Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana. Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 18 <9.
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NEEDED, A CENSOR
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The Skagway Alaskan has hit the,
nail squarely on the head. In the |
opinion of that pioneer newspaper, j
what Alaska needs more and any-1
thing else at this time is a censor- j
a “most rigid censor who will pre-1
vent Alaskans themselves from j
spreading gossip” of a character in-!
furious to the territory. The people j
of Alaska, says the Alaskan, should •
get together, and not take every j
opporutnity to knock the other j
fellow.
The Alaskan is right. There is
too much knocking going on in the
territory. Too many people, too
many towns and too many Alaskan
newspapers devote too much of their
time and space in an effort to pro
mote the interests of one section at j
the expense of some other section.
We appear to have cultivated the j
habit of hanging a knock onto the
tail of every boost. “Yes, we in
form the stranger, “this is a fine
town, with a world of natural ad
vantages and a payroll that would
wad a modern seige gun. Of course
it is a little quiet now, on account
of the war, but you should see that
burg across the bay, up the river
or down the sound- Why, the
people are leaving that place so fast
there’s a constant breeze blowing
in their wake.”
The truth of the situation is that
conditions are not so bad as some
people would have -<s believe. But
the spreading of bad reports has a
tendency to make things worse. It
lessens our own confidence in our
country and makes the territory ap
pear in a particularly unfavorable
light beyond its borders.
Alaskans should consider well be
fore they give voice to opinions re
garding this, that or the other place.
They can help the country more
by taking a cheerful view of things
than by knocking. And incidentally
the optimist is a lot more popular
in a community than the fellow
who always greets you with a tough
times story.
The time is not far distant when
every section of Alaska will be more
prosperous than ever before. After
the war there will be a vast amount
of capital seeking investment and
there will be thousands and thous
ands of men in search of new and
greener fields. Alaska will get them
both and the development of the
Northland will proceed at a rate un
dreamed of by oldtimers.
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In the meantime, there is nothing
o be gained by giving publicity
o the fact that certain sections of
he territory have been given a set
jack by the war. We should con
gratulate ourselves that we have
imong our varied resources, suffi
:ient wealth to keep the territory
jrominently before the world at a
dme like the present. Our fisheries (
ind copper mines are responsible
for a lot of very desirable adver
tising, and within a very short time
Alaska coal mines will take their
place among the world’s fuel pro
ducers.
With such natural resources,
Alaska must go forward, and it is
only a matter of time until every
section of the territory will feel the
throb of intensive development. In
the end we will find that we of the
North have been helped by the war,
rather than hurt by it, though for
the time being high prices and the
heavy withdrawal of manpower from
the territory have combined to in
terrupt activities in certain locali
ties.
UTAH MINE REVENUE
The state of Utah will collect
close to $989,000 from mining taxes
in November, this being 3 per cent
of the net proceeds of Utah mines
in 1917. This amount includes the
mining occupational tax which is
levied for the first time. The tax
is one dollar for each person en
gaged in mining, with the exception
of proospectors and some others.
According to tax roll figures just
made public by the state board < f
equalization, net proceeds of Utan
mines in 1917 totalled $32,959,960,
as compared with $33,204,411 in
1916. No occupational tax was col
lected for 1916, however. The
state’s income from 1916 operations
was $996,132, or something more
than $5,000 above that for 1917
This is approximately 12 per cent
of the state’s entire annual income
based upon the income for 1916-191 "i
from all sources, $6,097,526.43.
Under the existing laws, seven
sixteenths of the mining taxes g<
to the public schools and nine-six
teenths to the general fund- Of this
; nine-sixteenths, 72 per cent is al
lotted for expenses of governmen'
j and 28 per cent to the three college:
: supported by the state.
If you have saved a slice a day
eat cornbread and save a loaf.
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SIMSON’S
MOVEMENT OF BOATS
NEAR SEASON’S END
The officials of the American j 1<
Yukon Navigation company are mak- j t
ing every effort to get the freight j >
J destined for the Alaskan Engineer-j
| ing commission and also the freight n
I for Fairbanks which has been de-!,l
! laved on acocunt of the irregular j
I ocean connections, landed at its des- j r
! tination before the freezeup, and j e
in a communication addressed to r
General Agent Fairborn, of Fair- 'v
banks and Agent Scott of Xenana, c
General Agent E. B. Barteau. who is t
stationed at Tanana, outlines the j
contemplated steamer movement*! 1
which will bring the best results as j t
regards the landing of the freight;1
at destination and the docking of s
the boats and barges before the 1
freezeup. s
General Agent Barteau says that
approximately 4000 tons of freight,
most of which is for Nenana, are
still at St. Michael awaiting favor
able weather for shipment up the
Yukon river. Several boats of the
A. Y. N. Co. have been held at St.
'Michael for some time past awaiting!
a break in the stormy weather pre
vailing at that port, to enable them
to get away up the Yukon with
their heavy tows. A considerable
portion of the freight destined for
Nenana and Tanana river points
has also been delayed owing prob
ably to a partial disorganization of
the ocean service.
, The reasons given for turning
, back the steamers Alaska and Yukon
, at Tanana recently are so that thev i
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j may be started out of terminals at I
. i the beginning instead of at the end i
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; of the week on account of the mail j
i j service, and in order that they can j
j be utilized in towing the barges |
of freight between Tanana and N'e-1
nana when the large volume of
freight from St. Michael begins to S
move in earnest later on.
j General Agent Barteau does not i
t j think it will be practicable, for the !
s j reasons stated above, for the two!
t upper river steamers to turn back
s! at Tanana later on this season, and
e gives as a further reason that the
s; steamer Tanana, which made the ’
x connections between Fairbanks and
i Tanana hitherto, will not be able!
n to do so in future, as he expects
j to use her to assist the boats up
>t1 bound from St. Michael, as all of
,f j these boats will probably have extra
n j heavy tows. After helping up the
) ; lower river boats as far as Tanana,
n 1 the steamer Tanana will also bring
1_ i up barges of freight from Tanana
■ to X’enana.
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is ■ ^ulk of the freight, both
ej from St. Michael and Whitehorse
7 is destined for Xenana. General
lt Agent Barteau says that all future
p turnings of the upper Yukon boats
,j w‘ll take place at Xenana, and that
the mail, freight and passenger con
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I nections between Fairbanks and Xe
nana for the Dawson sailings will
probably be made by the steamer
Reliance.
j After the sailing of the steamer
j Yukon today, there will be no
I steamer for Dawson and beyond for
i a period of about two weeks or
more, and when the steamer Alaska
reaches here on her next trip from
Dawson, she will remain at Xenana
and bring up to Nenana the barges
: arriving at Tanana in tow of the
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wer river boats, as all the barges
ley bring up will be loaded with **
enana freight.
These are the tentative arrange- j e
ents made so far and are subject a
> change. ,'
As General Agent Barteau re
larks, it will be impossible to give ; 1
<act sailing dates and the move
j o
lents of the steamers and barges
ill be largely governed by cir-'
amstances, weather conditions and , ^
le weight and extent of the tows, j
The Tanana river is very unre
able in the fall of the year, owing
t the low stage of the water and
re many impediments to navigation,
ach as bars, etc., encountered dur
lg this period, and consequently no
chedule of sailings can be depended
n.
Mr. Barteau expresses the hope
hat the last sailings for Dawson
.ill not be later than about the
hird of October., by which time he
xpects that all of the freight des
ined for the Tanana river points,
learly all of which is for Nenana,
rill have been cleaned up and th<5
toats given a chance to make their
cinter quarters before the freezeup
Last season the boats for the up
>er river left Tanana as late as
Jctober 11th and the steamers |
Jchwatka and Seattle No. 3 barely
nissed being froze in on the river
>elow Dawson, while both the Alice
ind the Tanana, on their way to
vinter quarters at Fairbanks, did
;et stuck below Chena.
The company officials are naturally
■ery anxious to avoid having thffir
mats froze in on the river, as it is
always a very serious matter to safe
guard the boats from damage and
possible destruction when the break
jp occurs, and exceptionally heavy
3xpense is generally incurred in
having the boats watched through
the long winter. They will therefor
take no chances, if such can be
avoided, and the probabilities are
that the last sailings will be not
later than October 4th.
i nf neigiiL siiuauun lur mt* pres
ent seems to be as follows: The
steamer Seattle Xo. 3, now on her
way upriver from St. Michael, has
at least three bargeloads of freight
for Xenana; the Tanana, leaving
Xenana this evening, will proceed
on down the Yukon river until she
meets the Seattle 3 and will help
her up to this port by either towing
along side or taking away a part of
her tow. On arrival at Xenana,
the Seattle 3 will remain to help
the barges until the end of the sea
son and will then proceed to Dawson
where she will winter.
