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, 18*9.
“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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NENANA AND THE WAR
Almost every mail brings to N'e
nana evidence of decreasing activi
ties in those sections of Interior
Alaska which are dependent chiefly
upon the gold mining industry.
Every camp in the Interior country
finds itself seriously- handicapped
this summer by reason of the low
purchasing value of gold and the
exodus of producers.
The most recent evidence of hard
times in the North, comes from
Ruby, in the form of an announce
ment in the columns of the Record
Citizen to the effect that the con
tinued publication of the paper has
become impossible, owing to the
many departures from the Ruby
district and the decline in mining
activities Other evidence comes
from Nome, where the mining of
gold has reached low tide, and the
residents of the district are now
pinning their faith in the future
of the fishing industry and the de
velopment of tin deposits, which,
unlike gold, increases in value as
the demand for tin increases; from
the Kuskokwim. the Tolovana, Idit
arod. Hot Springs and Fairbanks
districts, in all of which the rising
cost of mntpriol on/1 pvovwlono j
the scarcity of labor have combined
to reduce mining to an extremely
hazardous undertaking. As a re
sult. the production of gold has.
to a very large extent, been sus
pended for the duration of the war.
or until the federal government
comes to the relief of mining men
with lowered operating costs or some
sort %f a bonus on the gold mined,
sufficient to insure a fair margin
of profit.
Of the many Alaskans communities
east of the mountains, the growth
and development of Xenana has
been least retarded by so-called war
conditions. Being only indirectly
dependent upon gold production, the
suspension of nearby mining acti
vities has only slightly influenced
local conditions, and the arrival al
1 most daily of newcomers in the town
j indicates a wide-spread confidence
in Xenana’s future. And in this
connection, there is satisfaction in
the knowledge that there is work
here for all who come this way.
There is also satisfaction in the
knowledge that few, if any of the
many who have left Xenana during
the past several months, have quit
the town dissatisfied with condi
J tions here. They have gone, for
the most part, to tender their ser
vices to the Government, either as
soldiers or as workers in the great
war industries, and it may be said
with justifiable pride, that our little
town has made a very creditable
1 showing in this respect. More will
go before the end of the season.
but the outlook for a substantial
winter population is good, and those
who remain "here probably will be as
well off when spring comes , as
those who leave the country to seek
their fortunes in the States.
The nation needs men in all
branches of the service—workers as
well as fighters—but it is not a
part of the Government’s program
to depopulate Alaska. Were that
the case, ample funds would not
now be available for railroad con
! ot> uitiuu iii itie ivortn. Ana Sec
retary McAdoo and the heads of
other departments would not be
exerting their influence to stimu
late gold production. Our govern
ment wants deveelopment in Alaska
to continue without interruption and
is hastening the completion of the
Government railroad in order that
the cost of mining in the Interior
may be reduced through the use
of low-price fuel and cheapened
transportation. That is why Xe
nana. as the center of railroad
activities in the Interior, has suffer
ed less than other districts. And
that is why Xenana. as the future
freight and fuel depot of the In
terior, will grow in importance after
the railroad has been completed and
the real development of Interior
Alaska has commenced.
DEPORTATION SUGGESTED
FOR NEUTRAL SLACKERS
The Loyal League at Long, Alas
ka, an organization for the purpose
of promoting Americanism, at a
regular meeting of the organiza
tion on July 29. 1918, passed the
following resolution:
RESOL\ ED: That this organi
zation petition Congress to pass a
law providing for the deportation
of aliens as soon as possible, who
claim exemption from the conscrip
tion laws on the grounds of alien
residence.
RESOIA ED: That a copy of this
hesolution be forwarded to Chas. A.
Sulzer, delegate from Alaska, and
one copy to Hon. John L. Burnett,
chairman of committee on immigra
tion and naturalization.
This organization has a member
ship of 137.
To enable the wireless plant at
Fort T ukon to get into communica
tion with the stations in the Koyu
kuk and Arcti regions, the govern
ment intends to enlarge the plant
and also to install new machinery
and a new tower. The present
plant_ has only a limited capacity
which under certain conditions is
not strong enough to be of any
great use.
