THE NENANA NEWS
Application ma tie October 30, 1916, at the Postoffice at Nenana, Alaska, tor
entry as second-class mail matter under the act ot March 2, 1879, by The Ne
nana Printing Company.
Published Weekly by The Nenana Printing Company
Day ok Publication Saturday Edited by R. G. Southworth.
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Nenana, Alaska, June 2, 1917
One of the strongest arguments \
in favor of planting potatoes for;
home consumption is the fact that
we cannot depend on neighboring
towns or Outside markets to sup-1
ply our needs at reasonable prices.!
Potatoes are not plentiful, but:
there is reason to believe that the !
shortage has been greatly exagger-,
ated by speculators in order that
consumers might be the more eas
ily induced to pay the prices de-!
manded. In any case it is not
right that the people of Nenana
should be compelled to pay fifteen
cents a pound for potatoes that
can be raised profitably for a third
that amount, and the one sure way
to prevent a recurrence of the pres- j
ent situation is to plant enough to
last us thru the coming year.
Not only should we do this as a
matter of self-protection: it is also
our patriotic duty to relieve the
Outside markets as much as pos
sible of the responsibility of feed
ing us. It is a simple matter to
grow all the potatoes needed here
and the soil in and about Nenana |
is sufficiently fertile to insure the j
growth of a variety of other crops, !
the cultivation of which will make
us very largely self-supporting.
Alaskans must learn to depend
upon themselves for food and the
crisis thru which our country is
passing at the present time makes
it imperative that we begin at once
to make our hills and valleys pro
duce those things which war con
ditions thruout the United States
have created an unprecedented
demand.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Proposals will be received at the Unit
ed States post office, Nenaua, Alaska,
for the carrying of mail to and from the
steamboat landing in Nenana and the
Xenana post office, said messenger serv
ice to extend thru the period of naviga
tion and not later than October 16, 1917.
The post office department reserves the
right to reject any or all bids. Address
bids to Postmaster, Xenana, Alaska.
WARNING POSTED
FOR FOREST FIRES
To All Employes of the Alaskan Engin
eering Commission:—
Your attention is invited to the fact
that during the summer months there is
a great danger of destructive forest fires
starting from any small camp fire or
smudge or any carelessly thrown match
es or lighted tobacco, and causing an in
calculable loss to the country. During
the construction period of the road this
menace is especially threatening. It is
the desire of the Alaskan Engineering
commission that all of its employeescare
fullv guard against leaving any smolder
ing fires or thoughtlessly throwing match
es, lighted cigarettes, or anything of a
like nature, in any place where there is
any chance for it to cause a fire. All fires
should be carefully extinguished with
water or buried with earth in such a
manner as to prevent any possibility of
spreading. A fire in moss may remain
unnoticed for several days and then be
fanned into a flame by a chance breeze.
If each man will take it upon himself to
observe all possible precautions the dan
ger of fire will be reduced to a minimum.
In order that proper steps may be taken
to prevent the spread of fires every em
ploye is expected to comply with the
following instructions:
As soon as a fire is discovered, if it is
already beyond control, the matter should
be reported to the nearest Engineer who
will issue proper instructions in the
premises.
The Engineer will notify this office and
the Fire Guard or Special Agent of the
General Land Office as soon at possible,
and if the fire is liable to destroy valu
able timber he will take steps to control
it, using whatever employees he may
need. The time of the men so employed
is to be kept separately and charged
against the general land office. The ac
count will be properly adjudicated by
the representative of the general land
office when he arrives. The foreman or
other person in charge of any work is
authorized to supply men to assist in the
control or extinguishing of fires when
called upon to do so by the Fire Guard
or Special Agent of the General Laud j
Office, it being understood that they will ^
receive the same wages during the time ,
they are thus employed as when engaged
in their regular work.
If it is discovered that any person has
left a fire without taking proper precau
tions to prevent its spread all of the facts
should be reported at once to the Fire
Guard or Soecial Agent for appropriate
action. Strict compliance with these in
structions is requested.
Thomas Riggs, Jr.,
Member of Commission.
Bob Hunter, formerly proprietor of the
Anchorage Alaskan, has accepted a posi
tion with the Alaskan Engineering com
mission as warehouseman^
NO W OPEN.
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DAILY PROGRESS OF THE WORLD WAR
MONDAY
L. L. Janies, former real estate dealer
and mining man of the Fairbanks dis
trict, died in Sau Francisco several weeks,
ago.
Fairbanks: Representative Luther Hess
has arrived from the Territorial capital
where he attended the late session of the
Alaska legislature.
Fairbanks: Reports from the upper
Yukon indicate that no boats will leave
Dawson for the lower river until the ice
has left Lake Lebarge.
Seattle: Mrs. Edes, wife of the chair
man of the Alaskan Engineering com
mission, will sail for Anchorage tomor
row to spend the summer with her hus
band.
Petrograd- Maxim Gorky has issued
a public statement in which he reveals a
German plot to bring about a separate
peace with Russia thru the Bulgarian
minister.
