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.
'WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET**
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Xenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Xenana, Alaska.
R. G. Southworth____Editor and Manager
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"ALASKA FOR ALASKANS.”
It is no doubt true, says the
Anchorage Times, that the people
who come to the new Alaska towns
are actuated chiefly by a desire to
make money. The composite mass
which forms the population of the
new Alaska town may be divided
into two classes—those who hope
to make money, and stay, and those
who hope to make money, and go.
As between these two classes of
residents, it is not difficult to de
termine which class will be of per
manent benefit to the country.
The primary prerequisite for the
development and growth of a new
region is, that the people who come
shall be inspired with faith in the
future of the country. It is neces
sary that they shall believe that
there are possibilities in the country
which, when exploited, will spell
success; that there are resources
which, when developed, will bring
financial benefit to those who in
vest. It is necessary that at least
some of the money which the coun-,
try has been kind enough to put !
into the pockets of the people shall
be put back into the country—
broadly speaking, that the desire to
make money shall not be confined
entirely to making it out of some j
other person, but shall take the
broader and more constructive form
of a desire to make money out of
the opportunities and resources
which lie unexploited and undevel
oped in every section of Alaska
that has justified investigation.
A citizen who does not look upon
this section of Alaska from this
viewpoint is worth little to the com
munity. He is in the giature of a
parasite, <vho contributes nothing
ar.d acquires everything.
A town which is composed of this
class of citizens will expire as soon
as the last number is punched from
its meal ticket, and this has par
ticular reference to Anchorage. If
this town is to amount to anything,
it must develop the forward-look
ing citizen, and by this is meant,
not the citizen whose forward vision
is fixed on Seattle or Washington,
D. C., or St. Paul, or Saskatche
wan, but rather the citizen who is
looking expectantly for develop
ments in Willow creek, in Chicka
loon, in Broad pass, or Matanuska.
He is the citizen who will count
in the end. His name alone will
appear in the census of the future.
And this is what we mean by
•'Alaska for Alaskans,” and the fel
low who tells you that he does not
believe in this axiom of progress,
you can immediately place in the
class of those forward-looking cit
izens whose gaze penetrates beyond
the azure of Alaska skies and is
fixed on the rainbow tints in the
distance.
Xo town was ever built on doubt
and uncertainty; pessimism is the
highway robber of future success.
Courage and confidence in what you
see, what you feel and what you
believe to be true has had more to
do with the constructive enterprises
of men than all the words of doubt
recorded in history. This is the
spirit that has built Seattle and San
Francisco. The “Seattle Spirit” is
but another expression of the plan
of everyone putting a shoulder to
the wheel and pushing for the com
mon good, and the “Seattle Spirit”
(with the help of Alaska) built Se
attle.
It also follows that the slogan,
"Alaska for Alaskans,” properly ap
plied, will build Alaska.
BUSINESS WANTS A CHANCE.
Business is weary of unr.ecessary
governmental interference. Busi
ness wants a chance.
Such was the burden of opinion
at the national conference that met
at St. Louis recently. It is probably
an accurate reflection of business
throughout the country, believes the
Tacoma Ledger.
Industry, points out the Tacoma
paper, freed from the obligations of
war, seeks an opportunity to push
forward. There is plenty of work
to be done and plenty of men and
plenty of money to do it. The
stage is set and ready for the great
est period of activity the country
has ever seen. The one particular
thing needful is that the govern
ment shall quit “tinkering.”
As long as the war was on, there
was genera! assent to the policy of
stringent governmental supervision.
No other policy could have succeed
ed. The nation's big, immediate
job was to win the war by utilizing
every resource to the utmost. Busi
ness co-operated splendidly. The
country’s industrial achievements
will remain a monument to Ameri
can strength and patriotism.
But the war is over and business
is right in demanding that condi
tions which were justified before the
signing of the arfnistice shall now
be changed, A restoration of free
dom is urgently needed and amply
merited. The whole program of re
construction is slowed down by the
unwillingness of the federal govern
ment to relinquish its war-time con
trol.
Intelligent leaders realize fully
,that a new day has come in Ameri
| can industry. Ideas that may have
been sound four years ago have
been vetoed by the harsh logic of
! events. It is worse than a waste
, of breath either to bemoan the past
:or decry the coming of the new
era. It is both good Americanism
and good industrial sense to face
the rising sun and make haste to
set the country’s house in order for
j the new industrial day.
It is no favor business asks. It
merely seeks a reasonable chance
to do its share in restoring the
, country bo a basis of peace. It ap
peals to the government to take the
red tape of its war-time control
■from the wheels of industry.
“THE HIGH COST OF LIVING.”
Is the public responsible for the
continued high prices? Does it pre
fer the more costly articles to the
|
cheaper ones? A shoe retailer makes
these observations, says the Wall
Street Journal:
“We have tried our best to keep
down the price of shoes by not lay
ing in a big stock of expensive foot
wear; we have made displays of
lower priced shoes, but we found
it did no good. Shoes retailing at
f.ve and six dollars the pair ars
left on our shelves while the higher
priced goods are snapped up. Why?
The public has been earning b.g
money and is used to paying big
prices for goods. Day after- day,
people of moderate means come into
this store and demand tweive-dollar
footwear.
“It appears to be a case of the
cost of high living and not the high
cost of living, as the late James J.
Hill said."
CURTAIN FALLS ON
VETERAN MINSTREL
SAX DIEGO, Cal., July 23.—
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! George H. Primrose, than whom
; there is no more widely known en
tertainer in the United States, died
here today at an advanced age.
The deceased was best known as
a minstrel, having for many years
made the rounds of the States as
one of the principal entertainers of
the famous Primrose & West min
strel troupe. In later years Prim
rose appeared in vaudeville.
BISHOP ROWE COMING
FOR SERVICE SUNDAY
Bishop Peter Trimble Rowe, head 1
of the Episcopal church in Alaska,
will arrive in Nenana this after
noon, and plans to spend the re
mainder of the week in Nenana. The
bishop has accepted an invitation to
occupy the pulpit at Grace church
on Sunday evening, a telegram to
that effect having been received by
Robert Joseph Diven this morning,
and preparations are now being \
made for a special service for the
.
occasion.
The bishop is now on his annual
tour of Alaska. He came in by
way of Dawson and has been at
Fairbanks during the past week.
From Nenana he probably will go
down river on a visit to the missions
of the lower Yukon.
The trip down from Fairbanks is
being made in the Douse launch Vic
tory.
RUSSIAN CONSUL WANTS
TO LOCATE MISSING MAN
The office of the United States
marshal at Fairbanks is in receipt
of a letter from the Russian consul
at Seattle, seeking information rela
tive to the present whereabouts of
a Russian named Sanako Tamaeff.
A brother of the missing man is
reported to have been killed recent
ly in Siberia by the Bolsheviki. and
considerable property awaits the
only surviving member of the fam
■ ily. The estate includes a gold
:mine.
« PERSONAL *
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Ernie Parsons, who was X. C.
agent in the Koyukuk last winter,
was an upbound passeneer on the
Reliance, yesterday.
_
Ralph Deverell, who came to Xe
nana from Fairbanks several weeks
ago, has been assigned to work in
;the Commission machine shops.
Harry Phillips went out to the
dragline camp today to make re
pairs to some of the Hart converti
ble cars in use in the surfacing
.work south of town.
! Advices received from Seattle an
nounce the safe arrival there of G.
L. (Cap) Hall, former receiving and
■forwarding clerk in the employ of
the A. E. C. at Xenana.
The mail which left Fairbanks
I over the trail on July 5 reached
Seattle on July 19.
FAIRBANKS COUNCILMAN
WILL QUIT TOWN SOON
George Johnson, member of the
Fairbanks town council, announced
{at the regular meeting of the law
makers last night that he intended
WANT ADS
FISH FOR SALE—Salmon in any
quantity, fresh, dried and salted.
Leave orders at the Terminal.
N'els Stol.
VICTROLA FOR SALE, with forty
record. Inquire at Waechter
Bros.’ market. k23
FIFTEEN MEN WANTED to cut
wood. Five dollars per cord;
good timber. A. G. Vachon, Tan
ana. k8-lG
FOR SALE—My entire holdings,
consisting of Lot 6, Block lb,
three-room log house, finely fin
ished and partially furnished, to
gether with provisions and wood.
Also my half interest in Nenana
Steam Laundry. A bargain, ;f
taken before August first. Must
go Outside on urgent business is
reason for sacrifice. Mrs. Clara
Allred. Nenana, Alaska. k7-2d
FOR SALE — Showcase. 5% fee*
long. Practically new. Cheap.
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
SOUTHERN HOTEL
BUILDING
A.
resigning from the board. It is his
intention, he stated, to quit Fair
banks within a short time, and
while no definite plans have been
made, it is understood that he will :
go to Dawson with a view to en
gaging in business there.
Johnson is a restaurant man of'
many years’ residence in Fairbanks,
his last place of business being the
Igloo grill, which he closed a short.
time ago. Johnson was a resident
of Dawson before moving to Fair
banks.
NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT
IN NENANA
There has never been anything in
Nenana with the ’INSTANT action
of simple buckthorn bark, glycerine,
etc., as mixed in Adler-i-ka. ONE
SPOONFUL flushes the ENTIRE
bowel tract so completely it relieves
ANY CASE sour stomach, gas or con
stipation and prevents appendicitis.
The INSTANT, pleasant action of
Adler-i-ka surprises both doctors and
patients. A. D. Thompson, druggist.
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NEW GOODS ARRIVED
Bananas, Grapefruit, Oranges, Lemons
Apples, Rhubarb, New Spuds
Onions, Ham, Bacon,
Lard, Cheese and Eggs
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FOWLER & MORRIS
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A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
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Bookkeeping Conreyancing
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REAL ESTATE RENTALS
LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
(New York Life)
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the moat reliable companies
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
FOR RENT
Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
WILL RETURN TO NENANA
SOMETIME IN JULY
Date will be announced later
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NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second a*d Fou-th Tuesdays
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER.
Secretary Dictator.
Department of the Interior
Alaakan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south at
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 genera! office
Duilding, 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 Satur
days at 8 p. m.
On ar.d after july 15th the freight
on the North side of the river at
Camp 415 dock will be shipped out
Tuesday and Friday of each week,
leaving at 7 a. m.. until further
notice.
NICELY HOUSE
With Belmont la Connection
POOL CANDIES CIGARS
AND TOBACCOS
WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
PRICES REASONABLE
Rates By the Week or Month
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
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