THE NENANA DAILY 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 B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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SLOW RECOVERY.
Despite extraordinary difficulties
in the matter of labor and trans- •
potation, the Rheims champagne
shippers are carrying on their husi-'
ness, says an Associated Press cor- (
respondent, writing from Paris. Five
freight cars of champagne were
■•hipped last week to South Ameri
ca, and a similar quantity went to
Alsace-Lorraine.
A Rheims correspondent writes
that life in the city, to which 05,000
of its former inhabitants have now
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returned, remains very difficult, l’eo-1
pie are still herding together in j
insanitary cellars and basements, j
sparsely lit with oil lamps. Much j
envied are those whose old homes i
have walls standing as far as the:
first floor. Having rigged up some j
sort of a ceiling, they are the proud !
possessors of a '“ground floor J
house.” As for wooden barracks, j
the price is prohibitive; they cost j
50,000 francs to erect, and only ■
“the rich" can afford them.jf
Public lighting is all but non-!
existent, and after dark men and j
women carry revolvers. |
The American committee formed ;
for the reconstruction of Rheims •
has a big task. i
ITALIANS RETURNING.
About 80,000 immigrants have .
returned to Italy from the United ,
States through the port of Naples |
since January 1, 1910. The num |
her is increasing month by month, j
and with the recent release of ships
hitherto requisitioned by the Allies, ■
it is estimated that 10,000 Italians
will greet Vesuvius again every
month.
The fortunes brought by the re
turning Italians are gladly wel
comed by their relatives made needy
by the war. The prosperous ap
pearance of the passengers is gen
erally commented on, being prob
ably the result of five years of
savings at war-time wages in Am
erica, and their well-made clothes
and substantial baggage form a
striking contrast to the bags and
rag- in evidence when emigrants
leave for America.
Emigration of Italians to the
United States by way of Naples,
the most important embarkation
point of emigrants in Southern Eu
rope, is stili very far from pre
war levels. Data from the Italian
emigration office in Naples indicate
that, aside from returning reserv
ists, 3,217 Italians sailed to the
United States from Naples during
the first eight and a half months
of 1919. The great majority of
these were wives, children, and
other near relatives of Italians al
ready in the United States, who
had hitherto been prevented from
joining their families because of
conditions incident to tihe world
war. The number of actual emi
grants, as the word is ordinarily
used, is practically negligible.
In contrast with this condition,
it may be noted that in 1913, the
last year before the war, 198,661
emigrants left Naples for the Unit
ed States. The difference between
the two totals is ascribed to the
I results of the operation of the Lit
eracy Law of lit 17, dearth of ships
and abnormally high passenger
rates, and the continuance of Am
erican passport restrictions.
Secretary Lane, according to the
dispatches, in his annual report
stated that the Government rail
way so far as completed has been
built “without graft or politics.”
There is no person familiar with
the personnel of the railroad com
mission who entertains for a mo
ment the thought of graft, says the
Valdez Miner, and it is also highly
probable that politics have had lit
tle to do with the construction of
the road at this end. It is the end
less delays and multiplicity of ap
propriations that hold the road
back. Alaskans want coal from the
great fields and realize that the
only way to get it is to finish the
railroad. If Secretary Lane can
say that the politicians at Washing
ton have not held the road back he
has a short recollection of •events
of the past. year.
I Alaska will not benefit from the
; teaching of Americanism as pro
vided in a bill recently introduced
I in Congress, according to informa
tion obtained by the Alaska bureau
| of the Seattle Chamber of Com
Imeree. The hill provides for the
| appropriation of $12,500,000 for
j teaching foreigners to read, write
land speak English within continental
i United States, exclusive of Alaska.
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j The launch Edward Schench,
! which went ashore recently at
Mitchell, in Southeastern Alaska,
j was pulled off the rocks by Borden
■ McDonald, her owner, and will be
, repaired. The boat was not sprung,
jalthough her keel was badly chewed
j by the rocks, caused by huge comb
ters sweeping her from stem to
jstern.
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| The mail service to Stewart, near
[Hyder, has been cut to twice a
i month by the Dominion government
[and the Hyder Miner says that the
j“same profiteering pirate who had
[the contract last year and robbed
■Stewart citizens on freight rates
■ when the camp was up against it
jfor grub is to get it again.”
Nielsen & McKenzie, who have
Ithe contract for driving the 100
| foot cross tunnel in the new Alas
jka mine at Hyder, are now in about
j.'!5 feet. They are doing the work
I for Charles F. Caldwell, who has
|the charter for-a railroad to Salmon
i river.
! Harry Gould, who put the first
j dairy into Dawson, contemplates
■ peddling lacteal fluid in Hyder. He
has a herd of lady cattle on the
way to the new town.
C. H. Sundmacher, attorney of
Anchorage, has moved to Hyder and
has opened law offices. Mr. Sund
macher went in to Dawson in 1897.
W. C. Ulrueh, a deaf and dumb
newspaper man who formerly ran
a paper in Juneau, is located at
Santa Anna, California.
BRIJISH EXPERT
SAYS COTTON IS
GETTING SCARCE
BLACKPOOL, Eng.—Prof. John
A. Todd, one of the British dele
gates to the World Cotton Confer
ence at New Orleans, in October
last, told the Textile Institute the
other day that the world’s supply
of cotton for the next ten years
was seriously threatened. He saw
indications that the scarcity of cot
ton would increase as the world
capacity to consume it returned to
normal.
Prof. Todd said the first step to
be taken should be to assure the
grower of a reasonable price to
cover the cost of production and
to reward him adequately for grow
ing improved cotton. He pointed
out that the present system of mar
keting did not encourage the pro
duction of better cotton, and in
sisted that the British government
might well do a great deal more
than this to extend the cotton in
dustry. He pleaded for rigorous
economy in consumption. The Am
erican cotton crop, said the pro
fessor, was the limiting factor in
the world’s supply. This crop had
developed an extreme undesirable
see-saw movement of acreage, crops
and prices. There had been five
bad crops in succession, with hig't
prices accentuated by world infla
tion.
Before the war. said the speak
er, a large part ->f the American
[growers were on a small margin of
profit, and when prices did not pay
they reduced their acreage. This
I occurred during the war and the
iacroage then lost has not since been
j recovered. American acreage was
[reduced in 11*19 and, owing to bad
•weather, this year's was “a dis
jastrous failure and a calamity.”
i The result was that prices had been
forced up to a very high level.
Europe and Asia are without
stocks of cotton goods, said the
professor. The amount of cotton
•which the world’s mills could spin
and weave is now restricted by de
struction of machinery in the dev
astated regions of Europe and re
striction of the hours of labor, but
these conditions would not be per
manent.
One thing which alarmed him was
the enormous development of the
use of motor cars in America, with
a consequent demand for 500,000
bales of staple cotton for fabrics in
i tires. This demand existed at a
[time when the whole world supply
iof staple cotton, he said, had been
reduced to 1,500,000 bales.
Dr. William H. Gage has resigned
as physician for the Treadwell com
puny. The position has been taken
i by Dr. Rutherford.
i The pulp mill at Ocean Kails, B
is using a large quantity of
;spruce cut for the airplane service
tin war time, for making paper.
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Hyder has an organization caller
the High Dive club, and initiates
| a victim every little bit. The town
I is built on piling up over the ba\
|and every day or so some unfortu
nate falls into the bay or onto th(
i mudflats.
Shaves were advanced recently ii
Seward from 25 cents to .‘55 cent:
and haircuts lowered from 75 cent:
to 05 cents.
The Variety theater at Peters
burg has been remodeled and !
raised floor, u stage and heating ap
paratus installed.
Woodbury's Facial Soap and othei
standard toilet soaps. Fowler £
Morris.
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Nenana, Where Kalla and Rivers Meet
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NOTICE
| Passengers are required to pur
chase ticfcjji before entering trains,
j Tickets can be purchased from
[the station agent, whose office is in
[the employment office, on the ground
[floor of the General Office Building,
I Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
I at Camp 415 (North Nenana).
I Tickets will be on sale at any
I time during office hours, and can be
i Purchased in sufficient time before
! the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
; uhe foot of A street opf-Wednesdays
.and Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
| Camp 415 (North Nenana), for
j Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
i 1 p. m.
j The following is the schedule be
tween North Nenana and Fairbanks,
|subject to change without notice:
j Leave Fairbanks at 7:00 a. m.;
! arrive North Nenana, 11:30 a. m.
! Leave North Nenana 1:00 p. m.;
j 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 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 sactions 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 ca# 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
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