The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-03-08
COMMERCIAL CLUB
MET LAST NIGHT

held at the club chambers in the
Union Hall last night. There were
| only eighteen members present,
which is considerably below the
average for attendance
The meeting was called to order
! by R. S. Mcdonald, the chairman,
/ shortly after O'Clock, and after
the minutes Of the previous meet
! ing had been read and confirmed,
the following gentlemen were voted
on and duly elected to membership
! in the club: X. A. Finlayson, Alfred
! Ghezzi and George A Smith.
The secretary then read two COM
munications from Geo. ". Penning-
! ton regarding the roads to the ad-
jacent mining districts. Mr.. Pen
nington had had interviews with
Major Waugh, of the Alaska Road
commission and Woodbury. Abbey,
cadastral engineer of the General
land office, in regard to the build
! ing of the road into the kantishna
mining district and the Mckinley
National Park, and much valuable
data of great interest to the people
of the district was contained IN the
letters.
\ letter from Governor Riggs,
regarding roads, was also read.
/ The governor showed that he was
greatly interested in the develop
ment of the district and, in his
letter he promised to do all in his
power to help along these lines.
The reports of the various com
mittees were then called for. The
committee on roads and government
aid to prospectors had nothing to
report. The committee on mines
reported that it is now working
along altered lines and that a re-
port will be made at the next regu-
lar meeting Of the club. The com
mittee had received several maps
showing the surrounding mining
districts in their relation and dis
lance to the railroad and these were
placed on display for the informa
ton of those who may wish to con-
suit them.
. The appointment of an officer
whose duty it shall be to visit the
mining districts and ascertain wheth
er or not the assessment work re-
! CURED under the law has been done
was discussed at some length, and
! the suggestion was offered that the
Commercial club memorabilia the
! territorial legislature. urging the
appointment of such officer, but no
action was taken. 1t is possible
! that the suggestion will be acted
upon at the next regular meeting
of the club.
The Commercial clubs represent
ative on the Board of Associated
| Charities then stated that an agree
! ment had been arrived at whereby
the board will get so per cent of
| all the pools started in the town
/ on the breakup of the river, the
money so derived to be used at
the discretion of the board in worthy
charities. The ice pool started by
Mr. McAuley was taken over by
I! the board and will be run along
the lines indicated, the winner of
the pool getting so per cent of the
total collected from the sale of
chances. Mr.. Slippern, who is chair
man of the board, said that if much
opposition develops, the board will
probably abandon the idea of run
ming pool. .-
The excursion committee reported
that the excursion was a success
all of them said they would go again
if similar excursion was gotten up.
The committee appointed to make
arrangements for the formation of
a fur center reported that they had
made the choice of a room which
appeared to be eminently suited for
the purpose of placing the furs on
display. The room, which is in w.
A. Coghill's store, was cosidered by