THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for en:ry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. Southworth.Editor and Manager
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RANKS FILLED
The dental requirements of ai
army of more than 5,000,000 mei
can now be met by the present fore
of the Dental Corps of the America]
army, according to a statement re
cently issued by Surgeon Genera
Gorgas. Examinations for denta
officers have been closed and nc
further additions will be made t<
the corps for at least six months
At the time the United States de
dared a state of war to exist be
tween this country and Germany, tht
total number of dental officers was
58. The present force numbers
5,810. A record was made in the
building up of this force. Com
missions were offered to 5,467 dent
ists in all parts of the country anc
all but 271 were accepted, a per
centage of 95.1.
In the rapid development of the
Dental Service all credit must be
given the patriotism of the members
of the dental profession, the various
preliminary dental examining boards,
dental faculties, dental manufac
turers, and officers and members ot
the Preparedness League of Ameri
can Dentists, an organization which
a year ago had a membership of
5,000, but today has about 15,000
members, who have paid the mem
bership fee and declared their will
ingnescs to render gratuitous service
at least an hour a day when called
upon to assist in making dentally
fit the selected man after he has
been certified to by his local board
and previous to his induction into
military service.
The official record shows that
336,931 gratuitous dental operations
have been performed by members of
this organization. This organiza
tion has been largely responsible for
the three dental ambulances that
have been presented to the surgeon
.general of the army.
The same thorough care that is
given to the men in this country is
also given to the men in France
With each base, general, or evacua
tion hospital there is attached a
specialist in plastic surgery to cor
rect deformities to. face and jaws.
Dental surgeons who have been spe
cially trained in this class of work
are also assigned to such hospitals.
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CHAS. LECKIE, Prop.
PATRIOTIC WOMEN OF AMERICA
1 Saving food is a military measure,
i and there is not one really patriotic
i . . •
: citizen who would not be glad to
i serve her country by observing the
. requests of the Food Administration,
I even in the form of a command, as
I a soldier obeys.
, f Save the wheat, is the most im
, portant command which the Govern
ment has issued. And unless the
soldiers of the Food Administration
carry out that command they are
going to weaken the American of
fensive. They will fall down on
their part of the program, and de
lay the glorious day of victory.
No one would deliberately do this,
but there are thousands of women
and men as well who are doing it
thoughtlessly. There comes a time
ever so often when the woman weak
ens in her program of two wheatless
days and a wheatless meal every day.
It is for one reason or another diffi
cult for her to have a wheatless
breakfast; it means she must get out
of bed a half hour earlier; she has
neglected to order other flour the;
day before, or any one of a hundred
small reasons of a similar nature.
If we grant that saving food is a.
military measure we should con-;
sider ourselves under military orders,
and there should be no half way
mear^.
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1 FIRST CEO OF
GOLD AF COAST)
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First Treasure Shipment Reaches
Anchorage From Cache Creek
District.
Ten thousand dollars in virgin
gold was brought in lately from!
Montana creek station to Anchor-1
age, says the Anchorae Times of j
recent date. This treasure shipment j
i is the first ever made over the Gov
ernment railroad. The gold is the i
product of the Cache Creek Dredg-!
ing company, and probably repre- j
sents the first cleanup, about June i
15th.
Formerly gold from the Cache]
; Creek Dredging company had to be1
dispatched by one of the employees!
on a trip representing nine miles i
by wagon road down Cache creek to I
■ its mouth on the Kahlitna, twenty'
miles down the Kahlitna by boat1
to camp two and was carried the
I remaining thirty miles to McDougal,
from whence it was brought by
| launch to Anchorage,
j The Government railroad on June
j 13, began the operation of a weekly
train service between Anchorage
, and Montana creek.
HURJA TO GO TO FRANCE
Emil Hurja, formerly secretary
for Delegate Chas. A. Sulzer, who
resigned his postion to enlist, is at
present engaged in railroad build
ing in Oregon, for the government,
but as soon as that work is over
will be ordered to France.
The stomach is a greater cause
of poverty than the sword.
BASEBALL GAME
IS IN BVII
BENLDjCT TEAM
Picked Teamt Indulge in Exciting
Battle and the Benedicts Take
Home the Bacon.
To the accompaniment of dyed
in the wool rooting by the largest
crowd of the season last evening,
the Fairbanks ball team, or that
part of it listed in the ranks of the
benedicts, romped home on the long
end of a ten to two score. The
game, which finishes the Fairbanks
series here, spilled excitement all
j the way through and represented the
| pick of the married men of the
combined Fairbanks and Nenana
teams, battling against the unfor
j tunate bachelors of the same aggre
I gations. Unfortunate is right, for
the benedicts had it all over the
lowly leftovers from start to finish.
On orders straight from home,
the future grand-daddies stepped
straight out in the first inning and
garnered the two runs that started
them off right After that they were
never headed. They picked up three
more in the second and a pair in
the third to put the game on ice
The best the single men could do up
to the sixth was to reach third,
but in that inning they sqeezed out
a lone tally that saved them from'
a coat of whitewash.
Ike Taylor was on the mound for
the married men and pitched gilt
edged ball, with Myers receiving.
Hansen and Anderson worked for
the bachelors. Also there were sev
eral ladies in the stand working for
them throughout the game, but to
no avail. Altogether they scored
only two runs.
The fast field allowed good ball
to be played. Several times batters ;
were robbed of corking hits by one- i
handed stabs and running catches,
all of which helped to give the fans
a run for their money. Fowler
speared a high liner with one hand
off Doner's bat that was headed
for the outfield when there were
three men on base. The bachelors
again hit into hard luck when Buck-1
ley, in center field, went away back
for a long one when a hit would
have meant at least two runs. Blakey
for the married men, played a good
game at third, his whip working in
fine order for the long throw.
This game completes the Fair
banks series here, the men having left
for the upper town during the night.
Their visit has been an enjoyable i
one to all lovers of the diamond
game in Nenana- The teams lined
up as follows:
SINGLE MEN—Anderson, c;Han-;
sen, p; Fuelling, 2b; Ward, ss; Doner j
cf; Meagher, If; Smith, rf; Bidwell,!
3b; Mathews, lb; Black, sub.
MARRIED MEN—Taylor, p;Blak- |
ey, 3b; Hewitt, If; Cathcart, 2b; |
Koon, lb; Fowler, ss; Buckley, cf;i
Pegues, rf; Myers, c; Durgin, sub.!
Umpires: Private Galvin and |
Charley Thompson.
resutled recently at McCarthy, when '
that town was threatened with de
struction by fire.
The fire started in the rooming
house owned by Mrs. Rose McLellan
which was completely destroyed.
The flames spread to James Heney’s
restaurant, burning it to the ground.
It then leaped across the street and
iestroyed Wm. Faddis’ store and
residence. He saved only a few per
sonal effects and carried little in
surance.
Brigadier General Wilds P. Rich
irdson is stationed at Camp Baure
?ard, Louisiana, according to infor
mation received at Valdez recently.
Sen. Richardson was formerly head
>f the Alaska Road Commission.
Tha Douglas Island News, owned
jy “Stroller” White, has quit the
Island field and removed to Ketchi
kan, where it will be run under
sew management, Mr. White having
been appointed publicity agent for
;he territory by Governor Riggs.
WOMEN WORKING
IN MESS HOUSE
AT COAST TOWN
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ANCHORAGE—For the first time
since the beginning of the construc
tion of the government railroad, I
women are employed now to wait on :
table in the mess hall of the Alas- j
kan Engineering commission and the
lunch room of the Railroad Young I
Men’s Christian Association in An
chorage.
The military conscription law and
the demand for laborers at wages
considerably higher than can be paid j
for waiting on table gradually made
impossible the obtaining of expe
rienced men waiters in the mess
hall and lunch room, and, after
fruitless efforts to maintain the ser
vice with elderly men and boys,
recourse finally was had to the em
ployment of women.
When difficulty first was encount
ered in getting experienced men
waiters, the experiment was tried of
employing elderly men and breaking
them into the work. These, how
ever, on account of the scarcity of
labor in other lines, soon took ad
vantage of the opportunities to earn
higher wages at other work. Then
an effort was made to supply the
need with boys, but the result prov-j
ed that any boy strong enough to I
wait on table was quickly attracted
from the job by a man’s pay at some
other position. The experiment with
boys was short-lived.
The employment of women seems
to be a permanent solution of the
problem.
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Mrs. Vincent Brown, pioneer of
Skagway and Nome, died recently
in Seattle. Mrs. Brown lived in i
many of the mining camps of the j
North and is the mother of Mrs.
Gus Sieffert, a Cook Inlet mining
through the
ALASKA PUBLICITY
BUREAU
Juneau Alaska.
If you want to either hire or be
hired, let us hear from you.
Employers will please state nature
of positions vacant and
wages paid.
Those desiring positions will give
qualifications and nature of
work wanted.
E. J. WHITE,
Chief of Bureau.
By order of the Governor.
r.s. McDonald
CONVEYANCING
GENERAL BROKERAGE
NOTARIAL WORK
LIFE INSURANCE
Local Agent of
Whitcly-Woodward Company
Home Insurance Co., New York
National Fire, of Hartford
Hartford Fire Insurance Co.
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Co.
Law Union and Rock, London
Look Them Up In Best’s
Union Insurance Society, London
For Sale
72 Cases Over-the-Ice Eggs
3 Cases Fresh Lemons
10 Head Young Draft Horses.
3 Wagons.
4 Sleds.
50 Tarpaulins. All Sizes.
House and Barn.
RANCH—40 acres under cul
tivation; all necessary farm
ing implements; ground fall
plowed; hay enough to put
in crop with.
W. E. Terrill
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
POSITIONS WANTED—There are
three women cooks in Fairbanks
looking for positions as camp
cooks; also one man cook. All
highly recommended. Address
Nenana News office.
WANTED TO BUY—About 40 tons
of native hay. Will take delivery
where cut. Apply to Knute
Roland, Nenana.
FOR SALE—Beaver Board, in plain
and oak finish. Doors and win
dows, sash stock and mouldings.
Inquire Simson’s.
PIANOS—For sale or rent. Inquire
Simson’s.
FOR SALE—Two tents, 18x30 and
20x40. Inquire Simsons.
FOR SALE--Extra fine panel c'oors.
1% inches thick, $5. Simson’s.
If you have a sweet-tooth, pull it.
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Julia B.—Up Marshal 3:30 ,a. m.,
yesterday.
Herman—Up St. Michael 6 p. m.,
yesterday.
Yukon—Up Birches 7 a. m.
Washburn—Down Louden 6 a. m.
Sarah—Down Nulato 3 a. m.
Reliance—Up Koyukuk river
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BAKERY
YOU'LL LIKE THE PLACE
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Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
H*» Opened Office* In the
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Prices Paid for
RAW
FURS
SIMSON’S
Jacobs and Davis—At Gibbon
Tanana—Up Nenana 4 a. m.
Alaska—In Dawson
He that wasteth in his own house
increases the price of his neighbor's
dinner.
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