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.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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GETTING THERE.
Residents of Anchorage are to be
congratulated upon the splendid ef
fort made by them to place the
needs of that section of Alaska
squarely before Secretaries Daniels
and Payne, on the occasion of their
recent visit to the Territory. It
was an opportunity that seldom
comes to a district so far removed
from the national capital, and the
people of Anchorage made the most
of it, the proof of which is already
apparent in the form of results ob
tained.
One of the first results was the
issuance of an order by Secretary
Payne reducing freight rates on the
Government railroad for settlers’ ef
fects and mining supplies and ma
chinery to the carload rate plus 25
percent. And the secretary has
given the assurance that he will use
his influence to bring about a modi
fication of homestead requirements
in Alaska.
The lowering of freight rates on
the railroad will afford immediate
relief to many Alaskans and help
materially to develop mining and
agricultural districts tributary to the
railroad. And if the same liberal
policy is followed after the railroad
is completed, the proffiect will prove
a real benefit to the Territory.
More liberal homestead regula
tions also will help to speed devel
opment by attracting additional set
tlers to the soil. The land is here
for them in abundance—a million
acres of it surveyed and ready for
entry and much of it traversed by
or tributary to the Government rail
road. Millions of additional acres
will be ready by the time there :s
a demand for more land.
The News is convinced that Sec
retaries Payne and Daniels are real
ly trying to help Alaska, and that
they are ready to grant any reason
able request that may be made of
them. And now that they have seen
a portion of Alaska and conferred
with bona fide residents of the Ter
ritory, it is reasonable to believe
that their good intentions will be
backed by real enthusiasm and the
conviction that Alaska will make
good if given the opportunity.
INCREASED RATES.
The railroads are back in the
hands of their Wall Street owners.
And now comes the demand for
HIGHER FREIGHT RATES, writes
Senator Robert M. LaFollette, in his
own magazine.
How much do they demand? Why,
it is just a little matter of ONE
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
MILLION,—only a BILLION AND
A HALF.
Again and again during the de
bate on the Cummins-Esch bill, I
warned Congress and the Country
that the return of the railroads to
their managers,—who are but the
agents of the Wall Street owners,
would be followed at once by this
hold-up for higher rates.
And it is a hold-up, a plain, un
mistakable “stand and deliver,”
coupled with the threat that the
ro^ Is will be thrown into the hands
of receivers, and general business
| stagnation and paralysis follow,, un
iless the Interstate Commerce com
mission yields to their demands.
Will the commission yield? Of
icourse, it will be forced to yield.
i Wall Street owns the railroads
and the metropolitan press. Wall
| Street is all powerful with the ad
1 ministration and with Congress.
The Cummins-Esch bill prepared
|the way for this freight rate grab.
Its supporters in the senate and the
house well understood that the own
ers would demand an enormous in
i crease in rater as soon as che roads
jwere returned. They will get the
! increase. They may not get it all,
!ar once, but they will get it all, and
I get it soon.
Would there have been any in
crease in freight rate? if the roads
had remained under Government
control and operation? There would
| not.
I The most competent and reliable
experts in railway finance, connect
ed with the administration under
government operation, were authori
ty for the statement that no in
crease in freight rates would be re
quired under continued government
operation.
This statement I presented to the
senate during the debate on the
Cummins-Esch bill. The bill passed
nevertheless. The people will have
to pay the increased rates. They
can then settle with their senators
and representatives.
A SNAP, IF SOLD AT ONCE.
Gasboat “Bunny,” with Ferro en
gine.
1 34-inch Lang Range.
3 Bed Springs.
1 Morris Chair, 2 Rockers.
1 Counter Scale, etc.
See J. A. SLIPPERN.
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Tanana. at Tanana.
! Seattle No. 3, leaving Tanana for
|St. Michael about 10 a. m. today.
Yukon, up Tanana for Dawson,
i2 p. m., 2d .
Alaska, up Tanana for N’enana,
noon, 2d.
Kestrel, up Tolovana this a. m.
Kotlik, down Holycross, 9 a. m.,
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Louise, up Marshall, 5 p. m., 1st.
Herman and Davis, up Kotlik, 31st.
i GRAFTING IN MEXICO
UNDER CARRANZA BIG
MEXICO CITY. — At intervals
since the taking over of the gov
ernment by the de facto administra
tion.th the newspapers of the capi
tal have published reports of “Pan
amas” discovered in the federal de
partments. “Panama” is the char
: itable journalist term for defalca
tion. Few of these “Panamas” at
tributed to Carranza officials run
'under seven figures.
Funds from the national railways
are declared to have been used for
propaganda, in support of the can
jdidacy of Ignacio Bonillas for the
[presidency. None of the papers,
however, has mentioned who might
Trappers Traders
ship to
GEORGE R. GOSHAW, INC.
Dealer in Raw Furs
SEATTLE NEW YORK j
Alaska Building 127 W. 27th Street
A WORD TO YOU
At our Seattle office we have opened a buying department for
the benefit of the Alaska trade.
We solicit the accounts of individuals, firms and corporations
desiring closer connections for buying and selling. The service
rendered is direct; we. at every step, exercise close supervision
over all transactions, thus assuring accurate and prompt atten
tion.
W e are READY, WILLING and ABLE to buy right, to ship
right, to insure right—to attend to all matters as your personal
agent. Your enquiries and wants will receive our immediate and
most courteous attention.
WRITE US—there is no obligation. We are just the business
connection that the Alaska Trade has been looking for in the
buying of mining, cannery and fishing supplies, dry goods, gro
ceries, cigars and tobacco, drugs, rubber goods, furniture, house
hold sundries, electrical goods, gas engines—in fact, anything that
grows or is manufactured.
We are also willing and anxious to develop a market for all
Alaskan products. Get in touch with us, giving full particulars,
and your goods will be sold right.
have profited from the proceeds of
the alleged frauds in retiring and
burning depreciated paper currency.
The latest “Panama,'’ reported to
have been discovered in the trea
sury department, is estimated to in
volve from six million pesos up,
and to have resulted from an issue
of revenue stamps in 1915.
ISLAND EARTHQUAKES
ARE GROWING WEAKER
PAPEETE, Tahiti. — There has
been an abatement of the earth
quake shocks which have shaken
Tahiti and Moorea almost continu
ously since October, 1918. Occa
sionally a very slight tremor is no
ticed, but no shocks of' any violence
such as have shaken the islands dur
ing the past months.
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
May have what you a*e looking for.
SECOND-HAND GOODS BOUGHT
AND SOLD.
NORTH OF NENANA HOUSE.
BIG FAMILY TOURING
IN AUTOMOBILE VANS
BUTTE, Mont.—Eigteen William
sons, all from Salt Lake City or
Grand Island, and all related, are
touring Montana in an automobile
caravan. They have a complete
ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
•tandi alone in par-excellence of
service and sanitary convenience.
Turkish, Steam, Shower
or Plain Baths, at
MODERATE RATES.
Rooms for Dressing and Resting
in Connection. Also Rooms for
Rent, Transient or Permanent.
Mr. and Mrs. Heimburger
Proprietors.
HEALY RIVER
ROADHOUSE
DID OF STEEL
LEO RODRIQ.UE
Proprietor.
r.s. McDonald
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE .
Only the most reliable companies
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
WANT ADS
PHONOGRAPHS wanted at Sim
son’s Department Store.
FOUND—Leather watch fob with '
locket. Owner can have same by i
calling at The News office.
BARN FOR RENT—Second and E. j
Three double stalls. Pump in;
barn. Inquire at News.
THE DWYER HOME FOR SALE.!
Terms reasonable. tf
BUNCH OF SEVEN KEYS found.!
Owner can recover by calling at
News office and paying for adv.
camping outfit, carried in two,
trucks. A touring car has been re- j
modeled to take 12 passengers and ■
the remainder ride on the trucks, j
There are three big tents and sev
eral smaller ones.
The tourists left here bound for ,
the Northern part of the state and j
Glacier National park.
The destroyers on which Secre-!
taries Daniels and Payne made their
recent trip to Alaska are 310 feet
long, have 30,000 horsepower, and
are capable of making 35 knots an
hour. They were built late last
year in Massachusetts.
The price of coal was recently
advanced at Douglas to $16 per ton,
with a dollar, additional for deliv
ering.
Kenans, Alaska's Interior Fuel Depot
Rust Housi
CLEAN AND
COMFORTABLE
ROOMS BY THE DAY,
WEEK OR MONTH
MRS. CHAS. STANFORD
FRESH EGGS
Outside Potatoes
Fruits of All Kinds
FOWLER & MORRIS
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Tavern Cafe and Bakery
WM. RODIGKEIT
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A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
NENANA HOUSE
Large Barn-In Connection-Dog Kennels
MRS. A. B. EAS fERLY, Proprietress.
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST j
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
5NENANA LODGE No. 1193 j
L. 0. 0. M. I
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL,!
Fourth and B Streets
Fourth Monday of Month ;
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELAND, j
Secretary Dictator. I
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
:hase 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 North Nenana.
Tickets will be on sale at ny
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.
* The following change of schedule
between Nortn Nenana and Fair
banks is effective June 1, subject to
change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 8:00 a. m.;
arrive North Nenana, 12:30 p. m.
Leave North Nenana, 2:00 p. m.;
arrive Fairbanks, 6:30 p. m.
A ferry will be run between Ne
nana and North Nenana to connect
with Fairbanks trains. Passengers
for Fairbanks should purchase tick
ets in Nenana before crossing the
ferry.
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 an'd 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