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Dr. I, R. 80WEN
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THE BOWEN BUILDING
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Jones Bunk House
Comfortable Warm Place
SPRING BUNKS, 50c
CANVAS BUNKS
By the Week $1.75
MRS. J. F. LYTLE, Proprietress
RUST HOUSE
Mr*. Ed. William*, Prop.
A and FIFTH STREETS
ROOMS AND BOARD
ROOMS 75c and $1.00
Coffee and Doughnuts 25c
DOG KENNELS
SCHOOL BIDS
Bids will be received up to Dec.
12 by the Nenana School Board for
delivery at school during December
for 25 cords of 4-foot wood.
Wood to be dry, sound and clean,
or green cut last winter, split and.
seasoned. To be piled in G-ft. rick.
Also 16 cords of 4-foot split green
wood. To be piled 8 feet high. De
livery to be made in March or
April.
All wood measured in pile after
delivery.
State fully kind of wood to be
furnished.
J. H. SCOTT,
Clerk.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE—At
The News Office.
KNITTING CLUB
MET YESTERDAY
The usual weekly meeting of the
Nenana Knitting club was held yes
terday at the home of Mrs. R. J.
Diven at the Presbyterian manse.
There were many present at the
meeting and considerable knitting
was accomplished, the meeting break
ing up late in the eevning, those
present having spent a delightful
afternoon.
YOUTHS OF ARIZONA
SPEND BUSY SEASON'
PHOENIX.—At the close of the
season for the Boys Working Re-'
serve, L. B. Crame, director, an
nounced that 173 high school boys
of Arizona had worked. They earn
ed $18,188, nearly the whole amonut
coming from ranchers by whom they
were employed.
One camp was maintained in the
vicinity of Mesa, where fifty boys
cleaned 135 miles of canals and
ditches, earning a net of $1.70 a
day besides their cost of living.
They were not overworked. Recrea
tion was not overlooked They had
periods for athletic and military
drills and not infrequently they
“piled into” motor tracks and went
to town to “take in the movies.”
There were no hospital cases in
the camp and only a few complaints
of minor illnesses.
Seaana—The Gateway to McKinley I
National Park.
NOTICE
See the issue of December 3 for
particulars, mail your suggestions
to the Contest Committee, Nenana
Commercial club, win a prize and
lelp boost Nenana.
HYLAND’S CIGAR STORE
CIGARS
Soft Drinks
POOL
Candies
TOBACCOS
Fresh Fruit
Warm Comfortable Rooms
Berber Shop in Connection
Mike Hyland, Prop.
The New
T avern Cafe
and Bakery
None Better in Alaska
If You Are Not Already Patron, Give Us an
Opportunity to Convince You
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KOBUK DISTRICT
IS UNPROTECTED
AGAINST DISEASE
j A recent arrival from the Koyu
| kuk country brings the news that
absolutely no quarantine measures
have been taken to protect that dis
trict against the influenza epidemic
and says that a real danger of the
introduction of the disease into the
district and spread to others exists,
exists.
There is a well known highway
of travel from the Kobuk country
to Alatna and the mission at Alla
kaket, and especially during th^
winter season- the natives are con
stantly traveling between these
places. Travelers say that the
natives on the coast on the Seward
Peninsula, in the neighborhood of
the Nome country who have been
thorughly frightened at the ravages
o fthe influenza are leaving the
coast region and going to the Kobuk
country in large numbers and may
possibly spread the disease.
There is a large native village
in the Kobuk country known as
Long Beach,and unrestricted travel
between Long Beach and the native
villages of Alatna and Allakaket is!
usual during the winter months, the
trail from the Kobuk leading along
the edge of the Baird mountains j
to the headwaters of the Alatna and
then on down that stream.
The natives fleeing from the Sew
ard Peninsula to escape the disease
are said to be making for Long
Beach and other Kobuk villages be
tween which and the Koyukuk camps
there are no quarantine restrictions. :
From the Kobuk to Ft. Gibbon along
the mail trail is only 258 miles, and
from Long Beach to Alatna by the
well known Alatna river trail it is!
only 130 miles.
The Koyukuk mail carrier, bring
ing the mails to Tanana, comes'
in contact with the natives at Alatna
and so long as there are no re
strictions to travel between the
Kobuk country and Alatna , the
dange i f the introduction of the
disease to the natives at Alatna and
its spread to Tanana and other In
terior points is imminent.
WHALE IS SEEN
NEAR ffi POST
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Harry Owen, who arrived recently;:
from the Koyukuk country and who
remained a few days at Tanana be-: 1
fore coming on to Nenana, brings! (
:he news that a whale about 35 to • •
10 feet long was seen in the Yukon !'
•iver in the open water between j i
:he town and the mission. !]
The huge fish was first seen by <
:he natives coming into town and <
;he news, which soon got spread
iround- attracted crowds to the
:pot indicated by the natives.
The trail leading from the town
>f Tanana to the Mission of Our
saviour runs along the slope of the
“ill and along the bank of the Yukon
md owing to its high elevation
ibove water level, commands a good
iew of the river. The trail which
s but little used ordinarily, is said
o be crowded with people now
vitnessing the actions of the big
ish. Mr. Owens, who brings the
lews, says that he went twice, but
lid not get a chance to see the
rhale.
The sight of the big mammal is
aid to have scared the natives, who
re naturally very suspicious. They
hink that the whale represents the
ouls of the Indians and Eskimos
fho have died on the coast recently
nd say that the whale’s coming
s a warning to them to look out
or the disease.
At the time Mr. Owen left Tanana
or Nenana, the pepole of Tanana
rere preparing to capture that
rhale, and Bill Kennedy was busy
laking harpoons for this purpose,
he capture of the whale was sched
led to take place last Sunday.
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BRITISH CUI OUT
HARMFUL HABIIS
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LONDON. — Drunkenness and
deaths from alcoholism in the United
Kingdom show a decline ranging
from 65 to 80 per cent since the
war regulations against drinking
were instituted by the government
three years ago, according to Lord
D’Abernon- chairman of the Liquor
Control Board.
Abolition of the custom of “treat
ing” and drinking on an empty
stomach and the virtual extinction
of the saloon loafer, were the main
factors contributing to the growing
tendency to national temperance,
Lord D’Abernon told the Associated
Press.
“The lines on which we have pro
ceeded,” he continued, “are to a
large extent novel and they have
succeeded beyond expectation. Nor
is there any evidence of growth of
the drug habit, which is usually one
of the consequences of too drastic
interference with facilities for ob
taining liquor.
“This happy absence of undesir
able features I attribute to the fact
that, while facilities have been
greatly curtailed—the liquor shops
being open five and one-half hours
daily, compared with 18 or 19 be
fore the war—our aiVangement of
two periods, one at midday and the
other in the evening, has been found
sufficient by those who desire reas
onable refreshment and nothing
more, and those are of course the
vast majority of drinkers. We are
not out to interfere with them. It
is the loafer and soaker, wno would
drink if he could from dawn to
dusk, who interferes with national
efficiency and whom we are out to
stop. I think we have succeeded in
that.”
Drinking on an empty stomach,
he remarked- was one cause of in-1
toxication which the hours fixed for
the sale of liquor tend *o check. !
Those hours are from noon to 2:30 j
and from 6:30 to 9:30 in the even-'
ings. Most drinks consequently are 1
taken with meals.
On charts illustrating the temper- j
ance advance _in England and Wales, {
Lord D’Abernon traced the decline of ;
ills incident to alcoholism. “ The'
Jelirium tremens and alcohol mor- j
tality figures,” he said, “are of j
special importance as showing that
:here cannot have been any diver-'
sion of excessive drinking from the
aublic house to the home.
He thought that the abolition of
reating had also contributed large
y to the gain in temperance. “This
neasure,” he said, “Had as its ob
ective the elemination of the cus
om whereby groups of workers
ifter receiving their week’s wages,
pent a considerable part of it in
standing their corners,’ until each
nember of the party had in turn
laid for drinks all around—to the
letriment both of their working
efficiency and of the happiness of'
heir wives and families. Tffe won
lerful sobriety of the army and
lavy is due in no small degree to
he restrictions on treating..
“Altogether, we have much reason
or satisfaction. Under conditions
vhich on previous occasions had led
o a great increase of intemperance
—the great demand for labor, plenti
ude of money, perpetual excite- ■
nent and strain—we in this coun- j
ry are able to record an unpre- ■
edented decrease of intemperance.
’here has been a great saving of! j
ational efficiency- a great saving!;
f life, and improvement in the pub-!j
ic health.
“No similar progress has, so far
s I am aware, been accomplished
i any country at any period. The
iritish public have shown their
omprehension of the vital import
nce of maximum national effi
iency by accepting severe discipline
1 the best possible spirit. Now
bat the immense national benefit
i proved, they will certainly never
o back to pre-war conditions.”
USINESS OPPORTUNITY—North
Star—Mike’s Place. For rent,
ready for businessmen most reas
onable terms. Apply “’R. S. Me-1
Donald.
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