THE NENANA DAIL Y 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.
Owned and Edited by
R. G. SOUTHWORTH ARTHUR G. BELL
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this paper and also all the local news published herein.
CENSUS PLANS.
The advance guard of the census
bureau in Washington has swooped!
down upon the quarters of the air-!
craft production section of the war j
department and dispossessed that
branch of the army of about half
of the temporary building it occu-|
pied during the war, says a census,
bureau report from the national j
capital. It is the intention of the
aircraft section to surrender the en- J
tire building to the census bureau!
within a few months.
The building, a full city block
square in its dimensions, offers com
modious quarters for the rapidly ex
panding clerical force of the four
teenth decennial census. It likewise j
offers excellent facilities for the in-1
stallation and operation of the many !
ingenious machines to be used by
the bureau of the census in tabulat
ing the statistics which will be gath
ered by the census enumerators dur
ing the month of January, 1920. .
More than 8,000 packing boxes I
have already been provided for send- j
ing out copies of the census sched- j
ules and other supplies to the 85,- j
000 enumerators in the field. The
first shipment of schedules is al-1
ready in progress and the boxes j
now being sent out will be returned j
to the census bureau as rapidly as j
possible, thus keeping them in con
stant use.
Finally the supervisors and enu- j
merators, after the enumeration is j
completed, will use these« same j
boxes to return to the census bu- ,
reau the schedules filled out with ,
the items of information which they i
have recorded on the schedules tn j
their canvass of the population, j
homes and farms of the United j
States.
The dimensions of these boxes j
being approximately 26x20x 11;
inches, a simple and obvious com
putation shows that each box will j
come back to Washington packed
with more than three cubic feet of .
statistical data.
Many punching, sorting and tabu-j
lating machines are already set up;
in the new quarters of the bureau, i
Most of these machines are prod- ■
uets of the mechanical laboratory of '
the census bureau and have been ;
invented and manufactured solely ■
for the purpose of performing the'
intricate and rapid work required
in sorting and tabulating the mill-!
ions of punched cards upon which
the facts and figures of the entire
nation will be transcribed from the
information gathered bv the field
force.
GOLD PRODUCERS SERVE
COUNTRY.
The gold producers on Gastineau
Channel and elsewhere in the
country who continued operations
throughout the war period and who
are continuing now without profit
have served and are serving highly j
patriotic ends, says the Juneau Em
pire. Something in excess of two j
hundred billion dollars of paper
money, bonds and other securities
have been placed in circulation, the
final redemption of which must be j
in gold, as a result of the war.
Something like twenty-five or thirty
billion of this has been floated in
the United States. The safety of
commerce and industry and public
| and private credit of the world—in
j eluding the United States—demands
i that the production of gold, the
j foundation of the -whole financial
structure, must continue. Other
wise, the structure might become
itopheavy, and collapse.
Early in 1918, that master of
finance, Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo, addressed a letter to Con
gress, and made statements, in which
he recognized the gTeat sen-ice that
the gold producers were rendering.
He said that it was of the utmost
importance that there be no reduc
tion in the output of gold and he j
urged gold miners to stick by their j
guns and serve the country. He i
said that a reduction in the gold
output would be fraught with grave
dangers to the country and to busi
ness.
So urgent was the necessity of
keeping the gold production up to
normal, and to increase it if possi
ble, that gold mining was placed in
the “essential industry” classifica
tion. and Congress was urged to
consider the question of raising.the
price of gold or of giving a bonus
to gold producers.
The country did nothing, how
ever, and the gold producers kept
up the pace and bore the losses
themselves.
The need for a continuation of
gold production is just as great now
as it was during the war—or nearly
so. All this paper is still in circu
lation. The proportion of the de
mands for gold to the amount of
actual gold on hand is so high out
side of the United States that
European money and Canadian mon
ey is at a discount, as compared
with American money. American
money is at par, largely because the
United States has more than her
relative percentage of the gold sup
ply of the world. But even in this
country, 4% and 4% percent Gov
ernment bonds, payable in gold, are
slightly below par. To keep these
securities from falling and to main
tain the value of all American mon
ey and securities, it is necessary
■ to continue adding to the gold sup
| ply through production.
Today there is no way in the
:wcrld where the interests of the
■ world and the United States can
.better be served than through the
production of gold.
Shoe Leather, Soles, Nails, Traps
.and Equipment, Cooking Utensils.
! Anderson Bros. Sc Norland.
LAWMAKERS REJECT
NAME JF WILLIAMS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Oct. 25.—
:The nomination of John Skelton
Williams, railway president and
[banker, who was selected by Presi
jdent Wilson to be comptroller of
the currency, and who is now at
tached to the treasury department
in that capacity, has been rejected
.by the senate banking committee.
