THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for eniry 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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SEEING THE LIGHT
“Every encouragement should bi
given Mayor Rolph in his project t<
bring coal from Alaska to California
says the San Francisco Star. “Thi
fuel problem is one of the greates
before the nation, and one whicl
vitally affects all parts of the coun
try.
“Warm weather will soon reduci
the domestic domand to a minimum
but the industrial consumption wil
be even greater than at present
Already it is stated that the fuel ad
ministration is worrying over th<
probability of an unusually summei
demand to replenish depleted stock:
and provide against a shortage nexi
winter.
“With the prospect for a continu:
ing car shortage owing to war ship
ments, this movement from th<
mines to dealers and consumers,
which would ordinarily be welcomed
may prove embarrassing to the na
tional railroad management.
“In bringing coal from Alaska by
barge, Pacific ports and near-by
interior points can be supplies with
out burdening the railroads, while
Rocky Mountain coals can be di
verted to central western states,
which would in turn tend to restrict
Illinois, Ohio, and Eastern coals to
contiguous territory.
“Of course, this is looking far
ahead and presupposing a practically
unlimited supply from an as yet
undeveloped source. But it is the
possibility of the development of an
Alaskan supply deemed illimitable
that makes Mayor Rolph’s project
one of great importance to the whole
country.
“With, two such practical busi
nessmen as Secretary Franklin K.
Lane and Mayor Rolph working on
the project, definite results may be
looked for. Washington and Colo
rado coals now command a fancy
price in the local market, and if
Alaskan competition did no more
than to lower them to a reasonable
figure the Pacific coast would be
greatly benefited.”
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WHERE THE ALLIED LOANS GO
More people than you would be
live are under the impression that
the money which Uncle Sam is lend
ing to the Allies leaves America foi
expenditure in Europe and other
foreign countries.
This is a mistaken idea, says the
Juneau Empire.
Virtually all of it is expended
right here at home fcr American
produced goods, munitions and food
stuffs.
Since the declaration of war
against Germany on April 6, 1917,
congress has authorized the lend
ing of 7,000,000,000 to the Allies to
be paid before April 1, 191X Up
to November 1 the Allies had *e
ceived advances aggregating $3,691,
400,000. They had expended in
America for supplies $2,758,900,000
and had remaining to their credit
in the United States treasury a
balance of $932,500,000.
From April to November the
Allies had been borrowing frorr
Uncle Sam at the rate of approxi
mately $500,000,000 a mouth.
And they had been spending it
with us about as rapidly as thej
got it.
So the money which you put ir
Liberty bonds in the two preceding
campaigns has been trickling bad
through the channels of commerce
in an uninterrupted stream. Whal
the Allies are not spending is being
scattered by Uncle Sam, who is con
fronted with the task of supplying
and caring for an army of nearlj
I 2,000,000 men.
And so it will continue as long
I as the war lasts. The man afield
< must be supplied with munitions,
, clothing and food- Every line of
i American endeavor will profit. The
; I larger the bond sales, the greater
II the growth of the Allied armies and
. | thir requirements; the more tre
mendous the expenditures.
Every dollar you put into Liberty
, bonds is an added stimulus to Ameri
! can prosperity.
Besides making more and more
certain the defeat of the kaiser’s
ambition to rule the world with his
mailed fist.
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CENTRIFUGAL GUN
A centrifigul gun, which fires
33,000 shots a minute, declared to
be the greatest death-dealing ma
chine gun yet conceived, is the in
vention of Levi Lombard, of Bos
ton. Tests have proved the ma
chine’s efficiency, the inventor de
clares, and he has succeeded in in
teresting the war department in the
weapon. Its manufacture is being
carried on under utmost secrecy at
a place not announced,
i Lombard has worked on vhe gun
for 37 years, and he declares its ac
I curacy amazes gun authorities who
i have watched its work. It has no
' barrel, operating on the principle of
1 a sling. The latter operates under
| a disk, which revolves at a tremen
j dous speed. • The ammunition is fed
through a tunnel-like attachment
from a tube, which leads into two
veins beneath the disk.
The veins center upon an open
j ing about two inches wide and the
bullets are thrown with terrific
velocity. Steam is the source of
energy.
! The machine can be placed in a
I first-line trench and operated hun
dreds of feet in the rear. From
there it can be regulated at any
angle. It is easily portable and
“jamming” and heating, common to
machine guns, are eliminated.
In a recent test, the inventor says,
the gun was turned on sheets of
steel plates three-quarters of an
inch thick, hundreds of feet away.
The bullets went through them like
paper. The missies are small steel
balls, similar to bearings.—Phil.
Record.
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Italians who fail to respond to
\ their country’s call for funds, thru
the purchase of war loan securities,
are classed by the premier of the
kingdom as traitors and fools. “A
man must be either a fool or a
traitor,” he says, “ who refuses to
subscribe to a war loan. The nation
needs the money to carry on the
war, and if there are enough fools
and traitors among us not tc sub
scribe, then the government will sim
ply take what is needed by high
taxes.”
