* Where the Ice Pool Grows— Nenana— $7,955.25 Last Year
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY. APRIL, 17, 1923.
NUMBER 439
STEEL TRUST WANTS FREE IMMIGRATION
BILL GIVES PHONY FISH COMMISSION LARGE SUM
LAWMAKERS CHANGE FILING DATE FOR ASSESSMENT
TERRITORIAL LAWMAKERS ARE
TRYING TO EMPTY TREASURY
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JUNEAU April 17—Senator Snod- j1
grass, of Fairbanks. has introduced |
a bill providing for the holding of
annual territorial fairs for the pro- j
motion of agricultural, manufactur
ing, mining and other industries and .
appropriating $2,500 annually for!
tie purpose. Fairs are to be held in •'
each division.
Senator Snodgrass also has intro- |
duced a bill prohibiting the impor
tation of diseased livestock into the
territory for any purpose. The pre- .
sent law merely prohibits importa
tion of diseased cattle for dairy pur
poses. The measure has already been
apporved by the senate.
The Aldrich territorial control .
board bill was again sidetracked on .
Saturday when Aldrich requested its .
continuance until this week.
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Action on the Hunt resolution em- j;
powering the attorney general io> .
make a legal fight against fish re
servation was deferred on Saturday :.
when a substitute was offered, and .
both carried over until this week. *
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The substitute, which was presented ■
by Senator Ayer, of Nome, does not (
change the effect of the original, but j,
is directed against the fisheries bur-; 1
eau instead of the President. ,
House bill No. 23, passed by the ,
bouse and amended by the senate, ;
regarding the payment of private em j ]
ployees in U. S. money or checks
good at the nearest Alaska bank,
and providing monthly -aydays for i.
cannery and saltery employees, was .
taken from the senate calendar yes
terdav and sent back to the commit
tee after the attorney general had
upheld the contention of Senator ^ i
Dimond that the bill was strictly j
class legislation.
The Chamberlain bill increasing
the salary of the commissioner of ^
education to $5,000 a vear and re- .
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quiring certain qualifications, was ,
killed in the senate yesterday.
Senator Hunt has introduced ai
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memorial asking the removal of the _
•■headquarters of the Alaska division j
of the federal bureau of education
from Seattle to Alaska.
Representative Raelson has intro
duced a bill providing for the ap
propriation of $125,000 for the ter- j
riiorial fish commission and author- j
izing the construction of four new £
hatcheries, one near Seward, the j,
second near Chitina and the other t
two in the First division. c
The ways and means committee ] j
has submitted a favorable report on q
the bill authorizing the construe-; )•
tion of a library and museum build- c
ing at Juneau, and appropriating',
the sum of $40,000 for that purpose. v
The Decker bill, lowering the le
gal rate of interest in the territory
to eight per cent was defeated yes
terday. c
Senate Bill 51, for the protec- j
tion of the fox industry and senate : c
Bill 85 requiring the filing of affi-jJ
davits of annual labor on mining! r
claims 90 days after June 30, in-. j
stead of the end of the calendar i
year were approved by the house j
yesterday. j c
The Senate has passed House Bill!
18 advancing the closing period forj
filing candidacies iof the primaries s
to the first Tuesday in February, a
and House Bill 4 liberalizing the t
present board of children’s guard- I
ians act.
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HARDING SAYS GARY IS RIGHT
IMMIGRATION LAW TOO RIGID
IUERIN GOING TO ARCTIC
JOINS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
E. C. Guerin, c-adestral engineer,
vith headquarters at the Juneau
Jen era! Land Office, Field Division,
las been transferred from the Land
Dffice to tie Geological Survey on
■peeia! duty, as assistant chief in !
■ha rye of a large survey party tq ■
•arrv on topographic and triangula
ion work in Northern Alaska, for
irobably the next three years. This
s according to telegraphic advice ]
•eceived by him from Alfred E. ,
irooks. chief of the Geological Sur
■ey.
The party will work between
Vainwright and Point Barrow, with ,
ieadquarters probably at the form- j
■r place. Mr. Guerin has not yet
>een advised as to the exact nature _
if the work, but it is understood i
lere that it is in connection with j
he 20,000.000 acre oil reserve re- !
ently withdrawn by Presidential 1
irder. The date set for the party to
eave the States also is not known .
iy Mr. Guerin. s
According to the telegram re
eived by him, he will return from
he North next fall and will work 1
n the survey office at Washington,
eturning North again in the early I
ummer of 1924.
Mr. Guerin has left Juneau for '
Vashington, where he will confer 1
ritb Brooks.
Mr. Guerin has been in Juneau 3
ince 1917 with the Land Office. He '
ias conducted survey parties in var- 1
ous parts of Alaska and is well :
nown throi^hout the Territory.
Mrs. Guerin and their three chil- 1
ren will remain in Juneau during ^
he summer. *
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APANESE SCHOOL BURNS;
10 CHILDREN ARE KILLED !
SACREMEXT. April 17—Ten i
apanese boys and girls were asphyx- i
ited last aight when a foreign lan- f
Tiage school operated in connection i i
rith the Buddist church, was des
royed by fire. A dozen others es
aped through the heroism of two
apanese. who carried them and •
rove them to safety. The children ]
ad attended a picnic during the v
ay and were very sound asleep i
•hen the fire started. The building r
•as locked and burned like tinder. J
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MINING PEOPLE ENROUTE s
With the exception of Superinten- <
ent T. J. Anderson of the Me- 5
linley Gold Placer company of Val- S
ez creek, the entire party and crew (
?ft Anchorage recently for the I
tine. Among those included were 1
!r. and Mrs. A. G. Taft, Mr. and S
Irs. H. A. Anderson, P. Boline, M. a
. Curran, R. Carlson, S. P. Rod- 1
j, and John Wilson. 1
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Mrs. Helen Lynch, field repre
entative of the Pathfinder of Al
ska( went to Fairbanks today af- t
iT a stay of several days in Xenana t
t is possible she will spend the sum-: t
ler in Fairbanks and vicinity. j a
WASHINGTON, D. C. April 17—
It is stated at the White House that
President Harding believes Judge
Gary chairman of the board of dir
?ctors of the United States Steel
Corporation, was “correct when he
:old the stockholders of the corpor
ation yesterday that serious labor
shortage threatens as a result of the
operation of the restrictive immigra
:ion law.”
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No Evidence of Suffering
Chairman Albert Johnson, of the i
louse immigration committee, when <
tuestioned regarding the statement !
>f Judge Gary and the comment of <
“resident Harding, vigorously de- (
'ended the restrictive immigration <
aw, declaring that the law is be- <
THANE PROJECT ASSURED
The Juneau Empire says all the
irrangement for the building of a :
'ulp and paper mill at Thane have t
>een completed, according to word i
irought from San Fran isc . by W. i
r. Toleh. formerly manager of the t
Uaska Gastineau Miniojt Coi pany, i
ind A. B. GolIgerg, who were in 1
he California metropolis in con- a
lection with the sale and purchase <
if the mill of that company at i
rhane. Work on the pulp mill will i
>e started as soon as the mill and <
ither property purchased by the c
'Northwest Steel and Metal Com- '<■
»any can he moved. c
“You may tell the people of Ju- c
leau that there is no longer any f
loubt about tae erection of a large r
mlp and paper plant at Thane,” s
aid Mr. Toleh to passengers leaving e
Seattle on the Princess Mary. “The c
rganization has been completed.” >
re said, “and work will begin imme- e
iiately after the grounds are avail- F
ble for work.”
Mr. Toleh’s statement was con
irmed by Mr. Goldberg, who says
he pulp and paper company has >
lade contracts to market its pulp c
it Japan beginning with the com- 5
letion of the pulp mill and pend- s
ng the erection of the paper mill. o
WATSON ENROUTE NORTH a
The Admiral Watson sailed for 1<
ilaska ports from Seattle on April
2, carrying 264 passengers, of
•hom the following are booked for
eward. Anchorage and interior 1
oints. ti
l. Green and wife, James Morris, r
iiss A. Torgesen, Mrs. F. Erick- F
on, Franklin Erickson, Erland Carl, si
'. B. Meyers, Mrs. G. Hatcher, Ray ji
pencer and wife, R. F. Miller, John V
tahl and wife. J. W. Downing
leorge Kalproth, D. Turcotte, Lewis
larnes, R. G. Lanning and wife and
aby, Wilfred Lanning, Mrs. A. n
mall, Mrs. M. Maxwell. B. Falls A
nd wife, Miss D. Koehuer, Mrs. M. ri
Williams, A. Waterfield, G. P. Sul- r
van, B. Poindexter. B. C. Nichols, fi
nd 57 steerage. h
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Advices received in Nenana late C
tis afternoon from Anchorage state r:
hat the Seattle hotel, on Fifth aven
e is burning. Details are not
variable. N
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ng opposed by the big corporation 1
hrough desire to secure cheap for
■ign labor. “In spite of restricted!
