The Nenana news., 1917-12-15
CLUB MEMBERS DISCUSS PLANS
 ID HELP TOWN


 mana Commercial club are producing results. At each gathering of the members, the needs of the com munity are discussed thoroughly and numerous reforms have been in augurated which promise to assist materially in promoting the interests of Nenana and the districts tribu- tary to the town.
 The Kantishna road project was brought to the attention of the club at the meeting held last Sunday, at the office of Commissioner Burns, and steps are to be taken immedi- ately to provide the people of that district with better transportation facilities. MT. John c. Murphy ap- peared before the club and explained in detail the work that already has been done in this connection.
 It was pointed out that a suitable road into the Kantishna would serve the double purpose of providing the miners of that district with better means of ingress and egress and at the same time make the new McKin- ley National park accessible to tour ists, many of whom can be attracted to the Interior country when it is known that the great mountain can be approached within easy viewing distance. The distance from the railroad, at Lignite, to the boundary of the park, is fifteen miles, and when the park is opened to tourists all of the travel doubtless will go by that route, providing suitable roads are built.
 The club also took up the matter of food conservation in Nenana and a committee of w. H. Grigg, M. J.. Cooney and w. A. Coghill was ap- pointed to confer with the mer- chants and owners of restaurants with view to inaugurating meatless days and other savings in food con- sumption in Nenana. When this matter was up for discussion, it was suggested by number of the members that less rigid enforce ment of the game laws would enable Interior Alaskans to- have meat in abundance, without drawing heavily upon the Outside markets. It was pointed out that large quantities of wild meat are being killed for dog feed in the hills, while residents of the towns are denied the privilege of enjoying the benefits of this natural resource. The committee on conservation also was instructed to confer with officials of the Ne mana Labor union with view to the inauguration of saving days at the commission mess houses.
 A committee consisting of Herman Anderson, J. Cassin Williams and J. A. Slippern was named to confer with the members of the school board on the matter of the school tax levy. Secretary Joseph informed the members that the assessed valu- ation of the town as fixed by the school board is s75O,oOO, and that a tax of five mills had been levied to meet school requirements.
 Questioned regarding fire protec- tion, Acting Townsite Manager W. H. Grigg informed the club that the mains laid during the fall were ready for the water and that nothing further could be done until the com mission we'll had been completed. The work on this well, he said, had been seriously delayed by the cold weather. The members of the club were invited to visit the fire hall for the purpose of familiarizing themselves with the mechanism of the chemical apparatus. upon which the town at present is dependent for protection.
 Robert E. Burns reaG to the club letter he had received from the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, ask ing the cooperation of the Nenana Commercial Club in securing a modification of A bill now before congress, providing for the sale of coal lands in the States and exclud- ing Alaska. A resolution was then presented and passed, urging con gress to place the coal lands of Alaska also on sale, as an induce ment to capital to develop the fields.
 The names of J. Cassin Williams and Paul Palfy were presented for membership and accepted.