The Julia B. left St. Michael to
day with five barges in tow. three
of them are for Xenana and two
for Fairbanks. She will also be
helped upriver by the Tanana, and
possibly the Alaska. The Sarah
leaves St. Michael on Thursday, the
19th with three bargeloads of freight
for Xenana, and it is thought prob
able that she will be followed by
the Herman, the sailing of which
will mean that the last of the river
freight has been shipped out from
St. Michael.
Toward the tail end of the season
there will probably be many boats
leaving Xenana for Dawson and be
I yond. The Seattle 3 will leave for
winter quarters at Dawson, and the
steamers Tanana, Yukon and Alaska
will make Whitehorse, where they
will winter. The Reliance will be
the only boat of the company’s fleet
to winter at Fairbanks, and she is
liable to be on the service between
Nenana and the upper town until
almost freezeup. The steamer Wash
burn is scheduled to leave Dikeman
which is the head of navigation on
the Iditarod river, about September
2th, and will go into winter quarters
on lower Lebarge.
It looks as if many of the com
pany’s barges will be wintered in
the sheltered sloughs, in the neigh
borhood of Nenana, and the task of
putting them away will fall on the
powerful and reliable little Reliance.
War is an ugly thing, but a Ger
man peace is uglier—Russian farm
ers are producing German food.
wnen .Juneau secured tne nrst
elevator and skyscraper buildings
oldtimers came from miles around
to be shot up the elevator and see
the sights, and it was believed that
Juneau was progressing rapidly in
the latest frills of civilization. At
that time the wildest dreams of the
most progressive could never have
imagined the city having lady chauff
eurs, but this now has become an '
accomplished fact, and Miss G. Stan
ton appears with an ad offering to
take people “anywhere at any time”
in an Overland- Juneau with its
\ lady attendants at the cigar eount
i ers and soft drink emporiums and
! lady barbers, now has all the real,
1 thrills of up-to-date civilization. |
¥ J. R. 80WEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
Highest Cash
Prices Paid for
RAW
FURS
SIMSON’S
Union Hall Club Rooms
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HALL FOR RENT
See Erick NeUon for Term*
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WANT ADS
LOST—Large red baseball sweater
with grey stripes on arm Finder
please return to News office.
FOR SALE Panoramic views of
the town of Nenana in 1916 and
1917; taken by Johnson, of Fair
banks, from hill overlooking the
town. Apply at News office.
FOR SALE—Steamer trunks, trav
eling bags, suit cases A large
variety to choose from. Simson's.
FOR SALE CHEAP—Business lot at
Third and Market; also shot gun.
Inquire Mrs. Lavin. 9-12
FOR SALE, CHEAP—Large tank
heater and pipe drum; flush toilet,
good as new; also sink. Inquire
Simson’s.
FOR SALE.—Mrs. W. F. Lyons is
leaving for the Outside soon and
offers shop, fixtures and business
in cleaning and pressing clothes,
for sale. No reasonable offer re
fused. Shop is on A street, near
i blacksmith shop.
. FOR RENT—Upstairs residence,
j four rooms furnished. See Slippern
FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN—Sew
ing machine, phonograph, launch
Bunny, with 2 Vi h. p. Ferro en
gine, shot gun, rifle, etc. Inquire
of J. A. Slippern.
j FOR SALE—Beaver Board, in plain
and oak finish. Doors and win
dows, sash stock and mouldings.
Inquire Simson's.
j FOR RENT—Upstairs residence,
| four rooms furnished. See Slippern
| FOR SALE CHEAP—Cook stove in
good condition. Inquire News
office.
We’ll substitute corn for wheat
and victory for defeat.
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COLES AIR TIGHT
HEATERS
RANGES
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
Yukon Stoves and Drums
Air Tight Heaters
Any Thing in the Sheet Metal, Plumb
ing or Heating Line
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
A Call To Arms
BUY HER A BRACELET WRIST WATCH—WE HAVE THEM
IN STANDARD MAKES AT STANDARD PRICES
THE NEW RAILROAD HOWARD WATCH
21 JEWEL—MONTGOMERY DIAL, AT
$70 $75 $100
HAMILTON, WALTHAM aid ELGIN WATCHES
SOLD AT STANDARD PRICES—(OUR PRICES)
WATCHMAKER JEWELER ENGRAVER
SAFE and RELIABLE SERVICE
LAUNCH PEERLESS
Leaves for Fairbanks Every Two Days, 8AM
Make your Reservations at the Portland