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THE NENANA NEWS
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NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1918.
ABSENT TREATMENT
The action taken this weekk by
Colonel Roosevelt anti the American
Game Protective association, in op
posing the passage of the Sulzer bill
giving Alaskans the right to make
greater use of the game within the
boundaries of the territory, is a
strong argument in favor of the
passage of the Sulzer home rule bill,
which is also pending before con
gress. The dispatches do not say
that the passage of the bill above
referred to has been endangered by
this Eastern opposition, but it" is
bound to influence certain members
of congress and render the passage
of the bill more difficult. Our na
tional lawmakers are not. so fami
liar with Northern conditions as we
would like to have then) and there
are among them some who are as
liable to accept the American Game
Protective association as an authori
ty on Alaska as they are to heed the
advice of Alaska’s accredited repre
sentative.
The statement, made by one of
the members of the association that
Alaskans are fighting the beef trust,
is absurd and goes far to prove that
the opposition of the association is
not based on a knowledge of con
ditions in the North. Alaskans are
not fighting the beef trust. What
they are really trying to do is to
help the beef trust supply our sol
diers and the people of the States
with more meat by reducing the con
sumption of beef in Alaska.
The bill introduced by Delegate
Sulzer was drafted and presented
at the request of Alaskans, after
careful consideration of the meat
problem. The object of the bill is
to give Alaskans the right to have
moose and other game on their tables
during a longer period than is pos
sible under the present law and the
measure insures greater actual pro
tection to the game than do existing
regulations. It is a war measure
GUESTS HAVE MERRY
TIME AT ANNIVERSARY
A very enjoyable evening was
spent at the home of Joe Johnson,
last Tuesday, when about fifteen
friends of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Clausen celebrated the birthday of
the hostess.
Oliver Lee was on hand with his
moving picture machine and several
reels were run off for the amuse
ment of the guests. Following the
pictures, card games and dancing,
interspersed with an impromptu pro
gram, took up the evening. At mid
night a delicious supper was served
under the direction of Mrs. Clausen,
who was also the recipient of many
useful and expensive gifts. Those!
present were: Mrs. and Mrs. Oie, j
Mrs, Schmidt, Hans Hagen, Peter
Iverson, Oliver Lee, Andrew Thor-!
sen, Mr. Erickson, and Mr. and Mrs.'
Joseph Clausen.
Mrs. W. J. Hubbach and baby
left the Government hospital on
Thursday and are now comfortably
established in their cottage.
Mrs. Ernest I. Foster gave a
shower in honor of Mr. and Mrs.;
Ike Taylor yesterday afternoon at j
the Foster cottage.
Mrs. M. E. Smith entertained the;
Girls’ sewing club this afternoon. |
COMMISSION EMPLOYEES
LIBERAL CONTRIBUTORS
The monthly Red Cross subscrip
tion by employees of the Alaskan
Engineering commission was for
warded to Mrs. Franklin K. Lane
today, in the amount of $532.50,
which was received from the follow
ing sources:
Residency No. 4 for Jan.....$ 17.50
Residency No. 4, for Feb.... 26.50
Red Cross boxes in Disbursing
office, Postal and Telegraph
offices . 23.00
Camp 17 ...'. 27.50
Gamp 9 . 30.00
Nenana employees . 335.50
Donation by Servians of
Nenana . 72.50
Total .$532.50
strictly, inspired by loyalty to the
government and by an honest desire
to conserve the game of the terri
tory by practical methods.
We do not question ine motives
of Colonel Roosevelt and his friends
of the American Game Protective !
association, as they have questioned
our. The trouble with them is that j
they do not understand conditions i
in Alaska and they are too much j
taken up with their impractical con-1
servation theories to learn the truth i
about the Northland.
Interference of that sort, by unin
formed Outsiders, has done a lot to
retard' the development of Alaska
and it will continue to hamper the
work of Northerners until the terri
tory is provided with some workable
and inexpensive form of local con
trol.
