THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for en:ry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. Southworth.Editor and Manager
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AFTER THE WAR
“There is a new land confronting
us,” said Premier Lloyd George in a
recent speech. “What manner of
country it will be,” he continued,
“will depend on how the war goes
and how things go after the war.
“1 am more confident today than
1 have ever been, and for reasons
it would not be relevant for me to
enter on at the moment; but one of
the latest reasons is the impression
made on me by the American troops
1 saw in France. They are superb
in material and in training, and in
the way they have borne themselves
in the trying conditions of battles
they have fought. I found a great
spirit of confidence which strength
ens our conviction of victory.
“The war has upset everything
and when it is over the falling back
into normal conditions will be an
other disturbance. There will be
a great social and econom;- disturb
ance.
“There are two alternatives. One
is that the war will have sobered
the millions who have passed thru
the fires, whether in France or in
the anxieties at home. Their vision
will have been broadened, their sym
pathy deepened, their outlook and
purpose made clearer, firmer and
more exalted. There are millions
who have been in daily contact with
death, walking hourly over its trap
doors. They have come into contact
with very terrible realities. That .s
one view'.
“The other is that there are mil
lions who for these years have en
dured privations, discomfort, wretch
edness, as well as pain and terror,
and who have made up their minds
to have a good time for the rest of
their lives when it is over. That
is a very dangerous frame of mind
for a nation to be in.”
GRENADES
Hand grenades of four types are
now being produced at the rate-of
2,000.000 a month, it is announced
by the ordnance department
Within the next four months, ac
cording to program, this rate will
be more than doubled.
Rifle grenades are being produced
at the rate of about 1,000,000 a
month. This rate will be mutiplied
appreciably within the next six
months.
Orders have been placed for more
than 60,000,000 grenades of both
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hand and rifle type, and more than
18.000 persons are employed in va
rious plants throughout the country
engaged in making them.
Of the hand grenades under manu
facture, there are two types of the
so-called fragmentation grenades
which depend on the effect of ex
plosives and the scattering of frag
ments; one type of phosphorous
grenade, which on bursting, throws
a shower of burning fragments of
phosphorous and a cloud of dense
white smoke, and a gas grenade,
which spreads a low-lying cloud of
dense white suffocating gas.
The soldier throws the hand gren
ade much after the manner of an
athlete putting the shot. When
ready to throw’ the grenade, he
grasps it firmly in the right hand,
removes the safety pin, and keeps
the lever tight against the body of
the grenade. As it leaves the sol
dier’s hand, the lever is released and
a firing mechanism is timed to ex
plode the grenade in from four to
six seconds after it is thrown.
The rifle grenade holder is at
tached to the muzzle of the rifle
much as a bayonet is. The bullet
from the rifle passes through a tube
in the center of the grenade, forcing
a striker against a primer, which ig
nites the fuse. The grenade is
thrown a distance of 200 yards by
the force of the gases generated by
firing the rifle. The grenade is
timed to explode about eight seconds
after it leaves the rifle muzzle.
How much do 3,000 miles weigh?
Answering this question we may say
that 3,000 miles weigh 5,000 tons,
10.000 soldiers, or a few hundred
graves in France.
One of the first things taught us
by the war is the meaning of im
ponderable values. Ships are like
men in that they can not be in two
places at once. If they are some
where in the South Atlantic bringing
wheat to us, they cannot be in the
northern sea lanes taking soldiers
to Europe. Moreover for every
ship on the long haul to Argentina,
two are taken out from the shorter
haul to France. It makes no differ
ence how you figure it, by time or
money, or wheat or soldiers. Every
i ton of wheat added to our store by
transport from South America means
double its life-giving value to the
Allies in Europe.
Of course we must have our bread,
j but before we eat that extra and un
necessary slice we should be careful
' to figure out its cost.
JUST RECEIVED
ALL THE LATEST
June July August
VICTOR
PHONOGRAPH RECORDS
ALL THE LATEST POPULAR SONG HITS
SIMSON’S
'SPECIAL AGENT
OF LAND OFFICE
VISITS LIGNITE
i Muon B. Leming, of the General
Land Office Makes a Tour of
Inspection of Coalfields.
On the train leaving town this
morning Mason B. Leming, special
agent of the Generai Land Office,
stationed at Fairbanks, left for the
Lignite country. He expects to be
back in town in a few days.
Mr. Leming will probably travel
along the old wagon road from the
ferry to Clear creek, and take a
saddlehorse at twenty-mile for the
rest of his journey.
He will visit the coal mine being
developed by W. J. Lynn, near Resi
dency 3 (35-mile) after which he
| will proceed to the Lignite country.
Mr. Leming’s visit to the coal
! fields is for the purpose of getting
' a line on the coal mining activities
| in the district and to pass on appli
cations made for free mining per
mits by miners and prospectors, un
der section 10 of the Act of October
:20, 1914.
The section referred to provides:
| That in order to provide for the
supply of strictly local and domestic
j needs for fuel the secretary of the
interior may, under such rules and
! regulations as he may prescribe in
j advance, issue to any applicant quali
| fied under section three of this act
a limited license or permit granting
the right to prospect for, mine, and
: dispose of coal belonging to the
; United States on specified tracts not
: to exceed ten acres to any one per
; son or association of persons in any
one coal field for a period not ex
j ceeding ten years, on such conditions
: not inconsistent with this act as in
his opinion will safeguard the public
interest without payment of royalty
for the coal mined or for the land
'occupied: Provided, that the ac
! quisition of holding of a lease under
the preceding sections of this act
shall be no bar to the acquisition
holding, or operating under the limit
ed license in this section permitted.
And the holding of such license shall
i be no bar to the acquisition or hold
ing of such lease or interest therein.
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ECONOMICS CLUB
WILL MEET SOON
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Women’s Home Economic Club to
Discuss Food Conservation At
Meeting on Wednesday.
—
I Mrs. M. J. Cooney, head of the
Womens Home Economic club, which
is a branch of the Women’s Com
mittee of the Council of Defense,
announces that the first regular
meeting of the club will be held at
the Nenana Club rooms on Wednes
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day, September 4th, commencing at
half past two o’clock in the after
noon.
j The subjects for discussion at the
meeting will be:
: 1 Quick bread and cookies.
I 2. Wheat, sugar and butter sub
stitutes in cakes and cookies.
3. Meat substitutes—milk, eggs,
cheese and nuts.
j 4. Food values of the substitutes
as compared with meat, with sug
gestions as to what to serve in addi/
tion, to make a well balanced meal.
I Several Hoover recipes along diff
; erent lines of food conservation
which have been received recently
from Juneau, will be distributed at
the meeting. Hints and suggestions
on the conservation of food will be
welcomed.
Representative W. T. Burns and
Fred Jungst, of Little Eldorado who
have been looking over some quartz
I property at the head of Moose creek
and in the surrounding country, ar
rived in Nenana yesterday on theii
: way back to Fairbanks
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The newest fighting corps—The
Potatriot. Join the ranks and spud
the kaiser.
IEAT FILM IS
1REAT10 MANY;
CHANGE TONIGHT
“Intolerance” It Seen By a Ve-y
Large Number of Nenanaltes
At Coliseum Last Night.
The Coliseum was packed to the
limit last night by a large number
of Nenanaites yho witnessed one of
D. W. Griffith’s masterpieces in
moving pictures, entitled “Intoler
ance” and it would be perfectly safe
to say that everybody present at
the popular playhouse thoroughly
enjoyed each scene of the magnifi
cent play.
Narrowness, bigotry and the lack
of sympathy among mankind through
the ages from the advent of the
Xazarene up to the present time
were exemplified to a marked degree
in the pictures shown. The scenes
were of surpassing magnificence, es
pecially the Bachhanalian feasts ol
the ancient Babylonians; and the
battle scenes preceeding the fall of
the city. The picture is well worth
seeing, and nobody should miss see
ing this wonderful masterpicture.
The magnificent feature entitled
“The Birth of a Nation”, which was
shown Thursday night, will be re
peated at the Coliseum tonight, and
those who had not the opportunity
to see it then should not fail tc
see this wonderful drama, depicting
the' reconstruction of the South, and
the events that lead up to it.
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FORMER AGITATOR
EVADES THE DRAF1
j According to advices received by
the local exemption board, Monrat
i Mathison, who registered for thi
draft in Nenana, and whose ordei
number is 158, has withdrawn hi:
application for citizenship for thi
purpose of escaping service undei
j the neutrality clause. Mathison
who will be remembered as a loca
! dock foreman and an officer of th<
j Lester union, is at present in Seattle
i where he was apprehended by thi
federal authorities, after he hat
failed to comply with the draft regu
lations. When taken into custody
j he promptly sough refuge behini
; the neutrality exemption clause
thereby forever forfeiting his righ
! to become an American citizen.
; He is the first Nenana registrant
to avoid service in this manner.
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Two hundred cases of confiscatec
! liquors—perfectly good Old Crow
and Lacey—were recently destroyec
by Deputy U. S. Marshal Mossmar
at Anchorage.
GRACE (Presbyterian) CHURCH
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REV. ROBT.
JOSEPH DIVES
D. D.
MINISTER
Sunday School .at 12:0(
Evening service .7:30 p. m
Topic—“The Changing Order.’
Music w'ill start at 7:15- Every
body is cordially invited to attend
Dr’er Tater ain't skeerin’ up a
r'.. .i wen he say we alls nuts' eat
1 ■ wheat en less meat en save all
de fat en sugar we kin. We has jist
got ter feed dat big army er fightin’
sojer boys, en we kin do hit by eatin'
riyht smart mo' taters en garden sass
en eatin’ mo' fish en game 'stid er
pork and beef Kf we alls don’t
gin ter feed dem sojers right now
we’ll be feediti’ somebody 'fo' long
en it won’t be us.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Enameled double bed,
cotton layer laid mattress, spring
Lang cook stove, wood or coal- i
also heater and baker, wheel- j
barrow, shot-gun, 16 bore, with!
shells; axes, wedges, saws, sledge,'
I peavy, carpenter tools, etc; all’
j best quality and cheap. Inquire
at yellow tent, opposite Commis
sion sawmill.
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FOR SALE, CHEAP—Large tank
; heater and pipe drum; flush toilet,
good as new; also sink. Inquire
Simson's.
FOR SALE.—Mrs. W. F. Lyons is
leaving for the Outsdie soon and
offers shop, fixtures and business
in cleaning and pressing clothes,
for sale. No reasonable offer re
fused- Shop is on A street, near
j blacksmith shop.
i FOR RENT—Upstairs residence,
four rooms furnished. See Slippern
FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN—Sew
ing machine, phonograph, launch
Bunny, with 2M h. p. Ferro en
gine, shot gun, rifle, etc. Inquire
of J. A. Slippern.
Cut out non-essentials—W3 are in
a race with a swift antagonist and
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I need no handicap.
SATURDAY
ONI MEAL
VHEAXLESS
VSZ. MO BREAD CtAOUXS.
FASTEY (M BLAKXAST RXI1
CDMnAlMLNii -WHJEAT
Cigars POOL Tobaccos
NICELY
HOTEL
EVERYTHING NEW
FURNISHED ROOMS
SPRING BEDS 50c
Mrs. Nicely, Prop.
Highest Cash
Prices Paid for
RAW
FURS
SIMSON’S
Sheldon-6ibson Stage Line
Carrying U. S. Mails
For CHITINA and WAY POINTS
Every Tuesday Morning
Special Auto for parties of four
or more any time.
C. Ha**ry Woodward, agent
Fairbanks
Try One of Our
COCKTAILS
Shrimp, Clam and Oyster
Martin’s Pool Hall
Seth Thomas Wall Clocks
CLOSE REGULATED
CALENDAR
EIGHT-DAY
-STRIKE
GUARANTEED FOR FIVE YEARS
$11
HAMILTON, WALTHAM and ELGIN WATCHES
SOLD AT STANDARD PRICES—(OUR PRICES)
NUGGET JEWELY TO ORDER
WM. TAYLOR
WATCHMAKER
JEWELER
ENGRAVER
SAFE and RELIABLE SERVICE
LAUNCH PEERLESS
Leaves for Fairbanks Every Two Days, 8AM
Make your Reservations at the Portland
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THE BEST
BUSINESS CORNER
IN TOWN
FOR SALE AT A SACRIFICE
Two Lots, 50 x 100
•See W. H. GilcHer
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| KEEP COOL 1
BUY AN ELECTRIC FAN
We Have Them in Six and Twelve inch Sizes
AND THE PRICE WILL BE RIGHT
3-Foot WIRF FENCING, per yard - 25c
TANANA SHEETMETAL WORKS