THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 8, 1819.
Hub of Alaska —_Where Rails and Rivers Meet
Published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets. Nenana. Alaska
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PRESIDENT’S ALASKA VISIT
It is hoped the President and Mrs.
Harding will not be disappointed in
their plans for a visit early next
summer to the Pacific northwest and
Alaska, says the Seattle Times. The
President contemplates a trip that
will rest and invigorate Mrs. Harding
and enable him to inform himself of
conditions in the northern territory.
The yacht Mayflower will be used
by the Presidential party for the
Alaskan voyage. She will come by
way of the Panama Canal to Seat
tle in May and be boarded there in
June by the President and members
of his party, who will have traveled
west from Washington, I). C. by
train.
The plans of the executive are
dependent on Congress. He can
take the trip if the present session
which expires by limitation of law
March 4, disposes of the appropria
tion bills. He has every reason now
to believe that the lawmakers will
pass the appropriation measures and
that there will be no necessity for
a special session.
The time selected for the Presi
dential visit is the most delightful
part of the year both in this region
| and in Alaska. Clear skies, long
summer days and the air redolent
with the wholesome odor of salt
seas and the exhilarating fragrance
| of fir forests will vie with scenic
' grandeurs of America’s wonderland
^ to charm the distinguished visitors.
Eearly summer in the northern
territory is the season of its great
I est activity.
On channels, inlets, bays and
: wide stretches of ocean, fishermen
bring their treasure from the depths
and hasten it in fleets of boats to
canneries that must yield in a few
months the income of a year,
i From mountain sides and river
i beds are torn a wealth of mineral
riches—gold, silver, copper, iron.
' lead, coal, and almost every other
! possession of the geologic world—
and mills and dredges toil cease
I lessly day and night to remove the
| dross from precious ores.
From forests timber is hewn and
j dragged ar.d floated to saws and
churns that turn it into lumber
i and wood pulp.
In broad fields all varieties of
grain, hay and vegetables of the
temperate zone begin to loft their
heads above the fertile soil.
On land and sea trains and steam
| ships are laden with a heavy com
1 merce—the country’s products must
be carried forth and her exhausted
winter stocks must be replenished.
! The visitors will be enraptured
with the beauty of nature and the
, perfection of climate of June days
I in this region and in the northland.
' Mrs. Harding will gain strength
! and energy and the President a
1 fund of priceless information.
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WANTS BLUE SKY LAW
The Territorial Legislature should
i pass legislation designed not only to
bring more revenue into the Terri
torial coffers, but also to deal a
blow to the numerous fake compan
ies which will seek a foothold in the
Territory if oil is struck at Cold
Bay believes the Seward Gateway.
Fake Mining Companies organized
' for the sole purpose of selling stock
' and victimizing stockholders, have
1 done more to wreck the mining
' game in Alaska than any other one
:hing_ Millions upon millions of dol
lars have been made by unserupu
I lous fly-by-night concerns, operating
j in Seattle and other cities, and
j more millions will be mulcted from
! credulous investors who believe that
a prospect is a mine, and that all
, mines pay.
i At present, any corporation can
' do business in the Territory by pay
ing a small fee. Territorial officials
, may know these corporations are
fakes of the first magnitude, but
they are forced to take their money
and issue corporation papers.
The oil game will open possibil
ities never dreamed of in the min
ing game. Cold Bay is an inacessible
field, not likely to be visited by an
investor in wildcat stocks. Any kind
of skin game can be worked in
i
safety unless a law is made pro
tecting investors, and forcing pro
moters to show good faith by plac
i ing his cards on the table.
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hash, ham and noodles, ect., for only a little more
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est of young corn fed porkers and possesses a rich
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home where it is tried.
FRYE'S WILD ROSE LARD should appeal
to every housewife who wants better lard. The rich
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Most good dealers in Alaska handle FRYE’S
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WHY NOT TRY LEGISLATION?
Perhaps it has not occured to del
egate Sutherland that the best way
says the Daily Juneau Empire
to procure the abrogation of the
fisheries reserves he detests so much
would be to get some sane legisla
tion that would reach the result
the President attempted to reach
when he created them—the preser
vation of the salmon supply.
The fish reservations were not
created as a matter of religious
principle, nor for the purpose of
ruining Alaska, nor the Delegate’s
disposition. They were created be
cause they provided the only way
those concerned could think of, in
the absence of legislation, in which
to get jurisdiction to regulate the
; escapment of salmon. It would seem
to be the Delegate’s work to endeav
or to upply the legislation. Why not
quit abusing and try to do that?
Another suggestion: Why does the
Delegate not try to get that full
Territorial government to which he
announced adherence? That would
permit the Alaska Legislature to act
in the premises and make the reser
i rations unnecessary.
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FISHERIES BUREAU STOPS
BALLAINE POWER PROJECT
The proposed construction of a
pulp plant at Seward has been
blocked by an intimation of a refus
al by the Federal Power Commis
! sion to grant a license for the
water power project on Kenai Ri
, ver, according- to information re
[ ceived at Juneau recently. The
whole undertaking is being pro
* moted by Frank L. Ballaine, of
Seward who has been notified by
the Commission that, on account of
a protest entered by the Bureau of
Fisheries, it is probable no license
will be granted.
Mr. Ballaine has been working
on the project more than one year
and it was recently announced at
Seward that financial backing suf
ficient to carry it through to com
pletion, including water develop
ment and contraction of the pulp
I manufacturing plant, had been se
cured. The protest made by the
Bureau of Fisheries is based on a
claim that the dams called for in
, development of the power site on
Kenai River would destroy that
stream and its tributaries as sal
mon spawning treams and the en
jtire red fisheries of Cook Inlet as
a commercial proposition.
The formal 'protest against the
project was made by Assistant Se
cretary of Commerce Huston. He
| said it was understood that two
! dams were to be constructed, one
six feet in heighth at the outlet of
Kenai Lake and the other a di
version dam, 120 feet high, 11
miles below the lake. A personal in
vestigation was made by an agent
: of the Bureau of Fisheries. This
developed, said Mr. Huston, two
outstanding facts:
1. That the main run of red
j salmon spawns in the upper Kenai
River waters above the proposed di
version dam in Kenai River canyon.
“2 That the tributary streams
below the proposed diversion dam
carry almost negligible runs of red
salmon.
“These two important facts.” he
said, “have most vital bearing on
the subject under dicussion. The
Kenai River is by far the most im
portant salmon stream in Cook Inlet
and it is believed that the salmon in
j dustry of that region would be ir
j reparably ruined if the run in the
Kenai River were to be destroyed,
which would, I believe, be the prac
! tical effect of the proposed power
projects. If the run on Kenai ne
cessitate canneries, including those
of Libby, McNeil & Libby, North
western Fisheries Company, Alaska
Packing Association and the Fid
algo Island Packing Company, and
would also limit the operations of
various smaller canneries and salt
ing stations to such an extent that
: they would eventually be compelled
to close.”
Mr. Huston gives the number rf
’ streams the Bureau claims would
be affected by the proposed devel
opment and emphasizes the extent
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Alaska Steamship Co.
SAFET} SPEED SERVICE
VESSEL Lv. Seattle Lv. Seward Lv. Anch.
ALAMEDA . Feb. 24 Mch. 3
NORTHWESTERN* . Mch. 7 Mch. 14
ALAMEDA . Mch. 17 Mch. 26 Mch. 25
NOTE—Train* arriving in Seward on above date* are scheduled
to connect with ships sailing South. Unless there is an unusual de
lay in Train Service, the ships will always wait for the train if
necessary.
FOR RATES AND RESERVATIONS APPLY TO
J. H. FL1CKINGER, A. H. McDONALD,
Agent, Seward, Alaska Agent. Anchorage
♦
A. A. ShONBECK
ANCHORAGE
LIME, PLASTER, CEMENT, FIRE BRICK, FIRE CLAY
Explosives and Blasting Supplies
COAL OIL GASOLINE LUBRICATING OILS GREASES
HAY and GRAIN
of injury to the salmon canning
indutry that would result from
putting the proposed plans into
execution.
