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.
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SAVE OUR ALASKAN ILLUSIONS
With Seward reporting a tem
perature of 95 degrees, says the
New York Post, we may as well
be forewarned of tfoe principal of
President Harding’s Alaska trip.
Like Canada ever since Kipling call
ed her Our Lady of the Snows, Alas
ka is tormented by a climate com
plex. Year after year we are told
continues the editor of that paper
that Seward’s lowest recorded tem
perature is 7 below zero, that her
port is always ice-free and that her
winter is warmer than Baltimore.
It is iterated that Juneau is in
the same latitude as Edinburg and
has much milder weather. Sitka, we
are assured, is warmer than Copen
hagen, while the great Yukon Valley
has winters like those of New York
and Pennsylvania. To speak of ice
or polar bears in connection with
Alaska is to expose yourself to rid
icule along with the Senators who
in 1867 called it Walrussia and
Johnson’s Ice Box. The statisticians
who tell us that Alaska has pro
duced $900,000,000 in wealth, chief
ly from mines, are careful to add
that this is nothing to her future
production of wheat, vegetables and
sub-tropical fruits.
Assurances concerning the tor
ridity of Alaska can easily be over
come, and in the dwindling popu
lation of recent years we see the
result. There should be two seasons
for Alaskan publicity. What wc are
hungry to hear at this moment is
not how the Nome children go bare
foot and eat home-grown watermelon
in the shade. It is that the greater
part of Alaska rests upon a solid
ice cake and that if you dig six feet
in summer you come to hard froz
en ground. It is the comforting news
that in the Tanana Valley the ther
mometer frequently falls to 80 de
grees below, which even the late
Archdeacon Stuck thought cold.
want to be told (how at Fairbanks
the temperature goes to 15 below in
October and that zero is thereafter
regarded as warm. No-one denies
that Alaska ranks first in the North
ern Hemisphere, after Greenland, as
a producer of ice-bergs, and tha‘
within four or five davs journey
of Seattle one can see fiords with
glaciers by the dozen. Around
Christmas time the opposite brand
of Alaskan publicity may be loosed.
In spite of the excelent geograph
ical instruction of today, many peo
ple doubtless fail to grasp the fact
that if Alaska is superimposed on
the map of the United States part
of it would touch Duluth while
another section would reach Savan
nah and a third comer would be
project into Mexico. Sometimes ever
tihe Alaskans seem not to grasp it
VISUALIZATION OF ALASKA
The visit of President Hardin*
and of the Congression delegatior
of five Senators and 26 representa
tives to Alaska will do more thar
bring home the resources and need;
of Alaska to the official mind, write.'
the editor of the Seattle Business
Chronicle. This people is formed intc
a representative republic. The dis
tinguished visitors to Alaska art
distinguished because «ahey art
worthy of the people’s choice iu
their representatives. The visits art
being made in a spectacular manner
There is that element of drama ;
about them which surely commends ]
them :o the public. Hence the pub- 1
lie in a way which it has never |
done before is visualizing Alaska. 1
To be visualized is all that Alas-,'
ka needs. Words must be accom- 1
panied by deeds, something which ^
can be seen, can be touched, if 1
they are to be winged. Falcon Joslyn ]
who was first president of Seattle 1
' Arctic Club, recently declared that ^
Alaska’s per capita production of 1
new wealth is greater than that of,'
any other territory and people on 1
earth.. That is much to say and,1
its truth is being visualized through
the eyes of the representatives of ^
the people.
Results, under these circumstances,
necessarily must be momentous. At
the first onset several things have <
become apparent to the visitors.
One is that while fisheries and 1
j their problems are the most press- 1
j ing of Alaskan questions of to- «
j day they are not the only matters 1
j demanding reply. It seems to be 1
j the opinion that the fisheries should '
i remain under Federal rather than;!
| under Territorial control and that 1
i the pesent control is not effective !
j in their application, being of too 1
; partial a nature.
Next comes the problem of trans- 1
! portation. Much more must be spent
i not only in construction but in op
j eration. It is not pretended that 1
these railways will be self-support- •
J ing. But they will go a long way in ’
making Alaska self-supporting by :
; attracting to the territory both laoor
and capital. The open’ng up of the
| interland of Austrlia by railways 1
; irun largely under American expert ■
1 direction) is a case in point. Rates
have been eu+ "here to a non-profit
al !e basis and cut deliberately on 1
! the theory that this would aid de- '
velopment materially. And this pol
icy has proved itself.
But c-heif of all comes the ques
tion of self-government. With the 1
example of Nevada, of the Phil
ippines, of Hawaii before the mind
of Congress there should be no diffi
j culty in giving Alaskans their desires
j especially when it is remembered
that the white population is chiefly
homogeneous. It is American. There
are no racial difficulties, as was the
case in Hawaii and in the Philip
pines.
Also it should be remembered in
this regard that in the person of the
present incumbent of the guberna
torial office, Scott C. Bone, the
Harding Administration has a finely
qualified and well tempered instru
ment in its hands.
HAS FOX FOR PET
PTobably the only person in Al
aska to boast a little fox pup as a
pet is Miss Elizabeth Marshall
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Marshall of Juneau. Miss Marshall
was recently presented with a baby •
red fox by J. Combs, who brought
k in from Clacier Bay.
The little fellow is quite docile
and follows Miss Marshal about and
as well behaved as a domesticated
animal. However, tdiile Miss Mar-!
shall’s commands are his law and
he solicits her caresses he is on the
alert for strangers and allows no
one near him until he is assured
of friend^iip.
IEMBERS OF FORESTRY
SSOCIATION ON ALASKA TOUR
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Under the leadership of Harris A.
aynolds. Secretary of the Massa
,iucetts Forestry Association, a
arty of member? of that organi
ation is cheduled to arrive in Alas
a soon. It is making a tour of the
'anadian northwest and Alaska un
er the auspices of the Association.
The party is due to arrive in
rancouver today where it will spend
few days, and from there to Alas
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Its itinerary calls for stops while
he steamer is in port at Ketchikan,
Wangell and Juneau northbound,
t will leave the ship at Cordova
nd go over the Copper River &
Northwestern Railroad to Chitina
nd tiie Richardson Highway to
’airbanks. Two days will be spent
here. The southbound trip will be
aade over the Alaska Railroad to
Seward and get the steamer there,
t is planned to arrive at Juneau
lugust 10th, southbound.
For several years past the Asso
iation has been conducting tours
luring the summer months to the
note important of the National
’arks and National Forests. They
ire planned with two main pur
>oses in view, first for vacations.:
ipon which it has placed great em
nhasis, and second, as a part of it?
iducational program to further
tnowledge of its members upon na
ural resources throughout the coun
ry.
-ARGE SHIPMENT OF LUMBER
RECENTLY SENT TO SEATTLE
A shipment of 400.000 feet of
dear spruce will be made to :he
^ovincial Lumber Company of Sea
le by the Juneau Lumber Mills
lext month, it was announced re
ently by Roy Rutherford, manager
>f the local mill. The lumber will be
aken out on a barge to be towed
o Juneau by a Brown Field tug of
battle, which will arrive here short
y after August 1 to tow the five
nasted barkentine Phyllis Comyn
>ut to sea, on its journey to Aus
ralia. The tug will take in tow. the
>arge with the lumber, on the re
urn to Seattle.
Approximately 300,000 feet of
umber remain to be cut by the
ocal mill to fill the Australia ship
nent. which is being loaded on the
■’hvllis Comyn, Rutherford said.
B. D. Stewart. Supervising En
rinneer for the Federal Bureau of
Hines in Alaska, will leave here
his evening on the steamer North
western for Westward points. He
fxpects to be absent from his local
leadquarters for several weeks.
Mr. Stewart is making the trip
m official business. He will pro
teed at once to his Anchorage office
tnd later visit the Matanuska coal
rields and other mining districts ad
acent to the Alaska Railroad, pos
sibly going as far into the interior
is Nenana.
DUKE OF YORK TOO BUSY TO
ATTEND MEMORIAL UNVEILING
LONDON’, (By Mail!—Members
of the British royal family have an
nounced that they will be obliged to
decline future invitations to unveil
»ar memorials.
This announcement was made
when a reply of the Duke of York
to an invitation to unveil a war
memorial was made public. The
Duke said that he, in common with
other members of the royal family,
found it impossible to travel over
the country, especially for these
ceremonies, when he has =o many
other pressing and important de
mands on his time.
Members of the royal family have
already unveiled more than three
hundred war memorials which in
cludes many national memorials to
which local ones are but supple
mentary.
The Hayes tourist party, number
ing 35, passed through Nenana yes
terday enroute to the coast from
Fairbanks. They came inside by way
of the Richardson trail.
FORMER YUKON GOVERNOR
SAYS U. S. DRY LAW FARCE
With a liquor cargo for the sea
son valued at $150,000 at Vancouver
awaiting transportation to the North.
Yukon has been dry since early in
June because of the United States
law which prohibits the transporta
tion of the cargo from Skagway over
the railroad to the border, according
to Captain George Black member of
Parliament from Yukon. Captain
Black, with Mrs. Black was in Ju
neau recently enroute to Dawson,
after attending the last session of
Parliament at Ottawa.
“In my opinion the United States
is making a farce of the enforcement
of prohibition in the United States,
and it is a selfish policy to prevent
the Canadian government taking a
cargo of liquor across the United
States territory, a distance which
can be covered in a few hours when
the liquor will be in bond and under
heavy guard,” declared Capt. Black,
to a representative of the Empire.
“I spent a short time in N’ew York
City recently and saw liquor served
openly. My observation has convinc
ed me that liquor is used freely in
the United States and that the Yu
kon should be deprived of its liquor
supply because the panhandle of
Alaska breaks into the transporta
tion between Canadian points by
such a short distance as that from
Skagway to the summit, appeals to
me as an unfair game on the part
of the United States government.
“Last winter a representative of
the Canadian government was sent
to Washington to take up the ques
tion with the authorities there. He
was advised to have the purchase of
the season’s supply made anJ that
there would probably be no inter
ference in the transportation of the
cargo over the United States Terri
tory to Canada. After the purchase
was made and ready for shipment
from Vancouver no change in the
existing regulations was made.”
Capt. Black said that the Canadian
government officials are hoping
against hope that the matter may be
adjusted to permit shipments into
the Yukon from British Columbia.
The Hon. J. H. King, Minister of
Public Works for Canada, represent
ing the Canadian government, will
place the matter before President
Warran G. Harding, when the Pres
ident passes through Vancouver on
his return trip to the United States
from Alaska. Capt. Black said.
Install Wireless Stations
Several important measures affect
ing Yukon were put through by
Parliament at the last session. Cap
tain Black said. Grants were allow
ed for two wireless stations in the
country one at Mayo and the othei
at Dawson, to be installed this year.
Next year it is planned to put in twc
more stations, at Ft. McMurray anc
Ft. Simpson in the McKenzie rivei
country. When the installation oi
these stations is completed the old
Dominion telegraph line will be
dropped.
It is believed that the installatior
of wireless stations and the aban
donment of the land telegraph sys
tem will save the government $250.
000 a year and better service wil
| be given. The latter system nov
j costs the government $275,000 s
year to keep up. Service is uncertair
1 as in the summer the line is damag
' ed by forest fires and in the wintei
J it is damaged by storms.
In a bill introduced by Captair
Black an amendment was made tc
the Constitution of Y’ukon, great!;
{ increasing the rights to trial bj
jury and the right of appeal in min
ing cases, and action for divorce
and legal separations. The law it
same as in all other Canadian Pro
vinces.
Considerable agitation has a riser
j in the past few years in Yukon over
these questions. The provisions i»
the Constitution previous to the am
endment, were made in the earlj
years of the country, with littlr
right to jury trial because of th<
impossibility, on acocunt of th<
sparesness of settlement to obtain i
^ jury for trial.
| Capt- and Mrs. Black plan tc
Alaska Steamship Co.
SAFET1 SPEED SERVICE
VESSEL Lv. Seattle Ar. Seward, Lv. Seward
ALAMEDA ...-. July 7th July 13th Julyl4
NORTHWESTERN . July 14th July 21st.
