THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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MR. PACKER
Having already expressed a desire to see Superintendent of
Construction W. L. Packer placed in entire charge of the work
of the Alaskan Engineering commission in this division, the News
welcomes the opportunity to indorse the action taken yesterday by
the Nenana Commercial club, with regard to the recommendation
of Mr. Packer as directing head of the division.
Mr. Packer is a practical railroad builder. He has had a lot
of experience and has made good on jobs involving greater prob
lems than any encountered in the Nenana division. He has execu
tive ability, enjoys the respect and confidence of the community
and stands well with the men in the employ of the commission.
We believe Mr. Packer safely can be entrusted with the work
still to be done in this division. He is not ambitious to assume
additional responsibilities, but we know that he can and will do
the work quickly and satisfactorily if he is given a free hand and
told to go ahead. We do not believe in handicapping him.
“VICTORY” BREAD
To enable the people of the United States to make still fur
ther savings of wheat flour which is now so vital to the success
if the Allies, the amount of substitutes now allowed in the bak
ing of bread and rolls by all licenses under the United States Food
Administration (20%) is increased to twenty-five per cent, begin
ning April 14th.
The United States Food Administration wired the Federal
Food Administrator for Alaska, under date of March 22nd, that
the urgent needs of the Alles for an increased supply of wheat
flour, and our own short crop, makes it necessary that the amount
of substitutes required in the baking of all “Victory” bread be
increased to 25 per cent on April 14th. Amended baking rules
also are to be issued. The food administration also states that
the situation may demand a still further increase later on.
All bakers, hotels, restaurants, cafes and boarding houses,
whose consumption of wheat flour is three barrels per month come
within the above ruling, and must have a license direct from the
United States Food Admnistrator at Washington.
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WHAT ANY WOMAN CAN DO.
All of us cannot go to Fiance to nurse the wounded, much
as we would like to do so.
Nor can many of us enlist as yeomen in the navy, as govern
ment clerks or telephone operators, as instructors in cooking, or
as motor messengers, though all these positions are open to women.
But our patriotism and our natural desire to help where there is
need impel us to some form of service.
Scarcely a woman among us who has not felt the urge to
come to the aid of her government, to show by act as well as by
word her loyalty to that flag that is so dear. The men are offer
ing their lives—their all. What can we women do?
There is one form of service open to practically all of us—
the financial support of our government. W'ithout funds, our
army cannot be clothed or fed or supplied with munitions. With
out funds ships cannot be built to transport men and supplies
across the water. Without funds the proper precautions for the
safety of our army cannot be taken. The raising of funds is nec
essary, is vital, and though you may be far from wealthy, you
can contribute your share through the purchase of Liberty Bonds.
Where is the woman, except among the really poor, who can
not save $1.00 a week on either household or personal expenses?
Most of us can save more for such a cause. Or if impossible to
save from our present incomes, let us increase our incomes. Let
us earn more.
Various ways of earning “pin money,” have for years been
open to women, but we will no longer talk of “pin money,” We
have advanced beyound such trifling considerations. Now we can
earn “bond money.” Now we can work f<5r our country instead
of for ourselves, and no task that we have ever undertaken will
be sweeter or more satisfying.—An American Woman.
aj: £ :*c # sje
Feeding 42,500 troops at Camp Lewis, Seattle, three meals
a day will cost the government $14,000, and the preparation of the
meals 150 tons of food will be used. Money is needed to buy
food. That’s why the government is asking you to buy Liberty
Loan Bonds of the Third Liberty Loan.
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There are two ways of saving money. One way is to put
it into a savings bank and draw 3 or four per cent interest on it.
An infinitely better way is to put your money in a Liberty Bond,
paying 4 V* per cent interest.
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DOES AMERICA KNOW?
Ruth Wright Kauffman, of the Vigilantes, asks from Paris:
.Does America Know—
That there is a war going on in Europe?
That the wastage on the British front alone is 2,000 men a
day?
That a present of- 100,00 airships to the Allies will do no
good unless engines are of the sort that can be used at the front?
That when American sends men to France, the men must be
fed and clothed and given guns?
That the maintenance of an army at the front is the main
tenance of a city as big as Chicago suddenly dumped in the middle
of a desert?
That England has had to build her own docks in Northern
France to receive her transports?
