THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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Application roaue April 1. 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alasica,:
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 8, 1879. j
Hub of Alaska —_Where Rails and Rivers Meet
Published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets. Nenana. Alaska.
R. C. Soutiiworth ._.„.Editor and Manager
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NENANA BREAKUPS REVIEWED
OLDTIMERS GUESSING EARLY
In order that those interested in
the breakup may refresh their mem
ories regarding the performance of
the weather and the ice in past sea
sons, the following summary is giv
en :
1916
April 26—Nenarta river throwing
ice.
April 29—Rained this afternoon.
May 1—Shore ice started to move
12:40 p. m.
May 2—Ire went out at 6 a. m.
Evidently jammed a short distance
below.
May 3—Snowed all day.
May 4—Still snouting. River is
clear in front of town.
May 5—Still snowing. Ice ran for
one hour this morning.
May S—Ice ru,n lasting one hour
this afternoon.
May 10—A run of ice between
5 and 6 p. m.
May 11—A run of ice between
1 and 5 p. m.: another run started
at 8 p. m.
May 13—A run of ice about 4
p. m. Mail launch arrived 4:30 p. m.
1917
April 26—Nenana river open at)
mouth.
April 29—Tana.na river cleared
from Nenana down around bend
1:50 p. m. j
April 30—Ice went out in front
of town 11:06 a. m.
1918
MAY 8—Water in Tanana began
to rise. Rise of 17 inches reported
from Fairbanks. Weather cold, ice
still solid.
May 9—Water in Tanana rising
at the rate of half an inch an hour. |
Warmer weather. CHdtimers say
breakup near.
May 11—Malamute Rid arrived
early this morning. Cannot cross
river. Ice moved. Official time, 9:33 I
a. m.
1913
April 15—Ic-e pool dosed mid
night with over 1,800 tickets taken.
April 17—Steamboat plans for
season announced, but no signs of
breakup.
April 18—Commencement made to
move A. E. C. livestock across Tana
na river for use on Fairbanks end.
April 22—Forest fires cause dam
age along railroad.
April 25—Joe Downs narrowly
escapes drowning in CSiena slough
near Fairbanks. Consolation ice pool
closes.
April 26—Jack Adams loses out
fit as result of breaking through ice
near Wood river.
April 29—Yukon reported break
ing rapidly at Dawson. Tanana open
for distance of six miles near Wood
river. |
April 30—Date of breakup still
very uncertain at Nenana. Rain falls
at Fairbanks, with considerable wa
ter on ice in Chena slough. Night
freezing continues in Nenana with,
temperature under 50 during day. |
May 2—Considerable open water j
in front of town, but main ice sheet!
still intact.
May 3—Cake of ice on which |
fixed moved 100 feet, thereby |
registering official tune of breakup,
which was 2:23 p. m. Official ice
■cake came to stop short distance
below town and ice above town
still intact.
A1 Ghezzi guessed exact minute
i of breakup and won big ice pool.
| Lurry O'Keefe won consollation. i
*425.50
1920
The year of the flu epidemic; un
usually raw and cold during greater
part of April and as late as May 4,
at which time it was thought ice
would be late going out. Much j
snow reported in the hills on May J
4 and on May 5 the temporary
bridge at Forty-three mile was dis
mantled in anticipation of the com-;
ing of the Nenana river breakup, f
Much to the surprise of oidtimers
ice in Tanana river moved on May!
11 at 11:46 A. M., and the ice;
pool went to the Big Five combina- j
tion. Ice moved out at Fairbanks
two days later.
1921
Ice moved on May 11 again, the!
official time being 6:42 a. m. The
Roughneck Combination got the
money.
