THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for einry 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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FOREIGN TRADE CLIMBING
American foreign trade for -19
reached its highest point in May
according to figures announced re
cently by the Bureau of Foreign anc
Domestic Commerce, department o1
commerce. Exports totaled $552,
000,000, an increase of $52,000,00(
over April, while imports mountec
to $323,000,000 an increase of $44,
000,000 over the previous month
This is the highest monthly total foi
imports and the fourth highest foi
exports in the history of our for
eign trade.
For 11 months, ended with May
the value of exports reached $5,
445,000,000, decrease compared witl
the $5,717,000,000 recorded for thi
corresponding period in 1917. Im
ports for the 11 months ended witl
May were valued at $2,686,000,000
an increase of $333,000,000 com
pared with the $2,353,000,000 for ;
similar period in 1917. '
Imports of gold show a slight up
ward trend over previous months
amounting to over $6,000,000 ii
May and $93,000,00 for the 1
months ended with May. Export
of gold amounted to less than $4,
000,000 in May and to $188,000,001
in the 11 months.
Imports as well as exports of sil
ver continue to increase, the import
amounting to $7,000,000 in May an<
to $65,000,000 in tho 11 month
ended with May, which is doubl
the imports of a year ago- Export
of silver during May amounted t
$46,000,000, against $6,000,000
year ago and $131,000,000 for th
11 months ended with May, agains
$69,000,000 for the corresponds
period of 1917.
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AMERICA’S PLACE
A young Italian diplomrt said t
an American friend recently: “
saw a moving picture showing th
invasion of America. I remembe
that I could not be stirred by it a
were my American friends; to m
it was only a show. Now Italy i
invaded. It is not a show. It is
reality. You sympathize—but yo>
cannot know.”
An English woman now in thi
•country told of spending five sue
cessive nights in the cellar of he
home to escape the Zeppelin raid
and she added: “You forget tha
England is now one of the invade'
countries.”
France, Belgium, Italy and Eng
land; all are now scenes of actua
invasion.
America has not been invaded, i
is true, but her boys are being she
f
down. It is her fight.
The very fact that her territory
has not been invaded, the very fact
that she has been spared this dese
cration of her towns and villages,
makes the responsibility for personal
sacrifice double here.
She should give and keep on giv
ing. Her own personal comfort has
not yet been touched. She should
contribute money and then more
money. But all the money in all
the Allied countries will not win the
war without food.
America is being asked right now
. to give every grain of wheat she
i can possibly spare. There < ught to
■ be but one answer to this request:
■ “Take it.” Most of us ought to
i say: “Take it all.”
, France has again cut down her
■ bread ration to about two-thrids of
i that heretofore maintained. Since
bread constitutes over one-half of
■ the diet of the French nation, this
, is a greater denial even than it
: sounds.
The eating of wheat in America
i is solely a matter of taste, comfort
- and convenience.
) Every patriotic American should
sacrifice his own taste, comfort and
- convenience in order to give tc
51 those who have suffered so lon.e
1 and cruelly in this war, his Iasi
3 j grain of wheat.
; j RECEIPT OF DONATIONS
) MADE BY A. E. C. MEN
;; Mr. C. H. Hall, special disbursing
t. agent of the Alaskan Engineering
, commission has received the follow
ing letter acknowledging the receipl
; of money sent to the Red Cross.
The money represents the volun
tary contributions made by the em
> ployees o* the Commission in this
1 division during the month of April
;[ Washington, D. C., June 18, 1915
r I “Mr. C. H. Hall, Special Disbursing
=: Agent, Alaskan Engineering Com
; mission, Nenana, Alaska.
3, “Dear Mr. Hall:—Receipt is ac
i knowledged of your letter of Maj
i 10th enclosing check to the order o1
Mrs. Franklin K. Lane in the amouni
3. of $497.94, covering monthly sub
! scriptions from the employees oi
r: the Commission at Nenana for th(
3 War Work Association of the de
t partment of the interior.
1 “Mrs. Lane is absent from th<
city, but I have turned this monej
- over to the party temporarily ii
1 charge.
“Cordially yours,
t “H. W. TILLMAN, Jr.,
t “Senior Clerk.”
Dr. A. A. KENISON
The Fairbanks Optician
Will be in Nenana
Until Saturday
Office at Cooney Hotel
BOARD MAKES REPORT
REPORT OF NENANA SCHOOL BOARD, 1917-1918
Nenana, June 26, 1918.
RECEIPTS
Cash Received from Taxes, Receipt No. 1 to 299 inc.$3970.39
Cash Received from Territorial Treas. and Night School Board.... 2745.05
Total Cash Received from all sources .. . 6715.44
Total Expenditures, Warrants No 1 to 115, inc.5409 09
Total Cash in Hands of Treasurer this date. 1306.35
Refund due from Ty. Treas. for quar. ending May 30, '18. 826.51
Refund due from Ty. Treas. for frac. quar. ending June 21, T8.. 296.30
Total available moneys for school term 1918-1919.$2429.16
EXPENDITURES
Stationery, telegrams, postage and filing cabinet.$ 108.60
Furniture for School . 118.35
Election expenses of School director. 44.00
Total Expenses of Control .. .$ 270.95
Salary, teacher .$141500
Text books . 553.09
Stationery and supplies used in instruction. 113.43
Total Expenses of Instruction. ... 2081.52
Wages of janitor . $983.34
Fuel . 543.20
lice . 4.75
Light and Power . 112.66
Janitor’s supplies . 51.30
Total Expenses of Operation of School Plant. . 1695.25
Permanent improvements, sashes, shades, school seats
and other additions.$472.61
Insurance for 3 years . 300.00
Fire extinguisher and repair of school bell. 62.01
Total expense of improv. and main, of school plant. 834-62
Medical examination of school children. .$ 78.00
Scavenger services and sanitation ........... . 85.75
Levying, assessing taxes, assessor’s books and stationery
printing and postage .. 363.00
Total Miscellaneous Expenses... .... 526.75
Total Expenditures, Warrants Nos. 1 to 115 inc.
Total Expenditures 1917-1918..
Supplies Etc. On Hand
i Clerk’s supplies, cabinet, etc. .$ 58.00
, Library table, clock, etc-. 86.10
■ Text Books . 500.00
| Stationery and supplies used in instruction . 35.00
Fuel on Hand . 14812
'Janitor’s Supplies .. 25.00
'Unexpired Insurance . 200.00
Permanent Improvements to Building . 317.21
$5409.09
$5409.09
Total
. 1369.43
Actual cost of maintenance, sanitation and instruction, ’ 17-’ 18.$4039.66
Average daily attendance .26
Cost per capita . .$155.37
Total number pupils enrolled . 28
Average daily attendance . ... 26
Number days attendance, all pupils.4232
Total number ranking between 90 and 100, all grades.... 18
Total number ranking between 85 and 100, all grades. .. 9
Cost of school building as presented to district.$13,434.98
Cost of improvements and additions to building ’17 and ’18. 317.21
Value of building this date.
ENTERTAINMENT FUND
Total cash received
Total expenditures .
Balance in Treasurer’s hands ..
Respectfully Submitted.
$13,752.19
$178.50
. 175.70
CARL SCHMIDT, Clerk.
ARE TAUGHT
10 EARN LIVING
Schools Established in France and
England for Teaching Electrical
Construction.
LONDON.—Blinded soldiers of
France and Great Britain are being
taught to earn their living doing
j electrical construction, following the
‘ system originated by an American,
; Dr. Schuyler S. Wheeler who re
cently returned to New York, after
spending three months here and in
France, introducing the work.
In its present stage the bund are
taught to insulate coils for motors
and dynamos and do a «crtain
amount of assembling. Dr. Wheel
er founded a blind workroom for
this work about a year ago in
Ampere, N. J., where lie is president
of a large concern manufacturing
[ electrical machinery.
blind were able to do the work and
to earn good livings in competition
with “sighted workers,” the French
government invited Dr. Wheeler to
come to France and teach the blind
ed soldiers. Subsequently, through
Sir Arthur Pearson, the British au
thorities invited Dr. Wheeler to
come to England.
In France two large electrical
workrooms have been started for
J the blinded soldiers. The French
i branch of a large American electri
| cal manufacturing company has
I founded one at their works in Nie
j uilly-sur Marne, where more than
| 500 will be installed. Rene Vallery
i Radot, president of the Council of
j the Pasteur Institute, vice presi
i dent of the Society of the Friends
of the Blind Soldiers and son-in-law
of the great Pasteur, has founded
the other at Versailles, where sev
! eral hundred soldiers are receiving
| instruction.
j In England, the British Electrical
j and Allied Manufacturers’ associa
tion through Hugo Hirst, president
of the General Electric Company,
Ltd., working with Sir Arthur Pear
son, head of St. Dunstan’s and lead
er in the movement to aid the blind
ed soldiers, has agreed to foster the
movement and give employment to
all the blind who may be fitted for
the work.
Sir Arthur is most enthusiastic
over the introduction of this new
industry for the blind. “The sin
cere gratitude of the blind com
munity of this country,” he said
recently, “is due to Dr. Wheeler for
his public-spirited and generous ac
tion in making the dangerous jour
ney from the United States in order
to give the benefit of his practical
experience and advice. I have every
hope that his action will mean con
genial and profitable employment to
hundreds, or perhaps thousands of
blind.”
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
POSITIONS WANTED—There are |
three women cooks in Fairbanks'
looking for positions as camp
cooks; also one man cook. All j
highly recommended. Address j
Nenana News office.
FOR SALE—Beaver Board, in plain ,
and oak finish. Doors and win- j
dows, sash stock and mouldings.:
Inquire Simson’s.
FOR SALE—Singer Sewing Ma
chine, with attachments, in first
class condition, $25. Inquire at i
News Office.
I
FOR SALE—One Iron Bed Spring !
and mattress, in good condition,
$15. Inquire at News Office
LOST—A small black pocket-book,
between Taven Cafe and Cooney
Hotel. Finder please return to
Mrs. Amy Patterson, at Cooney
Hotel.
PIANOS—For sale or rent. Inquire
Simson’s.
FOUND—Fountain Pen. Owner can
recover by calling at News office,
identifying property and paying
for this adv. S-7-9
FOR SALE—Two tents, 18x30 and
20x40. Inquire Simsons.
In addition to the soldier blind,
it is intended to teach the work to
a large number of the blind women
of the United Kingdom, for whom \
there is now practically no employ
ment.
M. S. Perkins, during the past
three years employed by the Juneau
Empire as reporter and business
man, has taken over the interest of
Lynn Miller, in the Petersburg Re
port, a weekly publication and is
now in charge of the paper. The
Report was established about four
years ago by Miller, who has been
compelled to retire on account of
ill health.
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