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
R. G. SOUTHWORTH ARTHUR G. BELL
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Hoover on Conditions
There is a parallel between
our present economic condi
tion and that which followed
the Civil war, declares Her
bert Hoover, in an article
contributed to The Ladies’
Home Journal. The same
conditions of extravagance
and big prices obtain now, he
says, which resulted in a
great pani c and years of
hard times following the re
bellion.
We hope to avoid such con
sequences today because we
believe our economic posi
tion is much stronger than
it was in those early days;
yet. on the other hand, we
are confronted now with
world conditions of upset
which were unknown a half
century ago, and our rela
tions with the rest of the
world inevitably tie us up
with international instability
as never before.
All this is not just some
thing for statesmen and pro
fessors to worry over, but it
reaches into the American
home and affects every fami
ly and every individual. It
may be hard for us to think
of such dry matters, but
whether we think of them or
not they are going to act up
110 us and those we cher
ish. It is true that as individ
uals we have little or no row
er over economic events ex
cept in a small personal way,
yet a general understanding
and a united action by the
mass of our people would
profoundly modify the eco
nomic process.
It is wisdom for every man
and woman to the house
in order against the dangers
ahead. What are these dan
gers? To put some of them
very simply, the nossibility
that the wage or salary earn
er may find himself quite
suddenly unemployed; that
investments may lose their
value; that it may become
difficult to borrow money:
and, worst of all, that neces
sary goods may not be ob
tainable in the market.
This last is something the
majority of Americans simp
ly cannot realize, for the les
sons in shortages of one kind
or another during the last
few years have been compar
atively small. Europe has
had this lesson driven deep
into her stricken conscience,
for. with a great plenty of
paper money to buy with,
she has found almost no
thing in the market to buy.
This is the real peril and
terror that confronts our
civilization. Itis the most
alarming symptom that can
be presented in our society.
It is the same thing as when
a doctor finds that his pa
tient’s blood contains no red
corpuscles, that there is no
reserve of energy, no power
and no strength to battle
iagainst disease. While there
!is fundamental vitality there
is hope, and not otherwise.
There may be a fictitious
'or temporary bankruptcy
and paralysis from which an
(individual, a business or a
Ination may speedily recover.
And there may be a real
bankruptcv of our nhysical
!- • -'-•if resources with
i indications of a fatal termin
ation.
There are people who re
sent such ideas and suggest
ions, because they feel that
Fate or Providence has suf
ficiently disturbed the even
I tenor of their lives in the
;last few years. They argue
that they have done their
(part in enduring abnormal;
conditions, in withstanding I
hardships of a minor sort
and in contributions and sac
Irifices for the sake of the
nation and the world. So,
doubtless argued '•ome of the
people who dwelt along the
Mississippi valley when they!
had put up a few sandbags
to protect their homes and
farms against floods. Doubt
less they argued with the
engineers of the levees that
it was unfair that they be!
put to any more expense and
labor in building higher the
banks of the river. Doubtless
the engineers explained that
the Mississippi river was
deaf to anneal on the ground
of equity and fairness, but
would respond only to the
jargument of a sufficiently
I high and stron~ levee.
In other words, we indid
uals must accept the condi
tions as they are and not as
we think they ought to be.
We cannot decline, ignore,
shut our eyes to or run away
from the economic enemy
We must meet him on his
own ground and give him de
cisive battle, regardless of
the many battles we may
have fought with him pre
viously. It counted for no
thing in the late war that
the Allies fought valiantly
and won battles for several
years. Not until the last, de
cisive battle, when the enemy
surrendered, did they earn
the right to victory.
So let all of us forget how
much we have done and
think only of what we must
do today and tomorrow. To
■sulk in the tent of Achilles
|will get us nowhere either
i as individuals or as a nation.
It is as imperative today
as it was during the war, or
more so, for the people of
the country to practice
thrift in all its forms—more
so because the world is yet
(farther on the economic
down grade that began in
1914 and also because we do
not have now the world con
trol that prevailed during the
!war.
Xanana, the Gateway to McXlnUy
Xatloaal Park.
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Trappers Traders
SHIP TO
GEORGE R. GOSHAW, INC.
Dealer in Raw Furs
SEATTLE NEW YORK
Alaska Building 127 W. 27th Street j
A WORD TO YOU
At our Seattle office we have opened a buying department for i
the benefit of the Alaska trade. j
We solicit the accounts of individuals, firms and corporations
desiring closer connections for buying and selling. The sendee
rendered is direct; we. at every step, exercise close supervision
over all transactions, thus assuring accurate and prompt atten
tion.
We are READY, WILLING and ABLE to buy right, to ship
right, to insure right—to attend to all matters as your personal
agent. Your enquiries and wants will receive our immediate and
most courteous attention.
WRITE US—there is no obligation. We are just the business
connection that the Alaska Trade has been looking for in the
buying of mining, cannery and fishing supplies, dry goods, gro
ceries, cigars and tobacco, drugs, rubber goods, furniture, house
hold sundries, electrical goods, gas engines—in fact, anything that
grows or is manufactured.
We are also willing and anxious to develop a market for all
Alaskan products. Get in touch with us, giving full particulars,
and your goods will be sold right.
