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.
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CLUB IMS WAGES
FOR R. R. WORKERS
(Continued from Page One.)
August Peterson, who is one of
the biggest mining operators in the
Interior country, with interests in
practically every camp, called Mr.
Browne’s attention to the fact that
mining operations have reached a
crisis, because of advanced costs and
the scarcity of wood for fuel. The
construction of a bridge over the
Nenana, he pointed out, and the
continuous operation of trains be
tween Nenana and the coal mines
south of town, would make it pos
sible to supply the mines with coal
at a price that would greatly re
lieve the situation and permit con
tinued operations on numerous creeks
in the Fairbanks district. Without
coal, Mr. Peterson declared, the
mines of the Fairbanks district will
cease altogether to operate after
the coming summer. Mr. Peterson
said that his company, the Healy
River Coal corporation, could de
liver coal in the Fairbanks district
at six dollars a ton if assured of
uninterrupted transportation.
Heverai otncr memoirs aiscusseu i
the qeustion, and all agreed that j
the construction of the bridges in :
advance of the completion of track- !
laying across Broad Pass is vitally ,
important to the Interior country. 1
Local Agent J. H. Scott, of the
American Yukon Navigation compa- j
ny, said that he had been trying
to convince Mr. Browne that it
would pay the commission to ship
material for the Nenar.a river bridge
by way of St. Michael. The con
struction of a permanent structure
now, he said, would make possible
the development of much traffic—
more than sufficient, in his opinion,
to pay the added cost of shipping
the material by the river route in
stead of waiting to haul it from the
coast over the railroad. He esti
mated the difference in cost at
about $30,000, and it was pointed
out that the outside cost of material
might easily increase that much by
the time the commission gets ready
to order it, according to the present
plan.
Major McFarland, when invited
to address the club, said that ha
had too many troubles of his own
to take part in any discussion con
cerning another branch of the work.
He said that he had enjoyed the
discussion, however, and was glad
to hear the members of tile club
express their views. Open discus
sion, in his opinion, is wholesome,
and by way of illustrating his feel
ings in the matter, recalled that the
worst scare he had ever ha<f was ir
the Kantishna country a number o!
years ago, when a bear wanderec
close to him—but not sufficient^
close for him to see the visitor.
The major said that he ds trying
to do his bit to develop the coun
try, and so are others who are ii
the employ of the Government. Am
it sometimes happens, he pointer
out, that their efforts are hamperet
by misdirected zeal. The agents of
the people are not always at fault,
he said. It is the people them
selves, sometimes.
Referring to his own department,
the major said that it is not on a
paying: basis and he has been criti
cized frequently by his superiors for
exceeding: the limitations of his of
ficial duties. Asked regarding the
phone rate between Nenana and
Fairbanks, about which there has
been much complaint, the major said
that he believed the matter would
be adjusted satisfactorily soon.
In the oeurse of his remarks,
Major McFarland said his depart
ment had been well represented in
the great war, fully 25 percent of
his workers having: joined the colors,
including: himself. He also had two
boys in the war.
The major left for the end of
steel this morning:, enroute back to
the coast, but he expects to return
to the Interior in the course of a
few weeks.
After the business of the meet
ing had been disposed of, lunch was
served under the direction of Louis
[.Tohn'son, and the questions of the
jevening reviewed informally.
The letter to the Alaskan Engi
neering commission, relative to the
wage question, follows:
Xenana, Alaska, March 15, 1920.
To the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission, in care of Col. Frederick
Mears, Anchorage, Alaska.
Dear Sirs: To all Interior Alas
kans who are still able to continue
their residence in the country, it is
especially refreshing to hear that
Congress is asking how to stimulate
development of the resources of the I
regions adjacent to the Government
railroad. To readers of this com
munication who are in authority
elsewhere, as well as to the Alaskan
Engineering commission, the Nenana
Commercial club would appeal in
behalf of this vast Interior region,
which is one of the two great re
gions the railroad was designed to
develop.
The club making this appeal is
composed of fifty men, representing
all trades and professions of this
country. Its members stand ready,
collectively as well as individually,
to pledge and to give their best
thought and effort to the further
ance of the Government’s original
■ purpose in building the road. We
.respectfully ask you to give careful
^consideration to the following, which
'.we believe is manifestly in line with
the inquiry' of the congressional
Committee and vital to the Alaskan
railroad’s present and ultimate suc
cess as well as to the relieving of
this Interior country’s immediate
and crying need.
1. Vast undeveloped resources,
such as fertile farm lands, gold, coal,
i probably oil, other mineral deposits
of fabulous extent, timber, etc., ARE
;HERE awaiting development.
2. Because of the natural and
'commercial handicaps now surround
: ■ ing many of these resources, it is
■ j impossible for unaided private effort
to develop them.
