THE NENANA NEWS
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Day of Publication Saturday Edited by R. G. Southworth
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NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5. 1918.
PATIENT AMERICA.
Americans certainly are a patient
people. Scores upon scores of out
rages committed within our bound
aries since the war began, by ene
mies of the republic, and compara
tively few of the offenders punished
—none with sufficient severity to
serve as examples to others of their
kind. Many have been interned,
some have been imprisoned and a
few, too few—will receive the ex
treme penalty in due course of time.
If there have been executions al
ready, the fact has not been given
sufficient publicity to serve as a
warning to others.
As a people, we Americans are
notoriously clement in dealing with
criminals, and these war outrages
are something new to us. We have
not yet come to a full realization of
the dangers which lurk within our
midst as the result of our partici
pation in the war. The press dis
patches tell us pf the destruction
of our factories by fire and ex
plosion, of the suffering and murder
of outraged workmen, but we are
not yet aroused to the point of de
manding that drastic measures be
taken to put a stop to the outrages.
We must lose more of our factories,
more of our fellow workers, before
the need of action will impress itself
upon our minds. Then we will act,
probably as individuals and as a gov
ernment, and the outrages will come
to a sudden halt.
Those who commit these war out
rages are cowards of the worst type.
If they knew, in adance, that they
would forfeit their lives, they would
not be so ready to carry on their
devilish work. A few public hang
ings would help a lot to preserve
order among those who do not know
the value of liberty or the meaning
of justice. But in order to cope
successfully with the situation, there
must be co-operation between the
American people and their govern
ment. Every man must stand guard
over his own life and property and
that of his neighbor, ready to take
instant action, should the need arise
or to apprise the authorities of
threatened dangers. If every Amer
ican will do his bit in the policing
of the nation, the apprehension of
offenders will be rendered much less
difficult. Extreme penalties will do
the rest.
WAR EXPENSE.
The first session of the sixty
fifth “war” congress was in session
188 days during 1917. More than
10,000 army, navy and marine corps
nominations were confirmed. Spe
cial missions from Great Britain,
France, Belgium, Italy, Russia and
Japan addressed both houses.
Appropriations and contract au
thorizations for the present fiscal
year, dating from the first Monday
in December, 1917, total $21,390,
000,000; including $7,000,000,000
in loans to the Allies.
In round numbers the authoriza
tions are approximately as follows:
army, $8,911,000,000; navy, $1,875,
000,U00; merchant shipping fleet,
$1,889,000,000; loans to allies, $7,
000,000,000; defense fund for presi
dent, $100,000,000; soldiers’ and
sailors’ insurance, $176,000,000,
food and fuel control, $173,000,000;
interest on bonds and certificates,
$200,000,000; civil establishment of
government, $958,000,000; ail other
expenses, $102,000,000.
SERUM PREVENTS TETANUS i
During the last meeting of the j
Surgical society in Paris Dr. Fredit
mentioned a fact which seemed to
show the value of preventive injec- i
tions of anti-tetanus serum.
After the battle of Ouieq, a rr- j
+ain number of wounded Fr> nch and :
German soldiers were collected in a
hospital. A German doctor who had
remained with the German wounded,
and although sufficient serum was
placed at his disposal, he rt fused to
use it for his men. saying that he
considered such irjectivos had no
preventive value. The French
wourded received the normal doses
. f the serum. Of twelve German
wounded, six contracted tetanus,
(lock-jaw) and died, while the
French wounded who had been treat
ed, showed no symptoms of it. This
example of the serum’s preventive
efficacy has all the more weight be
cause all the men had been wounded
under the same conditions and on
the same tetanus-infected ground.
The creation of a munitions de
partment, proposed in a bill intro
duced this week by Senator Cham
berlain, seems like a sensible move.
Circumstances have compelled us to
go into the war game on a very
large scale and, since we are in it,
we should strive to make a success
of it. Every part of the work of
putting the nation on a solid war
footing should be in the hands of
men specially fitted for their res
pective tasks. Because a man is a
good officer or a fearless warrior,
it does not follow that he is a safe
man to direct the manufacture or
purchase of guns and ammunition.
It too often happens that a man
schooled in the art of fighting lacks
business acumen and is a failure as
the manager of anything other than
a body of soldiers. The application
of business principles to the im
portant work of preparation will
hasten the conclusion of the war and
prevent needless loss of life. Mis
takes are too costly to be risked
in such a crisis as exists—a crisis
that demands the maximum of effi
ciency in every department.
“We believe that the town it
self, and every business man in
town and every home in town
will be better for the absence of
liquor from the camp; that the
townspeople will be happier and
more prosperous and more proud
of their city and its population
than it ever has been .... for
man has a better chance for sal
vation with the curse of liquor
removed from his path.”
That is the frame of mind in
which the editor of the Fairbanks
News-Miner received prohibition and
we believe that his words reflect
the sentiment of the press of the en
tire territory, not excepting those
newspapers which vigorously op
posed the proposition before the
last election. Much of what was
said then was dictated by the liquor
interests; now we are beginning to
get honest to goodness confessions
of faith.
A list of the employees of the
Alaska fishing industry during the
year 1916 shows that approximately
nine-tenths of them were non-resi
dents of the territory, being brought
North at the commencement of the
season and returned to the States
at the close of the season. A total
of 23,994 persons were employed
during the 1916 season, of which
number 12,449 were white men,
4,793 were natives, 1,831 were Japs,
2,371 Chinese and 2,550 Philipinos
Mexicans, Negroes, Porto Ricans, etc.
Prof. Georgeson said something
when he advocated lower passenger
and freight rates for those desirous
of coming to Alaska to take up land.
Under present conditions a prospec
tive settler of moderate means can
not make the trip. The opportunt
ties are here, but the cost of mak
ing the voyage from Seattle to
Alaska i3 such as to discourage
travel in this direction.
Washington.—Congressman Kahn,
of California, intends proposing an
amendment to the army bill to com
pel the registration of all citizens
from 18 to 40 years of age inclusive,
thereby giv'ng America a resrve of
21,000,000 .o draw from. The pres
ent age is from 21 to 31.
“We must make preparations,” he
said, as if the war were going to
last forever. This will be the sure
est way to bring the war to a suc
cessful end and the surest way to
establish peace that will last.
One of the worst storms in years
is reported to have pre-a'led in
Southeastern Alaska waters re j.
while the temperature at some pou t’
dropped as low as 8 degress below
zero.
RED CROSS RECORD OF NENANA
A gratifying showing was made by
Nenanaites in joining the American
Red Cross during its Christmas drive
for memberships. A committee of
14 ladies handled the subscriptions
and to date the sum of $723 has
been collected. A total of 320 took
out memberships, including one life
membership at $50; eight sustaining
members at $10; thirty-seven con
tributing members at $5 each; one
hundred and nine subscribing mem
bers at $2 each; and one hundred
and sixty-five annual members at
$1 each.
In addition to the above, the fol
i lowing took out life memberships in
the Red Cross during November at
$25 each: Con Beggs, C. W. Land
wehr, Alex Coveney, Albert Miller,
Mrs. M. S. Love, A. Clarno, Henry
Stein, Charles Slater, John Payne,
I Jack Tucker, S. J. Cruikshank, John
| Diston, George Merrill, O. E. Steele,
! M. D. McCambridge, Mrs. Malcolm
IE. Smith, S. T. Hinckley, Andrew
j Skattabo, Asa E. Pittock.
! List of Members of the Red Cross
■ Drive from December 17 to 25.
Class 5—Life Membership
j Geo. W. Pennington.
Class 4—Sustaining Members
j Dan McPherson, Rose Smith, Geo.
| W. Pennington, Louis Lohr, Allen
j Crane, R. R. Robinson, Chas. Wag
ner, J. A. Denney, C. M. Mortenson.
Class 3—Contributing Members
C. M. Mortenson, F. B. Moore,
I Edw. Mclnnes, A. D. Pratt, W. Red
! den, Jas. McMann, John Miiton, W.
B. Reaburn, W. M. Mosiman, H. B.
Joseph, O. A. Strom, G. W. Coffman,
L. Winstedt, John Hawsan, C. C.
Climer, Lewis Lee, John Mahoney,
P. C. Gallagher, L. L. Summerlin,
Kenneth Case, Geo. B. Richardson,
J. M. Hansen, Harry G. Abercrom
j bie, A St. J. McAuley, Paul Palfy,
| M. S. Love, A. Byron, Helen Davis,
■' Dollie Martin, Olive Webb, Flossie
! Lyle, Edna Berlou, C. C. Heid, Clara
| Aldred, Jack Dugan, Gus. Erickson,
1 Frank C. Smith, F. B. Moore.
Class 2—Subscribing Members
Frank W. Taylor, W. A. Coghill,
John Leppik, J. T. Burns, R. W.
Dodds, J. F. Bennett, T. Tanaka,
Geo. K. Nakahashi, H. G. Hustin,
Mrs. J. D. O’Neill, Fred Schallhamer,
Harry Warfield, H. G. Summerlin,
Harry Wait, E. T. Sullivan, J. E.
Barrack, C. D. Ross, G. B. Abbey,
J. II. Deitrichs, J. C. W’illiams, Leon
Shoemaker, C. E. Lewis, Chas.
Boyer, Mose Fountain, Sam Bitoff,
George Ketiogles, Daniel Hayes, W.
G. I.angdon, Moses Hancock, Mrs.
N. P. Anderson, G. F. Cramer, J. A.
Slippern, Ira B. Ball, May Persons,
Mrs. H. Dewyre, C. B. Gray, W. E.
Lawrence, Mrs. N. Campbell, K.
Nichols, Herman Rosburg, W. H.
Gilcher, Joe Burns, Emma Duke,
Mrs. Fred Ryus, Miss Alfreda Bil
lings, Anna M. Liverson, Elizabeth
McRae, B. Pomeroy, Mary Scattum,
W. L. Forrest, Mrs. O. C. Rothen
burg, Mrs. John Flower, John
Flower, David H. More, Mrs. Maud
Bishop, Andy Hoey, S. B. Waite,
Jack Wallis, Oliver Lee, Joseph John
son, Mrs. Iletta Dwyer, Mrs. R. E.
Burns, Mrs. Wm. J. Hubbach, Mrs.
C. H. Hall, Herman Anderson, Mild
red Anderson, Harold Anderson, A.
W. Murphy, W. R. Healy, Jack
Grier, Robt. Benner, H. W. Shaw,
J. O’Neill, Andrew Burns, C. E.
Bergman, W. Howie, A. McDougall,
Wm. Shea, G. Pennington, J. F. Sat
terwhite, T. K. Blakely, K. A. Fin
layson, James Wilson, Allan A. John
son, J. Malkiewicz, S. Williams, Nels
P. Nelson, G. Person, J. A. Mc
Govern, Oscar A. Johnson, Max
Wolff, Nick Ker.z, Alex Adoff, F.
Sullivan, J. C. Nail, John Patterson,
T. Dickinson, Geo. Gotto, S. G.
Stevens, J. Russell Walle, M. E.
Meagher, J. G. K. Toussaint, C. D.
Leckie, Frank Doner, W. Holler
bach, Tom Thompson. Sam Gotoff,
M. D. McCambridge, Wm. Taylor.
Class 1—Annual Members
G. L. Hall, Mrs. James Lavin, Mrs. |
C. Clausen, R. G. Southworth, C. H. |
Hall, John Gudweth, Joe Fikelstein, j
Helen Hutmacher, W. J. Coots, Wal- j
ter Forrest, M. H. Boulais, H. A. j
Long, P. D. Waugh, Albert Wigand,:
P. Sullivan, Tom Hogan, C. B. Mur-1
phy, Herman Malme, Steve McGov-;
ern, Ell. Han, Jas. McLoughlin, j
Stanley P. Chernaff, Frank Gasoff, i
Nick Salvas, Andrew Smith, Ignat
Mrkaich, Mike Petenaris, Eli Abal-j
off, Julius Bormette, Nick Kriskoff,
Jas. Poe, P. Boyle, Andrew Bigoff,
Ja«. Byrne, E. Lowrenson, Carl
Roi'set, Chas. Sheldon, F A. Wil
liams, J. A. Wilson, Tr- ne Aider
man, Paul Popvich, Mike Boziroff,
August Modalo, Mrs. F. W. C raig,
K. Immamura, Mrs. J. A. Slipoern,
Thora Slippern, Mrs. Geo. Santras,
Aletc Corency, Ed. Erickson, Wm.
Satterquist, Glen H. Dickinson, Wm.
N. Growden, John Ulrickson, Leonti 1
Vercnn, Red Kepp, L. R. Vernon,
Ralph Darling, Mrs. W. E. Lawrence,
I
James Hagan, Edward J. New, W.
H. Grigg, Louis W. Scanlan, John
Barnard, Thomas E. Matthews, Paul
Lescure, A. D. Thompson, Wm. H.
