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.
“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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A WAR INDUSTRY
Not all the ships which German
torpedoes and marine collisions have
sent to the bottom of the sea since
the war began, have remained there.
In less than three years more than.
400 sunken merchant vessels have
been restored to service. And
more than one ship has been raised,
repaired, sent forth on a new
career, and then sunk and raised
anew for a third lease on life.
This rescue work was undertaken
by the salvage section of the Brit
ish navy. Before the war no one
thought of attempting to save such
wrecks as are now brought up from
the depths, but ships had become
priceless The financial value of the
salvage work is enormous. The car
goes salved are themselves worth
many millions of dollars.
Recently a big American tanker
collided on a dark night in the
English Channel with a sturdy Brit
ish standard ship carrying oil. There
was an explosion of benzine, and
both vessels were quickly swept by
flames. Of the crew of the British
ship only eight men, who jumped
overboard, were saved.
Salvage work on both ships be
gan with the arrival of tugs which,
after overcoming many difficulties,
managed to tow them close in shore.
There it was necessary to sink them
by gunfire. They are now being
brought to the surface, a long, ardu
ous task.
The tanker, a fine vessel some
500 feet long and newly built, had
on board 10,000 tons of oil, and,
though she blazed for four days,
half of the cargo was salved. When
thoroughly repaired, the tanker will
be returned to the United States,
not much worse for wear, the dam
age being estimated at $750,000—
a small amount in marine figuring
in war days when persons think of
millions.
COLISEUM
SUNDAY’S PROGRAM
WAR SLIDES Our Boys in France
With Lecture on each slide. The slides will be shown at the
! starting of the show.
Hearst Pathe News - Pictorial News
THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR EYES
Showing “Allied Troops In Italy—First Pictures of the Arrival of
French Troops In Italy, As They Rush to the Piave to Help
the Resolute Italian Armies Defend Their Country.’*
“Snowstorms Tie Up Railroads” "Girls, Auto Mechanics”
and Other Events of Intense Interest.
| JESSE L. LASKY PRESENTS
AMERICA’S MOST POPULAR COMEDIAN, VICTOR MOORE
IN E. W. TOWNSEND’S PHOTO COMEDY
CHIMMIE FADDEN OUT WEST
IN FIVE SCREAMING ACTS
If you are inclined to have the blues, be sure to see this screame,*-,
as it it a positive cure.
Rev. Robert Joseph Diven, one of the able Four Minute Speakers,
will address the audience tonight
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THE SHOW STARTS AT 8:30 O’CLOCK TONIGHT
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SIMSON’S
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COAL BEING USED
AT POWER PLANT
The first carload of lignite coal
from Billy Lynn’s mine for use in
the Commission power plant arrived
in town yesterday and was unloaded
into the specially constructed bunker.
The actual test of this fuel was
commenced this morning, one of the
boilers of the power plant is being
fired with coal and the other with
wood, and a careful record of the
results obtained will be kept. The
test will continue until the first
carload of coal has been consumed,
when a comparative ^tatement of
the relative values of the two kinds
of fuel will be made known.
The quality of the coal from
Lynn’s mine is said to be slightly
inferior to that found in the Lig
nite country, and the more or less
desultory tests to which it was put
recently have not been altogether
satisfactory.
It is thought that, under certain
conditions, the coal will do very
well and that these conditions are
obtainable in the furnaces at the
power plant. The test’s hitherto
made were on the locomotives and
dragline excavator, and as these
are adapted for burning wood, the
new fuel did not have a fair chance.
The results of the tests now being
conducted will be looked forward
to with much interest.
CALISTHENICS CLASS
STARTED YESTERDAY.
In response to an invitation to
the ladies of Nenana to join in a
class of calisthenics, quite a large
number of the fair sex gathered at
the Franklin K. Lane school yester
day evening. Actual work was not
commenced, however, but those pres
ent lined up and were put through
a few of the preliminary exercises
by Sergeant Galvin (Dooley.)
Much of the time yesterday even
ing was spent in discussing the ar
rangements to be made and for
mulating plans for future work. On
account of t he Citizenship night
school which commences at 8 o’clock,
it was decided that the exercises will
be commenced at 6:30 p. m., and
finished before the night school
commences.
On account of the holidays and
the various social events which will
take place soon, there will be no
meeting next week. The next meet
1 ing will take place at the Franklin
| K. Lane school on Monday evening,
: December 2, and it is hoped that
all who possibly can will attend
and take the exercises.