1922
The breakup last year occurred
on May 12 at 1:20 P. M. The win
ners of the big pool were John Wel
sh and B. W. Miller, the later giv.
ing up half of his share to Joe Mills
The total amount of the pool was
S7.955.23
1923
Many of the oidtimers are guess
:ng this year that the ice will go
out earlier than it did last year,
many conditions being regarded a;
favorable to ar. early breakup. And '
the indications are the pool will
reach larger proportions than ever
before. Five thousand tickets have
been distributed by the committee up
to the present time and it is con
fidently believed it will require an
other five thousand to fill the de- j
mand for guesses.
The Ice Poo! committee reports *
f’-at arrangements for the positive i
recording of the official time are ’ i
proceeding satisfactorily and that
everything will be in readiness long
before the breakup can oecurr. The
gueses will be listed long before :
the breakup can occurr as was done
last year, to expedite the awarding
of the pool and to elimate the possi- i
bility of mistakes.
William Pavloff is reported by ,
the S:tka Tribune to have said that <
the recent Taku breeze which visit- ]
ed tnat section blew down trees on
Long Island, implanted deep in the ,
ground, that had been there for one i
hundred years. One large tree was <
picked up bodily and carried over
thirty feet through the air.
All roadhouses on the Valde-z
Fairbanks road have received ques- j
tionairres from the steamship ,
companies relative to the number '
of tourists that can be accommodat- ,
ed by them. The companies intend
to include the road in the itinerary ]
of their Alaska tours. ,
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The first shipment of machinery
from Thane, purchased by the
Northwestern Steel AProducts Co., 1
went south recently of the freight
er Latoughe. Seven hundred and 1
fifty tons of the machinery was
consigned to the Corporation Min- 1
erva de Famantine, at Chiecito, j
province of La Rioja, Argentine. 1
CANNERIES ARE PREPARED
FOR RAID ON ALASKA FISF
Indications are that practically
every cannery in Southeastern Alas
ka will be operated this season.’
Walter DeLong. manager of th<
C. W. Younp Hardware Store, am
interested in the salmon canninp in
dustry said recently to a represents
tive of the Juneau Empire. Mr. De
Long conferred with a number o
cannery men in the States on his re
cent trip there and said all witl
whom he talked are optimistic fo
this years salmon pack.
The previous packs have ail beei
disposed of and the cannerymer
anticipate prices for the 11*23 pack
will be as high as the past yeai
which were: pinks, $ 1.20; chums
§1.25; reds; $2.25; cohoes, $1.35
As a result of the packs of 192:
and of the prices received, almos
all of the canneries are establish
ed in credit and are in pood finan
cial condition, Mr. DeLong said.
Crews for getting the variou
plants in condition for operatinj
are already leaving Seattle and al
will practically be in the nort.i thi
month. Hans Floe, superintenden
of the P. E. Harris Company plan
at Hawk Inlet and August Busch
mann. of the Deep Sea Salmon Com
pany, operating at Port Althorp, wil
leave Seattle shortly for the north
The company plant at Cape Edward,
has been released to the A. & P
Products Co. Mr. DeLong raid hi
does no: know when the officials o
the Thlinget Packing Company, op
crating at Funter Bay. plan to eom<
north but that he understands a ful
pack is anticipated by them for thi:
season.
PROFESSOR ROSEN WILL ARRIVE
THIS CITY AFTER EXTENSIVE
TOUR IN UNITED STATES AND
CANADA
Professor Rosen, who is we I
known all over the coast will b«
here the last part of April and wil
be located at the Cooney Hotel foi
three days only.
In addition to phrenology the pro
fessor is an expert palmist and cry
stal gazer. He has n)3ny recommen
dations to establish his responsibility,
He delineates incidents in your past
life very correetly giving you inci
ients and details that had completely
slipped your memory.
Different papers on the coast say:
.Prof. Rosen who claims to have a
lift has made good his claim to a
large number of citizens in the Uni
:ed States and Canada. His readings
ivere so eminently satisfactory as to
-am for him letters of recommenda
:ion bearing the signature of resi
ients well known in different -cities."
Prof Rosen will lecture at the mo
don picture show.
