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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Company, at First and B Streets, Xenana, Alaska.
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HELP FOR THE SOLDIERS
Gen. Wood's efforts in behalf
of the 'returning soldiers should
arouse widespread satisfaction, says
the Chicago Tribune, for at last
we have leadership of 'a constructive
sort in a movement that has lapsed
shamefully. It may he a bitter
thought after all that has been
said and done by way of encour
aging the soldiers to enter the war
it is the army, after all, th.3t takes
care of its own.
The young men of the nation
were applauded io the skies when
they donned the khaki. Every
thing that could be done for their
military comfort was gladly pro
vided. But now when they have
come back from the bloody job
that no one else wanted, it is the
soldier who looks after his kind.
This is the first fruit of pre
paredness of the kind we have been
told is the kind we need. We are
as prepared for peace as we were
for war. We cannot well avoid
the conclusion that it was the
army, such as it was, that gave us
the foundation for the greatly
augmented military •stabiishment
we required in time of war. It
was not the best military estab
lishment, but it was better than
nothing; and it was not provided
by long years of national prepara
tion for an emergency, but by the,
efforts of those who knew some-'
thing of their trade.
The soldier? are coming home.
They are being dismissed from the
careful protection thrown about
them during service into condition?
infinitely worse than anything they
left to enter the army. As sol-,
diers they were comforted by every
device of welfare agencies; as ex
soldiers they get little indeed.
We are not rebuking those who
did welfare work nor rebuking wel
fare work itself; but sometimes
we wonder why, if the soldier’s
morale was so precious when he
stared death in the face, his well
being is not as valuable now.
It seems that heretofore we have
had a great deal of talk. Much
more talk than action. And it ha?
remained, in Chicago, at least, for
a soldier to do for the soldier. We
are glad it is Gen. Wood because
we think him a thorough and com
petent officer. The fact that he
trying to make it as possible for
a man to be a good citizen as a
good soldier is only proof that the
best of officers knows that citizen
ship is of a double nature, requir
ing homely industry and a zeal to
defend that home.
The central house for soldier?
in Washington street is, unless we
misstate, the first evidence of
something definite, something re*',
established in behalf of the re
turning soldiers. It is a healthy
change from talk to action. We
believe the citizens will have a
chance to follow a good leadership
and do, in part, at least, that which
they would gladly do in whole ;f
they could. The central house
hopes to take men from the army
and readjust them, no matter what
their condition, to the best advan
tages of civilian life. Herein lies
an opportunity for all well wishers
of the soldiers.
A REPUBLICAN JOB
No congress has ever faced
harder tasks, says the New York
Sun, than those the Sixty-sixth
must dispose of. If the Republi
cans do their duty as it should be
done, they will restore the legis
lative department of the govern
ment to the credit and respect
independence and patriotism can
win for it. They will make 't
truly co-ordinate, not subordinate,
a? it has been. They will insist
on full recognition of their rights
and exercise those rights without
fear or favor, for the benefit of
the whole American people and not
for the advantage of any section
of the country.
BLOODED CATTLE ARE
GIVEN TO BELGIANS
LONDON", England.—Six hundred
shorthorn cattle of the very best
breed have been presented by the
Royal Agricultural Society of Great
Britain to the people of Belgium,
and 300 of them have already
reached farms in the vicinity of
Bruges. The remainder will follow
in a few weeks.
The cattle, which are valued at
$200,000, will be supplemented in
the near future with additional
gifts, after which more cattle are
to be sent to Serbia and France to
take the places of the livestock
killed or carried away by the Ger
man invaders. Money for the gifts
is being collected in all the English
cattle-raising counties, and leaders
of the movement expect the fund
to reach $1,250,000 within the next
few months.
LAKE SHIPYARDS ARE
SPEEDING CONTRACTS
CLEVELAND, Ohio. — The ship
yards of the Great Lakes have been
steadily turning out steamers for
the Emergency Fleet corporation
during the mild winter, and when
the canals between Lake Erie and
Montreal open there will be a rush
of down-bound vessels.
Orders call for the delivery of
mere than 250 steamers in 1919. It
is estimated that 100 vessels build
ing for the government for salt
water service will be ready for the
coast when navigation opens.
The American Shipbuilding com
pany. with several yards on the
lakes, has orders for 111 steamers,
45 of which will be ready to sail
at the opening. The boats are be
ing turned out at Superior, South
Chicago, Detroit, Lorain, Cleveland
and Buffalo.
Contracts for 44 steamers, many
of which will be ready soon, are
held by the Great Lakes Engineer
ing Works. Yards at Toledo. Du
luth. Saginaw and Manitowae also
will have a number of vessels ready
when navigation opens.
It will be late in the season
before all the shipyards finish their
contracts with the Emergency Fleet
corporation.
BISHOPS OF ENGLAND
OBJECT TO HIGH RENT
LONDON. — Whether a bishop
should be compelled to live in a
castle regardless of his own desire
for a more modest and less ex
pensive home is a question w-hich
is agitating the clerical authorities
of the diocese of Worcester. Dr.
Ernest Harold Pearce recently was
consecrated Bishop of Worcester.
In the course of a sermon it was
declared that no bishop really want
ed to live in a castle, and that if
the people of his diocese required
him to do so, the financial responsi
bilities should be borne by them,
not by him.
Explaining a Phenomenon.
“This report that Germans are
hissing soldiers is something aston
ishing.”
“It is,” replied Miss Cayenne.
“Evidently the goose-step has gone
to their heads.”—Washington Star.
SALVATION HUT
PARIS.—To give the American
soldiers a center where they can
both lodge and spend their time
profitably throughout the day. the
Salvation Army has just opened
its first “hut” in Paris proper. It
is situated on the Rue Clignar.
court. and was formerly the bar
racks of the 76th French infantry
regiment. The “hut” accommo
dates 3,000 men.
Several welfare organizations
which operate among the American
soldiers, including the Young Men’s
Christian Association. Salvation
Army, Jewish Welfare League.
Knights of Columbus and the
American Library Association have
combined to offer the boys here
both instruction and entertainment.
Doughnuts, pies, flapjacks and cook
ies “as mother makes them", ar?
provied for all comers. Athletic
meetings alternate with singing and
lectures, and there is much interest
in a course of fencing bouts, which
have just started.
Similar institutions are being
opened at the big seaports such as
Brest. Bordeaux and St. Nazaire,
where the American authorities
have placed 25 hanears at the dis
posal of the Salvation Army.
To minister to the comforts of
lonely American units in the de
vastated districts of Belgium and
northern France, where the accom
modation is one of the most primi
tive description and where social
centers are few and far between.
Colonel William A. McIntyre of
Xew York, has organized a system
of traveling kitchens where the
men will be able to obtain well
cooked food and eat it in comfort
instead of in a haphazard fashion
on the doorstep of some half-de
molished dwelling house, as is now
the rule rather than the exception.
JAPANESE COTTON MAY
REDUCE YANKEE PRICES
MANCHESTER. Eng. — The ar
rival of Japanese cotton goods in
the markets here and expectation
of further offerings from the same
quarter, is causing a great deal of
apprehension in the cotton manu
facturing districts, where many op
eratives are employed.
It is pointed out that if the au
thorities stopped the import jf nec
essaries and luxuries during war
time, the import of competing cot
ton goods should be prohibited at a
time when so many Lancashire cot- j
ton operatives are workless. It is
urged that strong efforts be made ’
to put the cotton manufacturing
trade here on such a basis as will
meet this Japanese competition suc
cessfully.
A Spring Romance.
“Dearest. I ordered to be sent
home today a most beautiful hat
for only ten guineas. It’s a per
fect love!”
“My darling, your love will be
returned."—London Saturday Jour
nal.
The stockholders of the Valdez
Packing company have purchased
the old cannery building at Alitak
and will erect a two-line plant there
this spring. A. S. Foster will be
manager of the new concern. New
buildings will be erected and a
first-class plant put up
An English inventor’s safe is fas
tened with a wire streached to re
spond to a musical tone produced
by an instrument, its vibrations af
fecting electric mechanism that
operates its lock.
A campaign against the mosquito
pest has been launched at White
horse and the town laid out in dis
tricts under the supervision of dif
ferent persons. The scheme calls
for the destruction of all rubbish
and the placing of crude oil in
nearby swamps.
The WUe Fool
“Rest is good for man,” ob
served the Old Fogy.
“The how does it, come that he
feels so tough on Mondays?” asked
the Fool.
WANT ADS
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FOR SALE—Team of young horses,
weight about thirty hundred.
Guaranteed to work single or
double, wheelers or leaders, and
perfectly gentle. Vachon, Tolo
vana. k21
Restaurant Tabs and Tablets at
the News Office.
Calling Cards printed to order on
sho'-t notice at the News Office.
FOR SALE—Chiffonier, oval glass;
high top gilt bedstead, complete,
with spring and mattress; rocking
chair, leather cushion; settee
with cushions; Encyclopdia Brit
tanica, 29 volumes, new; large
clean empty barrels. Apply at
Casey's warehouse. k27
NOTICE REGARDING ESTRAY
ANIMALS.
Xenana, May 10th, 1919.
Comnvssion.
After this date estray animals
animals found on Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission property will be
taken up and cared for at the Com
mission stables. The cost of taking
up. posting description and care
and feed of same must be paid by
the owner to recover animals.
The term “estray animals” will
include horses, mules, cows, dogs
and pigs that are running at large.
The charge for taking up and
posting notice will be One ($1.00)
Dollar, and the cost for care and
feed will be Ten ($10.00) Dollars
for the first day. or fraction there
of. and Five ($5.00) Dollars for
each succeeding day. for horses,
mules and cows; other animals
Three ($3.00) Dollars each day, or
fraction thereof.
FRED'K D. BROWNE,
Engineer in Charge.
Townsite.
After May 12th, 1919, any estray
found on Townsite streets, side
walks. alleys, lots or reserves will
be handled in the manner described
in the above notice for Commission
property, at the Commission sta
bles. All property owners who .find
estrays on or near their property
are asked to take up same and de
liver to the Townsite officials.
The public has suffered consider
able damage from this source and
it is earnestly hoped that they will
give their hearty co-operation to
this measure for protecting public
interests. This action complies with
the laws of Alaska and strict en
forcement is intended.
CARL SCHMIDT.
Townsite Manager.
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NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south 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
budding, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and 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 a. m.
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second *nd Fourth Tuesdays
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
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