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.
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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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THE MEAT SITUATION
United States Food Administrator
Herbert Hoover has sent the follow
ing telegram to the Federal Food
Administrator at Juneau:
“The food administration is ex
tremely desirous of securing econ
omy in the consumption of all kinds
of meats without reinstallation of
meatless days for the present. Sea
sonal decline in volume of animals
coming to market is now in progress
and its volume will undoubtedly fur
ther decrease during the next few
months as is usual, but probable
amount of such decrease is yet ob
scure. ' The necessities for shipping
abroad to our army and allies are
very large and amount roughly to
75.000. 000 pounds of meat and meat
products of all kinds per week
against pre-war normal of less than
15.000. 000 pounds. Even with these
large shipments the allies have found
it necessary to reduce consumption
of all kinds of meat and poultry to
an average of about one and one
quarter pounds per week, per per-!
son, in order that no further draft
should be made upon shipping that
is now required for the transport
of our soldiers. Our consumption
of meats is about three and one-1
quarter pounds per week, per per
son, and if we are to make both
ends balance during short market- j
ing seasons we must have further
economy. If the public will con
tinue in rigorous elimination of
waste and will further economize by
reducing quantities prepared for 1
each meal of all kinds of meat and '•
poultry more particularly beef, and '
will restrict their purchases accord- I
ingly, the food administration hopes *
that the necessary balance can be
maintained; a general observance of <
these recommendations will avoid I
the inconveniences which arise in j l
many directions from meatless days i
and will cause less interference in i
daily preparation of food- There is ;
MAIL LAUNCH COMING
FOR HEAD OF YUKON
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The mail launch Sibilla is enroute |
to Nenana from the upper Yukon i
with a consignment of mail for In- j
terior Alaska points. The launch 1
was at Fort Egbert I5kt night and;1
should arrive here before the end of i
the week.
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Mrs. C. D. Ross passed through •
on the “Tanana this morning, being ^1
enroute to the Outside. She is go- ;
ing to Portland.
now a seasonable abundance of
milk products which can we!! be
substituted in various forms. Short
age of fish during the past several
months, due to necessity of naval
requisitioning of trawlers and en
listment of fishermen for navy
should soon be considerably realized
by the expansion which has been
arranged in other forms of fishing.”
Pursuant to the above warning
and recommendations of the United
States Food Administrator, the Fed
eral Food Administrator for Alaska
asks all households, hotels, public
eating places and all consumers of
meats to observe the strictest econ
omy in the use of meats. If this
is not done, meatless days and meals
may again be restored. The meat
supply must be maintained during
this war.
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The medical aphorism that "a
man is as old as his arteries” should
be the test in determining the age
limit of a soldier, recently declared
Dr. Arthur Lynch, a member of par
liament.
“After a certain age, say forty,
the man who has not been particu
larly strong physically and who has
lot overtaxed his system in ath
etic excercises,” the physisian said, j
‘is often more serviceable than a
lian who has been a brilliant ath-1
ete at twenty-five. Of c surse, '<
ironchitis, pneumonia and rheuma-!
;ism, which would disable a soldier. [
vould be found much more fre
juently in men of forty-five and
>ver than in young men. I have i
;een men well on to seventy curable 1
>f walking thirty miles a lay. In :
he Serbian army they use men up lo
icventy.
“This matter depends very largely
>n the individual, and to some ex- i
ent on the race. The French brought
ip their fighting forces to over fifty i
ind as a rule the French age quick-j
>r than men in this country or in •
reland.”
5COW DAVIS COMING
WITH BIG SCHIPMENT j
William Casey is in receipt of a;
elegram from E. L. (Scow) Davis
mnouncing the arrival of the com- j
nission man at Gibbon with a ship- j
nent of fresh eggs and other over-i
:he-ice attractions. He is making.
he trip on the Seattle No. 3, which 1
itarted up the Tanana river last i
light at 10:30, and should arrive
lere tomorrow afternoon. i
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CHINESE NATION
HAS MUCH RACE
Why the infant Republic of China
is always in hot water, with revolts
here and revolts there constantly oc
curring, is explained when we real
ize that China is not a homogeneous
unit but a country inhabited by two
distinct and mutually jealous races.
The Hanow Central China Po3t
makes this clear for us when it
writes:
The present civil war and acute
friction between the North and
South of China was a foregone con
clusion. Although to a casual ob
server ‘once a Chinaman always a
Chinaman’ may seem to be the case,
yet to a careful onlooker it is ap
parent that the races which occupy
the North and South of the Yangtse
river are entirely different. They
differ in so many characteristics—
such as physique, accent, food tra
ditions, folk-youre, and in outlook
on things generally—that they are
difficult to mix as oil and water..
The Northern Chinese, whose or
igin was on the banks of the Yellow
river in Honan, Shantung, and Shan
si, is a completly dissimilar being
from the Southerner who resides in
Kwangtung and Fookien. The Nor
therner is, generally speaking, a
man of large bulk and physique, a
person who takes things placidly and
is adverse to any changes in his do
mestic or national routine. The
Southerner is usually of small sta
ture, darker in color than the Nor
therner, and a person who is easily
excited. These people are impatient
of the old and are striving to evolve
themselves out of the circumspect
groove which contents their Northern
fellow nationals.
Then in food, the tastes are mark
edly dissimilar. The Northerner,
whose winters are severe, disdains
the rice which is so essential to the
Southerner and lives principally on
flour, and other products of wheat.
The Southerner, whose climate is so j
hot that heavy food repels him,
clings to his rice, his maize, and his J
cooling vegetables. The language j
of the North is more or less a com- I
mon dialect and is easily recognized |
by the burr. The spoken language i
of the South is completely different |
and dialects innumerable make a
Southerner a foreigner to the Nor
therns who journey to these parts.
The Post tells us that these two
dissimilar peoples can never agree
because of the ingrained jealously of j
the South against the North:
“But above all, the principal bone '
of contention is jealously of the
North by the South. These South
ern provinces have been brought
more in contact with modern con
ditions and fret under the arbitrary
rule which has become as second1
nature to the Northerner.
The Southerners have concen-1
trated their efforts on trade and be-j
come wealthy, they have traveled I
and become more up to date than
their Northern neighbors, and they j
view the fact of their being gov-j
erned by the North, from the Nor- j
them capital, by autocrats ignorant
and suspicious of their aspirations,
with abhorrence. Then they look j
around and find the Northern prov-!
inces are generally provided with1
railways, whereas in the Southern
provinces, which are the most pro
ductive, railways are few and busi-'
ness is retarded by antiquated and;
laborious communication facilities.” i
Little peace is foreseen by The
Post until a monarchy is restored in !
the North and the South breaks
away and forms a separate republic.
The proposal to move the capital j
from Peking would not bring unity, j
thinks the foreign organ:
“If the capital were removed to j
the South the trouble would not be i
removed, as tile North would then
be just as jealous as the South is
now. The only solution is to divide
the country by its natural divisiona'
line, the Yangste river, and allow
each part of this vast and unwieldlv
land to work out its own destiny ae
cording to its own lights.
As can be verified by anyone
who has eyes to see, the North un
doubtedly not a republic, although
the government thereof makps a
parade of the name. The people
are still content to live under a spe
cies of fuedal or martial law, a.vl
why should they not, if they desire
it? But to apply this antiquated
system to the excitable, nervous
merciful South, bursting with its
aspirations and newdy gained free
dom, would be verily putting old
wine into new bottles, and disaster
must ensue.
“A division must be the ultimate
solution of the struggle, which is
only now in its preliminary s*. ges,
and why not sooner than later? This
is a question for every oatriotic
Chinese who really loves his coun
try, and not his particular province
only, to answer for himself.”
WOMEN INVITED
TO HELP START
FOOD CAMPAIGN
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Mr*. Cooney Issues Call for Meeting
to Organize Woman’s Defense
Council.
Acting on her appointment as
temporary chairman for the purpose
of organizing a Woman’s Council of
Defense for this district. Mrs. M. J.
Cooney has issued a call for all the
women of Xenana to be present at
a meeting to be held at Grace
church tomorrow evening at eight
o’clock, at which time permanent
officers will be selected and com
mittees appointed to carry on the
work in Nenana.
The importance of such an organi
zation is recognized in all cities,
towns and villages throughout the
entire United States, and wonderful
work has been done in conserving ^
the food supply, by the campaigning
of these patriotic associations, and I
by their work in encouraging “war |
gardens" and other agricultural pur
suits.
Agnes Swineford Shattuck, of |
Juneau, has been appointed chair-j
man of the Department of Home j
Economics of the Women’s Com-!
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mittee of National Defense, for ter
ritory of Alaska, and it is from Mrs.
Shattuck that Mrs. Cooney received j'
her appointment, the word coming;'
in a telegram. The territorial chair- i
man has full authority to carry on
the work in Alaska, to the minutest j *
detail and is making appointments ■
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in every section.
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There is a lot of work that can:,
be done by the women of this, as j
well as other districts of Alaska,!
and the purpose of the proposed or
ganization is to stimulate food sav
ing and create an interest in home
gardens, of which very few have
been started in Xenana.
Mrs. Cooney is a practical busi
ness woman and has, in addition,
a general knowledge of food con- j
servation and undoubtedly will be
able to render valuable assistance
to the proposed organization. The;
movement is spreading rapidly in
other sections of Alaska and is re
garded as certain that the women
of Nenana, who have rendered and
are rendering valuable assistance to
the Red Cross, will give their sup-1
port to the new work. All are urged I
to attend the meeting.
Mrs. Kellum and Mrs. J. H. Flower j
have been appointed to assist in the !
work of organization.
Mrs. A. G. Bell, accompanied by
her daughters Edith and Dixie, is
enroute to the Outside on the steamer
Tanana.
A ’98 carnival, similar to the one
held in Nenana on Saturday night,
was held last week at Ruby for the
purpose of raising funds foi the
Red Cross. The receipts exceeded
$2,000.
JACKSON & EKELAND
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First and A Streets
THE PORTLAND
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SOFT DRINKS ICE CREAM
FRESH LEMONS
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NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE YOUR HOME COMFORTABLE
AND -ATTRACTIVE
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In the Lateet Designs
BEAVER BOARD—CRETONNES—SHEETING AND ROOFING
PAPER — FURNITURE—MIRRORS — GLASS—WINDOWS
DOORS — PAINTS — OILS AND VARNISHES
GUNS AND AMMUNITION
ALSO A COMPLETE LINE OF HARDWARE. INCLUDING THE
FAMOUS DISSTON LINE OF TOOLS.
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KNITTING RECORD
Wherever women are carrying
knitting bags there is discussion of
knitting records. Every few days
some one discovers the champion
knitter.
According to the Seattle division
>f the Red Cross, the champion of
:he Northwest has been found in
Seattle. She is Mrs. Anna Hellen,
>f 1610 Eleventh avenue, who while
rlosely watched and timed at division
leadquarters one day recently knit
>ne sock in two hours and eighteen
ind one-half minutes, and the other
n two hours and nineteen minutes.
The half minute was used in walk
ng across the floor to cool her
lands in water. A half hour was
aken off for lunch between the
■nd of the first sock and the begin
ling of the second.
Women who watched Mrs. Hellen
ould not tell which style knitting
he was doing, so fast did her fingers
;o. She says that she knits holding
he yarn in the left hand and “pick
ng" it.
The record-breaking socks were
egulation No. 11, knit on Number 3
leedles.
WEEKLY FORCE REPORT
The weekly force report of the
Alaskan Engineering commission, for
the period ending May 25, shows a
. total of 635 employees on the pay
rolls in this division, in addition to
which there were 63 stationmen and
30 stationmen’s laborers. The dis
tribution of labor was as follows:
Camp 1 (Xenana) general, 67; con
struction, 50; Electric, 19; Corral,
12; store department. 36; hospital,
14; townsite, 6; Camp 9 (20-mile;
11; Camp 15, surfacing, 90; Camp
16; track laying, 76; Camp 22, the
i dragline, 61; Camp 51, 5; section
I crews (3) 26; residency 1, 2; resi
j dency 2, 1; residency 3, 31; resi
dency 4, 39; Camp 102 (Fairbanks
district) 18; Camp 103, 22; Fair
banks office, 3; Tanana Valley Rail
road, 46.
Lieut. Frank Rotch, Jr., who for
merly piloted the Commission gas
boat Midnight Sun, is now stationed
at Fort Monroe, Virginia. He writes
that a gas engine company is be
ing formed there and that there is
great demand for recruits with a
knowledge of engines of that class.
WS.S.
■*A«. SAYINGS STAMPS
ISSUED BY THE
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
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The Allied armies find it very profitable
to salvage scrap from the battlefields. Great
Britain is saving millions every year from
this thrifty parctice.
If we could extend this practice to the
United States—if we saved only the waste
and needless spending of every day and put
the saving into War Savings Stamps, it
would help to win the war.
Your every saving helps the Government.
Put the small savings into U. S. Thrift
Stamps at 25 cents each; when you have
16 of them, exchange them with a few extra
pennies for a $5 War Savings Stamp.
THEY EARN MONEY
THEY ’ SAVE LIFE AT THE
FRONT, ZJY HELPING UNCLE
SAM WIN THE WAR.
BU> THEM AT THE
POSTOFFICE
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