The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-10-12

Il hand chemical fire-fightins appart
, tus at a cost of $500 This came in
during the following spring. and by
the help il has rendered when small
blazes have broken out at different
mes in Tanana, las more than
justified the amount paid for it
For further fire protection the citi-
zens also organized themselves into
| duty it was to man the chemical
! and to form the bucket brigade,
| The city council also improved the
| facilities for fighting fire by sinking
two wells on the river front of the
town. one at the upper and one at
he lower end of First avenue.
| These wells with the pumps which
were installed cost in the neighbor-
hood of $500 each.
Among tie other improvements in
stituted by the Tanana council of
1918 was the cleaning and grading
! of Front street Before the days of
incorporation the street proper was
! merely a path or trail. while the riv-
er front was lined with gardens. The
new council as soon as they took the
! oath of office began to exercise the
city and government right TO sixty
feet of ground on the water front.
| and. where the owners of cabins or
houses refused to move item. they
were purchased and the whole un-
| slightly mass removed until now
Front street in Tanana nresents a
sight which is pleasing to the eye
The grading of the street and the
! installing of the necessary bridges
| and culverts was tNen commenced
Three new bridges with fills We're
mt in that year. and culverts of a
! permanent character installed. while
the property holders all along Front
street We're ordered to put in their
rroportion of the first city sidewalk
, that Tanana had ever known. A
I lot running from Front street to
Second avenue was also purchased
for the purpose of making a cross
street, which street is soon to be
run on through to Third avenue.
| A great deal of the aforemention-
ed Improvement has been done this
year likewise, and the city revenues
for 1914 have. therefore. nearly
Ill been used in that manner. How
ever. out of the approximate amount
Of $1,000 which will be received
this year by the city in license mon
eys $4,000 has been appropriated for
the maintenance of the city school
md 81 500 for the salary fund.
The present city council of Tana
"a is composed Of George F. Bemis.
mayor. and councilmen Joe Anicich
Arthur J. Campbell Paddy Carroll
Charles Chanquist. W. B. Rodman
and A. G. Vachon. The chief of
police is George Lindsey. while 10
seph G. Dehn, who Is also United
States commissioner at Tanana, is
acting as city clerk and magistrate.
The city treasurer is Theo. Diederick.
ORGANIZATIONS.
The chief civic organization of
the city of Tanana, aside from the
town council itself, is the Tanana
Chamber OF Commerce. This Or
sanitation was perfected several
years ago or before the incorporation
Of the town. for the purpose Of pro-
noting her interests. However, in
dividual quarrels and disagreements
terest displayed by most of the
citizens later but the club was not
allowed to die for any financial rea
son as there was a goodly amount of
money in the treasury.
Therefore. during the present sum-
mer. reorganization of the Tanana
Chamber of Commerce took place,
most of the old members again COM
ing back into the fold. their num-
bers being augmented by the add
ton Of many new members. the
citizens foreseeing that only by
united effort can they hope for bet
ter and larger Tanana 1t is, there
fore. expected that the work of the
Tanana Chamber of Commerce will
have a very beneficial effect on the
future of the city and of the sur
rounding country,
The present officers of the Tanana
Chamber of Commerce are: George
F. Bemis, president, and Joseph c.
Dehn, vice-president and secretary
treasurer The "Hustling Commit
tee" is composed of B. B. Mozee, A.
G. Vachon and E. NJ Woods.
Tanana supports two fraternal or
CARNATIONS which operate with all
of the style and pomp Of other
branches in much larger places and
with complete sets Of lodge parapher
MALTA The Tanana camp of the Arc
tic Brotherhood has membership Of
over 100, while the local organiza-
ton Of the Loyal Order of Moose.
which was started only during the
past winter, has membership of