The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-11-03
HELP YOURSELF

tlnally Jne lneNltdOlS IL Soiii4S
to pass. The coal resources of
Alaska are attracting the attention
of coal regions in other parts of our
country. Note what the Advcr-
tiser, a newspaper printed 1T Hunt
ington, W. Va, says:
with the object of quic!. ing
the industrial development Of Alas
ka. that is expected to follow the
building of the government railway
there, Uncle Sans bureau of mines
has recently made a number of tests
to ascertain the quality of the min
eral resources there with encourag-
ing results. A quantity of Ignite
a type of low-grade coal that does
not stand transportation because of
its tendency to dry up and blow
away, was shipped in water-tlght
sacks to the bureau from the Ne
mana field with the purpose of find
ing out whether it could be manu-
featured into briquettes and made
available for shipment.
According to report made to
Van H. Manning, director of the
bureau of mines, this Ignite was not
only briquetted successfully, but 1t
was found to contain in this form
nearly double the heating and steam
ing value of the original Ignite
Here is wonderful and large
field for development by the Ne
mana Commercial club and the peo-
pie of the town of Nenana. Let
them start something now along this
line. There should be one or more
concerns making and handling this
coal, by and under the above method
during the year 1918. Let us be-
come aroused and alive to our own
interests. Start today, not like
the Spaniards, "manana" and this
will prepare the way and be a base,
as it were, for other industries, such
as an iron foundry, machine and
boiler shops, cement chimneys, thing
and building brick and paper pulp.
The raw material is, so to speak,
at Nenanas back door. Let us
make use of the manifold blessings
that nature has so lavishly given US.
These will attract other manufact-
ures in different trade and COM
merce lines and all mean for Ne
mana an ever widening and growing
dinner-bucket brigade, without which
there never has and never vii! be
town or surrounding country de-
velopment.
Start talking, writing, correspond
ing and advertising generally con-
corning the above subjects and the
uneXcelled present and future bust
ness and material opportunities that
Nenana and the adjacent district is
able to present Inform Outsiders
who and where we are and what we
honestly believe our district capable
of producing. Let US not delude
ourselves that the railroad, and that
alone will make Nenana. Admit
that it can and will work wonders
toward great and gratifying develop
ment, still a cold fact looks US in
the face and whispers, :'unless you
bestir and arouse from any possible
lethargic sleep into which you may
have fallen, this outside help will
avail little" Let virility show is
self in our every word and action on
behalf of Nenana and surrounding
territory Be optimistic. Wherev-
er you are, talk, write, eat and sleep
Nenana and her tributary great min
ing districts-Broad Pass, Ignite
creek, Bonnifeld Observation-Disclosures
er with the thousands of acres OF
farming lands. And don't overlook
the fact that Nenana is the gateway
for the oncoming great tourist travel
to and from that Wonderland of the
North American continent, Mount
Mckinley National park, and that
Nenana is PR. tea y the head OF
navigation, whore rail and the great
Pacific ocean traffic meet.