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.
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THE BUREAU DiNNER.
The opening of tae long-loeked-up
natural resources of Alaska and bet-:
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ter transportation facilities—by wa
ter, land, aid air—to permit their
development, compose the outstand
ing demands of the people of the
Territory, as revealed by messages I
from the various Alaskan chambers
of commerce and as verbally recited '
by speakers from Alaska, at the an-;
nual meeting and dinner given un- j
der the auspices of the Alaska Bu
reau of the Seattle Chamber of'
Commerce.at the New Washington'
hotel on the evening of January 15. j
The constructive work of. the
Alaska bureau, under the capable1
and intelligent direction of Mr. .1. j
L. McPherson, says the Alaska Dis- j
patch, of Seattle, won high praise ;
and commendation, in the messages
sent from Alaska towns, and from
representative Alaskans .who spoke:
at the dinner. The dinner was at- j
tended by over a hundred persons,
practically all of whom either live '
in the Territory or are concerned1
in its development. Chairman S. H. :
Hedges, of the Alaska bureau, pre-1
sided, and during the course of the j
evening read a lengthy message of j
greeting from Secretary of the In
terior Lane.
The speakers included Bishop P. j
T. Rowe, veteran Alaskan, in charge j
of the Episcopal church work in the j
Northland; Judge Charles E. Clay-i
pool, ions; a resident of the Interior ;
Alaska region; John N. Cobb, an ;
authority on fishing and the fish-1
cries industry, who for years has j
been connected with the United ;
States bureau of fisheries; E. E. i
Ritchie, long a resident of the Sew- j
ard and Valdez sections; G. A. 01- j
son Bundy, a pioneer of the Fair- ;
banks district; Ed C. Russel!, pub
lisher of the Alaska Ditspateh;
Lieut.-Col. H. P. Warren, in charge'
of the supply department of the ■
Alaskan Engineering commission; W. i
A. Gilmore, a pioneer attorney of;
Nome J. P. Daly, member of the
Alaska legislature, and Governor
Thomas Riggs, Jr., who arrived on
a steamer from Juneau just in time
to attend the function. Mayor C.
B. Fitzgerald of Seattle, in a neat
little talk, welcomed the Alaskans
to the city.
Urgent needs of their respective
sections were recited in messages
from the various chambers of com
merce in Alaska, as follows:
Fairbanks Commercial Club: Kind
ly extend to members at annual
meeting our sincere thanks and keen
appreciation of continued efforts of
Alaska bureau on behalf of our
Territory. We look to the Alaska
bureau for aid in obtaining ten
dollar excise maximum on gold used
in industrial arts* establishment of
central power plant at Nenana coal
fields, increased appropriation for
Alaska road commission for wagon
roads, establishment of salmon
hatcheries on the Yukon and Tanana
rivers, if feasible, establishment of
mail route to the Kantishna, and
general betterment of mail service.
Ketchikan Commercial Club: Com
mercial club of Ketchikan sends
greetings to members Alaska bu
reau at their annual meeting and
dinner and request that they con
tinue their efforts to secure the
utilization of our wasting timbcr
for the relief of the paper pulp
shortage ;^to secure legislation con
serving benefits of North Pacific
American fresh fish industry to the
American people and utilizing said
benefit for development and settle
ment of American territory; to se
cure adequate payment for local
mail' service and specification of boa
mail service and specification of
boats of sufficient size to safely
carry mail, passengers and freight,
thereby encouraging adequate trans
portation facilities, without which
we cannot develop our latent re
sources.
We further request your aid in
securing for Ketchikan a public
building for efficiently housing the
many government offices located
here and for safeguarding the rec
ords of same.
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce:
Immediate development and opening
Matanuska coal fields by navy;, con
struction of roads and trails as feed
ers for Government railroad, par
ticularly Cache creek, Willow creek
and Kantishna roads; re-establish
ment Wassila-Iditarod mail route
ng law applicable to Alaska; gov
.rnrnental assistance to Alaska farm
■rs; discontinuance of handling mail
5y freight on Alaska steamers. Res
olution touching the matters being
forwarded. Deeply appreciate past
i-alued services rendered. Best wish
es for continued success.
Valdez Chamber of Commerce'
Great need this section is rebuilding ,
portion wagon road through Key
stone canyon which was washed ,
out last summer, thus cutting this
place off from Interior. No travel
over road to speak of for last year
and road completely blocked since
last August. Under present condi-i
tions all travel must go by way of
Cordova and Chitina.
We would greatly appreciate your
etforts in securing appropriation
from Congress for Alaska rbads gen
erally, and with Colonel Gotwals,
new head Alaska road commission,
and chief engineer war department
to have a sufficient part of appro
priation made used for reconstruc
tion this section road. W’ith your j
great familiarity with road you can |
show great necessity of having this
section, of road rebuilt. Part of
i
!road washed out must be rebuilt
over Keystone canyon,
i Will gladly furnish any further
information you may need on this
i subject. If General Richardson i3
'in Washington he can give you all
details.
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Cordova Chamber of Commerce:
Early passage oil leasing bill vitally
Important. Would open up perma
nent new industry Southern Alaska.
This section vitally interested. More
comprehensive mail, service. Present
(service neglects communication with
smaller settlements which would be
i served under steamship companies’
i contract.
I Agitation for aerial mail service
contemplates expenditure large’"sum
'of money. Believe this money spent,
to increase steamship service would
i
^result in greater benefits.
.Tuneau Commercial Association:
Accept our congratulations on your
continuing activity in our behalf.
Vital needs are legislation extend
ing leasing term at fixed compensa
tion to make possible development
of pulp and paper industry; on-j
couragement to gold mining; re-1
strictions on salmon fishing to pre-1
|vent depletion of supply; system of
'letting water route mail contracts;
jto provide for sufficiently large boats
i to handle commercial business, which
| mail routes are designed to encour
jage.
Wrangell Chamber of Commerce:
Wrangell greatly needs better mail,
jand transportation facilities; cheap- I
!er freight rates. Local people unit- !
I i
>ed in wanting territorial control of
'fisheries. Excellent water power in ,
[ this region. Afford wonderful op
portunities for pulp mill.
Skagway Commercial Club: Alas
jka needs large appropriations for:
[wagon roads to develop immense j
I resources lying dormant. Increased j
production will more than repay. |
j Skagway needs government aid for
[protection from glacial torrents |
j which annually wash out bridges an 1
I roads and threaten to inundate city.
j
We thank you.
Petersburg Commercial Club: We.
| favor bill abolishing 80-rod strip.
| We desire action on dredging of
Dry straits or Wrangell narrows.
; latter more desirable. Regulation
! of fisheries should be in hands of
i Alaska legislature. We. believe ap
propriations asked for by road com
^mission should be allowed. Home
rule for Alaska needed.
Haines Chamber of Commerce:
[Pressing needs of this section arc
jmail service Seattle, maintenance of
i present roads so as to be made at
| least passable. Use best efforts to
; secure road appropriation. That
Canadian boats be permitted to de
liver mail to Haines. Refer to Gov
ernor’s report on mails and roads.
The Nenana Commercial club re
plied briefly by wire, announcing
jthe preparation of a letter to Mr.
| McPherson covering fully the needs
j of the Interior country as seen by
jthe Nenana organization. This let
j ter was published in full in the col
umns of The News.
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1ST REPORT SAYS
The application of Anthony J. Di- ]
none! for appointment as district ■
udge in the Third judicial division ,
>f Alaska has been forwarded to ■
he department of justice, it is ;
•laimed in a report coming from ,
I'aldez. Federal Judge Frederick M.
Brown, the report states, has ten
lered his resignation, due to con
tinued ill health, which incapaci
tates him for the strenuous work
)n the bench. He is now in Cali
fornia, having been absent on leave
for a year.
Dimond is a law partner of Thom
as J. Donahoe, Democratic national
committeeman for Alaska. He is an
oldtimer in the Valdez country and
for years engaged in prospecting
and mining. An accident to a limb
incapacitated him for the rough
work of the hills, and he entered the
law office of Ostrander & Donahoe.
With the death of Judge Ostrander
some years ago he became a mem
ber of the firm.
MEXICO CITY. — Two-thirds of
Lower California, equal in extent
to Cuba and Porto Rico combined,
and an area in Chihuahua equal to
England, are held by foreign in
teresits, according to Excelsior. The
paper states it secured its informa
tion from the agricultural bureau
of the department of fomento, or
development.
These figures are being studied
with interest because of the con
stitutional provision (the famous Ar
WANT ADS
TWO TENTS FOR SALE—One 10.x
12, and one 12x14. Inquire News.
THE DWYER HOME FOR SALE.
Terms reasonable. tf
TWO GOOD DOGS for sale. Inquire
for S. E. Gardner, at Cooneys.
WELL-FURNISHED two-room cabin,
with good water and large cache,'
for sale cheap. Inquire News
office. tf j
WANTED—Position by woman as
cook in camp. Inquire at News
office.
WANTED TO BUY—Two or three
good dogs. Must be cheap. In-'
quire at Terminal.
FOUND—Bunch of keys. Inquire j
at Central Cafe.
FOR RENT—Suite of three rooms,
.-.citable 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 cash required. Inquire j
at Arctic. j
BUNCH OF KEYS found. Owner
can recover by calling at News j
office and paying for this ndver- ■
tisement.
tide 27) barring foreigners from 1
holding land within 100 kilometers j
of the Mexican frontier and 50 kilo- :
meters from the coast line. All
Lower California, except for a few j
points in the interior, is in the pro- '
hibited area, .while Chihuahua also |
is affected throughout its long ex !
tent of frontier.
Congress has been asked to grant j
the president authority to float loans !
not to exceed 50,000 pesos for the
purpose of indemnifying foreign in
terests suffering from the applica
tion of the constitutional provision
in regard 'to frontier and coast lands.
i'he value of the property involved
s enormous, especially when the
ich lands adjacent to California,
Jnited States, are considered.
M. .1. Cooney, who arrived at the
‘nd of steel yesterday from Tal
;eetna, ■will be in town tonight and
vill leave again tomorrow morning
>n a return trip to the coast. He
vill have two passengers back—Ex
tminer of Accounts Barndollar and
h R. Walle, of the local accounting
)ffice, who have been transferred to
Anchorage.
r.s. McDonald
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MEETS AT MOOSE HAIX
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 trains.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is in
the employment office, on the ground h
floor of the General Office Building,
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at Camp 415 (North N'enana).
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can be
purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
the foot of A street on Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from I
(’amp 415 (North Nenana), for
(Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
! 1 p. m.
The following is the schedule be
tween North N’enana and Fairbanks,
subject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7:00 a. m.;
jarrive North Nenana, 11:30 a. m.
I Leave North N'enana 1:00 p. m :
I arrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m.
No tickets will be sold crossing ^
ithe river. Those intending to trav
el to Fairbanks must make their
own arrangements for reaching
North Nenana.
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 havg fur, for which we guar
antee top prices.
Make us a trial shipment. If our price does 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.
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