THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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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.
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WASTEFUL SAVING.
Discussion of the question of j
wages paid by the Alaskan Engi-(
neering commission has been care
fully avoided by The News in the;
past, for the reason that we have;
felt it to be one chiefly concerning'
employes of the commission. We j
have taken the view that it was at
least up to those directly concerned
to take the initiative in a move
ment for increased pay. So long j
as it was possible for the commis-!
sion to secure workers at the low!
wages offered, and so long as those
workers appeared to be satisfied with
the wages paid them, we did not:
feel that we were called upon to j
criticise those responsible for the:
wage scale, any more than we|
should criticise the commission em-:
ployes for continuing to put up with J
conditions so manifestly unfair and;
un-Alaskan.
And it is not now our intention
to try to create discontent among
the railroad workers by calling at
tention to what we regard as a grave
mistake on the part of the Alaskan
Engineering commission—an injus
tice to the commission's employes
and a step backward in Alaskan de
velopment. We refer to the elim
ination of Sunday work in the
Northern division.
This is a matter that directly con
cerns the men who are building the
railroad, the majority of whom have
accepted low wages almost without
protest, because of their desire to
see the railroad completed and the
Ulterior country given an oppor
tunity to develop. It concerns the
workers directly because it reduces
their wages lower than they have
been at any time since 1918. But
it does not concern them only. It
concerns every Alaskan who is inter-1
ested in the future of the Interior
country. And it is for that reason
that The News takes issue with
those responsible for the issuance of
Circular 145. whoever they may be.
The elimination of Sunday work,
in addition to reducing wages so*
low as to threaten the complete de
moralization of the already crippled
working organization, will also short
en the very limited working season
by nearly a full month—23 days,
to be exact, if we reckon the season
of railroad activity as ending on
October 31. A serious loss of time;
if the railroad is to be of any use
to us.
If sufficient men of the type neces
sary to insure the success of the
Government enterprise were availa
ble to carry on the work, and if
they were paid a fair wage for a;
working month of 26 days. The News
would not advocate Sunday work.!
We do not believe in it. But suffi- j
cient men are not available, and
those few who are here must work
every day during the summer to tide
them over the winter, when work is
not so plentiful.
Under the circumstances, we ques
tion the right of the Alaskan En
gineering commission to curtail op
erations at this time, when all the
work possible is necessary to hold
the Interior country together until,
relief can come by way of the com-:
pleted Government railroad. We
feel that it is our duty to make
vigorous protest, and do so in the ■
hope that some good may come of it. •
CHANGE NEEDED.
The Alaska lawmakers in 1915
passed a compensation act applica
ble to employes in the mining in
dustry. In it they attempted to put
a value on various parts of a man’s j
anatomy, in case of injury and loss {
of a member, says the Cordova \
I imes.
You can get $300 for loss of a
.rreat toe, $210 for loss of an ear,
and $480 for loss of a nose. What
system was used in determining
these amounts is hard to tell. A
nose may be Greek, Roman, Irish.
ar Hebrew, but its fortunate pos- ;
-essor would hardly value it as low
as $480. And who would be willing
:o swap an ear for a great toe and
say that it was an even thing?
One wonders if the legislators
:hemselves valued their own noses at
>nly $480. Some of the aspiring
candidates for the territorial legis
ature would do well to study this
let and come out publicly for an
ncrease in the amounts of com
pensation. Under the law as it
stands, if a man loses his thumb
te gets various amounts, depending ]
>n whether he is married, single,
pr married with children. The same
is true if he loses his index finger.
However, if he loses any other tin
ier, or any of his toes, or his nose,
pr his ear, he gets the same amount,
regardless of whether he is married,
;ingle, or married with children. If
it makes a difference in respect to
i thumb or an index finger, it would
seem that it would also make a j
difference in respect to any other
finger, or a toe, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Grace Church Sunday school
will resume work next Sunday noon.
There will he no evening lecture
next Sunday. The minister hopes
to be able to resume all regular
services the first Sunday of June.
The Memorial Day service will be
held in the theater on the second
Sunday of June. The hour and
other details will be announced
later.
GORDON BETTLES LOSES
WIFE ON ALASKA COAST
Mrs. Gordon Betties, aged 46,
ivife of Gordon Betties, died recently
it Anchorage at the Government
hospital, after an illness of eight
days.
Mrs. Betties was bom on the Yu
kon and was a member of the Cock
rine family, well known on the Yu
kon river as traders. After her
marriage 27 years ago to Gordon
Betties, they established a trading
post in the Koyukuk and were the
founders of the town of Betties.
Later they traded on the Kusko
kwim river. They have been living
in Anchorage and vicinity for the
past two years. She is survived by
her husband and a brother, Andrew
Cockrine, who runs the trading post
at Cockrine.
She w-as a member of the Wom
an’s auxiliary. Pioneers of Alaska.
OVERRUN BERLIN;
BERLIN'.—In these disturbed days
when the “revolution profiteer”—the
successor of the war profiteer—
flaunts his newly acquired wealth
in the face of an impoverished pop
ulace, robberies and burglaries in
Berlin increase at an abnormal pace.
