THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April I, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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CANNERY LABOR.
Upon the request of the cannery
men of Alaska, the publicity bureau
of the Territory turned itself into
a registration bureau of cannery
workers this spring. Four hundred
people put their names down as
being willing to work in Alaskan
canneries this season. Upon the
list, says the Douglas Island News,
were the names of many good sour
dough Alaskans who were com
petent to work in every branch of
the fish-packing business. The list
has been submitted to cannerymen
not once but many times recently.
How many were there hired from
that list? Not one!
The jails of the Territory are full
of the scum of the earth U*at has
been brought to Alaska to work.
Most of the crime in the Territory,
and in particular in the First divi
sion. was committed by aliens
brought North by cannerymen as
laborers. While these people crowd
our jails, four hundred good Alas
kans who are willing to work are
denied the privilege.
It is true that the fish in the
waters lapping the shores of Alaska
belong to the people of the whole
United States. That is conceded.
The right of absentee cannery own
ers to dump criminals into the Ter
ritory to jeopardize the property
and life of the citizens of Alaska
is not conceded.
Why not give those four hundred
Alaskans who are on the waiting
list a chance? They are at least
as good as that boatload that was
swept up out of the jails of the
South to be sent to do Alaska can
nery work a short time ago. It is
conceded that there might be some
thing wrong with the head of a
person who will spend winter and
summer, year in and year out, aid
ing in the development of Alaska;
but a weakness of the head should
not indicate a weak back, and a
strong back is what is needed in
cannery work.
Give Alaska's “four hundred” a
chance. Leave the criminals of the
slums down where they belong. Help
build up the Territory by giving
work to real Alaskan homebuilders
wherever possible. Localize you?
industries so that Alaskans ean
speak of “our canneries" instead of
•“the canneries,” and incur the good
will of the people instead of slight
ing them and using the land that
they call home as a dumping ground
for the offscourings of the earth.
STARVATION IN THE MIDST
OF PLENTY.
According to a statement made
by former Secretary of the Interioi
Lane shortly before his retirement
there are over twelve million un
derfed children in this country. Not
be it said, because there is not ar
ample supply of food to keep al
of them in the most splendidl;
nourished condition, but because thi
great American business hog, witl
his backing of national and stati
legislators, found in the war a gold
en opportunity to teat just ho>
much might be squeezed out of thi
public with safety, and is still con
! ducting the experiment with avid
| desire for more profits, secure in
i the knowledge that as long as the
' public is willing to endure he will
not be molested. Twelve million
jchidren with ill-nourished bodies in
!a great, free country which pro
duces two and three times the prod
! ucts necessary- for the support of
jits inhabitants!
; Considered from the standpoint of
‘ production, says ‘be Nome Nugget,
; America is a veritable “land of milk
and honey,” a land of abundance,
overflowing with plenty. Yet cliil
jdren must sutfer in mind and body
for lack of proper food and tens of
thousands of sober, thrifty citizens
! are compelled to resort to the last
extremes of economy to keep the
I wolf from the door, although re
jceiving in return for their labor
j double and, in many cases, treble
the wages of former years!
The cry of the plutocratic press
that lack of production and in
creased costs of labor are the causes
of high prices is almost daily re
futed by the evidence produced by
such bodies as the Federal Trade
commission, showing beyond dispute
that those whom the corporation
collared press seeks to protect are
making jmmer.se profits. Only re
cently. Senator Capper pointed out
on the floor of the senate that the
wool trust made a profit of one
billion three hundred million dollars
during the year we wgre sending
our boys to France, curtailing our
food consumption and loaning our
savings to the Government; and that
eighteen thousand new American
millionaires were created during the
same period.
Specious lies and subtle evasions
cannot conceal the fact that it takes
something more than just profits to
breed new millionaires at the rate
of nearly fifty a day and pile up
huge dividends like those of the wool
trust. i
* Yet, despite the evidences of ex
tortion and unjust profits; despite
the revelation of shocking condi
tions presented in the statement of
Lane, and regardless of the com
plaints of the people whom it is
supposed to serve, a complaisant
Congress bows to the dictates of
those who profit by such conditions
and closes its eyes to the unalter
able fact that there is no defensi
ble excuse for such a situation in
a land which annually produces dou
ble and even treble the quantity of
living commodities required by its
citizens.
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WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT.
President Wilson’ appointment of
.Mrs. Helen Hamilton Gardener to
membership on the civil service com
mission, besides establishing a pre
; cedent—in that this appointee is the
! first woman ever chosen to serve as
i' a civil service commissioner—prob
ably marks the beginning of a new
•, era of feminine activities in the
■; government of our country,
i The selection will meet with gen
■; eral approval, declares the Atlanta
■! Constitution.
• j Mrs. Gardener is a woman of un
;' usual ability, abundantly competent
.! to discharge the duties that devolve
upon a civil service board member.
She will impart to the position
that touch of grace and of delicacy,
of sympathy and understanding
which, while altogether human, is
peculiarly feminine, and which al
ways has been too conspicuous by
its absence in both the legislative
and administrative operations of our
Government in its direct dealings
with men, women and children.
With universal suffrage almost j
here, we may look forward to more j
of this sort of thing in government ;
as time goes on.
When the women of the country
are in possession of the ballot on
| an equality with the male voters,
it is to be expected that they should
demand and take a more prominent
place in the administration of the
Government's affairs than before.
And the Government is not likely
to suffer any ill effects from it.
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WORK AND BE HAPPY.
“Only fools and horses work,” is j
a quotation often used and be- !
'lieved by the constitutionally lazy, :
| who seem to repard work as an!
affliction. This spirit seems to per-1
| meate in all quarters. But when j
[we face the facts, points out the
! Valdez Miner, we find them differ- j
ent. for tile happiest people are J
those who work. The idle rich and j
the idle loafers are danperous class- [
es. The people who work when i
they feel like it or not at all, are ;
mostly trouble seekers—and finders !
too. If you are not too old and j
stubborn, pet away from the delu- .
sion that labor is a misfortune. The i
leaven of life is work, and content-;
ment is a by-product. There is ■
more pleasure in earninp a dollar j
than in spendinp it. Yet many per
sons talk as if they believed the !
'
contrary.
Cultivate the spirit of cheerful- j
ness and contentment. There is too i
much unrest in evidence. While j
work is plentiful and wapes pood, j
a word of caution may be timely. |
Now is the time to save of your j
surplus to take care of yourself
when* work is dull or you are un-1
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able to work.
No, work is not an affliction. |
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Over-the-Ice Eggs—15 days from
Seattle—at Johnson's Store—$1.50
per dozen. k‘20 1
OLDT1MER TELLS HOW
TOMBSTONE GOT NAME
TOMBSTONE, Ariz.-—A prospec-'
tor’s curious sense of humor was j
responsible for the naming of this |
town, which recently has gotten into'
the news dispatches because of the;
Bisbee deportation trials hemp: held ’
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here.
According to James F. Duncan,
who came here in 1879, the town
was founded in that year by Ed
Schieffelin, a prospector. Schieffeleir.
called his mine near the site of the
present courthouse the “Tombstone
mine,” Duncan said, because the
reprion was full of drab rocks that
resembled tombstones.
Tradition has it, however, that
Schieffelin’s friends frequently ral
lied him for his faith in the locality, i
and told hm that he would find his
tombstone here. After the prospec
tor had made his fortune here, in
WATCHES
JEWELRY
Watch Repairing
DESIGNING AND NATIVE
JEWELRY A SPECIALTY
WM. TAYLOR
CARLSON’S
BROAD PASS
ROADHOUSE
42 Miles from End of Steel.
GOOD ACCOMMODATIONS
KENNELS IN CONNECTION
WANT ADS
FURNISHED CABIN FOR SALE.
Two rooms, best water in town.
Cheap. See J. II. Steele.
GOOD' "cOOK WANTED for~”camp
out of town. Good wages. For
further particulars call at News
office.
BARN FOR RENT—Cheap. Inquire
News office.
BARN FOR RENT—Second and E.
Three double stalls. Pump in
barn. Inquire at News.
BUNCh'~Of'*SEVEN KEYS^ToumT
Owner can recover by calling at
News office and paying for adv.
THE”"'DWYER HOME FOR SALE.
Terms reasonable. tf
FOR RENT—Suite of three rooms,
suitable for light housekeeping,
with heat and light and hot and
cold water in connection. Also
office rooms, at The Arctic.
FOR SALE—Two-room house, part
ly furnished, with lot. Desirable
locality. Inquire News office. tf
FOR RENT—Cascade laundry. Fully
equipped and with established in
come. No ca-di required. Inquire
at Arctic.
good-natured irony he is said to
have named the town after the fate
that had been predicted for him.
Schieffelin was found dead in a
log cabin in the state of Washington
May 12, 1897. According to his
wishes, his body was brought back
to his “tombstone” and buried near
here. His pick and other tools were
buried with him. Above the grave
his friends erected a simple monu
ment, fashioned after the rude man
ner of a prospector's claim-stake—
merely a pile of unevenly-shaped
rocks.
KANTISHNA
Freight for Kantishna must be de
livered at dock in next few days.
The Reliance will go as soon as
river permits and wall make onlv
the one trip at present.
kl9 J. H. SCOTT. Agent.
Nenana, Alaska's Interior Fuel Depot
r.s. McDonald
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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 S a. m.. and from
Camp 415 (North 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
el to Fairbanks must make their
own arrangements for reaching
North Nenana.
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Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL VOUR 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 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 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-arouhd job, com
municate with us.
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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