The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-04-21
Personal Mention


from the coast yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Benson are recent ar
| rivals from Fairbanks. They intend to
locate here permanently.
| Jac!: Pratt an old-time restaurant man Il
in the North arrived on the Robson auto
stage the first of the week. <>>>>>>>>
| Dutch Rodegket returned Tuesday
from the upper town. bringing with him
| a big load of supplies for tine Tavern cafe.
| Mrs. Michael Cooney returned to her Axemen
| home in Nenana the first of the week
after short combined business and
| pleasure trip to the upper town. Bakers
| Reports from Fairbanks state that the
fre1ghters operating between that town
and Nenana have announced freight Brakemen
increase to ten cents pound between Blacksmths
the two points.
| Mrs Lewis Larson arrived on the Rob-
| ison stage the first OF the week to join
her husband, who to town short DUH CoohS
| time ago to engage in the real estate bus
ness with Robert +. Burns. looks
! Capt. George Green of the steamer
Reliance reached Nenara from the Out
side the first of the week, and after
short visit here went to Fairbanks to get
his boat in readiness tor the
| season.
I T. A. TIaney of Fairbanks was a visitor =
in town several days the latter part fthe
week. He is on his to the headwat Doctbends
ers of the Nenana where he has spent Enr;noors
the past several seasons developing
| quartz properties.
Mrs 7. c. Kellum returned to Nenana
the first of the week the Robson auto
stage and expects to make Nenana her
permanent home i'll the future. She states
! that she has leased her Fairbanks resi-
dence to Lipman Snlson.
Oscar Weber and Isador Stem, who Firerlen
/ have chartered the steamer Teddy H.
i and will operate her with two barges be-
tween here and Fairbanks this season,
were in town the first of the week Foremen
matters of business nature.
Billy Butler was among us again during
the week. When Billy comes to town
he doesn't visit; he crculates, and there
fore the statement is apt He says that
he made the trip down from the upper
camp in nine and one-half hours, with
an hour out for eats at Eat 'enup's,''
and Mr.. Fowle, whom he had a pas
senger, veri6es his statement. Billy will
not tell what brand he feeds the dogs.
II c. p Hickok, who stationed here
the latter part of last agent for
the A. Y. T. and who has been Outside
during the winter months reached town
the first of the week to prepare to handle
!. the volume of business which will be flunKleS
transacted by the company at this point
this summer. He states that he has as Holsters
yet been unable to definite oca- Janltors
ton for his Offices, but expects to be Packers
established in few days.
1 7. R. Fowle. proprietor of the Fair
banks Clothing company, spent several
days in Nenana during the week taking isoi'iieh
orders for summer suits for the Royal
Taors for which firm he is the Fair oIaOie BOSS
banks agent Mr.. Fow1e displayed very
complete line of samples and states that oectohmeh
Nenana will be of the best dressed lapemen
camps in the North this summer if the IeamSters
orders he booked are any indication, and
1t is his opinion that they
| Jack Bellerby who stationed here
last fall as wharhnger for the A. Y. T.
arrived in town this week to his
duties for the coming SEASON He s a. Watchmen
present overseeing the work of thawing;
out the barges near town preparatory to
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