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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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. Southworth.-.-.Editor »nd Manager
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A BUDGET SYSTEM.
!
Uncle Sam has for the past few
years been exhorting everyone to
practice thrift, but has been guilty
himself of the wildest extravagance.
With wonderful patriotism the peo
ple have responded to appeals to put
their pennies into thrift stamps and j
their dollars into Liberty Bonds, but
at the same time the Government j
itself has been guilty of the preatest j
looseness and extravagance in the j
expenditure of billions. The people j
have been lenient because of the j
overshadowing necessity to win the j
war, but the time for leniency is j
now past, declares the editor of
Leslie’s Weekly.
During the war it frequently hap
pened that the Government made i
forecasts of the money that would!
be needed, and these forecasts prov-!
ed later to be billions of dollars I
out of the way. The public will;
no longer stand for such lack of |
method in Government finance. With j
a war debt of twenty-five billions j
and a burden of taxation such as
we have never had before, the peo
ple will demand that the Govern
ment shall have a plan in making
all appropriations and in providing
the necessary revenue. This means
the adopting of a budget system by
which the Government will look
ahead just as an individual or or
ganization does, planning expendi
tures to come within income and
seeking source of revenue to meet
necessary expenditures.
The budget is not a party mea
sure. Mr. Taft, when President,
labored to secure its adoption, but
was unable to overcome the oppo-1
sition of the spoilsmen of both par- j
ties. In the last presidential elec-'
tion both of the leading parties de- j
dared in their platforms for budge- j
tary reform. In the last Congress j
each branch passed a bill calling i
for the appointment of a commis- j
sion to report a plan for a budget
system, but neither bill was adopted
by both houses. Measures provid
ing for a bureau of the budget and
for an accounting department are
before the present Congress.
Certain essential features in budg
etary reform are pointed out by
Chairman John T. Pratt of the Na
tional Budget committee. Upon the
President must be placed the re
sponsibility to furnish a complete
work plan of the administration,
with estimates of revenue and ex
penditures to carry it out. Upon
Congress must be placed the re
sponsibility of considering all an
nual revenue and appropriation bills
at the same time, and of enforcing
a system of audits and reports
which will enable Congress intelli
gently to supervise the work of the
administration. At present the Gov
ernment operates through ten de
partments and Congress through 135
committees, 29 of which have power
to originate appropriation bills.
These departments and committees
may all be jealous of their pre
rogatives, but the taxpayers who
have to pay the price of lack of
unity and oversight and system de
mand the adoption of a national
budget.
It is interesting to note that the
new charter of the city of Philadel
phia provides the budget system.
Municipalities and states need it as
much as the Federal Government.
It is the only thing that will save
the people from a crushing burden
of taxation.
THE SOUTHWEST
Mining is rapidly reviving in
Southwestern Alaska, notwithstand
ing the shortage of mine labor and
high cost of production, says the
Juneau Dispatch. ,
In the Copper River district the
Kennecott corporation has shipped
in about 200 men during the past
30 days in preparation for drawing
the Mother Lode ore by way of the
Bonanza mine, a working tunnel
having been driven during the past
year from the main level in the
Bonanza mine. This ore is shipped
via the Copper River & Northwest
ern railroad to Cordova and re
shipped via steamer to the Tacoma
smelter. It is believed the corpora
tion will be shipping ore regularly
within the next 30 days.
The Alaska corporation is another
company doing considerable devel
opment work, as well as milling a
good grade of free milling gold
quartz in that section. Also the
North Midas Copper company has
started work on a promising gold
quartz property about 12 miles
from Strelna on the railroad. . Ole
J. Berg is in charge of this prop
erty.
Across from Ellamar both the
Fidalgo Mining company and the
Alaska Mines corporation are work
i ing. These properties are gold
quartz. At Ellamar, Manager L. R.
| Middlecamp is working a small
| force. This property was unable
I to ship during the past year on ac
' count of lack of transportation to
I the Tacoma smelter,
j At Latouche the Kennecott people
| are increasing production, having re
j cently shipped in additional men
j from Juneau. Manager Fozard is
confident that the production there
can be materially increased. The
only oil flotation plant in Western
Alaska is being operated.
SCIENCE LECTURER IS
NOW ENROUTE OUTSIDE
| Charles I. Ohrenstein, Christian
i Science lecturer, who addressed the
people of Nenana this week, left
Fairbanks for the coast this morn
ing by way of the overland trail,
accompanied by his wife. They are
making the trip on a Burgess-Kar
stens auto, on which Assistant Dis
|
I trict Attorney Pratt is also a pass
j enger.
Mr. Ohrenstein lectured at Fair
banks last night.
H. S. Wilson, assistant superin
tendent of the American Railway
Express company for Alaska, left
Fairbanks today for the coast, trav
eling by way of the overland trail.
PUBLIC LEGAL
AID IS SUCCESS
IN SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO, Cal.—In a report
made by P. A. Whitacre, recently
appointed by the San Diego Bar as
sociation as public legal aid, the
attorney shows that during the two
months the office has been in exist
ence he has received more than 125
calls for advice.
The office of public defender was
established to conform to the pro-'
visions of a legacy left by Lieuten-!
ant Dewitt C. Mitchell, who died j
while in the military service of the ‘
United States. Lieutenant Mitchell, 1
before entering the service, was an ■
attorney in this city. Control of j
the legacy and disbursement of the
funds thereby provided was left to
the San Diego Bar association.
