THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska
for enrry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879
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RELEIF IN SIGHT
Interior Alaskans shot’d not per
mit themselves to become disheart
ened as the result of the curtail
ment of railroad activities. The
period of inactivity will work more
or less of a hardship upon both
workers and businessmen, but it
will not be of long duration. The
government is engaged in an enter
prise which must be completed
speedly, if at all. and there is every
reason to believe that funds suffi
cient to resume operations will be
provided by congress within .the
next few weeks. An extra session
of the congress must be called be
fore the end of the fiscal year to
appropriate money for a multitude
of urgent government needs, and the
sundry civil bill, carrying among
other items, funds for railroad work
in Alaska, is one of the very im
portant measures which will de
mand immediate consideration after
the lawmakers have been assembled
for work—a work which must bo
attended to before the commence
ment of the new government year,
on July first. The extra session
may be called for May; it cannot
well be deferred beyond the middle
of June.
In the absence of a regularly
elected delegate, Alaska will have
a special representative at Wash
ington during the session of con
gress in the person of -J. L. Mc
Pherson, manager of the Alaska
Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, who is now specially
engaged in preparing data intended
to hasten action on the Alaska
railroad appropriation. Mr. Mc
Pherson is an oldtime Alaskan,
knows the country and its needs
thoroughly and can be depended
upon to put forth his best efforts
to impress the congress favorably.
He will, in addition, have the back
ing of the entire Washington dele
gation and the support of numerous
Pacific coast commercial bodies. All
of which will help materially to
bring about early and satisfactory
results at Washington.
The fact that the new congress,
before which Alaska's claims for
recognition must be presented, will
be composed largely of Republicans,
should not and probably will not
menace or delay the railroad ap
propriation. The Republicans, it
will be remembered, initiated the
Alaska railroad project and provided
the funds with which the work was
started. And now that they are in
control of congress again, it is
reasonable to believe that they will
welcome the opportunity to carry
on the work to completion. With
a friendly congress on the one hand,
and an administration pledged to
Alaska development on the other,
the territory should have compara
tively smooth sailing. We antici
pate that the Republicans will wanl
to know a lot about federal activi
ties during the time that the Demo
crats have been in control of af
fairs in Alaska, but we do not be
lieve that they will go to the ex
treme of jeopardizing the railroad
enterprise by withholding fundi
needed to continue the work. They
will not if they are properly in
formed of true conditions in Alaska
and we believe the territory is for
tunate in having Mr. McPherson a1
the front at this time to presenl
this information.
A WAY OUT
—
If former Delegate Wickersham is
successful, through the medium of
his “open” letter to Secretary of
1 the Interior Lane, or in any other
manner, in bringing about a reduc
tion of Alaska freight and passenger
tolls, he will have rendered the ter
ritory a service for which Alaskans
will be everlastingly grateful, for it
is now generally recognized through
out the Northland that excessive
transportation charges have effec
tually roughlocked development in
this country. On this point at least
we find Alaska’s governor, who is
accused of aiding and abetting the
transportation outrage, and our for
mer delegate, who makes the accusa
tion, in hearty accord. They differ
only as to remedy. The governor
suggests a very logical solution of
the problem, while the former dele
gate merely calls attention to the
fact that rates are excessive, and
blames the governor and others for
failing to bring about their reduc
tion.
The governor’s plan, as outlined
in his message to the territorial
legislature, is to have the congress
of the United States pass a bill
authorizing the territory to assume
a bonded indebtedness of five million
dollars for the purchase, charter and
operation of sufficient ships to take
over practically the entire ocean
traffic of Alaska.
The governor admits that his sug
gestion is a radical and startling
departure from accepted standards,
but he is convinced that the scheme
is practicable and that its adoption
would allow the territory to take
on renewed life. “We should dig
direct at the root of our discontent,”
he declares. Every other question,
in his opinion, sinks into insignifi
cance, “for back of it all remains
the bacis fact that unless relief is
afforded us in our most vital need,
moneys expended on roads, schools,
charities and on all other construc
tion projects, constitute merely stop
gap measures, never to bear full
fruit, for Alaska will gradually
lose populaiton and revert to a vast
territory unpeopled save for a
seasonal fishing population along the
southern coast, and the operatives
of a few great mines.”
