THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Kenan*, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Hub of Alaska — Where Rails and Rivers Meet j
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“Federal landlordism should be
banished from America and never
permitted to return,” said F. F. Bon
fils, one of the editors and publishers
of the Denver Post, member of tbe
Presidential party while in Juneau
recently. “It is impracticable, des
tructive of self-government and ini
tiative and injurious to the country,”
he continued.
“It is nonsense to talk of the
preservation, intact of natural re- (
sources for future generations. The
greatest asset those of this genera
tion got from their ancetors was
by no means the undeveloped re
sources, it was the energy, the dar
ing to do the ability to initiate and
carry on the war for economic ef
ficiency and prosperity and social
and political advancement, and the
products of their labor and ener
getically directed lives. Landlordism
and paternalism kill this individual
ism and leave stagnation in their)
wake.”
Mr. Bonfils declares says the
Empire that the people of the West,
the public lands States, should unite
in warfare against a system that has
reserved from use by the people and
placed under alien control a large
percentage of the land areas with
their natural resources. In some
States, he said, half of the land*
within their boundaries, or nearly
so, have been reserved from the peo
ple, placed in cold storage and their
use prohibited, if not by law and
regulations, then by the economical;
condition artificially created which
are even more paralyzing to in'tia-'
tive and development.
HARDING AND LABOR
In pledging himself to oppose or-1
ganized efforts to cripple organized ^
labor, the President takes a stand:
that will be indorsed by the vast
majority of the American people
thinks the San Francisco Chronicle.
The safety of the nation says the
editor of that paper depends to a!
very large extent upon the co-op
eration of labor, free to organize for
its welfare. Where workers are den
ied the right to organize openly
there is the oppression that promotes
radicalim and anarchy.
Organized labor in .America is
the most powerful of all the force*
working against radicalism. Tie law
itself is not more powerful Labor
defeats radicalism by refusing to
support it and by snowing that or- j
ganization secures for the workers
far more than could be obtained.
by unlawful methods.
The Communists of Russia are
I
starving; the lawfully organized.
workers of the United States are
the highest paid and most prosperous)
in the world.
At each and every convention of
organized labor for several years
radicalism has been repudiated by
resolution.
If only for these reasons President
Harding is justified in announcing
that he will use his efforts to pre
vent any attempt to crush organiz
ed labor.
The roads and trails division of
tbe forestry department are plann
ing to spend $2500 on a road to the
Hambright-Hagen property, it is
understood. Chamberlain secured
the territorial appropriation for the
road while in Juneau.
MOSLEMS FLOCK TO MECCA
FOR HOLY OBSERVANCES
CAIRO, (By Mail)—Pilgrims
are now converging on Mecca, their
sacred city and the birth-place of
Mohammed. Thousands are travel- ‘
ir.g from all parts of the Moslem
world to be present on the day
of Sacrifice, sometime this month.
Egyptian Mohammedans have dis
patched the sacred carpet to Mec-1
ca with elaborate ceremonial and
prayer.
Since the buriel of the Profet
Mohammed, more than a thousand
years ago, Christians have been
forbidden to enter the Holy City,
which is surrounded with great mys
tery and veneration. But in spite
of this interdiction, sixteen Christ
ians are known to have entered
the city in disguise. Death would
have been their fate if they had
been detected. Thus far no Am
erican has set foot within its sa
cred walls, the Foreigners who have
pen-rratd the city have been mostly
Englishmen who spoke Arabic and
disguised themselves as priests or
peasants.
On arrival within a hort distance
of Mecca the pilgrim discards his
ordinary clothing and assumes the
garb of a “Hajee"—a garment con
sisting of a white apron with a
piece of cloth thrown over the
shoulder. Sandals may be worn,
but the head must be kept uncov
ered.
In the city itself certain ablutions
are performed, after which the
“Black Stone" is kissed, and the
pilgrim runs seven times round the
mosque. After special prayers and
genuflections he then drinks from
the Holy Well, and once more kisses
the stone.
