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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THE SCHOOL ELECTION
Within a short time residents of
Xenana school district will be called
upon to elect three school directors,
to fill that number of vacancies on
the board. The election will take
place on April first, an' the names
of the candidates for places on the
hoard must be in the hands of the
clerk not later than Saturday night
of this week.
Attention is called to these facts
in the hope that the interest of the
voters may be aroused. Voters, as
a rule, do not take sufficient interest
in school elections or in school
affairs. They do not appear to
appreciate the fact that a good
school is the best asset a town can
have, and seldom is a school board
commended for work well done.
Serving the public as a school
director is a thankless task, and the
wonder is that the right kind of men
and women to fill the offces can be
found to accept such a responsi
bility.
Nenana has been particularly for
tunate in this respect in the past.
Since the start of the Franklin K.
Lane school, the affairs of the in
stitution have been administered in
a manner thoroughly satisfactory
both to taxpayers and to the parents
of children attending the school.
School affairs have progressed in
spite of an apathetic public, in spite
of the fact that voters have not
taken sufficient interest in elections
to walk to the polls and in spite
of the fact that parents and tax
payers have done little to ea=e the
tasks of those in charge of the
school work.
It matters not if there are only
sufficient candidates to fill the va
cancies on the school board, there
should be a representative vote cast
on election day. Nenanaites should
demonstrate, by their appearance at
the polls, that they are interested in
school affairs. A large vote, when
there is but a single ticket in the
field, is an endorsement of those
who are willing to devote time and
energy, without pay. to the welfare
of town and school, and they cer
tainly are entitled to such an ex
pression of confidence.
The News is well satisfied with
the ability to make good of those
gentlemen who have consented to
become candidates. One is a mem
ber of the present board, one was
a member of the first board, and
the third has all the qualifications
needed to fit him for work of the
kind he has signified a willingness
to undertake. We believe the af
fairs of our school will be safe in
the hands of these men and the
members of the board who will con
tinue in office; but there are no
restrictions on the number of can
didates who may enter the race, and
there is ample time for others to
make known their candidacy. A
contested election would at least
have the effect of attracting a larger
number of voters to the polls, and
it is possible that the interest thus
aroused would continue throughout
the year.
GERMAN SOLDIERS
The returning and demobilizing
armies of Germany, in great part,
come quietly home, put down their
arm* and disband without trouble.
A small percentage of the unruly
element, such as compose the Lieb
Vnech-Spartacu anarchistic group,
however, has made as much trouble
as possible, and has shown special
fondness for crooked horse deals.
The Peasants Council of Munich
make public a report to show that
hundreds of returning soldiers have
been permitted to keep a horse as
a souvenir. The permission natur
ally does not come from the mili
tary authorities but from under
lings, and the soldiers have then
put the animals thus secured on the
market at ridiculous prices.
One regiment that should have
had 800 horses, returned with but
80, the rest having been sold, in
many cases it is feared, for slaught
er—an easy way of concealing all
traces. The Munich authorities re
cently confiscated 97 animals th.it
had been sold in this underhand
way for slaughter. The Peasants'
Council has organized a guard of
40 men to help put down the evil. |
THAT ASSESSMENT ACT
_ i
In a telgram sent to the Anchor
age Times on February 16 Delegate
W ickersham explained the assessment
exemption act, which he was instru
mental in having passed by the late
congress. ‘‘The act,” he wired, “was
drawn by me and has my approval -
Two thousand Alaska soldiers and
sailors, with Alaska mines, are de
pendent upon the validity of the act
of July 17, 1917, protecting their
rights to mining claims, while in
the service. Several thousand other
Alaskan miners depend on the valid
ity of the act of October 5, 1917,
protecting their claims, but the best:
lawyers in the Senate and House
now agree that neither act applies
to Alaska. The act now pending
fsince passed) is a curative act. and
must become a law to prevent ex
tensive litigation and loss to Alaska
claim owners. The act pending does
not suspend assessment work for the
year 1920, but only for the year
1919. I shall do everything I can
to secure its passage, as I realize
the vital necessity for it, as a cura
tive measure.”