Fortunately for the Italians, the
desired amount of money was sub
scribed, the fifth war loan being a
success, notwithstanding the fact
that previous loans have drawn
heavily upon the finances of the
Italian public.
COMMUNICATIONS
Nenana, Alaska, May 9.
Editor News:
Will you kindly inform me,
through the columns of the News,
when the Alaska railroad bill was
signed by President Wilson?
READER
March 12, 1914.
A country worth fighting for U
i country worth saving for. Buy
THRIFT STAMPS.
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TOWNSITE EXPENSES
OF COAST TERMINAL |
Eleven thousand, five hundred and \
eighty-six dollars and sixty-six cents'
is the amount of expenditures of an
assessable nature for the mainten
ance and operation of the townsite
of Anchorage for the period be
tween October 1, 1917, and Febru
ary 29, this year, inclusive, accord
ing to a detailed statement com
piled by J. G. Watts, Jr., townsite
manager.
For the five months the cost of
administration was $3,496.61; of
fire protection, $4,535.29; for main
tenance of streets, alleys and side
walks, $1,831.06, and for sanitation
$1,723.70.
The itemized statement of the ex
penditure follows:
Administration
Salaries . $1,545.55
Stationery and supplies. 209.57
Fuel, light and telephone ... 216.50
Maintenance of building
and grounds a.. 2.63
Dog pound—June 11, 1917
to Feb. 28, 1918, $2,527.69
credit by returned feed
$550.04; credit by charges
$455.29 .$1,522.36
Total . $3,496.61
Fire Protection
Salaries . $2,532.40
Inspection . 152.90
Maintenance of team and
equipment . 488.51
Maintenance of building and
grounds . 300.25
Maintenance of hydrants
and water rent . 1,061.23
Total .. $4,535.29
Maintenance of Streets
Maintenance of streets and
lights . $1,621.21
Maintenance of roads .... 47.05
Maintenance of municipal
block . 24.30
Shoveling snow . 138.50
$1,831.06
Total
Sanitation
YARN FUND POOL
FAUNS GOOD SUM
FOR THE LADIES
Winner of Breakup Pool Will Re
ceive Sum In Excess of One
Hundred Dollars.
The breakup pool, which was
started by the ladies of the Red
Zross at the suggestion of Miss C.
2. Heid, for the purpose of raising
noney for the yarn fund, closed at
nidnight last night, and the ladies
•eport that the sum of $212.50 was
;ollected for guesses on the time
shat the ice will go out in front
>f Nenana.
The ladies desire to express their
gratitude for the assistance rendered,
so the many who guessed, to Miss
Seid for suggesting the scheme, to
VIr. Hall, for sending lists out the
ine and to those who assisted with
she lists of helped otherwise to make
the pool a success. Half the money
;olleeted will be turned over to the
winner of the pool and the other
half will be used by the ladies to
t>uy yarn for knitting.
The various sums collected and
those who circulated the lists were
is follows:
Miss Thora Slippern.$17.50
Miss Elizabeth MacRea. 16.50
Mrs. Schaeffer . 5.50
Miss Russell .. 14.50
Miss Heid . 11.50
Mrs. Bowen. 12.00
Mrs. Craig —•. 8.00
Mrs. Heimburger . •• 3.50
Mrs. Baatz . 5.50
Mrs. Cooney . 39.00
Mrs. Lawrence . 44.00
Mrs. Lavin . 17.50
M. D. McCambridge 43mile.... 9.50
F. A. Johnson, 35-mile. 3.00
J. T. Oldfield, Camp 16. 6.50
Fred Qupprich, Camp 22.50
Total .$212.50
Bob Toussaint, line auditor, re
turned to town last night "from a
hurried trip out the ilne, south of
Nenana.
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Disposal of garbage.. $1,540.70
Inspection of sanitation,
$262.50; credit by inspec
tion fees, $79.50. 183 00
Total .....$1,723.70
Under administration, the first
for the assessment period. The above
of accountant and clerical help only.
The salary of the townsitc manager
is not included in this statement as
it is not assessed against the town.
The next three items are self ex
planatory. The fifth item, “dog
pound” was not assessed in the pre
vious period, and therefore, this
assessment runs back to last June
11, the date of establishment. There
is, at the present time, between $300
and $400 worth of dog feed on hand
—sufficient to carry the pound
through the greater part of the su: J
mer.
Under the second general head
ing. fire protection, all items except
the last are self-explanatory. This
item, maintenance of hydrants anil
water rent, is made up principally
of water rent, $5 per hydrant pel
month being charged against the
fire department and credited to the
water department as rental for water
service. During the five months,
this amounted to a total of $740,
the balance of $321.23 has been ex
pended principally in thawing frozen
| hydrants and in protection against
frost.
