THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
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RED MEN INSURANCE.
Despite popular belief that the,
civilization forced upon him by the"'
white man means his ultimate ex-1
tinction, the North American Indi
an, reviving from a long period of
decadence, has shown such substan
tial increase in population in recent
years that he probably is scarcely
less numerous today than when Co
lumbus discovered America.
Startling as this assertion may be
to those who have pictured \meri- ,
can forests in the discoverer’s time j
as swarming with red men, it is I
freely advanced by experts of the !
Government’s Indian bureau, v/hc j
maintain that the Indian necessarily i
formed an exceedingly scant popula
tion, which probably at no period;
exceeded the total of 333,702 Indi- !
ans reported by the bureau for last
year.
“The Indian no longer is to be |
thought of as a dying race,’’ de- |
dared Dr. Lawrence W. White, an
Indian authority of the bureau. “In
support of that statement s it is
necessary, in the first place, to dis
abuse the public mind of the tradi
tion handed down by discoverers
and early colonists that American
forests in their day swarmed with
the dusky figure of the red man.
As the Indian neglected agriculture
almost completely, it is highly im
probable that this country, consid
ering its latitude, could have sup
ported more than several hundred
thousand of his race."
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BY LARGE MARGIN
LONDON', March 2.—Former Pre
mier Asquith has been elected to
parliament from Paisley constitu
ency by a big majority. His elec
tion overshadows all political ques
tions and is recognized as a notable
personal accomplishment, and it is
expected that has return to parlia
ment will have important conse
quences in English politics.
Fresh Groceries, Fancy and Sta
ple. Fowler & Morris.
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Second class mail, inbound, was
reported at Salcha today and should
reach Fairbanks tonight or tomor
row. The whereabouts of the in
coming first class mail is unknown
at Fairbanks.
Fred Douse left for Fairbanks to
day. He plans to return to Nenana
on Friday and will then hit the
trail for the coast by way of Broad
Lee Murray, well-known Brooks
businessman, arrived in Nenana late
yesterday on a business visit. He
made the trip over with dogs.
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William McFarland, until recent
ly in the employ of the Tanana
On the other hand, Dr. White :
continued, the Indian in the present j
day, after periods of sharp decrease j
following as a natural reaction to
sudden contact with the civilization j
of the white man, is seen to be j
makin.tr substantial pains in popula
tion.
‘•While many estimates or guesses
of the Indian population were made
durinp the past century,” said Dr.
White, ‘‘ranging from less than
100,000 to 400,000, the first relia
ble census was made by the Indian
bureau in 1870, when the popula
tion was placed at 313,712. So
fipures demonstrate that in the last
fifty years the Indian population has
made a substantial net pain.”
Pointinp to statistics which show
an excess of births over deaths of
1,522 in 1910, and almost as great
an excess in 1917, normal years
which were not affected by the epi
demic of influenza, Dr. White de
clared these fipures “fully reflected j
the penerosity of a povernment that |
has increased its Indian health ap-;
rropriation alone from $40,000 in I
1911 to $350,000 in 1917 and sub
sequent years." They demonstrate,
he said, that with the schools, hos
pitals and other advantages now
provided for him, the Indian, be he
tribesmn or freedman, is “not a
dying race, but rather a flourishing
one.” Had he been treated as other
nations have treated savage tribes.
Dr. White concluded, there prob
ably would not be a “vestige of the
race within our republic today.”
Valley railroad as fireman, was an
outgoing passenger on the Sheldon
stage on Sunday.
Frank Dunham, of the Red Cross
drug store, Fairbanks, won the Cas
key automobile which was raffled.
The drawing took place at Thorne’s
theater, the winning number being
72.
! W. II. Newton, Healey river trad
[er, who came to Fairbanks several
days ago on a buying trip, started
on the return trip today. He re
. ports very little snow in his district.
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| Mrs. A. R. Heilig, wife of the
well-known Fairbanks attorney, left
! Seattle on Sunday enroute to Fair
I banks, after a stay of several
I months in the States. She will con
jnect with the Sheldon stage at Chit
ina.
BIG LOAD OF MAIL
Fred Nichols, owner of Paxson’s
roadhouse, is enroute over the trail
from Chitina with a large consign
ment of second class mail, the ship
ment being part of the accumula
1 tion of the winter which the de
partment has authorized moved un
der emergency contract.
It is expected that Nichols will
reach Fairbanks before the end of
the week.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
Hand-Painted
CHINA
CROCKERY
AND
GLASSWARE
CLOSING OUT NOW
AT
DISCOUNT.
SIMSON’S
DEPARTMENT STORE
ISLAND OESERI
HILO, Island of Hawaii.—Kilauea
volcano, which during the closing
months of 11)19 produced an erup
tion surpassing anything of its kind
in recent years, opened 1920 with
another magnificent spectacle which
had not been paralleled since 1868.
On December 22, lava from Kil
auea forced its way up through the
floor of the Kau desert, six miles
distant from the firepit of the crater,
and by New Year’s day observers
were watching a flow of molten
lava, six miles long and 100 yards
wide, traveling southward through
the forest of ohia trees at a rate
of three miles per day. An inner
channel of the flow was making as
high speed as 12 miles an hour at
the source, and welling from springs
twelve feet across.
