THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
c plication made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879
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PIKE'S PEAK AND THE WAR
Pike's Peak. She old sentinel of
(he Rocky Mountains, played u not
inconsiderable part in the winning
of the world war, says an Associated
Press correspondent writing from
Colorado Springs.
Experiments conducted on the
peak proved useful in testing can
did ’.to- for air pilots us to their
adaptability for flying at high alti
tude. Those experiments were be
gun in Kill by Dr. E. C. Schneider
head of the biology department of
Colorado College, and fellow scien
tists from Oxford and Vale, assisted
by students in Dr. Schneider’s
classes. At that time, of course, no
one knew that the work would have
military value; but testing apparatus
designed by Dr. Schneider from his
obesrvations on the peak have be
come standards and at the ending
of hostilities were part of the
equipment of every aviation field.
The experiments were planned
lor the purpose of determining the
physiological effects of high alti
tudes and led to important dis
coveries in regard to the action of
the heart at thousands of feet above
sea level- It also was discovered
that height has the effect of in
creasing the white corpuscles of the
blood and so consequently raised
disease-resistant powers. The ex
periments gave valuable informa
tion to the science of medicine as
well as to that of war making.
The United States recognized the
vulue of Dr. Schneider’s observa
tions, calling him to Washington
soon after the nation had entered
the war. Later he was sent to the
aviation laboratory at Mineola, Long
island. He was commissioned a
captain in the army and later a
major.
Major Schneider railed to aid
him a number of his former stud
ents who had taken part in the
experiments on Pike’s Peak, and vt
the ending of hostilities they were
almost on every aviation field in
the United States.
Pike's Peak did another hit of
war service. Its summit was the
experimental station for the Liberty
motor. The peak, towering more
than 14,000 feet above sea level, is
an ideal place l'or testing motors
under conditions under which they
operate.
A JAPANESE OPINION
Viscount TIehida. Japan’s foreign
minister, recently declared that the
United States of America, after af
fording the world every proof of
their absolute impartiality and fair
ness, completely startled it by the
astonishing feats of arms and of
civil efficiency which American
troops and organizers have displayed.
The viscount was speaking at a
banquet held at Tokio to celebrate
the capitulation of Germany. The
function was arranged by the Allied
Societies of Tokio ar. i was one of
the most impr ..sive ever held there.
> early all the leading statesmen of
Japan were present as well as a
I *ge number of foreigners, includ
ing A nericans with th<* American
ambassador, Ro'anit S Morris.
The speaker expressed the opin
ion that Germany become a politi
cal laboratory and tbe scene of
fruitful experiment* in political ]
sc1 nee, which, he adde*!, is one of
the desiderata of our time. He be
lieved that the genius of Germany j
was not suited to centralization and 1
military empire but rather fot
' variety and dispersion, and thal
Germany was “most herself wher
she was most divided.”
WOMEN WORKERS
Woman, who has tome to take
so active a part in the industrial
life of the nation during the war,
will retain her grip on most occu
pations in Oregon, where she now
is ensconsed, during the period of
reconstruction, judging from the ex
pressions of employers. She is hold
ing her own in several professions,
is forging ahead in commercial pur
suits and is a necessary cog as a
unit of labor in the wheels of manu
facture.
As bank clerks, truck drivers, ele
vator operators, in janitor work and
as mechanics in railroad shops,
women have taken hold of occupa
tions generally new to them and
have made themselves so useful that
there is evidence that they will not
be displaced by after war changes.
Only from the various lines of
the manufactures, as head and di
recting genius of establishments
that transform raw products into
finished articles, are women work
ers absent. A report recently made
by A. G. Clark, manager of the
Home Industry League of Portland,
showed but one feminine member
of the organization. He was in
clined to blame the league, rather
than the women, for this lack of
women members.
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* STAGE MOVEMENTS •»
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Owing to the intense, cold weather
prevailing, the Burgcss-Karstens
automobiles did not take the trail
this morning; an attempt was made
by Burgess to get under way and
considerable thawing work was done
on the machine, but it was of no
avail. The auto will leave tomorrow
morning if the weather changes for
the better.
Similar conditions wood appear
to exist in Fairbanks, in addition
to which passengers, unless in a
very great hurrry, do not care to
tackle the trip in 50 below’ weather,
and so the Karstens auto did not
leave the upper town this morning.
It will leave tomorrow.
I*. A. Thelin’s stage arrived from
Fairbanks last night with a ship
ment of about 500 pounds of mail,
moat of which was second class
matter; the first class part of it
being local mail.
He will not leave on the return
journey until the weather moder
ates.
Billy Butler left at noon today
for Fairbanks on the river trail
Miss Feretti was a passenger on
his stage.
The word “camouflage,” which
we have so readily taken into the
language, is said to have come from
the French stage, where scenery
intended to portray a deep lane or
road, for example, was called “cam
ouflage.” But the French diction
aries claim the word is derived from
“camouflet,” which means the blow
ing of smoke of burned paper in
a person’s face. Then again, the
“making up” of an actress of fifty
into a girl of twenty was and is
spoken of as “camouflage."