—O—
A GOOD SHOWING
The delinquent tax list, which ap
pears elsewhere in this issue of the
News, shows that there are not many
property owners in Nenana who do
not appreciate the value of our local
school. The showing is very grati- j
fying, especially in view of the fact ;
that the amount of money owing, j
in the aggregate, is very small. The j
majority of those against whom j
taxes were levied by the school •
board, made their payments prompt- j
ly and of the amounts still owing,
doubtless numerous of the delin
quents are not in town.
Failure to pay school taxes is an j
evidence of lack of interest in the ■
welfare of the rising generation and
lack of civic pride. It should not
be necessary to ask any man twice
to contribute to the support of a
public school and there can be no
excuse for failure to contribute to
the support of the Franklin K. Lane
public school, which is one of the
most economically and efficiently i
conducted institutions of learning in
the territory.
O’CONNOR IS FORCED
TO GIVE UP LOCATION
Owing to the great scarcity of,
teams to do the necessary hauling, j
coupled with the bad weather pre- I
vaiiing , Mr. G. A. O’Connor has de- 1
cided to cease mining coal for the
present. There only remains but a I
short time for hauling coal to be
possible, as, with the breakup, such
operations, must necessarly cease.
The quantity of coal that can be
hauled in the short time remaining,
under the most favorable conditions,'
will not be considerable, and will
certainly not justify the opening'
up of mining work on any big scale.
Mr. O’Connor has decided to take 1
a trip to the great Outside, and,
consequently has posponed indefin- j
itely the opening up of a mine. He [
has been notified by the land office
at Fairabnks, that permit to mine \
coal cannot be issued on his appli- i
cation by reason of the fact that
the land described in his application :
is included in the reservation made
for townsite purposes. Mr. O’-;
Connor was not aware of this at the
time he made his application, and, i
the official plat of the region, which !
he consulted ere filing application, i
did not show the boundaries of the
proposed townsite. He intends to i
use his right to file on some other j
suitable tract of land, and open up !
a mine as soon as conditions for such i
seem favorable.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, i
that the copartnership heretofore :
existing and carrynig on business
under the firm name and style of
Thompson & Gagnon, at Nenana, .
Alaska, is hereby dissolved. The !
undersigned will not be responsible 1
for any debts contracted in the name !
of said late copartnership on an3 1
after the publication of this notice. ]
All accounts due and owing by .
the late copartnership will be re- .
ceived and paid by the undersigned, 1
A. D. Thompson, who will continue
the business at the above address, l
Dated this 16th day of February. 1
1918. j
A D. THOMPSON, c
Publications: Feb. 1C, 23; Mar. 2, s
9, 16th. ]
Senator Reed Tells Colleagues Thai
Hoover Has Made Mess of
f ood Saving.- — .
WASHINGTON’, 0. C.. Mar. 9.—
Much of the time of the senate yes
terday was taken up by a discussion
of government price fixing and the
work of tlw federal food administra
tion. Leaders of both parties reg
istered kicks against the administra
tion and Senator Reetl, Democrat,
of Missouri, made a four-hour speech
in which he bitterly declared, among
other things, that ‘’we would not
have had so many meatless days if
there had not been so many brain
less days.” He expressed the belief
that Food Administrator Hoover had
made a mess of his work of food
saving, had upset business condi
tions throughout the nation and
caused the needless loss of many
thousands of dollars without ac
complishing any real saving.
ARCTIC BROTHERS MEET;
MAY FORM CAMP MONDAY
As the result of the meeting held
last Sunday, many members of the
Arctic Brotherhood have pledged
their support to the establishment
of a local camp and it is expected
that application for a charter will
be forwarded to the grand camp at
an early date. Definite action will
be decided upon at a meeting to
be held tiext Monday evening, at
7 o’clock, at Union hall, ant1 it is
hoped that all members of the
brotherhood in Nenana will attend,
as well as those who have already
declared their intention to become
charter members. A sufficient num
ber already have been enrolled to
secure a charter, but the list will
be kept open at least until the Mon
day meeting.