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces open coir,pe_
itive examr.ations for Master. Mate,
3i!ot, and Marine Engineer, FOR
ALASKA. As a result of' these ex
iminations, certification will be
nade to fill vacancies in the p osi
ions specified in the different bran
hes of the Federal Classified :er
■ice in Alaska.
For further information and ap
dication blank apply to the Local
Secretary, Board of Civil Service
ixaminers. Anchorage, Fairbanks,
luneau. Ketchikan, or Nome, Alaska,
>r'to the Secretary, Eleventh L* S.
Civil Service Dist., 207 P. O. Bldg.,
Seattle, Wash.
C. W. PAINE ,
District Secretary
J. P. Hannon, in charge of the
seward broadcasting plant, is busily
•ngaged in assembling the apparatus.
Pwo ninety-foot poles will be erect
'd for the aerial in front of the
Arcade building and within a few
nore days the outfit wilf be
issembled and tested out.
Delegate Dan Sutherland is work
ng for a summer mail to be carried
>y way of Lake Manchumina. over
he Kobi route.
Mrs. Louise Morrel, proprietor of
he Fashion shop in Fairbanks, was
i Tuesday arrival from the upper
own.
CHURCH TRUSTEES ELECTED
TO LOOK AFTER PROPERTY
A meeting of those interested in
the Community Presbyterian church
of Xenana was called by Rev. Dr. S.
Hall Young, superintendent of Mis
sions, stated that the Mission would
not be abandoned, but that a minis
ter would be sent here as soon as
possible. In the meantime, the Sun
day School will be continued and
cherished, and the minister from
Fairbanks will come to Xenana at
least once a month to hold services.
The following trustees were un.
animously elected: R. G. Southworth,
president: Mrs. William Rodigkeit.
secretary—treasurer; Mrs. William
C. Steinmetz. Mrs. Thos. A. Jones.
Alex Fowler.
It is the hope of those interested
that the Community church will be
restored soon to its former impor
tance in the city.
PERSONNEL OF WEEKS PARTY
MADE KNOWN TO McDANNEL
In a letter to J. Casey McDannel
says the Anchorage Times Congress
man Curry, who is an old and
warm friend of Casey, gives a list
of those planning to compose the
congressional party accompanying
Secretary Weeks to Alaska: Hon. C.
C. Dowell of Iowa, who will be
chairman of the committee on roads
I in the next congress, as well as a
member of this committee :Hon.
Louis T_ McFadden of Pennsylvania,
and Mrs. McFadden. Mr. McFadden
is chairman of the committee on
banking and currency; Hon. Jas.
G. Strong of Kansas, and Mrs.
Strong : Hon. Zebulon Weaver of
North Carolina, and wife; John Wil
liam C. Lankford of Georgia, and
wife; Hon. John E. Rankin of Mis
sissippi, and Hon. William J. Driver
of Arkansas and wife.
As yet there is nothing definire
about the president’s visit, it being
contingent upon circumstances
pointed out previously.
Congressman Curry also sent
Casey a large autographed photo
graph. and one to be hung in the
Hotel Curry at Curry. In speaking
of the elation he felt at having a
town named after him Congressman
Currv said that he could conceive
of none greater or more apprecia
tive than an Alaskan town should
bear his name, and expressed appre
ciation of his labors for the terri
tory which were his greatest plea
sure
William A. Hesse
MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
BOX 1035, FAIRBANKS
Andy’s Express
— AT —
Seward
Will Give Your
BAGGAGE AND FREIGHT
Careful Attention
MEETS ALL TRAINS
AND BOATS
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
j FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M.
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Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Alfred J. Ghezzi R. C. Morri*.
Secretary. President.
IF YOU DONT
TRADE WITH US
WE BOTH LOSE
ALFRED J. GHEZZI
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Alaska Steamship Co.
SAFET> SPEED SERVICE
VESSEL
ALAMEDA .
NORTHWESTERN
ALAMEDA .
NORTHWESTERN
VICTORIA .
ALAMEDA .
