THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April l, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for en:ry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879. i
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET’j
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Company, at First and B Streets. Nenana. Alaska.
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cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in
this paper and also all the local news published herein.
It is to be hoped that the senate ]
will follow the lead of the house
by giving its approval to the immi
gration bill, which was passed by
the lower branch of Congress this
week with an overwhelming majori-;
ty. With several million workers
«lready idle in the United States,
and more idleness in prospect, it
is time to put a stop to the un
precedented influx of Europeans
who are flocking to our hospitable
shores.
While The News is convinced
that the law requiring annual labor
on mining claims is of very little
value to any mining commur.ty,
we believe Congress should let It
alone until such time as a substi
tute can be found which will really
serve the purpore for which the
existing law was created. Suspen
sion of the law in Alaska does not
benefit the prospector, as is claimed
in today’s dispatches from the na
tional capital. It benefits those who
are holding large areas of mining
ground for speculative purposes,
but beyond that it creates only end
less confusion and eliminates devel
opment work that otherwise might
be done by conscientious owners of
undeveloped ground. We cannot
speak for mining communities of the
Outside, but the interests of Alaska
would be better served, we believe,
were the question of suspension
left entirely to Alaskans, who know
best when a suspension is needed
and when it is not.
With the arrival of cold weather1
i
comes also increased danger from
stoves and neglected chimneys. A
rigid inspection at thin time may
avert serious loss.
CUBAN PRICES HIGHER
American women, disturbed by the
mounting cost or living, ought to
visit Cuba, says a correspondent of
The Associated Press, writing from
Havana. The trip, he says, would
make them satisfied with conditions
at home.
Broadly speaking, prices in Hava
na are just about double the high
mark in top notch American cities.
One cause, according to Cuban deal
ers, is the unprecedented port con
gestion, apparently with little hope
of early clearing, and which has re
sulted in the ruin of hundreds of
tons of necessary products. What
ever the cause, the island is going
through a period of high cost, de
scribed by papers as more burden
some than that found elsewhere on
the face of the earth.
Even in Cuba where it is pro
duced insufficient bulk to supply
millions elsewhere, sugar retails on
the Havana market around 24 cents
a pound. Grape fruit, going to
waste a few miles from the capital,
sells there at New York quotations.
Financial depression, the demand for
ready and available cash, and the
moratorium, under which banks put
a limit on withdrawals to ten per
cent, have failed to start price re
ductions in the hope of unloading
luxuries to meet weekly payrolls.
Until the moratorium end, hotels will
not permit guests to sign bar and
cafe checks, a time honored custom
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in the capital. Cash is needed and i
a man pays when he eats.
Conditions in Havana are of lit- j
tie concern to the wealthy element j
from the States that will be mi-!
grating to the island during the win- j
ter. But for folk of ordinary means, j
with two weeks for recreation, a!
big bank roll is needed. About the
lowest hotel rate is $7 a day for
room and bath. And this is not at
the best places, for there rates are
much higher, and along toward the j
racing season the $7 rooms will j
fetch twice that amount.
Americans living in Havana pour
out a tale of woe to friends from
the States. The women seem to be«
hit the hardest. Price tags in stores
selling men’s wear show that a
good pair of men’s low shoes cost
as high as $25 and $8 for a cotton j
umbrella is a bargain. Flannel trous-!
ers are there for $25 and silk
shirts for $30. A lot of odds and
ends that a man needs cost more
than twice the mark at home. The
correspondent saw a panama hat
valued at $400 and the dealer de
clared that sugar men pay it with
out blinking.
Cigarettes selling for 20 cents a
package at home cost 60 cents in
Havana; and for a $2 box of Amer
ican candy they ask $7. Two cent
American papers, three days old, t
cost 12 cents. You may get a reason-1
ably fair suit of clothes out of stock j
for $100. In most cases women’s!
shirt waists, it is explained, cost !
three times home figures. The only j
exception in the upward trend is j
the straw hat, which is about on j
the American scale.
The only paper money in circti-j
lation on the island is American.!
The bills are so worn and utterly
filthy that a man parts with them
rather gladly.
MANY SOLDIERS ATTENDING
SCHOOL IN UNITED STATES
SAN FRANCISCO—More than
100,000 soldiers are attending the
schools established by the United
States army add when the program
is made fully operative there will
be more soldier-students in the
country than there are regular
college students, according to army
officers stationed here.
In addition to the courses giving
training in trades and professions,
schools for illiterates have been es
tablished by the army. In these
study centers men who can neither
read nor write English are given a
basic* education. More than 2,000
teachers will be employed in the
army schools.
; The fact that fully one-fourth of
the boys and young men of the
| country can neither read nor wrrite
was brought out by the figures pre
! pared by the draft boards ait the
j time the United States went into
the war. Further, it was shown
that only a small proportion of
them have any real training that
will take them out of the ranks of
hard labor, and put them where
they can earn a comfortable liveli
hood as skilled workers.
“This condition of affairs” said
a Government official recently, “con
stitutes a national danger and a
disgrace. The larger outlook is off
ered by these schools, in the voca
tional training courses. There art
more than 100 professions, trades
and pursuits from which to choose.
“One of the most interesting of
these study-centers is the School of
Agriculture and Animal Husbandary
at Camp Grant, Illinois. The courses
are conducted with the cooperation
of specialists of the University of
Chicago and the University of Illi
nois. The Government has stock
farms here and breeds all the types
of animals under study. Pupils are
thoroughly instructed in the breed
ing and care of dairy and beef cat
tle, horses, sheep, swine and poultry.
Governor Lowden, of Illinois, has
shown great personal interest in
this part of the work. He has. in
the vicinity of the camp, a large
and well equipped stock farm where
every phase of stock and cattle
raising is carried on. Pupils have
the privilege of making frequent
visits to this farm and of observing
in detail all its activities. Soldiers
proving proficient in this branch of
industry can, after leaving the army
take up homesteads and become suc
cessful farmers and stock breeders.”
Men of a mechanical bent find
open to them at several camps and
posts courses of practical study in
the handling of internal combus
tion engines as used in airplanes,
motorcycles, trucks and tractors.
Much valuable constructive work
is done in other lines and soldier
students may become practical,
wage-earning printers, plumbers, far
riers, painters, woodworkers, radio
operators, blacksmiths and tele
graphers.
A large meat packing establish
ment in Chicago recently has em
ployed as meat inspectors, four
graduates of the Army school, at
salaries of $250 a month. In the
same city a firm of bread bakers
is paying salaries of $35 to $55 a
week to graduates of the Army
school for Cooks ant1 Bakers.
COMING WEST FOR GAME
COLUMBUS, Deo. 16—Twenty
three members of the Ohio State
football squad, will entrain for
Pasadena tomorrow. They are to
meet the University of California
team on the Pasadena gridiron on’
New Year’s Day.
AMERICAN MACHINISTS TO
SEEK WORK IN RLUSSIA
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16—The
local lodge of the International As
sociation of Machinists has adopted
a resolution calling upon the general
executice board of the association
to send its president to Russia im
mediately to contract with the so
viet government for the employment
of 300,000 members of the associa
tion tq operate machinerv said to
have been contracted for wii.ii firms
in the United States.
Sell Your
Furs in
Nenana
Most Buyers.
Highest Prices.
Quickest Returns.*
Why Risk
the Dangers of
j Long Shipments
and Longer Delays
when you can
get the top
market price in
Nenana as soon as
you part with your
catch?
NO TROUBLE
NO DELAY
NO ANXIETY
v NO LOSSES
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Special Agent Jack Robinson, of
the Alaskan Engineering forces, left
for the coast yesterday moring after
a brief stay in this division.
Mrs. Catherine Reynolds, of the
Northern cafe, is spending a few
days in Fairbanks.
EXPLOSION KILLS FIVE
DOVER. Dec. 16—Five persons
are reported to have been killed ami
a number injured in an explosion
which wrecked the plant of the At
las Powder company, at Lake Ilop
aitcong.
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STEAMER SAILINGS R
(From Seward) R
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Alameda . Dec. 21
, Admiral Watson Dec. 22
' Northwestern . Jan. I
Alameda . Jan. 11;
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The steamer Victoria will re- j
place the Alameda for at least two
trips, commencing with the sailing j
of the Victoria from Seattle Decern-!
ber 17, both of which sailings will
be via the Outside passage, both
north and southbound. This will
make Cordova the. first port of call
northbound and the last port of call
southbound.
Passengers out of Seward for
Juneau, Ketchikan and other South
eastern Alaska ports should not
consider sailings from Seward on
December 21 and January 16.
The Alameda goes into drydoek
at Seattle for her regular annual
inspection and overhauling.
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Coast Train Schedule
Train leaves Gold Creek for
Anchorage on Sunday and Thurs-1
day at 1:00 P. M.
Train leaves Deadhorse for An-1
. chdrage on Tuesday and Friday.
Train leaves Anchorage for Sew- •
ard on Wednesday and Saturday at1
0:00 A. M.
Train leaves Chickaloon for An- j
chorage. via Eska on Tuesday, j
, Thursday and Saturday at 7:30 j
A. M.
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Neman* Train Schedule
Trains leave Nenana for the end
of steel four times a week—on j
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Saturday.
HEALY RIVER
ROADHOUSE
END OF STEEL
First-class Meals
BEDS
Cigars and Tobacco
Ambrose Van, Prop.
WE NOW HAVE A COMPLETE LINE OF
FRESH GROCERIES
CLOTHING DRY GOODS FRESH FRUIT
FAMOUS BUDWEISER BEER
_FAMILY TRADE AND GENERAL OUTFITTING
JOHNSON’S STORE - FRONTSTREET
fruit fresh candies smokes
BILLY GAGNON S - UNION BUILDING
CARDS SOFT DRINKS POOL
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—70 yards good linoleum
I«trge sou a re murot. fine kitchen
range: nice on 1; dresser Inquire at;
Mellish’s Store.
FOUND—Eversharp pencil with ini
tials on end, N. E. S. Please come
and get it.
FOR SALE—Wool ard cotton bat
ting- at SLmson’s
FOR SALE—Five black and two
grizzly bear skins. Extra large.;
Also three fine young malamute j
dogs. Inquire at Rust house, k‘27
WANTED—TO BUY—Wood. For
further information cal! at Simson’s
FOR SALE—Hand laundry and
bunkhouse. Good proposition for
right party. Inquire Jones Dunk
House.
NOTICE.—Holders of tickets for
raffle of McLean house please cal!
at The Portland, where tickets
will be redeemed. kN’l
r.s. McDonald
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the moat reliable companies
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
WATCHES
JEWELRY
Watch Repairing
DESIGNING AND NATIVE
JEWELRY A SPECIALTY
WM. TAYLOR
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NEW
CENTRAL CAFE
FIRST CLASS
in Every Respect
PRIVATE BOXES
JOHN KETOOROKY
Proprietor.
FOR SALE—Lot and two frame
cabins, opposite News office. In
quire at News office.
Christinas Carets just received at
Sintson’s.
Genuine Daniel G-een Felt Shoes
Fowler & Morris.
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Martin Nash.
Secretary. President.
Department of the Interior
Ataikan Engineering Commiuion
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,
j Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
|at North Xenana.
Regular trains for the south leave
the foot of A street on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8 n
m. The Wednesday train put up over
night at Healy, returning Thursday
at 1 p. m.
The following schedule between
North Xenana and Fairbanks, sub
ject to change without notice:
leave Fairbanks at 8:00 a. m ;
arrive North Xenana, 12:30 p. m.
Leave North Xenana, 2:00 p. m :
arrive Fairbanks, 6:30 p. m.
Until further notice, no passen
gers will be carried, nor freight
handled, across the Tanana river
Passengers and shippers should make
their own arrangements for service
between Xenana and North Xenana
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELANU
Secretary Dictator.