THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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ENLIGHTENED OBJECTORS?
Reference alrec •>' has h yen ^ made
i;- these columns t> a hat is con
s'dered by Alaskans t > ha-. ; been
unintelligent opposition to the legis
lation recently proposed by L olegate
Sulzer "to regulate the killing and
sale of certain game animals in Nor
thern Alaska " At the time the
Sulzer bill was under consideration
before the house comnr.ttee on terri
tories, the press dispatches men
tioned the fact that the proposed
legislation was being opposed by
Coionel Roosevelt. W. T. Hornaday
and Marshall Scull, prominent East
erners. but one must read the testi
mony of those gentlemen, before the
committee, to appreciate fuily their
ignorance of conditions in Alaska.
Doctor Hornaday. for fr.stance.
who has never been in Alaska, ex
presed the belief, in opposing the
bill, that "this bill does not propose
to feed starving people or to rescue
the perishing. The fact that this
bill is intended to enable the resi
dents of Alaska to beat the beef
trust. Now that does not appeal to
me in the least. The people ot
Alaska are there, almost ail of them
not to live in Alaska as long as the\
live, as we do here, but to maks
their money and get out. I hav.
asked a great many residents ol
Alaska the question. 'Do you expo
to live in Alaska all your life'. A at
they always say, ‘No.’ ”
Continuing, this enlightened gen
tlemar. said: " Let me point ou
that as the law. stands without a: ;
sale of game, it is exceedingly lib
eia! to the people of Alaska. It per
mrts the killing by one individual
on a licens ■ costiny $-50 to a resi
dent, two of those enorutcus moose
three mountain sheep ai d three car.
bou—enough dead meat to load th
largest truck in the city of Wash
ington. Now. that liberality was e>
cusable because of conditions i
Alaska. We consider that, and w
admit that although it was enoi
mously bad judgment, it was proi
ably right in order to meet cond
lions there.
"I hold that the best interes’
of the people of Alaska demand r
sale of game. Why? In order thi
the game be made to last the pi
neers of Alaska about ten tunes i
long as it otherwise will. If y<
commercialize the sale in Alaska an
further, it is good-bye to the cam
There will be nothing but a ba.rt
country left there and the pro
pector who goes out into the hi!
to prospect will need to carry all <
his food upon his back.'*
After informing the eommirti
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TRAINING CAMPS I
The deparment of agriculture, the
woman’s committee of the Council
of National Defense, and the women’s'
division of the United States Em
ployment service will cooperate, it is
announced, in a program to supply
women for farm work during the
war emergency. Camps for the
training of women farm helpers are
being considered.
As the result of a conference held
by representatives of tie three de
partments named, the department of
agriculture will immediately ascer
tain through its 2,000 agents in what
nates the farmers want women, ant
the kind of farm work for whiel
there is a demand for women labor
and to furnish, through its ertensio!
service, the lists of trained womei
who might be available as leaders i
training camps for women fare
helpers were established.
The woman’s committee of th
Council of National Defense will tak
up the question of training camp
and will have charge of whatever re
cruiting. educational and welfar
work is done.
The department of labor, throug
its women’s division, of which Mr
Hilda Mulhauser Richards is the heat
and with the aid of the farm servic
division, will register women avai
able for farm work and place thei
in jobs.
It was decided at the eonferene
that it was “unwise to stimulate u
terest in placing women on farms
until it is known whether there
a shortage of farm labor.
that Judge Wickersham had "told me
this morning that, in his opinion,
instead of there being 100.000 eari
bou in that portion of Alaska (as
claimed by Governor Riggs and
others who appeared before the com
mitttee), now. in his opinion, there
are not more than 5.000.
"I am told that it is no longer
necessary now to depend upon dog
teams for hauling in the game I
am told that there are a great many
roads in Alaska now that are avail
able for horses and wagons, and
sleds by which game could be brought
into the centers of population in far
. larger quantities than formerly wa
the case. There now is practically
well. I will not say no limit, but I
might almost say no limit, too, to
the amount of the moose or game
that could be brought into the set
tlements for sale now.
■■ not possible to estimate
the number of caribou with any
reasor.able assurance of being cor
rect. or anywhere near the mark.
The caribou that go in herds are
migratory: and those that are not
migratory, iive in small bands, and
they are easily reached and easily
killed.
-I have been disturbed for years
by the fact that the congress of the
United States did not seem to take
Alaska with sufficient seriousness
and that the judiciary system of
Alaska was not as strict as it should
be. In the face of that lawless
snirt( referring to a statement to
the effect that the officers of the
law could not convict anybody in
Interior Alaska for breaking the
game law and had stopped trying to
convict anybody) is it safe to leave
the future of the game of Alaska
to the people of Alaska 1 Is it safe
to leave in the hands of the governor
of Alaska that absolute power, as
Mr. Suizer's proposed amendment
provides, over the big game of that
territory?"
3 “It is my impression that the bip
- game of Alaska is disappearing rap
- idly and I have yet to find a sport
- ing man or naturalist who think
1 otherwise." In support of this be
» lief, the doctor read a paragrapl
o from a book written by him. entitled
t “Our Vanishing Wild Life.’’ thi
>- paragraph being as follows: ’ ‘Th<
.s moose laws of Alaska are strict—
u toward sportsmen, only. The miners
v prospectors, and Indians may kil
?. as many as they please, ‘for foo<
n purposes.' This opens the door t<
s- a great amount of unfair slaughter
!s Any coffee cooler can pat a man an
>f a pick into his hunting outfit, g
, out after moose, and call himsel
< prospector.”
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Nenana. Alaska. May 3. 1918
Editor of the News:
“In view of the many kindnesses
and favors which have been shown
us by the N'enana people during oar
stay here, we wish to use the col
umns of your paper to express > ur
selves in the matter of the MiFtary
dance given by Sergeant Smith, on
last Saturday evening, the proceeds
of which were to apply on the ex
penses of drilling the registrants
here.
‘•We wish to state that we. the
members of Company ”B" detailed
here, had absolutely nothing to do
with the dar.ce arrangements, nor
the collection or disbursements of
the finances in connection therewith
except at the request of Sergeart
Smith.
“After hearing many comments
and criticisms about the financial
statement published by Sergeant
Smith, which purported to be a cor
rect statement of the proceeds and
disbursements in connection with the
dance, we desire to clear ourselves
of any imputation in connection
with the matter, and as a means to
wards that end. requested that an
investigation be made by members
of the Committee on Public Works
and Charities, the dance being-given
in that interest. This committee as
certained the Sergeant Smith dis
posed of tickets to the value of $151.
as against the sum of $76.50, as
claimed in his statement.
“In view of this discrepancy, wo
wish to again most forcibly state
that we had nothing to do with it
and do not want our Nenana friends
to think that we did. We were not
in any way implicated, and do not
wish to be held responsible in the
minds of the public.
“The report of the committee of
investigation is as follows:
Statement of Ticket^ Sold for Mili
tary Ball. Proceed* to Apply or
Drilling Fund for Registrant*.
By Terminal 5
By Coghili. -2
Taylor & Davis....2
By Nenana Club 3
By Martin 1
By Cooney 1
By Thompson .3
By Portland.. 4
By Nelson 1
By Simson's.2
By Abbey. 1
Total .25 <2 $1.50 $37.5<
By Smith. ... 7 (a $1.50 10.5(
Box Office Receipts! This
includes $15 turned in
by Curtis > . 82.5'
: Collection .. .... 20.5
Total $151.0
HOWARD P. CURTIS.
WOODBURY ABBEY.
Committee on Public
Works and Charitie:
“The report made out by Sergean
Smith was published as follows:
Receipts.
Sale of Tickets .51 <2 $1.50... $76.5
Disbursements
' Music $41.00
1 Supper . 22.50
^ Punch . 3.70
' Hall Rent . 25.00
L $92.20 $92.2
*1 Deficit .$15.7
“Thanking you for the space v
Shave consumed, we are.
“Yours very truly.
1 "SERGT DRURY
1 “PVT. GALLAGE
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1 j “PVT. MILLER
“PVT. FURY
f | “PVT. SOXGER
* | “PVT. TURK
“PVT OSBORNE
e | “PVT. PHILLIPS
s BIG DECREASE IN BRITISH
HOME-GROWN MEAT SUPPL
e _
The English market reports, ju
h received by the United States Fo
s. i administration, show the amount
1, | home-grown meat of all kinds coi
e ‘ ing to the principal markets h
1- : averaged 55,000,000 pounds of me
n per week since January 1, as agaii
j 227,000.000 pounds average for t
e same period of 1916.
l- J The number of cattle coming
i" i market bn* decreased 64 per cei
is I sheep 40 per cent, hogs 68 per ce
compared to the same period in 19:
WOMEN OF U.S.
