THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enrry as second class mail matter, ander the Act of March 3, 1879.
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Feeding AJa*k« SWdow Soup
Feeding: the public on wind pud
ding and shadow soup about Alaska
will be the fashionable political
amusement for the next few months
says the Salem Manufacturer and
Industrial News bureau. The depart
ments of the interior, agriculture,
commerce and what not red. tape
bureaus will flood the press of the
country with showings from official
reports on the fabulous wealth of
Alaska and all the wonderful serv
ices of the army of bureaucrats and
office-holders will render to Alaska!
for the coming years.
The needs of the Northern terri-{
tory will be dished up in print and i
all kinds of development proposi-1
tions by long distance political serv
ice will be aired, but the fact re
mains without a great change in
governmental activities, there is no
possible development of Alaska. The ;
northern territory needs people and
needs private capital, and millions;
of men and women are ready to go;
in and develop Alaska if the bureau- ]
cracy will only take off its paralyz
ing grip.
A commission iurm ui ruvcih
ment should displace the bureau
crat octopus in Washington, L>. C.,
with its hundreds of red tape ten
acles reaching: across the continent
and blocking and thwarting even
step that is sought to be taken by
anyone for Alaska development. The
commission should reside in Alaska,
composed of not more than three
men who has-e full power to exam
ine any proposition for settlement,
investment or development and full
power to act, instead of the years
of delays and expense of traveling
to Washington with everything for
approval before a nail can be driven
in any undertaking.
The commission should be com
posed of independent Outside men
who know Alaska but do not share
the local conflicts of interests and
local jealousies of one section of the
territory against another. Struggles
for local advantages or whether the
mining or fisheries interests shall
pay the bulk of the taxes, or wheth
er the steamship companies or the
fur companies shall be. cinched the
worst will be carried on under any
government but strong independent
men with no local or special interest
to serve must be placed on such a
home-rule commission and their de
cisions must be final, subject only
to be referred to the proper de
partment in Washington.
In the face of declining popula
tion, declining mineral and coal out
put, destruction of the salmon fish
eries and other large natural re
sources that are now falling down
under the creeping paralysis of too
much long-distance officialism, Alas
ka presents a dark outlook for the
future. There must be a radical
change in the fundamental manage
ment of the territory.
W. A. Coghill went to Fairbanks
today to testify before the grand
jury.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
ENGINEER IN CHARGE TELLS
ABOUT WORK IN INTERIOR
A recent issue of the Anchorage
Times contains the following inter
view with Engineer in Charge F.
D. Browne, who went to the coast
to meet Mrs. Browne and to con
fer with Chairman Mears:
“According to Mr. Browne, there
are about 700 men employed in the j
Fairbanks section of the road, and
these have been laying steel to Mile
347 from the north. At this point it
will be necessary to construct a
660-foot steel viaduct over Riley!
creek before grading is continued to
Mile 346, where the steel extending
from the south will arrive about
next Thanksgiving day.
“Despite cold weather the interiot
crews have been working most of
the winter, laying off only when
temperatures reach 40 degrees below
zero when danger from iung scorch
ing’ drives them ’indoors.
“ We have been compelled to go
ahead,' said Mr. Browne, ‘because
to suspend work would entail the
necessity of reorganizing forces in
the spring, and greatly delay con
struction '
“Speaking of prospective condi
tions in the interior, Mr. Browne
says that once the ligriite coals be
come available for mining operations
it is altogether probable that there
will be a marked revival, especially
where thawing is necessary. At the
present time no effort is being made
to establish the coal mining industry
aside from supplying the railroad.
The steamboat operators on the Tan
ana and Yukon have a prejudice
against using coal as fuel owing to
the danger of sparks, and may re
sort to oil fuel after the wood is
cut beyond hauling distance from
the river landings.
“In (the Totatlanika section, about
30 miles south of Xenana and ten
miles east of the railroad, much evi
dence of oil is being found, in the
form of seepages, but no effort has
been made to develop the field.
“Mr. Browne believes there will
i be no spirited revival of business
until after the railroad is completed,
when with cheaper freight rates and
cheaper supplies, conditions in the
mining industry may again reach
normal.
“Owing to the freezeup, delaying
! the delivery of steel, it has been
j necessary to resort to all kinds of
expediencies to extend steel as far
as grade was completed. Sidings
| were taken up and ‘YV lifted and
I the steel transferred,
i “Cut off most of the year from
| supplies, Mr. Browne has built a
j railroad wherein every ingenuity
, was resorted to, using every piece
, of equipment as long as it would
! serve and making it serve as many
purposes as possible. With steel
rails costing as much as $120 per
ton freight and other materials
equal. Uncle Sam was compelled to
follow the lead of other sufferers
from the high cost of living and
make odds and ends meet. At that,
Mr. Browne has made good, and
when his portion of the road is
turned over to the commission it
will be in good dhape for operation.
“One of the principal roadbed
troubles comes from ‘heaves' caused
by being compelled to lay ties on
what is in fact glacia, or small
stretches of right of way where the
stripping of the tundra has not had
sufficient time to allow the sun rays
:o penetrate to the frozen area be
low. In warm weather the gravel
gangs were kept busy ballasting as
the track subsided. Most of these
‘heaves’ have been conquered and
when the narrow guage is converted
into standard gauge little trouble is
anticipated.’’
