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THE NENANA NEWS
Application made October 30, 1916, at the Postoffice at Nenana, Alaska, tor
entry as second-class mail matter under the act of March 2, 1S/9, by The Ne
nana Printing Company.
Published Weekly by The Nenana Printing Company
Day ok Publication Saturday Edited by K. G. Southworth.
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XKXANA, ALASKA.SATURDAY, AUG. 25, 1917 j
M ILD .1 CAlifX
Xntwithslandiuy the fact that at a ay cabins and cot I a yes hare
been built dariny the past far weeks, the demand for lionses is
still rcni pronounced. In fact, there are not nearly cnont/h to
meet the requirements of the town, and unless more places are I
a callable before the freeze up the population will suffer consider- \
ably. There is the present demand to meet and the stimulated;
demand that will follow the suspension of actirities atony the
riqht-of-way, for it is safe to assume that many of the men now1
employed by the commission will spend the winter in Zenana
if they can find suitable quarters at reasonable rental. If they
cannot find them, these men will yo to Fairbanks as they did
last fall, and our town will be the looser.
l.v has already been pointed out in these columns, buildiny
cabins for real is a profitable in rest meat and a safe one. This
has been demonstrated in practically all of the older towns of
Alaska amt the permanance of Xanana insures eren better re
turns than hare been possible in other parts of the territory. \
ON CLOSER TERMS
There in reason fo believe that much pood trill result from the
yct-topethcr merlin;/ which was held last nitjht.lt mit/ht almost
be said that the media;/ mart s an epoch in the history of Aeuu
na. .1 tieir spirit lias been born and henceforth those whose
interests arc identified with the town will work topetlier for
the common pood of the comm unity and for the dcrclopment of
th rich snrroiuidiny district. Hacked by the assurance of the
chairman of the Alaskan Enyinceriny Commission that it is the
intention of the commission to continue to deride a la rye share
of its attention to construction work on the Interior end of
the railroad and to the farther improrement of the town, which
is. in reality, a part of the hip porernment enterprise. the .men
who arc layiny the foundation of a future prosperous commun
ity' will find less diwculty in overcominp the obstacles
with which new towns usually must contend.
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As ii further evidence of his
confidence* in the future of
Nenan'a, Win. odigkeit, pop
ularly known as ‘‘liuteh," pro
prietor of the Tavern Cafe, is
transforming the old Tavern
<1 nailers into an up-to-date
hak(*ry. which will he conduct
ed in connection with the new
Tavern cafe.
Dutch announces that he has
a regulation sand oven enroute
from the Outside and upon its
arrival in re* the new bakery
will he prepared to supplv any
thing; in tht* bakery line, from
clean, wholesome bread to tin*
richest pastry. The new place
will make a specialty of
supplying' special orders for
bread in any quantity. Ship
ment will made to any point
where it is possible to make
delivery. Such an arrangement
will he a large help to contrac
tors along the railroad and in
nearby camps where bread
making is a source of annoy
ance and extra expense.
Special cake and other pas
try orders also will receive par
ticular attention, it being the
desire of the management to
encourage family trade as well
WANTED by woman, job as
cook—camp or roadhouse. Will
go out of town. Inquire News
office.
NENANA BEANERY
Cold Lunches, Hot Tamales
Chile Beans
:SERVED 10 A. M. TO 2 A. M.
Tom Monagon
as that of large and small
gatherings.
The affairs of the bakery
will lie conducted in the same
careful manner that has con
tributed to the popularity of
Dutch's cafe and the capacity
w ill be almost unlimited.
With the arrival of Tom
Smith from the lower river
during the week, the work of
transforming the new Xenana
block into a first class hotel
was commenced with energy
and within a very short time
the large place will be ready
for' occupancy. It was the in
tention of the original owners
of the building to divide the
second floor into office rooms
and the plans were drawn ac
cordingly. It is the opinion of
Mr. Smith however, that the
town is more in need of a hotel
and he intends to equip his
new establishment in a
thoroughly modern manner.
The rooms are to be' furnished
comfortably, even luxuriously.
I There will be steam heat thru
out the building, electric lights,
baths and. in fact, every con
venience that a first class ho
tel should have. The lobby will
face First avenue, just at the
'rear of the Portland Pool
I Hall, and, like the rooms up
istairs, will be furnished with a
(view to the comfort and con
| vience of the guests.