He quotes Bureau representatives
in support of his contentions and
cites a statement made by Dr. C.
H. Gilbert, of Stanford University,
on the same mater. The latter is
quoted as follows:
“I beg to express my conviction
that the proposed dams between th;
Kenai and Skilak Lakes would re
sult in reducing the red salmon run
in the Kenai River to such a point
that it would cease to have any
. commercial significance. I believe
it would be wholly impracticable to
j operate successfully a hatchery 1 e
l low the dam. The red salmon on
their ascent of the river are far too
green to spawn. It is their habit to
remain in the deep waters of he
lake for a month or more until
their eggs are ripe. To imDound
them for this purpose in the river
below the dam would certainly re
sult in the loss of a large percent
age of spawning fih.
“The Kenai River is the most im
portant red salmon stream of Cook
Inlet. If the Kenai run is destroyed
the Cook Inlet salmon fisheries will
go with it. I recommend that the
Bureau of Fisheries use its influ
ence in opposition to the construc
tion of the proposed dam."
A copy of the letter mentioned
above was forwarded to Mr. Bal
laine by O. C. Merril, executive
secretary of the Federal Power
HERMAN ANDERSON’S
MODERN RESIDENCE
FOR SALE
Has the following rooms:
1 Entrance Vestibule.
1 Large Living room, 16X26.
3 Berrooms (each has clothes clo
! set.)
1 Large Kitchen, white enamel,
with breakfast nook, seating six
persons.
1 Bathroom, finished in white e
namel, with bath tub, wash basin
j and lavatory.
1 Good well, with clear water ali
the year.
1 Kohler & Campbell piano.
1 Edison Gold Medal Phonograph,
A houseful of A 1 oak furniture
1 Dustproof warehouse, 45X45.
I The basement of the house can bt
j used for warm storage. Capacity ov
j er 50 tons.
For further information see Her
■ man Anderson.
j Commission, with the statement:
"In view of the number of unde
veloped power sites in Alaska, it is
my opinion that it is doubtful that
the Commission would feel justified
in disregarding the desires of the
Depar:ment of Commerce, and it is
! probable that the Commission will
refuse to grant a license for your
project under present conditions.”
Willis N'icely, former Nenana boy
now has an auto agency in Seattle.
CAi*L FOR BIDS:
j The Northern Commercial Co.,
! of Alaska, will receive sealed bids
up to 6 P. M. March 1st, 1923,
| covering the moving and alteration
| of Main Building, also the Ander
son Building, at Nenana, Alaska.
Specification? may he seen at
Main Store. Nenana.
The Company reserves the right
to reject any or all bids.
“E\ ER'i BOD^ can buy groceries,
feed and supplies WHOLESALE.
Write for free pricelist. Peoples
Grocery, 701 Olive St. Seattle.”
PEOPLES GROCERY COMPANY
LOCAL PORK
Large, 30c a pound
(200 pounds or over)
Medium Size. 35 c a pound
(75 to 200 pounds)
Small Size. 40c to 50c.
Always,bear in mind there
is no animal which goes
good without its head. You
..get the head in the deal.
J. L. WHITE
Olnes. Alaska
LOCAL TRAIN SCHEDULE
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
Trains leave and arrive Nenana as
j follows:
18:00 p. m., Tuesday and Friday for
Seward and intermediate points.
Returning arrives Nenana 6:45 a
m., same days.
1:30 p. m.. Tuesday and Friday for
Dunbar, Fairbanks and Chatanika.
Arrives Nenana 12:30 p. m., Tues
day and Friday.
Pullman sleeper charges: Lower
j berth, $4.50; upper berth, $3.50.
Tickets entitle holders to privi
leges Observation car.
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Trappers Traders
SHIP TO
GEORGE R. GOSHAW, INC.
Dealer in Raw Furs
SEATTLE
Alaska Building
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NEW YORK
127 W. 27th Street
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