THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918. at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3. 1979.
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets. Nenana, Alaska.
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UNCLE SAM, REFORMER
Some of the economies practiced
by Uncle Sam in these spendthrift
days would make a thriftv house
wife envious The good old days
in the army when the soldier was
allowed to overdraw his clothing
allowance without an explanation
are past.
A “busted" pair of trousers, and
half worn-out shoes are rejuvenated
at the army camps and cantonments
and made to serve again. Even
the manes of army horses are scrup
ulously saved and sold to uphosterers
Torn trousers and worn shoes
must be produced before a like
article in good order is issued. No
limit is placed on the amount of
clothing a man car. get stf long as
he wears out that which is issued
to him.
At every training center in the
country no condemned article is
allowed to go to the scrap heap if
some part of it can be salvaged and
used to repair some other piece of
equipment. No waste of materials
about the camp is allowed to go un
noticed or unchecked.
Too many broken pieces of bread
in a garbage can will bring to the
commander of the unit a notice from
the commanding general of the camp
to have his cooks issue bread in
smaller slices so that none will be
wasted. The general has learned
of the waste through daily reports
laid on his desk.
Every pair of shoes condemned as
unfit for further use passes under
eyes of skilled shoemakers in olive
drab, drawn from the ranks. A
surprisingly large percentage find
their way back into the quarter
master's stock t be reissued. Some
of them are practically reconstructed
A soldier wears the seat out of
a pair of khaki trousers, and gets a
new pair. The soldier-tailor in the
shops of the condemnation and re
clamation division finds another pair
which have faded to about the same
shade and replaces the missing seat
The garment itself goes back into
store and is reissued for garrison
wear.
As with trousers and shoes so with
every piece of persona! equipment
issued to the soldier. Nothing is
wasted, nothing is scrapped that pos
sibly can be of use, and the scrap
PUBLIC LAND SURVEY
IS PROCEEDING RAPIDLY
The parties engaged in the puo
lic land surveys in this district un
der Woodbury Abbey. United States
survey or. assisted by E. C. Guerin,
U. S. transitman. having completed
the land surveys in the Coldstream
valley have taken up the work of
extending the public land surveys
to include the Indian and other
settlements along both sides of the
Tanana river to the east of Nenana.
There are two parties engaged in
this work and they have made rapid
progress up stream and are now
nearing Wood river It is expected
that the surveys will be completed
for the season when the parties have
reached "Eat-em-up" Frank’s road
house, toward which place they are
making rapid progress.
Three members of the party under
Mr. Guerin have resigned for the
purpose of enlisting and will prob
ably leave for Fort Gibbon for this
purpose today. Mr. Guerin is now
in town for the purpose of hiring
men to rep; .ee those who have re
signed.
material itself is carefully conserved
for sale.
All horses used by the army have
their manes reached. White and
grey hair is kept together while all
sorrel, bay and black hair goes into
another lot. Each kind of hair is
also.divided into two lots, that from
southern horses and that from nor
thern horses. Dark horses hair
brings about seventy per cent more
than light. Southern horses have
coarse heavy hair in the mane which
is not so valuable as that from the
finer northern type.
Besides the condemnation and re
clamation division is ceaslesslv at
work in every training center push
ing a campaign of publicity, and
many of Uncle Sam's soldiers when
they go back to civil life will go
back better business men because
they have been trained to watch
the “little leaks.”
WHY PAY THEM?
Regarding the withholding of pay
from German officers held as pris
oners of war in the United States,
which has been commented on ad
: versely by the German press with
out explaining why the pay has
been withheld, the State department
, has issued a statement in which it
is explained that "in June of 1317
the Government of the United
States made a proposal to the Ger
man government for an agreement
regarding the pay of officers who
were prisoners of war. No reply
was received from the German gov
ernment. and in November m >tiier
proposal was sent, with the state
ment that if the German govern
ment did not reply by December
15 the pay of officers would be
stopped and would not be renewed
until an agreement had been reached.
In January, 191$, the Department
of State was informed that ar. an
swer was enroute. Later this answeT
, was received. It consisted of a
counter proposal- In April the
United States accepted the main
issues presented by Germany and
suggested further slight changes. N'o
reply has been received to that com
munication. Under orders from the
. Department of State, no payment
has been made to off'cers since
i December 15.
OFFICER IS DISMISSED
FOR UNBECOMING CONDUCT
Washington, d. c.—Second
Lieutenant Thomas Lynch of one oi
the infantry regiments now in train
ing has been dismissed from the
serivee for conduct unbecoming an
officer and a gentleman.
Lynch was found guilty of usi a
a marked deck of cards in a game
with his brother officers.
DRAFT REGISTRANTS ARE
GIVEN SPECIAL TRAINING
WASHINGTON, D. C—Provost
Marsha! General Crowder has called
12,143 draft registrants who have
had a trammer school education for
special training in the various
branches of the military establish
ment of the country.
Of the registrants so called,
fifty-four are negroes.
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NOTICE
All persons having bills against
the Fourth of July Committee are
kindly requested to communicate
• with Mr. M. J. Cooney at once.
DREDGE AT WORK
ON HARBOR BOWL
AT COOK INLET
ANCHORAGE.—Dredging opera
; tions by the Alaskan Engineering
, commission for the improvement of
: Anchorage harbor are going forward
' in vigorous fashion. The dredge
' Sperm, which was assembeld and
! tested here last fall, is working con
! tinuously with changes of crews in
| front of the face of the proposed
dock.
The earth that the dredge removes
from its place of anchorage by
means of a suction pump is carried
a considerabl distance in a long
i stretch of pipe supported by a line
i of pontoons, hooked up to the dredge
This earth is discharged so it will
form a sort of embankment to pro
tect the dredge bowl of the harbor
The dredged approach to the pro
posed dock will resemble the shape
j of a crescent, with the points ex
pended towards the sea.
The improvement, in all its de
tails, will not be completed before
i the cold weather of next winter,
but. according to expectations, the
! dredging will have progressed suffi
; ciently far by next fall to afford
! anchorage for large steamships.
The work is under the direction
j of Wiliam Gerig, engineer in charge
, of the Anchorage division, who plan
'• ned it and who has had extensive
; experience on the Atlantic seaboard.
' the Mississippi river and in the Fan
; ama Canal zone in tasks of this
j character. Immediately in charge
of the undertaking is Charles W.
Fink, who came here recently from
the Panama Canal zone, where for
* years he was engaged in. solving
: dredging problems and in making
! harbor improvements.
mo [XPERT HERE
ON WAV 10 MHO
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George Anderson Says Alaskans W ill
Enjoy Rapid Development
When Pea^e Comes.
Among the arrivals on the steamer
Alaska this morning from Fairbanks
was George Anderson, well known
piano
expert who visits Interior
Alaska annually for the purpose of
tuning and repairing pianos. He will
remain in Xenar.a several days, go
ing over the instruments which re
quire expert attention. During his
stay here, he will make his head
quarters at the Terminal.
Regarding conditions on the coast
Mr. Anderson says that the mining
' industry has been hard hit by the
i war. even the big mines in the
Juneau district having suffered very
, severely as the result of the de
parture of workers for the States.
The only way that these mines
i have been kept going. Mr Ander
son says, is through the adoption
of the contract system of mining,
similar to the station work along
• the government railroad The work
i is given out in blocks or sections
and by working diligently and long
hours contractors are able to keep
the mills going, and they make much
higher wages than if they were on
the payroll of the companies.
> The towns which are dependent
| upon the fishing industry are get
ting along well, the war having
! helped rather than hurt them. Cop
‘ per mining is also booming, owing
j to the war-time demand for copper,
but workers are scarce everywhere
■along the coast.
Mr. Anderson believes that the
return of peace will bring a return
of all kinds of activity in Alaska
He predicts a boom for the North
of no mean proportions as soon as
the war has ended and is most op
timistic regarding the future of the
teritory.
Allan Grennan. who had been at
tached to the Public Land Survevs
in the party under E. C. Guerin,
left for Tanana on the steamer
Alaska today. It is his intention
to enlist, if possible, on arrival at
the army town.
FRED RYUS LEAVES
TO JOIN ENGINEERS
Late Townsite Manager Is On His
Way to Ente- One of Officers'
Training Corps.
Mr. Fred Ryus. who has been j
townsite manager here ever since'
■ the town was started, left this morn- j
ing on the steamer Alaska, bound j
for the States- He will be joined!
at Tanana by Mrs. Ryus. who is i
visiting with friends there.
Mr. Ryus had made application, I
some time ago. to join one of the j
officers' training camps, and serve!
as an ofifcer in one of the regi
ments of engineers in course of for
mation for service in France. A
wire sent to Mr. F. D. Browne re
cently. by Governor Riggs and which
appeared in these columns, calling
for engineers, hastened the appli
cation of J^r. Ryus. the proper au
thorities taking action on it on the
recommendation of Mr. Browne as
to the fitness of Mr. Ryus for the ;
commission he sought.
The necessary authority for Mr.
Ryus to take the prescribed examina
tion for engineer officers was re- ]
reived a few days ago and his re
signation, which was tendered in
anticipation of the receipt of this
authority was accepted to permit of
his going Outside as soon as possible.
He will first go to Juneau, where
it is probable, the examination will
be held, and will then go oh Out
side to one of the big training camps.
CLUB MEETING
There will be an important meet
ing of the Xenana Commercial club
tomorrow afternoon, at the usual
time and place. All members are
urged to be present.
H. B. JOSEPH.
Secretary.
M. R. Healey, who has been con
nected with the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission from the time the!
store was established here, left for;
the States on the steamer Alaska
today. Mr. Healey has had some
trouble with his eyesight and is on
his way to consult a specialist.
6RACE (Presbyterian) CHURCH
REV. ROBT.
JOSEPH DIVEN
D. D.
MINISTER
Morning Service
11 a. m.
Sunday School ...12 M.
Evening Lecture-“Ireland and the
War."’ .7:30 p. m.
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Seattle No. 3—At St. Michael.
Reliance—Down Xulato 10th.
Julia B.—Scheduled to leave St.
Michael tonight.
Davis—Up Kotlik 8:30. 12th.
Sarah—Up Kotlik. 9th.
Jacobs—At Ruby.
Washburn—Up Holy Cross for
Dikeman, 9th.
Tanana—Up Birches 2:30 a. m.
Alaska—Down Xenana. 10 a. m.
Yukon—Up Forty-mile 2 a. m.
Sibilla—At Fairbanks.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
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POSITIONS WANTED—There are
three women cooks in Fairbanks
looking for positions as camp
cooks; also one man cook. All
highly recommended. Address
Nenana News office.
FOR SALE—Beaver Board, in plain
and oak finish. Doors and win
dow's, sash stock and mouldings
Inquire Simson’s.
FOR SALE—One Iron Bed Spur?
and mattress, in good conditi n,
S15. Inquire at News Office
LOST—A small black pocket-book,
between Taven Cafe and Cooney
Hotel. Finder please return to
Mrs. Amy Prtterson. at Cooney
Hotel.
PIANOS—For sale or rent. Inquire
Simson’s.
FOUND—Fountain Pen. Owner can
recover by calling at News office,
identifying property and paying'
for this adv. S-7-0
FOR SALE—Two tents, 18x30 and
20x40. Inquire Simsons.
FOR SALE—Extra fine panel (oc.rs.
1 *s inches thick. $5. Simson’s.
If you have a sweet-tooth, pull it.
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