THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for eniry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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CIVILIAN PENSIONS
The first provision ever made by
the government for pensioning civi
lian employees is contained in the
annual lighthouse bill recently ap
proved by President Wilson.
A retirement system is instituted,
permitting optional retirement at 65
years for those having 30 years ac- j
tive service and Staking retirement
compulsory at 70 years. Pensions j
will be computed on one-fourth of
the average annual pay during the
last five years of service mutiplied
by the number of years spent in'
the Lighthouse service or some other
branch of the government which has
a retirement system. In any case,
the pay shall not be more than
three-fourths of the annual average^
Despite several qualifying clauses,
the bill is regarded by government
employees and officials advocating
a general civilian retirement system,
as a marked step forward. Only
employees in the field service and
on vessels come under the law, those
continuously employed in district
offices and shops being excluded.1
The provision that service only in
branches of the government having
retirement systems may be counted
in qualifying for a pension imposes
strict limitation on the transfer of
veteran workers from civilian de
partments to the Lighthouse Service,
while permitting soldiers, sailors,
marines and employes of the Coast
Guard, all of whom have benefit
of the military systems, to enter
the service without prejudice to their
record.
In keeping with the generally ad
vancing trend of wages, the limit
for the average pay of lightkeepers
was increased by the bill to $840
from $600, at which it was fixed
more than half a century ago. Sup
erintendents of districts were ad
vanced from $2,400 to $3,000.
SHELL INSURANCE
Long range bombardment brought
into Paris “anti-bombardment in
surance." The one company allowed
to do such business will insure any
given property only against damage
from 5,000 shells. If the Germans
were to reach a point where their
huge 350-cenimeter guns could ef
fectively batter Paris, and to pour
5,000 in without damaging any
given piece of property, its owner
would have in reinsure against the
next five thousand shells.
The price of the anti-bombard
ment insurance has gone up to twice
what the anti-airplane bomb policies
cost. It means just six francs per
thousand of insurance if it is fur
niture and other household goods
that is being insured; eight francs
per thousand if buildings; and
twelve francs if anything else.
The insurance company also has
drawn up a scale of insurance
against personal injury from long
range and other kinds of guns and
airplane raids. Thereby it is possi
ble to insure civilians up to 50,000
francs at four francs per thousand
in the districts nearest the present
front; at 2 and on-half a thousand
in Paris and its immediate vicinity;
at one franc in remoter depart
ments; and at 75 centimes in the
most distant departments and in
Algeria.
The company, whose parent or
ganization in England has achieved
a reputation in years past for taking
any kind of a “sporting” risk in the
insurance line, will not insure life
for over 50,000 francs unless special
premiums are paid.
The mother of a family who does
not economize today is taking to
morrow’s bread out of the mouth
of her children.
SAN JUAN WORKERS
MAY ENTER STATES
SAX JUAN, Porto Rico—Special
Agent Roberts, of the Department
of Labor, has notified the authori
ties in Washington that he is ready
to send 10,000 laborers to the main
land whenever transportation is pro
vided. That number of workers has
already registered and hundreds of
others are seeking registration. To
get these men and others like them
into industries essential to war is
the special agent’s aim.
Here, he maintains, they are a
burden to themselves and the com
munity because they are idle. At
productive war industries they will
become an asset to the nation.
SINKING
KOBE, Japan—The Isle of Awaji,
the favored spot of Japanese potes,
is slowly sinking into the ocean.
Houses are being hastily removed
to the highest point of the island.
The potato is a native American.
Enlist it to fight against the kaiser.
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WHALMNOUSTRY
i JUNEAU—The romance of whale
fishing still exists with all its an
cient thrills, according to Captain
G. Earling, an experienced whaler
' and owner of a fleet of whalers near
Port Armstrong, Alaska. Here the
United States Whaling company is
operating under the superintendency
of Captain Earling.
This veteran hunter has a high
regard for the sperm whale for sev
eral reasons. Primarily it is one of
the most profitable of the big ocean
mammals to bag. The sperm whale
unlike many’ of the other species,
has a big throat aperture. In the
stomach of one captured recently
j was found the following: one devil
fish with feelers twelve feet long.
; the creature being 25 feet across
when head out; two sharks, one 12
and the other 8 feet long; and an
I endless variety of smaller fish. Ac
cording to the captain, these were
all in a state of good preservation
indicating that the whale was feed
ing at the time it was taken.
The gender he, is correct in
speaking of sperm whales of the
Pacific coast waters. “It is one
of the wonders of the Pacific,” said
Captain Earling, "why no females
have ever been taken in this ocean.”
“We have killed around 250
sperm whaVs at this station since
it was established in 1912, and none
of them have been females. I have
hunted whales from Panama to the
Arctic, and have neither heard nor
seen a female,” said this old whaler.
“The sperm whale is like a camel
too,” said the captain. "It seems
that they store oil in a tank for
future use, just as a camel stores
water. Sometimes these tanks are
nearly empty, and again they are
full. The size of the creatures
therefore is not necessarily an in
dication of the amount of oil that
may be found ”
The average amount of oil found
, in the tank is 15 to 30 barrels.
The blubber also produces many
barrels of a good grade of sperm
oil.
The sperm is the favorite {tame
hunted by whalers. But many
other varieties are sought and cap
tured. Among thpse commonly taken
at Port Armstrong are: Sulphur
bottoms that measure up to 90 feet
in length; Fin backs which attain a
length of 50 to 60 feet, as do also
the sperm whales; the hump back
that run around 25 to 30 feet in
length. They will all average a ton
; or more to the foot of length. A
big sperm whale is valued by those
who capture him at from $3,000 to
$5,000.
