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nfnANA A1ASKA. SATURDAY. MARCH 2. 1818.
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TIMELY ACTION
The alien slacker bill, which is now
before1 congress, and which provides
for the! • deportation of aliens who
are unwilling to ■ Assist the Allied
cause, seems like a good measure.
For, Why should we contin-A to har
bor foreigners' in this country after
they have shown by their actions,
or lapk. of action, that they do not
think enough of the , United States
to render assistance in time of need.
Such men "cannot become good citi
zens and their continued presence in
America’ has a bad influence upon
those who come in contact with
them.' " In the course of time, they
will .become dangerous agitators.
They never will become patriots.
If' such' men will not fight, they
cerfainly are not to be trusted in
our''work' shops. And if their de
portation should threaten the crea
tion of a "shortage of labor, we be
live the best interests of the country
would’be better served by importing
Chiiiarrien td take the places of the
slackers. Chinamen are good work
ers and they are not agitators, two
excellent qualities not common to
numerous of the other nationalities
which we have received within our
boundaries with open arms.
vVe hope the time will not soon
come when it will be necessary to
ask Orientals to help us, for we
realize that their standards of wages
are such as to threaten standards
of living among American working
men. But we prefer the Chinks to
men.pf other countries who will not
fight.
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TIME FOR A CHANGE
If it can be shown that Governor
Strong encouraged Mine Inspector
William .Maloney to enter the terri
torial primaries in opposition to
Delegate Sulzer, the people of Alaska
will be justified in demanding of
President Wilson that a new man
be sent to Juneau to take charge
of our territorial affairs. We have
only the word of Democrats ai. Jun
eau that the governor was mixed
up in the affair, but there has been
no denial, and until there is the
governor will stand convicted of try
ing to undermine the party to which
he is indebted for his present posi
tion.
The excuse of Maloney’s backers
that they, are trying to dislodge the
Democratic machine in Alaska, is
not an explanation which will be
accepted by the regular Democrats
of the territory. It is easier to be
lieve that Maloney and his followers
are-trying to, insure the election of
Wiokersham by defeating Sulzer in
the ..primaries. Had the self-styled
anti-machine Democrats been act I -
ated by a real desire to rid the terri
tory of so-called machine rule, they
would . have selected a real Demo
crat to oppose Sulzer—a man in
whom the people have confidence
and one with sufficient strength
among the voters to insure his elec
tion should he be chosen as the reg
ular nominee of the party.
The affair looks suspicious and we
are sorry to hear that our governor
has 'had a hand in it. He has enough
to answer for without attempting,
hy such methods, to to defeat his
own party.
MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY
A glance over the record of things
accomplished for Alaska by the
Alaska bureau of the Seattle Com
mercial club does not show that any
thing has ever been done by that
organization to secure a reduction
of freight and passenger rates be
tween Alaska and Puget Sound. And
we have not been advised that any
action is being taken at the present
time, by that organization, to pre
vent the steamship companies from
exacting additional tribute from
Northerners.
t , .If this matter has not been taken
up by the Alaska bureau, our friends
in the Spirit City are missing an
opportunity to render valuable ser
vice to the territory. Any advance
in rates that the steamship compan
ies' may compel Alaskans to pay,
however slight the advance, renders
more difficult the development .of
the "Northland. The transportation
charges already are excessive. The
cost of traveling on Alaska steam
ships is such that many people are
prevented,, from making the Nor
thern voyage; the cost of shippirig
Supplies has resulted in the tempor
ary abandonment of moderately-pro
ductive mining ground in all-sections
of the Interior country and all but
stripped the richer properties of
profit.
Our friends in Seattle must be
aware of this condition. The rate
outrage has been given - wide pub
licity by the newspapers of the ter
ritory and both Delegate Sulzer and
Judge Wickersham have brought the
matter to the attention of the fed
eral authorities at Washington in
the hope of secuirng relief. We
need all the help we can get to
force the piratical steamship com
panies to assume a more helpful
attitude toward the territory, and
the Alaska bureau of the Seattle
Commercial club can perform a real
service by joining in the fight.
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TIED HANDS
Nenana finds itself in a peculiar
position w’ith regard to the dog situ
ation. No provision is made in the
townsite regulations for abating the
dog nuisance otherwise than by the
establisment of a pound, and ex
perience already has demonstrated
that impounding the canines is not
a profitable business—-not profitable
enough, at least, to keep a pound
man on the job. And the council of
defense, which was created to as
sist the government in putting the
nation on a solid war footing by
conserving the resources and en
couraging co-operation in all mat
ters pertaining to the war, is equal
ly powerless to rid the community
of worthless and dangerous dogs,
which are a menace to life and which
consume daily a large amount of
food which should be conserved for
human consumption. The local food
administrator is also without au
thority to act, beyond seeing to it
that dealers do not supply dog own
ers with food which should be sold
to families.
The situation is a serious one.
There are far more dogs in town
than can be fed by the scraps from
restaurants and private homes; and
there is not enough other dog feed
in the town to supply the demand.
The result is that many dogs are
eating food which may be hard to
replace during the coming buying
season; they are feeding on sheep
and other game animals which may
not be killed for human consumption
at this season of the year; and they
continue to menace the lives of the
children of Nenana.
NEWLYWEDS SHOWERED;
RECEIVE MANY GIFTS
Two showers were given during
the week in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
Ike Taylor, whose marriage was an
nounced in these columns a week
ago. The first was an aluminum
shower, given at the home of Mrs.
Chas. Hall, followed by a linen
shower on Thursday, at the Smith
cottage, both of which resulted in
the presentation of many useful
gifts to the popular young couple.
Other showers, it is understood, are
planned for the coming week.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that the copartnership heretofore
existing and carrynig on business
under the firm name and style of
Thompson & Gagnon, at Nenana,
Alaska, is hereby dissolved. The
undersigned will not be responsible
for any debts contracted in the name
of said late copartnership on and
after the publication of this notice.
| All accounts due and owing by
the late copartnership will be re
j ceived and paid by the undersigned.
A. D. Thompson, who will continue
the business at the above address,
i Dated this 16th day of February,
j 1918.
A b. THOMPSON,
Publications: Feb. 16, 23; Mar. 2,
9, 16th.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE—Inquire
News Office.
MRS. CASWELL WRITES;
SAYS HEALTH IS BAD
In a letter addressed to Mrs.
Henry Baatz, of this city, Mrs. Phil
Caswell writes that she is still “hang
ing on” but holds out little hope of
ultimate recovery. She is at pres
ent with her folks at Lake George,
New York, where she is under the
care of two doctors who, thus far,
apparently have been unable to
agree on a diagnosis of the case.
Mrs. Caswell left for the Outside
early in the winter, accompanied by
her husband, and at the time of her
departure from Nenana, it was fear
ed that she would not live until she
could reach her home in the East
The letter is as follows:
“My Dear Friend:—Just a few
lines while I am able to write. The
doctor has just given me some mor
phine so that I would be able to
write a few letters. I am confined
to my bed now all the time. Have
had two doctors and they don't
agree. One is the best surgeon in
this part of the state. He says,
after I get stronger, I will have to
go to the hospital for X-Ray treat
ments. My journey was too much
for me. The doctor will not let me
sit up. I wish you could run in and
see me. You are so cheery, always.
“Everyone has been so good to me
here. I wish you could see the flow
ers I have, they are in pots. I
have had so much company, but I
am allowed to see only a very few.
Oh, it is such a terrible winter—
so much snow. But the sun shines
beautifuly now. I love to watch it.
My girlies were so glad to see me.
Lorine now lacks only two inches of
being as tall as I.
“This war business is terribly
grim. All we see is soldier boys,
and food is so scarce and people here
freezing to death for the want of
coal. Mother has enough to keep us
nice and warm and most of her
friends bring their knitting and
spend the afternoon so they can keep
warm.
Phil has had to stay rj:ht with
me. My boy has been so good to
me. I never could have made the
trip without him. We had a terrible
trip from Seattle—got stalled all
along and the cars were so cold.
“Mother does nothing but knit for
the soldiers. She has made helmets,
sweaters and scarfs and the child
ren are doing the same.
“I do not know how much longer
I will hang on. I am trying to be
cheerful, but I guess by the look on
dad’s face, he is pretty discouraged,
although he smiles when he thinks
I am looking. Remember me to all.
