THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for ei)vTy as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879,
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KULTUR, WHERE ART THOU?
What of the “kuitur” of which
we have heard so much during the
past several years of strife? Freed
from the bondage of ari opppres
sive rule and given an opportunity
to start afresh as a free and self
governed nation, the people of Ger
many appear to be incapable of ad
justing themselves to the new con
ditions, made possible for them by
the success of the Allied arms and
the elimination of the former kaiser.
Self government, seemingly, is as
much of a problem for them as it
is for the people of Russia, who
have been almost hopelessly upset
by propogandists sent among them
by the former German government.
With the picture of Russia before
them, to warn them of the dangers'
of disorganization, it should be easy
for the Germans to steer their sal-;
vaged ship of state past the shoals. I
But they appear unable to penetrate
the camouflage of self-appointed
leaders who have engaged in a san
guinary struggle for control, with
the result that conditions are be
coming rapidly chaotic.
It begins to look as if it would i
become necessary, and very soon,!
for the Allies to assume full charge;
in Germany for the purpose of forc
ing the people of that war-torn'
country to discontinue hostilities!
among themselves long enough to!
formulate a new set of rules for j
future guidance, along democratic 1
lines. If left to themselves- it may!
soon be said of Germany, as it has j
already been said of Russia, that
there is no Germany. What was!
once a unified government, sup-j
posedlv advanced in the ways of j
civilization, and strong in patriotism, !
will lapse into a vast disorganized;
aggregation of local governments.
sans head, sans purpose, sans sense.
GRAFTERS
War conditions have been re-:
sponsible for the development of j
many forms of graft in the United i
States. Investigation has disclosed
the presence of a great variety of j
swindlers in our country, from the j
petty grafter to organisations of
great wealth and influence which
have sought to enrich themselves at
the expense of the American public.
Hundreds of indictments have been
returned against individuals and
the heads of contracting firms,
charging them with frauds of various
kinds, and many of the offenders
are now serving time for their of
fenses. A much larger number,
however, it is safe to state- have
gotten away with their grafts, un
punished and in many instances, un
exposed.
Among the more recent cases
brought to the attention of the pub
lic is that of the Postal Telegraph
Cable company, whose business was
taken over by the government soon
after wc entered the war. This
company is accused by Postmaster
General Bur.jion, of camouflaging
its pre-w t receipts in an effort to
secure from ; e government com
pensate) : veatly in excess of the
amount the p< itmaster-general be
lieves the cone rn should receive.
ti declining the proposal made
by the company, Mr. Burleson points
ou that information supplied to the
Inf^rstate Commerce commission,
cov . g the year 1910, showed that
the < -impary admitted a net profit
of less t'b n $400,000, whereas, it
was claimed in a later report made
to the postoffice department, that
their net operating income for the
same period had been in excess of
$4,000-000. In their report to the
Interstate Commerce commission,
the company charged more than
82,000,000 for depreciation, and in
the information furnished the de
partment, the charge for deprecia
tion during the same period was
placed at slightly more than $400,
000. Reports, equally conflicting,
were submitted for the year 1017;
one report evidently having been
manufactured for the purpose of
evading; taxation, and the later one
for the purpose of securing; a
larger compensation from the gov
ernment.
“It will be seen”, said Postmaster
General Burleson, in a statement
made public recently,” that when
the land line companies composing
the Postal Telegraph-Cable company
reported their net operating reven
ues for the year 191(1 to be $332,
343, and for the year 1017 to be
$117,2(54, that the department could
not yield to their demands that
they be paid $3,800,000 and inter
est as a just compensation, anti
therefore awarded what it believed
to be just compensation in view of
all the facts before it, and re
quested the company to bring suit
in the Court of Claims to establish
what compensation it was entitled
to, and stated that we would aid
them in every way possible In do
ing so.
JAPS OF HONOLULU
TAKING TO COUNTRY
HONOLULU.—Japanese of the
second generation in Hawaii are be
coming Americanized so rapidly that
within 30 years Japanese language
schools in the territory will cease
to exist because of lack of at
tendance.
This was the prediction made
here recently by Bishop F.. Imamura
who, as head of the Hongwanji
Mission (Buddhist) work, directs
most of the Japanese schools in the
islands.
Bishop Imamura stated that Jap
anese school children almost with
out exception prefer to read the
English dailies rather than the Jap
anese, four of which are now pub
lished in Honolulu, and that they
dislike to study Japanese because
it is much more difficult to learn
than Knglish.
The population of Hawaii is esti
mated at about 240,000, of which
approximately 97,000 are Japanese.
It is predicted that within twe *cy
years Japanese, born in Hawaii and
therefore American citizens, will
form a majority of the territorial
electorate. This is the opinion of
former Governor L. E. Pinkham.
ALASKA’S MAN POWER
IN RECENT REGISTRATION
The total registration for Alaska
between the ages of 21 and 31
years was (5,672, according to figures
in Captain Finnegan’s office. Of
these the division was:
Class 1 3,207
Class 2 . 147
Class 3 . 88
Class 4 717
Class 5 .2,500
There were 13 cancellations. The
total number of men inducted by
the Alaska draft boards was 2.097.
The total enlistments by draft boards
was 428.
Banana, Alaska’s Xntsrlor Pusl Bapot
LIVESTOCK MEN
! TO GATHER SOON
! TO TALK FUTURE
DENVER—The livestock industry
at no time in the past has been con
fronted by problems as important
as those of today, declares the call
for the twenty-second annual con
vention of the American National
Live Stock Association, issued by
L.- T. Pryor, of San Antonia, Tex.'
president and T. W. Tomlinson, of
Denver, secretary of the asociation.
The convention will meet here on
January 21 and be in session three
days.
The call states that post-war re
adjustments will affect more vitally
those engaged in the livestock and
agricultural industries than those
engaged in other industries and
calls attention to the problem of
railroad ownership, the probable
action of the peace conference upon
trade, and the prospect of termina
tion of the federal food administra
tion and other governmental war
agencies upon the declaration of
peace.
It adds that stockmen are deeply
concerned in regulations put into
effect under authority of the food
administration, and, after calling at
tention to the licensing of packers,
stock yards companies, live stock
commission men and traders, asserts
that “all these licenses and regu
lations should be extended until
Congress can carefully consider the
entire meat packing and marketing
problem and enact suitable legis
lation.
“Perhaps some of the work of
the food administration should be
continued until general food con
ditions in the world became more
normal,” the statement says “a fair
and just distribution of our sur
plus meat and other food products
so as to supply the urgent needs
of the different nations in Europe
may be almost impossible without
some centralized agency such as the
food administration, which could at
the same time prevent any over ex
portation of ood products needed
for home consumption.”
The convention will consider also
the work of the bureau of markets
in the regulation of stock yards :»,nd
commission men and in the distribu
tion of live stock and meat statis
tics; the decision as to advance in
commission charges at various mar
kets; regulation of prices of hides
and wool by the war industries
board; appropriation for the eradi
cation of tuberculosis among cattle
and swine; precautions against the
future outbreak of the foot-and
mouth disease and influenza among
horses; inspection of meats, hides
and wool from foreign countries;
embargo on live stock from coun
tries where contagious diseases
exist; extermination of predatory
animals; game preserves; railroad
service and shortage of stock cars.
The thirteenth annual National
Western Live Stock show will be
held in Denver, Januray 18 to 25,
inclusive, the week of the meeting
of the American National Live
Stock Association, and the Colorado
Cattle Growers’ Association will
open its annual convention here on
January 24. The fifty-fifth annual'
convention of the National Wool
Growers’ Association will be held
in Salt Lake City, Utah, January
16, 17, and 18.
McCarthy raised $132 in less than
an hour for a community Christmas
tree and gifts for the youngsters
of the town.
Hanana—Tu« Gateway to KcXlnlay
National Park.
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Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE RENTALS
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LIFE INSURANCE
(New York Life)
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the moat reliable companies
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
FOR RENT
NEW TIME SCHEDULE
SETS TEXAS CLOCKS BACK
AMARILLO, Texas.—The people
of Amarillo are preparing for a
j “permanent” loss of an hour of day
light under the recent order of the
| interstate commerce commission
readjusting the divisions of stand
ard time. Under the commission’s
order, Amarillo, which has been in
Central time, will be placed in
mountain time. The change by
which clocks will be set back an
hour, was made on January 1.
The change placed the Amarillo’s
clocks more nearly in acoard with
the sun. Previously the clocks were
45 minutes ahead of sun time, but
when Mountain time became effect
ive, the clocks are only 15 minutes
behind the sun.
L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
Shop in Portland Building
Now Opin for Business with
Full Line of Requisites
Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
Anderson, Herman
Allred, Mrs. Clara
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.
Calderhead, R. W.
Campbell, N. J.
Coghill, W. A.
Cooney, M. J.
Doner, Frank
Diven, R. J.
Douse, Fred
Davis, Harry
Ekeland, Alf
Fisher, Joe
Flower, J. H.
Foster. Steve
Gagnon, Win.
Haslem, H. G.
Hagan, James
Hill, L. W.
Hagen, Hans ’■
Hoey, Andy
Gray, E. B.
Gilcher, W. H.
Hyland, Mike
Jones, Frank
Jacobsen, J. C.
Julian, W. J.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter
Joseph, H. B.
Koland, Knut
Ketooroky, John A.
Laughlin, E. L.
Lund, E. E.
Lehr, Q. F.
Myers, R. R.
Moore, Frank B.
Miles, J. H.
McDonald, R. S.
Martin, G. S.
Morris, R. C.
Nash, Martin
O’Keefe, Larry
Parks, S. E.
Pennington, G. W.
Palfy, Paul
Packer, W. L.
Ryan, *W. A.
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Slippern, J. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Stone, A. J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, Chas.
Southworth, R. G.
Spira, Frank
Thompson, Theodore
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. J.
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Williams, E. A.
Waechter, R. I.
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MACKINAW SHIRTS, COATS and PANTS
Finest assortment of Men’s Socks, Daniel
Green Felt Shoes and Slippers, Moccasins,
Wool Blankets and Comforters
A Full Line of Miner’s and Trapper’s Supples
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GOVERNMENT IS
CORDOVA.—Work is being push
ed on the construction of a United
States government by-product plant
on the Pribiloff Islands for the
manufacture of oil and fertilizer
from the carcasses of seals killed
for their skins.
Reports received here last sum
mer said it was hoped operations
could begin this yea.'. All the men
at the government sealing station
on the islands were working on the
plant.
Carcasses of approximately 27,000
seals killed this past year on St.
Paul Island, one of tne Pribiloffs
will furnish ample material for the
preliminary operation i of the plant.
In all, 33,831 skins were taken
last year during the regular killing
season on the two islands, St. Paul
and St. George. The season ended
August 10. During the remainder
of the year a few seals were killed
to furnish fresh meat for the natives.
The United States treasurer has
already been enriched this year by
products of the Pribiloffs. Nearly
a thousand bags of unground and
321 bags of ground bone from St.
Paul Island were sent to Seattle
and sold. Eighty-four sheep hides
from the islands also were sent
to the States and disposed of. From
the proceeds of the bone sales, the
natives were paid one-half cent a
pound for gathering the bones.
BABY ARRIVES AT
WOODWARD HOME
At an early hour this morning, a
baby girl arrived at the home of
Harry Woodward in Fairbanks.
Dr. Sutherland, who was in at
tendance, reports that the mother
and child are doing famously..
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WANT ADS
DOG FISH—8c a pound. Johnson’s
Store. 13
LOST—A Grey Husky Dor, about
Nov. 27th; has collar on neck.
Finder return to Coghill’s store.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY—North
Star—Mike’s Place. For rent,
ready for business—on most reas
onable terms. Apply R. S. Mc
Donald
FOR RENT.—Small one room cabin
on First and B streets. Apply
at News office.
Gentlemen’s Suits cleaned and
pressed, Fur Coats lined and reno
vated; Ladies’s Suits and Dresses
renovated at the Tailor Shop on
Upper A street, near Third.
FOR SALE.—A kitchen cabinet and
a Smith-Premier typewriter. Ap
ply at Mrs. Carter’s.
RED CROSS TO ELECT
OFFICERS NEXT MONDAY
A meeting of the local Red Cross
will be held at 7:30 p. m. on Mon
day, January 13, at the Grace Pres
byterian church, and all members
are urged to be in attendance.
The meeting is called for the pur
pose of electing a new set of offic
ers for the ensuing year.
Henana. Alaska's Interior Fuel Depot
Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
ARCTIC HOTEL
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
Tom Smith, Prop.
COLES AIR TIGHT
HEATERS
RANGES
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
Yukon Stoves and Drums
Air Tight Heaters
Any Thing in the Sheet Metal, Plumb
ing or Heating Line
Tanana Sheet Metal Works