THE NENANA DAILY 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,
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THE RIGHT SPIRIT.
Baseball has done a great deal
this summer to encourage closer so
cial and business relations between
Nenana and Fairbanks. There have
been other seasons of baseball in
which the two towns contested for
championship honors, but never be
fore was the spirit of friendliness
and good will so much in evidence
as it is this summer. And that is
as it should be.
Two towns so closely united in
every way as are Fairbanks and
Nenana, each striving for the de
velopment and upbuilding of the
district of which each is a part,
should have no differences. What
is good for one town is good for
the other, and the greatest concern
of each is to promote the interests
of the Tanana valley, which is large
enough and rich enough to support
a great many towns—larger and bet
ter towns than either Fairbanks or
Nenana. The thing is to work har
moniously to hasten that stage of
development of Central Alaska’s re
sources which will insure growth
and permanent prosperity for both
towns.
The reception given Nenanaites
last week by the people of Fair
banks was truly Alaskan. It sa
vored much of the old days when
all Alaskans left their cabins un
locked, with a welcome awaiting
any chance visitor, from near or
far. The oldtimers were always
ready to entertain one another, and
there was nothing too goc-d in the
old cabin for those who called.
That is the way it was in Fair
banks. The latchstring was suspend
ed invitingly from every door and
there was a welcome inside that
fairly glowed with hospitality. The
losing of the baseba'l series was a
mere incident of the visit. What
counted most with Nenanaiies was
the way they were treated, before
and after and between games.
And now Nenana is to have an
other chance to entertain Fairbanks
—a chance to give another demon
stration of that hospitality which is
so truly Alaskan and which helps
wonderfully to put people on an
even keel. We will do our best to
win the baseball series, but, aside
from that, we will spare no pains
to make the stay of the excursion
ists in our midst one long to be re
membered.
Baseball is a great game. It is
tonic alike for man and town; it
benefits the young, the middle-aged
and the infirm; it stimulates busi
ness, creates healthy rivalry and
lessens distances between people.
And it flows from an inexhaustible
fount.
The time is short, Nenana. Let’s
begin preparing for the big recep
tion today.
STAYING ON THE JOB.
The announcement of Delegate
Grigsby’s intention to remain at
Washington until the house of rep
resentatives has disposed of Alas
ka’s .seventeen million dollar railroad
appropriation will be received with
acclamation throughout the North.
Securing evidence in Alaska in con
nection with the contest filed by
I Judge Wickersham is a matter of
I as much importance to Delegate
Grigsby as it to former Delegate
Wickersham, but it is not important
enough to take him away from
Washington at a time when his
presence and help are needed there
to further the interests of the peo
ple he represents.
That is the kind of delegate Alas
kans want—one who will stay on
^e job when there is work to be
done, even at the risk of jeopardiz
ing the contest in which he has
been involved. Personal interest
with him is subordinate to the in
terests of the territory and he
should be rewarded by the people
of Alaska by being assisted in
every way possible in the gathering
of testimony necessary to defend
the contest into which he has been
drawn by Judge Wickersham.
The Grigsby example is one which
might be followed with profit by
Wickersham. He is not now Alas
ka’s delegate and has no standing
as a representative before Congress,
but he has had much to do with
Alaska's railroad legislation in the
past, knows how much of a benefit
the railroad will be to Alaska, and
doubtless could render valuable as
sistance to those friends of the'ter
ritory, including Delegate Grigsby,
who are now trying to get funds
with which to complete the enter
prise.
But, instead of doing that, he is
now thousands of miles from the
national capital, seeking evidence
w:th which to unseat a man who is
rendering the territory a real serv
ice.
GERMAN “REVENGE.
The peace treaty gives the Allies
the right to occupy Germany for
a period of 15 years, unless Ger
man war obligations have been dis
charged before that time. The Ger
mans are complaining bitterly of
that provision, which was to be ex
pected. More important than that
is the fact, attested by American
observers, that the Germans are
already frankly talking of “revenge”
at the end of the 15 years.
This is only one more reminder,
believes the Tacoma News Tribune,
more pointed than usual, of the
essential righteousness of the terms
imposed, and of the imperative need
of watching Germany like a hawk
to make sure that she observes
them.
Germany would have sought “re
venge” just the same, no matter
how* light the terms had been—re
venge for having been foiled in her
criminal war plot.
