THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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WHAT ALASKA HAS DONE AND IS DOING TO BACK UP THE
NATION IN THE WAR.
Alaska’s response to the call to the colors was characteristi
cally snappy, big. and effective, says a statement issued by the
Department of the Interior. The wireless message which told
the pioneers of the far North that their country had joined in the
world war against kaiserism at once started men and money to the
front and filled the Alaskans with such practical patriotism that
every line of industrial, engineering, mining, agricultural and fish
ing activity immediately was speeded up to the top notch of
energy and production.
One of the results of this common purpose to back up the
country appears in a statement in a routine report of the De
partment of the Interior that for the first time in her history
Alaska last year produced over 50,000 tons of coal. In Penn
sylvania this tonnage would be a trival matter, but the fact that
in 1917 the coal output of Alaska exceeded 50,000 tons is regarded
by men who are helping to develop that country as of peculiar
significance. For one thing, they say, it indicates that the Alaskan
Engineering Commission, which only three years ago began build
ing a government-owned railroad from Seward to Fairbanks, which
with its branches and spurs, will aggregate approximately 560
miles, already is in shape to haul the coal which has been its prin
cipal objective; that what has been talked about for years has
come to pass apd that from now on coal production will increase
so that last year’s total will be rembered only because it reached
a tonnage sufficient to attract attention.
It is predicted that this year more than 100,00 tons of coal
will be taken from the mines and hauled on the government rail
road and that in a eomparaively short time the ships of the navy
in the Pacific ocean can get their coal from Alaska.
All of the coal mined last year was used in Alaska and most
of it by the railroad which hauled it. The fact that the local
demand was met by local production is looked upon as showing
a net gain of more than 50,000 tons in the tonnage for use of the
United States and its allies. Had it been necessary to ship this
coal from the Pacific coast of continental United States, the en
tire cargo space of two ships of the size of the U. S. transport
Cook would have been required for the whole season.
Another striking effect of the speed-up policy which all
Alaska adopted was the great increase during 1917 of fish food
production; the total values of fish products jumped from $22,000,
000 to $42,000,000, almost double. In 1917 Alaska sent to the
United States more than 250,000,000 pounds of canned salmon
alone, an increase of 22,000.000 pounds over the output of the
previous year. During the same period Alaska fishermen har
vested from her seas ami rivers nearly 12,000.000 pounds of
fresh fish, other than salmon, an increase over 1916 of more than
2,000,000 pounds, and in the way of smoked, dried and other cured
fish Alaska exported more than 6,500,000 pounds, an increase
of something more than 1,000,000 pounds over 1916 Altogether,
Alaska sent out of her borders in 1917 more than 268,500,000
pounds of fish food, or more than 25,000,000 pounds above her
production in 1916.
Secretary of the Interior Lane, who has charge of Alaskan
affairs, commenting on the 1917 record made by the territory said:
•‘The results at this time, with a greater part of the world
hungry, are most gratifying. Alaska has an energetic, patriotic,
pioneer population which understands fully what the war means,
although so far removed from the seat of action. The results
last year show the effect of organized, patriotic action. This year
will yield far greater results.”
The United States Geological Survey, in a recent bulletin,
declares that the most important event of the year in connection
with coal mining in Alaska was the completion of the Matanuska
branch of the government railroad. The survey places the coal
production of Alaska in 1917 at 61,000 tons, valued at $300,000,
with the largest production coming from the Eska creek mines in
the Matanuska field. Coal was mined in the Doherty mine in the
Matanuska field, at the Bluff Point mine on Cook Inlet, on Cache
creek, near Candle. The high grade coal on Chickaloon river is
now being opened by the Alaskan Engineering Commission for
its own use in the construction and operation of the railroad, the
coal lands in the Nenana field have been subdivided for leasing
by private parties, and the government road is being pushed south
ward to this field from Ner.ana on the Tanana river. It is be
lieved the railroad will reach this field and make the coal available
for river shipment this coming summer.
An interesting feature of- the development of the country
through the building of the government road is the transformation
of a number of the pioneer gold producing districts into agri
cultural districts, the crop of potatoes in the country tributary to
the railroad was between 1,500 and 2,000 tons last year, and 200
tons of turnips were raised.
The land and industrial department of the railroad has been
conducting an effective campaign to have Alaskan farm products
consumed locally.
OVER $15,000,000 LOANED
TO FARMERS IN FEBRUARY
During the month of February,
having but 23 business days, $13,-!
878811 were loaned to farmers of
the United States by the Federal '
land banks on long-time first mort
gages, according to the monthly j
statement of the Farm Loan Board.
This is $2,091,294 more than were
paid in January. The Federal land
bank of Omaha leads in amount of
loans closed, the figures for that
bank being $3,067,850. The other
banks closed loans as follows: St.
Paul, $2,178,800 Spokane, $1,804,
850; Houston, $1,405,026; Wichita,
*978,800; Berkeley, *910,100; Louis
ville, *851,100 New Orleans, *814,
690; St. Louis, *791,715; Columbia
*446,390; Springfield *316,440; an<
Baltimore, *313,050.
On March 1 the total amount o
mortgage loans placed since the es
tablishment of the Federal Lan<
banks is *64,532,343, covering 28,
495 loans closed, as against *50,782,
432 on February 1, covering 24,021
loans which means that during Feb
ruary 4,475 farmers received $13,
729,911, or an average of abou
*3,000 each.
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' A Study in Comparative Culture.
^ The two documents below form a
; striking contrast. One is the offi
cial proclamation of General Allenby.
) ! the British commander in chief in
) j Palestine, upon the occasion of the
* Britsh entry into Jerusalem; the
. other is the offical proclamation is
sued by the headquarters of the Ger
man military government to the in
habitants in the conquered Italian
territory.
If fresh proof is needed of the
different manner in which Great
Britain and Germany wage war, it
can be found in a perusal of the
procalmations side by side.
PROCLAMATION of General Al
lenby read to the inhabitants of Je
rusalem from the steps of the Citadel
in Arabic, Hebrew, English, French,
Italian, Greek and Russian.
,To the inhabitants of Jerusalem the
\ Blessed and the people dwelling
jin the vicinity:
The defeat inflicted upon the
j Turks by the troops under my com
! mand has resulted in the occupa
i tion of your city by my forces- T,
j therefore, here and now, proclaim it
| to be under martial law, under which
j form of administration it will re
main so long as military considera
tions make it necessary. However,
lest any of you should be alarmed
; by reason of your experience at the
i hands of the enemy who has re
| tired, I hereby inform you that it is
! my desire that every person should
j pursue his lawful business without
j fear of interruption,
j Furthermore, since your city is
j regarded with affection by three of
i the great religions of mankind, and
its soil has been consecrated by the
prayers and pilgrimages of devout
] people of these three religions for
| many centuries, therefore do I
; make it known unto you that every
j sacred building, monument, holy spot.
| shrine, traditional site, endowment,
j pious bequest or customary place of
I prayer will be maintained and pro
j tected according to the existing cus
toms and beliefs of those to whose
i faiths they are sacred.
Guards have been placed at Beth
| lehem and at Rachel’s tomb. The
■ tomb of Hebron has been placed
| under exclusive Moslem control. The
! hereditary custodians of the Wakf
| at the gates of the Holy Sepulchre
have been requested to take up thier
accustomed duties in remembrance
of the magnanimous act of the Cal
iph Omar, who protected that church.
i PROCLAMATION issued by the
headquarters of the German military
government at Udine to the inhabi
tants of conquered Italy.
A house to house search will be
I made for all concealed arms, weap
ons and ammunition.
All victuals remaining in the
house must be delivered up.
Every citizen must obey our labor
regulations.
All workmen, women and child
ren over 15 years old, are obliged
to work in the fields every day, Sun
day included from 4 a. m. to 8
p. m.
Disobedience will be punished in
the following manner:
1. Lazy workmen will be accom
panied to their work and watched
by Germans.
