The Nenana news., 1922-01-19
CLUB NAMES COMMITTEES
 TO BOOST TOWN INTERESTS


 ested in the welfare of the city, gathered in force at Union hall last night in response to the notice ap- bearing in The News on Tuesday. Dr. J. R. Bowen, president of the organization, called the meeting to order, with Bob Toussaint acting as secretary.
 The question of the transfer of the army post from Fort Gibbon to Nenana, and the opposition to this move by the commanding officer at Anchorage, were gone into in de- tail and, after the secretary had read all communications bearing on the subject, together with the re- commentators made by the post quartermaster at Fort Gibbon. the committee appointed to look after the matter was highly compliment ed by the club and was empowered to continue its labors along the lines followed, in cooperation with the secretary, until the desired re suEs are obtained.
 The secretary was instructed to communicate by wire with Lieut. Stetson and ascertain the present status of the proposed transfer of troops. in order that appropriate action may he take by he com mittee.
 The secretary reas d letter from Col. Mears relative % the visit of (. c. Jennings, who had been re- quested by the chairman of ne Alaskan Engineering Commission to look into the freight situa;ior in the Interior. with request that the Nenana Commercial Club .srass the matter freely with Mir. Jennings with view to arriving at an agree ment which would he of mutual benefit to the railroad and to ship pers. 4 committee composei of Alex Fowler, Herman Anderson, L. Anderson, Louis Johnson and Joe Fischer was appointed to act with the secretary, taking up the matter through the proper channels with the railroad officials, with a Jew 10 having desirable changes made. This committee also was empowered 10 go thoroughly into the question of freight rates, from Seattle to Ne mana, and points on the Tanana and Yukon rivers, for which Nenana isl the logical distributing point.
 The coming ceremony of driving the golden spike, commemorative of the linking of the coast and the h. terior by rail, was discussed at some length and it was the sense of the meeting that Interior Alaska should be well represented in the pageant to be staged on that occasion at Mckinley Park. The secretary was instructed to communicate with the Fairbanks Commercial Club and in- vise its cooperation in the proposed celebration.
 It is expected that an excursion train from Anchorage and one from Nenana and Fairbanks will be run to Mckinley Park and it is just pos sible that the visitors from the coast will have an opportunity to com plete the journey to the northern end of the line before returning to Anchorage. It is understood that the local Pioneers have offered to sup ply the golden spike on condition that il Is returned to the igloo after the ceremony, to be held by the oldtimers as souvenir of the oc- casion. The secretary was instruct ed 10 communicate with the Alaskan Engineering Commission and 10 in dorse this plan on behalf of the club. Herman Anderson was ap- pointed committee of ne to pre- pare a suitable banner to be used at the moving picture scenes to be taken at the spike driving cere- mony. =
 l. being the sense of the meeting that the club be reorganized, the move having been indorsed at a previous meeting, the sum of s2.00 was collected from those present, as dues, to be used in defraying the expenses of the organization.
 Orville Decker, who recently re-