THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April lf 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for eniry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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SHOULD GET RESULTS.
Governor Riggs .v:i 1 have an ex
cellent opportunity as head of the
Alaska delegation to the Democratic
national convention to get a strong
piank for Alaska in the national
platform, believes a coast exchange.
If this is done, it will do a great
deal of good for the North. In the
past, delegates to national conven
tions “pointed with pride" to planks
denouncing “carpetbaggers." etc.
What Alaska needs is a plank pledg
ing the people a wider scope of
home rule and national legislation
unlocking the resources of the Ter
riury. Without producing mines,
sawmills and oil claims it matters
iittie who fills the Alaska offices.
A UNITED PARTY.
It is evident from the tone of the
interviews given out by J. C. Mc
Bride. successful candidate for Re
publican national committeeman in
the Alaska primary election, that
support of primary candidates at
the November election will be the
most impurtam^aualiftcation for ap
pointment t? r»blic office in the
Territory, should the Republican
presidential candidate win the na
tional election.
Committeeman McBride’s declara
tion rings true, says the Seattle
Alaska Dispatch, and the Territory
will be better served by the selec
tion of men who can bury personal
likes and dislikes in support of their
party nominees. There is an excel
lent opportunity for the Republican
party in Alaska tw become a sub
stantial political organization. The
party will never accomplish much
for the people of the North if it
become? torn and ragged by reason
of petty jealousy and dislikes. Mr.
McBride can certainly be congratu
lated upon his stand for party
unity.
“IN GOOD FAITH."
The Government, two years ago,
was directing broadsides of appeal
to its citizens in the mining busi
ness, by full page advertisements
begging them to produce war min
eral. s Wherever it could locate an
individual miner who had such a
deposit or who had become knowr
to an authorized bureau of the Gov
ernment. he was specifically picked
off by some individual in the bu
reau. Thus, says the Mining Con
gress Journal, the campaign for th^
production of war minerals wa
pushed forward, by both broadsides
of attack and individual sharpshoot
ers.
Congress, -a year ago, passed a
law to reimburse the losses of thos<
who were the victims of this at
tack. This law has now been con
strued so that only those who wer«
picked off by the sharpshooters an
to be taken care of. But the vie
tims of the broadside are just a;
badly hurt as the victims of th£
sharpshooters.
Right here this vital truth should
be pointed out: The liability of tht
Government did not arise primarily
from the method of its solicitation
for production, but it arose from
its failure to sustain the markets
! for these minerals at prices and
over a period for which the pro
ducers were assured it would be
sustained.
Out of this failure arises the lia
bility of the Government. And it
is for this failure to carry out its
i part of the contract that the Gov
i ernment should now pay its citizens
: who have been the victims of its
bad faith.
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GOOD OLD TIMES AND PRICES
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Before us as we turn from read- j
ing in the news columns of the i
profiteer expectation of 32-cent
i sugar lies an interesting list of re
! tail sale prices applying to the town
| of Nantucket, Mass., writes the edi
| tor of the N'ew York World. “White
! sugar.” says the list. “13 pounds
I for SI." And there are accompany- ;
■ ing promises of such things as
- coffee at 15 cents a pound, linen
table-cloths at a dollar each, pota
toes at 2 cents a pound, sheeting at
8 cents a yard, silk gloves at 25 '
cents a pair, and molasses at 30
cents a gallon. t \
"With* a thought to a necessary in
headgear for the summer, we quote
“straw hats from IT to 50 cents
each.”
Nantucket was about 1 to years
old when these prices were current.
With the rest of the world it has
grown three-quarters of a century
older since those days of S-cent
sugar. For we have been citing
trade-lists of 1844, a year well
placed between the panic of '37 and
Mexican war times, which gave
something of a lift to prices.
Profiteers of 1920 may remini
us that if the cost of living was so
much less in the last year of John
Tyler's term as President, so also
were the wages of labor much low
er. That we had not in 1844 been
fighting world battles in Europe;
that the excess-profits tax had not
been invented; that twelve-billion
dollar Congresses had not yet ar
rived, and that the country had not
been penalized in hundreds of mill
ions of dollars as a means of its
rescue from the rum demon, are
other considerations.
Be these matters as they are,
however, and let historic and eco
nomic facts balance as they will, we
cling with fascination to the out
dates price-lists of Nantucket. They
convince us that, despite the con
descensions of modern iconoclasts,
there may be something in the
heart-searching legend of “the good
old times."
BUT NOT LEATHER.
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Hide dealers of Oklahoma de
clare the bottom has fallen out of
the hide and wool markets.
Green salted hides which recently
were selling for 18 cents a pound
have dropped to 12. The manager
of a well-established hide company
in Oklahoma City says the price will
go as low as 10 cents, adding that
the same condition exists in all the
markets of the country.
The wool market shows an even
worse state of demoralization. Wool
which a year ago ranged from 50
to 55 cents a pound now is virtually
impossible to get 25 cents for. The
CELEBRATION DANCE
UNION MALL
SATURDAY NIGHT
STARTS AT 1 0:30
SPECIAL MUSIC
Admission $1.50 Ladies Free
1 Anderson Bros. & Nerland i
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S We A-e Overstocked With 3
BEDS. SPRINGS. MATTRESSES 1
H Sash, Doors, Building Material of All Kinds
| HARDWARE. GRANITEWARE, ETC. I
H Will Be Sold at :1
| Bedrock Prices Until Further Notice i
Middle Fork Roadhouse
16 Miles South of Summit
JACOBSON, DAHL & MITCHELL
BEST ACCOMMODATIONS ON TRAIL
KENNEL ROOM FOR 75 DOGS
demand for wool is so slight tha:
no dealers are making purchases ex
cept where they get an opportunity
to buy at such low prices that they
are willing to take a chance.
A recent attempt of the Wool
Growers’ association to hold a wool
sale at Enid was called off because
there were no buyers.
Hat Nett, all cotort. A hat net of
1 black bobbinet, fine mesh, will wear
and not tear. Bed Nett made to
they will stand strain at corners and
not tea.'. Suits and coats cleaned
and pressed, ready for the Fourth
of July celebration.
D’ORSAY’S TAILOR SHOP
Phone Third and A Sts.
A 41 -pound king salmon was
! caught in the narrows in front of
Petersburg recently by a troller. The
fish sold for 18 Vi cents a pound,
and is said to the largest yet caught
in Wrangell narrows.
1 Wenana. Where Kalla and Ktrers Meet
Rust Houss
CLEAN AND
COMFORTABLE
ROOMS BY THE DAY,
WEEK OR MONTH
MRS. CHAS. STANFORD
WANT ADS
FOR RENT — Furnished oc'unfur
nisbed. entire door over the Good
Clothes Store, consisting of six
looms and large poich; all mod
ern conveniences. Private en
trance. Apply on prem'-es Lip
man Simson.
PHONOGRAPHS wanted at Sim
son's Department Store.
FOUND—Leather watch fob with
locket. Owner can have same by
calling at The News office.
BUNCH OF SEVEN KEYS found.
Owner can recover by calling at
News office and paying for adv.
BARN' FOR RENT—Second and E.
Three double stalls. Pump in
barn. Inquire at News.
THE DWYER HOME FOR SALE.
Terms reasonable. tf
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GREAT DRAMATIC
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ENLIGHTEN
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DAUGHTERS
Written and Produced by
IVAN ABRAMSON
ALL-STAR CAST
COLISEUM
JULY 3
First Showing in Alaska
Direct from Park Theater,
New York.
A STIRRING PRODUCTION
WITH A MORAL
FRESH EGGS
Outside Potatoes
Fruits of All Kinds
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| We Strive to Please
EVERYTHING THE BEST
Tavern Cafe and Bakery
.{. WM. RODIGKEIT : : : Proprietor $
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
NENANA HOUSE
Large Barn-In Connection-Dog Kennels
MRS. A. B. EAS fERLY, Proprietress.
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Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
j Fourth Monday of Month
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELAND,
Secretary Dictator.
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Department of the Interior
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, o.
at North Xenana.
Tickets will be on sale at ny
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.
The following . hange of schedule
between N'ortn Nenana and Fair
banks is effective June 1, subject to
change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 8:00 a. m.;
arrive North Nenana, 12:30 p. m
Leave North Nenana, 2:0s) p. m ;
arrive Fairbanks, 6:30 p. m.
j A ferry will be run between Ne
nana and North Nenana *o connect
with Fairbanks trains. Passengers
[for Fairbanks should purchase
lets in Nenana before crossing
I ferry.
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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.
Out*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 wo must have fir, 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