Quite aside from the justice of
i making Germany pay to her utmost
in order partly to compensate the
Allies for the harm done them, it
would have been necessary to lay
crushing burdens and restrictions
on Germany in order to keep her
; from using her resources in prep
aration for another war.
Even as matters stand, the Allies
must be on their guard throughout
the whole period of German pun
ishment and probation, to make sure
that an army is not being organized
and money and supplies' accumu
lated for another sudden onslaught
against civilization. And always,
'until that far-distant, hoped-for time
i when the heart of Germany shall
jbe changed, the world must be on
guard against insidious propaganda,
calculated to strengthen Germany
by dividing and weakening her con
querors.
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Margaret Delaney, seven-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Delaney,
underwent an operation at the Gov
ernment hospital on Wednesday for
the removal of her tonsils, and is
now on the rapid road to recovery.
Dr. M. E. Smith expected the young
lady to be well enough by today 10
leave the hospital.
Mrs. Meilish was a returning pass
enger on the steamer Alaska, from
a business trip to Fairbanks.
George Kennedy, Xenana's vet
eran outfielder, returned from Fair
| banks on the steamer Alaska this
imorning, having been absent in the
j upper town since the recent baseball
series.
Dave Fairburn is in town recov
ering from a light spell of illness,
having been compelled to lay off
for a few days from his work out
the line.
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Volney Richmond, superintendent
of the Northern Commercial compa
ny, is an outgoing passenger on the
steamer Alaska, enroute to the home
office of the company in San Fran
cisco. Mr. Richmond has spent the
greater part of the summer in In
terior Alaska visiting the various
stations of the company.
George Preston, head of the Fair
banks store of the Northern Com
mercial company, is making the trip
down river on the steamer Alaska,
j enroute to the Tolovana. He will
I disembark at the mouth of the
Tolovana river and make the run up
that stream on the new stem-wheel
I er Brooks.
i George Hunter, manager of the
| Pinska store at Fairbanks, is en
route to the Tolovana on the steam
er Alaska. He will leave the boat
at the mouth of the Tolovana river
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land transfer to a gasboat.
I Mrs. Leon Kellum, who went to
I Fairbanks last week with the base
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jball excursionists, returned home
! this morning on the steamer Alaska. ■
j Mrs. J. H. Scott was a returning
! passenger on the steamer Alaska
!this morning, after an absence of
imore than a week in Fairbanks. She
jWas accompanied home by her little
ison, John.
The members of the firm of
j Erickson & Co., contractors of the
(Nenana-Fairbanks line, between
miles 426 and 427, arrived in town
for settlement yesterday, having
completed their grading work on
;the north side of the river.
J Joe Wilson, fuel buyer for the
: American-Yukon Navigation corapa
. ny, is returning to Dawson on the
; steamer Alaska, having practically
i concluded his business on the lower
j Yukon and Tanana rivers for the
| season.
M. C. Masterson, federal investi
gator, who has been in Fairbanks
i several weeks looking over court
i house accounts, was a downbound
, passenger on the Alaska, booked
for Tanana.
PLATINUM DEPOSITS
REPORTED FOUND IN
SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
PAPEETE, Society Islands.—Plat
inum deposits are reported to have
jbeen discovered on the island of
Rurutu, one of the Austral group,
approximately 200 miles south of
Tahiti. A mining engineer from
the United States is investigating
the reported discovery for the hold
ers of mining rights here.
Venana. Where Kalla and Klvera Meet
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HOUSEHOLD GOODS and furniture
for sale, at the home of E. 1.
Foster.
EIGHTY CHICKENS FOR SALE,
also hog weighing 400 pounds,
and two shoats. Inquire Mrs. Carl
Bernhardt. k-27
BUNCH OF KEYS found. Owner
can recover by calling at News
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WANTED—Pair of 8-power field
glasses. Inquire Pete Jensen, at
Johnson’s Store.
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CHAIN. Reward for return to
George Sarantis at The Terminal. :
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FOR SALE — Showcase, 5 Vi feet j
long. Practically new. Cheap. I
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg. !
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since the enlargement of the Lobby.
The Homelike environment attracts
and holds its patrons.
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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 ia
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
Duilding, Alaskan Engineering com- -J
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