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 S, 1879
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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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ALASKA’S CRY FOR FREEDOM.
It is high time, writes Thomas B
Drayton, of Seward, in an articii
contributed to The Dearborn Inde
pendent, that someone were draw-in;
aside the curtain to permit a glimpsi
into the heart of Alaska; that Alas
ka which but at noon today, as i
were, proved the sterling’ quality o:
its citizenship, its lofty idealism
and concurrently its loyalty to th<
United States, by giving a highei
percentage of its man-power to mili
tary service, and a higher percent
age of its wealth to the money
needs of the Government and its
allied agencies, than any other geo
graphical unit of the American Un
ion.
All of this Alaska gave, gave
freely and quickly, and gave in the
expectation of giving more, to the
Government that during the pass
ing century has pressed upon its
people a species of oppression, tyr
anny and injustice compared to
which the wrongs of the thirteen
American colonies were trivial and
inconsequential.
The mother country to which we
Alaskans paid this tribute of our
devotion permits a bureaucratic au
tocrarv entrenched at Washington
City to own. brand and herd us as
so many cattle; and, as such, to
ruthlessly sacrifice our materia! in
terests. our labor, our happiness, our
very physical comfort, in the ostensi
ble interest of a mythical or prob
lematical people of a future age,
but actually and in very truth for
no other reason than to provide
permanent official employment for
bureaucratic favorites of the suc
cessive political administrations of
the United States Government.
This intolerable condition has re
sulted in driving from Alaska more
than one-half of its population with
in the pas: ten years; and has pro
duced, as its natural and logical
fruit, two distinct but closely sym
pathetic concepts of political policy
in the minds of those remaining in
the Territory; to one or the other
of which every civilized white man
of bona fide Alaskan citizenship sub
scribes openly or in his heart.
The first concept, in the order of
notice in this article, is exempli
fied by spasmodic expressions of an
aspiration for membership as a state
in the American Union. The ad
herents of this concept are few,
they know that statehood is im
possible for under Alaskan condi
tions as they exist today; they loon
with uncertain faith for statehood
in a future more or less remote, and
hope that the monstrous injustice
heaped upon us may itself mean
while be its own undoing and pro
vokf redress through action of the
American Congress.
The adherents of the second, or
more radical, concept are convinced
beyond the power of mere argu
ment to alter their conviction that
statehood now or later is an idle
-dream, a fantasy, a tiling absurd.
These latter are our radicals in em
bro, a type yearning for relief by
any meanB, and willing to engage
in any undertaking fairly promising
amelioration. Their plans are as
yet unmade; their political con vie
; tions as yet inchoate and unvoiced;
;but within their hearts and minas
' * is the latent thought that in po
: litical independence lies the only
.hope of Alaska. As an independent
sovereign state the future would
.hold something for the Alaskans and
; their children; as a political de
', pendency of the United States the
| future of Alaska is hopeless,
j The men holding these as yet
j largely embryonic views are of the
type to whom life is barren, con
temptible and not worth while with
;out a decent share of civil liberty;
|men who, having cast in their for
tunes with this great Northern land,
jare willing to go through, come what
may.
Not only they, but all other bona
jtide Alaskans of intelligence meet
iupon one common ground of con
jvietion: that ultimate ruin is our
i inevitable portion unless we break
the shackles of bureaucratic Wash
ington government by one means
or another. There is no divergence
; of views on that point, however
! widely Alaskans, mav differ as to
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■ways and means for its accomplish
jmt-nt, or however much the favor
hunting Tories maqsuerading as Al
askans may apologize for the deeds
or excuse the motives of our op
■ pressors.
i Alaska has borne the burden of
'American political domination :or a
half century and more, with the net
result tnat today it is goveramental
•ly a hopeless wreck, and. despite
the heroic sacrifices and ur.remi*
timr toil of our peor'-, and indus
trially barren, compared to .chat it
inevitably would have been under
any fair or equitable or intelligent
system of civil administration.
As a direct result of American
bureaucratic government in this
land of unmatched natural rich
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ness, our once-thought inexhaustible
aquatic treasures are on the point
of extinction: and in consequence
many members of both our white
and native population will witness
!the end of their chief food supply
and face the spectre of starvation
during th£ passinge decade.
The illimitable stores of coal lving
useless beneath our feet are denied
to us. and may not be taken eve t
■ to warm our bodies through the
rigors of this Arctic climate, because
1 Washington bureacracy wills it oth
‘erwist for its own official and po
litical advantage.
For which sole reason, and that
alone, we cannot draw the wasting
oil from the natural storehouses
within our plains and valleys to re
lieve the long-houred darkness of
our Far Northern homes;
We cannot use the timbers decay
ing in the wilds about us to build
; structures for our comfort and con
venience ;
1 We cannot harness the power of
mountain torrents bounding useless
ly to the sea to facilitate our enter
prises ore bring relief to our wearied
'muscles;
* We cannot employ the immeasura
ble wastes of land on every side
to fill the needs and farther the
advantage of our people;
We cannot dig the metals needful
to our wants lying useless and val
' ueless in untrod mountain fast
nesses ;
We cannot use the wasting wa
ters of our therapeutic springs giv
en by nature to cure our ills and
maladies.
,
j All resources of nature are closed
to us for the benefit of our bureau
cratic overlords; and we. in fact,
]can do no worth-while thing not
hedged about with reservations and
restrictions and usurpations of pow
jer designed to paralyze initiative,
discourage effort, nullify enterprise,
blast hopes, and further tighten the
'strangling grip of bureaucratic fin
Igers upon our throats.
And these things are put upon
men in whose veins flows the blood
:of those who endured the rigors of
'Concord and Lexington and Valley
j Forge. To these conditions men of
| that blood will not much longer sub
mit; ond would not have submitted
Jthus long save for their deep-seated
; love for the land their ancestors
(established in liberty and justice and
righteousness and abhorrence of tyr
anny.
The situation in Alaska is becom
ing tense; the future is dark with
; forebodings. Hearts that but yes
terday were thrilled and exalted by
•tales of America’s traditional justice
:are wondering today if it has be
jcome as a sounding brass and a
.tinkling cymbal, serving no other
; purpose than to cloak designs against
I popular rights and perpetuate the
j sinecures of political parasites.
We Alaskans are under no delu
sions as to the difficulties confront-;
(ing us if bad comes to worst. Men i
nowhere are more cognizant of the j
| illimitable physical power of the |
United States or of its capacity to i
crush our weakness at a blow. But i
with all its greatness it has no power
of might alone, to stay the ger
mination in the inmost heart of
Alaska of the fateful question:
Would it not be more desirable to
be crushed in honorable strife for
right, for justice, and for liberty,
than to continue in virtual slavery
and be slowly done to death by the
bureaucratic stranglers who have
ruined our past, who render the
present fruitless, and make our fu
ture hopeless'
Such is a glimpse into the inner j
heart of Alaska as it throbs and j
burns today. j
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Don't forget the Basketball Game ]
tomorrow afternoon at 3:30.
LANDLORD IS PUNISHED;
TRIED TO ROB TENANT
BUDAPEST. — Dr. C. Szecsi, a
womar. physician, has been sentenced
to two month? imprisonment be
cause she refused to rent an apart
ment to a tenant unless he would
buy her furniture for 100,000
crowns. The action of the court
is in line with the effort to provide
housing for the over-congested city.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Sunday school will be held in
the old commissioner’s office build-:
ing, opposite the postoffice, Sunday'
at 1 p. m.
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The regular service will be held
at the same place at two o’clock.1
Subject: "Sacrament."
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6RACE (Presbyterian) CHURCH!
REV. ROOT.
JOSEPH DIVEN
D. D.
MINISTER
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11:45—The children’s hour.
The evening subject will be:
“What the Modern Church Repre
sents.”
Music begins at 7:15 Lecture 7:30
Everybody Welcome
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WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Rug. Linoleum. Office
Desk and Chair, Rocker. Large
Mirror. Leather Couch, Electric
Burner and Kitchen Cupboard. In
quire of Mrs. R. R. Myers.
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• FOR REN’T—Cascade laundry. Fully
equipped and with established in
come. No cash required. Inquire
at Arctic.
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WANTED—Position as cook, town
or camp, or hour work of any
kind in private homes, cooking,
housework, or taking care of chil
dren. Inquire at the Arctic.
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;LOST—Pair of glasses in black case.
i Reward for return to News office.
!FOR SALE—Six-horse barn. In
quire at Nenana House. tf
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COOK wanted for railroad camp.
Inquire Alec Kalisoff. at Arctic.
jests of the nation in any emergency
[that may arise out of this unhappy
business."
AN OLD SUIT, mended, pretied
and cleaned, it a taring, while war
prices prevail. Let me belp you
•are money.
DORSAYS TAILOR SHOP
Third and A Streets.
Venaaa. Where *~i1t and Siren Meet
Dr.). R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Pf»c«» Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
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NOTICE.
The School Tax Roll is now at
the Townsite office, where payment
of school taxes will be accepted.
The valuations of lots have been
readjusted, with very few excep
tions, and cut fifty per cent. The
rate for this year is four mills, a
cut of one mill over last year, mak
ing1 a considerable saving to the
taxpayer.
Notices of School taxes have been
made to all taxpayers where known.
If taxes are not paid on or before,
January 15, 1920, a penalty of ten
per cent will be added. If not paid
on or before July 15, 1920, interest
will be charged at the rate of
twelve per cent per annum.
H. B. 35, Chapter 5. Section 4:
All taxes levied and assessed by
the board of school directors under
this act shall be a lien upon the
property assessed and such lien
shall be prior and paramount to all
other liens and encumbrances, and
may be foreclosed by an appropri
ate action in any court of compe
tent jurisdiction.
The owner of property assessed
shall be personally liable for the
amount of taxes assessed against
such property and such taxes, to
gether with penalties and interest,
may be collected after the same
become due, in a personal action
brought in the name of the school:
district against such owner in any
:ourt of competent jurisdiction.
CABL SCHMIDT,
Assessor, Nenana School Board.
FRESH STOCK
Groceries, apthing and Footwear
SAVE TIME AND MONEY
All Necessities for Trail and Camp
GO TO
FOWLER & MORRIS
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We Strive to Please
EVERYTHING THE BEST
Tavern Cafe and Bakery
WM. RODIGKEIT - ~
Proprietor
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
Southern
Tom Smith, Prop.
NENANA HOUSE
Jusf Gome to and Sit Down and Look Oof.
MRS. A. B. EASTERLY, ProprWtrow.
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DR. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
ARCTIC HOTEL
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
Second and Fourth Mondays
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
Dip4rtiBeut die 1 elvriof
Al**k.. Engiaeering Cornowioo
NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
i chase tickets before entering trauu,
■ Tieket3 can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is >r,
the employment office, on the groan !
floor of the General Office Euiiduig
; Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
|at Camp 415 (North Nenana).
Tickets will be on sale at LIlJ
time during office hours, and can be
purchased in sufficient time before
1 -he departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
■the fo°t of A street on Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 8 a. m . and from
tamp 415 (North Nenana). for
Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Ei .days, at
1 p. m.
The following i5 the schedule be
tween North Nenana and Fairbanks,
subject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7:00 a. m
arrive North Nenana, 11:30 a. n.
Leave North Nenana 1:00 p. m
arrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m
No tickets wih be sold crossing
the river. Those intending to trav
el to Fairbanks must make the r
own arrangements for reaching
I North Nenana.
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Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
During the last =ea*on we conducted an advertising campaign
throughout the North and are prepared to send you the names of
people in all sections of Alaska and the Yukon who will verify our
statements.
Our excellent Eastern connections, and the tremendous amount
of mail order business we are receiving from all parts of the
States for furs made to order enables us to turn our stock quickly
at a reasonable profit, but we must have fur, for which we guar
antee top prices.
Make us a trial shipment. If our price does not suit you. the
goods will be returned charges prepaid.
WE MAKE FURS TO ORDER
at more reasonable rates than can be obtained Outside. At present
we are working three operators, and need others. If you are an
operator and finisher, and want a good year-around job. com
municate with us.
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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