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.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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THE OTHER SIDE.
Co-operation between the .shippers
of Alaska and the steamship com
panies, to work together instead of
pulling apart, and efforts directed
against the Government to get it
to take its strangle hold from the
Northland, are needed to stop the
falling off of population and to
make the Territory go ahead, ac
cording to C. S. Butler, traveling
auditor of the Pacific Steamship
company, who recently gave his
views to a representative of the
•luneau Daily Empire.
“Those Alaskans who criticize the
pioneer steamship companies should
acquaint themselves with the facts,"
declared the transportation official,
presumably alluding to the earlier
anti-steamship attitude of Governor
Riggs. "Freight and passenger
rates today between San Francisco
and Seattle are higher than they
are, between Seattle and Alaskan
points, where the distance is less, in
some instances; where the dangers
are not so great, and where there
is a bigger volume of business both
ways. Our company has not made
any money in the Alaskan business
for several years, except for one
season. Prices for fuel oil and for
longshoring and labor have more
tnan doubled, the advances being
more than those of the rates.
“However, the steamship compa
nies are expected to maintain their
service whether business offers or
not. Instead of appointing a terri
torial shipping board at the expense
of the Territory to endeavor to get
competing lines, the same money
expended in co-operating with the
pioneer lines already in business
and bringing about closer relations
between the shipper and the steam
ship companies, would prove of some
practical benefit to the people. The
margin of profit on business han
dled by the steamship companies
will stand comparison with the mar
gin of profit of any business houses
in or out of Seattle. But it seems
the popular thing to do to make the
steamship companies the ‘goat.’
“Co-operation should be extended
to the point that actual facts could
be gotten before Congress and the
people of what is the matter with
Alaska; why its great resources are
kept tied up; why it is not gaining
in population, with a view to get
ting governmental red tape and in
terlocking federal authority restric
tions removed, and then with the
Territory going ahead as it should
develop, every one would become so
prosperous that they would forget
to criticize.”
“As to the labor situation,” said
William Gerig at Anchorage recent
ly, upon his return from a visit in
the States, “my observation was
that a great amount of work has
been curtailed and many people are
on the unemployed list, but the ma
jority of the unemployed seem to
be well supplied with money earned
in recent prosperous times. I also
observed that the cost of living in
the States is equally as high as if
not higher than in Anchorage, but
the consensus of opinion seems to
j be that the soaring prices have
j reached the highest peak.”
W. J. BRYAN.
No or.e questions Mr. Bryan's
!power. No one questions his popu-1
larity. Everyone likes him. He is
a fine specimen of American man-!
hood. N'o other country could pro-1
, duce a man like him. j
Aside from his being a presiden-;
tial possibility, we raise the aues- j
tion of where his power and popu- j
larity lie, says the Seattle Union i
Record. What is the most charac- i
teristic thing about Mr. Bryan? !
What would impress you the most?
Our fellow citizen. Dr. E. J. Brown,'
spent several days with Mr. Bryan !
last summer, going from one “Chau
tauqua" engagement to another—
seeing him under nearly every pos
sible circumstance.
“What impressed me most," said
Dr. Brown, “about Mr. Bryan, was
the fact that in all the references
he made to persons in political life
—and he referred to hundreds—I
could not detect one grain of bitter
ness.”
That is probably why Bryan came j
back. It's a point worth remem - !
bering by anyone.
UNPOPULAR ENGLAND.
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The intense feeling stili existing
in Germany against England was j
manifested toward some British of- '
ticers who accompanied the Inter- .
Allied Commission of Control on :i !
recent visit to Kiel, says a corre- ;
spondent of the Associated Press. ■
The town was crowded with Ger
man sailors who were clean and
smartly dressed. They passed by.
with averted faces; but civilians, on
the contrary, showed the keenest
interest and stared at the visitors, !
occasionally remarking “Gott strafe'
England.” The British visitors took
no notice and walked on, followed j
by a train of small boys, many of
whom repeated in a childish treble. ;
“Gott strafe England” at intervals.
The shopkeepers, however, were
quite friendly and trade became
very brisk.
Further evidence of the present'
attitude of the Germans was forth-'
coming at the Kiel canal, where the
children gathered on the banks in-!
variably shouted out the old cry
of “Gott strafe England.”
i One man cried, “We will have
.you yet,” while the final effort at
the close of the return journey was
that of the optimist who proclaimed:
“We shall have another war in five
years’ time.”
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BRITISH SEAMAN HAS
RECORD AS BAD ACTOR
j LONDON.—John Farringdown, a
j seaman, who has been in the navy
; five years, has been 14 times court
martialed, spent four and a half
years under detention, and was nev
ter abroad, according to navy rec
ords. He is now serving three years’
penal servitude for theft of postal
drafts.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
CHEAPER POWER
WILL HELP MINE
President B. F. Millard of tho
Granite Gold Mining company an
nounces that the well-known Gran
ite mine, in the Portage Bay dis
trict, Alaska, will be reopened and
placed on a producing basis just as
soon as a new power plant can be
installed in the spring. This famous
mine was closed down in the spring
of 1917. owing to the high cost of
material, labor and fuel oil. Up to
that time, it had produced $400,000
in gold bullion. It is opened up in
tine shape for mining operations, and
by using water power in lieu of
fuel oil the management expects to
largely overcome the high operating
costs.
Future development plans, said
Colonel Millard, comprehend the in
stallation of a hydro-electric plant,
piping the water 4,000 feet to the
bay, where a power plant will be
constructed, and a Pelton water
wheel, together with a dynamo, wilt
be installed. From this point the
power will he transmitted about I
seven thousand feet to the mine !
and mill. This additional equipment I
will be installed just as soon as i
possible in the spring, and when in j
operation the mine will be ready for
production.
Colonel Millard has taken a bond
on another property on Valdez bay,
just across from the town, and ha j
expects to open and equip the prop- j
erty the coming summer. From!
surface showings, said the colonel, j
this property should prove another j
Cliff mine in richness. Under a ;
lease the Cliff mine produced about ;
$900,000 in four and a half years. ,
Colonel Millard expresses satisfac-!
tion that this mine is again to be '
placed on a producing basis, a new !
company having taken it over.
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KETCHIKAN OLDT1MER
PANS HOME AT SITKA
Colonel John' Schoenbar returned ■
to Ketchikan recently from the Pio
neers’ home at Sitka. Colonel Scho- i
enbar had intended entering the 1
home, but found the place crowded :
with old trail blazers who were j
not receiving proper care, and as i
his condition was such as to need !
almost constant attention, he was j
forced to return to Ketchikan on i
the same boat which took him to ;
Sitka, says the Ketchikan Times, j
Colonel Schenbar stated that the
manager of the home was in no ]
way to blame for the conditions
there, but that sufficient money for
the proper maintenance of the home
was not placed at the disposal of
the management.
There are seventy aged inmates
in the home and many of them are
bedridden and helpless. One nurse
must care for all the wants of these
men, with the assistance of one
man who acts as cook and general
roustabout.
There are from 16 to 18 men in
a small room and the rooms are not
kept clean.
HONOLULU BUILDINGS
MUST PUT ON FRONT j
HONOLULU, T. H.—One hundred 1
and thirty-five tenement buildings in ■
Honolulu must be repaired or razed,
says an ultimatum served on owners
and lessees by Dr. F. E. Trotter,
president of the board of health.
It will be the policy of the board
in future, said Dr. Trotter, to deny
all applications for repairs or con
struction of any building which is
to be used as a tenement.
Owners and lessees, according to
the new regulations, must show in
their specifications for new struc
tures sufficient baths, sanitary fa
cilities and cooking room for each
family, instead of community ar
rangements which have prevailed in
the past.
A survey of every building in the
city is being conducted by the chief
WANT ADS
BUNCH OF KEYS FOUND—Ownei
can recover same by calling at
The News office.
LOST—Open-face silver watch. Re
ward for return to the News of
fice or to Eddie Miller.
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THE DWYER HOME FOR SALE.
Terms reasonable. tf
FOUND—Bunch of keys. Inquire
at Central Cafe.
FOR RENT—-Suite of three room®,
suitable for light housekeeping,
with heat and light and hot and
cold water in connection. Also
office rooms, at The Arctic.
FOR SALE-—-Two-room house, part
ly furnished, with lot. Desirable
locality. Inquire News office. tf
FOR RENT—Cascade laundry. Fully
equipped and with established in
come. No cash required. Inquire
at Arctic.
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAYS
OF MONTH, AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Martin Nath,
Secretary. President.
sanitary inspector of the Island of
Oahu, the fire marshal and the
building inspector.
PACIFIC ASSOCIATION
HAS BIG BUYING POWEk
SAX FRANCISCO.—Five billion
dollars annually is estimated to be
the' purchasing power represented in
the membership of the recently
formed Western District Purchasing
Agents association, according to its
president, H. F. Feagans of San
Francisco.
State and county purchasing
agents and those of nearly every
large company west of Denver are
to be included in the association.
Local branches are being formed
in Vancouver. Spokane, and Seattle,
Wash.; Portland, Ore., and Salt
Lake City. Utah.
CANTALOUPE GROWERS
INCREASING ACREAGE
EL CENTRO, Cal. — The- 1920
crop of cantaloupes produced in Im
perial valley will be worth $11,500,
000, according to an estimate just
made by I. T. Sparks, division
freight and passenger agent of the
Southern Pacific railroad.
He estimates the acreage at 19,
148 and the cars required to move
the crop at 9,574.
The 1919 crop actually brought
$9,000,000; was raised on 14,388
acres, and required 7,838 cars to
move it.
HORSE-DRAWN ENGINE
IS CURIO IN LONDON
LONDON.—The last horse-drawn
fire engine remaining in the London
fire brigade has been offered to the
South Kensington Science museum.
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MEETS AT MOOSE HALL I
Fourth and B Streets
: Second and Fourth Mondays
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,;
I Secretary Dictator. I
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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, or
it Camp 415 (North Nenana).
Tickets will be on sale at any
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 cf A street on Wednesdays
imd Saturdays at d a. m., and from
Camp 415 (North Nenana), for
Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
1 p. m.
i he following is the schedule be
tween North Nenana and Fairbanks,
subject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7:00 a. m :
arrive North Nenana, 11:30 a. m.
Leave North Nenana 1:00 p. m ;
arrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m.
No tickets will be sold crossing
the river. Those intending to trav
el to Fairbanks must make the‘r
own arrangements for reaching
North Nenana.
Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
Daring 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.
Our 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 we must have fur, 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
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