THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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Hub of Alaska — Where Rails and Rivers Meet
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this paper and also ail the local news published herein.
Interior Alaskans, like those cit
izens of other sections of Alaska
already visited by the Presidential
party, are glad to welcome Presi
dent and Mrs. Harding among them.
The coming of the President is a big
event in any part of the United
States and a much bigger event in
far-away Alaska, and Alaskans are
appreciative. The long, wearisome
journey from the national capital
leaves no room for doubt about the
President’s sincere interest in Alas
ka—in his desire to get first-hand
information regarding conditions in
the Northern Territory in order that
the solution of the many complex
Alaskan problems may be expedited,
and Alaskans are eager for the op
portunity to render such assistance as
will make the task of the President
less difficult. _
There is not much that Interior
Alaskans want in the wray of fed
eral aid and the President probably
will be less annoyed here by requests
and petitions of that sort than in
any other section of the Northland.
Citizens of Nenana are appreciative
of all that has already been done by
the Federal Government and all
that they ask is that the national
administration continue to cooper
ate in the upbuilding of Alaska,
firm in the belief that time will
prove the wisdom of aids to develop
ment which haw been inaugurated.
The President and Mrs. Harding
will find the hand of welcome ex
tended to them all along the line
and The News is pleased to be able
to say the welcome is a sincere one,
reflecting genuine admiration of the
able manner in which the affairs of
a great nation are being administer
ed, and appreciation of interest dis
played at Washington in the welfare
of Alaska—interest which has made
it possible to arrange the spike
driving ceremonies which tomorrow
will mark the formal completion of
the Government railroad enterprise.
Between 130 and 140 salmon can
neries are operating and have sent
crews North from the States this
season. During 1922, 121 concerns
engaged in packing salmon in the
Territory. Although a few of the old
plants have been dismantled the
majority of them will operate, to
gether with several, new canneries
opening this year. The present sea
son will witness the operatioa of
more concerns than since 1920 when
143 canneries were packing. Pres
ent indications are that this year’s
pack will be about the same as last
year. Several new canneries are
opening and the production for 1923
is expected to show considerable
increase over 1922. Further de
velopement of the crab meat indus
try is anticipated this year. Present
indications are that the herring pack
will surpass that of last year.
Great plans are being made a'
Seattle for the entertainment oi
President Harding and his party
The President will review the fleel
of between sixty and seventy mod
em war vessels tthere July 27th
visit the Pacific Northwest Mer
chants Exposition and the pageani
“Americanus” and participate in thf
meeting of fifty thousand boys fron
the Northwest at Woodland Park.
FIGHTING THE RAILROAD
One of the things that should and
undoubtedly will be brought to the
attention of Secretary of the In
terior Work, when he meets the
people of Nenana in open hearing
next week, is the unfriendly atti
tude which has been assumed by
Canadian transportation officials to
ward the Alaska Railroad and In
terior Alaska communities.
The White Pass, which long en
joyed a transportation monopoly
on the waters of Interior Alaska,
has never been friendly to the rail
road enterprise, doubtless because
the building of the railroad gave
promise of bringing early relief to
Interior Alaska shippers. And now
that the railroad is completed and
ready to carry tourists to and from
the Interior, the White Pass and
other Canadian transportation lines
are conspiring to prevent travel
down the Yukon river from Dawson
jto N’enana, notwithstanding the fact
that White Pass passengers are mak
ing regular trips between the two
points. The motive for this is the
desire to compel tourists coming to
Alaska on Canadian boats to re
turn on them. It does not appear to
have occurred to the Canadian trans
portation men that cooperation with
the Alaska Railroad would result
in increased travel in both directions,
■with ultimate gain in revenues all
around.
The Xews does not hesitate to
state that such a conspiracy exists.
Every steamer arriving from Daw
son brings convincing evidence of
it. Everything posible is being done
by officials of the White Pass to
prevent travelers from reaching the
railroad from Dawson—everything
except actually refusing to sell tick
ets and they have been known to
do almost that.
This attitude on the part of the
unfriendly foreign companies is cost
ing the railroad a pretty sum in pas
senger fares this summer. Three
through passengers reached N'enanh
on the last steamer from Dawson
and the number might as easily
have been twenty times that num
ber for there are many tourists at
Dawson eager to make the trip to
Xenana.
| The Alaska Railroad needs all the
business it can get. Members of
Congress have intimated that appro
priations to meet deficits may be
come difficult to secure, which
means revenues must be increased
and one of the surest and quickest
ways to get additional business i
to insist upon a fair proportion oi
tourist travel from the upper Yu
' kon.
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With contracts for several mi]
i lion feet of lumber for shipmen
j to Australia, England, China ant
other parts of the world, sawmills it
Southeastern Alaska and West wan
as far as Cordova, are operating a
capacity. The Alaska Pulp ant
Paper Company is maintainig j
production of 40 tons daily at Spee
River and to date is the only pape
pulp project functionig in the Ter
ritory. Other pulp projects are ii
contemplation. Three hundred ant
. thirty-four million cubic feet of tim
- ber in the Frederick’s Sound dis
i trict are being advertised for leas
ing by the Forest Bureau.
THE PRESIDENT’S TRIP
In some respects the journey
which President Harding is making
is unusual, says the Seattle Times.
It is one of the longest ever under
taken by an occupant of the White
House. Its purpose is to gain in
formation about dependent terri
tories so as to improve their condi
tion. On the trip every one of the
distinguished traveler’s addresses
will be heard by innumerably more
persons than ever have listened to
the speeches of a touring Chief Exe
cutive.
In traversing the continent from
the Atlantic to the Pacific going
to Fairbanks, in the interior of
Alaska; visiting Vancouver, B. C.,
and many of the larger cities on the
West coast and returning by way
of the Panama Canal and Portico
Rico, the President has adopted an
itinerary that, in its mean feature?
has no rival among the records of
his predecessors.
In making a personal study of
problems affecting Alaska, the Can
al Zone and Portico Rico, the Chief
Executive is showing an interest
not evinced by other Presidents in
details of Territorial Government
President Harding is anxious his
journey shall not be viewed in the
light of partisan politics, and there
is no reason why it should be, for
it will not be made the occasion foi
party discussions or conferences.
But the Chief Executive’s nineteen
contemplated addresses cannot be
divested of political importance in
the broader sense of the term, foi
they will outline the pririciples he
believes should govern in the ad
ministration of the nations affairs
His opinions on the Internationa!
Court of Justice, transportation is
sues, farm questions and Alaskar
and Porto Rican reforms are not
based on partianship exigencies, bu'
rather on what he deems the public
welfare.
His receptions everywhere will be
nnnnlar nor nolitioal. in their char
acter. For instance, at Portland.
Ore., he participated in the Fourth
of July celebration; in Alaska, he
will commenorate by driving a gold
den spike, the completion of the
Government Railroad; the final rails
of which will be laid this week; here
in Seattle he will review the Unit
ed States Battle Fleet.
All the Presidents addresses will
be carried to distant auditors by ra
dio. His private car and the halls in
which he will talk will be equipped
with wireless apparatus and am
plifiers. In speaking on his train his
voice will be heard not only by ev
ery person in nearby throngs but
by countless individuals eleswhere,
and when he delivers speeches in
doors his words will be distinct to
chowds gathered outide, as well as
in places far away.
The visit of the President, who
never has been West, is awaited with
interest on the Pacific and in Alaska
He is assured of a most cordial
welcome.
GOVERNOR SMITH
(Alaska Daily Empire!
Gov. Smith does well in the mem
orandum accompanying his signa
ture of the bill to state that the
Mullan-Gage act does not mean that
“the saloon is coming back’’ It
means of course, nothing of the
sort. If it meant that. Gov. Smith
would not have signed the bill.
Both the Eighteenth Amendmen:
and the Volstead act are still the
law of the land: as much ;n New
York States as in any other State
whether or not it has ta
ken up the option of “con
current legislation.” A grea'
I deal of bunk has been uttered upor
that point, whether in ignorance 01
I by design. What the repeal means ii
simply that infraction of the lav
^ in New York will hereafter be trie<
in Federal Courts, relieving defen
dants of the menace of a doubli
penalty and ending much graft ant
confusion.
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Everybody is going to dress U]
- to meet the Presidential Party ne*
- Sunday. Let us assist you.
