The Nenana news., 1917-06-09
Personal Mention


 the general land office, arrived in Nenana Thursday and will remain in the district ten days or more. He made the trip down river in a canoe stopping of al the varIous wood campst to check up timber and investigate conditions generally.
 Mrs. Theo. Brakke Is recent arrival in Nenana and will reside here perula- nently. Mrs. Brakke will be interested in the new pool hall and cigar store which will occupy a large part of the building now being erected at the corner of First and 4 streets.
 Roy Lund came up from Tanana dur ing the week i'll his launch, bringing six passengers, all of whom have secured positions with the Alaskan Engineering commission. Lund purchased the launch at the lower river town and will use 1t during the season between Nenana and Fairbanks.
 !. 4. Slippern Is adding second story to his building, next to the News office
 Postmaster NJ. $. Love has been III Fairbanks during the past several days.
 ]. (. Vanorslel, of the Commission commissary office force, went to Fair banks during the week on 8 business visit
 NJ. E. Bennett, an old,tiine Yukoner. has been assigned to the position of cash fer i'll the Nenana office of the American Yukon Navigation company
 !. Casson Williams, special distursing agent ot the Alaskan Engineering con- mission, left for Fairbanks this morning to act temporarily as purchasing agent for the Panama Valley railroad which Is now being operated under lease bv the Commission. NIT. Williams will be re- lleved by John Rapp as soon as the latter qualities for the position he is to hold.
 Mrs. Lysle Launeister returned to Fairbanks today after spending ten days with her husband here. .=. .:.... Mrs. Mellish Is erecting q oue-story building on the 4 street property she purchased recently from Sylvester How ell. The building will be occupied by a millinery and lajles' furnishing store The Midnight Sun arrived from Hot ! Springs last evening with load of freight for the Commission.
 The work of replacing the poles of the Commission power system with combiua- ton poles is progressing rapidly under the direction of Construction Foreman Jack Roman. The upper arms of the new poles will carry the city telephone system which will soon be installed. Ernest Beisoit, baker at the Tavern cafe, has been or the sick list during the past several days.
 Launch owners report that the water in Cinema slough Is very low, although navigation is not quite 50 difficult as was the case at the beginning of the season, when the water was the lowest on record.
 Travel on the river at present IS very much in the direction Of Nenana, all the boats plying on the Tanana reporting that many more people arrive here than depart. Kenneth Case, O. the Alaskan Engiu- eering commission engineering force, has been promoted 10 resident engineer, and has been assigned 10 Residency No. i, otherwise known as Nenaua Crossing, where he will relieve 4. ]. Chandler, who will take party to Lignite creek to locate the branch line which Is 10 tap the coal fields. Engineer Case and his party left this morning.
 Bob Crawford and Bob Maher have joined one of the survey parties and will spend the summer along the right-of-wav south of Nenana
 Finean Delaney, son ofthe we'll known contractor, Is a recent arrival in Nenana