THE NENANA DAIL Y NEWS
Application made April lf 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enny as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 18 <9.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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NOTHING TO QUARREL ABOUT
HERE.
No matter what may be right or
wrong concerning the differences
between capital and labor in the
numerously populated and highly
organized centers of the East, there
is no occasion for quarrel in Alas
ka, believes the Juneau Alaska Daily
Empire. There is no lack of oppor-!
tunity for individual effort here. !
There is all the room in the world
for individual effort here. There is
all the room in the wrorld for indi
vidual enterprise in this country.
In no other region of the world is
it so generally true- that the worker
of yesterday is the independent man \
of affairs today. The resources of J
Alaska are lying at every man'sj
door and beckoning him on to effort
for himself.
Alaska is just where the United
States was a half century ago. when
the whole West called the wage
workers of the East to leave farm
and forge and come and occupy the !
land and develop the resources. '
They did that, leaving the work in i
the factories and elsewhere for the
immigrants of Europe. There is
opportunity for all that are in j
Alaska to go out and utilize the :
, i
resources, or stay m town and work ;
and save and purchase property and |
grow with the towns into prosper!- i
ty. just as Americns have done!
throughout the nation for a cen- ,
tury.
Alaska's great need is capital to
come and develop the Territory and
make business and cities. If work
ingmen would make the best use of
their time and effort they will not
start industrial strife here that will
prevent capital from coming and
drive away that which is here. They
will, instead, work and save and
purchase town or other property
and say to capita!: "Come and make
cities of our towns and thereby
make our property valuable, and
give us yet more chances to get into
business for ourselves."
THIS IS NO TIME FOR CARPING
CRITICISM.
There is altogether too much agi
tation and fault-finding at this time
throughout the country—and in Al
aska, declares the editor of the
Juneau Alaska Daily Em|>ire. There
never was a time when conditions
called louder upon the same to keep
their heads. Those in public office
in the Nation and in Alaska are
doing all within their power to aid
in bringing things as nearly to a
normal basis as possible in the short
est possible time.
The Nation has done a great work
in that line. The army of more
than two million men which was
sent over the ocean to light for the
national honor and safety and the
cause of humanity has been brought
home in less time than it took to
send it over. The more than two
million other soldiers who were in
the various camps have been dis
charged and sent home. The year
since the armistice has seen the
movement and reabsorjrtion of some
four million men. all of whom had
to be carried by railroads, and most
of whom had to be carried by both
trail and water. It has been a Her
1 culean task, and it has been per
j formed with despatch and competen- .
cy. j
It is disgraceful that men. both
in business and among the laboring !
classes, have sought to take ad- !
, vantage of these tremendous bur- 1
| dens for profiteering purposes. It
is shameful that I. W. W. agitators j
and many politicians, men seeking j
! easy jobs at the expense of labor i
' organizations and those who are
trying to win the election for one
reason or another, have taken ad
vantage of the situation to create
|as much unrest, distrust, and fac
tional friction as possible.
This is a time that calls for co- j
i operation all along the line, if there i
| ever was such a time. It is a time j
when men should think before they j
speak, a time when they should not j
find fault unless they know what!
they are criticising. Good and level
headed citizens will aid • those who
are trying to perform their several
tasks in spite of irresponsible criti
cisms from those who are thinking
of other things than the restoration
of orderly procedure in the country
The public should not permit those
who profit from chaotic conditions
to have the stage. This is not a
time when the average citizen can
afford to permit irresponsible agi
tators. discontent manufacturers,
promoters of gloom and suspicion
to control thought.
The officers who the people have
chosen to direct the affairs of the
L’nited States through this crisis
and those who have been selected
to serve the people of Alaska are1
not in league with profiteers of high
or low estate, they are not listening'
to trouble-making agitators and poli
ticians. They are doing no grand-:
; standing. They are quietly and with
determined resolve trying to serve !
the great American public in accord
ance with their oaths of office with
out regard to the effect on their
i own political fortunes, and they |
should have the support all along
the line that such service merits.
NEW REFORM.
“Tlie
nation that smokes per
ishes,” declares R. P. Moncrieff, hon
orary statistician to the British Anti
Tobacco and Anti-Narcotic league
.of Manchester.
j In the year 1917. he says, the
British people smoked 152,215,700
pounds of tobacco, costing the smok
|ers approximately $497,690,000.
j Pipes and other appliances came to
$22,684,000, making a total for the
year of more than $520,000,000.
The following year the amount
increased to 164,838,800 pounds
smoked, valued at $668,765,500, with
ipipes and appliances costing $23,
309,500.
i FVom these figures it would ap
jpear that the consumption of tobac
co in 1918 increased o\»er 1917 by
12,623,100 pounds, or 8.29 percent,
while the extra cost was $171,074,
500, or 34.37 percent. The total
expenditure for the two yeanj was
$1,212,450,000. a figure which leads
Mr. Moncrieff to explaim:
“Has the nation gone mad over
tobacco? If the women of the na
tion become habitual smokers—as
they are rapidly doing—what effect
will it have on the future genera
tions? The query is answered by
the late Sir W. B. Richardson as
follows: ‘If a community of youths
of both sexes, whose progenitors
were finely formed and powerful,
were to be trained to the early
practice of smoking and if marriage
were to be confined to the smokers,
jan apprently new and a physically
inferior race of men and women
j would be bred.”
Mr. Moncrieff calls on the med-.
: ical profession to face “this formid
able danger to the nation and warn
women especially as to the injurious
effects of tobacco smoking."
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BETTER STAY IN THE NORTH.
Those \ aldezians who are going' j
Outside in hopes of bettering their j
condition will be grievously disap
pointed, warns the Y’aldez Miner, if
news filtering in from beyond is any
index. It is reported that living in j
Seattle today is from 30 to 50 per- !
cent higher than in this city, and
that industrial conditions are bad.
Take the case of George Sanders,
of this city: Mr. Sanders has been
through the States from Texas to
the Pacific coast, and despite the j
high wages and steady employment, j
says that one can accumulate but
little of the stuff that greases the
wheels of economic progress. He
prefers to return and spend the
winter in his home, where the hand
of even,- neighbor is extended to
him in good fellowship and where
carking care and worn,- never come.
Why give your money to the steam
ship companies, when your fare out
and back would keep you comfort
ably all winter? No high prices to
pay for water, streetcars, electric !
lights, and other conveniences. It is
better to be satisfied than sorry.
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
ISSUING HANDY CARDS
£
For the benefit of the house
keeper, the Bureau of Standards,
Department of Commerce, has pub
lished a card, to be hung in the
kitchen, giving information useful
in the household. This includes
weights and measures equivalents,
weights per bushel of the more
common vegetables and fruits,
weights per cup of household com
modities, such as sugar, butter, lard,
flour, and rice. Much other useful
information is condensed upon this
card.
Until the supply is exhausted,
copies of this publication may b°
obtained by writing to the Bureau
of Standards, Washington, D. C.,
and requesting Miscellaneous Pub
lication—No. 39. Household Weights
and Measures.
Woodbury’s Facial Soap and other ■
standard toilet soaps. Fowler &
Morris.
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WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Man’s clipped bearskin
coat, medium size, full cut, $25.
Inquire Miss D'Orsay’s Tailor
Shop.
|FOR SALE—One horse, with two
j horse outfit—sleigh, wagon, two
i sets harness. Inquire Tony Hanoff,
Skof House. k25
ROADHOUSE FOR SALE—Inquire
News Office. 11-29
GOOD TEAM, harness and No. 5
sleigh for sale. Inquire Knut
Koland, Third and C streets.
FOR SALE—Furnished house of five
rooms, attic, large basement and
winter cellar for vegetables. Heat- !
ed by furnace. Winter supply of
vegetables. Full comer lot. One
of the most desirable parts of
town. Inquire at News office.
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tisement.
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Dr, J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
SOUTHERN HOTEL
BUILDING
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A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
Tom Smith, Prop.
NENANA HOUSE
Just Come in and Sit Down and Look Out.
MRS. A. B. EASTERLY, Proprietress.
: NENANA LODGE No 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
DR. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
ARCTIC HOTEL
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
Second and Fourth Mondays
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary
Dictator.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
chase tickets before entering trains.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is in
the employment office, on the ground
floor of the General Office Building.
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at Camp 415 (North Nenana).
Tickets will be on >ale at any
time during office hours, and can be
purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
the foot of A street on Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
Camp 415 (North Nenana), for
Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
1 p. m.
The following is the schedule be
tween North Nenana and Fairbanks,
subject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7:00 a. m
arrive North Nenana, 11:30 a. m
Leave North Nenana 1:00 p. m ,
arrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m.
So tickets will be sold crossing
the river. Those intending to trav
el to Fairbanks must make the>
own arrangements for reaching
| North Nenana.
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Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
During the last season we conducted an advertising campaign
throughout the North and are prepared to send you the names of
people in all sections of Alaska and the Yukon who will verify our
statements.
Our excellent Eastern connections, and the tremendous amount
of mail order business we are receiving from all parts of the
States for furs made to order enables us to turn our stock quickly
at a reasonable profit, but we must have fur, for which we guar
antee top prices.
Make us a trial shipment. If our price does not suit you, the
goods will be returned charges prepaid.
WE MAKE FURS TO ORDER
at more reasonable rates than can be obtained Outside. At present
we are working three operators, and need others. If you are an
operator and finisher, and want a good year-around job, com
municate with us.
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA