THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1. 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, nnder the Act of March 8, 1879.
Hub of Alaska — Where Rails and Rivers Meet
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R. J. Sommers of Juneau, sup
erintendent of the Alaska road com
mission, while in Seattle, recently
said about $100,000 will be spent
in the Nome district this season, to
include the rehabilitation of the
Seward Peninsula railway, and the
$4 mile narrow gauge road con
necting Nome with Shelton, to be
used as a horse tramway.
President Harding has been ask
ed by Governor Bone to declare
Tongaas island a national park in
order to preserve a remarkable sta
tue of Abraham Lincoln, surmount
ing a thirty-foot totem pole, carved
fifty years ago by an Indian. The
statue is one of a group of well
preserved totem poles near the site
of old Fort Tongass. and was carv
ed from a photograph of Lincoln
given the Indian by a soldier.
A freak fish was landed by the
Canadian schooner F. Doom neat
Prince Rupert recently. The body
is like a snake measuring over foui
feet long, and the head resemble;
that of a raven with a long, beak
like mouth filled with teeth an inch
long and resembling a sawblade
The fins on the back are like large
silk fans and are collapsible.
Ralph Berquist, 17, only son oi
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Close, of Ketch
ikan was drowned while on a trout
fishing trip last week, as the re
sult of falling on the slippery bow
lders and striking his head on the
rocks. He was precipitated into
four feet of water, his lungs slow
ly filling. He was found through
the frenzied actions of a small
dog with him, which ran to a
couple of men chopping wood near
by and led them to the scene of
the accident.
With three new canneries work
ing and all packing plants in the
district operating at full capacity,
the salmon pack for the Copper
River district is 45 percent below
normal, k is said that the fish are
rapidly becoming depleted in the
Copper river.
Completion of a survey last
month has resulted in throwing op
en 9,700 acres of public lands in
Alaska to ex-service men of the
World War for homestead entry by
the Department of the Interior
Although a total -of 1.175 ap
plications have been filed with the
Government for permits, to develop
c:l fields in Alaska, 743 permits
have been issued, distributed among
Trappers
T raders
SHIP TO
GEORGE R. GOSNAW, INC.
Dealer in Raw Furs
SEATTLE
Alaska Bu;!di=t
NEW YORK
ITT W. ST’S 3irtpl
, as many ou companies ana maiina
uals. In only a few instances ha?
the Department of the Interior re
| ceive-d notice that drilling opera
itions have commenced.
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i Wild rabbits in Washington are
being trapped and protected to be
; transplanted to islands of the Al
aska coast to furnish live food for
foxes on the islands where more;
than fifty new fox farms have been '
established.
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Federal geologists and engineers
, with a party of 19 men from Wash
; ington. D. C., and outfit for a sum
mer's work surveying the govern
ment's new naval oil reserve of
32.000 square miles around Point
, Barrow, left on the Victoria for
Nome. There they will take a smal
,ler boat and continue northward
to Point Hope, where they will be
gin looking for oil outcroppings and
oil bearing strata.
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: A new building 24 by 50 feet.
I two stories in height will be erect
ed in W range!! for use by the
Signal Corps the upper floor being
used by professional men.
j Starting out of Cordova on a
bear hunt two residents were back
j with their bear in just 41 minutes.
U. S. Senator Jones, chairman
of the Commerce Committee of the
Senate, will spend two months in
i Alaska accompanied by Representa
tive White of Maine, a member of
the Merchant marine committee,
and Mr. O’Malley, head of the Bur
eau of Fisheries. The party leave
Seattle in July.
t • Puget Sound cities are entertain
; ing more tourists at present than
any June in previous history and
railroads expect maximum travel
: in July. Eastern cities have had
' oppressive heat early this summer
and the appeal made to get tourists
j to the North Pacific is succeeding.
Noteworthy is the early movement.
of excursionists to the territory as
June booking are substantially larg
^ er than a year ago.
’ Frank H. Foster, member of the
• iate Legislature, and associates have
'contracted to have the Yakataga
j oil fields drilled in two places by
two different outfits. The rigs will
be on the ground by August 1. Mr.
Foster writes as follows to Juneau
; friends: “I think this is of more im
portance to Juneau than the loss of
the Land Office. St. Elias Bay. form
erly Icy Bay, is only sixty miles
from Yakutat and is directly tribu
tary to your town. Better keep an
eye on developments.”
He that gives to a greatfu! - ta
puts out to userv.
MOVING PICTURES HELPFUL I
IN EDUCATING FOREIGNERS
CHICAGO. June 26—Educating
foreigners by use of the motion i
picture is being adopted more and ]
more each day and has served to t
:ause deep thought on the part of ,
the leading educators and immiera- <
tion authorities of this country ac- i
cording to Jaroslav J. Zmrhal. dis
trict School Superintendent of Chi- ,
cago. in a statement nlade to the |
society for Visual Education here. (
“The men have found the screen
answering their questions in a way ,
they could easily understand. Those ,
who were working for their natural- j
izaiion papers were particularly de- j
lighted with these lessons in picture i
language.”
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DISABLED VETERANS ARE ,
TO OWN MINNEAPOLIS
MINNEAPOLIS. June 26—Like
the many towns on the French
Battlefront which capitulated dur
ing the war, Minneapolis will la
terally “surrender” itself to the
10.000 disabled veterans who will
attend the annual convention of the
Disabled American Veterans of the
World War in this city June 25 to
29.
“The disabled service men will j
‘own the town’ during their stay.” j
says Mayor George E. Leach, him- ]
self a disabled service man who
led the 151st Field Artillery.
On the opening day, Monday ,
June 25, St. Paul is given the hon-'
or of entertaining :he visitors.
Tuesday a mammoth parade will
be staged in Minneapolis. The ma
jority will march, but is estimated
that about 40 percent of the veter- ,
ans -will have to be taken in auto
mobiles, due to their disabilities.
A tour around the city and Lake
chapter of the disabled veterans’ or-1
ganization a? host, is scheduled for
Wednesday. Thursday evening is
set aside for the grand forma! ball,
the premier social event of the
meetings.
A summer Mardi Gras festical,
with fireworks and vaudeville enter
tainment will share honors with the
public dance at the huge Armory j
here for the final entertainment on j
the closing day. Friday.
QUIZ SHOWS AMERICAN BOAT
RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOOTING!
WASHINGTON. D. C. June 23— j
The American schooner Siloam. j
which was fired on by the British1
coast guard rwo months ago, off
\ ancouver Island, was in Canadian
waters fishing at the time, and re
sisted search when hailed by the
Canadian officers, according to in
formation obtained by the state de
partment. The shooting resulted in
the death of an American sailor.
FAST CRUISER ON JOB
BREMERTON, June 23—The
scout cruiser Milwaukee, the fast- ■
est vessel in the world over 1,300 ■
tons, which was formally commis-j;
stoned this week, is scheduled to'
sail July 5 on a “shaking down” •
voyage going firs: to Alaska and ,
from there to Honolulu and Aust
ralia.
LIPTON TO TRY AGAIN
NEW YORK, June 23—Sir
Thomas Lipton will challenge this .
rear for another series of races fori
the American yacht cup, the race
to be sailed next summer. The Ev- j
ening Post is authority for the .
statement that the tea prince’s new j
thallenger will be named Shamrock 11
The Bureau of Education train
ingship. the Boxer, which has been
designated for use in transporting'
supplies and teachers for the ser
vice in Alaska, will make Juneau
its homeport. W’hen not engaged in
transport work it will be used as a |'
training ship for Indians. At pres- i
ent it is on a trip to Bering Sea. *
but will be back early in July |
Captain S. T. L. Whitman is in '
command of the Boxer.
Comfortable rooms for rent in !
The Arctic, $15.00 per month. See
Abe Simson.
IASHEVAROFF BROTHERS
MEET AFTER 43 YEARS
After 43 years of separation, Rev.
L. P. Kashevaroff, and his brother,
lev. Peter Kashevaroff are reunited,
he latter having arrived at Juneau
ecently from Kodiak. He came from
!t. George Island of the Pribilof
roup where he is a missionary.
Rev. Kashevaroff was one of the
arly missionaries in Alaska and has
leen in every part of the Territory,
arrying on his work.
The brothers have followed the
ame careers but when young men
tarted out in different fields. Rev.
’eter Kashevaroff going north and
lev. A. P. Kashevaroff coming to
southeastern Alaska and the States.
Rev. Peter Kashevaroff expects to
pend some time in Juneau with his
►rother and the latter’s family.
Twenty thousand Knights Templar ,
ook part in a monster parade at
^ttsburg. featuring the seventieth
mnual conclave of the Grand Com
nandery of Pennsylvania. It wa3 i
estimated that at least 100,000
Cnights attended. Among the distin
ruished guests were I. P. Newby of j
tnightstown. Ind.. Grand Master of I
he Grand Encampment, and Perry j
A. Weidner of Washington. D. C.f j
senior Grand Warden.
In the Probate Court for N'ulato
^recmct. Fourth Division, Territory
>f Alaska, before Aj. Dayton, Unit
id States Commissioner and ex of
’icio Probate Judge.
In the matter of the estate
>f PETER JOHNSON, deceased.
Notice of filing and time of
settlement of Final Acocunt of
flarl A. Johnson, administrator.