Ly. Seattle Ly. Seward
Mch. 17
...Mar. 28
Apr. 7
Apr. 18
...Apr. 28
...May 5
Mch._ 26
Apr. 4
Apr. 13
Apr. 25
May 5
Mav 11
Lv. Anch.
Mch. 25
Apr. 14
May 12
FOR RATES AND RESERVATIONS APPLY TO
J. H. FLICK1NGER, A. H. McDONALD,
Agent. Seward. Alaska Agent. Anchorage
A. A. SHONBECK
ANCHORAGE
lime, plaster, cement, fire brick, fire clay
Explosives and Blasting Supplies
COAL OIL GASOLINE LUBRICATING OILS GREASES
MAY and GRAIN
WANT ADS
Two dogs for sale. Inquire Fow
ler and Morris.
FOR SALE—Basket sleig. Inquire
Charles E. Bergman.
FOR SALE—-Complete outfit of
safe deposit boxes. Mrs. E. A. Wil
liams. postmaster. Xenatia, Alaska.
HEALY LAUNDRY^FOR SALE*.
Complete outfit. Inquire J. M. Smith
FOR SALLE—150 egg incubator
and brooder. Cheap. Inquire News
Office.
HERMAN ANDERSON’S
MODERN RESIDENCE
FOR SALE
Has the following rooms:
1 Entrance Vestibule.
1 Large Living room. 16X2fi.
3 Berrooms (each has clothe? clo
set.)
1 Large Kitchen, wnite enamel,
with breakfast nook, seating six
persons.
1 Bathroom, finished in white e
namel, with batfa tub, wash basin
and lavatory.
1 Good well, with clear water all
the year.
1 Edison Gold Medal Phonograph.
A houseful of A 1 oak furniture.
1 Dustproof warehouse, 45X45.
The basement of the house can be
used for warm storage. Capacity ov
er 50 tons.
For further information see Her
man Anderson.
ORDER YOUR
COAL
BY PHONE
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Healy River
Coal
Corporation
.PHONE YOUR ORDERS
_ TO THE
RAILROAD CIGAR STORE
I
T rappers
T raders
SHIP TO
GEORGE R. GOSHAW, INC.
Dealer in Raw Furs
SEATTLE
Alaaka Building
NEW YORK
127 W. 27 th Street
Walter Scott, who returned to
Xenana from the States several
weeks ago, will leave for the
Kuskokwim country this week to
take charge of the accounting work
■ for the Ouion Construction Company
1 which is interested in dredging oper
j ations in that district.
RIB RENT ~ ■
NEW YORK BLOCK
(Also known as The Arctic)
A two-story building on corner
f of best business block in Xenana.
I Building is 25X100 feet. Lower
floor has plate glass front; also a
two-wii.u Av plate glass front on side
street. Upper floor has fifteen
rooms, all nicely furnished. House
has hot air and steam heating sys
: terns. Has electric washing machine
mangles washtubs, etc. Good oppor
tunity for enterprising party. For
further particulars see . or write
Abe Simson, Xenana.
NOTICE
T. W. Buchholz. of N'enana, has
been named authorized representa- s
tive of the Fairbanks Clothing Co.
in Xenana and vicinity and is em
powered to receive money due Uje
company on old and new acounts.
J. R FOWLK
LOCAL TRAIN SCHEDULE
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
Trains leave and arrive Xenana as
follows:
8:00 p. m., Tuesday and Friday for
Seward and intermediate points.
Returning arrives Xenana 6:45 a
m., same days.
1:30 p. m., Tuesday and Friday for
Dunbar, Fairbanks and Chatanika
Arrives Xenana 12:30 p. m., Tues
day and Friday.
Pullman sleeper charges: Lower
berth, $4.50; upper berth, $3.50
Tickets entitle holders to privi
leges Observation car.
D. H. WILLIAMS
Undertaking Parlors
Licenced Embelmer
Funeral Director
Anchorage — Nenana — Seward
CHAS. E. BERGMAN
Nenana Manager