Both the Koland and the Thelin
stages arrived from Fairbanks this
afternoon, with Outside mail and
freight. They report an exceedingly
tough trip over the trail, which has
been rendered almost impassable by
heavy drifts.
Ed Forbes is scheduled to leave
Seattle on the Alameda tomorrow,
enroute to Nenana.
«s~onM
ENLIST IN ARMY
At a meeting held at the marshal’s
office last Tuesday evening, the
Serbian residents of Nenana, who
are eligible for military duty volun
teered to a man, to leave on the
first boat for the Outside, where
they will start training for service
in the Serbian army.
This action wras taken upon the
advice of the Serbian war rep
resentative at Juneau, wiio wrote
to some of the men here, stating
:hat men were needed for the army,
and that the Serbs might enlist
?ither in the United States army or
in their own forces.
The war representative stated that
if the men would come out immedi
ately and pay their own fare as far
as Juneau, the money would be re
funded to them there, and they
A-ould be sent to a Canadian train
ng camp. On the other hand, stated
:he representative, they could wait
antil the opening of navigation, and
:heir fare would be paid direct to
:he coast. The Serbian government
s willing to pay the fare and ex
penses of all volunteers, so the men
aave decided to wait until the river
apens, when they will leave for the
iraining camps. They have decided
:o enlist in the Serbian army, rather
;han in the United States army, ow
ng to their being much more need
’or men in the former’s forces.
A collection was taken up at the
neeting for the Red Cross society,
md the sum of $72.50 was obtained
’rom the nineteen boys who volun
;eered for service.
Those who have signed on are:
fack Lucich, Steve Nikolas, Nick
Janz, Sam Derritich, George Laze
dch, O. P. Razovitch, Victor Sugura,
led Kepp, Milan Griak, Ilia Rado
ritch, Mike Sarac, Ilia Peinavotich,
gnyat Mrkaich, Peter Bjelotomich,
ohn Radovitch, John Popovitch,
’ohn Roganovitch, Louis Dozet, Ga
irial Bozovitch.
Many of the above mentioned vol
inteers are veterans of the Balkan
var and all of them had experience
n the war game, and will undoubt
idly give a good account of them
elves in their first mix with the
luns. i
HALL IN- NEW POSITION
IN DISBURSING OFFICE
Cha^. H. Hall, assistant general
storekeeper almost since the com
mencement of railroad construction
in this division, has accepted a posi
tion in the general office building
as assistant special disbursing officer
and assumed his new duties during
the week. He is now in the pas:
formerly held by J. Cassin Williams.
No one has been selected as yet
to fill the place of assistant store
keeper.
List of
Lot No.
17
20
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a
0
8
12
11
3
9
10
15
2
4
4
6
6
8
12
3
1
2
21
24
1
5
17
9
21
13
4
6
11
13
15
2
5
6
1
4
3
5
14
6
7
8
13
1
3
4
7
8
9
6
7
13
15
16
1
11
16
8
10
Unpaid School
March 8, 1916.
Block No.
Taxes
3
3
3
3
3
5
6
6
6
6
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
9
10
10
10
10
11
11
11
13
13
18
20
20
20
22
22
23
23
23
25
9 Ft
25
26
26
26
27
27
33
33
34
34
38
41
41
45
54
54
54
54
54
oo
Ft
OO
55
56
57
57
Amount
$ 7.00
7.00
2.25
2.00
2.00
2.00
3.00
1.63
2.50
1.63
1-00
2.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.38
1.75
7.13
1.75
2.00
1.75
2.88
3.25
3.75
12.50
5-00
7.50
8.00
1.00
.88
1.38
1.00
2.75
1-50
2.25
2.00
2.00
2.00
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
.25
1-00
1.00
.50
2.25
.75
.50
1.25
.25
.38
5.38
.50
.50
.63
.63
.63
2.00
.63
.75
1.00
Personal Tax List
No. 18—Harry does...*.$3.00
No. 31—Sam Gerroff. 3.00
No. 35—Geo. Hofar . 4.50
No. 54—Walter Love. 3.50
No. 57—Frank McGibney. 9.50
No. 75—A. E. Pittock. 1.50
No. 91—V. Simunovich. 3.00
No. 92—Mike Sarrof. 3.00
No. 106—Harry Warren .... 9.00 i
The territorial school act, under
which the ■ Nenana School district
was organized, contains the follow
ing provisions: Section 4. All:
taxes levied and assessed by the
board of school directors under this
act shall be a lien upon the prop
erty assessed and such lien shall
be prior and paramount to all other
liens and encumbrances, and may
be foreclosed by an appropriate ac- :
I tion in any court of competent i
jurisdiction.
The owner of property assessed
shall be personally liable for the ;
amount of taxes assessed against
such property and such taxes, to-j
gether with penalties and interest, j
may be collected after the same be- i
come due, in a personal action
brought in the name of the school
district against such owner in any
court of competent jurisdiction.
Section 5. That in addition toi;
the remedies given by the last sec
tion, the school board shall have the
same power to levy and collect taxes
and to enforce the lien against per
sonal or real property as is now by
law granted or may hereafter be
granted to the common council of
municipal corporations and in such
proceedings the board of directors
shall have the same power as a com
mon council of a municipal corpora
tion, and the clerk of the school
board shall have the same power
and duties as the clerk of an in
corporated town.
t-very Able Bodied Idle Men In
State May Be Drafted
For Work.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Mar. 0—Idlers
m this state will he forced to labor
for their country, if the bill now
pending before the legislature is ap
proved by the lower branch. Fav
orable action was taken on the
measure by the senate today and
there is a strong sentiment among
assemblymen in favor of its passage.
The bill provides for the drafting
of every able ^odied idle man in
Kentucky for war service on public
utilities and, once drafted, the men
will be forced to continue working
for a period of six months after
peace has been declared. Every
man between the ages of 16 and 60
years may be conscripted.
BASKETBALL DANCE
The Girls’ basketball team will
give a dance at Union hall next
Saturday night for the benefit of
the Red Cross, the entire net pro
ceeds going for the purchase of
yarn to be used by the ladies of
Nenana who have already or who
intend to enter the knitting cam
paign. The number of tickets al
ready sold insures a very large at
tendance.
The Friendly society met with Mrs.
Robert Joseph Diven on Tuesday
afternoon.
THRIFT LUCKY JUROR
WILL GET THE MONEY
Of the several Nenanaites who
have been summoned to serve as
petit jurors during the present term
of court at Fairbanks, Charles W.
Thrift is the only one who will be
entitled to put in a claim for travel
ing expenses, although all are en
titled to mileage. The law provides
that jurors residing within one hun
dred miles of the courthouse must
pay their own traveling expenses,
should the cost amount to more than
the regular mileage allowed. Jurors
living beyond the hundred mile
limit can collect, expense money in
addition to the mileage.
Thrift is stationed at 43-Mile,
which is just outside the limit—
to be exact, just 101 miles from
Fairbanks. A mile isn’t much, as
miles go ordinarily, but in this par
ticular case, it means a saving
equivalent to several days’ wager
as a juror.
The petit jurors drawn from Ne
nana include, in addition to Mr.
Thrift, Wm. Casey, Peter Grandi
son, Jack Dwyer and Ed Lund.
Lund went up river several days
ago with Division Engineer Bailey,
Grandison left on the last Koland
rig and the others are planning to j
make the trip on the Thelin stage.
They are expected to report in Fail
banks on Tuesday.
Buy a ticket for the RED CROSS
DANCE. On sale by Miss Derby,
Tavern Cafe.
NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that an
election will be held on Tuesday.
April 2, 1918, for the purpose of;
electing three (3) school directors,
for the Nenana School district. The j
names of candidates must be in the
bands of the clerk of the school board
not later than 6 p. m., March 22,
1918. The polling place will be at
the Fire hall, adjoining the Townsite
nffice. The polls will be open from
8 a. m. to 7 p. m. on the date of
“lection.
