THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April lf 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”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
Owned and Edited by
R. G. SOUTHWORTH ARTHUR G. BELL
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THE GOLD STANDARD AND THE
M’FADDEN BILL.
The chief objection which is of
fered by those who oppose the Mc
Tadden bill is based upon their be
lief that its enactment will endan
ger the old standard. These men,
says the Mining Congress Journal,
congratulate the country upon hav
ing been able to maintain the gold
standard while most other nations,
except the United States and Japan,
have found their currency at a dis
count; these men glory in the proud
pre-eminence of the United States
because of its ability to maintain
the gold standard during the present
trying conditions.
In this the Mining Congress Jour
nal fully agrees with them, but begs
to point out that we have been able
to maintain the gold standard by
virtue of the fact that we have had
sufficient gold with which to main
tain it. The currency of most Eu
ropean countries has been at a dis
count because those nations have
not enough gold to justify the con
fidence that they will be able to
pay their obligations in gold. It is
pointed out by these misguided
friends of the gold standard that
Great Britain under more difficult
conditions has absolutely refused to
lend aid to her South African gold
miners and has permitted an open
gold market in which the deprecia
tion of her paper money could be
measured. But they do not go fur
ther and state that the miners in
South Africa can be paid with this
depreciated currency, and therefore
in effect the gold miners of South
Africa are receiving a bounty mea
sured by the depreciation of British
currency. In other words, the gold
mine operator in South Africa pays
his bills in discounted British ex
change for which he trades his gold
at a premium.
The gold miners of every gold
producing country of the world, ex
cept the United States, have this
advantage, and the same advantage
will come to the gold miners of
the United States whenever our
currency is at a discount, and not
before. These opponents of the
McFadden bill insist that gold pro
duction will increase when we have
returned to normal conditions. But
is there an authority anywhere who
will express even a faint hope that
we will within the next few years
return to normal conditions? Even
though it could be hoped that busi
ness would again return to that
normal condition—in other words,
that low price level which will per
mit successful gold mining — this
•could not occur during the next few
years without a commercial panic
which would depress the values of
the country to the tune of billions
of dollars.
The American Bankers’ associa
tion, has twice gone on record fa
voring such governmental stimula
tion of the gold-mining industry a?
would maintain a normal output, and
no one can suspect this association
of any desire to tamper with the
gold standard. To say that an in
creased price for such gold as is
used in the manufacture of jewelry
threatens the integrity of the gold
[standard is to beg the question. The
[gold standard in the United States
jean be maintained only by the pos
j session of such a volume of gold as
I will insure public confidence in the
j ability of the nation at all times to
j meet its every obligation. It is ad
. mitted that gold will flow from this
(country to European countries. In
jmany quarters it is believed desir
jable, and in some quarters it is be
jlieved to be a necessity, that much
jof our gold shall be exported to
[foreign countries in ordei; to estab
lish such credit as will enable those
[countries to do business with us
upon a gold basis. Certainly we
cannot maintain the gold standard
by exporting our gold reserves and
by crushing our gold industry. The
flow of gold to the point of great
est demand is essential to the main
tenance of a free gold market. Gold
will flow to foreign countries and
our own replenishment of that stock
cannot proceed from abandoned
gold mines, no matter what premi
um may be offered. The destruc
tion of gold mines now going on
at a frightful rate spells calamity to
the nation which permits it.
PULL FOR PULP.
Pulp and paper—those are the
two words heard more often in
Alaska than any other at the pres
ent time. They have displaced in
the vocabulary of Alaskans the
words gold and copper as far as
this section of the Territory is con
cerned, says the Douglas Island
j News.
That Alaska will one day be a
great paper-producing country there
; is no doubt. Many people attempt
.to enumerate objections to Alaska
fjind in particular this section of
| Alaska—as a paper manufacturing
| center. Each objection can be met
jwith logic and refuted.
The development of the industry
Swill require time and money, but
! it is bound to come, bringing with
j it better times. The more diversi
j lied industries any section has the
!more prosperous it is. When Alas*
ika gets thoroughly established in
;the paper making business it will
be on a solid foundation with three
great industries — mining, fishing,
and paper manufacturing. It will
be a poor season indeed when all
three will fail.
So from now on let us think and
talk paper and pulp. By our own
sincerity we can help create an at
mosphere of certainty that cannot
fail to impress and to help. Pull
for pulp; plug for paper. They will
surely come.
MORE HEARINGS HELD
ON SOPHIA DISASTER
Hearings are now being held in
Juneau before Special Commission
er Bruce Moburg of Seattle, rep
resenting Judge Neterer of King
county, in regard to the wreck of
the steamship Princess Sophia. Law
rence Bogle, a Seattle attorney, is
representing the Canadian Pacific
Railway company, and the proctor
in admiralty representing heirs of
people who lost their lives, is At
torney W. L. Martin.
The testimony that is given at the
Trappers
Traders
ship to
GEORGE R. GOSHAW, INC.
At our Seattle office we have opened a buying department for
the benefit of the Alaska trade.
