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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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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CO-OPERATION IN MANAGE
MENT.
Senator Cummins, chairman of
the senate interstate commerce com
mittee, in a recent statement on;
plans for the solution of the rail- j
road problem, makes it plain that:
the committee is favorable to giv- j
ing the employes a voice in the
management of the roads. The in
clination is in line with the gen
eral trend for co-operation between
employer and employe in virtually
every field of industrial endeavor, j
It bids fair to stem the tide of labor j
unrest which is against the best j
interests of employers, workers, an.l
the general public.
“My personal opinion,” said Mr.
Cummins, “is that the wage-earner
should be represented on the boards
of directors of the railroads. Ev
ery member of the interstate com
merce committee believes that the
classsified personnel should partici
pate in the management of the
roads. By including their spokes
men among the directors, their pe
culiar problems could be worked
out by those most concerned and
best informed.”
Continuing, Mr. Cummins said
the bill which the committee is
about to submit as a solution of j
the country’s future transportation !
problem provides for “private own- !
ership and operation,” promotes
consolidations so that systems can {
compete on even terms, and pre
serves the relationship of employer
and employe for development in the
direction which promises most good
for those two classes, and for the
nation as a whole.
Just how the committee intends
to arrange for the development of
wider co-operation on the part of
the companies and the workers is
not explained. But, judging from
| Mr. Cummins' assertion that both
| he and members of the body believe
| the classified personnel should par
I ticipate in the management of the
j roads, it may be assumed that the
j plan will provide for labor repre
| sentation on whatever commission
: or commissions Congress would give
■ power to control matters of rates,
services and wages. So long as cor
porations own the roads, it is obvi
ous that Congress would have no
power to force stockholders to elect
employes to boards of directors.
Therefore it is apparent that, if
j workers are to be given a voice
in management under private own
ership as the committee desires,
their place to function will be with
governmental agencies having gen
eral supervision over the carriers as
2. whole.
The suggestion is undeniably
sound, believes the Tacoma Ledger.
If regional boards are to be cre
ated to have supervision over sys
tems created by the new program,
it would doubtless be fair to the
classified personnel as well as to the
best interests of the public that
the workers be represented on such
: boards, and, if federal regulation
; and control are to be centered in
the interstate commerce commission
oi some similar board, provision for
labor representation in such a regu
! latorv organization is likewise es
sential to requirements of the times.
The big army of railroad work
1 ers have a vast amount 'of practical
: knowledge which would be found
j invaluable to those having the wel
fare of the roads in charge, and
their opinions deserve recognition
i when their own interests are at
: stake. Assured co-operation would
undoubtedly have a beneficial effect
on the permanent solution of the
problem, which has been growing
, larger year after year.
LEEHEY OFFERS
ENCOURAGEMENT; I
SEEKING FACTS|
“The Alaska Territorial Shipping
board is conducting a very search
ing investigation into everything
which pertains to steamship trans
portation to and from this terri
tory,” said Maurice D. Leehey to a
representative of the Ketchikan
Chronicle recently. “I am on my
way home from Juneau, where T
went for a conference with the
board, accompanied by Richard M.
Seftimes, who has been retained as
traffic adviser. You know Mr.
Semmes is an old-time Alaskan of
Yukon days and was manager of
the first Admiral line when it had
* the Bertha and the Portland on the
run to Southwest Alaska. Mr.
Semmes has just returned from
army service and we were fortu
nate enough to obtain him for this
work.
“We are going into every phase
of the question, and the steamship
companies promise to give us every
aid in assembling complete data. I
think the companies realize that our
Territorial Shipping Board is fair.
and wants to help the companies
with their troubles, thereby better
enabling them to give a better serv
ice and better rates to the shipper.
No doubt the steamship people have
their troubles, and we shall also try
to find means to economize in the
service, but it is of prime import
ance that a definite schedule of
sailings be established and main
tained.
“Just now, in the past 24 hours,
the only three passenger boats of
the Admiral line all called at
Ketchikan, northbound. I am told
that none of them has any mail, as
that was sent North on the Prin
cess Mary, which has a contract
from the Canadian postoffice depart
ment. How long will the Canadian
government allow our government
to sponge on them for that serv
ice? It is undignified in our great
government, to say the least; but
the postoffice department will not
award a mail contract unless the
companies agree to a definite sched
ule, and the companies say they
cannot do so on the rates the de
partment will pay. But we must
get a definite schedule some way.
Three northbound passenger ships
here in one day means none for
several days. And the traffic seems
large enough when you try to get
space for freight or buy a ticket.
Why, I can’t even get a steerage
ticket to Seattle. But we are going
into the whole subject fully, and
that is a big job, requiring some
months of hard work. We must
first know all the facts which bea:
'upon the subject, and 1 am sure wt
shall then be able to find some
relief from a situation so absolute
ly forbidding to Alaskan develop
ment.
l‘I have watched the mining de
velopment in the Salmon River val
iley above Hyder for twelve years,
as I have clients who have been in
terested there that long and whc
have stood by the district with un
shakable faith. Now they have at
! least two wonderful mines devel
i
joped, and others give almost posi
tive assurance of greatness. The
great schistose intrusion in which
the veins are found extends over
| on the Alaska side, and mines will
ibe developed there also, but the
'Alaska side is lower down and cov
ered with more debris and vegetable
growth, making prospecting more
difficult than on the Canadian side.
