Nenana Steam Laundry
OUR EQUIPMENT COMPLETE DL nc
WORK EQUAL TO THE BEST lUOne IU
J. F. BENNETT.
GEORGE RICH
blankfield express
CONNECTING WITH FAIRBANKS TRAIN.
PASSENGERS BAGGAGE MAIL
Clean Dry Wood for Sale Hauling of All Kind*
OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL. ____
Prompt Reliable Satisfactory
STOVES OF ANY KIND MADE TO ORDER
All Workmanship Guaranteed Pertaining to Heating or Plumbing.
The Nenana Sheet Metal Works street.
Prospectors
F armers
Trappers
Tourists
Hie 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 cf 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
Commercial
Club
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CHICAGO.—If all the diamonds
mined in history and existing today
as cut and polished gems were gath
ered from the ends of the earth,
they would form a pile about as
large as a wagon load of coal
dumped on the sidewalk, says a
Chicago statistical expert. The pile
would contain 46,355,474 carats and
the gems would weigh 10V4 tons.
If the pile were in the form of a
cone, it would have a base diameter
of eight feet and a height of five
feet. Reckoning the diamonds at
$300 a carat, it would have a value
of $13,006,642,200. It would con
tain 710 1-3 gallons worth $5,539,
.023 a gallon, or 76 1-3 bushels,
| valued at $51,570,729 a bushel. All
the world’s diamonds could be pack
: ed in an ordinary clothes closet or
a kitchen pantry.
■ This estimate is based on an
approximation of the total output
' of rough diamonds in the world’s
1 entire history. India, it is esti
mated, has produced, all told, 60,
'000,000 carats; Brazil, 15,000,000;
South Africa. 170,574,000; Borneo,
! 1,000,000; BBritish Guiana, 50,000;
! Australia, 150,000; China, 2,000;
Siberia, 500; United States, 500.
This is a total rough output of 236,
777,374 carats or 55 2-5 tons avoir
Idupois.
I Only about 50 percent of rough
diamonds are cut into gems and
lose about 60 percent of their
weight in being cut and polished.
- Diamonds are practically indestruc
tible and the first diamond ever
mined may possibly still be in ex
istence. But the estimate allows
for the loss of at least 1,000,000
carats by flood, fire, shipwreck and
other disasters. These reductions
and losses leave a total of cut and
polished diamonds at 46,355,474
carats.
| The estimate of $300 a carat is
the minimum price at which dia
monds can be bought today. The
popular demand for diamonds was
never so great, and they have be
come the gem of working people as
well as the wealthy classes. They
are worth three times as much now
as before the war and sell at from
$300 to $1,000 a carat.
j COMING SUNDAY: Mary Pick
ford in “Rebecca of Sunnybrook
Farm." Dick Thorne »ay» it is the
greatest ye*. Leave it to Dick—he
knows.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Sunday school will be held in
the old commissioner’s office build
ing, opposite the postoffice, Sunday
at 1 p. m.
The regular service will be' held
at the same place at two o’clock.
Subject, “Love.”
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The Board of Public Works and
Charities, which was organized over
a year ago, with a view to the con
trol of charitable work in Nenana,
went out of existence last night, by
agreement of the four members
constituting the board. The money
remaining on hand was divided be
tween the Government hospital and
the town of Nenana, the sum al
lotted to the hospital being in pay
ment of fees for the care of an
indigent patient, and the sum turned
over to the town being for the pay
ment of election expenses incurred
at the time of the election of the
board of trustees. In the hospital
case, all of the money turned over
to the institution goes to the Gov
ernment, for board and hospital
care.
In explanation of the action of
the board, one of the members in
formed a represenattive of The
News today that the board, which
was composed of representatives of
the various civic and fraternal or
ganizations of the town, had ceased
to be an active body, having no
source of revenue, no official stand
ing in the community, and very
little demand upon it for charity.
So it was decided to disband and
to dispose of the funds in the man
ner stated. The hospital case is
one that comes properly within the
jurisdiction of the board, and it
was believed the public would ap
prove also of the gift to the town,
which is, as a matter of fact, mere
ly the allotmen of public money for
the liquidation of a public debt for
which there are no other funds
available. The sum of approximate
ly $70 was turned over to the town.
The members composing the
board were Ralph Waechter, George
W. Woods, J. A. Slippem, and Alex
Fowler The disorganization meet
ing was held last night in the Union
building.
GUARANTEED TRIP.
The Cooney dog stage will leave
the end of steel on Saturday and
guarantees to deliver passenger- and
freight at Talkeetna by next Thurs
day, in time to catch the regular
train for Seward, making connec
tions with the steamship Alaska.
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ROADHOUSE
(Formerly Deris’)
FIRST STOPPING PLACE
BEYOND END OF STEEL
BARN AND DOG KENNELS
Mrs. Clare Allred James Trainer
WATCHES
JEWELRY
Watch Repairing
DESIGNING AND NATIVE
JEWELRY A SPECIALTY
WM. TAYLOR
COLISEUM
STRONG FAMOUS PLAYERS FEATURE FOR PROGRAM
SATURDAY NIGHT
Daniel Frohman Presen t»
Frank Losee
SUPPORTED BY AN ALL-STAR CAST
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By Ckanning Pollock and Rennold Wolf. !
A POWERFUL MORALITY DRAMA,
IN FIVE GRIPPING ACTS.
MUSIC-VIOLIN, PIANO AND DRUMS
General Admission 25c. Reserved Seats 50c.
SHOW STARTS AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
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MEXICAN PRISONERS
SPEND TIME CARVING
JUAREZ, Mex.—Hand carving is*
one of the principal indoor sports ■
of the prisoners in the city jail
here. Monkeys and other shapes j
are wrought from pecans or peach:
stones. These trinkets are offered
to tourists, a number of whom are
admitted to the jail every day.
One prisoner, a “long termer,”,
claimed the other day that the four j
other inmates who were offering i
their carvings were ‘‘pupils” of his. j
Tobacco and cigarettes are a lux- j
ury in the “carcel.” When smokes |
are passed around, each prisoner j
exacts an equal share. Frequently
one of them will trade a carving
that has taken days to complete in
exchange for a package of cigar
ettes.
i See J. A. Slippem for new rate! i
on *ub»criptions and <-enewal* of all
lending magazine* and periodicals.
Club rate* on application.
3*inan:
If Comfort, Economy and the
Environment* of Home
Appeal to Yon,
STOP AT THE
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SPECIAL RATES BY WEEK
OR MONTH.
MRS. BERT JOHNSON
Proprietress
ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
stands alone in par-excellence of
service and sanita^ convenience.
Turkish, Steam, Shower
or Plain Baths, at
MODERATE RATES.
Rooms for Dressing and Resting
in Connection. Also Rooms for
Rent, Transient or Permanent.
Mr. and Mrs. Heimburger
Proprietors.
SKOF HOUSE
That’s the Place
GOOD BARN FOR HORSES
IN CONNECTION.
Second and Market Sts.
MRS. JAMES LAVIN
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Chop Susy, Noodles
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Home-Made Bakery
Northern Cafe
GEORGE TANAKA, Prop.
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j Miners and Prospectors!
I NOTICE OF CHAN6E OF RECORDING PRECINCTS
; | According to a recently Issued Court Order hv
| Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re
= cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon
is nifieid and Totatlanika Districts.
| Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be
| enabled by this change to do their recording and
3 transact other business at Nenana, which is within
| easy reach of their mining activities.
1 NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB.
| J. R. Bowen, President. R. J. Diven, Secretary,
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