On the following morning there
takes place the quaint ceremony of
pelting the devil with stones, fol
lowed by the sacrifice, when a sheep
goat, cow. or camel is offered ac
cording to the pilgrim's means.
This concludes the pilgrimage.
The meat of the slaughtered ani
mal is prepared for use on the re
turn journey, and the pilgrim re
ceives a certificate that he is now
a “Hajee." As a mark of distinc
tion he thereafter weirs a green
band around his headdress, which
proves to all the world that he ha=
endured the hardships of the pilgrim
age.
Alaska Yukon Pioneers, the order
of Seattle which has just perfected
its organization, has been signally
honored. An allotment of reserved
seats in the best sectin of the
University of Washington's great
stadium, has been set aside for use
of the members of the order when
President Harding makes his speech
in Seattle, on the afternoon of Fri
day, July 27. This honor has been
paid the Alaska Yukon Pioneers at
the special instance of Mr. Walter
F. Brown of Toledo, Ohio, personal
friend and representative of President
Harding, to whom was committed
the power of making all decisions
in respect to the programs in the
various cities visited by the presi-i
dential party.
Fin Stock Staple aatf Fancy Gro
corics. Fowtor & Morris.
rYPHUS DANGER THREATENS
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
SAX FRANCISCO, Cal., July
!6.—There is danger of typhus fe
;er in Southern California and the
southwestern portion of the United
States, according to Dr. L. M. Pow
;rs. of Los Angeles. Calif., who ad
Iressed the seventy-fourth annual
•onvention of the American Medical
Association here today. Dr. Powers
aid:
“The first recognized and recor
led case of typhus fever in South
ern California occured in the sum
ner of 1916 when many Mexicans
■ame to this section during a civil
var in their own country. Many of
Lem were of the peon class and
•ame from districts of Mexico where
he disease was endemic. The first
rase seen in Los Angeles came from
i laboring camp of the Santa Fe
■ailroad in Arizona.
“Soon after the first appearence
>f typhus in California the United
states government established quar
antine and disinfecting stations at
he border. Together -with the state
hey obtained cooperation at the
carious railroad camps along the dif
‘erent railroads in the state in delous
ing the inmates of the camps, there
by preventing further extension of
the disease.
“There have been reported to the
state board of health twenty-eight
rases since the spring of 1916. Of
these, twenty occurred in Southern
California. The United States Puplic
Health Service and the State Board
of Health by prompt activities suc
cessfully prevented epidemics of this
disease.
“In Los Angeles in the last eigh
teen months several cases have oc
curred among a different class of
people from those who first have
brought the disease to southern
California. All of those who have had
the disease during the last eighteen
months were residents of the city
and many of them were ordinarily
clean and free from vermin, but they
bad visited Mexican settlements oi
had traveled on puplic conveyances.
“By studying the histories of the
victims we see they were taken sick
at different times in different sec
tions of Los Angeles. So far as we
learn, there has been no source of
infection among this group of cases
Evidently each case was infected by
the louse, but where or how the in
fected louse got onto those patients
we do not know. Nor do we know
how long a louse will live in cloth
:ng or in a house. Nor do we know
how long, after having been infec
ted, the louse can convey the dis
ease.
“There is danger of the disease
becoming endemic, particularly if a
mild form is introduced, which
might no: be recognized on all oc
casions, thereby infecting localities
in diferent cities, and the necessary
precautions would not be taken to
arrest and prevent the extension of
the disease. It is. therefore, the
duty of each community to be on
guard against this disease and to
adopt such measures as will prevenl
its spreading and becoming endemic
“The public should be tought the
necessity of precaution against this
loathsome insect because it conveys
not only typhus, but also other dis
eases. The puplic is not aware as to
how typhus fever is transmitted
consequently, the people are ignorant
of the necessary means to be taken
to prevent this disease from becom
ing endemic in their community.
“Each community can and should
protect itself by establishing delous
ing stations as its hospitals, clinics
jails, etc. we hope to see an organ
ized crusade against the louse in
every community bordering on
Mexico, the source of our infec
tion.”
The first President of the United
States to visit Alaska and the first
baby born in the House of the Gov
ernor of Alaska, enjoyed a little
visit together recently when Presi
dent Warren G. Harding holding in
his arms little Shirley Ar.n Starr,
granddaughter of Gov. and Mrs.
Scott C. Bone were phr -ographed
by Earl Rossman cinemo-ographer
of New York City.
DELINQUENT GROUPS FOUND
IN COLLEGES FAVOR EASY LIFE
EVANSTON. July 26—Too little
1 sleep, too much play, not enough
'study, :oo much leisure; fast eating
and diversified thinking are factors
. that devitalize students and are re
sponsible for the “delinquent groups”
found in every university, according
to a report made public by Professdr
Delton Thomas Howard of North
western University.
In Northwestern alone, out of
1,635 students in the college of lib
eral arts. Professor Howard has
found a “delinquent group” of 265
composed of 166 men and 99 women.
In other words, he points out, 16
;out of every 100 students do not
“pass”. But delinquency does not
necessarily imply lack of intelligence
the professor found.
“No result of our study," the
Northwestern professor writes, “is
more significant and interesting than
, the discovery that :he average intel
ligence of the so-called delinquent
group is quite as high as that of the
general student-body.”
Students found to be delinquent
are put on probarion at Northwest
! ern and have to make good or be
dropped from the roster,
j “The probationers." the investiga
tor reports, “devote more time, as a!
whole by their own confessions to i
athletics, social activities, outside
work, leisure, than do the freshmen;!
less time to sleep, campus activities,
meals, classes and studies."
Among the total group of men in- i
terviewed, 15 were thought to be j
handicapped by “mental immaturity”
Commenting on this Professor How
: ard remarks:
“These are boys who have, for
; the most part, been reared under
easy circumstances and who have
never been required to view life
i seriously. Such students have a dis
' tinetly childish attitude towards
their class-room work, have no intel
I lectual interests, no definite ambi
tions. no sense of responsibility. In
mot of these cases as might be ex
pected, high-school preparation has
been superficial and inadequate.”
Illness, family troubles, and finan
cial worries are among o:her causes
leading to students being put on
1 probation.
Professor Howard drew atten
; tion to the comparatively high per
1 centage of delinquent students, us
; ing his figures to illustrate the
serious situation in American uni
versity life today.
SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE
KNOTTY QUESTION IN LAW
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WASHINGTON. D. C. (By Mail)
! —The Supreme Court has been ask
ed to decide whether the counrer
■ feiting in this country of Canadian
> securities can be punished under
! the penal code. The question was
before the Eighth Circuit Court of
Appeals for solution, but that court
found it so perplexing that it call
1 ed upon the highest court for in
structions.
j Isadore Luvisch, was convicted
in the Federal District Court for
eastern Michigan of counterfeiting
Canadian excise stamps, and was
sentenced to five years in Leaven
worth. While serving the sentence
he applied to the Federal District
Court of Kansas for a writ of ha
beas corpus, which ordered his dis
i charge on the ground that the of
fense for which he had been con
1 victed did not constitute a viola
tion of any law of tbe United
States. The warden of the peniten
tiary, while holding Luvisch in con
finement, took the case to the
Federal Court of Appeals for that
, proceedings until the Supreme
I Court could consider and pass up
on the question.
H. T. Fowler, owner of the Pacific
Grocery Company of Everett, re
turned to the states recently after
having disposed of his real estate
holdings in Anchorage including the
Bank of Anchorage building, the
Smith building and the Pacific j
Steamship Company building, for I
$28,000 to J. B. Gottatein, an Anch
orage merchant.
Alaska Steamship Co.
SAFETY SPEED SERVICE
VESSEL
Lv. Seattle Ar. Seward, Lv. Seward
July 13th Julyl4
July 21st.
July ?7th
Aug 3rd Aug 4th
Aug 11th
ALAMEDA ...-.. July 7th
NORTHWESTERN . July 14th
ALASKA ... July 21st
ALAMEDA .....July 28th
NORTHWESTERN .. Aug. 4th
Ship, in .bore schedule oil at Ketchikan. Wrangell, Juneau.
