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SUB JOHNSON
IKS ACTION ON
RAILROAD LAYOFF
Among those to whom telegrams
were sent by the committee ap
pointed to represent the people of
Nenana, at a mass meeting, held
shortly after the big layoff on the
railroad occurred, was Senator
' Hiram Johnson, of California,
j Mr. Charles N. Graham, chairman
of the peoples’ committee, received
the following communication from
Senator Johnson on the last mail:
Washington, D. C. Feb. 5, 1919
Mr. Charles N. Graham. Committee
Employees A. E. C., Nenana,
Alaska.
“My dear Sir:—Upon receipt of
the telegram signed by yourself and
other members of the Committe
of Employes of the Fairbanks Divi
sion, Alaska Engineering commis
sion, I communicated with the sec
retary of the interior. He has re
sponded to my communication, as
follows:
“ ‘I am in receipt from you under
date of January 28th of a telegram
from a committee of Alaskan Engin
eering commission employees of
Nenana, Alaska, relative to unem
ployment. In his letter to me dated
January 27th, Mr. Edes, chairman
of the Commission, has covered the
existing conditions in the Interior
of Alaska, and I pttac-h a copy of
said letter for your information.
“ ‘To similar telegrams I have
replied that we are hoping for some
additional funds before March 4th
to continue work on the Alaska rail
road.
“ ‘I trust this information will
serve your purpose.
(Signed) FRANKLIN K. LANE’
"I enclose to you the* copy of
communication referred to by the
secretary.
“Sincerely,
“HIRAM W. JOHNSON”
Thr '• Her from Chairman Edes,
of the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion to Secretary Lane, enclosed in
Senator Johnson's letter, is as
follows:
Washington, D. C., Jan. 27, 1919
“My dear Mr. Secretary:
“In connection with telegrams of
the 26th inst. from Nenana Com
mercial club and Committee of
Workingmen at Nenana, referred
to me by your office, and herewith
returned, I have to state as follows:
“The appropriation for the fiscal
year 1919 is being exhausted.
There now remains enough, with
strict economy, to carry the neces
sary pay roll for several months.
During the past season we have em
ployed all available labor. The
cessation of gold mining and other
industries in Alaska has caused
all the old prospectors and others,
who naturally engage in those in
i dustries, to turn to the Alaskan
i Engineering commission for work.
(This has been especially true at
Nenana. These men have been given
: work during the past season al
though I am free to say some of
their services have not been espe
cially efficient. The season of the
year has arrived when work cannot
be continued economically, and
naturally there is a considerable
curtailment. No new cord
been created, but probably this year
!it is more severe than formerly
| owing to the cessation of other in
| dustries and the lack of money in
' the territory.
“In the appropriation for fiscal
year 1920 an amount of $1,000,000
has been asked to be made imme
diately available If this is granted
by the present Congress, we can
start some new work early in the
season; in fact, if we had the
assurance that this would be forth
coming, we could do some more
work in clearing right of way, cut
ting ties, ets., during the winter, i
“The question to be considered
at Nenana, seems to me is this: A
situation has been created for which
the Alaskan Engineering commis- (
sion is in no ways responsible. None
of the men (outside of some cleri
cal and engineering employees)
1 were brought to Nenana by the
' Commission, but they gathered there
from the neighboring -ountry. We
gave them work when it wa econo
mical to carry on such work and
when funds were available. Are we
expected to carry on work during
the winter when it is uneconomical
to do so, in order to provide em
ployment for these men, and if so,
whee is the money to come from?
“I have no especial sympathy for
the merchants and others in the
town of Nenana. They had no
reason to expect that the winter
pay roll on the railroad would equal
the summer one. As a matter of
fact I think Nenana has suffered
less in proportion than other towns
in the territory. I have sympathy
' for the poor laborers who see a long
dark season before them and no
immediate employment ahead, al
though as stated we are in no ways
responsible for this condition. We
are simply up against the same
problem that is likely to confront
the country, unless all public work
is pushed.
“If we have any assurance from
the Appropriations Committee that
additional funds will be given us
by the present Congress, I can keep
more men at work at Nenana dur
ing the winter, but as I have said
before, it will not be economical
and we must not be charged with
extravagance if wTe do so.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) WM. C EDES,
“Chairman.”
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ANCHORAGE. — Sugar beets
grown in the Matanuska valley,
which is on the line of the govern
ment railroad, 36 miles north of
Anchorage, contain such a gratify
ing percentage of sugar that their
production in commercial quantities
is regarded as a likely possibility
of the near future. Returns on
tests made on the Matanuska vege
table by the department of Agri
culture at Washington, D. C., show
that the beets submitted to the
Washington authorities contained
from 14.6 to 16.9 per cent sugar.
The vegetables were grown in the
season of 1918 by rrederiek E.
Rader, superintendent of the United
States Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion in the Matanuska valley, and
were sent by him to the department
of agriculture.
“Of course,” said Mr. Rader, “it
is not to be expected that this first
crop of Matanuska beets should
contain as high a percentage of
sugar as is contained in beets grown
in the old, well-cultivated districts
in the States. Neither was the
Matanuska yield, which averaged
from seven to eight tons per acre,
as heavy as the yield of beet land
in the States. New land, in all
fairness, cannot be expected to
produce as well as old land ”
Mrs. Ray McDonald, who was a
nurse in the employ of St. Mat
thew’s hospital, in Fairbanks, sev
eral years ago, her name then be
ing Miss O’Connor, is now in the
employ of the Alaskan Engineering
commission, as a member of the
nursing staff of the Anchorage hos
pital. '
The Alaska Pioneer, a Ketchikan
weekly newspaper which was startel
by T. R. Needham, formerly of
Fairbanks, and the late Paul Stan
hope, about a year ago, is now pre
paring to enter the daily field in
opposition to the Ketchikan Miner,
published by John Rivard, former
Chenaite. Stock in the new paper;
is being offered the Ketchikan pub
lic at $5 per share.
W. J. Hubback, former chief ac
countant in the employ of the Alas
kan Engineering commission at
Nenana. now has a lucrative po^:
tion wththe Sims-Carey contracting
company, of Seattle. A letter re
| ceived from Seattle yesterday stated
that Hub might move to New York,
' where the company wants him to
take charge of their Eastern office.
Miss Liverson, who spent a year
in Nenana as a member of the
nursing staff of the local hospital,
is now engaged in private nursing
in Seattle and is thinking of re
turing North during the coming
season.
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RELATIVES SEEK
MAM
The governor’s office is in re
ceipt of a letter requesting informa
tion regarding the -present where
abouts of William Bernhardt Geh
renbeck, son of Mrs. Kattie Gehren
back of No. 11 Wilson avenue, S. E.
St. Cloud, Minr
Anyone having information re
garding the whereabouts of the miss
ing man is requested to communi
cate with the governor's office at
Juneau.
DANCING ACADEMY
MEETS ON THURSDAY
As announced at the dancing
class last night, Thursday night has
been selected as the next meeting
night of the dancing academy, and
until further notice, the dancing
academy will, in future, meet on
Tuesdays and Thursdays.
NOTICE
A meeting of the Nenana club!
will be held at the club room in I
the Union Hall on Tuesday, March
11th, commencing promptly at 8
o’clock in the evening.
All members are urged to be in
attendance.
The omission of an “s” in the
account of Mrs. Larry O’Keefe’s
bridge party, which appeared in yes
terday’s issue of the News, made
it appear that Mr. Gilcher had won
first prize, whereas it was Mrs.
Gilcher who made the high score.
Frank Jones is an inmate of
the Commission hopital. He is
suffering from an attack of pneu
monia.
William Hunter, who was ad
mitted to the hospital recently with
an attack of pneumonia, is re
ported to be improving.
OLDTIMER LEAVES
FOR HOT SPRINGS
F. H. Barnett left this morning
with Charley Smith’s dog team
bound for the Big Chena Hot
Springs, where he will spend a
few weeks.
He expects to make Fairbanks
this evening, and will .stay in the
upper town a few days before re
suming his journey to the Big
Chena country. A
MRS. J. C. VAN ORSDEL
REACHED SEATTLE
A telegram received this morning
by F C. \ anOrsdel contains the
news that Mrs. VanOrsdei reached
Seattle safe on Saturday.
She is living at the McKay
apartments on 7th and Bike streets.
Miss Billings, former nurse at
the local hospital, is still at Camp
Lewis, where she is nursing Uncle
Sam's soldiers. She expects to be
released within a short time.
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Harry Karstens’ auto left at
noon today with Joe Roberts for
Standard creek and Dr. de la Vergne
jfor Fairbanks.
i The Burgess automobile left Fair- >
j banks with a little mail and Jack
Miller as passenger for Nenana, ar
' riving here this evening.
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