THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April !, 1018, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1870.
“WHERE RAIL AIM) RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First an.i B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. Southworth Editor and Manager
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ALASKANS AND THE WAR
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Twelve per cent of Alaska's white
population is, or has been, in the
country’s war service, according to
an estimate based on official regis
tration figures made by Captain
.1 .1. Finnegan, executive draft offi
cer at Juneau.
During the operation of the
selective service law, 0,072 Alas
kans registered for military service.
Men between the ages of 21 and
:li numbered 2,525, who either en
listed or were inducted into the
service. This figure alone, said
Captain Finnegan, would represent
10 per cent of the territory's entire
white population. In addition, sev
eral hundred more men under and
over those ages volunteered. Or
ders for 87 more inductions, al
ready sent out, were cancelled be
cause of the signing of the armis
tice.
Divisions by classes of Alaska’s
registration under the selective
service act was: class one, !5,207;
class two, 1*17; class three, 88; class
four, 174; class five, 2,500. Thir
teen registrations were cancelled.
A PROSPEROUS STATE
*? The state of Wyoming may soon
be relieved from the necessity of
levying: state taxes for administra
tive purposes as indicated by the
nnnu'al reports filed with Governor
Houx covering operations of the
■state offices for the past year.
Greatly increased royalties from
oil production on state lands, in
creased rentals on grazing and ag
ricultural lands owned by the state,
and added interest in mineral de
velopment on state owned lands
have brought the receipts of the
state land office almost to the two
million dollar mark. A balance
above the total administrative ex
penses of all state officials, will
result from the past year’s tran
sactions with indications of con
tinued increases for the future.
Receipts from oil royalties for
the current year went above the
half million dollar mark, th? groat
cr portion of which goes to the
maintenance of the state university
and the balance to the state school
fund. State oil royalties have
grown from $19,000 in 1912 to the
present figures.
The state land office shows gross
receipts for the biennium of $1,
933,628.30 as against $1,090,000
for the preceding term. The in
crease is due to higher rentals re
ceived from the,state grazing and
-.agricultural lands, of which the
state has 3,523,694 aches. Incomes
from state lands for the last two
years have enabled the state to set
aside the sum of $783,665 for cur
rent school expenses and to invest
$508,972, the income only of this
latter sum to be used. The income
from the common school lands for
the biennium amounted to $10.85
for each child of school age.
The state of Wyoming this year
received as interest of funds de-,
posited under the' state depositary
law, the sum of $61,000, while its
revenues from permanent invest
ment of state land funds totalled
$132,869.
N-.W SHIP COMPANY
' > help -.olvc one of the most
perplexing of post-waq problems
whei to do with our vast shipyards
and merchant marine, the Los An
geles-Pacific Navigation company,
has been organized by financiers
and businessmen of Southern Cali
fornia.
Articles of incorporation, reveal
ing the fact that the company is
capitalized for .$1,000,000 recently
have been filed. Among the in
corporators are the names of men
who formed the companies that
built several large shipyards at San
Pedro, Cal., which have been turn
ing out wooden and steel ships dur
ing the war.
The concern will have wide oper
ating powers, according to the ar
ticles of corporation, but primarily
the company will charter vessels
from the Kmergency Fleet corpora
tion to handle the export trade that
is believed certain to leave South
ern California through the port of
San Pedro, as soon as business be
gins to recover from the effects
of the war.
The chartering, leasing and navi
gating, as well as the building of
ships, will form only a part of the
company's objects, according to L.
I). Sale, president of the l,os An
geles Chamber of Commerce and
also president of the new company.
TOO MUCH MONEY
Shipyard wages and attendant
extravagant habits is held to be the
cause of a considerable increase in
juvenile delinquency in Seattle, as
shown in the annual report of the
King County juvenile court for the
year 1918. According to the re
port, the trouble parents have re
ported started when the boy re
ceived his first big pay check in
the shipyards.
For the past year 122 boys were
committed to the boys’ parental
school, the largest number ever
handled by the court in one year.
Thirty-two girls were sent to the
girls’ parental school.
On the other hand, the report
shows that active industrial- condi
tions have been responsible for a
marked improvement in the care of
child ren.
