THE NENANA DAIL Y NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enuy as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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LOOKING FORWARD.
In a big armchair in one corner
of a grocery store there sits an
old man who delights to talk about
his past. If he can get a listener,
he will sit by the hour and tell of
the days of the Civil war, when he
fought and was wounded; the years
of his youth and early manhood,
which he calls “the good old days
that have gone.” His span of life
is nearly run, and he lives in the
past.
There are a great many people,
however, points out the editor of
Henry Ford’s Dearborn Independent,
whose life has not yet reached its
zenith, who are inclined to talk the
same was^ They are disgruntled
with things as they now are. They
complain about the high cost of
living. Rent, food and clothing cost
more than they ever have before.
They can see no hope for the fu
ture. They, too, long for the “good
old times” that have gone, never
to return, in their opinion.
Why is it that people will spend
their time in a museum, looking at!
the dead and dried bodies of an-'
cient mummies, whose usefulness has;
long since ceased? How much more
inspiring it is to go to a kinder
garten, and see there the inventors,
teachers, and statesmen that are to
be. Why not look to the future
instead of to the past?
What if the price of eggs, and
meat, and bread and butter is high? j
What if it does cost more, in money, j
to clothe and feed your family than ;
in the days that are past? Wages:
have also increased; not in the pro-]
portion that the cost of living has,!
perhaps, but the trend is still up- j
ward. Things will adjust them- j
selves in time. The world has just
passed through a cataclysm un
equaled in history. It is now con
valescent. Give it a chance to re
cover before you arrange for the
funeral.
Times are hard here! Yes! But
they are much harder in nearly
every other country on the globe.
Dont be discouraged. God is still \
in the high heaven and rules the
world. This little old planet is not
going to the bow-wows as some peo
ple would have you believe.
There are great days just ahead
of us, far better than “the good old
days” which our fathers enjoyed.
But we must put our shoulders to
the wheel of progress and help make
it turn. You cannot run an engine
without motive power. The man
who stands looking backward and
lamenting over the evil days which
he says are now upon us will be
still standing there when the pro
cession has passed.
There is an old recipe for the
bringing of more sunshine into the
world, which is as good today as in
the days of our fathers:
“Look forward and not backward
—Look up and not down—And lend
a hand.”
FIGHTING HIGH PRICES.
Profiteering in the women’ gar
ment industry will be fought with
union-owned shops, factories and
stores by the International Ladies’
Garmen Workers’ union.
This became known in New York
recently when officials of the union
announced that it has a committee
at work laying the foundation for
the first group of union-owned fac
tories, which are expected to be in
operation by next spring.
These factories are to be estab-!
lished, according to Benjamin Schles- i
inger, international president, to •
demonstrate that the workers can I
be paid first-class wages, work less j
hours, and enjoy better working j
conditions than they are now get- j
ting, and reap a “reasonable profit” j
from their product and still sell it
considerably under the regular mar
ket price.
The union proposes to sell its
output to consumers through its own
stores.
The first group of six factories i
will be established in New York, ,
together with a number of union j
stores, union officials said. Others
will be located in Chicago and Phila-1
delphia.
Ample funds for the factories
have been provided by the interna
tional union, Mr. Schlesinger said,
and later, as more money is needed,
“union shop and factory assess
ments” will be levied to finance the :
project until it is put on a paying j
basis.
“We expect be turning out medi- j
um and high price garments for the I
spring trade,” A. Baroff, secretary
of the union, said. “The first fac- j
tories probably will employ about,
1,000 workers, to be selected by the j
union.” They will pay higher wages ;
than are paid by employers in the i
garment industry, and a seven-hour!
work day will be in effect, he added. I
The workers now work an eight- j
hour day, with a half holiday on
Saturday.
The local unions of the Ladies’
Garment Workers, according to Mr.
Baroff, are also taking steps on
their own initiative to defeat the
high cost of living by establishing
co-operative restaurants and stores, j
A number of stores have been start- j
ed in New York and a restaurant is
being operated by unions in Phila
delphia, he said.
THE PLEA OF THE FUTURE.
The moments are quickly passing,
and we stand like some traveler
upon a lofty crag that separates
two boundless seas. The century!
that is closing is complete. “The
past,” said your great statesman, “is
secure.” It is finished and beyond
our reach. The hand of detraction
cannot dim its glories, nor the tears
jof repentance wipe away its stains,
jits good and evil, its joy and sor
row, its truth and falsehood, its
honor and its shame we cannot
touch. Sigh for them, blush for
them, weep for them if we will, we
cannot change them now. The old
century is dying and they are to be
buried with him; his history is fin
ished and they will stand upon its
roll forever.
