THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
tor eou*y as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 8, 1879.
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hi- pf,!. . i i ■' all the local news published herein.
It will interest Amcriear.s to know
that the first official Drrtish reprisal
against in Jcieii Jane e-seeking Ire
land took place on Washington
street.
Alaska oil lands are sadly in need
of publicity, believes the Seattle
Alaska Dispatch lo the east, north
and south of Seattle the oil districts
are attracting thousands of dollars,
while there holding drilling permits
in Alaska are scouting for sufficient
capital to put drills on their hold- j
ings.
Alaska oil pools have been report
ed by Government geologists. Pro-1
nioters, backed by publicity, should
be raising the required sums to j
carry’ on drilling. Unfortunately the j
oil pools of Alaska have never been |
drilled and lack of publicity is re-:
tarding a start.
There is much merit in what the j
Seattle Alaska Dispatch says about
the Alaskan Engineering commission. !
The suggestion of the SeatWe publi-1
cation is in line with the argument1
already advanced by The Nenana j
News, that the Alaska railroad is!
not a development project, as;
origonally intended, for the reason j
that the men who are building it:
ai’e out of tune with their work.
As the Dispatch points out, there i
is too much dieipline and red tape, i
with an utter lack of interest in the
upbuilding cf the territory through !
which the railroad is being built.!
Alaskans, who are genuinely in
tere ted in th; development cf the
vast resources of Alaska, should have
a hand in the future conduct of the ]
commission, which still has a great
deal of very important work before
it. The building of the trunk line
from the coa t to navigable water
in the Interior is only a beginning.
There will be new’ lines to build
and new enterprises to launch, all
with a view to the development of
Interior resources. And for this
work there must be Alaskans at the
helm-—men who really believe in
Alaska ar.d in development.
The News believes the liepub- j
licans of the territory can wield an
influence along the lines suggest.: i,!
and it is not too early to formulate'
plans for approaching the inc>>nirg
administration with a request for1
recognition.
The buyers’ strike, referred to by
Governor Calkins, in his address at'
San Francisco this week, is not a;
regularly organized movement, with
the exception, possibly, of purely
local movements, such as “overall,
■clubs” and egg boycotts. The policy
■of retrenchment in the matter is
more in the nature of a silent pro
test against profiteering, unorganized
but very general in its scope, ex
tending from the Atlantic to the
far corners of Alaska. And its i
stoutest adherants are tile thousands ■'
of workers whose incomes were not j
fattened by the war.
It is not surprising to find that
the great silent protest is beginning
to make an impression, but too lata,
we believe, to permit of a quick
recovery from the business stagna
tion which the profiteers themselvesI
have creaked. Buyers of the things
the profiteers have for sale havt
learned, during their long period
of retrenchment, that they can do
without much that was once re
garded as indispensible, and it is
not to be expected that they will
return speedily to the old ways of
extravagant buying. The public has
learned a lot about profits since the
commencement of the late war,
and the result is the development of
a weapon of defense that is more
effective than all the protective laws
ever framed.
CLEAN HOUSE
The party which so signally
achieved victory in the recent cam
paign, through its platform and
leaders promised many important
reforms. It is expected, comments
the Cincinnati Enquirer, thr.it these
promises will be translated into ef
fective and valued performance.
Among what should seem to be
more easily corrected evils which
for long have been fastened on to
the Government is the excess federal
employe incubus. There are thous
ands of these, men and women, who
are unnecessarily duplicating work
or not at all essential to depart
ment or other public service. Mil
lions of Republicans, as well as
Democrats, will rejoice to see this
barnacle army have to go, as it
should have to go.
The taxpayer expects to be heard
r.nd heeded during the incumbency
of the new administration. The tax
payer no longer is satisfied +o per
fc-m as a partisan goat. He desires
relief. He is entitled to relief. lie is
aware that he has been footin'?
the bill for the services of a huge
and useless body of public parasites.
Mr. Harding, during the campaign,
promised the dismissal of “hundreds
of thousands of unnecessary federal
employes.’’ May the Lord give him
strength to keep that promise
against the assaults of a hungry
horde of partisan patronage seekers
who are certain to attempt to com
pel him to break it.
To do this will be no easy task.
The man who is big enough and
brave enough and honest enough to
force the lopping off of useless job
holders will, by so doing, prove
beyond precedent his fitness for
the highest official in the world.
A superfluous employe means a
waste of the public money. But the
new President will find it extreme
ly difficult to convince senators,
congressmen, cabinet officials and
others that any public job now in
existence is useless. Still, if he has
the will, he can do it. The facts are
known to the public, and the public
will stand by him.
As an earnest that the taxpayers’
burdens are to be lightened, let the
barnacle army promptly be driven
out.
HENRY NEEDS MONEY
NEW YORK, Jan. 22—Bankers
who are conversant with the affairs
of the Ford Motor Company, have
confirmed reports to the effect that
the company is negotiating for a
loan of bet-ween $50,000,000 and
£75,000,000.
ANCHORAGE MEN APPLY
FOR BIG BIRCH CONTRACT
Signifying their intention of enter
^ ing the business of exporting and
possibly manufacturing birch timber
Milo Kelly, well known mining oper
ator and pioneer of the Cook Inlet
j country, and Leopold David, promi
nent attorney of Anchorage, under
the firm name of Kelly & David,
have filed application with the land
office at Juneau for a permit to
cut approximately twenty million
feet of birch timber. The application
is made under regulations issued
last summer by Secretary of the
Interior John Barton Payne. •
In making their application, says
the Juneau Empire,, Messrs. Kelly
and David stated that it is their
intention to erect a milling plant
near the lower end of Goose bay,
or on the waterfront at Anchorage.
It is planned only to put in a saw
mill during the first year, bu^ later,
it is seated, furniture manufactur
ing machinery will be installed to
supply the markets along the Gov
ernment railroad.
The initial investment will be not
less than $25,000. The sawmill will
have an annual capacity of three
million feet, but it is said thait the
mill will not run at full capacity
unless the market demand is greater
than is expected at the beginning.
The sawed timber will be exported
for manufacture into hardwood
flooring and furniture. As an experi
ment, whole logs will be shipped
for veneer. Cutting of timber will
commence within one year from the
date that contract of purchase is
entered into.
The timber for which application
is made is situated from six to four
teen miles northwest of Anchorage,
on Knik Arm. It covers approxi
mately 22,000 acres, all of which
is on the public domain. Part of it
believed to be on the Alaskan En
gineering commission’s reserve. out
; a waiver has been granted by the
1 commission authorities in order that
! the permit may be had.
The applicants seek to entfcr in
j to a ten-year contract under ex
j isting regulations. A nominal sum
! of money accompanied the apnhea
i tion to show good faith on tli»
part of the applicants.
SULPHUR IS SHIPPED FROM
MINES TO FAR WESTWARD
According to Deputy Marshal Paul
1 Buckley, ot Unalaska general mar.- [
mger of the company, three thousand ;
tons of sulphur will be .-hipped
monthly from the Ankon island
!, near Unalaska, during the 1321
season. The deposits were located |
three years ago by Buckley. Last
year $300,000 was spent on the '
property. The big smelter at Aukon !
is nearing complet on and with the |
deposit runnmg ■> ) .>r cent sul-1
phur it :s planned to use s team >
shovels in .juarrying oit the rich
deposit.
Mrs. Mellish, who arrived in Ne
nana yesterday, will leave for the
coast on Monday, enrout to her
native land on the other side of the
Atlantic. After visiting with re
latives in Norway and Sweden, she
will head for South America, where
she will establish herself in business.
Mrs. Mellish has closed her Fair
banks store, and will retire from
business in Nenana as soon as the i
stock now on hand has been dis- 1
posed of.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
One Pair Did Not Wear Out!\
IT was a scientific expedition composed of three
white men and five Indians.
They tramped clear across Labrador, five months of
that heart-breaking going through rough country
that simply means death to footwear.
One man wore Goodrich “Hi-Press” and the rest
wore—other makes.
And before the traverse was completed every sol
itary boot and shoe had worn out except Goodrich!
The chief of the party (who wore the Goodrich) sent
the shoes into us as proof. You should see them—
the corrugations on the sole are not all worn off.
There is no doubt of the superior wearing quality
of Goodrich Rubber Boots and Shoes. It has been * . j
proven time and again.
Fishermen, laborers, hunters, miners all agree that
the footwear with the Red Line ’Round the Top
stands supreme for comfort and all around service.
THE B. F. GOODRICH RUBBER COMPANY
Akron, Ohio
Seattle, 115 King Street
Goodrich
-Hi-Press
Rubber footwear
with the RED $|LI N£ *round
the top
We Carry a Complete Line of
GENERAL merchandise
NOTHING BUT THE VERY BEST BRANDS—UPTON AND
RIDGEWAY’S TEAS, PRIDES AND TEAGARDEN PRESERVES
CRAWFORD’S ORANGE JELLY AND MARMALADES.
HARDWARE AND MEN’S FURNISHINGS OF HIGHEST GRADE
SUNKJST ORANGES AND LEMONS—DELICIOUS APPLES
CM f - g Ci z-d Fru ts—-Candies and Nuts of all Kinds
FOW6 ER & MORRIS
WANT ADS'
"OUND— One stray dog. Short.
heavy-set, black and wooly, about
70 pounds. Owner can recover by
paying for advertising and feed of
same. E. M. Keys, Moose creek.
Moss Station, A. E. C. railway. j
rCIt SAKE—Team of five dogs and
basket sleigh. Team includes good
leader. Inquire at News office. i
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\lameda . Jan. 25.
Vorthwertorn . . Feb. 5
Coast Train Schedule
Train leaves Gold Creek for
\nchorage on Sunday and Thurs
lay at 1:00 P. M.
Train leaves Dcadhorse for An-!
:horage on Tuesday and Friday. j
Train leaves Anchorage for Sew- j
ird on Wednesday and Saturday at.
1:00 A. M.
Train leaves Chickaloon for An- •
•horage, via Eska on Tuesday, j
rhursday and Saturday at 7:30;
M.
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Nenana Train Schedule
Trains leave Xenana for the end
if steel four times a week—on
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Saturday.
THE ROYAL BEAN FOT
Is now opened up.
Baked Chili Beans, hot or not;
rhe Coffee and Sandwiches are fine,
You’ll find it a good place to dine
Service, noon until after show
CHP1ST1NE BRODESEN
Third and A Streets
Alois Freidrich, who arrived from
he Kantishna district this week,
eft for Fairbanks yesterday and
.vill remain in the upper town until
ibout the first of February. Mr.
Friedrich says nothing has been .
leard yet from the relatives of hi?
ate partner, Perry Bigelow, who
lied recently in the Kantishna.
HEALY RIVER
ROADHOUSE
END OF STEEL
First-class Meals
BEDS
Cigars and Tobacco
Ambrose Van, Prop.
r.s. McDonald
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MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Martin Nash,
Secretary. President.
Department of the Interior £
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Schedule of .trains, subject to
change without notice:
LEAVE NENANA for Healy on
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Saturday at 8 a. m.
Returning leaves Healy at 1 p. m. ■
LEAVE FAIRBANKS for Nenana
on Tuesday and Friday at 8 a. m.
Returning leaves Nenana at 1:30
p. m.
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELANU ’
Secretary Dictator.
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