THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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R. G. Southworth....Editor and Manage.
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PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND THE WAR
Enrollment in American public schools has been affected by
the war, but not to the extent of making it less than last year,
according to figures compiled by the department of the interior
through the Bureau of Education. Figures from 1411 cities and
696 counties or districts show an increase of close to the normal
amount of two and one-half per cent in elementary schools. Ir.
high schools, however, the increase is only one-fourth of the usual
nine and one-half per cent. -
Such increase as there is in high school enrollment is caused
by the girl students. Fewer boys are enrolled this year in every
class in high school except the fourth; apparantly there is a healthy
tendency for boys in the senior year to remain and graduate.
In city elementary schools the increase in enrollment is actually
somewhat above normal; but in city high schools there is a marked
falling off, especially among the boys.
Country schools show some gains over last year, both in ele
mentary and high school enrollment, but not as great as would
be expected under normal conditions. Rural high schools show
increases for both boys and girls, despite the war.”
The foregoing quotation from a bulletin of the United States
Bureau of Education, is most gratifying to all who are interested
in keeping the schools of America up to a high standard during
this period of national crisis, says the Alaska School Bulletin,,
issued by the Territorial Education Department. In time of war
children should be the last to suffer. The National Labor Com
mittee recently issued a pamphlet from which the following quo
tations are taken:
‘•At the present time (in Great Britain) when war is destroy
ing so much of its best manhood, the nation is under a special
obligation to secure that the rising generation grows up strong
and hardy, both in body and character. It is necessary to guard
not only against immediate breakdown, but also against the im
position of strains that may stunt future growth and development.”
“In Europe, in the stress of sudden warfare, the children
were for the moment forgotten. In Great Britain, for instance,
some of the first war economies were in the educationl system.
School buildings were taken over for military purposes; teachers
enlisted; repairs,, building, appropriations, and supplies were cut
down; evening schools, medical inspection, school dentistry, and
free lunches were stopped or cut down. And the age limits for
schooling were changed, so that 300,000 little children five or
under, who had been in school, were turned out, while thousands
of children of eleven or twelve were excused from school to go to
work. The results are that thousands of children in England are
without teachers or schools. At least 150,000 children between
eleven and thirteen have left school to go to work. Juvenile de
linquency in England has increased at least 34 per cent since the
war began. In Berlin in 1915, there were twice as many crimes
committed by children as in 1914. Oppose all attempts to break
down the school system in your vicinity, either by relaxing en
forcement of compulsory education laws or by cutting down school
funds. Arnold Bennett said in England, under like circumstances:
‘Education is the very last thing we ought to economize in.’ Op
pose all attempts to break down the labor laws of your state,
either by giving youg children special permits to work, or by
exempting certain establishments from the laws limiting hours of
labor. In England, where they relaxed the enforcement of the
laws, they have found ‘too big a price is being paid for the output.”
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Two Bit;
.$ 2.01
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THE SAVER AND THE BEST CUSTOMER
Which kind of a customer would you prefer to have, Mr.
Merchant—
The man who, as soon as he gets a dollar, rushes into your
store and spends it for something:, whether he needs it or not, and
then, when he is out of work, hasn’t a cent to his name and comes
around begging for credit?
Or—
The man who, while earning money, spends a little less than
he makes, saving something for a rainy day, and always has some
thing laid by to tide him over periods of adversity?
Which kind of man makes the best customer in the long run?
Which do you lose the most money on, the careful sa’ ers or the
quick spenders?
Every man, woman or child who invests in United States War
Savings Stamps automatically steps from the ranks of hasty
spenders to those of savers. Every dollar saved is invested in the
world’s best security, drawing good interest. Every stamp bought
can be cashed at the postoffice, at full face value, with interest
added, in time of need. People who own these stamps won’t be
coming around to you Mr. Merchant, the next time times are
slack, begging for credit. They will have money of their own.
Sell War Savings and Thrift Stamps in your store. Boost
for them all the time and everywhere. They are making safe,
responsible customers for you all the time.
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: *•'- . WHY GERMANY CAN’T WIN.
The Germans can never win this war! Even if the kaiser de
feats Italy; even if he wipes out the British army and defeats
France; even if he continues to have his way in the Balkans and
Poland and Russia and Rumania—even then the kaiser will not be
in as strong a position as Napoleon once was.
And Napoleon, his armies bled white with victories, was finally
defeated, and spent his last days in exile at St. Helena.
Even though the kaiser should be victorious on land, it would
be short-lived, and the spoils would have to be returned and full
reparation made. Why? Simply because the United States, Great
Britain and Japan can still shut the Germans from the seas. With
free access to the raw-material resources of practically the whole
world, the Allies can maintain an economic blockade of Germany
until the German people will establish a people’s government with
which lasting peace can be made. The United States and Great
Britain will never surrender. If worse comes to worst, they will
continue the war against kaiserism on the sea and in the air until
the Germans will gladly make a lasting peace.
But the kaiser hasn’t defeated Italy. He hasn’t defeated
France. The Allies are getting stronger every day as the United
States throws her gigantic weight in man power and resources
against the kaiser, while the Germans were at their zenith in the
opening days of the war three and one-half years ago and are get
ting just that much weaker every day.
The same thing that defeated Napoleon will defeat the kaiser.
What? Sea-power. No, the Germans can never win this war!—
CHRISTENSEN IS
URGED 10 GRANT
TIME EXTENSION
Commercial Club Give* Reasons
Why Lot Owners Should Get
Extension.
I n accordance with a decision
1
;! reached at the last meeting of the
I i Nenana Commercial club, at which
’ | time it was decided to request Man
! ager Christensen, of the Land and
! Industrial department of the Alas
kan Engineering commission, to
grant Nenana property owners ad
ditional time in which to make pay
| men for improvements made under
| direction of the townsite manage
i ment, the following letter has been
I prepared by Secretary H. B. Joseph
I and forwarded to Mr. Christensen,
| at Anchorage.
; Mr. Joseph has made careful study
jof the problem confronting Nenana
property owners and his argument
in support of the request for more
liberal time allow'nance, is regarded
by members of the Commercial club
| as amply convincing to bring about
the desired extension, if it is within
the power of the manager of the
Land and Industrial department to
alter the regulations. And it is gen
erally believed that he has that au
; thority.
The letter explains the situation
I in detail. It is as follow's:
Nenana, Alaska, April 17, 1913.
I Mr. A. Christensen, Manager Land
and Industrial Department, An
chorage. Alaska.
“Dear Sir:—We are informed by
; Mr. Ryus, townsite manager, that
! assesments for improvements in the
Nenana Townsite, are to be levied
as follows:
“For water and sewer, four equal
yearly installments.
“For Sidewalks, two equal yearly
{installments.
j “For street grading, one imme
| diate payment.
“When the present general assess
ment of approximately 39,000 for
maintenance and operation, has been
paid ,there will still remain some
thing close to $40,000 due the Alas
kan Engineering commission for
townsite improvements; this for the
period ended Dec. 31, 1917.
“This amount represents the
charge for the above named items
of water, sewer, sidewalks and grad
ing.
“We would like to invite your at
tention to the following statemnt of
conditions.
“The lots here w'ere purchased at
a time when things were at a low
ebb in Interior Alaska; and as you
I yourself know, certain factors en
tered into the sale, so that prices
'offered were unifomly high.
J “On ‘A’ street, for three blocks
: where the business center has de
veloped, the price for a 25-foot lot
averaged $1,5000.
“With one-third paid down, there
falls due a yearly payment of $200.
“The charges that correspond to
a general tax in an incorporated
town, will average $150 for each
business in this section; which a
mount includes a regularly assessed
school tax.
“Naturally, in these three blocks
of ‘A’ street, it was essential that all
of it be graded and sidewalked, as
well as being piped for water and
| sewer.
“In order to arrive at an estimate
of yearly payments, let us suppose
. that the charges for the above im
provements were to be distributed
over a four-year period.