Smith, A. J. Ghezzi, P. H. Crowdey,
Ross Patton, W. Casey, E. Slippern,
Joe Gustafson, C. J. Irish. S. Howell,
Jenny Cleveland, Mary Brooker,
Struppe, Charles Faires, Max W.
Smith, O. M. Jackson, Mrs. Hill, Wm.
J. Taylor, Ben Simson, Andy Hark
eom, J. M. Hansen, S. Howell, Mrs.
Mellish, Virginia More, Stella Pach
erneg, Leon Kellum, R. B. Ward,
Ike P. Taylor, Ed. Worcester, J. R.
Lamb, Alfred Schaeffer, Archie
Myre, C. F. Krueger, Ohas. Wer
mundcon, J. Wermundson, (Near
Sander, F. B. Me Dor. a 11, J. B
Brown, Ben Johnson, Chris. Ai <1. r
son, B. H. Jobson, M. Dunn, F. J.
Downey, Jas. T. Oldfield, Peter Con
ley, A. W. Van Sant, D. O. Ken
nedy, E. Laherty. John Parks, F. A.
Mann, Joseph Zace, John Blattman,
A. Sidback, Thomas Carey, Alfred
Larson, John Szelonzek, Eli Rado
vich, Joe Cunningham, Alfred John
son, M. Gorman, James M. Sweeney,
W. G. Blakely, Jack Nelson, A. CL
Weitzel, Mrs. Herman Anderson,
Valentine Anderson, Wm. Kenyon,
Geo. Hupprich, E. G. Pierson, Sam
Beatty, E. J. Cronin, Earl Welliver,
Mrs. Edw. Lund, Mr. Waite, P. J.
Wenn, Arthur C. Ellenson, Pete
Schmidt, N. E. Smith, Mrs. Carl
Schmidt, Ernest Berggren, Nick
Popa, S. Ono, Mrs. N. G. Nelson,
N. G. Nelson, Miss Grace Nelson,
Erick Johanson, C. W. Thrift, Red
Kepp, Mike Gasoff, Guy Radich,
G. Daniels, Harry H. Freer, John
Zuroff, Chas. C. More, Laura W.
Hall, Alex Kolxtsoff. Total num
ber members, 320. Total amount,
$723.
The following names, with the
amounts subscribed, were added to
the list of Red Cross members since
the above lists were completed:
W. F. Carpenter, $10; C. J. Sel
lander, $10; F. M. Gamble, $5; R. B.
Eames, $5; E. C. Carraher, $1; C.
D. Leckie, $1; Lawrence Cole, $1;
F. E. Bowman, $1; J. R. Nadon, $1;
Fred Hupprich, $5; Ed Williams, $5;
L. E. Heald, $2; making a total of
$47.00
Those following the great relief
work of the Red Cross, which is at
present holding the interest of the
world at large, will note with satis
faction the growth which has dis
tinguished Nenana on the list of
those fighting for the universal
cause.
The nation, within the past year,
made its strongest appeal to every
American citizen to help hear the
burden resting so heavily upon those
called to face the stupendous pur
pose for victory or death. Xanana
has responded to every call with
a readiness and generosity befitting
the true American.
Under the able supervision of Mrs.
Thos. Riggs, Jr., who as acting
president of the Nenana branch of
the Red Cross, first started the
movement here, many gratifying
sums of money have been added to
the fund within the year of 1917.
Before leaving Nenana for the
winter, Mrs. Riggs added 434 mem
berships to the American list. Since
that time, and during the Christmas
drive, 19 life members and 329
others were procured through Mr.
and Mrs. Cramer and a committee
formed especially for the Christ
mas drive. At this time Mr. Geo.
Pennington took out a $50 member
ship, also giving a generous contri
bution to the fund.
Mrs. Riggs formed a first aid
class of ten women under the direc
tion of Dr. Malcolm E. Smith, who
thoroughly equipped them for active
service. She also w'as instrumental
in raising funds through the summer
by arranging several entertain
ments, which proceeds helped swell
the fund for the year of 1917.
The receipts in full are as follows:
By Mrs. Riggs, 434 members,
. $588.00
19 life memberships, at $25,
. 475.00
1 life membership, at $50,. 50.00
Christmas Drive members,
328. 717.00
Tennis court bazaar, $1171.30
Half to Red Cross. 585.65 i
Half to Bel; ian relief 585.65
Collected by Mrs. Love 78.25
... 663.00 !
Entertainment at Coliseum. .. 817.15 1
Interior Dept., subscriptions
ft r bed in American Hos
pital. at Neuilly, France,
A. E. C. employees. 1,502. 0
Monthly subscriptions by A.
E. C. employees, Nov. 839.25
Total
$6,247.85
ELSEWHERE IN ALASKA
| A new and important copper strike
is reported to have been made dur
ing the past summer by M. B.
i Vaughn and M. P. Fox near the
head of the McLaren, in the Susitna
watershed, about 50 miles from
; Yosts’ on the Fairbanks-Valdez
trail. The location will be about
one hundred miles from the govern
ment railroad, when it is completed
through to Fairbanks. The vein is
said by the locators to be in amy
gdaloid greenstone, is from two to
ten inches wide, maximum width
shows on the surface for about
forty feet, while the vein can be
i traced for 300 feet. The samples
' of the ore shown by the locators,
! which they claim to be a fair aver
age of the vein, is good grade ehal
copyrite, about twenty per cent cop
per content.
The United States Bureau of Fish
■ eries will take a sufficient number
of five-year-old fur seal off the
Pribiloff islands this year to deter
mine the best uses to which these
skins may be put and how they will
be received by the trade. A limited
number of the skins were taken last
year and were found to equal in
quality the skins of the three-year
old. Two expert seal skinners from
New Foundland and two sealskin
specialists from a St. Louis concern
will be stationed on the Pribiloff
islands for the purpose of assisting
the agents and instructing the nat
ives in taking and preparing the
skins.
--
Steven Haid recently arrived in
' Anchorage from the Teller country,
where he has been engaged in per
forming development work on the
silver-lead property on Lost riv“r.
! They tapped an 8-foot vein of the
silver-lead ore which Laid imagines
runs 40 per cent. He brought to
the beach 1,000 pounds of the ore
and will ship it to the State-.. He
says that this is the best proposi
tion that he has struck in this coun
try.
Louis C. Dillman, a Seattle capi
talist, announced on October 20 his
sale of the Westover group of cop
per mines in Southwestern Alaska
to the Alaska-Chitina Exploration
Co., of Seattle, for $416,000 in
bonds and cash. F. A. Seiberling.
president of the Goodyear Rubber
Co., of Akron, Ohio, is reported to .
be interested in the purchasing
company.
The Willow Creek Development
Co. has made a shipment of ore to
Falkenburg & Laucks, of Seattle,
who will make a thorough test and
design a mill for treating it.
The government railroad has al
ready borne fruit in rendering the
Willow Creek district accessible. It
can be reached now from Anchor
age in a day, while a year ago the j
journey required four days This1
has resulted in increased activity in
the district and brighter prospects
for the coming year.
The Tenakee resents the attack I
made upon it by the Empire and its
residents have made this statement
to the editor: They say that the j
office of marshal and deputy mar
shal have been filled by men under
Jennings who do not have the back
ing of the people. They admit that
the place is not orderly and not the
best place on earth to live, although
they would be perfectly satisfied
to have conditions made better
The secretary of agriculture, act
ing under the authority of the act
for the protection of Alaska game,
has issued an order making it un
lawful to permit dogs to run at
large outside of a few towns on
Kenai peninsula. The regulation is
for the protection of game. It is
also unlawful to kill game for dog
feed.
Major L. H. French author, capi
talist and a prominent member of
Roosevelt’s Rough Riders during the
Spanish-American war, was a recent,
visitor at Valdez.
“Senator” Charles Hiil arrived :.t
Juneau recently with six more deer .
which will be sent north to "tocl.
Hinchinbrook Island. The ‘ liena
tor” has secured 32 deer this sen-]
son for Hinchinbrook and Ilawuin
islands and will not secure any more
this season.
The Canadian government has no
tified James Farr, a well known !
lo -al farmer of Dawson, that he has i
In on appointed the government ex-;
nirimental farmer for the region.!
Mr. Farr’s appointment is the result
of a visit to the Yukon last, year of j
Dr. Malte of the Dominion govern-1
ment agricultural staff who was
greatly pleased with a seires of ex^
periments which the farmer had con
ducted with grains and vegetables
Carles C. Nichols, of the staff at
the governor’s office at Juneau, re
cently married Miss Eleanor Lucy
Gale, who came all the way from
Honolulu to meet her husband to be
All mining has been suspended in
the Council district with the closing
down of the Wild Goose and Blue
Goose mines recently.
Skagway purchased nearly $35,000
worth of Liberty Loan bonds during
the week’s campaign, making an ex
cellent showing.
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