THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for en-ry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET” j
Published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets. Nenana. Alaska. i
R. G. Soutbworth — — — — Editor and Manager
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LIFE AT TURK CAPITAL
Americans in Constantinople art
finding life dull, uninteresting and
devoid of diversion or entertain
ment, according to an Associated
Press correspondent, writing from
the Turkish capita’ He says Ameri
cans have found, to their disappoint
ment, that Constantinople has no
theaters, no amusement centers, no
seashore resorts, few mo sing pic
ture houses and only .one or two
good restaurants. The only places
remotely resembling theaters are a
few cheap cabaret halls which at
tract sailors, soldiers and wander
ers of all nations, hut never the
Turk. The Turkfinds his diversion
in the coffee houses.
There is little night life in Con
stantinople. After ten o'clock the
city is as still as a New England
village on a Sabbath morning. Only
the habitues of the coffee-houses
or the cabaret and beer halls are
seen. Although prohibition is un
known, refreshments at these local
amusement places come high. Beer
of seven per cent grade is 90 cents
a glass and whisky is $1.50 a glass.
Americans in the city amuse
themselves by occasional dances, tea
parties and week-enu trips on the
Bosporus. Not many of them enjoy
entre to the Turkish homes. A three
mor.ths’ stay in the city usually is
enough to make them yearn for
home. There are now a considerable
number in Constantinople, most of
them being connected with Ameri
can relief organizations or commer
cial firms.
Although having a imputation of
nearly a million, Constantinople has
no taxicabs, few automobiles and
only a single trolly line. Everybody
walks or rides in the dilapidated
horse-drawn carriages or nondescript
street cars. People living in the
suburbs crowd to suffocation the
ferryboats plying the Bosporus and
the Golden Horn. The lone trolly
line runs along the main street and
suspends operation as often as the
city runs out of coal, which is fre
quent.
The Turkish metropolis has only
one or two good hotels. There the
merchants, political agents and com
mercial travelers of the world gathei
to discuss their affairs. The inform
ers and spies of the Orient mingle
among them and carry on their in
trigues. Nowhere are there so many
strange or suspicious-looking char
acters. Richly-dressed women fron
Occident and Orient, bejeweled an<
painted, frequent the cafes ant
lounging rooms and carry on opei
flirtations with the guests.
Constantinople has been well de
scribed as a city, not of one na
tion but of many. The America)
visitor finds there an amazing di
versity of faces, nationalities, lan
guages and conflicting faiths. Ther
is no cohesion of society, no civi
unity. Only Saloniki or Port Sail
can rival the Turkish city for it
cosmopolitanism and its babel o
tongues.
A JAPANESE PARALLEL
An historical parallel to the itrou
ble that has arisen oat of the anti
Japanese movement in Cauifomia *
found by the Japanese weekly “The j
Herald of Asia’’ in the so-called
| Shimonoseki incident.
| The journal -oints out that sixty
! years ag-o Japanese sentiment was
> violently hostile to all foreigners as
I California sentiment appears hostile
j to Japanese. It continues:
• “In 1862 the powerful elan of
I C'hoshu led the way in anti-foreign
! outbreaks by ordering its forts at j
| Shimonoseki to fire at foreign ships
! including an American steamer. In
| those days, however, the central |
j government at Tokio, which had j
| definitely committed itself to a pro-!
i gressive and liberal international j
| policy, was powerless to enforce its
; will upon the clan-government of!
j Choshu, just as the federal govern- J
1 ment at Washington is incapable of ;
! compelling the state of California
1 to conform its action and policy to
. the obligations the national author;■
i ties have entered into with a foreign
j country. The parallel is almost ex
i act.
“Now how did the American gov- J
; ernment of that time solve the di- {
i lemma in Japan Did it sympathize j
. with the Shogun’s government for
; the peculiarly difficult position in
which the latter found itself, con
j fronted as it was then with a
! countrywide convulsion aiming at
; its downfall Did the American
representatives in Japan ever think
| of studying the complicated politi
cal and constitutional problems
l which lay at the bottom of the
Shogunate’s inability effectively to
i control the actions of the various
clan governments Nothing of the
i sort.
