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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ADVERTISING ALASKA
Readers of the News will recall
that news despatches received from
the East some time ago told of pre
parations being made by the Sal
vation Army to invade the Anchor
age division for the purpose of im
proving conditions among the sol
diers doing guard duty in that part
of Alaska. At the time it was not
clear why such action was deemed
necessary, but advices coming from
Boston and other Eastern cities re
cently have solved the mystery.
The attention of sympathetic East
erners was directed toward Alaska
by the letter of an imaginative
young soldier, in which he had in
formed the home folks at Boston
that the soldier boys of Alaska had
been subjected to great neglect—
particularly the boys assigned to
guard duty in Anchorage division.
The letter was accepted at its
face value, and promptly referred
to the Boston Herald. The Herald
printed the letter and called upon
its readers to remedy the un-Ameri
can condition described therein;
other papers took up the cry. with
out investigating the case, and let
ters and clippings now coming to
Alaska indicate that the neglected
soldier story has received very wide
circulation, not an editor apparently
having been sufficiently well en
ough acquainted with Alaska to
know that conditions such as those
described by the Anchorage guard
do not obtain in any part of the
Northland where soldiers are sta
tioned.
Lieut. Chas. B. Knights, officer
commanding the Anchorage detach
ment, has written a letter to the
Boston paper, making a dignified,
courteous refutation of the mislead
ing statements contained in the let
ter in question, and setting forth
the conditions as they really exist,
concluding with the request that the
Herald give as much publicity to his
letter as was given to the letter of
the irresponsible soldier responsible
for the threatened Salvation Army
invasion of Alaska.
The Boston article, which was
reprinted by many other Eastern
newspapers, is as follows:
“In these triumphant hours, when
all America is showering well-de
served plaudits upon our victorious
boys in France, I would like to call
the attention of your readers to a
little band of American soldiers who
are doing their bit in our country,
under circumstances requiring as
much courage and endurance, and
as fine a brand of patriotism and
self-sacrifice as that which inspired
our heroes at the front. These boys
enlsted before the first'-draft was
called, hoping thereby to be given
the precedence in going to France
to fight the Hun. To their bitter
disappointment they tvere ordered
instead to Alaska, to guard the
government property at the great
Matanuska coal fields near Anchor
ape—one of the most desolate. God
forsaken regions in the world. In
this land of horror it is night for
half the year, and the temperature
is 60 degrees below zero. Fierce
blizzards sweep down from the
mountains and bury the land be
neath twenty feet of snow and ice
and raging tides in Cook Inlet—the
nearest harbor prevent the entry
of any ship after winter sets in,
thus cutting them off utterly from
the outside world, except when a
dog team struggles to them over
land with the mail. In summer the
conditions are almost worse, for
then the land is converted into a
swamp in which breed countless
millions of the most virulent mos
quitos. But, perhaps, the hardest
thing of all for them to bear is that
they are forgotten and ignored by
the people back home in the States.
Neither the Y. M. C. A., nor the
K. of C. have given them ‘Hut’ or
‘Canteen,’ the Red Cross has sent
them no sweaters and socks to keep
them warm, no nurse to minister to
them in sickness. The library asso
ciation has sent no books, nor has
any other organization done any
thing to ameliorate their lives. Re
cently the influenza has attacked
them, and, having no hospital, they
have to care for their sick them
selves, in their own barracks—it is
difficult to see how any of them
can escape infection under these
circumstances. But with all this
hardship to endure, are they down
hearted? No. They have set their
jaws in grim determination to do
their soldiers’ duty where they have
been ordered to stay, and there is
something very fine and splendid
in the undaunted courage with which
they have accepted their almost in
tolerable lot.”
Lieut. Chas Knights,, officer com
manding the guard troops in An
chorage division, recently fell on
the ice rink and fractured his nose.
Board of School Director!
Nenana Public School
Nenana March 1, 1919
NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECTION
Complying with the laws of Alas
ka. notice is hereby given that the
regular annual election will be held
in the town of Nenana,
Tuesday, April lit, 1919.
For the purpose of electing one
school director, to serve one year,
to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Mrs. Jeannette Ellen
son. and two directors to serve two
years to fill the vacancies caused
by the expiration of terms of Mrs.
E. L. Sweeney and Mr. George
W. Pennington.
The names of candidates must be
in the hands of the Clerk of the
School Board not later than March
22, 1919.
The polling place will be located
in the fire hall, adjoining the town
site office. Polls will be open from
8 a. m. until 7 p. m. on the day
and date of election.
J. H. SCOTT,
Clerk of School Board.
Approved:
MRS. E. L. SWEENEY.
President.
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FROM THE STATES:
BACK TO MINING I
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C. A. Wheeler, who answered his t
country’s cali from his mining *
claim on Glenn creek, in the Kan- 1
tishna country, and went out to '
Camp Lewis with the last canting- 1
ent from Alaska, returned to town
on Saturday night from the end of *
steel, having mushed in from Tal- 2
keetna over the Broad Pass trail.
The contingent of which Wheeler 1
was a member left Fort Gibbon ‘
October 4th, arriving at Camp 1
Lewis on October 28th. At the ?
time of the arrival of the con- *
tingent of 77 Alaskans at Camp s
Lewis, the flu was raging and the 1
camp was in quarantine.
A short time after their ar
rival at the camp, the Alaskans
took the flu, he says, and all but 1
three of them were soon in the *
hospital, a few of them, of whom '
Dorman Baker was one, passing 'f
away.
