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SPECIAL NOTICE
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Alaska registrant who desire to
be inducted into the service are
hereby requested to communicate in
-writing with the Nenana Local
Board No. 19 as soon as possible.
The Gibson-Sheldon stage, with
the outgoing mail and a few pass
engers got away for the coast this
morning.
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COCKTAILS
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Martin’s Pool Hall
Visiting C«rds
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Legal
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NEWS OFFICE
WICKERSHAM THANKS
SOURDOUGH LADIES
The pioneer women of Alaska
sent James Wickersham the fol
lowing telegram a few days ago:
“We the undersigned, pioneer
women of Alaska, hereby extend
our hearty congratulations, firmly
believing that the will of the people
should rule, thus perpetuating a
democracy of the people, by the
people and for the people.
(Signed) “Mrs. Lipman Simson
f Mrs. J. C. Kellum
Mrs. Leon Kellum
Mrs. Camille Southworth
Mrs. Jim Lavin
Mrs. Adams
Mrs. Fowler
Mrs. Brooker
Mrs. Baatz
Mrs. Heimburger
Mrs. Cooney.”
The following wire was receiver
today by Mrs. Cooney from James
Wickersham:
“Please thank the pioneer womer
in Xenana for their telegram ii
favor of honest elections and a fai:
count in Alaska It is a victor;
j for good government against corrui
politics in the Federal brigade ii
our territory.
Yes. they are holding the line, bu
the folks back home must bring u
the reserves.
BET POTATOES FIGHT
They Save "Wheat.
"When-you eat Ibtatoeft
d.ont
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APPLES, per doz. - - - -
EGGS, per doz. -----
CORN ON COB, Gallon Can -
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$1.50
25c
$1.25
$1.00
$1.00
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FOLLOWING SPECIAL PASSENGER RATES TAKE EFFECT
TODAY, AND REMAIN IN FORCE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
FROM
NENANA
NENANA
FAIRBANKS
FAIRBANKS
TOLOVANA
TOLOVANA
TO
FAIRBANKS
TOLOVANA
NENANA
TOLOVANA
NENANA
FAIRBANKS
First Class
$12.00
$7.00
$7.00
$10.00
$10.00
$17.00
2n<l Class
$9.00
$5.00
$6.00
$8.00
$8.00
$13.00
DUTCH STEAMERS
LEAVE FOR EAST
um CONVOY
Many Holland Boats Leave For Fa;
Eastern Ports Under Heavy
Convoy.
THE HAGUE.—A large fleet o1
Dutch merchantmen sailed today
bound for the Far Eastern ports.
To guard against attacks by Ger
man submarines in their passagi
through the area in which thes<
boats are operating, the merchan
fleet was convoyed by a large flo
tilla of Dutch torpedo boats, de
stroyers and cruisers. The flee
will be convoyed up to the entranc
of the Suez canal, when the con
voying ships will return to thei
home port.
ENGLAND ACCEPTS
AMERICAN PLAN!
LONDON.—The official Britis
attitude toward the controvers
over the proposed Lincoln statue i
London, intended to commemorai
100 years of peace between Gre<
Britain and the United States
| that they are ready to accept an;
thing that the American committ*
; agrees upon. Sir Alfred Mond, tF
j member of the cabinet responsib
! for this department of national a
I tivity, wants this clearly understood
I and in a memorandum given to tF
Associated Press he says:
"Some American comments on tl
statue controversy have represents
me as taking sides in the matte
I have been very careful not
mply any veto of a replica of eith'
he Barnard or the St. Gauden
itatue.
"I have, however, pointed o
vhat I think is perfectly true, th
,vork specially designed for the sit
i work of an original characts
would probably be the most sat
factory solution. Every sculpt
will. I think, agre with this vie
“It is a question for the Americ
donors to decide whether the del
involved in the presentation of
original work and the uncertair
as to how far a new work would
as satisfactory as a replica of
existing one, outweigh the diss
vantages of presenting London w
what, after all, is not an origir
but merely a relpica. It is a
for them to decide how far any
plica design for one site will res
look effective on another site.
“This does not imply any int
tion to veto, as far as I myself
the British government are c
cerned. I have consistenly tal
the attitude that it is for
Americans and not for us to dec
Ion this point.”
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J DISTANCE TABLE
Dawson to Eagle .100 mi
Eagle to Circle .180 mi
Circle to Fort Yukon...'..90 mi
Ft. Yukon to Rampart.300 mi
| Rampart to Tanana. .. .80 mi
iTanana to Hot Springs ...75 mi
; Hot Springs to Tolovana.60 mi
Tolovana to NENANA.60 mi
Nenana to Chena . 60 mi
Chena to Fairbanks .12 mi
WE AID CLASS
GIVEN DIPLOMAS
Mr*. Hildebrand Receive* Certifi
cates for Qualified Member*
First Aid.
On the mail arriving in Nenana
yesterday, Mrs. Russel Hildebrand,
secretary-treasurer of the First Aid | t
i Class of the American Red Cross.!
I received the following letter which
is self explanatory:
Washington, D. C., May 15, 1918
"Mrs. Elizabeth Hildebrand, Nenana 3
Alaska:
“My dear Mrs. Hildebrand: 3
“Enclosed please find 7 certifi- *
cates for the successful members of j
. i your First Aid Class. ij
. | “As secretary of your class we ,
would appreciate your distributing'
these to the rightful owners.
r j “Thanking you for your co-opera
tion in this matter, I am,
“Very truly yours.
“C H. CONNOR,
“Lt. Colonel, Medical Corps,
U. S. Army, Asst. Director- j
i *
General, Dept. Mil. Rel.
Per E. R. HUNTER. M. D”
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The first aid classes were organ
ized by Mrs. Riggs last summer,
] Mrs. Hildebrand being elected sec
h retary-treasurer, and classes were i
y regularly held in Nenana. Dr. M.!
a E Smith trained the class in a
e series of lectures, using charts to,
* illustrate them and occasionaly the
s lectures were accompanied by a phy
sical demonstration.
The class was examined recently
by Dr. David More and his findings
6 were forwarded to the American
^ Red Cross, National Headquarters,
Washington, D. C., with the result
that certificates were issued by Lt.
Colonel C. H. Connor, surgeon in
charge of the First Aid Division,
and forwarded to Mrs. Hildebrand
for distribution to the members of
the Nenana class who had qualified
according to the regulations at the
examination held by Dr. David More.
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The following ladies will receive
it
the certificate: Elizabeth Hilde
e,
brand, Edna Alderman, May Burns.
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Genevieve Redman, Nora Hall and
. Florence Cramer.
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