THE NENANA DAIL Y NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for encry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
‘ WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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R. G. SOUTHWORTH ARTHUR G. BELL
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TRY IT YOURSELF.
Why the constant attitude of op-1
position to business, big and little'
questions .the editor of Leslie’s j
Weekly. Anyone, he says, can go
into business. Very7 little capital is ■
required for some enterprises. A
newsstand is stocked with goods for
the most part returnable. Stores
are stocked on credit. Many a can-;
tain of industry began life with an
investment of only a few dollars.
Let one who is envious of an-;.
other's success go into business for
himself, or if he thinks the farmer!
is a profiteer, let him take up a i
Government homestead or start with 1
his garden, and try farming fo: j
himself. i i
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Many a worker who grumbles be- ;
cause of a business man’s success, n
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and denounces him as a grafter, has i
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sufficient savings to start a business!]
of his own. It can be done. Why
does he not do it? ;
Simply because he will not risk
his capital. He realizes that every
one who ventures into a business
enterprise takes the risk it involves;
not only the ordinary7 risk of busi
ness, but also the extraordinary risks
of bad accounts, theft, fire or calam
ity of any kind.
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To conduct a business requires 1
ability; care, efficiency, and hon
esty, which are the basis of credit ,l
A mar. who goes into business runs 1
his own chance of a profit or a loss. -
He must hav* -nerve." *
Thousands of successful rr.er
chants started with very little, and c
on a small investment built up their i ‘
business, because they had ability to ;
Carnegie was a telegraph opera
tor. but saved enough from his j
meager salary to go into business :
for himself. Rockefeller was a :
clerk ir. a grocery store before, with
several of his young associates, he ‘
ventured into trade. Schwab was a j
waterboy in an iron mill, and worked
has way7 upi to the commanding
position of a captain of industry. -
Henry C. Frick was a farmer boy. ]
then clerk in a dry goods house, j
and is now among the heaviest in- s
come tax payers in the country. All
were poor boys—alert, eager, am
bitious, honest, and confident in ]
their ability to win. Hence their <
success. ’r
Anyone can make money, but it ,
takes a wise man to keep it. So it ,
might be said that any man can go 1
into business, but it takes a man
of industry, fitness and capacity to 7
meet his competitors successfully.
Let workers who think they are (
entitled to a share of the profits of (
the employer bear in mind that they ,
themselves can be employers if they 'j
choose to take the chances, and that (
when they propose that the em-'
ployer share his profits with them,
there is justification in the employ- ;
er’s suggestion that they also share .
the losses. <
And further, let everyone who de- i
nounees the profits of the railroads j
or industrial corporations bear in '
mind that the securities of most of i
these are purchasable in the open i
market, so that anyone who desires,!
to share in the profits, on the same ;i
basis as the heaviest owner, can buy !
any number of shares that his re
sources will permit.
We have been so accustomed to
hearing denunciations of business
men and business methods that we
aave overlooked the salient fact that
there is no restraint on business, no
imitation on enterprise, and none
)n the investment of capital, wheth
er it be $100 or $1,000,000.
Let those who envy the business
nan get into business for them
selves. If they fail, the experience
vill at least teach them a lesson well
vorth learning.
RUSSIA'S WAR BURDEN.
Interest on Russia’s state liabili- ,
ies today amounts annually to ap
proximately $643,500,000, according i
o a statement issued from Omsk I
y the minister of finance of the
iolchak government.
In 1914 the national debt was j
.637,000,000 rubles, the statement1
ays. Internal war-time loans ag
regated thirty-three billion rubles,
•hi3e loans contracted abroad
mounted to eight billion rubles,
hus bringing the debt to a total
f about fifty billion rubles. About j
fty million rubles yearly would
e required for the amortization of
iis tremendous sum.
The statement points out the fact j
hat the figures quoted in rubles!
epresent fictitious values, as the j
oreign loans were issued abroad in I
English, American, French, Jap- j
nese and Italian currencies, which 1
annot be converted into rubles at j
he old gold rate of exchange.
Whereas France, in pre-war days, j
.as Russia's largest creditor, it is !
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oted that Great Britain supplied *
he bulk of Russia's financial re- j
uirements during hostilities, with !
ranee. America, Japan, and Italy i
anking in the order named.
Horlick’t Malted Milk. Fowler &
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•Jav Livengood, discoverer of the ■
'olovana camp, is enroute back to
"airbanks from the Fortymile coun
ty. where he went to look over
ome ground on Franklin.
Mrs. Tom McGowan has written
ier agent in Fairbanks to try to
rade the McGowan piano for furs,
'he piano is now in the possession
f R. C. Wood. Mrs. McGowan is
iow in San Francisco, and reports
hat the furs she took out with her
cere stolen from her recently.
Knut Koland, who had a grading
ontract beyond the end of steel,
outh of Nenana. arrived in town
light before last, having abandoned
he work there on account of frost
onditions.
George Palmer has returned to
own from Residency 5, south, and
eports that the frost put his scrap
rs out of commission. He was in
erested in a grading contract.
Owing to the failure of the mail
o arrive from Fairbanks with in
ormation desired by the Xenana
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>oard of trustees, the meeting of
hat body scheduled for tonight has
>een postponed.
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• PERSONAL *
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Ernest Seaberg. who arrived in
Xenana several days ago from the
Kovuku'-c country, went out the line,
south of town, this morning, ac
companied by his sister. Mrs. Peter
son. They will spend several days
vis ting in the Lignite district.
Andv Hoev, who disposed of his
interest in the Terminal this week,
left for Fairbanks and the Outside
this morning, by way of Goidstream.
Mrs. Joe Fischer went to Fair
banks this week on a business visit
of several days.
William H. Smith, who was sent
i to McXeils island for getting money
I by the get-rich-quick method, was
• formally released from the peniten
tiary on September 22. He was pa
Iroled in July.
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I Tom Jackson, an oldtimer of the
; Fairbanks and Iditarod districts,
iwho went Outside about a year ago
(for the benefit of his health, is re
iported to have died recently in Se
attle.
W. R. Taylor, Kantishna mining
man, who arrived from Fairbanks
yesterday, was an outgoing pass
enger on this morning's train, head
ed for Lignite, from which point he
will mush across to the Kantishna.
70 miles distant. He expects to be
back ’n Xenana about Xovember 2.
For the purpose of arriving at the
amount of the tax levy for the fiscal
year 1919-1920 by the Xenana
School Board, real and personal
property lists have been distributed
and mailed to residents within the
School District. These lists should
be properly filled and signed and
returned to the assessor not later
than October 25th.
CARL SCHMIDT.
Assessor.
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WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Furnished house of five
rooms, attic, large basement and
winter cellar for vegetables. Heat
, ed by furnace. Winter supply of
vegetables. Full corner lot. One
of the most desirable parts of
j town. Inquire at News office.
FOR SALE OR RENT—High-grade
player piano. Inquire Simson's
Store.
FOR SALE-»-Rocking chairs, beds, i
springs, mattresses, dressers. Sim
son’s Store.
FOR SALE—Piano and complete
household furniture; also set of
mink furs. Inquire of Mrs.
Duke.
10-28
FOR SALE—Small Lang range, with
kitchen outfit complete; couch
springs, mattress and bedding. In
quire Skof House.
BUNCH OF KEYS found. Owner
can recover by calling at News
office and paying for this adver
tisement.
FOR SALE-—Lady's pony fur coat
i and muff. Apply Mrs. R. S. Me-!
Donald. I
Faithful Old Mauuel.
“Soldiers are personified as Tom- :
my Atkins and sailors as Jack Tar.
Why not personify industrial work- j
ere as well?”
“Well, don't we? You often hear
of Manuel Labor."—Punch.
R.s. McDonald
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Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
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Dr. J. R. BOWEN I
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
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SAVINGS
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FRESH STOCK
\ Groceries, Clothing and Footwear t
SAVE TIME AND MONEY S
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All Necessities for Trail and Camp £
GO TO
FOWLER & MORRIS
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
Tom Smith, Prop.
Ice Cream W. c. GAGNON
You*ll Say It's Good
UNION HULL
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Chop Suey, Noodles
AND
Home-Made Bakery
Northern Cafe
GEORGE TANAKA, Prap.
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DR. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
ARCTIC HOTEL
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
rIEETS AT MOOSE HALL j
Fourth and B Streets
>econd and Fourth Tuesdays
At 8:00 P. M.
lLEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,;
Secretary Dictator. <
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Department of the Interio
A las lean 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 Wednessday3
and Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
Camp 415 (North Nenana), Tues
days and Fridays, at 8 a. m.
No tickets will be sold crossing
the river. Those intending to trav
el to Fairbanks must make the:*'
owt. arrangements for reaching
North Nenana. The Commission will
continue its ferry service, with skiff,
as long as the river is passable, and
every endeavor will be made to hern
passengers across. The ferryman
will be on duty from V a. m. on
the Nenana side, and will help pass
engers from the north upon their
arrival in the evening; but this
sendee may have to be discon
tinued any day.
NOTICE.
To whom it may concern: Notice
is hereby given that I will not be
responsible for any debts contracted
by my wife after this date, Oc
tober 14.
(Signed) OLIVER LEE.
Dated at Nenana, Alaska. October
14, 1919. 11-14
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
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 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. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA