THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application- made April 1, 1918. at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for eniry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 18*9.
‘ WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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ALASKA NFEDS POPULATION.
If Alaska is to pet poprlation
there should be a special immigrant
passenger rate to the tarr.tory, is
the belief of Attorney-General J. C.
Murphy, and it is Mr. Murphy's
belief that Alaska needs population
worse thar she needs anything else.
Mr. Murphy was reared in Dako
ta, and is familiar with the struggle ;
of the West for population. In sup
port of his argument in favor of a
low immigrant passenger rate he ’
points to the great results that fol- j
lowed the co-operation of the rail-1
road companies in the early day*.;
when they made an especially en- ‘
ticing westward rate for passengers.:
This action of the railroads in en- '
couraging the westward movement
of population began early ir. the \
development period of the country '
vest of the Mississippi river, and I
continued until all the territories
between that great waterway and
the Pacific ocean north of the so
called Southwest became prosperous '
and populous states.
Mr. Murphy thinks the transpor- j
tation companies operating to Alass-1
ka should exhibit the same fore
sight the railroads showed, because
more people in Alaska will mean <
more future business for these
transportation companies, just as in
creased population in the West re
sulted in greater railroad business
ana greater railroad systems.
"I have heard i: suggested that
there would be nothing for a large
population to do.” said Mr. Murphy
to a representative of the Juneau
Empire recently, “but the history
of the Western states does r.ot war
rant that conclusion. I can recall
when there were a very few thou
sands cf people in each of the ter
ritories of the Northwest extending
'rom the Mississippi river to the
Pacific, and I saw the people come
until Washington had her million
and the United States their hun
dred millions, and the per capita of
wealth and prosperity increased with
the coming of the immigrants.
“As far as finding something to
do is concerned, those who come
will attend to that here as they did
there. The people always take care
of themselves. There w-as no suf
fering when thousands—many more
thousands than the apparent need—
came North in the Klondike, Fair
banks, and Nome stampedes.
“If people could be brought to
Alaska as they were to the Da
kotas, Washington. Montana and
ether Western commonwealths, the
shortage of prospectors would soon
be supplied, and the localization of
the fisheries industry would care for
itself. There would soon be manv
more mining camps, and there would
be resident fishermen and farmers
all along the coast from Dixon’s
Entrance to the far-flung Aleutian
Archipelago, and there would be
sawmills and stores and all the other i
enterprises that iotrish when there
is population. There would be
farming communities hand :n hand
with every mining, fishing, and lum
bering town.”
Mr. Murphy belie- es that if the!
transportation companies do r.ot
meet this demand for low immi-j
grant transportation rates, the fed- j
eral or the territorial government,!
or both should take the matter in ;
jhand and provide it in seme way.
■ Mr. Murphy has presented his
j views on this subject to the Terri
torial Shipping Board.
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THAT RATE INCREASE.
The Alaska Territorial Shipping
’Board will oppose further increase
:in the freight and passenger rates
jon Alaska routes. It will fight the
i request for a 20 percent additional
! rate at this time. It will take this
istand, pending the collation of data
upon which to base further action.
The Alaska Territorial Shipping
Board is investigating the facts with
.reference to Alaska transportation,
land until its work is completed it
■ will not attempt to arrive at a rie
icision as to its course of action to
meet the situation in the Xorth. It
■ is expected that it will complete
| its work before the end of the pres
jent year.
If the proposed 20 percent in
| crease in freight rates is allowed, it
will make a raise of nearly 300 per
Icent in a little over three year=
'.The first raise came in April. 1916.
jand they have been continuous since
that time.
In the spring of 1916 the basic
‘freight rate to Juneau was $4 a
ton. At the present time it is $9
a ton. and it is now proposed to
raise this 20 percent, making the
rate about $11. In the meantime,
the classifications have been chang
ed so that many articles of general
consumption which formerly were
carried at the base rate have taken
on higher rates.
The Juneau Empire reflects the
sentiment of the entire Territory
when it says:
“'The announcement that we are
to have another advance in freight
and passenger rates to Alaska—20
percent this time—is very disap
pointing, to say the least. It is
particularly disagreeable, coming as
it does at a time when the whole
country is engaging in a campaign
to reduce the cost of living.
1 ‘‘Conditions in Alaska do not jus
tify this sort of treatment This
Territory was hard hit by the war,
and her largest industry, the fish
ing, has had the worst stason it
has experienced in many years.
Business and industry in Alaska has
been charged more than the traffic
could bear without danger of break
ing down. The great struggle in
Alaska for two years has not been
to make money. It has been to
save our business institutions and
industries and to keep the wheel?
turning until normal conditions may
be restored. This additional burden
will make that task more difficult.”
"MICKEY,” the great comedy fea
ture, u coming to the Coliseum.
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WOMAN’S STATEMENT
WILL HELP NENANA
“I hated cooking because whatever
I ate gave me sour stomach and a
bloated feeling. I drank hot water
and olive oil by the gallon. Nothing
helped until I tried simple buck
thorn bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed
in Adler-i-ka.” Because it flushes
the ENTIRE bowel tract completely
Adler-i-ka relieves ANY CASE sour,
stomach, gas or constipation and
prevents appendicitis. The INSTANT
action is surprising. A. D. Thomp
son, druggist.
New Puritam and Premium Hams
and Bacon. Fowler Sk Morris.
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Interesting Items for Women
For your critical inspection we have gathered as
fine a display of Coats. Gowns and Dresses as it has
been possible to procure, and whatever we have said
in our advertisement on page four in regard to prices
applies to this line as well as all others.
Beautiful Silk Dresses are priced at .$15-00
Blue Serge Dresses. $30 values, at .$19.50
Separate Skirts, Silk, the durable kind $ 7.50
Cloth Coats, actually worth $55. at .$37.50
New Shoes, high and low. pair .$ 7.50
Fur Sets. Muff and Stole, Fox, up from.$50.00
Beaver Hats, the genuine, special .$ 9.50
Children’s Beaver Hats, best, at .$ 7.50
EXTRA SPEC1AL--THIS WEEK
High-Grade New Kohler & Campbell £2
Pianos to rent, per month .*4* ■
Will sell on Installment Plan, per month. $25.
(No extra charges—no interest.)
ORIENTAL RUGS. 9x12 .$17.00
ORIENTAL RUGS, SxlO .$12.00
SIMSON’S
DEPARTMENT STORE.
1915 IS BLAMED
Many of those who have watched
the seasons and the fisheries indus
try as a matter of business for
years believe the short run of sal
mon in Alaska this year is due
| largely to the circumstance of a
very dry season in 1915, when the
streams were so low that the salmon
i could not ascend them to the spawn
ling grounds. They call attention
to the fact that slides in the Fraser
river in 1913 destroyed the salmon
! run in 1917.
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There was scarcely any rain in
Alaska in 1915. the -weather con
;tinuing fine with bright sunny days
'until late in the fall, and the
streams of Southeastern Alaska con
tained very little water Many of
them were almost or quite dry. and
salmon were unable to ascend them.
It is the generally accepted theory
jthat salmon return to fresh water
when four years of age to spawn
and die, and the fact that very few
salmon were able to get up the
: streams to the spawning ground in
1915 is believed to account for the
fact that there were very few sal
,mon hatched that year to return
this year.
The fact that the salmon run
!was generally a failure along the
whole coast of Alaska, from Bristol
bay on the north to the southern
most extremity of the Territory, and
in British Columbia, is pointed to
as an argument in favor of the
.theory that it was the dry season
of 1915 rather than over-fishing
that caused the failure this year.
It is contended that if the failure
had not been due to some general
.cause the run would have been good
;in those sections that had not been
oa er-fished four years ago.
The Canadian pack of sockeyes
in the Fraser river canneries last
year was only 19,600 cases, and
that of the American canneries !a°t
year was but 50,700. This year
the Fraser pack, with only a few
canneries working, will not exceed
17.000 cases, on the Canadian side,
with Washington about 20,000 cases,
if it reaches that amount.
The sockeye that ran to the
Fraser this year was hatched ir.
1915. The catch that year totaled
155.000 cases, of which 91,200 were
were taken by Canadian canneries
and 64,500 by Puget sound plants.
Kenana. WSere Kails and River* Meet
FOR SALE — Showcase, 5*4 fee*
long. Practically new. Cheap.
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE
At Wholesale Cost
HORSE HARNESS
HORSE BLANKETS
HORSE COLLAR PADS
VEEDOL MOTOR OIL
MONOGRAM MOTOR OIL
CANVAS—ALL WIDTHS
GOVERNMENT COTS
SIMSON’S
FOR SALE—Lady's pony fur coa:
and muff. Apply Mrs. R. S. Mc
Donald.
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FOR SALE—Furnished house, four
rooms, with summer kitchen, at
tic, large basement and winter
cellar for vegetables. Heated by
furnace. Winter supply of veg
etables Full corner lot. One of
the most desirable parts of town.
Inquire at News office.
FOR SALE
ROCKING CHAIRS
DINING ROOM CHAIRS
PIANOS
ORIENTAL RUGS
FUR ROBES
MUSIC ROLLS
SIMSON’S
BENCH OF KEYS found. Owner
can recover by calling at News
office and paying for this adver
tisement.
FOR RENT
Brand New Kohler dc Campbell Pi
ano, per month, $10, or will aell it
on the Instalment Plan at $25 per
month.—SIMSON’S.
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;** MARINE BULLETIN *
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Davis, Kelly, and Relief, at Gib
\ bon.
Seattle No. 3, up Rampart, 5 p.
m.. 29th.
Jacobs, down Big Salmon, 11:15
a m., 29th.
Yukon, leaves Dawson today.
Alaska and Tanana. at Chena.
■ Carl White, up Tolovana river, 4
p. m.. 26th.
Sibiila, at Gibbon.
Washburn, up Holy Cross, noon,
Louise, at St. Michael.
Casca. down Stewart, 6 a. m.,
29th.
Dawson, up Big Salmon, 29th.
Selkirk, at Whitehorse, 29th.
“MICKEY,” the great comedy fea
ture, is coming to the Coliseum.
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GENERAL MERCHANTS
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
BLANKEIELD EXPRESS
Clean Dry Wood for Sale
OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL
Hauling of All Kindi
RESIDENCE PHONE
WARNING.
Any boys found in my boat or
tampering with it in any way will
be prosecuted to the full extent of
the law. ALBERT FORTIER.
Seaiai. Alaska's Interior Fuel Depot
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NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
Ob Second Fou-th Tuesdays
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
Department of the interior
Alaikan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
Duilding, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foet of
i A street on Wednesdays and Satur
I days at 8 a. m.
On and after July 15th the freight
on the N'orth side of the river at
Camp 415 dock will be shipped out
Tuesday and Friday of each week,
i leaving at 8 a. m.. until further
; notice.
Dr. J. R, BOWEN
DENTIST
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