THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enxry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 8, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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DIVISIONAL CLAIMS.
From time to time, particularly
to bolster up some unreasonable de
mand, local or divisional, the news
papers of the First division, points
out the editor of the Valdez Miner
(Third division) proclaim to their
readers that that division is the
mainstay of the Territory; without
it the whole Northern Empire would
fall to pieces and become once more
a mere district under the sway of
the National Congress. According
to these articles, for they are all
of the same general tenor, the First
division foots the bills of the whole
Territory, and therefore, when the
division as a whole or any part
wishes to dip into the territorial
funds for some improvement there
should be no objection on the part
of other divisions. This reads good,
but it is not true, and there is little
doubt but that the editors writing!
and publishing these articles know
it only too well.
The matter as to who pays the
running expenses of the Territory
was definitely settled in 1917, when
in a speech in the Territorial sen
ate, Senator Heckman of Ketchikan
stated in substance that, though the
First division paid into the terri
torial treasury a greater part of the
funds therein, the said division was
inclined to be magnanimous in per
mitting an equal division of expend
lures in the other divisions. To
this, Senator John Ronan, of the
Third division, took exception, and
to settle the matter the territorial
treasurer was called in and request
ed to advise the senate as to how
much money was in the treasury and
what percentage of the same had
been paid by the different divisions.
Senator Heckman and some other
members of the senate were some
what surprised to learn that the
First division had paid in a little
over twenty percent, the Third near
ly seventy percent, and the Second
and Fourth combined less than ten
percent.
PREFERENTIAL RATES.
The Alaska Engineerin';- commis
sion announces that a discount in the
regular steamship rate of 25 j«;r
cent will be given all employes of
the railway commission and their
families by the Alaska Steamship
company and the Admiral line. This
is violating the law with a venge
ance, declares the editor of the
Valdez Miner. If a private citizen
asked for and received a rate from
these companies cheaper than was
given any other person, he would
be haled before the courts and
asked to explain the violation of
the interstate commerce laws. Are
employes of the commission entitled
to any better rates than any other
Alaskans? And has the Govern
ment the right to violate a law
which would draw a fine by a pri
vate citizen?
IS HISTORY REPEATING
• ITSELF?
Chief of the errors committed at
the Baltimore convention in 1912
by the managers of the presidential
| candidacy of Champ Clark was in
[mistaking the convention hall for
j the theater of action, says the Cin
cinnati Enquirer. Because they
had a majority and could control
the parliamentary procedure they
thought the issue would be decided
: within the four walls of the armory
in which the delegates sat. Far
shrewder, the experienced Bryan
transferred the fight to the country,
skillfully appealing to the Demo
cratic masses and cleverly delaying
a vote until the response could be
received. The whole world knows
that this strategy resulted in the
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nomination of Woodrow Wilson.
There is a duplication, in part,
of these circumstances at Washing
ton today. As at Baltimore a ma
jority has control of the procedure
and is endeavoring to keep the ac-1
tion confined within the senate
chamber. Imitating Bryan, the
President has appealed to the coun
try, not through addresses delivered,
on the ground, but by going in
person. Familiar with the victori
ous process of seven years ago, his
opponents have endeavored to coun
ter by imitating him in turn. Only
[the extreme radicals, to be tauto
logical, have done this, meaning, of
course, Johnson of California, Borah
of Idaho, and Reed of Missouri.
The conservative members of the
ruling-group have thought it best
to cling to the cloisters of the capi
tol.
It now remains a matter of curi
osity whether there will be a repe
tition of the success achieved by
the President’s old premier of a
sustaining of the opposition through
;the application by these radicals of
I the maneuvering he employed to
(break down a seemingly impregna
ble line. If the reaction desired
j from the country has been set in
motion by the President, there is
[little to fear for the defeat of the
•j treaty. If the fiery charges of the
.Western senators have checked it in
(its incipiency, as is claitned for
them, the conservatives may eventu
ially gain their end.
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Renans—The Gateway to
Rational Park.
McRlulay
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BOOTLEGGING JUROR
BLOCKS PROSECUTION
Joe Kinehloe, of Wrangell, was
arrested recently for illicit distilling
and sentenced to six months’ im
prisonment in the federal jail.
Kinchloe’s cabin was raided by the
marshal and a still in good working
order found, together with 25 bot
tles of beer, a two-gallon demijohn
of hootch, three quart bottles of
white mule, and a quantity of dried
peaches in a state of ferementation
and a keg of mash. The curious
part is that Kinehloe was one of
the jurot-s who recently acquitted
Mrs. O. R. Stumpf of Wrangell of
the charge of bootlegging, after the
woman had pleaded guilty. When
the Wrangell Sentinel'published an
account of the trial, he replied with
an article entitled “The Other Side
of the Case,” in which he stated
that the jurors who voted to acquit
Mrs. Stumpf did not do so for the
purpose of violating or evading the
law.
CASTAWAYS ARE
RESCUED AFTER
MANY HARDSHIPS
PAPEETE, Tahiti. — Two white
men and a native, clothed in rags
and suffering from lack of food,
have been rescued from Christmas
island, after having been cut off
from the outside world for 18
months, according to press advices
to Auckland which were brought
here recently.
The warship New Zealand, which1
made the rescue, was taken by the
three castaways for a German
cruiser, as they had not heard the
war was ended, and when a landing
party, including Admiral .Jellicoe,
went ashore, it was held up by Mr.
English, leader of the trio, at the
j point of a revolver,
j The three men had been left on
| the island by the lessee, Father
Rougier, who is well known in Ta-!
hiti, with a scant supply of provi- j
sions and a promise that a relief
ship would be sent within 40 days, j
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according to the Fanning Island 1
correspondent of the Auckland
Weekly News.
“The landing narty. which in
cluded Admiral Jellicoe,” the corre
spondent continued, “was held up
I by English, clad only in a tattered
jpair of shorts patched with a rice
bag. Admiral Jellicoe was amused
at the comical aspect presented of
holding up a warship with a re
volver, although he was personally
interested in the harnships suffered
by the party. He had a long talk
with English, and Lady Jellicoe read
his diary.
“The irony of the situation of the
marooned men was that they were
in possession of three automobiles
needed for traversing the long dis
tances between the scattered cocoa
nut groves. The unfortunates had
means of traveling in luxury, yet no
clothes, no food, and no comforts.
“Rats swarmed everywhere, and
at first they devoured the pillows
and blankets while the men slept.
English said he would gladly have
exchanged the automobiles for a
clean shirt and trousers.
“The diary which English kept
all the time he was on the island
contains some entries pathetic in
their hopelessness. Day by day he
was longing and praying for a ship
to relieve the distress of the party.
Ill-health from exposure and the
wretchedness of the food nearly
drove the men crazy and they would
have been unable to exist for many
more w'eeks.”
WATCHES
JEWELRY
Watch Repairing
DESIGNING AND NATIVE
JEWELRY A SPECIALTY
WM. TAYLOR
CANYON
ROADHOUSE
(Formerly Daria’)
FIRST STOPPING PLACE
BEYOND END OF STEEL
BARN AND DOG KENNELS
MRS. CLARA ALLRED
If Comfort, Economy and the !
Environments of Home
Appeal to You,
STOP AT THE
MONTANA
SPECIAL RATES BY WEEK
OR MONTH.
MRS. BERT JOHNSON
Proprietress.
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WANT ADS
WANTED—Position by woman as
cook in camp. Inquire at New*
office.
WANTED^TIbUY—Tw "three
good dogs. Must be cheap. In
quire at Terminal.
FOUND—Bunch of keys. Inquire
at Central Cafe.
FOR RENT—Suite of three rooms,
suitable 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 casfh required. Inquire
at Arctic.
LOST—Pair of glasses in black case.
Reward for return to News office.
It is said that steps are immedi
ately to be taken to have Father
Rougier’s conduct of Christmas is
land investigated by the British
high commissioner of the Pacific,
Christmas island being a British pos
session.
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Aaron M. Graves, an oldtimer of
the Eagle district, died at Eagle on
December 10, following a stroke of j
paralysis. * He was over 70 years i
of age.
ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
atands alone in par-excellence of
aervice and aanitary convenience.
Turkish, Steam, Shower
or Plain Baths, at
MODERATE RATES.
Rooma fear Dreaaing and Reating
in Connection. Alao Rooma for
Rent, Tranaient or Permanent.
Mr. and Mrs. Heimburger
Proprietors.
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NEW
CENTRAL CAFE
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FIRST CLASS
in Every Respect
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PRIVATE BOXES $
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'( JOHN KETOOROKY
Proprietor.
Rust
House
Warm, Comfortable
ROOMS
DOG KENNELS
MRS. CLAUSEN
PROPRIETRESS.
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 i
Tavern Cafe and Bakery
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A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
Tom Smith, Prop.
NENANA HOUSE
Just Gome in and Sit Down and Look Out.
MRS. A. B. EAS fERL Y, ProprUtresi.
Or. i. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Price* Most Reasonable
1l THE BOWEN BUILDING
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
| L. 0. 0. M.
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 Commission
NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
chase tickets before entering train.-.
Tick^tj earn be purchased from
the stattbn 4g%nt, whose office is in
the employment office, on the ground
floor of the General Oflice Building.
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at Camp 415 (North Nenana).
Tickets will be on sale at i.nj
time during office hours, and can be
purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south Wave
the foot of A street on Wednesday-,
and Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
iCamp 415 (Ne’-th Nenana), for
'Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
: 1 p. m.
The following is the schedule be
itween North Nenana and Fairbanks.
!subject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7:00 a. m .
i 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
ithc river. Those intending to trav
;el to Fairbanks must make their
I own arrangements for reaching
I North Nenana.
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Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
During the last season we 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 docs 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 with us.
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA