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, 18 <9.
“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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HOWLING AT THE MOON
(Douglas Island News)
Just what good Mr. Wickersham
is going to do for Alaska by an
tagonizing Secretary Lane we have
not yet been able to discover. Mr..
Lane is willing to spend the good j
money of the United States in build- j
ing a railroad in Alaska. The ter-!
ritory reaps the benefit whether j
the road costs one million or forty;
million.
Mr. Wickersham just at present:
is supposed to be representing;
Alaska in Congress, which, of course, |
he really is not doing, but is, as
usual. representing Wickersham
there, so just why he should an-;
tagonize a project that finds favor
with Alaskans and which is of bene
fit to Alaska is too deep for us.
Even the rabid Republican papers;
of the territory foamed at the mouth ■
when their own party senators in a
filibuster defeated the sundry civil
bill that carried with it an appro-;
priation for the Alaska railroad
Wick was working against the
passage of the appropriation all
the time. What magic words will he
whisper in the ears of his followers
to convince them that business and
prospects in the whole territory
should be sacrificed merely to make
a “Wickersham holiday?"
Secretary Lane has proven him
self a friend of Alaska at every
turn of the road. Statesmen and
business men from aii over the
world have united to do him homage
and not a discordant note has been
sounded during his administration
until Wickersham, like a malemute
howling at the moon, charges him
with every crime on the calendar.
The pity of it all is that Alaskans
(poor old A'aska, what crimes are
committed in they name) must get
the credit for having sent Mr. Wick
:rsham to Washington to hatch out
plots such as the one against Mr.
Lane.
HUSBANDS WANTED
There are one and a half million
women in England who will never
have a chance of getting married,
is the statement of Miss Norah
March, editor of National Health.
In 1917 there was a surplus of
l,bo?,000 marriageable women over
marriageable men, and since then
there have been the war casualties.
Miss March says that emigration
will remove a few of these surplus
women, while economic independ
ence will prevent women from mar
rying men for the saks of a home.
“Many men and tvomen in this
age of modern advancement,” says
Miss March, “are getting different
views from those held in the past,
and regard women’s right to mother
hood as a supreme individual pre
rogative. Having such a wide
choice of wives, the question re
mains as to whether the men will
choose the best and strongest women
as upon the women will depend
largely the future human race, since
the best of manhood has been cut
off. The choice really rests with
the woman, for with her is the
right of refusing an offer of mar
riage.”
WAR CROSS FOR “CLEM.”
Premier Clemenceau was opening
his mail one morning recently, hur
riedly as is his Aistom, merely
glancing at some letters, making
short annotations on others, in a
fair way to dispose of his courier
in the usual few minutes. Sud
denly. upon opening: a somewhat
soiled and cheap envelope, the con
tents fell to the floor with a
metallic sound.
The premier picked them up.
read the letter slowly, then read it
again, and then sat there staring
at the paper with tears filling his
eyes in spite of his efforts to sup
press them. The letter read:
‘'They have not given you the
war cross; here is mine. It has
only two stars while you deserve
two palms, but it is the best I
can offer: here it is." It was
signed: "An old poiiu."
And the "grand old man" of
France, who with dry eyes has
looked upon the horrors of two
wars, picked up the little rusty
piece of metal, the ribbon of which
is soiled by the rain of the trenches
or bespattered with the blood of its
former owner, and wept.
"It might have been given me
by the President of the Republic or
by a marshal France, with great
pomp at the Invalides. Coming from
this humble “poiiu" I shall treasure
it forever,” he said.
FAIRBANKS LINE
CONTRACTS LET
TO FILL GAPS
For the purpose of filling up gaps
in the grade on the Fairbanks line,
between camp 415, where the grade
across the river begins, and Little
Goldstream, and connecting up the
partly finished gTade, Assistant En
gineer Ike P. Taylor has arranged
, to have this work done by contract
in the shortest possible time.
The first gap, which will require
‘a fill 2150 feet long to complete,
has been let to George Palmer; and
the second gap, of 2000 feet, will
i be done by J. D. McMahon; this in
cludes part of the grade he fin
ished last fall; and the third gap,
of 4200 feet, will be filled by Knut
h'oland.
i These men are preparing to go
over and Establish their camps neat
' the fills and will commence opera
tions just as soon as frost conditions
i will permit.
When these three gaps have been
| completed, the grade for a distance
of ten miles will be ready for the
steel.
Mr. Taylor stated that the grad
ing contracts on sections of the
right of way beyond this point have
been lined up and that contracts
to grade would be awarded later on.
Everything was in readiness, he
said, to commence operations just
as soon as it became possible to use
picks, shovels and scrapers on the
ground.
All of the necessary grading
equipment has been distributed
along the right of way for the use
j of the contractors, and can be got
at immediately after the necessity
i for it arises.
The engineering parties who will
look after the work on the line are
already in the field. Resident En
[ gineer J. J. Kestly, who will be
stationed at camp 423, being the
last to leave Nenana for his station.
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OSTROM BURNED
FRIGHTFULLY BY
DEADLY FLAMES
A copy of the Juneau Dispatch,
received in the last mail, contains
a detailed account of the gasoline
explosion which caused the death re
cently at Juneau of Charles Ostrom.
former Fairbanksan. Ostrom had
gone to one of the upper floor
chambers of the family residence,
says the Dispatch, to refill a kero
sine oil stove, and fed it with gaso
line by mistake.
Neighbors were aroused by cries
from the Ostrom home, and were
horrifed to see Ostrom come plung
ing through the upper part of a
window with his clothing aflame
and franticaly roll over and over
in the snow. Harry Lucas and Bert
Faulkner, rushing over, managed to
extinguish the flames by covering
Ostrom with snow.
Investigation disclosed that fol
lowing the explosion Ostrom at
tempted to smother the flames by
getting under the bed covers in
the bedroom, where the accident
happened. Blinded by the smoke
and gas he set the bed clothes
afire. He then rushed partly down
the stairs, plunging through part of
a window to the yard. In his frantic
effort to reach a snow bank he sim
ply made a wild plunge It was
here the neighbors managed to assist
him.
Ostrom was able to w-alk to the
hospital, although suffering fright
fully from the burns on his face
and hands. The physician, on the
day following the accident, ex
pressed the belief that the injured
man would be free from suffering
in about a week, and that he would
not be disfigured.
The neighbors also managed to
put out the fire in the bedroom
before the fire department arrived.
Mrs. Ostrom was hysterical from
fright over the accident.
It was remarkable the fight Os
trom made both in the room and
! in the snowbank before assistance
i reached him. As a result of his,
plunge through the window he suf
fered several bad cuts on the head,
and a dislocated shoulder.
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DISTANCE TABLES ON GOVERN
MENT RAILROAD
Seward to
■ Kern creek .
; Anchorage .
; Chickaloon .
Broad Pass .
Lignite
i Nenana .. .
Fairbanks .
Anchorage
j Matanuska .
Chickaloon .
i
I Montana creek .
Talkeetna .... .
■ Broad Pass .
Nenana .
No.
Fairbanks
Broad Pais to
Lignite
Nenana
Lignite to
Nenana
Fairbanks
Nenana to
Fairbanks
Miles
71.00
114.35
188.35
314.53
364.001
413.S3;
470 56
36.32 i
74.00
94.90;
112.33i
.200.181
.299.48
.356.21 i
49.47;
.99.30 i
.49.83
106.56
.56.73:
Tanana Valley Railroad
Fairbanks to
Chena Junction . 4 1
; Chena . 5.0
Happy Junction . .. 7.3.
Chatanika .39.2
Matanuska is the juction for the
branch line to the coal fields, ami
Chickaloon is the terminus of that
line. r
Talkeetna is at present the en«L
of steel on the coast division.
Grade has been completed for a dis
tance of twenty miles beyond Tal»
keetna to Deadhorse. Grading is
under way to the Susitna crossing
at Indian river, approximately 20
miles from Deadhorse.
The distance between rail head?
at the end of this summer’s work
will be a trifle less than 100 miles.
The other resident engineers in the
field with the'ir parties are Haward
G. Haslem, at camp 432; Roy Hirsch
berger at camp 440; and Hawley
W. Sterling at camp 449.
WS.S.
'■WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
ISSUED IX.THE
united’ states
GOVERNMENT
YOU
CAN
BUY
WAR
SAVINGS
STAMPS
NOW
ABOUT SMELTER
FOR DISTRICT
_
On the last mail, F. D. Browne,
engineer in charge of the A. E C.
of this division, received a letter
from J. A. Gyllenberg, engineer and
machinery dealer, of Baker, Oregon,
relative to a smelter for Nenana.
The letter is as follows:
Baker Oregon. March 20. 191!)
"Mr Frederick D. Browne,
Alaskan Engineering Commission.
Fairbanks, Alaska.
Dear Sir:—
"I read in the Oregonian that
you are contemplating on erecting
a smelter at N'enana. I have a
250-ton Allis-Chalmers mat smelter.
It has been used very little. With
this is a bric-keting machine, com
plete sampling works, office and
assay supplies.
"If this plant is anyways near
what you would want. I should ap
preciate very much to have the
opportunity of figuring with you.
All blue prints and specifications
are intact.
"Thanking you in advance for a
reply. I am.
"Very truly yours,
•T. A. GYLLENBERG."
As the question of a smelter for
this district is in abeyance for the
present, Mr. Browne will so advise
the Baker dealer.
The matter of establishing a
smelter at or near Nenana. to serve
the needs of the surrounding dis
; tricts. along these lines, was ad
Nenana House
Under New Management
Q.—Why is the NENANA HOUSE like a dog sitting on
a cake of ice? A.—Because it’s so dog gone nice.
Mrs. A. B. easterly. Proprietress
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The government has
announced the Opening of
the Fifth Bond Selling Cam
paign and Local Patriots are now
Actively Engaged in Disposing of
VICTORY BONDS
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YOUR SUPPORT IS NEEDED
to Insure the Success of the Drive.
Your Dollars May Put Nenana Over
the Top. Don’t Hold Back. Buy
COLES AIR TIGHT
HEATERS
RANGES
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
Yukon Stoves and Drums
Air Tight heaters
Any Thing in the Sheet Metal, Plumb
ing or Heating Line
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—A Singer sewing ma
chine. Inquire at Coghill’s.
LOST—Nugget chain. Liberal re
ward for return to News office.
located at a meeting of the Ne
nana Commercial club during the
past winter, and Mr. Browne fur
nished very interesting details of
such a project, recommending action
at the proper time. It is entirely
possible, that with the development
of the resources of this and neigh
boring districts, a smelter will be
“stablished. possibly at Lignite,
where an unlimited quantity of fuel
will be always availabfc.
Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
Anderson, Herman
Allred, Mrs. Clara
Bergman, Charles
Brown, Jess
Berggren, Ernst
Browne, F. D.
Bresnahan, E. D.
Blankfield, D.
Bowen, J. R.
Brooker, Ed
Bennett, J F
Bali, I. B.
Brown, Erie
Coutts, '.V. ,1.
Calderhead, 1{. W.
Campbell, N. J.
Coghill, VV. A.
Cooney, M. J.
Boner, Frank
Biven, R. J.
Bouse, Fred
Ekeland, Alf ‘ £
Funk, A B.
F'inlayson, K A. "
Fisher, Joe
Flower. J. H. * *"
Foster, Steve
Gagnon, Wm.
Ghezzi, Alfred
Gray, E. B.
Gilcher, VV. H.
Head, E. A.
Hagan, James
Hill, L. VV.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey, Andy
Isabel, L. C.
Irvine, A. J. '
Johnson, A. G. *
Jones, Frank
Julian, W. J.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter I
Joseph, H. B.
Koland, Knut
Ketooroky, John A.
Laughlin, E. L.
Lund, E. E.
Lehr, Q F.
Markus, George
Mortensen, Peter
Myers, R R.
Moore, Frank B
McBonald, R. S.
Martin, G. S.
Morris, R. C.
Mash, Martin
O’Keefe, Larry
Parks. S. E.
Pennington, G. W
Palfy, Paul
Packer, W. L.
Ryan, VV. A.
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry >».
Schmidt, Carl
Schaeffer, M. A.
Slippern, J. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, George A.
South’-,'orth, R. G.
Spira, Frank
Taylor, Frank
Tunison, B.
Thompson, Theodore
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. J.
Verhaeghe, Cyriele
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Woods, Geo. W.
Williams, E. A.
Waechter, R. I.