THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918. at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enrry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Fublished every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
Owned and Edited by
K. G. SOUTHWORTH ARTHUR G. BELL
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION
Single Copies...Two Bits
By the Month, by Carrier or Mail...$ 2.00
Six Months, if paid in Advance... 9.00
One Tear, if paid in advance.—•. .—...... 16.00
ADVERTISING RATES
Transient Display Advertising, per inch, per issue.....$ .60
Minimum Charge ....... 1.00
Reading Notices, per line, per issue....... .25
Legal Advertising, per line, per issue—.... .20
AD CHANGES FOR TOMORROW MUST .BE TURNED IN TODAY
BEFORE SIX.
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re-pubii
cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in
this paper and also all the local news published herein.
STATE RIGHTS AND ALASKA.
The- discussion of Governor Law
den’s speech on the need for great
er exercise of power by stale and
the various forms of municipal gov
ernment in the United States nat
urally causes one’s mind to turn to
the situation in Alaska, says the
Alaska Daily Empire (.Juneau). The
difficulty of applying his sugges
tions here lies in the circumstance
that the people of this Territory
have not the power to develop their
government and to settle their local
problems. They will have to get
that before they can assume the du
ties that are theirs of right. We
need a full territorial form of gov
ernment so that the people can take
up and settle questions that have
remained unsettled for years. The
difference between Alaska and the
country in general is that the peo
ple of this territory want the power
to do things they cannot do, while
in the States they refuse to exer
cise powers that they have. In both
cases the result has been to develop
a tendency on the part of the peo
ple to go to Washington or some
other outside authority for help
when they ought to shoulder the re
sponsibility themselves. The dan
gers are many: First, things are
not nearly so likely to be settled
right as they were in the old days
when the people acted for them
selves, and. secondly, the. people are
becoming less resolute and self-re
liant. Fifty years ago an Ameri
can people, situated as Alaska r,.
would have but one first reqeust to
make of the National Government,
and that would be for self-govern
ment, and the request would have
been made again and again until it
was granted.
THE PROSPECTOR—WE ALL
LOVE HIM.
This is the time of year, says the
Hyder Miner, when the prospector
lies in his bunk, and lies and lies—
in his bunk. And then sometimes
he goes out and peddles the bunk.
If it were not for the prospector
their would be no mines. So that
makes him the world’s greatest ben
efactor. He Is also the champion
romancer of ancient and modern
times. What a pity it is that his
romances might not every- one come
true_what a wonderful world it
iwould be! All pow-er to this noble
adventurer! May his overalls never
be beyond patching, and his bean
pot never go empty. Nine times
out of ten he believes everything
he says, and the rest of -us are not
compelled to share his fine delu
sions, though we are fortunate in
being able to enjoy their telling.
The prospector i‘ a grown-up child,
living in a delightful land of make
believe—and we all love him.
NO MORE PICTURE BRIDES.
The Japanese government’s assur
ance that it is engaged in no in
trigue with Mexico may not satisfy
our war lords of politics and jour
nalism, but its engagement to pro
hibit emigration to this country of
picture-brides, believes the New
York World, cannot fail of cordial
i
i approval on the Pacific coast, where
! the practice has awakened just re
Uentment.
; Palpably in violation of the gen
tlemen’s agreement long in force.
[ the picture-bride industry, by which
Japanese here selected and identi
fied wives at home by photograph,
has led to an unexpected and un
j desirable increase in the population,
j Children born of these marriages
are not only Japanese in all that
the name implies; they are destined
jalso to become full-fledged Ameri
!ean citizens. By agreeing to the
.restriction named, Japan shows once
;more a disposition to be friendly,
'even at the expense of its own
| pride.
•:
J
ROAD TO RUIN.
i Sir H. Rider Haggard, the author,
| believes the middle classes of Eng
land are on the “road to ruin.”
!This opinion he expressed in a letter
to the general secretary of the Mid
dle Classes union, regretting that
| other work prevented him from as
suming the presidency of a branch
| of the union.
“I sympathize fully with your
[movement,” he wrote. “The middle
:classes, by which I take to mean
all beneath the rank of peers who
jdo not actually earn their living by
'the work of their hands, are, with
'out doubt, on the road to ruin,
i Owing principally, or at any rate
| very largely, to the incredible ex
: rier.se of rearing and educating chil
dren, their birthrate is decreasing
lin a most alarming fashion, and
probably is now exceeded by their
Uieathrate.”
' He declared that against these
classes the profiteer is given a free
hand that “under pretence of a .
1 1!
nebulous anti-dumping bill, they are
now threatened with the loss of the
blessings of free trade, which alone
enable? many with fixed or dwind- ^
ling incomes to live at all.” He
said that only combination to pro- -
tect themselves and their interests *
could save them.
“If the middle classes remain dis
united and in consequence are bul
1 lied and plundered to death, as hap
paned to the Curiales before the ji
fall of the Roman empire, I am (
sure that with them will disappear
the wealth and the ancient greatness
of our country,” he concluded.
—
YANKEE CORPORATIONS
BLAMED FOR SHORTAGE .
