THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1018, at the postoffice at Nenana. Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1819.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
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THAT EDES LETTER
Had Chairman Edes informed the
secretary of the interior, in his let
ter explaining the railroad situation
in Interior Alaska, that the com
mission found itself pressed for
labor during the past working sea
son and had been forced to em
ploy men, perhaps, in some cases,
unfitted to the tasks assigned to
them, in order to carry on the work,
he would have hit much closer to
the mark. Chairman Edes must
know that, had normal conditions
obtained in the Interior mining dis
tricts last summer the low wage
offered by the commission for con
struction work would have failed
utterly to attract oldtimers to the
railroad. They came only because
there was no other work to be had
and because the commission needed
them badly. And we have yet to be
advised by any one in authority
that the services of the “old pros
pectors”, as Chairman Edes calls
them, have proven unsatisfactory.
The men accepted the low wage with
out grumbling and then gave a very
large part of their earnings back to
the government to help win the
war. Had they contributed less liber
ally, they would have been better
prepared financially to face the sea
son of unemployment, and Wash
ington probably would not have
been asked to provide additional
funds to carry on the work.
Chairman Edes must be aware
that the railroad organization in
this division is now more nearly
Alaskan than it has been at any
time since construction started. And
he must also be aware that the work
is being prosecuted more efficiently.
The merchants and others of the
town of Nenana, for whom the
chairman says he has no especial
sympathy, have not at any time
asked more of the commission than
they had a right to expect- All
that they ask is that Chairman
Edes fulfill the promises made, in
the name of the commission, at the
time Alaskans were induced to in
vest their money in town porperty.
They are not looking for sympathy.
They want merely a square deal.
As for urging the prosecution of
work during the winter which can
be done more economically- during
the summer, we are not aware that
such a request was made. The men
merely asked that funds be pro
vided to continue work on which
they were already engaged when
the order came several weeks ago
to curtail expenses. The men reas
oned that work which could be done
economically in December could be
done equally well and as cheaply
in February, and the milder months
of early spring. As a matter of
fact, some of the work under way
this winter must be completed be
fore spring, such as salvaging the
material from the abandoned right
of way, protecting the waterfront
from erosion, and moving material
and supplies across the Tanana river
ice to the Fairbanks branch line.
And it is probably true also that
the steel and ties salvaged from the
old line can be used now to extend
the main line more economically
than if hauled to the main line and
stored, and then rehandled in the
spring.
Wherever a Bolshevik revolution
has been instituted, a massacre of
Jewish residents has been instituted
along with it, a dastardly move ac
uated beyond question by the desire
for plunder as religion would not
be apt to be a factor in it since
Bolshevism has nothing at all in
common with any religion.
And now behold Lenine and Trot
zky turning with appeals for aid
to those whom the Bolsheviki want
ed to exterminate by slaughter.
There are but ten cities in the
world of more than 1,000,000 pop
ulation. and Russia is the only
country except the United States
which has more than one of them.
The war is over. Mr. J. Willard
s willing to battle for his heavy
weight crown—$100,000 win, lose
or draw.
Board of School Directors
Nenana Public School
Nenana March 1, 1919
SOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECTION
Complying with the laws of Alas
ka. notice is hereby given that the
•egular annual election will be held
n the town of Nenana.
Tuesday, April 1st, 1919.
For the purpose of electing one
school director, to serve one year,
to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Mrs. Jeannette Ellen
son, and two directors to serve two
years to fill the vacancies caused
by the expiration of terms of Mrs.
E. L. Sweeney and Mr. George
W. Pennington.
The names of candidates must be
in the hands of the Clerk of the
School Board not later than March
22, 1919.
The polling place will be located
in,the fire hall, adjoining the town
site office. Polls will be open from
8 a. m. until 7 p. m. on the day
and date of election.
J. H. SCOTT.
Clerk of School Board.
Approved:
MRS. E. L. SWEENEY,
President.
NENANA TO TALKEETNA
DISTANCE TABLE
Talkeetna is the end of steel on
the coast division.
