The Nenana daily news., 1919-02-21
ALASKA IS BEST
 PLACE 0N EARTH
 AYERS .OLOT|MER

who had lived in Alaska for a great many years and had been on g brief visit to the States, says defin itely that for good times and fol all that makes life worth living there is no place like Alaska. Thi: statement is fully borne out by i that of good many others who have also returned recently from a sojourn in the States.
 The States is apparently a good place for an Alaskan seeking dis traction for brief period, but after a little while, the best in the line of amusement and entertainment and everything else that contributes towards ones happiness and pleas ure, that the States affords, seems flat and insipid to the average sourdough Alaskan.
 The longing for the Northland then insidiously creeps in, and with all it's disadvantages, largely i'm aginary, Alaska begins to look aw- fully good One by one, memories of the great beautiful Northland haunt the sourdough, who has now become thoroughly lonesome, and if he happens to have the price, hastens to make reservations on a steamer headed north, otherwise he will bend every effort toward ac- quiring the wherewithal for the journey.
 Even the most disgruntled sour dough, who goes Outside swearing that he will never again return North, invariably gets the feeling described above, and before very long heads toward the place where the trails begin to the land of the midnight sun, swearing just as hard as he did before, that nothing will ever again lure him away from his, good d4u northern home, and where the formality of getting acquainted is not so rigid. Thus is described, what is commonly known as tla Gall of the North
 With all the manifold advantages one can enjoy in the cities in the States, at the present time, when the cost of living is so very high and conditions appear to be so un- settled, it does not compare with Alaska, so far as living is concerned There seems to be unrest and dis satisfaction everywhere throughout the States and it is thought that these conditions will remain thus for some time to come, until the post war adjustment is made and things return to the normal again. Then. perhaps the States may be- come as good as Alaska.
 While on q visit to California many Alaskans were met, quite few of whom were from Nenana and Fairbanks, and the majority of them said that they would return to Alaska soon. Those in business find competition very keen and the margin of profit small; while those looking for an opening are getting dissatisfied with life in the States, and will, no doubt be headed for the North again soon.
 The flu epidemic played havoc in the poppy state, and nearly every family was in mourning for at least one member that succumbed to the dread disease. At the time of leav- ing Frisco 1t had abated a ilttie, but the precautionary measures were still in full force. In Seattle the disease seemed to have been gotten under control, but ,the au- thorities were watching it closely.
 On the boat coming North among
 
 the Interior passengers was George Parks, mineral surveyor of the Gen eral Land office. He had been an officer in the army during the war, but had been recently discharged and was returning to resume his old duties.
 Several passengers got off at Seward, some of whom made the trip in by way of the Broad Pass trail, while some are waiting at