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Blankets, Pillows, Sheets, Bedspreads, in
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Kenana, the Suttway to McKinley
national Park.
CHENA SLOUGH ICE
IS RESTLESS TODAT
[ Chena slough has opened in fron
C of Fairbanks, the breakup at tha
I point having occurred yesterday
j> Some ice was running this morn
ing, but the general breakup ha:
t not yet occurred, although it is ex
!• pected momentarily. The water ii
[:the slough has been rising rapidl;
j*! in front of Fairbanks during thi
[•past 24 hours.
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-Seattle—at Johnson’s Store—$1.5(
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Anderson Bros. & Nerland
We A-e Overstocked With
BEDS, SPRINGS, MATTRESSES
Sash, Doors, Building Material of All Kinds
HARDWARE, GRANITEWARE, ETC.
Will Be Sold at
Bedrock Prices Until Further Notice 1
Middle Fork Roadhouse
16 Miles South of Summit
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KENNEL ROOM FOR 75 DOGS
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M’PHERSON PUIS
EDITOR RIGHT ON
PLANFOR NORTH
The mail arriving in }»enana yes
terday brought too The News the fol
lowing explanation of the plan for
a board of control for Alaska, the
explanation being contained in a
letter written by Mr. McPherson to
Editor Elmer Friend of the Seward
Gateway, who is not in accord with
I the plans of the secretary of the
interior and others at Washington!
.who are trying to solve the Alaska
problem:
Seattle, April 22, 1020.
Mr. Elmer A. Friend, The Seward
Gateway, Seward, Alaska.
My Hear Mr. Friend: Your shori |
editorial in the issue of March 25th 1
raised the question in my mind a:!
to whether many of our Alaskan j
friends are not confused as to th-- !
purport of the Development Board!
measure, introduced by Hon. Charles j
F. Curry, chairman of the house j
committee on the territories.
This measure is to be the basis j
of an exhaustive study by the com- j
mittees of the house and senate in |
order to formulate a constructive i
policy for the utilization of the j
natural resources in Alaska, that i
will result in building local indus-1
tries and an increasing permanent
population, and provide for the efli
.cient administration of such policy
by a board resident in Alaska.
It is true that this will provide
for another bureau, but it will elim
inate, as far as Alaska is concernei,
isome eight or ten bureaus and com
j missions now directed from Wash
lington, and will center the responsi
! bility of these in one bureau that
will be charged with one duty only—
the prosperous growth of Alaska.
I thoroughly agree with you and
with all my other Alaskan friends
that Alaska should have home rule,
jand there is no question that we
, j will get home rule as soon as we
11
. jean show an increasing stable pop
ulation.
j Even when Alaska becomes a
! state the interests vested in the pro
j posed Development Board, excepting
the administration of the fisheries,
will not be transferred to the people
of Alaska. If it were possible at
this time or in the near future to
get Congress to vest the administra
tion of the fisheries with the people
:jof Alaska, I would not favor this
j function being vested even tempor
. arily with the Development Board.
;I don’t believe that it will be pos
sible to secure the transfer of the
:!fisheries to the people of Alaska un
11 til there is an increasing stable pop
ulation. With this exception the
j functions of the board will always
be administered by the Federal Gov
; lernment as they have been in every
I, public land state. Our only alter
j native is to secure a means whereby
:|they may be administered efficiently
:. 'n Alaska by men charged with this
: | one responsibility, rather than by
[Officials and clerks at Washington
having little interest in furthering
Alaska’s welfare.
; I fully realize the hard task we
have ahead of us in securing a
broad constructive policy and effi
cient administration, because of the
disinclination of the federal bureaus
to be deprived of any of their func
tions.
I, however, believe that if we all
work constructively to the one end
of a national policy that will make
for a prosperous Alaska, we will u»
timately succeed.
With best wishes, I am.
Very truy yours,
J. L. M’PHERSON,
Manager, Alaska Bureau, Seattle
Chamber of Commerce and
Commercial Club.
| EXPECTORATE WISELY;
KEEP SIDEWALKS CLEAN
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The News has been asked to re
mind convalescents and others to
refrain from spitting on the side
walks and elsewhere where people
are compelled to walk. Spitting on
walks is a dirty habit at any time,
and just at present it is particular
ly dangerous to the public health.
Women'* Hosiery, ell kind*, re
markably cheap. Fowler A Morris.
TWO MORE NURSES
COMING TOMORROW
E. B. Collins, head of the delega
tion of volunteer nurses who came
down from Fairbanks last Friday to
help N'enana through the flu epi
demicc, reports that two more
nurses will arrive from the upper
town on tomorrow’s train. One of
them is Mrs. George Armstrong
and the other is Lou Madigan. It
is possible that another woman also
will come, but this is not certain.
Mr. Collins has been in general
charge of the nursing situation since
his arrival here, and now has things
in splendid working order, due to |
recent additions to his volunteer ■
forces. He says he had a surplus
of material to draw from last night |<
for the first time since he arrived I
here, and he hopes to keep the or- j1
ganization in that shape until the
danger period has been passed.
It had been planned by the Fair
banksans to return to their homes
tomorrow, but they have decided to .
remain over until Sunday, and even
longer should their services continue
to be needed here beyond that time.
Erick Eichel is the only member j
of the Fairbanks squad who has be-j
come incapacitated since coming to ’
N’enana. He is a patient in the j
hospital at present, but his illness!
is not the flu.
OVER-THE-ICE EGGS, $1.50 per ;
dozen, at Fowler & Morri*.
Dr. E. M. Spaulding, Alaskan En
gineering commission doctor, who
has been ordered to Nenana to ren
der such assistance as he can to
Dr. M. E. Smith, reached the sum
mit last night on his way across the
Broad Pass trail from the coast end
of steel. He should reach the I
Hershberger camp tomorrow morn-:
ing and the end of steel at Healy i
Saturday morning-, in which event ^
he will be in Nenana not later than !
Saturday evening.
The doctor is traveling nights in |
order to make time, the trail being!
very soft during the day.
FAIRBANKS mis
SIX IWILU CASES;
Six new flu cases developed in j
Fairbanks yesterday, according to:
reports received from the upper
town this noon. One of them was
reported during the forenoon, and
the other five during the afternoon.
None had been reported today up
to noon.
Conditions generally in the upper
town continue favorable, with very
little serious illness and patients re- ■
covering rapidly. The News is ad
vised that there is only one really
bad case there at present.
Practically all the patients now
under treatment are now confined at
St. Joseph’s hospital, where they are
receiving the best of attention.
Advices received at Fairbanks tell
| of the death recently :n Seattle of
;Mrs. Cambern, mother of Mrs.
i George Coleman. The deceased was
! in Fairbanks several years ago.
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| Considerable ice moved down the
river yesterday afternoon and there
was another quite heavy run today.
A lowering of the river level this
| afternoon indicates a stoppage of the^
ice at some point up the river.
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Cut the High Cost of Living,
Beautify Your Homes, and
Make Money!
By securing our NEW FLOWER AND GARDEN
SEEDS, which we have placed on display today, in
which we carry a large assortment of PRETTY
VINES and BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS. Price—
2 Pkgs. for 25c
We also have in stock
MIXED LAWN GRASS AND WHITE CLOVER
SEED. Price—
$1.50 and $2 per lb.
We have ordered ONION SETS for our Custom
ers, and expect to have them on display in a few days.
Northern Commercial Co.
ALASKA’S LARGEST OUTFITTERS
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The funeral of Mrs. Bostrom, flu
rietim, was held at Fairbanks this
ifternoon under the auspices of the
f’ioneers. Several funerals have
>een held in the upper town this
feek, but there have been no deaths !
•eoontly.
Fairbanks reports that Mrs. Pat
Mahoney is seriously ill at the pres
ent time. Most of the other flu
patients are improving.
The steamer Carl White was
launched at Fairbanks yesterday and
will go on the Fairbanks-Tolovana
run just as soon as river conditions
will permit.
Dr. H. L. Hedger, Fairbanks den
tist, is setting his motorboat ready
to follow the ice down the Tanana
on his annual cruise of the Interior
streams.
Reports received from Seattle yes
terday announce the departure of
R. L. Vining for the Xorth on his
annual selling expedition.
Operations at the Saltchuek pal
ladium mine have been suspended
owing to the breaking of pinion
shaft on the new ball mill. The new
mill have been handling about 1«:»
tons a day.
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Wattomal rack.
GENERAL OUTFITTING
Groceries, Men’s Clothing
QUALITY GOODS
JOHNSON’S STORE Front Street
THE NEW RAILROAD
CIGARS AND TOBACCOS
POOL AND PAN
SOMETHING DOING ALL THE TIME
BARBER SHOP AND BATHS
ROOMS IN CONNECTION. ' BILLY THOMAS
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YOU’LL FIND HIM AT
TRe Terminal
IF HE IS IN TOWN. SOONER OR LATER THEY ALL DROP
IN AND JOIN THE BUNCH.
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POOL AND CARD TABLES
COLD DRINKS SMOKERS’ SUPPLIES
CANDIES
Clean, Warm, Comfortable Rooms
JOE O’CONNOR
MARTIN NASH