THE MEN AN A DAILY NEWS
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AMERICANIZING MILWAUKEE
The teaching of the German lan
guage in Milwaukee grade schools
may disappear entirely when the
new semester begins. In only one
school in the city now is German
being taught and, under the resolu
tion of the school board abolishing
foreign language instruction, it
would be discontinued at the end
of the term in June.
In 1916, 200 teachers were em
ployed to give instruction in the
German language to 20,000 pupils
and at the end of 1918, only one
teacher was employed to instruct
400 pupils in the German language.
One of the final instances in
connection with the elimination of
German instruction came with the
recent annoucement that Leo Stern,
assistant superintendent of schools
in charge of the foreign language
department, had resigned. The
school board last August voted to
abolish the foreign language de
partment, at the end of the present
year. Mr. Stern’s term expires
June 80. Mr. Stern in his letter
to the school board said that after
a service of 35 years in the Mil
waukee schools, he felt that he was
“entitled to a rest.’’
Stern was president of the Wis
consin branch of the German
Amcrican alliance from the time
of its organization in 1906 until it
was disbanded in 1917. He was
also at one time a vice-president of
the national organization.
BACK TO AFFLUENCE
Some the West Texas farmer?
who deserted their homes last sum
mer in pitiful white lines of old
prairie wagons are now going back
in automobiles. Driven out by a
three years’ drought, they are go
ing baek as oil men.
Stretches of land where the
drought had virtually withered every
leaf of vegetation and from which
the disheartened farmers departed
for the cotton fields and other more
prosperous sections, are within the
new Texas oil district.
Some of the farmers ivho strag
gled, almost penniless, from the
“parched zone” a few months ago
can qualify as oil magnates, ac
cording to Vance Muse of the Fort
Worth Chamber of Commerce, who
has just completed a tour of Hanger,
Eastland, Cisco, Breckenridge, De
Leon, Moran, Corman and other
towns in the heart of the new oil
district. He says the population
in many counties, almost completely
deserted last summer, has reached
unprecedented figure0.
Leases are being sold for a few
acres at vastly larger sums than
entire farms would have brought a
year ago and enormuos investments
have been made.
The legislature had expected to
adopt measures for relief of drought
sufferers, but since the discovery
of oil little interest has been shown
in th- proposed action. There have
been abundant fall rains that as
sured crops in districts cutaide the
oil territory.
GERMAN FOOD PRICES
A< alysis . of price reports from
the entire ar°a occupied by the
Americfis in Cermany show’s that
the prices current prior to the sign
ing of t’>e ar.n'stice have remained
substant5 y unenanged. Although
certain isolated individual cases
have been reported of attempts tc
overcharge American soldiers then
! has been no general tendency amont
the Germans to increase the prices
on goods in the stores. In some
I shops in Coblenz where prices have
.advanced since the Americans ar
rived, the merchants contend thal
this has been necessary because of
[an increase of from twenty to forty
J per cent in the price of certain
'articles from the factory. And to
j bear out the statements the mer
j chants show letters from factory
managements in Berlin and other
! manufacturing points,
j Coblenz has had as much diffi
cultly in procuring food supplies as
any part of the American area, and
! yet outside of serious shortage in
some essentials such as fats, the
general feeling in the city is one
of hopefulness in regard to the food
situation. This hopefulness extends
only to this area, and not to the
districts of interior Germany which,
according to reports, are worse off.
Robert Kelly, driving his four
horse team on his way to town the
night before last, from out the Ne
nana-Fairbanks line nearly lost one
of his valuable animals through a
peculiar accident.
The team was coming along light
when about four miles this side of
Dunbar’s roadhouse, Kelly was ob
liged to pull away from the trail
to make way for the approaching
automobile.
One of the horses in the lead
stepped on a pretty good sized dry
sapling, which broke with a loud
snap. A little piece of it hit the
wheeler, who gave a leap forward
and drove square into the bvoken
sapling.
A piece of the sapling, 26 inches
long and about two inches in
I diameter, entered the animal below
his shoulder and penetrated clear
up to the hide of the shoulder. It
took .a strong pull and a stout pair
of pliers to relieve the animal of
the sliver. This piece of wood is
now on view at the Portland.
The horse came into town as
: usual, but with a slight limp. He
does not seem to be much the
worse for the experience and it is
believed that he will be able to
work again soon. The owner had
him out exercising yesterday.
MANY PROSPECTORS
IN SALCHA COUNTRY
■
A late arrival in Fairbanks from
the Salcha district says that there
are from forty to fifty men pros
| pccting on the various creeks tribu
tary to. the Salcha river.
Sam Carruthers and William
| Craigic were met on the trail re
; cently. They' were reported to be
1 taking a big outfit to the head
of Shaw creek.
national Park.
xr*nana~-Th* Gateway to XcXlnloy
Frank Rourke is in receipt of
' information from Wm. Casey to the
effect that the former Nenana
warehouseman has purchased a hotel
in Napa. The information reached
Mr. Rourke yesterday in a wire
from Napa.
I ALASKA IS BEST
! PLACE ON EARTH
: AVERS MIMER
'! _
■ A recent arrival in Nenana, one
who had lived in Alaska for a great
many years and had been on a
i
! brief visit to the States, says defin
i itely that for good times and for
' all that makes life worth living,
there is no place like Alaska. This
statement is fully borne out by
that of a good many others who
have also returned recently from a
.sojourn in the States.
The States is apparently a good
! place for an Alaskan seeking dis
traction for a brief period, but after
a little while, the best in the line
of amusement and entertainment
and everything else that contributes
1 towards one’s happiness and pleas
ure, that the States affords, seems
flat and insipid to the average
sourdough Alaskan.
The longing for the Northland
1 then insidiously creeps in, and with
all its disadvantages, largely im
aginary, Alaska begins to look aw
fully good . One by one, memories
■ of the great beautiful Northland
haunt the sourdough, who has now
| become thoroughly lonesome, and
if he happens to have the price,
hastens to make reservations on a
I steamer headed north, otherwise ht
i
1 will bend every effort toward ac
quiring the wherewithal for the
journey.
Even the most disgruntled sour
dough, who goes Outside swearing
that he will never again return
North, invariably gets the feeling
described above, and before very
long heads toward the place where
I the trails begin to the land of the
midnight sun, swearing just as hard
as he did before, that nothing will'
ever again lure him away from his^
good did northern home, and where
the formality of getting acquainted
is not so rigid. Thus is described,
what is commonly known as thflQ
“Call of the North.”
With all the manifold advantages
one can enjoy in the cities in the
States, at the present time, when j
the cost of living is so very high
and conditions appear to be so uu- j
settled, it does not compare with
Alaska, so far as living is concerned. 1
There seems to be unrest and dis-!
satisfaction everywhere throughout
the States and it is thought that
these conditions will remain thus j
for some time to come, until the,
post war adjustment is made and'
; things return to the normal again, j
, Then, perhaps the States may be
come as good as Alaska.
While on a visit to California i
many Alaskans were met, quite a .
j few of whom were from Nenana j
and Fairbanks, and the majority of
! them said that they would return
to Alaska soon. Those in business
! find competition very keen and the
margin of profit small; while those
I looking for an opening are getting
'dissatisfied with life in the States,
j and will, no doubt be headed for
. the North again soon.
The flu epidemic played havoc
I in the poppy state, and nearly every
J family was in mourning for at least
one member that succumbed to the
dread disease. At the time of leav
ing Frisco it had abated a little.
! but the precautionary measures
: were still in full force. In Seattle
j the disease seemed to have been
| gotten under control, but ,the au
thorities were watching it closely.
On the boat coming North among
the Interior passengers was George
Parks, mineral surveyor of the Gen
eral I .and office. He had been an
officer in the army during the war,
but had been recently discharged
and was returning to resume his
old duties.
Several passengers got off at
Seward, some of whom made the
trip in by way of the Broad Pass
trail, while some are waiting at
Anchorage to learn more about the
new trail before tackling it.
The newly made Broad Pass trail,
with a little fixing, can be myde
into a regular boulevard. This trail,
surely is the logical one to the
Interior and ought to be more
widely advertised. It surpasses all
other trails in scenic beauty, and
besides, is the short cut to the In
terior, the short distance between
ends of steel, now being made by
a dog team stage is a regular
pleasure trip, and on reaching the
end of steel on this division, and
travelers did not feel as tired or
travel worn as on many a trip over
the Valdez trail with horse-drawn
stages.
Thomas E. Winecoff, who at one
‘time was a Methodist minister at
Fairbanks, is now agent of the Y.
M. C. A. in France. He left the
pulpit to be deputy marshal at Fort
Yukon, from which place he moved
to the States.
We are in the Fur Manu
facturing Business, therefore
CAN and WILL pay you more
for your furs than any other
fur buyer In town
SIMSON’S
L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
Shop in Portland Building
Now Open for Business with
Full Line of Requisites
Visiting Cards
Typewriter
Ribbons
Carbon
Paper
Legal
Blanks
Tablets
Blotters
Envelopes
Scratch Pads
NEWS OFFICE
WANT ADS
FOR SALE.—Tent 10x12, four-foot
wall, with floor and walls boarded
up. Yukon stove and table. Lock
and key to door, $20. Inquire at
Rust House.
FOR SALE—A new 7mm Mauser
rifle with 40 rounds of ammu
nition, $50; also a 12-gauge Rem
ington automatic shot gun, almost
new, $40. Inquire at News office.
FOR RENT—Good log cabin, in
quire of Mrs. Nicley.
FOR RENT—Large front room,
suitable for club rooms or parties,
by night, week or month. Inquire
of Mrs. Nicley.
WANTED TO BUY—A three or
four-room house. Must be
reasonable. Inquire News office.
FOR SALE—Sled and 13 dogs with
harness complete. Sled 12 feet
long, in good shape. Malamutes
and huskies form the team. Ar
rived in Nenana recently from
St. Michael. $100 for the outfit
Apply George Hanoff, Cooney
Hotel.
The Wrangell Sentinel announces
that in the future no order for
landbills will be printed in that
>ffice for less than two and a half
lollars. This is caused by the in
:reased cost of print paper.
Nenana and Fairbanks, the
Siamese Twins.
Don’t Leave
ALASKIA
Men wanting employment can
obtain work at good wages at
Juneau, Kennecott and Latouche.
If you go out you will only
come back “Busted” in the spring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latouche and
Kennecott.
ALASKA PUBLICITY
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We Carry the Best Grade of
MACKINAW SHIRTS, COATS and PANTS
Finest assortment of Men’s Socks, Daniel
Green Felt Shoes and Slippers, Moccasins,
Wool Blankets and Comforters
A Full Line of Miner’s and Trapper’s Supples
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HEATERS
RANGES
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
Yukon Stoves and Drums
Air Tight Heaters
Any Thing in the Sheet Metal, Plumb
ing or Heating Line
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
NICELY HOUSE
With Belmont In Connection
POOL CANDIES CIGARS
AND TOBACCOS
WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
PRICES REASONABLE
Rate» By the Week or Month
MRS. NICELY, Proprietrei*
~~Ol3~PAPERS FOR SALE—-At
The New* Office.
Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
Anderson, Herman
Allred, Mrs. Clara
Brown, Jess
Berggren, Ernst
Browne, F. D.
Bresnahan, E. D.
Blankfield, D.
Bowen, J. R.
Blair, Roy
Brooker, Ed
Bennett, J. F.
Ball, I. B.
Brown, Erie •
Burns, R. E.
Coutts, W. .T. |
Calderhead, R. W.
Campbell, N. J. »
Coghill, W. A. j
Cooney, M. J. j
Doner, Frank
Diven, R. J.
Douse, Fred
Davis, Harry
Kkeland, Alf
Funk, A. B, l'!!'
Fisher, Joe
Flower, J. H.
Foster, Steve ,
Gagnon, Wm.
Head, E. A.
Haslem, H. G.
Hagan, James
Hill, L. W.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey, Andy
Gray, E. B.
Gilcher, W. H.
Hyland, Mike
Isabel, L. C. "^”3
Irvine, A. J. 7
Johnson, A. G. 1’. *
Jones, Frank
Julian, W. J.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter
Joseph, H. B.
Koland, Knut
Ketooroky, John A.
Laughlin, E. L.
Lund, E. E.
Lehr, Q. F.
Markus, George
Mortensen, Peter
Myers, R. R.
Moore, Frank R.
Miles, J. H.
McDonald, R. S.
Martin, G. S.
Morris, R. C. f
Nash, Martin
Owen, Harry y *;
O’Keefe, Larry
Parks, S. E. I
Pennington, G. W.
Palfy, Paul
Packer, W. L. k
Ryan, W. A.
Rosburg, Herman '
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry N.
Stol, Nels
Schmidt, Carl
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
Tunison, B.
Thompson, Theodore
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. J.
Verhaeghe, Cyriele
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Woods, Geo. W.
Williams, E. A.
» Waechter, R. L
Wsnana, Alaska’s Interior Fuel Depot