That it‘8 like offering a live elephant to a baby to offer
France American troops without maintenance?
That every day there are fewer men living in that thin human
wall whifch divides Germany from America ?
That there really are such things as shells and bombs and
and poisonous gas and liquid flame, and that when these things
strike you, they hurt?
That either:
It’s up to America to strain very,nerve of every individual
and finish this war properly,
or:
It’s up to every workingman in the United States to hand
over so much per week out of his wage for the rest of his natural
life existence into Germany’s pocket-book? and pay for this war
properly.
Must war put its iron fingers on the throat of each small
town of the United States before America rubs its eyes and yawns
and tries—too late—to jump out of bed?
The Americanization of immigran
women will be a large factor in thi
work of the national committee o
one hundred, appointed, upon re
quest, by the United States Commis
sioner of Education, Dr. Philander F
Claxton. Under the emergency o
war the “America first ’ campaigi
of the committee has become intens
ive and great efforts are being mad
to teach English and patriotism t
the 3,000,000 non-English speakinj
people of the United States. Eng
lish teaching will be carried on i:
homes, factories and training camp
as well as in schools.
Mrs. Frank H. Bliss, of Buffak
assistant to the chairman of the ex
ecutive committee, H. H. Wheatoi
chief of the division of immigran
education of the United States Bu
reau of Education, has taken up he
activities at the national headquart
ers of the committee, 812 Washing
ton Loan and Trust Building, Wash
ington, D. C. Mrs. Bliss has for 2
years been identified with the civi
work of New York state.
To strengthen the public system o
education to meet the needs of thi
unassimilated portion of America’
people a strong program has bee:
worked out. Realizing that nations
unity is fundamental in. the evolu
tionof a democracy, the committe
of one hundred hopes to achieve i
by five means: “A common use o
the language of the United States
a common understanding and appro
ciation of American standards, ideals
and responsibilities of citizenship; :
genuine allegiance to the Unitei
| States, whether the land of the citi
zen’s birth or of adoption; active or
operation with fellow citizens in fur
thering a common welfare throug
government: r> universal conscious
ness of our national and social oi
ganization and the impelling force
fullness of its evolution.”
SUMMERLIN LEARNS
WAYS OF ENGINES
Mr. Grady Summerlin, the genia
chief steward of the Alaskan Er
gineering commission, is occupyin
all of his spare time in acquirin
the ways of the wily locomotive, i
a determined effort to master th
intricacies of steam locomotion in a
its branches, from firing a boilt
to manufacturing the various pari
j that go to make up one of the moi
j ern monsters of traction, and assen
I bling them in their proper place
Grady, also more familiarly know
as “Fuzzy” or “Old Top”, is promp
ed by purely patriotic motives. Ha'
ing heard that the glory of the a>
tual conflict will probably not fa
to the lot of Alaska registrants, ar
being very unwilling to spend prol
ably several years doing “sentry gc
and barrack duties in some remoi
Alaskan military post, with mal:
mutes, fishwheels and mosquitoes i
the only means of distraction, has h
upon this plan to serve the count!
as near the firing line as he ca
get. Just as soon as he feels cor
petent to handle any kind oi a jc
on a locomotive “somewhere
France,” “Fuzzy” intends to offi
his services to one of the many e:
gineering units now in course <
formation.
Thomas Henderson won the si
race held at Anchorage on March 1
making the twenty miles in tv
hours and thirty-five minutes. L<
Lundell was second in two hou
and fifty-four minutes, and A. Gu
tafson third, in two hours and fift
six minutes. The contest starti
at noon from in front of Petersor
pool hall on Fourth avenue. The
were ten entries in the 'frace.
C. R. Rhodes, who has been e
gaged during the past winter
opening up a lime property abo
ten miles south of Anchorage i
the main line of the governme
railroad, shipped a carload of lin
to Anchorage recently for dispos
on the local market. Mr. Rhod
is very enthusiastic regarding tl
future of the lime industry in A
chorge and looks forward to doing
substantial business this summer.
I
mm DELAY
Retiring Governor Recognize* Need
of Feeder* to Government
Railroad.
That wagon roads are needed to
insure the successful operation of
the government railroad, now under
construction in Alaska, and that more
liberal appropriations are necessary
for road building purposes, with
greater co-operation between terri'
torial and federal road builders, are
points given prominence in a leter
written by Governor Strong, in j;e
ply to a letter received from John
C. Murphy, of this city, asking the
support of the governor in the cam
paign which is being made for a
road to open up the Kantishna coun
try.
The governor is heartily in favor |
of the construction of roads where-1
ever they will lessen the difficulties j
of development and makes his atti- j
tude plain on this point in his letter.
to Mr. Murphy, which is as follows:!
Juneau, Alaska, Mar. 23, 1918.
Mr. John C. Murphy, Nenana, Alaska
“Dear Sir:—The receipt is ac
knowledged of your letter of Feb-]
ruary 11, with enclosures, in which;
you urge the necessity which exists j
for the construction of a wagon road j
to the great Kantishna mining region, j
“In reply A have to say that I j
have read your letter carefully, as j
well as the documents which accom- j
panied it. I believe that no one j
conversant with the subject of good
■ roads can gainsay any statements!
you make. In any country good j
roads have been found to be a
prime factor in its development, and j
Alaska, with its boundless stretches j
and its diversified natural resources, j
cannot and will not be developed ex- ]
cept in spots until a comprehensive j
road and trail system has been es- J
tablished. I cannot conceive of any ;
J better use to which territorial funds'
j can be put than in the intelligent
; construction of roads and trails so
las to afford means to he intending;
I ' farmer, to the prospector and the ;
| miner, by which agricultural and ;
) : mineral regions can be easily reached. '
. | Of course, this will entail an expen
, I diture of vast sums of money, but j
j this being a vast country and of vast ;
natural resources, such expenditure !
would be entirely justified. The
government railroad, now under con
struction, must have roads as feed- :
ers to furnish tonnage, if it is to j
be the success which it is hoped it,
will be. And in the matter of seeur-1
ing more roads and more trails, the j
co-operation of the federal and ter- j
ritorial governments, in my opinion, ,
is absolutely necessary. Under the j
present territorial system, $50,000 ,
1 is allowed to each of the four judi
cial divisions each year. The federal.
government expends probably about!
two and one-half times that amount; j
but I find that there is little co-or j
dination in the work of the Alaska
Road commission and the Territorial
Road commission, although to some
extent an effort is being made to
bring about such co-ordination. In j
the future, no doubt, a system will |
be devised by which better work will \
be done. But the amounts now spent
are but drops in the bucket to what
is needed. Alaska should spend at
least one million dollars a year for
many years to come in the building
of roads and trails so that those re
moter districts in the country which
are promising agriculturally and
mineralogically, can be reached and
be made to render service to the
people. I apprehend that at this
time it will be difficult to secure
large appropriations for this work,
especially from the federal govern
ment, because of the awful war in
which we are now engaged, and which
calls for the necessary expenditure
of billions of money and the best
efforts of all the people. But this
war will pass and, when that happy
day has arrived, men will turn their
attention to this territory, and its
resources will be developed through
the building of railroads and wagon
roads, and maybe several great com
monwealths will arise from what is
now practically a vast and howling
wilderness.
“It may be needless for me to
say that I am in hearty sympathy
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“Thanking you for your letter, I
im,
“Yours very truly,
“J. F. A. STRONG,
“Governor.”
FRENCH FIRM PREFERS
YANKEE ALARM CLOCKS
A Bordeaux business house has
just closed a deal with a large man
ufacturing establishment in the
United States for a trial order of
alarm clocks, the total purchase
amounting to 250,000 francs, ($48,
250 at normal exchange). The
French firm states that this order—
the first of its kind from this vicin
ity, whose trade has been monopo
lized by manufacturers of other
nationalities—is the direct result of
efforts made by the American con
sulate at Bordeaux to place it in
touch with manufacturers in the
United States only a few weeks ago.
There appears to be a general
dearth of alarm clocks in France and
French colonial possessions, accord
ing to the statements of several local
handlers of the articles. This is, no
doubt, due to the inability to import
from some of the former furnishers
located in belligerent countries. The
buyer of these clocks further stated
that he anticipated no trouble in
disposing of the stock of several
thousand pieces ordered, and that
this initial order was placed chiefly
as a means of ascertaining the qual
ity if the Amercan article and its
■ suitability (as to price and wear)
I for the French market.
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