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ORDER AND
NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION
To Be Held on
TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1920.
In the Office of the United States
Commissioner at Nenana, Alaska,
Fourth Judicial Division.
Now, on this day, pursuant to
Chapter 39, Session Laws of Alaska,
approved May 3, 1919, entitled, “An
Act to provide for the holding of
primary elections in the Territory
•f Alaska, to fix the time and man
ner of holding the same, to prescribe
the qualifications of candidates to
be nominated at such elections, and
to designate the manner of filing
and authenticating their candidacy,
and for other purposes,” and in
conformity therewith,
It is hereby ordered that for the
purpose of the primary election to
be held on April 27, 1920, all of
the territory in the recording dis
trict known as Nenana Recording
District, outside of incorporated
towns, is hereby divided into voting
precincts, in each of which a polling
place is hereby specified.
Said voting precincts are describ
ed and bounded as follows:
The Nenana Voting Precinct, em
bracing all that portion of the Ne
nana Recording Precinct lying North
•f an east and west line drawn
through Mile 389 on the Govern
ment Railway.
Polling Place: Fire Hall in Town
of Nenana.
The Canyon Voting Precinct, em
bracing all that portion of the Ne
nana Recording Precinct lying South
•f an east and west line drawn
through Mile 389 on the Govero
r
ment Railway.
Polling Place: Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission store at Healy.
Notice is hereby given that a pri
mary election will be held on Tues
day, April 27, 1920, for the pur
pose of nominating candidates of
the various political parties in Alas
ka for the following offices, to-wit:
A Delegate to the House of Rep
resentatives from the Territory of
Alaska;
An Attorney General for the Ter
ritory of Alaska;
One member of the Senate of the
Territory of Alaska;
Four members of the House of
Representatives of the Territory of
Alaska;
Two Road Commissioners for Road
District No. Four;
For electing (as provided by Chap
ter 38, Session Laws 1917) :
One National Committeeman of
each political party for the Terri
tory of Alaska;
Delegates and Alternates to the
National Convention of each politi
cal party for the Territory' of Alas
ka.
The said election will be held in
j the voting precincts above named
and at the polling places therein
specified. The said polling places
will be open between the hours of
[eight o’clock a. m. and seven o’clock
p. m. of said day.
Dated at Nenana, Alaska, March
15, 1920.
(Seal) R. S. MCDONALD,
jLT. S. Commissioner for the Nenana
Recording District, Fourth Divi
sion, Territory of Alaska.
Nenana. the Gateway to McKinley
_ National Park.
ENTERTAIN SOON;
LADIES GOESTS
The entertainment committee of
Nenana igloo, No. 17. Pioneers of
\laska, was instructed last evening
to make preparations to entertain
the ladies of Nenana at the next
meeting of the igloo, on the night of
May 3. That probably will be the
last ladies’ night arranged by the
oldtimers until after the summer
season, and an unusually good time
may be expected in consequence.
There was a large attendance of
members on hand last night, and
one new name was added to the
membership roll, the new member
being George A. Burrell.
The committee which arranged
the Allen Crane benefit submitted a
financial statement, a copy of which
has already appeared in The News.
The lodge also heard a letter read
from Allen Crane, describing the
manner in which he was frozen.
The oldtimer was still a patient at
St. Stephen’s hospital at Fort Yu
kon when the letter was written.
The letter follows:
“I left Nenana the latter part of
December, headed for my old pros
pecting ground on Jim river, a trib
utary of the South fork of the
Koyukuk I came by way of Brooks,
from there to Victoria creek, where
I hit the Beaver City trail. At
that place I met Jim Woods, who
was camped there hunting moose.
Tie proposed that I wait there for
I him, while he went to Brooks for
some personal effects. He said he
had been over the Beaver trail and
| that it was so poorly marked that
'he did not think I would be able to
| follow it, and by our going together
I would be a help to him by break
i ing trail for his dogs.
‘‘When Woods returned he had a
man named Patterson with him
| When we loaded up in the morning
ito hit the trail, I mentioned, that
1
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Candidate for
NATIONAL
COMMITTEEMAN
Solicits the Support of
INTERIOR ALASKA
REPUBLICANS
IN THE
April Primary Election
A Vote for Herron means a
Vote for Alaska Progress
it did not look as if they had!
enough to feed three men and the
dogs over an unbroken trail to
Beaver City. Woods said that it
was only 45 miles and that we
would make it in three days. As a
matter of fact, it is nearer 100
miles.
“On the third morning we were
out of grub for both dogs and men.
I estimated that we had made about
30 miles and I proposed that I go
on ahead to Beaver and get a pack
of grub and return with it to meet
them. This we agreed upon. Woods
said that when I came to a cabin
it yould be 18 miles from there to
Beaver. After mushing about ten
miles I came to a cabin, and about
15 miles farther on I came to an
other old cabin. It was getting
dark and very cold. My mitten
had got full of snow coming thru
the brush and my hand was numb.
I attempted to build a fire to warm
myself, but, boys, I had lost my
matches. And I had put a full box
in my pocket that morning when I
left camp.
“So, thinking the best thing to
do would be to make Beaver as
soon as possible, I mushed nearly
all night, and came to another old
trapper’s cabin beside a fairly large
stream, which proved to be Beaver
river. It is 18 miles from that
one to Beaver City. 1 could not
trace the trail any farther—lost in •
the Yukon flats, tired, hungry, all
in. There was kind of a black
fog. Could not see the moon or
stars and knew not what direction
to take. Wandered around the bal
ance of the night to keep from
freezing, and the following day I
ran onto an Indian hunting trail.
I followed it for quite a distance
each way, to no avail, and finally
traced my tracks back to where I
fir^t lost the trail. Darkness came
again, and in my weak and ex
hausted condition, and without food,
I fought the elements all night to
keep from freezing, until daylight
came again. I was getting so weak
I could not good 100 yards without
falling down, ami was about to
crawl up on the bank and say good
bye to sweet life, when 1 heard the
voices of Woods and Patterson, fol
lowing on my trail. They had left
dogs and sleigh behind. 1 called
to them, and when they came up to
me 1 told them that I had lost my
matches and asked them to help me.
My one hand, nose, lips and ears
were frozen.
“Patterson made a fire and got
some brush for me to lie on. Woods
proceeded in the direction he knew
he had been once before. While
by the campfire I discovered my
feet were frozen. I had not re
alized it before.
i “It took Woods two days to find
his way to Beaver and get back
with an Indian dog team. I hired
the Indian to take me to Beaver
City, and I was there five days with
Joe Shaw and Charles Schultz, who
did everything they could for me.
Woods and Patterson proceeded on
their way to the Koyukuk. I final
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ly made out to get a half-starved
Indian dog team to bring me to
this place, which cost me $60, and
by buying a dog between Beaver
and here, I managed to get through
with all frozen parts in a sloughing
condition.
"After about ten days' treatment
to restore circulation in my feet, to
save all possible, I underwent am
putation of my feet, the right one
through the instep and the left
through the ball of the foot. I
cannot place my weight on them
yet, but have fully recovered from
other frostbites.
“I have had most praiseworthy
care and treatment at this hospital.
Mr. George Horton notified me of
your kind remittance and I am
most heartily grateful to you, each
and all. It is the first help of the
kind I have ever had, and as I only
had about $100 left when I reached
Beaver City, that amount was badly
reduced when I arrived here at Fort
Yukon. And it will require quite
a little amount until I am again in
a self-supporting condition.
"Mr. Horton showed me your let
ter in which you stated that it
might be well for me to go to the
Pioneer home for an indefinite time.
It might we well, although if I am
able to get about on what I have
left of my feet by the time naviga
tion opens, 1 would much rather
have some position where I could be
self-supporting, such as I formerly
held with the commission. Will
some of the brothers investigate
and let me know?
“My many thanks for kindnesses,
and may you each and all be spared
from such misfortune and suffering
as I am undergoing.
“ALLEN CRANE.”
The following amounts have been
received, by The News to add to the
Crane fund: Ennes & Co., $10.70;
P. C. Gallagher, $5; William Mc
Donald, $5.
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( NOTICE OF GHAN6E OF RECORDING PRECINCTS j
| According to a recently issued Court Order by |
| Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- f
| cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon- =
| nifield and Totatlanika Districts. I
I Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be |
| enabled by this change to do their recording and |
| transact other business at Nenana, which is within =
§ easy reach of their mining activities. |
| NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB. |
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