THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. Southworth..Editor and Manager
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PEACE AND LIGHT
And God said, let there be light,
and there was light.
No doubt in His gracious time
Omnipotence will again speak; and
there will be peace, says the Port
land Oregonian. But it will be no
peace, if right shall not triumph
and wrong foverer be cast into outer
darkness. There are those of little
faith who think that the right and
justice are, after all, mere words,
and only might can endure. If that
is so, a bad cause has just as good
an opportunity to survive as a good
cause. It is not true. It is a thought
which violates all the solemn prom
ises and sacred prophecies of Di
vinity; and it runs counter to every
instinct of our common humanity.
So we now' better, indeed.
But it is not always easy, when
one sees the steady progress of
Brute Force, to keep an unwavering
faith. Surely, it is not a part of
the Divine plan that the world be
given over to the wild beasts of,
Kultur. Atrocity, murder, spoila-!
tion, cruelty, and barbarism are
words which belong to the Devil’s j
lexicon. They have been adopted J
by Germany as its very own. Why J
God suffers the Devil to live is a
part of the Great Mystery. But so
it is. Just now his masquerade is
as the German kaiser.
On Easter day we heard much
about peace, but nothing now about
peace without victory or peace with
out honor. The world knows that
there can be no peace until Kultur
is slain in its citadels. There is a
world where there peace and good
will among men; and we are en
joined to seek it as the greatest
human inspiration. It is not an im
pious though that there can be no
good will toward madmen. It may
not be necessary to hate the kaiser
and his minions, but it is necessary
to rid the world of them. Let us
have peace, indeed, but a German
peace—never!
God give us peace! Not such as lulls
to sleep,
But sword on thigh, and brow
with purpose knit!
And let our ship of state to harbor
sweep.
Her ports all up, her battle lant
erns lit
And her leashed thunders gathering
for their leap.
AIRPLANES IN THE WAR
Secretary Baker, believes the Ju
neau Empire, has answered a class
of critics that has been or. hand
since the first day we got into the
war. He has told something official
about the airplanes in the war, and
made it plain that the persons who
have sat in comfortable chairs and
criticised the administration for net
sending over a million airplanes and
putting Germany out of business in
a day, were very shallow thinkers.
He has also shown that rhe people
who have been talking about there
being tens of thousands of airplanes
in use at this time did not know
what they were talking about.
According to the secretary, Imre
have never been more than a thous
and and five hundred airplanes on
the Western front at any one .time.
That is, neither Germany n >r the
Allies have had more than that num
ber. But the important part of the
secretary’s statement is to trie effect
tha we have begun sending elanes
over only recently, and that we ; re
still five months ahead of i ur cal
culations in that regard.
Another intersting statement which
the secretary makes, points >ut the
Juneau paper, is to the effect ihat
it requires the services of forty-six
men on the ground for every air
plane in the air. Every one of hese
forty-six men must be a trained
man if not, indeed, a mechanical ex
pert. So for the two thousand, five
hundred airplanes in use, there must
be a hundred and fifteen thousand
of these highly skilled men.
We are training tens of thousands
of men in this country at this very
moment, but tens and thousands are
not many when one remembers the
secretary’s figures. If we have the
size airplane fleet which we ought
to have, it would take five hundred
thousand of these skilled mechanics
and aviators—and that is something
more than a matter of reading a list
of names and telling men to fall in.
It is a matter of time and money
and study. We are going to have
them; we are going to darken the
heavens with airplanes. But it can’t
be done today or tomorrow, not
at all unless men capable of being
highly trained voluntarily enter the
service.
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WHEATLESS MEALS AND DAYS
ARE NOW OPTIONAL IN
PRIVATE HOMES.
While private homes will not be '•
required to observe wheatless meals '
and days, they will be required to i
cut wheat consumption to about
one-half of normal. If this can be
done without entirely giving up
wheat at any meal, the Food Ad
ministration will consider that its
program is being followed strictly to j
the letter. It is urging, however,
that those, whose circumstances and
requirements permit, effect an even
greater reduction. It believes that
the imperative necessity for this
measure will be well understood,
and that its request will receive !
ready response from the people of.
America.
The allowance of one and one- j
half pounds of wheat flour per per
son per week is considered reason
able. Wheatless days and meals
must be strictly observed by all r,ub
lic eating places. The full light of
publicity will be turned upon es
tablisments violating this urgent re
quest of the Food Administration.
Federal Food Administrators have
been given telegraphic orders to en
force the program by rigid inspec
tion and investigation. Where vio
lations are reported, the administra
tors are instructed to hold hearings
which must be open to the public
and to the press. Virtually this
means that no violator, no matter
what the extenuating circumstances,
will ba shielded by having his name
withheld from the newspapers.
