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According to advices received
from Fairbanks this afternoon, the
ball players and many fans of the
upper town are eager to make an
other trip to Nenana to try con
clusions with the railroad town ball
team, but it seems doubtful at this
time if they will be able to make
the necessary arrangements.
Several members of the Fairbanks
team anticipate considerable difficul
ty in securing permission to leave
their work again this season, and
some of the others complain that
the practice games take too much
of their time, while still others say
the trip down the river is too costly.
The challenge of Nenana, how
ever, is being considered today by
Manager Beam and the members of
the Fairbanks team, and it is ex
pected that an agreement will be
reached and an answer forwarded
to Nenana late today.
FAIRBANKS OLDTIMERS
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
The engagement has been an
nounced at Fairbanks of W. P. Bor
FOR
COMFORT
AND
GOOD REST
GO TO THE
Skof House
Second and Market Sts.
MRS. JAMES LAVIN
den, well-known farmer of the up
river district, and Mrs. Anna Volk
man, also an oldtime resident. The
wedding is scheduled to take place
at Fairbanks one week from today.
DR. R. R MYERS, DENTIST
will return to Nenana on September
first to resume hi* practice in bis
old quarter* in the Arctic Block.
KNUT KOLAND READY
TO START CONTRACT
Knut. Koland, who recently com
pleted a grading contract on the
N'enana-Fairbanks line, will leave
for the Lignite country on the train
tonight to begin work on a grading
contract which has been awarded to
him on the grade extension beyond
the end of steel south of town.
The contract consists of a little
more than a mile and a half ot
grade between Lignite and Dry
creek and will involve the employ
ment of a considerable force of men
and horses. Koland will start in
with eight men and seven horses,
but plans soon to add three head
jf stock, and he may have need for
more men later.
THE NENANA HOUSE
presents an attractive appearance
since the enlargement of the Lobby.
The Homelike environment attracts
and holds its patrons.
Mrs. A. B. Easterly, Proprietress.
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« MARINE BULLETIN
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Carl White, up Tolovana river,
17th.
Julia B, up Kotlik, 17th.
Davis, at St. Michael.
Seattle No. 13, down Marshall,
18th.
Reliance, at Fairbanks.
Jacobs, at Gibbon.
Washburn, at Holy Cross.
Kotlik, up Marshall, 2 p. nr, 19th.
Alaska, up Nenana, midnight.
Tanana, up Nenana, 10 a. m.
Yukon, up Fort Yukon, 3:30 a,
m., 19th, last report.
No report from Dawson since
17th.
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The passenger steamer Alaska, o
the American-Yukon Nacigatioi
company’s fleet, reached Nenana a
inine o’clock last night, enronte fron
Dawson to Fairbanks, with pass
engers, freight, and second clasi
'mail. Nearly all the passenger!
iwere booked through to Fairbank
^and the bulk of the freight, con
sisting of a barge of rails picked ui
at Hot Springs, will be unloaded al
jChena for use in extending the Gov
crnment railroad from Happy June
tion south toward Nenana. About
|twenty tons of mixed freight, mostlj
| provisions, were unloaded at -the
I Commission dock for the commis
jsary, and there was some freight
also for local merchants. The Alas
ka sailed for Fairbanks at midnight,
and probably will sail from the
upper town on the return voyage
sometime tomorrow.
The list of passengers in transit
to Fairbanks included: Mrs. C. FT
; Bunnell, Jean Bunnell, G. F. Ren
niee, George H. Rey, Prof. C. C.
;Georgeson, Rosebel Achaman, Olaf
| Olson, R. W. Taylor, Doris Runyan,
;Sam Thompson, J. P. Ibach, Mrs.
Ibaeh, Charles McGonigle, George
Balke, Raoul Erztal.
Mrs. F\ O’F’arrell of Tanana left
the boat here and will remain in
Nenana a short time.
The Alaska made the run up the
Tanana river from Tolovana in a
little over thirteen hours, which is
regarded as very good time with a
heavy tow.
E
There was a slight falling off in
the number of employes on the pay
rolls of the Alaskan Engineering
commission in this division during
the past week, according to figures
shown on the regular weekly force
report, for the period ended August
16. There was also a decrease in
the number of stationmen’s laborers,
from 50 to 44, but the number of
jStationmen, or contractors, increas
ed during the period from 230 to
241, the majority of the additions
being beyond the end of steel south
of Nenana. The total number of
regular employes during the period
was 629, as against 638 for the pre
vious week. The report also shows
a total of 75 head of livestock in
use during the period.
1 The distribution of labor was a'
follows:
Camp 1, general .
Camp 1, electric .
Camp 1, corral . .
Camp 1, construction
Camp 1, store .
Hospital .
iTownsite .
Section 1 .
Sections 2 and 3
Section 4 .
Section 5 .
I Surfacing 1 .
Surfacing 2 .
] Camp 415 .
,Camp 423 .
j Track No. 2 .
jCamp 432 .
I Camp 440 .
;Camp 449 .
;Camp 454 ..
i Wagon road south
Location party No.
50
11
5
49
26
12
2
9
13
9
8
87
80
28
17
45
22
11
59
10
12
10
Nenana total
Fairbanks office
.581
Tanana Valley R. R. 42
Fairbanks total
Division total ..
48
629
THOMPSON SAYS
NORTHERN WAYS
SUIT Hi BEST
‘ Among the arrivals on the steam
i er Alaska last night, enroute from
. the States to Fairbanks, was Sam
Thompson, who was engaged in min
ing on Vault creek when the war
called him to the colors. He went
; Outside with the draft boys and was
1 at Camp Dodge when hostilities
' came to an end overseas.
After getting his release from
the army, Thompson found employ
ment in the shipyards on Puget
sound, and stayed with the work
until thoroughly convinced that he
could get ahead in the world faster
in Alaska than he could in the
States. He couldn’t save any money
on the pay he received, and there
j was not a chance to better his con
jdition, so he finally decided to come
back to Alaska and get into the
mining game again.
Like the many others who have
returned to Alaska during the past
several months, Thompson says that
conditions on the coast are unset
tled, prices abnormally high, and
the future very uncertain as regards
labor, prices, and conditions gener
ally. He confirms earlier reports of
a curtailment of work in the coast
shipyards, and says that the men in
the yards are looking forward to a
further curtailment.
The freedom of the North, with
opportunities to make better than
wages, appeals more strongly to the
Oldtimer than the life Outside, with
its many restrictions and constant
scramble for a living.
Thompson says he does not know
just what he will do when he gets
back to Fairbanks, but he hopes to
be able to get a lay. Failing that,
he probably will go to work for
wages until something better shows
up.
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I Battleship O-Cedar Mops, $1.50.
Fowler & Morris.
SAN FRANCISCO. — When Ad
miral Hugh Rodman first came to
the Pacific coast years ago as a
junior officer, soon after his gradu
ation from Annapolis, he acquired
the sobriquet “Rough House’’ from
men and officers of the navy.
Returning now at the head of
half the American navy, he brings
a decoration from the king of Eng
land which, in that country, would
cause him to be addressed as “Sir
Hugh,” as a Knight Commander of
the Order of St. Michael and St
George.
Admiral Rodman, throughout his
naval career, has been noted as a
disciplinarian. “He- got things
done,” in the words of the navy.
Direct methods of getting things
done earned the title “Rough
i House," bestowed in affection by
j his men and brother officers when
j he vas young. Years later the
j ame qualities brought him distinc
; tion from the British ruler when
j Rodman was commander of tile sixth
battle squadron of the Grand fleet
during the war with Germany.
The order of knight conferred on
Admiral Rodman was similar to the
distinction given Admiral Sims by
the British king at the same time,
but neither officer could accept be
cause American regulations did not
permit members of the military or
naval establishments accepting dec
orations from foreign nations. Later
acceptances were allowed.
Among naval men Rodman is
(noted as a “mixer” when off duty,
but when on duty he is credited
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The Nenana Sheet Metal Works “tree?
with allowing nothing to interfere
with the performance of the task
before him. He is without affecta
tion and is declared to dislike be
ing called “Sir Hugh” as un-Ameri
can and to prefer the compliment
expressed in “Rough House.” How
ever, now, to his face, he is not
called “Rough House,” although to
men under him that is the usual
manner, together with “the Old
Man,” in which his personality is
referred to, according to those who
have served under him.
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Fowler & Morris.
MOODY BRINGS SEVERAL
DOWN FROM FAIRBANKS
The George Moody launch ar
rived from Fairbanks yesterday aft
ernoon, bringing Tom Smith and
O. M. Jackson, belated excursionists,
as passengers. Another passenger,
Fitzwilliams, came as far as Chena,
and Mrs. Petree disembarked at
Wood river.
Moody returned to the upper town
this morning, traveling light.
A live advertisement brings busi
ness. A newspaper needs advertis
ers. A town needs a newspaper. I
clean suits, coats, hats-do a good
business—1 advertise.
D’ORSAY’S TAILOR SHOP
* Third and A Streets.
Henana—The Gateway to McKinley
_ national Park
Chop Suey, Noodles
AND
Homo-Mado Bakery
Northern Cafe
GEORGE TANAKA, Prop.
LET ALBERT DO IT
Launch Margaret ready to ferry
you across or take you up or down ’
the river. Special rates to berry pick
ets. Leave word at Fowler & Morris.
Dr. R. R. Myers, who is in the
Tolovana district at the present
time, has informed The News that
he will return to Nenana on the
first of September.
A Burgess auto is due at Fair
banks from the coast this afternoon
with J. E. Pegues aboard. Pegues
is returning from Valdez, where he .
secured a furlough to the reserves.
The Douse launch Victory was
scheduled to leave Fairbanks at one
o’clock today, if a sufficient number
of passengers made reservations, it *
was not known definitely at noon
whether the trip would be made.
The Johnson launch Peerless did
not sail for Fairbanks today.
Wnuuia—Tli* Oataway to XcXlnlay
Hntlonal Park.
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