Army Squadron Gives
Nenana Double-cross
For some reason unknown
to the people of Nenana, the
army airplanes which ianded
at Fairbanks Thursday did
not give Nenana the pleasure
of seeing them as they
passed down river enroute
to Ruby and Nome.
The sidetracking of Ne
nana was very much of a dis
appointment, especially in
view of the fact that Captain,
Street promised to come this
way.
The planes left the upper
town at two minutes after
twelve, announcement of
which was made by the big
whistle at the commission)
power plant, in accordance!
with a pre-arranged plan.!
The people of the town re-j
sponded promptly, taking upj
positions on housetops and!
other nositions of vantage, j
waiting there in the rain un
til it finally became known
that the planes had been J
sighted at Dunbar's, about!
20 miles north of town. It;
was evident then that the
town had been passed up,;
and the townspeople retired
in disappointment.
The machines were at Gib
bon at two o’clock yesterday
and spent the night on a bar
about six miles below Ruby
from which point they were
to have hopped for Nome
today, weather permitting.
The News has made ar
rangements to keep posted
on the movements of the
planes and doubtless will be
able to announce accurately
their homeward schedule.
Western hemlock and
spruce are the standard
mechanical and sulphite
pulpwoods for the United
States mills in the Pacific
Northwest, the hemlock be
ing consumed in greater
amounts than any other
single species. Hemlock
forms 60 per cent of the
merchantable stand of tim
ber on the Tongass National
Forest, Alaska.
The local guard will be re
lieved this week by a new
detachment, composed of
members of F company, 21st.
infantry and now enrou'e
from Fort Liscum.
The warm Japan ocean
current does for Alaska what
the Gulf Stream does for
Great Britain, Ireland and
Norway.
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The steamer Alaska, which
arrived in port on Thursday
from Dawson, and which is
now at Chena raising the
barge Peter., brought the
following passengers to Ne
nana: Archdeacon Hudson
Stuck. E. R. Poppol, D. D.
Lowry and J. C. Wahlgren.
Joe Boyle has been released
from the Government hospi
tal.
The Boy Scouts of Nenana
left town this morninn to
enjoy an outing of a week or
ten days in the Lignite dis
trict. Robert Joseph Diven
accompanied the boys to in
sure their safe return.
About 25 excursionists re
turned from Fairbanks on
the regular train yesterday
and most of them went out
the line this morning to re
sume their duties along the
railroad and beyond.
Those airplanes looked
good to Tom Smith-so good,
in fact, that he offered $100
for a ride in one of them,
and he was greatly disap
pointed when his offer was
turned down.
Electrical Foreman Frank
Murphy returned from Fair
banks on a speeder today, ac
companied by Mrs. Murphy
and Miss Vera Russell.
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Marine .
Davis, down Koyukuk at
7:30 this morning.
Seattle No< 3, at Gibbon.
Jacobs, up Nenana, at 10
yesterday morning.
Alaska, at Chena. raising
barge Peter.
Tanana, up Gibbon for
Nenana, 7:45 this morning.
Yukon, up Circle, 10 p. m.
Aug. 19.
Kestrel, in Kantishna river
Herman, up Kotlik, 9:30
p. m., Aug. 19.
Louise, 20 miles from Kot
lik.
Reliance, up Holy Cross
for Tanana, 2 p. m. yester
day.
Kotlik at St. Michael.
CABBAGE 10 cents per
pound, large solid heads.
John Scharle, Fairbanks.
Birth Announcement Cards at the
News Office.
FRESH EGGtS
Outside Potatoes
Fruits of All Kinds
FOWLER & MORRIS
| We Strive to Please
I EVERYTHING THE BEST
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Tavern Cafe and Bakery
WM. RODIGKEIT
Proprietor
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A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
Tom Smith, Prep.
FOUND—Leather watch fob with
locket. Owner can have same by
calling at The News office.
BARN FOR RENT—Second and E.
Three double stalls. Pump in
barn. Inquire at News.
BlJNClT^OF^SEVUN^KEYS^founir
Owner can recover by calling at
News office and paying for adv.
Rust Houss
CLEAN AND
COMFORTABLE
ROOMS BY THE DAY.
WEEK OR MONTH
MRS. CHAS. STANFORD
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Price* Mott Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
r.s. McDonald
Public Stenography T ype writing
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the meat reliable ceaapanie*
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
NEW
CENTRAL CAFE
FIRST CLASS
in Every Respect
PRIVATE BOXES
JOHN KETOOROKY
Proprietor.
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Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST MONDAY OF MONTH
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Martin Nath,
Secretary._ President.
Department of tke 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,
lAlaskan Engineering Commission, or
at North Nenana.
I Tickets will be on sale at ny
jtime during office hours, and can be
^purchased in sufficient time before
]the departure of the trains.
| Regular trains for the south leave
jthe foot of A street on Wednesdays
;and Saturdays at 8 a. m.
The following change of schedule
[between N'ortn Nenana and Fair
banks is effective June 1, subject to
change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 8:00 a. m.;
jarrive 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
f.ir Fairbanks should purchase tick
ets in Nenana before crossing the
(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.