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 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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WORK FOR FIGHTERS
Neither fatigue duty nor working
Neither fatigue duty nor working
parties are popular with the soldier
but they serve a great purpose be
cause in modern war man’s greatest
enemy is likely to be his own imag
ination. In the heat of action he
has no time for thought. The horrors
of war cannot force their way thru
his preoccupied mind. But later,
when the excitement has died away,
the reaction sets in, and a realization
of the past begins to depress and
deaden his vitality, for the memories
of modern battle are more terrible
than the actual experience.
The only antidote to this depres
sion lies in action and activity Ac
tion provides distraction for the
mind. It is this that the working
party supplies, and in spite of the
generally abusive terms applied to
it by the soldier, it is really doing
him a service.
It is the British soldier's historic
privilege to complain, or “grouse”
as he calls it. But his complaining
must not be taken to indicate a
state of low morale. Exactly the
reverse, for it is an unwritten law
in the British army that a man may
complain only when things are go
ing well- In danger and adversity
there is no complaining, only that
dogged determination which makes
the British soldier such a formidable
opponent.
GERMAN POPULACE
Visits of Allied Airmen Are Not
Popular Among the People of
Raided Towns.
LONDON.— One of the most sig
nificant features of the aerial bomb
ing offensive of the British is the
loud response it has elicited from the
German people, says British news
papers.
The bombing of England brought
no complaint, but only renewed re
solution from the British people;
yet Germany, suffering from the
first preliminary pangs of the Brit
ish attacks, at once began to cry out
against it, and protest upon protest
is pouring into the German authori
ties from the populance of the diff
erent areas attacked.
This means that the British bomb
ing offensive is effective, that far
reaching destruction has been caused
to railway junctions and factories,
and that the German claim that Brit
ish raids have accomplished nothing
serious has been untrue.
Details of the damage caused by
the British raids can easily be sup
pressed by the German censorship,
but the voice of the German people
cannot permanently be stifled, and
it is asserted there is abundant photo
graphic and captured documentary
evidence that their fears are based
upon real execution done.
If you have saved a slice a day.
eat cornbread and save a loaf.
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PEST BEFORE WAR;
NOW VERY USEFUL
Rabbits of Australia and the United
States Are Helping to Win
the World War.
WASHINGTON—Rabbits, which
were once the curse of Australia,
as they have been to a lesser extent
in the southwestern United States,
now are providing a profitable source
of revenue and at the same time
are helping to win the war by in
creasing the food supply.
Official dispatches received here
say the British Board of Trade has
ordered 600,000 crates of skinned
rabbits, which will require the killing
of 21,600,000 rabbits, weighing 36,
000,000 pounds after dressing. Pre
viously the rabbits were shipped with
the skins on, but inconvenience was
experienced at hospitals in England
in removing the fur.
How to dispose of the skins is
causing the Australians speculation.
There is a ready market for them in
this country, but tonnage is scarce.
GERMANS ARE PLANNING
TO EXPLOIT UKRAINE
AMSTERDAM.—To secure the
Ukranian market for German manu
facturers, the German-Ukrainian
Commercial Association has been
formed at Munich, Bavaria- So far,
seven German chambers of com
merce and 500 members have joined
the association.
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JUST RECEIVED
ALL THE LATEST
June July August
VICTOR
PHONOGRAPH RECORDS
ALL THE LATEST POPULAR SONG HITS
SIMSON’S
UtStKItRS seek
MEXICAN REFUGE
ACROSS_THE 1110
Men Who Evaded the Draft, Find
Cool Welcome on the Mexican
Side of the Border.
JUAREZ, Mex.—Deserters, draft
evaders and pro-Germans who seek
refuge in Mexico find little welcome
or comfort here. These aliens sit
around the old passenger depot,
waiting for a chance to steal a ride
south, walk up and down the main
street begging money for meals from
any of their own nationality or
work at the most menial jobs obtain
able in the stores and homes of the
foreign residents.
Racently three draft evaders ap
peared on the streets here were true
types of the many who have com*)
to Mexico since the United States
entered the war. One was a Ger
man boy of 20 who had fled from
Germany to escape army service, had
lived with an uncle in Chicago and
finally crossed the border to prevent
being interned. A second was an
Italian shoe factory* worker from
Boston who had failed to register
and had fled. A third was an Amer
ican of the tramp type who was de
mented from lack of food and worry.
All were dirty, unshaved and desti
tute and all expressed a desire to
return to the United Sfates and sur
render.
MANY PRESENT AT
LABOR MEETING
The meeting of the Nenana Labor
Union held last night was very
largely attended. Many of the mem
bers who are stationed at the various
camps along the railroad and who
happened to be in town enjoying
the holiday, being present.
The meeting was called to order
by Vice-President Brevig, in the ab
sence of the president, who was un
able to be present.
The resignation of Norman Smith
as president of the union was read
and accepted and nominations for
his successor will be in order at the
next meeting to be held, which will
be on Friday night at 7 o’clock.
It was decided at the meeting to
give a social dance on Saturday,
September 6th, and arrangements
are under way for this purpose.
The best music obtainable in town
will be procured for the dance.
MEN LEARN QUICKLY
TO HELP WAR WORK
WASHINGTON.—Conversion of
man-power from peace work to war
work was given striking ilustration
recently at the Hog Island shipyard.
Raymon Curatola, Fred Roller and
Arthur Burnley entered the Hog
Island riveting school to begin a
10-day course which would fit them
to help build ships, but in 20 work
ing hours they were handling the
pneumatic hammer and punch with
such dexterity that they were told
to report for regular work.
Curatola formerly was a chauffer,
Roller had been a mechanic, and
Burnley was a horse-shoer.
KNITTING CLUB MEETING
| The next meeting of the Nenana
I Knitting club will be held on Thurs
| flay afternoon at the home of Mrs.
i Frederick D. Brown on the Com
mission reserve.
Frank Doner, line auditor of the
A. E. C- went out on the line this
morning to the ferry camp at Clear
creek. He expects to return to town
tonight.
BUTTER AND EGGS
ARE USED AS GIFTS
PETROGRAD—Instead of flowers
and chocolate drops, young men of
Petrograd in these days of near
famine, carry presents of butter and
eggs to the young women whom
they are “courting.” While the shop
windows are full of candies and
flowers, butter and eggs can be ob
tained only with great difficulty.
YANKEE SLOGGER
IS MAKING GOOD
IN REAL BATTLE
Pittsburg Lightweight Knocks Boche
Out With Fist During American
Encounter.
PARIS.—Forced to close bayonet
fighting to use the butt of his gun
across the head of a Boche to lay
him low, Terry Murphy, the Pitts
burg lightweight, unable to recover
his gun rapidly enough, next swung
with his right fist upon a German
lieutenant who was ready to draw
upon him and knocked the Hun into
unconsciousness. It was Terry’s first
knockout in France.
Terry's unit was brigaded with
the French in the sector about Cha
teau Thierry. He was one of hun
dreds of volunteers from his regi
ment to seek duty in the front line.
It was the intention at first to
have the volunteers proceed, brig
aded with a French battalion. They
were given their proper formation
and told to advance with the French
poilus only to a certain point, the
idea being to familiarize them with
actual fire. Farther advance was
to be made by the poilus, leaving the
American volunteers behind At the
point where they were to stop, they
were overcome with eagerness, went
right along with the poilus and made
a creditable showing.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
All those who are interested in
the study of Christian Science are
cordially invited to attend a meet
ing which will be held at 2 p. m.,
on Sunday at the Healy cabin, on
Second street. This is the third
of a series of meetings begun two
weeks ago in Nenana.
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Mrs. G. W. Gasser, of Rampart,
j representing the Red Star organiza
tion, is in Nenana for the purpose of
j organizing a branch of the Red Star
: here. She is staying at the Cooney
. hotel.
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LOST
| This morning, between the Tavern
i Cafe and the Portland Cigar store
a cloth sack, containg about $30
, in change and all the stubs of the
raffle tickets sold of Joe Henry’s
lot and cabin. Anyone finding same
will oblige greatly by leaving it at
the Portland or notifying him.
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Sarah—Arrived St. Michael 2nd.
Reliance—Up Koyukuk river, 24th
Sibilla—At Gibbon.
Davis—At St. Michael.
Washburn—At Nulato.
Julia B.—At St. Michael
Tanana—At Gibbon.
Yukon—Down Fort Yukon 11:30
a. m., 2nd.
J Alaska—Up Circle 9:30 p. m., 1st
Jacobs—An Salcha 2:15 p. m., 1st
The potato is a native American.
Enlist it to fight against the kaiser.
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Kinder de
RooS
IT. S. Food Administration.
Ol’ Squire ’Tater ’low he soin’ to
be mighty nigh king er de roos’
’mong garden sass folks. We ails
kin eat him as a ’tater boiled, baked,
fried, stewed, cooked wid choese en
dey gettin’ so dey make im inter
flour: bo’s we kin “substi-tute” him
fo’ wheat flour. He’s de ‘’suh=titu
tenest” of all de vittles, he sez.
De udder garden sass folks lak
Inguns, tomatoes, cabbage en turnips
en squash don’t m 'd to git peeved,
’cause dey’s goin’ to be room in de
pot fo’ de whole tribe. Ev’y las’
one on ’em can he’p save wheat en
meat fer de boys dat’s doin’ de fight
in’ over yander.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE CHEAP—Business lot at
Third and Market; also shot gun.
Inquire Mrs. Lavin. 9-12
FOR SALE, CHEAP—Large tank
heater and pipe drum; flush toilet,
good as new; also sink. Inquire
Simson’s.
FOR SALE.—Mrs. W. F. Lyons is
leaving for the Outsdie soon and
offers shop, fixtures and business
in cleaning and pressing clothes,1
for sale. No reasonable offer re
fused- Shop is on A street, near
blacksmith shop.
FOR RENT—Upstairs residence,
four rooms furnished. See Slippern
FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN—Sew
ing maehirte, phonograph, launch
Bunny, with 2 hi h. p. Ferro en
gine, shot gun, rifle, etc. Inquire
of J. A. Slippern.
FOR SALE—Beaver Board, in plain
and oak finish. Doors and win
dows, sash stock and mouldings.
Inquire Simson’s.
FOR RENT—Upstairs residence,
four rooms furnished. See Slippern
FOR SALE—Two tents, 18x30 and
20x40. Inquire Simsons.
WEDNESDAY
ALL MEALS
WHEATLESS
USX HO B3VZAXX (3LACKEEA
tKSXWX CM OULAKXAST FOODS
CONTAINING VHIAI
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We’ll substitute corn for wheat j
and victory for defeat.
IDAHO STORES WILL
CUT WORKING HOURS
IDAHO FALLS- Idaho.—Under
orders of the Federal Food Admini
stration all of the stores in Idaho
have been opening for business not
earlier than 8 a. m. and closing at
6 p. m., except on Saturdays, when
they may remain open until 9 p. m.
Drug stores and soda fountains are
permitted to remain open until 9
p. m. each night. The purpose of
the orders of the food administria
tion is not only to conserve food but
to conserve human energy thereby
promoting greater efficiency in the
man and woman power of the state.
The food administration also re
quires the hotels and restaurants to
close their dining rooms from 9 p. m.
until 5 a. m.
“All the resources of the country
are hereby pledged”—now is the
time to work them to the limit.
Highest Cash
Prices Paid for
RAW
FURS
SIMSON’S
Slieldon-6ilison Stage Line
Carrying U. S. Mails
For CHITINA and WAY POINTS
Every Tuesday Morning
Special Auto for parties of four
or more any time.
C. Ha**ry Woodward, agent
Fairbanks
Seih Thomas Wall Clocks
CLOSE REGULATED
CALENDAR
EIGHT-DAY
-STRIKE
GUARANTEED FOR FIVE YEARS
$11
HAMILTON, WALTHAM and ELGIN WATCHES
SOLD AT STANDARD PRICES—(OUR PRICES)
NUGGET JEWELY TO ORDER
WML TAYLOR
WATCHMAKER
JEWELER
ENGRAVER
SAFE and RELIABLE SERVICE
LAUNCH PEERLESS
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Leaves for Fairbanks Every Two Days, SAM £
Make your Reservations at the Portland £
THE BEST
BUSINESS CORNER
IN TOWN
FOR SALE AT A SACRIFICE
Two Lots, 50 x 100
See W. H. GilcHer
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BUY AN ELECTRIC FAN
mio
We Have Them In Six and Twelve Inch Sizes
AND THE PRICE WILL BE RIGHT
3-Foot WIRE FENCING, per yard - 25c
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