THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana. Alaska,
for en;ry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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TRIBUTE TO CAPT. LANGLEY.
(Seward Gateway.)
Captain W. Langley, of the steam
er Tana, now in Seward on his way
Outside, is one of the real Alas
kans, one of the men who stick by
the country and who will thus win.
Captain Langley is a sticker. Two
years ago, changing his plans and
operating on the Kuskokwim, Cap
tain Langley started in a new field
of operations. Thai year he about
broke even. I-ast year, Captain
1-angley, owing to the war, did not
break even and was able to make
only one trip on the river.
But was Captain Langley dis
eouraged and did he say “To heek
with the country”? N'ot on your
life. He went Outside. His many
friends knew he had been up
against the hard game, and they
knew he was the right sort and all
kinds of assistance was offered him.
in a financial way. Captain Lang
ley went back this year and oper
ated his river craft. He broke
even this season and he is going
hack next year and every year to
follow', as long as #he lives. He is a
booster for Alaska in all ways, and
proves it.
AUGEAN STABLES.
The regular army is reported 10
percent below the number author
ized for the present fiscal year. The
navy is sinking, the air service :s
volplaning. The Republicans, says
the Anchorage Times, probably will
find the three services back in
about the same condition (or worse)
as they were in lillfi when Mr.
Wilson, Mr. Baker, and Mr. Daniels
were telling us not to get nervous
or excited. With the railroads
scrambled, the merchant marine a
derelict, labor demoralized, sand in
the industrial machinery, the cost
of living ballooning, taxes riding
wild, money inflation at the burst
ing point, imports rushing in, and
civil service discarded, the Republi
cans will have a pretty mess to face
in 1921. And face it they will, and
they will clean it up, leaving noth
ing but a stain spelling “Demo
crats.”
If you think the wmrld is going
to the dogs, just ask Harry Lauder.
He lost his son, all ho had, in the
war; hut Harry is a brave man and
he is playing the game out to the
end without a grouch in his system.
-Seattle P.-I.
Hoover says he can see a drop in
prices coming, but then he has al
ways had the reputation for being a
far-seeing individual.—Seattle P.-I.
SALVATION ARMV HAS
BIG SOLDIERS’ HOTEL
TACOMA, Wash.—Red Shield Inn
is the name of the new $107,000
hotel of the Salvation Army at
Greene park, Camp Lewis, near here.
The three-story frame structure, the
finest of its kind in the country,
is artistically and comfortably fur
nished and is a gathering place fot
both officers and men and their
families.
WEEKLY REPORT
SHOWS DECREASE
The weekly force report of the
Alaskan Engineering commission for
the period ended January 17 shows
a decrease of F>4 in the number of
! employes in the Northern division,
the total shown in the report being
319 for the period, as against 373
the previous week.
The loss in payroll employes was
somewhat offset by the addition of
12 stationmen, the total at the end
of last week being 148. The total
| payroll involves an outlay of $8,350
jfor the week.
^ The distribution of labor was as
follows:
Contractors 3
Engineer’s camp 18
Engineers and carpenters G4
Section 1-7 south 17
! Total Nenana South 102
I Nenana—
| Genera! 44
! Electric 11
j Corral 9
| Construction 32
| Store 26
j Hospital 13
Townsite 2
Nenana Total 133
Camp 415 8
j Sections 1-4 North 14
i Section 5 5
! Section 5 11
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Total Nenana North 41
Tnnana Valley Railroad 40
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Division Total 319
i TO REMAIN INTACT
LONDON. I’rof, Patrick Geddes,
town planner, who has in hand pro
I
jccts for the improving of Jerusa
lem for the Zionist organization,
tims at making the changes without
destroying the historic and romantic
|aspects of the ancient city, accord
, ing to a statement which he has
i given to the Zionist Bulletin.
Prof. Geddes states that one of
!
i his first tasks will be in connection
‘with the Hebrew university, and he
hopes to begin on that next year,
: utilizing buildings already erected.
Research laboratories for chemistry
.’will be a feature of the school. Dr.
!
jWeizmann, the Zionist leader, who
'has been reader in bio-chemistry at
Owen’s college, Manchester, will be
in charge of the research work.
Prof. Geddes says he hopes also
to start a Palestine museum and
suggests that nothing more of his
torical and archaeological interest
should go out of the country.
Calling Cards printed to order on
short notice at the News Office.
IN GOTHAM ARE
MOUNTING HIGH
NEW YORK.—The mother of an
! 18-year-old New York girl, who for
| several years has kept an account
of the cost of her daughter’s ward
jrobe, in a letter to a local news
paper, recently complained about
these present prices of clothing,
shoes, gloves, hats, etc. Some in
teresting figures on what it cost.
to outfit a young woman today, a.
compared with five years ago, arc
afforded by quotations from a num
ber of average priced local shops,
as follows, the first figures being
those for 1914, and the second
those for 1919:
Shoes, $5; $12 to $18.
Stockings (silk), $1.25 to $1.50:
$3.50 and up.
Underwear, $3.50 to $5; $10 and
up.
Silk bloomers, $2.50; $6:50.
Undervest, $1 to $1.50; $3.50
to $4.
Petticoat (silk), $4 to $5; $12
to $15.
Waist (georgette), $10 to $15;
$25 and up.
Suit (woolen), $75; $150 and up.
Hat, $5; $25 and up.
Fur neckpiece, $35 to $50; $125
and up.
Muff, $50; $100 and up.
Gloves, $1.50; $1.
Total. $193.75 to $217; $476.50
to $486 and up.
The foregoing applies to what the
shopkeepers regard as a “moderate”
wardrobe. Serges, formerly the
cheapest and most common dress
material, and which, before the war,
could be bought for $1 to $1.25
a yard, are now retailing at $4 to
$5 for the same quality. Velveteens,
another popular dress material,
could be bought five years ago for
$1 and $1.25 a yard, and now are
bringing $4.50 to $6.50. The big
gest advances, dealers say, have
been in cotton and wool, and not
so much in silk. Babies’ buckskin
shoes, which normally sold at $3.50,
| are now priced at $7 to $9 a pair.
Many women of means, the re
j tailers say, are paying as much as
I $250 and up for a pair of silk
J stockings, but these are beaded with
pearls and are decorated with fine
(hand embroidery. The public de
mand for furs, in spite of the ad
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! vance of 50 to 75 percent since
last spring, dealers say, is 50 per
cent greater this winter than last
j season. Fur coats costing many
thousands of dollars are more in
! evidence than ever before in New
I York.
An artist for a New York fashion
paper recently sketched a coat, suit,
and dress at a local factory, the
combined wholesale price of which
was $975. The coat, a coarse wool
fabric, was marked $575, the georg
ette dress at $275, and the suit at
j$o25. Here were three garment
which, sold at retail, would cost
the buyer at least $1,500, it was
said. Such instances in Fifth ave
| nue shops of how the high cost oi
; living has hit the rich are by nc
■ means rare. One window displays n
rose white blouse for 3,500.
“Untold millions are being in
vested in furs this year by Ameri
jean women,” said J. VV. Argen
j bright, a Brooklyn importer, “ant
j the demand is less exclusive anc
jmore widespread than even before
showing that prosperity is general
Coats costing from $50,000 to $85,
000 are uncommon, but they art
being bought.
“America is not only importing
the finest Russian sables, but is pro
ducing the best specimens of tht
black and silver fox, mink, seal
otter, beaver, fisher, wolverine
bear, lynx, badger, skunk, raccoon
and muskrat. All these and man;
others, in hundreds of varieties
from the richest and costliest t<
the moderately priced, are domestii
products.”
Reports that wealthy Americans
WANT ADS
WANTED — Passengers and freight
for Talkeetna. Leaving Nenana
end of steel next Wednesday.
Fast, comfortable trip. For res
ervations and additional informa
tion inquire at Cooney Hotel.
! WANTED — Woman for laundry
i work; one experienced at mangle
| work preferred. Nenana Steam
Laundry.
FOR RENT—Suite of three rooms,
suitable for light housekeeping,
with heat and light and hot and
cold water in connection. Also
office rooms, at The Arctic.
FOR SALE — Furnished two-room
■ cabin. Assessments all paid. Phone
Kellum’s. tf
■FOR SALE—Two-room house, part
ly furnished, with lot. Desirable
locality. Inquire News office. tf
FOR RENT—Cascade laundry. Fully
equipped and with established in
come. No cash required. Inquire
at Arctic.
' WANTED—Position as cook, town
i or camp, or hour work of any
kind in private homes, cooking,
housework, or taking care of chil
dren. Inquire at the Arctic.
LOST—Pair of glasses in black case.
Reward for return to News office.
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i had representatives abroad buying
I up so-called “royal” furs were dis
i missed as nonsensical by Mr. Ar
jgenbright. For 75 years, he said,
| there had been no such thing as
j “crown” sables. Ermine also is less
popular than ever in the history of
the trade.
“It is an old and mistaken idea,’’
he said, “that the finest Russian sa
bles are not shipped outside of that
market, these skins being supposed
to be the former crown Russian
sables. In former years, when Rus
sian sables were not so expensive,
natives in the interior used to pay
'their taxes with pelts. In those
'days the enterprising fur collector
had not penetrated the wilds of the
Siberian forests. It was the custom
of the trappers to dispose of their
season’s catch to the Russian gov
ernment, but since sables have be
come so much in demand and the
prices are so high, the natives have
found they can do much better sell
ing directly to the collectors who
come from all parts of Europe and
America.”
FOR SALE.
I have for sale lfiO acres dry
land, subject to irrigation, in the
Horse-Heaven country, in Eastern
Washington, for $1,250. The man
who can buy and hold on for a few
years can make a large profit. For
full information see J. H. SCOTT.
Birth Announcement Cards at the
News Office.
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
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DENTIST
ARCTIC HOTEL
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
i Second and Fourth Mondays
At 8:00 P. M.
j*LEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER.
Secretary Dictator.
Department of the laterior
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 Camp 416 (North Nenana).
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can be
purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
the foot of A street on Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
Camp 415 (North Nenana), for
Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
1 p. ra.
The following is the schedule be
[ tween North Nenana and Fairbanks,
(subject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7:00 a. m.;
arrive North Nenana, 11:30 a. m.
Leave North Nenana 1:00 p. m.;
j arrive Fairbanks, 6:30 p. m.
j No tickets will be sold crossing
i the river. Those intending to trav
| el to Fairbanks must make their
own arrangements for reaching
North Nenana.
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Trappers and 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 and are prepared to send you the names of
people in all sections of Alaska and the Yukon who will verify our
statements.
Our excellent 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 us 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