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
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COALING IN ALASKA
Kulok, an Alaska point far out
on the Aleutian Island string, may
some day supply Alaska coal to
trans-Pacific liners swinging north
on the “Great Circle" route be
tween Japan and the Puget Sound,
according to Seattle steamship offi
cials who are discussing the estab
lishment of a coaling station at
Kulok. At present, they point out,
vessels must be saved, and would
be saved, if the ships could carry
half their present coal tonnage and
could replenish their bunkers at
Kulok.
A. F. Haines, general manager
of the Pacific Steamship company,
has prepared a statement In which
he aims to show that bunker space
for 720 long tons or 860 short tons
would be saved on every trip from
Seattle. By carrying cargo instead
of coal in this space the company's
revenues would be increased.
Coal is not far from being half
way between Seattle and Moji,
where trans-Pacific liners usually
coal, according to Mr Haines.
From Seattle to Moji, via Kulok,
it is 4,848 miles. Kulok is 2140
miles from Seattle and 2,708 from
Moji.
A plan for the establishment of a
similar mid-Pacific coal station at
Dutch Harbor, Alaska, was discussed
before all Alaska coal lands were
withdrawn in 1906.
GETTING CAMP LEWIS
What is claimed to have been
the largest condemnation suit in the
history of the United States courts
was concluded when the 60,000
acres of ground on which Camp
Lewis, the army cantonment, is lo
cated was turned over to the coun
try.
The case involved the expenditure
of $2,000,000 for land and court
proceedings, the money being raised
by bonding Pierce county.
Nearly 5,000 persons were inter
ested in the land, which was the
county’s gift to the government, and
2,200 separate plots were affected.
Thirty-nine men, members of
three juries, handled all of the jury
work incidental to the condemna
tion suits which began September
24, 1917, when the first 33,000
acres were condemned.
Fifty-six attorneys assisted in
choosing the first jury and 28 at
torneys representing defendants,
helped try the first case. Three •
attorneys, J. T. S. Lyle, Scott, Hen
derson, and Robert Davis, handled
all the legal end for the county.
GERMAN REASONING
Demand that the peace treaty
contain a clause granting amnesty
to German submarine commanders
for the outrages they committed in
the ruthless submarine warfare, is
voiced by the Allgemeine Zeitung,
says an Associated Press corres
pondent writing from Berlin. The
Berlin newspaper evidently ex
pects that the Allies w'ill demand
the surrender of all German sub
marine emmanders and to present
an argument to show why these
men should not be punished for
the crimes they committed on or
under the seas. The paper also
gives warning that any attempt to
hold them responsible for their mur
ders of innocent persons might fan
the flames of international hatred.
“These captains,” asserts the
newspaper, “were not responsible
for the conduct of submarine war
fare or for carrying on the unre
stricted underseas campaign. They
were acting within the scope of
their orders and the Entente could
not possibly hope to defend the
!>osition that these men were re
sponsible when they simply carried
out ir. a professional way the in
structions they had received.
"If the Entente is determined to
place the responsibility for the war
on certain persons and make them
the subject of criminal proceedings,
an internatioal tribunal would be
the only Jompetent court; and be
fore this we gladly await the ver
dict.
"England and other members of
the Entente, however, will do very
well to carefully ponder whether
this would serve as a precedent
which might be followed after the
conclusion of peace to renew the
flame of hatred. If this is to be
i peace of understanding ar.d re
coneilation, the treaty to be con
cluded must contain the traditional
amnesty clause.”
SOLDIERS FIRST
To relieve employment caused by
the discharge of returning soldiers
and sailors the city of San Fran
cisco has ordered that these men
be given the preference in employ
ment on the $14,000,000 projects
that the city has in its program for
this year, and if there is a ready
market for bonds 4,000 men will be
given work on one undertaking
alone and 2,000 or more on the
others.
The outstanding improvements will
be the construction of important
units of the Hetch-Hetchy water
system, which is being built to
bring water from the Sierras to
the bay region. This calls for the
employment of 4,000 men this year
and the expenditure of $10,000,000.
In addition the building of $3,000,
000 worth of schools and $1,000,
000 in street work has been called
for.
The great Hetch-Hetchy project
calls for the construction of a
$4,000,000 dam. a $1,000,000 power
house, eightv-six miles of tunneling
and a sixty-eight mile pipe line. It
will require five years and the ex
penditure of $40,000,000 more to
complete the enterprise.
San Francisco is striving hard
for a market for its bonds in the
hope that the 4,000 men will be put
to work in the next few months.
In addition the city is filling all
other positions possible with men
who have left the service. Those
who took the places of soldiers on
the city’s payroll are being dis
missed as the men return.
NOTICE
All residents of Nenana are re
quested to remove the winter’s
accumulation of refuse and rubbish
on their premises, to comply with
the Fire and Sanitary Regulations,
of the Department of the Interior,
Alaskan Engineering Commission,
Land and Industrial Department.
Failure to comply with the above
regulations within a reasonable
time, subjects the owner of such
lot to forfeiture proceedings as per
Circulars No’s. 45R and 554.
CARL SCHMIDT,
Townsite Manager
Apr. 12-16-19.
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AT PEACE MEET
PARIS.—Kings. presidents an'
premiers have ceased to be a nov
elty at the Peace Conference, bui
the bodyguard of Premier Venizelo:
of Greece, never fails to attracl
great crowds. At the hotel when
the American legation is housed am:
at the foreign office, Venizelo’s ap
proach is always heralded by the
arrival of one of his Cretan soldier;
arrayed more brilliantly than a
comic opera bandit.
The Cretans who escort the Greek
statesman are all more than six fee;
tall and apparently have been chosen
from various organizations as a
different man appears daily, and
the same uniform is never seer
twice. The swarthy Cretans all have
waxed mustaches twisted into up
turned points and stand rigidly at
attention for hours while awaiting
M. Venizelos at the entrance to the
hotel or the foreign office. The
jibes of small boys and the jokes
of various Allied soldiers who gather
in wonderment never seem to dis
turb the imperturbable Cretans.
Perhaps the most startling uni
form worn by one of the guards
consisted of white tights bound by
tasselled black silk cords at the
knees, a red velvet blouse and sash,
a red fez surmounted by a black
silk tassel so long that it fell below
the waist and black sandals with
upturned toes topped by great black
silk pom poms This costume was
completed by an ivory-handled knife
two feet long thrust carelessly into
the sash.
me knives and swords worn by
the Cretans are the chief feature of
the uniforms and make collectors of
antique weapons very envious. They
are of all sizes and shapes and have
sheaths of great splendor, jewelled
and carved in a marvellous manner.
Some of the guards are bare
kneed and have costumes not unlike
the Scotch in style but much gaud
ier in color. Others wear marvel
ously decorated leggings reaching
far above the knees. Capes of
oriental hues are frequently worn
by the Cretans and add to the
brilliancy of the Greek uniforms
which make the fancy dress uni
forms of the French and English
look sombre.
WEEKLY FORCE REPORT
For the week ending April 12,
there were 421 employes on the
pay rolls of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission, showing an increase
of 6 employees as against the num
her employed during the preceding
week. There were also 106 station
men or contractors, and 19 station
men laborers, showing a decrease
of 15 stationmen laborers for the
period under review.
The forces of the A. E. C. were
distributed as follows:
Camp 1, general .78
Camp 1, electric.12
Camp 1. corral . -.13
Camp 1, construction.86
Camp 1, store .24
Hospital .10
Townsite 2
Surfacing camp .17
Tracklaying camp .32
Section No. 1. 9
Section No. 4. 8
Section No. 6. 9
Camp 387 (Lynn). 4
Camp 415 .15
Camp 423 .10
' Camp 432 . 6
Camp 440 .21
Camp 449 .30
Nenana total . 388
'Fairbanks office . 3
Tanana Valley R. R. ..19
‘Camp 454.11
Fairbanks total.33
Total for division .421
Forty-five persons have taken up
their residence in Valdez since
March the first, most of them being
miners from Ellamar and Latouche
who are taking advantage of cheap
living conditions in that town.
DISTANCE TABLES ON GOVERN
MENT RAILROAD
’ Seward to
Kern creek
Anchorage
Chickaloon
Broad Pass
Lignite .
Xenana
Fairbanks
No. Miles
. 71.00
.114.35
.188.35
314.53
.364.00
.413.83
.470 56
Anchorage to
Matanuska .
Chickaloon .
Montana creek .
Talkeetna .
Broad Pass
Xenana .
Fairbanks
36.32
74.00
94.90
112.33
.200.18
299.48
356.21
Broad Pass to
Lignite
X’enana
.49.47
.99.30
Lignite to
Xenana
Fairbanks
.49.83
106.56
Nenana to
Fairbanks
.56.7
Tanana Valley Railroad
Fairbanks to
Chena Junction .
Chena
Happy Junction .
Chatanika .
. 41
5.0
7.3
.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 Xenana.
C. S. Crider, the traveling rep
resentative of the American Railway
Express Co., was a passenger on
the stage arriving in Fairbanks yes
terday. Mr. Crider is on his an
nual inspection trip of all the ex
press offices in Alaska. He will re
main in Fairbanks until the opening
of navigation.
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THE NEWS OFFICE
WANT ADS
FOR RENT—Simson's residence
furnished complete. Inquire at
Simson’s store.
FOR SALE—A Singer sewing ma
chine. Inquire at Coghill's.
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Nenana House
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Q-—Why is the NENANA HOUSE like a do* sitting on
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Mr*. A. B. Easterly, Proprietress
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HOME COOKING OUR SPECIALTY
NEXT DOOR TO CASCADE LAUNDRY
KETOOROKY & CO.
(BETTER KNOWN AS RUSSIAN JOHN)
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
COLES AIR TIGHT
HEATERS
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OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
Yukon Stoves and Drums
Air Tight Heaters
Any Thing in the Sheet Metal, Plumb
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POOL CANDIES CIGARS
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WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
PRICES REASONABLE
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Membership List
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.
Blair, Roy
Brooker, Ed
Bennett, J. F
Bali, I. B.
Brown, Erie
Burns, R. E.
Coutts, VV T,
Calderhead, R. W
Campbell, N. J.
Coghill, W. A.
Cooney, M. J.
Doner, Frank
Diven, R J.
Douse, Fred
Davis, Harry
Ekeland, Alf
Punk, A. B.
Finlayson, K A.
Fisher. Joe
Flower, J. H.
Foster, Steve
Gagnon, YY'm.
Ghezzi, Alfred
Head, E. A.
Haslem, H. G
Hagan, James
Hill, L. W.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey. Andy
Gray, E. B.
Gilcher, W. H.
Hyland. Mike
Isabel, L. C.
Imne, A. J.
Johnson, A. G.
Jones, Frank
Julian, W. J.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepeon, Peter
Joseph, H. B
Koland, Knut
Ketooroky, John A
Laughlin, E. L.
Bund, E. E.
Lehr, Q. F.
Markus, George
Mortensen, Peter
Myers, R R.
Moore, Frank B
Miles, J. H.
McDonald, R. S
Martin, G. S.
Morris, R. C.
Mash, Martin
Owen, Harry
O’Keefe, Larry
Parks, S. E.
Pennington, G. W
Palfy, Paul
Packer, W. L.
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Rosburg. Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry X.
Stol, Xels
» Schmidt, Carl
Schaeffer, M. A.
Slippern, J. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Stone, A. J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, Chas.
Smith, George A.
Southworth, R. G.
Spira, Frank
Taylor, Frank
Tunison, B.
Thompson, Theodore
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. J.
Verhaeghe, Cyriele
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Woods, Geo. W.
Williams, E. A.
Waechter, R. I.
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