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A HERMIT COUNTRY.
Liberia is truly a hermit republic,
writes Alan Bourchier lA>thbridge,
author anil traveler, in the London
Daily Telegraph. The country, he
adds, has no roads, no railways, no
telegraphs, no steamboats on her
rivers, nor any practical exploita
tion of her wealth.
Lodgings in Monrovia, the capi
tal, virtually do not exist, with the
exception of one place which is con
ducted by the mayor. This man is
•in enterprising negro of North Car
olina, who, besides attending to the
iluties of the mayoralty and con
ducting his hotel, operates an ice
plant and ice-cream parlor which
formerly were German property.
From these latter his profits are
said to fce gigantic. He also has
“something to do with the post
office" and is a police court magis
trate.
“In fact,” says Mr. Lethbridge,
"this remarkable man, starting from
nothing, has made himself a Rocke
feller of Liberia.”
In Monrovia, says the traveler,
there are no horses, motors, rick
shaws or other wheel vehicles; no
street lighting, no driaking water,
and not infrequently food supplies
for the European colony run out
and strict rationing is enforced un
til the ship arrives.
Unless the 23 members of con
gress appear at parliament houses
properly attired in black frock coat,
patent leather shoes, white waist
coat and top hat, they are liable to
a fine of $5. The thermometer
sometimes registers 110 degrees in
the shade.
AN ENGLISH VIEW.
"America’s industrial troubles are
only beginning,” said W. T. Grif
fiths, of the Iron and Steel Trades
confederation, to an English news
agency interviewer, upon his return
to London recently from a trip to
America.
“I have been most impressed with
the dire lack of machinery in Am
erica for settling industrial disputes,
especially in the iron and steel
trade,” he went on. “In that re
spect we are years ahead of Ameri
ca.” Mr. Griffiths added that he
found general chaos in every indus
try.
Fear of American competition, he
continued, was more fictitious than
real, and he was thoroughly con
vinced that England had a wonder
ful opportunity to recover its for
mer position in tl^ foreign markets.
“In one thing America excels,”
Mr. Griffiths concluded. “The out
put of their steel mills would be
almost incredible to the average
British iron and steel worker."
ART IN RUSSIA.
“Art,” so far as the production
of pictures is concerned, is said to
have had a great boom in Bolshevist
Russia, owing to the fact that the
government pays a liberal amount
for all works approved by official
experts.
The whole domain of art has beer
placed under the control of a council
of seven members, four of whom
are apostles of futurism. Artists'
earnings have been increased thru
a rule established by the council!
under which all pictures that pass
the judges are to be paid for at
the uniform rate of 7,000 iTables
each.
Whether the artist has devoted
months of assiduous labor to a pic
ture or whether it is a daub which |
has taken a few hours to paint,
the recompense is the same. With
such encouragement, the number of
artists in Russia is increasing rap
idly.
A SWEDISH VIEW.
Hjalmar Branting the Swedish So
cialist leader and former minister
of finance, speaking at the recent
Scandinavian Workers’ congress, de
clared that he had no sympathy
with what he called the ‘’insane and
destructive Entente policy toward
Russia,” but added that “our join
ing Bolshevism will not help the
suffering Russians.”
The congress later rejected the
Norwegian Socialist proposal to join
the Third Internationale of Moscow.
“Anarchical methods will not cre
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|are lasting results,” said Branting.
‘“We do not accept the dictatorship
;of any minority. The minority di
ctatorship in Russia has shown its
j impotence in solving all really So
cialistic problems. The giving up of
'democratic principles means floun
dering in the rough sea of life with
out a compass.”
HYDABURG TRADING CO.
PAYS A NICE DIVIDEND
J. O. Williams, of the Alaska di
vision of the United States bureau
of education, who is in Southeastern
Alaska auditing the books of the
native co-operative stores in the
various villages, has completed his
inspection of the Hydaburg Trad
ing company’s affairs at Hydaburg.
and finds that the native stockhold
ers will get a dividend of 10 per
cent as a result of last year’s busi
ness, says the Alaska Dispatch. This
store is in fine business shape. It
is run exclusively by the natives of
the village, who supplied the funds
to establish it. The bureau of edu
cation aids with advice, but supplies
i no money.
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AUSTRIANS COMPLAIN;
SAY TOBACCO IS BAD
J VIENNA. — Tobacco smokers of
ithis city jocularly declare that the
jgreat Vienna forest is being gradu
ally smoked up in cigarettes. This
■ is intended as a satire on the quali
fy of material used in the manu
facture of Austrian cigarettes,
j Tobacco products are a govern
jment monopoly and regulated in
quantity of issue. The allowance to
each individual is very small, possi
bly six cigarettes a day. Smug
gling is so much practiced, however,
that it is only necessary to pass the
word in the right quarter to obtain
cigarettes in quantity. One thou
sand recently purchased by an Asso
ciated Press correspondent were of
fair quality as tobacco goes in Aus
tria, and probably consisted of not
more than two-thirds leaves and
What I Stand For
I am a candidate for National Committeeman of the Republi
can Party to be elected April 27th, and 1 stand for the following
principles:
I am not a politician and never ran for office before. 1 belong
to no political machine or combine and am under obligations to no
clique or faction.
I am opposed to machine domination in Alaska and if you elect
me I will take my orders from the people and nobody else.
While my home is in Anchorage, where I received the unani
mous indorsement of the Anchorage Republican Club, composed of
over one hundred fifty members, I will work for the entire Terri
tory of Alaska first, last and all the time.
If you elect me 1 will do my utmost to see that each locality
or division shall name the officers of that locality or division, and 1
will fight bitterly the appointment of anyone outside of Alaska
to an Alaska office.
Alaska has been my home for 23 years, winter and summer,
and I feel sure I know what Alaska needs.
The time has come to put an end to outside dictation in our
affairs and I believe what Alaska needs is more firesides and fewer
carpet-baggers.
The only way to rid Alaska of machine politicians is to vote
against them. People of Alaska, I am making this fight for you
and I want your help. You deliver the votes and I will deliver
the goods.
J. E. CHOVIN.
grasses. But the price -was equal1
to that of first-class American cigar
ettes such as usually are served in
clubs.
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Sergeant Boardman. Fairbanks j
ball player, came down on today's
train to spend a brief vacation in |
Nenana.
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Andrew Vachon, of Tanana, who j'
was called to Fairbanks recently by
the illness of his late brother, John,
started on the return trip to Tanana
today.
Miss Lillian Smith, of the Fair
banks postoffice force, fell on the
ice rink yesterday and injured her1
left arm, the extent of the injury j
not yet having been ascertained. The
injury of Miss Smith leaves the
postoffice very shorthanded, Ed Her
ing, who broke a rib several days;
ago, not yet having recovered suf
ficiently to resume active duty in
the office.
The train arriving today brought:
only local first class mail, the ar-!
\rival of mail at Fairbanks having*
been delayed by the trail overflow, ;
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Richard Chinnyah, who was per-1
mitted to plead guilty at Fairbanks j
to a charge of simple assault, was;
fined $50 and costs by Judge Bun- j
nel! yesterday afternoon. The costs .
amounted to about $150. The bail
forfeited by Chinnyah's bondsmen
when the defendant failed to appear i
in court, following his indictment,
was remitted by the court.
Commissioner R. S. McDonald re- j
turned to Nenana today after an
absence of three days in Fairbanks
on official business.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
Board of School Director*
Nenau Public School
Xenana, March 8. 1920.
NOTICE OF, SCHOOL ELECTION
Complying with the laws of Alas
ka, notice is hereby Riven that the
regular annual election will be held
in the town of Nenana,,
Tuesday, April 6. 1920,
for the purpose of electing three
school directors to serve two years,
to fill the vacancies caused by the
expiration of the terms of Robert
Joseph Diven, J. A. ^lippem, and J.
H. Scott.
The names of candidates must be
in the hands of the Clerk of the
School Board not later than 5 p. m.,
March 22, 1920.
The polling place will be located
| in the fire hall, adjoining the towi:
|8ite office. Polls will be open from
8 a. m. until 7 p. m. on the day
and dote of election.
J. H. SCOTT,
Clerk of School Board.
Approved:
ROBERT JOSEPH DIVEN,
President
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ZOOK WANTED FOE POSITION';
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rHE DWYER JHOME FOR SALE.
Terms reasonable. tf
POUND—Bunch of keys,
at Central Cafe.
Inquire
POR RENT—Suite of three rooms,
suitable for light housekeeping,
with heat and light and hot and
cold water in connection. Also
office rooms, at The Arctic.
’OR SALE—Two-room house, part- i
Jy furnished, with lot. Desirable1
locality. Inquire News office. tf ;
FOR RENT—Cascade laundry. Fully '
equipped and with established in i
come. No caah required. Inquire j
at Arctic.
The Childs and Miles glaciers are
among the most beautiful in Alas
ka, the former being a wall of ice
300 feet high. It is remarkable to
see it in midsummer, sparkling in
the sunlight, with the surrounding
country covered with a profusion of
beautiful wildflowers.
Dr. W. W. Council, a leading phy
sician and surgeon of Cordova, will
locate at Seattle about October 1.
Dog Harness «Vid Shoe Finding*.
Fowler & Morris.
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAYS
OF MONTH, AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourlce, Martin Nark,
Secretary. President.
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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. I
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Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
chase tickets before entering' trains
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is in
the employment office, on the ground
floor of the General Office Building.
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at Camp 415 (North Nenana).
Tickets will be on sale at t.ny
time during office hours, and can be
purchased in sufficient time berfore
the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
the foot of A street on Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
Camp 415 (North Nenana), for
Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
1 p. m.
The following is 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. m.
Leave North Nenana 1:00 p. m ;
arrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m.
No tickets will be sold crossing
the river. Those intending to trav
el to Fairbanks must make their
own arrangements for reaching
North Nenana.
Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
Daring the last season 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