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JAPANESE ADMIRATION
The rapidity with which the
United .States prepared for war and
the magnitude and success of her
military operations continue to
draw expressions of admiration from
Japanese, says an Associated I’ress
correspondent, writing from Tokio.
Generally speaking, the public in
Japan regarded the United States
a< a peace-loving nation, which,
having no bent for war, could never
do much in the building up of a
great army.
The wonderful transformation of
America in the war is the subject
of many articles by prominent pub
licists- Thus, Dr. Shigeo Suyehiro,
professor of Kyoto University,
writes:
“There is no disguising the fact
that prior to the war the Japan
ese did not believe in the military
strength of America, but the pres
ent titanic struggle has demon
strated beyond all doubt the error
of the Japanese estimate. The
United States has become a great
military power at a bound and her
navy is only second to that of Great
Britain. The financial resources of
America are something tremnend
ous. It is stated that America
would be able to keep the w'ar go
ing for d quarter of a century at
the rate of expenditure which she
spent for the first year. Nor is
that all.
“The Americans are as great
spiritually as their country is al
most limitless in her resources. Just
imagine that the Americans—whom
some Japanese consider as slavish
worshippers of Mammon—working
for their country at an allowance
of $1 a year; they endured the
hardship of meatless and wheatless
days in order to obtain a supply
of surplus provisions available for
the Allies; and no dissentient voice
was raised against the proposed re
striction of the manufacture of
Jiouor.
t “The material and spiritual sac
rifices made by the Americans in
the cause of the war as evidenced
in these and other things are really
wonderful, showing as they do the
greatness of America and her
people.”
Dr. Suyehiro thought that it
would he the height of absurdity
for Japan to pick a quarrel with
such a great country without a
sufficient casus belli. Japan should
stand for an open door policy in
the Far Fast, but in return she
should revive similar treatment in
lndo-Ohina, Canada, Australia and
New Zealand. He said that Amer
ica had been excluding Japanese
imigrants but he thought it very
doubtful whether she was suffi
ciently justified in so doing. Japan,
he said, should strive to have the
United States correct her attitude
not by brute force but by appeal
ing to her sense of justice and
humanity, and this he applied with
equal force to British and French
territory where the discrimination
against Japanese is in force.
TOURIST TRAVEL GOOD
In spite of war and enforced
restrictions on travel, during the
1018 tourist season, the numbei
of visitors to America’s nationa
park war. per cent of the tota
in 1917. Stephen T. Mather, sup
'Tinter.dent of the national pari
service established a year ago, has
reported to Secretary T^ine thai
visitors during tKe year numbered
154,841, against 490,70a in 1917.
For 1919, the director anticipates
that the new privileges and the re
leased restrictions will lead to im
mense increases.
Director Mather urges that the
Grand Canyon of Colorado be added
to the list of national parks, and
that steps be taken to acquire for
the United States the Mammoth
Cave, in Kentucky; the sand dune
area in Indiana, and the gigantic
tree areas in California.
Total appropriations for parks
carried for the year beginning June
SO, 1918. were $1,012,000, Mr.
reports, while the revenues from
the pin ks, in the year ending the
same date, were $217,105, as com
pared with $180,571 in the previous
year. Pointing out that a large
number of gifts of lands and rights
of way have been made to the pary
systems, and are likely to be made
oftener in the future, the report
suggests that permanent legislation
be enacted to allow the secretary
of the interior to accept these, and
to accept money gifts.
An early fixing of tourist rates
on railroads is also asked, that the
travel to the parks and their man
agement policy may be facilitated
during coming years.
PEACE 10 HELP
Oil CONSUMERS
IS PREDICTION
DALLAS, Tex.—Big oil produc
ers of the Southwest predict that
peace will brine increased pro
duction and increased consumption
of fuel oil, lubricating oil, and
gasoline.
They declare that to meet speci
fications for hiirh grade fuel oil for
admiralty purposes it was neces
sary to refine much crude oil un
der wasteful conditions, which will
not obtain in the future.
Increased consumption, producers
say, will result from neutral mar
kets replenishing their stocks, from
more general use of motor cars in
1 Kuropean countries that have been
at war, and from the use in Great
Britain, France and Italy of thous
ands of motor lorries, now in the
war zone, as auxiliary systems of
overworked railways.
But this increased demand will
be more than offset by increased
production, officers of the large
Texas companies declare. Produc
tion in the North Texas field now
is 62,000 barrels a day, the Gulf
field is producing 68,000 barrels,
the Kansas fields 99,000 barrels,
the Oklahoma fields outside of
Cushing and llealton 142,000; the
Cushing 44,500; and the Healton
42,500. The Texas figures show
an increase over figures for the
quarter ending September 30, which
gave the total production as 9,244,
814 barrels, valued at $18,091,249.
This was an increase of more than
a million barrels over the June
quarter and two million over the
March quarter .
Experts here say the Mexican
fields alone have a potential pro
duction of 1,000,000 barrels a day.