Weaana. Alaska's Interior rnsl Dspot
TO MEET NEEDS
General Headquarters, A. E. F.—
' The prodigious effort of the medi
1 cal department in the army in
| France is revealed ir, statistics which
! the Associated Press is now permit
ted to make public. When, on
November 11, the armsticef sus
pended hostilities and the threat ex
pansion and extension work of the
medical department was suspended,
there were in operation 283,240
beds in camp and base hospitals
and convalescent camps with about
100,000 of them vacant.
There were on duty in the Ameri
can Expeditionary Force at that
time 12,989 doctors and 8,593
nurses. The authorized nurse
strength of the army when America
entered the war was 200 and of
doctors 300, figures that testify
to the work the medical corps was
called upon to perform.
The hospitalization of the army
in France is interesting. Basically
it consists of mobile organizations
To each division there are four field
hospitals, two evacuation hospitals .
and one mobile surgical hospital and
in addition there is fixed hospitali
zation, consisting of camp and base |
outfits and convalescent camps.!
with an authorized bed capacity of ’
15 per cent of the strength of the
command. n
There are now 85 camp hospitals
serving training and billeting areas
while for general service and for
the treatment of more serious cases
and battle casualties there are 115
base hospitals. These base hospi
tals occasionally are single institu
tions of from 1,000 to 3,000 beds
or are grouped in hospital centers
Twenty such centers of from 2,500
to 15,000 beds are in operation.
Convalescent camps at the bed
rate of twenty per cent of normal
hospital ^beds are authorized for
the purpose of giving as early
graduated physical training as pos
sible and fifteen such camps are
in operation at present.
The American hospitals are partly
in French barracks, school buddings'
and hotels and partly in constructed
cantonment of demountable build
ings. .Ml the buildings taken over
were remodeled and outfitted for
the purpose, lighted and heated and
modernized, while the demountable
nuts are models of their kind.
NENANA TO TALKEETNA
DISTANCE TABLE
Talkeetna is the end of steel on
he coast division.
Prom Nenana to No. Miles
Momma Crossing (by rail) .. 43
Lignite 52
Riley Creek , 70
lack River .90
Broad Pass Summit.110
"Sullivans .128
ndian River . 162
lead Horse 182
falkeetna .202
The distances given are approxi
nate.
Notice of Delinquency
In the Payment of Assessments on the Following- Lots
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ALASKAN ENGINEERING COMMISSION
TOWNSITE OFFICE
N'enana, Januray 2H, 1919 j
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AMOUNT LOT
$1.5.19 11
79.97
84.97
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72.47
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1,43.66
79.97
79.97
79.99
10.02
10.00
10.00
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62.89
56.63
2.66
2.66
2.66
2.66
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36.29
30.04
10.03
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25.79
22.79
22.79
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22.67
18.63
18.63
5.35
5.35
12,01
24.66
22.67
22.79
10.76
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22.55
4.53
24.43
31.92
10.02
36.08
39.37
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39.37
77.28
116.02
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AMOUNT
71.24 :
181.05 :
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If the above assessments together
before February 28, 1919, the lots will
and the title revert to the Government
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reported for forfeiture
according to circulars Nos
CARL SCHMIDT,
Townsite Manager.
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BOND PAYMENT DUE SOON
The final payment on Fourth
Liberty Loan bonds on the install
ment plan is due on or before
January JO. This is a payment of
the remainin.it unpaid JO per cent
of the pureha.se price of the bond,
and is payable at the office of the
Special Disbursing A {rent Frank T.
Doner, at the general office of the ;
Alaskan Engineering commission, j
Mr. Doner announces that his of- i
fice will be kept open until 5:30:
p. m., January JO. for the con-!
venience of the public and all those
who have ordered bonds on the in-1
stallment plan are requested to pay I
before that time and date.
Kenana—The Gateway to McKinley 1
National Fprk.
RUST HOUSE
Mrs. Ed. Williams, Prop.
A and FIFTH STREETS
ROOMS AND BOARD
ROOMS 75c and SI.00
Coffee and Doughnuts 25c
DOG KENNELS
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 “Buated’* in the spring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE !
WINTER.
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Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latouche and
Kennecott.
ALASKA PUBLICITY
BUREAU
Jnnaau Alaska.
WANT ADS
FOR RENT-—Furnished cabin, suit
able for two. Phone 93 Red.
Fix Up a Bit!
Have that Suit pressed, cleaned and
altered, or that fu- coat or robe
renovated at little cost at
V1RS. D’ORSEY’S TAILOR SHOP
Third and A Street. (Upper)
TRAPPERS, NOTICE!
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
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SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
FOR RENT
ShelJon-6lbson Stage Lint
Carrying U. S. Mails
For CHITINA and WA POINTS
Every Tuesday Morning
Special Auto for parties of four
or more any time.
C. Harry WoosHvs.rd, agent
Fairbanks
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The Southern
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Yukon Stoves and Drums
Air Tight Heaters
Any Thing in the Sheet Metal, Plumb
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Tanana Sheet Metal Works