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 Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. C. Southworth.Editor and Manager
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WHO CAN VOTE.
The qualifications of electors who
will be entitled to vote at tomor
row's election are somewhat less
exacting than the qualifications gOV
ernings territorial elections, the dif
ference being that all citizens of the
United States who have resided
within the town of N’enana for a
period of thirty days preciding the
election may participate in the elec
tion.
It is not necessary that a voter
shall have resided in the territory
a year, nor need he or she he the
owner of property in Nenana.
Candidates, however, not only
must have all the qualifications ol
electors, but they also must be the
owners of substantial property in
terests in the town.
INTOLERABLE.
At this stage of procedure with
the treaty, any talk of alteration
or amendment of the text is mad
ness, believes the New York Times.
Declarations by the senate that
would actually change the meaning
of any provisions and call for spe
cific assent and acceptance by other
parties to the agivem mt must not
be made.
Germany has signed and ratified
the Treaty of Versailles. If we
ratify a different treaty she is at
once absolved from all obligations
so far as the United States is con
cerned. We remain at war^with
her and can have peace only by
going, as Senator Hitchcock has
said, hat in hand to beg her to ac
cept our amendments.
II Willi III lie till llliwiuiaim iiumif
ation, that we should be forced to
K'o as suppliants to Weimar, to hum
ble ourselves before the enemy we
have conquered, to persuade, argue,
entreat when we have already ex
ercised the battle-won right to dic
tate. The Germans would be fools
if they did not take advantage of
our blunder and false position to
insist upon substantial alteration of
the terms imposed upon them.
But this is secondary The all
sufficient, compelling reason is that
the American people do not want to
see the President or his envoy sit
ting in the anteroom of the German
minister of foreign affairs awaiting
an opportunity to present his hum
ble prayer for Germany’s accept
ance of the senate’s revised copy of
the Treaty of Peace.
RESUMPTION OF PLANS.
Resumption of plans for the Alas
ka railway following the Tanana
valley to an eventual connection
with the upper waters of the Yu
kon continues the opening of a
country concerning which the av
erage American has heard much
that is picturesque, and knows com
paratively little that is practical,
comments the Christian Science
Monitor, which has long displayed
a friendly and intelligent interest in
Alaskan development. Railroad en
terprise knows the land better, and
has denite convictions; it 'believes
that Alaska is going to attract a
large population, permanently set
tled in a climate much like that of
Norway or Sweden, and that the
country will become a prosperous
agricultural region highly profitable
to its railroad system. Incidentally
it has its likelihood of becoming
also a tourist country, for the rail
road as now projected will extend
through a land of mountains and
valleys, comparable to Switzerland.
The immediate objective, however,
is to complete the railway outlet
foy copper, coal and gold that was
well begun when the war inter
rupted.
GREAT THINGS.
Great things are expected from
Colonel Mears, says the Anchorage
Times. He comes back a bigger
and broader man than when he left
nearly two years ago. His powers
with the Commission are greater
than ever before, as he now is the
only member, with absolute power
to determine all questions of ad
ministration and engineering in con
nection with the construction of the
Alaska Government railroad. That
the concentration of power in the
hands of one man tends toward
greater efficiency is unquestioned,
and the people of Anchorage have
sufficient confidence in Colonel
Mears to believe that under his
management the whole project will
become imbued with new life and
activity.
At this time it might be men
tioned that another reason for the
ready welcome with which Colonel
Mears is received is the belief that,
coming as he does direct from
Franee, where he has seen our boys
in action, has seen the sufferings
and hardships they have endured,
:heir country, he will see to it that j
the many slackers now on the pay- i
roll of the Alaskan Engineering
commission will be removed and j
men who responded to the call of
the nation given their places. Col
onel Mears will have this power, a
power which probably has not been
possessed by those heretofore in au
thority in Anchorage, and its prompt
application will endear him to the
hearts of all loyal citizens.
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Relief, Kelly, and Louise, at Gib
bon.
Kotlik, at St. Michael.
Washburn, down Marshall, 8 a,
mi, 12th.
Seattle No. 3, up Holy Cross,
7:45 a. m., 14th.
Reliance, up Koyukuk river, 8th.
Davis, high and dry on bar above
Hot Springs landing, 7:30 a. m.
Benchley, up Koyukuk, 8 a. m.
Tanana, at Chena.
Carl White, at Fairbanks.
Alaska, up Fort Yukon, 1:30 p.
m., 14th.
Jacobs, up Circle, 12 noon, 14th.
Yukon, down Fort Yukon, 11 p.
m., 14 th.
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Herman Anderson and Frank Teu
fel returned to town last night from
the Linder Lake district, where
they spent a week hunting and
berry picking. They report both
ducks and berries plentiful.
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Editor News—Sir:
How much longer will the people
of Nenana have to suffer the in
dignity of having a U. S. soldier
confront him with a loaded rifle
when he (or she) wishes to see
some friend on one of the White
i Pass boats?
