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, 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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There have been many signs re
cently of extreme uneasiness by the
German high command regarding
the increasing ascendancy of the
Allied airmen on the Western front.
This has been especially evident
since the American airmen have be
gun to appear in force and have
proved themselves of the same met
tle as the French and British fliers.
It has become a common-place
among British airmen that their op
ponents will not face combat in the
air unless in strength of three or
four to one. and German prisoners
have told of German airmen being
punished by their flight command
ers for returning to their airdromes
laden with bombs and ammunition
which they had been ordered to
drop over the British lines. It Is
becoming increasingly hard to find
a German airman over the Allied
side of the lines in the daytime, as
is proved by the German’s own ad
mission th^t when they do manage
to bring down an Allied machine
it is almost always over their own
territory.
Perhaps the most striking evi
dence of German official anxiety
regarding the Allied superiority in
the air is found in the official Ger
man wireless news. This, while al
ways imaginative and rarely accu
rate, has of late been singularly
wild and full of fiction regarding
the situation in the air. In an ef
fort to counteract the depressing
effect of the real facts of the situ
ation, the German wireless editors
make the wildest statements, bor
dering almost on humor.
This a recent copy of the Ger
man wireless report says: “Su
'perior methods of flying and great
er skill have secured for the Ger
man Air Force successes on a scale
such as were never known before.”
The same statement refers in glow
ing terms to the “reckless attacking
spirit” of the pilots of the German
chasing planes—a phrase which pro
voked much merriment among Brit
ish, French and American airmen,
who of late have found that even
one of the reconnaissance machines
can rely on putting to flight any
German machine which is not ac
companied by three or four of its
own kind.
“If Germany is really pleased with
her air record for the past few
months,” remarked a British squad
ron leader to the correspondent,
“there is no reason for us to com
plain. We ask nothing better than
that Germany should go on having
the same kind of success in future
months.”
He took as example, the report
for May, which lay open on his desk.
“This report,” he explained, “deals
with the British air fighting alone,
and has no reference to the fine
air work of the French, Italians and
Americans. During the month, the
British brought down 398 German
machines in aerial combat, and 20
by fire from the ground, while 100
more were driven down out of con
trol and probably destroyed. Dur
ing the same period. 123 British
machines failed to return to iheir
airdromes.”
HELP WIN THE WAR
WE HAVE A LARGE STOCK OF WHEAT SUBSTITUTES
TO OFFER
Barley Flour
Rice Flour
Liberty Flour
(75% Wheat 25% Barley)
The Food Regulations compel us to sell 60 pounds of
Substitutes with every 100 pounds of Wheat Flour, except
the Liberty Flour, which it is only necessary to use 20
pounds of substitute with eve»*y 100 pounds.
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO.
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| If It Is On the Market You Will Find It Here
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WANTS 10 KNOW
ABOUI NEW LAW
Report Is Requested of Local Board
Regarding the “Work or Fight
Regulations.
The following telegram was re
ceived yesterday by Ed. Cronin,
chairman of Nenana Local Board
No. 19.
Juneau, Alaska. Aug. 23, 1918
“Cronin, Nenana.
“Following telegram August 22,
from Provost Marshal General to
this office:
“ ‘Number B twenty-seven fifty
seven. Nearly three months have
elapsed since promulgation of work
or fight regulations and several
states have not yet reported as re
quire by section hundred twenty
' one I. It is extremely important
that I be informed as to the extent
I to which these regulations have been
^ enforced, and you are requested to
report without fail on September 1st.
| You are further directed to wire all
i local boards to report to you im
mediately as following: first, num
ber of registrants who have been
I notified to appear on acount of idle
ness or non-productive occupation.
Second, number who have notified
j the boarc! of a change to productive
j occupation. Third, number certified
j to district board under section
hundred twenty-one G. Fourth,
number notified after consideration
district board that their order num
ber or deferred classification should
J be withdrawn on account of idle
! ness or non-productive occupation.
; Fifth, number found by district
i boards to be engaged in productive
occupations. These reports should
• cover enforcement of regulations
from date of promulgation to and
including August twenty-fifth. Tab
ulate the reports as received and on
September first, report figures for
your state to this office by tele
graph. Please give this matter im
mediate attention and urge boards
to report immediately.”
FINNEGAN.”
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The mail which was a day late
leaving Chitina is reported to be
on the auto which is now stuck in
the mud near Hogan's and it is
not known when it will reach here
The trail is reported to be in very
bad condition.
■ In a wire received by Abe Stein
this morning from his son Isadore,
who is with the boys on the way
i “Over there”, he is informed that
1 the bunch reached St. Michael last
night after a fine trip and that
! everybody is feeling fine. They have
three mascots now, the wire says,
two bears and a dog.