1 The heating plant will be in
! stalled by the Tanaua Sheet
I Metal Works.
j Anchorage will hold an agri-j
i cultural fair sometime duringi
!the fall. The Chamber of Com-;
| meree has the arrangements
jin hand.
| Frank Cotter, bard of Hes
se rert ion bay, merchant of Sew
ard and former newspapetrman j
| of Fairbanks, has been elected
! mayor of Seward to fill the
unexpired term of Mayor Sam
M’Douald, who has moved to
Anchorage.
Regisration began at Anchor
age on July 1(5.
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ELSEWHERE IN ALASKA
P. 8. Hunt, the offial pho
tographer for the Alaska Eng
ineering Commission, left An
chorage recently for the Maf
anuska valley to take photo
graphs of the growing grain
ami other crops.
A recent report from the
Icy straits district state that
the run of salmon there is tlit*
largest in years, and the can
neries are getting all the fish
they can handle.
The Central Labor Council
of Seatle and other cities
have placed a boycott upon
Carnation, Aster, Mt. Vernon
and Washington brands of
milk on account of these com
panies refusing to pay more
than 14 cents per hour for
wares.
ship Curacao has been substi
tuted on the Alaskan run for
for the steamer Admiral Good
rich, and will sail for the
North.
A recent arrival from the
westward reports that the sal
mon canners in that section
will have only seventy per cent
of the normal pack.
The Iditarod Pioneer re
porst that only two names were
were entered on the registra
tion books of that town during
the first four days of registra
tion.
Alaska possesses practically
untouched resources in crust
acean or shellfish products,
according to Ernest P. Walker,
inspector of the fisheries
bureau. He has recently been
engaged in investigating the
various scallops, clams, crabs
shrimp and other members of
the family existing in northern
waters.
Bishop Rowe is authority
for tlie statement that prices
arc lower in Anchorage than
in any other town on tlie coast
of Alaska.
William Landwehr, general
agent at the end of the line,
was in town for a few minutes
on Thursday.
A number of < 'ordovans are
planning to attend the agri
cultural and industrial fair at
Anchorage on September 3, 4
and 5.
Word has been received in
Juneau that Captain Rob. L.
Weeks former disbursing offi
cer for the Alaska Road Com
mission, and before that sta
tioned at St. Michael, is at
present with the first Ameri
can contingent in France under
the command of Major General
Pershing*
Agent McDonald of the
Alaska Steamship Company
has received eight letters from
the chain going around the
country in aid of the French
war victims. lie* was urged to
write to two other people ask
ing for 25 cents. The French
consul has disclaimed that
authority for any one to ask
for money for this purpose has
been issued*
Mrs. W. Tinn, wife of Cap
tain Walter Tinn, a well-known
navigator of Alaskan waters
and master of the Santa Ana,
gave 910 to the Red Cross,
which she earned in a novel
manner on the trio north from
Seattle. Mrs. Tinn has consider
able ability at telling fortunes
and let it be known that all
her fellow passengers needed
to glimpse the future was to
produce the silver and listen,
said silver being for the relief
of those injured or suffering
on account of the war, and cur
iosity did the rest.
The Ruiek Model 33 auto
recently won in the contest
inaugurated by the Juneau
Empire was won by Mrs.
Estelle Barclay of Ketchikan
and was delivered to that lady
at her home by the enterprising
paper.
A communication recently
received at Ruby from the
States state that Billy Craig,
brother of Mrs. Frank Johnson
and Mrs. Alec Larson, of lx>ng,
was killed on the 4th of July
in an automobile accident.
Judge Win. Thomas, who has
resided in Wragell for more
than forty years, and who lias
been l\ S- ('ommissioner for
eleven years, has tendered his
resignation. He states that
family sickness prevented his
continuing in office.
The office of night yard
master at Anchorage has been
discontinued and the three 8
liour switch engine shifts have
been reduced to two of ten
hours each.
Alaska quota in the first
draft for the army has been
placed at <i!Mi men by the war
department.
On July 10th the Hawk In
let cannery bad put up 20.000
cases of lish, the lloonah 22,000
and the Funter Hay 14,000.
Percy Hanks, a deckhand on
the Sarah, was drowned near
Marshall recently, havinv fall
en overboard.
E. R. Hiuliam, who killed
John Shakes in Wrangell last
Thanksgiving, was convicted of
manslaughter recently at the
term of court at Ivetehigan, and
sentenced to imprisonment for
three years.
The case of Palfv vs. I>ooth
& Larson, an action to recover
for material furnished the de
fendants, was dec.ided in favor
of the plaintiff by Judge Rob
ert E. Burns last night, after
In* had overruled the motion
of non-suit on the grounds that
an alien cannot bring suit in
this country at this time. In
rendering his decision on the
motion. Judge Burns expressed
the opinion that in as much as
the government of the United
States permits aliens to car
ry on their business, so long as
they do so in a peaceable and
honest manner, they should be
entitled to maintain an action
to defend their property..
Attorney IV. II. Smith, who
represented tin* defendants, has
given notice of appeal to the
district court. Roy R. Douse
acted as counsel for the plain
tiff.
Fairbanks—The ball players
have made arrangements with
the Hungry Kid to take them
to Xenana Sunday. They are
to leave here early Sunday
morning, and will start bark
the same day. No arrange
ments have been made for oth
ers than the ball team to make
the trip.
FOR SALE
The lowest prices in town.
dFST RECEIVED
Large Shipment of
Plain and Fancy Doors
Windows and Window Frames
All Sizes
Table Legs, Transoms
Moulding of all kinds
Door and Window Stops
Sash Stock for Store Fronts
The above entire stock is com
posed of Outside seasoned
Lumber
LEAVER HOARD in assorted
sizes.
Rock faced ornamented Pressed
Steel.
House Lining in anv quantity
One Tent, 20x40 ft.
Linoleum and Rugs.
Carpet by the yard
Two upholstered couches at a
bargain
Cash Register and Show Cases
Graniteware, Glassware and
('rockery
Aluminum Percolators,.$2.50
Rlankets, Quilts and Pillows
Eiderdown Quilts
Sheets, Pillow slips. Spreads,
and Towels of all kinds.
Scrim and Cretonnes. Lace
SIM SON’S
GOONEV HOTEL
A First Class Stopping Place
SEASONABLE
COMFORTABLE
CENTRAL
Wm. M. Smith
ATTORNEY AT LAW
NOTARY PUBLIC
Johnson & Sanstrom Bros.,
engaged in blocking out a piece
of fairly rich ground on Ester
creek, in the Fairbanks dis
trict, were drowned out yes
terday and compelled to close
down their workings. Sulli
van & Olson,' ooerating on
Beady Bullion, have had simi
lar hard luck.
A man named Gordilenski
took a shot at Harry lluneke
yesterday at Oilmore. The* man
had been working for ('has.
(Jins and was discharged for
some reason, following which
In* vented his spite on lluneke,
also in the employ of Gins.
Superintendent Hubert J.
Sommers, of the Alaska l!oad
commission, is now working <55
men on the stretch of road be
tween Fairbanks and Bicharil
son and it is expected that the
work contemplated will keep
the several crews occupied un
til the first of October.
The out-going passengers on
the steamer Alaska last night
were: Ethel lleacock, Stella T.
Madole, A. 1!. Lyman, Hobt.
Garry, Andrew Aloft, Anna
Winecoff. Gerald E. Forbes,
all bound for Skagwav and the
Outside. L. C. Olson had a
ticket for Tolovana and John
Bark was billed to Beaver.
Judge II. -V. Day, prominent
Fairbanks attorney, made the
trip down river yesterday on
the Alaska, having come to
Xenana to consult with Dr.
M. E. Smith.
The Tolovana baseball team
returned from Fairbanks yes
terday, having made the trip
down the Tatiana with Peter
Godfrey, oil the launch Xita.
A black bear encountered en
route furnished tin* boys with
considerable entertainment, fol
lowing an attempt to lasso the
prowler, who was swimming
tin* river when the launch ap
peared on the scene.
The steamer Tatiana arrived
in port early this afternoon
from the lower river and, after
a short stay in port, proceeded
up stream to Fairbanks.
Miss. Anna Wineeoff was an
out-going passenger on the Al
aska last night, halving left for
her home at Fort Yukon to
accompany her parents to the
States, Miss. Winecolt' recent
ly underwent an operation for
appendicitis and is still very
weak, it having been necessary
to assist her to board the boat.
There is a report in circula
tion along the waterfront to
day to tin* effect that a barge
of rails was lost verv recently
at St. Michael. The local of
fice of the A. Y. A', company
has not been advised definitely
with regard to the loss, but the
report is quite generally be
lieved.