! The attendance last night, al
j though not quite as large as it might
; be, was satisfactory for a starter,
| but it is thought that when actual
; work commences in earnest, the at
; tendance will be quite large. Every
; body is invited to come and take
; the health giving exercises.
TED GLEASON HAS
VERY TOUGH TR1F
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Tedy Gleason, who left Nenant
, yesterday morning with a sled loac
of supplies drawn by a fine teanr
'of dogs, only reached the A. E. C
camp at 20-mile this afternoon, a^
' about 3 o'clock.
He wishes to w’arn mushers t<
take the right of way along th«
D line and cut across to the ole
wagon road along the road leading
■ from the D line, past old camp 400
| where Engineer Hawley Sterling had
his camp.
j Ted followed the old abandoned
• right of way and found me going
i fine until he reached the country
in the neighborhood of Lost Slough,
. and which is subject to the caprice
of that stream. Here his trouble
; began, and whichever way he turned
he encountered overflows. ^Aftei
i trying every possible way to get
j through, he was forced to turn
back and make the camp at Clear
creek, thoroughly soaked and with
a tired out team.
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He cut across country, and mak
ing a wide detour from Clear creek,
managed to make the camp at 20
mile late this afternoon.
He expects to rest himself and
his tired dogs at that camp tonighl
and will resume his journey early
tomorrow morning.
CAMP TO MOVE
FARTHER SOUTH
The camp and headquarters of
Residency 3, wiich is situated at
mile 385, having served the purpose
for which it was established will,
with the extension of the road far-'
ther southwards, be moved several j
miles beyond its present location i
in a few days.
Resident Engineer Howard G.
j Haslem. who is in charge of thi:.1
| camp, is now making preparations!
I for moving and the tents and other
camp paraphernalia are being made
ready for shipment today. The
l party expects to pitch camp at mile
j 379, where camp 18 was formerly
j located
There is a good log messhouse
| and barn there and for some time
i after its abandonment by the A. E.
j C., the buildings were used by
, Thelin and Lindgren, who finished
; a section of the grade near this
j camp under contract. It is planned
i to establish a camp there independ
I ent of the residency party for the
| accommodation of a gang of men
! who will be engaged in surfacing
j the grade ahead of the steel.
SPECIAL SERVICE AT THE
CHURCH SUNDAY NIGHT
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| A service of special interest to
j the public will be conducted in
i Grace church Sunday evening. Be
; sides the presentation of “The
j Fundamentals of a Vital Religion,”
'as held by the modern church, there
I will be the induction into office of
J three men who will serve the local
organization as elders. A cordial
welcome awaits all. The music will
start at 7:15 o’clock, while the lec
ture will begin at 7:30 o’clock.
Strict enforcement is now' given
to the rule prohibiting dogs from
running at large in the Anchorage
townsite. Dogs caught running at
large are put into the pound. The
owner of a dog to release it from
the pound must pay a penalty of
$12, and in addition a feeding charge
of 25 cents for every day the animal
has been in custody.
| FOR SALE—Four heavy draft
horses, weighing 2000 lbs each,
cost $3,250; Two No. 5 sleighs in
| good order; one Studebaker
wagon; 170 cords of 4-ft birch
wood at Columbia creek, 7 miles
from Fairbanks; and 110 cords of
wood in Fairbanks. Inquire of
Tom Saroff, Nenana.
STOP AT THE
Jones Bunk House
Comfortable Warm Place
SPRING BUNKS, 50c
CANVAS BUNKS
By the Week $1.75
MRS. J. F. LYTLE, Proprietress
Sheldon-GIbson Stage Line
Carrying U. S. Mails
For CHIT1NA and WAV POINTS
Every Tuesday Morning
Special Auto for parties of four
or more any time.
C. Harry Woodward, agent
Fairbanks
Don’t Leave
ALASKA
Men wanting employment can
obtain work at good wages at
Juneau, Kennecott and Latouche.
If you go out you will only
come back “Butsed" in the spring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latouche and
Kennecott.
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WANT ADS
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY—North
Star—Mike’s Place. For rent,!
ready for business—on most reas
onable terms. Apply R. S. Me- I
Donald.
FOR RF..NT—One room cabin, com
pletely furnished, next to the
Bowen building. Apply at News
office. 23
LOST—Bunch of Keys; five flat
Yale keys and two round keys. I
Finder please return to News''
Office. Reward.
Skof House
iNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
Mrs Norman Campbell
"OR SALE--Panoramic views of
the town of Nenana In 1916 and
1917; taken by Johnson, of Fair
banks, from hill overlooking the
town. Apply at News office.
DOG FISH—8c a pound. Johnson's
Store. 1.1
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