THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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.
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First ani B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. South worth ________Editor and Manager
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’ NOT EXCESSIVE (?) ,
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We have it from Special Exam
iner Kent, of the United States Ship
ping board, that the rates exacted
by the Alaska steamship companies
are not excessive. That is not the
way he is reported to hav^ put it,
but we fail to see what Ofher con
struction can be placed upon his de
cision. What he really • said was;
that neither Judge Wickersham nor
dfhtr Alaskan objectors'-' have any
concrete basis for the complaints
they have made. The steamship
companies, he would have us believe,
have a reasonable excuse for boos
ing their rates, which were suffi
ciently excessive, in the opinion of
Alaskans, before the last boost.
The position of Alaskans, as re
gards freight and passenger rates,
is very unfortunate, to say the least.
The value of gold, upon the pro
duction of which Alaskans depend
very largely for support, has not!
kept pace with the rising cost of i
food and other commodities which |
Alaskans are compelled to purchase'
in the States. And the rising cost!
of transportation has added very j
materially to the burdens under;
which Northerners are forced to i
labor.
It is not within the power of
Alaskans to boost the price of gold
and the slim profits, where trans
portation and costly mining supplies
have left a profit, will not permit of
an increase in wages. The result
is that mines have closed down and
development, in numerous districts,
has come to a standstill. Mining
camps, once thickly populated, are
now being deserted because of the |
decline of our principal industry and!
the greater allurements of the in
dustrial centers of the Outside.
When the Government railroad is
completed, so that travel to and
from the Interior country and the
shipment of freight are cheapened,
the greatest drawback to develop
ment— transportation'— will have
been removed. New people can
then be induced to come to Alaska;
to settle—people who, under pres
ent conditions cannot afford to make
the trip. In this connection, we
might remind Examiner Kent that it
now costs as much to transport the
necessary equipment of a farmer to
Alaska as it does to purchase a
small but comfortable farm in the
States, in the very midst of progress
and civilization.
In view of the attitude of the ex
aminer, Alaskans need look for little
relief in the way of cheapened trans
portation until the railroad has been
completed and the government has
taken over the transportation facili
ties upon which Alaskans depend
for their necessary importations.
This tyie Government must some day
do, and the sooner it is done, the
sooner real Alaskan development
will commence.
THE MAIL'
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The mail service with which Ne
nana has been provided since the
termination of winter traffic on the
Fairbanks-Nenana trail constitutes
a justifiable cause for serious com
plaint. It is not easy to understand
why the postoffice department per
sists in believing that' one delivery
a week at Nenana is sufficient to
meet the requirements of the most
important community in Interior
Alaska, particularly in view of the
fact that launches are plying the
river daily between Nenana and
Fairbanks, making possible 'a much
more frequent service at a very
nominal increase in the cost.
These matters heretofore have
been adjusted by the Nenana Com
mercial club, more frequent service
having been paid for out of the
funds of the organization. The club
even went so far as to pay a man
to carry the mail on his back one
trip, during the breakup period. But
the postoffice department should not
expect the people of Nenana to con
tinue to bear this expense indefin
itely. And if the matter is properly
presented to the department, we be
lieve that the reasonableness of the
request for a betterment in the ser
vice will be apparent to those in
authority and that the desired relief
will be provided.
N. C. CO. BIGS
LAS! OF MAIL
OVtRJHE TRAIL
The Last Shipment of Mail Under
the Old Contract Is Landed
In Fairbanks.
Reports received from the upper
town last night Indicate that quite
a large shipment of mail was re
ceived there on Wednesday the 5th
instant, over the trail.
This is the very last shipment of
mail that will be handled by the
Northern Commercial company uni
der their contract with the post
office department. This Contract
has now expired.
It is expected that part of this
mail which is destined for Nenana
will be sent here on''the Carl White
launch; which is scheduled to leave
Fairbanks for Tolovana and way
points today.
Only a slacker could stand idly
on the sidewalk and criticize as the
artny of workers marches by.
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We must meet sacrifice at the
front' with Sacrifice at home.
Save food or go on short rations.
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Beautify Y<>wr. Wome
now is the: time to Make your home comfortable
AND ATTRACTIVE
t . We Have In' Stock A' Complete Line of
WALL RAPED* AND INTERIOR DECORATIONS
* • **•:f•. In the Latest Designs t-t'( ‘ l rfl
BEAVER BOARD—CRETONNES—SHEETING AND ROOFING
PAPER — FURNITURE—MIRRORS’^ CLASS—WINDOWS <■
DOORS -Hi. FAINTS — OILS’ AND VARNISHES' n
GUNS AND AMMUNITION
ALSO A COMPLETE LINE ‘OT HARDWARE', INCLUDING THE
Lit?* OP'TOOLS.'
FAMOUS DISSTON LI
S|GN PAINTERS
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I have just read, with a great deal
of interest, an article in one of the
Fairbanks papers, written by one f.
N. Stensland, who is supposed to be
a representative of the Carlisle
Packing Co. The heading of the
article reads af follows: “Represen
tative of Carlisle Packing Co. Sets
Forth Reasons for Yukon Cannery.'’
Now, I had in mind when I began
to read this article that I was to
learn something as to how the above
mentioned company’s plant was go
ing to benefit the Interior of Alaska,
instead of being a detriment, but
No. I was disappointed—and I think
all others were who read that article.
Mr. Stensland used a lot of good
space and printers’ ink, a trifle ovei
two columns, in telling us what al
most any school boy or girl knows,
namely; the names of a few kinds
of' salmon, how the old ones come
home to spawn and die, and about
the trout, grayling, etc., eating the
eggs and little fellows, and how
they were such enemies of the sal
mon. Now that is none of our busi
ness. That belongs to nature, and
if Mr. Trout or Mr. Grayling eats
Mr. Salmon’s brood, the only way we
can stop the wanton destruction is
to do a little killing, and that, of
course, would be out of the ques
tion when we think of the countless
millions of these cannibals.
Mr. Stensland did not tell us how
many eggs the salmon would lay
and how many grayling etc, these
eggs would keep. Nor did he tell
us, that if each year ten million
salmon made their annual pilgrimage
up the Yukon in the years gone by.
and in the future, if such a disaster
should happen, the Carlisle Packing
j Co. should stop one-half or five
i million of these fish at the mouth
| of the Yukon, just why and how
, this would not decrease the annual
run by one-half, or in other words
cut Mr. Native’s catch in two. Sup
pose we say that heretofore the
trout, grayling, bull-heads, etc., de
stroy one-half of the off-spring of
the annual run, and now comes Mr
Cannery and takes the other half,
by stopping the parents at the mouth.
What would happen? Easy, isn’t it?
Don’t have to use trigonometry, al
gebra, or anything but common
sense to find the answer. The state
ment is a little broad, perhaps, but
two and two is four just the same.
Then another point, you will
notice Mr. Representative does not
say anything about the white man
and his partner, Mr. Malamute. He
only talks about Mr. Native. I
wonder if he knows how many tons
of dried fish it takes to feed our
four-footed friends. Roughly speak
ing, there is in the neighborhood of
5,000 dogs in the Interior. The
best, handiest and cheapest (at
times) food for these dogs is dried
salmon. If each dog had one fish
a day, and said fish when green
weighed ten pounds, we would use
close to a thousand tons of fish per
year, or nearly two million fish,
for our dogs alone, to say nohting
of the good eats.
Mr. Stensland also says that after
a salmon goes three or four hundred
miles he is hot fit for food and’ that
when they reach the spawning
grounds that they should be 'left
alone'. Very nice for Mr. Cannery,
No? Yes? I suppose the next 'thing
'we hear of wiH’be some of our can
nery friends cowtowing around our
legislature to see if we scoundrels
| of the North can not be stopped
j from plucking Mr. Salmon from the
muddy Yukon.
j Our friend also speaks about a
i certain pessimism based on rather
hazy ideas of the salmon business,
as filjing no one’s belly or adding tc
the weight of any oner's poke. Really,
belly and poke sounds like an old
:souxdough, but say, what has thi
pessismism and hazy stuff regarding
the salmon business got to do with
feeding our dogs? Does Mr. Can
nery dry any of these fish for us?
Do they in any way help Alaska?
Do they in any way -infcrease Alaska’*
jpayroll? Is it not a fact that the
[j majority of ‘ their help is Japanese,
[j who are brought in’ each year and
l shipped ’ out right after the short
cantring season is‘ over? Perhaps' 1
am wrong, if so, I beg pardon.
But when Mr. Stensland's lengthy
article is all boiled down', the main
and only thing is money, with' a
big M.' He says''the Carlisle people
10 RESUME RUN
IN SHORT TIME!
Launch Victory la Expected to Take
Up Sailing Schedule in a Day
or Two.
It is reported that the necessary
repairs to the Douse launch, which
met with an accident recently on j
her voyage to Fairbanks, has been
almost completed, and she may be
looked for in Nenana probably to
morrow.
No definite news regarding the ,
movements of the Victory has been
received by the local agents from
Fred Douse, but it is stated that a
message advising the time of her ,
sailing from the upper town may be '
received any moment.
PEERLESS HERE; !
AGAIN
LEFT
Joe Johnson Brings Passengers on
Peerless and Leaves Again
With Some.
The launch Peerless arrived in
Nenana at 6 p. m. yesterday with
the following passengers: May Re
foir, Dolly Martin, Woodbury Abbey,
Wm. Gilcher, O. W. Keller and Pete
Feeney.
She left this morning for Fair- j
banks, taking away the following
passengers for the upper town: Mr
and Mrs. Charles Leyn and child.
Bob Mitchell, Mrs. Sheldon, Mrs.
Heimburger, Miss Ire.ie Wehner and
Joe Miller.
DRAGLINE EXCAVATOR
OUT OF COMMISSION
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The Bucyrus dragline excavator
was put out of commission and the
work of that camp suspended for
) a short time by reason of the fact
that one or two minor parts and
connections on the excavator had to
be repaired and renewed.
Work was resumed this morning
j and the dragline camp is, today, the j
] scene of great activity.
A switch and a 1600 foot siding!,
jfor the accommodation of the gravel;
cars is now in course of construc
tion and it is expected that it will
be completed within a few days.
It is also expected that a very |
I large quantity of gravel will be
handled as soon as the siding has |
been completed and the work is in ;
I full swing.
! POPULAR PRICED DANCE IS
i ANNOUNCED FOR SATURDAY
j ■
. Another one of those popular, low (
j price dances will be held at Union!
1 hall tomorrow and a most enjoyable i
: time is assured those attending. The
j dance will commence immediately
I after the show and last sufficiently
; long for everyone to have their fill
of enjoyment.
! Music will be provided by a four
piece orchestra and included in the
program will be a number of the late
j pieces.
The price of admission will be a
I dollar. Ladies, as usual, will be ad
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mitted free.
OSSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
OR SALE—Sixteen foot V bottom
launch, with 2)£ H. P. Ferro out
board motor. A. C. Slippern. 5-31
'OR SALE—On easy installments.
Player and Plain Pianos. Simson’s
'OR SALE OR EXT—National Cash
Register. Simson’s.
OR SALE—Show Cases. Simson’s.
OR SALE—Blue-Flame Coal Oil !
Cook Stove. Oven and cabinet
complete. M. V Tyler. tf
OR SALE—Dining Room Tables
and Chairs, Dressers, Rocking
Chairs, Upholstered Couches.
Simson’s.
At i
ICTOR PHONOGRAPHS and
Records, at Outside prices. At
Simsons.
IKOF HOUSE for rent. Inquire on
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premises. tf
’OR SALE—Two tents, one 18x30,
one 20x40. Inquire Simsons.
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*OST—Sunday afternoon along rail- j
road track south of town, Stevens 1
.22 calibre pistol. Please return
to Grigg at the townsite office.
Flood and lea Postal* for sale at
’he Portland, Tha Arctic and at
ilippern’s 5-28
’OR SALE—3-room log cabin, com
pletely furnished, $200. Located
at 5th and A St., across the street
from Coghill’s warehouse. In
quire at house. 6-8
^OR RENT—PIANOS Simson’s
''OR SALE—Dining Room Table,
Heater, Monitor Range, Full Size -
Bed; also Phonograph and 23
Records as good as new, $20. In- 1
quire Mrs. C. W. Adams, rear of o
Adams Building. i
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Shrimp, Clam and Oyster
Martin’s Pool Hall
BROOKER’S
CAFE and
BAKERY
YOU'LL LIKE THE PLACE
W TONI HOTEL
and' —
POQL ROOM
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
EVERYTHING NEW'
BASOFF A SOCURA, Prop*.
FOR SALE
LINOl.£UM, 12 x ;i
21 YAK1*S RUG BORDER
1 PAIR PORTIERES
1 COUCH COVER
ALL NEW
ALSO 1 BRASS BED
1 6-Qt. ICE CREAM FREEZER
INQUIRE
JONES BUNK HOUSE
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oat, a long way from shore and
n limited rations”—and Uncle Sam
! running the relief ship.
* First and A Streets Jackson & ekeland
ITHE PORTLAND,
CIGARS POOL ’ CONFECTIONERY
SOFT DRINKS ICE CREAM
FRESH LEMONS, ORANGES, GRAPEFRUIT AND APPLES
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VNTTED STATES
GOVERNMENT
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Salvage from
the battlefields - *.*
The Allied armies find it very profitable
to salvage scrap from the battlefields. Great
Britain is saving millions every year from
this thrifty parctice,
If we could extend this practice to th«p
United States—if we saved only the waste
and needless spending of every day and put
the saving into War Savings Stamps,
would help to win the war.
Your every saving helps the Government.
Put the small savings into U. S. Thrift
Stamps at 25 cents each; when you have
16 of them, exchange them with a few extra
pennies for a $5 War Savings Stamp.
THEY EARN MONEY
THEY SAVg' LIFE At THE
FRdNt, sf IheLping Uncle
* sXM Win the war. '
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