THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enzry 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.
Owned and Edited by
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cation of all news dispatches'credited to it or not otherwise credited in
this paper and also all the local news published herein.
AMERICAN LEGION.
The first “American Legion” was
founded in 1792, and its existence,
by that name, terminated in 1796.
War department records show that
when the regular army was reor
ganized in 1792, following the Rev
olutionary war, it was first officially
designated the “Legion” and was
divided into four “sub-legions," of
which the Fourth United States in
fantry was a part.
The idea of designating the Unit
ed States army as the legion origi
nated with General Knox, Secretary
of war under George Washington.
The army was patterned after the
Roman legion, the old military or
ganization under which Julius Caesar
and his successors conquered as
much of the world as was then
known.
The American “Legion” was com
manded by General Anthony Wayne j
(“Mad Anthony”) and was organ
ized under his direction at Pitts-'
burgh,* Pa., May, 1792. Presi
dent Washington instructed General
Wayne, “Do not spare powder and
lead, so that the men be made
marksmen.” The Legion fought its
only battle as a legion at Miami
Rapids in the Kentucky-Ohio-Indian
country, August 20, 1794, engaging
a force of hostile Indians. In 1796,
it having been decided that the
Ruman formation was not suitable
for fighting Indians, the Legion was
disbanded and reorganized into four
regiments of infantry.
PUTTING IT OVER.
The long hours of oratory that
mark every national political con
vention may bore the tired dele
gates and spectators nearly to the
point of exhaustion, but never kill
their sense of humor. Occasionally
a witty sentence or a quick re
joinder has been credited with hav
ing had a greater effect on the final
result than all the oratory of the
picked spellbinders.
At the recent Republican gather
ing at Chicago, Frank B. Willis,
former governor of Ohio, was nom
inating Senator Warren G. Harding
for the presidency. Ohio was far
down in the list. The 13,000 swel
tering persons who crowded the big
Coliseum had listened with only half
interest to more than five hours of
fervid oratory, when Willis, closing
his speech, said, “Well, boys and
girls, let’s nominate Harding.”
The friendly humor brought a
ready response.
The next day, when the landslide
toward Harding began, an Ohio ad
mirer of the Senator, who had in
scribed the sentence on a huge sheet
of cardboard, dropped it from the
gallery. It made an instantaneous
hit.
Earlier in the contest, a negro
delegate from Oklahoma, appearing
before the credentials committee at
3 o’clock in the morning to press
his claim for a seat, put new life
into that body and won his point by
a remark. Having told how the
“lily white” side had held its con
vention in a hotel from which ne
groes were barred by the proprietor,
he said:
“Why, gentlemen, in Oklahoma
there’s ‘Jim Crowism’ from the hen
house to the hotel.”
In the laugh that followed, a mo
tion to seat the contestant was car
ried unanimously.
Freth Kodak Films at Thompson's
Drug Store.
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
MAY BUY NOME GROUND
It is believed by prominent Sew
ard peninsula operators that the
General Electric company will, dur
ing the present summer, take over
some of the larger groups of low
grade gravel placers in the Nome
[Section and next season install a
large electric power plant to operate
the plants necessary for the extrac
tion of gold in the properties.
James Frawley, who recently ar
rived in Seattle from New York,
spent two years securing options on
large holdings in Seward peninsula,
including the Pioneer Mining com
pany ground, and *he is very opti
mistic regarding the outcome of
pending negotiations.
Captain E. W. Johnson also re
turned recently from New York,
where he successfully negotiated a
deal for the sale of his holdings at
Nome. This is the second time the
ground has been bonded and a sub
stantial sum paid down. Captain
Johnson expresses the belief that
there will be large capital invested
in the Nome section during the com-1
ing two years, and that with the !
introduction of electric power large j
plants could extract gold at a profit. ;
Captain Johnson declares Nome :
needs a harbor more than anything
else. He says he is confident a
harbor can be provided at Nome!
which will insure the Seward penin- '
sula metropolis the Siberian coast I
trade.
KNU SHOES cut tike high cost of .
shoe*. Fowler Sc Morris.
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« MARINE BULLETIN. «
Alaska, Yukon and Davis, at Gib
bon.
Adline, down Little Salmon.
Seattle o. 3, down Kokrines, 4:15
a. m.
Herman, up Louden, 10:30 p. m.r |
15 th.
Reliance, at Koyukuk.
Tanana, at Hot Springs, upbound,'
7:45 a. m.
Jacobs, down Fort Yukon, 3:45'
p. m., 15<th.
NEW DRUGS just received at
Thompson’s Drug Store.
HEALY RIVER
ROADHOUSE !
END OF STEEL j
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LEO RODRIGUE
Proprietor.
Ask The Men Who Wear ’Em
YOU never appreciate the wonderful wearing
quality of Goodrich “Hi-Press” like you do
when knocking about rough country.
, There’s no harder test for Footwear than climb
ing flinty trails or working about the mines.
“Hi-Press” has come into its tremendous popu
larity because of its unusual ability to WEAR.
Those white soles actually outlast steel- -the
shoe won’t leak or peel—and it is a good flt and
comfortable, something you’ll appreciate after
a long stretch on your feet.
We are selling a lot of “Hi-Press” Shupacs, and
Black and White Hip Boots in Alaska now.
Don’t be misled by imitations — you can tell
the genuine by s>he Red Line ’Round the Top.
THE jB. F. GOODRICH RUBBER CO.
slkron, Ohio
Seattle, 115 King Street
with the RED LINE ’round the top
SKOF HOUSE
That’s the Place
GOOD JARN FOR HORSES
in connection!
Second and Market Sts.
MRS. JAMES LAVIN
■attaninmmnnmumfflmtmntHtmm
If Comfort, Economy and the
Environment* of Home
Appeal to You,
STOP AT THE
MONTANA
SPECIAL RATES BY WEEK
OR MONTH.
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Pioneers of Alaska
Nenaita Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST MONDAY OF MONTH
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Martin Nash,
Secretary. President.
CARLSON’S
BROAD PASS
ROADHOUSE
42 Miles from End of SteeL
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GOOD ACCOMMODATIONS
KENNELS IN CONNECTION
WANT ADS
PERSSON CABIN, 6th and A Sts.,
for sale. Completely furnished.
Cheap, if sold at once. tf
FOR SALE—Washing outfit. Wring
er; two tubs; 1 copper-bottom
boiler; 1 brass washboard, in good
condition. All for $13.50. In
quire Nenana News.
PHONOGRAPHS wanted at Sim
son’s Department Store.
'FOUND—Leather watch fob with
| locket. Owner can have same by
calling at The News office.
BARN FOR RENT—Second~i»nd~E.
Three double stalls. Pump in
barn. Inquire at News.
THE DWYER HOME FOR BALE.
Terms reasonable. tf
BUNCH OF SEVEN KEYS found.
Owner can recover by calling at
News office and paying for adv.
Tennis Shoes for Boys, Men and
Women. Fowler & Morris.
Venana, the Gateway te McKinley
Katie aal Park.
NEW
CENTRAL CAFE
FIRST CLASS
in Every Respect
PRIVATE BOXES
JOHN KETOOROKY
Proprietor.
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FRESH EGGS
Outside Potatoes
Fruits of All Kinds
FOWLER & MORRIS
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We Strive to Please
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EVERYTHING THE BEST |
Tavern Cafe and Bakery
WM. RODIGKEIT
Proprietor
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A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
Tom Smith, Prop.
NENANA HOUSE
Large Barn-In Connection-Dog Kennels
MRS. A. B. EASTERLY, Propriatrew.
J. II. IOWEN
DENTIST
Price* Most Reasonable
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.
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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 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
nana and North Nenana to connect
with Fairbanks trains. Passengers
for Fairbanks should purchase tick
ets in Nenana before crossing the
ferry.'
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE <
CONCERNS WILL PAY. t
During the last 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 ftr, for which we guar* i
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 & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA