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.
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Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. Scuthworth.. Editor and Manager
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ALASKA'S OPPORTUNITY.
The news coming from Washing
ton yesterday, relative to the plans
of the house committee on terri
tories, is the best that possibly could
come to Central Alaska, for a visit
by those influential congressmen not
only will speed favorable action on
railroad legislation, but it will also
render easier the efforts of Alas
kans to secure other needed assist
ance from Congress. The railroad
now- under construction means much
to the territory, but it does not
mean everything, and when the
committeemen arrive they will find
numerous problems confronting
them, the early solution of which
will be necessary to insure the re
population of the territory and the
development of the territory’s many
natural resources.
The visit will give the committee
men the opportunity to get acquaint
ed with Alaska and Alaskans, to
see conditions as they really are*
and to check up the many state
ments which have been made at
Washington in recent years by Alas
kans and near-Alaskans. The op
portunity will be theirs to gather
information first-hand, and they un
doubtedly will return to Washing
ton with a full knowledge of the
thirsts they should know in order
to consider intelligently the legisla-!
tion upon which they will be called i
upon later to act. The railroad, j
they will find, is only one of a
number of federal aids needed to;
stimulate rapid development and i
bring permanent prosperity to the
territory. 1
Alaskans must be prepared, when
the congressmen arrive, to show
them what is needed. They must
he prepared to answer questions,
concisely and honestly, and to ad
vance arguments that will send the
lawmakers home convinced that In
terior Alaska is all that it has been
represented to be—an empire im
mensely rich ; in minerals and agri
cultural possibilities, with vast areas
of excellent grazing: lands, but ham
pered by prohibitive transportation
costs, the low purchasing value of
gold, and a lack of understanding
at Washington.
The visitors are scheduled to
leave Washington tomorrow, they
will sail from Seattle for the North
next "Thursday, and 'they "douhtlesl
will be ready to start over the1
Broad Pass trail for Nenana by the"
middle of this month. The time
for preparation for their reception^,
is not long. We should begin now;
to consider plans. It will be an op
portunity that may not soon be re
peated.
THINKING OF PEACE PROBlJEhJS
A jCfj
Now,that every element of un
certainty (except the uncertaintv of
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weather conditions, and the Sekle
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ness and variability of ocean cur
rents, breezes, and temperatures,
which -will determine when the ice
will cease to clutter up the White
sea and leave navigation open) has
been removed from the question of
our going home, there is another
question that has occurred to many ,
of us, says the Red Cross Sentinel,
published at Archangel, Russia. What
are we going to do when we get
home?
Many of us will find that our old
j jobs are gone, and some of us
] wouldn’t go back to them if we
! could. There is one benefit, at least,:
the war has conferred upon us. It
has given us a perspective through
j which to view our own lives and '
.occupations. What we were doing
before strikes us now, in many cases, ;
jas sordid, narrow, and altogether
| unsatisfactory. We kept doing the
same thing because there is an in
j ertia belonging to labor of any sort
j which makes it easier to stick in the
'rut of established habit than to
I face the uncertainty of change.
1 Even when we have convinced
ourselves that we are in the wrong
job, it takes courage and determina
tion to sacrifice a certainty, how
ever dull and unsatisfactory, for an
uncertainty, however alluring and t
superior.
But war has made this function !
of the will unnecessary. It has |
pulled up our stakes for us. For- j
mer habit has lost its dominion over !
us. We are free to choose again, I
almost as if we were beginning life !
over again.
It’s a question we ought to be ‘
thinking about.
We have successfully survived the!
great adventure of war, but how are j
we prepared to stand the new ad
venture of peace?
OVERLOOKING THE BRIDE.
-After mental wrestling and pray-1
er. the pastor of Sergeant York, j
world-famed soldier and slayer of
Bocnes, induced him to forego a
honeymoon trip from Pal! Mail,
Tenn., to Salt Lake City, Utah, on
the ground that the proposed recep
tions planned enroute were vain
glorious and temptations of the
devil. The sergeant at home is sec
ond elder in a Primitive Christian
church, and at the outbreak of the !
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war was a conscientious objector in ;
company with the pastor and the
rest of the brethren.
Because of his decision to remain
at home and not engage in faring i
forth the world to see, the sergeant
is receiving the praise of other pas
tors, who seem to behold in his re
nunciation of proffered delights a
victory over the world, the flesh |
and the devil. Amid it all, though, ]
points out the Cincinnati Enquirer, i
an important third party has been I
overlooked, the mountain maid who
is now Mrs. York. Nobody seems
to have consulted her wishes. No
doubt, like any other real woman,
she would have liked to have taken !'
a wedding journey, to have seen,
the sights of other and far-away j
places, and to have accepted her
share of the creature comforts en
cou^erei bon| heg travels.
It Would he interesting to know
at this time what she thinks of the
mdyiee if her husb£n<£s Spiritual ad
riser. whieh fcks condemned her to
remain in her native hamlet, there
to dream of the wonderful sights
she had expected to see as the com
panion of her honored spouse. Be
cause, it must be understood, her ^
influence as a restraint against the',
material temptations of the sordid'
was entirely ignored and she was
assigned to the same place a trunk
or a valise would have occupied.
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Former residents of Nenana and
j other Interior Alaska towns are
'scattered far and wide, according to
iDick Morris, who says that he met
oidtimers in almost every town he
visited in the Puget Sound country
and along the coast of Alaska.
Seattle seemed to be full of Alas
jkans, and many of them were talk
ling of returning North, too, but
I were waiting around Outside for
! Congress to turn more money over
jto the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission. Dick says also that there
(is a feeling among Seattleites that
‘the shipbuilding industry, in which
many Northerners are engaged, will
be considerably curtailed within a
short time, after which quite a num
ber will start back for Alaska.
Max Smith, at the time Mr. and
Mrs. Morris started for the Inside,
was still at Skagway, where he has
a position in a curio store owned
by Mrs. Kirmse.
Nels Larsen, brother of Mrs. Alex j
Fowler, has been working in the j
shipyards since shortly after his dis-1
charge from the army, and now has
a position as foreman in a Tacoma
yard.
Murphy, formerly m the emplov
of the Commission as warehouse- i
man, is also employed now in ship
yard work.
James Walker , is in the uphol- j
stering business in Seattle, and has
acquired a wife since leaving the I
Interior.
Bill Thomas is employed at the
Bremerton navy yard.
I. P. Larson, former Xenana real
estate dealer, is selling real estate
in Seattle now, with headquarters
in the Smith building.
Fred Howard has a butcher shop ,
on Madison street, Seattle, and says
he is doing well.
Greoge. Fenwick, who had a gro
cery store in Fairbanks a number
of years ago, now his a similar store
in Seattle and appears to be pros
pering.
Ed (McGinty) Dowling was met
at Ketchikan, where he has a job
as watchman.
Emil Hartwig, of Ruby and Xe
nana, is also in Ketchikan, looking
that busy town over for an open- i
ing.
Albert Wile, another former Xe
nanaite, for a time in the employ of
the Xorthern Commercial company,
is now working in the Ketchikan
postoffice.
Ron Crawford, for many years in
the real estate and brokerage busi
ness in Fairbanks, is following the
same line in Seattle.
George Wright had ju3t returned
to Dawson from overseas when Dick
arrived at the Yukon metropolis, •
ar.d was working on one of the
dredges.
Bill Bruce, another oldtimer of
the Interior, is now driving a team
for the Guggies in the Dawson coun
try.
Sam Wing, who visited Alaska
several seasons as representative of
the West Coast Grocery company,
is in the auto business now in Ta
coma. Jack Moulton, another for
mer traveling man, is in business in
Xew York.
Mrs. W. H. Handley and Mrs.
J. G. Moore returned to their homes
in Fairbanks yesterday, after a stay
of more than a week in Xenana.
They made the trip up river on the
Moore launch, which returned Wed
nesday night from the Tolovana.
The marshal’s office at Fairbanks
is in receipt of an inquiry for
Hershel J. Gruman, who is said to
have been in Alaska for 20 years.
The mother of the missing man is
trying to locate him.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
WANT ADS
FIFTEEN MEN WANTED to cut
wood. Five dollars per cord;
good timber. A. G. Vachon, Tan
ana. k8-16
FOR SALE—My entire holdings,
consisting of Lot 6, Block 10,
three-room log house, finely fin
ished and partially furnished, to
gether with provisions and wood.
Also my half interest in Nenana
Steam Laundry. A bargain, >f
taken before August first. Must
go Outside on urgent business is
; reason for sacrifice. Mrs. Clara
Allred, Nenana, Alaska. k7-28
FOR SALE — Showcase, 514 feet
long. FTactically new. Cheap.
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
SOUTHERN HOTEL
BUILDING
BOLSHEVISM IS NO
LONGER FEARED BY
RUMANIAN RULER
BUCHAREST. — King Ferdinand ;
and Queen Marie of Rumania re- j
cently received members of the Am
erican Red Cross Mission and con
gratulated them on the results of
their work among the poor and in
the hospitals.
King Ferdinand told Colonel H.
Gideon Wells of Chicago, chief of
the mission, that if it were not for
help received from the United j
States, the people of Rumania would !,
have starved. He said with living j
conditions now so much improved, j
there is no fear of Bolshevism in
Russia.
Theo. Thomas and Peter Koiobsch,
mining partners near Fox, took their
troubles into the commissioner’s
court at Fairbanks this week, the
former swearing to a complaint
charging the latter with assault and
threats to kill. Commissioner Hcilig
disposed of the case by placing Koi
obsch under $500 bonds to keep the •
peace.
F'esli garden seeds, just arrived.
Fowler & Morris.
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Apples, Rhubarb, New Spuds
Onions, Ham, Bacon,
Lard, Cheese and Eggs
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BLANKFIELD EXPRESS
Clean Dry Wood for Sale
OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL
Hauling of All Kind*
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REAL ESTATE RENTALS
LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
(New York Life)
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
FOR RENT
Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
WILL RETURN TO NENANA
SOMETIME IN JULY
Date will be announced later
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second iM Fourth Tuesdays
At 8 P. M.
fcLEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
Department of the Interior
Alaakan Engineering Commiiiioa
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south »f
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
Pudding, 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 loth the freight
on the North side of the river at
Camp 415 dock will be shipped out
Tuesday and Friday of each week,
leaving at 7 a. m.. until further
notice.
Dr. J. R. 80WEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
NICELY HOUSE
With Belmont In Connection
POOL CANDIES CIGARS
AND TOBACCOS
WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
PRICES REASONABLE
Rates Bj the Week or Month
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