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.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. Southworth.Editor and Manager
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LANE’S CONSTRUCTIVE PLANS
The dispatches tell us, says the
Anchorage Times, that over 40,001)
returned soldiers and sailors have
filed applications with Secretary of
the Interior Lane for reclaimed agri->
cultural lands under his big con-,
structive scheme to make oppor-!
trinities for the boys in khaki. A j
bill providing the necessary appro- j
priations was introduced in the last
session of the Congress. It passed
the house, but was killed in the!
senate by the filibuster. The same j
bill will be introduced in the extra
session. If it passes, as it surely1
will, the huge sum of §100,000,0001
will be available for reclaiming
desert, swamp and logged off lands;
and for other constructive purposes.
The importance of this constructive
measure can hardly be over-esti- j
mated. In the first place, it will
provide immediate employment for.
thousands upon thousands of re-1
turned soldiers; it will make new
opportunities for them, giving them
an opportunity to own a home and
some land on easy installments. It
will tend to make popular the rural j
life, as opposed to the city life,!
with its lack of opportunities, its j
unhealthy and congested living con-!
ditions. Bounteous nature will grow j
almost anything that is planted, and -
the most efficient means of com
bating the present high cost of liv
ing is for families, as well as in-!
dividuals, to themselves plant and i
raise most of the food necessities
of life.
Alaska, too, expects to share in ;
this big constructive scheme, for it
is certain that some of the money
appropriated will be expended in1
this territory. Alaska never had a
better friend than the big man who ;
is the head of the interior depart-1
ment.
DISINTERESTEDNESS OF
AMERICA.
He is a purblind reader of history,
he wholly mistakes the philosophy
of America and of America’s place
in the world, who does not realize1
that this country owes its freedom |
from suspicion to the very policy
which the President now wants us i
to abandon. If America does in
deed mean so much to the world,
if it inspires other nations with
confidence and with hope, as we re
joice to believe, it is because wre
have con; latently followed the wise |
and prudent course upon which at j
the beginning we entered under the
guidance of Washington and Jeff-,
erson and Monroe. It is because.
we have not meddled in the affairs
of European nations which did not I
concern us. It is because we have
refrained from entangling alliances,
and have been content to cultivate
peace, commerce, and honest friend
ship with all. It is because, while
we have have ever been ready to
enter into temporary alliances for
specific purposes, as we did in the
Boxer war in China, and as we
have done in this war against the
Huns, have not entered balances
of power or concerts of the pow
i' . , -lib and sordid purposes,
nor so tied ourselves up in any
international compacts as to make
ourelves a party to intrigues, jeal
ousies, or animosities such as too
often prevail among other nations.
—Harper’s Weekly.
AMERICA ALWAYS, AND AMER
ICA ALWAYS FIRST.
The doctrine of enlightened na
tionalism which puts the welfare,
the prosperity, the progress of the
United States first, is a narrow or
parochial doctrine.
The greatest obligation, the fore
most duty imposed on American cit
izens by their membership in the
greatest democracy the world has
ever known is to make that democ
racy a success. They must make
the United States in the present
and the future, as it has been in
the past, the best country on earth
for men and women to live in; the
best country on earth for children
to be born in; the best country on
earth for men to live for and to
die for.
Doing this, maintaining the place
of the United States among the
powers, improving the conditions,
political and social, of the people
of the United States as the advance
of knowledge renders improvement
possible, the citizens of this coun
try will make the mightiest contri
bution that lies within their power
to the welfare of the world.
America always, and America al
ways first.—New York Sun.
“Outside capital is becoming
timid about investing in Alaska un
til the present wave of socialism
passes by and the people of the
territory show that capital is not
invited to invest in Alaska for the
purpose of being held up, says the
Valdez Miner. The territory is new
and needs development. Too many
statutes hamper this development.
The country needs roads and trails
and to get these we must have
population. To secure population
we must offer better conditions
than prevail in the States. Every
prospective settler will naturally
wish to know what it will cost him
to come to Alaska and what it will
cost him to live here, and unless
he can be assured of fair treatment
and good wages, will seek other
fields.”
PETERSBURG PEOPLE
WANT WRANGELL
NARROWS DREDGED
PETERSBURG.—So that larger
vessels may use Wrangell Narrows,
one of the most dangerous pieces
of water in the North, without wait
ing for extreme high tide, a move
ment has been started in South
eastern Alaska urging the dredg'ng
of the Narrows. Mails and freights
to points in this section, it is pointed
out, have been delayed and endan
gered by storms and insufficient
water in the Narrows, which has of
ten compelled large vessels to make
a long trip around the Narrows.
Wrangell Narrows, generally calm
and safe in normal weather, are
never bothered by ice fields or high
winds, and the strong current pre
vailing, it is said, would make it
necessary for dredging operations to
be repeated. Petersburg, an im
portant Alaska cannery point, could
then be made a stopping place for
vessels in the Alaska trade, it is
asserted.
GREAT CROWDS FIGHT
FOR AMERICAN SHOES
IN BELGIAN CAPITAL
BRUSSELS. — American shoes
were placed on sale here recently.
Great crowds struggling to reach
an objective on the northern side
of the Rue Neuve, becoming noisy
and unruly, caused a call to be sent
to the police station for the re
serves. The objective was an
American shoe store which had jest
advertised for sale a carload of
footwear, at prices ranging from
fifty to sixty francs. In the .-.hop
ping district shoes were worth from
eighty to one hundred and fifty
francs and here these crowds were
battling for the privilege of pur
chasing shoes the lower cost, equiva
lent to $10 or $12 a pair The
supply was exhausted before sun
down. As two poorly dressed
women emerged from the store one
was heard to say: “Blessed be the
Americans; I have saved fifty
francs.”
MANUFACTURERS
OF BELGIUM WAN!
LIEGE, Belgium. — Along the
route from devastated Louvain to
this desolate city, tall smokeless
chimneys line the formerly pros-:
perous valley of the Meuse. Idle'
coal mines, huge plants which
belched fire and sizzled with the
gurgle of the melting lead and the i
boiling steel are now silent and !
abandoned. There is no outward
: visible sign of devastation, but a
superficial examination of the in
side of the plants reveals the fact
jthat this district has been stripped
as thoroughly and more systemat
■ ically than the line of battle where
the cannon roared for four years.
! The Cockerill Manufacturing com
pany employed 12,000 workmen; at
the small arms factory, “Fabrique
Rationale,” 4,500 skilled workmen
manufactured revolvers and rifles,
the invention of Browning of Tex
as; the Ougnee-Mariez plant manu
factured steel machinery, locomo
tives and presses, 14,000 hands hav
ing been employed there. Now a
few laborers wander like lost sou’s
1 in the vast halls, which seem im
mense because of the removal by
the Germans of all the machinery
j formerly filling up every available
inch of floor space. They are re
pairing the few dilapidated automo
: biles, machines and locomotives the
| Germans left behind in their de
liberate retreat and in their sys
tematic plundering through four
j years.
The managers of these plants
know where their machinery has
been removed. They have the names
of the firms in the various cities of
Germany which are now manufac
turing with these stolen machines
the products that in a few months
they will attempt to unload upon
the world’s markets. They are dis
satised and bitter in their comment
because they feel they have been
neglected by the peace conference
They feel Germany should have been
ordered to return at once the stol
en machinery, or that they should
at least have been permitted to
enter Germany and remove them to
their plants. They are not short of
steel. One of the former manufac
turers declared he had 2,000,000
pounds of steel on hand, but no
machinery.
A manager of one plant expressed
himself as more than disillusioned:
“Times have changed since the ar
mistice, when Belgium was every
where cited as incarnating the very
spirit of patriotism and heroism,
when promises were made that
fighting would go on until Belgium
should be integrally restored, finan
cially, economically, and politically.
