THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for eniry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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TOO MUCH DELAY.
Chairman Curry, of the house
committee on territories, hit the nail
on the head yesterday when he in
formed Congress that piecemeal ap
propriations delay the work on the
Government railroad in Alaska. But
for this piecemeal policy in the past,
we probably would have a railroad
by this time. In any event, ample
funds would have enabled the com
mission to make purchases of sup
plies and equipment at a time when j
prices were low, instead of buying
them from season to season, and
each time at a considerably in
creased price.
Work in the past has been ham
pered fully as much by congressional
shortsightedness as by incompetent
management, and now that a man
has been placed at the head of the
commission who has won distinction
as a railroad builder and manager in
France, he should have the funds
necessary to do the work as it
should be done.
If Congress will give Chairman
Mears, in a lump sum, as urged by
Representative Curry, enough rqoney
to carry out the plans of the com
mission, we will venture the predic
tion that the railroad will be com
pleted long before December, 1922.
If he cannot finish the job in half
the time, it will prove a surprise to
those who have read of his achieve
ments overseas.
But neither Colonel Mears nor
any other railroad builder, however
clever, can make much of a showing
if Congress continues the policy of
piecemeal appropriations. That kind
of business is a waste of time at
Washington arid a source of need
less delay and expense to the Gov
ernment in Alaska. The piecemeal]
plan has been tried, both at Panama |
and in Alaska, and it has not worked
satisfactorily. What we want now
is results, and the only way to get
them is to have sufficient money
available at all times to insure a
steady flow of railroad material to
ward the North and keep a force of
workers on the job, large enough
and steady enough to do the work
as it should be done.
Interior Alaska wants a railroad
—must have a railroad—and it is
the sincere hope of every Northern
er whose opportunity to set ahead
is being held up by lack of under
standing at Washington, that Rep
resentative Curry will be able to
convince Congress of the importance
of acting promptly in the matter of
providing funds—ample funds-—to
continue railroad construction.
NEEDED —A POLICY.
Representative LaGuardia has of
fered a resolution asking the state
department to submit to the house
all communications which have pass
ed between the American and Mexi
can governments since January,
11)15, as well as communications
pertaining to Mexican affairs which
have passed between the depart
ment and officers of the army and
navy. There is growing restlessness
, in this country over the trend of
matters in Mexico. This resolution
is likely to find much support.
As long as the United States wa"
entraced in the late war against J
(iermany, remarks a coast exchange,!
there was a somewhat general in- ;
elination to look with indifference'
toward Mexico’s offenses. Of course,
the border was kept guarded and
representations made occasionally I
that the turbulent republic must ob-1
serve the rights of foreign citizens (
and foreign property holdings. But,!
by and large, Mexico was allowed |
to take her own course, and the '
course has at times been devious. j
Now that Germany has been de
feated and the treaty signed, Am
ericans have more leisure to attend
to Mexico. Other nations look to
the United States to maintain a
condition of reasonable peace and
order in this quarter. Not only has
Mexico been careless of the rights
of foreign people and of property
owned by non-Mexicans, but the
Carranza government has been fall- j
ing behind in interest payments on,
its debts owed abroad. Many Mexi- j
can bonds are held in France and |
Great Britain, and the people of
those countries are naturally un
easy over the safety of their hold
ings.
America’s mandatory over Mexico
is informal, but none the less real. '■
Being self-assumed, it involves an j
obligation of a peculiarly binding
character. America would not allow
another nation to adopt a policy of
compulsion against Mexico. If any
compulsion is necessary, America
will herself see that it is applied.
The American government cannot
long delay the formulation and an
nouncement of a definite policy to
ward Mexico. Matters cannot be
•i I Iaii'iiiI fit ilt'iff A rtn 01*1 non frit Ai I
faith as well as American safety i
are involved in the decision.
BUYING AND SELLING.
The experience of the war de
partment in selling: the surplus army
foodstuffs throws an interesting lit
tie sidelight on the cost of living,
with special reference to the moat
packers, points out the Tacoma
News Tribune.
The department tried to dispose
of 143,000,000 pounds of canned
and cured meats by the usual pro
cess of sealed bids. It was obliged
to reject all the bids because they
were ruinously low. The highest
prices offered for bacon and other
staples were about 50 per cent of
what the Government had paid for
them.
Nearly all of the 86 bids received
were submitted by the packers them
selves. They completely dominated
the bidding in the number of offers
and in the quantity of goods they
themselves had sold the Govern
J ment.
| It is indeed an illuminating com
mentary on the packing industry, its
! war profits and its present relation
. to the cost of living when, seeking
to buy up those army supplies in
j order to keep them from being sold
! in competition with their present
output, the best the packers feel
able to offer is half as much as
they received for those same goods
a few months ago.
Is that what the stuff is really
worth? And is the public now pay
ing the packers twice as much as
their product is worth?
PURIFIED OIL
IS PRODUCT OF
ENGLISH WELLS
LONDON.—Not only coal oil, but
refined kerosene which may be
burned in lamps, is flowing from
the mysterious oil wells at Ramsey,
near Peterborough.
The oil was first discovered near
ly two years ago, rising to the top
of water wells in that town. After
a thousand gallons or so had been
collected, the flow diminished, but
two or three gallons were gathered
from the top of the water each day
until lately. ■
On July 1, two of the wells
showed a largely increased yield,
which has continued. As the oil
was refined it was thought at first
that it had leaked from some tank
age station, but this has been dis
proved by geologists, and the theory
is accepted that by some freak of,
nature the oil was purified in the j
strata and then forced to the sur-!
face through the only openings ,
available.
The vicinity of the find has not j
been drilled by the prospectors, who j
are now testing what are believed to I
be important oil fields in other parts I
of the kingdom.
YANK SOLDIERS NOT
COMING HOME BROKE
BREST. — American doughboys •
sailing from Brest are not return- j
ing home without money, despite !
the high cost of living in France.
In three days the camp finance
officer at Brest exchanged 8,233,401
francs into American dollars for i
homeward-bound Yankees. Thirty '
thousand returning soldiers and of
ficers carried back to the United
States $1,372,233 on board the
transports during the three day3.
The rate of exchange allowed them
was six francs flat. Captain Stock
well, camp finance officer, says it is j
nothing unusual for his office to J
exchange two million francs in one
day.
There is a certain Centerville
kiddy who frequently evinces a per
spicacity beyond his years.
One day he was observed vigor
ously to scratch his head; where
upon someone asked him;
head?”
“Because,” said the youngster,
“I’m the only one that knows it
itches.”—The Country Gentleman.
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Nenana, Aug. 19, 1919. !
Editor Nenana News—Sir: In the \
Alaska Citizen under date of August i
9th there appears a criticism of my '
letter and poem submitted to Mr.
.1. H. Caskey. While Mr. Caskey
acknowledged the receipt of one
dollar, and in his public statement
mentioned that it was to be applied,
at my request, on freight charges
to return my poems, he fails to re
turn the balance of that dollar, and
used only four cents of it in post
age on return of poems. He used
my poem entitled “The Dempse.v
Willard Prize Fight.” He sent me
a receipt for the balance, 96 cents,1
but informed me he had applied
same on a continuance of my sub
scription ,which, by the way, was
paid in advance until November 6th,
1919, and I hold receipt therefor. !
j Now, I appreciate his paper less
(than he does my poems. Why did
Mr. Caskey print the poem, which,
by the way, was gratis, and keep
96 cents of the dollar, if it was as
bad as he said?
I did not ask for extension of
my subscription, nor expect my
money to be so applied.
The poem speaks for itself, his
criticism notwithstanding.
PETER DOLAN.
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BUNCH OF KEYS found. Owner
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WANTED—Pair of 8-power field
glasses. Inquire Pete Jensen, at
Johnson’s Store.
LOST —CHILD’S NUGGET NECK
CHAIN. Reward for return to
George Sarantis at The Terminal.
FOR SALE — Showcase, 5 Vi feet
long. Practically new. Cheap.
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
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A farmer visiting the commission
ers of a Pensylvania county to have
his tax valuation reduced, pleading
that his land was so hilly as to be
almost mountain land, was asked if
the land was pretty steep.
“If you could see my land,” an
swered the fanner earnestly, “you
would reduce the valuation some
more. Why, it is so steep we have
to put a rough-lock on the harrow.”
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