THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918. at the postoffice at Nenana. Alaska,,
for en-.ry 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 »nd Manager
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TROUBLE FOR CHILE
Chilean businessmen are much
concerned over the prospects of a
commercial war in South America
at the conclusion of the peace nego
tiations and have petitioned the
national government to adopt pro
tective measures which will prevent
“dumping” in Chilean markets.
The petition was made by the
Camara Industrial de Chile, which
corresponds to industries as cham
bers of commerce do to commerce.
The “camara” asserts in its petition
that Chilean manufacturers will have
to use high priced labor and im
ported raw materials and will be un- j
able to compete against “dumping”,
methods which had begun to be a
menace to Chilean industries even
before the wav.
The chamber informs the govern
ment that the coming commercial
war will be carried on by the big
manufacturing nations by fixing ex
port prices so low that even after
freight and expense are paid, the
goods can be sold in Chile and other
South American republics at what
they cost to manufacture, while
high prices at home will compensate
for the loss. Such methods, asserts
the chamber, will ruin Chilean in
dustries.
The chamber has suggested that
the government adopt the method
which it says has been tried in
Canada and New Zealand, whereby
a surtax above normal tariff duties
is imposed on all goods based on the
difference between price quoted for
the imported goods and the sale
price of the same goods in the coun
try of origin.
The suggestion of the Chilean
chamber is receiving widespread
newspaper comment in all the other
South American republics, where
it is being urged that the example
be followed.
American soldiers billetted in a
French village behind the firing
lines recently surprised and won the
gratitude of the women of that vil
lage by giving it a regular cleaning
last June. Telling of the incident
in a Red Cross hospital, an Ameri
can soldier said:
“The women and girls were in the
fields cultivating. At night they
were too tired to do housework, yet
the whole village needed it. One day
when they were all in the fields us
boys turned to and cleaned up that
burg. We washed every window in
the place and swept and scrubbed:
everything: that would stand it. '
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When the women came home that
night they were so pleased they
cried. After that they could not
do enough for us and were proud
when we would let them have a
shirt to wash.” !
Living conditions in the South!
Seas are quite the Opposite to the
popular idea conveyed in books of
romance and adventure, writes a ;
correspondent of the Associated ;
Press, from Papeete, Tahiti.
Instead of being able to loll under ,
the shade of palms and having thej
fruits therof drop into one’s mouth,
the daily needs only are obtainable
through the medium of hard toil.
Living, if one desires to live accord
ing to the standards of the white
man, is as expensive as in any other
part of the world.
According to those who have lived
there for some time, “it is the last
place in the world for a man with
out capital to come.” Consular
officers have a regular form warn
ing all inquirers against attempting
to settle there unless provided with
ample funds, as there are but few
opportunities for obtaining employ
ment.
Draft registrants arriving at Camp
Lewis from Montana, Idaho, Wyom
ing, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico,
Nevada and other inland states have
better teeth than men from the coast
states of Washington, Oregon and
California, according to data com
piled by C. R. Wolven, chief of the
dental corps.
“Eighty-five per cent of all draft
men brought here need dental at
tention, and get it,” reported Col.
Wolven. “Ninety per cent of the
men from the three coast states need
work, however, against 80 per cent
of those coming from the interior
states.”
No reason for the variance in
the condition of the teeth of men
from different sections has been
given. One theory is that there is
more lime and mineral in the water
of the inland states , and another
that the shifting population of the
large coast cities may cause men
to become more neglectful than those
living at permanent homes.
Fred Douse, skipper of the launch
Victory, has accepted a position in
the machine shop of the A. E. C.
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LOCAL HOSPITAL
WRITES OF WORK;,
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Dr. Malcolm E. Smith, formerly'
chief surgeon of the A. E. C. in
Nenana, writing to Dr. David More i
under date of October 8th, from
Camp Fremont, Palo Alto, Cal., tells j
of the strenuous times he is hav-1
ing in taking the special training I
to fit him for overseas service. He ■
says he is obliged to get up at;
5:30 every morning to get ready for
early morning drill, after which the
usual routine of the base hospital.
work commences, the day’s work
ending at about 10 p. m., including
Sundays.
Dr. Smith was detailed for medi-;
cal service ever since he arrived at;
the base hospital, and says that he'
has done no surgical work at all. j
He was detailed on this branch of |
the service on account of a shortage
of men in that branch. At the time
of writing. Dr. Smith had charge of j
three wards with 56 men in each j
ward and three doctors under him j
as assistants.
Dr. Smith says that he tackled j
the major commading the unit for a '
transfer to a surgical outfit then
forming for overseas service, but
owing to the prevalence of the in- j
fluenza epidemic, the camp was in'
quarantine and no changes were to j
be made until the quarantine was:
lifted, and so he was out of luck I
again. He was, however, told off to !
Base Hospital No. 95 for overseas!
service and expected to be sent j
across and “Over There” as soon •
as the quarantine had been lifted. |
; The hard training he had to undergo j
j to make him fitted for overseas1
i service has left him weighing 166!
pounds, as hard as nails and very
| fit, he says.
The good folk of Nenana had in-'
! tended making him a present of a
sabre, but he says he found on reach
ing the training camp that officers!
i in the medical corps were not re-,
■ quired to wear sabres. Mr. Hubbach !
1 sent him the money which was to
go towards the purchase of the sabre
and wished him to procure anything
else he may desire and, he says, he
invested in a regulation army re
volver with a leather holster and a
Corona typewriter and wished to
thank the people of Nenana for the
gift.
j The watch which was presented
to him at Nenana shortly before his
departure has been invaluable to
i him|i( he says, and is a constant re
minder of the friends he left be
hind in the North.
: In accordance with army regu
I lations, all watches had to be tested
.and he says that his watch showed
j a variation of only 11 seconds a
; week, which was as nearly perfect
j as any watch could possibly be. He
j is not allowed by the regulations
: to wear the fob given him at the
. time, but says that he has put it
‘ away to be used when he leaves the
.
: service.
] Dr. Smith likes the North country
: and the Alaskans and sends kind
greetings to all of his Nenana friends
among whom he wishes he was back
again. He says that nearly every
• body at Camp Fremont knows that
i there is such a place as Nenana and
that he comes from there.
At the time of writing, Dr. Smith
■ says that Max Smith and Harry
■ Abercrombie were at Camp Fre
' mont. Harry was trying hard to
j get into the same base hospital as
! Dr. Smith for overseas service.
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HR RINGSIER
LUMBERJACK NOW
Somewhere in Wisconsin—Unable
0 obtain a penny of the fortune
le won in the ring, Ad Wolgast,
ormer lightweight champion, is act
ng as hostler to decrepit motor i
roat, somewhere in the northern
A'isconsin timber country, where he
s trying to regain his health.
The Michigan bear-cat, who leap-|
;d into prominence almost over
light, disappeared several months
igo and was not heard from until
le communicated recently with j
friends in Milwaukee to announce!
[hat he had a job. ^
Wolgast shares with Bat Nelson i
[he distinction of being among the,
few remaining “fighting champions”, j
Unlike Nelson, who owns half the j
town of Hegeswich, 111., and con- i
trols the other half, Wolgast is vir- j
tually penniless, his fortune—ap- j
proximately $150,000—being in cus- J
tody of his mother and his wife, i
who are in Cadillac, Mich.
In his letter advising friends of
his espousal of industry, Wolgast
said he planned to go even farther
into the woods for the winter and
become a lumber jack. He hinted
that he hoped through the strenuous
life of a timber cutter to regain
his health and return to the ring.
This, however, is considered un
likely..
Wolgast started his ring career
as a “pork and beaner" in Mil
waukee. He wrecked the champion
ship dreams of a number of promis
ing lightweights and finally was
awarded a try at the title in 1910.
Nelson and Wolgast met at Point
Richmon, Cal., and their battle prob
ably will remain a ring epic as
long as the fight game flourishes.
It marked the climax of a series of
premier championship bouts in the
lightweight division, and Nelson’s
wonderful exhibition with the late
Joe Cans still were fresh in the
memory of the fans.
The fight was probably one of
the bloodiest ever staged. At the
end of forty rounds Wolgast's youth
had won and the “Durable Dane”
was beaten.
For two year Wolgast capitalized
on his championship, taking on
claimants over short routes through
out the East and West. He lost
his title to Willie Ritchie, San Fran
cisco pretender, in 10 rounds in
1912. Ritchie battered Wolgast
badly and the bearcat fouled him,
Referee Griffin awarding the bout
to the California claimant.
Following his defeat Wolgast at
tempted to stage several comebacks
but never got within striking dis
tance of the title.
A year ago, Wolgast suffered a
; physical breakdown and was sent
1 to a Milwaukee sanitarium, where
| he was restored to comparative
l health. Following his release from
I the hospital he disappeared, and no
j word came from him until receipt of
I the message that the had become
| a fresh water sailor.
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Under present regulations it is
i said the department is having trouble
i keeping Puget Sound and other
j fishermen from taking salmon from
the spawning streams. Regulations
for the protection of these streams
j are sought.
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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 "Butted” in the spring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latouche and
Kennecott.
ALASKA PUBLICITY
BUREAU
Juneau Alaska.
WANT ADS
LOST—Bunch of Keys; five flat!
Yale keys and two round keys.
Finder please return to News
Office. Reward.
LOST—Small black leather pocket
book, containing two keys. Finder
please leave at the News office
or the Carter House.
WANTED—Lady for work at the
Nenana Club Apply to Mrs. M.
J. Cooney.
DOG FISH—8c a pound. Johnson’s
Store. 13
FOR 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.
LOST—Pair of nose glasses last
night at fire. Finder please leave
at News office. Reward.
FOR SALE—Horse and fine basket!
sleigh. Apply A. J. Ghezzi.
NOTICE j
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All school assessment tax lists!
should be returned to the under
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signed on or before November 15,1
j 1918.
JEANNETTE ELLENSON, .
Assessor.
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Residents of Anchorage and em-1
ployes of the Anchorage division of
the Alaskan Engineering commission
have subscribed more than $1,000
to date to the Syrian and Armenian
relief fund. The amount appor
tioned to Anchorage by the national
committee in charge was $900.
i OLD PAPERS FOR SALE—At
| New* Office.
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ROOMS AND BOARD
ROOMS 7Sc and $1.00
Coffee and Doughnuts 25c
DOC KENNELS
Fish Commissioner Walker has
cabled the government bureau of
fisheries aSking for a definite date
to be set for public hearings at
Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg an l
Juneau during November and Dec
ember, to take the up question of
closing all streams in Southeastern
Alaska for fishing.
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