THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for <-n:rv as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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A BRITISH PROBLEM
To “domobolize” about 1,000,000
women war workers is the colossal
task assigned to a special depart
ment of the British Ministry of
Labor. Women predominate in this
new organization.
fine of the most difficult of their
problems will be how to satisfy a
munitions worker who has been
earning from $1S to $20 a week
now that she is called upon to rf
turn to her former task as a family |
servant at from $!I to $5.25 a week ]
Government officials realize that
this is one of the hard problems
connected with the reconstruction
period especially as these girls and
women must sacrifice some of the
freedom they have enjoyed as muni
tions workers and now submit to
more exacting hours of work. They
are appealing to the workers to ad
just themselves to the new order
of things as best they can, and to
bo willing to make sacrifices during
the reconstruction as they did dur
ing the war.
Unemployment is one of the big
problems. Employers are being ad
monished to give their workers long
notice of dismissal and not to dis
charge large numbers at one time.
To aid the girls, the government has
decided to give each war worker
$4.75 a week for 13 weeks after she
stops war work if, during that time
she does not find other employment.
This is the only tangible bridge the
government has been able to provide
to carry the workers over the transi
tion period. Other means of help
ing the situation are to be left to
the new organization in the labor
ministry. To solve the problem of
demobolizing these women workers,
the country has been divided into 11
labor districts, each with a district
council which will be in close touch
with the labor ministry. These
councils will be composed of repre
sentatives of each town or small dis
trict in which there is a labor em
ployment agency and these lattei
agencies will organize committees tc
care for the needs ol the workers
in each town.
A member of the government re
cently told the Associated Press that
the most serious difficulties could
be expected during the first six
months of peace. During that time,
he said, there was bound to be much
unemployment and dissatisfaction
over wages and the high cost of liv
ing. He hoped a reduction of the
prices of necessities would help to
relieve the situation.
WILLIAM HOHENZOLLERN
Opinion as to what should be
done with William Hohen/.ollern. for
merly German emperor, is very
much divided in Holland, even in
the extreme south-eastern corner of
the province of Utrecht, where is
situated the castle of Amerongen,
Hohenzollem’s temporary abode.
Here the. rural population content
edly lives under the rule of the
gentry who have owned the land
around for generations- An oppor
tunity to ol erve the division of
sentiment was afforded an Asso
ciated Press c .’■respondent recently
When he sought lodgings for the
night r a srna'l village hotel. Seated
abou' ihe ofice were half a dozen
viPagers.
/> f' ,>r the stronger had been eyed
a while wi ,h the furtive suspicion
cf the rustic tovards the townsman,
ta’k drifted back to its former chan
jiiol--Hohenzollern. “
hereabouts think of
I respondent asked.
What do people
him?” the cor
I
“Think of him? He should be
clapped in jail, and hanged”, rapped
out a sharp faced man fiercely,
j“That’s what I think of him.”
“Nay, neighbor,” expostulated a
fat complacent man who looked like
a prosperous cattle dealer oozing
with war profits, “he don't deserve
all that, surely."
“What?” ejaculated the first man.:
“A feller who had millions of
people killed in them battles. . . ”,
“What 1 say is” broke in the
cattleman, “he always gave thanks
to the Almighty. He always praised
(lod. You can see it in the papers. ;
And that’s a fit and proper thing to
do. There are many worse than he,;
and it wasn’t his fault alone that
all them people were killed- What
do you say, landlord?”
“Aye, that may be true,” said I
the landlord diplomatically. “He |
had his faults, I daresay. Hut 11
do say ’tis a sad come-down for a
gentleman in his position.” And he!
shook his grey head.
“Pshaw!" said the sharp-faced
man. “You bet he lacks for nothing.
He lives on the fat of the land.
He gets all he wants, and more.
Currant bread gets every day, and
jam and tea. Polks like that never
lack for nothing, eh?"
The village carpenter thus ad
dressed cast a disapproving look
over the assembly. “I don’t hold
with royalty and such," he growled
slowly through his teeth, which grip
ped his pipe like a vise. “There’s
old Paul Kruger. I never could
abide him. When he came to Ut
recht I was working at the hotel
where he was staying. And twice
every day, every day, he had hot
pudding! Now I call that sinful;
it’s scandalous. It oughtn’t to he
allowed"
Wenana. Alaska's Interior rusl Depot |
NATIONAL KITCHENS
Communal feeding on a huge scale |
through the establishment of 4,000;
national restaurants ts planned t'or|
London. The project is to he car-1
ried out jointly by the National;
Kitchens division of the Ministry;
of Food and the National Caterers’:
Protection society. The three main!
points of the scheme are:
Establishing buying organizations'
for the collective purchase of food-!
stuffs.
Providing efficient equipment on;
: a co-operative basis.
An agreed system of inspection;
| of catering establishments to secure j
reasonable prices and good condi-1
tions of management.
The caterers expected to take
pHrt in the enterprise are all mem
bers - of the Protection society and
they will be permitted to use' for|
' their establishments the title of
“National Restaurant.” There will!
be uniform menus anil prices will be
1 fixed at a figure to ensure a
reasonable profit to the caterer and
! yet be easily within the limits of
‘ the average purse. A high stand
ard of efficiency and cleanliness
; will be exacted.
j A natioal restaurant recently es
tablished in London has proved a
• marked success. It is making a net
, weekly profit of $500, and this js
i pointed to -as proof that the pro
vision of cheap, well-cooked food
j to London’s millions, served under
| bright, cleanly conditions can be
| made financially profitable.
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LIMED PRICES
Dll IDADO HARD;
LOSSES FEARED'
BOISE, Idaho.—Idaho has bene
fitted only to a slight extent by
special war industries. There were
no factories in the state which
turned out war supplies and total
of war purchases made in this state
amounted to less than $60,000 when
the regular output of the fields,
forests and mines is eliminated.
| The drop in the prices of lead
and of wool is having an embarras
sing effect upon the mining and
sheep raising industries. The great
lead mines in the northern part of
the state which are still operating
on a war basis, so far as costs are
concerned, are threatened with an
early shutdown. The sheep men
of the state also claim that they
face. enormous losses on this year’s
clip unless the government price
of last year is to be upheld. They
| point out in substantiation of this
claim the shearing will be begun in
less than a month and that the
cost of this year’s clip so far as
labor, feed and production costs are
I concerned has been entirely on a
war basis.
A few of the larger lumber com
panies were producing Idaho pine
for airplane use, but this was on
; such a small scale that the cancel
lation of airplane stock contracts
I has had practically no effect on the
lumber situation in this state.
The minstrels are coming, March
seventeenth.
PALACE
;
MUSI GIVE WAY I
10 LAMES NEED;
' SALT LAKE CITY.—Amelia;
j I'aluce, pretentious residence built j
i for Brigham Young for Amelia
j Folsom Young, reputed “favorite” ^
wife of the pioneer Mormon leader,
, here, is to be razed and upon the
, lot it now occupies will be erected
| a modern structure. Announco
; ment to this effect has been made
i by .1. T. Keith, architect for Mrs.
Edwin F. Holmes, owner of the
. property, who is known as Utah’s
“Silver Queen.”
Since the United States entered
the war the mansion has been used
as Red Cross headquarters through
the kindness of Mrs. Holmes.
Amelia Palace was known forjs
years as “Gurdo House”. It is said 1 j
one of the workmen was respons-1 j
ible for the name, it being due to j
an Italian mansion which had that!
name. The mansion was planned ] J
and building commenced by Brig-! (
! i
ham Young in 1876, and during - w.
1877 a portion was completed and - j
occupied by Mrs. Amelia Folsom j I
Young. The Mormon church ou- j I
thorities took over the property artd
completed it upon the death of the |
pioneer leader. It was occupied
for a time by President John
Taylqr.
In 1885 the property was seized
by the United States authorities.
! later restored to the church and
j again in 1891 taken over by the!
.government, together with other;
church property which had been |
seized. During the time the got- [
ernment held it, the mansion was, i
for a time, used as an institute I
for addicts of the liquor habit, j
Ijite in 1892 the property was re- j
turned to the Mormon church, the!
church authorities having con- j
formed to certain federal require-j
ments. Shortly thereafter the house;
was sold to Mrs. Holmes- Prior
to this sale the house was occupied
by Colonel Isaac Trumbo, who was
a candidate for the United States |
senate in 1890.
Amelia Palace has been one of
the historic places pointed out to,
tourists who visited Salt Lake City, i
It is just across the street from the
famous Beehive and Lion houses,
and the Eagle Gate, notable relics
of the days of Brigham Young.
KOYUKUK MINER
LIKES KANTbHNA
Harry Owens, the Koyukuk min
ing man, made a trip to the Kan
tishna country recently and return
ed to Nenana a few days ago- He
is very favorably impressed with
the country and thinks he will go
in there in the spring. He was
accompanied by Mace Farrar and
Norman Hadley on the round trip.
Harry, who comes from a district
where the rabbits, usually are very
thick, was vastly impressed with
the game possibilities of the Kan
tishna. He said he never saw as
many moose and caribou before,
anywhere in Alaska, and thinks that
there are a greater number of moose
and caribou in the Kantishna than
there are rabbits in the Koyukuk.
He says that several prospectors
in the district had recently been
disturbed by moose hanging around
their cabins, and that the animals
even hampered them on the trail,
they being very tame and showing
no fear of man.
SALVAGE DEPARTMENT
MAKES LARGE SAVING
TOURS, France. The American
Expeditionary salvage department
saved during the six months ending
December 31, over $3,500,000 worth
of war material by recovering, re
pairing and collecting the previously
rejected equipment of the soldiers,
according to officers of the quarter
master’s department here.
WANT ADS
WANTED TO BUY—A three or
four-room house. Must be
reasonable. Inquire News office.
FOR SALE—Sled and 13 dogs with
harness complete. Sled 12 feet
long, in good shape. Malamutes
and huskies form the team. Ar
rived in Nenana recently from
St. Michael. $160 for the outfit
Apply George Ilanoff, Cooney
Hotel.
FOR SALE—Wall folding bed;
single spring; new lumber frame;
has silkoline curtain. Suitable
for one-room cabin, provides
shelf room, economizes space; is
more sightly than ordinary bed.
Price $12. Inquire Mrs. D’Orsay’s
Tailor Shop, Third and A streets.
FOR RENT—Good log cabin, in
quire of Mrs. Nicley.
FOR RENT—Large front room,
suitable for club rooms or parties,
by night, week or month. Inquire
of Mrs. Nicley.
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
Don’t Leave
ALASKA
Men wanting employment can
obtain work at good wage* 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.
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Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
Anderson, Herman
Allred, Mrs. Clara
Brown, Jess
Berggren, Ernst
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.
Coutts, W J.
Calderhead, R. \
Campbell, N. J.
Coghill, W. A.
Cooney, M. J.
Doner, Frank
Diven, R. J.
Douse, Fred
Davis, Harry
Ekeland, Alf
Funk, A. B.
Fisher, Joe
Flower, J. H.
Foster, Steve
Gagnon, Wm.
Haslem. H. G.
Hagan, James
Hill, L. W.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey, Andy
Gray, E. B.
Gilcher, W. H.
Hyland, Mike
Isabel, L, C.
Irvine, A. J.
Johnson, A. G.
Jones, Frank
Julian, W. J.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter
Joseph, H. B.
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Koland, Knut
Ketooroky, John A.
Laughlin, E. L.
Land, E. E.
Lehr, Q. P.
Markus, George
Mortensen, Peter
Myers, R- R.
Moore, Frank R.
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. I..
Ryan, W. A.
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry N.
Stol, Nels
Schmidt, Carl
Schaeffer, M. A.
Slippern, J. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Stone, A. J.
Schmidt. Pete
Smith, Chas.
Southworth, R. G.
Spira, Frank
Tunison, B.
Thompson, Theodore
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. J.
Verhaeghe, Cyriela
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Woods, Geo. W.
Williams, E. A.
Wacchter, R. I.