“M. CASWELL.”
ARCHIE BYRNE WRITES
FROM SPIRIT CITY
That there are over fifteen thous
men working in the Seattle ship
yards is the information recently
received in a letter from Archie
Byrne, formerly of Nenana. Mr.
Byrne left here last December, and
reports a hard trip over the trail.
The party he was traveling with
were fiteen days on the way to An
chorage. Archie was in Anchorage
about a week and says that things
are very dull there, business being
about at a standstill. Times are a
little better in Seward, and it ap
pears to be the best town of the
two, in his opinion.
Archie made an attempt to enter
the army, but was disqualified on
acccount of his teeth, as was his
partner, for the same reason. He
states that the recruiting officers
are still very strict and very few
get by unless physically perfect.
Joe Robbins, who went out with
Byrne, remained in Anchorage, to
work in a pool room. Harry Lewis
remained at Seward, where he is
also working. Jack Wilbur is work
ing at the government shipyards in
Seattle. McCauley is with the Nor
thern Pacific railroad in the coast
yards. Jack Savoy is working at
the Dosey Ship yards mess house.
Archie says that he has met several
of the boys who went out from Ne
nanan, and that they are well situ
ated, either in Seattle or Tacoma
and seem to be doing well.
E. J. Cronin, of the commissary
force, was operated on Wednesday
morning at the Government hospital
for goitre, and is reported to be
doing fine.
Dawson.—The Northwest Mounted
Police patrol, which has just re
turned from the Arctic, reports hav
ing met Stefansson at Herschel is
land. He told them that he was en
deavoring to reach the Outside last
| fall when the Polar Bear grounded
on Barter island and forced his re
turn to Herschel island. Stefansson
was ill with fever and a bad cold
when the police reached Herschel
and after they arrived at Fort Mc
Pherson, on their return, they re
ceived word that the explorer was
delirious.
GUS HAHN ARRIVES
FROM THE KANTISHNA'
Gus Hahn, formerly in partnership
with Van Orsdel & Thomas, arrived j
in Nenana Tuesday night from the j
Kantishna gold fields, where he has!
been working on No. 14 above Gla-j
cier creek. Mr. Hahn says that;
the creeks are glaciered to such an i
extent that unless there is a large
rain early in the spring, there will |
be a very short mining season there !
next summer. On Eureka creek
alone, there is over forty feet of
glacier on the creek bottom and :
more forming every day.
Van Orsdel and Hahn sunk two!
holes on No. 14 but the prospects!
were so poor that they have discon
tinued mining. They were using a
large boiler, with the * nearest wood
three miles away, some of it being
a six mile haul with a dog team. ‘
Mr. Hahn says that the country,
while it is a very good hard rock.
proposition, it does not pay for the
miner to attempt to make any more
than a grubstake by .working with!
the. pick and shovel as the ground
is a too low grade proposition. How
ever, he belives that with better
facilities for getting the grub in
there, the cost could be reduced very
much. There is plenty of gold,
galena ore and antimony in there,
but no facilities for handling it.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Orsdel plan on
coming to Nenana for good, early in
the spring or as soon as the river
opens.
Mr. Quigley is still working on the
same ground and has over six hun
dred feet of tunnel ruh on his prop
erty. Andy Ness and John Lee are
still working on the ground sublet
from Van Orsdel. Ness is now on
No. 12 above Glacier and is getting
ready to ground sluice.
Joe Dalton is on Eureka creek,
about seven miles from Glacier, and
is preparing for the summer’s work.
Mr. Hahn met Mrs. White with her
outfit about eight miles from Dia
mond and she was using one horse,
relaying the outfit each trip. He
says that at the rate they are going ,
it will be two weeks before they get
to the ground they intend prospect- j
ing.
M. V. Tyler, who will serve on the
grand jury at Fairbanks, left for j
the upper town this morning on the ,
Thelin stage. He wa saccompanied ;
by Mrs. Tyler and daughter Echo. ;
Because they carried advertise- j
merits of a California brewirv, the |
Juneau newspapers of November 2, j
3 and 4 destined for subscribers i
in Seattle have been held up pend- ,
ing an investigation by thv post- \
office department as to wht'her or j
not the advert're men ts contravenes
the iaw of Washington, which for
bids the delivery of newspapers con
taining liquor adver/sements.
