THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second clas-s mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1819.
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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana. Alaska.
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
A quickened appreciation in a!
nations of the value of physica
education has resulted from the war
according . to Dr. P. P Claxton
commissioner of the Bureau of Edu
cation, and has been evidenced in
this country by the enactment of
laws in eight states requiring phy
sical training in the public schools.
.1 bull-: tin issued by the bureau,
summarizing legislation on the sub
ject, notes that in France a strong
central committee has been formed
to promote physica! education and
in England comprehensive provisions
have been incorporated in the new
education law.
Illinois was the first of the Amer
can states to require physical train
ing by statute, passing the law in
June, 1915. Since that time New
York. New Jersey Nevada Rhode
Island, California Maryland and
Delaware have enacted similar laws
and six other states, Massachusetts,
Carolina, Pennsylvania. Nebraska,
Ohio andColorado have given legis
lative attention to the subject but
have not acted.
In most states which have con
sidered physica] education, the ini
tial impulse to action was interest
in military preparedness and took
the form of bills for military train
ing of high school boys. Investi
gation resulted in convincing the
legislators, the bulletin says, that
military training for youths was
less valuable even as a measure of
preparedness than a solid system of
physical training. With the excep
tion of Nevada, where the lay ap
lies to high schools oniy, the laws
apply to all school children and the
time requirement ranges from one
hour each school week to two hours
and a half.
A CALIFORNIA RECORD
The government spent $ ’ 1 ' to
train each flying cadet m his ground
work at the School of Military
Aeronautics on the University of
California campus, at Berkeley, ac
cording to figures given out with
the formal closing of the school
Approximately one and a quartei
million dollars were spent on ths
maintenance of the school.
Over 3,000 students graduatec
from the school, prepared to begir
actual flying. This number repre
sents about So per cent »f the en
trants, which authorities declare, i:
a record that is highest in the coun
try.
In July, the greatest activity o‘
the school was noted when mori
than a thousand men were in train
ing. This number steadily de
creased, with the crisis on thi
Western front in that month, am
only forty remained in the fin-.t
graduating class.
Major Crane is the eommanden
of the camp and will remain wit!
his staff until the disposal of th<
military property is effected.
BRITISH COAL OUTLOOK
It is calculated that $200,000,000
will be added to the annual expense
of the colleries of Great Britain
and $1 a ton to the cost of coal to
j the consumer if the miners are
granted the higher pay. shorter
hours and modern methods, which
they demand and if they do not
produce more coal under those con
ditions.
Although the miners in America
are fewer, it is pointed out, the
production here is enormously
greater, owing to better working
conditions, modern machinery and
modem mine equipment. Sympathy
with the demands of the miners is
somewhat withheld on the ground
that they were given preference
over others in demobilization Brit
ish mine owners claim that, because
of this, the workmen should place
the supply of coal on a satisfactory
basis before raising questions of
hours and wages.
WEEKLY FORCE REPORT
For the week ending March 16
there were 383 employes on the
pay rolls of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission, showing an increase
of 1 employee, as against the
number employed during the pre
ceding week. There were also 107
stationmen or contractors, and 41
stationmen laborers, showing a de
crease of 47 stationmen and an l
crease of 6 stationmen laborers for
the period under review.
The forces of the A. E. C. were
distributed as follows:
Camp 1, general 42
Camp 1, electric.12
Camp 1. corral .10
Camp 1, store . 23
Camp 1, construction .85
Hospital 11
Townstte . 2
Surfacing camp .12
Tracklaying camp 45
Section No I . 9
Section No. 4 . ... 8
Section No. 6. 8
Camp 373 .33
Camp 415 . 13
Camp 440 . 11
Camp 449 8
Ditcher camp .26
Nenana total .358
Fairbanks office . 2
Tanana Valley R. R. —13
; Camp 454 10
Fairbanks total . .-.25
Total for division 383
Neil McCall, the Eva creek mining
man who had been on a business
visit to Fairbanks, returned to Ne
nana last night. He expects to
leave on the train Saturday morn
ing for his camp on Eva creek.
NOTICE
Anyone cutting wood or timber
i on Acre Tract No. 88 hereafter will
be prosecuted according to law.
RICHARD H. KNIGHT.
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Nenana -Talkeetna
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SERBIANS HAVE
XISH. Serbia.—Three months of
unremitting industry, unhampered
| by Bulgarian and Austrian depreda
tions or interference, have enabled
the Serbian people to secure a new
hold on life. With the country
entirely free of invaders, the large
peasant population has succeeded in
setting things in order in surpris
ing fashion, and conditions should
be almost normal soon.
Lareg quantities of wheat and
other staples, which the shrewd
Serbian farmers hid from the enemy
have reappeared. At the moment
the most pressing needs seem to be
clothing, shoes, fuel and agricul
tural implements.
Apparently there is plenty of
money in the country, some of it
having come from Austrian and
German soldiers, who it may be said
to their credit, paid for most of the
articles they took from the Serbians
during their occupation. However,
the Bulgarians, who requisitioned
almost everything they required
from the already straitened popula
tion, often paid nothing for what
they took. In the cities most of the
stores have no stocks because they
sold almost everything to the Aus
trians and Germans.
r ortunateJv the harvest last fall
was exceptionally good and there
probably will be nothing approach
ing starvation among the poor this
winter. The enemy troops carried
off almost every article of value
they could lay hands on but they
did not have time, owing to the
suddenness of their retreat, to take
with them more than 25 per cent
of the available grain supply. Meat
is abundant though high in price
Before the war it sold for six cents
a pound, now it sells for 56 cents.
Large numbers of sheep raised in
the mountain furnish not only a
valuable meat supply but an abund
ance of wool which has provided the
peasants with the only clothing
they have had in four years.
Serbia’s most vital need is cloth
ing. Even well-to-do persons are
shabbily or. at least, scantily clad.
The Associated Press correspondent
observed an army officer of high
rank dressed in a skirt made of
flour sacks. The little clothing that
may be bought is nek! at prohibitive
prices. The ordinary peasant work
ing costume costs $150, shoes $50,
underwear of poor quality $25. and
thread is priced at $2 a spool. A
consignment of old clothes from the
Buffalo, NT. Y. chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross, valued at home at
$72. was appraised at $1,500 by a
merchant in the Pirot district, where
the Red Cross is carrying on re
lief work. The Buffalo supplies
were distributed on Christmas Day
and brought happiness to many
homes.
LAWFORD, Eng.—The fact that
one British warship penetrated the
guard patrol of the German High
Seas’ fleet after the battle of Jut
land and laid mines to cut off their
retreat has just been disclosed.
The information became public
through the presentation to a Law
ford church of a flag of the war
ship Abdiel, of 1,556 tons and a
speed of 40 knots.
The inscription accompanying the
flag testifies that the Abdiel “slip
ped through the redoubled guards
of patrols on the night of the battle
of Jutland, May 31, 1916, and laid
a great series of mines close to
the German coast, blocking the en
trance of their retreating ships into
the harbor. This dangerous night’s
work,” adds the inscription, “was
completely carried out and the
havoc among the German ships was
so great that their crews mutinied
and refused to go out again.” The
white ensign presented to the church
was flown by the Abdiel in the
Jutland battle.
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In the Fairbanks Land office to
day John Sabljak filed an appli
cation for a homestead on a tract of
land a little over 146 acres in ex
tent, in Section 26, Township 4
south. Range 8 west F. B M.
The tract of land described by
Sabljak is on the east fork of the
Middle river, and about four miles
distant from Nenana.
Frank Rogers, who had three ribs
fractured in an accident recently,
is reported to be doing well. He
will probably be out in a couple
of weeks.
Sam Deretich, who had his hand
nearly sawed off by the woodsaw.
some time ago. and had been under
going treatment at the hospital, left
that institution yesterday. The in
jured member is now perfectly all
right and Sam has resumed work
on the railroad.
Jack O'Neil sought admission 'o
the hospital last night, suffering
from appendicitis. He was oper
ated on for the removal of the
offending appendix and is doing
very well today.
Ner-ana—The Gateway to McKinley
National Park.
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COMING IN OVER
BRGADPASS TRAIL
Mrs. Willis Nicely, of the Nicely
and Belmont House of this city,
received advices that her son Willis
had been discharged from the army
and that he is now on his waj^
in to Nenana over the Broad Pass
trail.
Willis joined the army by volun
tary induction and was stationed
at Camp Lewis. doing duty with
the ambulance corps. Shortly after
the cessation of hostilities he tried
to pet his discharge, as he had only
enlisted for the duration of the
war. but principally owing to red
tape, was unable to pet a release
until about the 19th of last month.
He was slated for discharge earlier
but owing to the strike at Seattle
and the fear of serious disturbances,
his discharge was held back until
the strike was finally settled.
Willis arrived at Seward on Mon
day, and in all probability is now
hot-footing it over the new trail for
the only worth while country in
the world.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the genera! office
Duilding, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Saturdays.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
Don’t Leave
ALASKA
Men wanting employment can
obtain work at good wages at
Juneau, Kennecott and Latoucbe.
If you go out you will only
come back “Busted” in tbe spring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latouch? and
Kennecott.
ALASKA PUBLICITY
BUREAU
Juneau Alaska.
COLES AIR TIGHT
HEATERS
RANG ES
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
Rite* By the Week or Month
MRS. NICELY, Propriety.*
Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
Anderson, Herman
Allred. Mrs. Clara
Bergman, Charles
Brown, Jess
Berggren, Ernst
Browne, F. D.
Bresnahan. E. D.
Blankfield, D.
Bowen, J. R.
Blair, Roy
Brooker, Ed
Bennett. J F.
Ball, 1. B.
Brown, Erie
Burns, R. E.
Coutts, W r.
Calderhead, R W
Campbell, N\ J.
Coghill, W. A.
Cooney, M. J.
Doner, Frank
Diven. R J.
Douse, Fred
Davis, Harry
Ekeland, Alf
Funk, A B.
Finlayson. K A.
Fisher, Joe
Flower. J. H
Foster, Steve
Gagnon, Wm
Ghezzi, Alfred
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. ~ —■
Irvine, A. J " "
Johnson, A. G.
Jones, Frank
Julian, W. J.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter
Joseph, H. B
Koland, Knut
I Ketooroky, John A
Laughlin, E. L.
Lund, E. E.
Lehr, Q. F.
Markus, George
Mortensen, Peter
Myers, R R.
Moore, Frank B
Miles, J. H.
McDonald, R S.
Martin, G. S.
Morris, R. C. T r
Nash, Martin
Owen, Harry
O’Keefe, Larry
Parks, S. E.
Pennington, G. W
Palfy, Paul
Packer, W. I..
Ryan, W. A.
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry N.
Stol, Xels
Schmidt, Carl
Schaeffer, M. A.
I Slippern, J. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Stone, A J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, C'has.
Smith, George A.
Southworth, R. G.
Spira, Frank
Taylor, 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. I.