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.
Hub of Alaska — Where Rails and Rivers Meet
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THE MANIA FOR PROHIBITION
A bill has passed the lower house
of the South Carolina legislature
prohibiting the playing of pool or
billiards throughout the Palmetto
State. Oregon legislature prohibit
ing .he education of children 01
school age anywhere except in the
public schools. A bill is now a law
by action of the Utah legislature
prohibiting the smoking of pipes,
cigars or cigarettes in restaurants
or any other public place. These re
cent enactments signify the sort of
legislation which organized menor
ites all over the United States are
placing upon our statute books.
The mania for prohibitions in
one form or another, points the
Boston Transcript, is a country
wide disease. It is an affiction to
which the busybodies both sexes
are particularly subject. The spread
of this disease and the succumbing
to it of our law-makers is the chief
cause of lawlessness in this coun
try today. An organized minorty
takes advantage of the indifference
of the majority and browbeats
spineless legislatures into writing
into law prohibitions that are in
defiance of the will of the major
ity. The Theory upon which this is
done is that having browbeaten a
legislature into making the whim
of an organized minority a legal
club with which to tyrannize the
unorganized majority, the busy
bodies afflicted wii2i this mania for
prohibition can call upon the court
to force the majority to obey the
law.
There is a limit to the patience of
a liberty-loving and law-abiding ma
jority. It has been pas-ed in many
states and an increasing comempt
for minority-made laws is the re
sult. The remedy for this condition
of affairs is the restoration of our
representative government and the
election into our legislative bodies of
citizens with the character, courage
and common sense to deai with the
victims of this widespread maria
for prohibition of the exercise of
the will of the majority in the way
that such victims should be deali
with—as maniacs at large in the
arena of politics.
TAXES SERVANTS
MOSCOW. April 19— Russia's
tax on luxuries has been extended
to include servants.
By recent decree a tax of 400
million rubles a year was levied up
on all families having one servant,
and 500 million rubles for each ad
ditional maid or butler in the house.
At the present rate of exchange
100,000,000 rubles is the equivalent
of $3.
The minimum wage for servants
in Moscow today, by a ruling of
the central trade union, is 200
million per month. AH servants must
besecured through a government
labor bureau, and failure to regist
er each household worker, or en
deavors to avoid paying the ser
I
vants' tax, is punishable by im
prisonment and fine.
A. J. Nordale. Fairbanks hotelman
who recently suffered heavy loss
through fire passed through Nenana
yesterday enroute to Seattle to ar
range for purchases for his new!
hotel in the upper Town.
OLD SCOUT PASSES
OMAHA, April 19—Fred “lone
Star” Hans, former chief scout for
general Sheridan and thought#to be
the last of “two pun arm®draw” ex
perts, died here night before last
as the result of being crushed be
neath an elevator at the plant where
he was employed as watchman. He
had never been beaten in the
“draw” and was credited with kill
ing a score of men, of whom 14
were Indians. He was official in
vestigator of the Custer massacre
for the war department.
SWEDEN AIDS UNEMPLOYED
STOCKHOLM. April 19— Six
hundred miles of highway were
i constructed in Sweden during 1922
by men who otherwise would have
been without employment. The gov
ernment alloted funds to this end,
and the work was done mostly in
the centers of unemployment.
It was discontinued when employ
ment in the district began to pick
up.
It is predicted that the number of
unemployed needing help in Sweden
during the first half of 1923 will
be only about 24,000 and that by
1924 this number can be reduced
to 0,000.
COMMUNISTS OPPOSE
RELIGION
MOSCOW, April 19—An anti-re
ligious campaign in towns and vill
ages all over Russia has been in
augurated by the Communist party
in connection with the reformation
movement in the orthodox church,
and the numerous trials of church
men which are still going on in
many districts.
