THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, nnder the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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CART BEFORE THE HORSE
At every session of the territorial
legislature we hear people declaring
agair.st the filling of technical and
administrative public places by ap
pointment, and against conferring
additional powers and duties upon
federal officials, and assigning in
support of their position that to do
these things is in violation of the
principle of self-government. Those
who argue this way are mistaking
the shadow of government for the
substance. Self-government does not
depend upon the personnel of the
public service but upon the source
of authority. When the governor or
the Alaska Road Commission or
any commissioner or other federal
official is given work to do by the
territorial legislature, he becomes to
the extent of the duties required,
the servant of the territory, and he
must account to the territory for
his stewardship, instead of to the
authorities at Washington. Self-gov
ernment depends almost wholly up
on whether the public servants are
responsible to the people of Alaska
whether they are the servants of
Alaska, or whether they are re
sponsible to authorities at Washing
ton, servants of ‘.he nation. Our
problem is not as to who shall be
the servant. but as to whose servant
he shall be.
The fact is that conferring dutie
on federal servants and agents in
Alaska, the legislature may get co
operative efficiency and economy,
that otherwise could not be secured,
and the tendency is to commanded
the federal service or agency’, in
part, a-: least, to tf.'.e service of the
people of Alaska.
Enlightened thought nowhere is
in favor of the election of servants
to administrative or technical posi
tions. In municipal affairs it has been
all but completely eliminated in the
country, and in the States for many
years the tendency has been towa-H
shorter ballots and the selection of
public servants by the governor or
a controlling head. The state of
Washington recently adopted a cabi
net system, having a single man at
the head of each of seven or eight
important departments, and the
heads of these departments and the
governor constitute a cabinet, or
general board, to run all the affairs
of the state. All of these men are
appointed by the governor. The only
officials in the stare of Washington
that are elective are those which are
provided for in the constitution, and
for years there has been more or
less agitation in that state for a
constitutional convention for th2
purpose, among other things, of re
ducing the number of officials that
are elective by the people. In that
direction lies efficient and respon
sible government. —Juneau Empire.
Emmet Egan and Gus Kring are
driving a tunnel on the Valdez Gold
property, under contract. About
1,200 feet were driven on the prop
erty last year and there remains to
be driven, under the Egan contract,
about 800 feet.
See The News for Carbon paper.
PIONEER LADY SOURDOUGH;
NELLIE CASHMAN IN PRINT
The following interesting sketch
I of the life of Nellie Cashman, well
1 known oldtimer of the Koyukuk
and other Interior Alaska camps.
: appeared in the May issue of the
Sunset Magazine, in tee department
of "Interesting Westerners”:
The original lady, sourdoughl
This title will probably conjure up
in the average mind a picture of
, an aged grandmother sitting peace
; fully before a fireplace, spending
her declining years in restful tran-^
quility. But this mental photo of
j Miss Nellie Cashman, who bears the
, title, would be all -wrong. Although
in the seventies, she is brimful of
. enterprise and energy. In fact, this
remarkable Alaskan pioneer recent
' Iv came “Outside” on a business
trip, making four hundred and
eighty miles of the journey from
| Fairbanks to thg coast by dog team,
a feat that would feaze many men
’ in their prime—but not the original
lady sourdough. She is in the States
for a few weeks to confer with as
sociates relative to the development
of an extensive mining property
north of the Arctic circle, and when
she returns to Fairbanks expects to
assume office as deputy United States
marshal cf her district. Having been
recommended for the appointment,
she feels sure that she will get it,
not only because she’s always got
' everything she wanted in Alaska,
but also becafise she considers her
1 self better fitted to enforce the law
than anybody else in the district.
"No,” Miss Cashman smiled, “not
the enforcement of the two-gun
t man. I wouldn’t thing of using
' force on anybody, particularly the
boys up there. You see, they look
; on me as a sort of mother and they
.wouldn’t think of doing anything
: wrong while I was around. I’ve
been all through Alaska dozens of
times but I’ve never been troubled
by bad men. There isn’t a man in
Alaska who doesn’t take off his
hat when he meets me—and thev
■ always stop swearing when I come
round, too. I wouldn’t have any
: trouble in keeping order, because
everybody’s orderly when I’m around
' anyway.”
Miss Cashman braved the perils
of the then unknown Frozen North
• nearly fifty years ago on an errand
! of mercy for which miners still
! refer to her as the Florence Night
i ingale of the North. Bora in Ire
1 land, she was brought to this country
! when a baby, her family settling in
| the West. When a young woman
| she went into business as a hotel
manager and storekeeper in Virginia
City, Nevada. Even in that lively
locality life grew irksome for her.
She went to San FYancisco with
friends and while there tossed up a
coin to decide whether she should go
to Alaska or South America. Jhe
coin decided Alaska and a few
weeks later she arrived at Van
couver, B. C. While in that city she
learned that disease was threaten
ing the lives of miners in the Cas
;ar District, British Columbia. Im
mediately she enlisted a party and
started out with 1600 pounds of
1
1 supplies—medicine and food—to re
lieve the suffering: mining camp. The
snow on the trail was too deep for
them, so the party, with the sup
plies strapped on tiheir backs, made
the hazardous trip by snowshoes,
I arriving after twenty-seven days
in time to save the lives of of many
sufferers. News of Miss Cashman's
venture reached a military post and
the commanding officer, deciding
that no woman could survive the
hardships, sent out a detail of men
“to bring her body back for a
Christian burial.” When this military
party arrived. Miss Cashman greet
ed them with a square meal.
After spending two years in the
Cassiar District. Miss Cashman again
found life irksome and her venture
some spirit led her to Tombstone,
Arizona, where she opened a store,
but when the Alaska gold rush
started in '97 she was one of the
first to arrive at Dawson. Since then
Alaska and the Yukon have been
her home. In the Dawson section
she operated a mercantile store and
took a good many thousands out
of Bonanza creek, but of this for
tune little remains today. She has
helped many sourdoughs and never
refused any hapless miner or ad
venturer a “feed” in her Yukon
camp. She now has extensive claims
in the Koyukuk District of North
Central Alaska.
Miss Cashman was a feminist
long.before the coining of Che word.
Although she wears the clothes of
an oldtime grandmother she has the
same faith in the gayer women of
today as she had in her more seri
ous contemporaries of early days,
and is tolerant of their little friv
olities of dress.
“They might,” she said, “put a
little more on ’em than they do—
it wouldn't hurt to add just a mite
—but no matter what kind of
j clothes they wear, the American
| women are all right. 1 don’t know
how long I'll stay in Alaska. I in
tend to have my claims worked,
but after that, if anything turns up
somewhere else, I’m likely to pul!
! up stakes and start out.”
! NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX
! _
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been duly appoint
ed School Tax Collector for Nenana
School District, in conform1 :y with
Chapter 29, Alaska Session Laws,
1919.
All male persons twenty-one and
under fifty years of age, except
sailors in U. S. Army or Revenue
Cutter Service, Soldiers, volunteer
firemen, paupers and insane persons,
are subject to tax in the sum of
five ($5.00) dollars.
Should you be living in Alaska on
or prior to the First Monday in
April, 1921, said tax shall be due
and payable on said first date and
shail be delinquent after May 1st.,
1921. Should you arrive in Alaska
later than first date above mention
ed, tax will be delinquent thirty
(30) days after your arrival, or
within ten (10) days after notice
is given you.
All persons, firms and corporation s
employing labor shall furnish list
of employes to collector and are
authorized by law to deduct amount
of tax from wages of employes.
Fines and imprisonment are im
posed by the act above quoted for
those who fail or neglect to pay
tax or furnish list of employes.
Dated at Nenana, Alaska, May 14,
1921. J. H. SCOTT,
School Tax Collector for Nenana
School District.
The collection of the territorial
school tax of $5 by the collector is
largely a charity job, which has to
be done by some one for the bene
fit of the schools. I have undertaken
to collect this, as no one else will,
and hope those from whom it is
due will endeavor to pay promptly.
I want to call especial attention
to the fact that it is not necessary
for the collector to call on you
for this tax. But it must be paid
the same as any other tax and you
must get this tax in within the 30
day limit.
The school funds in the territory
! are now short of money and must
be helped out for the good of all.
All of this money, with a great
deal more, comes back to this dis
trict, so what you pay in here helps
j our local school. J. H. SCOTT
Clerk of School Board
In a free-for-all street fight, at
; Anchorage recently, between W. J.
Haworth and wife, the husband
drew a jail sentence of three months
: the wife was fined $250 and costs,
and Joe Flower was fined $100 and
■ costs. The fracas started during a
joy ride and wound up with a riot.
! The steamer Atlmira] Watson is
I scheduled to sail from Seattle for
I Southwestern Alaska points on the
following dates, strike conditions
permitting: May 17, June 7 and 23.
July 19, August 9 and 30, Septem
ber 20 and October 11.
C. H. Calhoun was in town to
day from his place across the river,
this being his first visit since the
breakup. Cal played the river ice
to move late this year and took a
number of bets into camp.
In the Probate Court, Territory of
Alaska, Fourth Judicial Division,
Nenana Precinct.
In the matter of the Estate of
Erick Sahlin, deceased.
Notice of Settlement of Account
Notice is hereby given that Her
1 man Magnuson, the administrator
of the estate of Erick Sahlin, de
ceased, has rendered and presented
for settlement, and filed in said
Court, his final account of his ad
ministration of said Estate; and that
Friday, the 20th. day of May, 1921,
at two o’clock, p. m., at the Court
room of said Court, at Nenana,
Nenana precinct, Territory of Alaska
has been ^luly appointed by the Pro
bate Judge of said Court, for the
‘ settlement of said account, at which
time and place any person inter
ested in said Estate may appear and
file exceptions in writing to the
, said account, and contest the same.
Dated this 19th. day of March,
1921. HERMAN MAGNUSON.
Administrator of the Estate of
Erick Sahlin, deceased.
First Publication March 19, 1921
Life Insurance saves many lives.
Talmadge, the great divine, aptly
said that many uninsured men when
ill worry so “they die from fear of
dying.” See R. S. McDonald, New
York Life Insurance Agent.
MOTORBOAT FOR SALE
Herman Anderson has decided to
sell his fast motorboat, the Ankle
Deep. This is the fastest boat in
Alaska and is in first class running
condition. 40 H. P. Roberts engine
with knuckle joint and shoe made of
; pick steel. Will float over 15 inches
I water. Will sell complete outfit,
with two propellers for $700. It's
j worth double the money. See Ander
son Bros. & Xerland.
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THE SUN AT MERIDIAN NOW—
Makes the spots and frayed places
on your clothing show up. Remedy
these little defects by bringing your
suits and coats to be pressed, mend
ed and cleaned; your underwear re
inforced at
HARRIET D’ORSAY’S
TAILOR SHOP
Third and A Phone 32 Green
Phone or call at Third street, near A
* N'enana, Alaska
Fine Stock Staple and Fanr.y Gro
ceries. Fowler A Morris.
r.s, McDonald
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conreyanciag
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
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WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF
OUTFITTING
Groceries and Provisions
Clothing:, Hardware, Notions
FOWLER & MORRIS
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NENANA’S BEST APPOINTED HOTEL
Cooney Hotel and Annex
HOT AND COLD WATER AND BATHS
. ROOMS SINGLE OR EN SUITE
COMFORT AND SERVICE UNEXCELLED
DOG BARNS
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* STEAMER SAILINGS
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Alameda . May 10
Northwestern . May 20
Alameda, southbound, calls at
LoTouche, Valdez. Cordova. Juneau,
Ketchikan. Northwestern, same ports.
Coast Train Schedule
Train leaves Gold Creek for
Anchorage on Sunday and Thurs
day at 1:00 P. M.
Train leaves Deadhorse for An
chorage on Tuesday and Friday.
Train leaves Anchorage for Sew
ard on Wednesday and Saturday at
9:00 A. M.
Train leaves Chickaloon for An
chorage. via Eska on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at 7:30
A. M.
Nenana Train Schedule
Trains leave Nenana for the end
of steel four times a week—on
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Saturday.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE CHEAP—Best garden ;n
Nenana. Six acres, with four un
der cultivation; well manured,
plowed and ready to plant. Also
2-room house, good cellar, good
water, electric lights. Barn and
shed; three tons hay, ten sack;
of oats; horse and wagon, plow
harrow, cultivator, shovel plow
two tons seed potatoes; all kind;
of tools. Must go Outside.
William Smyth
FOR SALE OR RENT—The Nenana
Rooming House. Good opportunity
for man and wife. For furthci
particulars, inquire on premises.
The Sporting Season Is Here, Boys!
All the best sizes and brands ol
fly hooks, salmon eggs, fish lines,
leaders, fish poles. King salmon nets,
greyling and whitefish nets, corka,
sinkers. Ammiyiition and guns jusl
arritsr at Anderson Bros. & Ner
land’s..
COAL
From Healy River Coal Mine
will save you from one—third to
one-half on your fuel bill.
| 2-ton lots, a ton 8.50
| Special rates on carload lots
Deliveries, Tutsdays and Fridays
Order from.
Dr. J. R. Bowen, Agt
Bowen Bldg. Phoge 54 Green
If Comfort, Economy and the :
Environments of Home
Appeal to You,
STOP AT THE
MONTANA
SPECIAL RATES BY WEEK g
OR MONTH.
WATCHES
JEWELRY
Watch Repairing
DESIGNING AND NATIVE
JEWELRY A SPECIALTY
WM. TAYLOR
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST MONDAY EACH MONTH
AT 8:00 P. M.
\ isiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke
Secretary.
Geo. S. Smith
Piesident.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
subject to
NOTICE
Schedule of trains,
change without notice:
LEAV E NENANA for Healy on
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Saturday at 8 a. m.
Returning leaves Healy at 1 p. m.
LEAVE FAIRBANKS for Nenana
on Tuesday and Friday at 8 a. m.
Returning leaves Nenana at 1:30
p. m.
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELANI*
Secretary Dictator.
| Misses Vera Russell and Con
stance Petersen went out to Healy
today for a brief visit.
Tabs of all kinds at The News office