BLANKEIELD EXPRESS
CONNECTING WITH FAIRBANKS TRAIN.
PASSENGERS BAGGAGE MAIL
Clean Dry Wood for Safe Haulin* of All Kindt
OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL.
Prompt Reliable Satisfactory
STOVES OF ANY KIND MADE TO ORDER
All Workmanship Guaranteed Pertain inf to Heating or Plumbing.
The Nenana Sheet Metal Works street.
Prospectors
F armers
Trappers
Tourists
The Nenana district offers oppor
tunities for prospecting, farming, and
trapping that are unequaled in any
other section of Alaska.
Gold placers of known value, close
to Nenana, are producing annually sub
stantial amounts, and there are scores
of streams within the district on which
little or no prospecting has been done.
These streams, until a short time ago
almost inaccessible, are now easily
reached by means of the new Govern
ment Railroad, and undoubtedly soon
will be the scene of much mining ac
tivity.
Farming in the Nenana district has
the advantage of a growing season fully
ten days longer than that of any other
section of Interior Alaska. There is
much desirable land in the district open
to homesteaders, and marketing possi
bilities are being expanded steadily.
Fur-bearing animals of the Nenana
and adjacent districts are noted for the
fine quality of their fur, and trappers
annually bring large numbers of pelts
to Nenana and receive for them higher
prices than are obtained for the average
furs of other districts.
Game of all kinds abounds in the
Nenana district, there are scores of
trout streams easy of access, and the
scenic wonders of the district are un
surpassed. The district is the natural
gateway to Mt. McKinley National
Park, and close to Nenana may be
viewed the largest coal ledges in the
world.
Detailed information regarding the
resources and possibilities of the Ne
nana district may be obtained from the
Nenana
Commercial
Club
'5s
SEATTLE.— \tavism explains the
discovery of “Blonde Eskimos" in
Victoria Land in the Arctic, report
ed by Vilhjalmar Stefansson, in the
opinion of James R. Crawford, a
member of the second Stefansson
expedition, who has come out of
the North for the first time in 15
years.
The blonde natives are “throw
backs” of early white explorers,
Crawford believes. He expressed
that the existence of an entire tribe
of blondes was generally believed.
He was with Stefansson when the
blondes were discovered.
“In Victoria Land,” Crawford
said, “there are probably three tribes
, or villages, comprising several hun
dred natives, in which these light
Eskimos are found. But there are
fewer than a dozen of the blondes,
so far as we were able to learn, in
,the entire land. They had gray
eyes, light eyebrows, reddish brown
hair, and their skins are slightly
, lighter than that of their brothers,
■ although not noticeably so.
! “The natives made it known that
they had never seen white men be
fore, and probably they had not,”
; Crawford said. “But their ancestors
Idid see white men, probably looking
for a new land, w-ho never lived tc
!get back to civilization,
j “There was one little girl whc
I possessed the most pronounce;:
i markings of blondeness, the daugh
ter of two dusky natives, whose hail
was black and who had black bead}
eyes. The parents knew of no rea
json for the reddish hair and graj
;eyes of their offspring.”
' Crawford, who was married short
,ly after he had returned to civiliza
I tion on the steam whaler Herman
: which had picked him up on a floi
near Victoria Land, intends to taki
jhis bride North with him when th.
, ice breaks in the spring.
FOR SALE.
j I have for sale 160 acres dr
! land, subject to irrigation, in th
; Horse-Heaven country, in Easter
[Washington, for $1,250. The mai
jwho can buy and hold on for a fev
j years can make a large profit. Fo
full information see J. H. SCOTT
ZTenana, Where Kalla and Rivera Hee
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UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
YOU
CAN
BUY
WAR
SAVINGS
STAMPS
NOW
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FARM LABORERS j
EAGER 10 LEAVE
SPANISH FIELDS
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MADRID.—Large numbers of ag
ricultural workers from all parts of
Spain are awaiting at Ferrol and
other ports for transportation to
America, both North and South.
This is one of. the results of the
new social conditions brought about
in Spain by the war, and increased
wages.
For years the Spanish farmer had
paid his help about three pesetas
(normally 60 cents) daily during the
harvest. As this was just about
sufficient for the employe to sub
sist upon, the farmer also allowed
his men and women sufficient to
buy food during the winter. This
amount was decided by the farmer
himself and varied in proportion to
the generosity of the giver,
i Last year, the farm hands, like
almost every other class of labor
in Spain, organized a union, with
the result that wages during the
harvest increased from the century
old three pesetas daily to from 15
to 25 pesetas daily. Therefore,
when the winter came on and there
was no work, the farmer, instead
of following the old convention of
handing out doles to his employes,
told them that, they they were now
earning good wages, they should
save sufficient to keep themselves
[during the winter.
\ Those who had saved, or at least
a proportion of them, decided to
move to some country where money
could be earned the year around.
TYPEWRITER PAPER IS
j ON SALE BY THE NEWS
_ _
A shipment of typewriter paper,
. of the standard American brand,
, has just been unpacked at The News
. office, where it is on sale by the
. box or in any other quantity desired.
. The sizes include both legal and
letter and the weights range from
the lightest to heavy.
! The paper was bought right and
is being sold at a close margin of
profit.
The News also has unprinted en
velopes for sale by the box and by
the package—all sizes, from baroni
al to legal, white and colored, and
bond and wove.
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A STIRRING PHOTOPLAY OF SELF-SACRIFICE,
IN FIVE POWERFUL ACTS.
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“That Night”
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MUSIC-VIOLIN, PIANO AND DRUMS
General Admission 50 cents Reserved Seats 75c
SOLDIERS AND CHILDREN 28c.
SHOW STARTS AT EIGHT O’CLOCK.
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WANTS MONEY BACK!
DUBLIN.—An American alien in
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Ireland, who sued the commissioner
of police to recover £124 taken
from him when he was arrested in j
Ireland for illegal drilling of Irish-!
men, has failed to collect his claim. ■
William Pedlar had fought on ’
the side of the Sinn Fein in the re- j
bellion of Easter week, 1916, hav-.
ing been stationed inside the post-!
office. He was afterward arrested |
and deported, but returned to Ire- j
land, and was engaged in military |
training when he was arrested and!
the money confiscated.
The case was taken before the;
king’s bench, which unanimously de-;
tided against him. Pedlar's coun-;
sel had claimed that his client, as ■
a friendly alien, was under protec-j
tion of the king, but Justice Dodd,
who presided, pointed out that a
man *vho had seized the king’s post
office and fought against the king’s
troops had no right to such pro
tection.
TWO MAILS ARE DUE
ON TRAIN TOMORROW
Tomorrow’s train from Fairbanks
should bring two consignments of!
second class mail from the upper ^
town. One of them reached Fair-:
banks Thursday evening and should;
have been sent down on Friday, and |
the other reached the upper town
about seven o'clock Saturday eve
ning.
It is possible that a mail stage,
with first class mail, will arrive at
Fairbanks late this afternoon or
this evening, but nothing definite
was known about it noon today.
Woodbury’* Facial Soap and other
•tanda-d toilet soap*. Fowler &
Morri*.
SKOF HOUSE
That’s the Place
GOOD BARN FOR HORSES
IN CONNECTION.
Second and Market Sts.
MRS. JAMES LAVIN
Chop Suey, Noodles
AND !
Home-Made Bakery
Northern Cafe
GEORGE TANAKA, Prop.
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WOOD
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ICE and EXPRESS
CYRIELE VERHAEGHE
OFFICE AT
THE TERMINAL
r.s. McDonald
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
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Only the most reliable companies
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
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1 Miners and Prospectors! |
| NOTICE Of CHANGE OF RECORDING PRECINCTS §
| According to a recently issued Court Order by |
| Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- |
§ cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon- |
= nifield and Totatlanika Districts. |
I Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be f
| enabled by this change to do their recording and |
5 transact other business at Nenana, which is within |
| easy reach of their mining activities. §
| NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB. |
| J.R. Bowen, President. R. J. Diven, Secretary. §
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