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 Manager
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this paper and also all the local news published herein.
THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
Although there will be no issue of
The News tomorrow, arrangements
have been made to receive a de
tailed account of' the Willard-Demp
sey fight, which will take place at i
Toledo tomorrow afternoon. Just
how this news will be handled has
not yet been determined, but in
any case it will be available to the i
public. The fight will be wired to I
The News by rounds by The Asso- j
dated Press.
Should any other important news
develop during the day, an effort
will be made to inform readers of,
The News of the occurrence.
The next issue of The News will
appear on Saturday.
1TALO-AMERICANS
ARE HELPING TO
AMERICANIZE ITALY
Rome. — The Italian who has
lived long in America is helping
to Americanize Italy more potently
than other factors could. He has
introduced American ideas and Am
erican ways of doing things at ev
ery turn when it is practical and
more efficient than the Italian.
The Italo-American has brought
back from America an idea of bet
ter housing conditions, and if he
decides to settle again in Italy he
builds a home patterned along Am
erican lines, with plenty of space
around it and with its division of
rooms. Most Italian families of the
farming sections are accustomed to
live in one large room, while large
numbers live in thatched huts %vhich
dot the sides of mountains hidden
among the trees and brush. Sev
eral families live in what would
seem an ordinary American fam
ilv's habitat.
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JAPANESE EDITOR
WARNS GOVERNMENT
TOKIO. Japan.—The spirit of un
rest is stirrir.gr the minds of the
Japanese people, says the Jiji, which
has the reputation of being Japan's
most conservative and most thought
fully edited newspaper, in a warn
ing to the authorities. The editor
says:
“The wave thoughts radiating
from Paris are having contradictory
effects here, democracy being preach
ed side by side with very old-1
fashioned caste ideas, so that the
people do not know where to look
for the guiding post.
“In economics everybody is at
one in feeling the pressure of the
hardships of living. There is every
indication that the labor element of
this country will not rest content
with its present lot.”
YANK MILITARY POLICE
ASSIGNED TO BRUSELS
BRUSSELS.—So many American
army officers and men have been
flocking to Brussels recently that
Genera! Pershing finally decided to
assign military police to the Bel
gian capita! area. The office of the
assistant provost marshal. Captain
George Parker, is in a building at
one of Brussels’ principal corners,
and all Americans remaining in the
city any length of time are re
auired to register with the American
authorities. About two hundred Am
ericans. either on leave, homeward
bound, or on duty, pass through
Brussels each day. The military
police force is made up of two hun
dred picked men from France
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SUSPECTED OF
PARIS.—Landru, called by some
French newspapers the “Blubeard
>f Gambais,’ might take rank
imong the most celebrated of
French criminals, if only a few of
:he suspicions against him were es
ablished. He was arrested a few'
seeks ago.
The disappearance of a round
lozen of his “fiancees” is alleged. •
de is suspected in more than a
lundred other cases by husbands
chose spouses have deserted their
ireside or by families that have lost
rack of relatives. The police con
ider most of the hundred additional
ases as instances of disappearance
hat are common in Paris. A few
>f them present features similar to
hose of the dozen fiancees and de
ectives are investigating them.
More than 3,000 women have
>een lost to sight in Paris during
he war. This number is not re
tarded as extraordinary, consider- \
ns that such disappearances are j
ommon in Paris in normal times
tnd that they have been particu
arly favored by conditions that
save prevailed since the mobiliza-1
■ion in 1914. A great many fami
ies have been broken up or scat-:
ered.
Soldiers returning from long ab- j
ences sometimes have found their:
lomes deserted, and in several:
•ases have discovered that their1
vives, believing them dead, have!
narried again in good faith. In1
■ases of deliberate desertion the
infaithful have, naturally, omitted
o give their new addresses.
GOVERNMENT OF
MEXICO ABROGATES
LAND CONCESSIONS
MEXICO CITY.—In response to
m unofficial inquiry by the British
:harge to Mexico, H. A. C. Cum
ins, the department of agriculture
mnounced that great land conces
sions held by English companies in
the state of Chiapas had been abro
gated by the government in accord
with the present laws. The conces
sions were granted by previous gov
ernments and, according to the de
partment, can be renewed only un
der the provisions of the present
laws, which, for the present, only
authorize a temporary lease, sub
ject to revision of the existing ar
rangements.
FORMER ALASKAN
IS HEAD OF NEW
FISHERIES BUREAU
SEATTLE.—The first college of
fisheries in the United States has
just been authorized by the board
of regents of the University of
Washington, and John X. Cobb, a
former government fisheries expert,
named as professor of fisheries and
director of the college. He has be
gan work already, although the
fisheries course will not be offered
to students until fall.
Alaska and Puget sound packers
were sponsors for the new college.
Mr. Cobb had sole charge of Alaska
Falmon fisheries during the years
from 1904 to 1912.
WE HAVE A FEW
SPRING COATS LEFT
THEY ARE GREATLY REDUCED IN PRICE
ALL MILLINERY AT COST
' JUST RECEIVED
NEW WAISTS IN GEORGETTE AND VOILE
Muslin, Silk and Knit Underwear
Corsets, Brassieres, Camisoles—Good Variety.
WHITE VOILE SMOCKS
CANVAS SHOES AND PUMPS
STYLISH SHOES FOR STOUT WOMEN
When Needing Anything in Our Line. Compare
Prices and Quality.
