THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enrry 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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this paper and also all the local news published herein.
GERMAN PRISONERS
German wireless reports asserting j
that the dejection of captured Ger
mans is due to fear of bad treat
ment rather than weakened morale
are refuted by letters written by
German prisoners in England, says
an Associated Press correspondent,
writing from London.
Referring to the political condi
tions in Germany one prisoner wrote:
“1 should think those who have been
deceived would be pretty tired of
it by now and their eyes be opened.”
Regarding German officials the
writer says: “The next Reichstag i
election after the war will show j
these gentry what’s what.”
Writing to a friend in America a
prisoner describes conditions in Ger-!
many as unbearable. “Good luck 1;
am not there,” he says, “otherwise1
I would be no more among the;
living. I can only advise you not
to go back unless you are forced to'
do so.
“It is only for a mad clique of
militarists who are dragging our'
honest names into the dirt and whom
we are to curse for our pitiful situa- j
tion, but I hope that the rest of
the world will bring them back to
their senses soon.
“I have not heard of my brother
Wilhelm lately, poor lad, he has to
fight for his mad kaiser, but I have
strong hope that he will soon become I
such a brave soldier as I am—I
hope you will understand.”
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THE EPIDEMIC
In a statement appearing in the
Official Bulletin recently, the War
Department says of the epidemic of
Spanish influenza, now prevalent
throughout many sections of the
United States, that “the appearance
of the disease in the camps does not
come as a surprise to the Medical
Department, as it was reasonably
certain that it would be brought to
this country through the normal
means of travel. The only method
of preventing its entrance into this
country would have been to stop
communication with European coun
tries while the disease was active
in Erope. War-time condtiions pre
cluded such a course.
Responsible medical officers at
all camps and army cantonments re
cently received instructions from the ‘
surgeon general regarding the pre- '
cautions that should be taken to
prevent the spread of all classes of
respiratory diseases. While these'
suggestions did not specifically call
attention to the possibility of epi
demics of Spanish influenza, the
advice given applies equally well to
this disease. It is belived that the
adherence to the sanitary procedure
outlined in this communication will
limit the spread of influenza.
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SWEDE MINISTER ,
HELPED 1HE HUH!
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TOKIO—It is confirmed here that
previous to the departure of G. O. i
Wallenburg, the Swedish minister to
Japan, the diplomatic representa-1
tives of the Entente nations and of
the United States submited a note i
to the foreign office expressing their
disclination to meet Mr. Wallenberg
at social or other functions. Sub- i
sequently Mr. Wallenberg was re
called to Sweden and a new Swedish
minister recently arrived at Tokio.
None of the Allied diplomats were
present at the departure of Mr.
Wallenberg.
It is alleged that Mr. Wallenberg
sent frequent messengers to Sweden
across Siberia carrying sacks of mail
and that these sacks included letters
from German residents of’Yokohama
Slielilaa-6ibspn Stage Line
Carrying U. S. Mails
For CHITINA and WAV POINTS 1
Every Tuesday Morning
Special Auto for parties of four j
or more any time.
C. Ha~ry Woodward, agent
Fairbanks
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RED CROSS WILL ED
PRISONERS IN GERMANY
SAX FRANCISCO. — Amercian
prisoners in Germany are to be aided
through the establishment of large
warehouses for storage of supplies
at Copenhagen, Denmark and Ren
ens, Switzerland, according to ad
vices received by the San Francisco
Red Cross chapter from the Bureau
of Prisoners' Relief, American Red
Cross.
From these warehouses clothing
and twenty pounds of food will go
weekly to each American held pris
oner in Germany. Supplies, includ
ing comforts and tobacco, sufficient
to maintain 5,000 men for six
months, if that number should be
captured, will be asserr/!ed in the .
warehouses at once.
So long as the boys are at the
front, difficulties are to be subdued,
impossibilities to be trampled down.
Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
ARCTIC HOTEL
Grub and the Kaiser
MUST BE KEPT DOWN
So Get Your
MERCHANDISE
at
, EOWLER & MORRIS „
S GROCERS ;
PIGEONS HELP i
| ARMIES ABROAD
10 MAKE GOOD
BEHIND BRITISH LINES IN
FRANCE.—For the American soldier,
newly arrived in the lines in France,
there is always a great interest at
J taching to the now widespread usej
| of carrier pigeons. Little crates of !
; the birds are found in many a front
i line dugout, and they become great
! pets of the men, who watch their
! work with close interest.
Normally, information in wartime
is transmitted by wire but sometimes
occasions arise when the wires prove
I insufficient or break down alto
gether. Every front line unit must
be prepared for such an emergency.
I So the pigeons are always kept
| handy, and from time to time arc
j “tried out” to be sure that they
1 are ready for their work,
j The pigeons quickly become ac
i customed to shell fire and they will
J carry important messages through
: a heavy artillery barrage and thru
• gas 'elouds when no other method of
•communication is practicable.
I Pigeons were first employed by the
‘British army in October, 1914, when
I an experimental shipment of fifty
j birds was brought to France. Their
| value was immediately recognized
; and the service rapidly grew to enor
• mous proportions.
| Under present war conditions, the,
pigeons are most largely employed
I tor two purposes—to bring back m
I formation from the front line trench
; es, and during an advance to bring
messages from the advancing tanks
and infantry. Generally speaking,
'a 100-mile flight is'the outside limit
j for military purposes, even when
messages are sent in duplicate. For
distances of ten miles, single birds
1 are relied on constantly, and there
' are very few failures.
In war mobile lofts must take the
place of stationary ones. These are
usually small automobile trucks and
contain from 60 to 70 birds. An
important feature of the trucks is a
good “lookout cage” on top so that
the birds can easily learn the topog
raphy of the neighborhood before
being liberated for their work.
In the battle of the Somme in
1916, about 4,500 operation messages
were brought in by carrier pigeons
over a period of three months.
Carrier pigeons are very success
fully used in connection with air
craft in flight, and for distances
up to 20 or 30 miles in fine weather
can be relied upon to reach home
i with their message. They are re
leased in such a manner that they
will first move with the wind, the
airman throwing the bird forcibly
downward and sideways in the direc
tion the wind is blowing so that the
wind will assist it to clear the ma
chine. With seaplanes, a number
of cases have occurred where pilots
in distress have been rescued as the
result of pigeon messages.
There are several cases on record
in which a bird has successfully
delivered his message even when
severely wounded. In the British
army lofts, the inquisitive American
soldiers have found several birds
still at work who bear the marks
of battle, including several veterans
who are still flying regularly, though
minus a leg lost in action.
The British pigeon officers tell of
an historic pigeon, known in the
service as the “V C bird,” which ar
rived torn and bleeding and with the
i cylinder containing his message ac
j tually forced into his breast by the
force of an exploding shill. This
i stout-hearted flyer fell dead when
j his message was delivered.
r.s. McDonald
CONVEYANCING
GENERAL BROKERAGE
NOTARIAL WORK
LIFE INSURANCE
Local Agent of
Whitely-Wood ward Company
Home Insurance Co., New York
National Fire, of Hartford
Hartford Fire Insurance Co.
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Co.
Law Union and Rock, London
Look Them Up In Best’s
Union Insurance Society, London
COAST FARMERS
GIN HELP BY
ROAD BUILDERS
ANCHORAGE.—Sixty tons of po
tatoes grown in the Matanuska val
ley, which is on the Government
railroad about thirty-five miles north
of Anchorage, have been bought by
the stores department of the Alas
kan Engineering commission. This
is the first sale of any consequence
of vegetables from this season's
crop.