The century that is opening is all
our own. The years that are before
us are a virgin page. We can in
scribe them as we will. The future
of our country rests upon us. The
happiness of posterity depends on
us. The fate of humanity may be
in our hands. That pleading voice,
choked with the sobs of ages, which ^
has so often spoken to deaf ears, :s
[lifted up to us. It asks us to be
i brave, benevolent, consistent, true1
to the teachings of our history,'
proving “Divine descent by . worth i
|divine.” It asks us to be virtuous,!
building up public virtue upon pri-:
vate worth; seeking that righteous
ness that exalteth nations. It asks
us to be patriotic, living our coun
try before all other things, making
her happiness our happiness, her
honor ours, her fame our own. It
asks us in the name of charity, in
the name of freedom, in the name
of God!—Henry Armit Brown, in
The National Republican.
ALTITUDE RECORD.
Jean Casale, who established a
new airplane flight for height rec
ord June 14, 1919, when he mount- j
ed 9,520 meters (of 39.37 inches),1
has satisfied himself by a laboratory ’
test that he may safely attempt to
reach his announced goal of 12,000
meters, or seven and a fifth miles, j
says an Associated Press correspond-1
ent, writing from Paris.
Casale spent more than an hour
in a hermetically sealed cabinet
equipped with air-density and other.
scientific instruments. He controled
the exhausting of the air and the,
admission of compressed oxygen
through a form of gas mask.
The atmosphere was reduced to1
the equivalent of the pressure at the
12,000-meter height in 47 minutes!
and 30 seconds, and normal atmos-1
pheric pressure was restored in 20.
minutes.
The aviator said he experienced
cold and a sense of dizziness. At1
one time he closed his eyes, but j
found it accentuated his dizziness.
During most of the experiment he i
kept his ears stopped.
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HAZELET SAYS CHOICE
OF HARDING POPULAR
I
While passing through Ketchikan
recently on his way to his home in i
Cordova, after attending the Re-1
publican national convention at Chi- i
cago, George C. Hazelet reported 1
that he had inquired of people all
along his route of travel as to their !
opinion of the outcome, and almost;
unanimously they expressed satis- i
faction. A majority of them were •
not only satisfied but enthusiastic!
and confident that Senator Harding j
would be elected President in the i
fall.
Mr. Hazelet is convinced that the j
Republican party will be successful!
in the November election, and for i
that reason he is particularly anx-!
ious to see the Republicans in the ]
North make a strong and organized j
campaign to elect a Republican dele- j
gate and legislature, as well as at-1
torney-general. The opportunity is
at hand, he thinks, and if the cause '
is lost it will be the fault of the
Republicans. He thinks, however.'
that J. C. McBride, the national i
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committeeman, will succeed in bring
ing the forces together sufficiently
to insure a sweeping victory.
MAYO DISTRICT WILL
HAVE PHONE SERVICE
Application has been granted for
the incorporation of the Mayo Tele- j
phone company, limited, with capi
tal of $100,000, divided into shares
of $ t each, says the Dawson News.
The object of the company is to
carry on a general telephone busi
ness. The incorporators are J. E.
Binet and Oscar Letoumeau of
Mayo Landing and Joseph Beaupre
and C. R. Black of Dawson.
The Mayo Utilities company, lim
ited, has been incorporated in Daw
son. The company is given power
to engage in different lines of busi
ness within the Yukon territory,
chiefly wire and wireless telephony,
electric light, heat, and power, and
water works in all branches.
Local representatives say the com
pany is prepared to go ahead with
its works just as fast as conditions
will warrant. The intention is to
supply the Mayo district with tele
phone service without delay, and
may also soon connect Dawson and
Mayo by ’phone, either by way of
Lower Dominion creek, and from
there to relay over the local com
pany’s line to Dawson, or by way
of Selkirk, and from there to relay
over the government telegraph line
to Dawson, which would effect a
great line saving to the company.
One of the incorporators says nego
tiations in that connection are well
under way with the Ottawa govern
ment and the local telegraph office.
The incorporators are: Dr. A. J.
Gillis, A. E. Lamb and D. A. Mathe
son of Dawson and John McCoomb
of New York.
Fresh Supply of Drugs at Thomp
son’s Drug Store.
Soldiers of the 21st infantry act
ed as special guards during the re
cent celebration of Independence
day at Anchorage.
Vsnana. Alaska’s la tenor Tuel Depot
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Rooms for Dressing and Resting
in Connection. Also Rooms for
Rent, Transient or Permanent.
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Price* Mott Rutoublo
THE BOWEN BUILDING
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
Fourth Monday of Month
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELAND,
Secretary Dictator.
Department of tile Interior
Alaelcan 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
at North Nenana.
Tickets will be on sale at ny
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 of A street on Wednesdays ^
and Saturdays at 8 a. m.
* The following change of schedule
between Nortn Nenana and Fair
banks is effective June 1, subject 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, 6:30 p. m.
A ferry will be run between Ne- <
nar,a and North Nenana to connect
with Fairbanks trains. Passengers
for Fairbanks should purchase tick
ets in Nenana before crossing the
ferry.
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Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
During the lest season we conducted an advertising campaign
throughout the North an'd 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 & GO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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