The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-03-22
MINING INDUSTRY IS
DISCUSSED AT CLUB

S2AS @NSAoAo NIuD was
held at the club chambers at the
Union Hall last night
With about twenty members pres
ent, Chairman Mcdonald called the
meeting to order shortly after 8
o'clock. The visitors present at the
meeting were Messrs John A.
Davis, superintendent, and Paul
Hopkins, chemist, respectively, of
the Bureau of Mines.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and confirmed, after
which the secretary read several
communications regarding matters
of interest to the district One of
these was a communication from
the Tanana Valley Agricultural
association, regarding the prevail
ence of tuberculosis among cattle
imported into the country and meas
ures taken to arrest the spread
Of the disease in the Tanana valley.
The secretary told of the steps hav-
ing been taken by him, on behalf
of the Commercial club to supp,.,t
the efforts of the Tanana Valley
Agricultural association; and on
motion duly made and seconded,
the club supported and endorsed
the secretary's action.
The roads, mines, government
aid to miners committees had moth
ing to report at the meeting. The
fur question which had been tabled
at the last meeting was brought
and as the committee appointed TO
look into the matter was unable
TO report further progress, it was
decided to let the matter be il
allegiance for the time being a Least
The Board of Associated Chari-
ties was next heard from J. A.
Sipoern stated that strong opposi-
ton to the activities of the board
in the matter of the ice pools was
encountered. Il would appear. he
said, that the scheme whereby tn
board proposed TO appropriate half
Of all moneys collected on the ice
pools. for the purpose of carrying
on Cal. table works, had been gem
orally very strongly opposed, and
he thought that this mode Of COL
lecting funds would net work, and
recommended that the matter be
dropped. DR., Diven then told of
a committee appointed in a town
in the States he had been at some
time ago, whose duty it was TO
exercise supervision over any and
all schemes set on foot for charitable
purposes. This committee did not
handle any funds, but made it their
business to see that moneys col
lected for aiding people in distress
was done in a proper manner, and
that only just sufficient for the pur-
pose was 50 collected.
After some discussion on the suo-
ject, on motion duly put through,
the representative of the Nenana
Commercial club on the Board of
Associated Charities was duly with
drawn, and Mr. Gilcher, the clubs's
representative. was notified that
his activities on the board had
ceased to exist
The question of the income tax
and its application to Alaskans on
the same basis as TO the people
more favorably situated was dis
cussed at some length, but no &C
ton was deemed necessary.
The chairman next introduced
John A. Davis, superintendent #
the Bureau of Mines, and called
upon him to address the club re-
garding the scope, purposes and
activities of the American Mining
Congress. Mr.. Davis, who is no
stranger to the membership of the
Commercial club, then very clearly
told the club all about the Ameri-
can Mining Congress and the good
work it was doing for the mining
industry.
The American Mining Congress,
ne said, had its inception about
1901 in napyar NoloS T.