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.
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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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ALASKA'S FUTURE.
The geological survey’s advance
sheets of the annual report on Alas
ka, says the Seattle Post-Intelli
gencer, do not paint a glowing pic
ture of that region, so marvelously
rich in natural resources. Mining
Alaska gold and copper is at a low
ebb, and the immediate future of
fers but little encouragement to
those who study the situation statis
tically. The value of gold has
shrunk to an unheard-of degree and
the cost of production has risen
enormously. Obviously, this condi
tion must put an end to all gold
mining operations except the most
favored. When this condition will
be altered is beyond prediction. The
eager war-time demand for copper
brought out a vast amount of that
metal and Alaska contributed her
share, and did so profitably. But
that abnormal demand has ceased,
leaving a large surplus of copper
in the markets of the world, the
use of which is curtailed domes
tically by high prices, while its ex
portation is all but prohibited by
exchange.
Alaska, no doubt, is suffering and
will continue to suffer by reason of
the world conditions which affect all
of us, though Alaska, by having all
her eggs in one or two baskets, is
apparently worse off than her neigh
bors. There is a dark side to Alas
ka today, but there is also a bright
side. The lesson Alaska is learning
will not be without profit. Alaska
must diversify her activities. A
country, no more than an individual,
can afford to put all the eggs in
one basket, and that is what Alaska
has done. Too much attention ha
been paid to mining in Alaska and
not enough to other forms of wealth
production.
There was a time when the farm
ers of the Middle West raised noth
ing but wheat; they even drank
canned milk because they didn’t
want the trouble and the waste of
wheat land involved in keeping a
cow. A wheat failure then meant
starvation; a bumper crop w'ith its
low prices meant bankruptcy. It
took these farmers a good many
years to learn their lesson, but since
they learned it they have prospered
amazingly. It has been much the
same with Alaska. Too many men
have sought gold, which has no
value of its own, and too few have
searched and toiled for the produc
tion of real wealth. Mining is an
exhausting business. The miner
takes out and puts nothing back.
Sooner or later there will be noth
ing to take opt.
With the completion of the Alas
ka railroad and the object lesson
of the lean years, we are certain
that Alaska will regain her lost
ground and that the day is not far
distant when the annual statement
of the production of wealth in
Alaska will deal briefly and only in
cidentally with gold mining.
NORTH DAKOTA’S EXAMPLE.
The decision of the supreme court
of North Dakota holding that the
state can legally enter upon any in
dustrial program puts the final proof
I
jon the oft-made assertion that there
j is no limit to a democracy. Under
the constitution with which North
Dakota entered the union, there may
' have been no legal provision where
by the state could become a busi
ness corporation and engage in gen
eral business in the same manner as
a private corporation. But the orig
inal constitution was subject to am
endment; it was within the power
j of the people of the state to make
I whatever changes in the state con
stitution they saw fit.
The people of North Dakota
availed themselves of the right of
amending their constitution and spe
cifically asserted their right to build
and operate grain elevators, flour
mills, and engage in other indus
trial enterprises. A friendly suit
was brought to test the validity of
these amendments and the supreme
court of the state has held them
valid.
The supreme court, of course,
points out the .Juneau Empire, does
not pass on the wisdom or folly of
these innovations. It merely states
that they are legal; that they have
been launched by letral methods, and
that, there is nothing in the law or
the constitution to invalidate them.
The people of the state have simply
expressed their will in a constitu
tional manner and there is nothing
to prevent the carrying out of the
will of the people.
What North Dakota has done, anv
state in the Union may do; the
.United States itself can do. There
is a definite and orderly process for
any change of law which the people
may think to be desirable. There
, is, therefore, no sense and less hon
esty to all this blatant talk about
the tyranny of government, about
the inability of the majority to put
jits wishes into effect. North Da
kota is no different from any other
i state, and North Dakota passes the
lie to all the varieties of red radicals
who talk about the downtrodden
, people.
We are far from certain that the
'experiences of North Dakota are to
be happy. The recent bank scandal
does not indicate that all the North
Dakota theories/are as economically
sound as they are legally valid. But
that is beside the point of our dis
cussion. which is, that the people of
|any state in the United States can,
by the simple method of amending
their constitution, bring about any
•change in state government, and in
crease to any extent the functions
of their government. That is liber
ty; liberty with law and order, the
only liberty that is tolerable.
WOMEN’S DRESSES NOW
TO HAVE NO SLEEVES
, NEW YORK.—-The cost of wom
len’s clothes may be reduced because
(there will be considerably less of
jthem, if the predictions of a fash
jionable Fifth avenue male milliner
jand dressmaker who has just ar
} rived from Paris are correct.
The latest modes France is send
ing to the United States, he said,
are: No stockings, extremely short
skirts, no sleeves, and sandals.
