THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffico at Nenana, Alaska,
for eniry as second class mail matter, nnder the Act of March 3, 1879.
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ANCHORAGE MAN WRITES
ABOUT RAILROAD PROGRESS
The following “letter to Dan” ap
peared in a recent issue of the Seat
tie Alaska Dispatch:
A Letter to Den
Anchorage, Nov* £5,. 15*20
Dear Dan: I take my pen in hani
to let you know how lays the 1* nd
up here- where the carpet-baggers
claim to carry out the Government
aim. Time was, old pacd, when a
Sourdough, thoroughly tried end
weighed, you know, jy the judgment
of men of mettle and breed, was the
man who was called for in every
need. But here in this burg where
Government rails are trying to con
nect with pirate sails, they call on
the kid from counter and school
esteeming the Sourdough a nut or a
fool.
And Dan, they make blunder so
droll yet claim ’twas because the
creek had not even a name—hadn’t
been surveyed by a putteed son from
Podunkville or Washington. An<l
the bridge goes out—cause, rotten
cement; but the bridge engineer is
deeply intent with laying the blame
on a roughneck lean, who shoveled
the sand through a large raeshe1
screen.
It s enough to make a Sourdough
swear, to watch their maneuvers,
Dan, I declare; but all you can do
is to bide your time, till the red tape
road has reached your mine.
And they’re all so busy holding
their jobs—these freshman kids and
Panama snobs—while your claim in
Kantishna is waiting the day when
the iron trail will make it pay. But
now since it’s Harding, the newly
elect, and the fourth of March is the
next prospect, the heads are leaving
with bulging grips, for Washington
on business trips.
Yes, the weather is cold and we’ve
nothing to burn but mine run coal
not worth a durn; yet it's four years
now since the U. S. A, started in to
make the coal mine pay. And’ the
navy bunch has come ashore to open
up one coal mine more,, and we’re
hoping this chap, the nav.y gob, will
do a better coal mine job.
Oh, the real folks, Dan, are just
the same, staking their poke on any
old game that seems to promise a
gambler's chance; we pay. the fiddler
for Wilson’s dance. But the* deal
goes to Harding March the 4; he’ll
shuffle the deck and even the score;
so here’s hoping, Dan, when the ice
goes out, there’ll be a new trump
with a railroad scout at the head of
the job who knows the game of
bridging rivers without a name; and
laying rails on glacier flats—who
doesn’t parade in puttees and spats.
We’ve had our fill of misfits and
old, and military guys embroidered
with gold. What we need most, it’s
plain to see, is a practical man with
a big “savee.”
in the snowniplaM,’4 A.fbgkqcmfw
Well, so long old pard, I’m hop
ing to see your face up here in
the spring. Yours truly
MAC D
A large first class mail arrived
from the States on last night’s
train.
| WICK DONNING WAR PAINTj
TALKS ALASKA SYNDICATE
James Wickersham, six times del
egaterelect to Congress, has jumped
the political reservation, put on war
paint and declared war on the Re
publican organization in Alaska, ac
cording to a report from itfee terri
torial capital. Couriers are spread
ing. tidings to remote sections of the
territory summoning lieutenants of
Wickersham and councils of war
are being held ready for open war
fare at Washington on March 4,
when Senator Harding takes his
oath of office and takes charge of
the affairs of the nation, including
Alaska. The war declaration results
from the announcement of J. C.
McBride, Republican National com
mitteeman for Alaska, that he will
back George C. Hazelet, of Cordova,
for governor of Alaska.
“I will do everything in my power
to warn President Harding of the
danger of the situation, and every
thing possible to defeat the appoint
ment of Hazelet and every man in
dorsed by the Alaska syndicate
combination,” is the announcement
made by Wickersham in his war
declaration.
Wickersham claims Hazelet, who
was delegate to the Republican na
tional convention, and Thomas Don
ahoc, of Cordova, Democratic na
tional committeeman, elected Mc
Bride through big majorities in the
Alaska syndicate precincts of Cor
dova, Efak, Latouche and Kenne
cott, and says the issue is now
squarely presented to President
Harding:
“Shall ithe Alaska syndicate, in
addition to its present control of
Alaska transportation rates, copper,
coal and other natural resources
on public domain in Alaska also
have control of Alaska through the
appointment of its agents and serv
ants as governor and judges?”
A fight was anticipated over the
governorship, says the Juneau re
port, when Wickersham returned to
Alaska. He now has political friends
circulating petitions over the terri
tory urging him to become a candi
date for governor. Friends of Me
Bride declare the Alaska syndicate
cry is an old issue and will have
little weight in Washington.
Few former supporters of Wick
ersham in Seattle can be found who
are willing to follow him in the
fight. Most of these men say they
are waiting the announcement of
McBride regarding other territorial
and divisional appointments before
taking issue, for the reason they
believe McBride and the territorial
committee will be fair in distribu
tion of* patronage, and the ambition
of Wickersham to be governor is
a personal affair. And many believe
Wickersham has weakened his po
sition by claiming the governorship
without regard to the ambitions of
many of his supporters who are
seeking appointments.
Judge Wickersham, the report con
tinues, hast been a prominent figure
in Alaska politics for twenty years,
during most of which time he has
faced a hostile party organization.
At the November election, it is
| pointed out, all fictions of the party
united to elect the Republican ter
ritorial and legislative tickets. The
victory was a complete one, and
party harmony prevailed until dis
tribution of the party pie was dis
cussed. Then discord arose and the
warriors dug up their political
knives.
Regarding Hazelet, the report
says there has been a feeling in
Seattle for some time that he would
be opposed for the appointment of
governor, but that the indorsement
of him by the Republican organiza
tion in Alaska is believed to have
added greatly to his strength.
RICKERT TELLS OUTSIDERS
ABOUT INTERIOR RESOURCES
“The Tanana Valley Agricultural
association is the most unique or
ganization on record,” declared Ter
ritorial Representative-elect P. J.
Ricket recently in Seattle while a
guest at the Alaska bureau of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Be
fore leaving Interior Alaska, Mr.
Rickert announced that he would
advertise Alaska during his stay in
the States, and he began his pub
licity campaign immediately upon ar
rival on the Outside.
“We estimate how much garden
produce our section will require
and raise that amount,” continued
the veteran farmer of the Fairbanks
district. “Our association has a
central warehouse. We fix a definite
and fair price for produce and then
spll it, adding a trifle each month.
For instance, our price for potatoes
after the crop was dug was five
cents a pound and when July rolled
around the price of spuds was only
six and one-half cents in Fairbanks.
Do not think we do not have lettuce,
tomatoes and nice things for the
table in winter for our fanners
grow these in hot houses in the cold
months. It would be an education to
those who think that Alaska does
not have a future as an agricul
, tural areo to see what we farmers
produced last year and see the prices
' at which we sold our product.”
“It will take 500 new farmers
ten years to supply the markets for
these commodities”, continued Mr.
Rickert, after he had explained that
after deciding how much acreage
to plant to produce to meet the
community requirements, the surplus
is planted to wheat, oats and hay,
of which there is a great shortage.
Mr. Rickert predicted that Alas
kans will be back in - the territory
as rapidly as they left it during
war days, and the return of the old
timers will be a good thing for the
territory. He also predicted that a
revival of mining would follow a re
turn to normal conditions, and call
ed attention to the fact that coal
can be bought at Fairbanks at $9
a ton. “Alaska is going to be a
i place for homes” he said in con
I elusion, “and it will settle up rapidly
; under the right laws.”
After a short stay in the Spirit
'City, the Fairbanks farmer left for
, the East to further his candidacy
for the marshalship of his home divi
| sion.
SMALL FISHING OUTfItS
TO BE IDLE THIS SEASON
It is doubtful if any of the small
; shore plants at Ketchikan will can
| salmon during the coming season,
. according to a statement made in
| Seattle recently by Senator J. R.
I Heckman, who is financially interest
led in the Ketchikan plants, and who
j went Outside for the purpose of
| conferring with his associates in the
j fishing business.
| Regarding operations in the Ketch
: ikan district in the near future, the
senator is optimistic. He says over
fishing has been carried on to such
an extent that the present crisis
. was bound to result, but the hopeful
spirit in which all canners face the
situation indicates the fishing in
dustry will slowly return to a stable
and lasting industry of the terri
tory.
Senator Heckman has shown his
confidence in Ketchikan by the erec
tion of an $80,000 store building.
This project was financed by the sale
of local bonds, most of which were
subscribed to by local people.
ARRIVAL SAYS OLDTIMERS
COMING BACK TO ALASKA
In the opinion of J. H. Miles,
Nome mining man who arrived from
the States last night enroute to
the Bering sea district, the return
of oldtimers to the Northland, of
whom there will be many come
this year, will do more to develop
| Alaska than all we can reasonably
| hope the new administration will do
for us. By that Mr. Miles means
that our prosperity must come from
I the inside rather than from Wash
ington. Prospectors are the big need
of the country, he believes, and he
predicts there will be many come
j to Alaska this year and in the years
. to follow, driven from the Outside i
j by unfavorable conditions.