Where violations are proved, the
administrators are urged to follow
immediately with punitive measures,
the nature of which will be deter
mined in consultation with author!
ties at Washington.
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“Tho the grapefruit’s sorter sour,
And the coffee’s sorter flat,
1 When the sugar bowl is empty,
Life is sorter sweet at that,
j Save a little, scimp a little,
So the lads across the sea
Won’t be cheated every morning
Out of sugar for their tea
We can never lick the Hun,
When the frosting’s on the
doughnut
and the sugar’s on the bun.”
J. J. Montague.
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Three Buffalo nickles and one
dime will help to break the Hinden
burg line.—Buy a Thrift Stamp.
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Knock the helm out of Willhelm.
—Buy War Savings Stamps.
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ANCHORAGE MAN
SAYS ADVERTISE
TO GET_RESULTS
Business Man Says Outsiders Are
Not Aware of Possibilities of
North
Advertising and transportation are
\ the two crying needs of Anchorage
at this time, in the opinion of Henry
Baxter, Anchorage merchant and
Matanuska coal operator, who re
turned to the railroad town recently
from a three months’ business visit
to Pacific coast cities.
“It is impossible to get vessels of
any size or description at the present
I time at any of the seaports along
I the Pacific coast,” said Mr. Baxter.
“Unless the government comes to the
aid of the companies now engaged
in the production of coal in the Mat
anuska coal fields by supplying the
necessary transportation facilities, it i
will be a physical impossiblity to!
ship coal in paying quantities from
Anchorage.
“The government has taken over
every available vessel along the Pa
cific coast and it is impossible for
the individual shipper to obtain any
type of boat.
“San Francisco, Los Angeles, Port
land and cities along the Alaska
coast are waiting markets for the
products of the Matanuska coal
fields.
, Businessmen and capitalists in
j most of the Pacific coast cities are
i ignorant concerning the resources of
the Anchorage district and have at j
the best but a limited knowledge of i
the coal fields and the amount of j
coal available for shipment.”
Mr. Baxter believes that an adver- j
tising campaign with the end in view j
of making Anchorage better known j
j in the States would be a great step !
| toward the development of the coal j
\ fields.
SEWARD PENINSULA MAN
CUTS THROAT WITH KNIFE
Gunder Olson Fostvet, of Nome, i
recently committed suicide in a room
j of the Elite bath-house hotel by
severing his jugular vein with a pen
: knife. Dr. Chace was called, but
; Fostvet was beyond human aid. He (
expired shortly after the arrival of
the doctor.
The deceased was a married man. '
! Mrs. Fostvet was in the room at the
time. She tried to prevent her hus
i band from committing the rash act,
I and in doing so,' she received a
| severe cut on the hand. The do- ]
! ceased was a man about 50 years
i
1 of age. He has been mining in the1
| Nome country for several years past j
and during the present winter, until
'very recently, he was mining on the !
j Mattie claim on Nikkola gulch.
DELINQUENTS REPORTED
TO GOVERNOR’S OFFICE
I The Ruby Exemption Board has
j reported the following men who
; have failed to turn in questionnaires
! in the time allowed them:
Carlson. Carl Evert, Long, Alaska
I Carlson, Mathas William, Long,
j Kudzieff, Anthony, Xenana.
i Sorenson, George Seehuns, Nenana
McConnel, David Leo, Anvik.
Sjorgren, Ludwig, Long.
; Basil Clemmens has been reported
j for failure to appear for physical
examination.
| All of the above named men have
| been placed in Class 1 and are sub
■ ject to call, when if they fail to
I respond they will be classed as de
I serters.
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KILL*) PLAN!
WILL SUPPLY BIG
TRADE WITH LARD
Alaska Fish Salting and By-Products
Company Has Use for Herring
Oil.
“Our products this year will be
largely converted into lard com
pound suitable for cooking purposes,”
states L. A. Feike, of the Alaska
Fish Salting and By-Products com
pany in an interview published re
cently in a Juneau newspaper.
“I have a sample of this compound
made from herring oil which 1 would
be glad to show anyone interested,”
he said. “It is snow white and re
sembles lard. It is manufactured
from our fish oils by the firm of
W. P. Fuller & Co., of Seattle. This
firm has been handling our entire
output and it is likely they will con
tinue to do so.”
Mr. Feike states that his company
expects to salt herring this year, and
if the salted herring meets the ex
pectations, it will put up in the neigh
borhood of 5,000 barrels of salt
herring, as well as its usual products.
Regarding the manufacture of fish
meal, Mr. Feike states that this meal
has been used for fertilizer in times
past, but that at the present time
it is found more valuable as a hog
food and as chicken food than for
fertilizer. Before it is manufactured
into this meal, all the oil is extracted
and it is from this oil that the com
' pany makes its lard substitue com
| pound.
j “This will lead to the saving of
| enormous tonnage of raw fish prod
i ucts which we can in turn work up
| into valuable food products,” he said.
Mr. Feike is now at Killisnoo, with
several men getting things in shape j
for spring business.
LADIES JOIN LEAGUE
OF LONG LOYALISTS
Everyone at Long creek is en
! thusiastic over the Loyal League.
' says the Ruby Record Citizen, after
only two weeks existence the league
numbered more than one hundred
members. The league at Long made
a change in its by-laws and is now
admitting ladies to membership. The
following ladies have enrolled their
names: Mrs. John Flannigan, Mrs.
F. B. Walker, Mrs. Edwin Ander
son, Mrs. Allen Ives, the League
pianist, Mrs. Robt. Graham, Mrs.
Ed Wilkinson, Mrs. Chas Strite. Mrs.
Ed Kelly, Mrs. Carl Erickson and
Miss Martha Johnson.
NEWS FROM THE KOYUKUK
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Harry Clarke, of Ruby, is in re- j
ceipt of a letter from Dan Averill I
saying there had been several new j
! strikes made in the Kouyukuk dur- |
: ing the winter. On Jennie creek, j
$200 had been panned out of a hole !
130 feet deep. On John river, Can-1
yon creek, between three and four j
hundred dollars were panned out of ,
a hole 170 feet deep.
A new strike was also made on :
Myrtle creek.
NEW KNITTING STITCHES '
—
j There are many ways, of knitting :
'sleeveless army sweaters. Besides:
the commonly used garter or plain j
knitting stitch, sweaters can be made \
jof the stocking stitch, which con-1
! sists of knitting across the wrong ;
side of the garment, or of ihc “new” i
stitch, in which you slip one and knit j
one across the right side and knit j
! the slipped stitch and purl the knit :
; ted stitch back across the wrong
I side. Either of these stitches will
' make warmer and better wearing
sweaters than those made of the
garter stitch.
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WILMA ROGERS WINS
PRIZE AT SLWSON’S
Ticket No. 5139 not having been
j presented within the ten days allowed
|by the rules governing the contest,
| Ticket No. 4891 was awarded the
| grand prize in the Simson May Pot
. lach last night, the holder of Inc
’ lucky ticket being Miss Wi'ma Rogers,
i The prize was S75 in cash.
^ Mrs. C. D. Ross, who was to have
left Fairbanks today for Nenana, has
1 postponed her trip for several days.
COONEY MOTEL
Not Better Than the Best,
But Better than the Rest."
NENANA - ALASKA
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HOUSECLEANING TIME HAS COME
HOUSEWIVES SAVE WORRY AND TROUBLE BY HAVING
Your Laundry Doric Rough Pry
GARMENTS READY TO IRON AND FLAT WORK FINISHED
20c a Pound
LACE CURTAINS AND BLANKETS AS FINISHED WORK ONLY
NENANA STEAM LAUNDRY
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SANITARY SNOW WHITE
First and A Streets
JACKSON Sc EKELAND
CIGARS POOL CONFECTIONERY
SOFT DRINKS ICE CREAM
FRESH LEMONS
ON ALL BATS
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VHEAI FLOUR TOR HOflE USI
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"VAR. SAVINGS STAMPS
ISSUED BY THE
UNITED STATES
COVSSUiMENT
I The habit that
makes
men
rich ■ •
Saving is a habit—the habit that makes
men rich.
While the Government needs the money
that will be invested in the War Savings
Stamps, there are other, and simpler meth
ods that could be used to raise this two bil
lion dollars.
The greater purpose of War Savings Stamps
is to give every man, woman and child a
personal part in financing the war for free
dom and to teach the most beneficial habit
in life—the habit of thrift. So that when
the war is over the people will have saved,
out of the high wages of these days, some
part of their income, as a provision for the
future.
Look out for your personal future. Make
certain of it by buying War Savings Stamps
now, while you can. They pay 4 per cent
interest, compounded quarterly, and are
backed by the strongest treasury in the
world.
THEY EARN MONEY
THEY SAVE LIFE AT THE
FRONT, BY HELPING UNCLE
SAM WIN THE WAR.
BUT THEM AT THE
POSTOFFICE
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