THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana. Alaska,
for encry 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. G. Southworth.....Editor and Manager
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PIRATES AND THINGS.
There is so much news of the
hazy kind coming in from the fish
ing places that one can hardly form
an opinion as to what is really true
and what is not, says the “Gleam”
(weekly), of Juneau. Some say
that the waters are full of fish
pirates, some laugh and say good
naturedly, “Where are the pirates?”
Then we have all sorts of stories
of shooting and scrapping of vari
ous kinds. It’s hard to form an
opinion as to what is going on, but
it isn't hard to realize that there
must be something serious the mat
ter. It’s not difficult to reason that
when there is so much discord some
body is trying to find individual
peace.
To look at the proposition in all
its naked condition we have but to
recognize that the under-dog is being
weighted down by the bloodhounds
of big business. When the under
dogs howl and shriek it’s a 100-to-l
shot that the bunch on top is eating
into his loins.
What are the people of Juneau
going to do about this? Are they
going to sit still and see that “fish
ing industry,” that business they
have talked so much about foster
ing, be licked to death in Alaska
waters by the insidious methods of
big business methods, more subtle,
perhaps, but none the less cruel than
the hated submarine warfare?
We hear the merchant cry “capi
tal,” and we in turn howl back
“production.”
.Now let the Juneau people minx
a minute. Every man in town knows
that every big cannery man with
his gigantic fish traps could be
placed in the inland state of Ver
mont and Juneau would never miss
him. and the little town would go
winning its way slowdy but surely
through the patronage of small fish
ermen. On the other hand, let the
small fishermen from Juneau be put
in the state of Vermont, and every
store on Gastineau channel, save
those in Treadwell and Thane, would
have to close its doors.
Just by way of suggestion, sup
pose the big cannery fellows were
to haul in their fish traps and say
to the small fishermen: “From now
on you are to bring us your catch
and we will depend upon you that
our cans be filled at the close of
the season.” Cannot the Alaskan
resident see in that a great impetus
in all lines of business? Such a
move would mean ten thousand peo
ple for Juneau next year. Words
fail to express the prosperity that
would follow. Boat builders, house
builders, shoe dealers, dry goods
men, engine men, fishing gear men,
motorboat men, machinery men, and
every kind of industry tributary' to
the fishing business would be flour
ishing in Juneau.
The Gleam would guarantee that
there would be no pirates if the
small fishermen were getting a fair
deal. This is not the talk of a
Bolshevik; this is the hard, sound
reasoning of what constitutes sound
business sense.
Suppose that some great land
speculator were to come along to
the horticulturist and say: “We ar»
going to pick all the berries this
year.” Would there be any sgrap
ping? Would there be any pirates?
Once the wheat speculators did just
that, but they tried it out in the
most intellectual state in the Union
and the farmers were too smart for j
them.
To one who remembers, it looks j
as though all the business atroci- J
ties that were once practiced on the
people of the Middle West are be
ing tried out again in AJaska. Let
the Alaskans go on record as being |
sane and clever, too clever to let j
their small producer be driven out. '
Let the small producer in our fish
industry live and the bridge across
the channel would have to be built
that the people might find homes,
instead of 25 or 50 automobiles in ;
our streets there would be five or!
ten thousand vehicles to aid the
traffic.
Suppose we had one thousand
small boats coming into our port
every day; where would be the room
for the shanties around the City
dock?
Where would there be time to
talk about harlots bringing prosperi
ty? Where would there be time
for graft? Where would there be
loafers? Let us stop and figure
this thing out and remember that
the only business philosophy that
will stand fire is that philosophy
which allows the greatest good to
the greatest number.
MAJUK LULKKtlL.
Major George Cockreil who nar
rowly escaped death this week at
Coblenz, at the hands of two Ger
mans, who made their escape follow
ing an unsuccessful attempt to as
sassinate him, has the distinction of
being one of the two most unpopular
American officers in the occupied
area. The other is Captain Theo
dore F. Fieker, who is in charge of
the billeting office, which must fur
nish accommodations for something
like eleven hundred officers and thou
sands of soldiers.
Major Cockreil, whose home is in
I St. Paul, is in command of more
'than twelve hundred military police,
■and five to twenty or more Germans
pass through his office every day on
their way to jail. So among the
; civilians who buy stolen American
food and who try to sell cognac to
American soldiers and commit other
acts contrary to army regulations.
Major Cockreil is a most unpopular
man.
Sometimes he receives threatening
notes and also letters in German
with skull and crossbones at the
bottom of the page, but they do not
frighten him in the least. It's all
a part of the job, the major says.
Captain Fieker, who lived in Chi
cago before he went to war, has
been going about Coblenz for sev
eral months selecting choice billets
for generals and other officers, and
for the soldiers too. And so most
all the civilians in Coblenz have had
a glimpse of Captain Fieker from
time to time, and they do not like
him one bit. Many of them tell
him so, in a nice way, of course,
each times he comes around.
