THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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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.
Published every afternoon exoept Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. Southworth..Editor and Manager
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A “THIMBLE FUND”
An aution sale was once held bj
an unsentimental couple to dispose
of their uselss and superfluous wed
ding presents, says the Literary Di
gest.. This was before the war
They would find a suggestion now
in the example of Cincinnati women
who have begun to collect precious
metals which, when melted down,
will be sold for the benefit of a fund
to aid soldiers of the Allies who
have becomeb lind. Silverware al
ready donated by jewelers has net
ted nearly $2,0000. A chest of sil
ver, the gift of one individual, is ex
pected to realize several hundred
The experience of Cincinnati, detail
ed in the daily press, may contain
a suggestion for many other places:
“In this collection may be found
thimbles, from which the fund takes
its name, tableware, vases, watches,
rings, spectacles, oper-glasses, and
other metallic articles valuable for
the metal they contain.
“Among the hundreds of pieces
of metal are several pounds of small
flat pieces of lead. ‘Lead is a very
valuable metal,’ says a member of
the committee. ‘When we asked the
the women for lead, the response
was surprising. We did not know
where all of these pieces of lead
were coming from until one woman
told us. They were taking the
weights from the tails of coats they
had discarded.’
“The collection, which demon
strate the patriotism of women in
a unique way, will be sent to a re
finer to be melted and sold. If a
refiner can not be found in Cincin
nati who is patrioti cenough to do
the work for nothing, the work will
be done ir. Washington by the Gov
ernment free of charge.
“No money is being asked for this
fund, but old metals of all kinds,
which may be converted into cash,
are desired.”
Cablegrams expressing the thanks
of the French, Italian and English
government for the willingness of
the American people to reduce their
wheat consumption have been re
ceived by the Food Administration
from food ministers of the Allied
countries.
The messages were in answer to
a cable announcing that at the March
meeting of the 500 leading hotel
men from all parts of the country
they had pledged themselves to
abolish the use of wheat products
in their hotels until the next harvest.
Cablegrams announcing this action
were dispatched to Victor Boret,
French; Silvo Crespi, Italian; and
Lord Rhondda, British, ministers of
food for the Allied governments.
“The news that you announced to
me,” the French minister cabled,
j “could at no other moment be more
| agreeable. I ask you to express to
I your fellow countrymen my hearty
j thanks.”
The message was received in Pari3
| at the time of the Inter-Allied Scien
| tific Food Conference was closing
j and American delgates described
the efforts which have been put into ;
execution by the United States for !
helping France. . i
Lord Rhondda declared that the
work of the United States in this
measure is deeply appreciated, add
ing, “Such self-sacrifice and whole
hearted effort inspire us with re
newed determination.” I
“In the name of the Italian peo
ple, who retain their whole strength
of courage in the fact of direst pri
vation,” the Italian minister of food
cabled, “I express to you their hearti
est gratitude for your admirable
concerted attitude.”
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Three Buffalo nickles and one
dime will help to break the Hinden
burg line.—Buy a Thrift Stamp.
Knock the helm out of Willhelm.
—Buy War Savings Stamps.
IDIIARGD PROUD
OF SHOWING FOR
IDE RED CROSS
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Remote Interior Camp Contributes
Substantial Sum to Nation’s
War Workers.
It will be gratifying for all to
know, says the Iditarod Pioneer, that
there has been a total of $4,368.75
sent to the national headquarters
from Iditarod Chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross to this date, the same
to be treated as a restricted dona
tion for relief at the front in ac
cordance with a desire expressed
from this end, and arrangments per
fected with the northwestern divi
sion. Although usual, and in accord
ance with the regular policy of the
A. R. C., chapters are allowed a cer
tain percentage of their collections
from members to be used in defray
ing their expenses. In line with
this Iditarod chapter was duly noti
fied by wire shortly after the first
remittance had reached headquarters
that approximately 26 per cent was
being held subject to their instruc
tions, headquarters requesting to
know whether they should return
the money or send supplies. This
chapter immediately wired to apply
this money, as well as portions of
future remittances, as subscriptions
to the Red Cross fund and that we
desired neither money nor supplies
to be returned to us. (Fortunately
vve have Loyal League funds to fall
back on to take care of incidental
expenses. One thing in particular
that every one can be assured of,
and that is that every cent subscribed
to this chapter will be used for a
single purpose—that purpose being
to give relief to the fighting boys
at the front—none of the money
subscribed will be used for chapter
expenses at this end, neither will
any part of the subscription for
warded be planted in the endowment
fund at national headquarters. This
is distinctly understood and ar
ranged for.
That we have done well goes
without saying. Let any camp of
the same size place their figures be
side our for comparison. We doubt,
very much if they will stand the
test. Our operations started on
October 1, 1917, covering a period
of six months to date. We have
drawn on approximately 500 people,
have secured 350 members which
average $12.48 per head- Can you
beat it? We have good, faithful,
consistent boosters, however. The
ladies, especially, are to be congratu
lated on their good work. Did you
ever smile, more or feel better, than
when the dear ladies extracted the
coins from you on the night of the
, big rally? No, and you never will.
The reason was that they had the
“cause” behind them. It was in
deed a pleasure to get stung that
night. We are also very much in
; debted to Mrs. J. H. McLean, of
i Tokotna and H. E. Carter, of Mc
Grath, for their kindly and remun
erative efforts.
Don’t forget the days of ’98 at
the Union Hall on Saturday night—
Daisy D’Avera will be on deck.
SECOND KENNECOTT IS BEING
ae at oe DEVELOPED at at at
V.
A new shipper to enter the copper
field, which bids fair to equal, if not
exceed, in tonnage and value of its
shipments even the world-famous
Kennecott mines (which to this time
have had no parallel in the copper
industry, having paid in one year
the enormous sum of $23,000,000)
is the Alaska Copper Corporation,
says the Valdez Prospector. This
company has now several thousand
sacks of high grade ore ready for
shipment at the mine and at Strelna,
and promises, as the season advances
to increase the shipments to regular
carload lots. The ore is of high
grade bornite, running from 25 to
45 per cent copper, with considerable
ore running even higher than these
figures, and it is confidently ex
pected that the output from the
mine this season will approximate
one million dollars.
succeeds tne Aiasxa ^onsonaarea
The Alaska Copper corporation
Copper corporation, one of the old
est concerns operating in the great
copper belt of the Copper river dis
trict. The company is managed by
M. S. D. Warriner, formerly of the
Calumet & Hecla mines, and the first
| man in the history of the copper in- I
dustry to extract 1 per cent copper
ore at a profit. Mr. Warriner is
I at present president of the Lehigh
| Valley Qoal and Navigation Co., and
1 has associated with him in the man-!
: agement of the copper company a
! board of directors composed of men
j of equal financial and business
j standing, the legal end being in,
| charge of F. W. Bard, a prominent
I attorney of 60 Wa^ street, New
| York. For several years past the
| property has been undergoing devel
! opment under the supervision of Mr.
H. W. DuBois, one of the leading
| mining engineers of the country, and
at this time has r'eached a stage
| of development where the question
of its enormous tonnage and im
mense value is no longer problemati- '
cal, and it is the intention of the
company to operate on a scale com-,
mensurate with the huge proportions
of its ore deposits.
The property consists of a group
of about forty claims, 8 of which
have been patented, and the remaind
er in course of being patented, situ
ated on Nugget creek. On one of
these claims is the great native cop
per nugget, probably the largest
ever found, which weighs approxi- |
mately three tons. The property j
was discovered and located by the ;
late James McCarthy, one of the
best known prospectors in the Cop-!
per river region, and the claims are
generally locally known as the Mc
Carthy property, after their dis
coverer.
The story of the finding of these
claims reads lie a romance. Mc
Carthy, who had been prospecting
for some time along the Kuskalina
■ river, lost his horses and started
! out to find them. When he did
\ locate them they were on a grassy
I knoll something over a thousand
. feet above the creek, feeding con
I tentedly. In one of the little rivu
lets running down the sides of the
, hill was a solid mass of bornite ore,
and this lead to further prospecting,
revealing that practically the whole
hill was a solid mass of bornite ore.
McCarthy reported his find to Am
bler J. Stewart, of 60 Wall street,
New York, who became as enthusi
astic over the discovery as Mr. Mc
Carthy himself, and it is through his
, unshaken confidence in the value
of the find and his untiring efforts
to bring it to its merited position
in the mining world that the Alaska
j Copper corporation was formed \nd
! has proceeded with the development
! of the mine until today it stands in
the front ranks of the copper mines
of Alaska.
j since the discovery of this prop
, erty some of the leading mining
; engineers of this and foreign coun
tries have inspected and reported on
i it, among them being Leon Bartho
i lin„ a noted mining engineer of
Paris, France, who is at present com
manding an engineer corps in the
, French army. Without exception.
1 the reports made by these engineers ■
have been more than favorable, and
on the strength of these reports the !
development proceeded until very |
favorable comment upon it has been
more than verified.
The properties lies about eighteen j
miles from Strelna, a station on the |
Copper River & Northwestern rail-!
way, and the company has construct- j
ed a first-class auto truck road from j
its mine to the railroad station. It
already has four auto trucks en- ;
gaged in transporting ore from mine ;
to the railroad, and this number will
be increased as the season advances.
As the scale of operation increases
othpr means of transporting ore will 1
be yequired, and it is probable that ■
a branch railroad line will be con- j j
structed from the mine to Strelna. j'
The development of this property : j
has a peculiar significance to Valdez, j
believes the Prospector. When oper- j j
ations on the property reach their j 1
maximum, the tonnage will be so . ■
heavy that paying freight charges
over the Cordova route will become
a huge item, and it is more than
probable that the company will seek
another outlet for its ore. It al
ready has a railroad line located i
from Valdez to its mine, and the j
probability is that within a very few I
years the company will construct and !
operate its own railroad between j
Valdez and Nugget creek.
LAUNCH VICTORY
IS SPEEDY BOAT
New Douse Passenger Craft Makes
Run Down From Fairbanks
In Quick Time.
The gasoline lanuch Victory, own
ed and operated by Fred Douse,
reached port early yesterday after
noon on her second trip of the sea
son from Fairbanks. Five passen
gers were landed at Nenana and
several others were distributed along
the river.
The launch is easily the fastest
boat on the river at the present
time and Captain Douse has arrang
ed matters so that he combines
| comfort with speed. The boat is
| warm and on the up-trip, hot coffee
i is served to passengers. As a fur
: ther feature, Mr. Douse will inclose
I the cabin with glass windows, which
I will enable travelers to view the
; scenery enroute and at the same
i time protect them from the wind
! and cold.
j The Victory left on the return
j trip this morning, at eight o’clock.
I The Victory office is at the Ter
minal.
r
Mrs. Jos. Smith, who came down
from Fairbanks this week to enter
the Government hospital, underwent
an operation this morning.
On the lawns of the White House, ^
juicy and green, '
Lived the cutest little baa-lambs j
; ever were seen;
j And they were wooly as sheep i
could be.
Wise and natriotic to a marked;
degree.
; Of course they had a congress, at-1
tended by the wiser,
j And may were the schemes they I
framed, to beat Bad Bill the kaiser.!
For peace they didn’t care a button^
In fact, despised it like cold mutton, i
I Last month they held a caucus. It |
i was called by Speaker Ram,
! To deliberate the problem of help-1
ing Uncle Sam;
] And at it they decided to spend j
spring in the barn
So all could shed their overcoats j
for Red Cross yarn.
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COONEY MOTEL
Not Better Than the Best,
But Better than the Rest."
NENANA . ALASKA
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The Allied armies find it very profitable
to salvage scrap from the battlefields. Great
Britain is saving millions every year from
this thrifty parctice.
If we could extend this practice to the
United States—if we saved only the waste
and needless spending of every day and put
the saving into War Savings Stamps, it
would help to win the war.
Your every saving helps the Government.
Put the small savings into U. S. Thrift
Stamps at 25 cents each; when you have
16 of them, exchange them with a few extra
pennies for a $5 War Savings Stamp.
THEY EARN MONEY
THEY SAVE LIFE AT THE
FRONT, BY HELPING UNCLE
SAM WIN THE WAR.
BU\ THEM AT THE
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