THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska
for on«ry 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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DON’T HOLD BACK
There are numerous reasons why
Alaskans should become owners oi
government bonds of the V ictory
issue, which were placed on sale
throughout the United States today.
There is not a single reason that we
know of why Northerners should not
buy' the new bonds.
Large sums of money' were needed
during the war to enable America
to lick the Hun; funds are needed
now to make our victory secure—
to pay off obligations incurred dur
ing the war in order that we may
navigate our ship of state through
the dangerous w'aters of reconstruc
tion without mishap. We cannot
permit the military achievments of
our boys to be marred by financial
collapse after the German menace
has been removed. It would be
like neglecting to wash the dishes
after a fussy dinner.
The government has before it
certain wrork that must be done,
and Americans are given the oppor
tunity to make that work easy by
investing in Victory' bonds. It is
just as much the duty of every'
American, just as patriotic and just
as important to assist in this loan
as it was to give financial help dur
ing the vital stage's of the evar.
Alaskans, and particularly resi
dents of Nenana, should not. and we
feel sure they will not hold the
government responsible for the fail
ure of congress to provide funds,
during the last jession of congress,
to continue the work of railroad
building in Alaska. It would be
manifestly unfair to blame the ad
ministration or our national law
making body for the acts of certain
members of the Senate during the
closing hours of the session. The
“government”, for which Alaskans
emptied their pokes while the Ger
mans w'ere in front of Paris, is still
the same old government, deserving
of the best support we can give
it, in peace time as w'ell as war
time. It is OUR government, of
us, by us and for us all the time.
The very fact that Alaskans have
been hard hit by the congressional
filibuster engineered by the per
fidious LaFollette and his associates
should stimulate Victory' bond sub
scriptions throughout the territory.
TVio nnnnrtnnifv ic nnrc tn K nnct
Alaska tremendously by “going over
the top” in the present bond drive.
Earlier Liberty loans enabled us to
create a very fa'vorabie impression
at Washington and throughout the
States, and if our response to this
latest appeal for funds is propor
tionately liberal, our right to con- ’
sideration in matters pretaining to
the welfare of the territory will be1
more than ever firmly established.1
It will help us to get the things1
we are constantly needing from j
congress and the administration. It
will help to speed action on the rail-;
road appropriation.
The fact that the majority of
Alaskans who invested in bonds of i
earlier issues, still have their bonds j
and are glad they bought them, is
another argument in favor of sup
porting the Victory’ loan. Bond
buying has been a big nelp to the
people of the nation, as well as to
the nation itself, for it has helped
very many of them to save money
which otherwise would have been:
lost to them.
Victory bonds are worth almost
any sacrifice that may be neceses
sary to secure them. They pay
j well, save well. They help the
I government, and the purchase of
them by Alaskans is a help to the
territory. They teach thrift and
, insure prosperity. They’re a good
thing. Let's push ’em aiong.
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SUSPICIOUS
Delegate Wiskersham is making
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some very serious accusations
against a former member of the
Alaskan Engineering commission,
who is now governor of the terri
tory, admits the Anchorage Times,
one of the leading Wick organs of
the territory. What's the big idea,
anyway? We had supposed that the
election was over. We don’t want
this railway project dragged in any
political fight, continues the coast
paper; for that means congressional
investigation, ’which will accomplish
nothing, but may chuse a delay. And
the people of this community don’t
want any more delay in the con
struction work on this road. There
are lots of idle men abont town who
want to get to work, and this town
is interested in seeing that they get
on the job as soon as the appropria
tion is available.
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A PERSHING DID IT
General John J. Pershing ful
filled the wish of an ancestor that
a member of the Pershing family
should save Alsace-Lorraine, when
he led the victorious American arm
ies against the Germans. This fact
is disclosed by the Reverend Justus
X. Pershing, a cousin of General
Pershing, who has made public a
letter written in Alsace-Lorraine
more than 200 years ago by Fred
erick Pershing, General Pershing’s
great-great grandfather. In this
letter the general’s ancestor ex
pressed the hope that his son, Fred
erick Pershing, Jr., or his descend
ants “would come back some day
and redeem the fair lands of Al
sace-Lorraine from oppression-’’
According to the letter, the Persh
ings lived in the village of Kehe,
in Alsace-Lorraine in 1744 and
fought under Emperor Charles
against the Magyars. Soon after
that, when a law was passed that
all able-bodied men between the
ages of 16 and 50 must join the
landwthr to Drotect their eonntrv
from ravages by the Austrians, Fred
erick Pershing, Sr., sent his son to
America. Frederick Pershing, Jr.
reached this country in 1749 and
after marrying a Miss Wyant in
Baltimore, settled down in West
moreland county, Pennsylvania,
where General Pershing’s grand
parents were born.
Wenana, Alaaka’a Interior Puel Depot
KEPT FISH FROM HUNS;
NO GOOD FOR FOOD NOW
CHRISTIANA.—Norway has 2,
000,000 barrels of herring for ex
port to the Central powers or other
hungry countries, but England has
thus far refused to allow them to
be shipped, according to a statement ■
made in Parliament recently by Stue-'
void Hansen, commercial minister. 1
England, the minister declared,
had some 300,000 barrels of her
ring, bought in 1916 to prevent
their shipment into the Central em
pires, and they had since been
stored in Christiana. The fish are
no longer fit for food, the minister
said, and could only be used for.
fertilizer.
ROYALISTS OF
PORTUGAL ARE
BEATEN BADLY
j LISBON.—The monarchy estab
lished at Oporto and other district
in the north of Portugal provei
ephemeral. Barely a month afte
I its proclamation and enthusiast!
! welcome, a counter-revolution with
j in the city, seconding the attaci
! from outside by the republicai
j troops sent by the government, sue
j ceeded wtih equal enthusiasm ii
! restoring the republican fiag on th<
j spires and steeples of Portugal,
j The royalists were led by Paiv!
Couceiro, a very brave and tena
' cious soldier, but an ineffective or
' ganizer. The continued dissension:
between republican factions led hin
to suppose the moment propitiou.
for a return to the monarchy, and
without any agreement with thi
i royalists of Lisbon and the south
he placed himself at the head ol
j the monarchist elements of the
. north, and at the head of severs'
thousand troops, proclaimed the
monarchy at Oporto and in the nor
thern provinces.
A provisional government was es
tablished ; laws were issued and local
administrative authorities appointed
everywhere. Couceiro expected that
other victorious royalist risings
would follow all over the country.
Instead of this, the Lisbon insur
rection of Monsanto fail d, and the
same occurred in other localities
while in many centers there were
no disturbances of public order.
In face of the royalist danger,
all the republicans joined forces
against the common enemy; mo
mentarily forgetting clashing am
bitions. and uniting to combat the
north. Thousands of troops, sec
onded by marines and civilians,
warships and aircraft, were soon in
full operation against the monarch
ist hosts, whose strongholds, one af
ter another, fell into the govern
ment’s hands, and the surrounding
of Oporto was merely a question
of time.
Then came the sudden dramatic
climax. The royalist government
has resolved to appeal to the for
eign powers for the recognition of
their belligerency. Republican
officers in Oporto, who had been
meeting secretly and conspiring to
bring about the downfall of the
kingdom of the north, decided
not to await any longer as the
acceptance of belligerency by
foreign powers meant the arrival
of arms, ammunition and the moral
support which would weaken the
claims of a republican victory.
Paiva Couceiro and his staff
were fighting at Lamego on the
13th of last month, and on that
day the counter-revolution at Oporto
broke out. Sharp fighting took
place; but the big batteries of
Leixoes Bay were in republican
hands, so that the warships could
approach and land their contingents
at Oporto without danger.
The “royalist government” was
placed under arrest; prisoners were
freed, and the blue and white flag
replaced by the red and green ban
ner of the republic. The royalisl
troops returning from Lamego anc
other scenes of hard fighting
weary, hungry and demoralized
surrendered and were disarmed b>
the republican forces awaiting therr
outside the gates of Oporto.
About Couceiro there are manj
rumors. Some say he is still fight
ing, others that he has been killed
committed suicide, or is safe ovei
the Spanish border.
The republican government is
still in Oporto reorganizing public
services and reinstating loyal au
thorities. Thousands of arrest;
haVe been made, and many royalist!
are said to have escaped into Spain
where they are disarmed by tht
Spanish frontier guards.
Kenana, When Balls and Rivers use)
Harry Stacer, formerly of Fair
banks, and who has been recently
discharged from the army, is re
ported to be working at the Alaskan
Engineering commission’s coal mine
near Anchorage.
I DISTANCE TABLES ON GOVERN
MENT RAILROAD
Seward to No. Milei
Kern creek . 71.OC
Anchorage -v.114.35
Chickaloon .,.188.35
Broad Pass . 314.53
I Lignite . .364.OC
j Nenana .413.83
[Fairbanks . 470-5C
Anchorage to
Matar.uska . 36.32
, Chickaloon . 74.OC
Montana creek .. 94.9C
' Talkeetna 112.35
Broad Pass . 200.18
[Nenana . 299.48
'Fairbanks .356.21
Broad Pass to
' I Lignite . ..'..49.47
Nenana .99.3'J
Lignite to
Nenana . 49.83
Fairbanks ."....106.56
Nenana to
Fairbanks .56.73
Tanana Valley Railroad
Fairbanks to
Chena Junction . 41
Chena . 5.0
Happy Junction 7.3
Chatanika . 39.2
Matanuska is the juction for the
branch line to the coal fields, and
Chickaloon is the terminus of that
line.
Talkeetna is at present the end
of steel on the coast division.
Grade has been completed for a dis
tance of twenty miles beyond Tal
keetna to Deadhorse. Grading is
under way to the Susitna crossing
at Indian river, approximately 20
miles from Deadhorse.
The distance between rail heads
at the end of this summer's work
will be a trifle less than 100 miles.
Approximately ten miles of rails
have been laid from Happy Junction
toward Nenana.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
itown 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
i building, 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
i A street on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Saturdays, at 7 a. m.
Mrs Bell Bede, mother of Mrs.
. Chas E. Davidson, of Juneau, died
| last month in California. Mrs.
j Bede stampeded to Dawson in the
early days and was later a resident
. of Fairbanks.
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THE RIGGS REMEDY
If there is any plan wherebj
Alaska can secure adequate anc
reasonable freignt and passengei
service, let’s have it, advises th<
Douglas Island News. *Governoi
Riggs may have hit on the solutior
to the matter in his message to the
legisla/dre. In regards to trans
portation service the territory ii
going backwards instead of for
ward, and as a measure of pro
tection to the territory, everyon)
will concede that something mus
be done. Where rates everywhert
else in the world dropped at th<
cessation of hostilities, those ir
Alaska went up. That is the whole
story in a nutshell and the strav
that broke the camel's back. Bet
ter to risk all that we have ir
the territory than to be slowly anc
systematically starved to death
Let’s have the steamers.
Dr. L. P. Dawes will open a
j hospital in Juneau. It will be ir
charge of trained nurses from Mayc
Bros, hospital.
YOU
CAN
BUY
WAR
SAVINGS
STAMPS
NOW
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Nenana House
Under New Management
Q.—Why is the NENANA HOUSE like a dog .itting on
a cako of ice? A.—Because it’s so dog gone nice.
Mrs. A. B. Easterly, Proprietress
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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
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WANT ADS
FOR SALE—A Singer sewing ma
chine. Inquire at Coghill’s.
FOR RENT—Small one-room partly
furnished frame cabin, on First
and B streets. Aplly at Ghezzi’s.
T. Cesiri, a passenger from La
toucne was arrested at Anchorage
recently with six bottles of whiskey
in his possession. He will spend
five days in jail for each bottle.
Natives of the Copper river dis
trict are helping to consume over
stocks of substitutes carried by Cor
dova merchants, ^
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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.
Brooker, Ed
Bennett, J F.
Ball, I. B.
Brown, Erie
Coutts, \V j.
Calderhead, It. W.
Campbell, X. j.
Coghill, W. A.
Cooney, M. J.
Boner, Frank
Diven, R. J.
Bouse, Fred
Ekeland, Alf L
Funk, A. B.
Finlayson, K A.
Fisher, Joe
Flower, J. H. " 1
Foster, Steve
Gagnon, Wm.
Ghezzi, Alfred
Gray, E. B.
Gilcher, W. H.
Head, E. A.
Hagan, James
Hill, L. W.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey, Andy
Isabel, L. C.
Irvine, A. J. ' ‘ 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. p.
Markus, George
Mortensen, Peter
Myers, R. R.
Moore, Frank B
McDonald, R. S.
Martin, G. S.
Morris, R. C.
Mash, Martin
O’Keefe, Larry
Parks, S. E.
Pennington, G. W
Palfy, Paul
Packer, W. L.
Ryan, W. A.
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry N.
Schmidt, Carl
Schaeffer, M. A. fj
Slippern, J. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, George A.
South worth, R. G.
Spira, Frank
Taylor, Frank
Tunison, B.
Thompson, Theodore
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, W’m. J.
Verhaeghe, Cyriele
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Woods, Geo. W.
Williams, E. A.
Waechter, R. I.
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