“This would add 30 to the yearly
payments, making a total of $380 to
be paid by a normal business, occu
1 pying one of these lots; where it
| is a corner lot it reaches a total
of about $500.
“A number pay considerably more,
due to the school tax, which was
I assessed on all property, but the
; above figure is a good average.
“And the figures for the resi
| dence district are proportionately
1 high.
“Many of our business houses
! started with very small capital, the
conditions that existed at that time
being responsible for this. They
are now turning over their invest
ment as fast as possible, and con
ditions are not improving rapidly;
nor is it to be expected that they
will untu^steel connects us with the
coast. And these conditions would
prevail, even in normal times, with
out a war on our hands, towards
which we all must contribute every
cent that can be turned loose.
“We ask you to forward this com
munication to Mr. Edes, with your
recommendation in the matter, and
our request that the payments for
these improvements of grading, side
walks. water and sewer be extended
over a period of four years. And
that payments for later improve
ments yet to be made, be extended
over the part of these four years
that may then remain.
“This would return to the Alas
kan Engineering commission some
thing near $10,000 yearly, leaving
a balance of about $30,000 due them
at the end of the present year.
“Looked at from the stanpoint
of the government as a whole, and
not alone as a matter that concerns
|the Alaskan Engineering commission,
the government has received from
the fifty per cent of the original
sale price and of the first install
ment, nearly $40,000. So that to
date the government is not actually
out of pocket.
“This, of course, does not help
the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion any; however, it is a matter for
consideration in equity.
“We also realize, that while this
balance of $30,000 may seem com
paratively small regarded alongside
the project of the railroad pnd the
i whole question of the development
of Alaska, that several such items
as this are carried by the Commis
sion, the total of which is quite
a considerable amount.
“However, if it can be arranged
so that all things in this connection
may go forward without straining
to the breaking point any part of the
projects in hand, it would seem 1o
be best for all.
“And the burden here is just
about a fifty-fifty proposition at
present. We are approaching the
navigation season with considerable
nervousness in fear tint some, if
not many, may give up the struggle
and go elsewhere.
“If conditions can be made that
all may make both ends meet for
the period until stefcl is through,
the future is assured.
“Will you not give this matter
j of the four year payments your
■earnest and helpful consideration,
; as we feel certain that you will do
: and for which we thank you in ad
i vanee.
“Yours very truly,
‘NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB,
“By H. B. JOSEPH.
“Secretary.”
FUEL PRICES IN
HOLLAND SHOW A
RAPID INCREASE
| Consul Mahin, of Amsterdam, re
I ports that the Netherlands govern
! ment has fixed the maximum price
! for coal and coke, taking effect on
! January 1, which are an advance
j on previous prices. They are stated
| in florines per hectoliter, but in
[American terms are equivalent to
! about $22 a ton for anthracite and
$17 for bituminous coal coak, about
[ $ 10 a ton; coal briquets, about $25
1 a ton.
j The distribution is carefully regu
j lated by cards in specified quanti
I ties, varying with the size and na
j ture of the residence or the place
; of business. The quantity allowed,
especially to residences, is much
smaller than the amount they con
sumed in peace times.
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First and A Streets
Jackson & Brakke
Management Announces That Mem
bers of Company B Will Be
Admitted Free.
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The management of the Coliseum j
theater has announced that members!
of Company B, who have been as-1
signed to duty in Nenana, will be
admitted free to the theater here
after, the only requirement being
that they present themselves in uni
form and pay the war tax, which
the government requires of everyone
attending moving picture shows and
other similar entertainments.
The management believes this
courtesy is due the men who are
rendering invaluable service to Ne
lana, and it is hoped that the invi
ation to attend the shows will be
iccepted in the spirit in which it
s extended.
SAILORS ARE DUE
FROM THE OUTSIDE
A stage load of steamboat men
ire due at Fairbanks today from
:he Outside, being enroute to the
interior to get ready for a season
)f activities on the rivers.
Highest Cash
Prices Paid for
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