THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enzry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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"WHEN JOHNNY COMES
MARCHING HOME.”
That was a soul-inspiring song
the folks used to sing in the Civil
war days in this country!
It was a song of joy and of vigor
and of determination, albeit some
what convivial and bibulous, but it
expressed in its words the spirit of
the times.
Alaska should be singing a new
song today, “When Our Boys C me
Home From France.”
For therein lies Alaska’s great
hope of rejuvenation.
Even if you can’t remember the
facts, not having been there to
witness them, you must have heard
your mother tell how when the boys
came marching home the whole
countryside rose up to greet them
with songs of gladness and of praise
and of thanksgiving. How the girls
cast flowers at their feet, garlands
about their necks and softer arms.
But you remember how each
fellow carried in his pocket not only
his honorable discharge, but his land
grant as well—his soldier’s home
stead right to 320 acres of public
land, without money, without price,
without conditions of any sort—what
in Italy would be called a “princely
domain.”
Under the impetus given to it by
such generosity the tidal wave of
immigration swept over the West
and the territories then settled have
become the great states of today.
Armed with their “rights,” im
pelled by courage and love of ad
venture gained in their war-time
experiences, these brave fellows, who
probably never would have left the
parental homestead except for the
war, became the pioneers of the
Great West, the doers of great deeds
in the conquest of nature. They
swarmed the hills and valleys, the
forests and the plains and before
that conquering host Nature gave
way. They built cities, reared great
factories- opened the mines, felled
the forests, and filled the land with
churches, schools and children.
Will our National Government be
loss wise with our boys coming
home from France? Never think it!
And where will these adventurous
and venturesome ones find outlet
for their superabundant spirits?
Where will they find opportunity
for their broadened minds and
broadened desires and greater needs
to expand and grow and be fulfilled?
Where?
Alaska! Alaska, Hawaii and the
Philippine Islands? Yes, perhaps,
there is room in Hawaii for a few.
The Philippines may absorb a few',
but if Alaska doesn’t increase in
population by a million in the next
five years it will be because our
government fails to grasp the sig
nificance of Alaska's immensity di
versity and infinitude of resources.
Shall we let that government make
a mistake about Alaska?
And right here is where Fair
banks should cease from troubling
and Nenana come to rest.
Our Commercial club should
hold out the right hand of fellow
ship to the Fairbanks Commercial
club.
We should say to them: Come
on fellows, there’s enough for every
body and to spare. Let’s get to
gether and agree on a program for
the development of the Interior of
Alaska. i
Let’s work together for
». Soldier’s preference rights to
mineral lands, coal lands, oil lands.
placer lands.
2. Soldier’s homestead rights
I with government loans to develop
them, build houses, stock with sheep
i and goats and cattle.
3. Solder’s grants of money to
aid them in prospecting. Something
in the way of a sort of “national
grubstake” for soldier boys who
j want to hunt for the hidden mineral
• wealth of Alaska.
j 4. Soldier’s preference right tc
j employment on the Alaskan Rail
way.
5. A traveling or migratory min
erological and metallurgical labro
tory and assay outfit to make free
| assays analyses, and reports on the
mineral discoveries of soldier-pros
| pectors.
• 6. A system of government aid
| by means of loans on proper pros
j pects to develop them to productive
1 stage—such loans to be repaid from
the output.
7. A government owned, soldier
| built and soldier operated smelter
| to smelt the ores and recover the
i values, run without profit except
; the profit that comes from building
1 up a great and prosperous com
| munity.
A great big soldier-built gov
ernment owned and soldief-oper
, ated power plant located at the
foot of the hill on Lignite creek,
; where there is more coal in sight
than could be consumed in fifty
years; where the coal could be
; delivered at the boilers by means
i of gravity chutes from the veins
at less than two-bits a ton.
9. Soldier-built government-own
ed transmission power lines, furnish
ing power to the government-owned,
soldier-operated railroad, and the
smelter and to all the industries that
our Johnny will build when he
• comes “Marching Home.”
fairbanks! Nenana holds out to
you the right hand of fellowship. |
We want no quarrel.
We want no recriminations.
We want co-operation.
We hold nothing but love for you.
your people, your institutions.
We hope for nothing more than
for your continued prosperity and
growth.
You are the parent of the pros
perity of the past.
Xenana, your most vigorous off- j
spring, would do nothing to hinder,
vex or circumscribe your growth.
We need you and your help.
You need us and our help.
Come on. let us clasp hands as
lather and son, mother and daughter
and march on into the light of
glory, of prosperity, of happiness
through quarrels forgot, peace re
stored and co-operation assured.
DANCE TONIGHT
AT UNION HALT!
Immediately after the picture!
show tonight, at the Union Hall, a
social dance will be held. Prepara
tions have been under way for the
holding of this dance for the past i
few days and the floor has beenj
put in the best possible condition 1
Music will be supplied by the
Coliseum orchestra and a splendid j
time is assured all those who will
attend.
The price of admission will be
one dollar; the ladies being admitted
free of charge.
MINING NEWS FROM !
KOYUKUK COUNTRY
Harry Owens, a Koyukuk miner
and prospector, who arrived here
recently .brings the report that there
are a very few men prospecting
and mining in the district, and that
the prospects for next summer’s work
do not seem to be particularly bright.
Owens was working on Wild river,:
a tributary of the Koyukuk, about!
eight miles above Betties. He has'
had an unsuccessful season and left
Betties on October 28, for Fort Gib-1
bon, with the intention of enlisting
in the army.
