THE NENANA DAILY NEWS |
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enzry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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HELPING CANADA
Under the direction of the United
States Employment Service, Ameri
ca's great army of wheat harvesters
is preparing to cross the border
into Western Canada. If weather
conditions continue favorable, the
vanguard will probably be en
gaged" on Canadain farms in two or
three weeks’ time the cutting now
having progressed as far north as
the Dakotas and Minnesota.
Thousands of men and boys, who:
have been instrumental in saving
the banner wheat crop of the Cen-!
tral West, are now preparing to carry j
through the same service for our
northern ally. Their employment
in Canada is the result of an agree
ment between the two governments
W. W. Corey, Canadian deputy
minister of the interior, who came
to Washington recently to make
final arrangements w-ith Director
John B. Densmore, of the United
States Employment Service, about
the transfer of the harvest army
to the Canadian wheat fields, states
that record crops have been planted
by the farmers of Western Canada
this year and that all their grain is
everywhere in execellent condition.
The influx of trained American har
vest hands, mobilized ar.d recruited
by the United States Employment
Service, will meet, he expects, the
severe shortage of native farm labor
existing in the Dominion and dupli
cate for Allied consumption the
remarkable harvest of the United
States. Mr. Cory is now in Kansas
City conferring with A. L. Barkman,
who is in charge of the western
harvest work of the Employment
Service.
Besides helping the Dominion to
save its wheat crops, the transfer
of the harvest army to Canada will
be of direct material benefit to this
country inasmuch as it will hold
together a trained army- of farm
workers for work in the corn fields
of the Central West this fall. The
corn crop should be ready for husk
ing by the latter part of October,
at which time the Canadian wheat
harvest will be completed. The work
in Canadian wheat fields will com
plete the cycle whereby- the emerg
ency farm army will work steadily
for increased food production from
June to December.
A SOLDIER AND HIS TRADE
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When., a., soldier., leaves., the
United States he should not feel
certain he is going to win glory
on the battlefield in France. Wheth
er officer or enlisted man he is sub
jected to further scrutiny in Eng
land and in France and until a little
corps of keen-eyed and careful offi
cers have completed the examinatior
no one man can tell into just wha1
part of the big army machine he i;
going to fit.
There are in England camp!
where every man who passes througl
is “trade indexed.” This is especially
true of one camp where a largi
part of the airmen and motor trans
port forces arrive shortly after de
barkation The records accompany
ing them show what the men havi
been doing in civil life and a furthe
examination of them and a scrutin;
of the demands often determine th
part they are to take, sometime
only for temporary duty, but ii
some cases for an indefinite period
From this lot are selected the mei
who will go into the big repair shops
at once. Men experienced in elec
trical work are sent to stations
where their service is most needed.
Orders for automobile experts are
filled and not infrequently the men
in command of the station are call
ed upon to supply men for following
for a time at least, exactly the same
kind of work they were doing in
the United States before their num
bers in the draft were called.
A big hospital is being erected at
one camp. The money for the ma
terial was furnished by the Red
Cross. The work is being done by
the army. The construction of the
buildings is not materially different
from that of war hospitals being
erected in the United States, and
the same class of skilled labor is
being used. Experts in the use of
cement are working there. Plumb
ers are doing the same sort of work
they were paid to do in the United
’ States, carpenters are employed in
doing as high grade labor as could
be found anywhere, and the draw
ing of the plans and specifications
was done by architects and engin
eers. All the men whose work is
, taken from the rank and file ol
those who reached camp on theii
way from the ports of debarkation
They will be held there only so 'onp
as their work on the structure is
required and then they will rejoir
their organizations unless detailec
for other work.
Officers engaged in fixing the
trade index of the army have boast
ed that from the ranks of the Na
tional army there may be founc
men who can do any class of worl
required, from grinding a diamonc
to working on the rifling of a bip
gun.
ENTERTAINERS BRAVE
STORMS OF THE SOUTF
FORT BLISS, Tex.—Wind storm:
and sand do not deter the volunteei
entertainers who come from E
Paso each week to give free enter
tainments for the soldiers in cam]
here. They say that if the soldier:
can undergo the storms in camp
they also can live through a brie
evening of wind and sand. Recentl;
a program was being given outdoor
for the students at the officers
training school here. A sandstorn
swept down from the desert in thi
middle of the program. The audi
ence, performers and enthusiasn
were all transferred to a nearb;
mess house, where the soldiers sa
' on mess tables and listened to th
singers and whistlers and other en
tertainers.
The only legitimate “con game
is the con-servation game.
10 ORPHAN FUND
Local Head of French Orphan Fund
Acknowledges Receipt of
Donations.
Mrs. C. H. Hall, who is the local
head of the French Orphan fund,
wishes to acknowledge receipt of
the following donations received so
j far this month. The money has
| been forwarded to Miss Annie Mary
Fitchett, the local treasurer, at Fair
banks :
Joe Pearson .$10.00
G. L. Hall . 1.00
R. B. Ward . 5.00
A. D. Pratt. 6.00
Ben Estby . 36.50
i Rose Smith . 5.00
W. H. Watson . 6.00
Dr. J. R. Bowen . 5.00
Mrs. E. A. Williams . 1.00
P. J. Lynch . 5.00
Jack Dugan . 10.00
Total .$90.50
I The manhood of France is dying
, to defeat militarism. On the battle
I field is buried the splendid promise
of her young sons. If the old France,
' forced into this conflict and spend
| ing every ounce of energy and man
; hood in the struggle, ;s to give birth
jto a new France, worthy inheritor
of her splendid achievements, her
1 children must be reared into a
; young generation of strength and
promise.
No greater work can be done for
France than to give these children
j the chance of which their fathers’
i death has deprived them. Their
• plight is an emergency which must
; be met immediately, for neglect dur
j ing one or two years of the physical,
mental and moral welfare of the
child cannot be repaired later.
Over one hundred years ago
France came to the assistance of
the young American Republic; to
day the Republic of France calls
to America through the voice of
■ j each of her sons, dying in the cause
’; of freedom: “I gave my life Will
1 i you help my little ones?”
' Ten cenrf keeps a child 1 day in
i its mother’s home.
Three dollars keeps a child one
month in it’s mother’s home.
$36.50 keeps a child one year in
* it’s mother’s home.
‘ j Subscriptions may be paid by the
1 I year, quarter or month, and a child
■ : will be assigned upon pledge of a
! year’s care.
| Every cent of the money sub
Ij scribed goes to the child. Expenses
are met from voluntary donations
for that purpose.
! The work is carried on through
j local committees, each of which is
provided with a list of French child
ren. Upon receipt of your pledge
Large Consignment Is Seized In
France While On the Way to
the Germans.
PARIS—A thousand tons of sugar
said to have been destined for Ger
many is now being turned into
candy for American soldiers in
France. Swiss agents had purchased
the sugar in the United States. When
the shipment arrived at a French
port the government learned that
it would remain in Switzerland just
long enough for reshipment into
Germany. The sugar was stored in
a French warehouse, where it re
mained for three years and recently
it was sold at auction.
The Young Men’s Christian Asso
1 ciation purchased the sugar and
I now the association factories in
^ France are busy manufacturing
' dainties for the soldiers.
| The system of the “sugar cadr"
! in France entitles one to one pound
of sugar per month, five hundred
grammes. About the 25th of the
month there are many who have
; their coffee “without.”
Keep score. The Food Admin
istration asks you to eat eleven
wheatless meals each week. Each
one counts 9.09 per cent. What is
your score this week?
j and first payment, the name and
address of a child will be given
i you. As these children are “adopted”
| their names with those of their
“adoptors” are returned to our
French Committee. Payments are
made quarterly to the mother or
[ guardian of the child, by postal
money order bearing the name and
j address of the American donor.
Every war orpTian of France who
I is certified to be in need and who
is being brought up in his own home
, is eligible to this help.
| With every quarterly allowance
I is sent a letter from the Paris Bu
. reau explaining the friendship of
' America and instructing the child
j or its mother to write a letter of
, acknowledgement to the American
j benefactor.
Through this personal touch we
are building up between the twc
peoples a lasting and unbreakable
friendship.
You will often be asked how yon
i may be sure that the money wil
reach the children. The safeguards
are: first, the character of the
[ American and French committees
, second, the fact that every payment
is made on government postal orders
• that remain on file and are oper
; for inspecion, and third, and above
i all, that the children and the donoi
are put into personal correspondence
i so that if the child should fail tc
; receive its remittance the donoi
■ would be notified bv the child oi
; its family.
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ESPIONAGE LAW
Every loyal citizen should guard
against unconscious violation of
the new federal espionage act.
Violations on the part of others
should be reported.
Here are some of the things
which constitute violations of the
espionage act.
Making or conveying false re
ports with intent to interfere with
the operation or success of the
military forces.
Making or conveying false
statements in regard to doing
anything, except in the way of
bonafide and not disloyal advice,
tending to obstruct the sale of
United States bonds or securities.
Attempting to cause of incite
insubordination, disloyalty, etc.,
among the military forces.
Attempting to cause or incite
ments.
Publishing, printing, writing or
uttering disloyal, profane or scur
rilous language against the form
of government of the United
States, the constitution, the flag,
the military forces or the uniform
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of the army or navy.
Using language intended to
bring the government, constitu
tion, flag, military forces or uni
form into contempt, scorn, con
tumely or disrepute.
Willful display of the flag of
an enemy of the United States.
Uttering, writing or publishing
language intended to curtail pro
duction of things necessary to the
prosecution of the war.
Advocating, teaching, defend
ing or suggesting any of the
things enumerated.
Favoring by word or act the
cause of any country with which
the United States is at war.
This section also contains a
proviso to the effect that anyone
in the service of the United States
government who “commits any
disloyal act or utters any un
patriotic or disloyal language, or
who, in an abusive and violent
manner criticizes the army or
navy or flag of the United States
shall be at once dismissed from
the service.”
COLORADO’S YOUNGEST
MAYOR JOINS THE ARMY
DENVER.—The youngest mayor
in Colorado has joined the colors.
He is Vernon Tovatt, mayor of Swink
Colorado, who is just 21 years of
age. Mayor Tovatt resigned his of
fiec and sold out his mercantile bus
iness to enlist in the army. When
he departed for camp the citizens
of the town called a meeting and
gave him a farewell. Tovatt is a
graduate of the Iowa State College.
His father, A Tovatt, is superintend
ent of the Holly Sugar Corporation
at Swink.
YAKIMA CHERRIES
YIELD BIG RETURN
YAKIMA, Wash.—Estimates of
the Yakima Valley cherry crop for
1918 made here place the total at
more than 100 carloads, against 60
last year, and the .-eturn to the
valley at nearly $250,000.
NOTICE OR MARSHALS SALE
United States of America, 4th Div.,
j District of Alaska, ss.
Public notice is hereby given, that
by virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias
(or execution), dated July 1st, A. D.
1918, issued out of the District
Court, of the United States for the
4th Division. District of Alaska, on
a judgment rendered in said CourO
on the 28th day of June, A. D.,
1918, in favor of Jerry Ford, and
against frank Stevens, I have, on
this 30th day of July, A. D., 1918,
levied upon the following described
real estate, situated 'n the Hot
Springs Recording Precinct. Fourth
Division, Territory of Alaska, towit:
The “South End” association placet
mining claim, the “Stevens" associa
tion placer mining claim, the “Frank'
.association placer mining claim, and
jthe “Buffalo” association placer min
; ing claim, all situated on the bend
I between Glen and Eureka creeks
in the Hot Springs Recording Pre
cinct, Fourth Division, Territory o
J Alaska; and that I will, accordingl;
offer said real estate for sale, a
'public vendue to the highest bidde:
and best bidder, for cash, on th<
10th day of September, A. D. 1918
j at ten o’clock A. M„ at the fron
j door of the U. S. Commissioner’:
j office, at Hot Springs, Alaska.
Dated, at Hot Springs Alaska
! this 30th day of July, A. D. 1918
L. T. ERWIN,
U. S. Marshal.
4th Div., District of Alaska
By J. L. ANDERS,
Deputy
Chas. E. Taylor,
Plaintiff’s Attorney.
Aug. 9, 16, 23,. 30.
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FOR SALE—Enameled double bed,
I cotton layer laid mattress, spring
Lang cook stove, wood or coal,
also heater and "baker, wheel
barrow, shot-gun, 16 bore, with
I shells; axes, wedges, saws, sledge,
peavy, carpenter tools, etc; all
best quality and cheap. Inquire
at yellow tent, opposite Commis
| sion sawmill.
j FOR RENT—Large well-built un
furnished cabin, across from the
j Rust House. For terms apply on
premises.
FOR SALE—Beaver Board, in plain
and oak finish. Doors and win
dows, sash stock and mouldings.
Inquire Simson’s.
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