The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1921-1923, 1921-05-03

cation of all news dispatches credit
this paper and also all the local ne,
There is much merit in the argyll
ments advanced by Mr.. Anderson
in favor of a wagon road connect
ing Nenana with the. Kantishna.
He has gone deeply into the ques-
ton and his conclusions are based
upon a thorough knowledge of con-
ditions. The News hopes that every
man, woman and child in the In
terror will rally to his support, for
the construction of the proposed
road will benefit or 'injure Interior
Alaska according to the, route select
ed. Even the chairman of the
Alaska Road Commission admits
that.
AS The News understands it. the
commission has not definitely decid-
ed which of the two routes will be
selected, but there is reason to be-
lieve the Ignite route is favored
because it is the shorter. of the two
and because a connection with the
railroad at Ignite will eliminate
the necessity of bridging the Ne
mana river-strong arguments, as
viewed by the commission, because
of the saving in cost Of construction
at time when money is hard to
get from Congress. 1t will have to
be shown by the people Of Interior
Alaska that the Nenana route has
advantages sufficient to warrant the
heavier initial cost. And this, we
believe Mr.. Anderson has done, but
he must have cooperation to make it
stick.
Advertising will do much to at
tract people to Interior Alaska but
care should be taken to avoid the
sort of advertising that will bring
disappointment, along with in
creased population. When strangers
arrive in the country, we should
be sure that they will find things
about as represented. Ii we are not
honest in our publicity methods, the
advertising will do us more harm
than good.
In recent weeks, Pacific coast
and Alaska papers have had much
to say about a new strike in the
Fairbanks district and, while we
rejoice in the fact that good pay
has been found on new creek,
we regret to note that the impress
sion has gone abroad that the dis
covery is of stampede proportions,
with possibilities of new camp.
We have not seen it mentioned in
any of the papers that there were
oldtimers enough on the ground to
absorb the full length of the pay
streak, however long it might be,
or that most of the ground had
been staked long before the dis
covery was generally known. If
men come to Interior Alaska on
the strength of the published re-
ports referred to, they will be dis
appointed, probably to the extent
of taking them out of the district
as fast as they came in. And each
such departure will be a knock to
the country. r.. ~
1t might with equal warrant be
heralded broadcast that $4,000 ore
has been discovered in the Kan
tishna. 1t is the truth. But what
conditions would stampeders find
were they to respond to such
call? The ore is there in abundance,
some of it very valuable, but min
ing is costly and the district SO
isolated that only a small part of
the ore can be shipped. The dis
trict is rich in possibilities. There is
no question about that. There is
no more promising section in all
of Alaska. But the best kind of
advertising for it is that kind which
rightly informs. That kind of pub
licity makes for solid development
and lasting prosperity.
First Baseman Kelly must be the
reincarnation of that aside, Kelly,
Slide" fellow.
No one will blame war-torn
France for insisting upon the pay
ment for losses suffered during the
late conflict, but the fact should
not be lost sight of that the once
powerful and strongly united Ger
man government is now but husk,
ready to collapse under pressure
from without and unrest from with
in. Should the present government
fail, the collection of reparations
will be fraught with increased diff
ficulty.
Mrs. Clara Alfred, pioneer resi-