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 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, 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.
HOME-TOWN HELPS.
Alaskan papers were hit hard by
the war. For the first time in the
history of the territory, points out
the Valdez Miner, higher wages
were paid printers Outside than in
Alaskan offices. This caused an
exodus of printers. Paper stocks
went up tremendously. Freight
charges increased to an almost pro
hibitive figure. Despite these facts,
but few papers in the territory were
forced to suspend. Nearly every
paper maintained its high standard
and gave its readers all the news
obtainable, many times at a loss to
the publisher. Alaskan papers com
pare favorably with those Outside.
Towns of 500 people in the terri
tory have better papers than cities
of 5,000 Outside. Outfits are bet
ter, and a better class of work is
done. To the newspapers of the
territory, Alaskans owe more than
they can repay. They have labored
unceasingly to stem the tide of emi
gration. They have boosted day
and night for localities not worth
boosting for when the patronage
they received is considered. Their
reward is not yet but soon. With
another year Alaska will come into
her own again. Mining will be re
sumed, the big run of fish is due,
and business will be better than
ever. But to the papers of the
territory who have fought the fight
is due the credit. Every paper sent
Outside has brought returns tenfold.
TRAIL SHOULD BE KEPT OPEN
The decision of the postoffice de
partment to route the Iditarod win
ter mai! via Cordova and Fairbanks
instead of Anchorage means the
abandonment of the Iditarod winter
trail, which is a matter of direct
concern to the people of Anchorage,
says the Anchorage Times.
No reasons for the change in
routing of the mail are advanced.
By sending it via Cordova and Fair
banks the distance it travels is in
creased several hundred miles and
the time it will be in transit will be
lengthened by at least a week.
The abandonment of the Iditarod
Seward mail trail means that the
winter travel from the Interior
camp, which in past years has been
considerable, will cease, as without
the regular operation of the mail
teams, the trail in all probability
will become impassable after the
first heavy snow. This will mean
not only a loss to the merchants of
Anchorage, but will work a hard
ship on the people of Iditarod, who,
instead of coming out over the com
paratively short and inexpensive
trail to Anchorage, will be forced
to follow the mail route up the
Yukon river and thence to Fair
banks, which not only is equally
as difficult, but also is several times
as long and much more expensive.
It appears to the Times that this
matter is something which should
receive the immediate attention of
the Chamber of Commerce and such
steps taken as will, if possible, pre
vent the abandonment of the Sew
ard-Iditarod trail.
LANDMARK GONE.
After a long and honorable busi
‘ness career extending: through the
‘greater part of Nome’s existence as
a civic center, the Alaska Banking
& Safe Deposit company, the oldest
banking institution and one of the
| earliest established business con
: cerns of the camp, announced its
retirement on July 1. The deposi
tors' accounts of the institution
were transferred to the Miners’ &
I Merchants’ bank, which will act as
;the liquidating agent of the retiring
bank. The retirement removes an
I !
mother old landmark that has been j
a most important factor in the'
• business and industrial life of Nome, j
J. V. Sheldon, president and man- J
; ager of the institution, states that \
, the retirement is attributable prin- |
jcipally to the narrowing down of i
the business life of the camp during
! the past few vears, and that the
r
,bank is closing its accounts after!
a profitable and satisfactory career, j
The Alaska Banking & Safe De- ‘
[ posit company was established by i
the late Dr. Cabell Whitehead, with ;
a group of Washington capitalists!
!as its financial backers, in 1900, dur-:
| ing the early days of the great gold j
‘rush which made Nome famous the!
| world over. The business prospered i
<and the institution soon developed ■!
i into one of the leading enterprises
| of Alaska. Following Dr. White-j
head’s unfortunate death by acci-1
dent, the management was contin
ued by Frank T. Thatcher. Later
(the management was taken over by
J. V. Sheldon. Throughout its long
' career the bank maintained the
highest esteem of the community,
and leaves behind it an enviable
record for business integrity and
fair dealing.
i
Kenana. Where Raili and Rivers Meet
_
The steamer Victoria on her re
cent trip from Nome to Seattle car
ried a valuable cargo. In speaking
about the value of the furs aboard,
W. F. Code, a business man of
Nome, made the following remarks
while the steamer was in port at
Cordova:
“We are taking out furs valued
at over a million dollars on this trip
of the Victoria. The trapping and
trading game in Siberia has been
most profitable, and the pelts se
cured there have meant a rich har
vest for those fortunate enough to
get them. Captain Swanson is on
board the Victoria with 693 sable
and tons of white fox. On his ship
ment he carries insurance of $400,
000.
“We look for a larger -winter
population this year than last.
There is considerable activity at
Nome now, on account of the dredg
ing of the harbor, which work is
being handicapped only by a scarci
jty of labor.
! “The Alaska Bank & Safe De
|
posit company has been absorbed
jby the Miners’ & Merchants’ bank,
and Joe Sheldon, cashier of the for
mer institution, came out on the
Victoria, but he stopped over in
; Seward.”
THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
ON ADVERTISING
Contained in the Following Letter to
tlie President of the Associated
Advertising Clubs of the World.
‘‘The Whitt House, Washington.
'"My dear Mr. Houston:
“Advertising is a factor of con
stantly increasing power in modern
'business, and it very vitally affects
the public in all its phases, par
ticularly since the mediums for the
dissemination of advertising have in
creased so remarkably in recent
years. For business men, therefore,
jit is of the utmost importance that
the highest standards should be ap
plied to advertising as to business
itself.
“The country is to be congratu
j iated on the work of the Associated
(Advertising Clubs to establish and
| enforce a code of ethics based upon
candid truth that shall govern ad
vertising methods, and the effect of
its work should be of the greatest
benefit to the country. It augurs
permanence and stability in indus-,
trial and distributive methods, be
cause it means good business judg
ment, and more than that, it indi
cates a fine conception of public i
obligation on the part of men in •
business, a conception which is one
of the inspiring things in our out
look upon the future of national
development.
“Cordially and sincerely yours,
“WOODROW WILSON.”
ON ADVERTISING.
(By H. M. d’Orsay.)
Perhaps it is not stating the mat
ter too emphatically to say that
advertising is the pulse of the times.'
President Wilson, in touch with the
main arteries of the world’s com
merce today, puts it up to business
men as their “fine conception,” or
“obligation,” as looking toward the
“future national development.”
You will hear men say, “My work
advertises me; I don’t have to ad
vertise.”
Mark that man. He lacks public
spirit. He is eager to read the
newspaper, to profit by it, whether
he be a subscriber or not.
Even the parasite, who does noth
ing to contribute to the success of
'the public press, by advertising or
subscription, must,—if all were as
he,—plunge us back into the dark
Iness known to us before we ever
jheard of Benjamin Franklin.
I The subscriber is always a Wel
lcome asset to a newspaper. Espe
| daily is this true where the pick
| ings are r.ot over great. But the
j live advertiser is the joy of the
j conscientious publisher, who untir
ingly boosts his town, its people,
;and their various enterprises. But
jwho is to encourage him? He holds
j together the community, by his doe
! trine of hope and courage. Per
I chance he would like a substantial
j encouragement from some who de
prive daily benefit, even though in
directly, from his comparatively
poorly paid responsibilities.
A newspaper man must be at once
public-spirited, shrewd, liberal, cos
mopolitan. But above all he must
.have tact. His education, which
'cost him good money; his exped
ience, likewise, is thrown into the
■melting-pot. He seldom becomes
jrich, though he always aids in en
jriching others.
Our foremost American citizen
has called the turn. Advertising—
las P. T. Barnum knew—pays.
Get into the habit! Be an Amer
ican in that sense of the word. Can
you afford to be the drone in the
hive? Can others afford to carry
you along?. Is it fair? Think it
over, and make up your mind that
only one attitude is worthy of busi
ness—as of anything else. Then,
do your part, and—advertise.
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Kenana. Where Kalla and Klvera Meet
Frank Cleary, formerly in the
employ of the Alaskan Engineering
commission at Nenana, arrived at
Anchorage recently, having mushed
to the coast by way of Broad Pass.
WANT ADS
FOK SALE—Lady's pony fur coat
and muff. Apply Mrs. R. S. Mc
Donald.
FOR SALE—Furnished house, four
rooms, with summer kitchen, at
tic, large basement and winter
cellar for vegetables. Heated by
furnace. Winter supply of veg
etables. Full comer lot. One of
the most desirable parts of town.
Inquire at News office.
BUNCH OF KEYS found. Owner
can recover by calling at News
office and paying for this adver
tisement.
GERMAN IMMIGRANTS
ARRIVING IN MEXICO
MEXICO CITY. — Two hundred
and forty German immigrants ar
rived on a Spanish steamship at Vera
Cruz recently, their destination be
ing agricultural lands -in Chiapas,
according to reports from the Vera
Cruz correspondents of the Mexico
City papers.
Henana. Where Kails and Kivere Meet
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tampering with it in any way will
be prosecuted to the full extent of
the law. ALBERT FORTIER.
Venana, Alaska's Interior Fuel Depot
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NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
Ob Second and Fourth Tuesday*
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE ^
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
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 com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be*purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Wednesdays and Satur- ♦
days at 8 a. m.
On and after july loth the freight
| on the North side of the river at
;Camp 415 dock will be shipped out
[ Tuesday and Friday of each week,
leaving at 8 a. m.. until further
! notice.
i Dr. J. R. BOWEN
j DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
! L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
SOUTHERN HOTEL
BUILDING
SHIP TO
GEO. R. GOSHAW, Inc.
ALASKAN DEALER IN
RAW FURS
SEATTLE
Alaska Building
NEW YORK
127 W. 27th Street
We do business direct with you and solicit your RAW FURS.
Your shipments are handled by expert graders and New York
Market Prices are paid on eon-eet grading the day received If
desired, your shipments will be kept separate in order that our
prices may be approved by you. Providing that our valuation
does not prove satisfactory, the Furs will be returned to you,
transportation charges prepaid. Ship by Insured Parcel Post or
Express. Ship in dry condition. Always enclose an itemized
list of contents with name and address. Also place duplicate
list on the outside of package or bale. All payments are made
by check on the Seattle National Bank, or in any other manner
desired. Special instructions, if any, must accompany shipment.
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