THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana. Alaska.
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WORKERS WANTED
Now that the Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission has authority to
proceed actively with the work of
railroad building, it is confronted
by a labor shortage which threatens
seriously to hamper construction.
That is the situation, at any rate,
in this division, where there ap
pears to be an unusual shortage of
workers.
Everyone in N'enana has been
given the opportunity to enter the
employ of the commission during
the past week and efforts are now
being made to induce men to come
to N'enana from nearby districts,
but it is considered doubtful if there
are sufficient available men in the
entire Interior country to fill the
places that are now open. And it
is expected that the demand for
labor will increase steadily as the
season advances and new work is i
started by the commission.
FINISH THE RAILROAD.
“The sentiment of the business
interests of the Pacific coast here
represented is unanimously in favor
of the immediate completion of the
government railway in Alaska.” The
foregoing, says the Anchorage
Times, is the feature of a resolu
tion passed by the Associated Cham
bers of Commerce of the Pacific
coast, which held a meeting in San
Francisco on April 10. The resolu
tion further sets forth that “rep
resentatives in Congress from the
Pacific coast states and all others
in authority before whom the ques
tion may come be urged to do all
in their power to insure early ap
propriation of sufficient funds to
make this basic artery of transporta
tion in the Interior of Alaska avail
able at the earliest possible date.”
A second resolution declares that
!
; all federal authorities in ar,v way
[ concerned be urged with all possible
■ force to remove the menaces to life
and property in Alaska waters and
that liberal appropriations be asked
of Congress to survey the Alaska
coast and construct lighthouses and
, install all other essential aids to
navigation as. rapidly as possible.
The resolution also declares Con
I gress should provide additional
necessary aids in other waters of
: the Pacific, especially along the
main coast line and harbors.
Mr. Gordon C. Corbaley, execu
tive secretary of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce, was in attendance
and took the initiative in the pass
age of these most helpful and en-,
couraging resolutions. Another rep- ’
resentative of the live, progressive
Seattle chamber—Mr. J. L. Mc
Pherson— is back in Washington,
doing what he can there to aid ir
securing appropriations for the con
1 tinuation of work on the railway
■project.
The Seattle Chamber of Com
merce, believes the Anchorage paper,
is doing mighty fine constructive
work in behalf of Alaska, and not
only merits, but has the appreciation
of Alaskans,.
. -
“Alaska needs prospectors more
, than anything else at this time,”
said J. E. Barrett, McCarthy min
ing man and pioneer Alaska pros
pector, during a recent visit at
Cordova, on his way back to Mc
Carthy from a trip to the States.
“The great army of men who dis-'
covered and located the various
placer fields and quartz lodes which
have made Alaska what it is have
retired from the game,” he con
tinued. “There are very few men
prospecting in Alaska now. These
hardy searchers for mineral have
either made their stakes or have
retired from that game and entered
other fields of activity.”
I
BEING RELEASED I
FOR FARM USE!
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DALLAS, Tex—Demobilization of
the army mule and horse is going
forward rapidly, according to figures
on government sales just compiled (
by C. O. Moser, livestock inspector
of the purchasing quartermaster.
The figures show that during the
war the government bought 115,000
head of horses and mules at a total,
cost of $27,000,000 in the southern j
and central purchasing zones. When j
hostilities ended, the government1
owned about 500,000 head of horses j
and mules, 300,000 in the United!
States and 200,000 in France, only j
70,000 of the latter number having!
been shipped from this country. !
Because of the big demand for j
these animals on Central West farms;
the government has been hurrying
distibution, and when auctions now
advertised are completed, 150,000
animals will have been placed back |
on farms since January 1.
Cavalry horses cost the govern
ment an average of $165, artillery
horses $190, and mules $190, accord
ing to these figures. At the sales
cavalry horses have brought an
average of $85, artillery horses
S150, and draft mules $160. The
sales have included many worn out
animals, some selling for as little
as $10. On the other hand, many
animals have brought fancy prices.
SALT LAKE CITY—Victory
gardening is one of the occupations
at the Fort Douglas army hospital
near here, and besides helping to
supply the hospital mess with fresh
green vegetables, it has proved an
idea! method of giving the con
valescent something to keep his mind
occupied and at the same time the
proper outdoor exercise he requires.
Victory gardens are thriving in all
parts of the reservation.
Soldiers recovering from wounds
or sickness eagerly seize the oppor
tunity to do a little work in the
gardens. They are not allowed to
! over-tax themselves, but are en
thusiastic gardeners.
Enemy aliens confined at the war
prison barracks on the reservation
also have a garden. Officers call
i it a “victory” garden, but many of
the inmates of the prison barracks
appear to dislike the use of the
word “victory.”
SENATOR HECKMAN WILL
VISIT INTERIOR SOON
—
Advices received in Fairbanks re-;
cently indicate that Senator Heck-'
man of Ketchikan and Mrs. Heck
man are to visit Fairbanks and the
Interior this summer. They may
come up by way of the Valdez trail
and go out by boat, or in the re
verse order; this has not been defi
nitely settled yet.
Senator Heckman was the only
Republican senator in the territorial
senate during the last session of
that body.
A Mere Detail
Ma—“No, Gladys will not become
engaged until she is twenty.”
Pa—“But, my dear woman, she
may not get the chance when she
is twenty.”
Ma—“Well, then, she will remum
twenty until she does”—London
Mail.
NENANAITES TAKE
! ENJOYABLE TRIP
! TO LINDER LAKE
A party of the young people of
Nenana. composed of Misses Queenie
Russell, Alta Russell, Betty Foster,
and Messrs Frank Doner, Kenneth
Finlayson, Walker Blakey. Pete
Nelson and A. St. J. McAuley,
chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Russell, went down to Linder Lake
on the launch Northern Light on
Saturday evening for an outing.
I The use of the commodious
launch was freely donated by Mr.
McAuley, her owner, for the pur
pose and the necessary provisions
for the creature comforts of the
party having been arranged for, a
start was made in the cool of the
evening.
The launch arrived at the lake
about an hour after sailing from
Nenana and camp was made for
the night on the margin of the
lake.
Fortunately there were not many
mosquitoes to mar the pleasure of
the trip and a most enjoyable time
was spent by all. The launch re
turned to Nenana at about 11
o'clock last night.
VICTORY IS BACK
TROM WANKS
The launch Victory, with Fred
Douse at the wheel, left Nenana
. on Saturday evening with the mail
and Billy Butler and Bob Horn as
passengers for the upper town.
She returned to Nenana yesterday
with the mail and Frank Wiseman
and three others as passengers for
this port. She also had two way
passengers.
Mrs. Jack Bellerby and Russell
Bellerby are expected in Nenana
today from Fairbanks on the launch
I Peerless. They will reside in Ne
nana during the summer.
O’KEEFE FAMILY MOVES
TO QUARTERS AT STORE
Manager Larry O'Keefe and the
members of his family have moved
into the comfortable residential
quarters adjoining the Northern
Commercial company store, former
ly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Erie
Brown. The O’Keefe home, on
i upper Front street, has been rent
i ed for the summer to Jack Beller
i by, White Pass wharfinger, who ex
i pects his family from Fairbanks
! today.
Neil McCall, the Eva creek min
j ing man, is in town on business,
j He will probably return to his camp
i in a few da vs.
Breaking the Noose
The Warder—“You’re in luck,
Scrippen! There’s a reprieve for
you come along from the home
J office.”
The Convicted One (rising to the
occasion)*—“Ha! No noose is good
j noose!”—London Mail.
WANT ADS
FOR "SALE—Household furniture,
dining room set. White sewing
machine, bedstead, etc. Apply
Mrs. Leroy Moyer, Second and B.
■FOR SALE—Team of young horses,
weight about thirty hundred.
Guaranteed to work single or
double, wheelers or leaders, and
perfectly gentle. Vachon, Tolo
vana. k21
_
WANTED — Camp cook, man or
woman, for grading camp on Lit
| tie Goldstream, about ten miles
i from Xenana. Apply to Jim
Dzukoff. Coonev Hotel.
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FOR SALE—Bargains in household
furniture and effects, piano, etc. ;
j Apply to Mrs. Emil Hartwick,
j First street, near C.
Restaurant Tabs and Tablets at
the News Office.
ORDER AND NOTICE
Of Election to Be Held on Tuesday,
June 3, 1919,
for
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
. In the Office of the United States
Commissioner at Nenana, Alaska.
Fourth Judicial Division,
j Now, on this day, pursuant to!
an Act of the Legislature of Alas
ka. approved April 26th, 1919. pro
viding for the holding of a special
election in the Territory of Alaska
' for the election of a Delegate to
Congress to fill a vacancy caused
by the death of Hon. Charles Sulzer.
; It is hereby ordered that 'or the
purpdfes of the election to be held
on June 3rd, 1919, all of the Ter
ritory in the Recording District
known as NEMAN'A Recording Dis-i
trict, outside of incorporated towns,!
i is hereby divided into voting pre !
'c.ncts, in each o' which a polling;
place is hereby specified,
i Said voting precincts are de
;scribed and bounded as follows: i
\ The NENANA VOTING PRECINCT,
j embracing all that portion of the j
| Nenana Recording Precinct lying!
j NORTH of an east and west line
j drawn through Mile 389 on the
i Government Railway.
! Polling Place: FIRE HALL in
towm of Nenana.
The 35 MILE VOTING PRECINCT.;
embracing all that portion of the
Nenana Recording Precinct lying;
SOUTH of an east and west line;
drawn through Mile 389 on the
Government Railway.
Polling Place: ALASKAN ENGI- j
NEERING COMMISSION SEC
TION HOUSE, at 35 Mile.
Notice is hereby given that an
election will be held on Tuesday, j
June 3, 1919, for the election of i
A DELEGATE TO THE HOUSEJ
' OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM I
THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
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, May 16.
1919.
r. s. McDonald, i
L7. S. Commissioner for the Nenana l
Recording District, Fourth Divi- j
1 sion, Territory of Alaska.
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ON STEAMER WASHBURN
Fresh Eggs
Oranges, Lemons
Apples, Grapefruit
Northern Commercial Co.
■
Wet Weather Goods
Rubbers, Boots, Rubber Shoes
| SAVE TIME AND MONEY
$ Raincoats, Slickers and Shoe Oils
GO TO $
\ FOWLER & MORRIS
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
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Tom Smith, Prop.
BLAINKFIELD EXPRESS
Clean Dry Wood for Sale
OFFICE AT THE ARCTIC
Hauling of All Kinds
RESIDENCE PHONE
Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
WILL RETURN TO NENANA
SOMETIME IN JULY
Date will be announced later
NICELY HOUSE
With Belmont In Connection
POOL CANDIES CIGARS
AND TOBACCOS
WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
PRICES REASONABLE
Rates By the Week or Month
L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
Shop in Portland Building
Now Open for Business with
Full Line of Requisites
r.s. McDonald
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Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE RENTALS
LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
(New York Life)
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
FOR RENT
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
building, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Wednesdays and Satur
days at 8 p. m.
NENANA LODGE No. 1193 *
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second »nd Fourth Tuesdays
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER
Secretary
M. V. TYLER.
Dictator.
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