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
Hub of Alaska —_Where Rails and Rivers Meet
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this paper and also all the local news published herein
The British industrial record of
1922 has been 'disastrous for em
ployment and workers generally,"
according to labor commentators,
who declare that during the year
reductions in wages totalled $5,000,
000 pounds sterling a week, and
affected 7,500,000 workpeople. This
followed a fall of 7,000,000 pounds
sterling in 1921, and it shows a se
vere cut in the incomes and the
spending power of workers. > To it
should be aded the loss involved
by unemployment and under- em
ployment.
Some 19.893.000 day? were lost
in the course of 535 disputes in
volving 552,000 workpeople. The
engineering and shipbuilding indust-!
ries were responsible for over 17,
000,000 of these lost days.
Unemployment figures are des
cribed as representing “an enormous
waste of skilled, trained, human ;
power in productive capacity,'' but
is noted that tfne latest figures
show some improvement from the
worst. In January 1922, 1,925,450
gradually decreased to 1.412.527 in,
October, but they rose to 1,454,356;
in November. The cost of living,
which started the year 92 percent
above normal, was down- to 78 per-j
c ent in October, bu!: rose to 80 j
percent at the end of the year.
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Domestic servants are highly priz
ed in Vienna, and there are no
where near enogh to fill the de
mand. And of course the govern
ment colects a head tax. Recentlv
the tax collectors figured they could i
increase the rate 25 fold, which
they promptly did. At the same
time they increased the dog tax
100 fold, and the tax on automo
biles 12 fold.
Gold deposits have been located
#ir, the iron-ore mountains near Cor- ,
bach, Germany. One ton of clay ,
earth, which was analyzed as an
experiment, was found to contain
44 grams of the precious metal. ;
This assay aroused the interest of ;
German experts, in view of the
fact that there are gold mines in
operation which net only 10 grams \
of gold per ton of earth. Bearing (
deposits have been uncovered in ]
ll
several different parts of the moun
tain.
OUR COAL SUPPLY
Seward is fortunate in securing
plenty of coal at a low price, says
the Seward Gateway. Some of the
best coal yet brought to town is
now selling at S10 per ton deliver
ed, and the price will undoubtedly
drop lower yet when the Commis
sion completes its plans for trans
portation.
Before making t!he trip over the
load we had heard many rumors to
the effect that it would be impos
sible to haul trains of coal over
the Seward-Anehorage section, but
after making the trip we were ag
reeably surprised to find a two
per cent grade and no serious ob
stacles to hauling any freight that
the bridges will hold up. At the pres
sent time trains of from ten to four
teen cars are pulled over any road
in the east by like power. A Shay
locomotive would pul! twice the load
the present engines do, and pull
it easily.
Several years ago much talk was
going the rounds that the road
would be compelled to come out at
Portage Bay in the Port Wells
district. Time has shown the fallacy '■
of such rumors and demonstrated,
that the Commision knew its bus-1
ness. The fact that coal and freight
:rams are going back and forth
over the road daily is proof that
oads can be hauled and are being
lauled daily.
WTiile it may be impossible at
:he present time for local mines
-o compete with mines in the States
oy shipping coal Outside, there is
10 need for any vessel to go South
vith an empty hold when it can be
olaced in Seward for five or six
lollars per ton by the carload.
- oast towns use Alaska coal, and
hould use Alaska coal.
Billy Brown, jailer at Tanana,
irrived from the army town today
md will go to Fairbanks tomorow.
“£\ER\BODY can buy groceries,
eed and supplies WHOLESALE.
Vrite for free pricelist. Peoples
irocery, 701 Olive St. Seattle.”
’EOPLES GROCERY COMPAVT j
runc.3i activiur. iu srtnu
. LARGE SUM ON ROAD WORK
Expenditures or approximately
$600,000 are contemplated during
the present year by the Bureau of
Public Roads in the First and Third
Divisions in carrying out the pro
gram approved last year by the De
partment of Agriculture and the
tentative 1923 program just trans
mitted to the Department for ap
proval and authorization of fund-.
The latter calls for an allotment of
$310,000 ne\v money in addition to
that authorized during the past year
| This amount covers all of the unob
j ligated balances of the Forest Ser
j vice in current road funds from all
| sources up to July 1, this year,
i The current program as announc
ed by Mr. Merritt, is divided into
j two parts, the unfinished portion of
the orginal 1922 program and the
new work recommended for appro
val for 1923. In the first is the
Tee Harbor-Eagle River section of
Glacier Highway which was approv
ed last year by the Department and
funds authorized. On this work ap
proximately $120,000 will be avail
able. In addition there will be other
expenditures on the same route, in
cluding $40,000 to be expended in
completing the Auk-Bay-Tee Harbor
I section, under contract let last
; Spring, and $20,000 for beginning
reconstruction of the Juneau-Men
j denhall Glacier section. This means
! that work will be in progress over
i the entire road from Juneau to Ea
gle River Valley.
Other incomplete projects which
will be renewed this year are: The
Wrangell cannery road; continuation
of surfacing on the Petersburg-Scow
Bay project; completion of the
j Wards Coce section of Tongass High
way to Facker school house; com
pletion of the Cordova-Eyak Lake
i road around to the head of the lake. 1
where the Territorial fish hatchery
is located; completion on all unfin
ished projects are estimated at ap
proximately $285,000.
One of the largest single projects
from a standpoint of expenditure,
recommended on the tentative pro
gram is $65,000 for work on the
road between Sitka and the Sawmill
Creek power house. It is proposed
to construct four and one-half miles
of new road there. For work on the
Saxman section of Tongass High
way, where two miles are to be con
structed this year, $40,000 is recom
mended. For begining reconstruction
of Glacier Highway between Juneau.
and Mendenhall Glacier $20,000 is
asked. An additional $10,000 for
further river protection on the Sal
mon River road at Hyder is also in
cluded.
New projects in the Third Divi
sion carried in the tentative pro -■
gram are: A road from Hope up
Palmer Creek a distance of 12 L .
miles to the Hershey mine $65,000; ,
sever, and one-half miles of road .
from Girdwood mine. $60,000; re- ,
construction on the Moose Pass .
route from Mile 29 to Sunrise. $20.- .
000. Maintenance on all Forest Ser
vice or B. P. R. roads, is included j
at $30,000.
“All of the new projects are con- j
sidered w-orthy ones and have been i
recommended by District Forester 1
Charles H. Flory to the Department ]
for immediate construction,” said >
Mr. Merritt. It is expected that the c
tentative program will be appr ed 1
by the Department substantial1.-.- as i
it was transmitted. Virtually all of i
the work, it is believed, will be let t
out to contractors and bids will be -v
called for as soon as the approval f
of the Secretary of Agriculture has c
been secured. . v
JitAMjmr man rKtLMtTS
MANY TOURISTS THIS YEAR
The tourist season to Alaska this
year will exceed that of any pre
vious time, according to inquiries
received by the Alaska Steamship
Company from all parts of the
States and preparations are now
being made to handle the influx of
visitors to the Territory now pend
ing according to F. H. Knickerbock
er, general manager for the Alaska
Steamship Company who passed
through Juneau recently on the
way to Seattle, after a trip to
the Westward to study conditions
there in anticipation of summer
business.
This year, as never before, Mr.
Knickerbocker said, inquires have
been made as to tourist accomoda
tions for trips over the Richardson !
Highway and Government Railroad!
to Fairbanks and to McKinley Park
The company will probably make •
satisfactory arrangements to carry
the tourist travel through these dis
tricts.
Over $35,000 is to be expended
on the overhauling and remodeling i
of the steamship Victoria. The ship*
will be remodeled to give added and
more spacious passenger accommo
dations, tourists will be afforded j
luxurious travel from Seattle to the!
Westward. It is probable the dele
gation, of about 60 people to take
part in the dedication of McKinley
Park this summer will make the
trip north from Seattle on the new
steamer. i
A new freighter Del Rosa, sis
ter ship to the Medon, is to be put
on the run. Mr. Knickerbocker said
the company contemplates running
freighters to the Cold Bay oil fields
and will extend this business as op
erations are developed and extended
in that district
DIVIDE THE TERRITORY
Considerable agitation has been
carried on of late by Anchorage
and Ketchikan newspapers, favor
ing the division of the Territory of i
Alaska comments the Cordova Times
Irrespective of the capital ques-1
tion which is just now inspiring it.
the agitation should meet with a
hearty response from Cordova.
Southeastern Alaska has always
been the tail that wagged the dog. j
Dominated by interests quite total
ly diverse from those of the re-i
nainder of the Territory, South
?astern Alaska has always been in
fested with near-Alaskans, spend
ng most of their time and money
n the States and returning to
Ketchikan and Juneau chiefly to
nake a new cleanup, politically or
Hherwise. The interests of the re-'
nainder of the Territory have not
roncerned it, and the continuous
>ull and haul between the two
latural divisions has been inimical
0 the welfare of both. Under the
iroposed division, making two ter
ritories grow where but one has
rrown before, the boundary line
vould be an extension of that be
ween Canada and Alaska, cutting
1 own to the southwest to a point
>etween Icy Bay and Yakutat. This
could sever Southeastern Alaska
rom the rest of the Territory and
ree to develop its own interests
argely under the direction of the
lureau of Forestry, which now
irtually controls it. Alaska, on the ,
ther hand with its oil and coal i
ands, its mines, its fisheries and
ts agricultural resources, admin
ftered as is fit and proper under
he Department of the Interior and
■*ith its own governor, would be
reed from the trammels of the
onf’icting interests of the Tail, and
•ould be able to *‘mush” along
Alaska Steamship Co.
SAFETY SPEED SERVICE
VESSEL
NORTHWESTERN
ALAMEDA
NORTHWESTERN
ALAMEDA ..
NORTHWESTERN
ALAMEDA
Lv. Seattle
. Jan. 4
Jan. 13
.Jan. 24
Feb. 3
Feb 14
Feb. 24
Lv. Seward
Jan. 10
Jan. 20
Jan. 31
Feb. 10
Feb. 21
Mar. 3
NOTE—Trains arriving in Seward on above dates are scheduled
to connect with ships sailing South. Unless these is an unusual de
lay in Train Service, the ships will always wait for the train if
necessary.
FOR RATES AND RESERVATIONS APPLY TO
J. H. FLICKINGER, A. H. McDONALD.
Agent. Seward. Alaska Agent. Anchorage
A. A. SHONBECK
ANCHORAGE
LIME, PLASTER, CEMENT, FIRE BRICK, FIRE CLAY
Explosives and Blasting Supplies
COAL OIL GASOLINE LUBRICATING OILS GREASES
MAY and GRAIN
%
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in its own way to its ultimate des
tination. The plan is a practicable
and sensible one, and has the added
and unique virtue of being favored
alike by Southeastern Alaska and
the remainder of the Territory. It
is one of the few proposals on :
which the different sections of the!
Territory are undoubtedly agreed,
and the agdtat.on of Southeastern
Alaska, fearful of losing its cap-i
itai, will be heartily seconded by the!
rest of the Territory for other and
better reasons.
DOG FOR SALE—Good leader
S40.00. Frank Frey, first place be
low Russian Jonn, on Tanana river. .
ORDER YOUR
COAL
BY PHONE
Healy River
Coal
Corporation
PHONE YOUR ORDERS
TO THE
RAILROAD CIGAR STORE
William A. Hesse
MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
BOX 1035, FAIRBANKS
HERMAN ANDERSON'S
MODERN RESIDENCE
FOR SALE
Has the following rooms:
1 Entrance Vestibule.
I Large Living room, 16X26.
3 Berrooms (each has clothes clo
se:. )
1 Large Kitchen, white enamel,
with breakfast nook, seating six
persons.
1 Bathroom, finished in white e
namel, with bath tub, wash basin
and lavatory.
1 Good well, with clear water all
the year.
1 Kohler & Campbell piano.
1 Edison Gold Medal Phonograph.
A houseful of A 1 oak furniture.
1 Dustproof warehouse, 45X45.
The basement of the house can be
used for warm storage. Capacity ov
er 50 tons.
For further information see Her
man Anderson.
LOCAL TRaIn "SCHEDULE^™
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
Trains leave and arrive Nenana a*
follows:
8:00 p. m.. Tuesday and Friday for
Seward and intermediate points
Returning arrives Nenana 6:45 a
m., same days.
1:30 p. m., Tuesday and Friday for
Dunbar, Fairbanks and Chatanika
Arrives Nenana 12:30 p. m., Tues
day and Friday.
Pullman sleeper charges: Lower
berth, $4.50; upper berth, $3.50
Tickets entitle holders to privi
leges Observation car.
D. H. WILLIAMS
Undertaking Parlors
Licenced Embalmer
Funeral Director
Anchorage — Nenana — Seward
CHAS. E. BERGMAN
Nenana Manager
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ATTENTION-TRAPPERS AND FUR DEALERS!
DON'T SEND YUUR FURS OUT OF ALASKA -- SEND TO US AT ONCE
W e Handle Only the Highest Grades that will Attract Attention in the St. Louis and
Chicago Markets. We have a Special Order for
6 Silver Gray Fox, 3 Black Fox and 3 Blue Fox
Must be Prime Skins. Send them at once by Registered Mail and we will send you the Highest Market Price
SEND US PRIME SKINS OF ANY ANIMAL
400 Water St. A. M. WHITE & CO., Ketchikan P. O. Box 902
Recently Advertising Agent Fouke Fur Co. in Northern Alaska
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