THE NENANA NEWS
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NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1918.
HANDICAPPING LOYALTY
Alaskans are patriots of the first
water. They .have contributed lib
erally of their savings to assist the
government, by the purchase of
Liberty bonds and war saving
stamps; they have rendered valuable
aid to the Red Cross society, they
have helped materially to alleviate
the suffering of Belgians, they have
provided numerous beds for wound
ed American soldiers and they have
dug deep into their pockets to pro
vide food for orphan children on the
Western front; they also have shown
their willingness to give their blood
for the nation, as well as their
money. Their record will compare
favorably with that of any com
munity in the United States, the
more so because of the remoteness
of the territory from the centers
of industrial activity, where indi
viduals and entire communities are
growing rich rapidly on war trade
profits.
There are no strings to the
sacrifices which Alaskans are mak
ing. All that they hope to receive
in return for their money and blood
contributions is the ultimate assur
ance that the world has been made
safe for democracy, the seas safe
for the vessels of all nations. Alas
kans will go the limit, because they
realize that only with victory can
they hope for better things in this
country. They know that a German
success would stop development and
perhaps even endanger the owner
ship ot the territory.
They have done well and are en
titled to a full measure of credit for
their achievements, accomplished un
der handicaps which would have
filled the hearts of less courageous
Americans with discouragement. The
high cost of provisions and other
supplies has greatly retarded devel
opment in every section of the coun
try—retarded it to the extent that
Alaskans are not nearly so pros
perous now as they were a few
years ago, when prices were more
reasonable and rich paystreaks more
accessible. Another handicap is the
excessive cost of transportation, both
along the coast of Alaska and in
the Interior waterways. And press
dispatches received during the week
state that the steamship companies
are planning to give their rates a
further boost during the coming
month. Just why these rates are
to be raised has not yet been made
clear to Northerners, the only cer
tain thing about it being that the
added toll will further retard de
velopment in the North and lessen
the ability of Alaskans to assist the
nation financially. It will also
create a stronger demand for gov
ernment ownership of water trans
portation to connect with the gov
ernment railroad, for Alaskans are
well aware that the railroad cannot
give them the relief they seek until
ocean traffic between Alaska and the
States has been placed under fed
eral control.
Perhaps the steamship pirates
realize that the government some
day will put on a line of boats to
connect with the railroad, and, like
the Interior transportation compan
ies, they are trying to make all the
money they can before the change
takes place. The regret is that
nothing, apparently, can be done in
the meantime to insure a reduction
in freightage charges. We must con
tinue to turn our earnings over to
these profiteers, who know neither
loyalty to the nation nor gratitude
to the territory which is making
them wealthy, until such time as the
government can be shown the neces
sity of coming to the relief of Nor
therners.
PATIENCE
It has been said of Americans that
they are too knient in dealing with
alien enemies within our boundaries
and it is a notorious fact that pen
alties imposed on offenders proven
guilty of acts intended' to aid the
Germans, have been, in many in
stances, such as to encourage, rather
than discourr , 'ro-German acti
vities. We are p: tient people, dis
posed to trust the aliens within our
midst until they have committed
some outrage, neglecting to take
necessary precautions until atten
tion has been directed to our lax
ness by the loss of valuable property
or the destruction of good American
lives. Thus far, we have given alien
enemies all the best of it, hoping
thus to create in their breasts a
feeling of gratitude and respect for
American justice. This has proven j
costly, but it is the American way
of doing things and it is to be hoped [
that some good has resulted. It at
least cannot be said of us that we |
have not dealt fairly w’ith those
foreigners whom we welcomed to
our country in time of peace, guar
l anteeing them protection and the
. full enjoyment of personal liberty,
■ so long as they showed proper re
spect for the laws of the land of
their adoption.
The president himself has said
. that “we are not at war with the j
! German people. We have no feeling
| toward them but one of sympathy
and friendship.” And the depart
ment of justice has directed that
enemy aliens in this country be per
mitted to continue their vocations
as in time of peace, with certain
i restrictions regarding residence in
j barred zones. Even interned enemy
j aliens are well cared for and allowed
1 a compensation for the work they
j do. That is certainly liberal treat
ment and it is surprising that there
are in America intelligent Germans
who do not appreciate the fact that
we are fighting for their welfare
as well as our own. If we lose, the
kaiser will dominate the world—for
a time, at least—and Germans in
America will be no better off than
their countrymen at home.
This patience is a national trait.
It stood out prominently during the
time our nation was striving to
maintain strict neutrality, in the
face of German insults and the de
struction of American lives. And
now that we are in the war, driven
to action after having exhausted
every resource of our patience, we
still recognize the rights of enemy
aliens and give to them the same
protection that our own citizens re
ceive, notwithstanding the fact that
very many of these aliens have brok
en faith with us.
