THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enzxy as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published ever}’ afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
Owned and Edited by
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THE PIONEER.
The old pioneer is passing: away
and the younger generation is step
ping into his shoes, says the Valdez
Weekly Miner. Every paper one
picks up nowadays records the death
of an old pioneer. Many of them
have been in Alaska for decades;
all came here optimistic and full of
the strength and vigor that 6-as the
only asset of the . true pioneer.
Their hopes and fears have fructi
fied, disastrously to many. Others
have acquired a modest competency
and are taking life easy in their
declining years.
With the passing of these great j
men will go much of the history of
Alaska. The old sourdough is too
modest or diffident to blow his own
horn, and the little information ob
I
tained as to his deeds and experi
ences must be priod out of him
piecemeal and the fragments pieced
together by ■ a word-artist to bring
the worth of these early residents
to the notice of the rising genera- j
tion.
They came to this country when.
the latchstrings - hung from every;
door; when the milk of human
kindness flowed unceasingly and 1
neighbor helped neighbor, with no
thought of pecuniary compensation.
They have builded a mighty empire
and have looked upon their work ;
and pronounced it good. Towns
have sprung up where their pac
shod feet trod the wilderness; great
cities have grown around the small
camps of the early days. Happy
children romp and play about the
scenes of their early privations.
The only history preserved of the
deeds of these empire builders rests
in the archives of human brains,
or in the scanty-kept records of
the organization. A hundred years
from now the memory of these trail
builders will be perpetuated by his
torical writers; but facts will be
hard to obtain and inaccurate.
A fund should be set aside by
the Territorial legislature for per
petuating the history of the early
camps and the men Who founded
them. But little is known of the
antecedents of most of the pioneers.
They came and they conquered the
country. They opened trails through
the wilderness and prospected the
creeks of the hinterland.
THE COAL INDUSTRY.
The inventory of the nation’s re
sources that the war made neces
sary brought, to light many new
facts about coal mining: which will
be of lasting value to the industry
and to the public, announces a
press bulletin of the United States
Geological Survey. As long as the
war lasted these incidental lessons
were lost sight of under the pres
sure of meeting the emergency cre
ated by the shortage of fuels, but
with the return of peace the ex
perience gained during the war is
being gathered together in a series
of reports on the industry, the first
•of which. “Coal in 1917,’’ by C. E.
Lesher, has just been published by
the United States Geological Sur
vey, Department of the Interior. j
The period from 1914 through
1917 and 1918 and into 1919 may!
be regarded as a distinct epoch in
the coal industry, of which the
jyear 1917 represented only one sec
tion, but a section which, if not
jthe most remarkable for its achieve
‘ments, was at once the most chaotic
and the most momentous in the his
tory of the industry.
It is not difficult to marshal the
events and factors that mark 1917
as unusual: An extraordinary de
mand, increasing after April, when
this country entered the war, and
unsatisfied throughout the year;
high prices and speculation in “free”
coal; the first effort at regulation
of prices through the Committee on
Coal Production; the Pomerene!
amendment to the Lever Act and j
the fixing of prices and appoint-!
ment of the Fuel Administrator by
the President; labor troubles; pri
ority orders; car shortage and other
difficulties in transportation; severe
storms in December that blocked
the railroads; the withdrawal of
j ships from the coastwise trade to!
New England; unequal distribution]
jof coal and constant fear of a fuel
famine in many sections; reluctance
| of many producers and distributors
of coal to accept governmental reg
lulations in general and the program
'of the Fuel Administration as it
was developed in particular.
In response to the unprecedented,
i demand the bituminous mines pro
duced 551,790,563 net tons, or near-'
!y 10 percent more than the out
] put of the year before. The an
thracite output was 66,911,811 net
jtons. an increase over 1916 of 13.7
; percent. The total output of both
ihard and soft coal was thus over
650,000,000 tons.
This record output was accom
plished by a labor force of 603,143
men in the bituminous and 154,174
lin the anthracite mines. In spite
of the draft, the number of work
ers in the bituminous industry was
gTeater in 1917 than in 1916.
Material progress was made dur
ing the year in the introduction of
the eight-hour day. Whereas in
1916 about 41 percent of the bi
tuminous workers were employed in
mines where the standard working
day was longer than eight hours, in
1917 the number in such mines had
fallen to 21 percent. The change
was largely the result- of reduction
, in working hours in Kentucky,
Maryland;- Pennsylvania (bitumin
ous), Tennessee, Virginia, and West
Virginia, particularly in the larger
nonunion fields.
