THE NENANA DA1L Y NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for eniry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879. j
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
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AUTOMATIC PRICE-REDUCER.
When W. J. Bryan clamors to
have the profiteers put in jail, he
forgets that he used to say the
same thing about the trust mag
nates, but the only criminal convic
tion and jail sentence were obtained
by President Taft, a Republican.
Mr. Bryan led us to expect, says
the Portland Oregonian, that a Dem
oratic administration would put the
magnates behind the bars by whole
sale, but the Democrats have had
full swing for seven years and they
have not landed one. Even those
who were convicted under the Taft
administration slipped through their
fingers. The peerless orator must
have become so inebriated with his
own eloquence that his memory does
not function, or he presumes on the
forgetfulness of his audience.
If the jails were filled with profi
teers, it is doubtful whether prices
would be reduced; otherwise, many
of us would be glad to sit on juries
and convict. There are other reme- j
dies, for which we need not go to
Congress or the courts. One is to
produce more; another is to buy
less. i
The one law which all of us can 1
set in operation without passing j
bills or swearing to complaints or |
holding jury trials or taking ap-'
peals is the old law of supply and j
demand, which automatically regu-j
lates prices. Man-made laws are
more likely to raise prices by oh- j
strutting its operation than to re- ■
duce them. Better repeal some of'
the laws we have and give it a
chance.
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LAW AND DEMOCRACY.
Charles Evans Hughes, in an ad
dress delivered at the centenary
celebration of the Harvard Law
School recently, laws down a prin
ciple and exposes a fallacy of dem
ocratic progress which have a spe
cial significance in their direct bear
ing on current tendencies of legisla
tion.
“It is true,” said the former
justice of the supreme court, “that
democracy cannot live without re
spect for law, but it must be remem
bered that law in democracy wil^
have only the respect it deserves.”
Moreover, “a passion for legisla
tion is not a sign of democratic
progress, and in the mass of mea
sures introduced in the legislatures
of our free commonwealths there is
too little evidence of perspective
and an abundance of elaborate and
dreary futilities * * *. We are con
stantly impressed with the lost mo
tion and the vast waste in the en
deavor of democracy to function
wisely.”
The boast of the late Republican
Congress, comments the New York
World, that it had put more laws in
the statute-books than any other
shows this passion for legislation
become a disease; and how many
bales of good sheepskin and tons of
print-paper have been put to the
wasteful use of preserving the
“elaborate and dreary futilities”
which record the lost motion of
democracy functioning with only an
eye to the quantity of laws through
its half-hundred busy legislatures!:
At least the industry of lawmaking j
never slackens, in fa{ years or lean.
But the gravest manifestation of
the passion for legislation untried
by the test of necessity or of ac
cordance with the public will is its
inroad on the fundamental law. A
lawmaking habit from which no:
even the Constitution is secure is
an obsession, a form of legislative
paranoia which may properly excite
concern. American democracy was1
freest in its functions when it had '
fewest laws, and the spectacle of j
Lilliputian legislators shackling the
giant with statutes that merely im
pede the free development of dem
ocracy is a thing to alarm its friends
in the same degree that it neces
sarily comforts its enemies.
Kodak Supplies—fresh stock—just
unpacked at Thompson’s Drug Store.
KNU SHOES cut the high cost of
shoes. Fowler & Morris.
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Alaska, down Fairbanks, 3 a. m.
Y'ukon, left Circle for Dawson,
9:15 a. m., 20th.
Jacobs, at Gibbon.
Tanana, up Gibbon for Fairbanks,
5 p. m., 20th.
Herman, down Nulato, 9 a. m.,
20th.
Seattle No. 3, down Marshall, 6
p. m., 19th.
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
May have what you are looking for.
SECOND-HAND GOODS BOUGHT
AND SOLD.
NORTH OF NENANA HOUSE.
After a delay of more than ten
days at Skagway, Mrs. Lipman Sim
son and children are reported to
have secured passage south on the
steamer City of Seattle. Mrs. Sim
son wires that several fellow pass
engers were compelled to travel
steerage in order to get away from
Skagway, owing to the number of
tourists aboard the coast steamers.
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Fresh Kodsk Films at Thompson's
Drug Store.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Id the Probate Court, Territory of
Alaska, Fourth Judicial Division,
Nenana Precinct.
In the Matter of the Estate of
George Gotto, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, Administrator of the Es
tate of George Gotto, deceased, to
the creditors of, and all persons
having claims against the said de
ceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within six
months after the first publication of
this notice, to the administrator, or
to R. S. McDonald, at his office, for
said administrator, at Nenana, Alas
ka.
Dated this 3d day ef July, 1920.
SAM GEROFF,
v Administrator.
First publication July 7, 1920.
Last publication, Aug. 4, 1920.
WEEKLY FORCE REPORT
Wagon road, 334.
Contractors and engineers, 344 11
Contractors and engineers, 350 20
Contractors and engineers, 356.. 18
Contractors and engineers, 358 41
Secs. 1 to 7 south, 358-411. 44
Total Xenana South .156
Xenana—
General . 41
Electric . 7
Corral . 5
Store . 24
Material yard . 18
Construction . 44
Hospital . 12
Townsite . 2
Sawmill . 23
Total Xenana . 176
Terminal, 411 . 11
Secs. 1 to 6 north, 411-460. 50
Steam-shovel crew, 429 . 82
Extra gang, 451 . 39
Total Xenana North.182
Happy to Fairbanks. 41
Piledriver crew . 14
Happy to Chatanika ..-. 27
Total . 82
Division Total .596
Col. Steese, head of the Alaska
Road commission, and Maj. Waugh,
also of the commission, are expect
ed in Fairbanks this afternoon on
a tour of inspection. Lieut.-Col.
Gotwals and Supt. Dan Jones went
out the trail from Fairbanks yes
terday to meet the incoming offi
cials.
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Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
stands alone in par-excellence of
service and sanitary convenience.
Turkish, Steam, Shower
or Plain Baths, at
MODERATE RATES.
Rooms for Dressing and Resting
in Connection. Also Rooms for
Rent, Transient or Permanent.
Mr. and Mrs. Heimburger
Proprietors.
Rust House
CLEAN AND
COMFORTABLE
ROOMS BY THE DAY,
WEEK OR MONTH
MRS. CHAS. STANFORD
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Probate Court, Territory of
Alaska, Fourth Judicial Division,
Nenan Precinct.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Siegred Ben Johansson, alias Ben
Johnson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, Administrator of the
Estate of Siegred Ben Johansson,
alias Ben Johnson, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having
claims against, the said deceased, to
exhibit them, with the necessary
vouchers, within six months after
the first publication of this notice,
to the said administrator, or to R.
S. McDonald, at his office, for said
administrator, at Nenana, Alaska.
Dated this 6th day of July, 1920.
O. M. JACKSON,
Administrator.
First publication, July 7, 1920.
Last publication, Aug. 4, 1920.
WANT ADS
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FOR SALE—Washing outfit. Wring- j
er: two tubs; 1 copper-bottom1
boiler; 1 brass washboard, in good ,
condition. All for $13.50. In
quire Nenana News.
PHONOGRAPHS wanted at Sim
son’s Department Store.
FOUND—Leather watch fob with j
locket. Owner can have same by
calling at The News office.
BARN FOR RENT—Second and E.
Three double stalls. Pump in
barn. Inquire at News.
THE DWYER HOME FOR SALE. :
Terms reasonable. tf
BUNCH OF SEVEN KEYS found.
Owner can recover by calling at
News office and paying for adv.
EFFICIENCY 1
applies to the man who has his fall
and winter wear put in shape dur- (
ing the summer. Bring them to
D’ORSAYS TAILOR SHOP
Photic >*u, Third and A Sts. {
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
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Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Martin Na>b,
Secretary. President.
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MRS. JAMES LAVIN
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THE BOWEN BUILDING
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
Fourth Monday of Month
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELAND,
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
floor of the General Office Building,
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at North N'enana.
Tickets will be on sale at ny
time during office hours, and can be
purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave f
the foot of A street on Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 8 a. m.
" The following change of schedule
between Nortn N'enana and Fair
banks is effective June 1, subject to
change without notice:
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Leave Fairbanks at 8:00 a. m.;
arrive North Xenana. 12:30 p. m.
Leave North N’enana, 2:00 p. m ;
arrive Fairbanks, 6:30 p. m.
A ferry will be run between Ne
nana and North Nenana to connect
with Fairbanks trains. Passengers
for Fairbanks should purchase tick
ets in Nenana before crossing the
ferry.
Trappers anil 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 anil are prepared to send you the names of
people in all sections of Alaska and the Yukon who will verify our
statements.
Our*ixcellent 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 ns 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
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