Producers predict that with the
extension of the oil fields, oil sta
tions will be established at ports
t
REDUCTION MADE
IN A. E. C. FORCE
Owing principally to tile weathei
, which effectually prevents agrees
I sive construction work on the rail
road and the fact that all of tht
preparatory work for next season’s
operations has now been com
pleted, it became necessary to laj
; of a considerable portion of the
forces of the Alaskan Engineering
commission until such time as the
| weather will permit of a resumption
of activities.
A sufficient number of work
men have been retained in the serv
ice to take care of the running re
pairs that will become necessary
from time to time, in the rolling
stock and other branches of the
railroad work. All of the build
ings planned have been completed
and the carpenters have been laid
off, only one or two being retained
for repair and other work that may
occur. The yard crew have also
been laid off, as the work allotted
to them has now been completed.
With the available funds, it is
proposed to carry on just such work
as is absolutely necessary only, and
the lay-off has been so arranged.
In making the reduction of forces
the married men and those who
have dependents have been given
the preference.
All the locomotives cars and
other machinery used in the con
struction work have been thoroughly
overhauled and put into condition
for the resumption of railroad
building on a large scale. For this
purpose a large force of men have
been employed in the machine shops
and yard, and the greater part of
this force had to be laid off for
a time.
Out on the line, the Brown
hoist is engaged in salvage oper
ations, and for the present, it has
been deemed expedient to use up
daily, in extending the line south
wards, the rails and otnei materials
taken up by the salvage crew in
one working day, consequently a
reduction has been made in the
steel gang, only sufficient force of
men being retained to handle the
daily output of the salvaging crew. :
It is estimated that the salvaging
crew will be able to take up suffi
cient steel and other material to
allow of the laying of from 800
to 1000 feet of track a day, and the
steel gang, as at present consti
tuted, will be able to take care of
this much of the work daily'.
Material in sufficient quantity
is not obtainable now to make the
surfacing operations the success it
should be, and in consequence the
surfacing gang has been discon
tinued and such surfacing as is
possible during the remaining por
tion of the winter will be done by
a section formed of a portion of the
surfacing gang. The dragline px
cavator cannot work until the frost
is practically out of the ground,
and the big machine has been got
in readiness to commence opera
tions just as soon as possible. The
surfacing gang will be formed
again as soon as the excavator com
mences operations.
The bridge across the river at
Nenana Crossing is now completed
and the carpenters engaged in bulid
ing have been laid off also.
The money available to carry
on the work until the fiscal year
which ends on dune 80th, is just
barely sufficient to carry on such
works as are absolutely necessary,
on a small scale, until the next
appropriation becomes available.
Plans are being formulated now for
commeneing aggressive railroad
operations at as early a date as
possible.
throughout the world and permit
of further adoption by ships of oil
burning power stations.
L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
Shop in Portland Building
Now Opett for Business with
Full Line of Requisites
WAR STIMULATES
NORWAY TRAVEL
BERGEN, Norway.—Since the
war began Bergen has taken on
added importance as a shipping cen
ter. It has been a point where
neutral ships gathered to be con
voyed through danger zones and all
passengers embarked for British and
Scottish ports. Because of the great
influx of English-speaking tourists
in normal times, English was spoken
very generally in the larger cities
and towns even before the war, but
now nearly all Norwegians speak
English. Foreign refugees from
Russia and Finland recently have
kept all the resort hotels in the Nor
wegian mountains crowded. Travel
has far exceeded the capacity of
the railway between Christiania and
Bergen and the inns have been un
able to accommodate the great mass
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Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
Anderson, Herman
Allred, Mrs. Clara
Budow, A1
Browne, F. D.
Bresnahan, K. I).
Blankfield, I).
Bowen, J. H.
Blair, Roy
Brooker, Ed
Bennett, J. F.
Ball, I. B.
Brown, Erie
Burns, R. E.
Calderhead, K. W.
Campbell, N’. J.
Coghill, W. A.
Cooney, M. .1.
Doner, h'rank
Diven, R. ,T.
Douse, Fred
Davis, Harry
Ekeland, Alt.
Funk, A. B.
Fisher, .loe
Flower. J. H.
Foster, Steve
Gagnon. Wm.
Haslem, H. G.
Hagan, .Tames
Hill, E. W.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey, Andy
Gray, E. B.
Gilehcr, W. H.
Hyland, Mike
Isabel. L. C.
Irvine, A. J.
Johnson, A. G.
Jones, Frank
Jacobsen, J. C.
Julian, W. J.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter
Joseph, H. B.
Koland, Knut
Ketooroky, John A.
Eaughlin, E. L.
Lund, E. K.
l.ehr, Q. F.
Myers, R. R.
Moore, Frank B.
Miles, J. H.
McDonald, R. S.
Martin, G. S.
Morris, R. C.
Nash, Martin
O’Keefe, I.arry
Parks, S. E.
Pennington, G. W
Palfy, Paul
Packer, W. L.
Ryan, W. A.
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Schaeffer, M. A.
Slippern, J. A.
Simson. Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Stone, A. J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, Chas.
Southworth, R. G.
Spira, Frank
Thompson, Theodore
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. d.
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Williams, E. A.
Waeehter, R. I.
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In spite of their proximity, Swed
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fashioned on German lines. Nor
way is more democratic and inde
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content itself with standing in the
shadow of any great power. Monu
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