THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enirv 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.
Owned and Edited by
R. G. SOUTHWORTH ARTHUR G. BELL
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WHAT ALASKA NEEDS.
An effort will be made during
this session of Congress to concen
trate all Alaska administrative af
fairs in the department of the in
terior, says the Seattle Times.
The department contemplates the
formation of a special bureau to
deal with territorial matters, with a
view to the speeding up of their
disposition.
At the present time thus control
is exercised in three departments—
interior, agriculture, and commerce.
One deals with public lands and
another with forests, and still .an
other with the waters of Alaska.
A reform originating in one de
partment may have' to travel thru
all three before it can be made
effective. The remedying of an evil
situation may call for joint effort
on the part of bureau chiefs, obey
ing the instructions of three cabinet
officers.
Centralization of authority' is nee
esssary if Alaska is to get any
where. Action is essential if the
resources of the country' are to be
made available and population is to
he attracted to it.
Had it not been so rich a land,
had it not possessed so much of
readily obtained wealth, the Terri
tory today would possess only a
fraction of its present white popu
lation.
And that population, at this mo
ment, is but a small part of the
total -which it could support were
the administration of its affairs
more intelligently and were the
utilization of its riches systematical
ly attempted.
Alaska needs only friendly help
to grow. It possesses everything pos
sessed by Norway and Sweden in
the way of climate and agricultural
possibilities. Its coastal sections en
joy a climate milder than that oi
the American Middle West—milder,
in fact, than that of Washington,
D. C.
Its mineral resources (have been
only scratched. Of metals, it pos
sesses a seemingly inexhaustible
store, while coal is plentiful, for
ests are extensive, and water power
is abundant
Alaska’s lack of development is
due solely to the failure of the Gov
ernment to attempt its energetic
development.
Centralization of administrative
authority in a single department in
a single bureau unquestionably
would be of immediate and far
reaching benefit to the country, and
through the utilization of its wealth,
to the United States.
HERRON ANSWERS OPPONENTS.
As certain opponents of the can
didacy of Charles E. Herron for na
tional committeman have been in
dustriously circulating the report
that he has promised all the patron
age of the Territory in return for
support, in fairness to the Repub
licans and to his friends in the Ter
ritory of Alaska, he has authorized
The Anchorage Times publicly to
deny the truth of any such state
ments.
Mr. Herron emphatically states
that he has made no promises what
soever disposing of the patronage
of the Territory; that he has not
allied himself with any faction in
the Republican party for the pur
pose of so doing, and pledges him
self, in the event of his election, to
endorse candidates for any position
only after consulting the wishes of
| the Republicans throughout the Ter
ritory, to the end that party har
mony may be promoted and efficien
cy in office secured.
IT WOULD BE FUNNY.
! If Hoover should be nominated
i for President by the Republicans it
j would make some of those senatori
al partisans who have found so
much complaint with the League of
Nations and the action of President
j Wilson in asking for a Democratic
'Congress in 1918 look extremely
i foolish, says the Democratic Alaska
(Juneau) Daily Empire. Hoover is
for the League of Nations and has
announced that he will support the
party that stands for it in case it
is made a political issue. He, in a
letter to Frederic R. Coudert, also
ruged the country to elect a Demo
cratic Congress in 1918, and ad
vanced the same reasons for so do
ing that had been given by Presi
dent Wilson. However, American
people are not taking much stock in
i these days of the attitude or ap
Ipearance of professional politicians.
ELSEWHERE IN ALASKA
j Floating- ice has caused the dis- J
[placement of so many buoys in
Wrangell narrows that it has kept
the lighthouse people busy putting
them in place.
J. E. Nelson will leave Juneau
very shortly, accompanied by his
family, for Tenakee, with a moving
picture outfit, which he will install
and operate there.
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An explosion of the oil-burning
(■furnace in the Bon Marche store
recently at Ketchikan broke the
plate glass windows in the store
and caused other damage. Louis
Hanson, proprietor of the store, was
badly burned about the face and
arm. He will recover.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jack O’Connor, for
merly of Fairbanks and now of
Hyder, have opened a laundry in
Jim Mowatt’s house across the creek
from the Forty-Nine barns. Jack
I has been 20 years in the North and
a trip out to Seattle last year was
the first in that time. He and Mrs.
O’Connor cannot stand the city any
more and are glad to get back to
Alaska.
About a dozen employes of the
Bering River Coal company struck
for a 14 percent raise in wages
recently, and not getting it, went
to Cordova.
Mrs. F. D. Browne and Miss Lu
cile Diven returned to town yester
day afternoon from the end of steel.
Women'* Hosiery, all land*, re
markably cheap. Fowler & Morris.
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The skull of a man was fouml !
on the beach at Vank island recently
by Forest Ranker J. L. McKechnie
and was delivered to the deputy i
marshal at Petersburg. The skull j
is apparently that of a white man <
and had not been in the water any
great length of time. The flesh
and the scalp are entirely gone,
but most of the teeth are intact ..
and in good condition. 1
OLDT1MER IS SEEKING
PLACE IN SITKA HOME j
Secretary Frank Rourke of the *
local igloo of Pioneers is in re
ceipt of a letter from James Mon
roe, oldtime Alaskan, who is at j
present in San Francisco, seeking'
assistance to enter the home fqr j
pioneers at Sitka. Monroe came to j
Alaska in 1884 and went out last!
fall for the benefit of his health, i
In December he suffered a stroke
of paralysis, from which he has'j
only partially recovered.
He worked in Nenana for a cou-1
pie of years, driving team for the .
Alaskan Engineering commission. 1
The matter will be taken up with 1
Judge Bunnell.
aenana, Aiasjca ■ xuienor ruej jjepot
GRACE (Presbyterian) CHURCH!
REV. ROBT. r
JOSEPH DIVEN j1
D. D. !*
MINISTER
11:45—The children’s hour.
The evening subject will be:
“Hatred and Its Fruits.”
Music begins at 7:15 Lecture 7:30
Everybody Welcome
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ;
Sunday school will be held ■
Hie eld eommieBioner’s office build*)
ing, opposite the poctoffice, Sunday
•t .l p. »*. j
The regular service will be held, ■
at the same, place at two o’clock, j
Subject: “Are Sin, Disease and
Death Real?"
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WANT ADS
VA N’T ED—Middle-aged man to do'
outside work at roadhouse on j
Broad Pass trail. Inquire at News i
office.
1UNCH OF SEVEN KEYS found.!
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Owner can recover by calling at i
News office and paying for adv. j
'HE DWYER HOME FOR SALE. |
Terms reasonable. , tf j
’OITND—Bunch of keys. Inquire
at Central Cafe.
'OR 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.
'OR SALE—Two-room house, part
ly furnished, with lot. Desirable
locality. Inquire News office. tf;
'OR RENT—Cascade laundry. Fully !
equipped and with established in - i
come. No cash required. Inquire1
at Arctic. i
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George S. Hynes, who has organ- '
jed a company to install a water, j
ght and power plant at Hyder, an- j
!
ounces that he has completed ar- !
angements to erect a large hotel j
t that place. It is said the hotel j
nil be modem in all arrangements !
nd contain 59 rooms.
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAYS
OF MONTH, AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Martin Naab,
Snrrafnry. President.
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NENANA LODGE No. 1193 I
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MEETS AT MOOSE HALL;
Fourth and B Streets |
Second and Fourth Mondays
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
Department of tbe Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
:hase tickets before entering train >
Tickets can be purchased fr*m
he station agent, whose office is in
he employment office, on the ground
loor of the General Office Building.
Maskan Engineering Commission, or
tt Catnp 415 (North Nenana).
Tickets will be on sale at ;.n>
ime during office hours, and can be
mrchased in sufficient time before
he departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
he foot of A street ou Wednesdays
>nd Saturdays at 8 a. m., and frftiri
-amp 415 (North Nenana), for
-'airbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, a'
L p. m.
The following is the schedule be
;ween North Nenana and Fairbanks,
subject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7:00 a. m.;
trrive North Nenana, 11:30 a. m
Leave North Nenana 1:00 p. m
irrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m.
No tickets will be sold crossing
:he river. Those intending to trav
:1 to Fairbanks must make Hieir
>vrn arrangements for reaching
(forth 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
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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