“And the one thing upon which
Alaska primarily depends for growth
is the development of her mines. I
appreciate the wonderful fisheries,
but the fact is they are developed
too much so far as salmon and
halibut are concerned. It is a ques
tion whether that production can
be maintained, but there is no ques
tion that Alaska’s mineral wealth
has scarcely been scratched. Why,
prospecting has been done only
along the beach and above the tim
ber line, practically speaking. There
are only two or three operating
mines back from tidewater, while in
all the world outside of Alaska and
British Columbia there is not a
single mine operated at tidewater
If all this can be had at tidewater
in Alaska, what will be developed
when cheaper transportation is pro
vided to the great Interior? So we
are right back to the fact that the
one great problem in Alaska is
transportation, and the Territorial
Shipping Board is hard at work to
help solve it.”
FAIRBANKS HAS
FUEL SHORTAGE:
AWAITING COAL
The coming of N'enana coal is
awaited eagerly by the people of
Fairbanks, according to George Mar
kus, head of the stores department
of the Alaskan Engineering com
mission, who returned from a busi
ness visit to the upper town last
night on the steamer Carl White.
There is an acute shortage of fuel
up river just now, he says, and
many of the miners on the creeks
are buying just enough wood to
last them until such time as they
can get coal from Lignite. The
Northern Commercial company ship
ped several hundred cords of wood
to the creeks to meet immediate re
quirements.
‘‘The old town of Fairbanks looks
good,” Mr. Markus told The News
man this morning, and he was en
thusiastic over the reception ac
corded him by his many friends in
his former home town. “Business
conditions up the river,” continued
Mr. Markus, “appear to be very
satisfactory. In fact, several of the
merchants reported receipts for Sep
tember, up to the 20th of the
month, which were in excess of
those for the entire month a year
ago. A spirit of optimism prevails,
which is leavened by the hope that
cheap fuel, in the form of Xenana
coal, will solve their greatest prob
lem.”
The development of homesteads
adjacent to Fairbanks, Mr. Markus
believes, Has contributed largely to
the prosperity and contentment of
Fairbanks, who now keep many
thousands of dollars in circulation
in the camp, which was formerly
sent Outside for vegetables and
feed. He reports an abundance of
oat hay for the entire camp, and
while the production of potatoes
WANT ADS
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FOR SALE—Lady's pony fur coat
and muff. Apply Mrs. R. S. Mc
Donald.
.FOR SALE—Furnished house, four
rooms, with summer kitchen, at
tic, large basement and winter
cellar for vegetables. Heated by
furnace. Winter supply of veg
etables Full corner lot. One of
the most desirable parts of town.
Inquire at News office.
BUNCH OF KEYS found. Owner
can recover by calling at News
office and paying for this adver
i tisement.
FOR SALE — Showcase. 5}* feet
long. Practically new. Cheap.
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
:: nd other vegetables for the season
|did not attain the proportions of a
bumper crop, the farmers are well
satisfied with the results obtained.
About 2,000 bushels of wheat wall
be harvested this year, Mr. Markus
learned, and he believes it to be
quite safe to predict that enough
grain will be produced within a few
years to meet all requirements. He
also learned of the installation of
a potato grader by the Farmers’
association. This, he says, will
eliminate much dissatisfaction
among consumers, since it will keep
the little tubers out of the sacks.
Mr. Markus went to Fairbanks
on Tuesday, by way of the Nenana
Fairbanks line. He rode to the end
of, steel on the Nenana end. trav
ersed the gap between steel ends
on foot, a distance of about 17
miles at that time, and boarded a
speeder at the Fairbanks end of
steel, reaching the upper town that
evening.
The work north of the river is
proceeding rapidly, he says, and he
was very favorably impressed bv
the appearance of the track, which
;is remarkably level and true for a
i new line. At the rate steel is
moving now, there should be no
difficulty, in his opinion, in closing
the gap by Thanksgiving.
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New Wi»con»in Cream Cheese at
Fowler & Morris.
W. G. Rodigkeit, the penial pro
prietor of the Tavern, returned to
town on the steamer Carl White
last nipht from a visit of several
days in Fairbanks.
I _
The Johnson launch Peerless is
at Fairbanks today.
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Battleship O-Cedar Mops, $1.50.
Fowler & Mor-is.
OLU PAPfcKS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
Nenana. Where Kails and Kivers Meet
DR. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
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WARNING.
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tampering with it in any way will
be prosecuted to the full extent of
the law. ALBERT FORTIER.
Henana, Alaska's Interior Pnel Depot
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NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
Ob Second i»d Fou-th Tuesday*
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train *
for any point on the line south of
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
building, 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 a. m.
On and after july 15th 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 8 a. m . until further
notice.
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
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