THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at $Jena*na, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets. Nenana. Alaska.
R. G. Southworth — — — — Editor and Manager
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FACE THE FACTS
There is always a temptation in
times like these, says the Pacific
Fisherman, to ignore the more sin
ister phases of the outlook, and
seek comfort in various sophistries
that offer an appearance of en
couragement; but it is useless to try
to deceive ourselves as to the pres
ent conditions in the canned salmon
business. It may be possible to dis
guise the situation for a while, but
the time come3 when it is necessary
to face the facts.
The facts are that the markets
of the world are badly overstocked
with salmon; consumption is at a
minimum; and the costs of packing
are so high that operators cannot
make their product except at a
heavy loss.
Labor costs and packing costs
have mounted skyward for five years
and there must be a marked reces
sion before we can get anywhere.
Consumers cannot and will not pay
the prices necessitated by the ex
isting level of costs. Tt would be;
practically impossible at present to
name a price that would move any
quantity of fish; the fact is simply i
that, at the moment, the trade does t
not want it. The onlyv apparent!
solution of the problem is to limit ’
the operations for a year—at least,i
on Pinks and Chums—until costs j
and market conditions reach a new j
stojusimenc. ,
Another pack next season like j
that of last season would bring still !
lower prices, with virtually no re- j
duction of costs—and that would !
spell disaster for the entire salmon '
industry. T!h.e packer in Pink and!
Chum districts who does not oper- j
ate in 1921 will merely minimize:
his losses, giving the markets of the
world a chance to recover their
equilibrium, and allowing time for
operating costs to get in line with I
the market. It takes no extraordi
nary acumen, but just ordinary
business sense, to see the wisdom of
radical curtailment, if not actual
suspension of operations for the
coming season.
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Mr. and Mrs. George Moody have
received a wire from Napa, Califor
nia, announcing the arrival of an
eight-pound grandson at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Reed Harris, both of
whom are well known in Fairbanks.
Mrs. Harris was Miss Daphne Moody
-and taught school here, and her
husbanb was a member of the local
pcsloflice staff for some time.
Miss Betty Bilsen, until recently
•employed at the Merchants cafe,
is enroute to Juneau t.> act as sec
retary to Senator-elect- E. B. Col
lins during the coming session of the
territorial legislature. She left foi*
Nenana on Tuesday and is taking
the trip to tne coast wibh M .. Mcl
lish. She expects to remain in
the channel town indefinitely, hav
ing been offered a position which she
will accept at the end of the legis
lative session.
J. E. McIntosh, who is engaged in
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prospecting on one of the nearby
creeks with Bob Toussaint, return
ed to his work this week, after a
brief vacation in town.
Charles Updyke is a recent ar
rival in town from the Beaver dis
jtrict.
Andy Irvin, who has a farm near
Nenana, returned to the railroad
town on Tuesday, after a short
visit here.
J. D. Nickell returned to Nenana
on Tuesday's train.
Mrs. N. P. Nelson has gone to
Mile 454 to take charge of the mess
there.
P. A. Thelin returned to his road
house at Mile 432 on Tuesday after
a business visit in town.
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B. E. Erickson was a returning,
passenger on Tuesday’s train, en- j
route back to his station at Stand- '
ard creek.
A dance will be held here on '
Saturday night for the benefit of the '
starving children of Europe. The
sum of $600 has already been raised
for the fund. Music for the dance
will be furnished by the Fairbanks
jazz band.. 1
Ernest Peterson, wife and baby
arrived in town from Nenana on
Tuesday and will leave for the Out
side at an early date.
Swan Magnussen is a visitor in
the city from Dome creek.
Mrs. Albert Bell, who came over
from Brooks some time ago, re
turned to her home on Tuesday,
by way of Dunbars. ' j
Tom Smith, Nenana hotel man,
arrived from the railroad town on
Tuesday and will return home on
tomorrow’s train.
Billy Mahan is a recent arrival
in town from the Tolovana d'strict.
Mr. and Mrs. Int Haut arrived
from the Tolovana on Tuesday’s
train.
Jack Bolton, who has been driv
ing stage all winter on the Hot
Springs trail, has arrived in town
and announces that he will try
his hand at mining again.
Dragline Oscar. Sanders is among
the railroad visitors in Fairbanks.
The city council has appointed
■•mini ,
Social Dance
Union Hall Saturday Night
Music by Prof. Berggren
Admission $1.50 Ladies Free
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Dewey Burnett driver of one of the
fire trucks, to fill the vacancy re
sulting from the resignation of
Driver Williams.
Luther Schooling is leading in
the Curling club contest with a score
of 1000. Dr. J. A. Sutherland is
(second on the list with 714. and
, Kelly and W'eber are tied for the
. cellar position, each having ttiree
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goose eggs.
Koadmaster WT. L. Packer, who
has severed his connection with the
Alaskan Engineering comnvsston.
and who is at present in Fait banks,
i announces that it is his intention to
leave for the Outside next week.
■ He will return to Nenana tomorrow
' and start for the coast probably on
1 Tuesday. He expects to visit in the
i South for a time, but will wind up
! at his old headquarters at Butte.
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! A1 Sutton, engineer, Richard
j Wright, conductor and Leon Christ
I ensen, brakeman, constitute the new
work train crew added to the T.
V. R. R. service this week. Tom
Hoover has been sent out to the
j pumping station at Mile 445 to re
lieve Sutton.
GEORGIA CITY HAS FIRE;
LOSS IS FOUR MILLION
ATHENS, Ga., Jan. 27—A large
part of the business section of this
city is a mass of charred ruins to
day as the result of a fire which
destroyed many blocks on Tuesday.
The flames spread so rapidly, fed
by gasoline from numerous explo
sions, that it was impossible for
the department to control the fire.
The loss is estimated at four million
dollars.
There were many narrow escapes
from death during the fire, but no
lives were lost.
JAP GOVERNMENT IS WILLING
TOKYO, Jan. 27—V iscnunt
Ochida, foreign minister of Japan,'
says the Japanese government is j
ready to consider the restriction of
armament, should the proposal come ;
from another nation. He expresses
the belief, however, that there is
little hope at this time of any veal
movement toward disarmament.
AFFIDAVIT MAN TESTIFIES
NEW YORK, Jan. 27—S. A.
Ichik, general auditor of the Beth
lehem Steel corporation, appeared
before the Walsh committee yester
day and denied that any part of
the amount shown on the expense
voucher of Charles M. Schwab, re
ferred to by earlier witnesses, had
ever been charged to ship construc
tion or paid by the shipping board.
POWER SCHOONER OLGA
SURVIVES ARCTIC STORM
CORDOVA, Jan. 27—The power
schooner Olgo, which was given up
as lost weeks ago, arrived from the
North on Tuesday, 93 days out
from Nome.
Members of the crew report a
terrific battle with Bering gales and
ice and a long voyage on short ra
tions, their supplies having been re
duced to dried fish and deer meat
long before they reached port.
PRESERVED SPINACH FATAL
GRAND RAPIDS, Jan. 27—Two
are dead, three are dying and sever
al others are in a critical condition
as a result of eating of preserved
spinach.
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Assayer Paul Hopkins, of the fed
i eral bureau of mines station, came
down from Fairbanks on Tuesday
, to make coal tests for the Alaskan
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Engineering commission, to ascertain
. the ash and moisture content of the
j coal now being used.
William Sborgia-arrived from the
; Kantishna on yesterday’s train.
Peter Vachon, who arrived from
Fairbanks on Tuesday’s train, left
for the Outside on Wednesday
; morning. He expects to return to
[ the Interior during the early spring.
Erick Nelson left for the Abbott
! residency yesterday to begin work
| on a culvert contract.
Genei-al Storekeeper R. S. Don
aldson made a trip out the line to
day.
Miss Queenie Russell, who has
been helping out the office forces
at Healy during the past several
weeks, will return to town today
to resume her duties at the local
store office of the A. E. C.
George Blondo and Henry Knight,
members of the Burrows trail-blaz
ing party sent out by the people of
Nenana to mark a shortcut between
town and the Toklat, reached town
this afternoon, and reported Bur
rows close behind them.
GERMAN WILL LOSE HEAD
FOR KILLING AMERICAN
COBLENZ, Jan. 27—G e 1 b e r t
Mains, the German citizen who was
found guilty by a German court,
on the charge of murdering an
American soldier last April, has been
sentenced to death by the guillotine
route. It is said that the German
robbed the soldier after killing him
with his own pistol.
Half Price
Crockery
Sale
5 A rtides for
or 25c each
A large table
loaded with all
kinds of Crock
ery&Glassware
Platters 6,8,1 Oin.
Cups & Saucers
Vegetable Dishes
Dinner Plates
Milk Pitchers
Soup Plates
Bowls
Sherbert Glasses
Water Glasses
Heisey Fruit Dishes
Any of the above Items are
now selling *at 25c each,or
5 for $1.00
Simsonfs
Department Store
We Carry a Complete Line of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
NOTHING BUT THE VERY BEST BRANDS—LIPTON AND
RIDGEWAY’S TEAS, PRIDES AND TEAGARDEN PRESERVES
CRAWFORD’S ORANGE JELLY AND MARMALADES.
HARDWARE AND MEN’S FURNISHINGS OF HIGHEST GRADE
SUNKIST ORANGES AND LEMONS—DELICIOUS APPLES
California Glased Fruits—Candies and Nuts of all Kinds
FOWLER & MORRIS
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Baby sled. Call up The
News for particulars.
WANTED* TOBUY—Dog tc^Ts^
J. H. Miles, at Southern Hotel.
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Alameda . Jan. 25
Northwestern . Feb. 6
Coast Train Schedule
Train leaves Gold Creek for
Anchorage on Sunday and Thurs
day at 1:00 P. M.
Train leaves Deadhorse for An
chorage on Tuesday and Friday.
Train leaves Anchorage for Sew
ard on Wednesday and Saturday at
9:00 A. M.
Train leaves Chickaloon for An
chorage. via Eska on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at 7:30
A. M.
Nenana Train Schedule
Trains leave Nenana for the end
of steel four times a week—on
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Saturday.
THE ROYAL BEAN POT
I* now opened up,
Baked Chili Beam, hot or not;
The Coffee and Sandwiches are fine,
You’ll find it a good place to dine
Service, noon until after ahow
CHRISTINE BRODESEN
Third and A Streets
CONGRESSIONAL JUNKETERS
SELECT BASES FOR NAVY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 27—
The joint congressional committee
which visited the Pacific coast for
the purpose of investigating sug
gested sites for the fighting craft
af the navy, has announced the fol
lowing selections: Alameda selected
for a naval fleet base on thePacific;
San Diego approved as a submarine
base; Sand Point, Washinton, ap
proved for an aviation base.
HEALY RIVER
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MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke. Martin Na»b,
Secretary. Preaident.
Department of the Interior
Alaalcan Engineering Commuaion
NOTICE
Schedule of trains, subject to
change without notice:
LEAVE NENANA for Healy on
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and j
Saturday at 8 a. m. ^
Returning leaves Healy at 1 p. m.
LEAVE FAIRBANKS for .\enana
on Tuesday and Friday at 8 a. m.
Returning leaves Nenana at 1:30
p. m.
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY 4
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER. ALF EKELANL, .
Secretary Dictator.*' '