ABE SIMSON
THE STROLLERS LAMENT
“It is needless to call your atten- j
tion to the fact,” writes the editor
of The Stroller’s Weekly in an Edi
torial addressed to President Hard
ing that the government of which
, you are now the head has expended
more than fifty-six million dollars
: in the construction of an experi
mental railroad from a salt water
harbor in the westward to the in-1
i terior a distance of nearly five
, hundred miles. It is not for us to
, say, Mr. President, that this expen
1 diture was either unwise or prema
ture. We hope the time will come
when it will be seen that the ex
penditure was wholly justified, but
that time is not yet.
j “The enterprise for which the
| expenditure of fifty-3i>: million dol
• lars was made, Mr. President, is
^wholly fathered, mothered and wet-j
; nursed by your department of the;
; Interior whi<-b, we are sorry to note
J is now endeavoring to foster, bolster
up and exploit it at the expense of
the remainder of Alaska including
!
j the portions of it that possess the
proven resources possess four
fifths of the wealth and pay
’more than any four-ififths of the
taxes. And yet the Department of
the Interior, taking advantage of
your then lack of knowledge of con
ditions as they exist in this coun
try, secured from you in an order
removing from the very center of
the lode mining industry in Alaska
, the seat of the United States land
' office to a point contiguous to which
more homesteads have been deserted
j and permitted to revert to the gov
: ernment during the past three years
; than have been taken up or filed up
! on. Not only this, but the moving of
| the land office leaves Ketchikan
Hyder and other mineral wealth
| possessing sections in the extreme
j southern part of the Territory from
| twelve hundred to fifteen hundred
l miles distant from a land office,
j while the point to which the office
1 was removed from Juneau is within
five hundred miles and in telephone
speaking distance of another land
office at Fairbanks.”
WILL ALASKA USE
HER OPPORTUNITY?
The attitude of the Senators and
Representatives in Congress who
have just returned to the States af
| ter a tour of this Territory causes
one to wonder says the Juneau Em
pire if Alaska will live up to the
' opportunity that is beckoning.
I The chief tenor of the comment of
j the Senators and Representatives
'has been that Alaska should have a
i
i wider measure of self-government.
■ As far as quoted with scarcely an
j exception—if one at all—those mem
bers of Congress who have studied
the situation on the ground seem
ready to give all—or a part—of Al
aska a full Territorial form of Gov
ernment. That the other members of
, Congress will be disposed to listen
to the advice of those who have
vited the country and viewed thing*
on the ground there is not a ques
tion of doubt.
Now the question is. will Alaska
i profit from this golden opportunity
' to present her cases to Congress?
Will she ask with unanimity for full
Territorial form of government 01
will time be frittered away while
j factions quarrel over details of leg
j islation, the personnel of the public
service and spar for strategic posi
; tions in the next election?
Delegate Sutherland has said tha:
> he favors full Territorial form o'
government for Alaska. He has :
chance to show that he means r
and to accomplish something reallj
i worth while.
Howard Wilmoth, well known old
timer, prominent in Anchorage fra
ternal circles, now employed a
Brown & Hawkins in Anchorage, i
i in receipt of a telegram from M
' Staley, acting first assistant postmas
ter general at Washington. D. C., an
nouncing his appointment as post
i master at Wasilla, and authorize'
: to take charge July 1. Mr. Wilmotl
left Anchorage immediately afte
the Fourth to take up his new dutie
REVERENCE FOR FLAG
The recen: action of the Ameri
can I egion in drawing up a code
?or flap observance striV.es a respon
uve chord in the .hearts of all lovers
jf the Stars and Stripes says a
(Washington report sent out by the
Capital News service.
This code covering proper civil
ian usage of the American flag and
conduct in its presence was adopted
at the conference of national organ
jations. called by the American
Legion, and a permanent commit
tee authorized to disseminate it
throughout the country.
Each of the more than sixty or
ganizations represented is to pro
mote the study of the words and
music of “The Star Spangled Ban
ner,” and its teaching in all schools
and in juvenile organizations, as
suggested by President Harding.
State legislatures are asked to en
act uniform laws requiring dis
play of the flag in and over all
schools, parks, and playgrounds and
over other public buildings.
The code covers fifteen rules for
display of the flag and a list of
fifteen things to avoid, in addition to
setting forth the proper use of bunt
ing, the salutes and pledges to the
flag.
The suggestion of a fine arts
commission that the flag, is “the
wrong shape” meets with little ap
proval.
The flag is now 1.90 in length to
1 in. width. 19 feet long when it
it 10 feet wide. The proportions say
the arbiters of beauty should be
1.67 to 1. The flag is too long for
its width to sati-fy the sense of
beauty of those who make beauty
their business.
The genera! concensus of opinion
seems to be that regardless of the
laws of proportion, the flag, in its
present shape, has been so long i
deniified with ail that is reverenc
ed in America ideals that a clenge
in it would be a desecration, not an
“improvement.”
