THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska
for en;iy as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3,- 1879
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THE KILLING OF CLARENCE
THOMPSON.
The attencion of Dr. William T
Hornaday and the gentlemen of
Congress is most respectfully called
to the killing of Clarence Thompson
near Chichagof by a brown bear.
Clarence Thompson, explains tlje
Alaska (Juneau* Daily Empire, was
a young man in the full vigor of
life. He was a capable young man
—a worker in the logging camps
and a constructor on surface struc
tures about mines. He had been tn
Alaska several years, and a perma
nent citizen of the Territory—just
such a robust, virile man as this
pioneer Territory needs to help in
its constructive development.
And he was a patriotic citizen of
the United States. When the news
flashed across the continent that the
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Congress had declared a state of
war to exist between the United i
States and Germany he was among |
the first to try to get into an Alaska
regiment if one was to be formed.
He waited just long enough to dis
cover that there would be no state
or territorial regiments and that the
selective draft law would not quite
reach his years. Then he enlisted
as a private in an engineering regi
ment. He was among the first to
reach France and among She last to
leave. He gave two years cf his
time, and hazarded his life, in his
country's service on foreign soil.
And his time was valuable too, for,
as said, he was a capable young man
and strong and industrious.
The war over and his discharge
secured, he came back to Alaska
as straight as an arrow from the
archer’s bow. and to work. He did
not spend time loitering in the cities
of the East. He knew where there
was man's work to do, and he came
to it just as he had gone to war.
A few days ago a sprained wrist
told him that he must rest his arm
for a day or two that he might
be fitted to work in his accustomed
manner. But he could not lie en
tirely idle, so he took his rifle and
went up a nearby creek. While
in the woods he ran into a brown
bear that was devouring the carcass
of a deer—one of the choicest of
Alaska’s game animals. Before he
could defend himself, the bear was
upon him, and in the twinkling of an
eye this young, vigorous Alaskan
worker and former soldier of his
country had received his death
wound.
' This is not a new story. It is the
account of one of many similar
tragedies that have occurred in Alas
ka. They have been so frequent
that the reputation of the brown
bear as the most ferocious and dan
gerous of all American animals has
been established.
Yet Dr. Homaday and Eastern
sentimentalists who have come un
der the influence of his egotistical
mouthings and self-professed superi
ority in all things are much per
turbed in fear that Congress may
remove the protection of the law
from these man-killers. They want
that Congress should continue to
protect these animals that feed on
our flesh and blood, that they may
provide occasional thrills to interest
•satiated millionaire sportsmen, club
men and cabaret habitues of th-t
! East. ,
The Empire believes in law and
, order. It believes in the enforce
ment of law. It believes that good
; citizens should obey the law. But,
without hesitation, it believes k to
be the duty of the people of Alaska
to kill brown bears whenever they
have opportunity to do so—it be
lieves they should shoot them and
trap them, slay them in any manner
their ingenuity may devise, and let
the law which protects them go
hang. The people of Alaska have
cried out against this law for a
score of years. It is on the statute
books over their long-continued pro
test. Congress would repeal it if it
were not for the activity of the
asinine Hornaday and a few other
asses who ought to know better.
The question is one of self-protec
tion, and in the name of Clarence
Thompson, dead citizen of Alaska,
and other victims of brown bears,
the legislature of Alaska should
thrown down the gage of battle on
this proposition. It should pass a
law providing a bounty for killing
brown bears. It is a question of
protecting human life on the one
hand or pandering to the absurd
profession and vanity of a consum
mate faker on the other.
REACHING OUT FOR MORE
LABOR.
Any movement favoring the re
peal of the literacy test for immi
grants deserves encouragement, de
clares the New York World. Re
peatedly vetoed by Democratic and
Republican Presidents, it stands as
a legislative expression of ignor
ance almost as profound as that
which it was intended to eliminate.
Excluding thousands who under
proper conditions might become wor
thy citizens, it never yet has kept
out an anarchist or a criminal.
Since we 'have spoken of proper
conditions, it is pleasing to note the
fact that 350 of our greatest indus
trial concerns now urging the liber
alization of the immigration laws
profess to recognize their responsi
bility to the newcomers of whose
labor they are in need. That most
of them have shirked every' duty in
this respect in the past is shown by
the bureau of naturalization’s report
that there are 11,000,000 unnatur
alized foreigners already in this
country, most of whom have no com
mand of the English language.
Big industry says that there is
work here for 5,000,000 more peo
ple of *the unskilled class and that
their productive power is necessary
to a reduction of the cost of living.
This may be true, but it does not
follow that the repeal of the lit
eracy test would bring us any such
numbers. Other things are to be
considered. Labor is going out and
not coming in, partly because big
industry and the American people
generally have not treated it fairly.
In many of our manufacturing
and mining centers unskilled labor
is regarded as so much raw material.
It is herded in dismal hovels, vic
timized, misunderstood, and left
practically to its own resources. No
'effort is made to “Americanize” it,
;
for that might dislocate it, and as
for assimilation, the thing is impos
sible where employers and their
i agents find profit in colonization.
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Even the illiterate have learned the
bitter lesson of these conditions. If
Big industry would invite 5,000,000
’aliens to these shores, it will have
j to offer them a chance to become
i self-respecting citizens, and it can
not shift the burden upon the Gov-!
! eminent.
EMEL NOW CONTROLS
BIG VALDEZ CANNERY j
John Emel. local superintendent !
of the Valdez Tacking company, re
cently made a deal whereby he ac
quired the controling intern t of the'
| Valdez Packing compaoj. purchasing j
| the stock of I. M. Foster, Jack Tus
ler and D. W. HartTell, Outside capi
talists who had been with the tom-!
pany since its start in 191 \
The cannery comprises a two-'ine
plant with the latent machinery.
several fine gasboats and gear and '
trapsites. the equipment being ap-;
■ praised this year by the General Ap
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praisement company of Seattle at j
; 8214,000.
