THE NENANA NEWS
Application made October 30, 1916, at the Postoffice at Nenana, Alaska, lor
entry as second-class mail matter under the act of March 2, 1879, by The Ne
nana Printing Company.
Published Weekly by The Nenana Printing Company
Day of Publication Saturday Edited by R. G. South worth.
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NENANA, ALASKA SATURDAY. NOV. 24, 1917
HOME PRODUCTS
Nenana must bestir herself and
make every possible effort to get her
farming lands, lying to the south,
settled by real farmers. It is high
time for a complete elimination of j
the necessity of importing from the j
Outside, horse and cattle feed, at
enormous freight rates. Every
man, woman and child in this com
munity is affected and we all pay the
freight in the end.
It is now a demonstrated fact that
our lands will produce an abundance
of the very best feeding fodder of j
all kinds. Get our lands settled up-1
on, not by miners and prospectors,
but by real farmers who understand ;
farming. And these we must get
from the States and from certain
sections of northern Europe. Col
onize these fertile lands. Let Ne
nana begin at once an agitation,
a propoganda.- pointing the wray to
the federal government and the next |
legislature sitting at Juneau, for;
suitable appropriations for coloniz- :
ation and financial assistance to the
members thereof. Aid them to get j
started by long time loans and low ;
rate of interest.
Here is an inviting, big and inter- ;
esting field to engage the attention ^
of our Commercial club and thus j
keep ahead of the procession. Let ^
the motto of Nenana be, “Go ahead” j
What if we do, once in a while meet
with shoals and breakers in our on
ward, progressive march of develop
ment. With the right kind of spirit
such obstacles can be passed without
difficulty,—but go ahead.
It is not only a shame but a crime ;
to send annually to the States, j
enormous sums of money to pay for
land and other products that we can
raise at our very doors. Think of
it! Taking all the money from our
business channels, and sending it to
other communities, where it is used
to build up great and prosperous
centers. This sending Outside for
the things we can produce in our
own district is eternally WTong and
a crime against a growing commun
ity. Keep the money at home. If
the various lines of business in the
town are now small, they certainly
have no chance of enlargement under
a system which requires the expendi
ture of such large sums of money in
Outside districts. Not a dollar of
this money should leave the town.
P.Y sending the mor.ev Outside, you
are building up the other fellow and
his business.
NOT SO BAD
There is a lot of satisfaction in
the knowledge that, in this great
world of ours there are a thousand
genuine acts for every fraud; for
every injustice, a thousand acts of
justice and kindness; for every deed
of dishonesty, a thousand acts of
honesty; that there is more good in
the world than evil, despite the truly
terrible conditions that confront us;
that the trend of civilization and
liberty is upward, not downward,-is
forward, not backward; that the ties
of the fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man are strengthen
ing and widening day by day; that
the Father of all reigns, and the
star of love is in the ascendency.
Great optimism this may be, but it
is one born of an abiding and all
embracing faith in humanity.
When the United States entered
the world war the need for wood for
airplane construction quickly created
a serious problem. For most of the
air seasoned wood available had been
purchased for the Allied nations.
Thorough air seasoning of such
stock requires from one to three
years, according to the size and kind
of wood. Kiln dried stock, under
the methods ordinarily, has frequent
ly proved unsatisfactory. For some
time, before we entered the war, the
forest products laboratory, of the
U. S. Forest service, at Madison,
Wis., had been making a scientific
study of the drying of wood, and had
developed a method of drying, which
has been very successful.
Ash and spruce are the woods
most in demand for airplane con
st! ;ction. These w’oods were kill*
dried without injury. Later, thor
oughly green Sitka, Alaska, spruce,
white ash, white oak, Douglas fir.
Western white pine and mahogany
were secured in the log for testing.
The spruce and ash logs were cut up
and the green material from each
species divided into three matched
groups. One group of each species
was tested green, another set aside
to be tested when it has air dried,
and the third group was kiln dried
Only the results of tests on the
spruce have as yet been analysed.
Comparison with standard tests
shows that Alaska spruce can be
kiln dried from the green condition,
with no more-perhaps less injury to
its mechanical properties than by
air seasoning.
Definite specifications have been
prepared for kiln drying spruce
green from the saw, for airplane
construction.
ADVERTISED LETTERS
The following is a list of the un
claimed letters at the postoffice, at
Nenana, on November 18, 1917:
Allen, Grant V.
Blake, John
Burck,Alfred Dean (2)
Bainbridge, Harry
Burrows, James
Behnks, Fred
Cameron, Edmond
Collins, Mrs. E. B
Crutty, Bob.
Copeland, Alvin (2)
Durkin, Harry
Deretick, Sam (2)
Dodge, Walter
Gove, Leslie ' “
Henz, Nick
Herron, Richard
Hennings, Peat • ’
Haney, Frank
Frazier. Archie A.
Ferguson, Dan.
Taylor, G. A.
Kearry, Frank
Knutsen, Alfred
Mayben, Chas.
Meyers, Jack
Mulcahy, Pat (2)
McLeod, Murdo
McDonald, Allan D.
McQueen, A. W.
Over, E.
Ormsbee, W. H.
Peterson, Gust.
Plissy, Chas.
Robinson, Chas. (2)
Rorer.G. B.
Rakkjar, Neals
Robson, X.
Schleeman, Bernhard
Sampson, Bernhard
Snyder, A. V.
Sonnberg, Hans
Speirs, Jack
Starr, Alfred
Thorpe, Bill
Williams, R. J.
Wickler, C. A.
Wainwright, Wm. J.
CHURCH HOUSEWARMING
ENJOYED BY MANY
The housewarming and entertain
ment which took place at Grace
Presbyterian church on Wednesday
evening was a most enjoyable affair
in every way and was very largely
attended. A splendid program had
been arranged for the occasion and
refreshment provided by the ladies
were served during the evening.
The program was as follows:
Solo, “For You Alone”, Mrs G.
F. Cramer; solo, Robert Benner;
recitation, “Me and Jim", Grady
Sumerlin; solo, Valentine Anderson;
solo, Kenneth Diven. Miss Thora
Slippern presided at the piano.
LAWRENCE HOME BURNS;
CONTENTS ENTIRE LOSS
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm
E. Lawrence, on upper First avenue,
was totally destroyed by fire early
Wednesday moring, the flames hav-!
ing spread with such rapidy that
Mrs. Lawrense was compelled to
ELSEWHERE IN ALASKA
Sanitary and labor conditions in
Alaskan canneries probably will be
investigated by federal authorities
as the result of complaints filed dur
ing the past summer by tourists.
The Chinese labor contract system
which, in late years has been so en
larged as to include whites, is an
ther part of the cannery business
that will receive consideration. In
vestigation of living conditions at
the cannery camps on the coast of
Alaska, conducted recently at Seat
tle, may lead to legislation to pro
tect labor in the future.
Douglas dogs are licensed at the
rate of two bucks each. Failure to
take out the license is punished by
impounding.
Seven deer were recently brought
North, to be used in stocking the
islands adjacent to Cordrva.
Alaska copper and gold mines
will pay a larger tax this year than
they did in 1916, but the bulk of the
money will not become available to
the territory until after the first of
February, 1918.
James Hendrick, a resident of Mc
Carthy, was recently adjudged insane
at that place and committed to the
asylum at Morningside.
Several Alaska vessels arrived at
Seattle recently with large shipments
of salmon from the Northern can
neries. Within eleven days Alaska
vessels unloaded at the Sound city
over a million cases of canned sal
mon valued, together with the other
fish received from the North, at
twenty-five million.
John Zug, field engineer of the
Alaska Road commission, with head
| quarters at V'aldex, has received a
! commission as captain in the Engin
1 eer reserve corps of the U. S. army.
: It is expected that he will soon be
j made disbursing officer of the Alaska
Road commission.
Residents of Seward are planning
I a Mid-winter carnival, to commence
' on Christmas eve and end after the
I town has gone dry.
Elmer Friend, who has been with
the Juneau Empire during the past
couple of years, is now editor and
i manager of the Seward Gateway.
Captain Mehaffey, popular member
of the Alaska Road commission, has
been relieved by Capt. W. H. Waugh,
the latter having been ordered to re
' port at Juneau several weeks ago.
The enterprising Cordova Times
has offered a flivver and several
other prizes as incentives for circu
lation boosting.
The only excitement reported from
Douglas lately is a case of measles,
■ which the town physician had under
| control.
—
A passenger on the steamship Dol
; phin disappeared recently, after the
j boat had pulled out from the Lake
Bay cannery, and it is believed that
the man either jumped or fell over
board. There was a dense fog at
the time and the disappearance was
not discovered until some time later.
rush from the building in her night
clothes. Two pups and a cat per
ished in the flames.
It is supposed the fire was caused
by an overheated stove. Mrs. Law
rence and the baby were in bed at
the time, and the fire was discover
ed, there was barely time to escape
from the buildinng.
The alarm was sounded by neigh
bors and the town chemical and
members of the Commission depart
ment responded quickly, but by the
time they arrived the entire house
was a mass of flames.
TESTS OF ORE SPECIMENS
BY BUREAU OF MINES
The Bureau of Mines is prohibit
ed by act of Congress from making
“assays,” or tests to determine the
quantity or percentage of metal
present in specimens, and thus con
flicting with the interests of licensed
assayers. The Bureau, however,
at the Fairbanks station will be glad
to make tests of rocks for prospect
ors to determine the quality or kind
of metal present, in cases where it
is believed that such tests will be of
economic importance in the develop
ment of deposits of useful minerals.
No charge is made for such determi
nations, the only requirement being
that each specimen submitted be ac
companied by as much information
as possible as to the location from
which the specimen was taken, near
ness to transportation, and whether
“float” or from a prospect hole or
claim. If the latter, the approxi
mate amount or extent of mining
operations, such as shafts, tunnels,
raises, etc., the size and extent of
the vein, the approximate quantity
of ore, and any other useful infor
mation of a general character should
be furnished.