Every house in the city has been
listed in Captain Fieker’s office, and
he knows just how many members
there are in each family, and when
there is a spare bedroom or two
handy he takes it over for a gen
eral, a colonel, a major, a captain
or a lieutenant, according to the
furnishings and the location of the
home. Being unpopular is incidental
to the duties of the billeting officer.
But the work appears to agree with
him. SincSTle-srriYed in Germany
with the Army of Occupation Cap
tain Fieker has gained ten pounds.
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Fred Truches, who has been work- >
ins with the Stewart & Funk grad
ing outfit, on the Nenana-Fairbanks
line, is in town for a rest. He
says the grading work out that way
is too wet for comfort.
Late arrivals from the States say
that Seattle restaurants are charg
ing 60 cents for “bacon and—”
And that does not include spud;
and a second cup of coffee.
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PERSONAL
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Ben Estby, former Xenanaite, is,
now in the Texas oil fields.
J. H. Patton, former Fairbanks ■
hotelman, is said to have invented
a new auto tire which is meeting;
with favor among Puget sound auto |
owners. It is a solid tire with a
cushion effect almost equal to that
of air.
John A. Davis, head of the Tan
ana Valley chapter of the Ameri
can Mining congress, reports that
he secured 23 new members during
his recent visit to the Tolovana
diserict. He returned to Fairbanks
early this week.
Rev. and Mrs. H. H. Lumpkin,
residents of Fairbanks during the
past several years, where Mr. Lump
kin has been in charge of St. Mat
thew’s church, are outbound pass
engers on the Alaska.
The Douse launch Victory was
scheduled to leave Fairbanks at one
o’clock this afternoon for Xenana
The names of the passengers could
not be ascertained.
The Carl White steamer was billed
out of Fairbanks today for the Tolo
vana, and should reach Xenana
sometime this afternoon.
F. C. Masterson, inspector in the
service of the department of jus
tice, arrived at Fairbanks on the
Alaska this week and will spend
several weeks in the upper town
looking over courthouse accounts.
GRACE (Presbyterian) CHURCH
REV. ROBT.
JOSEPH DIVEN
D. D.
MINISTER
11:45—The children’s hour.
The evening subject will be:
“Incomplete Knowledge.”
Special music
Music begins at 7:15 Lecture 7:30
Everybody Welcome
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Sunday school will be held in
the old commissioner’s office build
ing, opposite the postoffice, Sunday
at 1 p. m.
The regular service will be held
at the same place at two o’clock.
Subject: “Life.’
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CATHOLIC SERVICE TOMORROW
Rev. Father Monroe arrived from
Fairbanks this afternoon and an
nounces that he will hold service at
the Catholic church tomorrow morn
ing at 9:30.
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NO BOYCOTT ON
GERMAN MUSIC IN
ROME MUSIC HALLS
ROME. — Italians have not for
many mbnths boycotted German mu
sic. Works of Wagner, Beethoven
and other celebrated German com
WANT ADS
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-lC
FOR SALE—My entire holdings,
consisting of Lot 6, Block 10,
three-room log house, finely fin
ished and partially furnished, to
gether with provisions and wood. 1
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. k7-28
FOR SALE — Showcase, 5H feet '
long. Practically new. Cheap.
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
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L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
SOUTHERN HOTEL
BUILDING
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posers are constantly the attractions j
in Rome music halls. A recent pro-1
gram consisted of Beethoven’s Fifth j
Symphony, Wagner’s "Die Meister
singer von Xurnberg,” and his
“Tannhauser” overture.
FRENCH BISHOP
COMES FOR AID FOR
LILLE UNIVERSITY
—
PARIS.—The bishops of North- j
ern France have sent the Abbe
Ernest Dimnet, of the Stanislas col- •
lege, Paris, on a mission to the
United States to secure financial ;
support for the Roman Catholic uni-1
versity of Lille.
The alma mater of Lille is a very |
progressive seat of learning with a! j
most American tendencies; but the j
rich manufacturers of that' region, !
who were liberal patrons of the in
stitution; have all been impoverished
or ruined by the war.
Heimberger’s Cascade Laundry has
| just been renovated. Has sanitary
baths and furnishings. Shampooing
and electric drying a specialty.
Terms reasonable.
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Apples, Rhubarb, New Spuds
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REAL ESTATE RENTALS
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LIFE INSURANCE
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FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
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Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
WILL RETURN TO NENANA
SOMETIME IN JULY
Date will be announced later
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
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 sf
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
ouilding, 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 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 7 a. m., until further
notice.
Dr, J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
NICELY HOUSE
With Belmont In Connection
POOL CANDIES CIGARS
AND TOBACCOS
WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
PRICES REASONABLE
Rate< By the Week or Month
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