ALASKA HAS NEW FRIENDS
i
(Sitka Tribune)
Second only in importance to the
Presidents visit to Alaska was that
I of the Congressional party, and that
the members were honestly eager to
learn all about Alaska, was evidenc
ed by the fact that the leading men
of the party were all more anxious
i to listen than talk.
This visit is now past history—the
Senators and Representatives have
traveled all over the Territory and
been entertained by its people, al
ways writh their eyes wide open that
they might become well posted on
Alaska and its needs.
When they return to Washington
to take up their duties they will
| probably have an entirely different
viewpoint on Alaska than previously
In the Third Division they trav
eled over the new Government rail
road built at enormous expence and
showing a correspondingly enormous
deficit. They have seen the mush
room cities which have been shower
ed with Uncle Sam’s generosity and
yet clamor for more.
The general impression is that the
Cambrai carried back to the States
a full list of firm friends for Alaska
It appears however from news
paper report that Southeastern Alas
ka impresed the party more than
any other section, and one of the
party stated to an interviewer that
it appeared to have more substantial
resources than other parts.
Sam Ankeney, a well known old
. timer of the Valdez district, died
recently at the Latouche hospital,
suffering with hemorrhages. He had
• suffered an attack of influenza and
• it infected his lungs. He started for
: the hospital at Anchorage but the
» hemorrhages so weakened him he
. was compelled to stop off at Latou
- che. The deceased was a delegate
- from Valdez to the grand igloo meet
- ing at Nenana last month.
i; New organdies, voiles. Sateens,
- gingham dresses, silk hose, pequot
> | sheets—at Abe Simson’s.
FISHERIES LEADING
Alaskan products from the date
of the purchase of the Territory by
the United States until January 1,
1923. aggregated in value $1,113,
355,813, according to figures recent
ly compiled by Seattle authorities.
Products of the fisheries and allied
industries during the entire period
exceeded those of the mines by a
bout $20,000,000.
The value of the products of the
salmon fisheries leads all other Al
askan exports for the period cov
ered, being almost one-half billion
dollars. Gold is second place, approx
imately $130,000,000 less than sal
mon. Copper is in third place, more
than $200,000,000 less in value than
that of the gold exports. Furs are
in fourth place in value being just
under the $100,000,000 mark.
The total value of Alaska exports
for 1922 is given as $58,531,025.
Fisheries and allied products for
that year were almost twice as great
; as for the entire period since the
, purchase. In the mineral divisions,
gold was outranked by copper, the
value of the latter being more than
$2,000,000 greater than the former.
‘‘Doc” Council is having the last
laugh over all those doughty bear
hunters who for months have been
i “kidding” him over a claim made in
' a magazine article some time ago
to the effect that he could kill a
black bear with a bow and arrow.
With Mrs. Council and J. W. Guc
i ker. the big surgeon of the Cordova
Hospital returned to Cordova recent
ly from a three weeks, outing near
Yakataga Beach, bringing as tro
phies the pelts of nine black bears,
one of which he killed with a bow
and arrow.
Douglas has been almost depop
ulated of her young ladies as the
result of the visit yesterday of a
representative from the cannery at
Gambier Bay who was seeking help
to put up the season’s salmon pack.
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TWO STRAY DOGS have come to
my place down the river. If own
ers want them they must be taken
away immediately or arrangements
made for board. One is large black
and other small red dog.
JOHN’ KOWALSKY
BILL OF SALE blanks for sale
at The News Office.
LOCAL TRAIN SCHEDULE
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
Trains leave and arrive N’enana as
follows:
11.35 p. m. Tuesday and Friday for
Seward and intermediate points
Returning arrives Nenana 11:20
a. m. same days.
5:15 p. m., Tuesday and Friday for
Dunbar, Fairbanks and Chatanika.
Arrives Nenana 5:00 p. m. Tues
day and Friday.
“Trains both north and south
bound stop over nigh: at Curry
where excellent hotel facilities are
available for the public.
River steamers leave Nenana ev
ery Wednesday at 10:00 a. m. for
points down river to Holy Cross and
Connecting with gas launch at lat
ter point for St. Michael. Arrive Ne
nana every Monday or Tuesday.’’
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Alfred J. Gktui R. C Morris.
Secretary. frealdaat.
D H. WILLIAMS
Undertaking Parlors
Licenced Embalmer
Funeral Director
Ancboraga — Nsnana — Saward
CHAS. E. BERGMAN
Nenana Manager