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, 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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MEXICAN CAMOUFLAGE
Camouflage as a war art was
known in Mexico long before it
was used in Europe, although not
by that name. Mexican soldiers
since the days of Diaz have prac
ticed concealment for military ad
vantage. They have been known
to place their high crowned straw
hats on poles stuck in sand hills in
such a way as to make the enemy
force believe they were defending
the hill, then flank the enemy from
another direction. Huerta’s federal
soldiers used camouflage to conceal
the port holes in the sides of ar- [
A checker-!
mored railroad cars,
board pattern was painted on the
sides of these cars and black and
white squares concealed the rifle
ports.
The Mexican fighting men have j
also used the trick of covering their J
high hats and bodies with brush j
to advance on the enemy positions!
through thickets. Villa originated
the plan of driving a herd of cattle
into a beseiged town at night in
order to draw the fire of the de
fenders and to explode any mines j
in the streets.
The most primitive, though ef
fective application of camouflage
in Mexico was the practice of the
Tarahuamara Indian scouts with
Madero’s revolutionary army. These |
half naked scouts would precede the ■
army and by doing a kind of pat- j
tern dance, raised a cloud of dust j
which concealed them from the view j
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of the enemy and permitted them to
approach enemy positions without
; being detected in their envelope of
i dust which resembled a dust whirl
common on Mexican deserts.
WAR-MADE THRIFT
Immense economies hereafter will
be practiced in the baking industry
as a result of lessons taught by
wartime thrift, according to Charles
Iffland, of Chicago, international
secretary of the Bakery and Con
fectionery Workers’ Union of Amer
ica.
“Before the war taught conserv
ation,” Mr. Iffland said, “tons of
flour and bread were wasted everyj
day throughout the United States
because the bakers did not realize
what the waste meant.
“Our industry never again will
see this great waste. The extrava
gant use of flour, sugar, fat and j
other ingredients that once were i
thought to be indispensable to good ■
bread now are known to be un-'
necessary to a palatable, wholesome i
loaf. ,
“I am speaking through the West
partly for the purpose of preparing
the way for our returning soldiers.
The problem of receiving them back
into the industry without upsetting
conditions will be a huge one. Our j
union is preparing to receive its1
members who went across just as ,
they left us, and we will do every- 1
thing in our power to re-establish
them.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Christian Science services will be
held at the office building opposite j
the postoffice, Sunday, at 2 p. m.!
The subject will be “Mortals and!
Immortals.”
FOR RENT—One room cabin, com
pletely furnished, next to the j
Bowen building. Apply at News j
office. 2."
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LADIES, ATTENTION!
SPECIAL SALE
For This Week and Next on
All Trimmed Hats — Every One a Bargain
We have THREE FUR COATS to go at
Far Below Regular Price. Also Some
Good Snaps in Dresses of Wool and Silk
COONEY HOTEL
Side Entrance
Miss J. O’BRYAN
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Remember the Folks at Home
Wish Them a Merry Christmas
and A Happy New Year
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We Have a Fine Line of
CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR CARDS
THANKSGIVING CARDS
INVITATION CARDS PLACE CARDS
Cards for All Occasions
5c to25c Each
SIMSON’S
Dont Wait Until It Is Too Late
mo TRYING
I HARD TO PLEASE
RAILWAY USERS
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WASHINGTON, L). C.—Director
General McAdoo and his railroad
administration are finding out, thru
the new bureau of complaints and
suggestions, what the people think
of the railorads under government
! control. The people think many good
things and many bad. They write
j praise and condemnation of policies
and individual employees. Some of
I their suggestions are declared prac
I tical and many not. It is the task
| of the bureau to translate the ac
cepted complaints and suggestions
into action which will effect re
forms and explain to all other
writers reasons for practices against
which they protest.
Nearly three hundred letters pour
into the bureau every day, and
hundreds of suggestions already
have borne fruit in reform. As re
sults, train schedules have been
changed to permit better connec
tions for commuters;; obsolete bag
gage practices involving extortionate
charges have been eliminated; stray
ed shipments of household goods
have been traced; public facilities in
stations and coaches have been im
proved; inefficient and discourteous:
employes have been discovered, and
even more capable and accommo-:
dating railroad men have been com
mended and recognized.
More than a fou/h of the letters
complain against inadequate pas
senger train service, crowded cars
and belated trains. In most cases
the cause of complaint can not be
remedied, but the bureau writes a
letter in answer to each complaint,;
explaining that in war times per
fect train service can not be ex
| pected. Congestion at ticket offices
1 is similarly explained.
From a Pennsylvania town came
the suggestion that a group of
women co-operate to keep the sta
tion clean. They were told to go
ahead, and they did.
“I have been a travelling man
thirty years, anil I have spent ten
1 years waiting for connections at
Junction City, Ky.,” wrote a com
mercial traveller. An investigation
| was started to ascertain whether
schedules actually did discriminate
against Junction City.
Three hundred commuters on an
Erie train united in praising Con
ductor Thomas Ryan for his long
period of faithful and accommo
dating service.
! Ballard Dunn, a former Chicago
newspaperman, runs the bureau,
with the aid of a staff of corres
pondents, and refers many import
ant suggestions to the director gen
eral. or to other railroad admini
stration officials.
The Copper River & Northwestern
railway is experiencing a shortage
of fuel oil and may find it neces
sary to change their locomotives to
coal burners. The railway and the
Kennecott and Latouche mines are
supplied with fuel oil by the Stand
ard Oil company. The supplies at
present are short and the oil com
pany will not guarantee oil in suffi
cient quantities to supply the rail
way and mines. The reason for the
shorage is not known, but it is said
that recent severe storms on the
Mexican coast have curtailed the
amount brought into the United
States from Central America.
War Saving Stamp sales at Ka
talla, Alaska, have totaled $6,500.
The total population of the village
is less than 100.
SUasfta’s ©ream
The dawn! the dawn! Thrice welcome morn, all hail!
’Tis gala day that calls me to arise,—
The day when artless maidenhood gives place
To womanhood of queenly grace, endowed
With wealth replete beyond ambition’s ken.
Or flight of dreams,—my coronation day!
As dawn rolls back the curtain of my night,
The scene is fair as angel ever dreamed:
My mountains and my rivers, lakes and plains,
My thousand leagues of billowy shores, my vast
Expanse of forests dark, my beasts, my birds,
My Croesian hoard of mineral stores,—ah, now
I must beware! That creature, man, who loves
So well the rosy lips of innocence,—
To catch their secret, then turn pillager,_
Shall not foil me, I vow! Let him give heed!
For I’ve somewhat to say to him who would
This conquest dare: I am no wanton, spawn
Of shame, despoiler and despoiled! ’Tis men,
Forsooth, not ravishers I rise to greet!
But yesterday there passed a motley horde:
A cankerous greed for gold had blighted heart
And brain. In league with flesh-lust, demonry,
They scattered hell around, and made my name
A byword and a jest through half the earth.
High honors to the few of all that throng,
Who prophesied a nobler destiny!_
My Pioneers, who kept their campfires bright
And flung defiance to my storm and cold.
Alaska’s Empire is their Hall of Fame.
To-day new triumphs dawn, and I hear voice
And footfall of a people who’ll subdue
My land, plant seed, build homes, accomplish deeds
Of industry no man may e’er surpass.
Be warned, then, son of toil! My soil is rich,
But only sturdiest hands can put aside
The virgin growth that mocks the longing seed.
My treasure-vaults of rock and stream,—but brain
And brawn combined dar&hope to force their bars.
Who loves my eoastland’s tonic air must win
His food and fame by battling with the sea.
Who seeks remote interior climes must match
His wit and skill 'gainst powers invisible:
When Arctic night enshrouds my realm beyond
The great white range, a deathlike sleep enchains
The wildest rivers of a continent;
Life seems to pause; both earth and sky are locked
In silence of the tomb. 'Tis only men
Whose minds hold treasure of their own, who may
Withstand such solitude, or put to flight
The specters of creation days that still
Come hovering round,—wild, haunting mysteries!
Yet, here the primal gifts of Heaven abound;
And man may dwell in loftiest fellowship,
However pl?in his chosen lot may prove.
For health, the roving clouds ne’er canopied
More favored land than mine: Its fountains gush
With streams as pure as Eden ever knew,
Its air is like the breath that gave to clay
The stature of a god. . . . But give me men,
Keen-visioned men -whose creed is noble deeds,
I’ll nurture here a race who’ll tread the earth
As peers among the noblest of mankind.
—Robert Joseph Diven.
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WANT ADS
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY—North
Star—Mike’s Place. For rent,
ready for business—on most reas
onable terms. Apply R. S. Me
Donald.
i LOST—Bunch of Keys; five flat
Yale keys and two round keys.
Finder please return to News
Office. Reward.
LOST—Small black leather pocket
book, containing two keys. Finder
please leave at the News office
or the Carter House.
WANTED—Lady for work at the
I Nenana Club Apply to Mrs. M.
J. Cooney.
DOG FISH—8c a pound. Johnson’s
Store. 13
FOR SALE — Horse and fine basket
sleigh. Apply A. .T. Ghezzi.
Don’t Leave
ALASKA
Men wanting employment can
obtain work at good wagei at
Juneau, Kennecott and Latouche.
If you go out you will only
come back ’’Butsed” in the spring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latouche and
Kennecott.
ALASKA PUBLICITY
BUREAU
Juneau A’aska.
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UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
Mrs Norman Campbell
Dr. R. R. MYERS
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ARCTIC HOTEL
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RUST HOUSE
Mri. Ed. William*, Prop.
A and FIFTH STREETS
ROOMS AND BOARD
ROOMS 75c and $1.00
Coffee and Doughnuts 25c
DOG KENNELS
Sheldon-Sitison Stage Line
Carrying U. S. Mailt
For CHITINA and WAY POINTS
Every Tuesday Morning
Special Auto for parties of four
or more any time.
C. Ha'-ry Woodwtrd, agent
Fait banka
Phone 84 Front Between C and D
Johnson’s Store
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
PRICES REASONABLE LOUIS JOHNSON, Prop.
HYLAND'S CIGAR STORE
CIGARS POOL TOBACCOS
Soft Drinks Candies Fresh Fruit
W»rm Comfortable Rooms
Berber Shop in Connection
Mike Hyland, Prop.
A Satisfied Customer
IS OUR BEST ADVERTISEMENT
QUALITY
WATCHES
PRICE
Co With Our
CLOCKS
SERVICE
JEWELRY
Tells the Time in the DarK
$3 Alarm CIocKs—Small and Large
We Have a Line of Safety Razors, Blades, Sharpeners and
Strops. Best Flashlight at $2*.. Refills and Repairs.
Wm. TAYLOR
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Cigars =- Tobaccos — Candies
Soft Drinks — Poo/
MHmiiiini i tmnriiinnnBHB,
Furnished Rooms For Rent
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