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Clean Dry Wood for Sale Hauling of All Kind*
OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL.
Nenana Sheet Metal Works
HEATING AND PLUMBING
STOVES OF ALL KINDS MADE TO ORDER
SHEET METAL WORK A SPECIALTY.
PAUL PALFY, Proprietor. MARKET STREET
Prospectors
F armers
Trappers
T our ists
The Nenana distriet offers oppor
tunities for prospecting, fanning, and
trapping that are uncqualed 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
“I look for Alaska to have quite
a boom during 1920," said Colonel
B. F. Millard, prominent mining man
of the Territory, to a representative
of the The Dispatch recently in Se
attle. “It is a wonderful country,"
he continued, “and must come to
the front. If Congress would let
Alaskans run Alaska, they would
make a success. They would build
roads and trails so that the miners
could reach their properties and get
supplies to them for development
purposes. I have owned good cop
per properties in Alaska since 1899.
The claims are patented. I cannot
operate them owing to the lack of
transportation facilities. There arc
millions of dollars’ worth of copper
in the Chitina and Kotsina valleys,
in the Copper River country, but
high freight rates prevent their de
velopment.
“Gold mining has fallen off about
one-third in the last two years in
Alaska,” said Colonel Millard, “but
if the Congress will pass a bill
being prepared granting a bonus of
$10 per ounce on all new gold
mined, it will quickly bring produc
tion back to normal. The gold
miner is the only producer hard hit
by the high prices. Gold being the
standard of value, its value to the
producer goes down as the price of
material goes up. Therefore, a gold
mine that would have paid a div
idend of 20 percent in 1913 would
have lost 20 percent in 1919.”
! Colonel Millard has been actively
identified with mining in the Copper
; River valley and in the Valdez coun
try for the past 16 years. He takes
a keen interest in Alaskan affairs
;and was elected senator from the
Third division at the first session
of the Alaska legislature. He has
been in Seattle for the past year,
but plans to return to Alaska in
the spring.
An interesting game of basket
ball is scheduled to take place at
Union hall tonight, commencing at
S :30. The game will be between
tile Walker Blakey and Ike Taylor
teams, and inasmuch as the lineups
will be the same as they were at
the last meeting, two weeks ago,
a close game is assured.
Outside spuds are selling in An
chorage at ?6 per sack.
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KENYON SETTLES
IN EASTERN TOWN
AFTER BIG HIKE
W. E. Kenyon, former well-known
oldtimer of Fairbanks and N'enana,
has settled in Connecticut, after a
ramble over the country which took
him to many sections of the United
States, from the Pacific to the At
lantic. In a letter recently received
in Nenana, the oldtimer says he has
finally located in Windham.
Starting from Napa, where he
was with Billy Casey for a number
of months, Kenyon went to Stock
ton, then to Los Angeles, nnd thence
East by way of the Santa Fe. He
tells of riding in the observation
car, where he was the center of
attraction as soon as his fellow
passengers learned that he had come
from Alaska. In Los Angeles he
met Fred Barton and learned that
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wickersham were
residents of that city, but did not
sec them.
He spent a day in Washington,
D. C., then went on to New York.
He spent a week there and then
visited Hartford, where he resided
before he left for the North many
years ago. ‘‘But, say,” he writes,
“it did not seem like the same old
town. I used to walk up Main
street and say ‘Howdy’ to almost
everyone, but when I returned I
met only three people I knew in
two days’ wanderings.”
The oldtimer desires to be re
membered to all his old friends and
says his address is Rural No. 2,
Willimantie, Conn.
The following officers were elect
ed recently by Cordova Igloo, No.
li>, Pioneers of Alaska, the newest
igloo in the Territory: Alvah
Eames, president; Julius Struck,
first vice-president; -J. W. Date,
second vice-president; George Doo
ley, secretary; Dr. W. H. Chase,
chaplain; L. L. Laska, treasurer;
George C. Hazelet, historian; Hen
ry Brandt, sergeant-at-arms; James
Galen, trustee for one vear.
Woodbury’s Facial Soap and other
standard toilet loapi. Fowler &
Morris.
NEW
FIRST CLASS
in Every Respect
PRIVATE BOXES
JOHN KETOOROKY
Proprietor.
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Board of School Directors
Ncnana Public School
Xcnana, March 8, 10JO.
NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECTION
Complying with the laws of Alas
ka, notice is hereby given that the
regular annual election will be held
in the town of Nenana,
Tuesday, April 6, 1920,
for the purpose of electing three
school directors to serve two years,
to fill the vacancies caused by the
expiration of the terms of Robert
Joseph Diven, J. A. Slippem. and .1.
If. Scott.
The names of candidates must be
in Pie hands of the Clerk of the
School Board aot later than 5 p. m.,
March 22, 1920.
The polling place will be located
in the fire hall, adjoining the town
site office. Polls will be open from
8 a. m. until 7 p. m. on the day,
and date of election.
J. H. SCOTT.
Clerk of School Board.!
Approved:
ROBERT JOSEPH DIVEN,
President.
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Underwear renovated Old furs re
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JTenana. Where Bails and Blvers Meet
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CYRIELE VERHAEGHE
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MRS. JAMES LAVIN
BTenana, the Gateway to McKinley
Hational Park.
| Miners and Prospectors! |
i NOTICE OF CIMN6E OF REC0R0IN6 PRECINCTS |
I 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- §
I nifield and Totatlanika Districts. =
| Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be |
| enabled by this change to do their recording and f
| transact other business at Nenana, which is within =
| easy reach of their mining activities. |
| NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB. 1
| J. R. Bowen, President. R. J. Diven, Secretary. §
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