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Nenana House
Under New Management
Q—Why b the NENANA HOUSE like a dog sitting on
a cake of ice? A.—Because it’s so dog gone nice.
Mrs. A. B. Easterly, Proprietress
NEW FAIRBANKS COUNCIL
ENTERS ON DUTIES TODAY
The newly chosen Fairbanks city
council takes over the reins oi
the city governmnt today, and it ii
expected that the contemplates
changes in the different depart
ments controlled by the council vril.
be officially announced in the course
of a few days.
The Fairbanks city council is com
posed of the following members
A. L. Wilbur, mayor; Joseph H.
Smith, councilman for one year: C.
Harry Woodward, H. H. Ross and
Robert Lavery, eounei’men for twe
years; the holdovers being John A.
McIntosh and George Johnson.
Dr, J. R. 80WEN
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THE BOWEN BUILDING
, According- to the Fairbanks News
Miner, Chief of Police Frank Wise
man is to be relieved of his duties.
J. J. Buckley and Elmer Sanderlin
and Tommy Carr are said to be
slated for positions in the fire hall
and municipal office.
SHOTGUNS and Shotgun Ammu
nition—new stock just opened, at
Anderson Bros & Nerland.
The ice dopsters have a smoothly
worn trail along the waterfront,
which they travel every day looking
for "signs'',
driver.
A Brower stage is expected in
Fairbanks tonight with some first
class mail.
Tommy Thompson left on the auto
this morning for Fairbanks. He ex
pects to return in a few davs.
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Frank Iverson, a McCarthy ranch
er is practicing hypnotism and men
tal suggestion upon his chickens.
He states that he will also install
electric lights in the coops to help
make them lay.
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; Allan Crane, a former A. E. C.
employee, returned to Xenana last
night from an extended trip, com
mencing with a brief visit to Seattle
, and covering the coastal region of
the Seward Peninsula, the Kobuk
; and Koyukuk districts. He left the
Hog river country, on the lower
Koyukuk river, on the last leg of
his journey to N'enana, on March
24th, struck a mail trail near
Hughes, and mushing in arrived
last night after a fourteen-day mush.
He was favored with good weather
and good trails all the way through.
Crane left Xenana last spring on
the Julia B for Seattle, via St
Michael. He was only seven days
in Seattle, when he hired out to
the superintendent of tne Wild
Goose Mining Co., to work on one
of the company’s dredges near Coun
cil. Owing to frost conditions, the
season of work was very short. The
work lasted only a little over a
month, and when the dredge shut
down he went to Golovin and up
by way of Norton Sound and the
Kewik river to Dime creek and pros
pected a while, but finding nothing
to repay his efforts, he hit for
Long beach, on the Kobuk river.
He arrived there when the flu
was at its worst, and was there
when the natives were dying like
flies. He says that the population
of Long beach was less than 200,
of whom about 15 only were whites.
The total deaths from the flu there
were 171 people.
Taking a walk up one of the
creeks in the neighborhood, one day,:
he says he found two little girls,
about five or six years of age, who
appeared to have lost their way.
He gave them his lunch, which they
devoured ravenously. He then tool:1
them to a nearby igloo, but they
did r t want to enter it. He went
i.nsid-, he says, and found five dead
Eskimos there, and the fire out.
He took the little girls to the Dan- ,
ish mission near by and reported
the matter. The Hu, he says played
sad havoc in and around that coun
try and, he thinks, that in many
an isolated igloo there are many
unburied dead still lying.
Mr. Crane paints a very gloomy
picture of the flu in that region
and of the utter helplessness of the
people to C' n ’.-at the disease in any
way. Medical aid and remedies, tc
any appreciable extent, were not
available, he says, and whole villages
W'ere wiped out as a conseauence.
In the company of another pros
pector, he left that region, and
traveling the Kobuk trail, hit for the
Koyukuk. They fumigated them
selves and their effects with sul
phur fumes, before proceeding much
farther. By bearing away in a
slightly southerly direction, they
were able to reach the mouth of the
Hog river, landing near Sam Dubin's
store.
After prospecting in that region
for some little time, and finding
little encouragement, even in the
way of a grubstake, he decided to.
take the trail for Xenana. He says
he will not stray away from Xe
nana in a hurry again.
DOG TEAMS COMING
FROM FAIRBANKS TODAY
Jim Hagen, Dick Ahearn, Xels
Stole and Oscar Webber are re
ported to have left Fairbanks at a
very early hour this morning for
Nenana.
The men, who are traveling with
two dog sleds, are taking the river
trail, and should arrive in town'
tonight.
NENANA EXPRESSMAN
BUYS NEW MOTOR TRUCK
Dutch Blankfield, who is engaged i
in the express business in Xenana,
went up to Fairbanks today on
business.
