STRICTLY SANITARY BATHS
ATTRACTIVE LOBBY
COONEY HOTEL
THE HOUSE or COMPORT FOR ALL
DOC KENNELS NENANA, ALASKA
SOCIAL DANCE
SATURDAY
NIGHT
UNION HALL
Admission $1
Music by Prof. Berggren
FILM COMPANY MAY
VISIT VALDEZ ON RETURN
The Chamber of Commerce and
the city council of Valdez have
written to the Beaux-Arts Film com
pany, extending an invitation to the
.
company to stop off at Valdez on
its return from the Westward and
visit the glacier, Keystone canyon
and other points of interest.
The company is taking pictures
at Kodiak, the Valley of Ten Thou
sand Smokes and other points of
interest to the Westward, working
the natural scenery into the play.
The party includes Herschel May
all, the well-known film star; Miss
Dixie Dawson, and several other (
high-class artists.
The company is in charge of
President Albert Smith, and is tak-1
ing the unusual course of filming
Alaskan scenery with Alaskan
plays. This will be a welcome re
lief, says the Valdez Miner, to
tcose Alaskans who have grown
heartily tired of the faked Alaskan
scenery imposed upon audiences by
the film companies.
_
F-esh garden seeds, just arrived,
Fowlir & Morris.
The Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce does things. When the mem
bers of the Beaux-Arts Moving Pic
ture company, who recently went
to Kodiak, arrived at Anchorage,
they were met by a committee and
shown over the town and invited to
locate their studio there. Such en
terprise is certain to bring results.
Wenana. Alaska's Interior ynel Depot
j Miners and Prospectors!!
| NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RECORDING PRECINCTS j
5 According to a recently issued Court Order by =
» j§ Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- |
= cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon- |
| nifield and Totatlanika Districts.
I Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be |
= enabled by this change to do their recording and trans- =
1 act other business at Nenana, which is within easy 5
2 reach of their mining activities. §
NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB,
§ R. S. McDonald, H. B. Joseph,
= President. Secretary =
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NEW STOCK
GROCERIES
CLOTHING
HARDWARE
CIGARS and TOBACCO
CANDIES
OUTFITTING OUR SPECIALTY
Northern Commercial Co.
MEARS TO ASSUME
CHARGE IN NORTH
At a late hour this afternoon,
Engineer in Charge Fred’k D.
Browne received a telegram an
nouncing the retirement of William
C. Edes as chairman of the Alaskan
Engineering commission. The wire
states that Mr. Edes will “retire
from active charge of Alaska rail
road work and will become consult
ing engineer to the Alaskan En
gineering committee,” the commit
tee apparently having taken the
(place of the commission under
| whose direction the work has been
j done in the past.
The wire states further that Col.
Frederick Means will be chairman
and chief engineer of the commit
tee, to assume charge, effective Au
; gust 9.
Col Mears was a member of the
original commission, and resigned to
enter the service of the army after
the United States entered the con
flict.
!
SHOVEL MOVED
10 NEW GRAVEL
Very satisfactory progress is be
ing made with the surfacing work
along the Government railroad to
the south of Xenana, according to
Superintendent of Construction W.
L. Packer. Two surfacing gangs
have been at work for a considera
ble time and a large amount of
gravel has been used in putting the
grade in shape for traffic.
Surfacing gang No. 1 is working
north from the gravel pit, about 17
miles from town, where the dragline
excavator is in operation, with an
average daily output of 800 yards
of gravel. The surfacing material
is loaded into Harte convertible
cars, each having a capacity of 35
yards, and distributed along the |
grade where needed. The dragline i
was recently moved from the north j
end of the gravel pit to the south!
end, where the digging is now pro
gressing steadily. The surfacing
work is being done under the direc
tion of Foreman Martin Gilman.
Surfacing gang Xo. 2, for which
gravel is supplied by the Bucyrus
steam shovel, is moving camp todaj
to 43-Mile (Xenana Crossing), and
henceforth will work both from and
toward the river. The shove! will
be stationed in a cut about a mile
north of the river, where there is ,
an abundant supply of gravel, of
which the machine is capable of
handling about 700 yards daily. The
shovel is temporarily out of com
mission as the, result of continuous
heavy work, but repairs are now
under way and it is expected that
operations can be resumed within .
the next day or two. Louis Lee is!
foreman of surfacing gang No. 2.
There is an extremely low stretch
of grade a short distance north of!
the Tanana river, which will be '
raised by surfacing gang No. 2. At!
I one point it will be necessary to
place about six feet of gravel, but
[there is a considerable portion of
the grade in that locality which will
not require a great deal of work
beyond dressing it off.
Those who have traveled over the
finished portion of the roadbed, de
clare that it is in splendid condi
tion, the work of the surfacers ap
parently having been very thorough
ly done. The appearance is good,
and the thoroughness of the work is
attested by the smoothness with
which trains now pass over the sur
faced portions of the grade.
KAIAILA FIELD
GIVES PROMISE
Of BIG OUIPUI
Natural gas abounds in the Ka- I
talla oil field and is used as fuel i
for all the boilers in use, as well as j
for all household necessities. Every !
cabin and house on the claim is .
heated by natural gas. and at night
!huge flares indicate the roads and
i
j paths and light up the surrounding
country.
Twelve wells have been driven,
says a recent issue of the Juneau
| Dispatch, and of these probably half
are producing oil. Work now is
progressing on the thirteenth well,
which has attained a depth of 510
; feet. Work has been stopped on
this well temporarily because of the
breaking of a pin on the drill stem
' used in this hole. The stem was
lost in the well and it required
about twelve hours before it was
fished out.
George Hazelet, manager of the
oil company, expresses great faith
in the well near Katalla and is cer
jtain that great development will
: follow immediately if the Govern
ment ever sees fit to release it
;either to lease or location. In the
meantime the Chilkat company,
which owns 160 acres, is confined to
! its holdings and is unable to pros
pect, outside its boundaries.
The coal fields of the Bering
River Coal company, which are un
dergoing development, are showing
much better than was anticipated
by the owners of the lease. Ac
cording to reports, the showings al
ready made indicate that there is a
vast body of high-grade coal there
which only requires cheap trans
portation to develop into a paying
mine.
The coal uncovered is of a high
grade and is found in veins suffi
ciently large and regular to justify
extensive investments. It is freely
predicted by many persons who have
followed the work in these fields
that with the coming of next spring
all preparations for the extension
of a railroad to the coal fields and
oil wells will have been completed,
which will mean an immediate rush
to Katalla and the national adver
tising of the resources of the coun
try.
Ernest I. Foster has returned to
N'enana from an outing of several ~
weeks in the Kantishna country. He J
reached town on Tuesday night. 1
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X WM. RODIGKEIT : : Proprietor ?
Restaurant Tabs and Tablets at
the News Office.
Birth Announcement Cards at the
| Newt Office.
Electrical Goods
Stoves and Ranges
Water Pipes and
Fittings
Bath Fixtures
Sheet Metal Work of All Kinds
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
During the last season we conducted an advertising campaign
throughout the North and are prepared to send you the names of
people in all sections of Alaska and the Yukon who will verify our
statements.
Our excellent Eastern connections, and the tremendous amount
of mail order business we are receiving from all parts of the
States for furs made to order enables us to turn our stock quickly
at a reasonable profit, but we must have fur, for which we guar
antee top prices.
Make us a trial shipment. If our price does not suit you, the
goods will be returned charges prepaid.
WE MAKE FURS TO ORDER
at more reasonable rates than can be obtained Outside. At present
we are working three operators, and need others. If you are an
operator and finisher, and want a good year-around job, com
municate with us.
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
COLISEUM
SPLENDID EDUCATIONAL AND COMEDY PROGRAM
FOR THE KIDS TONIGHT
HEARST-PATHE NEWS — PICTORIAL
THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR EYES
Showing: “500,000 Men in Nary,” “Hog Island Launching,” "Presi
dent Wilson Attends Launching of Quistconck, Fi-st of the 180
Steel Ships Built in the World's Largest Shipyard.”
Easanay Offers
Vernon Howe Bailey's Sketch Book of St. Louis, Showing
THE EADS BRIDGE SPANNING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
A Picture of Intense Interest.
The Comet Film Corporation Presents
The Holdup in Buckeye Canyon
A Thrilling Story of the, West in the Early Seventies.
Joker-Universal Film Corporation Presents
MAX ASHER, IN
Mike and Jake Go in for Matrimony
A POSITIVE SCREAM COMEDY.
MUSIC-VIOLIN, PIANO AND DRUMS
ADMISSION 25c RESERVED SEATS 50c
SHOW STARTS AT EIGHT O’CLOCK.
CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED FREE TONIGHT.
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