Few of the cases submitted to
the public defender have been car
ried to the courts, an amicable set
tlement having been arranged wher
ever possible.
Persons applying for relief or
defense who are found to be attempt
ling to usurp privileges to which
they are not entitled are sent else
j where. The public defender has had
[little of this to contend with, how
lever, according to his report, “and
no trepidation need be felt by the
worthy applicant.”
The trust stipulates that:
“All persons who shall apply to
said public attorney for his aid and
■assistance and who shall appear to
[him to be in need of an attorney
‘shall be beneficiaries of this trust,
and said public attorney shall prose
cute or defend their legal rights
or give them legal aid or defence
as the case may be, providing, how
ever, that said public attorney shall
not engage in prosecuting or de
fending matters of a criminal na
! ture nor in the conduct of divorces
i or annulment suits, but shall con
jfine his services to matters of a
[civil nature.”
Requests for relief are varied and
cover all classes of civil litigation.
Many former soldiers and sailors
have called for aid.
The trust was not established pri
marily as a charity. The only
charges, however, are for filing and
other costs. A stipulation in the
terms of the foundation shows that
it was planned to “help him who
helps himself.” The will says:
“I hereby subscribe to the view
that persons who have saved a little
money or other property, and who
are in danger of losing it, are more
worthy of help to preserve what
they have laid by, than persons who
have not had the foresight or self
control to lay by savings.”
Lieutenant Mitchell’s mother, Mrs.
Austin W. Mitchell, has enlarged the
scope of her son’s legacy by sup
plying funds for the maintenance of
an office in a centrally-located build
ing. Stenographic, telephone and
other service has also been fur
nished.
Whitacre was appointed May 5
to serve one year, successive ap
pointments to be made by the Bar
association for one-year periods.
A phonograph was recently played
on the subchaser 310, and by means
of a wireless telephone the crew of
the Vicksburg, which was a mile
away, danced to the music. The
phonograph was placed in the pilot
house of the 310 underneath a wire
less telephone transmitter. A re
ceiving set aboard the Vicksburg
caught the vibrations and the men
aboard the cruiser danced to
“Smiles” for a half hour.
Xenana. Alaska’s Interior Fuel Depot
One steel safe and a dozen pokes
for coarse gold is an order that was
received in Anchorage recently by
H. W. Nagley of Talkeetna from
Captain C. F. Griffiths, who, with
his associates, is operating on Peters
creek, in the Cache Creek district.
WANT ADS
[F YOU WANT YOUR SHOES re
paired, bring them to B and 4th
Sts. Ladies’ Shoes a specialty.
J. McLean.
FIFTEEN MEN WANTED to cut
wood. Five dollars per cord;
good timber. A. G. Vachon, Tan
ana. U8-10
FOR SALE — Showcase, 5% feet
long. Practically new. Cheap.
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
my report
SHOWS INCREASE
IN CONUS
The weekly force report of the J
Alaskan Engineering commission for j
the period ended August 2 shows a
material increase in the number of
stationmen, or contractors, in this
division, a total of 18 having be
gun work on the Tanana Valley
railroad, with a decrease of 2 on
the Nenana-Fairbanks new line. One
stationman’s laborer also was added
to the list during the week, bring
ing the total to 56. The number
of stationmen shown in the report
is 236.
The payroll employes of the Com
mission totaled 612 during the peri
od under reveiw, a decrease of '!
for the week.
The distribution of labor was as
follows:
Camp 1, general . . 54
Camp 1, electric .. 10
Camp 1, corral . 6
Camp 1, construction . ... 66
Camp 1, store . 25
Hospital . 12
Townsite . 2
Section 1 .,. 9
Sections 2 and 3 . 9
Section 4 . 10
Section 5 . 9
Surfacing No. 1 . 94
Surfacing No. 2 . 93
Camp 415 . 22
Track 2 . 41
Camp 423 . 22
Camp 432 . 9
Camp 440 . 11
;Camp 449 . 40
Camp 454 . 10
Kenana, W>ere Ball* and River* Meet
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NEW GOODS ARRIVED
Bananas, Grapefruit, Oranges, Lemons
Apples, Rhubarb, New Spuds
Onions, Ham, Bacon,
Lard, Cheese and Eggs
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FOWLER & MORRIS
AT
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
Tom Smith, Prop.
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BLANKFIELD EXPRESS
Clean Dry Wood for Sale
OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL
Hauling of All Kind*
RESIDENCE PHONE
Location party No. 5
9
Total . ...563
Fairbanks office . 4
T. V. R. R. 43
Grand Total . 612
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Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE RENTALS
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LIFE INSURANCE
(New York Life)
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the moat reliable companiea
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
FOR RENT
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second and Fourth Tuesdays
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission *
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south ef
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
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 com- **
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
! be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Wednesdays and Satur
days at 8 p. m.
On and after july 15th the freight
I on the North side of the river at
i Camp 415 dock will be shipped out
i Tuesday and Friday of each week,
j leaving at 7 a. m., until further
i notice.
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ALASKAN DEALER. IN
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Alaska Building 127 W. 27th Stmt
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transportation charges prepaid. Ship by Insured Parcel Post or
Express. Ship in dry condition. Always enclose an itemized
list of contents with name and address. Also place duplicate
list, on the outside of package or bale. All payments are made
by check on the Seattle National Bank, or in any other manner
desired. Special instructions, if any, must accompany shipment.
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