W. -T. Fogelstrom, chief en
gineer of bridge construction
of the Alaskan Engineering
commission, is a member of the
Edes party, having made the
trip to the Interior presumably
for the purpose of investi
gating the bridge situation at
Xenana.
Miss. Elizabeth Foster lias
returned 'from Fairbanks and
is again on duty at the com
mission telephone exchange.
.Miss. Giulrun Anderson, a
former Fairbanks girl, recently
made a 17-minute flight in an
airplane at Seattle, with the re
sult that she received milch
publicity in the Spirit Pity
newspapers.
dim Lewis and llod McKen
zie arrived on the steamer Se
attle* Xo. 3, from tin* lower
river.
XOTK'E OF DISSOLFTTOX
OF GOPARTXERSHIP
The copartnership heretofore
existing under the name and
style of Hhodekeit & Henson,
conducting and operating the
Tavern, at Xenana, Alaska, is
dissolved by mutual consent.
All accounts owing by the said
copartnership will be paid by
Win, Hhodekeit, to whom all
persons who are indebted to tin*
said firm are respectfully re
quested to make payment.
Win. Hhodekeit.
II. W. Henson.
EXCHANGE COLUMN
WILL TRADE lot in Seat
tle mint'd between SU500 and
8700, for improved Nenana
property. Inquire News.
FOR SALE— WlieelerAVilson
sowing machine. Inquire of
Leander, the tailor.
FOK SALE—-REMINGTON TYPE
"liter, with Wahl Adding Machine ,
at Uichment. Xtif, Also Mi-uarcii
typewriter in good condition. iu
<1 uire at News office.
FOR SALE— 7<>in. x 8-0 ft,
shade. Inquire of Mrs. Adams.
FOIt sale CHEAP—Fift^ 24 ft.
logs for building. Inquire News
office.
FOK SAKE—Bargain. Completely
furnished house. Inquire at N'ews
office.
BUSINESS property for
stile. Central location. good
building, 23xoO feet. Inquire
tit News office.
Send Vour
RAW FURS
TO
SIMSON’S
Nenana
Ana Receive
HIGHEST PRICES
NOTl’E TO CREDITORS
In probate eourf. Territory
of Alaska, Nenanti precinct.
Janies Duke, demised.
Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned inis been ap
pointed by above mimed court,
executrix of the estate of
Janies Duke deceased. All per
sons having claims against said
(“state are hereby notified and
required to, present them with
tin* proper vouchers within six
months after the date of (his
notice to the undersigned execu
trix at her place of business
in the town of Nenana, Alaska.
Dated at Nenana, Alaska, Julv
23, 11117.
NOTICE (>F REALESTATE
AITTUX.
In liic Comissioner's court
for Hse district of Alaska. Four
th Judicial division, Xenana
'precinct, before Hon. Robert
E. IStirns, Commissioner,
in the matter of the estate
of Emil I’oatsch. deceased.
Xoiice is hereby given that
in pursuance of an order of the
Rrohate Court of Xanana Pre
cinct, Fourth Judicial Division
Ten i orv of A laska, mad the
7th day of August, PH7. in the
matter of tiie estate of Emil
Roatsc-i, deceased, tin* under
signed, the adminisi rator of
the said estate, will sail at
public auction, to the 1 dullest
bidder, for cash, gold coin of
the United States, and subject
to coafirimuiou by said Pro
bate Court, on Monday, the
tenth day of September, P>! 7. k
at two o'clock P. M., at the of
fice of the I’niteil States Cone
imisioner for said precinct, in
tlie town of Xenana. Alaska,
all the right, title, interest, and
estate of the said Emil Roatsdi
at the time of his death, and
all the right, title, and interest
that the estate has by the oper
ation of the law or otherwise,
acquired other than or in addi
tion to that of the said Emil
Roatsch, at the time of his
death, in and to all that certain
lot, piece, or parcel of laud
| situate, lying', and being in the
said town of Xenana, Xenana
Precinct, Territory of Alaska,
and hounded and described as
follows, to-wit: Lot Number
Fourteen (1-1), in Illock Num
ber Twenty-one (21), in the
Townsite of Xenana, Territory
iof Alaska, together with the
i cabin or dweling situate tliere
! on.
Terms and conditions of sale:
Cash, gold coin of the United
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 Court. Deed at
expense of purchaser.
A. D. Thompson, adminfstra
!tor of Emil Roatsch, deceased.
First Publication, Aug. 11,1917
Last Publication Sent. 8,1017