THE NENANA NEWS
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Nenana, Alaska, April 28,1917
Readers of the Saturday Even
ing Post need no introduction to
Mary Roberts Rinehart nor Sam
uel G. Blythe. Two of the fore
most of American writers of the
present day, the product of their
pens is known to the reading pub
lic thruout the world. The form
er has given to the world an insight
into the real conditions of the aw
ful struggle in Europe such as can
never be gained by a personal visit
to the scenes of strife after the
war shall have ceased, when noth
ing remains of the carnage but a
series of grass grown mounds and
the ruins of buildings. Mr. Blythe
has also given us an insight into
the industrial and commercial life
of our own great country, and is
undoubtedly one of the best quali
fied men before the public today
to bring to the attention of the
great mass of the people the ad
vantages and possibilities of a par
ticular community or industry.
To the brilliant pen of Mary
Roberts Rinehart may be attribut
ed the great popularity which the
Glacier National park in Montana
has attained in the past two years,
for it was thru the medium of the
word picture, drawn by her versa
tile pen, wherein she described
the wonders of Nature which were
revealed to her on her trip thru
that park, that the people of the
United States, and all the world,
were made aware of the fact that
the park existed.
Thousands of American tourists
have for a great many years been
going to Europe to view the famous
scenes and watering places of the
continent, not because they cared
particularly for Europe, but be
cause the wanderlust was strong
within them. They come back
each year resolved never to cross
again, but each year has seen
them fare forth, to travel the same
routes and return again, because
there is “nowhere else to go."
There are, besides these dyed-in
the-wool migratory tourists, count
less thousands of Americans who,
altho they could ill afford the ex-j
pens? of a European trip, would
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graViy their wanderlust, and who,
of us can say he has never felt its J
call, if it were not for the fact that
they cannot take the time. The
American tourist can be easily
persuaded to forego the doubtful
pleasures of the trip to Europe
when he can be assured of a place
in his own country to which he
can go, and the great mass of
Americans who would go but cant
spare the time will be quick to
take advantage of the opportunity
bf an Alaska trip, which will be
opened to them when the railroad
is opened thru from the coast to
Nenana.
Alaska has been advised, and
the notice comes in the nature • of
a warning, that these two repre
sentatives of the American public j
will pay us a visit this summer.
The people of Nenana should take
particular heed of this warning
and prepare to convince her pros
pective guests that Nenana is on
the map and is the most important
commercial point in the Interior.
Convince Mr. Blythe of this and
he will advertise the fact to the
world, to the everlasting benefit of
Nenana. Then, too. Nenana must
remember that MOuntey National
park, whose beauty and wealth of
scenic grandeur, whose glory of
primeval majesty is not surpassed,
or even equalled by any other in
the world, lies at our very doors
and invites us to be its sponsor.
On Nenana devolves the responsi
bility of disclosing to Mrs. Rine
hart the wonders of this, our great
est natural asset, that she may go
and tell all the people that here
in Alaska is the playground they j
have sought the world over to find, i
and of which they will never tire.
There is not the slightest exagger
ation nor misstatement of fact in
this, and Mrs. Rinehart will be
quick to appreciate the value of
the park's location from a tourist's
viewpoint. With a liberal estimate
Mt. McKinley National park, after
the completion of the railroad, will
not be more than twelve days'
journey from the most remote point
within the boundary of the United
States, and the trip provides the
constantly changing vista of activity
which is demanded by the Ameri
can tourist Given the opportunity
to cross the United States by one
of the several routes, returning by
a different, and the added pleasure
of an ocean trip thru placid waters
more picturesque in their settings j
than the fjords of Norway; and to i
visit a park whose wealth of gla- j
ciers and natural primitiveness j
overshadows the Alps themselves
—even the satiated appetite of the
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DAILY PROGRESS OF THE WORLD WAR
A
MONDAY
Washington: The British war confer
ence committee readied this city safely
last nite. A I
New York; The superdreadnaught
New Mexico was launched in the Brook
lyn navy yard this morning.
Copenhagen: A dispatch from Petro- j
grad this morning states that a German)
transport fleet has been sighted in the j
Baltic sea.
Washington: Senator Harding of Ohio
has introduced a motion to authorize the
! acceptance of Colonel Roosevelt’a offer to
raise and lead an army division into !
! France.
Calais: German torpedo boat destroy
ers this morning fired nearly 100 shells
iu the region immediately around this
port killing a number of civilians and in
juring twelve.
Seattle: Merchants and manufacturers ;
in this city have been requested to bid oil
ten million dollars worth of shoes, tents
and clothing for the army, the bids to be
filed willnu ten days.
Pekin: Serious fighting has occurred
■ on the streets of Cliengtu between feder
! al troops and revolutionists. The British,
French and Japanese consuls succeeded
in arranging an armistice.
Amsterdam: Advices from Germany
j this morning state that all munition fac
I tories in that country have lieen placed
j under military control to prevent strikes
i or walkouts in the future.
most hardened globe-trotter can
not soon tire of such royal fare.
How greatly it will be appreciated
by the tour-hungry will not remain'
long in doubt.
So it behooves each and every
one of us to prepare for the coming
of Mary Roberts Rinehart and
Samuel G. Blythe, and begin at
once. The time is short and there
is much to be done. Our town
must be well dressed and perfect
ly groomed. Let each one of us
make an effort to accomplish as
much as he can individually toward
the grooming and dressing. Get
rid of the piles of rubbish. Get
rid of the stumps and logs on that
lot of yours even if you are not
1 ving on it. If you're too busy
to do it yourself that's a pretty sure
sign you are making money, so
hire some one to do it for you.
There are still a few idle men in
town; mighty few tho. Plant flow
ers and garden truck as soon as
the season will permit. Get a
can of paint and have a home in
stead of a mere place to live in.
Dont wait for your neighbor to
start it; dont wait for a clean-up
week campaign. Get that once
a-year clean-up idea out of the
old bean. They belong to mining
camps, and mining camps pass
into oblivion after a few years of
mushroom growth. Remember
Nenana is not a mining camp, nor
is she of the mushroom variety.
Wm. M- Smith
ATTORNEY AT LAW
NOTARY PUBLIC
OFFICES IN NEW YORli BLOCK
Seattle: Logan Billingsley, who was'
lieing held in the city jail here pending •
his incarceration on McNeill's Island on :
a bootlegging charge, escaped last uite
by sawing the bars of his cell window.
London: The war office announced
officially this morning that the total num
ber of prisoners captured on the Western ;
front since April ninth amounts to thirty- j
three thousand, and 330cannon have also
been captured in the same period.
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New York: Mrs. John W. Springer. I
the beautiful divorced wife of a promi-!
nent Denver banker, and who was the j
cause of the killing of Sylvester yon Pus- 1
land and George K. Copeland by Harold J
F. Henwood, died in the pauper hospital
in this city today.
New York: Balfour’s first public ut
terance since arriving in this country lias
exploded the idea that this country faces 1
a short, bloodless war. He said in brief
that "the people of America must realize !
that they are up against a real fight and
must be prepared to make great iudivid-:
ual sacrifices.”
London: The whole country is aflame j
with indignation over the sinking of the
hospital ships LaFrauce and Donegal
by submarines in the Knglish channel
yesterday. The feeling of indignation is
; somewhat tempered by the fact that 15
wounded Germans, who were being eared
for on the LaFranee, were drowned.
Berlin: The Socialists have formally
presented their demands to the govern
ment, and these demands are in full ac
cord with the demands of the striking
and rioting masses thruont Germany and
Austria. They demand immediate peace
! at any price, the abolishing of bureau
cratic lorm of government anil the estab
lishment of a democracy. Austrian So
• cialists have indorsed the demands.
| Juneau: Treadwell mine lias been cav
; ing badly for the past 48 hours, und new
I holes on the former baseball diamond on
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the site ot the Mexican mine indicate that
practical)v the whole rock surface is
giving wav. Two men are missing, ami
are evidently trapped, as a signal for
lowering the cage was received alter the
shaft had collapsed.
TUESDAY
Washington: President Wilson signed
the Seven Billion Dolla.- Bond bill today.
Paris: The French authorities have
taken over the coal supply of the country
to prevent a fuel famine.
Washington: The war department an
nounces! this morning that 1000 retired
army officers have Wen called to the
colors.
Pittsburg: Captain Arthur Kuhn, a
mechanical engineer with headquarters
in this city, was arrested this morning as
a German spy.
Christiana: The Norwegian steamships
Skjold and Pieve were submarined near
here yesterday. The crew s of both ves
sels were saved,
Washington: Senator LaFollette has
propose! 1 amendments to the selecttve
conscription bill which it is declared by
other congressmen will if accepted ren
der the whole bill ino; erative.
Panama City: An attempt by German
agents to erect a pow erful w ireless station
in the mountains has been discovered
and frustrated by the authorities here
when they recent]v seized eighty crates
of wireless equipment on board the steam
ship Aisen in this port.
Memphis: Des Darcv, the Australian
boxer who came to this country recently
to fight Moran and later took out his
naturalization papers, enlisted yesterday
as a member of the American army avia
tion corps, and has been assigned to the
camp located near this city.
Rome; The Corriece de Italia, the of
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