ARE CONSERVING
MUCH FOODSTUFF1
The United States Food admini
station has placed upon American
; women the supreme responsibility of
j conserving the food of the country. |
The great message has gone forth
that this war for democracy and
j liberty will be won by the conser
; vation of our foodstuffs that the!
! cause of freedom—not alone for our- |
selves but for the world—can be
! served by a nation-wide plan to pre
l vent food shortage.
Whole-heartedly have the women
throughout the country responded to ;
this message, acted upon it with mag-;
nificent patriotism, enlisting under
the colors with the same spirit that .
dominated that other, great army .
. which has been and is now marching
I along the avenues and streets of
| every town and village in America.
The United States Food admini
stration does not imply the cutting
down of the normal ration of nour
ishing food. But it does ask every
woman to exercise care in the use of
wheat, meat, butter, fat. sugar, milk,
the larger use of fruits, vegetables,
and perishable foods, the substitu
tion of foods that are plentiful for
| the foods that are scarce, and the
i elimination of waste in cooking and
j serving.
And in co-operating with the U. S.
' Food administration the women of
America can render their highest cer
vice in patriotism, and by concerted
action show that they are standing
, nobly by their Government at a time
of its greatest crisis; that in this
epoch-making period of its history
their spirit is a symbol of its heroic
destinv.
“We must win a world's war by |
eating corn and chicken instead of
wheat and beef." advises Mrs. Agnes
Swineford Shattuck. director of
| Home Economics Division of the
Federal Food administration for Alas
ka. “Seven years ago M. Bloch, the
great Russian banker, told us: “That
is the future of war—not fighting,
but famine." Germany is now fight
ing to hold off famine from herself
3nd to assure famine for her ene
mies. She has been able to keep
i herself from defeat as much because
‘of her food organization as her fight -
j ing organization. She has controlled
J saved and stretched her food as
1 no nation has done before.
1 The American housewife must take
j upon herself the burden of this
i stretching process. She must re
* i member that the Allies are less able
1 j to pay the price than we. that the
- European woman knows nothing of
^ breadmaking and that the Iral’rn
and French women are already dizzy
with the requirements made upon
them by the war. Living in an at
mosphere charged with the exigen
: | cies of war. these women are forced
into the fields and manufacturing
I plants, and thre is no hour left for
0 them to give study to a change of
i diet. Bowed down with the grief
; and burden of war. they must be
i furnished with the food they under
! stand, not strange grains from a
! foreign land
The question of substitution is one
01 which requires the attention of
" j every Alaskan housewife. She must
s. acquaint herself intimately with
food values that she may not be
found guilty of improperly nourish
ing her family in her zeal to help
R : her country save. She must do hei
5 marketing withinfinite care; econo
mically, so that she may be prepared
to buy the higher priced substitutes
intelligently, so that «ehe may al
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selected substitutes, and not be de
pendent upon the last minute order
of meat, so common to the busy
housewife.
We often hear the suggestion that
the United States should have pre-1
pared for war a year earlier. It be
hooves the Alaskan woman to be a '
year early in her study of food con
servation. The situation seems grave
enough now. but the passing months,
perhaps years, may bring forth sucn
a dire necessity as only a well pre
pared housewife can hope to be abie
to meet.”
Buttermilk is a dairy by-product
the food value of which is often un
derestimated. Buttermilk produced
by the manufacture of good butter
from a good quality of well-ripend
cream is one of the most healthful
foods obtainable. Its healthfulness
is derived from the lactic acid pres
ent. This is formed when a .ercain
type of bacteria, called the bacterium
lactic acid, converts the milk sugar
into lactic acid. These bacteria are
always present in normal milk and
cream, and this process of forming
iactic acid is the natural souring of
milk, and is known as cream rip
Buttermilk is an excellent hog
food, and probably most of it is be
ing used for this purpose: but it
should be more universally used as a
human food, especially since it is a
cheap article; and during these times
when we must all keep ourselves in
the best possible condition, butter
milk should be used as a spring
tonic, instead of these so-called pat
ent blood remedies.
_
Mason B. Leming, special agent for
the United States general land office
who has been inspecting agricultural
conditions in the Matanuska valley
district recently returned to Anchor
age. While on his trip he visited
several of the many mines in that
region.
r. s. McDonald
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