FAIRBANKS EGG FUND
NETS SUBSTANTIAL SUM
The school kiddies who were out
collectfrlg all the small change, com
monly known as “chicken feed”
around Fairbanks, have succeeded
in getting $149.03. “Chicken feed”
in this case is very aptly applied,
as the money is intended for the
purpose of restocking farms in the
devastated sections of France with
poultry.
Miss Anita Nordale - is the treas
urer of this fund, and she will send
the money collected by the children
to McCall & Co., publishers, who
are taking care of the national fund
for this purpose.
It is stated that the money will
go toward the purchase of eggs and
poultry in Southern France and
Italy, and these will be sent to the
farmers in the devastated territory
of France to give them a start in
the poultry raising industry.
Announcement is made that the
old fur trading post at Sitka, once
used by the Russian American Fur
compnny is to be torn down. This
old structure was built of logs, some,
of which were 24 inches in diameter
but for several years it has not
been occupied. Rcecnt gales so
weakened it that it is believed it
will collapse if allowed to stand.
BALTIMORE. — Seventy-one of
the 200 men of the American fight
ing forces who were blinded in the
war are being sheltered, treated or
educated in the Red Cross Institute
for the Blind at Baltimore. The in
stitiution has been designated as
a United States general hospital and
is called ’‘Evergreen.” Colonel
James Bordley, director of the in
stitute said that all the Americans
blinded in the war would be brought
here for a course of training as
this was the only training school
for the blind maintained by the
government. He described the
morale of the blinded men as won
derful.
The men are first treated in the
hospital, says Colonel Bordley in a
statement, after which they are
taught to use a typewriter and read
and write Braille—raised type for
the blind. Then they receive spe
cial training to develop the sense
of touch.
“After this fundamental hand
training, the men are given special
education to fit them for the call
ing in which they are interested
and are qualified successfully to
follow,” says the statement.
"Thus, those with inclination and
the inherent ability are trained for
such occupations as stenographers,
salesmen, correspondents, retail store
managers. (In connection with this
latter occupation, plans have been
already made to open a chain of
retail stores, each of which will have
a blind soldier as manager.)
“Those with a love of out-of
doors and a natural aptitude for
out-of-door life, will be trained for
chicken raising, bee-keeping, truck
gardening and such like occupations.
Those of such calibre and a men
tality that fits them for industrial
life are trained, not merely in shop
practice, but for some particular
job that they can fill and in which
they will feel happy.
“Men with a high quality of
education and ability that fits them
for professional life will be given
such special education as will enable
them to follow their chosen career,
such as tytw, massage, literature.
“Men who know say that the
blind man is handicapped over the
sighted, thirty per cent. The men
are being given thirty per cent and
more educational training than their
sighted fellow workers, thereby rrtin
imizing this handicap.
“While a man is being prepared
for this future career, the position
for which he is being fitted is be
ing. secured. In a word, he is help
ed to help himself—he is encour
aged tu equip himself to be a j^iod
citizen."
The hospital is located upont-thi
large adjoining estates of Mrs. T.
Harrison Garret and Richard H.
Pleasants on the northern outskirts
of the city, which were loaned-to
the government by their owners,
The buildings are hidden in the
midst of trees and gardens. ’•* ■
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE—At
The Newt Office.
LIBRARY DANCE IS
ENJOYED B! MAM
Quite a large crowd of Nenana
ites attended the dance given on
Saturday night, at the Union Hall,
in aid of the Nenana library.
Dancing commenced shortly after
the picture show and was kept up
with vigor until about three o’clock
in the morning. The floor was in
excellent condition and up-to-date
music was supplied by the Coliseum
orchestra.
The financial success of the func
tion is due in a large measure to
the efforts of Mrs. Katherine Shol
seth, who enjoys the distinction of
having personally sold tickets to the
value of $78- This is an achieve
ment along this line of which any
body might well be proud. Mrs.
Sholseth has been tendered the
hearty thanks of the library man
agement, in which all those who
frequent that institution join most
heartily.
The statement of accounts for
the dance is as follows:
Tickets sold by Mrs. Sholseth $78.00
Box office receipts 19.00
Total receipts $97.00
Expenses $57.50
N'et receipts $39.50
The dance reduces the indebted
ness of the library to $44.98, which
amount will be written off the
books or otherwise disposed of so
that the library will be clear of
debt within the next few days.
The use of bingles is to be dis
continued immediately.
