THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April a, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for en;ry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1819,
“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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AN ANCHORAGE VIEW
Every boat is taking people out
of Anchorage, says the Anchorage
Weekly Democrat, and explains that
there are many reasons for the
exodus. “Delay in getting the ap
propriation caused some to leave.
Promises of higher wages. Reported
abnormally prosperous times in that
mystic Outside. The war But
greatest of all causes is one not
numerated above, Alaska misfits
“Any big project like the build
ing of the government railway was
bound to send this way a large pop
ulation, many of them from some
other like project, all intent on mak
ing what they could out of the im
mediate means at hand and then
beating it.
“Such are the people who ques- (
tion the merchant on his prices, who
are ever on the guard that they j
may not leave an extra penny in
the country; who are continually
and forever telling us what great
guys they were when they were
perambulating around in their own
perfectly safe baliwick.
To the people who are going to
have the big job of making the
greatest commonwealth in America
out of Alaska, the room of the class
of people spoken of will be of more
help than their company.
Alaska needs people but red
blooded, imaginative people who can
see further ahead than a board
dock or a day’s pay.
Just now it is discouraging to see
our population dwindling but you
can bank upon it that the one per
son who says ‘I intend to stick'’ and
really means it, is of more value
than a shipload of people whose
residence is determined by the
amount of the stake they can ac
quire before getting on the boat.”
Viscount Ishii, Japanese ambassa
dor, is reported to have declared
recently that the German emperor
was responsible for the “yellow
peril” in the United States and for
an extensive anti-American propa
ganda campaign in Japan.
Two years ago at Tokio, he
said, he told the American ambassa
dor he thought outside influences
were at work to create unfriendly
feeling between Japan and America,
but that he was not then in a posi
tion to state definitely the name
of the person he suspected as the
instigator.
* * * * *
That some wives welcome the
draft as a solution of the lazy hus
band problem, is indicated by the
following letter, which recently
reached the desk of Provost Mar
shal General Crowder:
“Dear U. S.:—My husband ast
for me to rote for him a rekoment
that he supports his family. He
ant done nothing but drink lemon
essence and play the fiddle since i
maried him 8 years ago and i gotta
feed kids of hisen. Take him away
and welcome for i need the grub
and his bed for the kids may bee
you can get him to carry a gun for
hes good on squirels and eating.
Dont tell him but take him.
P S. He can’t rote.”
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HELP WIN THE WAR
| WE HAVE A LARGE STOCK OF WHEAT SUBSTITUTES
TO OFFER
Barley Flour
Rice Flour
Liberty Flour
(75% Wheat 25% Barley)
The Food Regulations compel us to sell 60 pounds of
Substitutes with every 100 pounds of Wheat Flour, except j
the Liberty Flour, which it is only necessary to use 20
pounds of substitute with eve-y 100 pounds.
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO.
Fresh Ranch Eggs Fresh Milk
The Tavern
W. F. RODIGKEIT, Prop.
TRY SOME FRESH GREENS WITH ONE OF
OUR DINNER ORDERS
If It Is On the Market You Will Find It Here
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF DINNER PARTIES
IERS HAVE
VARIED DUTIES
BEHIND FRONT
Behind the British Lines in France
—Life on active service is not en
tirely composed as some people are
inclined to imagine, of fighting of
sitting in treches, of resting in bil
lets, of marching, eating and sleep
! ing. It is true that the main ac
tivities of the soldier are comprised
! in the above list, but there are
j countless other duties which he is
I called upon to perform—duties that
might best be called "odd jobs,”
and some of which are distinctly
odd.
The camps of camp-followers, who
used to perform the more menial j
tasks of the battle zone, are gone,!
never to return. The soldier must
now be his own hewer of wood and
drawer of water. He must attend
himself to all the little details of
life, the cleaning of his quarters,:
the digging of trenches, the carry- i
ing of his food. Broken trenches
must be mended, fresh trenches dug.
and dug-outs built. All these odd
jobs, which the soldier is called upon
to do in what would otherwise be
his spare time, he sums up under
the comprehensive heading of
“fatigue.”
Fatigue duty, as the name im
plies, is not often a light or restful
‘ form of occupation. It may involve
a long march with a night’s work
at the end of it.
The first men to be picked for
| a fatigue party are the defaulters,
men guilty of minor delinquencies
such as the possession of a rusty
rifle or an unshaven chin at the
! morning parade. It follows that the
term “fatigue” has fallen somewhat
into disrepute, for it has come to
be associated, at least in the civilian
mind, with an idea of punishment
In consequence, an attempt has been
made to differentiate between extra
work which is definitely allotted as
a form of punishment, and extra
work which is included in the duties
of every soldier, be his character
e\ er so stainless. For this pur
pose a new phrase has been intro
duced. This new phrase is “work
ing party. ’ Men are elected for
i working parties in turn, so that
I everyone contributes a share,
j So far as possible, working part
i ies are employed on essentially mili
tary operations, such as the putting
up of wire entaglements, the dig
ging of trenches, the carrying of
rations and stores, whereas a fatigue
party is likely to be employed on
more menial forms of occupation.
But it is difficult to change old
names, and though the distinction
between a fatigue party and a work
ing party is carefully observed in
official orders, the British soldier
himself is still inclined to apply the
old name “fatigue” indiscriminately
to all forms of extra work.
In the main. It is the unfortunate
infantryman who is called upon to
supply working parties. The en
gineers, for example, depend to a
great extent on infantry labor for
j the carrying out of their various
operations.
notice
Mrs. David H. More wishes to an
In0Unce that sh® "-ill give a tea at
| her home from 3 to 6 p. m. on Wed
jnesday, August 28th, and extends
a cordial invitation to the ladies
of Xenana to attend.
The tea is given in honor of Mrs.
F. D. Browne, who desires to meet
all the ladies of Nenana, and it is
hoped that all the ladies of the dis
trict will attend the tea given by
Mrs. More and meet Mrs. Browne.
The mother of a family who does
not economize today is taking to
morrow’s bread out of the mouth
of her children.
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BIGGEST HIT IN
Picture of Surprsing Educational
Value Will Be Shown to a
Nenana Audience.
David W. Griffith’s most extra
ordinary achievement with his new'
photo-spectacle, “The Birth of a
Nation,” coming to the Coliseum on
August 29th, 30th and Sept.. 2nd, j
has touched the high neaks of
American history—the introduction
of Slavery, the War of Secession,
the surrender at Appomattox, the
death of Lincoln, the miseries of re
construction, and the restoration
of the South to its own. These
things, it would have seemed, a
year ago, were beyond the motion
picture camera. The master pro
ducer had the faith of an enthusiast.
Within 12,000 feet of celluloid film
he has successfully combined a
thrilling, plausible and dignified
presentment of national upgrowth
with a real and human love story
based on Thomas Dixon’s book
romance, “The Clansman.” As it
appears to the newspaper and mag
azine critic, Mr. Griffith has not
only surpassed the art of the “in
door” theater, but he has also de
veloped a new art-form far superior
to the old-style history or historical
novel. The best characterization of
it so far is that of a very eminent
public man who has called it “His
; tory by Lightning ”
Mr. Griffith employed 18,000
people in taking these historical pic
| tures. The battle scenes were ac
tual duplicates of several of the
Civil War conflicts, and so were
the facsimiles of important events.
W e see Lincoln among his coun
sellors issuing the call for volun
teers.; Grant and Lee shaking hands
at Appomattox ;the shot that John
Wilkes Booth fired; the Freedman’s
Bureau; the carpet-baggers’ ex
cesses; and the famous rides of
the Ku Klux. The realism is most
uncanny. Often the old war shouts
are heard in the audiences from the
; ^'Ps °f veterans who momentarily
forget that it is only a picture. It
is hard to keep one’s feet from
dancing to the well-beloved tunes
: °f martial music. Scenes in
the latter half of the pictures are
so skillfully managed that often the
applause is practically continuous for
half to three-quarters of an hour.
The peace at Appomattox, and the
South Carolina Legislature of 1870,
are exact facsimiles of the originals.
Altogether, it is the first time in
art-production that history in the
large has been presented in living
Pictures. To do this, many times
the amount of the time, energy and
expense usually devoted to amuse
ment enterprises had to be used.
Eighteen thousand people and 3,000
.horses appear in the picture, which
icost approximately $500 000 to pro
duce.
Of equal importance to the scenek
the music that interprets them
It consists of an elaborate musical
score arranged after Griffith’s sug
gestions of the musical motives for
; the leading characters. Now grave,
i"°" gay’ now sounding the loud
; diapason of war, again sweetly har
monizing love’s sighs and rhapsodies
■non bringing back old plantation
melodies or the crash of riot, the
welcome Ku Klux Klan that fall so
gratefully on the ear of the South
ern whites sorely oppressed by the
servants in the Master’s Hall”,_
its fits the changing scenes of the
storj like a flowing, beautiful gar
ment. The synchronizing of this
music to the film, best of all en
titled the producer to his well-earned
laurel of having created a new art;
a new kind of opera, so to speak,
that had not even been conceived
before.
By a generator connected with
the crank mechanism, a new French
motion picture projector is furnished
with its own electric light.
FOR SALE—Two tents, 18x30 and
20x40. Inquire Simsons.
WANT ADS
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FOR SALE—Enameled double bed,
cotton layer laid mattress, spring
I.ang cook stove, wood or coal,
also heater and baker, wheel
barrow, shot-gun, 16 bore, with
shells; axes, wedges, saws, sledge,
peavy, carpenter tools, etc; all
best quality and cheap. Inquire
at yellow tent, opposite Commis-1
sion sawmill.
FOR SALE, CHEAP—Large tank
heater and pipe drum; flush toilet,
good as new; also sink. Inquire
Simson’s.
FOR SALE.—Mrs. W. F. Lyons is
leaving for the Outsdie soon and
offers shop, fixtures and business
in cleaning and pressing clothes,
for sale. No reasonable offer re
fused- Shop is on A street, near
blacksmith shop.
i FOR RENT—Upstairs residence,
four rooms furnished. See Slippern
FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN—Sew
ing machine, phonograph, launch
Bunny, with 2 Vi h. p. Fgrro en
gine, shot gun, rifle, etc. Inquire
of J. A. Slippern.
Fred Joyce, the well known Ruby
freighter, arrived in Nenana last
night on the steamer Tanana. He
brought his stock with him and will
endeavor to get a grading contract.
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