THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
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FISH HATCHERIES AND
PROTECTION.
For every $4,000 taken out of the
Alaska fisheries, Congress has seen
fit for a number of years to give
back one dollar; that is, remarks
the editor of the Ketchikan Chroni
cle, it has believed it was doing
that. Alaskans generally will not
burst with generosity because of
this magnanimity of Congress, which,
while the sum was entirely inade
quate, would not have been awful,
were it not for the fact that 80
cents of every one of those dollars
was taken to build a bone factory
at the Pribilof islands, and six cents
for the transfer of Alaska fish to
. the coast of Maine for the benefit
of the Eastern coast industry.
So, ftihe Government, on this $50,
000,000 in fish which is taken out
annually, actually gives back to
Alaska approximately $25,000 for
the propagation and preservation
of its greatest present day industry.
No more is given, despite the fact
that tens and hundreds of thousands
are collected in taxes.
Under the fisheries bill prepared
by the Alaska Fisheries commission,
provision is made that three-fifths
of all revenue collected outside in
corporated towns from the fisheries
.■■'hall go into the territorial trea
sury into a “fisheries fund" for the
preservation and propagation of food
fish. This annual income, without
any assistance from Congress, will
‘be more and will make it possible
to do more for the benefit of the
industry than was ever done before.
It will mean that every salmon
stream in Alaska can be cleared
out, that men doing the work can
be paid a proper wage and not a
miserable stipend such as is now
offered by the bureau of fisheries
for grown men. It will mean that
hatcheries can be built and streams
can be well policed to see that the
laws regarding them are well en
forced.
This feature of the bill is at
tractive in that it is putting back
into the fisheries money that is
taken from it, and it is put back in
such a way that it will bear interest
for this and future generations.
As for the hatcheries, under the
new bill the fish commission which
is to liave its headquarters in Alas
ka will be authorized to build fish
hatcheries and#vill be provided with
the neccessary funds for the work.
The question of hatcheries is a
moot question, with many men en
gaged in the fishing business of the
opinion that it is the salvation of
the fisheries. Others are of equally
strong opinion that they are worth
less. It is a fact, however, that
the hatcheries In some localities,
particularly along tire Columbia riv
er, have shown such results as to
warrant Alaskans in giving them a
good trial, even at considerable ex
pense. Under the present fisheries
law, which ha3 been operative for
many years, no provision is made
to provide hatcheries of any conse
quence, and these sections of the
proposed bill are but further rea
son swhy the taxpayers of Alaska,
the people engaged in business and
in tiie fisheries, should urge Con
!gress to give it serious considera
I .
jtion.
There have been so many fish
| eries bills introduced and none of
' them acted upon that the public be
gins to pay little attention to them
when they are presented, and in the
meantime the fish dwindle. Atten
tion must be given and the demand
must be made, and from Alaska,
that some action be taken to pro
tect and foster the fishing industry
! in the waters of the North Pacific.
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ALASKA TRANSPORTATION.
The opposition of union labor,
| added to that of those engaged in
water transportation and the gen
eral objection to public ownership
and operation of anything- in com
petition with private enterprise,
seems to preclude the possibility of
securing authorization for a Ship
ping Eoard line of steamers Alaska.
President Furuseth of the Seamen’s
union, points out the Alaska (Ju
neau) Daily Empire, is so strongly
opposed to government control of
transportation that he says the gov
ernment ownership of ships means
the government ownership of men.
Added to this situation is the cir
cumstance that the constituents of
senators and representatives in Con
gress who are also interested in
Alaska transportation are mostly
shareholders in or officers and em
ployes of transportation lines.
On the other hand, there seems a
(disposition on the part of the fed
eral Shipping board, Western mem
ber? of Congress and others to co
operate with the Territorial Ship
ping board in securing better and j
cheaper transportation service to;
Alaska through other means.
The suggestion of aid for lines
of steamers to operate from the
larger to the smaller towns in the
Territory is a good one. It is the
:system that is in use everywhere-!
Ocean lines usually have but one
•port of call on a continent, de
1 pending upon local lines for the
■distribution of passengers and car
Igoes. Successful steamship lines
1 where the routes are long rarely
.have more than two or three ports
; of call at either end, and frequently
:only one. That is the only way to
;maintain schedules, and experience
Jshows that it counts for economy in
'operation and lower rates for the
(greater number of people.
Further, that system encourages
the establishment of wholesale
houses at the larger towns, where
large stocks of goods may be kept,
;thus insuring expedition in the de
! livery of orders to the smaller towns
land serving the convenience of ev
1 erybody.
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MAKE HEARING HOT
(Ceatiaaed from Page Oae)
Canadian clients had requested him
to “lay off the transportation bill.”
Governor Riggs, General Richard
son, and John E. Ballaine were'
What I Stand For
I am a candidate for National Committeeman of the Republi
can Party to be elected April 27th, and I stand for the following
principle*:
I am not a politician and never ran for office before. I belong
to no political machine or combine and am under obligations to no
clique or faction.
I am opposed to machine domination in Alaska and if you elect
me I will take my orders from the people and nobody else.
While my home is in Anchorage, where I received the unani
mous indorsement of the Anchorage Republican Club, composed of
over one hundred fifty members, I will work for the entire Terri
tory of Alaska first, last and all the time.
If you elect me I will do my utmost to see that each locality
or division shall name the officers of that locality or division, and 1
will fight bitterly the appointment of anyone outside of Alaska
to an Alaska office.
Alaska has been my home for 23 years, winter and summer,
and I feel sure I know what Alaska needs.
The time has come to put an end to outside dictation in our
affairs and I believe what Alaska needs Is more firesides and fewer
carpet-baggers.
The only way to rid Alaska of machine politicians is to vote
against them. People of Alaska, I am making this fight for you
and I want your help. You deliver the votes and I will deliver
the good*.
J. E. CHOvilN.
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among those present at the hearing,
in addition to Semmes and Wiek
ersham.
Semmes told the eommitteemen
that it would be possible to save a
million dollars annually in the oper
ating cost of Alaska steamship lines
by the co-ordination of traffic on
definite routes and the maintenance
of regulav schedules. Rut this will
be impossible, he said, as long as
three-fourths of Alaska tonnage in
private service handles the cream of
the traffic, contributing nothing to j
the year-around service for the com-1
mon benefit of the Territory.
Alaska customs figures for 1913, j
he pointed out, show a total of 1 f>7,-!
552 net tons entering Alaska from
the States, not counting the boats
of twenty tons or less. This in
cluded Canadian ships of 5,000 net j
tons; independent American lines, j
22,000 net tons, and private own-1
ership more than 120,000 net tons.
Asked if the estimated revenue
of $450,000 would be sufficient to
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make segregated routes attractive at ]
reasonable rates and also on sched- j
ule and meeting the postoflice re-:
quirements, he produced figures J
which he claimed would prove that
Canadian'companies had been helped
by the contracts as proposed. He
said that if contracts were given j
American ships in Alaska along cer
tain routes to make it possible for
them to continue the service, addi
tional contracts would be forthcom
ing quickly, and that lines that are
now unprofitable would be made to
pay, and tourist traffic would be in
creased materially in many sections.
Semmes said that his plan for
transportation in the North will not
interfere with the Canadian boat
service or with the privately oper
ated ships, but will simply make
them contribute to the year-around •
service, which will be the first com- j
mon benefit.
The contract plan, he said, will
eliminate present wasteful practices
and duplication of sendee and direct
business in channels which will be
profitable. He said that increased
rates recently proposed can be pre
vented and all rates materially re
duced by his license and contract
plan, but that no regulation will be
effective which extends only to one
fourth of the tonnage, without any
control over the other three-fourths,
and no power to require contribu
tion for support to the year-around
service and the unprofitable part of
traffic to isolated places.
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NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
chase tickets before entering trains
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is in
the employment office, on the ground
floor of the General Office Building,
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at Camp 415 (North Xenana).
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can be
purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
the foot cf A street on Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
Pamp 415 (North Nenana), fur
Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
1 p. m.
The following is the schedule he
tween North Nenana and Fairbanks,
subject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7:00 a. m :
arrive North Nenana, 11:30 a. m.
Leave North Nenana 1:00 p. ra ;
arrive Fairbanks, 5:3# p. m.
No tickets will be sold crossing
the river. Those intending to trav
el to Fairbanks must make their
own arrangements for reaching
North Nenana.
Trappers anil Trailers of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
During the lest season we conducted an advertising campaign
throughout the North and are prepared to send you the names of
people in all sections of Alaska and the Yukon who will verify our
statements.
Our excellent Eastern connections, and the tremendewa amount
of mail order business we are receiving from all parts of the
States for furs made to order enables us to turn our stock quickly
at a reasonable profit, but we must have fur, for which we guar
antee top prices.
Make us a trial shipment. If our price does not suit you, the
goods will be returned charges prepaid.
WE MAKE FURS TO ORDER
at more reasonable rates than ean be obtained Outside. At present
we are working three operators, and need others. If you are an
operator and finisher, and want a good year-around job, com
municate with us.
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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