THE NENANA DA/L Y NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for en:ry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
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Company, at First and 6 Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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MEMORIAL PLANNED.
On the thirtieth of May, our na
tion will pause in thoughtful and
loving remembrance of the dead.
On that date, or as soon thereafter
as the way is clear lor a general
public assembly, a memorial service
will be held in Nenana in remem
brance of all who have passed away
during the present distressing epi
demic. It is Dr. Diven’s wish that
the general public will bear this an
nouncement in mind, that when the
time arrives we may as a communi
ty unite in fitting public memorial,
and strew with flowers the graves
of all whose bodies now lie in our
little cemetery. “May the consola
tions of divine grace be Bhe portion
of those who now mourn; may grace
and wisdom be given those who still
wait upon the sick.”
A SEAMAN’S VIEW.
Andrew Furuseth, president of
the International Seamen’s union, is
a believer in the private ownership
and operation of ships. His testi
mony given before the senate com
mittee which conducted the hearings
on United States Shipping board
legislation would indicate that he is
not friendly to the principle of gov
ernment conduct of business.
The following is taken from the
record of the hearings:
Senator Chamberlain: Do you pre
fer private ownership to government
ownership?
Mr. Furuseth: I prefer private
ownership, for this reason: 1 have
found that government ownership of
material or appliances usually means
government ownership of men.
Senator Nelson: Yes.
Mr. Furuseth: And it carries with
it then a semi-slavery, which I do
not believe in. If we can get con
ditions in employment where you do
not need that, and where that does,
not need to be the case, that is a
different proposition. But I do not1
know' much about anything else ex
cept the sea. And so far as seamen
are concerned, I think it is better'
for the nation and better for the
ship owner, and better for the sea
men and better for the future to
make the ship owner free, to make
the seamen free, to put them under
certain obligations an<| enforce those
obligations against either of them,
but to make them free.
Senator Nelson: You would have!
the Government continue to operate
the ships? j
Mr. Furuseth: I say get the Gov
ernment out of the business as soon
as you consistently can. j
Chairman Jones: Would you have
i
our ships disposed of with the idea
of getting them ultimately into pri
vate hand? ;
Mr. Furuseth: Exactly.
CLIMBING THE WRONG TREE.
Pitiful ignorance of the funda
mentals of finance is being display
ed, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, by
the pseudo-publicists, whose plan it
is to criticize first and investigate
the facts later. With hazy notions
of systems of currency they con
found postage stamps, treasury
notes, bank notes and bonds, and •
look upon them as idential obliga
tions of the Government which are
to be maintained at par.
, Alarms are being sounded because
: Liberty Bonds are selling for less i
than the amount paid for them, and j
Congress and the secretary of the I
[treasury are called upon forthwith
to take action stabilizing their price,!
to the end that the confidence of!
the people in the Government may!
not be shaken. I
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For some reason they refuse to
recognize the description of a bond
as a promissory note payable at a
distant date. It does not differ in '
the slightest degree from an indi
vidual citizen’s promissory note ex
cept as to the security. That it
should be looked upon as currency
is absurd. If Congress should take 1
action to maintain the demanded •
parity the result would be a perfect <
witches’ festival of inflation. Money 1
would ride high upon broomsticks. i
The bonds are selling below par ;
because the investor today can get i
seven, eight and even a higher per- <
cent for his money, with substantial
collateral protecting his investment, i
The same is true of private paper i
bearing -a rate of interest lower than '• t
that prevailing in the money mar- 1)
kets. Owners of these securities!
have no legal or moral right to de- 1
niand their face value before ma-jr
turity. It is not so nominated in ' \
the bonds. If holders of them choose 1
to sell under the economic condi-p
tions of the hour, theirs is the re-jr
sponsibility and not the Govern-1 r
, |
ment s. As a matter of fact, the [ 1
treasury department is serving the't
public by going into the financial J
centers and buying these bonds atjc
the under par rates for retirement1]
purposes, thus reducing the national^
debt. v j r
These critical persons, instead of'u
complaining of government securi-lu
ties, will do well to turn their liquid 'S
capital into this form of investment, j(]
the safest in all the world. It is the I
easiest way of making- money tha* t
has presented itself for decades. n
POTATO MYSTERY.
Last time we inquired, says tihe
sditor of the Douglas Island News,
quids were quoted at about $11.50
i saek. Thus has the lowly risen.
Potatoes have now become more
valuable than nuggets. Dinner in
vitations of the future will have
minted in the bottom left-hand cor
ler, “Please bring your own spuds.”
IVe remember the time when you
ould not only buy a sack of spuds
or eleven and a half, but the
armor that sold you the spuds
-vould throw in the whole ranch for
the same money. Just why pota
toes, which can be raised by any
>nc, anywhere, should reach such
i price is a mystery similar to many
if the other mysteries of these
strange times.
It
SUGAR “HOLDUP.”
It may be necessary for whole
salers, jobbers, retailers, candy
manufacturers and the consuming
public to co-operate in smashing the
foreign “corner” in sugar, points
>ut the Seattle Times.
As things stand now, Americans
'are being1 mulcted all along the line
without any prospect of an improve
^ent in conditions so long as for
eign interests control the situation
The wholesalers, jobbers, retailers
and candy manufacturers of th(
United States do not regard the
present state of affairs with anj
marked degree of pleasure.
The unthinking public is blaming
them even now for the jump in
prices, although they are equally
victims of conditions over which
they have no control.
Should sugar go to 25 cents a
pound or more, all handlers of this
material and all manufacturers em
ploying it in the production of com
modition will have less reason for
satisfaction. Not only will their
sales diminish, but indignant, though
short-sighted, consumers will rap
them the harder.
The Cuban crop has not measur
ed up quite to early predictions.
High though prices were previously,
island growers have taken advantage
of this situation to jack up their
quotations a few notches more.
Naturally, this means more costly
sugar in the United States, unless
all get together to fight the Cuban
combine.
A movement of this kind, backed
by the sugar handling concerns, the
candy manufacturers and the house
wives of America, would put a
crimp in the profiteering program
of the Cuban speculators.
ALASKA OIL.
Tht* enlightened policy outlined by
Secretary Payne should go a long
ivay toward stimulating the search
for and the production of oil in
Alaska, believes the Seattle Times.
The secretary’s purpose, explains
he Seattle paper, is to remove
lome of the restrictions which have
liscouraged prospectors, while, 'at
;he same time, retaining a govern
nent equity in production where the
imount obtained is sutlicient to reg
ster a substantial profit to the op
irator.
Conditions in Alaska are, in many
vays, comparable with those obtain
ng in Pennsylvania at the time of
he initial prospecting and suceess
ul drilling in that state.
The early operators there were
'rightfully handicapped by bad
oads — a difficulty*, by the way,
vhich is being encountered as well
».v persons owning wells in the new
rexas fields. A barrel of oil that
night be bought for §1 in the fields
learest tidewater would cost $10
>y the time it had been transported
o the seaboard.
Should oil be discovered in paying !
luantities in Interior Alaska, trans-!
ortation and ■ other costs will be j
xceptionally heavy. There are few i
oads and only a limited number
f -trails, while pipe lines are an
nknown quantity and will remain
o unless or until the Northern fields
evelop production on a big scale.
The Payne regulations recognize
hese circumstances and do not re
uire a royalty* from wells on gov
rnment land producing less than
00 barrels a day. More productive
’ells will pay a five percent royalty
fter five years, and 10 percent
fter ten years.
Moreover, the successful prospec
or always will be allowed to use
ne-fourth of the land he leases
oyalty free, no matter how much
il he obtains.
The new rules appear just and
easonable. Only by the application
f wisely generous regulations of
his nature will it be possible to
evelop not only the oil, but all the
ther resources in tha Territory.
P. G. Barnett, who has been
rominent in Juneau labor circles
nd Who recently returned to the
erritorial capital from a trip thru
he country west of the Mississippi
iver, says that he is glad to get
ack home and that Juneau is a far ,
etter place for a working man and
better place in which i.o live than
ny place he visited. He says rest
jssness among the people of all
lasses is the rule Outside and there
i far more content in Alaska. Mr.
tarnett advised all the people he
alked to to come to Alaska, where1
WANT ADS
FURNISHED CABIN FOR SALE.
Two rooms, best water in town.
Cheap. See J. H. Steele.
GOOD' "cOOK WANTED for camp
out of town. Good wages. For
further particulars call at News
j office.
BA^>T^OR^RENT-^Cheap. 1 nqui7^ j
News office.
BARN FOR RENT—Second and E.1
Three double stalls. Pump in
barn. Inquire at News.
BUNCh'"'oF SEVEN^TcEYS foumT
Owner can recover by calling at
j News office and paying for adv.
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THE DWYER HOME FOR SALE.
Terms reasonable. tf
;FOR RENT—Suite of three rooms,
suitable for light housekeeping, j
with heat and light and hot and'
cold water in connection. Also j
j office rooms, at The Arctic.
I FOR SALE—Two-room house, part-!
j ly furnished, with lot. Desirable j
locality. Inquire News office. tf i
FOR RENT—Cascade laundry. Fully'
equipped and with established in
j come. No cash required. Inquire
! at Arctic.
[conditions are more settled and
where people work regularly with-!
out fear of being called out on a j
strike, and can save money. He !
says working men are far better off j
in the North than in the States. i
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Over-the-lce Egg*—15 day* from
Seattle—at Johnton’s Store—$1.50
per dozen. k20 I
JUNEAU PAINTER HAS
PATENTED MOTOR-SLED
Letters patent were received at
Juneau recently by Adolph Rundall
for a motor-sled that he has in
vented. Besides having received a '
patent from the United States pat-1
ent office. Mr. Rundall has also filed i,
his patent in Canada.
Mr. Rundall, who is a Juneau
painter, has been working on an
idea of a motor-sled that would
travel in any kind of snow, and
after three years of endeavor claims
to have solved the problem in the
invention that he has now patented.
The inventor does not claim that
his sled will perform miracles, but
that it will be a practical motor
sled capable at all times of traveling |
where ordinary motor-cars would not
be able to go.
At the present time, Mr. Rundalf
is not ready to give the details of
the principle upon which his inven
tion operates, but will immediately!
construct a machine for demonstra- j
tion purposes and give it a thorough
trial.
STOVES and RANGES
NEW PERFECTION
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Tavern Cafe and Bakery
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WM. RODIGKEIT
Proprietor
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
NENANA HOUSE
Large Barn--In Connection-Dog Kennels
A. B. EASTERLY, Proprietress.
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Or. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Price* Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
flEETS AT MOOSE HALLj
Fourth and B Streets
second and Fourth Mondays;
At 8:00 P. M.
lLEX fowler, alf ekeland,
Secretary Dictator.
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 Camp 415 (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., and from
Camp 415 (N'o-th Nenana), for
Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
1 p. m.
The following is the schedule be
tween North Nenana and Fairbanks,
subject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7:00 a. m ;
arrive North Nenana, 11:30 a. m.
Leave North Nenana 1:00 p. m ;
arrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m.
No tickets will be sold crossing
the river. Those intending to trav
sl to Fairbanks must make rffe:r
>\vn arrangements for reaching
North Nenana.
Trappers and Traders ef Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
During the last season we conducted an advertising campaign
throughout the North and 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 fur, for which we guar
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