THE NENANA DAIL Y NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for en«ry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 8, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
Owned and Edited by
R. G. SOUTHWORTH ARTHUR G. BELL
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION
Single Copies.—...-.Two Bits
By the Month, by Carrier or Mail...$ 2.00
Six Months, if paid in Advance-- 9.00
One Year, if paid in advance..... 16.00
ADVERTISING RATES
Transient Display Advertising, per inch, per issue__6 .60
Minimum Charge . ..--- 1.00
Reading Notices, per line, per issue.. .26
Legal Advertising, per line, per issue__ .20
AD CHANGES FOR TOMORROW MUST BE TURNED IN TODAY
BEFORE SIX.
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRE^S
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re-publi
eation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in
this paper and also all the local news published herein.
IMMIGRATION REFORM.
Some of the defects of Ellis Is
land and seven recommendations
which the congressional committee
will make to the House for a “tight
ening up” of immigration regula
tions throughout the United States,
particularly as they apply to an
archists, bolshevists and other ultra
radicals, will include (1) naturaliza
tion courts in large cities; (2) a
method of requiring all young Am
ericans to takp the oath of nllecri
ance upon reaching 21 years: (3)
abolition of the office of commis
sioner general of immigration; (4)
appointment of an assistant secre
tary of the department of labor to
supervise all immigration affairs; (51 j
mandatory legislation providing for j
more rigid inspection at Ellis Is-1
land, where 80 percent of incoming!
aliens arrive; (6) a military immi-j
gration patrol on the Canadian and ;
Mexican borders; (7) more drastic I
penalty for ship owners who permit
alien members of crews to desert.
“You can’t tell a Red by looking'
at him,” declared one of the Ellis j
Island officials recently. “You can't!
catch a Red by cross-examining
him. They are far too wily and
shrewd. It is only after they have
been in the country for a sufficient
length of time that you discover
their pernicious beliefs, and when
you do, no time should be lost in
deporting them. No examination,
prior to entry, can give the protec
tion intended by the law. It is
necessarily perfunctory and ineligi
ble aliens are bound to slip through
because of our wrong methods.
New York has the biggest immi
gration station in the country, the
others being at Boston, Baltimore.
Philadelphia, New Orleans, San
Francisco, and Seattle. Norfolk, Vir
ginia, and Galveston, Texas, are
ports of entry with inspection of
ficers, but they are not classed as
"‘stations” like Ellis Island and the
rest. It is comparatively easy to
shut out the mentally and physically
defective when they come in at these
ports, but the big problem is to
prevent the entrance of undesirable
aliens over our Northern and South
ern borders.
“Inadequate as our immigration
machinery may be in New York and
other large ports,” said Congressman
Siegel, “it is much more effective
than the machinery we have along
the international boundary lines of
Canada and Mexico. We have no
means of knowing how many men
and women, hostile to American in
stitutions and democratic govern
ment, have surreptitiously entered
the United States. Still another
means of illegal ingress has been
for Reds to ship as sailors and de
sert upon reaching this country.
Under our present law the ship own
ers can be penalized by a ?10 fine
only. We purpose making the pen
alty more stringent.”
The House committee, Mr. Siegel
said, will recommend the establish
ment of a naturalization court so
that Federal and other judges, whose
time is taken up with hearing hun
dreds of civil and criminal cases,
may be relieved of a task of im
jmense importance to the country’s
i welfare, but which, by the very na
ture of things at present, is gen
I erally slighted from sheer judicial
j necessity.
In 1918, Mr. Siegel said, the Gov
ernment realized a net profit from
naturalization fees of $450,000, and
the profit to date since the begin
ning of the immigration sendee has
been $10,000,000. Such a court, it
was said, could expedite hearings
and “undesirables,” instead of being
or paroled in the custody of their
lawyers, could be ordered deported
within thirty days.
One judge, said the congressman,
his mind preoccupied with other
cases, recently had a lot of natur
alization cases before him. The
crowd in the courtroom represented
several nationalities. Soon a baililf
shouted: “All you Czecho-Slovaks
hold up your hands!” Up went the
hands of about a dozen. The judge,
thinking of other pressing matters,
soberly remarked: “Gentlemen of
the jury!” but quickly recovered
himsel/ and administered the oath
of citizenship. Here was a cere
mony which should have been at
tended with great care and solemni
ty turned almost into a vaudeville
show.
A naturalization court, presided
over by Federal judges similar to
the court of appeals, and where it
would not be known who was to
administer the oath of allegiance,
declared Mr. Siegel, would lend dig-!
nity and force to one of the most!
sacred obligations imposed upon the !
alien and start him right on the j
road to patriotism and good citizen- i
ship.
THE IRISH PROBLEM.
Sir John Griffith, Irish engineer,'
who recently retired from the serv
ice of the Dublin Port and Docks
board, in an address delivered in
Dublin, said that if religious in
jtolerance and political trickery could
I be banished from Ireland and the
;land handed over to the control of
! engineers, there would be prospects
|of industrial progress and content
ment.
; The lessons of the war for Ire
land he considered to be isolation,
the importance of her strategical
: position, and the deficiency of naval
I bases on her Western coast. An
' other naval base should be formed
; it Galway bay and a thoroughly
| equipped harbor built there. This
! harbor would be available as a deep
• sea fishing station and as a ter
minal port for a high-speed pass
jenger and mail sendee between Am
i erica and Europe.
' The only remedy for industrial
unrest throughout the world he be
jlieved to be the adoption of some
system of co-operation, co-partner
ship, or profit sharing.
Referring to the possibilities of
Irish peat, he pointed out that if
air-dried peat were used to replace
coal, the Irish deposits would be
sufficient to satisfy the fuel and
power requirements of the country
for 300 years.
Recounting the work of Irish en
gineers, he said that Ireland has
the largest telescope, the largest
ships, the largest sluices, the largest
concrete blocks for harbor work, the
most striking improvement of a har
bor entrance (Dublin) by artificial
scour, and that in its industrial fac
tories Ireland can claim the largest
brewery, the large spinning and
weaving work and the largest rope
works.
RED CROSS REPORT
Receipts and disbursements, Ne
nana Branch, Tanana Valley Chap
ter, American Red Cross, from Janu
ary 23, 1919, to December 31, 1919.
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand January
23, 1919 $1,059.97
From Frank Doner, Christ
mas drive list . 520.50
Mildred Anderson . 1.0U
Mrs. Fred’k D. Browne. . 1.00 ,
Mrs. A. G. Johnson. 1.00
Mrs. R. P. Bagley 2.09
Chris Tennison . 2.00
W. B. Reaburn . 2.00
Mrs. M. A. Schaeffer. 1.00
Mrs. J. T. Lavin. 1.00
Carl Schmidt . 2.00
Ole L. Hjelvik, draft from
R. C. Magazine . 1.00
- i
Total .$1,594.47 I
EXPENDITURES. (
Postage on Red Cross Ma
terial to Outside .$ 18.63 ■
mauiiug ouutc .
Remittance to J. A. Clark,
Secretary T. V. Chapter
N. C. Co., buttons and
thread .
H. B. Joseph, membership
cards .
Simson Bros., buttons and
thread .
Mrs. Fred'k D. Browne,
buttons, thread and elec
tricity .
Remittance to J. W. Hallo
well, Neuilly bed fund.
Coliseum orchestra, music
Anderson Bros., napkins,
wire and sign.
Nenana Steam Laundry,
laundry .
Miss J. O’Bryan, ribbon.
Fowler & Morris, crepe pa
per and plates.
N’enana Labor Union, rent.
N. C. Co., soft drinks and
juices .
Mrs. W. Gould, stamps and
P. O. money order fee
Postage on parcel to A. A.
Hilton, Seattle .
Remittance to Treasurer T.
V. Chapter .
Mrs. W. Gould, envelopes..
305.50
4.75
2.25
12.50
7.35
484.00
35.00
3.00
1.45
1.00
3.00
25.00
34.50
1.00
.63
5.75
.50
Total .$ 947.81
Balance on hand Decem
ber 31, 1919 .$ 646.66
CARL SCHMIDT,
Treasurer.
PASSENGER PLANES
BUENOIS AIRES.—A new avia
tion company has just been formed
in Argentina to inaugurate aerial
passenger service between Buenos
Aires and Montevideo and between
Buenos Aires and the fashionable
summer resort of Mar del Plata.
The trip by steamer across the
mouth of the River Plate to Monte
video now consumes about eleven
hours. To Mar del Plata is a
night’s journey by rail.