We solicit the accounts of individuals, firms and corporations
desiring closer connections for buying and selling. The service
rendered is direct; we, at every step, exercise close supervision
over all transactions, thus assuring accurate and prompt atten
tion.
We are READY, WILLING and ABLE to buy right, to ship
right, to insure right—to attend to all matters as your personal
agent. Your enquiries and wants will receive our immediate and
most courteous attention.
WRITE US there is no obligation. We are just the business
connection that the Alaska Trade has been looking for in the
buying of mining, cannery and fishing supplies, dry goods, gro
ceries, cigars and tobacco, drugs, rubber goods, furniture, house
hold sundries, electrical goods, gas engines—in fact, anything that
grows or is manufactured.
We are also willing and anxious to develop a market for all
Alaskan products. Get in touch with us, giving full particulars,
and your goods will be sold right.
Dealer in Raw Furs
SEATTLE
Alaska Building
NEW YORK
127 W. 27th Street
WORD
A
'hearing will be submitted to Judge
Neterer, and he will, from the evi
dence, decide whether or not the
owners of the steamer can limit
their liability for damages to the
I profit of the single voyage of the
vessel and the value of the boat, or
whether they will have to pay full
damages if such may be awarded in
damage suits that have been filed.
Many witnesses have been called.
Principal witnesse have been gasboat
| men who went to the scene when
ithe Sophia was fast on the reef,
i All radio messages that were ex
! changed between the Juneau shore
j station and the vessel and all those
isent by Canadian officials at Juneau
and Vancouver have been submit
ted.
A SNAP, IF SOLD AT ONCE.
Gasboat “Bunny,” with Ferro en
gine.
1 34-inch Lang Range,
j 3 Bed Springs.
1 Morris Chair, 2 Rockers.
1 Counter Scale, etc.
See J. A. SLIPPERN.
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•H MARINE BULLETIN. *
| Alaska, at Fairbanks.
Tanana, up Xenana for Fairbanks,
7 p. m., 5th.
I Kestrel, up Kantishna.
J Kotlik, at St. Michael.
No report on Davis and Herman.
Louise, up Nulato, 8 a. m.
Yukon, up Circle, 2:30 a. m.
Jacobs, up Big Salmon this morn
jing.
Pelican, up Tanana for Fairbanks,
. noon, 5th.
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CALIFORNIA TOWN HAS
NO MORE CHINESE NOW
'* HEALDSBURG, Cal—This city’s
'last Chinese has left town. In for
!
jmer years Healdsburg had quite a
'Chinese population, and a whole
| row of Chinese merchants, laundry
men, and chop-houses existed in the
early days. Tom Cheun, proprietor
of a local restaurant for the past
twenty years, this week sold out and
left town.
Several years ago, Cheun cut a
{wide swath for a few brief weeks,
{having married a white woman, an
r.s. McDonald
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE
i RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE .
Only the most reliable companies
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
WANT ADS
PHONOGRAPHS wanted at Sim-j
son’s Department Store.
FOUND—Leather watch fob with
locket. Owner can have same by ;
calling at The News office.
BARN FOR RENT—Second and E. i
Three double stalls. Pump in i
barn. Inquire at News.
the^dwyer^TomFToTT"sale? i
Terms reasonable. tf J
BUNcTPot^SEVEN^KEYS found, j
Owner can recover by calling at j
News office and paying for adv.
adventuress, who went through his j
financial accumulation of years and j
then disappeared. Chenu was thor-!
oughly Americanized, and was noted
for his charitable gifts.
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OUTSIDE POTATOES — Fowler
& Morris.
Nenana. Alaska's Interior Fuel Depot
ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
stands alone in par-excellence of'
service and sanitary convenience.
Turkish, Steam, Shower
or Plain Baths, at
MODERATE RATES. j
Rooms for Dressing and Resting
in Connection. Also Rooms for
Rent, Transient or Permanent.
Mr. and Mrs. Heimburger !
Proprietors.
I HEALY RIVER|
II ROADHOUSE j
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FRESH EGGiS
Outside Potatoes
Fruits of All Kinds
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We Strive to Please
EVERYTHING THE BEST
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The Southern
7om Smith, Prop.
NENANA HOUSE
Large Barn-In Connection-Dog Kennels
MRS. A. B. EASTERLY, Proprietress.
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
JNENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL!
Fourth and B Streets
Fourth Monday of Month
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELAND,
Secretary Dictator, i
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
chase tickets before entering trains. y
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 North Nenana.
Tickets will be on sale at ny
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 Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 8 a. m.
* The following change of schedule
between Nortn Nenana and Fair
banks is effective June 1, subject to
change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 8:00 a. m.;
arrive North Nenana, 12:30 p. m.
Leave North Nenana, 2:00 p. m.;
arrive Fairbanks, 6:30 p. m.
A ferry will be run between Ne
nar.a and North Nenana to connect
with Fairbanks trains. Passengers
f.>r Fairbanks should purchase tick
ets in Nenana before crossing the
ferry.
Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
Daring the last season we conducted an advertising campaign
throughout the Nerth an'd 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
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