mmigration,’’ Representative John-i
on said “the United States Steel
.orporation seems to be doing quite
veil, with a net earning last year of
1410,000,000 and a 20f, increase
n wages.’’
Representative Johnson pointed
>ut that the restrictive law had been
:iven a very thorough test and ap
>eared to be giving very general
ati»faction throughout the country,
xcept in the case of the United
states Steel Corporation, which was
[rawing very largely in the past up- '
n the cheap -labor markets of Eur- •
■pe and which is an avowed enemy
if organized labor.
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WORK BEGINS ON DAM
The large dam at Sunrise is once '
gain the scene of much activity,
ue to the arrival from the south 1
ecently of A. Anderson, engineer, 1
rho for the past three years has J'
mployed from twenty to thirty '
len on the dam each summer, i *
Vhen completed the dam. which j1
■‘ill represent a total outlay of :1
pproximately $1,000,000, will open :
p vast rich hydraulicking ground; ^
n and around Sunrise canyon, and j'
n the benches. It is stated the ';
am crossing the stream will be
bout five hundred feet in length '
ne hundred feet at the base and
ne hundred feet high. Concrete, ^
ravel, rock and timber are the -
laterials being used in the con- j
truciion work. It is stated eastern ;
apiialists are the prime backers £
f the project and at least two j
ears’ more work confronts the s
ngineers before the project is com- i c
leted. :v
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JURY CANNOT AGREE
SA.VDIEGO, April 17—The jury
1 the case of Dr. Louis Jacobs, c
aarged with the murder of Fritzie *
[ann. dancer, which went into ses- s
on yesterday following the close c
f the case, had not been able to c
?ach a verdict up to noon today, 1
nd is thought to be hopelessly dead- ^
icked. ^
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WEBSTER GETS JUDGESHIP
WASHINGTON', D. C. April 17—
. is announced at the White House
tat J> Stanley Webster, of Spokane
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rpresentative to Congress from the (
ifth Washington district, has been
sleeted for appointment as federal
idge for the Eastern district of v
?'ashington. "i,.
BETTER ALASKA MAILS
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SEATTLE, April 17—The injprov
n
ent of the mail service to Interior
a
laska, and general conditions sur
>ur<ding the mail sendee in the Ter
tory, will be considered at a con
•rence of postal authorities to be
eld here this week, according to.n
i announcement made today by W. **
. Vandervoort, superintendent of S
tilway mail sendee.
Mrs. Frank Dunham passed thru
enana today, enroute to Fairbanks.
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SMELTER FOR SULZER IS
EARLY DAY CONTEMPLATE
W. H. Adams, president of th
Alaska Jumbo Metals Company, wh
ately visited Sulzer, where his cot
Dany owns a large amount of minin
jroperty, contemplates the erectio
>f a smelter at that place in th
tear future. In connection with th
jro position, Mr. Adams is quoted b
i Seattle paper as saying:
“There are approximately twent
nines on Prince of Wales Lslan
ilone which show commercial value
ind which will immediately becom
taying properties as soon as a re
luction plant will have been estat
ished but which, owing to prohib
ive transportation costs to th
•melters so far away, can not not
>e worked at a profit.
"Our plan is to take care of a'.
hese small properties and those op
rating small properties can tak
>ne ton, or even fractional amount
>f ore to the reduction plants an
ret their check for the amount a
i farmer would for his load of pro
luce. Small mine- operating wit:
n a hundred miles of Sulzer cai
oad their ore on gas boats or smal
larges and get their itooney immed
ately the ore is assayed, receivini
he value to which they are entitle:
>n all by-products of the ore
Five hundred additional ice poo
ickets were sent to Fairbanks thi
fternoon and several hundred wil
■e sent to Anchorage tonight, mak
ng a total thus far issued by th<
ommittee of approximately 10,000
t is expected that another two thou
and will be needed to fill the loca
emand before Friday noon, whicl
rill bring the total close to th<
2,000 mark.
Abe Stein, pioneer business mar
f Fairbanks, was in N'enana today
nroute to the upper town from «
tay of several months in the States
hiefly in Seattle. He reports tha'
onditions are not any too good ir
ic Spirit City owing largely to i
ecline in manufacturing activities
[r. Stein spent considerable timr
t the home of his son Isadare, whe
■ now happily married and the fa
ter of one of the best baby boys
i the great Northwest.
The Kantishna Transportation
ompany of which C. E. Newser is
>cal representative will operate the
de wheel gas boat Mutt between
enana and Roosevelt, on the Kan
shna river, during the coming sea
>n. A regular and reliable service
promised and provisions are being
iade for the care of shipments
iter they are landed at their destin
:ion, in mouse and rain proof
iches.
The Anchorage Times is author
y for the statement that it is the
itention of Col. Mears to leave for
in Francisco on the next trip of
ie steamer Northwestern. He will
iin the Ninth corps area, to which
? has been assigned by Secretary
' War Weeks.
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DRILLING OPERATIONS TOLD
OF IN COLD BAY REGION
Arrivals at Seward from Kanataic
on the Starr report that drilling op
Ierations in the oil fields is progress
ing at a fair rate. According to
, last reports the Associated Company
j has one hole down 320 feet, and
! another which is located but a
j short distance away from the first.
* j is down 50 feet. Operations on one
j of these has been halted owing to
the breaking of a drill stem which
j was brought to Seward to be re
; paired.
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| The Standard Oil outfit has* at
j tained a depth of 160 feet and is
I going down slowly at the present
#.1 time, hard rock formation having
j been encountered. It was also re
; ported that this company will soon
j j start another hole with in a short
j distance from the present one.
j Oil indications, other than the
: gas previously reported, has not as
i yet been drilled into.
AMERICAN RELEASED
j MEXICO CITY. April 17—Oliver
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W Krull, American engineer who
i' was kidnapped by bandits several
i days ago. has been released, follow
* ing the payment of a ransom of
! $5,000. He resides at Triniday, Dur
i ango.
NEW SHIP SLIDES
j SEATTIJ£. April, 17—Miss Fran
; cea Nowell, a student at the Uni
j versity of Washington, will act a<
sponsor at the launching on Thur>
r ‘ day of the palatial passenger steam
I ship Alaska, which is under construc
tion at Tacoma, for the Alaska
Steamship Company. The new steam
! er is scheduled to sail for Alaska
: on her maiden voyage on June 9.
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CROWN PRINCE INSANE
‘ LONDON, April 17—The former
| German crown prince is suffering
■ from a form of progressive insanity.
■ (accordng to advces received in this
II city from Weiringen, from two not
ed alienists, who report that the son
i
of the former kaiser has turned to
! religion and conducts revival ser
| vices *daily with his servants plav
■ ing the role of converts.
JOE BOYLE IS DEAD
j WOODSTOCK, Ont., April 17—
Col. Joseph W. Boyle, adventurer,
aviator and engineer, died at Lon
don, today death coming suddenly
■as the result of heart trouble. He
was an oldtimer of the Dawson coun
try.
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PIONEER PASSES
SEATTLE. April 17—Joseph YV
Beale, a resident of Washington
since 1856, died here today, aged 81.
He crossed the plains to California
in 1852, and later engaged in the
shipping business at Anacortes this
state.
ICE POOL CLOSES FRIDAY
As indicated on tickets the Nena
: na ice pool will close Friday noon,
i That means that all tickets must be
' in the boxes Friday noon. The time
of closing was definitely decided by
the committee this morning, it be
ing unanimously agreed that the
rule obtaining in past years should
prevail this year. In fact, all the
' rules governing the big contest re
main the same as in the past.