In response to numerous inquiries
statistics were collected regarding
the thickness of vein which it is
profitable to mine. Many people
will be surprised to learn that in
1917 more than 20,000,00b tons of
soft coal was mined from beds less
than three feet thick. The per
centages drawn from each thickness
of seam are shown in the following
table:
Percentage of total output of bi
tuminous coal and lignite pro
i duced from beds of different
thickness in 1917—
1 Under 2 feet . . 0.6
12 to 3 feet ... 3.2!
|3 to 4 feet . 13.3 1
j4 to 5 feet .... 17.6
15 to 6 feet ._. 19.9
|6 to 7 feet .. 13.8
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COGHILL’iS
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7 to 8 feet
8 to 9 feet ..
9 to 10 feet .
10 to 20 feet
20 feet or more
Thickness not reported
9.9
5.3
5.6
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8.5
100.0
Two other new investigations pub
| lished in the report wnl! be of espe
cial interest to coal men—the use
of mechanical devices for loading
boxcars and the production of coal
suitable for manufacturing by-pro
duct coke. Copies of the report may
be had free of charge upon appli
cation to the Director, United States
Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.
SALCHA OLDTIMER HAS
CONFIDENCE IN CREEK
C. Branstetter. who has consider
able ground on Caribou creek, in
the Salcha district, which he is pre
paring to operate on a large scale,
arrived in Fairbanks yesterday to
lay in a stock of fresh supplies.
The oldtimer has been at work
on Caribou for three years, cutting
a bedrock drain with which he plans
to drain his ground so that he may
take out the gold without infer
ence from water. The ground pros
pects well and Branstetter is con
fident that the ultimate returns will
amply repay him for the labor he
is now expending. Branstetter and
his wife are among the few oldtim
ers left in the Salcha country.
Miss Mildred Anderson, private
secretary to Engineer in Charge
Fred’k D. Browne, is back at her
i desk this week, after nearly a week’s
i absence, necessitated by illness.
Archie Myer, Bill Taylor, Ed La
jherty and a number of others were
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I outgoing passenger:
on this morn
\ ing’s train, headed for the States, j
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! The following are the steamer
: sailings from Seward for the South'.
Northwestern-—-Nov. 27.
Alameda—Dec. 6.
Northwestern—Dec. 17.
Alameda—Dec. 26.
Northwestern—Jan. 6.
NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT
IN NENANA
!
There has never been anything in
Nenana with the INSTANT action
of simple buckthorn bark, glycerine,
etc., as mixed in Adler-i-ka. ONE
SPOONFUL flushes the ENTIRE
bowel tract so completely it relieves
jANY CASE sour stomach, gas or con
stipation and prevents appendicitis.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Man's clipped bearskin
coat,' medium size, full cut, $25.
Inquire Miss D’Orsay's Tailor
Shop.
FOR SALE—Nicley Building. In
quire Simson’s Store.
FOR SALE—One horse, with two
horse outfit—sleigh, wagon, two
sets harness. Inquire Tony Hanoff,
Skof House. k25
ROADHOUSE FOR SALE—Inquire
News Office. 11-29
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
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.
BUNCH OF KEYS foundT~"ownM
can recover by calling at News
office and paying for this adver
tisement.
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SAVINGS
STAMPS
NOW
FRESH STOCK
Groceries, Clothing and Footwear
SAVE TIME AND MONEY
All Necessities for Trail and Camp
GO TO
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Tavern Cafe and Bakery
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WM. RODIGKEIT
Proprietor
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
Tom Smith, Prop.
NENANA HOUSE
Just Come in and Sll Down and Look Out.
MRS. A. B. EASTERLY, Proprietress.
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NENANA LODGE No 11S3
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.
DR. R.R. MYERS
DENTIST
ARCTIC HOTEL
Department of the interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
j chase tickets before entering trains
Tickets can be purchased from
| the station agent, whose office is
! the employment office, on the groun i
! floor of the Genera! 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.
Reeular trains for the south leave
the foot of A street on Wednesdays
and Saturdays at S a. m., and from
Camp 415 (N'o-tii 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,
ei to Fairbanks must make the r
own arrangements for reaching
J North Nenana.
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 year-around job, com
municate with us.
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA