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.
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THE SEWARD ATTITUDE
When Mr. W. A. Ryan, who came
to Alaska at the request of Secre
tary of the Interior Lane, to make
a survey of the natural resources
cf the territory, visited Anchorage,
he was given every consideration
and courtesy. He had a right, de
clares the Anchorage Times, to ex
pect courteous treatment at the
hands of our people, because he’
represented a big. broad statesman
who is doing everything within his
power to develop the resources of
Alaska, and who is Alaska's true
friend and well-wisher. Mr. Ryan’s
report on this country will carry
great weight with the secretary- be
cause the two have long been per
sonal friends and have confidence
in each other. Anchorage, aside
from its natural hospitality, looked
upon Mr. Ryan as a personage who
would be able to do us much good
in a material way. It is reasonable
to suppose, in view of the cordiality
which Fairbanks, N'enana and An
chorage extended to Mr. Ryan, that
he departed from these communi
ties with a good impression.
But upon arrival at Seward,
where a “peculiar situation” exists,
the visit of Mr. Ryan, instead of
evoking cordiality, got quite the
reverse. The local paper sought to
attack and ridicule him. as it has
attacked and ridiculed the Engin
eering commission. At a meeting
of the chamber of commerce over
there, Mr. Ryan was invited to
speak, and he did s^eak—quite
frankly. Following- his talk be
fore the chamber, he was again
ridiculed.
Is it any wonder that govern
ment officials have no use for the
Resurrection Bay town? Is it the
part of wisdom to attack and con
demn government representative?
who may be able to do this coun
try a great deal of good? These
government men are human. They
wish to be treated with common
decency and respect, to which they
arc entitled. In behalf of .An
chorage. we wish to say that Sew
ard, in its puerile attacks on these
visiting government representatives
speaks only for itsel- It does not
represent the true opinion of Alas
ka, and Alaska should not be held
responsible for them. If Seward
wishes to befoul its own nest, that
is up to it. It is our affair only
as far as it affects the development
of this part of Alaska.
CAN’T STOP 'EM
“Though they very well know
that at the present time they will
not all be able to find employment,
Alaskans that I met in the Pacific
coast towns are all of the one mind
—to return to Alaska,” said B. M.
Rehrends, banker, merchant and
capitalist, who returned to Juneau
recently from a business trip to the
States.
“They refer to the days prior to
1897,” Mr. Behrends continued,
when gold was discovered in Forty
mile and Circle City, later the
Klondike, Nome and Fairbanks dis
coveries. They say ‘If we cannot
find work, we will prospect.’ I
believe that an army of experienced
and seasoned Alaskans will put in
time prospecting for gold, the most
precious metal in the world.
“Alaska has more unexplored ter
ritory than any country in the
world, and 1 look forward to some,
wonderful discoveries, both in
placer and quartz in Southeastern
Alaska, as well as in the Interior.
“The prospect for Alaska gain
ing: in population over any previous
period prior to the war is most
certain.”
ALL WILL BENEFIT
It is true, says the Valdez Miner,
that the railroad will directly help
Anchorage and Seward, and that
they will reap more or less pecu
niary benefit from its building; but
the fact still remains that the com
pletion of the railroad to Fairbanks
and especially to the coal fields
will indirectly benefit every town
in Alaska. The scarcity of fuel
and the high prices paid go fa;
toward making this an undesirable
place to reside, especially in the
winter months. When every home
can pile on the coal without count
ing the cost, Alaska will become
a land of happy homes, but not
until then. It is the settler who
makes a country; the steady pro
ducer; not the man who skims
the ground in the summer and
spends his earnings in the States.
SIBERIAN I UN
IS HMD JIT DT
LIGHT SHORTAGE
OMSK. Siberia.—Finding the
necessities of life for the people is
one of the great problems of the
All-Russian government having its
headquarters here. Light is one of
the most urgent needs. Electricity
exists spasmodically in less than half
the city. The burning of an electric
power plant caused a big section to
depend entirely on petroleum, or
kerosene and candles. But the stock
of petroleum is almost exhausted
and candles are becoming rare.
The loss of Samara has proved
a great blow in the respect for, thru
Samara from the rich petroleum
districts of the Caucasus, came the
Omsk supply of petroleum, oil and
lats. The lack of grease for the
wheels of the railway cars is a very
serious matter in connection with the
question of transport; already diffi
cult on account of general disor
ganization. Candles cost eight rub
les apiece and are difficult to find
Light is essential in the dead of
winter here because night begins
at four o'clock in the afternoon and
continues until eight o’clock in the
morning. The absence of light in
the streets at night leads to fre
quent robberies and occasionally to
more serious incidents. It is unsafe
to go out at night alone, especially
in dark, unfrequented thorough
fares.
The only' public attraction at
Omsk is the theater and a few mov
ing picture auditoriums. There are
one or two large restaurants where
one may dine for fifty or sixty
rubles. But generally speaking.
Omsk, at night is deserted and
mournful.
Escape him no mortal can.
For him you have to fall;
The undertaker is a man
Who overtakes us all.
ARE VICTIMS OF
| BOLSHEViKI WAVE
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LONDOX.—Murders of clergy
; men constitute the latest feature of
! Bolshevik terror in Kussia, says
Professor Peter Sturve, a distin
guished Russian economist, who has
escaped from Russia and arrived
i in England after hiding from the
Bolsheviki for months in Moscow.
| and after a long journey on foot
to reach safety in Finland. He was
compelled to disguise himself to
escape death at the hands of the
adherents of Lenine and Trotsky.
Professor Struve was representa
tive from Petrograd in the second
Duma and a member of the Assem
bly convoked by Alexander F. Ker
ensky.
"Altogether ten bishops had been
shot and many priests murdered, and
the dean of Kazan Cathedral and
his two sons were drowned in the
Neva by the Red soldiers," said Pro
fessor Sturve “Near Kotlas, all
the monks in one monastry were
shot to death. Professor Karta
sheff minitser of religion in Ker
ensky’s government, who has es
caped into Finland, says that the
present persecution of the church
in Petrograd is only comparable
with the persecution of the early
Christians.
"In Moscow all the shooting's
take place at night, but in Petro
grad the victims of the Bolshevik
are shot in the afternoon in the
courtyard of the headquarters of
the Executive Commission and, in
order to drown the noise, it is
usual to start up the engines of
motor cars which are waiting in
the vicinity. j
“At the beginning of the Bol
sheviki movement, I publicly ex
pressed the opinion that not even
a German would converse with (a
Bolshevilci. As a Russian Constitu- ■
tionalist it is completely inexplicable
to me how any allied government
can contemplate discussion of any
sort, in any circumstances or at
any place, with anyone who calls
himself a Bolshevik.
"Those who imagine that here
can be any pact between the f rces
of civilization and Bolshevism, have1
no conception of the real state ol
affairs in Russia. The most mod
erate form of restoration of order
and liberty in Russia would make,
the existence of Bolshevism im-1
possible. Bolshevism ss compi te
tyranny which is absolutely incom
patible with any form of ordered1
liberty and constitutional govern- 1
ment. It is entirely false that Bol-^
i
si «■> ism is a popular form of gov
ernment If Trotsky would walk
a verst through Moscow he would
be killed. No czar lived in greater’
terror of his subjects than the
chiefs of the Bolshevik government.
There was more law and justice
under serfdom than under Bolshe
viki.
“It is untrue that the armed
force? of the Bolsheviki can offer
any serious resistance to organized j
and well-armed pressure, and the!
failure of the Bolsheviki in Esthonia
where they yielded before small but
compact forces is much more char
acteristic of their real nature than
the successes they gained in the
North and East against the driblets
which were put in action there.
“To represent the Bolsheviki as
being strong is not only false but
very dangerous, because it creates
the very impression that the Bol
sheviki desire to create. They aim
at world revolution, and to create
a false impression of their power
is to further their aims. Civiliza
tion must not shrink from the prob
lem; it can be dealt with easily if
it is grasped firmly. The real
strength of the Bolsheviki lies in
the irresolution of the leaders of
civilization.”
A Wise Fool
“A soft answer tumeth away
wrath,” observed the Sage.
“Not when a thirsty man is in a
dry town and has just asked for
something hard,” commented the
Fool.
'DISTANCE TABLES ON GOVERN
MENT RAILROAD
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Seward to No. Miles
Kern creek . 71.00
Anchorage . 114.35
Chickaloon 188.35
Broad Pass .314.53
Lignite . .364.00
; Xenana 413.83
Fairbanks 470-56
Anchorage to
Matanuska . 36.32
Chickaloon 74.00
Montana creek . 94.90
Talkeetna 112.35
Broad Pass .200.18
Xenana . 299.48
Fairbanks 356.21
Broad Pass to
Lignite 49.47
X'enana . 99.30
Lignite to
Xenana 49.83
Fairbanks .106.56
Nen&na to
Fairbanks .56.73
Tanana Valley Railroad
Fairbanks to
Chena -Junction . 4 1
Chena .5.0
Happy Junction . 7.3
Chatanika 39.0
Matanuska is the juction for the
branch line to the coal fields, and
Chickaloon is the terminus of that
line.
Talkeetna is at present the end
of steel on the coast division.
Grade has been completed for a dis
tance of twenty miles beyond Tal
keetna to Deadhorse. Grading is
under way to the Susitna crossing
at Indian river, approximately 20
miles from Deadhorse.
The distance between rail heads
at the end of this summer’s work
will be a trifle less than 100 miles.
Approximately ten miles of rails
have been laid from Happy Junction
toward Xenana.
HTenana. Alaska's Interior Pael Depot
The women folks are all the same.
This is the truth, you’re sure
to find;
Though you can make her change
her name,
You cannot make her change
her mind.
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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.
Blair, Roy
Brooker, Ed
Bennett, J. F.
Ball, I. B.
Brown, Erie
Burns, R. E.
Coutts, W. I,
Calderhead, R. w.
Campbell, N. J.
Coghill, \V. A.
Cooney, M. J.
Doner, Frank
Diven, R J.
Douse, Fred
Davis, Harry
Ekeland, Alf
Funk, A B.
Finlayson, K. A.
Fisher, Joe
Flower. J. ff.
Foster, Steve
Gagnon, Wm.
Ghezzi, Alfred
Head, E. A.
Haslem, H. G.
Hagan, James
Hill, L. W.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey, Andy
Gray, E. B.
Gilcher, W. H.
Hyland, Mike
Isabel, L. C.
Irvine, A. J.
Johnson, A. G.
Jones, Frank
Julian, W. J.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter
Joseph, H. B.
Koland, Knut
Ketooroky, John A
Laughlin, E. L.
Lund, E. E.
Lehr, Q. F.
Markus, George
Mortensen, Peter
Myers, R R.
Moore, Frank B
Miles, J. H.
McDonald, Ri S.
Martin, G. S.
Morris, R. c.
Mash, Martin
Owen, Harry
O’Keefe, Larry
Parks, S. E.
Pennington, G. W
Palfy, Paul
Packer, W. L.
Ryan, W. A.
Kosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry N'.
Stol, N'els
Schmidt, Car!
Schaeffer, M. A.
Slippern, J. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Stone, A J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, Chas.
Smith, George A.
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.
W'aechter, R. I.