J The writer has been in the North
for 22 years, and this was always
classed as a privilege for everyone
to enjoy; but through the efforts of
our local White Pass agent, with
his influence w'ith Engineer in
Charge Browne, and the hearty co
operation of Sergeant Dayton, in
charge of the local guards, who,
as nearly as can be ascertained here
in Nenana, is exceeding his authori
ty in guarding White Pass property
and rights with United States sol
diers, citizens are now prevented
from approaching the dock when a
steamer is in port.
We are sure the war department
of our great nation does not mean
to work this injustice on the good
people of Nenana, especially since
it is just a matter of a few dollars
in the discharge of cargo from the
boats. Agent Scott would have the
public believe this was not of his
doing, and would like to shift the
blame to the soldiers, but he ac
knowledged before three or four
reputable citizens that this was just
the way he liked it. If this was
not a move of the local agent, why
should the White Pass put up the
signs, etc.?
Hostilities ceased almost a year
ago, and this dock guard is the
ridicule of every resident of Ne
nana, every boat official and every
passenger landing here or passing
Nenana. Why not cut out the mili
tarism? This is Alaska, not the
Russia of olden times.
SOURDOUGH.
NENANA’S MEANEST MAN.
Rain water is cheap as the air
whence it comes,—that is, it is
cheap when it rains. Otherwise, it
is beyond price.
Rain water is a convenient com
modity to have in a barrel near
your house, when the rain has
ceased. For a bath, in a climate
where the water is hard, there is a
value to rain water which is not
I fictitious; and which, sometimes,
renders those, less provident, who
have it not, to envy those more far
sighted.
But it has taken the meanest :
man, to date, to rob a woman’s rain !
barrel! Since he has thus put him
self on record as “Nenana’s Mean
est Man,” the erstwhile owner of |
that rain water hopes his meanness j
will not extend to his hoarding that
for which he stood in evident need. J
Nature has contributed properties to I
rain water which makes it an un
excelled ablution for bathing pur
poses.
If the man who annexed it will |
but use it as Nature provided he \
should, then will the former ownes
gladly subscribe herself heartily to i
such a donation!—fully believing
in the adage that “Cleanliness is j
next to Godliness,” and, in extreme |
cases, “Cleanliness” might even1
come first! In which case, the j
owner of said rain water begs the!
privilege of also contributing a bar
of good strong soap!—to one so ;
[evidently in need; and if he will!
but call for the soap, he may rest
j assured that there will be no em
barrassing questions asked. In fact, I
a rain water kleptomaniac, as a
study for scientific specialists, might
be valuable as a curiosity and a
study,—should be preserved for fu-,
ture analysis. •
In all charity the owner bids the
rain water absconder to “Go wash,
and be clean.” A. F. S.
Pale Word.
Salesman: I suppose you require
a grand piano, madam?
Mrs. Newrich: Grand! I want a
magnificent one.—London Opinion.
Venana, Whore Kalla and Klvers Moot
WANT ADS
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FOR SALE—Lady’s pony fur coat
and muff. Apply Mrs. R. S. Mc
! Donald.
iFOR SALE—Furnished house, four
1 rooms, with summer kitchen, at
tic, large basement and winter
cellar for vegetables. Heated by
furnace. Winter supply of veg
etables. Full corner lot. One of
j the most desirable parts of town.
| Inquire at News office.
BUNCH OF KEYS found. Owner
! can recover by calling at News
office and paying for this adver
tisement.
FOR SALE — Showcase, 5% feet
long. Practically new. Cheap.
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
Useless.
Husband: Have you brought your ;
opera-glass? ;
She: Yes, but I cannot use it.
Husband: Why not?
She: I have left my bracelets at
home.—London Opinion.
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WARNING.
Any boys found in my boat or
tampering with it in any way will
be prosecuted to the full extent of
the law. ALBERT FORTIER.
Wenana, Alaska's Interior Fuel Depot
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NENANA LODGE No. 1193
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MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second and Fourth Tuesdays
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
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 general office
building, 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 a. m.
On and 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 8 a. m., until further
notice.
ATTENTION
SHIP TO
GEO. R. GOSHAW, Inc.
ALASKAN DEALER. IN
RAW FURS
SEATTLE
AImX. Building
NEW YORK
137 W. 37th Strmmt
We do business direct with you and solicit your RAW FURS.
Your shipments are handled by expert graders and New York
Market Prices are paid on eorreet grading «the day received If
desired, your shipments will be kept separate in order that our
prices may be approved by yeu. Providing that our valuation
does not prove satisfactory, the Furs will be returned to you,
transportation charges prepaid. Ship by Insured Parcel Post or
Express. Ship in dry condition. Always enclose an itemized
list of contents with name and address. Also place duplicate
list on the outside of package er bale. All payments are made
by check on the Seattle Nateanal Bank, or in any other manner
desired. Special instructions, if any, must accompany shipment.
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