ALASKA ... July 21st July ?7th
ALAMEDA ...... July 28th Aug 3rd Aug 4th
NORTHWESTERN . Aug. 4th Aug 11th
Ships in above schedule call at Ketchikan. Wrangell. Juneau,
Cordova, Valdez, LaTouche and Seward, both north and southbound
S. S. ALASKA is not going to make Anchorage a Port of ^all
ALAMEDA also makes Vnchorage a port of call
Ships in above schedule marked ** connect with SS STARR
at Seward for the Westward.
FOR RATES AND
J. H. FLICKINGER,
Agent, Seward, Alaska
RESERVATIONS APPLY TO
a. h. McDonald,
_ Agent, Anchorage
A. A. ShONBECK
ANCHORAGE
WE ARE AGENTS FOR
Romeo Redwood Stave
WATER & MINING TANKS SILOS HYDRAULIC PIPE
EXPLOSIVES FEED
Write us for information
OVER THE TRAIL
Richardson Highway Transportation Company
Operating a First Class Stage Service over the Famous
RICHARDSON HIGHWAY
Between Fairbanks, Chitina, Valdez and Way Points
E. H. Mack GO,, Agt. FAIRBANKS R, E. Sheldon, Supt.
spend the summer in Mayo and
Dawson and will return south in the
fall.
Regulations prohibiting’ the trans
portation of liquor cargoes through
the United States and Alaska to for
eign countries was put in affect last
year.
DEFENDANTS WIN CASE
In a decision just handed down
by the Circuit Court of Appeals for
the Ninth District, at San Fran
cisco, the action of the local Dis
trict Court in the suit of A. and E.;
Eikland against W. W. Casey, Al
len and Henry Shattuck for damages
arising from the Gold Creek flood
in September, 1918 was upheld. A
telegram received today from Judge .
R. W. Jennings, by H. L. Faulkner,
counsel for the defendants, contain
ed this information.
This was or.e of She several cases
brought following the flood which
damaged considerable property in
the Casey-Shattuck addition along
Gold Creek. It was tried before
Judge R. W. Jennings and a ver
dict returned for the defendants.
On appeal to the Circuit Court of
Appeals a new trial was ordered,
and the same verdict returned.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Five room furnished
home—complete in every detail. In
quire Mrs. Tony O’Malley.
FOR SALE—Furniture and house
hold effects also two fur coats and
kodak developing outfit.
G. L. SCHOOLING
FOR SALE—Man„s Coon Coat
$75.00 dark fur Inquire A.B. Phil
lips.
FOR SALE—Team of horses,
with harness; & sets bob sleighs;
wagon; household furniture. In
quire Chas E. Bergman.
mining Ground for sale—
Group of three claims (placer) on
Glacier Creek, Kantishna district.
Nos. 17,18 and 19. (No. 17 worked
' out.) Shallow ground, from six
inches to five feet to bedrock.
1 Coarse gold. Automatic dam, boxes,
tools, complete camp outfit. For
furthers particulars inquire at News
| Office.
A plant has been opened in Tas
mania to develop about 6,000,000
tons of shale in a single deposit,
estimated to contain 360,000,000
gallons of oil.
By changing the position of one
bolt with a screw driver a new punch
press can be operated either by foot
power or by belting it to other ma
chinery.
ft. Quinn passed through Xenana
yesterday enroute to the coast sec
tion. _ a
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LOCAL TRAIN SCHEDULE
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
Trains leave and arrive Nenana as
follows:
11.35 p. m. Tuesday and Friday for
Seward and intermediate points
Returning arrives Xenana 11:20
a. m. same days.
5:15 p. m., Tuesday and Friday for
Dunbar, Fairbanks and Chatanika.
Arrives Xenana 5:00 p. m. Tues
day and Friday.
“Trains both north and south
bound stop over night at Curry
where excellent hotel facilities are
available for the public.
River steamers leave Xenana ev
ery Wednesday at 10:00 a. m. for
points down river to Holy Cross and
Connecting with gas launch at lat
ter point for St. Michael. Arrive Ne
nana every Monday or Tuesday.”
D. H. WILLIAMS
Undertaking Parlors
Licenced Embalmer
Funeral Director
Anchorage — Nenana — Seward
CHAS. E. BERGMAN
Nenana Manager
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
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Alfred J. Chexxi R. C. Morrie.
Secretary. Precedent.