On arrival at Fort Gibbon, he
found that the war was practically
over and enlistments had closed.
There was nothing to do at Tanana,
and enquiries made at the army
town indicated that everybody in
the district were headed towards
Nenana and, consequently he decided
that Nenana would be the right
place to make for.
Five draftees from the Koyukuk
district reached Fort Gibbon on the
day the armistice was signed; they
were Chris Nikoff, Rod Nikoff, Vic-1
tor Nack. Ernest Seborg and Jack j
Slisco. The officer commanding
gave them the option of taking an
honorable discharge from the army'
right then or remaining in the serv
ice until spring and then getting
their discharges, and all but Jack
Slisco elected to take their dis
charges. Jack is now w'ith the sol
diers and the four others are en
gaged in cutting ties for the govern
ment railroad near Dunbar's, and
expect to come into Nenana prob
ably when railroad operations com
mence in the spring.
Mr. Owens says that in the entire
Koyukuk district from Alatna to
Wiseman, there are about 175
people; this includes the towns of
Betties, Coldfoot and Wiseman and
those in the nearby creeks and
streams.
V\ hat is considered a phenomenal
strike was made by Hughie Boyle.!
working on the continuation of the
Nolan creek benches, adjoining the
workings of O. B. Williams and
Pingle & Collins. Boyle was able
to work for a few days only and '
the money taken out during that
time averaged about $1100 to the
box length, or 144 square feet. He
took out. in all. about $4400, and'
with about eight men helping him,
is now engaged in doing develop- i
ment work on the ground so that
it can be worked on a large scale'
during the coming summer. He used
all the available water for stripping1
the overburden and is now putting:
in
O. R. Williams, working on the
Nolan benches, was able to work'
for about eleven days only, owing; i
to a shortage of water, but dur-j
ing that time took out about ten !
thousand dollars in coarse gold; some 1
of the nuggets running to about j
two or three hundred dollars each.
Williams leased his ground on the
Nolan creek benches to Peter Dow,
who is doing some development work
preparatory to working it on a
largb scale in the spring. Williams
left for the States on the* last boat i
in the fall, but expects to come in I
on one of the first boats next
spring.
Pingle & Collins, working on the
Nolan creek benches, were also
handicapped owing to the shortage!
of water and were able to work
only about fifteen days, during■
which time they took out about;
ten thousand dollars.
MacNamar, working on Emma
creek, a tributary of the Koyukuk,
about six miles above Coldfoot, j
worked with a force of about eight i
men and took out quite a sum of
money. He is now doing much de- j
yelopment work on the ground and
expects to be able to work a double1
■Tew next summer.
Newt Ellington and Lee Wilson!
are sinking a working shaft on Jen-j
ny ereek, a tributary of the Ham-!
mond river, about six miles above
Wiseman. Very good prospects
iave been found there and big
things are expected when actual.
mining commences. The workings
are deep, bedrock being struck at a
lepth of about 120 feet.
Jim Kelly and Judge Howard are
working a drill at the mouth of
Sheep creek, at is confluence with
the Koyukuk, anil according to the
drafted boys who come down to
Fort Gibbon, fairly good prospects.
have been found.
Owing to the draft and the num
ber of men leaving the distriat, min
ing activities during the winter
season were not possible on as large
a scale as heretofor Those who
were working, however, have been
able to make expenses and have
a small surplus to start them out
right “In the good old summer
time."
Billy Glenn and associates, work
ing claims on the South Fork of
the Koyukuk, are reported to be
doing very well; no definite news
regarding the actual returns are
available.
The men of the Koyukuk, by reas
on of being so very remotely placed,
with practically no roads except
those they have themselves con
structed from the stores to the dig
gings, and no telegraphic communi
cation, have nursed the belief that
they arc somewhat behind the times
and a standing joke among them
is that anybody going to any other
place from the district is liable to
be quarantined. The joke was on
Owens when he was required to
undergo quarantine at quarantine
camp No. 1 for a period of five
days.
CLEANING ESTABLISHMENT
WILL BE OPENED MONDAY
The attention of the News’ read
ers is directed to an advertisement
appearing elsewhere in these col
umns regarding a clothes cleaning
and renovating establishment which
is to be opened for business on Mon
day, December 9th.
The tailor shop on upper A street,
which was operated some time ago
by Mrs. John M illiams and after
wards by Mrs. Lyons, has been se
cured for this purpose and made
ready against the opening day.
The establishment, which will be
in charge of Mrs. D’Orsey, is pre
pared to clean and presS gentlemen’s
clothing, line and renovate fur
coats and remodel ladies' suits and
dresses.
Don’t Leave
ALASKA
Men wanting employment can
obtain work at good wage* at
Juneau, Kennecott and Latouche.
If you go out you will only
come back “Butsed” in the spring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latouche and
Kennecott.
ALASKA PUBLICITY !
BUREAU
Juneau Alaska. j
Wallace Calderhead, mushing ir
from Fairbanks, reached quarantint
yesterday. He will come in to Xe
nana after putting in the full quar
antine period of five days at tht
station.
Nenana. Where Bails and Bivera Mee
WANT ADS
WANTED—Woman for laundry
work. Apply at Nenana Steam
Laundry. 5
FOR SALE—New lineoleum- ma
hogany phonograph, child’s bed.
and Persian cat. Inquire of Mrs
Mellish.
i LOST—Bunch of Keys; five flat
Yale keys and two round keys.
Finder please return to News
Office. Reward.
THE ARCTIC
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