There is great interest in avia
tion in Argentina, which has been
accentuated recently by the visits
of French, British, and Italian avi
ation missions, several North Am
erican aviators, and the flights
across the Andes of the Italian avi
ator Locatelli. At least one North
American airplane manufacturer has
a representative here.
The name of the new aviation
company is the “Compania Franco
Argentina de Transportes Aereos.”
It is capitalized at one million pesos
and intends to use a type of biplane
exhibited here by the French avi
ation commission.
e
WANT ADS
FOR SALE — Furnished two-room
cabin. Assessments all paid. Rhone
Kellum’s. tf
FOR SALE — Large second-hand
heater, good as new. Cheap. In
quire News office. k22
FOR SALE—Two-room house, part
ly furnished, with lot. Desirable
locality. Inquire News office. tf
FOR SALE—Rug, Linoleum, Office
Desk and Chair, Rocker, Largo ,■
Mirror, Leather Couch, Electric .j
Burner, Large Trunk and Kitchen ij
Cupboard. Inquire of Mrs. R. R. *j
Myers. *j
‘’OR RENT—Cascade laundry. Fully j
equipped and with established in- ]
come. No cailh required. Inquire] 5
at Arctic. j *i
WANTED—Position as cook, town j »i
or camp, or hour work of any 1:
kind in private homes, cooking,
housework, or taking care of chil- i
dren. Inquire at the Arctic.
-_!
->OST—Pair of glasses in black case.!
Reward for return to News office. 1
, _ _ , __.... i
See J. A. Slippern for new rates i
in subscriptions and renewals of all j
ending magazines and periodicals. ;
'lub rates on application.
renana, Where Balia and Btrere Meet 11
Dr. J, R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Price* Moit Reatonabl*
THE BOWEN BUILDING
. %
Job
Printing
Of Quality !
i
I
The Nenana News i
= -_j j
NOTICE.
The School Tax Hoi! is now at
the Townsite office, where payment j
of school taxes will be accepted. j
The valuations of lots have been j
readjusted, with very few excep- j
tions, and cut fifty per cent. The!1
rate for this year is four mills, a
cut of one mill over last year, mak
ing a considerable saving to the
taxpayer.
Notices of School taxes have been
made to all taxpayers where known.
If taxes are not paid on or before
January 15, 1920, a penalty of ten!
per cent will be added. If not paid
on or before July 15, 1920, interest
will be charged at the rate of
twelve per cent per annum.
I H. B. 35, Chapter 6, Section 4:
All taxes levied and assessed by!
the board of school directors under j
this act shall be a lien upon the
property assessed and such lien
shall be prior and paramount to all
other liens and encumbrances, and
may be foreclosed by an appropri
ate action in any court of compe
tent jurisdiction.
The owner of property assessed J
shall be personally liable for the
amount of taxes assessed against
such property and such taxes, to
gether with penalties and interest,!
may be collected after, the same \
become due, in a personal action,
brought in the name of the school!
district against such owner in any
court of competent jurisdiction.
* CARL SCHMIDT,
Assessor, Nenana School Board. 1
FRESH STOCK
Groceries, Clothing and footwear
SAVE TIME AND MONEY
All Necessities for Trail and Camp
GO TO
FOWLER & MORRIS
a00tx”BBa30^^
We Strive to Please
EVERYTHING THE BEST
Tavern Cafe and Bakery
WM. RODICKEIT
Proprietor
x-:~x-x~x~x~x~x-<~x.
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
Tom Smith, Prop.
NENANA HOUSE
Just Gome lo and Sit Down and Look Out.
MRS. A. B. EASTERLY, Proprietress.
DR. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
ARCTIC MOTEL
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
VIEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
Second and Fourth Mondays
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secratary Dictator.;
Department of the tateiw
Alaikan 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
floor of the General Office Building,
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at Camp 415 (North Nenana).
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 fer the south leave
the foot of A street on Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 8 a. m„ and frern
Camp 415 (North Nenana), for
Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
1 p. m.
The following w the schedule be
tween North Nenana and F'airbanks,
subject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7:00 a. m.;
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
the river. Those intending to trav
el to Fairbanks must make their
own arrangements for reaching
North Ndnana.
4 i
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 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.
JUNEAU, ALASKA