The balance of the statement is
clear without further explanation,
It is the intention of the townsite
office to issue a statement, about
the twentieth of every month, show
ing the cost cost of operation for
that month, and the total to date
for he assessment period. The above
amount, together with the added
costs from now until June 30, will
be assessed during the month of
July, 1918, which assessment will
include all costs of operation and
maintenance from October 1, 1917,
to June 30, 1918, inclusive.
Id 10 LEAVE
GIVEN FAREWEl
Ryu* Cottage Scene of Pleasant
Gathering of Ladies Yesterday
Afternoon.
The Ryus cottage was the scene
of a delightful party yesterday
afternoon, the affair being in the
nature of a farewell reception which
was given by Mrs. F. S. Ryus in
honor of Mrs. M. E. Smith, Mrs.
M. S. Love, Mrs. G. F. Cramer and
Mrs. J. D. O’Neil, all of whom will
soon leave Nenana for the Outside
and whose departure will be felt
keenly by their many friends here.
The afternoon was passed pleasantly
with several tables of auction.
The ladies present, in addition
to the guests of honor, were: Mes
dames Rothenburg, Oscar Rothen
burg, N. E. Smith, J. Dwyer, Carl
Schmidt, M. J. Sweeney, R. S. Hilde
brand, Alex Fowler, Wm. Taylor,
R. E. Burns, R. J. Diven, Williams,
Schaeffer, I. P. Taylor, Ellenson,
D. H. More, E. I. Foster, W. B. Hub
bach. C. H. Hall, Harry Steele,
Woodbury Abbey; Misses Dayton,
Blacknell, Elizabeth McRae, Billings,
Liverson, Kobe, Jacobson and Jane
Anderson.
Sam Weiss, the Chatanika oper
ator, is reported to have struck very
rich pay in his workings, reports
stating that $5 to the pan is not
unusual, and that $1 pans are
common.
The ladies of the Red Cross have
accepted the offer of the use of
the rooms of the Nenana club for
meetings. The rooms are open to
the ladies on Monday, Wednesday
and Fdiday afternoon, between the
hours of one and five. Two meet
ings of the society already have been
held there. The action of the club
is much appreciated by them.
Two heart beat one no.
COONEY HOTEL
Not Better Than the Best,
But Better than the Rest.”
NENANA .... - ALASKA
FOWLER & MORRIS
GROCERIES
DRY GOODS
COMPLETE LINE
LOWEST PRICES
SOET WATER PURE SOAP
HOUSECLEANING TIME HAS COME
HOUSEWIVES SAVE WORRY AND TROUBLE BY HAVING
Your Laundry Done Rough Dry
GARMENTS READY TO IRON AND FLAT WORK FINISHED
20c a Pound
LACE CURTAINS AND BLANKETS AS FINISHED WORK ONLY
NENANA STEAM LAUNDRY
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DEER ARE TAME
ON CHICAGOFF ISLE
“This has been a hard winter on
deer,” William Freeburn, of the
Chicagoff mine, is quoted as saying
in the Juneau Dispatch, “but there
is one herd on Chicagoff island
| which is doing well- Some of the
boys have treated a herd of them
with so much consideration that the
animals have taken a mile when an
inch was given. One of them walk
ed right into the kitchen recently.
Carrots and other vegetables seem
to have been the attraction that led
this particular deer into the house.”
Mr. Freeburn was in Juneau look
ing for a few men for special work,
but idle men seem to be few and
far between. When asked at what
age he considered a man was past
his usefulness he emphatically stated
that there is no age limit.
“We have a man at our mine 72
years old,” he said, “who goes out
into the woods, hews down the tim
bers, works them down to the beach,
and tows them with his little power
boat to the mine, without the assist
ance from any man; and there is
many young men who could not
accomplish the work this so-called
old man does.”
NOTICE
V\ ill holders of overdue library
books please return them just as
soon as possible.
There are books out long past due.
Unless ubscribers cooperate with
us in living up to the necessary rules
the library will have to be removed
to a place where it will probably
be less generally useful, but possible
to keep tabs on it.
k-12 H. B. JOSEPH.
On April 6, there were 414 em
ployees on the payrolls of Seward
division.
I'll bid two in spades. So may
you on Saturday.
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' 'WAR SAVINGS SUMPS
ISSUED BY THE
VNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
The habit that
makes men rich - -
Saving is a habit—the habit that makes
men rich.
While the Government needs the money
that will be invested in the War Savings
Stamps, there are other, and simpler meth
ods that could be used to raise this two bil
lion dollars.
The greater purpose of War Savings Stamps
is to give every man, woman and child a
personal part in financing the war for free
dom and to teach the most beneficial habit
in life—the habit of thrift. So that when
the war is over the people will have saved,
out of the high wages of these days, some
part of their income, as a. provision for the
future.
Look out for your personal future. Make
certain of it by buying War Savings Stamps
now, while you can. They pay 4 per cent
interest, compounded quarterly, and are
backed by the strongest treasury in the
world.
THEY EARN MONEY
THEY SAVE LIFE AT THE
FRONT. BY HELPING UNCLE
SAM WIN THE WAR.
BUt THEM AT THE
POSTOFFICE