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.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
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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A THRIFT CAMPAIGN mentary to their war-time efforts
in that direction.”
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paganda this year than the mere
selling of stamps has been chosen
by the national War Savings Or
ganization, and its district and state
branches. Thousands of workers are
instructed, it is announced, to
preach practical reasons for intelli
gent saving, wise spending, avoid
ance of waste and safe investment.
To this end, activities of the
war savings organizations will in
clude publcation of circulars teach
ing thrift, organization of war sav
ings societies, establishment of
courses of thrift study in schools
and colleges, co-operation with lib
raries in encouraging reading of
thrift material, and with industries
to promote saving among employes.
Practical thrift, says a guide book
issued for war savings workers, con
sists on these four practices:
“First, wise spending, preceded
by thought to make certain that the
commodity, comfort, service, re
creation or advancement. It im
plies the balancing of all needs,
present and future, and of means
of meeting those needs, and then
spending in such a way as to meet
the most urgent needs.
, “Second, intelligent saving, which
consists largely of foregoing ill
considered or foolish present ex
penditures in order to be able to
secure in the future either neces
sities or even more substantial lux
uries- Such saving is the opposite
of miserliness.
“Third, safe investment. With
war savings stamps an absolutely
solid and attractive investment and
also the most effective mechanism
for saving small sums regularly,
stress naturally will be placed upon
investment and other government
securities.
“Fourth, avoidance of waste,
which is as important to the nation
in peace as in war.”
The f:rst step to inculcate these
four principles, says the guide book
is to encourage people to think be
fore they spend. It adds: “The
thoughtful spender gets more for
his wages and therefore really gets
more for his work than does the
thoughtless purchaser."
THE HOUSING PROBLEM
- Neglect of housing by the United
States government is shameful, de
clared Robert D. Kohn, architect
and former United States Shipping
Board official, in an address de
livered before the Octavia Hill
Association, recently.
“Why, even little Cuba appro
priated several millions for the pur
pose before the war." declared Mr.
Kohn. “Why have we been so re
miss? Probably because we have
a naive belief in the all-efficiency;
of private initiative People make:
most money out of building ex-1
pensive houses. Consequently no
houses are built for the man who;
receives low wages and he has to
live in houses no one else would
have.”
Mr. Kohn approved the plan of
Massachusetts, where, he said, the
state loans money at a low rate
of interest so that low-cost houses
can be built.
“In England,” continued Mr.
Kohn, “Premier Lloyd George al
ready has announced a colossal
housing program, one* hundred mil
lions. I believe. It is part of their
reconstruction program and supple
AUSTRIAN PRESS BUNK
A glimse into the normal condi
tion of the Austrian press during
the war is contained in a revelation
in the Arbeiter Zeitung, Socialist
paper, which prints the secret con
tract between the former Austrian
Premier Dr. von Seydler, and the
pan-German deputy, Hummer, re
garding the foundation of an or
ganization to be known as the
"Press Correspondence.”
This institution was financed by
Dr. von Seydler with an annual out
lay equivalent to $150,000 and of
$7,200 to Hummer as salary. Hum
mer was also made a privy council
lor and put in the House of Lords.
His duty was to furnish, free, tele
phone and telegraph articles, mat
rices and newspaper propaganda, to
the Austrian press and it was in
general gladly accepted.
OUR FLAG IN TURKEY
For the first time since the
United States broke relations with
the Ottaman government, the Ameri
can flag flies on Turkish soil, says
an Associated Press correspondent,
writing from Adrianople. Over the
American Red Cross relief station
in the little Moslem city the Stars
and Stripes may be seen floating
alongside the Red Cross flag. The
bright colors have created no little
curiosity among the Turks, many
of whom have never seen the Amer
ican flag before.
The Red Cross depot was estab
lished there to supply food and
clothing to the great numbers of
Greek and Serbian refugees re
turning from points in Bulgaria
and Turkey.
The relief station is in charge
of Israel Marcus of Denver, Col., a
member of the American Red Cross
mission to Greece
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Editor. Nenana News:
Sir:—In your issue of March 4th
I see an article which states that
the proceeds from all ice pools are
to be divided so as to give the local
Board of Charities one-half and the
one lucky enough to guess the time
correctly will be given the other
half.
Now some of us who have been
out on the line for some time are
in the dark as to just who and what
this Local Board of Charities is
and what right they take the stand
which, according to your paper,
they have taken, and will be pleased
to have you explain in your paper
just how this arrangement came
to be made.
About two weeks ago there was
collected from this camp over one
hundred dollars to help send a man
out for medical attention and the
money was freely given without any
board of charities being consulted,
which shows that the workingmen
of Alaska do not have to be forced
to give to charity.
Pools on the breakup have been
the custom of the Alaska people
for many years, but this being
forced to split fifty-fifty is a new
idea which we are not used to.
I am writing this at the request
of a number of workingmen who
would like to know more fully how
this arrangement came to be made.
If you can give this matter a
little more publicity, you will be
conferring a favor on a number
of your readers.
Yours truly,
A SUBSCRIBER.
The above letter was referred to
Mr. J. A. Slippern, chairman of the
Board of Charities, and the follow
ing statement is made by him, with
a vew to makng clear the status
of the board and their attitude on
the questions involved.
EDITOR.
j The membership of the Asso
ciated Board of Charities and the
names of the six organizations rep
resented on this board have been
published from time to time in the
columns of the Xenana Daily News,
and as you, as a subscriber, refer
; to our article of March 4. you
should not be in the dark as to who
and what this boasd is. But be
fore explaining further our attitude
in the ice pool matter, we feel that
you and the public should know
more fully why and how this board
was organized. You say Alaskans
give willingly to charities, without
being forced and without a board
of charities being consulted. We
agree with you to a certain extent
The Alaskans are broad minded, lib
eral and generous to a fault, but if
you were here a year ago, or pre
vious to the organization of this
board, you would also know that
generosity in many cases was abused
and abused to a fare-you-well. The
town was flooded with appeals to
the businessmen and the public for
contributions in the form of sub
scriptions and raffles; but many of
these calls on the public were not
really deserving charity cases, and
in many of them the proceeds from
these calls, owing to the popularity
of the beneficiaries and the energy
of their friends, ere far in excess
of the amount necessary or justi
fied.
These lists were generally started
out and headed by the most liberal
contributors in order to set a pace
for the others, and if you were a
businessman, you naturally felt that
you had to follow suit, provided
you could afford it, whether you
considered the case deserving or not.
Mr. Subscriber, how does this
compare with your idea of giving
without being forced? We consider
this system the worst kind of coer
sion. Then came the war, with its
paramount calls on all good citi
zens. Our surplus resources were
strained to the utmost and it be
came necessary to economize and
eliminate waste in every way, and,
realizing that our charity work could
be handled more economically and
just and satisfactorily to the public
by an organized body, whose duty it
is to investigate all calls for relief,
the plan was put up to the societies
of Nenana for their approval, and
they all elected or appointed their
respective representatives on that
board. This is why and how the
board was organized and the public,
we trust, will appreciate the fact
that the beard is trying to protect
them in seeing that they are not
imposed upon, as well as devising
means to assist the needy.
When the board conceVed the
idea of splitting the ice pool money,
an idea that was partly carried out
last year, we took the matter up
with the pool rooms that handled
the pools last year, and obtained
their consent^ before adopting that
plan. That is how the arrangement
came to be made. The board did
not anticipate any serious opposi
tion to this plan from the public
at large, taking it for granted that
the average man, or at least every
man who can afford to take a few
chances on the ice pools, generally
contributes more money than that
to charities during the year. And
knowing that this portion will be
properly expended, will figure it
out that he can at least take twice
as many chances than he otherwise
would, and the result to the winner
would be the same. But whether
he does so or not, whether he is
the winner or one of the many
losers in the pool, he has this satis
faction, that half of his money is
not lost to him, but goes toward
a cause he otherwise' would be
called upon to contribute to in
a more direct manner, that may
not appeal to him as a chance in
a pool would This, at least, was
our idea in this plan, and, countini
on the generous support of Alas
kans in our work we expected tha
they would look upon this plan ii
the same spirit, instead of askini
what right we had to adopt thi
plan. As to that we say frankly
that we did not consider the lega
status of it at all. any more thai
we could consider the legal statu
of any of the ice pools or any othe:
game of chance. You know ver;
well that it has none, and you alsi
know that these things are con
doned with or tolerated merely oi
account of some redeeming feature
in the form of patriotic or chariti
revenues derived from them. Henc<
we fail to see that the board i
taking advantage or infringing or
anybody’s legitimate rights. W<
have no other motive for this plar
but the public welfare as set fortl
above, and a convenient way tt
raise a good share of the fundi
required. But if the general pub
lie disapproves or does not suppor
this plan, we suggest that they pu
it up to the societies that we repre
sent, and wre will abide by theii
decision, and confine our efforts t<
the investigation of and passing
on all calls on the public for re
lief that may be put up to us, wit 1
the understanding that they are no
expected to contribute toward an>
call that is not approved by the
board as set forth in our communi
cation of March 4. This rule was
adopted when the board was organ
,ws.s.
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new, $40. Inquire at News office.
Kissing is not the world's lan
guage. since in China and Japan it
is never practiced. It is considered
unsanitary!
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
, for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
. Duilding. Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
* Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Monday-. Wednesdays
and Saturdays.
ized a year ago. in order to pro
tect the public against the imposi
tion and abuse prevailing at that
time. Or. if the public are willing
to submit to the old conditions,
we shall be glad to know it. and
are more than willing to be re
lieved of devoting our time to a
work that does not have the support
of the public.
We ere in the Fur Manu
facturing Business, therefore
CAN and WILL pay you more
for your furs than any other
fur buyer In town
SIMSON’S
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 “Busted” in tbe spring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latoucbe and
Kennecott.
ALASKA PUBLICITY
BUREAU
Juneau Afaika.
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HEATERS
RANGES
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
Yukon Stoves and Drums
Air Tight heaters
Any Thing in the Sheet Metal, Plumb
ing or Heating Line
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
NICELY HOUSE
With Belmont In Connection
POOL CANDIES CIGARS
AND TOBACCOS
WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
PRICES REASONABLE
Rate* By the Week or Month
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Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
Anderson, Herman
Allred, Mrs. Clara
Bergman, Charles
Brown, Jess
Berggren, Ernst
Browne, F. D.
Bresnahan, E. D.
Blankfield, D.
Bowen, J. R
Blair. Roy
Brooker, Ed
Bennett, J F.
Ball, I. B.
Erown, Erie
Burns, R. E.
Coutts, W T
Calderhead, R. VV
Campbell, N'. J.
Coghill. \V. A.
Cooney, M. J.
Doner. Frank
Diven, R. j.
Douse. Fred
Davis, ■Harry
Ekeland, Alf
4 Funk, A B.
Finlayson. K A.
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Fisher, Joe
Flower. J. H.
Foster, Steve
Gagnon. Wm.
Ghezzi, Alfred
Head, E. A.
Haslem, H. G.
Hagan, James
Hill, L. W.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey, .Andy
Gray, E. B.
Gilcher, W. H.
Hyland. Mike
Isabel, L. C.
Irvine, A. J.
Johnson, A. G.
Jones, Frank
Julian, W. J.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter
Joseph, H. B.
Koland, Knut
Ketooroky, John A
Laughlin, E. L.
Lund, E. E.
Lehr, Q. F.
Markus, George
Mortensen, Peter
Myers, R R.
Moore, Frank B
Miles, J. H.
McDonald, R. S.
Martin, G. S
Morris, R. C.
Nash, Martin
Owen, Harry
O’Keefe, Larry
Parks, S. E.
Pennington. G. W
Palfy, Paul
Packer, W. I,.
Ryan, W. A.
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry N.
Stol, Nels
Schmidt, Carl
Schaeffer, M. A.
Slippern, J. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Stone, A J.
Schmidt. Pete
Smith, Chas.
Smith, George A.
Southworth, R. G.
Spira, Frank
Taylor, Frank
Tunison, B.
Thompson, Theodore
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. J.
Verhaeghe, Cyriele
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Woods, Geo. W.
Williams, E. A.
Waechter, R. I.
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