NOTICE is hereby given that
lari A. Johnson has filed in the a
>ove entitled court his final account
md supplemental report in the a
jove entitled matter and the said
tourt by order dated June 11th,
1923. has set the 25th day of Sep
:ember, 1923, at the hour of ten
)'clock a. m. as the day and time
for hearing objections to said ac
:ount. and directed the publication
A this notice in The Nenana News.
CARL JOHNSON
Administrator.
Date of first publication June
19, 1923.
Date of last publication. July
17. 1923.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In tie Commissioners Court for
;he Hot Springs Precinct, Fourth
division. Territory of Alaska—In
Probate.
In the matter of the estate
>f James Coughlin, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
mdersigned, administrator of the
;state of James Coughlin, deceased
p the creditors and all persons
•jiving claims against said deceased,
o exhibit them with the necessary
•ouchers within six months after
he first publication of this notice
o the said administrator, at his 1
•esidence in the town of Eureka 1
Uaska. the same being the place
or tne transacnon oi uie uuamcss
if said estate.
Dated this 17th day of March 1923 1
SIDNEY RIDGE
Administrator .
iotice of first publication June
9, 1923.
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v'otiee of last publication July 17,
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF
FINAL ACCOUNT
ory of Alaska, Fourth Division.
Cenana, Precinct.
n the matter of the Estate of
Clara Allred, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the
mdersigned has filed his final Ac
ourt as Administrator of the above
ntitled estate, and has petitioned for
listribution, and the Court has fixed
■Viday June 29th. 1923 at the hour
if 2:00 p. m. of said day, at the
lourt room of said Court in Xe
tana, Alaska as the time ar.d place
or hearing same, and any persons
laving any objection thereto should
tie 3ame on or before said date.
E. T. SULLIVAN
Administrator
A. A. SHONBECK
ANCHORAGE
WE ARE AGENTS FOR
Remco Redwood Stave
WATER & MINING TANKS SILOS HYDRAULIC PIPE
EXPLOSIVES FEED
Write us Tor information
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WANT ADS
PIANO FOR SALE OR RENT— 1
Phone Geo. Anderson at Cooney
Hotel.
CABIN FOR RENT—By week or
month. Inquire Tom Jones.
LOST—Bunch of keys. Finder
please leave at Depot.
FOR SALE—Two first-class pack ]
horses, known as Kennedy stock. ^
Black weighs 1200, gray 1350. In- i
quire of Anthony Letray.
MINING GROUND FOR SALE
jroup of three claims (placer) on
jlacier Creek, Kantishna district.
Nos. 17,18 and 19. (No. 17 worked
jut.) Shallow ground, from six
nches to five feet to bedrock,
hoarse gold. Automatic dam, boxes,
oois, complete camp outfit. For:,
'urthers particulars inquire at News -
Dffice.
“EVERYBODY can buy grocerie . j
eed and supplies WHOLESALE
\’rite for free pricelist. Peoples
Jrocery. 701 Olive St. Seattle.”
>EOPLES GROCERY COMPANY
A. H. Stensland has secured a
>ermit from the Forestry Service
o graze a herd of reindeer on Gra
ina island in southeastern Alaska,
rhe placing of the herd in this lo
ality is in the nature of an erper
ment.
ORDER YOUR
COAL
BY PHONE
Healy River
Coal
Corporation
PHONE YOUR ORDERS
.. TO THE
RAILROAD CIGAR STORE
LOCAL TRAIN SCHEDULE
‘HE ALASKA RAILROAD
"ruins leave and arrive Nenana «■
follows:
1.35 p. m. Tuesday and Friday for
Seward and intermediate point*
Returning arrives Nenana 11:20
. m. same days.
i:15 p. m., Tuesday and Friday far
Dunbar, Fairbanks and Chatanika.
Arrives Nenana 5:00 p. m. Tues
day and Friday.
“Trains both north and sout
iound stop over nigh: at Cur
rhere excellent hotel facilities are
vailable for the public.
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River steamers leave Nenana ev
ry Wednesday at 10:00 a. m. for
*>ints down river to Holy Cross and
Connecting with gas launch at lat
er point for St. Michael. Arrive Ne
ana every Monday or Tuesday."
BILL OF SALE blanks for sale
t The News Office.
Andy’s Express
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Seward
Will Give Your
BAGGAGE AND FREIGHT
Careful Attention
MEETS ALL TRAINS
AND BOATS
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D. H. WILLIAMS
Undertaking Parlors
Licenced Enbelmer
Funeral Director
Anchorage — Nenane — Seward
CHAS. E. BERGMAN
Nenana Manager
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Alfred J. Gbezzi R- C. Morris.
Secretary. P resident.
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