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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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. Southworth....-.-.Editor and Manager
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ALASKA AND FRISCO
“Alsaka holds many things in j
store for San Francisco and likewise;
Alaska looks to San Francisco for i
many stores,” says a bulletin re- j
cently issued by the San Francisco j
Chamber of Commerce. “While j
economical conditions have not been j
and are not in the best possible i
condition for commercial relations
betweeen San Francisco and Alaska,
it might be well for San Francisco
merchants to bear in mind the fu
ture that can be developed along
the lines of trade with our northern
territory.
“The coal situation in Alaska
means much to San Francisco and
the development of commercial rela
tions serves to increase the speed
of the time which must elapse be
fore coal from the Alaska fields
may be available to this city. In i
order to bring out coal we must
ship merchandise in, and this ship
ping must be done in large quan
tities.
“The present indications are that \
genera] business activities will be- j
gin in Alaska this year nearly 11
month earlier than usual. Already i
the cannery people have started i
their annual overhauling and im-';
provements in getting in supplies
for the season. Among the oppor
tunities for development in Alaska
are gold dredger operations, the
production of sugar beets, fertilizer
reduction works and many mining
operations.
"Recent reports indicate that
things are moving forward in’ the
northern country and the indica
tions are that many hundreds of
people will be employed this coming
year. Through the establishment of
proper trade relations there is an
immense field for the consumption
of genera! merchandise of all varie
ties and particularly such materials
as are supplied by the machinery
supply houses of this city. The
territory also offers a good field
for professional men, such as doc
tors, dentists, etc.”
GOSSIP
Worse than the evils of strong
drink are the evils of gossip, says
the editor of the Petersburg Report.
Strong drink causes the downfall
of men and women who are too
weak to withstand its ravages, but
gossip causes the downfall of inno
cent men and women, men and
women who are the heads of fami
lies and are living honorable and
upright lives.
Gossip causes those who have been
friends to part.
Gossip has blasted the names of
more honest, upright and virtuous
women than all the drink in the
world. Like unto the serpent’s tooth
is the sneering word spoken behind
the back.
There is an old saying that “Truth
can never overtake the evils which
have caused its downfall. The evil
word or thought spoken in gossip
travels as the lightning, while true
facts are as the snail.”
Gossip has caused more hard feel
ings in Petersburg than all the
saloons that ever existed here. Go -
sip has driven honorable men and
women away who would have made
good citizens, but who have lett
rather than endure the misery of
malicious tongues.
Gossip is the offspring of idle
ness. If all the women and men
were- kept busy attending to their
own affairs, they would be t*
busy to spread talk about others
or mind the affairs of others. Many
a fair name and reputation is for
ever blasted by some unthinking
woman who has nothing better to
occupy her time than to talk about
her neighbors.
Petersburg is gaining an unen
viable reputation for this evil; un
less it is stopped soon, great evils
will result. Three women meet:
"Mrs. So and So left for the
South on a certain boat," says one.
“Yes and such and such a man
went on the same boat,” says an
other.
"Why, they went together and
are not coming back,” says the
third, and the gossip has started.
Within a day, the reputation of the
absent woman is blasted, although
she may have been a good wife
and her trip may have been from
entirely innocent causes.
Gossip never investigates, never
looks for facts, never recognizes the
truth, but is like a vampire, sucking
its life blood from the filthy
thoughts of its authors and those
who listen to it.
Filth is the life blood of gossip
and if thoughts are clean gossip
cannot live.
BURLESON
No newspaper writer is more
careful, accurate and conscientious
than Mr. Louis Siebold. declares the
editor of Leslie’s. When in the New
York World he furnished proof of
the blundering incapacity of Post
master General Burleson, his article
naturally attracted the widest at
tention. The World undertook to
send a synopsis of its interesting
story to other newspapers. It was
refused transmission on the wires.
The World naturally resented this
interference with the rights of a
free press, and Mr. Burleson’s va?
sals explained that they regarded
the matter as libelous, and that they
would have been responsible foi
transmitting a libel.
Mr. Burleson undertakes to ex
onerate himself, and curously enougi:
discovers suddenly that the news
papers of the country “have it ir
for him” because of his under
handed campaign in favor of the
re-establishment of the long-aban
doned and archaic zone system o1
postage for second-class mail, in
eluding newspapers and other pe
riodicals. Mr. Burleson did not dis
cover this conspiracy, which, accord
ingtohis statements, has been goinfc
on for a long time, until the Work
stigmatized him as “the colossal con
tradiction of the Wilson cabinet.”
The disgraceful breakdown of th<
postoffice department in handlint
the soldiers’ mail and the disor
ranization of the telegraph service
are ample justification for all tha
the World has said concerning Bui
leson’s incapacity. In no othei
cabinet position is it so necessari
to have a business man witl
demonstrated ability as an executive
an ability which Mr. Burleson neve:
; had or claimed to have. In th,
words of that distinguished Souther:
i publisher, Marcellus E. Foster o:
the Houston, Texas, Chronicle. “Mr
Burleson’s actions are asinine.” H
might have added that Burleson’
plea in self-defense is about as mis
erable a piece of misrepresentatioi
as could possibly have been invented
Mr. Burleson’s figures as to thi
cost of transmission of second-clas
mail are preposterous. We sugges
that the present Congress selec
capable accountants from outsid
*the department to enter into the
matter and give the public the
truth. It has not had it from Mr.
Burleson.
THRIFT EDUCATION
The appointment of Mr. B. M.
Behrends, of Juneau, prominent
j banker and merchant, as director
; for Alaska of the War Savings Or-;
!ganizatior. announcement of which
: was made several days ago by the!
i News, was made by State Director:
Frederick W. Graham, of Seattle,
whose jurisdiction also includes the!
i territory of Alaska.
Under Mr. Behrends’ supervision
j last year, the people of the territory
. purchased over a million dollars'
worth of stamps. This year, with
a quota of but 8302,300, it should
be possible for the territory to ex
ceed its allotment many times, it
is expected.
Every postmaster and banker in
the territory is being asked to lend
his aid to the campaign -in order
] that the sale of thrift and war sav
j ings stamps may go on as rapidly
jas possible. It is the intention >f
j the government this year to devote
ja great part of the campaign to
thrift education, rather than appeal
ing to people for simply patriotic
reasons.
LIFE IN ARMY
HURIS ATHLETES,
SAYS TRAINER
SAN FRANCISCO.—Athletics are
jan aid to soldiering, but soldiering
1 is detrimental to the athlete, seems
| to be a new adage which has come
into being with the return of Amer
ican soldier-athletes from abroad.
Both trainers and the returning sol
dier-athletes have voiced this senti
ment on many occasions during the
past few months.
In explaining the injury that sol
diering does to the star athlete,
Coach Frank Foster of the Olympic
club has this to say:
■ "Continual drilling on hard
i ground is sure to have a disastrous
j effect on the star track athlete. The
j men, even though excused from t*he
i long, hard hikes, are bound to have
! their muscles tied up. It slows up
i a sprinter.
Foster goes on to say that sol
diering improves and strengthens the
“walking muscles,” but stiffens and
slows up the “running muscles”
! which the sprinter must have in
! order to attain the fractional parts
! of seconds required in winning cin
i der-path contests.
That these conditions affect not
I only the sprinter is evidenced by
the statement made recently by Ear:
] Craddock, the champion wrestler,
I who was a sergeant in the Ameri
: can expeditionary force, and who
recently returned to this country.
Craddock said he was overweight
and slow, and unless he found he
could regain his oldtime form, he
| would retire from the mat.
! Those who have seen William
jjohnston, former national singles
i tennis champion, on the courts re
: centlv say that he will have to do
much work before he regains the
form which made him famous or.
the courts. Johnston served as an
ensign during the war and had little
| or no opportunity to get any prac
tice on the courts. He is anxious
| to compete in some of the Eastern
! championships this summer, includ
j ing the national championships a:
1 Forest Hills, Long Island, next Au
gust. He recently has been prac
ticing on the courts at Del Monte
and, while showing well under the
circumstances, was adjudged far be
low the standard he showed when
he captured the title.
Johnston has determined to give
himself a thorough tryout and will
continue his .practice until he is
satisfied either that he can or cannot
do himself justice in tournament
play.
One form of snort that escape5
the detrimental influence of soldier
ing is polo. Many returned polo
■ players have again taken up the
; game, and the consensus of opinion
: appears to be that they have not
: lost any of their ability.
■ Whether or not football players
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will be affected remains to be seen, i
and the question should be answer
ed in the fall. As far as football,
coaches and players are concerned, !
they practically are agreed that it i
will not make the slightest differ- ‘
ence, other than perhaps to offer a 1
set of candidates for the team who
have been toughened and made more l
rugged by their experience in the
army and navy.
Those who, like Coach Foster, be-!
lieve that soldiering has a tendency
to stiffen and slow up the athletet)
will watch with much interest for
the times and distances recorded in
the great allied field and track meet
which soon is to be held in Europe.
Many of the best athletes of the
United States are entered in the
various events.
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F-e*h garden seeds, just arrived. 1
Fowler & Morris.
FAIRBANKS TO FEATURE
THIRTY-MILE AUTO RACE
—
The big feature of the Fairbanks
Fourth of July celebration this year
will be a thirty-mile auto race, to
be staged at the ball park. A num
ber of entries are assured, with ]
Bob Sheldon the favorite in the
betting.
The celebration will start with a ;
dance on the night of the third j
The field sports and the auto race
are scheduled for the afternoon of
the Fourth.
GLOOM AND GLADNESS
A pessimist is a man who believes
that it will take centuries for the
world to recover from the blow to
civilization; and an optimist is a
man who retorts that there will be
plenty of centuries.—Rochester Post
Express.
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NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
building, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Wednesdays and Satur
days at 8 p. m.
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second >Bd Fou-th Tuesday*
At 8 P. M.
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ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
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