget
Her Palefaced Lover.
Rudv Schmidt, deputy clerk of the
district court, today received a
Christmas gift' from Alaska with a
COLES AIR TIGHT
HEATERS
RANGES
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
Yukon Stoves and Drums
Air Tight Heaters
Any Thing in the Sheet Metal, Plumb
ing or Heating Line
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
oreeze of Arctic romance attached ’
to it.
Two years ago, while visiting C.
C. Dunlap, friend and prospector,
at Xenana. Rudy made friends with
an Indian chief whose tribe was
camped nearby.
The chief admired Rudy and the
wonderful camera he can ied.
Likewise, the chief's daughter.
O-wanna-goo-goo, thought Ruby was
the original Gibson boy she had
been dreaming about.
Owing to her unmistakable desire
to annex nim to her tribe, Rudy
was compelled to leave N'enana hur
riedly for fear of being kidnaped.
O-wanna-goo-goo. mourning her
loss, did not forget him.
Through Dunlap she sent the
Christmas gift—a pair of moose
hide gloves — daintily embroidered
and trimmed with the finest beaver.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
NENANA FERRYMAN IS
INTENSELY PATRIOTIC
Billy Ford, the genial skipper of
the Dan Patch, who is operating a
ferry across the Tanana river at
present, felt that it was his duty
to boost the Victory Loan by buy
ing chances on the wheel of for
tune. to the limit, and accordingly
he plunged recklessly. He has not
won yet.
Early this morning, he vainly
searched his jeans for the price of
a breakfast, but without success.
He had surely gone the limit. Ha
was obliged to wait patiently until
a passenger for "over there" cam?
along, before appeasing his hunger.
He is going to blow himself again
tonight, and it is to be hoped he
will succeed. He intends to take
care of the breakfast money.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
[ Miners and Prospectors! |
i NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RECORDING PRECINCTS {
According to a recently issued Court Order by §
= Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- =
§ cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon- §
I nifield and Totatlanika Districts.
| Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be |
| enabled by this change to do their recording aud trans- §
= act other business at Nenana, which is within easy 5
E reach of their mining activities. E
| NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB, |
R. S. McDonald, H. B. Joseph, E
jr President. Secretary E
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