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MINOR OPERATION
ON IIARRY LOWE
Harry C. Lowe, who has been!
acting as timekeeper and store-'
keeper at Nenana Crossing, entered
the Commission hospital Saturday1
and was operated on yesterday for
a nasal obstruction that had been
giving him some little trouble. The
operation was very successful and
Dr. J. ft, BOWEN
DENTIST
Price* Most Reasonable j
THE BOWEN BUILDING
CLOSING OUT
Our Large Stock of Furniture, Rugs,
Beds, Bedding, etc. Anderson
Bros. & Nerland.
it is expected that he will be able
to leave the hospital in a day or!
two.
During his absence from his sta-1
tion, the work will be attended to
by Sam Beatty, former line auditor, !
whose position has been declared
vacant as a result of the big lay-off
on the railroad.
FAIRBANKS FIRE
DAMAGES A BARN !
A fire alarm was turned in at
11 o'clock last night and met with
a prompt response by the Fairbanks
fire department. An over-heated
stove in Sturgill’s barn on East!
Third street, was the cause of the |
alarm.
The stock in the barn at the time |
were got out safely, and the blaze j
put out in short order with but J
slight damage. The barn could be j
easily repaired and made tenable in J
a very short time.
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IF YOU SMOKE CIGARS
CIGARETTES OR TOBACCO OF ANY KIND
IF YOU DRINK CIDER
OR ANY KIND OF CARBONATED DRINKS
OR IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A MOMENT’S
RECREATION OR AMUSEMENT, TRY
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CITIZENS HOLD
MASS MEETING
To formally voice their protest
against the recent shut-down on the
| Alaskan Engineering commission
! works, and to take such action as
will restore matters to normal con
dition, a mass meeting was held at
the Union Hall at seven o’clock last
Saturday evening.
The meeting was called at very
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short notice, the handbills being dis
tributed around scarcely an hour
' before the time fixed for the meet
j ing, but the interest in it was so
j great that the citizens of Nenana
j turned out in force and the large
hall was packed with a representa
tive gathering of all the interests
in this district. Nearly all the
merchants and professional men in
the town, all the sourdough miners
and prospectors who happened to
be in town and a great many of
the railroad workers were present.
Robert Joseph Diven, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, presided at
the meeting by special request, and
called it to order shortly after 7
o’clock- In explaining the purpose
! of the meeting, Dr. Diven said that
the action taken by Mr. Browne, in
charge of the Fairbanks division of
the railroad, which was forced on
him by a lack of funds, threatened
to cause great distress and suffer
ing, not only among the large num
ber of workers directly affected
by the lay-off, but to the entire dis
trict, and that it was the purpose of
the meeting to take immediate steps
to apprise the secretary of the In
terior and others in authority at
Washington, of the true state of
affairs and to demand instant re
lief. It was understood that the
l°cal head of the Alaskan Engin
eering commission was powerless to
do anything for the relief of the
district, although he had used every
means in his power to avert the
disaster.
It was proposed, the chairman
said, t send an urgent telegraphic
appeal u< Secretary Lane and Dele
gate Wickersham immediately, and
copies of these telegrams were also
to be sent to Senator Martin, of
Virginia, and Representative Sher
ley, of Kentucky, chairmen of the
congressional appropriations com
mittees, pointing out with all possi
ble force and urgency, the need of
immediate favorable action in mak
ing sufficient funds available for
uninterrupted continuance of rail
road construction work on this divi
sion to avert the impending dis
tress among the people of this dis
trict.
The chairman called upon Mr.
C. M. Graham to read the telegram
it was proposed to send, which was
as follows:
“When in peril from German
kultur, the people of the land were
importuned to turn their substance
int^ bullets to blot out the Hun
his mark; none responded so
nobly as the people of Alaska, par
ticularly the workingmen of the
Fairbanks division of the Alaskan
Engineering commission. Now on
the heels of another appeal, this
time for bread, instead of bullets,
for the Hun, the hands of officials
here are tied and workers of the
I'airbanks division, many mourning
sacrificed sons and brothers, and
impoverished by prompt response to
incessant appeals from a nation in
need, are thrown out of employment
by the same government, in the
dead of a rigorous winter. This
means not only imminent ruin to
men induced to invest in the gov
ernment townsite here, but hard
ship and suffering to the workmen
with nothing to sustain them but
Red Cross buttons and receipts for
Liberty Bonds.
“We the workingmen of the Fair
banks division of the Alaskan En
gineering commission, ask, humbly
if we must, that we be re-employed
without delay and that measures be
taken to provide immediately suffi
cient money to continue the work
on this division.”
All present having heard the tele
gram read, suggestions and dis
cussion were invited, but it appeared
that the assemblage was in accord
with its terms. It was then put to
a vote in the form of a resolution
i and was enthusiastically and un
aninjpusly carried.
Frederick D. Browne, on request,
then made a statement regarding
the lay-off. He said that tne article
appearing in the Nenana News of
Saturday was substantially correct,
and that in addition to the funds
actually available for construction
purposes, money set apart for the
payment of obligations already in
curred, but which were not payable
until spring, would also be used to
continue the construtcion work.
Even with this additional sum of
money, he said, by very careful
management it was just barely pos
sible to continue the railroad work
! with very limited forces until such
time as the appropriation ' becomes
available. He expressed regret at
being forced to lay off so many
■ employes, and stated that it was
beyond his power to avert the cut
in the forces. He had made two
| appeals to the chairman of the
j Alaskan Engineering commission for
help, but with no avail. He had in
structions to shut down entirely just
as soon as the funds available for
railroad purposes on this division
had been exhausted.
Following Mr. Browne’s remarks,
a suggestion was made that a com
mittee be appointed to represent the
people and to take steps to send
the proposed wires immediately; a
motion to this effect being made
and carried. A further motion em
powering the chairman to select a
committee of three being also car-!
ried- The chairman named Messers!
C. N. Graham, Frank Cleary, rep- ■
resenting the employes of the Alas-|
kan Engineering commission, and R. '
0. Morris, representing the business I
men of the town, to act as a com
A motion to take up a collection ■
to defray the cost of the telegrams
and for advertising purposes was
then duly carried, and the hat was j
passed aronud. A motion was also j
made and carried empowering the
committee named by the chair to
consume the entire collection taken |
up, in a publicity campaign, by j
sending as many telegrams as possi-1
ble to officials in Washington, the!
chambers of commerce where it
would do some good, and to news
papers in the States.
A resolution embodying a hearty
vote of thanks to those who were
responsible for getting up the meet
ing was then duly adopted, after
which, on motion, the meeting ad
journed.
Intense interest was manifested
by Nenanaites at the calling of the
mass meeting and a very large at
tendance eloquently showed the ex
tent to which the lay-off, at this
particular time of the year, exer
cised the minds of the people of
this district, who yield to none in
their loyalty to the government, and
who have, at all times, nobly re
sponed to every appeal made by the
government in times gone by. They
feel that the treatment they are
now subjected to is altogether un
merited and are confident that when
the matter is properly represented
to those in authority at Washing
ton, immediate relief will be in
stantly forthcoming, and the de
plorable state of affairs now exist
ing will undoubtedly be remedied
As an instance of the support
given the government during the
war, Nenana’s support of the Fourth
Liberty Loan is cited- The quota
allotted to Nenana was $30,000,
and the amount actually subscribed
by Nenanaites amounted to $77,
800. A large portion of this amount,
in fact the bulk of it, was sub
scribed to by the employes of the
Alaskan Engineering commission.
One lady volunteer worker alone se
cured subscriptions from the rail
road workers which amounted to
more than the entire quota and was
made up as follows.
Camp 368.$6700
Camp ^73 .. 5200
Track camp . 37r»0
Camn 415 . 3550
Surfacing camn . 3300
Railroad contractors .5650
Headquarters and yard=. 3300
Total
$31,150
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A FEW
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OF THE LATEST STYLES
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A great many of the bonds of
the Fourth Liberty Loan were sold;
on the installment plan, and thirty;
per cent of the purchase price, be
ing the last payment due on such
bonds, is payable on January 30th.
Those who have been laid off may
not be able to meet their payments. 1
Those men who have so nobly
responded to every appeal made by
the government, refuse to believe
that such shabby treatment as they j
have now been subjected to is in
tended, and they are, perhaps justi- j
fied in feeling assured that when
proper representations have been
made at Washington and the state
of affairs fully made known to
those in power, their very reason-,
able request will be readily granted.
THRILLING FEATURE AT
THE COLISEUM TONIGHT
After the Pathe News has been
shown at the Coliseum tonight, a
thrilling Western photoplay, en
titled “The Beast” will be put on.
The picture which was directed by i
Richard Stanton, features George 1
Walsh and Anna Luther in a strong |
drama depicting frontier life.
The picture is a typical Western !
story in which a number of cow-1
boys take a vacation in a small j
town in which gambling and drink- j
ing is the main attraction. A young i
lady, who is touring the country
with her uncle, stops at the small
town looking for curios, and is at
tracted by the music in one of the
dance halls and she steps in one of j
the side entrances to satisfy her j
curiosity. She is soon noticed by j,
*ome of the cowboys and a free for j
all fight is started, in which our |
hero proves himself to be the win-j
ner, and while the fight among the
cowboys is raging, he escapes with
the girl on horseback. The narrow
escape from drowning while cross
ing the river and other dangers
they encounter make this one of
the most thrilling pictures shown in
Nenana for some time.
Feature prices will prevail for
this feature, namely general ad
mission fifty cents, with reserved
seats two-bits extra.
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