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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
tfor emry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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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ARE THEY WORTH IT?
It has been said that the French
soldier is the best fighter in the
world, because he has something
that no other soldier has—the woraar
of France.
The whole world has maveled ac
the quiet way the women of France
has sacrificed her home, her hus
band, her children, her all for the
war and has come away empty
handed, but with a smile on her lips.
“One must go to the Gard de
Nord,” said one recently returned
from Paris, “to really understand
the spirit of the French women.'
They go with t heir men to the
trains. There is no weeping; every
eye is dry. Mothers, sisters, daugh
ters, sweethearts and wives put their
men on the train almost, if one ob
serves them casually, as nonchal
antly as if they were going to work.
And they are. The train pulls slowly
out, and the women stand on the
platform watching. There are forms,
looking back and straining their eyes
for the last look. Then after the
train has gone, the women return
to their homes, their faces lighted
with what is almost a holy and re
ligious exaltation.
This is the spirit of the women
of France. One cannot understand
it. One can only thrill to its beauty
and bow one’s head in awe at its
simplicity.
These are the women we are :
asked to help. These are the ones
—they who have sacrificed their
all for the war, for whom we are
asking to save wheat and so keep
from starvation.
Are they worth the little extra
time, or thought, or care, that it
takes for us to make wheatless
bread and desserts?
Are their lives worth the wheat
we could easily do without? If they
have to go without bread, they will
starve. But we can go without any
wheat bread at all because we have
other foods to replace it in our
diet.
Waste and extravagance are Ger
many’s silent allies.
NERVY YOUTH TAKES
ESCAPES TO PRISON
LONDON.—Two Germans who
I had escaped from a prison camp
j near London were walking along
i a road when they encountred a boy
with a shotgun. From a newspaper
picture he recognized them as fugi
tive enemies and, although his gun
wasn’t loaded, he forced the two
to walk ahead of him to the nearest
police station. The boy’s name is
Thomas Gibson. He is 17 years
old and small for his age.
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Nenana baseball fans, young and
old, turned out in a body last night
with picks, shovels, rakes and wheel
barrows and pitchforks and in almost
as short a time as it takes to tell
it, put the ball grounds in good
shape, making it ready for the roller.
Every man went at it in a spirit
that showed grim determination, so
that our great national pastime
would be one of the main events
of the Fourth of July celebration.
After the grounds had been thor
oughly gone over, the boys got to
gether in one corner of the field
and by vote elected a manager and
captain. To this time the Nenana
baseball team was virtually without
a manager or captain, as Mr. Abbey
has been out of town practically all
summer and this left the team with
out any head. Mike Cooney was
unanimously elected as manager,
which insures the way being paved
for a summer of lots of strikes and
balls. Jack Hansen was elected cap
tain, and it is said he has already
been negotiating with the opposi
tion in an endeavor to buy some
players. Hansen is one of the besl
all around ball players in Nenans
and will probably be in the box foi
Nenana during the series, he being
credited with striking out fourteer
men in the second game played
Fairbanks in the Midnight Sur
series.
A few days ago the betting wa
all in favor of Fairbanks, and the
general buzz of the fans all day
today is different, Nenana seeming
to be the favorite in the short heat:
and pants, and promises to make
the Fairbanks youngsters knoyv the
difference between fooling an'
fighting. It is not known definitely
how the lineup will be, but it car
j reasonably be assumed that Hanser
■ will do the twirling and Andersor
will probably have his back agains'
the grandstand, stopping all the'
j the batter don’t connect with. Blak
ey will perhaps hold doyvn sacl
|number one, and anything that get:
by that “long boy” will have te
sneak by in the dark or behind i
mosquito screen. Dick Ward wil
tramp around the infield in the
vicinity of short stop, and to aitempl
to get by Dick would be all tht
same as going over the top of Eiffe
tower on a hand-car. Ike layloj
will be seen around the tiird sack
eating ’em all up that come his yvay
including the mosquitoes, and ac
cording to Ike’s past performance:
on the diamond, he will have hi:
usual appetite. Frank Doner wil
probably sell tickets at the seconc
station and all he sells will be sub
ject to change. Frank is one o!
the knottiest ball players that evei
ran the chromatic scale on a playei
piano. It is not known who tht
rest of the players yvill be, bu
Nenana has a good bunch to picl
from.
