THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entr. as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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IT MIGHT BE WORSE
The failure of passage of the
Sundry Civil bill, carrying an ap
propriation to continue railroad
constructon in Alaska during the
fiscal year begining July first, will
not eompel an immediate suspension
of actvities in this division, but it
is probable that a curtailment of
construction work will become neces
sary before additional funds' can be
obtained from Congress, which must
be called together in extra session
before the end of the present fiscal
year to act on pressing financial
needs of the nation. There is some
money still on hand, but to what
extent this can be applied to active
construction will not become known
probably, until the return to town
of Engineer in Charge F. D. Browne,
who is now in the Kantishna coun
try. It is safe to assume, however
that Mr. Browne will use the money
to the best advantage, with a view
to keeping as many men cn the
payrolls as possible.
It would be much more reassur
ing;, of course, to know that funds
for next year's work had already
been appropriated and placed to the
credit of the Alaskan Engineering
commission. Uncertainty of con
gressional action does not improve
business conditions in Interior
Alaska, and while we have not yet
failed at any time, previous to now,
to obtain money to carry on the
railroad work, the fact that we are
compelled, year after year, to go
to Congress for an appropriation
is in itself a deterrent to develop
ment and the cause of much unrest
and lack of confidence. Unsettled
conditions obtain during the time
that an appropriation is pending,
and it is probable that this state of
affairs will contiue until such time
as the railroad is completed be
tween Nenana and the coast.
There is no reason to believe, at
this time, that the Republicans, who
will be in control, when Congress
is reconvened, will be less friendly
to Alaska than have been the Demo
crats. It was a Republican presi
dent and a Republican Congress, >t
will be remembered, who paved the
way for railroad construction in
Alaska, by naming a commission
and providing the funds for a pre
liminary investigation of railroad
routes from tidewater to the In
tcror. And it .is only reasonable
to assume that the Republicans, now
that they are again in control of
the national law-making body, will
be willing to grant the funds needed
to complete a project which they
set in motion.
The failure of Congresto act
this week on our railroad bill should
• vrect the attention cf Interior
Alaskans, and particularly citizens
of Nenana, to the development of
permanent industries. The time is
at hand to give this matter serious
thought. There will come a time
when we will be without a railroad
payroll to support our local popula
tior. and we should begin now to
prepare for that day.
TOO MUCH LA FOLLETTE
Robert La Follette, unpopular
senator from Wisconsin, who nar
rowly escaped being expelled from
the Senate because of pro-German
utterances which would have Sent
a less influential man to the peni
tentiary for the balance of his
natural life, has given a further
exhibition of disloyalty in lending
his support, during the last hours of
Congress, to the disgraceful fili
buster which prevented action on
measures of vast importance to the
nation. The surprising thing about
the filibuster, however, is not that
LaFollette and men of his type
sought to embarrass the administra
tion at a critical time like the clos
ing hours of Congress, but that
such a stunt was possible of ac
complishment, with such a great
majority of senators, of both parties
opposed to the filibuster. There is
something wrong with a lawmaking
body which will not surround itself
ivith safeguards to prevent a small
►roup of obstructionists from run
uuig imngs .10 sun Lnemstives, WIR'N
there is important work to be done.
Veterans of the capitol declare
that the LaFollette filibuster is a
record-breaker, in amount of harm
lone, and it appears probable at
this time, that the President will
t>e forced to call an extra session
if Congress, at an early date, to
ivert a national calamity. That
means money out of the pockets
of taxpayers and, with the Republi
cans in control of both branches
of Congress, uncertainty regarding
the fate of measures which should
have been disposed of during the
session of Congress just ended.
Much better would it have been
for the country, in our opinion, had
LaFollette been expelled from the
Senate and the power of blocking
legislation taken from him. Then
the Senate should have so altered
its rules as to prevent filibustering,
which on more than one occasion
in recent years, has brought the
national lawmaking body into disre
pute.