We believe this is going the limit,
but after all, it is only just—the
sort of justice that we Americans
have been taught since our earliest
struggle for democracy. Less pa
tience, less regard for justice in
times like these might easily place
our nation in disrepute and jeopard
ize our reputation as law abiding
and justice loving citizens of a
great and good nation, for once un
leached, there is no telling to wha(
lengths our passions might lead us.
As a nation at war, we will fight
mit some act for which later we may
according to the rules; as individuals,
at home, we should be equally ob
servant of the rules, lest, in passion,
we commit some act for which later
we should have cause to regret.
It is hoped that all the ladies of
Nenana will take part in the knit
ting campaign, about to be inaugu
rated here. Knitting for the sol- '
diers is a work which has taken firm
hold in nearly every community in
the United States and the ladies of
numerous Alaskan towns have al
ready forwarded many articles of
warm apparel to our fighting men
in the trenches. The need for such
clothing is great and there is no
woman so busy who cannot devote
a few moments in the day to the!
cause of Liberty. The fact that
some of the ladies may not know;
how to knit need not deter them, j
They can learn easily, as thousands
have done since our boys started j
for the firing lines in France. And, |
after they have learned, they will i
find pleasure in the work—in the1
knowledge that every movement of
the needles means added comfort
for those loyal lads who are suffer
ing that we at home may continue
to enjoy libertly.
A German employed as watchman
at the Tee Harbor Canneray, was
last seen passing Fish point and
must have perished in the gale, as
he was not seen after that. He had
been to Juneau to purchase some
supplies. His name could not be
learned.
OF REGISTRANTS
ARE DETERMINED
The work of determining the order
of liability for military service of
Nenana registrants whose registra
tion cards are in possession of the
local exemption board, was com
pleted during the early part of the
week. The next step is the distri
bution of questionnaires and the
classification of registrants, but
this work will not be started until
further instructions are received
from the governor. The work, when
it is started, probably will consume
several weeks, the filling in of ques
tionnaires being a very slow and
painstaking proceeding. It is not
known definitely how many men
Nenana will be required to supply
as its first quoto, but it is believed
the number will not. exceed twenty.
The full list of registrants, with
their serial and order numbers, is
as follows:
Sarial Order
No. NAME No.
126 Karl Iver Anderson 1
107 Frank Gasoff 2
43 Abram Gutciaff 3
10 Frank Teufell 4
140 Christian Anderson 5
18 Harold Patrick Pierson 6
182 Nels Larson 7
46 Oikim Kassoff 8
117 Robert Andrew Swe 9
75 Thomas Brown 10
194 James Phair 11
15 Leonard Andrew White 12
31 Robert Frank Ingersoll 13
183 Mike Costoff 14
56 Nels Adrien Lundstrom 15
5 John Melvin Hansen 16
54 Fred Chivenkoff 17
72 Bibo Botsieff 18
112 Peter Rososs 19
128 Gust Borgeson 20
11 Henry A. Kiel 21
6 Albin Teadar Johnson 22
93 Alek Boloff 23
103 Thomas Alden Jones 24
154 Samuel Rosenbluth 25
51 Arthur Bunnie Shea 26
30 Earl Graig McCrary 27
199 Gus John Hahn 28
25 Christian Dedrickson 29
122 George Gagnon 30
121 Hans Lonnberg 31
90 Elwin Mike Trepte 32
191 Nick Gustiff 33
130 Angel P. Kancloff 34
168 Obrad Bjelotomich 35
175 Adulgaery Darchieff 36
49 George Buick Walker 37
8 Fred Earl Bowman 38
23 Lester Boyce Earhart 39
102 Ingval Thomassen 40
oo jvnn Aiirea rsranustrom 4 1
71 Peter Iverson 42
113 Fred Hanson 43
156 Karl Gutnoff 44
169 Michael Romas 45
155 Henry Tazioli 46
133 Oscar Orvill Melvin 47
185 Uno Swensk 48
146 Alex Zaboff 43
58 Victor Frederick Fleischman 50
150 Martin Ottersted 51
19 Milan Gryak 52
4 Jarry John Bardes 53
115 Arnold Sather 54
206 Jack Jadoff 55
136 Louis Paul Rapps 56
96 Peder J. Nilsen 57
138 Arnold Cato Slippern 58
91 John Paulsteiner 59
17 Michael Saraff 60
202 Paul Palfy 61
164 Clifford John Cox 62 !
124 Nels Fahlstrom 63
76 Mike Cdoff 64
158 Wasil Sanko 65
1 Frank Karry 66
187 James Byrne 67
52 Dan Radi 68
105 Ehrich Eichel 69
36 Miak Kossoff 70
205 Edwin Bernherd Widlund 71
40 Howard Giles Haslem 72
100 Oscar Berg 73
157 Boris Bitionoff 74
29 Mike Gasoff 75
114 James Walker 76
151 Andrew Hanson 77 i
61 Alex Kalissoff 78 !
33 Jake Batoff 79 |
32 Aldis Meier Gerhardsen 80 1
63 Joseph Cunningham 81
64 Nick Aldatoff 82 j
41 Thukididis Koulouris 83
48 Harry Bekoff 84
38 Thomas Thornton 85
127 Gustav Alfred Gerhardsen 86
88 Alex Gagoff 87
89 Herbert Willford Miller 88
198 George Gatto 89
195 Axel Larson 90
145 Alex Zoloff 91
98 Arthur Gawne 92
44 Nick Bogoff 93
7 Irvine Albert Alderman 94
26 Edward Samuel Mugford 95
82 Merle David McCambridge 96
55 Wm. Demetrios Papadopulos 97
42 Wolfgang Thiele 98
106 Pietro Samassa 99
21 William Arthur Young 100
176 Miko Gemoff 101
65 Guy Radich 102 j
82 Robert Crighton Innes 103
207 Joseph Kuderna Milo 104 j
67 Wm. Jerome Wainwright 105
77 Joakim Ferdinand Martinson 106
160 Bill Naifon 107
59 Peter Jackson Hauland 108
84 George Dimnick 109
94 Jack Cambul 110
148 William McDowell 111 ,
14 Rasmus Hanson 112
109 Bab Sabonoff 113
180 Sam Hamloff 114
69 George Ketiogles 115
174 Ole Halvor Boen 116
161 Henry McPhee 117
189 Harold Raymond Anderson 118
129 Matt Ostovich 119
163 Elas GosKieff 120
99 Jim Couff 121
144 Axel Fredrick Fredrickson 122
No. NAME No.
Sarial Order
104 Charley Nurstes 123
79 Sam Gagoff 124
83 Norvin E. Smith 125
142 Oscar Witalis Johnson 126
119 _ Jack Zoloff 127
135 Albert Lamote 128
13 Abo Gimoff 129
20 Edward Earl Lund 130
131 Elia Kadzoaff 131
87 Adw. Wellingham Marshal 132
190 Miak Tururoff 133
37 Angus John McPherson 134
95 James Riley 135
92 Paul Kintzele 136
50 Frank Graydon Sherrard 137
153 Jake Bitsoff 138
34 Juluis Boimite 139
81 Anton Yelick 140
27 William McDonald Mellish 141
132 James Howard 142
24 Andrew Sorokovikoff 143
149 Charles Hubbard Hall 141
97 Louis Jacobsen 145
45 Andrew Anderson 146
186 Daniel J. Gallagher 147
179 Charles Herbert Wilson 148
12 Sam Geroff 149
108 Carl Ortoff 150
178 Patrick McDermont 151
9 Thomas Laconi 152
70 Bernhard Olai Peterson 153
16 Henry Joseph Green 154
134 Walter Love 155
173 John Al. Rudolph Larson 156
184 Marko Bugoff 157
166 Monrad Mathisen 158
60 .lack Hohoff 159
208 Karl Jorgen Emil Hanson 160
137 Willard Urban Wernet 161
80 Joseph Pearson 162
123 Finan Daniel Delaney 163
204 Alex Gaboff 164
139 Allan John McPhee 165
57 Gustav Larsen 166
159 Christian Meir Mortensen 167
197 Andrew Larson Running 168
165 Emas Anderson 169
78 Alfred Willoughby 170
22 George Fenton Cramer 171
171 William John Bolm 172
53 Harry Gasaloff 173
85 Peter Johnson, Jr. 174
73 John Hansen 175
152 Sam Gassot'f 176
28 Fred Gush 177
162 Jim Kadoff 178
181 Alek Kazoff 179
170 John Stolen 180
101 Patrick William Breen 181
116 Frank Weisel 182
193 Oscar Alfons Strom 183
147 Andro Gibson 184
39 Kyuzaburo Saito 185
35 Nick Larson 186
47 William Simpson 187
111 Nick Henz 188
125 Elas Amelahanoff 189
74 Earl Maxfield Clarke 190
177 Albert Sargent Corruthers 191
167 Daniel Juretich 192
201 Niko Toivonen 193
141 Alfred Sorensen Lian 191
68 Ralph Irving Waechter 195
66 Frank Lewis Washburn 196
110 Sam Gatoff 197
143 Albert Larson 198
120 Jakov Lucich 199
2 Alex Mensaeff 200
3 Jack Dalton 201
118 Christoffer Bernt Nelson 202
188 Costo Rongaloff 203
172 Robert Royal Douse 204
200 Edward Clarence Carraher 206
192 Earl Hagen Foster 206
203 Joseph Robins 207
196 Arne Arneson 208
DRAG-LINE KID NOW
CHALLENGES WINNER
The boxing exhibition staged Inst
Saturday evening at Union hall, in
connection with the Leona Robbins
entertainment, made a hit with the
Nenanaites and many have asked re
garding the acceptance of the chal
lenge issued by “Dragline” Holler
bach. Drag challenged the winner
of the match put up by “Swede
Killer” Johnson and McGregor Wel
liver, the Bitter Root kid, from the
Canary islands. The match was de
clared a draw by Referee Bowen,
and the participants are in a quan
dary as to who should accept the
challenge. When interviewed about
the matter, the “Bitter Root Kid”
flatly stated that he was not in
shape to take on the Dragline and
wouldn’t consider it, passing the
buck to Johnson, whom he states,
has had much experience in the ring.
Johnson, on the other hand does
not care to take it up either, stating
that he can not afford to take any
chances on his own title, knowing
as he does, Hollerback’s ring records
from Tacoma, Seattle and other
coast cities, where he has three
knockouts to his credit. However,
says Mr. Johnson, with about thr^'e
weeks practice and training, he bd
lives that he can at least give the
“Drag” a run for his money, but
wishes to have the stakes lowered.
Hollerbach challenged for $500 a
side, winner take all. To date, no
one has accepted the challenge.
Rumor had it that Sam Beatty was
considering accepting, but Sam dis
credits it, stating that he has neither
the weight nor the speed to even
make a showing against the Drag
line.
The roof of the big Juneau Dairy
barn was recently crushed with the
weight of snow, but it was not
learend if any of the thirty-eight
head of stock inside had been killed.
The barn is said to be the largest
in Alaska. There are six feet of
snow on the flats.
The Alaska Coast Fish company,
of Douglas, is stated to be purchas
ing and shipping on an average of
10,000 pounds of halibut daily from
the various fishing craft putting in
at that place.
KHT SCHOOL HI
SHOWS SIEW OK
——
The report of the Nenana Citi
zenship Night School for the past
month, which has just been pre
pared by Instructor John C. Murphy
shows a further increase in enroll
ment and a steadily increasing in
terest in the work. The report is
as follows:
“The Citizenship Night School
Board of Nenana, Alaska respect
fully report:
The third month school session
of the above school ended on the
15th instant. The sessions were 20
nights, and hours of instruction for
each night were from three and one
half to ‘our hours. There wa3 an
increase of enrollment over previous
month from 42 to 45 students. Ow
ing to some sickness, the average
attendance was 26. The foreign
born students still predominate, and
range in ages from 20 to 54 years,
and number 42 men, and 3 women.
Encouraging and gratifying was the
progress made during the month.
“We cannot forbear adding a few
comments regarding a citizenship
night school. Its duty is to provide
a motive to the foreigners to create
in him or her an abiding interest
in this country and institutions. If
it be asked, what then are the sub
jects best fitted for the attainment,
we answer without reserve, the fore
most is English, history, civics, con
stitution, geography, writing and all
these with reference to our insti
tutions, business customs and man
ners. Instruction must be made
practical by fitting as closely as pos
sible, to daily needs. The teaching
of the adult foreigner must be in
dividualized and the fund of ex
perience and knowledge which he
brings to school should be utilized.
Rare judgment must be exercised
in methods of instruction. These
students are not alike, a.id what
should be taught to one, may be
nonsuitable for another. The teach
ing of English is the one primary
problem, followed c.osely with civics
and history. Civic instruction
should be brimming over with the
spirit of true pai'iotism. Besides
all this, there must be a spirit of
earnest sympathy shown by the
teacher, and a fine spirt of com
raderie. The relation between in
structor and student should be a
fraternal one.
CRAMER HOME IS SCENE
OF WEDDING ON MONDAY
The home of Mr. and Mrs. G. F.
Cramer was the scene of a very
happy and charming occasion Monday
evening, when at seven o’clock, Mr.
Isaac Pendleton Taylor, of Nenana,
and Miss Laura Anne Lewis, of Fair
banks, were united in the holy bonds
of matrimony. The vows were
plighted in the presence of a little
company of intimate friends of the
happy couple, Miss Jane Anderson
and Mr. Richard B. Ward serving
as attendants at the altar. Dr.
Diven, of Grace church, officiated.
Mr. Taylor’s many friends join in
congratulations over his capturing
one of Fairbank’s most charming
young women as his bride.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
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and Mrs. Fred Lewis, of Fairbanks.
For more than a year she resided
in Nenana, where she was in the em
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commission. She left here to ac
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bank, of Fairbanks.
The groom is an engineer in the
employ of the commission, being at
present in charge of Residency No.
Two.
The newlyweds will occupy the
Riggs cottage until the return of
Mrs. Riggs.
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