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The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1916-09-23

"On. the other hand, Fairbanks
has mines and other industries that
will be opened up by the railroad
and the landing Of cheaper freight
and fuel there. No matter how great
Nenana grows, it will not interfere
with Fairbanks.
Ryus' Alaska Record.
Fred S. Ryus first came to Alaska
in 1905 as a member of the Geo.
logical Survey. His first trip was
to Fairbanks and the surrounding
district. In 1908 he went with the
boundary survey of which Thomas
Riggs, Jr., was in charge.
In 1914, Immediately after the
formation of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission, he was appointed a
resident engineer and came North.
Before his work in Alaska, Mr..
Ryus had long experience and
for the past sixteen years he has
been engaged in various engineering
works. Among other projects with
which he was connected was the
water works and sewers of Berkeley,
Richmond, Oakland and San Fran
cisco. California, which fitted him
particularly for the work which he
now has in hand as townsite man.
ager.
In Mr. Ryus, the people of Ne
mana will always have a man that
they can go to with their troubles,
sure that they will be given due
consideration and fair treatment.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1916-09-23
STORE DEPARTMENT
UNDER H. P CURTIS
FREIGHT is COMING IN NOW;
MANY TONS OF RAILS ON
THE WAY TO NENANA.

The Stores Department of the
Alaskan Engineering commission Is
under Howard P. Curtis, a sour
dough of the vintage of '97. Under
this department comes the store, the
commissary, the general mess, and
the freight handling. Mr.. Curtis
has been storekeeper for the COM
mission since April, 1915, having
been appointed at that time on ac-
count of his record as a merchan-
disc man.
At the present time the commits
sion has a big warehouse and one
big store building. In the spring
a cold storage plant will be erect
ed and, according to Mr.. Bailey,
the division engineer in charge, a
much larger warehouse will be nee
essary. In this department, the
commission has its general mess in
an old log building, but within a
week or ten days the new mess
building will be ready for occu-
pancy.
Although it was expected that the
freight would be in Nenana much
earlier in the summer, it has been
coming slow. Now, however, every
boat is bringing large consignment
for the government, keeping a large
force Of men busy handling it.
Five thousand tons of rails are
on the way to Nenana or were ship
ped from Seattle OF these TOO
tons have arrived and are unloaded
and others are expected within a few
days. AS near as can be learned,
there is little hope that the whole
shipment of rails will arrive here
this year.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1916-09-23
.DRAF TSMAN NOW
HAS RES|DENCY
STEPHEN SHUMAN is ON THE
UPWARD CLIMB WITH THE
COMMISSION.

In Nenana, as we'll as in Fair
banks and Anchrage, friends of
Stephen Shuman will be glad to
learn that he has been promoted
from craftsman to a resident engi-
neer in charge of the first five
miles of construction out from Ne
mana. 49,.
In 1914, with the first party of
surveyors to come to the Interior
under Thomas Riggs, Jr, who had
just been appointed as a member
of the commission, was Stephen
Shuman. He came as a craftsman
That winter he went Outside and
worked in the Seattle office of the
commission. The following summer
he returned to Fairbanks and las,
winter he spent at Anchorage. Again
this summer here turned and is now
in the Interior for the remainde,
of his life. ...
He was appointed to his residency
the first of this month and is bus.
ily engaged with them at the pres.
ent time.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1916-09-23

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The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1916-09-23
CASEY BUILDING
LARGE WAREHOUSE
PROGRESSIVE BUSINESS MAN
. SHOWS CONFIDENCE BY IN
-: VESTING HERE.

A large and weIl-constructed warm
storage warehouse is rapidly near
ing completion on the waterfront in
the upper end Of town and should
be ready for the reception of goods
before the end of the present week.
The building, which is being con-
structed for William Casey, will be
rs 80 feet and two stories in
height, and in addition there is a cell
lar the full size Of the building.
Mr.. Casey also will construct a
building for cold storage on the
same property and he expects to
have both places ready for occupancy
within few days.
During the past week Mr.. Casey
received a large shipment of lumsS
Der and logs from Cinema, the great
er part of which he is using in
the buildings now under construc-
ton.
Mr.. Casey's A street building,
which may also be converted into
warm storage building later on,
is practically ready for occupancy
now, being one of the first large
buildings erected on the main street.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1916-09-23
v "0BSEEtQ;;
.HfRN=hRt
LEVER v|C|lAkT
ageh rs a Very Busy Deputy
hal and Robert b. Burns
.olds Court But Seldom
H. as Result.

the foundation of a COM
ssrsAiP -in--NeRaRa, there has
tile or no violation of the
eobert E. Burns, connmission-
i had but one case before
two months, principally be-
Deputy Marshal Jim Hagen
IN on the job night and day,
owing law breakers to get
in, their work.
5oat arrives in Nerfafa with
e deputy marshal being on
i give the new arrivals the
over If they do not look
. him he tells them that there
otter climate for them in otn-
,ons, and none of them have
to take. the tip"
his connection, the citizens of
i consider themselves FORUM
having such an experienced
During his career, Mr.. Ha-
as had an extensive exper-
as an officer, especially in
r towns and new mining
~ back in the early COS he
sheriff of Chehalis county,
ngton, for several terms, a
rat elected in a Republican
;. In the early days of Fair
he was a deputy marshal and
Of police. And now he is
Y United States marshal with
larters at Nenana.
missioner Burns was born in
20 and has been a resident
aska for the past five years.
3 that time he has taken in
tampedes to Nelchina and to
IA, being among the first in
camps, and now he is in
ia, the first commissioner in {
that promises to be one OF
ost important of the North.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1916-09-23
PIONEER BUSINESS MAN OF
THE NORTH HAS INVESTED
HEAVILY IN THE NEWEST
TOWN IN INTERIOR ALASKA.
HAS CONFIDENCE
AS TO THE FUTURE
PROPERTY HOLDER AND MER-
CHANT is BUILDING AND
SPREADING GOOD CHEER;
ENCOURAGING OTHERS.

Probably no man in Nenana is
more enthusiastic to the possibili-
ties and future of the town than
Ben Simson, a pioneer merchant and
builder of Alaska. Mr.. Simson has
invested heavily in Nenana real es-
tate and is now investing more
money in the construction of good,
permanent buildings that will be
a credit to himself and to Interior
Alaska. From him optimism radi-
ates. He is not only enthusiastic
himself, but has an over-supply
which he is spreading among those
with whom he comes in contact. He
was among the boosters at the sale
of lots at Nenana during the lat
ter part of August, when he pur-
chased five desirable lots, and has
been boosting ever since. He has
one new business block practically
ready for occupancy and will have
the other ready before snow flies.
At the corner of A and First
streets, he is preparing the founda-
ton for a big one story building.
1t will have a 50-foot front, and
the depth will depend entirely upon
how much lumber he can secure.
1t will have a big plate glass front
and will be up to-the-minute in ev-
cry detail. In this building he will
open up with a full line of ladies'
and gents clothing, furnishings, and
in fact everything that can be worn
by man or woman. This store will
be one of the NEST thoroughly
equipped in Alaska, he states, and
as the town grows he intends to
spread the store out to much great
er proportions.
At the corner Of Second and A
streets, he is erecting a two-story
building. This is practically ready
for occupancy and it will be but q
few days until the Arctic Pool
room, conducted by Mrs. Grace Per
usse and Frank Taylor, will move
into one Of the stores on the first
floor. The other half of the build
ing is now for rent.
In this building, the lower floor
is lined with steel, while the up
stairs is completely lined with as
bestos. This floor will be used for
office rooms and will be for rent as
soon as the structure is complete.
Ben Simson Is a pioneer from
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1916-09-23
RINGSETH PUTS
UP PLACE.

The warm storage building which
is being erected by Paul Ringseth
on the upper end of the water front,
Us rapidly nearing completion and
will be ready for the storage of
goods probably before the end of
the seprent week.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1916-09-23
NENANA, THE
FUEL DEPOT

+ CONTINUED from page u
ne big railroad shops will be at
nchorage, and only a small force
I men will be employed in the
pair shops in Nenana.
I Money Spent This Year.
Of the money spent for construc-
on purposes this year, approx
ately 100000 has been disbursed,
will have been disbursed in the
terror by the end of the present
seal year. This money is for wages,
I'd merchandise bought in the Tan
IA valley, and does not include the
oney spent Outside for supplies.
Schools Up to Territory.
The Alaskan Engineering commits
on will not interfere in the mat
fr of schools, this being entirely
, to the territory. The territory
Eust supply the teachers and the
hiding for the school. At the
resent time little money is avail
pie and it is doubtful If any elab-
ate school system or even sys-
m of any kind will be establish
before next summer.
Postoffice In Same Position.
The commission will not have any
ing to do with the postoffice eth
At the present time the com
ssion is furnishing small struc-
&c for the postoffice, but next sum-
er the postal department will be
oected to furnish a suitable build
"a.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1916-09-23
BAKERY BEING
PUT UP.