THE
LITTLE SHOP
MISS J. O'BRYAN
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LAND DIVISION
IS BIG PROBLEM j
FACING BOHEMIA
—
PRAGUE, Bohemia.—There is a
heated controversy throughout Bo
hemia over the question of divid
ing up the great estates held by
the land-owning magnates of this
section of Czecho-Slovakia. The •
greater part of the land in Bohemia I
is in the hands of these large land-'
owners, and there is a widespread
demand that the estates shall be
taken over by the state and in some
way put in the hands of the poorer
classes.
The people are all the more in
sistent that this action should be
taken because the land-owners, for
the most part, have been open ene
mies of the Czech nationalists and
have been faithful satellites of the
Hapsburg dynasty, which oppressed
Bohemia for four centuries.
One of the first acts of the new
government was to appoint a com
mission to make recommendations
for reform in land owning. The
commission now has reported rec
ommending that the great estates
should be bought by the state and
that no land-owner should be al
lowed to hold more than about 625
acres. The question as to what
amount the state should pay these
land-owners for the land it expro
priates in this compulsory fashion
has caused serious differences of
opinion. All but a few extremists
concede that the land should be
paid for. President Masaryk favors
a generous compensation to ths
land-owners, while Premier Kramarz.
who has always been identified with
the Czech conservatives, intervenes
in behalf of the land-owners by
insisting that they should be al
lowed to hold up to 7,500 acres.
NOTICE.
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Notice is hereby given that, pur
suant to an act of the territorial i
legislature, there is ^hereby made, j
imposed and levied upon each male |
person, except soldiers, sailors in
the navy or revenue cutter service,
volunteer firemen, paupers, insane
persons, or territorial charges, with
in the Terriotrv of Alaska or the
; waters thereof, over the age of
twer.ty-one years and under the age
of fifty years, an annual tax in the
sum of five ($5.00) dollars, to be
t paid and collsjted in the manner1
j provided by law, and deposited by
I the treasurer of the Territory of
Alaska in a separate fund called the
i “school fund,’’ and used for no
other than school purposes.
Said tax is now due and payable
and. becomes delinquent 10 days aft
er demand by the tax collector or
on the first Monday in the month
of August of each year.
All persons subject to this tax are
hereby notified to pay said tax to
the school tax collector, and in case
[ of failure to do so, the penalties
! provided in Sections 5 and 6 of
Chapter 29 of the session laws of
Alaska will be imposed.
J. A. SLIPPERS’,
School Tax Collector.
r.s. McDonald
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE RENTALS
LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
(New York Life)
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
FOR RENT
FIVE AUTOS ENTERED
FOR FAIRBANKS RACE
Five autos have been entered for '
the Fairbanks race scheduled for to
morrow. Four of them will be
driven by their owners, and one of
the drivers, Bobby Sheldon, will
have the distinction of carrying with
him a woman mechanician. Those
who have entered machines are:
Frank Burgess. J. H. Groves, H. G.
raylor, of the Brower line, Bobby:
Sheldon, and Tom Gibson. Joe j
Enos will drive the Groves car.
The race will be run over a 30- :
mile course, for three prizes, the
first prize being $200. Sheldon is j
a favorite among the betters.
Rooms for Rent
AT THE
ARCTIC
BY THE DAY, WEEK
OR MONTH
Every Modem
Convenience.
Reasonable Rates.
Apply at
SIMSQN’S STORE
NENANA LODGE No. 1193 j
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second «*d Fourth Tuesday*
At S P. M.
ALEX FOWLER
Secretary
M. V. TYLER,
Dictator.
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NEW GOODS ARRIVED
Bananas, Grapefruit, Oranges, Lemons
Apples, Rhubarb, New Spuds
Onions, Ham, Bacon,
Lard, Cheese and Eggs
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A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
Tom Smith, Prop.
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BLAINKFIELD EXPRESS
Clean Dry Wood for Sale Hauling of All Kind*
OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL RESIDENCE PHONE
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—CENTRAL LODGING
HOUSE. Price $350. Inquire on
premises, Second St. near B. k7-6
FOR SALE—My entire holdings,
consisting of Lot 6, Block 10,
three-room log house, finely fin
ished and partially furnished, to
gether with provisions and wood.
Also my half interest in Nenana
, Steam Laundry- A bargain, if
taken before August first. Must
go Outside on urgent business is
reason for sacrifice. Mrs. Clara
Allred, Nenana, Alaska. k7-2d
FOR SALE — Showcase, 0V2 feet
long. Practically new. Cheap.
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
F'esh garden seeds, just arrived.
Fowler & Morris.
L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
SOUTHERN HOTEL
BUILDING
F-esh garden seeds, just arrived.
Fowler & Morris.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line soath of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
Duilding, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, aBd can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Wednesdays and Satur
days at 8 p. m.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
WILL RETURN TO NENANA
SOMETIME IN JULY
Date will be announced Later
NICELY HOUSE
With Belmont In Connection
POOL CANDIES CIGARS
AND TOBACCOS
WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
PRICES REASONABLE
Rates By the Week or Month
COLISEUM
FRIDAY, JULY 4
WILLIAM FOX PRESENTS
THEDA BARA
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General Admission $1.00 Reserved Seats $1 25 *
Soldiers and Children 25c ' t
SHOW STARTS AT 9 O’CLOCK