THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1018, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry a:; second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AINL) RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, N'enana. Alaska.
R. G. Scuthworth .Editor and Manager
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cation of ail news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited it
this paper and also all the local news published herein.
A GOOD START
When one listens to or reads the
argument of Superintendent John
A. Davis, of Interior Alaska’s Bu
reau of Mines, in favor of the es
tablishment of a government owned
and operated central power plant
at the Lignite coal fields, one wond
ers why such a plant is not already
distributing its electric energy thru
out the vast Interior mineral areas,
where mining operations under ex
isting power conditions have ceased
to be profitable except in isolated
instances where fuel is plentiful and
close at hand and the ground ex
ceptionally rich in gold values. Mr
Davis has mde a thorough study of
the power needs of the Interior
country and of the power producing
possibilities of Nenana lignite, and
he is in possession of data showing
that a market sufficient to warrant
the erection of a central plant al
ready exists- without taking into ac
count the more remote districts or
the demand for power which will
follow the development of new prop
erties, the establishment of new in
dustries, and the electrification of
our government railroad.
Mining men of the older mining
districts of the Interior country
have long been aware of the fact
that fuel costs annually were con
tributing alarmingly t > the hazard
of mining, and that the area of idle
ground has widened steadily as the
seasons passed. They realize that
a material reduction in fuel costs is
necesary to put the mining industry
back on a paying basis, and make
possible the development, of the
large areas of so-called low grade
ground, unworkable under the old
or present conditions. And in their
search for relief they have enlisted
the support of Superintendent, Davis
who, after an exhaustive survey of
conditions, gives it as his opinion
that a government owned central
power plant is a vital need of the
Interior country.
In his statement to members and
guests of the Nenana Commercial
Huh on Saturday evening, Mr. Davis
presented a most convincing argu
ment in favor of the establishment
of a power plant immediately, and
when he had concluded his splendid
talk, everyone present had acquired
knowledge, the proper use of which
will enable N'enanaites to render
valuable assistance to the American
Mining Congress when that organiz
ation takes up with the congress of
the United States the question of
providing Interior Alaska with mod
erately priced electric current.
Mr. Davis is very conservative in
his estimate of the good that will
result from the establishment of the
proposed power plant. And that is
a good fault when seeking funds
from our national lawmakers. The
conservative outline is sufficiently
convincing, in our opinion, to make
a favorable impression upon the
Congress, and that is all that is nec
essary If the consumption of power
is greeter than Mr. Davis anticipates,
and if development exceeds present
expectations, later requests for ad
ditional government activities in
' ’aska will carry greater weight
i.t V'ashington.
For the benefit rf those who were
l ot p: esent at the smoker, the state
ment of Mr. Davis, in substance, is
printed in this issue of the News,
and we urge its careful perusal by
every Nee laite. Those who have
already given the power question
some consideration, will find in the
statement new arguments in favor
of the establishment of a Govern
ment plant; and those less familiar
with the question will find much in
formation which should inspire con
fidence in the future of Interior
! Alaska and make boosters of those
I who heretofore have lacked enthu
i siasm.
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The power plant project is one
i that all Interior Alaskans can sup
j port without reserve, for the reason
j that the oenefits resulting from the
establishment of such a plant will be
felt throughout the entire Interior
' country.
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NEWSPAPER AID
< buries M. Schwab, in retiring
recently from the post o' d.’recto"
general of the Emergency Fleet
< orporation- expressed his apprecia
tion of the co-operation of the press
of the country and the newspaper
; support of his efforts. As host
at a luncheon to the heads of de
partments of the corporation, he
said:
“I wish to express my sincere
appreciation to the press of Phila
delphia and to the press of the
entire country for their splendid
'co-operation. The spontaneity of
this co-operation was for me an in
spiration which ever served to light
en the great tasks that confronted
me during my service as director
'general. Newspapers throughout
the land worked in concert to give
the proper impetus to the shipbuild
ing program—their work was con
structive and American to the core.
At all times the newspaper workers
from the managing editor to the re
porter, displayed an intense, patri
otic desire to aid in making the
work of the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration a success.
“The splendid work of the news
papers is reflected in the shipyards
where hundreds of thousands of em
ployees are turning out our ships.
The newspapers did a lion’s share
in the work of keeping up the
morale of the shipbuilders and for
this 1 am grateful more than words
can express. I am proud of the
press of my country—proud of the
work that thousands of individual
newspapermen everywhere did to
mould public opinion in favor of
the shipbuilding program.”
THE BOLSHEVIST MENACE
The Bolshevik faction of the
Norwegian Socialist party has, since
last spring, exercised a controlling
influence over the organization, says
an Associated Press correspondent,
writing from Christiania. For some
months this was done more or less
secretly and the objects aimed at
were not made public. But after
the revolution in Germany, conceal
ment was abandoned.
In speeches at public meetings and
by articles in Socialist organs, lab
orers were urged to organize re
volutionary associations, similar to
those in Russia, provide themselves
with arms- and be ready for a revol
lutionary uprising, to overthrow the
government. They were told that
they should employ force and terror
to whatever extent it might be nec
essary to accomplish their purpose
and establish what would virtually
amount to a minority dictatorship on
Bolshevik lines.
1 It is admitted by the leaders of
the Bolshevik faction that the latter
constitute only a very small portion
of organized labor, but they declare
^ it is for that reason they could not
labor party is a Bolshevist and ir
conjunction with certain Russian
Bolshevists, established a Russiar
telegraph news agency at Christiania
for the ostensible purpose of fur
nishing the Norwegian press with
■‘reliable” news from Petrograd.
No date has yet been approxi
mately fixed for starting their pro
posed revolution. The leaders de
clare it depends on “how things turn
out in England.” One of them
openly stated, “If there is no re
volution in England there will be no
use trying one in Norway, for Eng
land would at once step in and
suppress it.”
attain their aims by parlimentary
methods and lawful forms of agita
tion.
The president of the Norwegian
On the train leaving this morn
ing Messrs Geo. W. Pennington and
| E. L. Laughlin left for the end of
[steel, enroute to the coast. Mr.
| Pennington is on his way to at
i tend the territorial legislature which
•convenes at Juneau shortly, after
I which he will visit the States. Mr.
| Laughlin goes direct to Seattle.
Both these genltemen have cre
dentials from the Nenana Commer
cial club, and while in the States
will visit the chambers of commerce
in the big cities, and tell them of
the immense possibilities, especially
in the mining business, which the
territory offers, and will try to
interest capital for the development
of the country’s resources.
Both gentlemen have the backing
of the entire club and will be kept
posted from time to time as re
quested. At the smoker last Satur
day night both Pennington and
Laughlin requested that the club aid
them by arranging to supply them
with such informoation as they may
request from time to time.
MlWlEFT i
According to advices received by
the local postoffice, a stage left
Fairbanks this morning with a ship
ment of second class Outside mail
and some local first das mail. The
stage should arrive in Nenana to-'
morrow afternoon. I
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Mrs. Malcolm E. Smith, wife of
; Dr. Smith former chief surgeon of,
; the A. E. C., at Nenana, writing
i to a friend in Nenana from Dan
bury Conn., under date of December
14, says that the doctor, who is at
tached to Base Hospital No. 95, was
; recently ordered to France for duty i
, with the base hospital and that he
^ arrived there November 14.
This medical unit was ordered:
so that a similar unit could be re
l lieved and returned to the States.
1 Base Hospital No. 95 was at
; Palo Alto, Hnd prior to leaving for
! France, was sent for a short time
ito Camp Upton, N. Y.
While on furlough recntly, visit
! ing with Mrs. Smith at Brooklyn, j
• N. Y., Dr. Smith was playing in the
I yard with his dog Jack, throwing
1 him sticks to retrieve. He miscal
! culated a throw and the stick lit on
the terrace. Jack promptly made a
dive for it and was run over and
killed instantly by a passing auto.1
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Neil McCall, who is prospecting
on Eva creek, arrived in town on
Saturday night on- a brief business
trip.
Mrs. R. S. McDonald, who was
taken suddenly ill on Friday night,
is reported to be mending very
nicely. She returned to her home
from the hospital today. .
Sylvester Howell arrived in Ne
nana from Fairbanks on Saturday.
He expects to remain in town for
a few days.
The local lodge of the Loyal
1 Order of Moose will hold their regu
lar meeting tomorrow night at the
Moose Hall, on Fourth and Market
street". The meeting will be called
to order promptly at 8 p. m.
A large class of candidates will
be initiated at the meeting. The
meetings of the Moose lodge are
held twice a month, on the second
and fourth Tuesday of each month.
The next meeting of the Moose
after tomorow night will be on
January 28th.
CLOSING OUT
Our Large Stock of Furniture, Rugs,
Beds, Bedding, etc. Anderson
Bros. & Nerland.
M. C. Edmunds, of the A. E. G.
staff- left for Fairbanks on Com
mission business Saturday. He will
be gone about a week.
Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
Anderson, Herman
Allred, Mrs. Clara
Kudow, A1
Browne, P. D.
Bresnahan, E. D.
Blankfield, D.
Bowen, J. R.
Blair, Roy
Brooker, Ed
Bennett, J. F.
Ball, I. B.
Brown, Erie
Burns, R. E.
Calderhead, R. W.
Campbell, N. J.
Coghill, W. A.
Cooney, M. .T.
Doner. Frank
Diven, R J.
Douse, Fred
Davis, Harry
Ekeland, Alf
Funk, A. B.
Fisher, Joe
Flower, J. H.
Foster, Steve
Gagnon, Wm.
Haslem, H. G.
Hagan, James
Hill, L. W.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey, Andy !
Gray, E. B.
Gilcher, W. H. ]
Hyland, Mike
Isabel, L. C.
Irvine, A. J.
Johnson, A. G.
Jones, Frank
Jacobsen, J. C.
Julian, VV. J.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter
Joseph, H. B.
Koland, Knut
Ketooroky, John A.
I.aughlin, E. I,.
Lund, E. E.
Lehr, Q. F.
Myers, R. R.
Moore, Frank B.
Miles, J. H.
McDonald, R. S.
Martin, G. S.
Morris, R. C. j
Nash, Martin !
O’Keefe, Larry
Parks, S. E.
Pennington, G. W
Palfy, Paul
Packer, W. I..
Ryan, VV. A.
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Schaeffer, M. A.
Slippern, J. A.
Simson, I.ipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellandor, C. J.
Stone, A. J.
Schmidt. Pete
Smith, Chas.
Southworth, R. G.
Spira, Frank
Thompson, Theodore
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. J.
Van Orsdel, J. C. *
Williams, E. A
Waechter, R. I.
We Carry the Best Grade of
MACKINAW SHIRTS, COATS and PANTS
Finest assortment of Men's Socks, Daniel
Green Felt Shoes and Slippers, Moccasins,
Wool Blankets and Comforters
A Full Line of Miner's and Trapper’s Supples
FOWLER & MORRIS
GROCERS
Kish sausage is being manufac
tured in Seweden. Karly in Sep
tember its retail price in Ilelsin
borg ranged from 55 to 63 cents
per pound.
Neuana—Tlie Gateway to McKinley
National Park.
L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
Shop in Portland Building
Now Open for Business with
Full Line of Requisites
r.s. McDonald
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE RENTALS
LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
(New York Life)
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
FOR RENT
Slielclon-Bihson Stage Line
Carrying U. S. Mails
For CHITINA and WA POINTS
Every Tuesday N'orning
Special Auto for parties of four
or more any time.
C. Ha-ry Woodward, agent
Fairbanks
RUST HOUSE
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Mrs. Ed. Williams, Prop.
A and FIFTH STREETS
ROOMS AND BOARD
ROOMS 75c and $1.00
Coffee and Doughnuts 25c
DOG KENNELS
WANT ADS
LOST—The first week in January
by mistake in laundry delivery,
blue and white silk waist, size 44.
• Please notify Mrs. D’Orsay, Third
and A street. 18
FOUND.—Small mesh handbag.
Owner can recover same by call
ing at News office, identifying
property and paying cost of ad
vertising.
DOG FISH—8c a pound. Johnson’s
Store. 13
LOST—A Grey Husky Dog, about
Nov. 27th; has collar on neck.
Finder return to Coghill’s store.
Gentlemen’s Suits cleaned and
pressed, Fur Coats lined and reno
vated; Ladies’s Suits and Dresses
-enovated at the 'Tailor Shop on
Upper A street, near Third.
FOR SALE.—A kitchen cabinet and
a Smith-Premier typewriter. Ap
ply at Mrs. Carter’s.
NICELY HOUSE
With Belmont In Connection
POOL CANDIES CIGARS
AND TOBACCOS
WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
PRICES REASONABLE
Rates By the Week or Month
MRS. NICELY, Proprietress
Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
ARCTIC HOTEL
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
Tom Smith, Prop.
COLES AIR TIGHT
HEATERS
RANG ES
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
Yukon Stoves and Drums
Air Tight Heaters
Any Thing in the Sheet Metal, Plumb
ing or Heating Line
Tanana Sheet Metal Works