Four deer appeared in the vicinity
of the St. Ann hospital at Juneau,
having been driven into the city by
the deep snow, vine of the animals
wandered on to the tack porch of
Royal Shepard, searching for food.
It is thought that the dee” either
came across from Douglas island
ore were driven down Lemon - reek
basin.
Juneau.—The anti-Sulzer crowd
in the First division has filed an
opposition Democratic ticket, with
Territorial Mine Inspector William
Maloney in the field as candidate
for delegate. They claim that they
are out to defeat the Democratic
machine. There is no opposition to
Wickersham, or to Connolly, as the
Socialist candidate.
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AND
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Tanana Sheet Metal Works
NENANAITE IN HOTEL
BUSINESS ON COAST
In a letter recently received by
Harry Davis, from Curly Benson,
formerly one of the partners in the
Tavern Cafe here, Curly tells of
things as they are on the coast, and
of the doings of the boys who left
here this winter. Ur. Benson has
purchased the Stewart Hotel, a
house containing one hundred and
one rooms, and is catering to the
working class. He says that Frank
Schumaker and Alex Capewell are
both doing well. Nick Gulliford is
now the proud owner of a Ford bug,
and is making up for lost time.
He also states that Nenanaites don't
know the meaning of high prices,
as they should get a taste of Seattle.
In speaking of the cafes, he says:
“you pay for everything you order
and then when it's all on the table
you have’nt got anything to speak
of. The present influx of laborers
and ship builders, says Mr. Benson,
has made business very good in
Seattle and unless there is a sulmp
in things generally, he looks for the
good times to continue.
The appointment of Steve Foster
as game warden for the Fourth di
vision, with headquarters at Nenana,
was announced in a telegram receiv
ed from Juneau today, instructing
the successful candidate to qualify
so that he may assume his official
duties on the first of March.
Mr. Foster was Nenana’s candi
date, having been endorsed by the
Commercial club and by many indi
viduals of the town.
Wm. R. Taylor, the Kantishna
mining man, passed through Nenana
during the week enroute to Fair
banks, after a stay of several weeks
in the hills. It is possible that Mr.
Taylor will make a trip to the States
before returning to his properties.
Miss Dorris Jacobsen, of Fair
banks, underwent a major operation
at the Government hospital during
the early part of the week and is
now doing nicely.
John H. Flower, well known old
timer who located in Nenana last
fall, has accepted a position with
the Northern Commercial company.
Miss Mildred Anderson, who was
operated on at the Government hos
pital, has now recovered to such an
extent that she will be able to leave
that institution for her home on
Sunday.
ALIEN REGISTRATION
Instructions regarding the regis
tration of German alien enemies
have been received by Deputy Mar
shal Hagen, together with the form
of affidavit that has to be made out
in connection therewith.
The department calls special at
tention to a section of the rules re
garding the registration, which
states that:
“All registration officers are re
minded that many registrants will
need assistance and advice in filling
out their registration affidavits and
they are requested to aid such per
sons in every proper way. Regis
trants are not to be treated as per
sons of evil disposition, and the reg
istrant officers are urged to deal
with them in a courteous and friend
ly manner.”
No fees are to he charged or
gratuities accepted from registrants
by registration officers for admin
i istering oaths or for any other
1 reason.
Those persons required to register
are:- All natives, citizens, denizens
or subjects of the German empire
or of the Imperial German govern
ment or Austrian Empire, or of the
I Austro-Hungarian government, be
ing males of the age of 14 years
and upward, who are within the
United States and not actually nat
uralized as American citizens. Any
: one who fails to register is liable
j to imprisonment for the duration of
; the war, as, also is any alien enemy
; wrho has registered who is found
(without his registration card.
Roy Lamb, master mechanic for
the Alaskan Engineering commis
jsion, went out to 43-Mile camp early
I last week on business in connection
with the construction of the new
piledriver which is being set up out
there to handle the material for the
new bridge that will be built across
the Nenana river at 43-Mile crossing.
R.S.McDONALD
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