THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enzxy 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.
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this paper and also all the local news published herein.
Judge Wiekersham may know who]
is slated for appointment in this j
division but we are beginning to
suspect that he is not very well
posted on the time the appoint
ments are to be made.
BURLESON AND EFFICIENCY
One of the items in the recent
deficiency appropriation bill passed
by Congress, called for over $81,
000,000 to pay unpaid bills of the
postoffice department, bequeathed by
former Postmaster General Burle
son to his successor, Will Hays.
Congressman Steenerson, of Minne
sota, chairman of the house post
office committee, has prepared a tab
ulation of postoffice deficiencies dur
ing the reign of Burleson, and it is
shown that $65,000,000 should be
charged to the years 1918 to 1920,
inclusive, but that the balance of
the $81,000,000 total should be al
lotted to each of the years from
1913 that Burleson was in power.
The tabulation is a complete re
futation of the boasts so frequent
ly indulged in by the former official
that he was the first postmaster
general for 30 years to show a
credit balance at the end of a fiscal
year. As a matter of fact, he had a
deficiency every year that he was
in office.
GOVERNOR BONE AND ALASKA
President Harding’s nomination of
Mr. Scott C. Bone to be governor of
the territory of Alaska foretells the
beginning of the long period for
“opening up” of the great Northland
That the present administration is
awake to the possibilities of Alaska
and in hearty sympathy with a con
structive program for that vast
storehouse of natural and potential
wealth, has already been made ap
parent in news dispatches from the
national capital. In this connection
it is pertinent to quote Mr. Frank
P. Goss, the Post-Intelligencer’s cor
respondent at Washington, says the
editor of the Seattle Business
Chronicle: “Acompanying the formal
announcement of the selection of
Mr. Bone was a biographical sketch
of the nominee, which contained a
significant statement to the effect
that he has had wide experience
with the problem of newsprint paper
and pulp, and he will be therefore
especially valuable in connection
with the President’s purpose to de
velop the wood pulp industry in
Alaska to the fullest possible ex
tent, in order that the newspapers
of the country may not have again
the disastrous experience of paper
shortage and excessive prices . . . .!
The administration is just now en-;
gaged in a special study of the
Alaska legislative and administrat
ive needs with a view to reorganiz
ing the federal administration in
such a way as to develop the terri
tory by bringing to it new industry
and new people.”
Mr. Bone, the edior of the Seattle
paper continues, is the best man
President Harding could have pick
ed for what is quite likely to be,
for the Pacific Northwest, the most
important appointment he will make.
Mr. Bone knows Alaska, its people
and how to make officialdom at
Washington and the business in-!
terests of the country as a whole,!
see Alaska in true perspective. As]
director of publicity for the Nation
al Republican Committee in the re
cent campaign, he was a close per
sonal advisor of Mr. Harding; his
long residence at Washington as
editor of two of the capital city
dailies gave him the closest kind of
insight into governmental affairs as
actually conducted; few men have
wider and more influential acquaint
anceships, or better understand the
psychology of “getting things done’’.
While in Seattle as editor of the
Post-Intelligencer, and chairman of
the Alaska Bureau of the Chamber
of Commerce, he had the intimate
personal touch that rounds out his I
capability for the job of putting
Alaska into the position rightfully
hers but long denied by bureaucracy
and a mistaken national idea of
what Alaska really is.
A new day has dawned for Alaska
Tom Smith, proprietor of the
; Southern hotel, returned home on
the steamer Yukon this morniqg,
' from a several-weeks holiday in the
Hot Springs district. Mr. Smith
went to the springs for the benefit
j of his health and returned greatly
I improved. He reports considerable
mining activity in the district, the
! largest outfit at work being that of
Howell & Cleveland. Water is a little
scarce for hydraulic operations. Mr.
Smith says, but Howell & Cleve
land have some very rich ground
opened up, ready for the water,
and enough ground under control
to keep their nozzels going for many
years. Frank & Graham are operat
ing on a fairly large scale and A. H.
Lane is reported to have uncovered
some very good pay.
An enjoyable dance was held at
Union hall on Tuesday night, and in
spite of the fact that a dance was
held also on Monday night, the af
fair was quite largely attended.
The Celebration committee has
asked The News to remind all per
sons having bills against the com
to Treasurer Martin Nash, at the
'Terminal, without delay.
Matt Hagar, oldtime resident of
Nenana, is a recent arrival in town
from the Cache Creek district, and
j reports considerable activity there
! in a mining way. Former Division
■ Engineer F. H. Bailey has a large
i force of men at work on Peters
j creek and is in a fair way to make
! a cleanup. Cap. Griffith is reported
| to have disposed of his interests in
I the district for a considerable sum.
Mr. Hagar expects to return to the
district later in the summer.
The train leaving for Healy this
I morning carried a large number of
Canyon workers, returning to their
stations after the Fourth of July
holiday.
Thos. H. Cox is a visitor in town
from the Canyon district, and will
leave for Fairbanks on the train
tomorrow. He expects to remain in
the upper town for several weeks.
DILLEY CONVINCED NORTH
IS BETTER THAN STATES
After an absence of three years,
E. E. Dilley, well known oldtimer
of the Fairbanks and Dawson dis
tricts, returned to Interior Alaska
aboard the steamer Yukon, arriving:
in port at an early hour this morn
ing. And he declares that he is back
in the North this time to stay, fully!
convinced that the gay Outside is;
no place for an old sourdough to:
find contentment and prosperity. j
Mr. Dilley says he found things
greatly changed upon his arrivel in j
the States, after a stay of nearly
twenty years in Yukon and Alaska. ’
The old forms of amusement, where
it was safe to take one’s children, I
appeared to have disappeared, and
in their place has come a form of ]
vulgar excitement and an extrava
gance which is rapidly sapping the
prosperity of the nation, and partic
ularly the West.
Farming, the mainstay of the
country, appeared to Mr. Dilley, to
be g6ing to the dogs, and he attrib
utes the backward movement largely .
to the introduction of the auto. !
He visited a great many farms, and j
•was amazed to find most of them j
much neglected—buildings, farm im- j
plements, fences and, in fact, every
thing except the family auto and
the garage. Practically all the money
Western farmers have expended for
autos, tractors and accessories, hasj
found its way into the pockets of j
Eastern manufacturers, and this, Mr. j
Dilley points out, is proving a big;
drain on Western finances. And be-1
sides that, the autos have created a!
desire for travel which has resulted j
in much neglect at home. When j
the oldtimer saw a farm that was I
run down at the heels, he took a j
glimpse at the speedometer on the
farmer’s auto, and right there he
found the explanation in most cases.
Most of the machines showed that
they had traveled great distances,
from ten thousand miles upward,
■which was evidence enough that the
owners had spent much of their
time on the road, instead of attend-;
ing to business at home.
Numerous bankers in the state of;
! I
i Washington, Mr. Dilley says, have j
I given the farmers notice that no i
i more money will be advanced forj
autos and power-driven farm imple- j
ments. The farmers have been warn-J
j ed to cut out the gasoline and get j
back to real farming, in the good
! old-fashioned way.
Mr. Dilley says he was informed
j by an official of a large Eastern,
| meat concern, and actually saw the !
] figures which showed that the oper-.
; ation of motor vehicles is more
| costly than the use of trucks and
! delivery wagons drawn by horses.!
j Throughout all the years that the i
, aut-o truck has been growing in pop- i
! ularity. this concern has stuck to its
I old fashioned form of delivery, and
. it figures that a great saving has
j been effected thereby.
} Conditions in the States are very
j bad, Mr. Dilley says. This is par
1 ticularly true of the Pacific coast,
; where unemployment seems to be on
j the increase. There were three bread
■ lines in daily operation at the time
he was in Seattle, several weeks
ago.
1 Gray hairs no longer command
! respect in the States, he says, and
; on several occasions, in consequence,
i he was compelled to teach young
i men a little politeness.
Mr. Dilley visited the Mayo dis
! trict on the way in, and found con
siderable activity there, both at
Mayo Landing and at the mines,
about 40 miles from the landing.
There is no stampede on, however,
the increase in population thus far
this summer having been compara- j
tively slight. There is a gold dredge:
in operation on the Stewart river, j
near Mayo, for which a contract has j
been let for over a thousand cords;
of wood, and the owners of the
rich silver mine* back of Mayo ex
pect to continue operations on about
the same scale as during the past
year, with the possibility of some
new development by others in the
same district.
One of the handicaps of mining
silver in that district is the fact
I that silver bullion is not worth as
much as it is in the States, where
the price is fixed by the Govern
ment. On the Canadian side, the
ore sells at the real market value,
which is about half the American
price.
Mr. Dilley is not sure what he'
will do, now that he is back in j
Alaska. He has several propositions j
j in view, however. He will remain ,
■ in N'enana several days, and may
i make a trip into the Kantishna.
Mrs. Dilley is at present in the
East, attending: to the settlement of
an estate left by her mother. Miss
Ruth Dilley is teaching school in
the East, and Everett is completing
his education in Idaho.
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OWNERS OF AUTOMOBILES
ARE TAXED BY TERRITORY
Under the provisions of the re-;
venue act. passed by the last terri-!
torial legislature, owners of auto
mobiles are required to pay a tax
on their vehicles, ranging from $15
to $25 per annum, as follows:
For pleasure or family use, $10
per annum.
Auto for hire or for transporta
tion of passengers, five passenger
car. $15 per year.
Auto for hire or transportation
of passengers, seven passenger car,
$25 per year.
Auto truck or delivery car, for
hire or for personal use, one ton
capacity, $15 per year.
Auto truck or delivery' car, for
hire, business or personal use, of
more than one ton capacity, $25
per year.
The steamer Yukon, on her last
trip to Dawson, carried a large
number of natives, Siw&sh dogs and
canoes to Fort Yukon, from various
points along the river. It was the
annual pilgrimage to Fort Yukon to
celebrate the Fourth.
Mrs. C. J. Bennett and daughter
arrived in Nenana this morning
aboard the steamer Yukon, enroute
to the Kantishna district to join Mr. .
Bennett. They expect to leave for
Roosevelt landing on the Moody
launch tomorrow.
In the Probate Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Fourth Division, '
j Nenana Precinct.
! In the Matter of the Estate of T. F.
: Murphy, Deceased.
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF
FINAL ACCOUNT
j Notice is hereby given that the1
| undersigned has filed her final ac- i
; count as administratrix of the above ;
I estate, and the above entitled Court ;
has fixed 2:00 o’clock P. M., July!
^18, 1921, at the office of the above j
| Court, in Nenana, Alaska, as the ■
time and place for hearing said '
1 petition. All persons having objec
tions to said account should file
same with said Court on or before
said date.
MRS. M. J. SWEENEY,
Administratrix
Date of first publication May 19-21
STEAMER YUKON IN PORT;
TO START BACK TOMORROW
The speedy steamer Yukon, Cap
tain J. S. McCan, arrived in port
from Dawson shortly after six this
morning, and will remain in port un
til tomorrow, undergoing inspec
tion and washing boilers. The steam
er will make connections at North
Nenana with the train from Fair
banks tomorrow noon, and will sail
for Dawson immediately afterwards.
The passengers and freight for the
upper town will be taken up river
by the steamer Reliance.
The passengers arriving on the
Yukon were: j
For Nenana—Miss Margaret Wag-1
ner, Miss Gladys Hunt. Mrs. Cecil I
Bennett and child. Deputy Marshal i
Ed Poppell, J. T. Power. Jr., F. A.
Fish. L. B. Norris, J. A. McIntyre,
Tom Smith, R. J. Callahan, E. E. :
Dilley.
For Fairbanks—Miss Eliza Jas-1
Mann, Mrs. George Harris, M. S. j
Koslic, Miss Wilhma Carlson, Galli:
Ferdinado, Mr. and Mrs. George
Kalbach, R. H. Fitch, Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Bergman, Fred Bergman, J.
W. Wilson.
SAILINGS FROM CORDOVA
The approximate sailing dates of i
steamers from Cordova to Seattle, i
are as follows:
Northwestern August 5—2!) ’
Alameda ._. August 14 !
WANT ADS
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FOR SALE—Household Furniture, i
Two spring-seated rocking chairs;
two straight chairs; one round
folding table; two center table;
Victrola, cabinet and records; 12
straight chairs; large doll, with j
clothes; wardrobe; chiffonnier;
cabinet sewing machine; electric
washing mashine; electric iron;
aluminum cooking utensils.—In
quire at News Office.
WANTED—Information as to the
whereabouts of our father, Erik!
ilartull; last known address was j
Nenana. Communicate with Mrs. i
M. Silva and Anna Sofia Hartull, |
836 15th. St., Oakland. California
FOR SALE—Two pad's short vamp
. 2-strap slippers. Mrs. Langstrom.,
A BARGAIN—Fully equipped hand |
laundry and bath house, for sale
cheap. For particulars address
Mrs. L. Gallian, Brooks, Alaska. i
FOR SALE—Four jackhammers and i
fittings; 250 feet of hose; six sets
of steel. All in good condition.
Inquire of Jack Singleton, Healy.'
LOST—Pocketbook containing pa-1
pers of value to the owner, ana
money. Reward for return to A1
Clarno.
FOR SALE—Mule weighing 1500
and two horses. William Smythe.
HOUSEKEEPER WANTED—F o r
particulars inquire at Cooney'
Hotel.
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MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST MONDAY EACH MONTH
AT 8:00 P. M.
\ isiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke Geo. S. Smith
Secretary. President.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Schedule of trains, subject to
icfiange without notice:
LEAVE NENANA for Healy on
I Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and *
j Saturday at 8 a. m.
Returning leaves Healy at 1 p. m.
LEAVE FAIRBANKS for Nenana
on Tuesday and Friday at 8 a. m.
i Returning leaves Nenana at 1:30
| p. m.
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