The yields of potatoes, beets, car
rots, onions, cabbages and other
vegetables in the Matanuska valley,
while not so heavy as last year,
are more than sufficient to supply
the demands of the Anchorage mar
ket. The quality of the crop is
much superior to that of last year.
The Alaskan Engineering com
mission will buy of Matanuska form
ers all the vegetables it can use
next winter in its terminal mess
houses and construction boarding
camps. Anchorage merchants will
import no vegetables from the
States, but will obtain their stocks
from the Matanuska district. The
large surplus, after provision has
been made to meet the needs of the
Commission and the Anchorage mer
chants, w.ill be marketed, if possible,
again this season, as last season, in
towns and cities along the south
western and southeastern coast ul J
Alaska.
To move the surplus of last sea
son’s crop, the steamship companies
granted a special freight rate of
$4 a ton from Anchorage to Alaska
coast towns. The time limit of
this rate expired September 15, this
year. The renewal of the four- j
dollar rate by the steamship com-1
panies will be urged by the Land j
and Industrial department of the j
Alaskan Engineering commission and j
the Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce.
Orders of vegetables from this
season’s crop will be received by
the Land and Industrial department
and the Chamber of Commerce, and
by them transmitted to responsible
and trustworthy farmers.
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 ’’Butsed” 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
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UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
Mrs Norman Campbell
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Highest Cash
Prices Paid for
RAW
FIJRS
SIMSON’S
If you have saved a slice a day.
eat cornbread and save a loaf.
NOTICE
i
Nenana townsite lots will be
offered for sale at the townsite
office at 11 a. m„ October 26th,
28th and 29th, 1918, at public auc
tion.
Anyone desiring a particular lot
put up for sale please notify the
Townsite Manager on or before the
dates named.
H. B. JOSEPH,
Townsite Manager.
FOR REN’T—Four-room unfurnished
cabin, hot and cold water con
nections. Inquire Waechter Bros.
Market.
I
V. f>. Fowl Administration.
Jist ez de buckwheat calte got
flop over on his fact, Br'er. Bacon
rin’ dance ’roun’ en say. sezee:—
“One good tu'n desarves en nuth
er.” sezee.—Meanin’ dat ef de
Bojer boys go en do de flghtin' fer
us, de leas' we alls kin do Is ter
sen' 'em all de wheat—eh eat
buckwheat Instid. Co'n meal, rye
en barley flour fer us will he'p a
lot tOO.
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WANT ADS
CABIN’ FOR SALE—Cost" $300;
will sell for $">0. Inquire News
office.
WANTED—Two or Three con
genial fellows to occupy 4-room
residence with me. Kitchen fa
cilities if desired. See Slippern
FOR SALE—Panoramic views of
the town of Nenana in 1916 and
j. 1917; taken by Johnson, of Fair
banks, from hill overlooking the
town. Apply at News office.
hOR SALE, CHEAP—Large tank
heater and pipe drum; flush toilet,
| good as new; also sink. Inquire
Simson’s.
WANTED—Woodchoppers to cut
four-foot wood at Vachon’s, Tolo
vana. 0-19
FOR RENT—Upstairs residence,
four rooms furnished. See Slippern
PIANOS — For Rent and Sale. Sim
son’s.
WANTED - Reliable party to rent
or manage Central lodging House.
Inquire on premises. 0-21
FOR SALE—Small heater. Cheap.
Inquire News office.
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
Tom Smith, Prop.
Phone 84
Front Between C and D
Johnson’s Store
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
PRICES REASONABLE LOUIS JOHNSON, Prop.
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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
in
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WE HAVE A FULL CARGO OF WATCHES ABOARD—EACH
ONE HITS THE MARK, AS OUR PRICES ARE
SUBMERGED.
The Army Wrist Watch
That Lights In the Dark—Not a Novelty, But a Necessity
Our $3 Radium Treated Alarm ClocKs
JUST THE THING FOR DARK NIGHTS
WM. TAYLOR
WATCHMAKER JEWELER ENGRAVER