THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enrry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. South worth____Editor and Manager
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TRUE TO FORM.
It is impossible, seemingly, f-.c
Nenana to please the editor of tbs
Fairbanks News-Miner. Everything
that is done here, by oar Commer
cial club, by the Commission, by
our Democrats, or by the citizens
of the town, is subjected to the
severest criticism. N’orhing is done
right. Our motives are selfish, our
plans obstructive.
Net that we care particularly
whether or net we please Editor
Thompson. We have never fried to
r;o that. But we do object to being
nv.-represented. -here are people
who do not know the News-Miner
man so well as we do. ar.d there s
cianger that some of their, will take
him seriously.
“Xenana is running true to form,
politically and otherwise,” say- the
latest Nenana criticism in the Fair
banks paper. “Who’s who in any
thing depends with them upon who
it on the government payrol'
“The other day," continues the
article, “the Democrats held a pri
mary here, and elected delegates to
the territorial convention at Ju
neau .instructing those delegates for
Senator Hess, of the Interior. At
the same time, believing that Ne
nana was as much Interior ir. spirit
as Fairbanks, they phoned Commis
sioner McDonald at Nenana to hold
primaries and elect delegates, in
forming him as to how they were
working here. ‘Mac’ held hie con
vention in regular order, but at the
finish he instructed HIS delegate?
for Attorney-General Grigsby, the
coast candidate.”
.Nothing- could be lartr.er from
the truth. The Fairbanks Democrats
did not phone Commissioner Mc
Donald anything about the candida
cy of Senator Hess, nor that the
Fairbanks delegates wouid support
him. And Commissioner McDonald
did not “instruct his delegates” for
Grigsby. The N'enana delegates de
cided the matter for themselves and
were unanimous in their support of
the candidacy of Grigsby, believing
him to be the strongest candidate
the party could enter in the race
for delegate honors. Subsequent
events proved that the Democrats
of other sections of Alaska held the
'ame views regarding Grigsby, the
Fairbanks delegation offering the
only opposition to his candidacy.
Nenana is not afraid of criticism,
but we resent misrepresentation.
ISSUE IS GONE
There are candidates a-plenty for
the Republican Presidential nomina
tion next year. An occasional Dem
ocrat might be found willing, if
pressed, to make a great adventure.
But who is to be the next Prohibi
tion nominee for President, the
Cleveland Plain Dealer wants to
know. What happens to a party,
questions that paper, whose sole
important issue is purloined and
then pushed to triumph by others’
It is an interesting conjecture,
continues the Plain Dealer. Other
parties in dying have carried their
issue to the grave, to be interred
in. full view and usually with the
full consent of the mourners. Here
is a new problem. What will the
Prohibition party do or be without
prohibition as an issue?
A party that fought hopelesslv
as long as the Prohibitions did,
only to see its great proposal passed
by a Democratic Congress, ratified
by Republican and Democratic legis
latures and then proclaimed as an
accomplished fact by a Democratic
secretary of state merits something
out of the ordinary as a memorial.
SAVING ARMENIA.
“We ask America simply to as
sume a burden, to perform a ser
vice to humanity,” says Professor
Gilbert Murray, of Oxford universi
j ty, in a statement advocating that
the United States accept a mandate
; of the League of Nations io ad
minister and protect Armenia.
"Armenia has been saved from
the Turks and Kurds after sueffr
ir.jr one of the most awful perse
cutions known to history,” adds
Professor Murray. “A remnant of
the Armenians still alive can be
reconstituted into a nation, but they
will be too weak and disorganized
. to maintain independence or inter
nal order, unless they are helped
. and protected by some other na
tion.
"The protecting nation must be
very strong, absolutely disinterest
ed, known and trusted by the Ar
menians, and not already overbur
dened by *:ner duties elsewhere.
There is no nation in the world
except America which satisfies these
four conditions.
"If America will accept the man-;
date, the Armenians can still be j
saved as a people: if America re
fuses. one more great region of the ;
world is in danger of slipping into
anarchv.
TOWN UNITY
The best way to build up a town,
believes the Valdez Miner, is to |
stand by every man in the place
who does right. Whenever a man
i is doing well do not tear him down.
All residents of a city should be j
partners, not opponents. In all
livelihood the more business your
rival gets the more business you
will do. Ever;.- business man who i
treats his customers honestly, cour
teously and fairly will get his share
and the more business that can be
secured by united efforts, the better:
it will be for all. When a town!
ceases to grow it begins to die, and j
the more people try to kill each I
other’s business in their town the \
more readily will utter ruin come i
to all. Stand together for the ad- j
vancement of Valdez. Let every |
effort be made to build up your1
locality. Some man may be making
more than you are, but you get
your share of prosperity through
his efforts. Every man gets what j
he works for. If he does not
work he should expect but little.
Valdez is rapidly assuming a nor
mal condition; our mines are open-!
ing one by one, and who can assume!
to what proportions the mining in-j
dustry will grow during the summer.!
By all boosting for each other we
can accomplish more than by in- j
dividual boosting.
TANANA RIFLE CLUB
MEETS AT FAIRBANKS
The Tanana Rifle club will hold j
a meeting tonight at the office of j
its secretary, Guy B. Erwin, in Fair- j
banks, and a program of activities!
for the club during this summer!
| will be discussed and outlined.
The officers of the club express,
the hope that it may be enabled j
to send a full team to take part!
i in the competitive shoots to be held ,
at Camp Perry soon. It is custom-;
ary for teams that can qualify from
. recognized rifle clubs, to be sent
j to shooting meetings, such as will
be held at Camp Perry, at govem
! ment expense.
HAGEN LEFT FOR FAIRBANKS
WITH INSANE MAN TODAY
Deputy Marshal James Hagen left
this morning on the Launch Vic
tory for Fairbanks with Sergi Sam
sonal, who was recently adjudged
ir.sane, and committed to the asy
lum at Morningside by United States
Commissioner McDonald.
Deputy Hagen expects to return
to Nenana after delivering his
charge to the marshal's office at
Fairbanks.
GERMAN’S
BERLIN.—Belated announcement
of America's action iast December
in abolishing restrictions upon move
ments of enemy aliens in the Unite!
States is published prominently in
the papers here. The delay is un
derstood to be due to the fact that
the German government has only
just been informed of the action.
While the news, according to a
semi-official announcement, now is
published to reassure relatives and'
friends of Germans in America, it
undoubtedly is intended to contrib
ute to the very general feeling
among the German people that the
United States is treating the con
quered enemy as fairly and consid
erately as possible. It also is likely
to increase the realization, even
among classes of which Count Rev
entlow is an exponent, that Ger
many must rely upon the services
of America as an advocate to ob
tain what she considers just and
reasonable terms of peace and
eventual restoration to a place in
the family of nations.
Germans of all classes constantly
comment upon the courteous and
considerate behavior of officers and
soldiers of the American Army of
Occupation. Writing personal let
ters and communications from the
American zone of occupation, they
never fail to emphasize this. Though
disappointed at the delay in send
ing food and the amount of- it
eventually granted, the American
soldier or civilian in Germany ev
erywhere is reecived as an hon
ored guest. The hatred and abuse
which was vented upon Americans
before America's entry into the war
has been replaced by an almost
officious super-friendliness.
The correspondent of the Tage
blatt, who has just visited Coblenz
and the American zone, comments 1
on the “rigorous discipline" imposed
upon American officers and so’ j
diers to obviate the possibility of
annoyance to women and to the
civil population, and upon the ab
sence of chauvinism, theatrical dis
plays of triumph, or unnecessary
interference with the German civil 1
authorities.
The correspondent's chief criti
cism of the Americans is based
upon the strictness with which or
ders are enforced against the ex- j
change of gifts, food or cigarettes
between Americans and Germans i
He says that 23 of the 6 sentences !
imposed upon Germans by the Am- !
erican court in Coblenz in January!
were for “unauthorized possession!
of American property,” arising from j
the enforcement of this order. He |
tells of the case of one American j
officer who was cashiered “merely
for putting his arm aiound a wait
ress in a cafe.”
FAIRBANKS REBEKAHS
WILL DANCE TOMORROW
_ .
The Rebekah lodge of Fairbanks!
will ho]d a social dance at the j
Odd Fellows' hall, in Fairbanks, to-1
morrow night.
Music for the dance will be sup-!
plied by a three-piece orchestra. [
composed of Professor Dan Band-;
man. piano, Roy Lund, violin and |
Frank Young, drums.
A large number of people are i
expected to attend the dance and a '
most enjoyable time is in prospect.!
_ .
Genuine Buhach at Fowler &
Morris.
In answer to inquiries, the gov
ernor’s office recently sent a tele
gram to Washington and received
an answer from the commissioner1
of the general land office that the
bill providing for the abolishment
of the 80-rod strip between home1
steads in Alaska along navigable
rivers and channels, died in the
senate, and therefore the old act in
which the strips are reserved is still
in effett.
The Douglas Island Labor union,
which was organized about eleven
years ago under the name of the
Alaska Labor union, has disbanded,
owing to the decline in mining ac
tivities on the island. The union
constructed a labor temple at a cost
of more than $10,000, and expend
ed large sums, during its existence,
among members and their families
in the form of benefits.
WANT ADS
IFOR SALE—Team of young horses,
i weight about thirty hundred.
Guaranteed to work single or
double, wheelers or leaders, and
perfectly gentle. Yachon, Tolo
vana. k21
Restaurant Tabs and Tablets at
the News Office.
Calling Cards printed to order on
sbo'-t notice at the News Office.
FOR SALE—Chiffonier, oval glass:
high top gilt bedstead, complete,
with spring and mattress: rocking
chair, leather cushion; settee
with cushions; Eneyclopdia Brir
tanica, 29 volumes, new; large
clean empty barrels. Apply at
Casey’s warehouse. k27
NOTICE REGARDING E5TRAY
ANIMALS.
N'enana. May 10th, 1919.
Commission.
After this date estray animals
animals found on Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission property will be
taken up and cared for at the Com
mission stables. The cost of taking
up. posting description and care
and feed of same must be paid by
the owner to recover animals.
The term “estray animals” will
include horses, mules, cows, dogs
and pigs that are. running at large.
The charge for taking up and
posting notice will be One ($1.00)
Dollar, and the cost for care and
feed will be Ten (S10.00) Dollars
for the first day, or fraction there
of. and Five ($5.00i Dollars for
each succeeding day, for horses,
mules and cows; other animals
Three ($3.00) Dollars each day, or
fraction thereof.
FRED'K D. BROWNE.
Engineer in Charge.
I UWIlillC.
After May 12th, 1919. any estray
found on Townsite streets, side
walks, alleys, lots or reserves will
be handled in the manner described
in the above notice for Commission
property, at the Commission sta
bles. All property owners who find
estrays on or near their property
are asked to take up same and de
liver to the Townsite officials.
The public has suffered consider
able damage from this source and
it is earnestly hoped that they will
give their hearty co-operation to
this measure for protecting public
interests. This action complies with
the laws of Alaska and strict en
forcement is intended.
CARL SCHMIDT.
Townsite Manager.
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BLAINKFIELD EXPRESS
Clean Dry Wood for Sale Hauling of All Kind,
OFFICE AT THE ARCTIC RESIDENCE PHONE
NEW CLERK ARRIVES
FOR BUREAU OF MINES
Claude Gordon arrived in Fair
banks yesterday on the mail stage.
He is to be the new clerk for the
bureau of mines and will displace
Mrs. Charles Beam, who had been
acting temporarily.
NICELY HOUSE
With Belmont In Connection
POOL CANDIES CIGARS
AND TOBACCOS
WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
PRICES REASONABLE
Rato By the Week or Month
L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
Shop in Portland Building
Now Open for Business with
full Line of Requisites
r.s. McDonald
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE RENTALS
LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
(New York Life)
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
FOR RENT
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
«
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of tne general office
Building, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
P,egular trains leave the foot of
A street on Wednesdays and Satur
days at 8 a. m.
NENANA LODGE No. 1193 '
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
Om Second »*d Fourth Tuesdays
At 8 P. M. > .
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER.
Secretary Dictator.
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