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NENANA’S BEST APPOINTED HOTEL
Cooney Hotel and Annex
HOT AND COLD WATER AND BATHS
ROOMS SINGLE OR EN SUITE
COMFORT AND SERVICE UNEXCELLED
DOG BARNS
George Cook, a pioneer resident
of Valdez, and known in nearly ev
ery camp on the coast, was instant
ly killed on September 3 when a
large rock fell on him, while work
ing at Mile 16, Keystone canyon,
for the Alaska Road commission.
Heavy rains along Portland canal
last month sent the Salmon and
By»r rivers over their banks and
wrecked a number of bridges. Two
residences in a Hyder suburb were
carried away by the freshet and
roads throughout the district were
made impassable.
Bernard Carr, of Fairbanks, is
among the outgoing passengers on
the steamer Alaska.
Prospectors
F armers
Trappers
T our ists
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
VACHON STORE BURNED;
LANDMARK ON TANANA
The Vachon store and other build
ings composing the oldtime trading
post at the mouth of the Tolovana
river, below Nenana. were destroyed
by fire late last week, according to
information received in Fairbanks
Saturday afternoon. The origin of
the fire and other details have not
been ascertained but it is under
stood that all the buildings were
burned, together with their con
tents, representing a very consider
able loss.
Mrs. John Vachon, who resided
at Tolovana for many years, came
up river only recently and is at the
present time in Fairbanks, to which
place the news of the fire was wired
to her. A wire also was sent to Peter
Vachon, at Tanana, and he is now
awaiting an opportunity to get up
river to survey the loss. It is not
known here whether or not the post
was insured.
A fire several years ago at the
same place caused the death of two
of the Vachon children.
PALFY BRANCHES OUT;
OCCUPIES NEW QUARTERS
Paul Palfy, Proprietor of the N'e
nana Sheet Metal works, has taken
over the business, stock and fixtures
of the Tanana Sheet Metal works
and has moved into the Gilcher
building on A street,, where he is
better prepared than ever to handle
all classes of work in his line. In
fact, Mr. Palfy’s new shop is one
of the best equipped in Alaska and
Mr. Palfy himself is an expert in
his line, which includes everything
in the way of plumbing, steamfitting
and sheet metal work of all kinds.
Mr. Palfy is very busy at present
putting: heating; plants in shape fot
winter and a large part of his work
involves the transforming of wood
furnaces into coal burners, many
residents of the town having decided
to burn coal during the coming
winter.
Yal Diebold came down from the
upper town today enroute to the
Totatlanika district.
ORDER AND
NOTICE OF ELECTION
To Be Held on
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1920.
In the Office of the United States
Commissioner at Nenana, Alaska
Fourth Judicial Division.
Now, on this day, pursuant to ar
Act of Congress approved May 7
1906, entitled “An Act Providing
for the Election of a Delegate tc
the House of Representatives from
the Territory of Alaska,” and ar
Act of Congress, approved Augusl
24, 1912, entitled “An Act to Cre
ate a Legislative Assembly in tht
Territory of Alaska, to Confer Leg
islative Powers Thereon, and foi
Other Purposes,” and in conformity
therewith,
It is hereby ordered that for the
purposes of the general election tc
be held on Nov. 2, 1920, all the
territory in the recording district
known as Xenana Recording District,
outside of incorporated towns, it
hereby divided into voting precincts,
in each of which a polling place is
hereby specified.
The said voting precincts are des
ignated, described and bounded at
follows:
The Nenana Voting Precinct, em
bracing all that portion of the Xe
nana Recording Precinct lyinr
North of an 1 east and west line
drawn through Mile 389 on the Gov
ernment Railway.
Polling Place: Fire Hall in Town
of Nenana.
The Canyon Voting Precinct, em
bracing all that portion of the Ne
nana Recording Precinct lying South
of an east and west line drawn
through Mile 389 on the Govern
menj; Railway.
Polling Place: Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission’s Store at Healy.
Notice is hereby given that a gen
eral election will be held on Tues
day, November 2, 1920, for the
purpose of electing the following
officers, to-wit:
A Delegate to the House of Rep
resentatives from the Territory of
Alaska;
An Attorney General for the Ter
ritory of Alaska;
One Member of the Senate of the
Territory of Alaska;
Four Members of the House of
Representatives of the Territory of
Alaska;
Two Road Commissioners for
Road District No. Four. (
The said election will be held in
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, August
31, 1920.
(SEAL) R. S. MCDONALD,
U. S. Commissioner for the Nenana
Recording District, Fourth Divi
sion, Territory of Alaska.
i'IRST REPORT SHOWS
WORK STARTING WELL
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The foP awing is the firs-. monthly
report of the Franklin K i^ane
j school for the month ending Octob
' er first:
Pupils neither absent no* tardy —
j GRADE I—Alice Running, Ruth
Gundren.
GRADE 1I-—Donald Fowler, Frank
Major.
GRADE III—-George Berglund.
(JRADE IV—Chearlie Berglund,
Robert Major, J. H. Russell. Jr.
GRADE V—HarryMotchman, John
Scott, Louis Schmidt, Robert Pat
terson.
GRADE VII—Oscar Oswold. Jes
sie Motchman.
GRADE VIII—Carl Schmidt.
| HONOR ROLL
GRADE I—.Jack Cody, Alice Run
ning.
GRADE II—Donald Fowler.
| GRADE III—William Siverly,
Flora Harper.
^ GRADE IV-—Charlie Berglund.
Ethel Rosburg, J. H. Russell, Jr.
GRADE VIII—Carl Schmidt, Mur
iel Russell.
Dorothy B. de la Pole
Principal
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TOWN TRUSTEES WILL MEET
AT FIRE HALL TOMORROW
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| Mayor Oscar Rotlienburg has is
sued a call for a special meeting of
the board of town trustees, to be
held tomorrow night in the firehall,
the purpose of the meeting being
to wind up the affairs of the old
board and turn the management
of the tow’ii over to the new board,
. elected last week.
Members-elect are urged to be on
hand not later than 8:30, by which
time everything will be in readiness
for the formal transfer of affairs.
The members of the new board,
as soon as they have been sworn in,
(probably will choose their officers,
including mayor and clerk, and pave'
the way for the year’s business.
FUNTER BAY PROPERTY
MAKING GOOD SHOWING
That Charles Ottesen, operating
mining property at Funter bay, has
made a fabulously rich strike of gold
quartz is the news brought to Ju
neau recently by arrivals from that
place. The ore is said to run well
into the thousands of dollars per ton
in gold value's, and is now being
sacked and carried to tidewater for
shipment for treatment for the ex
traction of gold.
It is said that Mr. Ottesen, who
has held the property for a number
of years, has run an extension of a
tunnel that was run several years
ago to crosscut some ore veins. Aft
er going only a short distance, a
new vein of rich quartz was uncov
ered far surpassing anything yet
found in that vicinity. Mining men
who have visited the property lately
are enthusiastic over the rock, but
do not know what size the vein is
or how far it has been traced.
Mr. Ottesen, with his son-in-law,
C. L. Tubbs, has been working on
the Funter Bay claim steadily all
summer. Both are still there. The
claims are near those of the Admir
alty Alaska Gold Mining company
property on Funter bay. on which
extensive development work is now
being done.
HOT FOOT BATHS FIGURE IN
DIVORCE SUIT, NOME COUPLE
i Eugene Chilberg, son of a Seattle
banker, so hated to answer the tele
phone that he would make every
possible excuse to escape, and his
chief excuse was to be always taking
a hot foot bath when the telephone
rang, according to testimony given
by his wife, Carolyn Chilberg, dur
ing a divorce case started by the
couple in the Los Angeles courts
recently.
An account of the proceedings
printed in the Los Angele^ Times
says: “The couple were married in
Alaska. They now run an apart
j ment house, and the wife testified
i that the husband will n<Jt do any
i work. She filed suit for the' sup
port of her child, and he, in a cross
complaint, asked for divorce on thei1
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i ground of cruelty.” OwiAg to the
postponement of the hearing, the
; result of the contest is not given.
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Captain Douglas, advance agent j
for the Alaska Black Wolf squad-j
■ ron, was at Prince Rupert yester-1
.day enroute to Hazelton with re-!
Ipp.ir parts for one of the disabled t
| machines.
Paul Hopkins, assayer at the bur- !
leau of mines station in Fairbanks, | „
spent the week-end in Nenana.
Tom Smith, of the Southern hotel,
went to Fairbanks today on a brief
holiday.
The Harmony movie theater, in
Anchorage, which has been dark for
a long time, is to he reopened soon
by Manager Ray McDonald, who has
made connections with six film ex
changes. The theater is being reno
vated throughout.
A radio set* is being installed at j
Hyder.
The Juneau public school opened
its fall term with an enrollment of
293 pupils, six less than wer^ en
rolled last year.
Vonana, Alaska’s Interior Pool Sopot
mu srnia
Chop Suey, Noodles
AND
Home-Made Bakery
Northern Cafe
GEORGE TANAKA, Prop.
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SKOF HOUSE
That’s the Place
GOOD JARN FOR HORSES
IN CONNECTION.
Second and Market Sts.
MRS. JAMES LAV1N
HEALY RIVER
ROADHOUSE
END OF STEEL
First-class Meals
BEDS
Cigars and Tobacco
S. T. Hinckley
Ambrose Van
taBaaa, Whirl Bails and Bivan Mart