Your brave American boys who
came to Europe and died with a
smile thought to avenge violated
Belgium fighting desperately for its
own and the very world's freedom
at the threshold of civilization.”
Genuine Buhach at Fowler &
Morris.
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A new houseboat, especially built
for Dr. Hedger, and named the
New D. D. S., was launched at
Fairbanks yesterday. The craft is
34 feet long, with a 9-foot beam.
The house is 21 feet long and 7
feet wide, and is fitted up for use
as a dental surgery, with comfort
able living quarters attached.
The boat will be either towed or
shipped to Tanana when the steam
1 er Tanana leaves Fairbanks on her
next trip to Dawson.
Dr. Hedger will use the boat for
his annual tour of the Yukon and
its tributaries.
He Would Prefer It Stayed
Suitor—“Sir, I ask for your
! daughter Imogen’s hand.”
Her Father—“Certainly, my boy,
certainly—take the one that's al
ways in my pocket.”—The Passing
Show. ♦
Nick O’Brien, Section 3 foreman,
was brought into town yesterday
for treatment at the government
hospital. He hopes to be able to
return to his station within a few
! days.
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Nenana—The Gateway to KcXinley
National Park.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Household furniture,
dining room set, White sewing
machine, bedstead, etc. Apply
Mrs. Leroy Moyer, Second and B.
FOR SALE—Team of young horses,
; weight about thirty hundred.
Guaranteed to work single or
double, wheelers or leaders, and
j perfectly gentle. Vachon, Tolo
vana. k21
i WANTED — Camp cook, man or
woman, for grading camp on Lit
tle Goldstream, about ten miles
from Nenana. Apply to Jim
Dzukoff, Cooney Hotel.
FOR SALE—Bargains in household
furniture and effects, piano, etc.:
Apply to Mrs. Emil Hartwick,
First street, near C.
Restaurant Tabs and Tablets at
the News Office.
EQUIPMENT HERE
The steamer Shusana arrived at
an early hour this morning, from
Chena with a quantity of grading
equipment consigned to the Alas
kan Engineering Commission. The
principal part of the equipment con- j
sisted of narrow gauge ballast cars
and locomotive No. 383. She also
had some freight consigned to local
merchants.
The locomotive and cars brought j
by the steamer were loaded on board
at Chena, and comprised part of
the equipment sent for service at
the Happy end of the Fairbanks
Nenana line some time ago.
With the commencement of ac- i
tivities in railroad building on a j
large scale on the Fairbanks branch
line, the need of narrow gauge loco
motives and flatcars became im
perative, and the supply available
at the Fairbanks end had • to be
drawn from to meet the demand at
this end of the branch line.
Shortly after discharging the car
go she had on board to local con
signment, the Shusana steamed
across the river to the dock near
Camp 415, for the purpose of un
loading the government freight.
John Bernard, who is associated
with R. E. Burns and Andrew An
derson in opening up the Burns
coal mine, arrived in town yester
day on the speeder, on a brief busi
ness visit.
YOU
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BUY
WAR
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NOW
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Wet Weather Goods
Rubbers, Boots, Rubber Shoes
SAVE TIME AND MONEY
Raincoats, Slickers and Shoe Oils
GO TO
\ FOWLER & MORRIS ^
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A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
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The Southern
Tom Smith, Prop.
Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
WILL RETURN TO NENANA
SOMETIME IN JULY
Date will be announced later
NICELY HOUSE
With Belmont In Connection
POOL CANDIES CIGARS
AND TOBACCOS
WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
PRICES REASONABLE
Rates By the Week or Month
L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
Shop in Portland Building
Now Open for Business with
Full Line of Requisites
r.s. McDonald
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE RENTALS
LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
(New York Life)
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the moit reliable companies
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
FOR RENT
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
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 com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
| Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Wednesdays and Satur
days at 8 p. m.
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NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second and Fourth Tuesdays
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER
Secretary
M. V. TYLER,
Dictator.
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ALASKAN DEALER IN
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Alaska Building 127 W. 27tH Street
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