BUILDING ONE OF AMERICA’S IMMENSE VICTORY-BEARERS
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One of the immense freighters being built for the United States government to carry supplies abroad to our
troops and our allies. This vessel is nearly completed, and there are hundreds of others in tlte many yards through
out the United States. Many ships are being built, but still more must be had to carry our troops and rupplles, over
iseas. Skilled workmen are being formed Into a huge industrial army under the department of labor, and each
worker will receive a certificate and a button showing him to be a volunteer tn this work upon which directly rests
the fate of world-wide democracy. —
SUNKEN LOG m GAVE
. BEEN HIT BY FARRAGUT
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Captain Charles A. Glasscock of the
wrecked steamship Admiral Evans re
ports that several times the pumps
have practically emptied the ship and
that she was rolling on the bottom,
just ready to raise, but each time the
incoming tide has beaten them to it
and filled the ship with water again.
"Material has already left Seattle
for Hawk inlet to be used in building
a cofferdam around the ship. This is
a comparatively easy task, as the ship
has an open deck and an iron railing
to fasten the cofferdam to. The work
of building the dam will take about;
a month, but there is no doubt of the j
boat being floated when it is com-'
pieted,” says Captain Glasscock.
When questioned regarding the1
trouble with the Admiral Farragut he 5
gave it as his opinion that the Farra
•gut. struck a submerged snag or stump
which rolled along under her bot
tom. "Officers and passengers of the
Farragut tell me that whatever she
struck seemed to roll along under the
ship. This would indicate a log or a
stump. Frequently in navigating the
narrows, or in fact any water where
there is a swift current, logs and
snags are found just barely floating
along. Later, when they get a little
more water-soaked, they sink. With
only five feet of leeway under the
ship, it would not have to be a very
large stump to dent her bottom con
siderably,” he said.
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H EQUIPMENT FOR
INTERIOR R0I0II
NENANA, May 1.—Among the
more important items of equipment
which the Alaskan engineering com
mission expect for construction work
on the government railroad during the
coming season are two standard
gauge locomotives of a much heavier
type than the 270 and 272, w'hich are
now in use on the line south of town;
and forty additional flat cars. These
formed part of the equipment used in
building the Panama canal.
A new and up-to-date ditching ma
chine, which could be utilized as a
steam shovel or piledriver, will also
ajrrive with the rest of the heavy
equipment. The ditcher will be used
primarily in making the necessary ex
cavations for the elaborate drainage
scheme planned by the engineering
staff, to be put in at various points
along the line, but whenever neCes
sary to do so it will also be used as
a steam shovel or for driving piles.
For use on the Tanana Valley rail
road a new and very powerful type of
narrow-gauge locomotive also is due.
It will probably be set up at the yards
here and be used to take the first
through train from Nenana to Fair
banks.
All of the above-mentioned equip
ment will arrive in Nenana on one of
the first boats and reach here soon
after the opening of navigation.
RED CROSS
Instructions for Making Operating
Gowns
Seams.—All seams must be flat
fell and on the outside, or right side,
of the garment. Close all seams as
marked; lap shoulder seam forward;
armhole seam over sleeve. Join un
der arm and sleeve seams and lap
forward.
Hems.—Finish all hems on right
side.
Tapes.—Two pieces of tape about
ten inches; insert one end of tape
half inch inside of hem in right and
left back at place marked by two
dots; then stitch hems; turn tape on
left back toward back edge and stitch
to position in oblong shape, then
stitch diagonally to give strength.
Neckband and Pleats.—Make a back
ward-turning pleat at each side of
neck, as indicated by marks. Sew
one long edge of neckband to gown
with notches mhtched; fold through
marks; turn edge in and sew over
outside with two stitchings. Insert
the long tapes through the neckband;
sew on Red Cross emblem at center
front, holding tape in position.
Belt and Straps.—Fold belt and
straps through marks; turn in ends
and long edges and stitch to position.
Sew straps to under arm seams as
indicated, stitching ends to position,
then diagonally. Arrange belt with
the center at mark in left back, stitch
at center back in oblong shape, three
eights of an inch wide, then diagon
ally to give strength.
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JUNEAUITE OESCRIBES
GERMAN ATROCITIES
Lieutenant E. C. Jameson, formerly
of Juneau, where he was employed
on the Daily Empire, and also served
as secretary of the Elks, has written
from France to his mother as fol
: lows:
“My Dear Mother: Have a few
hours tonight to myself. 1 will wrrite
you and go to bed. Your son ha3
determined that he will never he
taken prisoner by the Germans. I
have seen enough of prisoners. Oh!
I wish you good people in the States
really knew' of the atrocities of those
Hohenzollerns. Prance is filled with
stories of them and the French do not
lie. But now I have seen some of this
w'ork. Imagine the unsexing of
French and Belgian boys of tender
age, looking to the future, of course,
and little girls with hand or foot cut
off, and the worst is the inoculation
of British prisoners with syphilis
germs. This is not fancy, bat facts, I
and because of it the Canadians and j
Australians kill all Germans. Well,
this isn’t pleasant stuff, but I tell you
every American has got to do his bit: |
not stand up and preach it, bat do
it. Over here I read of the anti-w'ar
pacifist stuff and it fairly makes me
boil. I’m not as bloodthirsty as I
should be, but I am going to help Tick
Fritz: you can bank on that.”
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NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that on the
21st day of May, 1918, between the |
hours of 8 o'clock a. m. and 7 o’clock
p. m., an election will be held in the
town of Cordova, Alaska, and in the ,
territory hereinafter described, to de
termine whether or not there shall
be annexed to said town of Cordova
that certain territory adjoining said
town on the north described as fol
lows, to wit:
Commencing at Cor. No. 1 of U. S.
Survey No. 449, thence south 89 deg.
20 min. west 521.5 feet to the point of
beginning; thence north 30 deg. 30
min. east 663.4 feet; thence north 10
deg. east 1,715 feet; thence north 37
deg. east 1,630 feet; thence south 53
deg. east 1,025 feet to Cor. No. 2 of
U. S. Survey No. 829; thence south
39 deg. 40 min. west 1,510 feet; thence
south 19 deg. 30 min. west 490 feet;
thence south 0 deg. 40 min. east 1,320
feet to the northeast corner of that
portion of said town of Cordova com
monly called the Thirteen-Acre Tract,
but which contains 13.65 acres, which
corner is on the north boundary line
of said town; thence south 89 deg. 20 ;
min. 1,313.5 feet to the point of be- •
ginning. j
All qualified voters are entitled to <
vote at said election by placing upon
their ballots the words, “For annexa- ‘
tion to the town of Cordova,” or ,
“Against annexation to the town of
Cordova,” or words equivalent thereto. :
The polling place in the town of :
Cordova shall be on the second floor •
of the city hall, on Second street, •
therein. The polling place in the ter-’ :
ritory proposed to be annexed shall :
be in the office of the Pioneer Pack- 5
ing Company, on second floor of their i
warehouse, situated ,on the approach r
to the Ocean dock. •:
The officers of election in the town •:
of Cordova shall be the following: i
Fred Payer, D. A. Mosser and R. E ;•
Hegg, judges; and George Kennedy •:
and H. I. Lewis, clerks. The officers jj
of election in the territory proposed \
to be annexed shall be John Gillis »
and A. E. Black, judges, and Emma i
Shepard, clerk.
Dated this 17th day of April, 1918. :
NATHANAEL GREENE,
(Town Seal) Town Clerk. j
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Since
The Early Days
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has been in constant and per
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enabled us to establish bank
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