The governor does not claim to be
an expert in the shipping business,
but he knows that engineering sup
plies and equipment were carried
between Seattle and Anhcorage or
the transport Crook at rates pel
ton far below the company tariffs
and that with only a one-way-haul
And he is convinced that boats
owned and operated by the territory
would bring a large measure of re
lief to Alaskans in the form of re
duce rates and improved service
leaving a sufficient margin of prof'r
to insure the success of the enter
prise. It is evident to all of us
he points out, that territorial de
velopment cannot continue whei
operating under the handicap of al
most prohibitive freight and pass
enger rates.
In order that their wedding da;
would not be on the 23rd, Willian
H. Taulman and Clara Halferty o1
Seward, waited until one minuti
after midnight and then were unite<
in marriage by United States Com
missioner W. Whittlesey. The bridi
arrived in the railroad town on th<
Alameda from Portland, and thi
groom is a lineman at Mile 71.
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BAKERS OBJECT
10 NIGHT WORK
REFORM WANTED
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CHICAGO.—The baking industry
in America may be completely
revolutionized if organized labor
carries out its demands for aboli
tion of night work, according to
leading master bakers.
The national headquarters here
of the Bakers’ and Confectionary
Workers’ international Union of
America has sent an address to
every local in the country urging
that formal demand for abolition
of work between 11 p. m. and 5
a. m. be made when wage scales
for the year are presented to em
ployers on May 1.
Each local will be permitted to
take such steps as it seems neces
sary to enforce the demands.
In vigorously opposing the de
mands, master bakers assert that 75
per cent of bakery goods is pro
duced after midnight, that the pub
lic demands fresh bread each morn
ing, and that the change would
greatly reduce output or necessitate
costly expansion of plants and ma
chinery. In either case, they say,
the cost of the 1,500,000 loaves of
bread produced daily in Chicago
would be increased to the consumer
and that other cities probably would
follow the same course.
To this the union executive board
replies that similar objections were
advanced years ago when legislation
was sought abolishing cellar bak
eries.
“Employees thought they could
not do without the dirty under
ground bakeries, but now they
would not think of returning to
such conditions”, said A. A. Myrup,
treasurer of the union. “We ask
abolition of night work as a mat
ter of health and justice to our
30,000 workers. The change is also
in the interest of public health.
In large cities 70 to 98 per cent
of the population uses bakery bread.
Doctors say prevalence of tuber
culosis and nervous diseases among
our craft is due in large measure
to night work in high temperatures
Most accidents also occur at night
when the workers are drowsy.
“Night work is prohibited in bak
eries of Italy, Sweden, England and
other European countries. We ap
preciate the importance of the
change and are willing that it be
adopted gradually until night work
is entirely eliminated. But work- j
ers will insist that the demand be
granted. They consider this issue
more important than higher wages
or shorter hours at present.”
Union executives say night work.
was discontinued in San Francisco ■
bakeries a year and a half ago
and that the plan since has been
adopted by thirty smaller cities.
The controversy over night work
was started twenty-five years ago,
they declare.
YOUNG GLADSTONE WILL
ASSIST MONTENEGRINS
WINCHESTER, Eng. — Viscount
Herbert John Gladstone, formerly
secretaary of state for home affairs
and son of the great British premier.
W'illiam E. Gladstone, has put him
self on record as favoring the in
dependence of Montenegro.
Mr. Gladstone has written a
letter to Alexander Devine, of Win
chester, in which he asserted:
“Montegro has every claim, if
not to absolute independence, at
least to independence federated. I
shall be extremely sorry if the old
monarchy is repudiated by the
people. MontenegTo has been re
peatedly classed by our govrenment
'with Belgium and Serbia and the
idea that she should be submerged
in Serbia and lose her historic in
. dividuality is utterly repugnant to
me”
j SPRING IS RENOVATING TIME!
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I MRS. D'ORSAY’S TAILOR SHOP
In a letter to Frank Knight, of
this city, from W. D. English, of
the N. C. store at Betties, under
date of April 4, and received here
on the last mail, news of the safe
arrival at the far northern camp
of W. L. Siverly is contained.
Bill Siverly, as he is more famil
iarly known, left Nenana on the
night of March 26, intending to
make a quick run to his camp, and
in view of the fact that the trails
were breaking rapidly, he traveled
at night so that he could take full
advantage of frost conditions. He
arrived at Betties April 2.
Mr. English says:
“W. L. Siverly made the run from
Xenana to Betties in six and one
half days, thereby establishing a
new record which looks to me as
if it might stand for some time.
Sib was not all in either when he
arrived here, but his dogs and sled
showed that he had been going
some. He only stopped in town one
night, leaving in the morning as
a ansi ciass passenger, witn navm
Tobuk at the handle bars. N'enana
must be a great place, and Sib told
me all about our friends there ”
Mr. Siverly is engaged in mining
in the neighborhood of Coldfoot,
which is nearly at the 68th parallel
of latitude, and away north of the
Arctic Circle.
The N'enana News reaches Betties
occasionally, and Mr. Siverly took
some of the late March issues with
him, which he passed around at
Betties, where he also related his
impressions of N'enana. That Mr.
English is favorably impressed with
the town and its future is evidenced
n his remarks regarding it in the
letter. He says in part:
“From what little I have read, and
sizing the possibilities up for this
■treat territory of ours, you are right
n the midst of the future pros-!
oerity of this country. That is, the
"eal big things will be pulled off
along the line of the railroad, and I
sincerely trust many of the old
imers in Alaska will prosper in the
:hanges that are bound to come.”
At date of writing (April 4) sev
eral men of the Koyukuk had left
:hat camp, headed for Nenana, and
:hey will probably locate here per
manently, working on the railroad
in the summer, if possible, and pros
pecting, as customary, in the winter.
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The Junior Red Cross organiza
tions in many of the Alaska schools
are laying plans for the Health1
campaign to be carried out accord- -
ing to instruction! and outlines
furnished by Northwestern Division
Junior Red Cross Headquarters.
'salvation army
: will ora huis
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CHICAGO.—“Recreation huts” to
replace the saloon as a {gathering
place will be established soon by
the Salvation Army in the large
cities of the western states, accord
ing to an announcement by Thomas
Estill, commander of the organiza
tion in the western district.
Before July 1, when prohibition
becomes effective, a dozen or more
of the “huts”, patterned after
those operated in the war zone,
will be opened in Chicago and if
they prove successful the string
will be extended to St. Louis, Mil
waukee. St. Paul, Omaha, Kansas
i City, Denver and other western
cities, Commander Estill said.
The places will be equipped with
libraries, musical instruments, va
rious kinds of games, gymnasiums
and shower baths Trained atten
dants will be in charge. The “huts"
will be open to women as well as
men.
Ice cream, soda water, dough
nuts and coffee will be sold at ccst
Social welfare organ rations rhru
out the country will wac;h with
interest the Salvation Army's ex
periment in seeking a substitute
for a saloon. Commander Estill sank
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MRS. D’ORSAY’S TAILOR SHOP,
Third and A Streets.
Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
Anderson, Herman
Allred, Mrs. Clara
Bergman, Charles
Brown, Jess
Berggren, Ernst
Browne, F. D.
Bresnahan, E. D.
Blankfield, D.
Bowen, J. R.
Brooker, Ed
Bennett, J. F.
Ball, I. B.
Brown, Erie
Coutts, \V. J.
Calderhead, K. W.
Campbell. J.
Coghill, VV. A.
Cooney, M. J.
Doner, Frank
Diven, E. J.
Douse, Fred
Ekeland, Alf
Funk, A. B.
Finlayson, K A.
Fisher, Joe
Flower, J. H. ‘ ‘
Foster, Steve
Gagnon, Wm. - <1
Ghezzi, Alfred ' 1
Gray, E. B.
Gilcher, VV. H. — * '
Head, E. A.
Hagan, James
Hill, L. W.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey, Andy
Isabel, L. C. (
Irvine, A. J. ‘‘ *
Johnson, A. G.
Jones, Frank
Julian, VV. J.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter I
Joseph, H. B.
Koland, Knut
Ketooroky, John A.
Laughlin, E. L.
Lund, E. E.
Lehr, Q. F.
Markus, George
Mortensen, Peter
Myers, n R.
Moore, Frank B.
McDonald, R. S.
Martin, G. S.
Morris, R. C.
Nash, Martin
O'Keefe, Larry
Parks, S. E.
Pennington, G. W
Palfy, Paul
Packer, W. L.
Ryan, W. A.
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry X.
Schmidt, Carl
Schaeffer, M. A.
Slippern, J. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, George A.
South'vorth, R G.
Spira, Frank
Taylor, Frank
Tunison, B.
Thompson, Theodora
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. J.
Verhaeghe, Cyriele
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Woods, Geo. W.
Williams, E. A.
Waechter, R. I.