^Heaaaa. Where Hails and Hirers Meet
NIGHT SCHOOL OPEN;
REAM SERVICE
Night school work is how in
progress, from 7 to 9, on Monday,
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday.
Of the sixteen men who enrolled
for work and who had expected to
!be on hand this week, only seven
have been in attendance, but a fine
increase in the number of students
is expected with the opening of
next week.
The school is designed to meet
the needs of men and women who
have never had the opportunity to
get the elementary schooling they
now wish they had received; to help
the foreign-born to acquire a work
ing use of the English language
and a necessary understanding of
our form of government, and what
is required of persons seeking citi
zenship through naturalization.
Going to night school has become
so popular among the older men
[and women down in the States, just
i to review some branches they had
I merely touched in childhood, that
many schools are crowded. It is
no longer considered a childish thing
for men and women, even the very
oldest men and women, to go to
night school. Come on. ail you
men and women who know that you
need to touch up your reading, spell
ing and arithmetic. There is a
splendid chance for you to review
many other things in those eight
hours each week, by simply being
present in the high school room and
availing yourselves of the modern
textbooks which the Territorial gov
ernment has placed at your sendee.
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Let Anderson B-os. & Nerland
frame your pictures. New Moldings
just received.
CARL WHITE STAGE HAS
LOAD FOR UPPER TOWN
A Carl White mail stage, operat- .
ing'between Brooks and Olnes, land
ed a number of passengers at the
railroad station yesterday afternoon,
the arrivals including: Mr. and Mrs.
E. M. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Emil
Johnson, Hilda Bey, Ben Dahl, and
O. P. Gaustad.
r.s. McDonald
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
WANT ADS
GOOD TEAM, harness and No. 5
sleigh for sale. Inquire Knut
Koland, Third and C streets.
FOR SALE—Furnished house of five
rooms, attic, large basement and
1 winter cellar for vegetables. Heat
ed by furnace. Winter supply of
vegetables. Full corner lot. One
of the most desirable parts of
town. Inquire at News office.
BOR SALE OR RENT—High-grade
player piano. Inquire Simson’s
Store.
!
FOR SALE—Rocking chairs, beds,
springs, mattresses, dressers. Sim
son’s Store.
FOR SALE—Piano and complete
hQusehold furniture; also set of
mink furs. Inquire of Mrs. j
Duke. 10-28 1
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FOR SALE—Small Lang range, with
kitchen outfit complete; couch
springs, mattress and bedding. In
quire Skof House.
BUNCH OF KEYS found. Owntr
can recover by calling at News
office and paying for this adver-j
tisement.
FOR SALE—Lady's pony fur coat
and muff. Apply Mrs. R. S. Mc
Donald. ;
DANCING CLASS GIVES
MASQUERADE TONIGHT
The young lady members of Miss '
Leota Scott's dancing class will en-1
tertain their gentlemen friends and i
a number of other invited guests at !
a masquerade ball to be given to- ■
night in the Bowen building. The j
affair is strictly invitational.
Superintendent Snodgrass of the j
Government experiment station near i
Ester is authority for the statement j
that the wheat yield of the Tanana j
valley this year will aggregate 2,000
bushels. Threshing, it is expected,
will be completed during the com
ing week.
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FRESH STOCK
Groceries, Clothing and Footwear
SAVE TIME AND MONEY
All Necessities for Trail and Camp
GO TO
FOWLER & MORRIS
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
Tom Smith, Prop.
Ice Cream W. c. GAGNON
You*ll <Say It’s Good
UNION HALL
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
Second and Fourth Tuesdays
At 8:00 P. M.
Chop Suey, Noodles
AND
Home-Made Bakery
Northern Cafe i
GEORGE TANAKA, Prep.
DR. R.R. MYERS
DENTIST
ARCTIC HOTEL
ALEX FOWLER
Secretary
M. V. TYLER,
Dictator.
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 any
time during office hours, and can be
purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
'the foot of A street on Wednessday3
and Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
Camp 415 (North Nenana), Tues
days and Fridays, at 8 a. m.
No tickets will be sold crossing
the river. Those intending to trav
'e! to Fairbanks must make their
j own arrangements for reaching
North Nenana. The Commission will
: continue its ferry service, with skifl',
as long as the river is passable, and
; every endeavor will be made to hetp
passengers across. The ferryman
will be on duty from 7 a. m. on
' the Nenana side, and will help pass
engers from the north upon their
'arrival in the evening; but this
service may have to be discon
tinued any day.
Passengers taking trains far Fair
banks on any other days than Tues
days and Fridays are liable to be
held up en route. No through con
nections are assured except on these
days. This schedule is subject to
change on short notice (or without
\ notice) upon completion of steel lay
ing between North Nenana and Fair
I banks.
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Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
During 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 vear-around job, com
municate with us.
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA