The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-12-21
CLUB TO ISSUE
SPECIAL NUMBER
Of DAILY NEWS

definitely decided last night to in
augurate a publicity campaign thru
the columns of the Nenana Daily
News, the chief feature of which
will be the publication of special
of the paper at an early
date, in which will be set forth fully
the many resources and attractions
of the Nenana distric- In addition
to the publication of the special
edition, the club will mail number
of copies of the regular daily edi-
ton of the News to various points
in the States for the purpose of
Nenana and keeping
Outsiders informed regarding con-
ditions in Interior Alaska
This action of the club was taken
upon the recommendation of a COM
mittee appointed at previous meet
ing and the same committee will
have charge of the special number.
Their plan is to publish an edition
of from twelve to sixteen pages,
and to place copies of the paper
in the hands of Nenanaites at
special price, for distribution. Or
the club will mail copies of the
paper direct to such addresses as
may be turned in to the committee.
This plan of distribution, it is ex-
pected, will cover the cost of is
suing the special number, of which
there are to be three thousand
copies. The committee in charge
of the advertising campaign con-
sists of w. A. Ryan, Dr. r. R. Myers
and w. H. Gilcher.
The committee appointed at
previous meeting to interview A. D.
Thompson, which reported verbally
week ago, handed in written
report last night, which was ac-
cepted and the committee discharged
Dr. J. R. Bowen made inquiry as
to what would be done with the
new people the club hoped to at
tract to the district. He suggested
as a solution that an effort be made
by the town to raise funds for grub
stalking prospectors, who would be
sent out into the nearby hills to
look for minerals, John Ketooroky
also advocated such plan, and in
formed the members that he had
given the proposition much thought
in the early Fairbanks days, to the
point almost. of organizing a com
pany to send prospectors out, The
was not called upon, by the intro
duction of a motion, to go on record
either as favoring or opposing the
grubstaking plan. The majority Of
those present, however, appeared to
share the belief that it would be
impracticable to do anything along
that line at this time.
Frederick D. Browne advocated
the commencement of a campaign
to secure the construction of wagon
roads into the Kantishna and other
promising districts tributary to Ne
mana and the government railroad,
and after several other members had
expressed similar viws, a committee
of five was appointed to take the
road matters in hand and to serve
the club as a permanent road COM
mittee.
Andy Hoey brought the quaran.
tine matter to the attention of the
club, by asking Mr.. Browne if he
considered it probable that the quar-.
antine against Fairbanks would be
lifted in the near future. He ex.
pressed the view that, inasmuch as
Fairbanks is maintaining quar-
antine against the coast, the Ne
mana quarantine against Fairbank.
is not necessary. He argued further
that the quarantine is hinderinf
preventing Fairbanks families from
coming to Nenana to reside. He
also claimed that the quarantine as
maintained by Nenana, is not being
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