—
Sam Sea expects to leave for the
great'
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of J. A. Slippern.
G. Barnum, advance agent of the
moving pictures “The Birth of a
Nation” and “Intolerance” arrived
in town from Fairbanks yesterday.
He left again this morning for the
uppertown, but expects to be back
in Nenana in a few days.
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GW FINISHED
SI SOUIH END OF
IHE NEW D LINE
Albert Lundborg Completes His
Contract and Joins the New
and Old Railroad Line.
Albert Lundborg, the well known
contractor who has successfully
completed several grading and other
contracts with the Alaskan Engin
eering commission on the right of
way south of Nenana and on the
Nenana-Fairbanks line, completed
his last grading contract on the ex
treme south end of the new D line,
and by doing so has joined the D
line to the old right of way just
a little way below the old through
cut on Bartlett’s contract near 30
mile.
Lundborg’s contract extended
from station No. D 18130 to station
| No. D 18190, a distance of six
I
thousand feet, or a trifle over a
mile on the extreme southern end
of the D line, and consisted entirely
| of a fill. He employed quite a
i large force of men and many teams,
the entire length of the grade fin
ished by him was done with scrapers,
i The men and teams employed by
him will arrive in town today and it
| is probable that he will be able to
: get some grading work on the Ne
1 nana-Fairbanks right of way to keep
, his stock going until freezeup- The
! grading work on the Nenana-Fair
! banks line is only suitable for work
' with scrapers and teams.
ESTER PIONEER
Well Known Mining Man From Ester
Creek, Comes to Nenana For
the First Time.
! Henry Schroder, of Ester City, ar
i rived in Nenana last night for the
I first time si.nce the town was es
tablished here and says he is very
favorably impressed with the pros
perous looks of the town as com
pared with tjie other Interior towns
he had recently visited.
He says that he expected to see
a town here somewhat like ordinary
mining acmps in the Tanana valley,
but that what he found to exist
' surpassed all of his estimates of the
place.
j There is very little mining activity
in the Ester district, he says, owing
to the fact that labor is very scarce
' and prices of the necessary tools,
machinery and supplies have ad
vanced about four hundred per cent,
making it absolutely impossible for
the average operator to undertake
mining operations even on a small
| scale. The people of the district
are living in hopes of the passage
; of the bill now being considered
i whereby the gold mining industry
will get a new lease of life as it
were in Alaska when the government
decides to give the producers a
bonus on the gold produced.
Henry was about the heaviest
sufferer in the recent fire which de
J vastated Ester City and destroyed
the entire business section of the
j little camp. He lost all his personal
goods and the four houses he owned,
including the Northern cafe. lie
says he would like to settle perman
ently in Nenana at least until such
time as he will be enabled to again
, open up the quartz and placer
i ground owned by him in the dis
, trict.
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| Germany says we cannot get to
j gether in this conutry because we
, have no master-mind to make us do
j it. Show the stuff Americans are
made of and save food to help
| carry on the fight.
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Two English inventors have pat
| ented an electirc fan which resembles
a hand fan and is waved by a motor
in its base.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Enameled double bed,
cotton layer laid mattress, spring
Lang cook stove, wood or coal
also heater and 'baker, wheel
barrow, shot-gun, 1(5 bore, with
shells; axes, wedges, saws, sledge,
peavy, carpenter tools, etc; all
best Quality and cheap. Inquire
at yellow tent, opposite Commis
sion sawmill.
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
COLISEUM
SUNDAY’S PROGRAM
Hearst Pathe News—Pictorial News
Showing “Gold Mining in the West;** “Bag Giant Zeppelins**
I “Every Shot Must Hit’* “Remember the Boys*’—send a message
of good chee~ to Pershing’s boys in France as your Yuletide greet
ing. Remember they are fightirig for you and yours.
TRIANGLE PLAYS PRESENTS THE MOST POPULAR SCREEN
STAR, BESSIE BARRISCALE WITH CHARLES RAY, IN
I PLAIN JANE |
IN FIVE SENSATIONAL ACTS
A PICTURE THAT IS SURE TO PLEASE
Mr. Geo. W. Pennington, one of the able Four-Minute speakers,
will address the audience tonight on an entirely new topic
in regards to the war.
NOTE—Show for tomorrow (Monday) night will be "The Eye
of Night”, featuring William H. Thompson. Also Pathe News.
ADMISSION 50c RESERVED SEATS 75c
SHOW STARTS AT 8:30 O’CLOCK
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HAMILTON, WALTHAM and ELGIN WATCHES
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We Have Them In Six and Twelve Inch Sizes
AND THE PRICE WILL BE RIGHT
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