1 “The American representatives, in j
cooperation with their colleagues of
England, France and Holland, organ
ized a joint international fleet, bom
barded and levelled the forts at
Shimonoseki, and extolled a heavy
indemnity from the bewildered gov
ernment at Tokio. In fairness to
i the United States, it must be stated
| that her share of the indemnity
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was returned to Japan some thirty
years after, an act of magnanimity
i which is widely remembered among
| us with due gratitude. We do not
j mean, however, that we should not
j endeavor to procure an opportunity
j of returning the compliment in kind,
i Our interest in this peculiar epi
sode in our early intercourse with
i America is mainly academic; it may
also possibly serve to illustrate a
certain phase of the American phs
chology.”
Continuing its discussion of the
California question the journal criti
cized the tendency which it thought
was observable among Americans
generally to belittle the trouble be
tween their country and Japan.
From their point of view it was not
unnatural that they should regard
the matter as only of local import
ance, but the newspaper believed
that Americans had no right to as
sume that it is also necessarily of
comparatively small importance to
| Japan. It added: “Americans should
! realize that to us the problem is
i one of national magnitude and im
! portance. The American reluctance
to approach the matter from this
point of view is a constant source
of exaperation to the Japanese. Evi
dently the Americans will have U
learn a thing or two before a fail
start can be made on the road tt
mutual understanding.”
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L'p to November 2? only i.bou’
three inches of snow had fallen al
Valdez.
Dog poisoners were active al
Whitehorse during the early winter
Frank Mover lost three valunbb
animals.
Five hundred dollars in cash was
stolen from a Japanese, laundry ir
Ketchikan recently while the ownei
was taking in the movies.
The women of Seward recentl>
raised funds for the establishment
of a public library and the institu
tion is now open.
The company which took ovei
the holdings of Mrs. Jack Miller, in
the Slate creek district, had a verj
successful season, according to J,
M. Elmer, manager of the company.
William Hunter, who was im
ported from Seattle to work on the
Government railroad, was adjudged
insane at Anchorage recently.
A man named Winnie Groom is
making a fuss in Ketchikan be
cause the chief of police of that
place objected to his presence in
the town and tried to run him out.
The recently organized post of the
American legion at Nome has been
named “Thomas A. Ross. Jr.. Post
No. 9".
A ten-cent jitney service is again
in operation between Ketchikan anil
Charcoal Point.
The demand for electric current
at Petersburg has reached such pro
portions that the power company
has found it necessary to instal
a larger boiler.
High grade seepage oil is re
ported to have been found at the
Imperial Oil company's well near
Fort Newman, on the MacKenzie
river. Drilling operations have been
going on there since the early part
Df the season and the well is now
down about 500 feet. The oil flow
was encountered in the first 50 feet
but it is believed that the. real
strike will not be made short of
1000 feet. The seepage is of good
quality and yields from eight to
ten barrels a day.
A recent Douglas raid yielded
two sacks of good whisky, two bar
rels of wine, 30 cases of whisky,
a variety of cordials and two bot
tles of Rainier beer.
Sell Your
Furs in
Nenana
Most Buyers.
Highest Prices.
Quickest Returns.
Why Risk
the Dangers of
Long Shipments
and Longer Delays
when you can
get the top
market price in
Nenana as soon as
you part with your
I catch?
NO TROUBLE
NO DELAY
NO ANXIETY
NO LOSSES
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It ABOUT THE MAIL.
It
i Mail which left Nanana on Novem
ber 27 reached Seattle yesterday.
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Mail will be dispatched to the
! States on the train leaving tomorrow
i morning.
The mail arriving on Monday’s
train was all second class.
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, Mail for lower river points will
, be dispatched from the local office
on Friday.
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| Mail for Fairbanks and the Tolo
vana was dispatched on the train
, leaving North Nenana today.
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| It STEAMER SAILINGS
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; Alameda .Dec. 21
Admiral Watson.Dec. 22
: Northwestern . Jan. 1
Alameda . Jan. Ill
The steamer Victoria will re-!
place the Alameda for at least two
trips, commencing with the sailing
; of the Victoria from Seattle Decem
ber 17. both of which sailings will,
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i be via the Outside passage, both j
; north and southbound. This will i
make Cordova the first port of call j
northbound and the last port of call j
i southbound.
Passengers out of Seward for j
Juneau, Ketchikan and other South- j
eastern Alaska ports should not i
; consider sailings from Seward on [
•December 21 and January 15.
The Alameda goes into drydoek j
at Seattle for her regular annual |
; inspection and overhauling.
Coast Train Schedule
Train leaves Gold Creek for!
Anchorage on Sunday and Thurs
day at 1:00 P. M.
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Train leaves Deadhorse for An
chorage on Tuesday and Friday.
1 Train leaves Anchorage for Sew
ard on Wednesday and Saturday at \
9:00 A. M.
Train leaves Chickaloon for An-1
ehorage. via Eska on Tuesday, j
i Thursday and Saturday at 7:30:
A. M.
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Nenana Train Schedule
Trains leave Nenana for the end
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of steel four times a week—on
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Saturday.
HEALY RIVER
i ROADHOUSE
| END OF STEEL
First-class Meals
BEDS
Cigars and Tobacco
Ambrose Van, Prop.
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WE NOW HAVE A COMPLETE LINE OF
FRESH GROCERIES
CLOTHING DRY GOODS FRESH FRUIT
FAMOUS BUDWEISER BEER
FAMILY TRADE AND GENERAL OUTFITTING
JOHNSON’S ST0RE~^7R0NTSTREET
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—To yards good linoleum
Large souarc- mirror, ii no kitchen
range; nice oak dresser Inquire at
Mellish’s Store.
FOUND—Eversharp pencil with ini
tials on end, N. E. S. Please come
and get it.
FOR SALE—Wool and cotton bat
ting at Simson’a
FOR SALE—Five black and two
grizzly bear skins. Extra large.
Also three fine young malamute
dogs. Inquire at Rust house. k27
WANTED—TO BUY—W'ood. For
further information call at Simson’s
FOR SALE—Hand laundry and
bunkhouse. Good proposition for
right party. Inquire Jones Bunk
House.
NOTICE.—Holders of tickets for
raffle of McLean house please cal!
at The Portland, where tickets
will be redeemed. kNl
r.s. McDonald
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the moat reliable companies
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
WATCHES
JEWELRY
Watch Repairing
DESIGNING AND NATIVE
JEWELRY A SPECIALTY
WM. TAYLOR
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. NEW
CENTRAL CAFE
FIRST CLASS
in Every Respect
PRIVATE BOXES
JOHN KJ2T00R0KY ;
Proprietor.
CKrutmaa Card* ju«t received at
Simaon'a.
Bon Hoerler is back in Nenan i
afu-r a brief absence in Fairbanks.
Ceouine Daniel Green Felt Shoe.
Fowler & Morria.
Pioneers of Alaska
Ncnana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Marlin Nath,
Secretary. President.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
i chase tickets before entering trains
Tickets can be purchased from
. the station agent, whose office is in
; the employment office, on the ground
l floor of the General Office Building.
I
i Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
| at North N'enana.
Regular trains for the south leave
j the foot of A street on Mondays,
I Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8 a.
;m. The Wednesday train put up over
! night at Ilealy, returning Thursday
| at 1 p. m.
The following schedule between
North Nenana and Fairbanks, sub
ject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 8:00 a. m ;
arrive North Nenana, 12:30 p. m.
Leave North Nenana, 2:00 p. m.:
arrive Fairbanks, 8:30 p. m.
Until further notice, no passen
gers will be carried, nor freight
handled, across the Tanana river
Passengers and shippers should mak.
their own arrangements for service
between Nenana and North Nenana
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
■■naiaiMAaMM*
SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELANU
Secretary Dictator.