- 1
MEXICO CITY.—The soft coal
'shortage in Mexico is being blamed .
on American corporations. Accord- *
ing to Excelsior, two American firms Ij
have secured control of the prin- ,|
;cipal mines in Coahuila and, during .j
the coal famine in the States, ex- .j
ported a great part of their output,
thus causing a scarcity in Mexico. j
, j
GERMANS SEND MANY J
PROTESTS TO STATES !j
i BERLIN.—Three thousand paper 3
J protests—notes in other words— 3
have been Sent by the German gov- j
ernment to the Entente, charging 3
breach of the armistice. 3
j Fresh Groceries, Fancy and Sta- j
pie Fowler & Morris..
COLISEUM
EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG PARAMOUNT FEATURE AND
LATE PATHE NEWS FOR PROGRAM — -
SUNDAY NIGHT.
LATE PATHE NEWS—PICTORIAL
THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR EYES
Showing: “Wilton in Rheims Ruint,” “Allies Guard U-Boats,” and
Other Scenes of Vast Interest.
Jesse L. Lasky Presents
THE EXQUISITE EMOTIONAL STAR
Mme. Petrova
IN
“The Law of the Land”
BY GEORGE BROADHURST
IN FIVE POWERFUL ACTS.
MUSIC-VIOLIN. PIANO AND DRUMS
| General Admission 50c. Reserved Seats 75c.
SOLDIERS AND CHILDREN, 2Sc
SHOW STARTS AT *:3* O’CLOCK.
X"X<“>>*X'<*4»X»M^XK-X~X“X~X~X~X-M~X-X~M»X~X'*!“X~X~X*<»"X*
COONEY HOTEL
MR. AND MRS. M. J. COONEY
Owners and Managers.
DOG KENNELS IN CONNECTION
Heated Electric Lighted Bedded Stalls |
:arranza sidesteps
MEXICAN ARMY PLANS
MEXICO CITY. — The Mexican j
irmy will not be reorganized in j
President Carranza’s term, but will |
>e left for his successor, with con- i
cross deciding the number of men
tnd officers to be included in the
permanent establishment, says the
Excelsior.
General Jacinto LS. Trevino, who !
las just returned from a tour of j
Europe, where he studied military!
irganizations, is preparing a num-!
jer of recommendations for the pro
losed reorganization.
Dog Harness and Shoe Findings.
Fowler & Morris.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Sunday school will be held in
the old commissioner’s office build
ing, opposite the postoffice, Sunday
it 1 p. m.
The regular service will be held
it the same place at two o’clock.
Subject, “Spirit.”
6RAGE (Presbyterian) CHURCH
REV. ROBT.
JOSEPH DIVEN
D. D.
MINISTER
11:45—The children’s hour.
The evening subject will be:
“Abraham Lincoln.”
Music begins at 7:15 Lecture 7:30
Everybody Welcome
•x~x“x*ix“x~x**x~x~x>*x~x*<~x**>
NEW I
CENTRAL CAFE
£
FIRST CLASS
in Every • Respect
PRIVATE BOXES
JOHN KETOOROKY
Proprietor.
“X~:“X“X~X~X~X~X’V*X-X~X~X*
You will be captivated by Bessie,
the girl with the proud American
spirit.
Mrs. A. L. Dickinson, who came
to Nenana from West Fork several
days ago, returned to her home on
yesterday’s train. She was the
guest of Mrs. Herman Rosbui'g dur
ing her stay here.
WANTED—Position by woman as
cook in camp. Inquire at News
office.
WANTED TO BUY—Two or three
good dogs. Must be cheap. In
quire at Terminal.
FOUND—Bunch of key- Inquire
at Central Cafe.
FOR RENT—Suite of three rooms,
,-uitable for light housekeeping,;
with heat and light and hot and
cold water in connection. Also
office rooms, at The Arctic.
FOR SALE—Two-room house, part
ly furnished, with lot. Desirable
locality. Inquire News office. tf
FOR RENT—Cascade laundry. Fully
equipped and with established in
come. No cash required. Inquire
at Arctic.
LOST—-Pair of glasses in black case.
Reward for return to News office.
■h
I Job
Printing
Of Quality
The Nenana News
i MwaaoKUw^^y^^-^iuuBMaaogtagoBoatsnnpntianwaBWM^nai
1 FRESH STOCK
Groceries, Clothing and Footwear
SAVE TIME AND MONEY
All Necessities for Trail and Camp
GO TO
„ FOWLER & MORRIS
We Strive to Please
| EVERYTHING THE BEST
X
Tavern Cafe and Bakery
I
I
i
WM. ROD1GKEIT
Proprietor
5T
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
Tom Smith, Prop.
NENANA HOUSE
Just Gome in and Sit Down and Look Out.
MRS. A. B. EASTERLY, Propriety..
552
Dr. J. R, BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
NENANA LODGE No. 1193 i
L. 0. 0. M. I
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL!
Fourth and B Streets
Second and Fourth Mondays;
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Communion
NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
chase tickets before entering trains
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is iri
the employment office, on the ground
floor of the General Office Building.
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
a-t Camp 415 (North Nenana).
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can be
Purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
Hegplar trains for the south leave
the foot of A street on Wednesday
md Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
f'amp 415 (North Nenana), #0r
Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, a£
1 p. m.
The following is the schedule be
tween North Nenana and Fairbanks,
subject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7:00 a. m
arrive North Nenana, 11:30 a. m
Leave North Nenana 1:00 p. m ,
arrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m.
No tickets will be sold crossing
the rirer. Those intending to trav
cl to Fairbanks must make Iher
awn arrangements for reaching
North Nenana.
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 ire conducted an advertising campaign
throughout the North and 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 'tvith us.
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA