THE NENANA PAfLY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for emry as second class mail matter, under the Act of Harcb 3, 1879.
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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. Southworth — — — — Editor and Manager
Mrs. R. G. South worth — — — Circulation Manager
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this paper and also all the local news published herein.
The News dislikes continually to
be finding fault with the Alaskan
Engineering Commission, but we feel
that protest should be made against
the closing of the Government hospi
tal at Nenana. We appreciate the
fact that the necessity for conserv
ing railroad funds is becoming daily
more urgent and that hospital re
quirements as a part of the rail
road project are diminishing as the
work progresses; but the hospital is
a necessary part of the community
in which it is located, and the fact
should not be ignored that there
still remains much dangerous work j
ahead in this division, necessitating:
a continuance of provision for the j
care of Government patients until
such time as uninterrupted rail
communication will make possible
the treatment of emergency cases
at points farther than Nenana from
the dangerous Canyon district.
So long as there remains hazard
ous work to be done, the Alaskan
Engineering Commission owes it to
its employes to provide them with ,
every safeguard and with every j
facility for caring for them in time
of need. The saving of a single
life, through haring proper hospi- ■
tal care within reach would justify'
many times the cost of continuing'
an established hospital in operation. '
It is true the Nenana hospital !
has not yet been closed, but it 's1
in the minds of the officials of the
Commission to close the institution
l
at a very early date. And it might
be that no serious consequences will
result, but we believe the risk in
volved in such a step should not be
considered lightly. Adequate protec
tion to life and limb should come
ahead of dollars.
It has come to the notice of The
News that there is some opposition
to the proposal to incorporate, but
we have not heard the arguments of
those who are opposing it. The
News has advocated incorporation
because there appeared to be no
other way out of the difficulty in
which we wall find ourselves when j
the Alaskan Engineering Commission
ceases next month to exercise its j
jurisdiction over the affairs of the
town. Without a town organization
of our own, we will not have lights
for our streets next winter, or any
lights at all, for that matter, un
less we go back to candles and !
lamps; there will be no water for
fire protection, and without fire pro- |
tection there will be no insurance;
also, if there is no water, it will
necessary to abandon our sewerage'
system, than which there is no bet
ter in the North.
These public services will be dis
continued if we do not incorporate, j
for the very simple reason that there
will be no one to pay for them. ,
There will be no town organization ,
to foot the bills and we doubt very !
much if the money could be raised
in any other manner. And without
the additional revenue from street
lighting and water for the fire mains
operation of the Commission’s power
plant.. The only way out would be
for the Commission to continue to
operate the plant at a loss, which
they have said they -will not do after
the first of August.
That is why The News favors
incorporation and because we believe
in going ahead instead of backward.
But we may be wrong in our con
clusions. There may be objections
to incorporation which we have not
taken into account and, if there are,
we would like to see them put for
ward in order that both sides of
the question may be given publicity.
The columns of The News are
open always for the discussion >f
questions of public interest, and we
believe this is one question which
should be discussed thoroughly and
considered well before final action .s
taken.
The best that we can hope for
from the steamship companies is
the worst of it. We hopeful that,
after beating down the wages of
the marine workers, the steamship
companies would give Alaska a lit
tle benefit of the big saving made
in the cost of operation. But the
benefit, as usual, is retained by the
monopoly. A report coming to The
News says the companies have very
graciously announced that “it is not
their intention to advance rates this
season.” And this, too, in spite of
the fact that the volume of Alaska
business this year is considerably
greater than it was a year ago. And
then they wonder at Washington
why development in Alaska is back
ward.
CAPITALISTS ARE ACCUSED
OF FORMING SUGAR TRUST
HA\ AX a, June 15—The news
paper La Discusion has published a
charge that a “capitalistic plot’’ to
dominate the Cuban sugar industry
has been formed and that all the
Cuban sugar centrals will be owned
by foreigners. The newspaper asserts
that “when the Cuban sugar business
is found in foreign hands, it is al
most certain that the price of sugar
will rise as if by magic and that the
business will be on an even more
stupendous scale than now.
“When American capitalists began
an invasion to secure control of
Cuban centrals”, the paper contin
ues, “they foresaw an era of pros
perity and bought, without sparing
their millions, as many sugar pro
perties as were for sale. The price
of the product rose to 23 cents,
then it was seen that a good part of
the crop remained in Cuban hands
and that the Cubans aspired to ob
tain the highest possible price. Then
the price fell like an avalanche from
23 to three cents.
‘First a bank crisis, then a cur
rency crisis. There was no money
to pay for refining, nobody to buy
this year’s crop from the Cubans.
‘ Our sugar men now find them
selves owing large sums of money
to the banks. They have not been
able to sell their crop. With the
termination of the moratorium will
disappear the restriction against
pending commercial obligations. The
sugar men will have to pay or go
bankrupt. The banks are not inter
ested in holding sugar centrals.
“On the other hand, there exist?
| much idle foreign capital which is
] anxious to make a killing. Right now
a powerful company is being formed
to acquire every central and planta
tion whose owner cannot pay. The
properties secured, the debts will be
paid. So what is worth from five
to ten is secured for one. A case of
opportunity.”
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COMMUNIST LEADERS READY
TO GO TO SOUTH AMERICA
—
RE'N AL, Esthonia, June 8—Ac
cording to recently intercepted cor
respondence from Communist offi
cilas in Moscow to Communist re
presentatives abroad, advising them !
of the “inside situation” in Russia.,
South America is looked upon as a
final haven of refuge by many of
the less hopeful Bolshevik leaders
in event Russia becomes too hot
for them.
One of these letters, recently pub-i
lished in a Reval newspaper, the
Poslednie Novosti, advises one of the
official’s friends, who now apparently
is in Germany, to “convert your
valuables into dollars as frequently
as you can. or better still, into South
American currency,”
“The Octobrists”, the letter adds,
meaning by them those Communists
who participated in the October,
1917. revolution, “are frequently
sending their families abroad. Soon,
it may be, I shall send my wife
across to you, in which case try to
put her up as best you can”.
Referring to the political situation
this Communist wrote: “Illitch (by
whom he meant Lenine. that being
his middle name by which he is
popularly known in Russia) is weak
ening. Zinovieff ? ?as grown too fat.
Trotzkv alone remains as of old
the unrecognized Napoleon, but he
is ‘evolutionizing’ also.”
In connection with the sending
abroad of the families of the "Oct
obrists”, this letter goes on: “Will
you kindly keep a detailed account
of their arrivals and of their means?
Further, by a decision of the mili
tary department of the party, I
want you to withdraw from the
banks all the deposits at your dis
posal and put them in safe hands.
Bring to Switzerland one-third of
the ‘iron fund’ and hand it to B—.
The rest can be left in Germany
for any eventualities.”
The writer constantly refers to the
ruling councils cf the Bolsheviki as
“the Olympians", and remarks that
“our Olympus is going the pace too
fast.”
“From January,” he says, “the
situation in the council of the party
and in the Central Committee ha
come to a point to the last degree.
The result of these conflicts was
the expulsion of Comrades Krylenks,
Bontch-Bourvietch, Dubov, Biumen
thal and many others. This was the
last gesture of the gay party gods.
For a word said against Ulitch, Kres
tinsky or Zinovieff. even not in pub
lic, ostracism is imminent.”
BRITISH DIRIGIBLES AWAIT
FL'RCHASERS IN ENGLAND
LONDON, Jane 13--Dirigible air
ships appear to be ’r. littie demand
here. A number ot them that cost
the British government a mint of
money to build are now practically
going begging.
The Air Ministry announced some
time ago that it wa prepared to
give up airships if they were not
taken over by pri-atc persons for
commercial purposes It now states
that it has been doc ded that unless
an oifer that amounts to something
is received -efore August 1. all its
airship activities will be discontinued.
The airships, material and stations
will then be handed over to the Dis
posals Board to get rid of, as the
Air Ministry, it is stated in the
official report, “does not feel justi
fied in continuing expenditures on
this service.”
The Air Ministry offers to sell
the R-60, R-33, R-36, R-37 and the
former German airships L-71 and
L-G4.
Joe Burns went to Fairbanks yes
terday and will probably return to
Nenana with the excursionists to
morrow night.
MEXICAN PRESIDENT UNLIKE
HIS SNOBBISH PREDECESSOR
MEXICO CITY. July 16—Presi
dent Obregon has shown on numer
ous occasions lately that there is
nothing of the aloofness and unap
proachability about him that charact
erized his predecessor. Carranza. He
frequently dines in public with his
wife and at one cafe where there
is dancing he may be found at times
escorting a friend in promenade,
although he does not dance.
At a recent wrestling match he
aroused much applause when he
quietly slipped into a box, and was
not at all backward in picking his
man to win.
He still refuses to use Chapulte
pec Castle, the beautiful presidential
home, for a residence, preferring to
live in a modest cottage nearby. The
castle, however, is frequently used
for small parties and the circle of
Obregon friends is well entertained.
The President disdains pomp and
show and even the few state re
ceptions he has held have been
modest. Always a good horseman,
Genera! Obregon may be seen almost
any Sunday morning on the bridle
path and on days of fiesta he fre
quently joins the automobile parade
through Chapultepec Park.
At no time does he carry a body
guard, not even on a recent national
holiday when rumors of revolution
were rife. On that day he passed
through thousands of spectators in
an open carriage.
ITALIAN RATS STEAL JEWELS
ROME, July 23—Mrs. Helen Wen
ning, an Alsatian residing in a
fashionable hotel here, recently re
ported to the police that she had
missed a pearl necklace from her
jewel case. Detectives interviewed
hotel employes and everything was
done to find out what had become of
the gems, but no clue could be found
at the time. A day or two later,
however, one of the men searching
about the nooks and comers of
Mrs. Wenning's rooms found a piece
of the necklace near a tiny hcle in
the floor. A thorough investigation
was then made and from all that
was found, the detectives concluded
that rats nad stolen away with the
lady's string of pearls.
Don't Mis* “Tarian of the Ape*.”
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YOUNG PRELATE HONORED
ROME, July 23—H. Giacomo
Carabelli, youngest Roman Catholic
archbishop in the world, being only
35 years old. has been consecrated
by Cardinal Francica N'ava in the
cathedral at Syracuse. He was the
recipient of many gifts from various
Italian and foreign dioceses. The
I most noted was that bequeathed to
j him by the late Cardinal Ferrari,
I archbishop of Milan, the latter’s
; pectoral cross.
Mrs. E. J. Cronin went to Fair
banks yesterday on a brief visit.
Mr. Cronin will join her in the up
per town tomorrow.
Fine Stock Staple ansi Fancy Gro
ceries. Fowler St Morris.
KING SALMON RUN
is pinching out. Picked fish for
salting, while they last. 12 V* cents
per pound. Delivered in 50 and 100
pound lots.
FISH CAMP—First and D Streets;
KINGSBURY UPRIGHT PIANO, in j
nice walnut case; also Player I
Piano, for sale cheap, or will j
rent for one or two years to re- j
sponsible persons. Address, An- j
derson. Piano Expert, care of j
Nenana News. 3t j
NEW AMMUNITION just re
recived, including .256 Newton
shells. Anderson Bros. St Nerland.
WANT ADS
FOUND—Brown fur at Coliseum, ■
Owner can recover same by call
ing at theater office.
CABIN FOR SALE
Cabin, furnished complete. In
quire of Fred Maurath at X. C. Co.
LOST—Cameo ring. Finder please
leave at News office.
LOST—Lady's engraved wrist watch i
Reward for return to Railroad I
I Cigar Store.
WANTED—Information as to the
whereabouts of our father, Krik
Haitull; last known address was
Nenana. Communicate with Mrs. !
M. Silva and Anna Sofia HartullJ
836 15th. St., Oakland, California
FOR SALE — fwo pairs short \an'i
2-strap slippers. Mrs. Langstrom.
A BARGAIN—Fully equipped hand
laundry and bath house, for sale
cheap. For particulars address,
Mrs. L. Gallian, Brooks, Alaska.
FOR SALE—Four jackhammers and
fittings; 250 feet of hose; six sets j
of steel. All in good condition.
Inquire of Jack Singleton, Healv.
LOST—Pocketbook containing pa
! pers of value to the owner, and
money. Reward for return to AI
Clarno.
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FOR SALE—Mule weighing 1500
and two horses. William Smythe.
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