The worst feature of the La
Follette filibuster is that it was not
engineered as a party move, to pre
vent the passage of a measure deem
ed unworthy of support. The fili
bustered sought merely to em
barrass the administration for
reasons of a personal character, a
state of affairs almost unbelievable.
RUBY LADY ARRIVES
ON BARTLETT STAGE
Mrs. Charles Johnson, of Ruby,
arrived in Fairbanks last night on
Bartlett’s stage from the coast. She
expects to leave for Ruby on Sat
urday.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Love arrived
at Dunbar's roadhouse this morn
ing from Fort Gibbon on their way
to Fairbanks. They expected to
take the auto from Dunbar's.
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Nenana-Talheetna
QUICK TRIP BEST ACCOMMODATIONS
Reservations at Cooney Hotel
ANCHORAGE. — One thousand
three hundred pounds of gold, val
ued at $300,000, recently passed
through Anchorage on its way from
Iditarod to Seattle. In charge of
’ Robert Griffis, the veteran Wells
Fargo Express messenger, the treas
ure, packed in heavy wooden boxes
and loaded on three dog sleds was
twenty days enroute from Iditarod
to Matanuska, where the party
boarded a train on the government
railroad, was slow and arduous on
account of bad weather. At a
roadhouse on Happy river, the trav
elers were stormbound seven d?ys
As a result of the difficulties,
and delays on the trail between
Iditarod and Matanuska. Mr. GrflTo
who for several years has trans
ported gold for the Wells Fa'go
Express company from the Interior
to the coast, did not realize much
if any, profit on his journey this
Season. He undertook *?.«_• moving
of the metal from Iditarod to
Sewaid at $1.25 a pound His ex
penses on the trip this year prac
tically equalled his compensation.
The gold is owned by banks and
dredge companies in the Iditarod
country. To get it to the States,
they entrusted it, as is customary
every year, to the express company.
At Seward, Mr. Griffis delivered the
treasure to an agent of the com
pany and by him it was sent by
steamship to the Wells Fargo office
in Seattle.
Nenana and Fairbanks, the
Siamese Twins.
WILLOW CREEK
GOLD MINE IS
IN THE MONEY
ANCHORAGE. — Eighty-seven
thousand, six hundred and twenty
five dollars and twelve cents is
the dividend that has just been
declared by the Gold Bullion Min
ing company, which operates a gol 1
quartz property in the Willow crock
district, about sixty-five miles
northwest of Anchorage. This divi
dend is ihi cents a share The
company is capitalized at 2,000,000
shares, of which 1,947,227 have
been issued to stockholders, the
rest being held in the treasury.
The par value of the shares is $1
each, but when they were put on
the market they sold for from 10
to 25 cents a share.
That the company netted $87,
625.12 on its operation in 1918 i~
an indication of the unusual rich
ness of its ground. Labor, mining
supplies and transportation charges
were exceptionally high last year
on account of conditions resulting
from the world war.
The company is now freighting
to its property the supplies it will
need for next season. These sup
plies are carried over the govern
ment railroad from Anchorage to
Wasilla, a distance of about forty
five miles, and then taken on sleds
from Wasilla to the Willow creek
district, a distance of about twenty
miles.
The Willow creek district, aside
from the Juneau district, is the
richest gold quartz district in
Alaska. In 1918 it produced ore to
the total value of $300,000.
Recent fur sales in St. Louis and
New York have demonstrated that
i the United States is now by far
the greatest fur-bearing and dealing
! country in the world.
• Sam McPhee was transferred to
: the piledriver camp during the past
! week, and will be attached to that
department until the driving of pil
ing between the end of steel and the
Burns mine has been completed.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE—Al
The News Office.
DISTRICT COURT
ADJOURNED TODAY
According to a telephone message
from Fairbanks this afternoon, the
district court was adjourned today
until March 25th, on which date
the grand jury will report.
It is typically Irish that so many
descendants of so many kings
should form a republic.
Don't forget to see Julian Eltringe
Saturday night.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
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 com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Wednesdays and Sat
urdays.
WS.S.
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WANT ADS
! FOR SALE—A new 7mm Mauser
rifle with 40 rounds of ammu
nition, $50; also a 12-gauge Rem
ington automatic shot gun, almost
new, $40. Inquire at News office.
. WANTED^lrfr^BUY^A^thre^ ~r
four-room house. Must be
reasonable. Inquire News office.
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Board of School Directors
Nenana Public School
Nenana March 1, 1919
NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECTION
Complying with the laws of Alas
ka. notice is hereby given that the
regular annual election will be held
in the town of Nenana.
Tuesday, April 1st, 1919.
For the purpose of electing one
school director, to serve one year,
to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Mrs. Jeannette Ellen
son, and two directors to serve two
years to fill the vacancies caused
by the expiration of terms of Mrs.
E. L. Sweeney and Mr. George
W. Pennington.
The names of candidates must be
in the hands of the Clerk of the
School Board not later than March
22. 1919.
The polling place will be located
in the fire hall, adjoining the town
site office. Polls will be open from
8 a. m. until 7 p. m. on the day
and date of election.
J. H. SCOTT.
Clerk of School Board.
Approved:
MRS. E. L. SWEENEY,
President.
Oh, You Jitney Dance.
We are in the Fur Manu
facturing Business, therefore
CAN and WILL pay you more
for your furs than any other
fur buyer in town
SIMSON’S
Don’t Leave
ALASKA
Men wanting employment can
obtain work at good wages at
Juneau, Kennecott and Latouche.
If you go out you will only
come back “Busted** in the spring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latouche and
Kennecott.
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Yukon Stoves and Drums
Air Tight Heaters
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WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
PRICES REASONABLE
Rate. By the Week or Month
MRS. NICELY, Propriety,.
Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
Anderson, Herman
Allred. Mrs. Clara
Bergman, Charles
Brown. Jess
Berggren, Ernst
Browne, F. D.
Bresnahan, E. D.
Blankfield, D.
Bowen, J. R,
Blair, Roy
Brooker, Ed
Bennett, J F.
Ball. I. B.
Brown, Erie
Burns, R. E.
Coutts, \V r
Calderhead, R. W.
Campbell, X. j.
Coghill. W. A.
Cooney, M. J.
Doner, Frank
Diven, R. J.
Douse, Fred
Davis, Harry
Kkeland, Alt’
Funk, A B.
Fisher, Joe
Flower, J. H.
Foster, Steve
Gagnon, Wm.
Head. E. A.
Haslem. H. G.
Hagan, James
Hill. L. W.
Hagen. Hams
Hoey, Andy
Gray. E. B.
Gileher, W. H.
Hyland. Mike
Isabel, L. C. 'T ^ t
Irvine, A. J. '
Johnson, A. G.
Jones, Frank
•Julian. W. .T.
•Johnson, Joseph
•Jepson, Peter
Joseph. H. E.
KoLand, Knut
Ketooroky, John A.
Laughlin, E. L.
Lund, E. E.
Lehr, Q. F.
Markus, George
Mortensen, Peter
Myers, R. R.
Moore, Frank B
Miles, J. H.
McDonald, R. S
Martin, G. S.
Morris, R. C.
Nash, Martin
Owen, Harry
O’Keefe, Larry
Parks, S. E.
Pennington, G. W
Palfy, Paul
Packer. YV. L.
Ryan, W. A.
Rosburg. Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry X.
Stol, Xels
Schmidt, Carl
Schaeffer, M. A.
Slippern, J. A.
Simson. Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Stone, A J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, Chas.
Southworth, R. G.
Spira, Frank
Taylor. Frank
Tunison, B.
Thompson, Theodore
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. J.
Verhaeghe, Cy ride
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Woods, Geo. W.
Williams, E A.
Waechter, R. I.
thnani. Alaska’! Interior Tael Depot