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.
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IRISH INDEPENDENCE
The Irishman’s claim to political
independence is not wholly senti
mental, according to Alphonsus
O’Mara, mayor of Limerick and one j
of its leading manufacturers. There
is, he says, a much more practical
side to the question, the desire for
economic independence and the op-!
portunity - for industrial advance-!
ment, which the Irishman feels he
can never attain until he is per
mitted to make his own laws and;
deal authoritatively with his owm
problems.
“Material advantages have come!
out of every movement of the Irish
for freedom, but the main grievance
remains,” said Mr. O’Mara. “The,
one point is we are heavily over
taxed. This year England is mak- i
ing a profit of twenty millions out
of us. That is she is taxing us
thirty-five millions and giving us1
a government which costs her no:
more than fifteen millions. These
figures are not ours, but hers. We
have England’s word for it.
“Ireland has improved its posi
tion in the past years, but we have
not advanced industrially. We lack
capital and we lack confidence be
cause England and England’s states
men have told us that we are not
fit to govern ourselves, that we
lack those essentials which make
for self-government of the mass
and therefore of the individual.
Our farming population, absorbing
this sentiment through oft reitera
tion, have withheld their money
when it was needed by Irish enter
prise. They have deposited it in
banks, vast sums of it, and the
money has been loaned to English
men, for the development of English
industry.
“Limerick, some 75 years ago,
had a prosperous mercantile marine.
Now the Shannon bears not on its
bosom a single ship that can call
Limerick its home port.
“Also we had a fine textile in
dustry, with more textile workers
in Ireland than there were then in
England. But that has gone the
way of the ships.
“We have here the finest river
in the world for shipbuilding W’e
could line the shores of the Shannon
with busy shipyards and workshops.
But the people who would take the
initiative have not the money, and
because we are told we are not
capable of self-government, the
people who have the money will
not lend it to those who could
use it.
“The world is passing through
an industrial crisis. Ever}’ nation—
America, England, France and even
Germany, is'making preparations for
world trade. But Ireland is not
allowed to take any industrial step
that would help her people here at
home. Why, the British government
even refused me a passport when
I wanted to go to America to place
the natural advantages of Limerick
before your investors and ship
owners. So here we are, high and
dry, with the ocean of prosperity
all around us.
“We could only take the steps
necessary to develop this countrj
if we were assured Ireland would
be allowed to make its own laws
and provide its own government,
for in no other way could we give
American investors any guarantee
that England would not tax their in
vestment out of existence.
“I don’t have a great deal of
faith in what the rest of th? wo:'.I
is going to do for us unless we do
something for ouselves. We have
stated our principles, and at the
present moment a government of
the people of Ireland is in office in
Dublin. Of course this government
can’t have any real power until
England withdraws her army of oc
cupation and that can only be
brought about by pressure from
outside of Ireland."
BLIND TO READ
MAN STORY
IN RAISED IYPE
Robert Joseph Diven, who is,
known in Nenana as minister of the '
gospel, good citizen and popular 1
sourdough Alaskan, is known also'
to a very wide circle of readers!
as a writer of interesting stories, i
many of them Aiaskan tales written 1
since the doctor’s arrival in the ■
Northland.
This circle of readers, heretofore
confined to those who can see, prom
ises soon to include also the blind,
and it is possible that one of Dr.
Diven's Alaskan tales already has
been transcribed into New York
Point, the type read by the blind.
The Presbyterian Board of Publi
cation and Sabbath School Work.
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publishers of Forward, a weekly
illustrated paper for young people,
in which Dr. Diven’s “Skiiing for
Life” appeared early this year, re
cently advised Dr. Diven of the re
ceipt of a request from Clovemook
Home for the Blind, Mount Healthy.
: Ohio, for the privilege of transcrib
ing the story into New York Point.
“We have written them,” the letter
informed Dr. Diven, “that we are
glad to grant this permission and
that we are sure you also will be
pleased to know that such use is
being made of your story.”
Upon receipt of the letter. Dr.
Diven assured the publishers that he
was pleased to know that his story
had been made use of in such a
manner and instructed them to
grant free use of any or all stories
to which he still retains all rights,
excepting serial rights, to the blind
institutions for publication as indi
cated in their request.
Among the stories which may be
used in this manner are:
“Oregon Trails” — Westminister
Press, Phila.
“Ghosts That Bite”—The Contin
ent. Chicago—An Alaskan Tale.
“Peace Trail,” an Alaskan tale—
The Banner, Pittsburg.
“The Terror of the Valley”—
Westminister Press—An Oregon tale.
“An Old Bear’s Wrath”—West
minister Press—An Alaskan tale.
“A Daughter of the Hills,” in
eight chapters—a tale of the Alle
ghenies. ■*
“Skiing for Life”—An Alaskan
tale—Westminister Press.
“Miss Jack Frost and Her Dog”
—An Alaskan tale—The Banner.
“Drifting Down the Yukon”—An
Alaskan tale—The Banner.
The story “Skiing for Life” is an
Alaskan tale founded on facts and
was suggested by the experience of
two Norwegians as related to Dr.
Diven several years ago. The storv
appeared in the issue of Forward
of February 16, this year, and has
been greatly enjoyed by a numbe
of Nenar.a readers.
DISCUSSIONS M
SCIENCE ME 10
BE INTERESTING
PASADENA, Cal.—With food
prices soaring now, how will the
world be fed when wars end and
science stifles plagues, epidemics
and disease and the population
grows from its present 1,675.000,
1000 to billons? Herbert C. Hoover
| is busy now making the world food
stretch around, but food for the
future billions will be discussed
here June 19 to 22, when about
four hundred world renowned
scientists will gather.
This is but one of the problems
to be discussed by the members of
! the Pacific division of the Ameri
I can Association for the Advance
| ment of Science in session here
! then. Their answer to the food
question will be: “Go to Sea!”
They will have a projected ex
ploration of the North Pacific
ocean, from whence may come, they
believe, more food than the world
has ever before heard of.
Speaking of this, one of the
scientists arranging the program
said:
“Very little is known of the re
sources of the Pacific ocean or
of any ocean, for that matter,
i When it is stated that the organic
I productivity of the ocean very
[probably exceeds that of the lani
the significance of scientific ex
ploration in this field becomes ap
! parent.
“In the vision of the scientists,
‘the ocean, that great source of life
' in this planet, may yet prove to
! be our main reliance for food and
’ sustenance.
“When the population of the
I world, freed by science from the
I ravages of disease and wars, shall
continue to increase even more
rapidly than it has hitherto, and
the limits of agriculture have been
reached, we may yet find in mother
ocean the final impulse that will
carry civilization on to its goal.
I This indeed is visionary. We shall
at least through this projected ex
j ploration extend the boundaries of
j human knowledge and add greatly
! to the wealth of man.
"This subject is of vital interest
to the peoples of the Pacific area,
| and it is proposed to set forth the
possibilities of the undertaking in
a symposium under eight headings
! or topics. Specialists qualified by
; experience will present the prob
j lems involved and the advantages
I to be gained through investigations
in their respective fields.”
An interesting and significant
.feature of the meeting will be a
! symposium on “Scientific Education
I in a Democracy,” arranged under
i seven topics, each presented by a
'speaker of distinction.
Discussing plans for this, a scien
! tist said:
“The experience of the war has
served to bring science into the
foreground. Seized upon and ex
| ploited by a medieval monarchy
for the aggrandizement of the few
‘and the destruction of liberty and
i democracy, it was realized before
long that science is after all com
mon property, and flourishes best
where greatest freedom exists.
“It was presently found that our
scientific resources only needed to
be mobilized and co-ordinated to
vastly excel the vaunted science
of Germany, where every effort in
research was under the surveillance
of the state and directed to sene
the purposes of military oligarchy.
The winning of the war was dis
tinctly a triumph of science, and
a demonstration of democratic effi
ciency.
“Science has ever been fighting
against restraint. The very es
sence of scientific progress is free
dom; freedom and opportunity for
the individual mind to grow and
expand. The greatest influence in
this world today that promises to
utterly destroy tyranny and autoc
racy lies in the encouragement that
is given to scientific research, for
from this, every real extension of
liberty must come.
“The promotion of research and
the dissemination of scientific in
i formation should then be the chief
WANT ADS
COMPLETELY FURNISHED Home
for sale, with greenhouse and
garden. Bargain. Present owner
compelled to leave Nenana. In
quire J. H. Flower, at N. C. •store.
■ 100-EGG INCUBATOR, practically
new, with brooder, for sale cheap. )
Inquire Tolovana Trading Co.
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BRAND NEW FISH W HEEL for i
sale cheap. Set up, ready to
I catch salmon. In good working
order. For particulars incuiri at
News office. k)4
FOR SALE—Corona typewriter with
case complete, almost new and
and in good working order, price,
$30. Apply at Nenana News office.
FOR SALE—Household furniture,
dining room set. White sewing
machine,' bedstead, etc. Apply |
Mrs. Leroy Moyer, Second and B.
WANTED — Camp cook, man or
woman, for grading camp on Lit
tle Goldstream, about ten miles
from Nenana. Apply to Jim
Dzukoff. Cooney Hotel.
FOR SALE—Team of young horses,
weight about thirty hundred.
Guaranteed to work single or
double, wheelers or leaders, and j
perfectly gentle. Vachon. Tolo
vana. k21 j
Restaurant Tabs and Tablets at
the News Office.
concern of a democratic govern
ment, for through these means
alone will the peop’e work out
their problems and come into their
heritage.”
There will be representatives in at
tendance from Washington, Oregon,!
California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, >
Arizona, Alaska, British Columbia.
Mexico, Hawaii and the Philippines. \
The membership of the association’s
Pacific division comprising 1450,'
includes in addition to noted
scientists, men of affairs, manu
facturers, agriculturists, orchard
ists and many from other walks
of life.
GLYCERINE MIXTURE
FOR APPENDICITIS
Xenana people can prevent appen
dicitis with simple buckthorn bark,
glycerine, etc., as mixed in Adler
i-ka. ONE SPOOOXFUL flushes the
ENTIRE bowel tract so completely
it relieves ANY CASE sour stomach,
gas or constipation and prevents ap
pendicitis. The INSTANT, pleasant
action of Adler-i-ka surprises both
doctors and patients. Leaves stom
ach clean and strong. A. D. Thomp
son, druggist.
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