THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Hub of Alaska —_Where Rails and Rivers Meet
Published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana. Alaska.
R. G. Southworth .Editor and Manager
Mrs. R. G. Southworth .....Circulation
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this paper and also all the local news published herein.
ALASKA RAIL TRAFFIC.
Alaska transportation this year
will be improved by the Government
railroad’s operation of its own
steamboats on Interior rivers in
the Northland says a recent editor
ial in the Seattle Times. Not only
will traffic conditions be benefited
but the railway will increase its
revenue and. as a consequence, fur
ther reduce its deficit.
With inauguation of steamboat
service by the railroad on the Tan
ana and Yukon Rivers, the White
Pass and Yukon Route will discon
tinue steamboat operations on the
lower Yukon River. Until the build
ing of the Government railroad from
Seward on the Coast to Fairbanks
on the Tanana River in the Inter
ior. the White Pass Company ran
its boats between White horse, the
interior terminus of its White Pass
Railroad, and Dawson, and down
the Yukon River to the mouth of
the Tanana and up the Tanana to
Fairbanks, as well as down the
entire length of the Yukon to St.
Michael. It controlled upper Yukon
traffic and was a prominent factor
in lower Yukon business.
When the Government railroad be
gan a train service between Seward
and Fairbanks, it deflected the traf
fic of the Fairbanks region to it-;
self, and the White Pass Company
i quit operating boats on the Tanana.
| With the elimination of the Fair
j banks business, the company found
1 the lower Yukon traffic unattrac
j tive, and did not give it the atten
! tion previously accorded it.
The Government boats between
; Xenana, a station on the Tanana a
| bout fifty miles south of Fair
banks. and St. Michael. It estimates
the lower Yukon business will re-1
[turn a small profit to its boats and
result in delivery this year of 3,500
.tons of freight to the railroad that
| it did not get last year.
The White Pass Company will
j continue to control upper Y'ukon
| traffic. It will turn over any bus
! iness originating in the upper Yu
' kon and destined to the lower Yu
kon to the Government railroad
| boats at the mouth of the Tanana.
The White Pass boats have trans
ported silver and lead ore from the
Mayo District to St. Michael for
: ttansshippment there to Tacoma
Smelters. In the future the company
will deliver this freight, averaging
, 8,000 tons annually, to the Govern
ment railroad at Nenana, where it
; will be loaded in cars and carried
i to Seward.
Co-operation on tonnage between
I the White Pass Company and the
Government Railroad is expected to1
develop additional passenger traffic
for the railroad. Many tourists will
enter the Skagway gateway, travel
over the white Pass Rairoad Ao
Whitehorse thence by White Pass
boats to Dawson and on to Nenana
to take the Government railroad
to Seward.
The Government line last year
h3d a deficit of $1,400,000. Accord
ing to plans of Congress, the rail
way will be allowed $75,000 for
steamboats and barges and with
these facilities, together with the
usual development of new business,
the road this year is expected to
keep its deficit down to $1,000,000.
The Government enterprise is not
in state of completion. It is still
engaged in bridge building and track
ballasting. Vet it is approaching a
paying basis faster than the most
sanguine of the advocates of its
construction anticipated.
BUNK-ALASKA’S REAL MENACE
Is Alaska to become the Amer
ican Ireland? asks Theodore M.
Knappen, in an article appearing in
Sunset Magazine. Reports have
reached Washington he says indicat
ing that unless congress soon ad
opts remedial legislation, as the Al
askans consider it. they wall proceed
to establish a commonwealth with
the same sort of relation to the
American republic that the Irish
Free State has to the United King
! dom. The new political entity would
ruthlessly take possession of all the
! public natural resources of the Ter
ritory and would assume entire con
trol of local government, but would
[ be willing to recognize itself as a
part of the American group in the
international system and refrain
from establishing diplomatic rela
tions with other nations, leaving
all its foreign affairs to Washington.