Street signs are full of announce
ments offering rewards for the re
turn of stolen goods, and in one of
the main streets of Berlin a fancy
goods store displays this notice:
"Gentlemen burglars are request
ed not to break open the shop front
nor to tamper with the locks. There
is nothing to steal here. All prop
erty is removed from the shop win
dows at night.”
There have been scores of hold
ups, and the other day a man was
stripped of his clothes, shoes and hat
and left on the sidewalk in his un
derclothes.
It is not safe for hotel guests to
leave any portable property of any
description in their rooms. Arti
cles of clothing have a way of van
ishing into thin air, and hotel propri
etors decline all responsibility. Po
lice statistics indicate that the num
ber of hotel robberies has trebled
within the last five years.
To leave typewriters unpadlocked
is sheer culpable negligence on the
part of the owner. The Berlin
criminal police have been obliged
to organize a special department
lealing exclusively with stolen ma
chines.
Cases of housebreaking have
quadrupled within' the last three
cears. Articles of clothing, bed
clothes, carpets and curtains are the
objects most desired by the thieving
fraternity. .
Dishonesty among factory hands
fas grown to a deplorable extent,
the police say. Leather belting dis
appears wholesale. It is cut up and
>o!d to shoe repairers.
N'or are churches, cemeteries and
museums immune from robberies,
the booty carried off being mostly
ancient gold ornaments and jewelry.
OVER-THE-ICE EGGS, $1.50 per
dozen, at Fowler & Morris.
THIS IS MATING TIME;
DUCK HUNTERS BEWARE
Duck hunters are reminded of the
fact that this is mating season and
that the killing of ducks at this time
is strictly against the law.
Game Warden Jim Burrows re
quests that Xenanaites and others
of the district over which he exer
cises jurisdiction co-operate with
him in the protection of the birds,
particularly at a time like the pres
ent, when hunting is a real menace.
Henana. Alaska’s Interior Fnel Depot
WATCHES
JEWELRY
Watch Repairing
DESIGNING AND NATIVE
JEWELRY A SPECIALTY
WM. TAYLOR
NEW
CENTRAL CAFE
FIRST CLASS |
in Every Respect |
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PRIVATE BOXES
JOHN KETOOROKY
Proprietor.
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WANT ADS
! LOST—Electric hot plate, used dur
ing the epidemic. Anyone know
ing of the present whereabouts of
same will confer a favor by in
forming Miss Eunice Thrift.
I r^rvv^HITf^^^hTf
| Xenana. Man or woman. Good
i wages; long-timf employment. In
quire Mrs. Heimburger, at Arctic
Hotel. k29
I FIMiTxG^TAC^LE^3ig'assortment
| Trout Flies, Lines, etc. Harness
Goods, Heavy Shoemakers’ and
Tent Sewing Machines, Building
Taper, Awning Goods and Fix
tures. Simson's Department Store.
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FRAME HOUSE and lot for sale.
Best location in town. Good wa
ter. Inquire News office. sol9
FURXISHED^CABUrToR SALE.
Two rooms, best water in town.
; Cheap. See J. H. Steele.
BARN FOR RENT—Cheap. Inquire
| News office.
I BARN FOR RENT—Second and E.
:
Three double stalls. Pump in
barn. Inquire at News.
BUNCH OF SE/VEN KEYS foumT i
Owner can recover by calling at
' News office and paying for adv. j
| the^dwter^Iiome^foF^alu ;
| Terms reasonable. tf
'FOR RENT—Suite of three rooms,
l suitable for light housekeeping,!
j with heat and light and hot and j
cold water in connection. Also \
office rooms, at The Arctic.
FOR SALE—Two-room house, part-'
ly furnished, with lot. Desirable
locality. Inquire News office. tf 1
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FOR RENT—Cascade laundry. Ful'y,
equipped and with established in -1
come. No cash required. Inquire i
at Arctic.
NOTICE.
No passengers from any boat will
be allowed to land at Tanana or
Fort Gibbon for an indefinite period.
DR. MOORE.
Birth Announcement Cards at the
News Office.
r.s. McDonald
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE
1 RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST MONDAY OF MONTH
I AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Martin Nash,
Secretary. President.
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Printing
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STOVES and RANGES
NEW PERFECTION
AND
FLORENCE OIL STOVES
FOWLER & MORRIS
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We Strive to Please
EVERYTHING THE BEST
Tavern Cafe and Bakery
WM. RODIGKEIT
Proprietor
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A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
NENANA HOUSE
Large Barn-In Connection-Dog Kennels
MRS. A. B. EAS TERL.Y, Proprietress.
Or. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Mott Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
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. ALF EKELAND,
Secretary Dictator.
Department of the Interior
Alaikan 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 North Nenana.
Tickets will be on sale at \ny
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 Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 8 a. m.
'1 he following change of schedule
between Nortn Nenana and Fair
banks is effective .June I, subject to
change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 8:00 a. na.;
arrive North Nenana, 12:30 p. m.
Leave North Nenana, 2:00 p. m.;
arrive Fairbanks, 6:30 p. m.
A ferry will be run between Ne
nana and North Nenana ‘o connect
with Fairbanks trains. Passengers
|for Fairbanks should purchase tick
jets in Nenana before crossing the
(ferry.
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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 an'd 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
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