Nenana, ts« Gateway to McKinley
national Park
Hand-Painted
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SIMSON’S
DEPARTMENT STORE
SERVE AS POLICE
CHARLESTON', W. Va. — Com
posed entirely of former service
men, the West Virginia constabu
lary, after six months of prepara
tion and training, has taken the
field to enforce the law. Although
recruited to only one-half of its
maximum strength, the men on duty
are fully equipped and, according
to their officers, are ready for any
emergency.
Under the command of Colonel
Jackson Arnold, the men have been
organized into provisional companies
ami assigned to 15 sub-patrol sta
tions. These cover all trunk-line
railroads in the state, for the pur
pose of facilitating mobilization
should it become necessary to move
the entire force to some point in a
hurry. At each sub-station from
three to five men will be on duty
All will be mounted on horses ex
cept the patrols at VVellsburg and
Martinsburg, who will be equipped
with motorcycles.
The service has already attracted
natives of 23 of the 55 counties
in West Virginia. They are picked
men, whose intelligence, courage
and endurance have been proved to
the satisfaction of Colonel Arnold.
The bill creating the state con
stabulary became a law six months
ago.
MESOPOTAMIA HAS BIG
FUTURE IN RAW COTTON
—
BOMBAY, India. — Mesopotamia
'has a great future as a cotton
j growing area, in the opinion of ex
■perts who have just completed a
jtour of that country as representa
tives of the British Empire Cotton
! Growing association.
Nenana, Alaska’s Interior Fuel Depot
TYPEWRITER PAPER IS
ON SALE BY THE NEWS
| A shipment of typewriter paper,
i of the standard American brand,
Ihas just been unpacked at The News
office, where it is on sale by the
box or in any other quantity desired.
The sizes include both legal and
letter and the weights range from
the lightest to heavy.
The paper was bought right and
is being sold at a close margin of
profit.
The News also has unprinted en
velopes for sale by the box and by
the package—all sizes, from baroni
al to legal, white and colored, and
bond and wove.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To James McLoughlin, Dan Sul
livan, Pat Fleming, J. McNeil, Mar
tin Kelly, George Chambers, James
Daily and John Donnelly, your heirs,
executors, administrators and assigns
and all persons claiming an interest
through either of you:
You and each of you are hereby
WANT ADS
TWO TENTS FOR SALE—One lOx
12, and one 12x14. Inquire News.
THE DWYER HOME FOR SALE.
Terms reasonable. tf
TWO GOOD DOGS for sale. Inquire
| for S. E. Gardner, at Cooneys.
WELL-FURNISHED two-room cabin,
with good water and large cache,
, for sale cheap. Inquire News
j office. tf
WANTED—Position by woman as
cook in camp. Inquire at News
office.
i WANTED TO BUY—Two or three
good dogs. Must be cheap. In
quire at Terminal.
FOUND—Bunch of keys. Inquire
at Central Cafe.
FOR RENT—Suite of three rooms,
suitable for light housekeeping,
with heat anil 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,
Secretary.
Martin - Nash,
President.
notified that we, the undersigned, j
your co-owneis, have expended in j
labor and improvements the sum of
not less than one hundred dollars
($100.00) for each of the years of
1914, 1915, 1916, and certain other
sums for the ^ears 1917, 1918 and
1919, upon the following placer min
ing claim, to-wit: The Raven Asso-1
ciation, situated on Monument creek,
a tributary of the Salatna river,
the said claim being situated in the'
Nulato Recording Precinct, Terri-1
cory of Alaska; that such labor was
j performed and expense incurred on
I said claim for the purpose of de
jveloping said claim and constitutes
j the annual assessment work upon
isaid claim for the years 1914, 1915,
I 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1919, in com
[pliance with section 2324 of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States,
'and subsequent legislation.
I You and each of you are further
| notified that if at the expiration of
| ninety (90) days after the last pub
lication- of this notice you fail or
Refuse to contribute your proportion
| of such expenditure, your interest in j
said claim will become the property
i of the undersigned your co-owners
under section 2324, Rexised Statutes
of the United States.
PATRICK SAVAGE,
PATRICK POWERS, j
Co-Owners.
First publication Feb. 4, 1920.
Last publication April 28, 1920.
Day of publication, Wednesday.
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NENANA HOUSE,
Large Barn--In Connection -Dog Kennels
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NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
Second and Fourth Mondays
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.!
Dr. J. R, BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
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 groun !
floor of the General Office Building.
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at Camp 415 (North N’enana).
tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can be
purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
Kegular trains for the south leave
the foot of A street on Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
Camp 415 (North Nenana), for
Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
1 p. m.
The 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 their
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.
During 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 morg, 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