“Religion darkens the mind," is
the keynote of most of the speeches
and anti-religious lectures. While
unofficial support, and official re
eognizition of the various clerical
groups who broke away from the
fomer patriarch, Tikhon, has been
afforded by the Soviet government,
the Communist party expresses it
self against any reforms in the
church which, it says, is trying to
adopt Sovietism in order to live. It
demands the entire liquidation of
the church.
Anti- religious propaganda by
lectures and otherwise is also being
carried on among the Red army and
recruits in barracks.
DRYS ACTIVE ABROAD
LONDON, April 19—The mem
bers of thet House of Commons who
favor prohibition held a meeting
recently and organized themselves
into the “Parliamentary Temper
ance Group”.
Mrs. Wintringham was appointed
to aet as chairman of the group;
Phillip Snowden and Lady Astor
as vice-chairman, and Isaac Foot
as sectary. They have not adopted
a program for the present session
of Parliament, but it is understood
that they will do so for the next
session.
Dr. D. C. Hardy, who has been
in the Kuskokwim distric: during the
last several months, is at present
at McGrath. He plans to return to
Nenana before the opening of nav
igation.
STEESE GOES TO JUNEAU
TO BE GONE THREE WEEKS
Col. James Gordon Steese. chair
man of the Alaskan Engineering
commission, departed from Anchor
age last Sunday for Seward, where
he connected with the southbound
S. S. Alameda for Juneau. Col.
Steese will be away from Anchor
age about three weeks attending to
important matters connected with
various offices with which he is as
sociated.
While in Juneau says the Times,
Col. Steese will clean up outstand
ing Alaska Road commission matters
and complete the work connected
with permits for fish traps under
the river and harbour department.
Among other matters Col. Steese
will arrange for the inspection of
navigable waters in southeastern
and southwestern Alaskan waters
and the removal of all structures
that are a menace to navigation.
While in Juneau on this trip Col.
Steese will also confer witK»the ter
ritorial board in regard to the ques
tion of co-ordination for roads and
trails and agreements as to work
for the coming season.
George A. Parks, of the land de
partment, accompanied Col. Steese
! to Juneau.
A social item in a recent issue
of the Skagway Alaskan, says:
Mr. Jos. R. Mathews of Saint Mich
aels entertained Mr. and Mi's. John
Keller at dinner at the Golden
I North hotel and they were Mrs.
Mathew's guests with Mr. and Mrs.
George McKenzie, Mrs. O. F. Kast
I rer and Mr. W. C. Fraser for the
’ evening at the movies.
GENERAL CIRCULAR NO. 109
TO ALL CONCERNED:
Hospital Service for Tie, Wood
and Titnber Contractors and their
1 Employees.
The following hospital benefits
; are hereby extended to tie wood and
I timber contractors and their emplo.v
| ees and sub-contractors, working un
der contract or purchase order, pro
ducing material for the Alaskan
Engineering Commission exclusively,
in cases of accidental work, and that
the benefits shall be subject at all
times to the discretion of the Com
1 mission and the provisions of the
| hospital regulations so far as the
: same are applicable.
a. Hospital Service.
b. Medical and Surgical Treat
ment.
c. Medicines and Surgical Dress
ings.
The benefits herein allowed will
be provided only at the base hospi
tal at Anchorage Alaska, or at a
field hospital operated by the Com
mission, except in emergency case*,
when otherwise expressly authorized.
Transportation will not be furnished
1 except upon lines operated by the
Commission, in Alaska; nor will the
services of Surgeons outside the
Commission staff be provided except
when authorized for immediate re
lief in emergency cases.
Atoention is invited to the fact
that tie, wood and timber contrac
tors and their employees and sub
contractors are not entitled to the
benefits of the United States Em
ployees Compensation Act.
JAS. G. STEESE
Chairman and Chief Engineer.
