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• The proposed Nenana-Kan
tishrra trail was discussed on
Sunday afternoon at a con
ference between the.Nenana
trail committee and Maior J.
C. Gotwals, engineer officer
of the Alaska Road Commis
sion, who arrived from th(
coast on Saturday, enroutc
to the Kuskokwim district
The'conference was arrang
ed with a view to enlistinr
the cooperation of the com
mission in the project so tha
a good trail can be built t(
meet the immediate needs o:
travelers to and from th
Kantishna. Those present a
at the meeting were Majo
uotwais, supermtenden
Dan Jones and Hawley W.
Sterling, of the Alaska Roa'
Commission, and Chairma
L. J. McCarty, Herman Am
erson, J. M. Burrows, And
Roth, Hennan Andersor
Frank Teufel, Alex Fowle: i
of the committee, and R. C
South worth, of The New.
The meeting was held in th
apartments of Mr. Roth, i:
the rear of the old postoffic
building, and the Anderso
map, showing the sgverr
broposed routes into th
Kantishna from the Govern
ment railroad, was displaye<
conveniently on one of th.
walls.
After hearing the argu
ments of the committeemej
hi favor of the Nenana rout(
not only as a source of im
mediate relief to the people
of the Kantishna, but also at
-a well as whiter traffic, Ma
jor Gotwals explained tha
while the commission had i
limited amount of monej
available? for emergency
work the road building or
ganization was somewhat
disbanded at this time, with
crews scattered to all parts
of th$ division, which would
make it somewhat difficult
to undertake any new work
in hand, as originally plann
ed, using such funds as
might be obtained locally for
the purpose. The major said
that he would return from
the Kuskokwhn during the
coming month and would
then make a trip over the
new trail for the purpose of
sizing up the route and esti
mating what additional
work might be required to
put the trail in first class
condition'for winter use. His
observations at that time
will-govern the action of the
commission. The committee
men are so sure of their pro
position, however, that they
anticipate no difficulty se
curing such aid as many be
needed .to complete the pro
ject. ,, ' _
J. M. Burrows has been se
tect$l ‘by the committee to
ntaifce^ reconnaissance of
the^otiiftry between Nenana
and the Tokat, where the
jHJWr trail will connect with
the eld Kantishna. trail, and
wiiljeave for r Knight's
roadhouse tomorrow, accom
pawed by George - Blondo
and Tew Jones., Starting at
l&dght’S they will slash
;&«rwaythrough the timb
er, following a direct line to
Nt-Jlrn, and after that is
don& the work of cutting
the trail will be undertaken,
dipddr Indirection of the
itteeThenew trail,
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enable travelers to and from
the Kantishna to save a day
each way, and their saving
in dollars before the breakup
will be considerably more
than will be expended by the
town in opening the trail.
MARBLE RESOURCES
SOUTHDtR ALASKA
Alaska marble was first us
?d, long before the coming
of the white man, by the na
ives, who carved utensils
'nd ornaments f rom some of
the more highly colored var
eties. The Russian . occu
pants of Alaska gave no
'eed to the marble, though
they may have utilized a
ew slabs for tombstones.
The marbles of southeastern
vlaska were among the first
of the mineral deposits of
he Territory to be mention
id in the official reports of
the United States Govern
ment . For many years these
arbles excited no interest,
or in spite of their favor
ole location on tidewater
here was no market lor
hem, and accordingly they
ad no value. Probably some
ime in the early nineties a
.ttle marble was quarried
;n Ham Island in the ,Wran
ell district, and worked up
nto tombstones, which were
old at localities near by.
These tombstones were in
:onsiderable demand among
Jiehatives, who learned
heir use from the white
nan and substituted them
for the crudely carved wood
en totems.
It was about 1896 that the
first Alaska marble deposits
on a commercial seal/, for by
;his time the rapid growth
)f the cities of the west
ioast had made a demand
for ornamental and building
stone. After some years of
■respecting hn the Prince
of Wales Island, a quarry
.vas opened near Calder, and
shipments were begun in 19
02. Since 1904 there has been
a steady increase in the mar
ble output of Alaska, which,
however, has practiclly all
come from st few quarries in
the Shakan-Calder region of
the Ketchikan district Al
! together, nearly $2,000,000
worth of marble has been
shipped, and most of it has
been used for interior decor
ation in modem public build
ings of the coast cities south
ward to San Diego, and some
has found its way as far east
as Boston and Philadelphia.
It is believed that markets
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LONG TRIPTOIIEW
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Major John C, Gptwals, en
gineer officer of the Alaska
Road Commission who ar
rived in Nenana on Saturday
has come to Alaska direct
irom the national capital to
make a winter trip through
the Interior districts for the
purpose of gathering first
hand information relative to
wagon road and trail needs.
He will leave for the Kusko
kwim district with Leonard
Seppala, of Nome dog racing
fame, and, upon his return
to this district in February
by way of Rainy Pass will
go into the Kantishna for a
look over that section of the
Intenor. After opening of
navigation he will be joined
by Col. JSteese, chairman of
the commission, and togeth
er they will make a summer
inspection of Interior dis
tricts, going first into the
Kuskokwim, where the com
mission has a road project
under way between Ophir
and Tacotna. Col. Steese will
come down the Yukon on
one of the fifst boats.
Both Major Gotwals and
the chairman went to Wash
ington during the early win
ter to further the commis
sion’s new and comprehen
sive road program for Alas
ka, involvng millions of dol
lars for a period of years.
They were successful in get>
ting a recognition of the es
timates, which is about as
far as they can go. To get
Congress to appropriate the
sum requested, Major Got
wals says, is a matter that de
pends largely upon the acr
tion of Alaskans themselves
The solid backing of the ter
ritory he says, will help a lot
to put the program over.
One of Major Gotwals rea
sons for making the present
rip is for the purpose of ob
taining first-hand know
ledge of snow and weathei
conditions throughout the re
gion in which the commis
sion is building roads' and
planning their construction.
The program is a large one
and if carried out, will result
in a network of roads and
trails that will open the coun
try to the fullest possible de
velopment.
Major Gotwals was accom
panied from the coast by An
ton Eide who has charge of
road-building activities in
the Anchorage distrct. They
are guests at the Cooney Ho
tel.—Nenana News.
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M’Clanahan' Promoted .
Transfered to Astoria
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Mr. E. J. McClanahan, well
known in Southeastern Al
aska as the genial agent on.
the Standard Oil company’s
tanker supplying the can
nery trade since 1917, has
been promoted and transfer
red to Astoria, Ore., jvhere
he assumes charge of one.of
the largest sub-stations the
company maintains . on the
coast. Mr. McClanahan waa
formerly on the ill-fated
“Georg eLoonus/’ which]
foundered offCobs Bay^ Ore i
December 1918. ♦->-'•■ • '-]
Pending the, construction,
of a new tanker^PetroteUm"
n”has been inthe southeast:
em service.
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JOHN A. NELSON, Manager.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
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