As the molten lava cut into the
forest the trees were set afire, many
of them being quickly burned thru
at their bases and carried along up
right in the flo.v like ranks of giant
torches.
The location of Kilauea’s most
recent outbreak is along the rift
line of 1868, left by the terrific
earthquakes which rocked the island
of Hawaii in that year. The rift,
clearly defined, runs from the
southern rim of Halemaumau, the
“house of fire," or firepit of Kil
auea, through the south wall of the
main crater, and thence to the sea,
20 miles away, in a series of wide
parallel crevasses. The new flow,
however, has not made its appear
ance along the rift at a point closer
tovthe firepit than six miles, where
jit has welled up through the thickly
■lava-coated desert floor of Kau.
| From the rift line many molten
'fountains could be seen spouting 3<i
!feet in the air. Heavy fumes were
■emanating from the earth along the
entire line of the rift.
, Kilauea’s latest outbreak is the
.culmination of a long period of
tremendous activity, caused, say the
volcano observers, by underground
pressure of lava which was not re
lieved by the recent discharges from
the crater proper.
As the desert flow increased, the
lava level in Halemaumau continued
to sink, until volcanologists prophe
sied that the pit might be drained.
Miss Leota Scott has returned to
Nenana canyon, where she enjoyed
a several-day outing. Miss Scott
reports that she gained three pounds
in weight while on her trip into the
wilds.
Attorney Thomas A. Marquam and
Miss Olga Roy, both of Fairbanks,
were quietly married in the upper
town on Saturday evening. The
ceremony was performed by Judge
Bunnell.
WANT ADS
TWO TENTS FOR SALE—One 10x
12, and one 12x14. Inquire News.
THE DWYER HOME FOR SALE.
Terms reasonable. tf
TWO GOOD DOGS for sale. Inquire
for S. E. Gardner, at Cooneys.
WELL-FURNISHED two-room cabin,
with stood water and lar<te cache,
for sale cheap. Inquire News
' office. tf
WANTED—Position by woman as
cook in camp. Inquire at News
office.
WANTED TO P.UY—Two or three
stood doits. Must be cheap. In
quire at Terminal.
FOUND—Bunch of keys. Inquire
at Central Cafe.
FOR RENT—Suite of three rooms,
suitable for liptht housekeepinjt,
with heat and light and hot and
cold water in connection. Also
office rooms, at The Arctic.
FOR SALE—Two-room house, part
ly furnished, with lot. Desirable
locality. Inquire News office. tf
FOR RENT—Cascade laundry. Fully
equipped and with established in
come. No cash required. Inquire
at Arctic.
10 BUILD BRIDGES
In compliance with a request from
the Nenana Commercial club, for
warded to the upper town some time
ago, the Fairbanks Commercial club
has given its support to the cam
paign inaugurated for the immedi
ate construction of railroad bridges
over the Tanana and Xenana rivers,
so as to insure through communica
jtion with the coast by the time
'tracklaying has been completed.
The Fairbanks club has taken the
matter up in a wire addressed to
Chairman Mears, who is now in
Washington. The wire follows:
“Urge favorable consideration of
proposition of Xenana Commercial
club relative to early construction of
bridges over Tanana and Xenana
rivers. We believe, with a bonus on
gold and available coal for fuel,
j mining activities of this region will
be so stimulated that benefit to
railroad in increased revenues will
j offset any added expense incurred
i by bringing bridge material via the
j rover route, instead of over rail
road as now proposed.”
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Nenana, Alaska's Interior Fuel Depot
GLYCERINE MIXTURE
FOR APPENDICITIS
Xenana people can prevent appen
dicitis with simple buckthorn bark,
glycerine, etc., as mixed in Adler
i-ka. ONE SPOOOXFUL flushes the
EXTIRE bowel tract so completely
it relieves ANY CASE sour stomach,
gas or constipation and prevents ap
pendicitis. The INSTANT, pleasant
| action of Adler-i-ka surprises both
.doctors and patients. Leaves stom
ach clean and strong. A. D. Thomp
son, druggist.
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NENANA LODGE No. 1193
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MEETS AT MOOSE HALL!
Fourth and B Streets
Second and Fourth Mondays:
At 8:00 P. M.
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ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER, i
Secretary Dictator. I
Dr. I. R. BOWEN
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Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
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Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
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 Nenana).
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 of A street on Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
Camp 415 (North N'enana). for
Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
1 p. m.
The following is the schedule be
tween North N’enana and Fairbanks,
subject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7 :U0 a. m.;
arrive North N’enana, 11:30 a. m.
Leave North Nenana 1 :00 p. m ;
arrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m.
No tickets will be sold crossing
the river. Those intending to trav
el to Fairbanks must make the:r
own arrangements for reaching
North Nenana.
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Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
During the last season we conducted an advertising campaign
throughout the North and are prepared to send you the names of 4
people in all sections of Alaska and the Yukon who will verify our
statements.
Our excellent Eastern connections, and the tremendous 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,"hut 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 can 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.
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GOLDSTEIN &
JUNEAU, ALASKA