ORDER YOUR
COAL
BY PHONE
Healy River
Coal
Corporation
PHONE YOUR ORDERS
.. TO THE
RAILROAD CIGAR STORE
THELIN SPREADING GOSPEL
OF ALASKA IN THE STATtS
The following taken from a Chi
cago Swedish paper, and translated
i for the News, concerns P. A. The
j lin, well known former resident of
: the Fairbanks and Nenana districts,
i who left for the States last year
! with several reels of Alaska pictures
with which he planned to tour the
cbuntry.
If a man lives in Alaska 24 years,
, he is not so bothered with the cold
1 as we are, in Chicago. This is the
] opinion of Mr. P. A. Thelin, who
■ last week paid a visit to this news
paper office. Mr. Thelin has been
in the North 24 years and conse
quently, therefore, knows “the trea
! sure house of the north” better than
most of others. And therefore he
will admit, under any circumstances
■that Alaska is not so acold and
unpleasant as many believe it to be.
I “No” Alaska is. in his opinion,
i “the best land on earth and Super
1 ior to Skane.
Mr. Thelin is a native of Skane
and came to this U. S. A. 26 years
ago. Lived about 2 years on the
west coast amongst other, places,
Los Angeles, and then went to the
“land of gold” in the North.
He had. like others, gotten the
gold fever, but seeking the gold
; don’t become his occupation. In
i stead of this he started several ex
' piditions of discoveries to all parts
of Alaska, including the Polar re
; gions. He also tells us that he two
j times tried to press through to the
North Pole.
During many long years of travel
ing has become an intimate friend
of the Eskimos, and taken 26,000
feet of films, and is, therefore able
to show others how Alaska and Po
lar regions in reality looks.
For the last- six months, Mr. The
lin has been traveling in the States
lecturing about Alaska in schools
and Theatres. Mr. Thelin also brings
with him recommendation papers
from Alaska and Minnesota.
The object of Mr. Thelin’s lec
ture are to spread propoganaa a
mongst the masses in the states and
advertise the nature of the climate
and the immense resources of Al
l aska. And Alaska is the land of the
j future "the treasure of the North”
'that is his last word.
This splendid work of Mr. Thelin
has reached Washington D. C. and
he is now invited to come there and
hold lectures about Alaska.
GENERAL CIRCULAR NO. 108
TO ALL CONCERNED:
In view of the frequent calls up
on this Commission to provide mat
erials and services for operations
not connected with the Alaska Rail
road, and the delay involved in col
lecting charges for such materia!
and services, the following proced
ure will be followed in the future,
No' material or services are to be
furnished in this manner unless
authorized by the Cha; man or
Vice Chairman. All requests for
material or services must include a
| reasonable concrete description, wifh
j the cos: estimated, and the person,
corporation or bureau requesting the
same.
The value of the facilities per
taining to the Railroad in aiding
j general Alaskan development is ad
mittedly very high but no legal
i authority exists for diverting the
resources of this Commission to such
a purpose. For this reason all charg
es involved must be promptly and
fully settled.
JAS. G. STEESE
Chairman.
Dr. Paul’s Form Fitting Shoe
for children at Abe Simson's.
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Alfred J. Ghezzi
Secretary.
R. C. Morri*.
President.
Alaska Steamship Co.
SAFETY SPEED SERVICE
VESSEL
Lv. Seattle L». Seward Lv. Anch.
Meh. 25
ALAMEDA ...,. Mch. 17 Mch. 26
NORTHWESTERN .Mar. 28 Apr. 4
ALAMEDA . Apr. 7 Apr. 13
NORTHWESTERN .-Apr. 18 Apr. 25
VICTORIA .Apr. 28 May 5
ALAMEDA .May 5 May 11
Apr. 14
May 12
FOR RATES AND RESERVATIONS APPLY TO
J. H. FLICKINGER, A. H. McDONALD.
Agent, Seward, Alaika Agent. Anchorage
A. A. SHONBECK
ANCHORAGE
LIME, PLASTER, CEMENT, FIRE BRICK, FIRE CLAY
Explosives and Blasting Supplies
COAL OIL GASOLINE LUBRICATING OILS GREASES
MAY and GRAIN
*
Commissioner Ed Brooker, of the
Kantishna district, is a guest a:
the Cooney hotel, having arrived
from Fairbanks yesterday.
BILL OF SALE blanks for sale
at The News Office.
WANT ADS
LOST — Posketboak containing $61.
Reward for return to Emerick Nel
son. at Cooney Hotel.
FOUND—Pioneer charm. Finder
can recover same by calling at the
Terminal and proving ownership.
FOR SALE—Old Town canoe in
goo' condition. Inquire News Office.
FOR SALE—One fe-disc cultivator
one improved post hole digger; one
V-bar barrow; price $75, f. o. b.
Healy. Inquire News.
FOR SALE—1 bed complete.
I brass bed complete.
1 Three quarter bed spring.
1 Writing desk.
1 Dining table
4 dining chairs, leather seats .
1 Cupboard, glass doors.
1 Cole air tight heater.
3 50 gallon hardwood barrels.
Screen doors, kitchen tables and j
other furniture.
1 Road house 8 miles south of
Healy with equipment.
1 Log cabin and lot.
Cheap to settle estate.
Inquire E. T. Sullivan. B st. be
tween 1st. and 2nd.
HERMAN ANDERSON'S
MODERN RESIDENCE
FOR SALE
Ha- the following room.-.:
1 Entrance Vestibule.
1 Large Living room. 16X26
3 Berrooms (each has clothes clo-,
set.)
1 Large Kitchen, wnite enamel.!
with breakfast nook, seating six 1
persons.
1 Bathroom, finished in white e
namel, with bath tub, wash basin!
and lavatory.
1 Good well, with clear water all j
(he year.
1 Edison Gold Medal Phonograph.
A houseful of A 1 oak furniture.
1 Dustproof warehouse, 45X45.
The basement of the house can be !
used for warm storage. Capacity ov
er 50 tons.
For further information see Her-(
man Anderson.
Trappers
T raders
SHIP TO
GEORGE R. GOSHAW, INC.
Dealer in Raw Furs
SEATTLE
Alaska Building
NEW YORK
127 W. 27 th Street
o#
FOR RENT OR SALE
NEW YORK BLOCK
(Also known as The Arctic)
A two-story building on comer
of best business block in Nenana.
Building is 25X100 feet. Lower
floor has plate glass front; aiso a
two-window plate glass front on side
street. Upper floor has fifteen
rooms, all nicely furnished. House
has hot air and steam heating sys
tems. Has electric washing machine
mangles washtubs, etc. Good oppor
tunity for enterprising party. For
further particulars see or write
Abe Simson, Nenana.
I am back again at the Skof
House with the best washing powd
er known to science. It will wash
your clothes snow white without rub
bing and will not hurt your hands
or the finest fabrics. It will save
you labor and, in an economical
way, repay you for the cost.
FRED HOELEK
NOTICE
T. VV. Buchholz. of Nenana. ha3
been named authorized representa
tive of the Fairbanks Clothing Cc.
in Nenana and vicinky and is em
powered to receive money due the
company on old and new acounts.
J. R FOWLE
LOCAL TRAIN SCHEDULE
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
Trains leave and arrive Nenana as
follows:
8:00 p. re. Tuesday "td Friday far
Seward and intermediate points
Returning arrives Nenana 6:45 a
m., same days.
1:30 p. m., Tuesday and Friday for
Dunbar, Fairbanks and Chatanika
Arrives Nenana 12:30 p. m.. Tues
day and Friday.
Pullman sleeper charges: Lower
berth, $4.50; upper berth, $3.50.
Tickets entitle holders to privi
leges Observation car.
D. H. WILLIAMS
Undertaking Parlors
Licenced Embalmer
Funeral Director
Anchorage — Nenana — Seward
CHAS. E. BERGMAN
Nenana Manager