Nenana will soon have a first
class bakery. The building which is
being erected on A street by Henry
Rappolt, oldtime Fairbanksan, is
rapidly nearing completion and the
manufacture of bread on a large
scale will commence at an early
date. The new establishment will
be known as the Nenana Bakery.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
MIR. Root Again Impressive.

STEADY and conservative as a Quaker meeting
the New York State Republican convention proved
itself; otherwise the wisdom of waiting would not
have prevailed and it would have been carried
away by Elihu Roots mastery arraignment Of the
conduct OF the party in power and acclaimed him
the State candidate for President. Mr.. Root, bril-
liant lawyer that he is presented bill of partcu-
lars against the Democracy to which its orators
must respond between the months OF June and
November No new issues were raised in Mr.
Roots address; he merely grouped what Republi-
cans regard as the shortcomings OF their oppo-
nents and the effect terrific. AS the foremost
Republican of his State-Col. Roosevelt being
counted among the Bull Moosers-Mr. Root said
what was expected OF him, but such force, direct
ness and logic scarcely another in public life
today has at his command. If there anything
in his remarks to cause surprise it the very
earnest insistence that the United States shirked
its solemn duty when it failed to protest against
the ravaging of Belgium and the violation of its
neutrality. That emphatic enunciation Of a doc
trine laid down and many times reiterated by
Theodore Roosevelt must cause speculation and
conjecture.
There is no reason to assume that Mr., Roots
the Presidential nomination; nor need any one
believe that he would decline the nomination were
it offered to him He must be given full credit
for speaking for his party In speaking he pro-
claimed principles upon which either he or Col
Roosevelt could go before the people and sway
them nightly. few years ago the Colonel
might have balked at some of Mr.. Roots views on
the governments attitude toward business; today
he would indorse them heartily.
Assuming that Mr.. Root spoke in furtherance
of no mans ambitions, but with only the party's
success in mind, he proved more his right
to recognition as a great statesman profound
keen vsiened, vire and fearless powerful figure
unscathed OF his II years. In sympathy with his
politics none could hesitate to trust the nations
destiues to his direction. 1t would seem inevitable
that man who could present his party's case as
Mr.. Root presented 1t on Tuesday will be con-
sidered when its representatives proceed to the
work Of selecting leader and among the many
candidates he will be no small figure.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
Silver Due for a Rise,

"If silver will go to y cents an ounce the
mine owner will be making 5 much actual profit
as he did when silver was STANDARDIZED" said
well-known mining man the other day
And the statement is correct. New process
OF handling the various ores have been discovered
Methods Of mining that do not involve so great
expense have been adopted. Mining machinery
that saves time and labor has been invented
Give the silver miners of Colorado 7s cents
for their product today and there will be move
ment such as this State has never before known.
And, what is more silver is coming into its own.
The depleted treasures of Europe will demand
something more substantial than a fiat money
when the is ended. These nations may be
able to do business with this character OF cur
rcncy now, but in times of peace it will not
answer
There is not enough gold in the world to handle
present securities The demand for silver is grow
ing even There is a well-ounded belief that
those who in close touch with conditions are
investing in silver at its present price and hoard
ing it for the time when the demand will be much
better than today, and the price corrcspondingly
higher The owners of silver mines have a right
to be optimistic, for the lining to their cloud will
soon be reality rather than mere hope-Metal
Mining Journal,
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
h5zM%

