! 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.
Hub of Alaska —_Where Rails and Rivers Meet
Published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska
R- G. Southworth — — — — Editor and Manager
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RIGGS HAS A CURE
In a three column article appear
ing in a recent edition of the New
York T:mes. former Governor Thos.
Riggs. Jr., advocates giving Alaska
control of her own resources as be
ing vital to her development. The
article is written in the former gov
ernor's characteristic manner ar.d is
true to conditions as he knows them
to exist.
Mr. R:ggs briefly reviews Alaska’s
history, and her efforts at develop
ment. He comments freely on bur
eaucratic rule and ascribes the de
cline in population and what he
terms a “pessimistic outlook for
future development” to the existing
-vstem of federal long distance ad
ministration.
Urging that conservation is mis
applied to Alaska, the former gov
ernor concludes has articles as fol
lows :
“Conservation as applied to Al
aska is wrong. The theory that pre
datory interest? are only waiting
to gobble up all its natural resourc
es will not even bear investigation.
Capital will only go ♦..< Alts'ti wnen
there is nowhere else to go. I d> not
know where a constructive enter
prise ends and a predatory interest
begins, but I sincerely wish that a
tew more of one or the other were
allowed to come into the Territory
to open up great mines, build rail
roads, explore for oii and coal, es
tablish paper plants and pay the tax
es. I consider the lease system ab
solutely wrong, both in theory and
practice. The right to hold timber,
oil. coal, agricultural and grazing
lands in any part of Alaska in fee
is the only way to which to promote
a permanent, law-respecting popula
tion. A tenant unfortunately seldom
has much regard for his landlord'
property.
Upened to exploitation, without
the hampering apron strings of most
of the 4s fussy old stepmothers in
Washington, each with different
’deas as to how to bring up the
child, allowing not only capital but
the individual to make mistakes and
suffer for them, to build not only for
the present, but for future genera
tions. to explore and to settle by
right of law and not of revocable
permit, to be selfish, to gamble on
the future, to fight your neighbor
and yourself. Alaska would slowly
fill up with the type of pioneer
people who nave builded for all
time. People will soon make laws
not only for their own self protec
tion. but for the protection of the r
mutual resources. After all, Law.
are only the crystal izaiion of public
opinion. Man's own selfishness, or
self-interest, or disinterestedness—
all depending upon your line of ar
gument—will insist upon sane laws.
AH peoples, however, resent the jur
isdiction of the absentee landlord,
and it is on this principle that our
Republic is wounded.
“Some of my conservationist
friends are rabid over the wrongs
of Ireland, but see r.o parallel in Al
aska. 1 have dined with game con
servationists where the prohibition
laws were violated, and I was told
of the carious methods by which
such laws were evaded, but in their
minds the Alaskan who shoots a
deer or a duck out of season should
) be hanged, drawn and quartered and
in consequence of violations, which
have come to their attention, of the
| unenforced federal game laws, they'
openly brand all Alaskans as law-1
breakers.
“Alaskans want to be good Amer-!
ican citizens and should be treated ’
j as such. At the last session of the'
Alaska legislature one member in
troduced a proposed memorial to
Congress which simply quoted aj
portion of the Declaration of In- ‘
j dependence.
“Another argument used against
1 the demands of Alaskans for the
; rights of other citizens is the bitter
i political hatred found in Alaska, i
i Now, I have been directly associat- j
ed with Alaska for “4 years—miner. !
! engineer and governor—and I sup
j pose I have been the target for as !
■ many poisoned arrows as any one I
else in the Territory, yet I feel per- ■
fectly safe in stating that personal i
politics enters no more into Alaskan !
! political life than in ar.y other unit
of the United States. Under a repub
lican form of government this will
' always exist and while, in Alaska,
the method of attack is more prim:
: tive than in an old settled, populous
1 state, still the animus is identical.
“Secretary Lane, the greatest
j friend Alaska ever had, once asked
me what I would do if Alaska be
! longed entirely to me. In reply, i j
j --aid: 'I would give the people of!
j the Territory absolute control over i
‘ fish and game. I would abolish all i
reserves, and make the land laws of j
. the United States apply, and I would
allow private ownership of coal. oil. j
timber and water power.'