It is reported that Dutch has pur
chased a motor truck in the upper
town for his business, and his trip
to Fairbanks being for the purpose
of arranging to ship the truck to
Xenana as soon as possible.
OLDTIMER SAYS
ALASKA BETTER
IHAN_ OUTSIDE
Charles W. Thrift, former con
ductor on A. E. C. trains, ana a
well known sourdough, arrived in
Nenana yesterday from Fairbanks,
where he had recently arrived from
a seven-month’s sojourn in the
States. He says he is glad to be
back in the North again, and he,
like the many others that have
gone Outside and returned, says
that, in view of the conditions pre
vailing in the States at the present
time, Alaska is, incomparably a
much better place to be in than any
part of the States he had visited.
While in the States, Mr. Thrift
visited Seattle, Tacoma, Portland,
Frisco, Los Angeles and various
other towns in California He also
met a great many Alaskans, all of
whom are making preparations to
come North again. Many chechacos
are also talking Alaska, he says, and
predicts that there will be a great
influx of people into the Northland
as soon as the rivers are open for
navigation.
According to Mr. Thrift, Cali
fornia has many advantages in the i
way of living conditions which the '
state of Washington does not enjoy. ;
The feeling of unrest and disaffec- 1
tion would appear to be more pro- i
nounced and noticeable in and
around the big cities in Washington, j
where also the proportion of idle j
men appears to be greater. These
are conditions brought about as a
result of the war, and they will,
he thinks, adjust themselves later, j
Alaskans are well off, in his opinion, I
and a visit to the States, he thinks, |
will convince the most skeptical old
Northerner who may think he could
better himself in the States, as to
the truth of his statement.
Charlie Thrift is busying himself
renewing old acquaintances, after
which he will settle down and stay I
in Alaska evermore.
MAT RANCHER
IN FOB SUPPLIES
H. W. Knight, who has a home-'
;tead on the Toklat river, a few
niles above the Toklat roadhouse,
arrived in town last night to re
plenish his supplies and expects to j
ret away on the train again to
morrow.
On his way into town, he traveled
ay dog sled, leaving the teanr at
he Jap roadhouse and riding into
S’enana on the train.
Mr. Knight reports that the trail '
s almost bare of snow ali the way
:hrough, which, consequently made
:he going very* difficult.
Among the other things he is tak-,
ng in to the Toklat with him is a
plow, with the aid of which he ex-i
peets to add considerably to the;
mound he has already cultivated on
ais homestead.
This will be Mr. Knight’s last
visit to town until sometime after
the breakup.
A large assortment of Fishing
Tackle, Flies, Nets, etc, at Anderson
Bros. Sl Norland.
MOOSE WILL HAVE
BIG SMOKER TONIGHT
Nenana Lodge No. 1193, Loyal
Order of Moose will hold its regular
semi-monthly meeting at Moose Hall
tonight, commencing promptly at
eight o’clock. The officers for the
year will be installed at tonight’s
meeting, after which an entertain
ment and smoker, for which the
Moose are famous will be indulged in
Visiting Moose are cordially in
vited to the meeting and smoker.
Prospectors and Contractors!
Now is the rinse to have that tar
paulin, tant or bog made for tit
seasons outfit... Bed and hat nets
are now roadv. at small cost at
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On the last mail, Sam Ivey and i
Norman Russell, two of the most,
enthusiastic Boy Scouts of Nenana,
received letters from James E. West,
chief Scout executive of the Boy
Scouts of America, covering the:
transmission, on behalf of the
Xational War Savings committee,
and the Boy Scouts of America of
an achievement button, and con
ferring on each of them the title
of Ace Scout, sending each also a
medal, and as a further reward,!
palms were awarded in accordance'
with their aggressivness during the 1
war.
Both boys qualified for an achieve
ment button by serving their country
through the sale of War Savings
and Thrift Stamps, and have earned
the further distinctive title of Ace
Scout, with the Ace medal and
palms because of their energy, per
severance and success in meeting
:he requirements for such honor,
in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Boy Scouts of
■\merica campaign, as set forth in
:he special War Saving Stamps
nanual.
Every scout who has qualified
’or an Ace medal and a palm is on
he high road to win the greatest
iistinetion of all in the W. S. S.
•ampaign The Ace scout in each
itate, who, during 1918, won the
rreatest number of W. S. S. palms,
will receive at the close of the year
i personal letter of thanks from the
President of the United States.
The earning of these awards ex-1
amplifies the great opportunity that
is open to every Scout to serve his ■
rountry through the sale of War
savings and Thrift Stamps, and win i
for himself at the same time the
lonor and glory of having taken 1
iffective part in the world’s greatest)
war.
Both boys also have been awarded 1
Scout distinguished service medals
for their effective work in the
Liberty Loan drives.
Dr. R. R. MYERS
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