Should it be decided to purchase
new books during the current year,
arrangements will probably be made
in advance to pay for them, either
by giving a dance or in some other
way.
Renana, Where Rail* and River* Meet
NENANA TO TALKEETNA
DISTANCE TABLE
Talkcetna is the end of steel on
the coast division.
From Nenana to No. Miles
Nenana Crossing (by rail).43
Lignite ..52
Riley Creek . 70
Jack River .,.90 j
: B road Pass Summit.110
: Sullivan’s .128
Indian River .162
Dead Horse . 182
Talkeetna .202
The distances given are approxi
mate.
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WANT ADS
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FOR SALE—Sled and 13 dogs with I
harness complete. Sled 12 feet
long, in good shape. Malamutes |
and huskies form the team. Ar- j
rived in Nenana recently from
St. Michael. $1G0 for the outfit
Apply George Hanoff, Cooney
Hotel.
FOR SALE—Wall folding bed;
single spring; new lumber frame;
has silkoline curtain. Suitable
for one-room cabin, provides |
shelf room, economizes space; is i
more sightly than ordinary bed.
Price $12. Inquire Mrs. D’Orsay’s 1
Tailor Shop, Third and A streets, j
FOR RENT—Good log cabin, in- j
quire of Mrs. Nicley.
FOR RENT—Large front room,;
suitable for club rooms or parties,
by night, week or month. Inquire!
of Mrs. Nicley.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
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We are 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 j
obtain work at good wage* at
Juneau, Kennecott and Latouche.
If you go out you will only
coma back ’‘Butted” in the spring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and ricinityt one hundred
and fifty at Latouch* and
Kennecott.
ALASKA PUBLICITY
BUREAU
Juneau Alaska. !
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We Carry the Best Grade of
MACKINAW SHIRTS, COATS and PANTS
Finest assortment of Men’s Socks, Daniel \
Green Felt Shoes and Slippers, Moccasins,
Wool Blankets and Comforters
A Full Line of Miner's and Trapper's Supples
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FOWLER & MORRIS
GROCERS
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! COLES AIR TIGHT
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
MRS. NICELY, Proprietress
CLOSING OUT
Our Large Stock of Furniture, Rugs,
Beds, Bedding, etc. Anderson
Bros. & Nerland.
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Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
Anderson, Herman
Allred, Mrs. Clara
Brown, Jess
Berggrcn, Ernst
Browne, F. D.
Bresnahan, E. I).
Blankfield, I).
Bowen, J. R.
Blair, Roy
Brooker, Ed
Bennett, J. p’.
Ball, r. B.
Brown, Erie
Burns, R. E.
Coutts, W J.
Calderhead, R. W.
Campbell, N. J.
Coghill, W. A.
Cooney, M. J.
Doner, Frank
Diven. R. J.
Douse, Fred
Davis, Harry
Ekeland, Alf
Funk, A. B. j1
Fisher, Joe
Flower, J. H.
Foster, Steve '
Gagnon, Win.
Haslem, H. G. .
Hagan, James ’’7’"’
Hill, I.. W.
Hagen, Hans W;'!
Hoey, Andy
Gray, E. B.
Gilcher, W. H.
Hyland, Mike
Isabel, L. C. ”»
Irvine, A. J.
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Johnson, A. G. ^
Jones, Frank
Julian, W. J.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter ?
Joseph, H. B.
Roland, Knut
Ketooroky, John A.
I.aughlin, E. L.
Lund, E. E.
Lehr, Q. F.
Markus, George
Mortensen, Peter
Myers, R. R.
Moore, P'rank B.
Miles, J. H. V*
McDonald, R. S.
Martin, G. S.
Morris, R. C.
Nash, Martin
O’Keefe, Larry
Parks, S. E.
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Pennington, G. W
Palfy, Paul
Packer, W. L.
Ryan, W. A.
Rosburg, Herman *« ’
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Win.
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry N.
Stol, Nels
Schmidt, Carl
; Schaeffer, M. A.
Slippern, J. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
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Sellander, C. J. -
Stone, A. J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, Chas.
Southworth, R. G.
Spira. Frank
Tunison, B.
Thompson, Theodore
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. J.
Verhaeghe, Cyrielo
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Woods, Geo. W.
Williams, E. A.
Waechter, R. I.