It is to be hoped that Mr. Hughes'
nomination for the presidency in
1916 will not unfit him for the very
important post he will fill as a mem
ber of the Harding cabinet. The in
glorious finish of William Jennings
Bryan, as a member of the Wilson
cabinet, makes us just a little sus
picious of unsuccessful presidential
candidates, but let us hope that Mr.
Hughes is not that kind of a man.
In the Probate Court, Territory of
Alaska, Fourth Judicial Division.
Xenana Precinct.
In the Matter of the Estate of
George Gotto, Deceased.
Notice of Settlement of Account
Notice is hereby given that Sam
Geroff, the administrator of the es
tate of George Gotto, deceased,
has rendered and presented for set
tlement, and filed in said court, his
final account of his administration
of said estate; and that Saturday,
the 16th. day of April, 1921, at
two o'clock, p. m., at the courtroom
of said court, at. Xenana, Xenana
precinct. Territory of Alaska, has
been duly appointed by the Pro
bate Judge of said Court, for the
settlement of this 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 14th. day of Febru
ary, 1921.
SAM GEROFF
Administrator of the Estate of
George Gotto, deceased.
Date of first publication February 15
Probate Court, Nenana Precinct,
Alaska.—Notice to Creditors
In the matter of the estate of An
drew Larsen, deceased:
Notice is hereby given to all whom
it may concern that Tom Smith has
j been duly appointed administrator
of the estate of Andrew Larsen, de
ceased, and that all persons having
i claims against said estate are here
by required to present them with
■ proper vouchers within six months
. from this date to said administrator
: at his office in the Southern Hotel,
i Nenana, Alaska, which is hereby
j designated as the place for the
(transaction of the business of said
| estate.
Dated Nenana, Alaska, this 14th.
day of February, 1921.
TOM SMITH,
Administrator
Date of first publication Feb. 15.
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Deputy Marshal J. L. Anders, of
Hot Springs, arrived in town from
Rampart on Saturday, with an in
sane woman in custody. She was j
taken to Fairbanks today by Deputy :
Marshal James Hagan, for confine-j
ment in the detention hospital until
such time as she can be sent to
the sanitarium at Morningside. Mrs.
Oscar Rothenburg went along as
matron.
A large shipment of first and
second class mail will arrive from
the coast on Thursday. Only coast
and way mail arrived on last night’s
train.
Joe Roberts arrived in town yes
terday from 327 and left for Dun
bars today, where he will be sta
tioned hereafter, having traded sta
tions with Dave Fairburn.
Mike Goonen, who arrived in
town from the canyon several days
ago, went to Fairbanks today.
J. E. Kinnalcy, well known old
timer, returned on Saturday from a
several months vacation in the
States, the greater part of the wint
er having been spent at Fort Wayne,
Ind., with a brother. Mr. Kinnaley'
left today to resume his former dut-’
ics on Section 5. north.
William Taylor, summoned as a
witness before the grand jury, went
to Fairbanks today to testify regard
ing the robbery of his store several
months ago.
Arthur Wright went to Fairbanks
today with a number of native wit
nesses who will appear before the
grand jury.
Fine Stock Staple and Fancy Gro
eerie*. Fowler & Morris.
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—when the Earth was young:, anti
Religion and Science walked hand
in hand, every Kingdom employed a
recognized .Astrological savant, or
adviser. He predicted when an army
should march forth to battl; and
victory.
We do not, in this glorious and
enlightened age, go to such lengths,
yet, none deny THE RELATIVE
EFFECT of the Sun, Moon and
Stars, upon Earth, and Earth’s
Mortals. In that we are all affected,
influenced and guided, more or less,
by the rising signs and planets, at
time of our birth, and thereafter,
it is but natural that we should
seek to inform ourselves upon that
which bears directly upon our life’s
successes—or otherwise. Send date
of birth, your birth place (state,
sex), and receive a Personality
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typed Character Delineation. En
close $2.
H. M. D’Orsay, Nenana.
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DOG BARNS
CONDUCTING
COONEY STAGE LINE
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Northwestern .Feb. 26
Alameda . March 7
Northwestern ..March 17 i
Alameda . March 2S
Northwestern .April 8 j
Alameda, southbound, calls at'•
LoTouchc, Valdez, Cordova, Juneau,
Ketchikan. Northwestern, same ports.
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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-1
ard on Wednesday and Saturday at!
9:00 A. M.
Train leaves Chickaloon for An
chorage, via Eska on Tuesday, j
Thursday and Saturday at 7:30
A. M.
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Nenana Train Schedule
Trains leave Nenana for the end
of steel four times a week—on
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Saturday. j
WANT ADS
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FOR SALE—Three-room furnished
house, lot and ten-horse bam, with
water, light and heat; also complete
mess outfit for 30 men, three No. 5
sleighs, one No. 3, one No. 2, both
stage rigs; three double enders; four
wagons; buckboard; harness; chains;
springs; tools of all kinds and other
rigging that goes with a teaming
outfit. Will sell all or any part.
KNUT ROLAND
LOST—Pocketbook containing sum
of money and receipts. Reward
for return to George Rich, at the
Nenana Steam Laundry.
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MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M.
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Welcome.
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Alaahan Engineering Commie*ion
NOTICE
Schedule of trains, subject t.>
change without notice:
LEAVE N'ENANA 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.
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MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELANU ^
Secretary Dictator.