From Nenana to No. Miles
Nenana Crossing (by rail*..4S
Lignite .52
Riley Creek . 70
Jack River .90
Broad Pass Summit.110
Sullivan’s ..128
Indian River .162
Dead Horse . 182
Talkeetna .202
The distances given are approxi
mate.
COONEY STAGE LINE
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Xenana -TalKeetna
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QLICK TRIP BEST ACCOMMODATIONS
Reservations at Cooney Hotel
SOPHIA OWNERS
TRYING 10 EVADE
RESPONSIBILITY
The Nenana News is indebted to
Mrs. Maud Bishop for a clipping
from the Seattle Union Record,
which was sent to her, on the last
mail, arriving yesterday, by Sen
ator Dan Sutherland. It is a story
of the iniquitous methods which
certain Juneau officials are at
tempting to perpetrate on the heirs
of the unfortunate victims of the
Sophia disaster, in connection with
what looks very much like a cun
ning attempt on the part of the
Canadian Pacific Railway company,
the owners of the Princess Sophia,
to evade, as carriers, responsibility
for the deaths of the passengers
and their liability for the damage
sustained by the surviving relatives
of the victims of the great mari
time disaster:
W hat looks like a well-planned
frame-up on the part of the Cana
dian Pacific Railway company offi
cials to get from under the responsi
bility of that company for the deaths
of the 340 persons who were drown
ed when the ill-fated Princess
Sophia went off Vanderbilt Reef in
Lynn Canal, October 26th last, or
an equally well-laid scheme of cer
tain court appointees at Juneau to
exploit the dead through manipula
tion of legal machinery to their
own enrichment and the shame of
Juneau was brought to light in
Seattle with the return from the
capital of Alaska recently of L. A.
Johansen, a half-brother of I. A.
Hanson, who perished in the dis
aster with cash and securities on
his person worth $8,500 to $9,000
Mr. Johanson’s recital follows:
“On hearing of my brother's
death,” said Johanson, who is a
member of the Shipyard Laborers'
Riggers’ and Fasteners’ Union and
employed at Olympia, but owning
a home at Lacey. “I located one of
my six surviving brothers and we
decided that I should go to Juneau
and personally look after my dead
brother’s affairs. Before going I
applied for letters of administration
within less than 30 days after my
brother’s death, which is in accord
with the law of Alaska. On ar
rival in Juneau I found that a
person named Burton, funtioning
as probate judge, had appointed
two local partes to officiate as
administrators for the estates of
the 340 persons or such of them
as might be recovered from the
water.
“From an article published in
the Alaska Dispatch, Capt Bell, of
the Yukon mounted police, was
quoted as saying that these two
men were acting voluntarily, charg
ing no fee whatever. The only ex
pense attached to any estate would
be a few cents for stenographers.
They considered the bereaved friends
and relatives had suffered suffi
ciently and their one idea was to
dispose of the estates with the least
possible expense. On arrival, how
ever, I discovered that Vice-Presi
dent J. R- Willis ,of the Behrens
bank, and H. H. Post, cashier of the.
National bank, were the two admini
strators. Mr. Willis and Mr. Post
referred me to their attorney, H.
L. Faulkner, and it was only a short
time before I learned that my ad
ministratorship was to be absolutely
disregarded by these men.
“1 employed a law’yer at Juneau
to ascertain where 1 stood. This
developed that the code of Alaska
provides administration papers shall
be granted first to the widow or
next of kin; second to one or more
of the principle creditors; third, to
any other person competent or
qualified whom the court may select.
The law provides the persons named
in the above subdivisions shall be
entitled to administration in the
order named, next of kin having
the right to appointment within the
first 30 days to the exclusion of
the other two. Notwithstanding the
clear statement of the law. the
court, without waiting the expira
tion of the 30 days, had appointed
its own administrators. This ap
pointement was made within two
weeks after the dissater and with
out notifying or waiting to hear
from the heirs. In the middle of
November and before the expiration
of the 30 days—the disaster oc
curred October 26—1 had advised
one of the administrators at Juneau
of my application for letters of ad
ministration and asked that my
brother's assets be turned over to
me. This letter was turned over
to H. L. Faulkner, attorney for
the administrators, who answered
it evasively. My appointment was
made on December 30, the court
at Olympia deciding I was the legal
appointee.
“On personally appearing and
demanding that the Juneau admin
istrators make way for me as ad
istrator I was met with flat re
fusal. They also refused to resign
in favor of some administrator se
lected by the heirs. In this de
cision the court at Juneau concured
and stated that if forced to resign
the Juneau administrators would
be allowed the maximum fee fixed
by law for complete administration.
After a number of conferences
these administrators agreed to sign
a statement that they would not
charge more than the maximum
fixed by law and that their law
yer's fee would not be allowed to
exceed their own.
“Alaska law is very liberal in
matter of administrators' fees, but
it is intended to cover cases where
there are bills due. creditors’ dis
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Department of the Interior
Alaskan 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
building, 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 foot of
A street on Wednesdays and Sat
urdays.
Fred Kiel, who has a fox ranch
near the mouth of the Totatlanika
river, arrived in town this morning.
He left almost immediately for
Minto and expects to be back in
town in a day or two.
We are in the Fur Manu
facturing Business, therefore
CAN and WILL pay you more
for your furs than any other
fur buyer In town
SIMSON’S
Don’t Leave
ALASKA
Men wanting employment can
obtain work at food wage* at
Juneau, Kennecott and Latoucbe.
If you go out you will only
come back “Bulled** in the spring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latoucbe and
Kennecott.
ALASKA PUBLICITY
BUREAU (
Juneau Alaska.
COLES AIR TIGHT
HEATERS
RANG ES
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
Yukon Stoves and Drums
Air Tight Heaters
Any Thing in the Sheet Metal, Plumb
" mg or Heating Line
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
NICELY HOUSE
With Belmont In Connection
POOL CANDIES CIGARS
AND TOBACCOS
WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
PRICES REASONABLE
Rate* By the Week or Month
MRS. NICELY. Propriety,.
Itenana, Where Rail, and River. Meet
Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
Anderson, Herman
Allred, Mrs. Clara
Bergman. Charles
Brown, Jess
Berggren, Ernst
Browne. F. D.
Bresnahan, E D.
Blankfield. D.
Bowen, J. R
Elair, Roy
Brooker, Ed
Bennett, J. F.
Ball, I. E.
Brown, Erie
Burns, R. E. !
Coutts, W I.
Calderhead. R, VV >
Campbell, X. J.
Coghill, W. A.
Cooney, M. J
Doner, Frank
Diven, R J.
Douse, Fred
Davis, Harry
Ekeland, Alf
Bunk, A B.
Fisher. Joe * ‘ '
Flower. J. H
Foster, Steve
Gagnon, Wm
Head, E. A.
Haslem, H. G
Hagan. James
Hill, L. W.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey, Andy
Gray, E. B. r
Gilcher, W. H.
Hyland. Mike
Isabel, L. C. . v
Irvine, A. J. . ‘ *
Johnson, A. G.
Jones, Frank
Julian. W. .T.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter
Joseph. H. B
Koland, Knut
Ketooroky, John A.
Laughlin, E. L.
Lund, E. E.
I-ehr, Q. F.
Markus, George
Mortensen, Peter
Myers, R R
Moore. Frank B
Miles, J. H.
McDonald, R. S
Martin, G. S
Morris, R. C. - '
Nash, Martin
Owen, Harry
O’Keefe, Larry
Parks, S. E.
Pennington, G. W
Paify, Paul
Packer, W. I.
Ryan, W. A.
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry N.
Stol, Nels
Schmidt, Carl
Schaeffer. M. A.
Slippern, J. A.
Simson, Lipma.n
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Stone, A. J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, Chas.
Southworth. R. G.
Spira. Frank
Taylor, Frank
Tunison, B.
Thompson, Theodore
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. J.
Verhaeghe, Cyriele
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Woods, Geo. W.
Williams, E. A.
Waechter, R. I.
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