THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enzry 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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ALASKA’S PLATINUM
Platinum, that much needed and
sought war material, exists through
out an area of 150 by 100 m !es;
from Cook Inlet region to the
Alaskan range, in the opinion of
Mr. Hersehel C. Parker, geologist:
and explorer. Dr. Parker, who left
Alaska for the States recently, took
with him a large number of samples j
obtained from a summer spent in
prospecting. This winter he will
make exhaustive tests and plan
operations for his work early next j
year. Upon his return he plans
to establish a small plant on the
Susitna river for handling platinum
ore.
Dr. Parker’s experimenting and
prospecting work took him through
the Talkeetna country, along the
Susitna and Yenta valleys. Speak
ing of the results of his work, he
stated at Juneau, while enrouto
Outside:
“The platinum is there. Most of^
the land, however, is low grade, and :
it must be handled in large quanti-,
ties in a scientific and economical
manner. The question of the com- ;
mercial value of the platinum is
simply a matter of engineeering.”
The region described is tributary
to the government railroad.
SOUNDS GOOD
The Bolsheviki are revising the
Russian higher educational system
in the interest of the workers' re
ports an Associated Press corres
pondent, writing from Moscow. The
Council of the People’s Commis
niissars has decreed the abolition of
all entrance examinations in the
universities and ordered that persons
of either sex who have reached
their sixteenth year may register
and attend any higher institution1
of learning without presenting a
high-school dilpoma or any certifi
cate of an educational character.
Preference is to be given to work- •
men and poor peasants and remaining
vacancies only to be filled by per-1
sons of other classes. Tuition fee
is also abolished, and poor students 1
will receive stipends from the state.'
BOOSTING FOREIGN TRADE
Looking to post-war commerce,:
the foreign trade department of tha
Kan Francisco chamber of commerce
is registering manufacturers and
their productive capacities in all
sections of the United States. Four
thousand manufacturers, without
foreign connections or the means to I
establish them, have been offered
the services of the bureau in plac-1
ing them in communication with re- j
liable and experienced export firms.
This will permit thorsands of manu
factureres throughout the United
States who could do a large and
profitable foreign business, but who
have contented themselves with home
markets owing to technicalities of
foreign trade which they did not
understand, to find markets in the
Orient, Oceania and Latin America.
—
Enough war saving stamps now
have been sold to make nearly $£
for every individual in the United
States, according to the latest re
port from the national war savings
headquarters. Total sales have
passed $8*25,000.000, and now are
increas’ng at the rate of nearly
Ct00,0v \00C a month.
Ohio till leads the states with the
largest monthly and aggregate sales,
but Nebraska reports higher per
capita sales. Ohio’s intensive can
vass in September produced $11,
883,000, which was more than any
other state, and its per capita sales
were $2.25, also a record. In ag
gregate sales, its record is $66,730,
000, with per capita proportion of
$12.68. Nebraska’s per capita sales
since the beginning have been
$19.43. The state’s aggregate is
$25 188,000.
Venaua. Where Bail* and Rivers Meet
The present population of Tahiti
numbers about 3,000 persons. These
include Chinese, Tahitians, a few
English and Americans and many
French functionaries. There is ap
proximately one of these French
officials to every 40 inhabitants.
The natives take themselves quite
seriously and have a great respect
for the importance of their country.
Many believe that the great war
had for one of its primary objects
the settlement of the future owner
ship of the islands.
Nenana. Alaska's Interior Fuel Depot
An experiment recently conducted
by an air pilot in France revealed
how thoroughly mere flight has been
established. In mid-air the pilot re
leased his hand and foot controls
entirely and touched nothing for
twenty miles, leaving his machine
to fly itself until just before land
ing.
YANKEE SOLDIERS HELP
LITTLE FRENCH ORPHANS
SAN FRANCISCO. — American
soldiers who were engaged in the
fighting in France have adopted
more than 500 French war orphan.
according to the Stars and Stripes
a newspaper published by the Ameri
can expeditionary force in Paris. In
its September 20 number the Start
and Stripes said:
“This week the adoption of French
war orphans by soldiers of the A.
E. F. under the Stars and Stripes
war orphan plan passes the 500
mark. This plan, which brought so
much happiness to little children in
dire need- whose fathers had given
their all for France, was the idea
of an American private—Harold W.
Ross, engineers ( ry.), detailed to the
editorial staff of the army news
paper. It is under his dircetion
that the plan has been so success
ful.
Nenana. Alaska’s Interior Fnel Depot
ABLONE MAY BE USED
AS MEAT SUBSTITUTES
LOS ANGELES—Ablone meat a
a substitute for pork, lamb, and beef
is being exploited here by Wesley
Crandall, Federal Fish Administr
for Southern California.. Ablone.
long considered valuable only f or
its beautiful colored shell, will rank
with whale-meat in the future as a
delicacy for the epicurean pclate,
according to Crandall.
For cold weather a head covering
has been invented that is worn
under a hat and protects the back
of the head, neck and throat.
ffenana, Where Balls and Bivers Meet
Feathers revolving on a shaft turn
the leaves of books within a fumi
gating cabinet patented by a Salt
Lake City inventor.
I
GETTING READY
FOR TAX DRIVE
WASHINGTON.—The same spirit
of enthusiasm and co-operation that
attended the Fourth Liberty loan'
and much the same methods- in
j eluding advertising in newspapers
and local propaganda campaigns, are
planned as features of the national]
next great financial task, the col-:
lection of about $8,000,000,000 in
taxes next year.
Internal Revenue Commissioner j
Roper is making preparations for a
great drive in January and Febru-!
ary to get the ten million persons!
who probably will be subject directly;
to government taxes to file their1
returns early, accurately and will
ingly.
“Even with our great tax gather
ing machinery already built up in
collection districts throughout the
country," said Commissioner Roper,
“we can not gather $8,000,000,000
of taxes without the hearty co-oper
ation of the people who pay. It
must and will be their job as much
as that of the government authori
ties."
On this principle, a great educa
tional movement is being planned,
without waiting for Congress to
enact finally the revenue bill which
will determine just how much tax
is to be collected- and from whaf
sources it is to epme. Business men
in every community, banks, cham
bers of commerce, trade, farmers’
and labor organizations, churches,
lodges, schools, and other organiza
tions will be asked to undertake
to show citizens precisely how to
figure their taxes, what deductions
from income are permissible, how
their business records should be
kept io provide the best guides for
tax reports, and how to make intelli
gent returns, giving neither less nor.
more than is expected under the
law.
By such a system, officials hope
to minimize tax evasions. But to .
guard agains.t the inevitable slack
ing- information will be sought thru
these channels to be used in check
ing up returns and ascertaining be
yond a doubt when returns are true.
Newspapers will be relied on to
furnish informative articles on how
to make returns, to be supplied both
from Washington revenue bureau
headquarters, an,v. by district col- j
lectors. There will also be con
siderable display advertising, appeal
ing to individuals and business enter
prises to pay taxes with the same
spirit the nation desplayed in making
war. These advertisements will be
paid for by business interests, act-1
ing voluntarily, and not by the gov-!1
ernment and advertising clubs will j'
assist. This is the method employed :'
during the Liberty Loan campaings.;'
Indications that the new revenue
bill will impose a number of sales |1
taxes, the reporting of which will i'
be a difficult task, makes it es- j1
pecially necessary to enlist the co- i'
operation of tax payers themselves
in the tax collection work.
CITIZENS OF PUEBLO '
ADOPT FRENCH ORPHANS i
PUEBLO, Colorado—Citizens of 1
Pueblo have pledeged themselves to .
support thirty-one French orphans
whose father died in the war. This
city has been- asked to take care ’
of 100. The campaign for jbtair,
ing pledges for their support is still
under way.
Under the plan adopted by the
Puebloans they adopt French e> !d
ren but allow them to remain in
their own country. The Cuebloan*
contribute 10 cents a day for the
keeping of each child.
HONOLULU REGISTRANTS
FLUNK MEDICAL TESTS
HONOLULU—At least fifty per
cent of the men who register*: 1 hero
for military service on Ju.y :J1, hav
ing attained the age of twenty-one
during the preceding yec.i, have been
rejected by the medical examiners
because they failed to meet the re
quirements as to height ard weight.
Nearly all of those rejected were
Orientals.
RUBBER MIS
ARE DISCOVERED
ON WESIFRONI
SAX FRANCISCO.—Discovery ,'f i
plants with rubber content in the
district extending from the Pacific
:oast to Colorado and from New
Mexico to Washington, recently re
ported to the California state coun
cil of defense by its scientific re
search committee, is said to assure
the country of an emergency supply
jf rubber.
California is now supplying the
United States with chrome, essen
tial in the manufacture of steel, as
the result of a five month's survey
Chester H. Rowell, of Fresno, Cal.'
iaid in presenting the committee’s
report. This has released the ship
ping formerly employed in bringing
fhrome from Brazil.
An invention involving the appli
cation of the gyroscope in determ
ning the position of a ship inde
pendently of observations on the
sun or stars, and another designed
to perfect the accuracy of machine
run fire from moving airplane to
noving airplane were reported by
Professor O. I Leuschner, chairman
) fthe committee. Public mention
>f the results of the committee’s
vork in chemistry was withheld.
Prof. H. M. Hall in his report on
he rubber discovery said:
“For two months the writer ear
ned on field surveys in eight West
ern states in order to make esti
naters of the tonnage and distribu
ion of rubber carrying shrubs and
0 gather samples for chemical analy
sis. the results indicate that the
otal amonut of rubber present Is
nuch greater than we formerly sup
posed, although the percentage con
ent of the shrubs is perhaps less
>ver much of the area covered.
“Four of our experimental plots
n Eastern California have been
studied and evidence obtained which
ndicates that it will be necessary
.o destroy the plants in order to
larvest the rubber. On the other
land, a method is being developed
vhich gives promise of increasing
:he weight of the rubber carrying
portions. This method will be par
:icularly applicable if the plants
ire brought under cultivation.
“In order to get an expert opinion
>n the quality of the product, 25
pounds of shrub were sent to Dr.
3. Spence, chairman of the sub
ommittee on rubber and allied sub
dances of the National Research
’ouncil. After some months, during
vhich time deterioration probably
'■ok place, the rubber was separated
>y the ordinary mechanical means
md three per cent of pure rubber
ibtained. This was tested and re
ported upon as of ‘high grade and
iverage quality not as good as the
ine, but a great deal better than
nost African low grade rubbers.’
~>r. Spence also reported that ‘the
ubber vulcanizes readily, and gives
1 product of very fine quality.’
“It is proposed to continue the
vork during the winter months and
o submit a detailed report for publi
ation in the spring of 1919.”
)OG FISH—8c a pound. Johnson’s
Store. 13
Don’t Leave
ALASKA
Men wanting employment can
obtain work at good wage* at
Juneau, Kennecott and Latouche.
If you go out you will only
come back “Butsed” in tbe spring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latouche and
Kennecott.
ALASKA PUBLICITY
BUREAU
Juneau Alaska.
j
About twenty different sole leath
er substitutes have been brought
out in Sweden, most of them made
of wood treated in various ways.
The various parts of a new fold
ing ehair so interlock that it is im
possible for it to upset.
Skof House
CLEAN WARM ROOMS
Mrs Norman Campbell
WANT ADS
WANTED—Woman for laundry
work. Apply at. Nenana Steam
i Laundry. ,5
I FOR SALK—New lineoleum ma
j hogany phonograph, child's bed,
and Persian cat. Inquire of Mrs.
Mellish. 1
LOST—Bunch of Keys; five flat
Yale keys and two round keys.
Finder please return to News
j Office. Reward.
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Cigars =- Tobaccos =- Candies
Soft Drinks — Pool
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Furnished Rooms For Rent
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Tom Smith, Prop.
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