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, 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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PROFESSIONAL ALASKANS.
The hearings before the senate
committee on commerce or. the bill
proposing to extend the powers of
the V.aska Shipping board offer ad
ditional proof that the hardest thing
in the world to accomplish is to get
two or more professional Alaskans
to agree to anything, comments the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The Post
Intelligencer does not presume to
say which side of the controversy is
right, but out of the charges and
counter-charges the mly impression
possible is that each side is right
in saying that the other ’s wrong.
Certainly the senate cannot find it
helpful when Alaska factious decide
that the most stylish battle /one is
a public hearing in a committee
aecu-1
The country ha« become
tomed to the complaint that few
] erson? ir. Congress or in public life
understand Alaska's problems. By
a careful campaign of education,
Eastern congressmen were put into
possession of certain basic facts
concerning Alaska's magnificent size
and its splendid resources, but when
some measure designed ‘o benefit
the Northland was unde • considera
tion. opposing factions of outside
Alaskans moved in and staged a
family row. It appeared that never
d’d one side attribute an honest
purpose to the other. This spirit
of intolerance and habit of making
reckless charges have done more to
retard progress in Alaska than any
thing else.
The tendency to take sides in a
controversy is a human trait, pos
sessed by congressmen as well as
others. Acrimonious debate, im
moderate speech and mutual re
criminations have a tendency to
aiign members of Congress or. one
side or the other. This conflict of
opinion has the effect of retarding
action on any bill, no matter how
meritorious it may be. The anger
displayed by the in-and-out Alas
kans is usually reflected in the con
gressional committees which have
the measures under consideration.
Perhaps it would be too much to
hope that Alaskans compose their
differences at home so that Con
gress might have the benefit of an
orderly presentation of facts. A
get-together meeting in advance of
a congressional hearing would be a
welcome relief from the quarrels
and bickerings at Washington. Even
in a territory of such magnificent
distances as the Northland, a display
of community spirit is among the
possibilities. The trouble appears
to be that the professional Alaskans
so seldom' meet each" other in or
out of Alaska that their opinions
are unknown until a congressional
committee makes a record of all the
ugly charges and reckless state
ments. It has been rather con
vincingly demonstrated that staging
quarrels before Congress does not
make for progress, so that the kind
lier and more diplomatic way might
be tried just once.
A CAMPAIGN MYTH.
Word comes from Petersburg that
the so-called Herron club organized
at that place to support the can
didacy of Charles E. Herron for
Republican national committeeman
is a myth. It is said that there
was no such club in existence, and
inone was ever organized. It was
'telegraphed throughout the Terri
tory from Juneau that a Republi
can club had been organized at
Petersburg and that it had unani
mously endorsed Herron’s candida
cy. The organization of a club is
denied at Petersburg.
A NEW KIND OF PANIC.
Babson s Statistical Organization
declares that the high price peak
has not been reached and that the
high level will continue for at least
'six months. This prophecy is prob
ably correct, says the Seattle Union
Record, because it is based on care
ful studies of the facts determining
prices. Business men pay Roger
Babson SI00 or more a year each
for keeping track of fundamenta'
conditions for them. Xot only i;
there no danger of a lower genera!
level of prices, hut there is likely
I to be “a runaway market as a re
jsuit of the famine in goods."
Why is there a famine in goods? ]
The large city press, subsidized
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magazines and most of the so-called ;
! i
farm press tell us that it is all be !
cause labor has become lazy. It;
refuses to work. It fights for eight i
hour days. It gives its days to j
striking and soldiering on the job j
and its nights to Bolshevism. Pa
pers not likely to reach the farm- ,
ers, on the other hand, find much
laziness caused by undue prosperity
on the farm. But everyone ought
to be able to see that this laziness
talk is so much claptrap of special
privilege.
The obvious cause of underpro
duction is the monopoly of natural
resources. Coal operators kept their
miners on part-time work and then
forced a strike. The steel trust
refused agreement with its men and
cut millions of tons off our steel
production. And to we could run
down the entire list of commodi
ties.
Inflation of the currency would
normally give us higher prices, but
then new. capital would rush into
(.reduction and in time prices would
come tumbling down. New coal
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minps, iron mines, oil wcl's wruld
be opened up. But what we see
. now is restraint of this natural pro
cess through monopoly power. In
fact, by preventing the old kind of
panic through their monopoly pow
er, the trusts have given us a new
kind of panic. We shall see gradu
ally increasing distress of the
; masses on the farm and in the city
. until the trusts are driven from
.
power.
A SUBSTANTIAL RETURN.
Secretary of Commerce Alexan
der has announced that 9,1 Oil
dressed, dyed, and machined fur
seal skins from the take of 1918
on the Pribiloff islands, Alaska, were
sold at the public action held in
the International Fur Exchange, St.
Louis, on February 2. These skins
.commanded the highest prices ever
'paid, one lot bringing $177, each.
Numerous other lots sold for over
: $ 170 each, the average being $140.
97 each, an advance of $49.63, or
about 55 percent, over the previous
sale held last September. More
than 600 buyers, representing ten
countries, attended the recent sale,
which netted the United States $1,
096,833.23.
IMPORTANT PUBLIC NOTICE.
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The time of year has come when
I a general cleanup of all lots, streets
land alleys in the townsite of Ne
jnana is necessary. The local Boarl
; of Health hereby gives notice to all
j persons residing in or in charge of
Isuch property or properties to re
jmove all kinds of refuse, garbage
and the like from said properties at
the earliest possible date, and not
to delay the completion of such
cleanup beyond May 3, 1920.
Any and all persons not having
complied with the terms of this no
tice by the date specified shall be
I prosecuted to the full extent of the
territorial statutes covering such of
ifenses. (Signed):
ROBERT JOSEPH DIVES*.
MALCOLM E. SMITH, M. D.
MARTIN* NASH. kl
OLD CANNERIES WILL
RESUME THIS SEASON
According to reports received
from the coast, all of the canneries
which were operated in Southeast
ern Alaska will be in business again
this season. In addition to these,
it is reported on what is said to be
good authority that the Roe Point
and Shakan canneries, which were
closed last year, will operate this
year. O. A. Larson, who was su
perintendent of the Quadra can
nerq last year, will manage the
Shakan cannery this season, and
Jim Sales will be superintendent of
the Roe Point cannery. It is also J
reported that the Santa Anna can-1
nerv will be in operation this sea-1
son: The Hunters Bay cannery is
not expected to open.
Awnings, Tarps and Nets made to j
order. Suits cleaned and pressed, it
D’ORSAY’S TAILOR SHOP
Third and A Streets.
DIME CREEK DIGGINGS
DEVELOP SUMMER WORK
The discovery of pay on the '
benches, combined with the develop- j
ment of extensive open cut diggings '
on Dime creek, will keep Haycock '
on the list of producing camps for
several years, despite the working
out of many claims on the creek 1
channel, according to Charles D.
Jones, who returned to Nome re- '
cently from an extended visit in !
that section. Winter activities were ,
considerably circumscribed as com
pared to earlier years. Mr. Jones j
says, but there is still sufficient win- ■
ter mining to provide employment j
for everyone there. The summer;
diggings have become an important !
factor in the communal industries!
and furnish employment for a con- j
siderable number of men. Their
operation also changes the camp
from an exclusively winter pro-,
ducer, the status of earlier years,
to one in which production continues
practically all the year.
OVER-THE-JCE EGGS, $1.50 per
dozen, at Fowler A Morris.
TYPEWRITER PAPER IS
ON SALE BY THE NEWS
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A shipment of typewriter paper,
of the standard American brand,
has just been unpacked at The News
| office, where it is on sale by the
box or in any other quantity desired.
The sizes -include both legal and
letter and the weights range from
the lightest to heavy.
The paper was bought right and
is being sold at a close margin of
(profit.
The News also has unprinted en
velopes for sale by the box and by
the package—all sizes, froir baroni
al to legal, white and colored, and
bond and wove.
Waaaaa, the Gateway to McKinl.y
Vattoaal Park.
WANT ADS
LAUNDRY LOST—White bap with
laundry mark “A-3,” containing
laundry for the N'enana Steam
Laundry. Anyone knowing any
thing about this bundle please
communicate with Xenana Steam
Laundry.
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GOOD COOK WANTED for camp
out of town. Good wages. For
further particulars call at News
office.
BARN FOR RENT—Cheap. Inquire
News office.
LOST—Nugget brooch. Suitable re
ward for return to Dr. M. E. Smith.
NATIVE HAY FOR SALE—Inquire
at Johnson’s Store, Front St. tf
CABIN FOR RENT—Partly furnish
ed. Close in. Inquire at News.
BARN FOR RENT—Second and E.
Three double stalls. Pump in
barn. Inquire at News.
BUNCH OF SEVEN KEYS found.
Owner can recover by calling at
News office and paying for adv.
THE DWYER HOME FOR SALE.
Terms reasonable. tf
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—Two-room house, part
ly furnished, with lot. Desirable
locality. Inquire News office. tf
FOR RENT—Cascade laundry. Ful’y
equipped and with established in
come. No cash required. Inquire
at Arctic.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
WATCHES
JEWELRY
Watch Repairing
DESIGNING AND NATIVE
JEWELRY A SPECIALTY
WM. TAYLOR
CARLSON’S
BROAD PASS
ROADHOUSE
42 Mile* from End of Steel.
GOOD ACCOMMODATIONS
KENNELS IN CONNECTION
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST MONDAY OF MONTH
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Raurke, Martin Naab,
Secretary. President.
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Tavern Cafe and Bakery
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A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
Tom Smith, Prop.
NENANA HOUSE
Large Barn--In Connection- Dog Kennels
MRS. A. B. EASTERLY, Proprietress.
Or. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Price* Most Rensonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and li Streets
Second and Fourth Mondays
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELAND,
Secretary Dictator.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
j Passengers are required to pur
J chase tickets before entering trains
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is in
the employment office, on the groun 1
floor of the General Office Buildin-'.
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
|at Camp 415 (North Nenana).
J 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 Wednesdavs
and Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
famp 415 (North Nenana), fur
hairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
: 1 P- m.
The following is the schedule be
tween North Nenana and Fairbahk.-.
[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 :
; arrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m.
No tickets will be sold crossing
the river. Those intending to trav
el to Fairbanks must make thVr
i own arrangements for reaching
I ^ &
I North Nenana.
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Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTIEE
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'r'and need others. If you are an
operator and finisher, and want a good year-around job, com
municate with us.
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO. j
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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