THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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PIONEERS ARE FOR ALASKA
One of the Pioneer Igioos recent.
]y refused to approve a resolution
condemning what -s known as the
Sutherland Bill now pending be
fore congress ar.d whose purpose is
to secure government aid to pros
pectors in exploring and proving
their gTound. The Igloo refused
to approve the petition but approv
ed the Sutherland Bill instead. In
doing so they adm.tted that the bill
might have defects, but said it was
right in principle. They sa;d further
that their Igloo would never take
a position opposed to any measure
that was sincerely aimed to bene
fit Alaska prospectors. Coupled, with
the resolution was an expression of
confidence in the integrity and sin
cerity of Delegate Sutherland.
At the same time the Igioo had
under consideration a proposed lem
law for the protection of cannery
and packing plant employes, which
was submitted by Senator D.mond.
While recognizing that the bill had
not assumed its final form, and not
therefore perfect, the Igioo approv
ed the bill. They also included in
the resolution an expression of con
fidence in the integrity and sin
cerety of Mr. Dimond.
The action of the Igloos in these
cases points out The Pathfinder,
illustrates two prominent charact.
eristics in the Order of Pioneers.
The first is that the Order is not
par'.izan in politics. The second is
that the Pioneer Igloos always stand
for what they believe to be in the
best interests of the men and wo
men who are making their living
while helping to develop the re
sources of the country.
CUPID FLEES FROM TURK LAW
A young Turkish grri recently es
caped from ter home in Scutari,
married her English lover in Con
stantinople and tlie couple then
fled the country for a western cap
ital. Why did they flee* Because
the penalty for a Moslem who be
comes a Christian is death. The
instance is referred to for the pur
pose of illustrating the rigor and
barbarism of Turkish law which i
administered by judges intimately
associated with the Mohammedan
Church, and dependent upon the
funds of that church for their em.
oluments. Tnis explains why the
Occidental powers and the United
States are so insistent at Lausanne
that the capitulatories of seven
centuries standing should not be
denied to Christian people resident
in Turkey. It is no crime undei
Turkish statute for a Mohammedan
to murder a Christian—no more
than it would be for an American
policeman to shoot a mad dog. li
Ismet Pasha should succeed in de
nouncing the capitlatories the life
of a Christian in Turkey would b<
worth very little. Not until Turkei
has adopted a civilized code of civi
and criminal procedure can th<
Christian world consent to the de
nouncement of the capitlatorie
where in the jurisdiction ove
Christian residents in Turkey i
given to mixed tribunals adminis
tering law in a manner which ac
cords with civilized concent of jus
tice.
Fine Stock Stauie anff Fancy Grc
eerie*. Fowler & Morria.
SHOES ANSWER
Exports of American shoes for
November, 1922, with the new tariff
law in operation, recorded an in
crease of 67..2 per cent over the
'number of pairs exported in Novem
ber, 1921—men’s shoes increasing
174.8 per cent, women’s, 50.2 per
; cent and children’s 92.6 per cent,
Exports of leather beltirg increased
42.1 per cent November 1922 over
November 1921. This is another
! reply to the contention of oppon.
etfits of the Republican tariff law
that it would cut off our exporl
trade.
MOTOR AMERICA
If all the persons employed ir
the production of motor vehicle;
and allied lines were mustered int<
battle array we would have tht
sizable army of 2,431,400. Last yea;
they produced 4,800,000 cars anc
trucks, wholesale value $2,939,000
000, and 36.340.000 tires. Approx
imately 11.500,000 motor vehicle
were registered, which is 81 pe;
cent of the world's registration. A
bout 3.500,000 were registered or
the farms. Gasoline consumptior
reached 5.300,000,000 gallons anc
S3 per cent of our rubber supply
went into the business. We exportec
about $124,000,000 worth of vehic
les and parts. Compare this wit!
any other country in the world anc
ask yourself if the little old U. S
A. isn’t a pretty good place to be
and a pretty good country to keej
away from hatreds jealousies, in
trigues, and miseries of Europe.
TIGER S NEW LAIR
The editor of the New York Tri
; bur.e says that Charles F. Murphy
the Tammany sachem, "Has calmly
established himself in Albany as i
sort of super-Governor. and patron.
• age seekers are turning to him rath
er than to the Governor for appoint,
ments,” Murphy put “Al” Smith c
ver, thereby defeating one of the
best Governors the Empire State
ever h2d—Nathan Miller. The Tam
many chieftain is enthusiastically
touting Governor Smith for the
Democratic presidential nomination
in 1924. Uundoubtedly Smith is one
of the, ablest public men that ha
been produced in this generation—
by the Democrats. If he should se
cure the nomination it would be uj
to the voters to decide whether >:
not Mr. Murphy should transfer hi;
residence from Albany to Washing
ton for the purpose of loading th<
departmental service and the cab
inet with Tammany braves.
_
Bert Toms, a native of St. Mich
aei was arrested recently and take!
before U. S. Commissioner Fran!
P. Williams. The native was charg
ed with carrying concealed weapon
and upon arraignment plead guilty
Commissioner Williams imposed Th
maximum sentence, namely on
'hundred days in jail and a fine o
$200.
Details of the circumstances lead
. i ing to his arrest are not at hand
I but in view of the extreme pen
alty being imposed it is reasonabl
to presume that the native wa
looking for trouble and his appre
(hension likely prevented a seriou
crime being committed.
Typewriter Taper ar -fbe New*
POPULAR ROAD BUILDER
IS ASSIGNED TO NOME
Interior Alaska friends of ‘'Bob" |
Summers will regret to learn that
the former popular road builder of'
the Fairbanks district has been as
J signed to duty in the Seward penin
| sula district. There was’ a report in
. circulation in the Interior some time
; ago that Mr. Summers would return
. to the Interior this spring, to re
' sume his former duties with the
j Alaska Road Commission, but that
i the report was without foundation
is indicated by the following article
taken from a recent issue of the
Juneau Empire:
R. J. Sommers will superintend
•the work of the Alaska Road Com
; mission and the Board of Rivers
{and Harbors Engineers on Seward
| Peninsula this season, according to
a statement made by Col. Gotwals
1 Mr. Sommers will leave for Nome
early this summer. He will be in
1 charge of the river and harbor work
j the improvement of the Nome-Shel
; ton railroad, and all road work. The
naming of Mr. Sommers as super.
' intendent in the Seward Peninsula
district is on account of the effort
being made to get the railroad in
1 good shape this season and to com
plete the harbor work. Col. Gotwals
said.
The dredges installed on Little
Creek necessitate improving the
roads leading from Nome to Little
Creek, and this work will be car
. ried on during the eason.
Mr. Sommers was formerly with
the Alaska Road Commission at
Nome and at Fairbanks where he
had charge of the road work on the
Richardson Highway.
William Leonard Smith, now
working on the Nizina bridge pro
ject. will leave McCarthy about A
pril 1. for Nome, to inspect the
rivers and harbors work at that
place, Col. Gotwals said. It is the
present plan to dredge the harbor
before navigation opens and Mr.
Smith will supervise this work.
Dredging will start about May 15
and should be completed by June
15, when navigation opens.
The plan of dredging the harbor
as early in the season as May is be
cause of the usual fine weather in
that time, the storms occurring af
ter navigation opens. Col. Gotwals
said ' - completion of the dredging
by June 15 will be a big aid in
the naviation of small boats and
lighters from the steamers, to the
| shore.
SLAYER OF SHELTON HELD
The body of J. D. Shelton, the
man who met death at his trading
station along the South Mouth of
the Yukon River was taken recent
ly to Nome for the purpose of hold
ing an autopsy.
Commissioner Williams of St.
Michael held an inquest over the
body of Shelton and Robert Arnold
appeared before the jury, admitting
that he shot Shelton in self de
fense. The jury returned a verdict
that Shelton came to his death ut
the hands of Arnold and Commis
sioner Williams bound him over to
the grand jury on a Second Degree
murder charge. The defendant is
. now in the Federal jail at Nome,
awaiting appearance before the
grand jury.
PEERS PLAY HOOKY
LONDON, April, 7—Although the
membership of the House of Lords
is 740 recent statistics show that an
. average session of the Upper House
is attended by only 170 peers.
These figures are an annual aver
age. Were it not for the special
sessions, the average attendance
would be less than a hundred.
COEDS TO PLAY BALL
^ EUGENE. Ore., April, 7—The
women of the University of Oregon
will put out a baseball team this
spring, according to announcement
of Miss Mary Hathaway, in charge
of this sport. Miss Hathaway says
there is a great deal of good ma
terial among the coeds this year.
Besides interclass games, a series
will be played with the Women's
team of the Oregon Agricultlra
College.
SEPPALA WINS YUBA DERBY
FOR KENNEL CLUB PURSE
Sun. Feb. 4,the third dog race of
the winter was run at Nome with
eight speedy entries. The course
being the same as run in the Ladies
race of the week preceding. Start
ing at five minute intervals in the
following order:A. Carey, E. Rohen,
Gustafsson, F. Mebes, L. Seppala,
Wm. Cameron, Geo. Waldheim and
Tom Kohannek.
The teams completed the course
in the order and time indicted as
follows:
Time.
33:52
33:23
36:38
39:04
39:55
39:06
42:10
43:32
Entries
SEPPALA
CAMERON' ,
WALDHELM
ROHEN' ...
MEBES
CAREY ..:.
GUSTAFSSON
KOHANNEK
The trail was heavy and most
of the teams wandered frequently
from the course, but none wander
ed so far as to be disqualified.
Three purses were hung up by
the Kennel Club, under whose aus
pices the race was run and consisted
of cash amounts of $40, $25 and
$10 each.
SECOND DIVISION FEELING
WAVE OF FEDERAL ECONOMY
Last summer the Department of
Justice sent a Special Examiner. F.
Chappel. thru Alaska for the pur
pose of investigating the various
Federal departments with the end
! in view of a general retrenchment
policy. Upon return to Washington
; of Mr. Chappel <hc recommended
' that a reduction in the Second Divi
sion was advisable says the Nome
: Nugget.
By reason of this recommendation
the Department of Justice has or
i dered the Marshal's office of Nomt
I to reduce its force. Carrying ou1
; this order Marshal Griffith has re
tired Erik Johnson as deputy mar
shal at Council; Sam C. Taylor as
stenographer in the local office and
Geo. Gond as guard in the Nom«
Federal Jail. Sam C. Taylor wi!
assume the duties formerly perform
ed by Mr. Bond.
It is rumored that retirement:
will probably result in other federa
: offices as well as the Marshal's of.
fice, but no confirmation has beer
obtained.
Writing paper at The News Office
William A. Hesse
MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
BOX 1035, FAIRBANKS
Andy’s Express
-AT —
Seward
Will Give Your
BAGGAGE AND FREIGHT
Careful Attention
MEETS ALL TRAINS
AND BOATS
Pioneers of Alaska
\enana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8.00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Alfred J. Ghezzi
Secretary.
R. C. Morris.
President.
IF YOU DONT
TRADE WITH US
WE BOTH LOSE
ALFRED J. GHEZZI
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A. A. SHONBECK
ANCHORAGE
LIME, PLASTER, CEMENT, FIRE BRICK, FIRE CLAY
Explosives and Blasting Supplies
COAL OIL
GASOLINE LUBRICATING OILS GREASES
HAY and GRAIN
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LADDIES AID
There will be a meeting of the
Ladies Aid Society on Monday after
noon at 2:30 at the home of Mrs.
W. A. Coghill.
AOS
FOR SALE—Basket ?ieig. Inquire
Charles E. Bergman.
FOR SALE—Complete outfit of
safe deposit boxes. Mrs. E. A. Wil
liams. postmaster, Xenana. Alaska.
~HEALY~LAUNDRY FOR SALE.
Complete outfit. Inquire J. M. Smith
HERMAN ANDERSON’S
MODERN RESIDENCE
FOR SALE
Has the following rooms:
1 Entrance Vestibule.
1 Large Living room. 10X26.
3 Berrooms (each has clothes clo
, set.)
1 Large Kitchen, wnite enamel,
with breakfast nook, seating six
persons.
1 Bathroom, finished in white e
namel, with bath tub. wash basin
I and lavatory.
1 flood well, with clear water all
the year.
1 Edison Gold Medal Phonograph.
A houseful of A 1 oak furniture.
1 Dustproof warehouse, 45X45.
The basement of the house can be
used for warm storage. Capacity ov
: er 50 tons.
For further information see Her
man Anderson.
ORDER YOUR
COAL
BY PHONE
Healy River
Coal
Corporation
.PHONE YOUR ORDERS
.. TO THE
RAILROAD CIGAR STORE
Trappers Traders
SHIP TO
GEORGE R. GOSKAW, INC.
Dealer in Raw Furs
SEATTLE
Alaska Building
NEW YORK
127 W. 27th Street
Staff Sergaent J. M. Campbell.
Signal Corns, of Valdez, arrived in
Xenana this week enroute to Fort
Gibon to make preparations for
moving his family to Valdez after
the breakup.
BILL OF SALE blanks for sale
at The X'ews Office.
FOR RENT
NEW YORK BLOCK
(Also known as The Arctic)
A two-story building on corner
of best business block in Xenana.
Building is 25X100 feet. Lower
floor has plate glass front; also a
two-window plate glass front on side
street. Upper floor has fifteen
rooms, all nicely furnished. House
has hot air and steam heating sys
tems. Has electric washing machine
mangles washtubs, etc. Good oppor
tunity for enterprising party. For
further particulars see or write
Abe Simson, Xenana.
NOTICE
T. W. Buchholz, of Xenana, has
been named authorized representa
tive of the Fairbanks Clothing Co.
in Xenana and vicinity and is em
powered to receive money due the
company on old and new acounts.
J. P, FOWLE
LOCAL TRAIN SCHEDULE
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
Trains leave and arrive Xenana as
follows:
8:00 p. m.. Tuesday and Friday for
Seward and intermediate points.
Returning arrives Xenana 6:45 a
m., same days.
1:30 p. m., Tuesday and Friday for
Dunbar. Fairbanks ami Chatanika.
Arrives Xenana 12:30 p. m., Tues
day and Friday.
Pullman sleeper charges: Lower
berth, $4.50; upper berth. $3.50.
Tickets entitle holders to privi
leges Observation car.
D. H. WILLIAMS
Undertaking Parlors
Licenced Embalmer
Funeral Director
Anchorage — Nenana — Seward
CHAS. E. BERGMAN
Nenana Manager