New York: The port of New York is
closed to outgoing vessels, the order be
coming effective at daylight this morn
ing. No explanation of the order has
been made.
Minneapolis: Rev. Lelinert, a promi
nent minister of this city, has been placed
under arrest by the federal authorities,
I charged with writing a letter in which he
I expressed the hope that President Wilson
would be shot.
Valdez: The Alaska Road commission
has announced that on June 12 the head
quarters of the commission will be moved
from this city to Juneau. The action
was taken in spite of the vigorous protest
of local citizens.
New York: The American ship Dirego
was sunk today without warning by a
German submarine. John Ayer, an Amer
ican, is reported to have lost his life, all
others on board being saved. The report
conies from London.
Fairbanks: Arthur Williams, of the
i Arcade cafe, has purchased the buildings
I belonging to the abandoned fox farm on
the Valdez trail and will use the lumber
in a new residence which he plans to
build here this summer.
London: Reports received frcni the
Franco-Belgian front state that additional
gains have been made by the British forc
es which are defending that sector. Heavy
artillery fighting is reported from several
points along the entire Western front.
Brooks; Mining operators thruout
the Tolovana claim that their operations
are being greatly curtailed as the result
of a shortage of labor in the camp. Water
and other conditions are satisfactory and
a banner summer would be assured were
there men sufficient to take care of the
work.
St. Louis: The revised list of casualties
resulting from the tornado of Wednesday
places the total number of deaths at 80,
in addition to which hundreds were more
or less seriously injured. The property
loss is reported to have been the heaviest
resulting from a storm in a great many
years.
Washington: Further investigation of
the anti-conscription plots reveals the
fact that numerous members of congress
are lending their support to the move
ment. It is openly charged that certain ;
members have gone so far as to extend i
the franking privilege for the purpose of
insuring widespread distribution of anti
conscription literature.
Washington: The Interstate Commerce
commission has rendered a decision dis
missing the case of the Samson Hardware
company y-s the White Pass and other
Northern transportation companies ill
which it was charged that the rates
charged in Alaska yvere unjust and dis
criminating, the larger shippers being
favored with lower rates. The Commis
sion reports that the discriminating rates
yvere discontinued eight months ago.
!? Juneau: That Delegate Charles A.
Sulzer will undoubtedly retain his seat in
congress, that the administration and
national organization will support him in
his legislative program and stand behind
the organization in Alaska generally, are
the principal items of interest brought
back from the National capital by Dem
ocratic Committeeman Thus. J. Donohoe
who recently returned from a hurried
| trip to Washington.
TUESDAY
Paris: It was officially reported this
morning that nine German aeroplanes
were shot down on the French front Sat
■ urday.
London: The Spanish steamer Ceiza
! gaire was sunk in the Mediterranean this
i morning with an estimated loss of from
| 100 to 200 lives.
Washington: Contracts were let this
morning for 60 wooden merchantmen to
Texas and other Southern shipbuilding
companies for the government.
Spokane: According to advance esti
| mates recently compiled the Pacific North
| west crop of wheat, potatoes, onions and
fruit this season will exceed all previous
records.
Berlin: The military staff announced
this morning that the German forces
captured a French trench and 250 pris
oners in the Champaigne sector tlris
morning.
Madrid: At a great mass meeting held
in tins eiiy this morning a resolution was
adopteil calling upon the premier tomakt
a public avowal of Spain’s sympathy
with the Allied cause.
Seattle: The license bureau iti this
city is experiencing a great rush of ap
plicants tor booze permits in anticipation
: of the passage of the bone drv law wind
goes into effect June 6lli.
Seattle: An unconfirmed cable fron
a Tokyo correspondent received by om
of the Japanese daily newspapers lien
this morning states that the Japanese
! fleet in the Mediterranean has sank 14
' enetnv U-boats and three warships since
its arrival there.
| Route: An official dispatch front the
Italian front this mottling states that the
: Italians are continuing their drive toward
I Trieste and have taken 24,000 prisoners
in the past twenty days. The Austro
Hungarians claim to have captured 13,
UO0 prisoners during the same period.
Chicago: A cyclone which raged over
Illinois and the Middle Southern states
. Saturday nite, Sunday and Monday has
resulted in 250 dead and 1075 injured at
^ latest reports. A conservative estimate
j of the property damage places the total
value at over six million dollars.
Paris: Powerful German counter at
i tacks this morning are officially reported
■ to have been repulsed with heavy loss of
life to the enemy and w ith the loss of
I only one minor position and a small num
! her of soldiers.
Seattle: The Skinner Eddy Shipbuild
! ing company was awarded the contract
> for the construction of stx 9-000 ton steel
j merchant ships for the government. The
j contract price was £8,000,000.
WEDNESDAY
Berlin: The military staff announced
this morning that an attack by Russo
Rumanian forces is expected today.
New York: Benny Leonard knocked
out Freddie Welsh in the ninth round of
a scheduled ten-round championship bout
in this city last nite.
Washington: A German plot to en
courage resistance to the registration
order was reported to the department of
justice this morning by Texas officials.
■ The leaders of the movement were ar
I
' rested.
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