THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for en:ry as second class mail matter, under 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.
R. G. Southworth — --- — Editor and Manager
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this paper and also all the local news published herein.
Alaskans, and especially Interior
Alaskans, will welcome the news
that steps are being taken by the
war department to secure funds
for the commencement of a compre
hensive propram of wagon road con
struction in the territory. The ex
penditure of nearly fifty millions
of dollars on railroad construction
during the past six years has done
a great deal to strengthen the be
lief of Alaskans in the real worth
of wagon roads and it is realized
now, more than ever it was, that
there must be an adequate system
of wagon roads in the Interior dis
tricts to save the railroad enter
prise from failure and to insure
that, development for which the rail
road project was originally planned.
The Alaska Road commission as
now constituted, is a most progres
sive organization, filled with a de
sire to do something really worth
while for the territory. And if the
funds are made available for the
carrying out of the program out
lined in the war department report
to Congress, Alaskans can rest as
sured that results will follow prompt
ly. We have seen enough of the
wagon road officials to know that
they are men of action, from the
energetic supei intendent; to the top
of the commission, and we blieve
Alaskans should give them the full
est measure of support in their
campaign for adequate appropria
ions and in the work that will be
undertaken if funds are made avail
able.
The curtailment of forces in thr
employ of the Alaskan Engineering
commission in this division, at a
time when there is much work that
should be done, furnishes additional
proof that there is need of a change
in the manner of directing con
struction activities. What seems to
be needed to insure efficiency is a
fixed program of work, properly
Outlined at the commencement of the
working season and then adhered
I to strictly until the program is com
pleted. The organization will never
j be efficient so long as present
j methods continue. . Satisfactory ro
! suits cannot be obtained by sending
men into the field today and recall
ing them tomorrow. That is the way
the work has been carried on in the
past—the way it is still being car
ried on—and that is why the rail
road is not now finished and in use
from Seward to Fairbanks.
If we were sure that the curtail
ment of forces in this division at
this time would expedite the work
in any way or result in a material
I saving of funds, we would not com
' plain. The chief desire of The News
j is to see the railroad completed;
■ without further loss of time or
! wastage of funds, and we stand.
! ready to support any action of the'
! railroad that will insure the early j
i linking of rails and the establishment
: of through communication on a |
basis that wall encourage a revival
i of mining activities
Interior
Alaska.
j Until we are convinced of the eon
j trary, we will believe that there is
! no excuse for the wholesale sus
! pension of activities in this division
! at this time. If the work has been
| stopped because of a shortage of
J funds, the curtailment orders very
! recently and unexpectedly received
| here are an admission that the work
originally was poorly planned. And
if the cutting of forces is intended
as an evidence of economy for use
in extracting additional funds from
Congress, the deception is not
worthy of concealment for the re
trenchment is not only not econom
ical but it is also actually hurtful
to the Interior coutry through de
layed completion of the railroad and
the toss of oldtimers who have
wearied of the uncertainties of rail
Trappers
Traders
SHIP TO
GEORGE R. GOSHAW, INC.
Dealer in Raw Furs
SEATTLE NEW YORK
Alnuka Building 127 W. 27th Street
A WORD TO YOU
At our Seattle office we have opened a buying department for
the benefit of the Alaska trade.
We solicit the accounts of individuals, firms and corporations
desiring closer connections for buying and selling. The service
rendered is direct; we, at every step, exercise close supervision
over all transactions, thus assuring accurate and prompt atten
tion.
We are READY, WILLING and ABLE to buy right, to ship
right, to insure right—to attend to all matters as your personal
agent. Your enquiries and wants will receive our immediate and
most courteous attention.
WRITE US—there is no obligation. We are just the business
connection that the Alaska Trade has been looking for in the
buying of mining, cannery and fishing supplies, dry goods, gro
ceries, cigars and tobacco, drugs, rubber goods, furniture, house
hold sundries, electrical goods, gas engines—in fact, anything that
grows or is manufactured.
We are also willing and anxious to develop a market for all
Alaskan products. Get in touch with us, giving full particulars,
and your goods will be sold right.
' road employment.
1 We are not prepared to say at
this time that Interior Alaska is
, being: discriminated against in thi.
j latest move to cut expenses. But
always in the past, when similar
J waves passed over the right of way,
1 the Northern division was first to
; feel the pruning shears and last to
recover from the pruning. And so
it may be in this case. Those in
j authority do not appear to realize
that an organization in isolated In
terior Alaska cannot be bandied
! about and continue to function
efficiently-.
j
j It is pleasing indeed in these
days of doubt and discouragement
I
' to find some little recognition at
■ Washington that indicates a desire
i to help Alaska. The appointment of
| George Parks, by Secretary Payne,
i as a member of the new inter-de
: partmental committee, is such a
j recognition and we predict that
’ Alaskans will not be slow in voicing
j t-heir approval.
, Mr. Parks, w-e believe, is the only
j member of the committee who can
j qualify as an Alaskan, and we know
■ him as a sourdouough of the high
j est order, a credit to the Northland,
| in which he has long resided, albeit
i as an employe of the federal gov
! eminent. He knows the country
! intimately and his steady rise to
; the head of the department with
! which he has long been identified
proves that he is capable. And he,
moreover, is sufficiently young and
energetic to put real action info
the work of the committee, if his
position as chairman will give him
the opportunity.
Alaska needs more appointments
of that sort. So long as Washington
continues to administer the affairs
of the territory, we should at least
have the advantage of intelligent
appointments—-appointments by mer
it rather than pull. Had we had more
such appointmens in the past, we
would now be hearing much less of
the evils of red tape in connection
with our bureauratic form of gov
ernment.
Thomas B. Drayton, whose oppo
sition to tho Lane-Curry Alaska De
velopment board bill is voiced in an
article appearing in today’s issue of
\ The News, may be right in his con
I elusions. The News, at any rate, is
j not prepared to say that he is ai
! together or even partly wrong. He
; advances arguments which are
j worthy of serious consideration, and
i our advice to Alaskans is to study
j the proposed plan of control before
I committing themselves definitely. It
j will be better to defer action, r»end
i ing closer scrutiny of the plan, than
! to have something tied to the tcr
I ritory which cannot be easily shaken
off.
As The News sees it, a develop
ment board, such as it proposed in
the Lane-Curry bill, will be a good
thing if it works satisfactorily, if
the men constituting the board are
the right sort of men, and their
authority sufficient to enable them
to carry on their work unhampered
by restraint. If the light sort of
men should not be selected, on the
other hand, seven years of their rule
would be much too long. There
should be some way to try out the
plan without tying ourselves to it
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Jfenana, tli* Gateway to XoXlnUy
Vational Park.
■ in a hard knot.
There is need of some relief for
the territory pending the time when
we can reasonably hope for a larger
measure of home rule, and the pro
prosed development board, as Mr.
Drayton points out, undoubtedly was
planned with that end in view. But
whether or not it is the solution of
our administrative problem is a
matter that Alaskans should look
into carefully before the bill has
! progressed too far. After the bill
has been passed, it will be too late
to make objection.
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News.”
FOR SALE—Wool and cotton bat
i ting at Simson’s
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' FOR SALE—Five black and two
grizzly bear skins. Extra large.
Also three fine young malamute
dogs. Inquire at Rust house. k27
WANTED—TO BUY—Wood. For
further information call at Simson’s
FOR SALE—Hand laundry and
bunkhousc. Good proposition for
right party. Inquire Jones Bunk
House.
NOTICE.—Holders of tickets for
raffle of McLean house please call ’
at The Portland, where tickets j
will be redeemed. kNl
FOR SALE—Lot ana Store build-,
ing with two living rooms and ,
garden. Best location in Nenana. |
Cheap. Inquire Mrs. Mellish.
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Admiral Watson Dec. 3
Northwestern .Dec. 11
Alameda Dec. 21
Coast Train Schedule
Train leaves Gold Creek for
1 Anchorage on Sunday and Thurs
day at 1:00 P. M.
Train leaves Deadhorse for An
chorage on Tuesday and Friday.
1 Train leaves Anchorage for Sew
ard on Wednesday and Saturday at
9:00 A. M.
Train leaves Chickaloon for An
i chorage, via Eska on Tuesday,
| Thursday and Saturday at 7:30
j A. M.
Nenana Train Schedule
Trains leave Nenana for the end
! of steel four times a week—on
! Monday. Wednesday, Thursday and
| Saturday.
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HEALY RIVER
ROADHOUSE
END OF STEEL
First-class Meals
BEDS
Cigars and Tobacco
Ambrose Van, Prop.
WATCHES
JEWELRY
Watch Repairing
DESIGNING AND NATIVE
JEWELRY A SPECIALTY
WM. TAYLOR
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N EW STOCK
GROCERIES
HARDWARE
BUILDING SUPPLIES
ROOFING PAPER
AMMUNITION
STOVES
DOG HARNESS
STATIONERY
CENTS’ FURNISHINGS
FOWLER & MORRIS
| We Strive to Please
! EVERYTHING THE BEST
Tavern Cafe and Bakery
WM. RODIGKEIT i t i Proprietor
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A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
Tom Smith, Prop.
nigtmmtmtmmna
Fine Stock Staple and Fancy Gro
ceries. Fowler & Morris.
lfenana, Alaska’s Interior Pnel Depot
aamiwmimrnmtammmitwumn
If Comfort, Economy and the
Environments of Home
Appeal to You,
STOP AT THE
MONTANA
SPECIAL RATES BY WEEK
OR MONTH.
Rust Houss
CLEAN AND
COMFORTABLE
ROOMS BY THE DAY,
WEEK OR MONTH
MRS. CHAS. STANFORD
Dr. I. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
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Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE
( RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
| FIRE INSURANCE
Only the moat reliable companiea
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
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CENTRAL CAFE
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FIRST CLASS
in Every Respect
PRIVATE BOXES
JOHN KETOOROKY
Proprietor.
Genuine Daniel G'een Felt Shoe*.
Fowler & Morris.
CABINS MUDDED by Oliver Lee.
Leave orders at Johnson’s Store.
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Marlin Na*h,
Secretary. President.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
j 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.
Regular trains for the south leave
the foot of A street on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8 a.
m. The Wednesday train put up over
night at Healy, returning Thursday
at 1 p. m.
The following schedule between
North Nenana and Fairbanks, sub
ject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 8:00 a. m.;
arrive North Nenana, 12:30 p. m.
Leave North Nenana, 2:00 p. m.;
arrive Fairbanks, 6:30 p. m.
Until further notice, no passen
gers will be carried, nor freight
handled, across the Tanana river.
Passengers and shippers should make
their own arrangements for service
between Nenana and North Nenana.
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
SECOND1 AND FOUR™