Most whales have a small throat
■ and are provided with gill bones
that serve as strainers to let the
; water out and keep the small fish
in, as they open their mouths and
dose them again when feeding on
schools of small fish, such as her
ring. But the sperm whale is not
; thus supplied. On the other hand,
j it has teeth, ivory ones, its lower
: jaws, but the upper part of its
mouth has nothing but gum sockets
into which the teeth of the lower
jaw fit when the mouth is closed.
These teeth are ground up and form
the raw product out of which com
pound ivory billiard balls are manu
factured.
The whales captured at this sta
tion are all made into fertilizer
after the oil, whale bone, and ivory
had been removed. There is one
other whaling station located at
Akutan, near Unimak Pass, Alaska,
and it is understood that they are
preparing to freeze the choicer cuts
of whale for human consumption.
Better feed the Allied soldiers now
than the kaiser's later on.
EAT
CORN
!
MEN IN WAR
VEXING ISSUE
SYDNEY, Austrailia—The final
disposition of the German colonies
in the Pacific; the “Pacific Monroe
Doctrine” broached by the Prime
Minister. William M. Hughes, in his
speech before the Pilgrim's club in
New York; and the recent report
of the Australian Interstate Com
I
meree Commission upon British and
Australian trade in the South Pa
cific," all relate directly or indirect
ly to discussion which is becoming1
more or less frequent in the Aus
tralian, New Zealand and Fijian
press touching a federation of the
South Sea Islands. The Interstate :
Commerce Commission said in it's
report:
"The government of the islands is
controlled by the British crown at !
present lacking in cohesion and unity
ot "'policy. The commission is satis- j
fied that the islands under the Brit
ish crown should be grouped under
a more coherent system. The com- j
mission has suggested that in order I
to ensure timely settlement of this
paramount question of government
a joint inquiry by representation of
the United Kingdom, Austrailia and
New Zealand should be undertaken.”!
One of the British Pacific island ;
commissioners said in Sydney while
on a recent visit here:
“The suggestion that a conjoint j
commission of inquiry be appointed
at an early date should in my opin
ion be carefully considered by the
public of the Commonwealth. The j
question as to whether administra
tive powers should be granted to j
such a commission, which would
represent the interests of the im- j
perial government of the Common
wealth, and of the Dominion of
New Zealand, is one which also '■
claims the full consideration of i
statesmen.
“British interests at present are
widely spread under many forms of
control, and difficulties are con
stantly created by the lack of creat
ive co-operation- Great Britain,
Australia and New Zealand are
carrying on the work of admini
stration through officers who have
no direct relation with each other.
There ^re crown colonies, Fiji and
the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, the
imperial protectorate of the Sol
omon Islands; Australian depend
encies such as Papau; and the is
lands under the civil administration
of New Zealand. To add to this
di\*fsity of control we now have
the military occupation by Aus
tralia and by New Zealand of the
late German Pacific possessions. It
is a maze of control with centers
of reference in London. Melbourne
and Wellington.
“Objection may be made to the
grant of administrative powers at
present to any commission. The war
is still on and it may be urged that
little can be done—at least so far
as the late German Pacific posses
sions are concerned—till the issue
of it is known. But pending peace,
why not appoint a board or com
mission to obtain information and,
as far as possible, to simplify the
existing administration? The com
mission could thus put the interests
of Great Britain, of Australia, and
of New Zealand into a common
pool for the moment, and when the
peace conference sits much valuable
information should be available.”
Stamina
~ Send-the Wheat
Meat-Fats Sugar
the fuel far Fighters
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WANT ADS
FOR SALE CHEAP—Business lot at
Third and Market; also shot gun.
Inquire Mrs Lavin. 9-12
FOR SALE, CHEAP—La rye 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
blacksmith shop.
FOR RENT—Upstairs residence,
four rooms furnished. See Slippern
FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN—Sew
ing machine, phonograph, launch j
Bunny, with 2}j h. p. Ferro en-:
gine, shot gun, rifle, etc. Inquire
of J. A. Slippern.
FOR SALE—Beaver Board, in plain
and oak finish. Doors and win
dows, sash stock and mouldings.
Inquire Simson’s.
FOR RENT—Upstairs residence, j
four rooms furnished. See Slippern ■
FOR SALE—Two tents, 18x30 and
20x40. Inquire Simsons.
If you believe in peace you will'
fight to get it.
Highest Cash
Prices Paid for
RAW
FURS
SIMSON’S
Sneldon-6itison stage Line
Carrying; U. S. Maili
For CHITINA and WAY POINTS
Every Tuesday Morning
Special Auto for parties of four
or more any time.
C. Ha-ry Woodward, agent
Fairbanks
UNIFORMS IN MEXICO
ARE UNIFORMS AGAIN
CH1HAUHAU CITY, Mex.—Mex
ican troops are again being outfitted
with the old style, pre-revolutionary
French uniforms instead of the
khaki uniform with slouch hats that
have been the undress wear of the
enlisted soldiers since the beginning
of the Carranza revolution. The
troops of the north are receiving
two kinds of uniforms. One is of
{} khaki colored cloth with brass
buttons for wear on desert marches
es. The other is the dark blue uni
form, piped with red. which was gen
erally used in Mexico during the
days of Diaz. The same high erown
en French cap of blue piped in red
is worn with the two uniforms, but
a covering of the khaki colored
cloth is issued for wearing over the
•ap when the fatigue uniform is
corn.
A Call To Arms
BUY HER A BRACELET WRIST WATCH—WE HAVE THEM
IN STANDARD MAKES AT STANDARD PRICES
THE NEW RAILROAD HAMILTON WATCH
21 JEWEL—MONTGOMERY DIAL, AT
$70
$75 $100
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