A telegram received by the Ndjutaht
General OF the Army yesterday announced
that the transport sherman sailed from
Manila Tuesday for Nagasski The fol-
lowing were the military passengers.
Harry {. Hale rcOlOncI. Fifteenth Infan
Try: Paul ". Rasde ,secOnd lieutenant
Eighth Infantry. kenscN J. Hampton
tmajor =. Nj. c., Hugh d. Berkeley
Cmajor. b. NJ. CA; Hugh d. Berkeley
captain. Ninth Cavalry; George l..
Mitchell captain, Ninth Cavalry; Fred
eriok L. Buck captain. 9. NJ. c.: Philip
MowrY Ccaptain. Fifteenth cavalry: Will
ism r. MC''Ie,ry tfirst lieutenant. c. A.
ca: John n. Ellis (Nrst lieutenant, c. A.
60: Ronald peV. johnson Csecond lieutcn-
amt. Ninth Cavalry; Sidney :. la sCOSta
(second lieutenant. p s.: James 6. Morn
nGstsr (srting dGnta! surgeon. Geo -e
II. Koon veterinary, Thirteenth regiment,
United States Calvary: Frank II. Bur
ton captain. Fifteenth Infantry: Joseph
If. Cdsack captain, Ninth Cavalryr: Oscar
j.. Charles captain. Thirteenth Infantry.
Charles Z, Morton ,msjOr. =. s.; Lewis
IS. Morey captain Ninth Infantry Lloyd
p HnrsfalI first lieutenant Ninetieth
Company. {. A. c.: Charles y. Cecil ,frst
lieutenant. p. S.: Dorsey r. Rodney
Cfrst lieutenant. Fifteenth Cavalry: John
&C. Prince (second lieutenant. Ninth Caval-
department.; r. w. Austint second lieu
tenant. p. s.
Army officers who reported at the War
pepar tment yestC rday were Mai. p. +.
Pierce. General staff: Maj. T Osburn,
IC. A. c.: Lieut. A. q. Gutensohn. Signal
Corps; and Lieut.. Charles +. Fowler. re-
tired.
Among the navy officers registering at
the Navy Department yesterday We're:
l.ieuts. tJgl c. NJ. Jones, Naval Academy,
and j. :. Kerby. L. :. :. Vermont
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
The Presidents Tip in Iowa.

The uncouth Wcstcrncr in office always can
be depended upon TO SHOW Off if occasion offers
Recently State official of Nebraska was notified
by Col Roosevelt that his name must not appear
on the official ballot to be voted on at the coming
primary. The Nebraska official took week to
consider the matter, announcing that he might not
comply with the former Presidents request Now
into the spotlight When President and Mrs. VIII
son in Des Mones they tipped the servants
at the hotel in which they made their headquarters
The attorney general-his name is Corson-heard
about it, and with boorish pomposity notified the
receivers Of the tips they must not spend the
money, and if they did, under the law both donor
and recipient may be punished Punish the Pres
ident OF the United States for giving away money?
How is it to be done? Laws of sagebrush Com
monwealths do not reach the head OF this repub-
lic and even Western attorney generals should
know it-Ncw York Telegraph
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
The Herald's Army and Navy Department
Latest and Most Complete News Of Service and Personnel Published Washington

milan. Mr.. ToWnsley poured coffee
Mrs. Robinson served salad, Mrs. Dun
woody and Mrs. Macmillan served
lobster. and Mrs. Osborne presided AT
the punch.
Col and Mrs ToVnsIey gave = din
ner in honor of Lieut.. and Mrs Os-
borne and for LiCUts. and Nesdamcs
Murray. Dixon. Purdon, Nichols, Miss
TownsIey and Lieut.. Kslioch.
Col. and Mrs. Robinson gave din
ner for Capt and Mrs. Woroester,
cut and Mrs. Beere. Miss Helen
Townsley. Mr.. Henderson and Writ
Robinson.
Miss HaVerkampf has been the
guest Of Capt. and Mrs. Coburn. who
had dinner for Miss Haverkampf
Capt HaverksmpT Lieut. and Mrs
Householder.
Miss Dorothy Hayes OF Nashville
Tenn is the guest OF Maj. and Mrs
Timberlske.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Mauley had dinner
for Col and Mrs. Holt, Lieut.. and Mrs
Macmillan. Lieut.. and Mrs. Dunn,
Cen. and Mrs. Lockwood gave q din
ner party for Capts. and Mesdsmes
Rethers, Ennis, Godfrey. Harrington
Dnnwoody. Lieut.. and Mrs. Graham
Lieut. and Mrs. Householder. Chaplain
silver and Lieut.. Richardson.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

TO my way OF thinking, great
part Of this money IL wasted, for I do
not believe that the best results, or
even good results. are achieved by
the expenditure. II We got our money 4
worth, or anything approaching II. J
would be the last person Ia the world
to complain at the expense OF educa-
ton. But We don't get our moneys :
worth. The children in the public
schools are not being well educated
am sghast every day at the ignor-
ance 7 find among boys and girls Just
out OF the public schools.
They don't know how TO spell or
do any but the simplest sums IN arith-
metiC Their knowledge Of geography
and history is the hsziesL rnsy are
all taught 20 read like elOCuuouist
and their instruction sppesTs 10 end
about there The old fashioned stUdie'
are aba ndoned for a lot Of new-fsnsled
ideas. which are constantly being
changed and don't get them anywhere.
They have too many text books anc
their attention is spread over too msnN
subjects A boy showed me the othei
dsv the books ne wPs taking 10 schoo
with him. There vas an srmful or them
should think at least dozen. u
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
PROBE HEMP MONOPOLY
The Attorney General Investigate,
Charge sIssI Agency Violates Law.

