THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April lf 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for eniry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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WHY CLEM STANDS PAT
In view of the fact that the
major portion of the great war was
fought on French so;’, necessitating:
greater sacrifices on the part of
France and Frenchmen than were
required of nations at a distance
from the scene of struggle, it is not
surprising to find Premier Clemen
ceau holding firmly to the demand
for full reparation from' the Ger
mans. It is easy enough for Presi
dent Wilson, who has been boosted
to world prominence by the war,
and whose country has gained tre
mendously through participation in
the struggle, to talk of a modifica
tion of peace terms;; it is less easy,
perhaps, but still not such a diffi
cult jtask for Premier George to look
back upon the German outrages
with lessening horror, for England’s
sufferings, after all. were confined
chiefly to the battlefields, far re
moved from British soil, and it is
worth something to British com
merce and security to know that
the Hun menace has been removed:
Italy suffered more than either
America or England and should
stand firmly with the French pre
mier. But Italy has claims of her
own which require attention, and
is too closely allied with England
to take an opposite view on ques
tions not directly concerning Italy.
As long ago as March, the fear
was expressed in France that the
conference would let the Germans
off too easily. Professor Louis Du
bois. deputy for the department of
the Seine, has made a special stud's
of thu economic situation in North
kti ^.'uuulcu u v uc
rtructive ingenuity of ibe Boehes.
and has submitted to the chamber
of deputies a detailed report of hi=
findings, calling special attention
to the fact that German industries
are unimpaired, ready to invad;
the markets of the world long be
fore French industries have re
covered from the war.
Dubois found that the German?
had made a specialty cf destroying
the essentia! things They even ha:
a machine, he says, specially devisee
to destroy railway points, and its
operation was so successful that i1
■will take fully two years to restore
the railways of Northern Franc
to proper working order.
'‘Transportation is interlockec
with all the big difficulties we have
to cope with,” the professor point
out in his report. “There is the
question of raw materials and the
question of labor. If, by demobiliz
ation,* we get labor we must trans
port the men to places where thee
are needed. Then we must house
and feed them. Thei ? is neithei
food nor housing accommodation
To provide it, we again need trans
porta tion.
“We are asked why we canno'
make fuller use of the canals, bu
these canals served as lines of de
fense for the enemy. Their bank:
are battered, they are fuii of debri
and need dredging. Many of th<
locks are destroyed.
“The pits cf the coal mining dis
trict are flooded in places. One o:
two may be worked partly in su
t-i eigb? months, but it will be fiv<
or six years before the mines are i:
proper working condition again
Where are we to find the miners'
The country around is razed an<
devastated to a degree of whicl
people have not the faintest idea
There is not a house left standing
In Lens. How are we to lodge an.
ifeed a mining population and how
are we to regain our pre-war output
of 20.000.000 tons of coal a year,
which even then did not cover our
fbome needs?”
With regard to the recovery by
France of the textile, metal rasru
facturing or sugar refining machin
ery stolen by the Germans, lJubo:s
says it is difficult to transport it
and most of the French plants art
not yet ready to receive it. In
stances are related of Germans ap
proaching the original owners of
machinery and offering to sell them
back their own property they had
stolen from them.
‘"Then there is the agricultural
question.” the report continues.
. “The arable soil in these parts Is
only ten inches deep. Beneath it
is a sub-soil of barren chalk. The
good soil that grows wheat —where
is it? The farmers will have to be
gin right from the beginning again,!
as the squatters did in America;
that ?s. they will have to prepare
the soil for cutivation. Labor and
transportation again! Not in fif
teen of twenty years will that soil
produce anything in the wav of food
1 gram "
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HONOLULU.—The result of ten
years of work ar.d an investment
of $4,500,000, the great drydock at
the Pearl Harbor naval station is
nearing completion. It is expected
the huge concrete basin will be for
mally dedicated this month and it
is considered probable that the
Pacific fleet will come here for
the celebration. The Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce has invited
Secretary of the Navy Daniels and
the members of the congressional
naval committees to come to Hono
lulu to witness the dedication.
Built in a basin dredged in coral,
the big concrete and granite dry
dock is 1029 feet long and 100 feet
wide on the floor with sills of 35
feet. It is estimated that the walls
and floor contain 150,000 cubic
yards of concrete.
The first dredging for the con
taining basin was started in Sep
tember, 1909, and a coffer dam was
built in 1913. Long piles had been
i depended upon, however, to rein
force the floor of the drydock and
when the coffer dam was pumped
out hydrostatic pressure from be
neath upheaved the entire structure,
making it a complete wreck and de
stroying in a few moments the work
of four years.
Two years were spent in devising
: new plans and work was resume 1
:.:n January, 1915, when sixteen
■ blocks of concrete, each containing
300 yards of material, were sunk
to form the foundation for the
floor. Since then work has pro
ceeded steadily.
Great electrically driven pumps,
four 54-inch and two 15-inch, have
been installed. They will empty
| the drydock in two hours. Intake
i pipes will fill the basin in the
same time, permitting of quick work
in docking warships. Railroad
tracks, for the handling of cranes,
surround the drydock.
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ALASKA COAST
TOWNS BOOMING,
AVERS TRAVEL®
—
The fishing industry, principally,j
acording to Joe Meherin, who is on
his annual visit to Alaska towns, j
has made a vast change for the
better in the industrial life of the |
towns on the Alaska coast, and j
these places are said to be throbbing j
with life and enjoying boom times.;
The mining industry on the coast;
also seems to have ‘taken a new
lease of life and a larger amount ;
of men now find employment in the
various coast mines.
Mr. Meherin left Seattle for the
North on March 2, and visited all
the coast towns before coming into
the Interior. At Anchorage, he says,
he found a very optimistic feeling
prevailing, in view of the expected
appropriation for railroad construc
tion work, and everybody there ex
pected to be busy soon.
In the Willow creek mining dis
trict. close to the Matanuska coal
fields, very considerable develop
ment work appears to have been
done. Several mines are reported
to have been opened and several
others are expected to be opened
up within the next few months, and
quite a large camp has been estab
lished in that district.
George Palmer and Hemriek
Brothers, formerly the Seattle Brew
ing & Malting company, now known
as the Rainier Products Co., have
opened and are operating one of the
largest clam canneries in Alaska, at
Snug harbor, where one of the larg
est clam beds in the world is located.
About 100 girls left Seattle during
the latter part of last month to work
in the cannery during the canning
season, their passage to and from
Seattle having been arranged for by
the company, who also had made
special arrangements for their ac
commodation during their term of
service.
Sitka, the old capital during the
Russian occupation, is also said to
be booming, due to the fishing in
dustry. and a great many men are
finding employment there.
The Juneau-Alaska and Jur.eau
Gastinau mines, both of which, up
till last January, had employed about
200 men each, are now each said to
be working three shifts, giving em
ployment to approximately 700 men.
The fishing around the capital is
also affording profitable employ
ment to many men and, he says,
there are signs of prosperity every
where.
Similar conditions were found on
Kodiak island, and the population
of the town of Kodiak is reported
to have increased vastly. Fishing i?
the main industry there.
Genuine Buhach at Fowler & j
Morris.
WHEREABOUTS OF
FAMOUS STATUE
STILL A MYSTERY
HELENA, Mont.—A request foi
information from a resident of Med
ford, Mass., as to the whereabouts
of the silver figure of Justice, ad
mired by the thousands at the
World’s Columbian exposition at
Chicago in 1893, as a part of the
Montana state exhibit, has recalled
to mind a quarter century mystery
as to the disappearance of the once
famous statue.
The statue, for which the laic
Ada Rehan, the actress, posed as
the model, was formed of pure sil
ver and mounted on a sphere of un
alloyed gold. It was constantly
guarded during the exposition by
three armed men, and at the close
was placed on a special car and
started to Helena under escort of
two armed guards. Here it was
removed to the courthouse, which
then was used also as the state
capital. Some days later it was dis
vovered that the silver statue had
been removed, and a painted wooden
one substituted.
The theft was kept secret and
detectives were employed in an ef
fort to locate the original statue,
but never with any success. The
state industrial accident board, to
which the Massachusetts man’s iv.-'
icciry was addressed, was unable to
WANT ADS
100-EGG INCUBATOR, practically
new, with brooder, for sale cheap.
Inquire Tolovana Trading Co.
BRAND NEW FISH WHEEL for
sale cheap. Set up. ready to
catch salmon. In gocd working
order. For particulars inquire at
News office. kl4
FOR SALE—Rack for sheet music,
also phonograph and records. Ap
ply to Mrs. Emil Hartwick, First
street, near C, after 1:30 in the
afternoon.
FOR SALE—Corona typewriter with
case complete, almost new and
and in good working order, price.
S30. Apply at Nenana News office.
FOR SALE—Household furniture,
dining room set. White sewing
machine, bedstead, etc. Apply
Mrs. Leroy Moyer. Second and B.
WANTED — Camp cook, man or
woman, for grading camp on Lit
tle Goldstream, about ten miles
from Nenana. Apply to Jim
Dzukoff, Cooney Hotel.
FOR SALE—Team of young horses,
weight about thirty hundred.
Guaranteed to work single or
double, wheelers or leaders, and:
perfectly gentle. Vachon, Tolo
vana. k21
Restaurant Tabs and Tablets at
the News Office.
give him any information in the
A lot of good advice, I know.
And I am here to lend it;
A wise man always earns his dough
Before he starts to spend it.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Probate Court for Nulato
Precinct, Fourth Division, Terri
tory of Alaska, before Thomas J.
DeVane, United States Commis
sioner and ex officio Probate
Judge. No.-, in Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of Peter
Johnson, deceased.
All persons having claims against
the estate of Peter Johnson, de
ceased. are hereby notified that the
undersigned has been appointed ad
ministrator of said estate, and are
required to present their said claims
with proper vouchers to the under
signed at the office of E. Coke Hill,
in Ruby, Alaska, within six months
from the date of this notice.
Dated at Ruby, Alaska, this 24th
day of April, 1919.
CARL A. JOHNSON,
Administrator.
First publication. May 21.
Last publication, June 18.
Day of publication, Wednesday.
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for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
budding, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
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A street on Wednesdays and Satur
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