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, 187S
Hub of Alaska —_Where Rails and Rivers Meel
Published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by the Nenana Println
Company, at First and B Streets. Nenana. Alaska.
R. G. Southworth .....Editor and Manage
Mr*. R. G. Scuthworth ......Cireulatio
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WORDS OF WISDOM
Right now. urges idle editor of
the Fairbanks News-Miner when
there is no body but ourselves in
town, let us reason together and
tell e?ch other the tnrth.
Do you know that things are
own to rock-bottom in Our Town;
that they have been reaching for
that for years and been, steadily
going down; that it took the N'or
dale fire to bring thinking people
to see what they would not believe
because they didn’t want to believe
it?
Do you know .that those who are
reasonable wise and who have been
hoping and praying and working
for a Bigger Fairbanks have sud
denly decided to make one swift try
to pick this town up by it’s boot
straps, and if they can’t to “play
them close to their undershirt’’ and
protect themselves and let the des
tructionists do their darnedest?
Whether you know it or not,
it is a fact. The potlachers and the
boosters have become plum tired
of potlaching and boosting while
the bunch of you sit. around and
knock everything they do and pay
none of the cosir, and they are
THROUGH. Get that, for it’s the
truth.
Xo organization or effort has
been started here in years to make
Fairbanks a bigger and better town
that some of the so-called best bus
iness men in town have not knocked
and knocked and knocked, without
reason or excuse and without stint.
They have represented chat there
was politics, personal graft and de
sire and everything of a negatory
nature behind everything to refrain
from paying any part of the cost
of the movement; tfceo1 had to fol
low their renige up by senseless
and noisy knocking. This has got
to stop, and stop NOW, or the
knockers will pay the cost, ar.d
you will pay with them.
You may not know these facts
altho you would if you thought it
over, WE know them, and we, here
after will play the game according
to the rules laid down from day to
day.
You may have noticed that our
paper is a size smaller riian it was
last week. What's th* -reason?
Think it over.
BECKERS ARE ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER OUTING IN NORTHLAND
—
The marly residents of Interior
Alaska who had the pleasure last
summer of meeting Mr. ar.d Mrs. ,
Bob Becker, of Chicago, will find
interest in the following letter writ
ten by Mr. Becker, who is editor
of the “outdoors” department of
the Chicago Tribune, to Stroller
White, veteran newspaperman of
Juneau:
“Yesterday when I picked up a
copy of your paper amongst a bunch
of fishing tackle, catalogues, letters
and other Woods and Waters mail at
the Tribune it was like picking up
a copy of my home paper. How glad
I was to see it and both Mrs. Becker
and myself thoroughly enjoyed ft. ■
“I want to thank you for all
‘them’ kind words about my story.
I note that you have not seen all
of them. If no copies are available
let me know and I will send them !
■on to you. They are not much—no
fussy', ornate writing, but just plai
stories of the hunt and your grea
outdoors writiten to take some o
our city dwellers into the outdoor
■ But I do want to say that I neve
i never had more fun in my life tha
' writing them and telling my reader
I what a wonderful time we had i
i the hospitable Northland.
“But even more pleasing to m
was the reception of my fiftee
articles on commercial condition
! ;n Alaska. Because people who hav
lived in Alaska or know it wrote m
; that 1 was 'fair and told the truth
“When Mrs. Becker finished read
ing your paper last night she said
j ’Let’s make the trip up there agai:
this summer.’ and that expresse
our feelings right now. We ar
keen to come back again.
“It is amaz;ng how little peopl
down here know about the Territor
In the many lectures I have give]
i since I returned I have been ham
mering away at the idea that Alas
ka is not a land of icebergs am
snow. And when I tell about sun
shine and flowers and show then
pictures of flower gardens am
farms, they almost swoon in thei
; seats.
“Just recently I broadcasted i
radio talk from KYW station and ii
it I drove home the idea of Alas
ka being a playground in summe:
time with many attractions.
“Cordially yours,
BOB BECKER,”
In the sensational murder case
which created so much excitement
:n London a few months ago, in
which Mrs. Ida Thompson and hei
young lover E. Waters, were charg
ed and found guilty of murdering
Captain Thompson, the husband of
the woman, it will be remembered
that numerous petitions were sent
:o the British government asking
for the pardon of the woman, but
to no effect, and the woman and
her lover were hanged.
Two days before the hanging Mrs.
Thompson called the jail wardens
in and told them that when she was
20 years of age she visited apalm
isc. The palmist told her that she
would be mixed up in a murder
trial and that she would not die
a natural death—that she would
die on the gallows.
“If,” said Mrs. Thompson, “I
had heeded the palmist then and
been constantly on my guard this
awful ending may have been avoid
ed.”
Professor Rosen has just receiv
ed a number of daily papers from
London in one of which the above
statement is published of Mrs.
Thompson’s. He is printing this in
The Nenana Mews today for the
benefit of unbelievers, who do not
believe in the lines of the palm.
The Professor will be located here
in the Cooney Hotel, (side en
trance) until tomorrow noon when
he will leave for Fairbanks.
BILL OF SALE blanks for sale
at The News Office.
1 REPRESENTATIVE KEYS TELLS
jCQAST ABOUT SUNTRANA COAL
Alaska’s great and fabulous
'' j wealth of coal has been played up
- * strongly for the past several years,
_; Columns by the hundreds have been
g ! written regarding her vast deposits
of fuel that a score of decades will
| not deplete and all the time this has
a ■ been going on consumers of coal
'.from Ketchikan to Nome have been
j,: paying all the way from $15 to $40
3 j per ton to keep the home fires
®; burning. Residents of Gas:ineau
? | Channel are now paying $18 per
I ton for screened British Columbia
3 coal and that points out The Strol
^ tier's Weekly is probably as cheap
* | as it is being sold anywhere in
.1 Alaska. Certainly it is below the
• average pricq being paid for im
* i ported coal in Alaska.
l
Representative E. *M. Keys, con
-j tinues the Juneau paper, who is in
1 Juneau now as a member of the
1 legislature now in session, is a res
ident of Suntrana (Indian word
•'meaning “Heat of the Sun”) form
r erly known as Healy Forks, Alaska.
1 where there is a veritable mountain
i
5 j of coal and where he is interested
1; in mining and marketing it. In
' compliance with a request from the
;■ j editor of this paper for an article
i ' on Healy River coal. Mr. Keys has
s kindly submitted the following:
i “The problem of cheaper fuel for
i all Alaska seems to be about solved
’ j by the opening up of the N’enana
. coal beds on Healy River.
. j “Last year the Alaska-Engineer
) ing Commission completed a spur
; from its main line at a point near
■ Healy Forks up to Suntrana Cfour
miles), and operations were pushed
, on the opening up of the big coal
r | seams.
i “Considerable coal has been
. shipped to local points in the Ter
- J ritory and is giving satisfaction ev
I : erywhere.
. 1 "In the Fairbanks district its 4f
, feet is already being felt in the re
i viving of the gold placer mining,
. and no doubt also will influence, i
| in the near future the reopening of
a number of lode mines which had
been forced to close down by rea
! son of the high cost of fuel.
, | “At the head of Cleary creek
j there are, within »a radius of five
[miles, lying idle six ‘stamp mills.;
; the high cost of fuel rendering op
j eration impossible. The coal now be
ing mined at Suntrana is generally i
considered as sub-bituminous. It is
very hard generally and stands
handling without breaking badly.
And it does not slack rapidly,
j “Prices of coal per ton at the
.mine are as follows: Lump. $4.00;!
screened nut, $3.50; mine run. 3.00
mine screenings, $2.00.
“Freight to tide-water at Seward
is $6.00 per ton for lump coal,
i "For stationary plants the mine
run is very satisfactory, if proper
grates are used and proper method
of firing pursued.
“Quoting from Professor Ernest
X. Patty, of the Fairbanks College
and School of Mines: ‘Coal from the
Healy River mine is now used to
some extent on the Government
railroad; This has been shown that
in a locomotive under forced draft
the high content of volatile gasses
asserts itself with the consequent
excessive throwing of cinders. The
Union Pacific Railway, on its en
gines in Oregon and Washington.1
uses to a large extent coal from its
mine at Tono, Washington, This
Tono coal is no way superior to
the Healy River product and the
Union Pacific met their problem
by changing the design of the drafts
on the locomotives and installing a
finer flue netting. It seems logical
that we can expect -the Government
railway ultimately to be an im-'
portant consumer of this coal. The j
coal is selling at Nome for $37.00!
per ton. Tealy River coal may:
likely be shipped to that point at i
about one-half that cost.
“Alaska consumes about 175,000
tons per year, and probably only •
about one-half that amount is pro
fit at an average cost of about :
$10.00 per ten. .
“In the states the manufacturer ]
is rapidly adopting the system of
firing crushed coal with an auto
matic stoker; also rolling between
rollers and pulverizing to fine dust,
then feeding by air pressure, same
as in firing oil. It such practice
becomes effective, it will render pos
sible to make use of the screenings
at $2.00 per ton.
“If the Hammon Dredge Company
take up their options in the Fair
banks district they will contract for
probably 20,000 ton lots, build a
power plant close to Fairbanks and
no doubt employ the system of fir
ing with crushed coal. I don't think
the day is far distant when some en
terprising coal dealer will install
bunkers at Seward, charter a tramp
steamer and distribute coal along
the entire coast.
“The coal is not a coking coal;
nor is it recommended as efficient
for forced draft; and even for dom
estic purposes there are those who
will always prefer wood, but all
who have tried it like it, and praise
it very highly.
“Cheap fuel is the back bone of
industry-”
GOV. PRESENTS GOTWALS
WITH REWARD FOR SERVICES.
A pretty little ceremony was per
formed at Juneau recently in the
lower hall of the legislative build
ing when Govcner Bone decorated
Colonel J. C. Gotwais with the
Distinguished Service Medal that
Congress authorizes the President
of the United State to bestow on
those who, by their valor in the
interests and defense of the coun_
try. have merited such distinction.
The impressive ceremony, says
the Juneau Empire, was arranged
by Alford John Bradford Post,
The American Legion, which had
J. G. Steese. both houses of the
Territorial legislature and the
school children to participate in it.
Colonel Steese explained the cause
of the occasion and paid a glowing
tribute to the recipient of the
honor. Following a patriotic song
by the school glee club. Governor
Bone made an exceptionally neat
address and. in the name of the
President of the United States, pinn
ed the medal on the right lapel if
the regulation army coat worn by
Colonel Gotwais.
The career of J. C. Gotwais since
leaving hi? boyhood home in the
state of Pennsylvania has been one
of big things. Success has ever at
tended his undertakings, to pre
paredness. efficiency and his inde
fatigable disposion to master and
overcome all obstacles. Since com
ing to Alaska as constructing en
gineer for the Alaska Road Commis
sion he has displayed the same en_
ergy and efficiency 'that has
brought him success in other field?
?nd that entitled him to the envi
able distinction of deserving and
obtaining a Distinguished Service
Medal, the highest honor a grate
ful country can bestow.
NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned has been duly'ap
pointed School Tax Collector for ,
the Nenana District in conformity .
with Chapter 29, Alaska Session
Laws, 1919. and amendments there- l
to.
All male persons between the age?
sf twenty-one and fifty years, ex
:ept sailors in U. S. Army or Re. j
renue Cutter Service, volunteer fire-. (
tnen, paupers and insane persons, „
ire subject to tax in the sum of five
($5.00) Dollars. is
Should you be living in Alaska. 1
>n or prior to the first Monday in '
Upril, 1923, said tax shall be due
ind payable on said first date and . |
shall be delinquent after May 1st. ;
1923. Should you arrive in Alaska
ater than first date above mention
id, tax will be delinquent thirty
(30) days after your arrival, or
vithin ten (10) days after notice
s given you.
All persons, firms and corpora
tions employing labor shall furnish
ist of employes to collector and
ire authorized by Law to deduct
imount of tax from wages of em
iloyees.
Fines and imprisonment are pro
«
Alaska Steamship Co.
SAFET} SPEED SERVICE
VESSEL
Lr. Seattle Lt. Seward
ALAMEDA . Mch. 17
NORTH WESTERN .Mar. 28
ALAMEDA . Apr. 7
NORTHWESTERN' ......_ Apr. 18
VICTORIA . Apr. 28
ALAMEDA . _Mav 5
Mch. 26
Apr. 4
Apr. 13
Apr. 25
May 5
May 11
Lv. Anch.
Mch. 25
Apr. 14
May 12
FOR RATES AND RESERVATIONS APPLY TO
J. H. FLICK1NCER, A. H. McDONALD.
Agent, Seward, Alaska Agent. Anchorage
A. A. SHONBECK
ANCHORAGE
LIME, PLASTER. CEMENT, FIRE BRICK, FIRE CLAY
Explosives and Blasting Supplies
COAL OIL GASOLINE LUBRICATING OILS GREASES
MAY and GRAIN
vided by the Act above quoted foi
those- who fail or neglect to pay
tax or furnish list of employees.
Dated N'enana. Alaska April 7
1923.
B. TUNISON
School Tax Collectoi
Xenana Alaska
ENGLISH TAXES ARE OVERDUE
LONDON. April 1_—Mary mil
lion pounds are due the British
treasury from unpaid supertax and
income tax assessments, according
to the chancelor of the exchequer
Stanley Baldwin. The total amount
to about 118.500,000, pounds, oi
approximately' $590,000,000. The in
come tax arrears alone amount
to 95.000,000 .pounds
In Great Britain and northern Ire
land there are approximately 5.000,
000 people with incomes above the
exemption limit, but the tax liab
ilities of rousrhly one-half of this
number are covered by personal
allowances, deductions and reliefs.
WANT m
FOR SALE—1 bed complete.
1 brass bed complete.
1 Three quarter bed spring.
1 Writing desk.
1 Dining table
4 dining chairs, leather seats .
1 Cupboard, glass doors.
1 Cole air tight heater.
3 50 gallon hardwood barrels.
Screen doors, kitchen tables and
Jther furniture.
1 Road house 8 miles south of
dealy with equipment.
1 Log cabin and lot.
Cheap to settle estate,
nquire E. T. Sullivan. B st. be
ween 1st. and 2nd.
WANTED 'TO RENT—Piano in
rood condition. Inquire News.
FOR SALE—Old Town canoe in
roo ’ condition. Inquire News Office.
:OR SALE—Basket sleig. Inquire
lharles E. Bergman.
FOR SALE—Complete outfit of
afe deposit boxes. Mrs. E. A. Wil
iams, postmaster, Nenana, Alaska.
HEALY LAUNDRY FOR SALE,
lomplete outfit. Inquire J. M. Smith
Trappers Traders
SHIP TO
GEORGE R. GOSHAW, INC.
Dealer in Raw Furs
SEATTLE
Alaska Building
NEW YORK
127 W. 27th Street
Xer.ana is represented on the hon
j or roll of the State College of
Washington. Miss Leota Scott, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. John H.
! Scott formerly of this city, was
■ among the honor roll students
whose average for the last semes
, ter has been 90 or over.
FOR RENT
NEW YORK BLOCK
(Also known as The Arctic)
A two-story building on corner
of best business block in Xenana.
Building is 25X200 feet. Lower
floor has plate glass front; also a
two-window plate’ glass front on side
street. Upper floor has fifteen
rooms, ’ail nicely furnished. House
has hot air and steam heating sys
terns. Has electric washing machine
mangles washtubs, etc. Good oppor
tunity for enterprising party. For
further particulars see or write
Abe Simson, Xenana.
NOTICE
T. W. Buchholz, of Xenana. has
been named authorized representa
tive of the Fairbanks Clothing Co.
in Xenana and vicinity and is em
' powered to receive money due the
! company on old and new acounts.
J R. FOWLE
LOCAL TRAIN SCHEDULE
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
Trains leave and arrive X'cnana as
follows:
‘8:00 p. m.. Tuesday and Friday for
Seward and intermediate points.
Returning arrives Xenana 6:45 a.
m.. same days.
1:30 p. m.v Tuesday and Friday for
Dunbar, Fairbanks and Chatanika.
Arrives Xenar.a 12:30 p. m . Tue—
dav and Friday.
Pullman sleeper charges: Lower
berth, $4.50; upper berth, $3.50.
Tickets entitle holders to privi
leges Observation car.
'■
D. H. WILLIAMS
Undertaking Parlors
Licenced Embalmer
Funeral Director
Anchorage — Nenana — Sew* r/
CHAS. E. BERGMAN
Nenana Manager