The dogs of Alaska have ione ard
are still doing their bit. While the
war was in progress many of the
Northern canines rendered valuable
service in the war zones, and now
the dogs left to keep the home fires
burine are helping to consume the
wheat flour substitutes with which
the merchants of Alaska found them
selves overstocked when the war
ended.
Peter Jackson, an Italian, shot and
killed Marshal Calhoun at Klawock
recently, when the officer sought
to arrest him on a statutory charge
that had been filed against him.
Following the killing of Calhoun,
a posse gathered about the house
of Jackson, demanding his surrender.
Whereupon the Italian shot and
killed himself.
There “is a municipal ice skating
rink in operation for the pleasure
of ice skaters at Skagway.
COONEY STAGE LINE
Nenana -TalKeetna
QUICK TRIP BEST ACCOMMODATIONS
Reservations at Cooney Hotel
MILITARY AIMS
OF HUN RULERS
CAUSED DEFEAT
MUNICH.—“Tffe purely military
way of thinking which plunged us
senselessly into this war," says Pro
fessor F. W. Foerster, Munich Uni
versity professor and now Bavarian
minister in Switzerland, “had, as
consequence, also a method of con
ducting the war which was bound
to end in a German catastrophe.
“With a blindness bordering on
insanity we called all the means
‘military necessities’ which, step by
step, were sure to call the whole
world into arms against us—where
by it came to be evident that our
disdain of all political and moral
scruples was a shortsighted calcula
tion, even from a military stand
point.
"To what dire need did our so
called ‘act of necessity’ in invading
Belgium bring us? Those military
ways of thinking also bear the
principal blame for the prolongation
of the war. It is impossible to
conceive that we, at several turning
points during the last few years,
could not have had an undoubted
honorable peace if we, instead of
making proffers had suggested hon
estly and correctly the individual
solutions which, in the \\ ilson sense,
would have put out the old fires of
Europe. The military people and
the military way of thinking how
ever. would not admit f such a
timely and unequivocal concession
That is all as clear as the sun now.
“Why not therefore admit this
undeniable German national con
fusion instead of trying to make
it appear as though all were guilty
ad as though new witnesses <■ ill were
necessary get at the truth?
Every people goes through its hard
moral crisis of life; cuts was the
tdiif in the sword since is55—that
crnnc* be wiped ou~, and if we ad
mit it to ourselves and the w'orld
we give a moral guarantee that we
have thoroughly cleansed ourselves
of a way of thinking that prevailed
during the past decades.
“He who has done his fellow men
a grave wrong is expected by civil
ized society to admit, to be sorry,
to pay the penalty voluntarily; and
likewise from a great people which,
because of the desperate confusion
of its leading classes bears the chief
blame for a world catastrophe, the
demand is made with equal right be
fore this people can be accepted
again in the community of confid
ence of other peoples.
“In the midst of a colossal break
down only complete truth car. save.
We can gain the right to make a
moral appeal only in the degree in
which we are ourselves honorable,
in going into court.”
Professor Foerster brought down
the wrath of his colleagues upon him
self early in the war by publishing
in Swiss newspapers sharp critic
isms of Germany. Owing to his per
sonal popularity with the students
of the Munich university th; authori
ties permitted him to retain his posi
tion in that institution, despite pro
tests by other members of the
faculty.
J. M. and George White, father
and son, owners of the Northern
pool room and cigar store of An
chorage. were placed under arrest
recently on the charge of manu
facturing intoxicating liquor. A small
cabin at the rear of the pool room
was raided and six barrels of home
brew, said to have been made of
brown sugar and raisins, were seized.
Bishop Stringer of the Church of
England of the Yukon has gone over
seas for special work among the
Canadian troops.
Heuor*. Alukt’i Infrtor B«pot
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico—Members
of the graduating class of the Uni
versity of Porto Rico who recentlj
signed a petition to the legislature
asking that a memorial to Presided
Wilson be so amended as to make
a definite demand for the independ
ence of Porto Rico, are now fearfu
that their action will result in re
fusal to appoint them as teacher:
in the public school.
The commissioner of education
Paul G. Miller has sent to the dear
of the university a letter in whicl
the commissioner said that his at
tention had been called to the actior
of the students, and added:
"Since this request is made b\
persons who are American citizen:
and at a time when the nation ha;
been exceedingly careful to scrutinize
the loyalty of all its citizens you are
hereby directed to furnish me with r
list of any members of the graduat
ing class of the Normal school whe
may desire to enter teaching service
I shall not appoint or approve the
nomination by school boards of nor
sons concerning whose loyalty to the
United States of America there maj
be any doubt. Please let me have
the list.”
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GOVERNMENT
YOU
CAN
BUY
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SAVINGS
STAMPS
NOW
WANT ADS
LOST
Small black leather card case,
containing gold piece and receipts
of value only to owner. Reward
for return to Mrs. E. L. Morrison,
at The Morrison (formerly Carter
House) on A street.
The sun on longer days will make
you feel like throwing away your
old hat and suit. Certainly those
old spots do not improve your ap
pearance, but fo- a trifling sum you
can have them pressed, mended and
cleaned at Mrs. D’Orsay’s Tailor
Shop, Third and A streets.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
ouiiding, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Saturdays.
Officials of the White Pass rail
road say that railroading is a snap
this winter on account of the mild
weather and light snowfall.
TRAPPERS, NOTICE!
We are in the Fur Manu
facturing Business, therefore
CAN and WILL pay you more
for your furs than any other
fur buyer In town
SIMSON’S
I
Don’t Leave
ALASKIA
Men wanting employment can
obtain work at good wages at
Juneau, Kennecott and Latouche.
If you go out you will only
come back "Busted” 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 A)a«ka.
•1
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
NICELY HOUSE
With Belmont In Connection
POOL CANDIES CIGARS
AND TOBACCOS
WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
PRICES REASONABLE
Rate* By the Week or Month
MRS. NICELY, Propriety..
Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
Anderson, Herman
Allred, Mrs. Clara
Bergman. Charier,
Brown, Jess
Berggren, Ernst
Browne, F. D.
Bresnahan, E. I).
Blankfield, D.
Bowen, J. R.
Blair, Roy
Brooker, Ed
Bennett, J F.
Ball, I. B.
Brown, Erie
Burns, R. E.
Coutts, \V T.
Calderhead, R. W
Campbell, N. J.
Coghill, W. A.
Cooney, M. J.
Doner, Frank
Diven, R J.
Douse, Fred
Davis, Harry
Ekeland, Alf
Funk, A B.
Finlayson. K A.
Fisher, Joe
Flower, J. H.
Foster, Steve
Gagnon, Wm.
Ghezzi, Alfred
Head, E. A.
Haslem, H. G.
Hagan, James
Hill, L. VV.
Hagen, Hans
Hoe.v, Andy
Gray, E. B.
Gileher, VV. H.
Hyland, Mike
Isabel, L. C. 1
Irvine, A. J. - - *
Johnson, A. G.
Jones, Frank
Julian, VV. J.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter
Joseph, H. B.
Koland, Knut
Ketooroky, John A.
Laughlin, E. I„
Lund, E. E.
Lehr, Q. F.
Markus, George
Mortensen, Peter
Myers, R R.
Moore, Frank B
Miles, J. H.
McDonald, R. S.
Martin, G. S.
Morris, R. C. °
Nash, Martin **
Owen, Harry
O’Keefe, Larry
Parks, S. E.
Pennington, G. VV
Palfy, Paul
Packer, W. L.
Ryan, W. A.
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry N’.
Stol, Xels
Schmidt, Carl
Schaeffer, M. A.
Slippern, J. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Stone, A J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, Chas.
Smith, George A.
Southworth, R. G.
Spira, Frank
Taylor, Frank
Tunison, B.
Thompson, Theodore
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. J.
Verhaeghe, Cyriele
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Woods, Geo. W.
Williams, E A.
Waechter, R. I.