“As an alternative, I suggested i1'
a number of members of Congress: •
‘Do not give Alaska one cent ;n
special appropriations; turn her loose
to w ork out her own problems, but'
give her the net profits from her:
natural resources now going into
: the federal treasure-.’
‘•Unfortunately "or Alaska, how
ever, this would deprive many Wash
' ir.gton" bureaus of a large amount
; of their present authority and cut
down their payrolls. Love of author.
ty and the payroll -will not allow of :
progress in Alaska.
“I have assailed bureau activities i
in Alaska, and yet all of their effort.
are not evil. The Alaska Road Com
mission builds roads adapted to the
country, financed through co-opera
tive agreement with the Territory
ar.d a modest Government appropria
toin; the States Relation Service
maintains helpful agricultural ex
periment stations ; the Biologic cl
I Survey investigates diseases of rein
; deer; the Bureau of Mines gives
technical advice to miners and pros
pectors; the bulletins of the Geo
logical Survey are studied as are
textbooks; the vreau tf Education,
as far a.- appropriations v ill permit,
does good work amor.g the natives;
the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the
Geological Surv y ar.d the General
Land Office are slowly charting the
waters and mapping the land. Where
their work is scientific ami advisory
the bureaus nave pro\ ed invaluable,
but in administrat e, i Mere is lictle
to show except expensive failure.
“Honest conservationists admit
that the Alaska policy is wrong, but
in the meanwhile Alaska is situated
like the widow of an innocent man .
who, accused of cattle rustling, had i
been lynched. The vigilantes rode |
up to the house of the dead man and
the leader, in manly fashion, ex
plained the mistake, saying: ‘Madam,
Nenana Market
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WILD ROSE LARD — DAR1GOLD BUTTER
YUKON KING SALMON—HAM and BACON
FINNAN HADD1E—FRESH OYSTERS
FOWL — TURKEYS — GEESE
VEAL, PORK AND MUTTON
REDUCED PRICES
Waechter Bros. Co.
B. W. Miller
the joke’s or me. We harped the
wrong man’. "
NEW LAMP BURNS
9^ AIR
BEATS ELECTOR OH 6AS
A new oil lamp tiat gives an
amazingly brilliant, soft, white light,
even better than pas or electricity,
has been tested by the U. S. Gov
ernment and 35 leading universities
and found to be superior to 10 ordi
nary oil lamps. It burns without odor
smoke or noise—no pumpinp up, :s
simple, clean, safe. Burns 94'i air
and 6^ common kerosene (coal
oil).
The inventor, Z. F. Johnson. 30
N. Fifth St., Portland. >>re.. is offer
ing to send a lamp on ten day’s
FREE trial, or even to give one
FREE to the first user in each lo
cality who will help him introduce
it. Write him today for full particu
lars. Also ask him to explain how
you can pet the agency, and with
out experience or money make $250
to $500 per month. Advt.
If you can’t sell it the old way—
try advertising. It usually helps.
-OLD KENTUCKY'—,
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NEW LINE OF
Optical Goods
AT NEW PRICES
EIGHT POWER BINOCULARS
AT BARGAIN PRICES
Quartz and Reading
GLASSES
WATCHES
JEWELRY
Watch Repairing
DESIGNING AND NATIVE
JEWELRY A SPECIALTY
WM. TAYLOR
WANT ADS
LOST—Cuff ling, with initials “M.
J. C.” on night of Moose mask
ball. Finder please return to Mike
Cooney, at Cooney hotel.
FOUND—Lady's coral cameo ring.
Owner can recover same hv call
ing at The News office.
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
$10.00 per year — $1.00 per iconth
Inquire Mri. rl. A. William*
Plain Sewing—Mr*. Stump, on B
street, near New* office,
Pete Jensen, well known local
carpenter, who went Outside early
this winter on a holiday trip, is re
ported to have taken unto himself
a wife* at Tacoma. He expects to
start North very shortly, but it i
not known if he will bring his bride
with him.
SALMON SALMON SALMON
Our Best No-iai>ei 10. >0 *S lb. i*.
Salmon bellies, >vO-l 10 .r,. bbl. 20c.
Saited Red salmon. 80 lb. b'ol. 17c.:
Smoked Table salmon. iOc per lb.
Dog salmon in 100 lb bales. 1.7c lb.