The size of the sample should be
approximately 4x2Vfcx2 inches and
if more than one specimen is sub
mitted, each should be designated by
a number to which reference can
be made in the reply.
In return for this information the
Station, as stated above, will report
the kind of metal or metals present
in the specimens, together with such
information as to their economic
value as it may have on hand and
any other recommendations which
might be of use to the owner of the
specimens.
COMMUNCATION
Nenana, Alaska
Nov. 24, 1917
Editor, Nenana News
Dear Sir:
I will ask you to kindly
publish the following:
On my recent trip to Fairbanks I
gained the following information
which I think will be of interest
and beneficial to the movie fans of
Nenana.
I first wish to state that -i the
first day of December the war *j\
is to be paid by the public, for rea
1 sons which I will endeavor to make
j clear. As our natrons are well
aware, the war tax at present is be
ing: paid by the management of the
! Coliseum, as a matter of conven
ience to the public. We realize
j that the people of Nenana will not
Jbogiudge the ti>: which the gov
(ernment has imposed upon theater
i goers and we know that the public
' does not expect the management to
continue to shoulder this burden in
definitely. The government has
made it clear that the public mu»t
| pay this tax. The government is
i not particular whether the admis
sion charge to theaters is increased
; or other methods adopted to collect
the tax. But it insists that the tax
| must be paid by the public.
Mr. Thorne, of Fairbanks, has in
formed me that most all the show
houses Outside have raised the price
of admission. Both the Coliseum and
Liberty theaters, of Seattle, have ad
1 vanced their admission charge from
fifteen to twenty-five cents. The
theaters on the coast have raised
; their admissions from a quarter to
thirty-five cents. They, of course
can add five or ten cents to their
regular charge without inconven
! ience to the public. But in the In
terior we do not use small coins
and we can continue to get along
very nicely without them. It would
be unwise, in my opinion, to attempi
: to introduce nickles and dimes at
! this time.
Mr. Thorne also informed me that
' another war tax would be imposed,
1 not on the public, but on the the
j aters direct. The tax will amount
j to $365 a year. He also stated
that still another tax might be im
posed at a later date, to be known
as the film war tax. We call atten
j tion to these things in order that
I the public may see that we are do
| ing “our bit” without undertaking
to pay the first tax levied upon those
.vho attend theaters.
The few exi-a cents pair- ns are
required to pay for amusement is
not in any sense a donation to the
theater. The tax was decided upon
by the government inorderthat the
general public might assist in that
i way to win the mighty struggle in
(which the country is involved. If
j we are loyal to our flag, we will all
; do our bit and consider it a privi
1 lege to aid in that way.
* To enable the public to pay the
tax the government intended that
they should pay, we will adopt a
plan similar to the one in use at
Mr. Thome’s theater, in Fairbanks.
His is one which has worked out sat
isfactorily both to the theater man
agement and to the public. . We
will issue three and five cent tick
ets The three pent tickets an I a
quarter will be the price of admis
sion to a regular week-night show.
A five cent ticket and fifty cents
will be the price of admission to a
fifty-cent show. These tickets are
to be presented to the ticket seller
at the box office window before a
general admission ticket will be is
sued. The three cent tickets will
' be sold in packages, eight i ickets J
for a quarter. Thj five-cent tick- |
ets will be different in color ana '
.five will make a packai e, selling al
so for a quarter. The tickets will
be placed on sale at the box office
and at various places about town,
such as the drug store, po'.l halls
and restaurants, for the convenience
of the public and to avoid delays at
the box office.
The war tax ticket plan will be
I come effective on December 1
Yours respectfully
Ih' mar IJosbure i
—
Some time last July, the Hoquiam
| Sash and Door company’s plant, at
| Hoquiam, was • closed down by a
J strike of the lumber workers, fight-1
1 ing for an eight-hour day and living
wages. The strike dragged along'
without a settlement until very re
cently, when the plant was started
up again, this time not operated by
j men, but by a force of women and
husky girls. The women wear
; overalls doing the heavy work pre
| viously done by the men. They
J work ten hours a day and for wages,
j il is alleged, much lower than the
; men had been receiving.
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ELECTRIC PUMPS
DECK PUMPS
FORCE PUMPS
PITCHER PUMPS
WELL POINTS
Lang and Toledo
RANGES
JUST ARRIVED
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
HENAN! BEANERY
Cold Lunches, Hot Tamales
Chile Beans
SERVED 10 «A. M. TO 2 A. M.
Xom Monagon
THE SHOE HOUSE
Market Street at Second
Comfortable Rooms Spring Beds
Clean Bunks
EVERYTHING NEW and CLEA\
NORTH IS REPRESENTED
CAMP MEADE, MD„ NOV. 24
—Alaskan, Washington and Montana
mining men are well represented in
the Engineer corps just arrived here
for training.
AUTOMATIC
Baseball Court
NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
In the Belmont Block on A St.
Everyone Invited
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