THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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FROM WAR TO PEACE
On the banks of the Thames, less
than twenty miles from London,
there is an American town of the
mushroom kind such as you might
find in a new California oil field,
says an Associated Press corres
pondent, writing from London. It
covers 35 acres which nine months
ago were fallow grass land. The
business of the town is to receive
sort and store war material. It is
the great American supply depot in
England.
There is a street of wooden huts,
another of corrugated iron huts,
11- 0 >ron store sheds a quarter of a
mile long, office buildings, water
supply and electric lights, the whole
surrounded by a hedge, a few arma 1
sentries and much mud. All day
long khaki-clad negroes -meli „.i
haul railway trucks full of war ma
terial.
Englishmen peer over the
and ask satirically if the United
States doesn't know that the war is
over. If they ask an officer for
enlightenment about this strange
camp, his explanation is something
like this:
“America came into the war with
both feet, banking on at least three
years of it, which was the safe
thing to do. Our government made
contracts with British manufactur
ers to supply our army with t^"= of
war material, from a tin tack to
a steamroller. The British factories
built their plants and took on new
hands to meet our needs, and de
liveries were going smoothlv when
the armistice was signed.
“If we scrapped our contracts
then, some British firms might have
been driven into bankrupt w. ma
ting thousands of men out of work
and leaving the factories with tons
of useless material on their hands.
So the United States government
merely cancelled orders for ma
terial that had not been actually
started on, and told the factories to
go ahead with what they had in
hand.
“This place is the collecting sta
tion for that material. We are re
ceiving tractors for guns, entrench
ing tools, thousands of yards of
camouflage wire netting.
asbestos roof:ng for hospitals, tim
ber frame for huts, wheelbarrows,
shovels, pickaxes, bolts, screws -
a lot of other stuff. We ?r° —
to store iit all here and sell it lat°r
on. It will all be useful, and vr
can wait on the market. The manu
facturer couldn’t hav«> waited
War material coming back from
Russia is being stored at this camp
also the fittings of the dismantled
hospitals which the American army
established in England.
1919 OUTLOOK
From all indication* it is begin
ning to dawn on the folks of Alaska
that the year 1919 is going to be
a big year in the history of the
territory, says the Douglas 1-land
News. Already the boats leaving
the South are crowded with folks
who are coming North to aid in the
upbuilding of the industries of the
country'.
Alaska—the very name brings be
fore the eyes of the W'orld a great
unexplored empire and conjures up
visions of wealth and boundless
opportunities. To the soldier it
means the land of the last frontier
and a chance to try out his new
feeling of self-reliance acquired
from splendid physical health and
test his training: as a rough and
ready fellow used to outdoor lift.
There is room and opportunities
for many and we hope that all iheir
dreams come true—that Alaska is
all they expected it to be and that
the infusion of so many fine ytung
citizens will bring a new iife to
lagging industries and herald a new
era of prosperity to the Golden
North.
BRAZIL GIVES
WASHINGTON.—Brazil's foreign
office has established a Pan-Ameri
can Bureau as a division of its or
ganization, and the development is
attracting- most favorable comment
at the state department and in
government circles here- Through
this bureau, according to advices
received here, Brazil proposes to
crystalize her support of the doc
trine of Pan-American solidarity.
The work of the new division is
to be entirely devoted to practical
Pan-Americanism. It is the result
of suggestions made at Pan-Ameri
can conferences that heve been
held in the last ten years. So far,
Brazil is the first country to set up
such an organization although every
country of the two Americas has
endorsed the suggestion.
Activities of various organizations
of the different nations of North
and South America as well as Pan
American organizations such as the
Pan-American Union will be care
fully studied by experts of the
Brazilian bureau. Whenever it is
possible for Brazil to co-operate
in the work of such organization?
in other countries the new bureau
will suggest it to the government.
It will also co-ordinate and super
intend undertakings of Brazil in
connection with similar work of
‘ other American countries, and offi
cials here are of the opinion that
much practical effort for the bene
fit of all the countries of this hemi
sphere will result.
Dr. Antonio Jansen do Paco, for
merly director of Protocol and the
greatest Brazilian authority on in
ternational treaties, has been ap
pointed director of the Pan-Ameri
can Bureau. His assistant is Dr.
P,aphael Mayrink, a diplomat of dis
tinction and wide experience. He is
: a graduate of Paris and Berlin
univeristies and joined the foreign
* office in 1900.
BRITISH TROOPS CAUSE
WONDERMENT IN NORTH
Enroute to Omsk Aboard British
Military Train.—When the British
troops bound for Omsk reached
Manchuli -on the edge of Mongolia
and Siberia they paraded through
the Ftreets of the city led by their
band The inhabitants gathered
curiously on the sidewalks. A tall
Russian peasant turned and asked.
“These troops—do thev come as
enemies or friends of ’Russia?’
Someone replied: “They come as th"
friends and deliverers of Russia ”
The word passed along and so^o
a cheer went up for the British sol
diers.
SALONIKA—Macedonia at pres
ent strikes one as a peaceful and
well organized country with little or
no population. Many of the villages
and .towns which furnished the bat
tlegrounds of the Allied armies and
those of the Central Powers have
been destroyed and the population
scattered, mostly by the Bulgarians
but partly by the necessities of the
Allies.
The Allied army of Macedonia
too, is dwindling and it gives one
a feeling of strangeness to travel
up and down Macedonia and see
familiar places which once were
populous with Allied troops now de
serted. Camps occupied for two
years by the Allied forces and which
one had come to regard as perman
ent institutions, now are the feed
ing grounds only of flocks of crows
picking about among the refuse.
All the troops have be no means left
this part of the world and Saloniki
still remains the most important
military base in Eastern Europe;
but a great change has come over
things and one now sees the sturdy
native on his diminutive donkey rid
ing in places which for three years
was barred to everybody not in
khaki.
The writer passed through Doiran
the other day. It once was a pretty
little town, picturesquely situated
on the shore of the Lake Doiran and
during the greater part of the war
was only a few hundred yards be
yond the British lines, in enemy ter
ritory Of all the thousand or more
houses, there is not one left that
is more than a heap of rubbish and
that is* typical of the situation in
Macedonia today.
The population is slowly filtering
back, but the chief things that they
find are the excellent roads made
by the British—the best roads in
Macedonia since the days of the
Romans. These roads will be in
valuable for the future. Mace
donia has large agricultural possi
bilities and its population will be
gin to settle down again after the
ravages of the war as they have
done so often before.
The old “Macedonian question”
still awaits solution. It contained
the seeds of trouble and grief for
the whole of humanity. Viewed
from here, the war seems to have |
done absolutely nothing to settle
the problems of the mixed and war
ring races in these regions. Age-;
long antipathies and the prejudices!
remain apparently as firmly rooted
now as before the war. But the
Austro-German menace which here
tofore overhung the whole region
like a thundercloud now has been
dissipated and the western powers
now apparently realize that there is
every reason for them to take a
keen interest in what is going on
in the Balkans.
It is generally felt here that Tur
key needs a strong master and the
Balkans a kindly but firm friend
who will ordain their future on a
basis of right and justice and con
MEMBERSHIP IIS!
Rill SUV *0
Of NENANA
Johseph Kern
Alik G. Hanaeff
John A. Ketooroky
Geo. Tuts
Andrew Smith
John Sablak
Alik Medoff
Paul Popovich
Alik Adoff
Gass Gussoff
Bill Timoff
Sam Batagoff
Geo. Malkievich
Geo. Zelik
Alik Kalisoff
Tom Saroff
Dan Hanoff
Alik Agoff
Alik Azoff
ditioneil partly, though not wholly,
on the parts played by various na
tions in the war, on Serbia’s un
swerving gallantry and loyalty, on
the great aid finally given by Greece
and the treachery and cynicism of
Bulgaria.
The Allies may not need to
“grandmother” the Balkans, but it
is likely that they will have to “god
father” them. Otherwise the Mace
donian question will some day come
to the front again. The dead of
the British and Allied soldiers who
lie in Macedonian soil seem to de
mand that henceforth peace shall
prevail in the land where they
fought and died.”
Fred Schiller will manage the fox
farm on Middleton Island owned
by Joseph Ibach. The former’s wife
will accompany him to Middleton
Island shortly, where they will re
main for a year before returning
to Cordova. Mr. and Mrs. Ibach
will make their home at Cordova.
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NENANA TO TALKEETNA
DISTANCE TABLE
Talkeetna is the end of steel on
the coast division.
From N’enana to No. Miles
Nenana Crossing (by rail).43
Lignite ... 52
Riley Creek
Jack River
Broad Pass
Sullivan’s
Indian River
Dead Horse
Talkeetna
Summit
70
90
.110
.138
.162
.182
.202
The distances given are approxi
mate.
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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, I. B.
Brown, Erie
Burns, R. E.
Coutts, W J.
Calderhead, 11. W
Campbell, X. 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.
F oster, Steve
Gagnon, Wm.
Ghezzi, Alfred
Head, E. A.
Haslem, H. G.
Hagan, James
Hill, I., w.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey, Andy
Gray, E. B.
Gilcher, \V. 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.
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Martin, G. S.
Morris, R. C.
Mash, Martin
Owen, Harry
O’Keefe, Larry
Parks, S. E.
Pennington, G. W
Palfy, Paul
Packer, W. L.
Ryan, W. A.
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry In'.
Stol, N'els
Schmidt, Carl
Schaeffer, M. A.
Slippern, J. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C, J.
Stone, A. J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, Chas.
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.