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.
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COUDERT FOR WOOD.
Of much interest to Alaskans is
the announcement of Frederick Cou
dert, brother-in-law of Thomas
Riggs, Jr., governor of Alaska, that
he favors Major-GeneraJ Leonard
Wood for President, and the charge
made by him that the present Demo
cratic administration has been a fail
ure. Last summer made an extend
ed visit in the Territory. He is
also reported to have become inter
ested financially in the ' tlyder dis
trict.
During his stay in Ketchikan, Mr.
Coudert •..-rote a special editorial
tor the Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle,;
and it was reprinted by The Xenar.a ■
News and numerous other Alaska j
papers.
The following is taken from the
New York Tribune under date of
January 4. 1920. and is self-explar.a-:
tory: i
jton, benumbed the public mind, Gen-;
' eral Wood preached the gospel of!
| preparedness at great risk of his own J
.career, and inaugurated the training'
[system which made it possible for'
! the American army to have a corps ’
|of officers when war came. His life!
has been spent >n creative, public!
activity, away from political ir.ach-.
ination and phrase-making. I be- j
lieve there is today no one else who :
will make such an appeal to our ■
independent voters, whose sole con- i
cern is that the nation be respected
abroad and united at home, and
that pending problems be met with
firm grasp and fea: :e«s mind.”
THE WAR AND ITALY.
Italy has emerged from the war
with a greater population than she
had before, thought with a consider
ably lessened number of men. This
is due, said a correspondent of The
Associated Press, writing from
Rome, to the addition of two mill
ion by the restoration of Italian
territory heretofore under Austrian
rule and to the high birth rate,
which, it is estimated, kept the pop
ulation up to its normal of thirty
six million, despite the loss of five
hundred thousand by war.
The trend of the population to
ward the cities is great, but per
haps not greater than in other Eu
ropean countries. Munition works
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Frederick R. Coudert, internation- i
a! lawyer and independent Demo-;
erat, is out with a declaration in !
favor of General Leonard Wood for j
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I’resident. In a letter to Colonel i
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William C. Proctor, president of the
Leonard Wood league, he says that |
the country is profoundly chagrined !
at the failure of the present ad
ministration to do aught but sul>
stitute platitude for policy, promise !
for performance, and be wants a
capable executive. The letter fol-;
lows:
“I have your letter of the 15th in
regard to the nomination of General
Wood, and would say in reply that
1 am most earnestly hopeful that
General Wood may be nominated,
not, as you say. ‘to insure a Re
publican victory,’ but rather to se
cure a strong, fearless, capable ex
ecutive at a time of national and
international difficulties of an ex
traordinary character. The inde
pendent voters of America, who.
when aroused, are in number suffi
cient to hold the balance of power,
have become utterly weary of the
politicians, who seek to use great
problems affecting the vital interests
of the nation as stepping-stones for
personal or party advantage. Never,
have party ties been more lightly
held, yet never has national feeling
been more earnestly aroused than
•luring the last two years. The na
tion now feels the need for a leader
who will embody this sentiment in
acts rather than in words.
"The country is profoundly cha
grined at the failure of the present
administration to do aught but sub
stitute platitude for 'policy, promise
for performance—a course which
has led to the paralysis of govern
ment at a time when the nations »f
Kurope look to America for guid
ance and co-operation in recon
structing a world shattered by war.
"The lamentable situation created
in Mexico, by such a lack' of ele
mentary foresight and firmness as
to render ultimate intervention
seemingly inevitable, and the ina-.
bility to deal effective with domes-!
tic problems, has ••reated an excep-i
tionaliy serious situation, which;
must compel the choice of an ex
ceptional man.
“At a time when a pusillanimous j
neutrality, ordered from Washing-,
and war industries of ail sorts at
tracted labor which shows no dis
position to return to the farms and I
tillages. Many families which be- '
came rich during the war have ,
moved to the important cities and :
are spending their money lavishly! I
for luxuries. One newly-rich fam-1
ily in Rome hung an entire apart-1
ment, including the servants' quar-•
tors, with elaborate tapestries and 1
purchased seven pianos.
The population of Milan has !
rrown from "<99,000 in 1914 to
750,000. Genoa has increased from
250.000 to 300,000. Naples had
068.000 ai the opening of the war,;,
anil now has 800,000. Venice was '
in danger during so much of the !,
fighting that it was deserted tem
porarily by much of its population,
and is no larger now than it was),
before the struggle began. Flor-;(
enee grew but little during the war: j
and was less affected bv the world 1,
crisis than any other large Italian
city.
Taranto
and Spezia. the two1
great Italian naval bases, have de-'
veloped markedly. Taranto had j
about 70,000 inhabitants in 1014,; j
and it now has 180,000. All the!
Allied fleets center there and its J
shipyards, arsenals and naval su:>- ■'
ply works have been greatly in- j
creased. Ten years ago Spezia had i
only 7,000 or 8,000 inhabitants. It
is now a city of 100,000.
Terni, an industrial city located
sixty miles from Rome, has grown
in ten years from a city of 9,500
inhabitants to 54,000. It has great
er waterpower than any other in
dustrial city in Italy.
ONE QUESTION SETTLED.
A learned gentleman has discov
ered a number of skulls somewhere 1
!in Central Europe, each of whici
|he says is 500,000 years old am
all antedate the anthropoid ape. H
holds, says the Cincinnati Enquirei
that the ape is the descendant o
man, not man of the ape.
We here record our grateful ap
preciation of this memorable dis
covery. We never did take kindl;
to that ape ancestry of which Dar
jwin accused us, and which innu
;merable scientists and preacher:
have insisted could not be contro
verted or denied.
What always has impressed us i:
the fact that, while there are mani
fathers that a decent ape wouldn’
want to company with, we nevei
j have met an ape which looked liki
i he could be the father of anythin!
[but another ape.
We are glad to learn that oui
grandpa, had he lived, would now
have attained to the ripe age ol
500,000 years. That’s some an
cestry. It makes William the Con
queror and the Pilgrim Father
seem rather recent folk.
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That the ape is the descendant
:of man, as is claimed by this new
J scientist sharp, we agree. There is
plenty of evidence. To be satisfied
| on this point we have but to turn
to the reports of some of modern
society’s exclusive functions.
The expression: "You can’t make
a monkey of me," seems now to
be repudiated by the solemn dec
laration of science.
Dog Harness and Shoe Findings.
Fowler & Morris.
HOUSE IS LOOTED
AS OWNER SLEEPS
COMPTON, Cal.. Feb. 6—One of
the most unusual robberies ever re
corded in this section took place
last night near this place, when a
large ranch house was stripped of
practically all its furniture by a
nervy thief who went to the place
with an auto truck and removed
e\erything, nearly, from the lower
floor. Among the articles taken
were a kitchen sink, eookstove, liirht
fixtures, and furniture.
The owner of the house was in
bed when the robber arrived, and
slept throughout the whole proceed
ing.
Horlick’t Malt'd Milk. Fowler &
Morris.
OLDTIME ALASKAN
PASSESON COAST
According to mail advices receiv
ed in Fairbanks on the last mail
from the States, Charles Lamb, well
known oldtimer of the North, died
several weeks ago in California. An
account of his passing was con
tained in a clipping taken from the
San Francisco Examiner.
Lamb stampeded to Dawson in
the very early days of that camp,
and was fortunate in securing sev
eral of the rich claims, from which
he took a considerable fortune. He
later became interested in ground
on Clears- creek, in the Fairbanks
district, and also owned ground in
the Circle district, which produced
considerable gold. Of late years he
had been devoting his attention to
interests in California.
Today’s train from Fairbanks
brought first and second class mail.
The local chapter of the American
Mining congress will meet at Fair
banks tonight. The orad question
will be discussed.
John E. Pegues, editor and man
ager of the Fairbanks Citizen, re
turned to Fairbanks today after a
visit of several days in Nenana.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
GIVES MILEAGE TO DAN
Senator Dan Sutherland of the
Fourth division, whose claim for
WANT ADS
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: WANTED—Position by woman as
.! cook in camp. Inquire at News
. ' office.
j WANTED TO BUY—Two or three
good dogs. Must be cheap. In
i quire at Terminal.
FOUND—Bunch of keys. Inquire
, at Central Cafe.
FOR RENT—Suite of three room',
j suitable for light housekeeping,
! with heat and light and hot and
i cold water in connection. Also
office rooms, at The Arctic.
FOR SALE—Two-room house, parr
ly furnished, with lot. Desirable
locality. Inquire News office. tf
FOR RENT—Cascade laundry. Fully
equipped and with established in
! come. No cash required. Inquire
j at Arctic.
LOST—Pair of glasses in black case.
Reward for return to News office.
.mileage was turned down by the
territorial officials last year on the
ground that he had resided in Ju
(neau for a year previous to the
t session in which he made his claim,
j has been awarded mileage by the
j treasury department, and will get
'the money. The ease excited con
siderable comment at the time, as
J it was shown that Sutherland had
j left his division over a year previ
ous to the time of service and had
| entered business in Juneau, and it
Ms alleged voted there. He will get
jhis money and the question of when
a legislator is not a legislator has
been definitely decided.
| “Happy” HofTmier, jailer of the
; bastile at Ketchikan, recently asked
for reading matter for his prison
ers, through the columns of the
Chronicle. He received magazines
by the wagonload. He says that
the only two books he did not re
ceive were a Bible and the Police
Gazette.
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PRIVATE BOXES
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JOHN KETOOROKY
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Warm, Comfortable
ROOMS
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DOG KENNELS
MRS. CLAUSEN
PROPRIETRESS.
FRESH STOCK
Groceries, Clothing and Footwear
SAVE TIME AND MONEY
All Necessities for Trail and Camp
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FOWLER & MORRIS
We Strive to Please
| EVERYTHING THE BEST
Tavern Cafe and Bakery
WM. RODICKEIT : : Proprietor i
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A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
NENANA HOUSE
Just Gome in and Sit Down and Look Out.
MRS. A. B. EASTERLY, Proprietress.
Dr.). R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Price* ifoit Reasonable
THE 30WEN BUILDING
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. o! 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
Second and Fourth Mondays
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,;
Secretary Dictator. I
Department mf the leWrior
Alaskan Engineering Comminiti
NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
chase tickets before entering trains
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose offioe is in
the employment office, on the ground
floor of the Genera! Office Building
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at ( amp 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 Wednesday,
and Saturdays at 8 a. m., and trooi
Camp 415 (Noriffi Nenana .1, lor
Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
1 p. m.
The following t» the soberiule be
tween North Nenana and Fairbanks,
subject te change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7:00 a. m ;
amve North Nenana, 11:30 a at
Leave North Nenana 1:00 p. m ,
arrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m.
No tickets wilt be sold crossing
the river. Those intending to trav
el to Fairbanks must make ther
own arrangements for reaching
North Nenana.
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Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HICHER 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 oan be obtained Outside. At present
we are working three operators, and need others. If you are an
operator and finisher, and want a good yemr-around job, com
municate with us.
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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