CARL SCHMIDT,
Clerk. 1
Dated March 7, 1918.
WILL TRADE—Business or resi
dence property for team of horses.
Inquire News office.
FOR SALE OR RENT—National
Cash Registers. Inquire Simson’s.
For Rent or For Sale on Easy Terms
Plain and Player Pianos. Simson’s
STRAY DOG—Black with white fore
feet. Owner can recover by call
ing on Geo. Herrington and pay
ing charges. 4-5
ELECTRICIAN—For expert wiring,
repairs or installation, see C. K.
Brown, Brooker’s Cafe. 26
CLERK OF SCHOOL BOARD
MAKES REPORT OF FUNDS
The financial report of the Ne
nana School board f a- the qunrter
ending February is. .1 completed
during the week by Clerk Carl
Schmidt, and shows in detail how
the school funds were expended dur
ing that time. The report follows:
Expenditure* for Quarter Ending
February 28, 1916.
N. C. Co., mdse. $ jt
Knut Koland, hauling ;t.
A. E. Co., light 27.
Chas. .\Jonford, labor. 12.
Dr. M. E. Smith and Dr. D.
H. More, examining pupils 75.
Helen Kobe, Dec salary 175.
•1. N. Gilcrease, salary, Dec. 125.
Fox public school books
h airbanks school, mdse.
N'enana News, adv.
Nenana News, printing
E. R. Peoples, mdse
Nenana Lumber Co. 27
Anderson Bros. & Norland,
Mdse. . 97
A. E. C., school books 330
J. A. Slippern, mdse . 9
Hans Hagen, Dec. service 10
Geo. W. Pennington, rubber
stamps 4.50
Tanana Sheet Metal Works,
mdse. 3
A. E. C.. mdse 3
Chas. R. Mayben & Co., labor
3.
S.
93.
0.
50
25
00
00
00
00
00
50
fit)
00
50
25
50
01
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and material 95
H. B. Joseph, accounting. 250
T. E. O’Malley, tax refund . 2
Carl Schmidt, stamps. 3
N. C. Co., mdse. 1
Chas R. Mayben & Co., labor
and material.
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
mdse. . 51
A. E. C., books 161
A. E. C., supplies. S’
A. E. C., January light. 28
Helen Kobe, Jan. salary 173
J. N. Gilcrease, Jan. salary 125
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27
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10
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1
18
3
10
Hans Hagen, Jan. service
Simson Bros, mdse.
M. O. Anderson, steno. work
W. A. Coghill, mdse
A. E. C. light
N. C. Co., mdse
Hans Hagen, Feb. service
G. W. Pennington, mdse.
Nenana Sheet Metal Works,
mdse.
Wood River Lumber Co.,
mdse. ..
Carl Schmidt, supplies
Helen Kobe, Feb salary
J. N. Gilcrease, Feb. salary .
Anderson Bros. & Nerland,
mdse. ..
J. A. Slippern, mdse .
Nenana News, printing and
mdse.
Norman Campbell, 30 cords of
4-ft wood. 270.
80.00
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26
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50
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50
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50
16.00
11.
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175.
125.
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77.
50
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Total expenditures.$2910.65
Summary
Teacher’s salary $525.00
Janitor’s salary 375.00
Sanitation 36.00
Maintenance, bldg:. 401.86
Lighting 98.41
Heating 270.00
Printing, books and stationery
. 583.77
Tax collection, exp. 363.00
General exp. 257.36
Total . $2910.65
WELL HEATED, NICELY
FURNISHED
ROOMS FOR RENT
NEW YORK BLOCK
OVER ARCTIC POOL ROOMS
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ELECTRIC PUMPS I
DECK PUMPS
FORCE PUMPS
PITCHER PUMPS
WELL POINTS
Lang and Toledo
RANGES
JUST ARRIVED
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