The men, as they were taken
sick, were placed in the hospital
annex known as the flu ward, where
they were put through a careful 1
examination by three army doctors r
from this ward, as such action be
came necessary they were removed
to the pneumonia awrd, and from
there later to the convalescent ward.
Wheeler and seventeen others were
taken to the flu ward on the same
day. He was in the hospital for 7
weeks, being discharged from that
institution a few days before Christ
mas Day.
He got his discharge from the
army on January 9th, with several
others; some of whom had recently
arrived at Camp Lewis from over
seas. He says that all of the nec
essary discharge papers were made
out and signed by the 30th of
December, but owing to some hitch
about their traveling allowance, the
discharges were held back until
January 9th. On that day the
Alaskans were told the amount the
war office would allow for travel
ing expenses and were given the
choice of either taking it and get
ting their discharge at once or re
maining in the servce until the
opening of navigation in the spring.
The traveling allowance granted
was $90 to those from Nenana, and
$70 to those from Fairbanks. Mr.
Wheeler says that every Alaskan
elected to take their discharge at
once and did so.
He took a job in Todd's ship
building yard at Tacoma shortly
after being discharged and worked
there for a while, until the strike
was called, after which he traveled
around a bit and took in the sights.
He says that the average Alaskan
soon tires of the Outside, and he,
with the rest of the boys from the
army soon got mighty tired of life
there. He left Seattle February 15
on the steamer Alameda, arriving
in Seward February 22, and he says'
he was very glad indeed to be in
Alaska again.
On the Alameda, he says, there
were 73 passengers who landed at i ■
Seward, and they all came through > ■
to Anchorage. This big party of
travelers, after mushing about 14
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liles, drifted in, in parties to the
lern creek roadhouse, where they
11 somehow managed to pass the
light. The early arrivals got the
unks; those coming in later were
iven all the available mattresses
fhich they laid on the floor; those
oming in later were given the
bunk,” he says, and were asked to
elp themselves to any portion of
he floor they could manage to find.
Ivery nook and cranny was occu
pied, he says, some finding a rest
n the table and benches, and others
inder those articles of furniture,
'he proprietor of the house, Mrs.
,’elly Neale, cooked them a meal
nd served it in several sittings.
To overcome a little difficulty
n the road between Seward and
tnchorage where the heavy snow
rifts seriously interfere with the
rain service, the A. E. C. were
etting ready to put into c-ommis
ion the small steamer Alaska. They
propose to run this boat on Turn
gain Arm of Cook Inlet from
plile “1 to Mile 83 and. until such
ime as the adverse snow condi
ions could be overcome, carry
passengers and freight to connect
nth the trains at the ends of this
ap. The boat was all ready for
aunching when Mr. Wheeler left,
nd he thinks it is probably run
ing now.
Mr. Wheeler mushed in and made
he journey from Talkeetna to Xe
ana in exactly a week's time, and
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WANT ADS
LOST.—Lady's Elgin Watch with
monogram on back M. C. Return
to News office. Reward.
FOR SALE—A new 7mm Mauser
rifle with 40 rounds of ammu
nition, $50; also a 12-gauge Rem
ington automatic shot gun, almost
new, $40. Inquire at News office.
WANTED TO BUY—A three or
four-room house. Must be
reasonable. Inquire News office.
the terse sentence “A damned good
trail”, sums up his estimate of the
connecting link between the ends
of steel on this and the coast divi
sion of the government railroad.
Mr. Wheeler intends to stay in
Nenana for the present and will
probably seek employment on the
government railroad. He will prob
ably go into the Kantishna district
after the opening of navigation,
and expects to make the trip up
the Kantishna and the Bear Paw
to Glacier with J. C. VanOrsdel.
who is planning on taking up a load
of provisions in the spring. Mr.
Wheeler had been workng with his
uncle, Charles Trundy, on Glen
creek, a tributary of Moose creek,
prior to joining the colors, and will
resume operations there later on.
He says that he will probably do
considerable prospecting during the
coming summer.
John Delfel. who had a barber
shop on upper A street, left this
morning for the Juneau Hot Springs.
He was accompanied by Lockie Mc
Donald. and the men are traveling
with a dog team by way of the
Valdes, trail.
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 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 Latouch? and
Kennecott.
ALASKA PUBLICITY
BUREAU
Juneau A’aika.
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
Rates By the Week or Month
MRS. NICELY, Proprietress
Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
Anderson, Herman
Allred, Mrs. Clara
Bergman. Charles
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 t.
Calderhead, R. VV
Campbell, N. J.
Coghill, W. A.
Cooney, M. j.
Doner, Frank
Diven, R J,
Douse. Fred
Davis, Harry
Eksland, Alf
Funk, A B.
Finlavson, K A.
Fisher, Joe
Flower. J. H.
Foster, Steve
Gagnon, Wm.
Ghezzi, Alfred
Head. E. A.
Haslem, H. G.
Hagan. James
Hill, L. W.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey, Andy
Gray. E. R.
Gileher, 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.
Koland, Knut
Ketoorokv, John A
I.aughlin, E. L.
Lund, E. E.
Lehr. Q. F.
Markus, George
Mortenven, 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. W
Palfy, Paul
Packer, W. L.
Ryan, W. A.
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Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry N.
Stol, Mels
Schmidt, Carl
Schaeffer, M. A.
Slippern, J. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Stone, A J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, ('has.
Smith, George A.
Southworth, R. G.
S*>ira, Frank
Taylor, Frank
Tunison, B.
Thompson, Theodore
Toassaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. J.
Verhaeghe, Cyriele
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Woods, Geo. W.
Williams, E. A.
Waechter, R. I.
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