' Mr. Miles, who comes direct from
I California, where the gold mining!
! districts are working hard to insure J
i the passage of the McFadden gold!
, bonus bill, expresses the fear that
| the measure will never become a I
j law. He thinks the bill might have
1 been passed last year, if Western
i congressmen had rallied to its sup
i port, but he regards it as too late
! now to get favorable action for the'
! reason that pricey are lowering and
| because there is more opposition
| now than there was last year, both
j bankers and manufacturing jewelers
j being arrayed against the bill. The
i bonus is as much needed in Califor
! nia as it is in Alaska, he says, most
of the big outfits being closed down
in consequence of the prohibitive
cost of operating.
General conditions are better in J
California than elsewhere on the!
j Pacific coast, largely due to the i
| fact that shipbuilding operations in j
J California have not been curtailed, j
as they have been in Washington
and Oregon. There is considerable
complaint among California farmers,
however, because of their inability
to market crops at what they regard
a fair price. Mr. Miles cites the case
of rice farmers, who are unable to
get more than three cents a pound j
for their product, while the price
quoted consumers is ten cents.
The Oreville section, where Mr
Miles lives, escaped the recent cold
snap which threatened much of Cal
ifornia’s citrus fruit. Oreville is in
the northern citrus belt, and most
of the fruit had been picked before
I the cold weather came. But there
i has been an unusually heavy fall
; of rain in that section, the total up
ito the time Mr. Miles left home
| being about 30 inches, several times
j the normal rainfall,
j Mr. Miles has been engaged in
^ mining in the Nome district since
1014 but has been Outside during
the past two years. He is going back
now to superintend the moving of a
! dredge from Bangor creek, where
j the paystreak has been worked out,
to Anvil, where the machine will be
operated during the coming season,
it is expected that there will b>
.considerably more dredge mining i,n
the peninsula during the coming
season than there was last year, as
a result of the lowering in the cost
j of supplies and the prospect of a
i more plentiful supply of labor, of
j which there was a great scarcity
last season.
; Mr. Miles is looking for a dog
j team with which to make the trip
down river. He is a guest at the
Southern hotel.
GASOLINE EXPLOSION FATAL
TO MANY MEMPHIS PEOPLE
MEMPHIS, Jan. 25—At least 25
residents of this city, mostly negroes
were killed here on Sunday as the
result of the explosion of a gasoline
tank car. Fifty others were injured.
Tlie explosion occurred near the
filling station and is supposed to
have been caused by a spark.
A row of frame building nearby
were wrecked by the explosion and
windows were shattered within a
radius of fifteen blocks. A large area
of the city also narrowly escaped
| destruction in the fire which follow
ed the explosion, only the prompt
work of the department averting a
big disaster. A large gas plant lay
directly in the path of the flames.
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NOTHING BUT THE VERY BEST BRANDS—LIPTON AND
RIDGEWAY’S TEAS, PRIDES AND TEAGARDEN PRESERVES
CRAWFORD’S ORANGE JELLY AND MARMALADES.
HARDWARE AND MEN’S FURNISHINGS OF HIGHEST GRADE
SUNKIST ORANGES AND LEMONS—DELICIOUS APPLES
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FOWLER & MORRIS
WANT jADS
WANTED, TO BUY—Don team. See
J- H. Miles, at Southern Hotel.
FOUND— One stray dog. Short,
heavy-set, black and wooly, about!
70 pounds. Owner can recover by!
paying for advertising and feed of |
same. E. M. Keys, Moose creek,
Moss Station, A. E. C. railway.
FOR SALE—Team of five dogs and
basket sleigh. Team includes good
leader. Inquire at News office.
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Coast Train Schedule
Train leaves Gold Creek forj
Anchorage on Sunday and Thurs-1
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Train leaves Anchorage for Sew
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9:00 A. M.
Train leaves Chickaloon for An- i
ehorage, via Eska on Tuesday,'
Thursday and Saturday at 7:30
A. M.
Nenana Train Schedule
Trains leave Nenana for the end !
of steel four times a week—on ■!
Monday, Wednesday. Thursday and i
Saturday.
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Baked Chili Beans, hot or not;
The Coffee and Sandwiches are fine,
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Service, noon until after show
CHRISTINE BRODESEN
Third and A Streets
Fred Douse writes from Los |
Angeles that large employers are'i
cutting down their forces in South
ern California and that there are
many on the idle list in consequence.
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