THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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LABOR AND FREEDOM
The hope of labor lies in the opportunities for freedom; mili
tary domination, supervision, checks, bondage, lie in Prussian rule.
So declares the executive committee of the American Federation
of Labor.
This is a right and clear conception of the issues involved in
this war for the working man. It is not through a German regime
but through democracy that labor is to receive adequate recog
nition and its realization of its rightful place in the world.
All Americans are supremely and vitally interested in the
war against German autocracy and none more than the working
man of America. To him freedom means everything.
The test is on whether the autocratic regime of Germany
has bred better men than the free institutions of this country
has—whether the independent men of America can fight so well,
can manufacture such guns and aeroplanes and other instruments
and munitions of war and put them into effective use as can the
human product of German rule.
There is no doubt of the result, but is depends upon the
whole American people and not alone ui|>n our fighting men.
We who remain in safety at home must do our part, work, econo
mize, save and support the finances of the government. Industry
saving, and lending to the government are now national needs
and national duties.
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AMERICAN AND GERMAN EFFICIENCY
The searchlight of war has brought out many interesting facts,
and one of these is that the vaunted German efficiency will not
always stand the test of comparison with American efficiency.
The Germans boasted of being the greatest farmers on earth.
Investigation shows that in efficiency in agriculture, measured by
the produce per acre, America being graded 100, Belgium leads
the world, at 205; Great Britain comes second, at 164; and Ger
many third, at 155; America comes fourth.
But the better test is the man test rather than the acre test,
and here America leads the world by over 2 to 1. Again, grading
America at 100 per farm worker, Great Britain produces 43 and
Germany 41. The American farmer cultivates 27 acres, the Ger
man farmer but 7. With the aid of vast quantities of fertilizer
the German produces more per acre, but he produces at a much
greater cost per bushel and he produces much less than half as
much per man.
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A JUST AND LASTING PEACE
The essential principles that must underlie peace, as stated
by President Wilson, should be constantly kept in mind. They
show the greatness and unselfishness and justice of America’s war
aims. Briefly they are:
(1) The final settlement of this war must be based upon
essential justice and each particular case so adjusted as will most
likely bring a peramnent peace.
(2) Peoples and Provinces are not to be bartered about as
if they were mere chatties and pawns in a game.
(3) Every territorial settlement must be made in the in
terest of and for the benefit of the populations concerned and
not by way of compromising claims of rival states.
(4) National aspirations must be accorded all the satisfac
tion possible, without introducing new or perpetuating old ele
ments of discord.
WHAT THE WAR SAVINGS STAMPS WILL BUY
FOR OUR SOLDIERS.
A single Thrift Stamp will buy a tent pole or five tent pins,
a waist belt or hat cord, shoe laces or identificaiton tags; two
will buy one trench tool or a pair of woolen gloves. Four Thrift
Stamps will buy two pairs of canvas leggins; six will buy five
pairs of woolen socks or three suits of summer underwear; twelve
will buy a steel helmet.
One W ar-Savings Stamp will buy one hundred cartridges or
a cartridge belt or a scabbard for a bayonet; two will purchase
two pairs of woolen breeches or two flannel shirts; two and one
half will buy a gas mask. Three War Savings Stamps will buy
an overcoat or two woolen service coats; three and a half will buy
three pairs of woolen blankets; four will buy a rifle.
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JIM DALE
(By Ellis Parker Butler)
Young Jimmy Dale, across our street,
Is just a gawky lad,
He grew so fast, the doctors said,
His heart was might bad. , v;—vy
They wouldn’t let him do much work, ' " ' 1
Or hearty play,
But, just the same, they drafted Jim,
And Jim has gone awav. *•■*- VJ
Jim was a sort of great, big kid, j
And fooling all the while; j;
So, when they ordered him to camp,
He went there with a smile.
Jim Dale is in the army now,
Lank legs, bum heart and all,
To fight like other drafted men,
That got the country’s call.
God, yes, Jim’s heart may drop him dead,
Or he may live to be —
Shot all to pieces “over there”
What odds to you or me?
By, thunder! it’s these odds to you;
If kids like Jim can go,
With smiles, to fight our wars for us,
We can put up the dough!
If we can buy a bond or two, -v> '
And don’t while Jim, poor cus,
Goes smiling off to death or wounds— „ ,
Then Hell’s too good for us.
RED CROSS HELP
URGED ID RAISE
ARMY OF NURSES
Five Thousand Additional Nurses
Wanted By Army Before First
of June
l Surgeon General Gorgas, of the
1 United States army, has called upon
1 the American Red Cross to supply to
1 the Army Nurse Corps 5,000 nurses
: between now and June 1. These
nurses are needed for service in
military hospitals both in this coun
try and abroad. Although the Red
Cross has already supplied nearly
seven thousand nurses as a reserve
for the Army and Navy Nurse Corps
since the beginning of the war, the
imperative need for a greater army
of nurses grows daily as the war
progresses.
According to a statement made by
Surgeon General Gorgas, it is esti
mated that there are between eighty
and ninety thousand registered
nurses in the United States, and that
approximately thirty thousand will
be needed for service in army hos
pitals during the present year. The
immediate need of 5,000 of these
is emphasized.
Appeal for Vounteers.
In discussing the nursing situation
Miss Jane A. Delano, director of the
department of nursing of the Ameri
can Red Cross, said:
“An earnest appeal is made to the
nurses of the country to volunteer
for this service. We also appeal
j to the public and to the physicians
I employing these nurses to aid in
j making it possible for them without
jtoo great financial sacrifice on their
I part to hold themselves in readi
! ness to respond to the call of their
I country.
j “We wish also to bring to the at
: tention of nurses the unusual oppor
| tunities offered by the insurance
j law enacted for the protection of
j our army and navy. The provisions
of this insurance bill apply equally
to nurses assigned to duty as mem
bers of the Army and Navy Nurse
Corps, and make it possible for the
nurse to secure, at nominal rates,
protection for herself, as well as for
designated members of her family
dependent upon her.
Responsibility Upon Nurse*.
“A great responsibility rests upon
the nurses of the country. They are
the only group of women recognized
as a part of the military establish
ment. While thousands and thous
ands of nurses will be needed, the
j number is relatively small compared
‘ with the number of women in Amer
j ica who should stand back of them
i and make possible the service for
I which they are so greatly needed at
I this time.
I “A special appeal is made there
| fore to the nurses of America to
volunteer at once through the near
est local committee on Red Cross
Nursing Service, through the direc
tor of the Bureau of Nursing in
their division, direct to Red Cross
headquarters, Washington, D. C., or
to the Surgeon General’s office, War
Department, Washington, D. C.
SPECIAL FRENCH COURSE
FOR AMERICANS IN PARIS
The University of Paris is prepar
ing a special course for Americans
to learn the language, literature, art,
and history of France, according to
the United States Bureau of Edu
cation. No diploma will be given,
as it is merley intended to meet
the needs of American students.
The social side of students’ life
has also been a subject of sympa
thetic attention on the part of the
French universities. '"he bureau
states that as an association of pro
fessors called “Accueil Franeais”
(French reception) has been infor
mal to look after the well-being of
Americans in the schools, to intro
duce them into French families and
French society, where “they may
acquire the knowledge of the real
France, so different from the impres
sions formed in the streets and
cafes.”
All the available timber in
vicinity of the sawmill at Bird I
has been sawed into bridge mat
and the mill has been move*
Indian creek, where 40 men are
gaged in logging.
RESIDENTS OF
IRON CREEK NEED
A BETTER TRAIL
Owing to the great difficulties of
freighting over the present trail, the
supplies necessary for the develop
I ment of the copper properties in
i the Iron creek district, owners of
I claims in that region will do little
| or no work during the coming sum
mer, according to Joseph Morris,
[who has extensive holdings on Iron
| creek.
The crying need of the Iron creek
district at this time, declares Morris,
who is in Spokane, Wash., at the
present time, is a good trail from
Talkeetna to the mining properties,
a distance of about forty-two miles.
At the present time there is nothing
but a winter trail from Talkeetna
and use of this by the owners of
claims is precluded by reason of its
poor condition. Immediate develop
ment of many of the properties in
the district will result from the con
struction of a wagon road, it is
claimed.
The Iron creek mining district is
located on Iron creek, a branch of
the Talkeetna river. The district
has about 100 recorded claims con
fined within an area of five to ten
square miles, among these claims are
the Talkeetna group, consisting of
ten claims, and the Copper King
group, of ten claims, which were
located by Mr. Morris in 1916.
It is stated that thousands of tons
of merchantable ore is available for
shipment and awaits only the con
struction of a wagon road. There
are valuable power sites in the dis
trict and electricity could be gen
erated at a small initial cost.
A petition asking for the con
struction of a wagon road from Tal
keetna to the mines has been signed
by all busines men of Talkeetna and
by all the miners interested in the
Iron creek claims.
A. A. Shonbeck, road supervisor
for the Anchorage district, and J. E.
Wilson, road commissioner for the
Third division, will make a trip of
investigation into the Iron creek dis
trict sometime this spring, with the
end in view of passing on the re
quest of the petitioners.
It is probable that ,in the event
there are not sufficient funds avail
able to build the character of road
wanted by the mining men, the ter
ritorial road commission next season
will construct a winter trail over
which the necessary supplies for re
velopment work may be freighted
in next winter.
ON COAST
Pupils of Anchorage School Invest
Over Two Thousand Dollars
In Stamps.
Two thousand and ninety-four dol
lars and ninety-five cents have been
saved by the children in the An
chorage publis school during the.
present thrift drive, according to
a statement made recently by T. R.
McAnaly, superintendent of schools.
In order to save this amount of
money the little folks have experi
enced many candyless days, declares
the superintendent. From this sac
rifice of their sweet toothes the
children are purchasing Thrift
Stamps.
Professor McAnally is highly grati
fied at the results already accom
plished by the little ones and feels
confident that as the campaign con
tinues the savings and purchases of
the Thrift Stamps will increase
among all the grades of the school.
The following sums were saved by
the different grades:
First grade, $86.50; Second, $318.
75; Third, $55.70; Fourth B, $146.
80; Fourth A, $150; Fifth, $602;
Sixth $149; Seventh, 50c; Eighth,
$321.48; high school, $263.93.
James Galen’s large White auto
truck was badly smashed at Cor
dova last week by being struck by
a switch engine belonging to the I
Copper River railway. Three men
riding on the truck were thrown to
the ground, narrowly escaping death.
The truck was totally demolished.
GO TO
NELSON’S
SELLING OUT SALE
SHOES AND GENT’S
FURNISHINGS
Remaining Stock To Go At Cost
STEEL WORKER’S
WAGES GOING UP
j The upward trend of wages al
though not so pronounced as in the
! case of prices is shown in a report
prepared by N. C. Adams for the
> Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
department of labor.
w
The report covers the six depart
ments of the iron and steel industry
' and shows wage increases since May,
I 1915, as follows: In blast furnaces,
i 52 per cent; in Bessemer converters.
' 58 per cent in open hearth furnaces.
! 36 per cent; in blooming mills, 35
per cent; in plate mills, 50 percent:
| in sheet mills, 95 per cent. In^
1 nearly every case the bureau found
men working approximately the
same number of hours per week as
| in 1915.
THE SOURDOUGHS’ HOME
The Arctic
DAVIS & TAYLOR. Props.
Soft Drinks Cigars Tobaccos
Pocket Billiards Rooms
FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT
EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS
Have Your
Wood Sawed
By JZ? R. E. COOLEY
Ql ICK ACTION Office* at Cooney Hole!
FOWLER & MORRIS
GROCERIES
PRY GOODS
COMPLETE LINE LOWEST PRICES
Hamilton TlXHatcb
“THE RAILROAD TIMEKEEPER OF AMERICA."
WM. TAYLOR
AGENT
WATCHMAKER JEWELER ENGRAVER
We Are Closing Out Our Entire St<>ck of
HARDWARE
Saws, Axes, Planes, Hammer and Axe Handles, Stove
Pipe, Graniteware, Kitchen Utensils and Many
Other Household Utensils We Have In Stock
MUST GO IMMEDIATELY
See Us For Bargains In Any of the Above Lines
COONEYS’
Stage Headquarters
CIGARS POOL CONFECTIONERY
SOFT DRINKS ICE CREAM
First and A Streets
Jackson & Brakke