Cordova, Valdes, LaTouche and Seward, both north and southbound
S. S. ALASKA is not going to make Anchorage a Port of Jail
ALAMEDA also makes \nchorage a port of call
Ships in above schedule marked ** connect with SS STARR
at Seward for the Westward.
FOR RATES AND RESERVATIONS APPLY TO
J. H. FLICKINGER. A. H. McDONALD,
Agent. Seward, Alaska_ Agent. Anchor.,.
A. A. SMONBECK
ANCHORAGE
WE ARE AGENTS FOR
Remco Redwood Stave
WATER & MINING TANKS SILOS HYDRAULIC PIPE
EXPLOSIVES FEED
Write us for information
OVER THE TRAIL
Richardson Highway Transportation Company
Operating a First Class Stage Service over the Famous
RICHARDSON HIGHWAY
Between Fairbanks, Chitina, Valdez and Way Points
§ E. H, Mack Co„ Agt, Fairbanks R. L Sheldon, Slipt, P1
BRADLEY VISITS MAYO
P. R. Bradley head of the Tread
well company for Skagway enroute
to Keno Hill recently in the Mayo
district, where the Treadwell Com
pany is conducting extensive min
ing operations.
Mr. Bradley will remain for a
month or six weeks in the Mayo
country, af:er which he will go to
Dawson and go down the Yukon riv
er, coming out by way of Nenana
and the Government railroad to Sew
ard thence home by steamer.
M. B. Summers, meteorologist in
charge of the Juneau weather sta
tion and chief of the service thru
out Alaska for the past six years,
was recently notified from the head
quarters of the service at Wash
ington that he will be transferred to
the Seattle station and have charge
of the service throughout the state
of Washington within the coming
month.
Prince Rupert claims the world’s
best record for a one trip fi«h
catch. A fishing schooner arrived
at this port recently after being
at sea 14 and one half days, with
38,000 pounds of halibut, which
sold for a sum that netted each
man of the crew of five $787.80.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—-Furniture and house
hold effects also two fur coats and
kodak developing outfit.
G. L. SCHOOLING
FOR SALE—Mans Coon Coat
$75.00 dark fur Inquire A.B. Phil
lips.
FOR SALE—Team of horses,
with harness; 3 sets bob sleighs;
wagon; household furniture. In
quire Chas E. Bergman.
MINING GROUND FOR SALE—
Group of three claims (placer) on
Glacier Creek, Kantishna district.
Nos. 17,18 and 19. (No. 17 worked
out.) Shallow ground, from six
inches to five feet to bedrock.
Coarse gold. Automatic dam, boxes,
tools, complete camp outfit. For
furthers particulars inquire at News
Office.
SEATTLE RECORDS SHOCK
SEATTLE.July 26.—An earthquake
shock was recorded on the LTniversity
seismograph at 11:35 las; night
; which continued for fifteen minutes,
;he heaviest intensity being about
11:40 o’clock. It is estimated the
distance from here at approximate
ly one thousand miles, probably
somewhere in California,Canada or
Southwestern Alaska.
BILL OF SALE blanks for sale
at The News Office.
LOCAL TRAIN SCHEDULE
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
Trains leave and arrive Nenarta as
follows:
11.35 p. m. Tuesday and Friday for
Seward and intermediate point*
j Returning arrives N'enana 11:20
a. m. same days.
5:15 p. m., Tuesday and Friday for
Dunbar, Fairbanks and Chatanika.
Arrives N'enana 5:00 p. m. Tues
day and Friday.
—"
“Trains both north and south
bound stop over night at Curry
where excellent hotel facilities are
available for the public.
River steamers leave N'enana ev
en- Wednesday at 10:00 a. m. for
points down river to Holy Cross and
Connecting with gas launch at lat
ter point for St. Michael. Arrive N'e
nana every Monday or Tuesday.”
aLM
D. H. WILLIAMS
Undertaking Parlors
Licenced Embalmer
Funeral Director
Anchorage — Nenana — Seward
CHAS. E. BERGMAN
Nenana Manager
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Alfred J. Gfcessi R. C. Morria.
Secretary. Preaid eat.