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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NEW BRITISH ARMY
One result of the war has been
to democratize the British army,
and it is regarded as practically
certain that after peace has been
established England will have a
large standing army in which a
large number of men of birth and
education will be serving in Ihe
ranks.
Before the South African war, the
private was “a man of no social
account.” He was forbidden entry
to what corresponded to the Ameri
can “orchestra” of a theater, and
was told that his proper place was
the gallery.
The real democratization of the
army began when Lord Kitchener
summond the whole people of Eng
land to service in the King’s forces.
With the calling of every class,
differences of social caste became
obliterated.
Officers of the old regime con
tend that there can be no effectual
military discipline if officers and
men fraternize socially. Recently
a general saw one of his officers
dining at a famous London restau
rant with a private soldier. He took
the officer aside and expostulated
with him on his infraction of the
army code. The officer’s answer
was, “ The soldier is my brother.”
England today has many of her
proudest sons in the ranks, among
them the Earl of Crawford, who is
serving as a hospital orderly. Some
of these again and again have re
fused commissions.
OPENING OF CHINA
Golden opportunities, based in
part on the friendliness of Chinese
for Americans, which would “half
sell the goods of itself,” are being
overlooked in China by this coun
try, Dr. Chao-Hsin Ghu, recently
appointed Chinese consul general at
San Francisco told the Home In
dustry League of California at a
luncheon held in the Bay City.
Dr. Chu formerly was English
secretary to the president of the
Chinese republic and is a graduate
of Columbia Univeristy. He said:
‘The vast import needs of the
400,000,000 population of the Chin
ese republic, with the' tremendous
quantity of goods shipped to China
for re-shipment to other countries,
were supplied by the British and
Germans to the greatest extent at
the time of the outbreak of the
great war. Since then imports from
those countries have stopped. There
were great stores of their goods in
China when the war began and
these reserves have kept the Chin
ese more or less supplied. But to
day there are practically no more
stocks left. As a result the mer
chants of China are flooding the
factories of Japan with rush orders.
“All ranks of enlightened people
in China know and are profoundly
grateful for the manner in which
the people of America have treated
the Chinese. The mere fact that
a certain line of goods was pro
duced in the United States would
more than half sell it to the buying
Chinaman.
“The day of anti-foreign feeling
is over—dead and buried long ago
—and American trade marks on all
kinds of goods would be sufficient
protection if trouble did break out
in China again—which cannot be.
“If the United States does not
wake up at once to the golden
chances in China we will see the
! cream of the business go elsewhere."
FRIENDS
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“Men cannot fight side by side
; with each other and remain strang
i ers,” said Yusuke. Tsurumi, chief
j of the general and legal affairs
; division of the Imperial Govern
ment railways of Japan and son-in
i law of Baron Goto, in a statement
made recently. In explaining how
1 the war will add greatly to the
unity and cement the friendship be
tween Japan and the United States,
1 M. Tsurumi continued:
“In the hardships and privations
of the winter campaigns in Siberia,
i sharing fortunes and misfortunes,
j probably even sharing clothes and
food, the soldiers of America and
Japan will come to know each other
1 for what they a/e. When the
armies return home each will spread
stories of the other; the Japanese
: will say the American boys are
happy, genial fighters, and the
j Americans will say that Jap&nese
boys are kindly, well disposed human
\ beings.
i “This will be the greatest possible
influence for a better understand
ing between the two nations, the
best start of a guarantee for the
future.”
Mrs. Kestley and Mrs. C. Herb
Wilson arrived in town on last
, night’s train from 35-mile.
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Wish Them a Merry Christmas
and A Happy New Year
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RAILS TO REACH
LAUNCH LANDING
The railroad grade through the
Nenana yards has been raised to a
level of about 15 inches above the
higest level reached \y the floods
last spring, which is said to be the
highest ever known to the oldtimers
in this district. Mr. Frederick D.
Brown, engineer in charge, is now
contemplating the extension of the
road to the foot of A street, and
as the grade will be raised to the
level of the rest of the road through
the yards, this will act as an •'ffect
ive levee and should the waters of
the Tanana rise to as high a level
as they did last spring, the meas
ures taken by Mr. Browne will pro
tect the town from an inundation
such as experienced last year.
It is not definitely known at the
present time just when the work of
laying steel to the foot of A street
and the raising of that portion of
the track to grade level will be
undertaken, but plans for the work
are being made and just as soon
as the men can be spared from the
more important work out on the
line, a commencement will be made
along the water front.
The extension of the line to the
foot of A street is made necessary
by reason of the fact that u very
large quantity • of saplings, brush
and other material which will be
needed for filling in the space
reclaimed from the river, between
the double row of piling and the
river bank, will be obtained from
points along the line south of town
and will be hauled in on the train.
As Mr. Browne pointed out, there
is plenty of time between now an<J
the breakup within which the bank
protection and reclamation work
can be accomplished, and therefore
works of a more important nature
along the line will first be attended
to, every advantage being taken of
the good weather to push the build
ing of the road ahead. The rails
will probably be laid to the foot of
A street just as soon as men can
be released for this purpose and the
roadbed raised to grade level.
The piledriver now engaged jn
driving piling along the waterfront
to replace those taken out oy the ic3
last breakup, will complete the work
in about a week more, and the level
of the protected bank will be fully
as high as it was last year, which
means that it is well above high
water level. Fr9m the end of grade
at the foot of A street and on up
stream the ground is higher and is
not affected by the floods. The
back fill will be made to reach this
level and the town will be far better
protected from floods than it ever
was before. The raising of the
grade in the yards to carry the track
above the flood level so tha: trains
can be operated and the work con
tinued during flood time, will also
! serve as a protection against floods
! from the direction of the Xenana
river.
The extension of the track to the
: foot of A street, while at present
: serving mainly for the purpose of
I permitting trainloads of material
for the back fill being delivered at
the point where the work w:!l : >m
. mence, will also be handy when
, coal shipments for domestic pur
poses begin to arrive in town. It is
! quite probable that Billy Lynn, who
I is operating a coal mine near 35
I mile, will endeavor to supply the
wants of Nenanaites in this direction
just as soon as he has fulfilled his
contract with the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission and is free to under
take the business. After Lignite
has been reached, it is expected
that others will embark in the coal
business for the local market, and
the track along the waterfront will
be very handy.
A passenger schedule for those
traveling on the trains is also in
contemplation, but Mr. Browne did
not state definitely when this
schedule will go into effect. Hith
erto everybody who wanted to was
allowed the privilege of riding free
and considerable freight in small
lots for prospectors has also been
hauled free of charge. A small
charge will probably be made for
the freight and passenger service
I later on, and trains, in future, will
probably leave for the line from
the foot of A street.
In talking of the work of filling
in the space along the waterfront
between the. piling and the river
bank, Mr. Browne stated that this
work will be undertaken when the
more important work of extending
I the road to the coal fields will be
far enough along to permit of the
| diversion of the necessary men, cars
|and locomotives for the hauling of
material for the fill. There is plenty
1 of time in which to do this work,
and it will be fully completed in
time to afford protection to the
, town from high water at the break
up and those following.
FIELD DF FINE TOBACCO
JUNEAU.—Growing of tobacco
1 in a region of icebergs, brown bear
and wild goats, sounds a bit fanci
i ful, but it is a reality in a land
of many wonders.
, Thirty miles from Juneau, on a
ranch owened by one Jack Johnson,
! near the mouth of the Taku river,
i tobacco has been planted in tho
; valley within sight of an iceberg
The plants have grown three feet
high and have leaves 30 inches
long. Their planting, however, was
an accident, for Johnson in buying
some seeds, found the tobacco seeds
among his order and more for the
fun than expectation of success,
' planted them.
iODacco growing, however, ae
i cording to natives, was common
among them before the advent of
; many white men. Some of them
tell of planting tobacco seed in little
boxes, later transplanting it to the
open spots where ashes had been
scattered or old logs burned, then
of hanging up the leaves and curing
them with smoke from alder wood.
Some of the aged natives even assert
that cured tobacco was mixed well
with dried alder bark and burned
shells, the ingredients then ground
fine and used as snuff.
WAR MUSIC POPULAR
IN ENGLISH RESORTS
LONDON'.—British music com
posers are turning their attention
to attempting to charcterize inci
dents in the war. At a recent con
cert the audience was enthusiastic
over the story of a Zeppelin raid
in which the orchestra brought out
the purring of an airplane motor,
used the kettledrums for the Zeppe
lin engines and machine guns and
big drums for the bombs, while
other instruments piled up color.
TREADWELL HAS DEEPEST
MINE IN ALASKA
j TREADWELL—Ore was hoisted
recently from the bottom of a
2,300-foot shaft in a mine near here.
This is believed to be the lowest
level ever reached by hard rock
miners in Alaska.
Don’t Leave
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ALASKA
Men wanting employment can
obtain work at good wages at
Juneau, Kennecott and Latouche.
If you go out you will only
come back “Butted” in tbe spring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latouche and
Kennecott.
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FOR SALE—Panoramic views of
the town of Nenana in 1910 and
1917; taken by Johnson, of Fair
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town. Apply at News office.
DOG FISH 8c a pound. Johnson’s
Store. 13
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Soft Drinks — Pool
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