THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April lt 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for emry 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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Offices are now open in fourteen
of the United States to receive
the applications of disabled soldiers
and sailors of the Araercan army
and navy for education to equip
them for the vocation for which
they are most fitted. These offices
have been established by the Federal
Board for Vocations and are in the
following cities: Washington, New
York, Philadelphia, Boston, Atlanta,
New Orleans, Cincinnati, St. Louis,
Dallas, Denver, Chicago, Minnesota,
San Francisco and Seattle.
At each office are stationed men
to advise the disabled fighters as
to what they are entitled to receive,
a medical officer and a man to ob
tain employment for them when
they are ready to go to wor)- It
is promised by the Federal Board
that applications will be systemati
cally considered with the best inter
ests of the disabled men in mind.
While receiving re-education, the
government will pay the disabled
man $65 a month and in addition
w-ill provide him with the funds
necessary to pay educational fees.
Each man accepted for re-education
will be sent to an institution giving
special courses in the line he has
chosen or he will be given instruc
tion in any industry he wishes to
learn.
During his training period allow
ances will be made by the govern
ment to his dependents such as wife,
children and mother. These will
be fixed in proportion to the amount
they received while he was in active
service.
When the disabled man has fin
ished his training', the Federal
Board promises to have employment
ready for him. After he has gone
to work again his compensation
from the War Risk Insurance Bu
reau begins and will continue un
affected by the amount of his earn
ings.
To make these appointments the
Federal Board for Vocational Edu
cation states:
“The worst mistake a disabled
man can make is to drift into a
low grade, unskilled occupation.
Without any training, he must com
pete with the normal man in a line
of work where brute strength and
physical fitness alone count and
there can be no doubt as to the
outcome when work become slack.
Every consideration requires that
a disabled man should obtain per
manent employment at a desirable
wage in the position for which he
is best fitted or for which he can
become best fitted. Otherwise his
career will consist of alternate
periods of more or less undesirable
employment, idleness, trying to live
on his pension and picking up an
occupation. No self-respecting vet
eran of this great war can afford
to be placed in this position. There
is only one escape by which these
men may make their future safe
and that is if training is necessary
to obtain it through the Federal
Board for Vocational Education.
The temptation to take these
low grade, unskilled jobs is very
strong while war prices prevail- es
pecially as pay is higher because
there is a lack of help and the qual
ity of the work is not looked at
too closely; but jobs comman-iing
war prices and employing large
numbers of particularly skilled or
unsl.lled bands are not always go
ing to exist. They are soon going
! to shrink to normal conditions. What
I then? The answer is unfortunately
: very simple. The law of supply
and demand is not going to stop
I working because there have been
I some men w-ho have been soldiers
| and who incurred disabilities in de
I fense of the country. If there is
I only paying work for so many
! hands, the supply of hands must be
: cut down. When this happens, the
! man who cannot turn out as much
; or as good work as a sound man
; is going to lose his job, because
! of his deficiency and the sound man
| is going to keep his job. That
means the disabled man will be out
j of a job and will drift about from
! one temporary employment to the
! other, meeting rebuff after rebuff
j and becoming of less value as tine
! goes on. ,
“The antidote for such a condi
! tion is offered free by tne J.tted
States government.”
FIRES BREAK OUT;*
DAMAGE SLIGHT
About three o’clock yesterday
^afternoon the fire whistle sounded
the alram and the town bell simul
: taneously clanged a hurry call Both
chemicals and fire departments
turned out in a hurrv. The guard
I
tent put up for the convenience of
the soldiers on duty was found to
be ablaze. Nothing could be done
to save it, and the tent and its con
tents consisting of some bunks and
mattresses belonging to the A. E. C.
were consumed, nothing but the
1 charred tent frame being left. The
' tent was situated on the high ground
overlooking the Commission saw
mill.
Sergeant Dayton had sent one of
the men to build a fire in the tent
at half past two yesterday after
noon, and it is thought that the
i stove got overheated and set the
tent on fire. There was nothing
: else in the tent except the bunks
and mattreses .
At about half past eight o’clock
the fire alarm sounded once more.
This time it happened to be at the
, Rust House. An overcoat belong
: ing to one of the guests left hang
i ing in the lobby was ablaze; another
• guest turned in an alarm. The
owner of the coat had his lighted
pipe in the coat pocket a short.while
before he hung up the coat. He
took the pipe out and was smoking
, it at the time the coat caught fire,
; and it is thought that in the act of
taking the pipe out of the coat
j pocket, some of the lighted tobacco
• remained in the pocket and the coat
; caught on fire.
It was rumored around town that
, an overheated stovepipe was the
: cause of the alarm- but such was
, not the case.
Some ilttle time ago an alarm
' tvas turned in from the Rust House
i on account of an overheated pipe,
but conditions have been improved
; recently and no further danger from
i this cause is anticipated.
THE MAIL WIL CLOSE
i AT FIVE TOMORROW NIGHT
P. A Thelin’s stage will leave for
I Fairbanks at 7 o’clock on the morn
I ing of Thursday, December 5th, and
will take a shipment of mail out of
Nenana.
The postmaster announces that
the mails for despatch on Thelin’s
stage will close at the postoffice
I at 5 o’clock tomorrow evening.
TOWNSIIE WILL
FOR PROTECIION
In connection with the extension
of the track terminal to the foot
of “A” street, mention of which
was made in these columns recently,
the Advisory Board and the town
site manager will have up for con
sideration within the next few days
a matter closely connected with this
work.
This is a request on the secretary
of the interior, that the part of th<
lot sale fund not appropriated foi
townsite improvements be included
in the estimates for flood prevention
and other betterments in the Ne
nana townsite.
Roughly speaking, this seconc
part of the lot sale fund shoulc
yield something over fifty thousand
dollars during the five year period
Just how much of this will be
directly required for flood preven
tion is a matter for future deter
mination of the engineers.
The conditions that exist heft
cause other indirect expense, that
must be met due to the annual high
water. The pumping plant at tht
foot of “A” street alley is a cast
in point. It is hoped that these
special conditions will be considerec
sufficient reasons for the interioi
department to favor the requesl
for additional funds. |
There is little doubt but that tht
recommendations of the Alaskan En
gineering commission will favoi
such a request.
While it may be impossible to ac
complish enough to prevent higt
water from entering the townsitt
in 1919, in case the level reachet
is above the ordinary, it is confid
ently hoped that that may be tht
last time the townsite will be sub
jected to serious inundation.
The chances are that we will no'
have another big flood next sum
mer, and it is believed that th<
town is now secure against ordinal-}
rises in the rivers.
SURPRISE PARTY AT
THE MORE HOMI
Dr. and Mrs. David More weri
made the “victims” of a surprisi
party n Saturday night, the occasioi
being the wedding nniversary of thi
popular couple.
Those who formed the surprisi
party were Mr. and Mrs. Frederic!
D. Browne, Mr. and Mrs. Ike Tay
lor, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Ellenson
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest I. Foster, Mrs
R. P. Bagley, Misses Jane Ander
son, M. McKenzie and E. McRae
and Messrs W. L. Packer, Georgi
Markus, Frank Doner, C. H. Hal!
and A. J. Hewitt.
The party invaded the doctor’
home shortly after 8 o'clock Satur
day night and after having offerei
their felicitations to the couple, thi
presentation of a silver tray wa
made.
A most enjoyable evening wa
spent by the party, the majorit;
of whom played bridge until a lati
hour. Dainty refreshments weri
served by the host and hostess dur
ing the evening, the party breakiihj
up shortly after midnight.
HENRY EHLEN
IS DIVORC&I
Henry (Doc) Ehlen, former!;
warehouse foreman with the A.
C. at N/iana, has been divoree<
recently. His wife bringing sni
for the divorce.
The news was received locally 01
the last mail. Doc is reported ft<
be working for a large shipping
firm in Seattle.
NOTICE :<
Robert E. Burns has been ap
pointed registrar under the selectivi
service regulations, for the Ligniti
district, and he will register al
those coming within the meaninj
of the man-power bill, which re
quires that all males between th<
ages of 18 and 45 inclusive, mus
register for military servire.
Registrations close December 10
and all those who fail to registei
I before that date will be dealt witl
by the district attorney.
OLD BACHELORS
WILL ENTERTAIN
NENANA KIDDIES
Following a suggestion appearing
in these columns recently, made by
Robert Joseph Diven- the bachelors
of N'enana have taken the initiative
j and subscription lists have been cir
culated for the purpose of raising
funds for a Christmas entertainment
at which the bachelors will be hosts
to all the Nenana kids.
The form the entertainment will
take has not been decided as yet,
but will probably consist of games
and a Christmas tree with lots of
good things for all the kiddies. The
bachelors plans on holding a meet
ing to determine when, where, and
how the entertainment is to be
held, and due notice of this will be
given as oson as all arrangements
have been completed.
The entertainment is not con
nected with any church or society.
I The subscription lists bear the
i following legend at the head:
Christmas, 1918.
Say, Christmas comes but once
a year, the season of good will and
cheer; and since the Territory’s dry,
and we can get no rock and rye,
: or good old Scotch, or beer or wine,
with which to celebrate the time;
we who have signed our names be
: low, believe we can get a rosy
; glow, by digging down into our
jeans, and bringing up a few odd
| beans; to give the “Kids” on Christ
mas day- one royal good time any
way.
The sweetest music one can hear,
; is children’s laughter loud and clear,
■ so dig down in your old gray sock,
or put your overcoat in hock; do
any thing to raise the stuff, to help
the ‘SKiddies” whoop-*em-up.
Don't rush, boys. You've got
lots of time; just sign here on the
dotted line.-.
I
LOAN TO LIBERIA IS
DISCUSSED IN ENGLAND
. LONDON.—News that America
. had granted a loan of $5,000,000
, to Liberia has created great interest
, in commerical and financial circles
connected with British West Africa.
. Leslie Cooper, general manager of
; the Bank of British West Africa,
. states that the first step under the
■ new loan will probably be to repay
the 1911 International Loan of
. which about £300,000 is still out
standing. There is every reason to
, believe he says, that developments
will reveal great natural resources.
. THREE MEN NOW AT
QUARANTINE STATION
At quarantine camp No. 1, on the
Nenana-Fairbanks line, three men
; i
who are headed for Nenana are
being held for the period prescribed
by the local board of health. They
.are Harry Owens, from the Koyu
kuk; Ed Lahertv and L. Lickich,
from Fairbanks.
These men arrived at the quar
antine camp oo Friday and Satur
day last, and will be released at
the end of a term of five days from
, date of entering the station. They
will be examined by Dr. More be
, fore they are released and allowed
to come into town.
I! -
ANNOUNCEMENT
There was no issue of the Nenana
i
News yesterday, because the lino
, type machine refused duty early
in the day, necessitating it being
taken apart and the defect remedied.
' Those who are familiar with a lino
type machine alone can appreciate
the difficulty and time entailed in
1 taking one of them apart and put
' ting it together again. The repairs
were effected but not in time to
'.permit of publication of the news.
'1 All the cabled news of yesterday
' i as well as the news received today,
have been given in this issue.
i W. J. Lynn, owner of the coal
' mine near the camp at 35-mile, re
. turned to his mine on yesterday
| morning’s train.
WANT ADS
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY—North
Star—Mike's Place. For rent,
ready for business—on most reas
onable terms. Apply R. S. Mc
Donald.
LOST—Bunch of Keys; five flat
Yale k^'s and two round keys.
Finder please return to News
Office. Reward.
FOR SALE-—New lineoleum- ma
hopany phonopraph, child’s bed.
and Persian cat. Inquire of Mrs.
Mellish.
Skof House
'iNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
Mrs Norman Campbell
WANTED — Woman for laundry
work. Apply at Nenana Steam
Laundry. 5
; DOG FISH—8c a pound. Johnson’s
Store. 1:i
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE—At
New» Office.
Cigars =- Tobaccos =- Candies
Soft Drinks — Poo/
- “™—
Furnished Rooms For Rent
HARRY DAVIS PRANK TAYLOR
/■
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
Tom Smith, Prop.
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