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WILLIAM C. GORGAS.
' Major-General William C. Gorgas
was considered one of the world s,
foremost authorities »n military:
medicine and surgery. He fought
and defeated the malarial mosquito
in Panama and thus made possible
the building of that great waterway.
He dislodged yellow fever from its
century-old stronghold in Havana,
and under the direction * the Unit
ed States Government and the
Rockefeller Foundation supervised
campaigns against that dread disease
in Central America, Peru, and Ecua
dor.
At the invitation of the British
government he went to South Africa |
in 1913 to establish sanitary condi
tions in the Rand, as a result of
which he received high honors from
the medical profession in London
and Oxford university conferred a
degree upon him.
In the last ten years his services
were sought to give battle to
plagues in many parts of the world.
When the typhus epidemic began in
Serbia in the war. an effort was
made to have him undertake the
campaign against it, but at that
time he was needed to direct the
medical and surgical work for the
American army in France.
He was decorated by the French
government and made a commander
of the Legion of Honor, and knight
ed by King George of England, the
latter for, as the king expressed it
to him, making possible the con
struction of the great canal.
In the days of the old French
company which attempted to build
the canal, tropical diseases annually
claimed one-fourth of all its work
ers. The French were powerless be
fore this pestilenc*.
When General Gorgas became gen
eral sanitary officer of the canal
commission, the annual death toll
had been reduced, but it was still
difficult to obtain the vast army of;
workmen necessary and to care for
those disabled by malaria, yellow
fever, and dysentery.
In nine years, by a systematic
campaign for the destruction of the
mosquito, General Gorgas virtually
drove these diseases from the Isth
mus. When he gave up the work
to accept the post of surgeon-gen
eral in the army, deaths among the
canal workers had reduced to five
per thousand annually. Congress,
in recognition of his achievement,
made him a major-general and the
world hailed him as one of the great
men of medical science.
In recognition of his services, he
was made a member of the Islluaian
commission, and served as such un
til he was made surgeon-general.
His work in combating yellow fe
ver in Havana began when he' went
to Cuba with the rank of major in
the Spanish war. When the war
ended he remained as sanitary of
ficer of the island. Havana had
been for more than a century the
focus of yellow fever infection for
all of the Northern hemisphere.
When he left Cuba in 1902 the
island had been cleaned up and
Havana, where previously from 200
to 1,200 had annually succumbed
to yellow fever, since has beea
virtually free from the disease.
While in the Canal Zone, General
Gorgas visited Guayaquil and map
ped out a plan to rid that city, long
known as the ‘‘pesthole of the Pa
cific,” from the yellow fever scourge,
and his plan was in process of ex
ecution when the great war began.
Soon after the United States en
tered the world war. General Gorgas
announced the organization of the
extensive system devised for the
“reconstruction” of soldiers crippled
in the war, which included the es
tablishment of orthopedic hospitals
behind the firing lines in France,
reconstruction hospitals in the great
centers of America, and the re
1 training of crippled men and prepa
ration for resuming their vocations
or learning new ones.
General Gorgas reached the age
limit while still on duty in France
in 1918. When the war was over
he was retired from active service
in the army. Subsequently, in 1919.
.he was head of the yellow fever
|commission organized by the Rocke
feller Foundation, and in that ca
pacity made an extensive tour of
• Central and South America to direct
the work of eradicating yellow fever
from some of its breeding centers,
notably in Peru and Ecuador.
; King George of England con
ferred upon him in June, 1920, the
I decoration of Knight Commander of
i the Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George.
■ General Gorgas was born in Mo
I bile. Alabama, October 3, 1834, th*
'son of a Confederate general. He
| was graduated from the University
jof the South in 1875. He was ap
| pointed a surgeon in the United
i States army in 1880. While in
'London in June, 1920, on his way
• to South Africa to azain improve
j sanitary conditions there, he was
J taken ill, and it was announced that
he had previously suffered a stroke
of apoplexy.
DEMOCRATIC CLAIMS.
‘‘The Democratic party is an un
entangled party—a free party—ow
ing no allegiance to any class or
group or special interest," declared
Homer S. Cummins, chairman of
the Democratic National committee,
in his opening address before the
national convention Iasi week. “We
were able to take up and carry
through to success the great pro
gressive program outlined in our
platform of 1912. During the
months which intervened between
March 4th, 1913, and the outbreak
of the World War, we placed upon
the statute books of our country
more effective, constructive and
remedial legislation than the Re
publican party had placed there in
a generation.
“The income tax was made a per
manent part of the revenue produc
ing agencies of the country, thereby
relieving our law of the reproach of
being unjustly burdensome to the
poor. The extravagances and inequi
ties of the tariff system were re
moved ! and a non-partisan tariff
commission was established so that
future revisions might be made in
the light of accurate information,
scientifically and impartially obtain
ed. Pan-Americanism was encour
aged: and the bread thus cast upon
the international waters came back
to us many fold. The great reaches
of Alaska were opened up to com
merce and development. Dollar di
plomacy was destroyed. A corrupt
lobby was driven from the national
capitol. An effective Seaman’s Act
was adopted. The Federal Trade
commission was created. Child la-i
bor legislation was enacted. The.
; parcel post and the rural free de
livery were developed. A good roads
'bill and a rural credits act were
passed. A secretary of labor was
'given a seat in the cabinet of the
: President. Eight-hour laws were
adopted. The Clayton amendment
to the Sherman anti-trust act was
passed, freeing American labor and
taking it from the category of com
modities. The Smith-Lever bill for
the improvement of agricultural
conditions was enacted. A corrupt
practices act was adopted. A well
considered warehouse act was pass-j
ed. Federal employment bureaus
were created. Farm loan banks, pos
tal sa%dngs banks and the federal
reserve system were established.
“These enactments, and many oth-;
er provisions of a remedial charac- I
ter, had a cleansing and quickening
effect upon the economic life of our
country. The farmer was freed from
the deadening effects of usurious
financial control. Labor was given
its Magna Charta of liberty. Busi-'
ness and finance were released from
the thralldom of uncertainty and
hazard. The economic life of Ameri
ca was refreshed by the vitalizing
breath of economic freedom.
“This extraordinary narration
sounds like a platform of promises.
The sober fact is that it is an in
adequate recital of actual perform
ance. It constitutes Democracy’s re
sponse to the demands of social
justice. It is our answer to the an
tiquated slander that the Democratic
party is unable to understand the
great affairs of the country.”
I
EFFICIENCY
applies to the man who has his fall
and winter wear Put in shape dur
ing the summer. Bring them to
D’ORSAY’S TAILOR SHOP
Phone Third and A Sts.
WOMEN DELEGATES ARE
URGED TO CUT COSTS
DES MOINES, la.—The wearing
of old clothes by the delegates to
the fifteenth biennial convention of
the General Federation of Women’s i
clubs was urged by Mrs. Josiah
Evans Cowles, president of the fed
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JOHN KETOOROKY
Proprietor.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Probate Court, Territory of '
Alaska, Fourth Judicial Division,
Nenana Precinct.
In the Matter of the Estate of
George Gotto, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, Administrator of the Es
tate of George Gotto, deceased, to
the creditors of, and all persons
having claims against the said de
ceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within six
months after the first publication of
this notice, to the administrator, or
to R. S. McDonald, at has office, for
said administrator, at Nenana, Alas
ka.
Dated this 3d day of July, 1920.
SAM GEROFF,
Administrator.
First publication July 7, 1920.
' Last publication, Aug. 4, 1920.
Day of publication, Wednesday.
WANT ADS1
FOR SALE—Washing outfit. Wring- j
er, to fit two tubs; 1 copper-bot- i
tom boiler, 1 brass washboard; in )
good condition. All for $13.50. J
Enquire N'enana News.
PHONOGRAPHS wanted at Sim
s
son’s Department Store. ^
FOUND—Leather watch fob with |f
locket. Owner can have same by *
calling at The News office.
■C
: BARX FOR RENT—Second and E. ^
Three double stalls. Pump in
barn. Inquire at News. j 5
THE DWYER HOME FOR SALE. ; tj
Terms reasonable. tf | ^
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BUNCH OF SEVEN KEYS found, i
Owner can recover by calling at j
News office and paying for adv
eration.
“Wartime thrift must prevail if
we are to help right conditions.
There is no need for a denim or
gingham dress rage, which would
simply make it harder for the wom
en who really need such things.
Make over what you have. Come
to the convention with a story of
thrift that will thrill other women
into
doing likewise."
Cowles’ appeal.
said Mrs.
Fresh Kodak Film* at Thompson's
Drug Store.
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
May have what you a'e looking for. I
SECOND-HAND GOODS BOUGHT!
AND SOLD.
NORTH OF NENANA HOUSE.
KNU SHOES cut the high cost of
shoes. Fowler & Morris.
a, the Seta way to McKinley
national Park.
WATCHES
JEWELRY
Watch Repairing
DESIGNING AND NATIVE
JEWELRY A SPECIALTY
WM. TAYLOR
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST MONDAY OF MONTH
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Martin Nash,
Secretary. President.
Rust House
CLEAN AND
COMFORTABLE
ROOMS BY THE DAY,
WEEK OR MONTH
MRS. CHAS. STANFORD
l> 1
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Outside Potatoes
Fruits of All Kinds
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A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
Tom Smith, Prop.
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NENANA HOUSE
Large Barn-In Connection-Dog Kennels
MRS. A. B. EASTERLY, Propriatrc**.
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Price* Moat Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
| NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
I MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
j Fourth Monday of Month
At 8:00 P. M.
|ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELAND,
I SoertUrr Dictator.
Department of the Interior
AUekea Engineering Commieeion
NOTICE
I Passengers are required to pur
ichase tickets before entering trains
Tickets can be purchased from
'the station agent, whose office is in
I)
| the employment office, on the ground
i floor of the General Office Building,
| Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
jat North Xenana.
Tickets will be on sale at ny
! time during office hours, and can be
! purchased in sufficient time before
| the departure of the trains,
i Regular trains for the south leave
the foot of A street on Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 8 a. m.
The following change of schedule
between Nortn Xenana and Fair
banks is effective dune 1. subject to
change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 8:00 a. m.;
arrive North Nenana, 12:30 p. m.
Leave North Nenana, 2:00 p. m.;
'arrive Fairbanks, 6:30 p. m.
j A ferry will be run between Ne
jnana and North Nenana to connect
with Fairbanks trains. Passengers
f,.r Fairbanks should purchase tick
ets in Nenana before crossing the
ferry.
Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE |
CONCERNS WILL PAY. ;
During the Inst season we conducted an advertising campaign
throughout the Nerth anil are prepared to send you the names of
people in all sections of Alaska and the Yukon who will verify our
statements.
Our'excellent Eastern connections, and the tremendous amount
of mail order business we are receiving from all parts of the
States for furs made te order enables us to turn our stock quickly
at a reasonable profit, but we must have ffir, for which we guar
antee top prices.
Make us a trial shipment. If our price does not suit you, the
goods will be returned charges prepaid.
WE MAKE FURS TO ORDER
at more reasonable rates than can be obtained Outside. At present
we are working three operators, and need others. If you are an
| operator and finisher, and want a good year-around job, com
municate with us.
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA