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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
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NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DEC. 30, 1922
NUMBER 394
BIG GREEK ARMY ON WAY TO THRACE
RESER VE BOARD SAYS US. CONDITIONS ARE GOOD
BANDITS HOLD LJP PAYMASTER AND ARMED ESCORT
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
REPORTS BUSINESS GOOD
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 3—
Business conditions during: the
month of November are represent- j
ed as a continuation of the upward
trend of production and increased
employment, with labor in some
localities nearing the scarcity mark.
Generally there is a healthy tone
in trade conditions, according to the I
reserve board.
Contrary to the usual situation \
at this season of the year, the board
found production among the indust- j
ries on the increase, after gain-!
ing in volume almost without in
t terruption since July, 1921.
Shortage of labor was found a- [
mong the steel and textile mills, j
and the only surplus of common ,
labor was found in the Eastern
section of the United States.
VOCATIONAL ENROLLMENT
SHOWS MARKED INCREASE
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 30—An en
rollment of 475,828 pupils in the
4,945 vocational schools receiving
federal funds and operating under
approved state plans for the fiscal
year ended June 30. 1922. compared
with 324,247 a year ago, will be
shown in the annual report of the
Federal Board for Vocational E
ucation, it is announced by Harry
L. Fidler, vice-chairman. The num
ber of schools compares with 3,87
reported at the end of *he 1921
year.
“Teachers in these schools num
bered 12,280compared with witness
ed the greatest expansion in the
state and federal vocational educa
tion program of any year since the
constitution of the Board.”
Special effort was made during
the past year in development of the
part-time school. Accordingly, of the
228,655 total enrollment of pupils
are in attendance at part-time
schools 133,835 at evening schools
and 113,338 at all-day schools,
states the report. Classified by sub
jects, 130,973 are reported as study
ing in trade and industrial schools:
60,236 in agricultural schools; 118,
708 in home economics schools, and
165,911 in attendance at general
part-time continuation schools.
“Alotments tilabe to the states
last year totalled $4,120,833.72 and
for the current year, ending June
30, 1923, the allotments will total
$4,615,159.82.” the report declares.
“The states and local authorities
spend more for vocational education
than the amount of the federal au
thorities spend more for vocational
educational than the amount of the
federal grant, making the total a
mount expended last year $14,770,
142.65, of which $3,854,570.25 con
stituted Federal funds. Of the bal
ance, $4,514,148.04 was provided
by the states, and $6,401,424.56
was provided by the local boards.”
The report will recommend to
Congress additional support to en
able the Board to extend the work in
the fields of Home Economics and
Commercial Education.
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Fairbanks
The Garden Island school build
ing is being moved to the town
school block, is nearing its new
location and will be ready for occ
upancy as a kindergarden in about
three weeks.
Private Pitts left for Salcha to
day, accompanied by J. F. Underhill
and Paul L. Chambers, the latter
being a late arrival form Fort Gib
bon, having been transferred to one
of the trail stations.
Mrs. Aggazaroff made a trip to
Nenana yesterday for a brief out
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ATHENS REPORT SAYS WAR
THREATENS OUTBREAK SOON
PROHIBITION UPSET HIM
NOTED BREWER SUICIDES
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 30—William
J. Lempt, president of a brewery
company which, before the war, wa
one of the largest breweries in the
world, committed suicide yesterday,
being the third of his family to die
in that manner. Both his father
and sister took their own lives.
L-empt had been despondent since
the sale of the brewery property
last June for a small sum.
BORAH GIVES WAY
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 30
Having been advised by Republican
leaders that his amendment to the
naval bill, providing for the calling
of an economic conference, woul i
be “harmful” to the administra
tion’s negotiations in aid of Eur
opean economic conditions, Senator
Borah has announced that he will
withdraw it. The President had
viously stated that the amendm r.t
if adopted, -would cause him em
barrassment. Senator Watson ex
plained that the administration had
sent out feelers with a view to
taking action, and Lodge added
that for several months American
ambassadors and ministers had been
seeking information to ascertain
what the United States could do
to aid Europe economically.
OLDTIMER OF KUSKOKWIM
IS CAUSE OF UNEASINESS
What has become of Herman
Hinc-he queries the Kusko Times.
This is a question that is puzzling
and worrying his many friends and
acquaintances, caused by his strange
mysterious disappearance from his
home on the North fork of the Kus
kokwim.
When Jack Stewart and Charles
Nystrom arrived at the North Fork
cabin almost a month ago. they
found the cabin deserted. On the
door were three letters—one addres
sed to Mr. Stewart one to Mr.
Nystrom, and a third to United Sta
tes Deputy Marshal McMullen.
Mr. Stewart’s note rea ' as follows
August 21. 1922
Friend Jack:
I am going away, and I say good
by to you. Joe Wills and all my
friends. I will write later on.
H. HINCHE.
This note is a strange one, and
open to several interpretations, es
pecially in view of the fact that his
canoe was missing and that his
large boat still remained in the
water.
Mr. Hinche had purchased a full
winter outfit, the same as in form
er years, prepared to all appearances
to spend another winter at his cab
in on the North Fork.
The note to Mr. Nystrom, who
crried Hinche’s supplies to the North
Fork; requested him to sell the
supplies for what they would bring.
It is also understood that Mr.
Hinche some time ago left over a
thousand dollars’ worth of fur with
a friend to be shipped to the Out
side.
All in all, Mr. Hinche’s disappear
ance is most mysterious, and devel
opments in the case are awaited
with anxiety and possible misgivings.
Paul Lein, who has bene making
his home with Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Hoeler during the last several
months returned to Fairbanks yes
terday. arrangements having been
made by his father to take care of
■him there.
LONDON', Dec. 30—An Athens If
dispatch to the Daily Express says;1
that the entire Greek army is mov-!
ing toward Thrace, renewal of hos- J
tilities being considered inevitable, j
British Fleet On Move
LONDON, Dec. 30—The hasty re- i
turn of the British fleet to Con- ;
stantinople from Malta has attract-11
ed wide attention here but nothing
in the way of information i3 com-!'
ing from official sources. In the 11
absence of official explanation, the i
obvious assumption is that the move 1
has to do with uncompromised at-':
itude of the Turkish delegation at
he Lausanne conference.
American* In Action
LAUSANNE, Dec. 30—American
epresentatives at the Lausanne
onference met. yesterday afternoon
or the purpose of formulating an
ppeal on behalf of hundreds of
housands of refugees from Turkey,
"he Turks have been asked to pro
ide arrangements or the return of
he fugitives to their former homes,
f they so desire, with the assurance
hat they will not be deprived of
heir property.
CAMP GRANT TO BE SOLD
TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER
ROCKFORD. ILL. Dec. 30
Camp Grant, one of the wartime
scenes of bustling military activity,
| soon is to go upon the aution block
one of the final steps in its ultimate
! wrecking as a cantonment.
Between 1,200 and 1,400 buildings
and utilities are to be sold, part of
a camp that at the height of its
operations covered 5,656 acres of
land and housed approximately 60,
000 men. Three army officers are
now making a survey of the sal
vage value of the buildings, all lo
cated in the area of the old base
hospital site.
ouuaings in me area turned over
to the national guard of Illinois and
the portion reserved for the propos
ed reformatory for first term fed
eral offenders, are not included in
the survey. The Baldwin. Samuelson
and Johnson farms are to be re
turned to their owners. Other pro
perties were bought by the govern
ment and condemnation preceedings
were necessary in some cases.
It was on May 12,1917, that the
War Department submitted to the
Rockford Chamber of Commerce
the requirements for military
j camp in northern Illinois. The site
! was inspected by five army officers
i May 30 and June 12 the lands were
I definitely selected. Leases were ob
S tained on 3,301 acres. This later
i was reduced to 2,249 acres, when
property intended for a range was
found unsuitable. Subsequently a
new rifle range and safety zone
were selected and the total area
cultimately used was 5,565 acres.
The Eighty-sixth division was
trained at Camp Grant. Several
thousand negroe soldiers also were
trained here. Hundreds of thousands
of soldiers were discharged at the
camp after the war. Several public
autions in the last year disposed
of thousands of dollars worth >f
camp property.
The federal reformatory project J
meeting opposition here. Rockford
sent a representative to Washington
to appear before the House Jud
jiciary committee to protest against
a favorable report on the bill lo
cating the prison at Camp Grant.
SEATTLE GROCER MARKED
SEATTLE, Dec. 30—Twice the
victim of mysterious attacks George
Clements Seattle grocer, was found
on his doorstep unconscious, yes
terady morning. His condition is
critical and he is unable to spread
any light on the mystery. The at
tack was made upon Clements on
November 14, and on Thursday an
attempt was made to set his store
on fire by means of oil soaked
papers.
TWO DIE IN IRELAND
DUBLIN, Dec. 30—Two men.
Murphy and Phelan, were executed
yesterday at Kildenning.
ROMANCE OF SOUTH SEAS
FADES BEFORE NEW WAYS
HONOLULU, T. H. Dec. 30—
The glamor, romance and adventure
of the South Seas are disappearing
before the spread of modern meth
ods of industry. Education and liv
ing, according to J. F. G. Stokes,
ethnologist attached to the Bishop
Museum here, who has returned
from a tour of the Austral islands
in connection with the museum’s
endeavor to establish the origin of
the Polynesian race.
Even Rapa—the pin dot island
which became famous as a place
where the men were fed by women
and lolled around listlessly on a
stretch of coral strand under shade
giving palm trees—is beginning to
show marks of civilization, despite
the fact that the ratio of inhabi
tants continues to approximate four
women to one man. Stokes said.
There are only 23 taxpayers—
men between the ages of 21 and 60
on the island. The rest of the 236
inhabitants are women, young boys
and old men.
“All of the work except the
fishing is done by the women, who
are comely, sturdy, exceedingly tall,
muscular and hospitable,” Stokes
said. “The women who first drew
attention to Rapa through stories
that the women fed the men, ap
parently visited the island during
a festival, when the women fed
the men 'in fun’. The women how
ever. do perform all agricultural
work.
“Despite the heavy ratio of wo
men to men, ‘no man has more
than one official wife.’ The women
are none too willing to marry the
man of Rapa, as they become little
more than slaves, once they are
married. They have no hold or con
trol over their husbands and if
they attempt to enjoy the same
privileges as their husbands they
are liable to receive a severe beat
ing.
“The inhabitants of Rupa are ex
tremely hospitable to w’hite man.”
The U. S. District Court House
at Nome, the Bureau of Education
building and the Nome Postoffice
are now being supplied with steam
heat from the Alaska Mines heat
ing plant. The large main was run
from the Court House to the Ma
sonic building to afford steam on
the first floor for the U. S. postoff
ice. The lodge rooms of the Temple
still use heating stoves.
COLLECT FEES IN BREAD
VIENNA Dec. 30—The physi
cians of Heitzing, a Vienna suburb,
have established their fees on the
basis of bread cost. One loaf of
bread represents an office call, and
one loaf and a half an outside
visit. In the rurl districts a similar
system is growing, but based on a
measure of flour instead of the
loaf of bread.
KOUGAROK OLDTIMERS TELL
OF DOINGS IN FAR CAMP
Henry and Bob Wells, Charles
Nelson nd FYank Defresne arrived
at Nome recently from the Kou
garok. Henry Wells was one of the
election judges and brought the re
turns to Nome.
The election was held for the
Taylor Creek Precinct, the voting
booth being in the Taylor Creek
Roadhouse, run by Ben Lauraine
and Tom Chase, old time Kougarok
ers. Only nine votes were polled al
this precinct. A fierce storm prevail
ed thruout the district and severa
voters attempted to reach the polls
only to be forced to turn back. Al
the Roadhouse the propietors have
made ample provisions for the win
ter and their food supply is suffi
cient until next spring.
At Iron Creek says the Nom.
Nugget, the party was held for one
day by the storm and there mei
the north bound Kougarok mai
carrier who had been storm bounc
for two days. At this point the
Wells boys and Nelson met Frank
Dufresne who had come over frorr
the Hot Springs. The trip from tht
Springs to Iron Creek proved quite
an experience to Frank. The storm
caught him between the two sta
tions and he was forced to spent
two days on the trip, sleeping oui
with his dog team.
Mr. Wells states that the trai
from Iron Creek north will provt
hard mushing for the mail carrie!
as the snow is soft and deep, with
no travel to break trail. From Iror
Creek to Nome the trail is in good
condition, plenty snow and no over
flows to bother.
Regarding mining conditions in
the Kougarok Mr. Wells states tha!
about fifteen men are busy freight
ing and mining.
James Corregan and Frank O’Co.i
or are to take out a dump on No
21 Above Allen’s discovery on the
Kougarok river.
Ben Loraine will work near the
junction of Taylor Creek and the
Kougarok River.
Mike Kennedy will prospect on
Homestake Creek.
Freighters for the Mathews dredge
are now hauling dredge supplies
from Davidson Landing. The oil
and other supplies reach the Landing
via Teller and the Mary's River
and then are freighted 45 miles
to the dredge at the mouth of Hen
ry Creek.
The Wells boys and Nelson spent
the summer hydraulicing on Dreamy
Gulch and notwithstanding a back
ward cold summer their operation:
proved highly satisfactory. The boys
will remain in Nome for about 60
days and then return to the Kouga
ok to prosecute their winter mining.
At the close of their summer’s
work the boys cleared out their
! ditch widened it and placed the en
tire system in condition so that next
summer their operations can pro
ceed on a larger scale.
Referring to the cloudburst that
I swept the Kougarok basin. Wells
states that several new paystreaks
were uncovered along Henry Creek
and as a consequence new mining
ground -was staked. In several in
stances the creek was widened out
to twice its orginal width, the bed
of the creek was scoured to bed
rock and the banks washed away.
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FREIGHTS COLLIDE
QUINCY, Dec. 30—-Six -*»n were
injured two seriously when two
freight trains collided near this city
yesterday.
PAYMASTER WITH ESCORT
HELD UP BY HIGHWAYMEN
CLEVELAND, Dec. oO—The pay*
master who was returning from the
J bank with the payroll, heavily
guarded by an armed escort, was
held up by bandits and relieved of
$20,000. The escort was caught off
guard and the entire party made
I to stand at attention while the
bandits made off with the sachet con
1 taining the payroll.
KETCHIKAN DIVINE AIDS
IN LOCATING LOST SON
Gladness Has been brought to the
home of one family this Christmas
time by tidings of a long-lost son
and brother, through the unremitt
ing efforts of the Rev. R. F. Fal
coner of Ketchikan since he receiv
ed last September a letter from Mrs.
Harriet A. Gregg of Seattle, ask
ing his help in locating Oliver Wat
son 38. formerly of Wisconsin,
whose parents had not heard from
him for over twelve years. Joe Ulm
er was the first to secure informa
tion of the son’s whereabouts.
During all these years says the
Ketchikan Chronicle the onethought
of the parents has been the finding
of their boy. Three years ago they
heard that young Watson had been
seen in Spakane and in Seattle and
was on his way to Alaska where he
was going to engage in mining. Mr.
and Mrs. Watson think it is nothing
short of a miracle that at last their
hopes and prayers have been real
ized and they may have their boy
with them this Christmas.
On December 12, Mrs. Gregg re
ceived the following letter from
Mr. Watson:
‘‘I have just heard from ou'
boy. His sister wrote to him at
Anyox, B; C. and got a nice letter
from him. He has been twelve years
at Anyox. He served in the World
War and got back all right. He was
married in 1919. Now we are hop
ing to get him home for Christmas
Many thanks for all your efforts
in finding our boy.
i Word has been received at the
marshal’s office at Seward from
j Deputy U. S. Marshal W. C. Snook
j at Unga, giving account of the
j killing of Willy Chabatnoi) Karo
by *ris half brother, G. Karo. The
i killing took place about the twent
i ieth of November at the head of
! Stepovak bay. which is close to St.
j John’s cape, sixty miles east of Unga
on the mainland. According to infor
; macion received during an argu
j ment over some furs, Willy started
j down the beach to his boat to get
his rifle, and George opened fire
j with a shotgun, riddling him with
‘buckshot, causing instant death.
George Karo has been bound over
to the federal grand jury. Willy
Willy Karo under the name of
Chabatnoi, had served three yea^
at McNeil's Island on a rape case
and also served a year recently
in the Valdez jail.
James Frew ley, on behalf of the
I Nome School Board filed a petition
; in the District Court recently for a
j Writ of Mandamus against the Nome
i City Council to compel the Council
I to turn over to the School Board
the sum of fifteen hundred dollar--.
The court issued an alternative Writ,
j returnable Wednesday, November
1 29th, at eleven o’clock.
The City Council was represent
ed at the hearing by City Attorney
Hugh O’Neil.
This suit is not only of vital im
portance to the school, but to the
community in general points out
the Nome Nugget, as the outcome
of it will determine among other
things whether the School Board or
the City Council shall levy taxes ■
the muncipality.
I Senator-elect Fred Ayre, of the
; Second division, arrived from Nome
today enroute to the Strtes.