After the harvest they will be
imprisoned for six months and every
third day will be given nothing but
bread and water.
2. Lazy women will be obliged to
work, and after the harvest receive
. 6 month’s imprisonment.
3. Lazy children will be punished
by beating. The commandant re
I serves the right to punish lazy work
men with 20 lashes daily.
• William Richard Solibakke has the
. honor of being the first man select
I ed for the draft in the Iditarod
.'jurisdiction. He waived all exemp
. i tions, got his questionnaire back to
l the board the same day it was
. mailed, was classified on Washing
. ton’s birthday, ar.d has been exam
; ined and accepted for service, and
is now awaiting orders for embarka
tion.
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Buy That Libery Bond Today.
AVIATION CORPS
ARE IN NEED OE
MORE WORKER!
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The Signal Corps has authorize!
the following statement:
Ten thousand machinists, mechan
ics, chauffeurs, and other skillei
workers are needed at once by thi
Aviation Section, Signal Corps, say
the Official Bulletin,
i The present call for 10,000 mei
is to fill an immediate need an<
may be regarded as the precursor o
others as the service is being buil
up. Even at that the actual strengtl
of the service today is over om
hundred times what it was on Apri
1 last year.
The dependence of the Air Ser
vice on the most highly skilled me!
is being brought out more emphati
cally with every week of develop
ment. Where in the first rush then
was little experience to indicate thi:
fact, it has since developed tha
practically 98 men out of every 10<
in the service must be skilled it
some branch of work.
Airplane work has been whollj
new and unfamiliar to America!
mechanics who have been taken fron
other trades and converted hastily
into workers on the most delicatt
kinds of jobs. It has been necessary
for both officers and men to learr
very largely by experience. At th«
same time a degree of care and at
tention not usually associated with
American quality, production, and
methods has been required, as great
watchfulness is essential to prevent
any plane leaving the ground in im
perfect condition.
Secretary Baker recently express
ed this situation as follows:
“The great problem now remain
ing is to secure the thousands of
skilled mechanics, engine men. motor
repair men, wood and metal work
ers needed to keep the planes always
in perfect condition. This great
engineering and mechanical force at
the airdomes, flying fields, and re
pair depots, both here and behind
the lines in France, is a vital in
dustrial link in the chain of air
supremacy. Without them the planes
turned out would be useless and the
flyers helpless.”
Men registered in the draft may
be inducted into this service by ap
plying to their local draft board.
Men not registered may enlist at any
recruiting office. Further informa
tion may be had by applying to the
air division, Personnel Department,
Washington, D. C. In either case
they will be sent to San Antonio,
Tex., for segregation by trades, fol
lowed by a brief course of instruc
tion at the flying field or at various
factories and organized into squad
rons mostly for service over-seas.
The present call is especially for
machinists, auto mechanics, engine
repairmen, gunsmiths, chauffeurs,
carpenters, blacksmiths .tinsmiths,
cabinetmakers electricians, copper
smiths, sheet-metal workers, propel
ler makers, wireless operators and
constructors, tailors, tent-makers,
sail-makers, truck masters, vulcan
izers, welders, and makers, repairers,
and installers of magnetos, ignition
systems, cameras, watches, and
clocks, instruments and typewriters.
ED HEARN DEAD
FAIRBANKS, Apr. 23—Ed Hearn,
oldtime operator of the Tenderfoot
district, died at St. Joseph’s hospi
tal on Sunday, death being attri
buted to heart trouble. The fun
eral will be held on Wednesday, un
der the auspices of the Pioneers.
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Flush Toilets, Bath Tubs
Lavatories, Sinks, Etc.
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
N’iehoff and Indergard have lo
lated what promises to be rich pay
on their upper lay on Spruce creek
in the Ruby district. A phone re
port from Long creek says they pan
ned out $19 from six pans and an
other pan went $6.
Alf Ekeland, oldtime resident of
Chatanika, is among the recent ar
rivals in N’enana. He has not yet
decided whether he will remain here
or make a trip to the States after
the opening of navigation.
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