It was about a year ago the ar
ticle continues, that the first talk
of a modified form of secession of
Alaska was heard—but little atten
tion was paid to it. Now the seces
sion talk proceeds from more respon
sible quarters. Disappointed that the
development of Alaska has proceed
ed so slowly and that hope has been
so long deferred of repeating the
spectacular growth of other sections
of the United States, the Alaskan
settlers are represented as being
convinced that they will remake
a coup of some sensational nature
that will result in home rule. Alaska
Ask your deafer far a cap; of
FRVE'S DELICIOUS HAM
RECIPES
Half a ham (either half) is a good buy. You get not only ham
enough to bake or boil but also a slice or two besides, which would
ordinarily cost you quite a bit more on the pound.
It’s economical and convenient to order a half of a FRYE’S
DELICIOUS HAM and have it in the cooler. The same is true of
FRYE’S DELICIOUS BACON—buy a side or half of a side at a
time. Then you may serve it thick or thin, just to your liking, and
it comes in mighty handy to boil with greens.
The U. S. Government puts its stamp of approval on every
FRYE’S DELICIOUS HAM and every side of FRYE’S DELICIOUS
BACON that leaves our plant. Uncle Sam is the world's leading
advocate of pure foods and he would not endorse DELICIOUS
HAMS AND DELICIOUS BACON unless they deserved it.
BUY FRYE’S WILD ROSE LARD by the pail. It contains the
rich leaf and back fats, not found in ordinary lard.
Most good dealers in Alaska handle FRYE’S DELICIOUS BRAND
HAMS and BACON and FRYE’S WILD ROSE LARD. If yours
does not we would appreciate being advised of the fact.
Delicious
Hams and Bacon
Buy Half a Ham
can not follow the example of Texas
and revolt against a foreign govern
ment to get into the United States,
so it talks of revolting against the
government at Washington in the
hope of injecting itself into the |
United States. The Fascisti have i
captured Italy on a bluff, and the
Alaskans may get Alaska by talk-!
ing secession. At least that is what |
those who are desirous of throwing
Alaska wide open would have us I
believe is about to happen.
DEPARTMENT CALLS FOR BIDS
FOR IDITAROD MAIL SERVICE
Proposals are requested until 6;
P. M. March 15th, 1923, for the
performance of the following Emer-;
gency winter mail service:
A) From Nancy, by Susitna, Me-:
Grath, Toktna, Ophir ar.d Iditarod. i
to Flat, Alaska, and back, one
round trip a week, from November,
first to April third, each winter,!
by a schedule satisfactory to the
Department of thirty (301 days
running time on the first trip and |
twenty-five (251 days on subse-1
quent trips, weight of mail not to
exceed eight (800) hundred pounds
per single trip each way; from No
vember first, 1923, to April third,
1926.
bl From Kobi, by McGrath, To-,
kotna, Ophir and Iditarod, to Flat.,
Alaska, and back, one round trip
per week, from November first to
April third, each winter, by sched-1
ule satisfactory to the Department i
of thirty (30) days running time I
on the first trip and twenty-five
(25) days on subsequent trips,
weight of mail not to exceed eight
(800) hundred pounds per single
trip each way; from November firs:
1923, to April third, 1926.
C) From Nenana. by McGrath.
Tokotna. Ophir and Iditarod. to Flat
Alaska, and back, one round trip
per week, from November first to
April third, each winter, by a sched
ule satisfactory to the Department
of thirty (30) days running time
on the first trip and" twenty-five
(25) days on subsequent trips,
weight of mail not to exceed eight
i (800) hundred pounds per single
trip each way; from November first
1923, to April third. 1926.
NOTE: But one of these contracts
will be let.
Bids on this service should oe
made by stating the price per
round trip.
Nancy (Mile 191) and Kobi
(Mile 367) art? points not postof-;
fices on the Government Railroad
and the contractor on this Flat
route will be required to arrange
for the delivery and receipt of
mails to and from trains.
No bond will be required of the
successful bidder, but a satisfac
tory guarantee will be required
from a responsible party, vouching |
; for the good faith and ability 0t
the bidder. Such guarantee should
| accompany each proposal.
Max Gutfield, for the past nearly,
| twenty years a leading citizen of
I Skagway, died recently in Tacoma
to which place he went in Decem
ber. He had undergone an operation
i shortly before passing out.
George C. Miller, a Skagway cus
\ toms official, who was in Seattle
I recently returning from Washington
ID. C. Where he had a personal in
! terview w-ith President Harding, says
i the President told him he would
i visit Alaska next summer, and seem
j ed anxious to make the trip.
Charles Hardin is a late arrival
from Fairbanks, having .come down
today.
Alaska Steamship Co.
SAFET> SPEED SERVICE
VESSEL L Lr. Seattle Lv. Seward
NORTHWESTERN Jan. 4 Jan. 10
ALAMEDA . Jan. 13 Jan. 20
NORTHWESTERN ._..Jan. 24 Jan. 31
ALAMEDA . Feb. 3 Feb. 10
NORTHWESTERN Feb 14 Feb. 21
ALAMEDA . Jeb. 24 Mar. 3
NOTE—Trains arriving in Seward on above date* are scheduled
to connect with »hip* sailing South. Unless there is an unusual de
lay in Train Service, the ships will always wait for the train if
necessary.
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FOR RATES AND RESERVATIONS APPLY TO
H. FL1CKINGER. A. H. McDONALD.
Agent, Seward, Alaska Agent. Anchorage
A. SHONBECK
ANCHORAGE
LIME, PLASTER. CEMENT, FIRE BRICK, FIRE CLAY
Explosives and Blasting Supplies
COAL OIL GASOLINE LUBRICATING OILS GREASES
HAY and GRAIN
V.
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HERMAN ANDERSON’S
MODERN RESIDENCE
FOR SALE
Has the following rooms:
1 Entrance Vestibule.
1 Large Living room, 16X26.
3 Berrooms i each has clothes clo
set. »
1 Large Kitchen, white enamel,
with breakfast nook, seating six
persons.
1 Bathroom, finished in white e
namel, with bath tub, wash basin
and lavatory.
1 Good well, with clear water all
the year.
1 Kohler & Campbell piano.
1 Edison Gold Medal Fhonograph.
A houseful of A 1 oak furniture.
1 Dustproof warehouse, 45X45.
The basement of the house can be
used for warm storage. Capacity ov
er 50 tons.
For further information see Her
man Anderson.
ORDER YOUR
COAL
BY PHONE
Healy River
Coal
Corporation
PHONE YOUR ORDERS
TO THE
RAILROAD CIGAR STORE
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NENANA’S BEST APPOINTED HOTEL
Cooney Hotel and Annex
HOT AND COLD WATER AND BATHS
ROOMS SINGLE OR EN SUITE
COMFORT AND SERVICE UNEXCELLED
DOG BARNS
T rappers Traders
SHIP TO
GEORGE R. GOSHAW, INC.
Dealer in Raw Furs
SEATTLE
Aletka Building
NEW YORK
127 W. 27th Street
MY LOSS—YOUR GAIN
No use loving and keeping mer
J chandise. It's for sale. If one price
won't sell it. cut to bedrock. That's
what I’m doing. What is left is
New clean stock—Woolen and cot
ten hosiery. Leather fleece lined
! mitts, all woo] mitts, and gloves,
! beads, handkerchiefs, fancy dress
combs, middy Ties, coat buttons
corsets 24—28 sizes. Ribbons as
sorted. Any price is better than >
| paying storage. My loss your gain,
j'iou don’t want winter goods in
! summer time. Thats why I am cut
I ting- to cost on whats left.
MRS. DORSAY
William A. Hesse
MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
BOX 1035, FAIRBANKS
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local train schedule
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
Trains leave and arrive Nenana as
follows:
8:00 p. m., Tuesday and Friday for
Seward and intermediate points.
Returning arrives Nenana 6:45 a
m., same days.*
1:30 p. m., Tuesday and Friday for
Dunbar, Fairbanks and ChaUnika
Arrives Nenana 12:30 p. m.. Tues- 1
day and Friday.
i Pullman sleeper charges: Lower
j Oerth, 54.50; upper berth, $3.50.
T.ckets entitle holders to privi
leges Observation car.
D. H. WILLIAMS
Undertaking Parlors
Licenced Embalmer
Funeral Director
Anchorage — Nenana — Seward
CHAS. E. BERGMAN
Nenana Manager
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Alfred J. Ghezzi Joe O’Connor
Secretary. President.