Attorney General Gregory conferred
yesterday with representatives OF Ameri-
can financiers who are promoting a plan
10 handle the sisal hemp production Of
SuCatan, Mexico.
The object Of the conference was TO
shed light on e charge that the opera
tion of an exclusive selling agency for
the sisal monopoly Of Nucatan violates
the sherman antitrust law. The Attor-
ney General has decided TO withhold
judgment upon the applicability Of the
Sherman law until the conclusion Of an
investigation by the Senate Committee
on Commerce, which will be initiated to-
day.
The promotion OF the exclusive selling
agency scheme has been brought TO the
attention of the Federal oficisls by Md
de Western farmers organizations and
the International Harvester CorpeFs ton.
which Is a large manufacturer Of binding
twine, who claim that the price Of the
hemp to manufacturers OF binding tWine
already has been raised.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
Annapolis Notes.

Annapolis, Feb l6.-Miss Mary Evelyn
Cromwell, daughter OF Mrs. Richard
Cromwell. jr.. OF Cdtonsyille. Md, and
the afhaneed of Mdsn. New bold Trotter
Lawrence, jr.. OF Long Island, y, Y, a
member of the graduating class, Naval
Academy. was seriously injured in a
coasting accident and was unconscious
Tor some hours.
Prof. w. o. Stevens Naval Academy.
addressed the students Of Sovernu School,
at severpa Park, last week On The
Story of the Grade OF Midshipmsn."
The members of the John Paul Jones
Association, which had been in session
last week in Washington, visited the
Naval Academy ana the crypt in the
chapel where they lad wreath on the
tomb of the great naval hero. The Asso-
citation held = meeting to devise plans
for pre- serving the Grove. the house near
Halifax, y. Cr now the homo of Willie
Jones. where Paul Jones spent part Of
his DOyhood days.
Prof. and Mrs. Arthur Newton Brown
We're hosts ut a dtu.ncr last week in
honor OF their guest. Miss Harriet Lynch.
of Wilkes Barre. Pa. Among guests
were Capt. and Mrs. Eberle. Comdr and
Mrs. Hough, Med. Dir. and Mrs. No
Cormicl, and Chaplain sydney X. Evans.
Lieut.. George Donald Riley. C.A.C.. Is
here on leave visiting his father. vi.
Elihu s. Riley
Miss Eugenia BlanGin. daushteI OF the
late J. J. Blandin, .S,N., is suffering
from an injured knee, hurt in game
OF basketball.
The midshlpman's hop was one of the
largest OF the season. Mrs, Thomas r.
Kurtz. assisted by Mdsn. H. X. Lyle.
| received. Aisa Young, daughter Of
United States Senator Young and Miss
Eliza beth and suzane Chase, daughters
OF Cant. V. q. Chase, U.S.N. attended
the hop.
Miss Carrie smith, daughter of United
states Senator HoKe smith. is visiting
her sister. Mrs. Geor,e w. Simpson,
wife of Lieutenant Simpson.
Miss IIoUile Clark. daughter Of Capt
George r. Clark. U.S.N., and Miss Jean
cite Meutag que, daughter Of Senator Non-
tague, are visiting Med. Dir, and Mrs.
James G. Field.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
SEEN AND HEARD
< BY GEORGE MINER
Special Correspondent Of The wsshiassss Herald.
Icspyrisst 1919 Newspaper syxa,..s.,

New York, Feb. i6.--It costs nearly
ten million dollars more a year 10 run
the New York city educational sys-
tenn than II does 10 run the entire
city Of Chicago.
This astounding information was
given me by Don c. Seitz. who has
been making q study OF the question.
and purposes to get out a book eS-
posing the futility OF the present
system Of education in New York and
the reckless estrsvsgsnes II entails.
E&traVagance is, perhaps, to mild a word.
The entire expense Of running the
whole city OF Chicago is $4,000, 900 q
year" said Mr.. Seitz. 1T costs the
taxpayers OF New York more than
st2,OOo,0Oo a year TO run the public
schools in this city. II seems almost
incredible, but those are the figures,
and there is no getting away from
them.