I 3. Under intelligent, constructive
II measures aggressively administered,
I there is no no discernible reason why
the desired development should
longer delay its coming.
4. There is room for all classes
of laborers here, but the home
makers are the men upon whom the
successful and permanent develop
ment of the country must ultimately
depend. The development of every
permanent community in America ]
has early centered in the family, and _
there is no reason to expect Alaska j
to become an exception to the uni
versal rule. Here rests our most
serious problem of the present time.
NOW: Do the Engineering com
mission and Congress desire to have
the family men remain in Alaska?
If the present family men and their
families ARE to stay here, and if
new homes ARE to be established
here in the near future, then there
MUST be an immediate and very
substantial readjustment of wages
paid to such workers by the Govern
ment for work on the Government
railroad. For causes that should
ere this be as well understood by
the members of Congress as by our
selves, causes with which the En
gineering commission must be thor
oughly familiar, the Government
railroad has been for two years the
only continuously active enterprise
in Interior Alaska that could pro
vide a livelihood for any consider
able number of laborers. Thus you
will see how timely and vitally help
ful to the Interior country the rail
road project had opportunity to be
come.
But the railroad enterprise has
not kept step with its opportunity.
In support of this assertion we call
your attention to the following facts:
1. The wage scale in effect in In
terior Alaska on August 1, 1918, is
substantially the wage scale of
March 15, 1920.
2. The average INCREASE in
jthe cost of the necessaries of life,
as sold by the Government commis
sary to the family men and men
who board themselves, is 40 percent,
j between the dates just named.
If the wage paid August 1, 1918,
was a proper wage, which we are
prepared to argue was too low even
then, what MUST ANYBODY say
for the same wage now, in face of
the greatly increased cost of the
necessaries?
Do you wonder why many family
men have fled from the Interior
country during the past year? and
why many others are doing all they
can, even to the extremity of raf
fling off their property and other
effects, to secure sufficient funds to
arry their families away? This has
jeen the situation all through the
last year and longer; it is the situ
jtion at the present time; and this
lestructive situation is growing ever
nore acute as the prices of life’s
essentials climb upward. Under
iresent conditions of railroad em
iloyment and wages in Interior Al
iska, the family men who are not
salaried men or skilled workmen are
doomed. Yet they or others of their
sort are surely essential to the ulti
mate success of the railroad as a de
velopment project, the project that
Continued on Page Three)
Board of School Directors
Nenana Public School
Nenana, March 8, 1920.
NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECTION
Complying with the laws of Alas
ka. notice is hereby given that the
regular annual election will be held
in the town of Nenana,
Tuesday, April 6, 1920,
for the purpose of electing three
school directors to serve two years,
to fill the vacancies caused by the
expiration of the terms of Robert
Joseph Diven, J. A. Slippem, and J.
H. Scott.
The names of candidates must be
in the hands of the Clerk of the
School Board not later than 5 p. m.,
March 22, 1920.
The polling place will be located
in the five hall, adjoining the town
site office. Polls will be open from
8 a. m. until 7 p, m. on the day
and date of election.
J. H. SCOTT,
Clerk of School Board.
Approved:
ROBERT JOSEPH DIVEN,
President.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To James McLoughlin, Dan Sul- j
livan, Pat Fleming, J. McNeil, Mar
tin Kelly, George Chambers, James
Daily and John Donnelly, your heirs,
executors, administrators and assigns
and all persons claiming an interest
through either of you:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that we, the undersigned,
your co-owners, have expended in
labor and improvements the sum of
not less than one hundred dollars
($100.00) for each of the years of
1914, 1915, 1916, and certain other
sums for the years 1917, 1918 and
1919, upon the following placer min
ing claim, to-wit: The Raven Asso
ciation, situated on Monument creek,
a tributary of the Salatna river,
the said claim being situated in the
Nulato Recording Precinct, Terri
tory of Alaska; that such labor was
performed and expense incurred on
said claim for the purpose of de
veloping said claim and constitutes
the annual assessment work upon
said claim for the years 1914, 1915,
1916, 1917, 1918 and 1919, in com
pliance with section 2324 of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States,
and subsequent legislation.
You and eh eh of you are further
notified that if ait the expiration of
ninety (90) days after the last pub
lication of this notice you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion
of such expenditure, your interest in
said claim will become thd property
iof the undersigned your co-owners
j under section 2324, Rexised Statutes
of the United States.
PATRICK SAVAGE,
PATRICK POWERS,
Co-Owners.
First publication Feb. 4, 1920.
Last publication April 28, 1920.
Day of publication, Wednesday.
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MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
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Fourth and B Streets
Second and Fourth Mondays
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
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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 sale 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 cf 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 1:0U p. m ;
arrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m.
No tickets will be sold crossing
the river. Those intending to trav
el to Fairbanks must make their
own arrangements far 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 aH 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 qnickly
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
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