THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry 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 Manage.
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ADVERTISING ALASKA
“Alaska boys in France, in the
army cantonments and in the navy
are the most effective press agents
the North has ever known,” de
clared .1. L. McPherson, manager of
the Alaska Bureau of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce and Com
mercial Club, in a statement which
appeared recently in the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
"1 want a homestead where I can
do a little hunting, fishing and
trapping,” is typical of the requests
for information on Alaska received
from the boys in France, showing1
that their life in the open has in-f
stilled in them a desire to become I
pioneers, to lead a life of adventure.:.
From the training camps throughout'
the States, from Honolulu, from the!
high seas and from France the men (
in the service are writing for infor-1 ,
motion on Alaska.
“What are the farming and min
ing, homesteading, fishing and trap
ping and general opportunities in
the Northland?” are the questions
representing a majority of the in
quiries. Numbers of men state their
intention of settling in Alaska when
they return from the war, and de
sire general information. Some of
them make inquiries as to business
conditions and homesteadng oppor
tunities. One asked for information
on coal lands, their location, the
lease laws, etc., while a Jackie
briefly requests ‘all standing infor
mation.'
“Not only is Alaska being thought
about by the men in the service,”
added Mr. McPherson, “but it is be
ing earnestly talked about and de
bated, and we find that many of
the inquiries received are for the
benefit of a number of men, the
writer only acting as spokesman.
]
une ui niashii i' suiijs, wining lu
a Seattle friend, stated that while
at Bordeaux he attended an illus
trated lecture on Alaska. ‘The
slides were furnished by your Alaska
bureau,’ he said, ‘and they were
very (jood- They were all the more
intersting to me because many of
the scenes were familiar. As the
familiar towns were shown, I
thought of our jolly bunch coming
down on the good old sea-tub North
western. The flowers at Skngway
were just as we saw them.'
“Alaska has furnished a far
greater per cent of her man power
to the war than any other section ot
our land, and as a result she is feel
ing more seriously tire effect of the
drain in all her industrial and de
velopment life. But it is certain thal
with the final settlement of peace
the Alaska boys will all return tc
the Northland and will take with
them scores of comrades to whom
they have told the wonders of the
land ‘up there.’ These men wil'
furnish the essential. manhood for
the development of Alaska’s great
store of raw products, a movement
which must be so planned as tc
build for r rrmanent industries an<
a stable and , rosperous population.’
PUNISHING BACKSLIDERS
*n ancient form of punishment
in favor in the Middle Ages has beer
adopted in Belgium for Belgiar
women who were too friendly to
ward the German invaders or whc
listened to their love making, writes
ar. Associated Press correspondent
from Bruges. They have been shorn
of their hair. In Bruges several
women have suffered this form of
retribution and either must remain
indoors or patronize the wig makers.
It is known that this method has
been applied in at least one other
place. The scenes attending the ap
plication of this punishment have
been rather boisterous.
Corporal punishment is visited
upon the pro-Germans amonc the
Belgian men but few of these await
'd the wrath of the Belgian aveng
ers. They decamped before the Bel
gian troops reoccupied the cities
wid towns which had been held
inder German domination.
Such cases as these have been
■emarkably few. The wonder is that
here have not been more. The
rroportion of renegades is so small
us to reflect greater glory on poor
ittle Belgium.
As a whole, the civil population
>f Belgium has remained wonder
ully loyal. By their system of com
nunal administration, they were
■nabled to govern themselves while
he German was deluding himself
hat he was ruling. It enabled them
o endure physical privations, suffer
leath and resist the insidiuous pro
laganda of the German governors,
/on Bissing, and his successor Von
•’alkenhausen, who attempted to sep
irate the Walloons from the Flemish
md to poison the wells of Belgium’s
latriotism.
THE PHYSICALLY U.NFlf
Fifty per cent of the 25,000,000
>oys and girls of school age huve
ihysical defects that impede normal
levelopemnt, Williard S. Small,
'chool hygiene specialist of the Fed
eral Bureau of education, said in
in address delivered recently before
he American Public Health Asso
•iation.
After declaring that the nation’s
| need of ‘‘physical education” is im
j perative, the speaker pointed out
j that 2,500,00 men in the first draft
|were disqualified for active military!
service because of physical defects,;
land added:
| “Being unfit for military service,'
they were therefore unfit to render1
full service in any capacity. They!
were unable to get full returns from
life in work and happiness.”
The physical education needed .
must assume physical activity as the
basic thing, the speaker added. '
There must be wholesome physical
environment, 'individual physical
examination and record, and medical j
supervision of schools.
“It should provide for all persons ■
between six and 18 years of age. j
It should extend its benefit to;
youth above the compulsory school1
age. It should provide federal aid
to permit states, to carry on effect
ive systems of physical education. |
This federal aid should be limited
to preparation of teachers for skilled i
service and payment for skilled
service.
“The program propsed will raise
the positive coefficient of the phy- i
' sical life of the nation. It will build
. morality upon the solid foundation
’ of physical soundness and vitality.
It will be a powerful influence in
Americanization.”
j M. J. O’Connor, many times mayor
| of Douglas and for many years a
merchant in that town, has pur
! chased the Sweet Grocery company,
located in the Daylight building at
I Bellingham, Washington, and is now
1 operating that concern.
Benana, Where Belle end Blrera Meet
WESTERN STATES
OF IMG LAWS
SAX FANCISCO.—The first two
weeks of the new year will see
i the opening of the legislatures of
the Rocky Mountain and Pacific
coast regions. Reconstruction pro
grams are the general rule and legis
lation to be submitted generally
has to do with the return from war
i to peace conditions.
I Bills having to do with road con
^ struction will engage the attention
! of Wyoming, New Mexico, Utah and
| Colorado, which anticipate a con
siderable activity in this direction.
The returned soldier will have the
attention of the majority of the
state legislatures wherein provision
will be made for him both in the
matter of employment and for the
care of those crippled and incapaci
tated.
California, Wyoming, New Mexico
! will grapple with the matter of pro
hibition which is expected to take
' up a considerable of the law-makers’
time. Wyoming is expected to give
precedence to statutes carrying out
the mandate of the people in voting
the prohibition amendment into the
state constitution. California will j
; introduce a resolution to ratify the i
national “dry” amendment.
The Industrial Workers of the1
World will doubtless engage consid-!
erable attention from the California!
legislators- Governor William D. j
1 Stephens has advocated drastic meas- i
ures for dealing with his organiza
tion. It is proposed to frame a law
making membership in this organiza
. tion unlawful.
Modification of the present prim
ary laws of Idaho is expected to be
one of the principal activities of the
state’s lawmakers, existing condi
tions being said to be unsatisfactory.
Farm legislation also will engage
much attention.
Colorado will devote itself to a
program of reconstruction and the I
I enactment of laws governing the
j new civil service commission which
1 was created by the constitutional
amendment, adopted at the recent
i November election.
Little legislation of importance is
forecasted in Oregon, while the state
of Washington is likely to concen
trate largely on legislation having to
do with road construction and the
care of returning soldiers. The con
vening of the Oregon legislature has
been postponed on account of the
I continued prevalence of the epi
demic of Spanish influenza.
LANE OUTLINES
RAILROAD PLANS
WASHINGTON—In its estimates
for continuation of work on the
Alaska railway project for the com
ing fiscal year, the Alaskan Engin
eering commission will ask the con
gress for an appropriation of four
million dollars. Some of the items
in the estimate follow:
Construction in the Anchorage
division, $1,286,526.
Construction in the Seward di
vision, $718,340.
Construtcion in the Fairbanks di
vision, $889,304.
Operation in the Seward-Anchor
age division, $712,220.
Operation in the Fairbanks, di-j
vision, $329,890.
The estimates provide for the
building of a dock at Anchorage and
the purchase of 4,000 tons of rails
to cost $70 per ton.
NEW GIRL ARRIVED
IN NENANA TODAY
At the Commission hospital this
morning a baby girl arrived to
brighten the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Hagstrom.
Dr. More, who ushered the little
stranger into the world, reports that
mother and child are doing well.
The Uruguayan government is
planning the construction of a dry
dock large enough to hold the great
est ocean liners.
TOO MUCH RUBBERING
MAKES CHILDREN ILL
LOS ANGELES.—A new “dis
ease”, alarming to parents because
they thought it was the mumps, but
quite enjoyable to childish victims
because it kept them out of school
has been diagnosed here as “air
planeneck”
In various sections of Southern
California where there are several
government aviation and balloon
schools, the “disease” made its ap
pearance with children as the prin
cipal sufferers. Swelling of glands
in the neck caused parents to believe
their offspring to have the mumps.
Physicians, however, soon diagnosed
it properly as the result or looking
up at the many airplanes and bal
loons which continually dot the sky.
Since the way the “disease” was
caught was by looking at airplanes
and balloons, physicians promptly de
clared the way not to get it was
not to look at them, or if one were
unable to resist, to lie on one’s
back while looking.
That he has obtained an oil equal
to cocoanut oil from low organism
that live in stagnant water is the
claim of a Munich scientist.
Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
Anderson, Herman
Allred, Mrs. Clara
Browne, F. I).
Bresnahan, E. I).
Blankfield, D.
Bowen, J. R.
Blair, Roy
Brooker, Ed
Bennett, J. F.
Ball, I. R.
Brown, Erie
Burns, R. E.
Calderhead, R. W.
Campbell, N. .1.
Coghill, VV. A.
^ ttooney, M. .T.
. Doner, Frank
gDiven, R J.
Douse, Fred
v Davis, Harry
Ekeland, Alf
Fisher, Joe
Flower, J. H.
Foster, Steve
Gagnon, Wm.
Haslem, H. G.
Hagan, James
Hill, L. W.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey, Andy
$ Gray, E. B.
^uncner, w. n.
^ Hyland, Mike
Jones, Frank
Jacobsen, ,1. C.
Julian, W. J.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter
Joseph, H. B.
Koland, Knut
Ketooroky, John A.
l-aufrhlin, E. I,.
Lund, E. E.
Lehr, Q. F.
Myers, R. R.
Moore, Frank B.
Miles, J. H.
McDonald, R. S. •
Martin, G. S.
Morris, R. C.
Nash, Martin
O’Keefe, Larry
Parks, S. E.
Pennington, G. W.
Palfy, Paul
* • Packer, W. L.
Ryan, W. A.
Herman Rosbur>?
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Slippern, J. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellandcr, C. J.
Stone, A. J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, Chas.
Southvvorth, R. G.
Spira, Frank
Thompson, Theodore
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. J.
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Williams, E. A.
Waeehter, R. I.
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GERMANS ABUSED
POULTRY OWNERS
With the British-American Armies
in Franee.—Poultry owners in the
little French villages from which
the Germans were driven in the big
Allied offensive that ended the war
have been having a hard time of
it to supply the exacting demands
of the Germans- Two eggs a week
from every hen was one German re
quisition. If the owner failed to
deliver the eggs he was fined one
mark. Me was forbidden to sell or
0
kill his chickens and if one of
them died he was fined 100 marks.
Their homes were stripped of(
everything that contained metal or|
rubber.
Inhabitants in all the villages re-'
taken by the Allied troops were al-!
lowed only the most meagre quan
tities of food by the German army
officers. Hundreds of them declared
to the Associated Press correspond
ent that if it were not for the help
given by the United States through
the Spanish-American Relief com
mittee, they would have starved..
There were times when even some j
of this food did not reach them,
they said, because it was taken by
the Germans and used in the army.
One resident in the town of
Bohain said that 14,000 pounds of
lard sent to the Spanish-American
Relief committee from the United
States and intended for the popula
tion, was taken by the Germans be
fore they left the place. f
CLOSING OUT
Our Large Stock of Furniture, Rugs,
Beds, Bedding, etc. Anderson
Broi. & NerLand.
I
A spring reel holder has been in
vented for key chains to obviate car
rying several inches of loose chain
in a pocket.
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Jfenana. Alaska'! Interior Tael Depot,
WANT ADS
DOG FISH—8c a pound. Johnson’s
Store. 13
LOST—A Grey Husky Dog, about
Nov. 27th; has collar on neck.
Finder return to Coghill’s store.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY—North
Star—Mike’s Place. For rent,
ready for business—on most reas
onable terms. Apply R. S. Mc
Donald
FOR RENT.—Small one room cabin
on First and B streets. Apply
at News office.
FOR SALE.—A kitchen cabinet and
a Smith-Premier typewriter. Ap
ply at Mrs. Carter’s.
Gentlemen’* Suit* cleaned and
pressed, Fur Coats lined and reno
vated; Ladies’s Suits and Dresses
renovated at the Tailor Shop on
Upper A street, near Third.
STcnnna, Alaska's Interior Fuel Depot
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
Tom Smith, Prop.
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