Frederick D. Browne, it is said
j will pitch the first ball of the serie:
i and will be persuaded to umpirt
I the game, he being and oldtimi
| rooter ere he lost his speed,
i The Fairbanks team will leavt
! Fairbanks tomorroyv night and pla;
their first game at one o’clock July
j Fourth. The steamer Shusana wil
j bring them down, as well as thi
other progressive people who livt
in Fairbanks for $10 round trip, ant
the Spark-plug of Alaska, on tha
day, will surely come into its own
The second and third games wil
be played on July fifth.
The grand stand is nearing com
pletion and will seat about 500 souls
The cast of this is to be paid foi
out of the proceeds of the bal
games, as well as the cost of bring
ing the players down The revenue
derived from all games will prob
ably amount to $1,000.
Mr. Browne, engineer in charge
of the Alaskan Engineering com
mision, will be asked permission te
let the ball players sleep in the dor
mitory, as they have done in the
past, as it will be impossible fo:
them to get a place to sleep aroune
town, as every available bed wil
no doubt be taken.
Dr. Bowen will be the official
starter, “Doc” being the livest wire
in the town, and some “starter.”
Harry Shaw, Dr. More and Q. F.
Leahr will be the judges, while Ed
Dilley will be marshal of the day
Walter Preston will be the official
tuter, ex-officio non-commissioned
officer. R. G. Southworth will act
as paymaster and award the prize
money.
There will be a big dance held or
the night of the Fourth, after the
picture show. Bergren’s stringed or
chestra will furnish the music, and
acording to the opinion expressed by
the crowd who were at the dance
Saturday night, it was about the
best music they danced to in a long
time.
Herman Anderson got his engine
running last night, and if noise car
be taken as an indication of power
he sure has some powerful engine
The motor boat races will prob
ably take place on the fifth of July
at night, as well as the Indian canoe
races.
“Liinti
BE AWARDED ON
FOURTH OF W
Raffle of Red Cro»* Roo«te* Ha
Been Postponed Until All the
Tickets Are In.
“Liberty,” the Red Cross rooster
was on the cards for raffling a
the card tourney last night, bu
the fact that all of the stubs o
the tickets sold had not been re
ceived, especially of the tickets sol<
out the line, a postponement wa
made of this interesting event
Mrs. J. R. Bowen, chairman o
the local branch of the Red Cross
announces that the raffle will de
finitely take place on the Fourtl
of July. The time and place wil
be announced later.
IS. CARTER TAKES
OVERJCAl HOTEI
Centrally Located Hostelry Is Pur
chased by Mrs. Fred Carter,
Who Will Run It
The Person hotel .situated on
street near the Coliseum, has beei
acquired by Mrs. Fred Carter, by ;
deal put through yesterday, and th
place will be remodeled and severa
alterations made in the interior ar
rangements.
The hotel is now ready for ac
cupancy, but the work of remodel
ing will continue uninterrupted!
until finished without any incon
venience to the guests of the house
Mrs. Carter has had wide ex
perience in matters pertaining t
the running of hotels and the pat
rons of the new Person hotel, unde
her management, can rest assure'
that they will have the best of treat
ment in regard to the accommo
dations.
DENVER.—School children o
Denver will produce twice the foo<
- this eason they raised last year ii
1 the war gardens, according to Cyri
Stebbins, director for the Westeri
■ states in the United States schoo
garden army.
Every school in Denver has or
ganized garden companies, each witl
a captain and two lieutenants
1 Hundreds of children also are rais
■ ing gardens for their parents be
sides the effort they put in the com
1 munity gardens. A teacher super
■ visor who is paid by the board o
1 education is in charge of the work
■ Parental clubs and other organiza
1 tions also aid in bearing the ex
' pense attached to the plan.
I An insignia which combines th
l letters U. S. S. G. is given each bo
and girl worker.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
FOR RENT—Four Room House.
All conveniences. Partly f >r
nished. Central location. Inquire
News office.
FOR SALE OR ENT—National Cash
Register. Simson’3.
FOR SALE CHEAP—Log Cabin and
Lot on F street, between First and
Second, heavy malthoid roofing,
double floor, two large windows,
glass door, cellar and well. Lot
50x140, fenced in and plowed.
Owner leaving town.
MEMBER OF HOUSE OF
COMMONS WAS IN RAID
LONDON.—There was one mem
ber of the house of commons on the
British expedition to Zeebrugge.
Commander Hamilton Benn, member
for Greenwich, commanded one of
the motor launches in charge of the
smoke barrage work. He escaped
without a scratch, although the bow
of his vessel was stove in
1 This is your first chance to de
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