THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for eniry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RlVER 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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PUT THE BONDS AT PAR
The sale of the various Liberty
loan .issues was accomplished partly
by appeals to patriotism, partly by
persuasive efforts of skillful bond
salesmen, and partly by methods
which in ordinary times would have
been open to criticism. The public
was advised these bonds were the
best investment in the world, and,
of course, there is no question
about their ultimate value.
But today, points out the Chicago
Tribune, their actual cash value is
anyw-here from six to eight points
below par. The “best investment
in the world” cannot be sold for.
100 cents on the dollar.
To keep faith with the public j
the government ought to devise
means to put the bonds back at
par. A $100 government bond
ought never to be w-orth less than;
the investor paid for it. We do not!
suggest the method to accomplish
this, but some method can be found.
In view of the circumstances under
which the bonds were sold the gov-;
ernment is under a moral obligation
to maintain the market level at par.
In the meantime the best advice
to the investor is to hold on to the j
bonds unless he has some urgent 1
reason for disposing of them. Offi-.
cials of teh federal reserve bank
are of the opinion that one of the
factors in reducing the price to the
present level has been the influence j
of irresponsible dealers and mer- •
chants who have taken advantage
of ignorant bondholders.
DE.MOCRACYS SUPREME TEST
The flexibility of the American i
governmental system, which accom
modates itself to the diverse desires
of people in widely separated sec
tions of the country, was strikingly
illustrated by two recent incidents,
one occurring in Massachusetts and
the other in Michigan.
The legislature of the former
state killed a bill legalizing amatuer
baseball and other sporting con
tests held on Sunday where no ad
mission was charged.
On the same day, the governor
of Michigan signed an act permit
ting ten-round boxing bouts.
Prize fighting in Michigan! Not
even amateur sports on Sunday in
Massachusetts!
That’s the American idea of lib
erty. Each state of the forty-eight
decides for itself what domestic
policies it shall adopt, and the rep
resentatives of the forty-eight legis
late on matters that affect the in
terests of all.
Inasmuch as the United States
today has the strongest government
in the world, its people are justified
in believing that its system of popu
lar rule under and in conformity
with a written constitution is the
best that the wisdom of man ever
yet has devised.—Seattle Times.
THE LEAGUE AND CIVIL WARS
What would be the attitude of
the League of Nations toward civil
wars? Upon that point its consti
tution is silent. Yet in the verv
circumstances of the promulgation
of that remarkable lucubration this
■ point has vital and paramount em
phasis. Indeed those circumstances
have given it emphasis. It is very
generally recognized that the Presi
dent’s protracted campaign in favor
of his pet idea, the consequent de
lay in settling the essential issues
of the war, and the attitude whl h
he has incidentally to his campaign'
assumed toward some of the most'
ominous elements of national dis-!
order have combined materially vj j
aggravate the danger of widespread '
revolts against orderly government |
throughout the world, such as have j
become for the time triumphant in ;
Russia, have seriously racked and'
rent Germany, and have even man-!
ifested themselves in the United1
States. What counteracting In
fluence would the League of Na
tions have against them?—Col. Har
vey's Weekly.
RESPECT FOR AMERICA
The Mississippi Valley associa
ton’s trade mission to Mexico re
ports that “Mexicans in all stations
of life are developing a wholesome
respect for the country to the
north."
It seems the previous Mexican
theory that Americans are too busy,
too lazy, or too corrupt to resent in
vasions of our territory or outrages
upon our nationals in Mexico has
been modified by our raising an
army and turning the tide of the
war in Europe which Mexicans were
sure Germany would win.
We are not astonished by this
report, says an exchange. In fact,
during the protracted vacillation
and futility of the Bryan-Wilson
policy in Mexico we have insisted
that just one thing would teach the
Mexicans to respect American
rights—not talk, but acts; not elo
quence and wordy protests, but the
exhibition of resolute strength.
The Bryan-Wilson policy produced
contempt and suspicion, as we in
sisted. It convinced Mexico neither
of our humanity nor of our power.
It was therefore neither humane
from the viewpoint of Mexican in
terest nor self-respecting from our
own.
We hope that Washington has
learned as salutary a lesson as Mex
ico and will act upon it.
PRESBYTERY OF YUKON !
WILL MEIN NENANA
The late mail brought word to
the pastor of Grace church that the
spring meeting of the Presbytery of
Yukon will be held in N'enana on
July 1st. Alaska has two Pres- j
byteries, Yukon embracing all the,
Presbyterian churches north of |
Skagway and west of Hoonah. The
great distances and consequent ex
pense make it impossible for all
the men to get together for even
one meeting a year, but by each
minister in the Presbytery helping
to defray the expenses of enough!
members of the Presbytery to con
stitute a quorum, the regular and
necessary business of the Presby
tery- is taken care of. The last ■
meeting was held in Cordova, where'
the men of the coast could come!
together. At least two men will
come in from the coast to the meet
ing in N'enana, and the Reverend
Wallace S. Marple of Fairbanks will j
join the party as they come through, j
Mrs. Marple will accompany her j
husband, and it is probable that the ,
wife of one of the coast pastors •
will be in the party, too. Full de
tails of plans for the coming meet
ing will be announced at the earli
est possible moment.
BOIL YOUR DRINKING WATER!
SOLDIERS WILL
GEE ALLOWANCE
FOR HIGH RATE
Alaskan soldiers who have been
compelled to dig down into their
pockets to pay traveling expenses
between points of discharge and
their homes, are about to be reim
bursed by the government. The
war department has been author
ized to grant additional travel al
lowance of 1V4 cents per mile to
those demanding it, and in case
that it is not sufficient to cover
the actual cost of getting home,
claim may be made for an amount
in excess of five cents per mile,
the purpose of the government be
ing fully to reimburse Alaskans and
others whose traveling expenses
really exceeded the original allow
ance of 3 bis cents per mile.
E. J. Cronin, chairman of Local
Board No. 19, has received com
plete instructions covering the sub
ject of additional travel allowance,
in a circular from the governor’s
office. These instructions are a
guide to returned soldiers, having
claims against the government, and
should be observed closely by those
seeking relief so as to expedite
settlements. The instructions follow.
1. The comptroller of the treas
ury, by decisions rendered April 17
and May 3, 1919, has authorized the
ivar department to make settlement
of all claims for the 1% cents
difference from place o"f discharge
to place of entry into the military
service, also the claims for addi
tional allowances to actual bona
fide home or residence at date of
discharge when such bona fide home
or residence can be determined from
the affidavit of the soldier and veri
fied by information contained in his
original service record. The zone
finance officer, Washington, D. C.,
tas been designated to settle these
tlaims with the above restrictions.
Applications should be addressed
is follows: “Zone Finance Officer,
Lemon Bldg., Travel Allowance.
Washington, D. C.”
2. A blank form of application
ivhich includes the necessary affi
davit for the additional travel allow
mce, may be obtained from any
irmy recruiting officer, Red Cross
or other agencies organized to aid
soldiers. This affidavit must be ac
tompanied by a true copy of the
•oldier’s discharge certificate, certi
fied as such by a recruiting officer,
or the original discharge certificate
the latter will be returned with
theck. While payment will be made
or the original discharge certificate;!
daimants are advised that the use |
of the copy will eliminate the possi- j
bility of the loss of the original, i
N'o further correspondence is nec-!
essary, except in case of change
in address.
J. A certified copy of discharge J
certificate submitted for payment j
of $60 bonus and now on file in
the zone finance office will be ac
cepted in lieu of other copy of
original discharge certificate. Men
who have submitted these certified
copies will so state when forwarding
claim. Payments will be made as
expeditiously as circumstances per
mit.
4. In the event that the actual
bona fide home, or residence at date
of discharge, as claimed by the
soldier, is not the same as stated
on hi3 original service record, the
zone finamce officer will make settle
ment for the additional 1 % cents
per mile on the same basis that the
Sbi cents per mile was paid (that
is, from place of discharge to place
of entry into military service), and
soldier may make claim to the
auditor for the war department for
any additional travel pay which he
believes may be due him.
5. Men who have been dis
charged since February 28, 1919.
and paid allowance at 5 cents per
mile to place of entry into military
service, and whose actual bona fide j
home or residence at date of dis-!
charge involved a greater distance,
may* submit claim to the zone
finance officer, Washington, D. C.,
as above.
6. The place of a soldier’s entry
into the military service for the i
purpose of determining travel allow-!
WANT ADS
COMPLETELY FURNISHED Home
for sale, with greenhouse and
garden. Bargain. Present owner
compelled to leave Nenana. In
quire J. H. Flower, at X. C. store.
100-EGG INCUBATOR, practically
new, with brooder, for sale cheap.
Inquire Tolovana Trading Co.
BRAND NEW FISH WHEEL for
sale cheap. Set up, ready to
catch salmon. In good working
order. For particulars incuirj at
News office. , k!4
Restaurant Tabs and Tablets at
the News Office.
ances due him upon separation from
the service is as follows:
(a) The place of acceptance for
enlistment in case of men who en
listed in the regular army or men
who enlisted in an organization of
the national guard after it had been
called into federal service. (Men
who enlisted in the regular army
for active service are, upon fur
lough to the reserve after Novem
ber 11, 1918, entitled to travel pay
at the rate of five cents per mile
from place of furlough to place of
acceptance for enlistment or to
their bona fide home or residence,
at their option, provided they have
not been previously furloughed co
the reserve in current enlistment
and subsequently recalled to active
service.’
(b) The place of induction in
case of men inducted under the
selective sen-ice law. (The place of
a soldier’s induction into the service
is always the site of the local board
to which the registrant reported
(Form 102S P. M. G. O.), for im
mediate military sen-ice. In the
large majority of cases this was the
same as his local board of registra
tion or origin. In some cases it
was, for geographic convenience,
some other local board of transfer.
In those exceptional cases when
drafted men reported for military
service directly to camps or stations
and not to local board for entrain
ment to camp or station, their
“places of induction” will, never
theless, be taken to be the local
boards to which they were ordered
to report on Form 1028.)
F-esh garden seeds, just arrived.
Fowler & Morris.
Kodiak island experienced the
hardest winter seen in many years,
the thermometer going as low os
23 below. There was also a heavy
fall of snow.
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Clean Dry Wood for Sale Hauling of All Kind*
OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL RESIDENCE PHONE
Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
WILL RETURN TO NENANA
SOMETIME IN JULY
Date will be announced later
NICELY HOUSE
With Belmont In Connection
POOL CANDIES CIGARS
AND TOBACCOS
WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
PRICES REASONABLE
Ratei By the Week or Month
L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
SOUTHERN HOTEL
BUILDING
r. s. McDonald
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Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE RENTALS
LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
(New York Life)
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the moat reliable companiee
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
FOR RENT
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
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 and Fou-th Tuesdays
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER
Secretary
M. V. TYLER,
Dictator.
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desired. Special instructions, if any, must accompany shipment.
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