Freight prepaid on all :asn crier-.
H J. FIARD,
Anchorage, Ala ;ka.
NOTICE PROPERTY OWNERS
I HAVE GREAT DEMAND
FOR CABINS
Furnished and Unfurnished
List Your Property with Me
Make Your Investment Pay
DO IT NOW
CHARLES D LECICIE
U. S. Commissioner
For Sale —
Very Cheap
Riley
Creek
Restaurant
Inquire on Premises
Jack Donnelly
Real Estate
FOR SALE OR RENT
'.I LOANS
;i; ACCOUNTING
;!: BOOKKEEPING
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Chas. D. LecKie
U. S. COMMISSIONER
■c-M-o-x-x-x-M"
STORAGE
WARM and COLD
Wm. C. Heinz
Andy D. Swingen
Successors to
Casey’s Warehouse
Goal
From the Mine of the
Broad Pass
Coal & Development
Company
$&50
a ton
F. 0. B. cars at Lignite
$4.50 at Nenana
$6 at Fairbanks
and Creek Points. Deliveries
about November 15
TOBACCO PRICES
TUXEDO. PRINCE ALBERT. LUCKY STRIKE. EDGEWORTH,
(Ready Rubbed and Sliced), OLD ENGLISH CURVE CUT
Five Packages for $1.00
VELVET AND HIAWATHA 3 for 50c
PEERLESS TOBACCO 2 for 25c
PLUG TOBACCO
WESTOVER. MASTER WORKMAN, BOOT JACK. PIPER HEID
_ 2 Plugs for $1.25
^^R AND CLIMAX, pre plug j] qq
COPENHAGEN SNUFF. „x ounce 50c
CIGARS
JUAN DE FUCA YUKONS, LOVERA, OPTIMOS, CL'ESTA REY
GIRARDS, CHANCELLORS. Etc
ALL BRANDS OF CIGARETTES—PACKAGE OR CARTON
W. A. COGHILL
C, C. Heid
(Succeuor to R. S. McDonald)
PUBLIC
STENOGRAPHY
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LETTER WRITING
RENTALS
LOANS
Fire Insurance
Only the Moat Reliable
Companies
MAGAZINE AGENCY
NOTARY PUBLIC
Local Train Schedule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
^Alukan Engineering Commission
t Trams leave and arrive Nenarta a^
follows:
-:00 p. m.. Sunday and Wednesday
for Heeiy. McKinley Park, Tal
keetna, Wasilla, Anchorage an 1
Seward. Arrives Nenar.a 11:50 a
m.. Sunday and Thursday.
-*:00 p. m., Sunday, Wednesday and *
Saturday for Healy, McKinley
Park. Arrives Nenar.a 11:50 a. m
Sunday, Monday and Thursday.
2:00 p. ir_, Sunday and Thursday
for Dunbar. Fairbanks. Chatanika
Arrives \enana 12:10 p. m . Sun
I day and Wednesday.
Smokers’ Supplies, Soft Drinks. Candies
Stationery and Fresh Fruits g
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POOL AND CARD TABLES |
Magazines of all kinds. Rooms in Connection
THe Terminal
JOE O’CONNOR
HARRY A. DAVIS
tmnmiu
Trappers T raders
SHIP TO
GEORGE R. GOSHAW, INC.
Dealer in Raw Furs
SEATTLE
Alatkm Building
NEW YORK
127 W. 27th Street
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ANNOUNCING
j “49"-The Ideal Coal \
BETTER THAN EVER — FOR RANGE, GRATE OR FURNACE
\ Low in Ash High in Heat Units jj
HEALY RIVER COAL CORPORATION
Miners and Distributors of High Grade Steaming Coal
Dr. J. R. Bowen. Agent
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Are You There?
Central Cafe
WE PUT THE “O” IN THE DOUGHNUT.
AND THE “B” IN THE BUTTER AND BREAD.
WE CURE ACHES IN THE WAIST WITH OUR CAKES.
AND THE PAIN IN THE TOP OF THE HEAD
Rush=on-John That’s Him
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Sheet Metal Work
Plumbing, Heating Plants
Stoves and Ranges
Nenana Sheet Metal Works
PAUL PALFY. Prop. — — New Location on A Street