The former company was cora
:posed of G. B. Hall, president; D.
W. Hartzell, vice-president; I. M.
Foster, secretary-treasurer; John i
Emel, superintendent and local man- i
ager. and several minor stockhold
ers. About 140 men are employed
by the plant. Since the cannery
started in the year 1917. it has
packed 121,000 cases, the largest
pack being 65,000 cases in 1918.
The buildings are_situated at the i
head of the Valdez citv dock, a mu
nicipal owned concern, which has'
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been leased to the company for a ;
term of years. Since the company j*
.took over the dock it has practically i'
rehabilitated it, most of the old pil
ing having been removed and ereo
rsoted piling driving in its prace.
This saved the citv several thousand
! dollars in repairs.
i Mr. Emel states that he expects
j to pack about forty thousand cases
this year.
NEW VOLCj\NO APPEARS I'
SOUTH OF MT. KATMAI j
Iiecen-t arrivals at Anchorage ;i
i from the South report that a new j
; smoking cone has appeared south j'
'of Mt. Katmai. Members of the!
[crew of the Admiral Watson report :
ismoke issuing from a peak hereto-'
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ifore not visible and which appears I
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to lie farther inland than the well- '
known volcano.
POPULAR AGENT GETS
PROMOTION ON COAST
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Barney Watson, claim agent for
the Pacific Steamship company, bet
ter known as the Admiral line, has
nothingelseukeIt
IN NENANA
There has never been anything in
Nenana with the INSTANT action;
of simple buckthorn bark, glycerine,:
etc., as mixed in Adler-i-ka. ONE j
SPOONFUL flushes the ENTIRE j
bowel tract so completely it relieves j
ANY CASE sour stomach, gas or con-'
stipation and prevents appendicitis.
The INSTANT, pleasant action of,
Adler-i-ka surprises both doctors and
: patients. A. D. Thompson, druggist.
WATCHES
JEWELRY |
Watch Repairing |
DESIGNING AND NATIVE
JEWELRY A SPECIALTY
WM. TAYLOR
j ARCTIC BATH HOUSE j
stand* alone in par-excellence of
service and sanitary convenience.
Turkish, Steam, Shower
or Plain Baths, at
MODERATE RATES.
Rooms for Dressing and Resting
in Connection. Also Rooms for |
Rent, Transient or Permanent.
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Mr. and Mrs. Heimburger
Proprietors.
WANT ADS
ROOFING and Building Paper for
sale; also Chicken Feed. Simson’s
Department Store. so 19
FRAME HOUSE and lot for sale.
Best location in town. Good wa
ter. Inquire News office. sold
FURNISHED CABIN FOR SALE.
Two rooms, best water in town.
Cheap. See J. H. Steele.
GOOD' ~COOk'"”wANTED for'"camp
out of town. Good wages. For
further particulars call at News
office.
BARN FOR RENT—Cheap. Inquire
News office.
BARN FOR RENT—Second and E.
Three double stalls. Pump in
barn. Inquire at News.
BljNcTT^lF^EVESTTcEYr^u^
Owner can recover by calling at
News office and paying for adv.
rHE^DWYER^HOME FOR SAUU
Terms reasonable. tf
FOR RENT—Suite of three rooms,
suitable for light housekeeping,
with heat and light and hot and
cold water in connection. Also
office rooms, at The Arctic.
-■OR SALE—Two-room house, part
ly furnished, with lot. Desirable
locality. Inquire News office. tf
rOR RENT—Cascade laundry. Fully
equipped and with established in
come. No cash required. Inquire
at Arctic.
>een promoted to the position of
hief assistant to Assistant General
ilanager Flye, and will be stationed
n San Francisco. Mr. Watson re
ently returned from an extended
rip to South and Central America,
n the interests of the big trans
■ortation company For years, Mr.
Vatson was the agent of steamship
ines in Nome. Later, he went to
Anchorage as agent for the Admiral
ine. An appointment as claim
igent later took him to Seattle.
Women’* Hosiery, all kinds, re
narkably cheap. Fowler & Morris.
Xanana, Alaska's Interior Fnel Depot
r.s. McDonald
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conreyancing
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the moat reliable companiee
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST MONDAY OF MONTH
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Martin Nash,
Secretary. President.
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The Southern
Tom Smith, Prop.
NENANA HOUSE
Large Barn-In Connection-Dog Kennels
MRS. A. B. EASTERLY, Proprietress.
Or. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
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MEETS AT MOOSE HALL fc
Fourth and B Streets
Second and Fourth Mondays''
At 8:00 P.M. ji
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELAND,
Secretary Dictator, j ‘
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
hase tickets before entering trains
Tickets can be purchased from
lie station agent, whose office is in
he employment office, on the ground
loor of the General Office Building.
Uaskan Engineering Commission, or
it North N’enana.
Tickets will be on sale at -.ny
ime during office hours, and can be
mrchased in sufficient time before
he departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
he foot of A street on Wednesdays
nd Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
'.'orth Xenana for Fairbanks, Tues
ays and Fridays, at 1 p. m.
The following is the schedule be-,
ween North Xenana and Fairbanks,
ubject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7:00 a. m.;
rrive North Xenana, 11:30 a. m.
Leave North Xenana 1:00 p. m :
rrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m.
A ferry will "be run between Ne
lana and North Xenana to connect
vith Fairbanks trains. Passengers
■ ■r Fairbanks should purchase tick
ts in Xenana bcfoie crossing the
erry.
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 an'd 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 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, but we must have fur, for which we guar
antee top prices.
Make as 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. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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