THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for eniry 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.
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LIEUT.-COL. GOTWALS.
Lieut.-Col. John C. Gotwals, as a
civil engineer, entered the engineer
corps of the United army through
competitive examination in 1913. He
entered with the rank of second
lieutenant.
Previous to entering the army he
was a civil engineer at and near
New York city, where 'he had been
engaged since 1906 as an engineer
on the Pennsylvania tunnel and the
Cattskill aqueduct. On the latter he
was resident engineer for three miles
of the work.
•Col. Gotwals was raised to the
rank of captain at the beginning
of the war. He went to France
in 1917 and saw very active service
in the war areas with the British
and French armies before the ar
rival of the American army. He
joined the American army after its
arrival over there. He left France
in November, 1919, with the rank,
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of lieutenant-colonel, and on arriv- (
ing in America was attached to the !
statf of General Robert E. Bullard!
at Governor’s Island, New York, as
department engineer. He came di
rectly from that post to Alaska.
THE CALIBER OF OUR LAW
MAKERS.
There is such a confirmed habit
on the part of many newspapers
and many good citizens to carp at
senators and to belittle congressmen
that it is hard to secure open-mind
edness for a just estimate of the
personal quality and the statesman-j
ship of our national lawmaking body, \
writes Editor Shaw in the July num-|
ber of the American Review of Re
views. We know little about the
rank and file of membership in leg
islative bodies abroad, because un
der the British, French, Italian, anil
other representative systems, it is
almost invariably true that a small
group holding ministerial rank comes
to the front for personal approval
or criticism, and the ordinary mem
ber of a legislative body does noth
ing except to give his vote along
with those of the party group to
which he belongs. Our committee
system at Washington throws into
prominence a much larger number
of members of senate and house
than are brought forward in the
British house of commons, for ex
ample. There seems to be an im
pression that our representatives at
the two ends of the Capitol building
at Washington are men of smaller
caliber than their predecessor* twen
ty or forty or sixty years ago.
Taking them on the average, how
ever, the men now in public life
will gain rather than lose in repute
if subjected to strict comparison
with those of earlier periods, in
points both of intelligence and char
acter.
WHERE THE MONEY IS.
One of the many reasons why
there is often a scarcity of funds
usable for business needs is the fact
that so many persons carry much
unnecessary cash around with them,
instead of depositing it in banks.
The a ’gregate of dollars thus kept
idle and useless throughout the Unit
ed States is startling, declares the
editor of Leslie’s. One captain of
industry found that his 400 employes
had in their pockets an average of
$28 each. Where workers run into
thousands and tens of thousands,
the sums thus withheld from circu
lation become so large as to seri
ously affect the financial situation.
The advice of one of our leading
financiers is therefore sound, that
no one should “tote around more
dollars than he requires as life's
daily working capital.”
OUR 52 PERCENT SCHOOLS.
For the high priests of education,
[there is little joy in contemplating
the table of ratings for the public
school systems of the United States
as made by the Russell Sage Foun
dation, says the New York World.
The forty-eight states and territo
ries show, on points of school at
tendance, training, progress, etc.,
along with considerations of teach
ers' salaries, building funds, sup
plies and related items, an average
of only 52 percent in efficiency. And
it has taken fifty years to reach this
figure from a mark half as high.
Montana, leading the foundation’s
list, shows itself but 75.8 percent
effective. California, coming next,
is set at 71.2 percent. There fol
low eight states with percentages
ranging down the 60s. New York,
with 59.4 percent, is thirteenth on
the list, and the next eighteen num
bers, falling among the 50s, are
sufficient to sustain the given gen
eral average, despite the citing of
Porto Rico and a nearly solid South,
in percentages running down thru
the 30s.
Politics, lack of state enterprise,
and child labor are among the large
factors affecting for the worse the
standing of American schools. Con
cerning the last of these, the Chil
dren’s Bureau of the Department
of Labor at Washington reports a
j “stay-in-school” campaign going on
jin twenty states, which is to be fol
lowed by a “back-to-school” drive,
j These movements will affect strongly
jthe boy and girl workers on farms,
I who now make up three-quarters of
the country’s child labor. New
York, if it cares to be an Empire
State in education as well as in
wealth, population and commerce,
has a long way to go in the strength
ening and the support of its schools.
And there is evidence that much of
the distance must be covered right
in New York city.
OUTSIDE POTATOES — Fowler
Sl Morris.
Kodak Supplies—fresh stock—just
unpacked 'at Thompson's Drug Store.
EXCHANGE RATE STOPS
WORK ON COAST MINE
“I do not say that we will wait
for the franc to get back to normal,
but it will have to get back to a
reasonable price before we will re
sume operations at the Jualin mine,”
said President Jean Vonophem of
the Jualin Mines company to a rep
resentative of the Alaska (Juneau)
Empire, recently.
“We have not abandoned the I
Jualin, and as soon as the franc
gets on a basis where we can afford
to work we will throw all the forces
at our command on the property,”
he continued, “and we look to see
a great mine there some day.”
Mr. Vanophem, who is president
of the Algunican Development com
pany and the Jualin Alaska Mines
company, arrived in Juneau several
weeks ago, after having been in
France and Belgium since 191G.
| For several weeks he was at Stew
art, B. C., where the company is
j interested in two claims, the h'orth
jern Light and the Spider. He is
well satisfied with their investment
in the Stewart country, but says
that not enough work has yet been
(done to prove the properties.
Mr. Vonophem is accompanied on
the trip by his wife, who is on her
first trip to America.
The companies that he represents
iare Belgian companies. They aban
doned the work of developing the
Jualin mines in Berner’s bay several
months ago, on account of the high
exchange rates on Belgian money,
and concentrated all their efforts
on silver-lead property in the Stew
art district.
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
May have what you are looking for.
SECOND-HAND GOODS BOUGHT
AND SOLD.
NORTH OF NENANA HOUSE.
TYPEWRITER PAPER IS
ON SALE BY THE NEW?
A shipment of typewriter paper,
of the standard American brand,
has just been unpacked at The News
office, where it is on sale by the
box or in any other quantity desired.
The sizes include both legal and
letter and the weights range from
the lightest to heavy.
The paper was bought right and
is being sold at a close margin of
profit.
The News also has unprinted en
velopes for sale by the box and by
the package—all sizes, from baroni
al to legal, white and colored, and
bond and wove.
Wenana, Alaska's Interior Fuel Depot
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Washing outfit. Wring
er; two tubs; 1 copper-bottom
boiler; 1 brass washboard, in good
condition. All for $13.50. In
quire Nenana News.
PHONOGRAPHS wanted at Sim
son's Department Store.
FOUND—Leather watch fob with
locket. Owner can have same by
calling at The News office.
I
BARN FOR RENT—Second and E.
Three double stalls. Pump in j
barn. Inquire at News.
THE DWYER HOME FOR SALE.;
Terms reasonable. tf
BUNCH OF SEVEN KEYS found.
Owner can recover by calling at
News office and paying for adv.
EFFICIENCY
applies to the man who has his fall!
and winter wear Put in ■ shape dur- j
Lag the summer. Bring them to
D’ORSAY'S TAILOR SHOP
Phone Third and A Sts.
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST MONDAY OF MONTH
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Martin Nash,
Secretary. President.
SKOF HOUSE
That’s the Place
GOOD iJARN FOR HORSES
IN CONNECTION.
Second and Market Sts.
MRS. JAMES LAVIN
HEALY RIVER i
ROADHOUSE I
END OF STEEL
LEO RODRIGUE
Proprietor.
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PRIVATE BOXES
JOHN KETOOROKY
Proprietor.
FRESH EGGS
Outside Potatoes
Fruits of All Kinds
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EVERYTHING THE BEST
Tavern Cafe and Bakery
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A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
Tom Smith, Prop.
NENANA HOUSE
Large Barn*-In Connection-Dog Kennels
MRS. A. B. EASTERLY, Proprietress.
Or. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Price* Moit Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
NENANA 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.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
chase tickets before entering trains.*
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
jchange without notice:
I Leave Fairbanks at 8:00 a. m.;
arrive North Nenana, 12:30 p. m.
Leave North Nenana, 2:00 p. ra.;
arrive Fairbanks, 6:30 p. m.
A ferry will be run between Ne
nar.a and North Nenana to connect
with Fairbanks trains. Passengers
for Fairbanks should purchase tick
ets in Nenana before crossing tho
ferry.
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Trappers and Traders of Alaska
i SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
During the last season we conducted an advertising campaign
throughout the North an'd are prepared to send you the names of
people in all sections of Alaska and the Yukon who will verify our
statemente.
Our'Vxcellent 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.
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CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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