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INES CUNT
STOP THE FRENCH
PARIS.—The growing ineffect
iveness of the. submarine warfare
is indicated by official figures just
pubilshed by the French govern
ment, relating to the French traffic
in the Mediterranean.
According to these figures, no
less than 2,060 vessels, chiefly mer
chantmen. with a total tonnage of
3,500,000, crossed the Mediter
ranean between February 24 and
April 1, under escort. The average*
number of ships underway coming
to or going from, France, was 240.1
The submarine attacks neverthe-'
less had so diminished in force that!
only one in four resulted in damage j
to the ships. The result has been j
that the water traffic has steadily
increased.
Tom Mulcahey recently returned
to Ruby from the Good News Bay
country, and reports very little in
sight there; says that Tim Buck
ley and Lewis Carpenter, who went
there from Ruby, came out when he
did and are on the road to Mar
shall.
BOYS OF DRAFT
ARE ENTERTAINED
AT NENANA CLUB
Large C'owd Assemebled At Nenana
C1t«K Rooms to Honor Boys
of Nenana Draft.
A very enjoyable and largely at
tended entertainment and dance
given by the Red Cross ladies of
X'enana in honor of the second con
tingent of the second X'enana draft
quota was held at the Xenana club
rooms on Saturday night.
Immediately after the picture
show he boys and their friends as
sembled at the club which was
tastefully and suitably decorated for
the occasion. The proceedings were
commenced with an address to the
boys, delivered by Mr. Geo. W. Pen
nington.
Several musical items, speeches
and songs were rendered during
the entertainment, light refresh
ments were served, and dancing was
j indulged in until the small hours of
j the morning. It was the best at
tended gathering of its kind ever
held in X'enana and everybody went
away happy.
The draft boys left on the Tanana
today for Fort Gibbon.
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TORPEDO SECRET
LANCASTER, England. — The
i secret of the construction of bal
; ance chamber of the torpedo used
l by the British submarines is jeal
ously guarded by the British gov
ernment. Although there are three
manufacturing concerns making tor
pedoes in England, none of them
is permitted to learn the secret of
making this chamber, a section
aoout three feet long.
The produce of all three plants
is composed of interchangeable
parts of torpedoes, which are sent
to the central government plant,
where the balance chamber is fitted
on.
Every tenth torpedo is taken tv
pieces and the parts are tested to
make sure that they are inter
changeable with the products of
' some other factory. If not the mis
fits are condemned.
One factory here turns out about
21 torpedoes a week. The labor
is mostly unskilled and includes
"omen. The skilled workers were
formerly employed on textile ma
chines or in jewelry work. Xone
of them knew anything about tor
pedoes before they came to the
factory.
The average torpedo costs $5,000.
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Harry Stacer. who is permanently
stationed at Camp Lewis, has writ
ten to Mrs. A. R. Heilig thanking
her for a sweater which was knit
ted by her and which was issued
to him. It is a happy coincidence
that the first man on the Alaska
draft should draw a sweater out
of 12,000 such sweaters, and that it
should happen to be one knitted by
a Fairbanks lady.
Mrs. George Markus and daughter
Virginia, and Dr. J. A. Sutherland
are passengers for Xenana on the
launch leaving this morning.
The steamer Yukon has a full
load of passengers going Outside.1
all the available berths having been 1
taken up. The passenger list, how
ever, will not be available until
sailing time.
The home of W. F. Thompson,!
of the Xews-Miner, which was lately'
damaged by fire, is being fixed up
anew.
Ed Brooker has left St. Joseph’s
hospital and expects to return to!
Xenana shortly.
SPOTTING SOBS
WAR-TIME SPORT
OF IDE ALLIES
LONDON.—A sea sport which
has arisen out of the war—hunting
German submarines by airship—is
described in the Times. The writer’s
story concludes with telling how
the crew of the U-boat apparently
preferred death to being captured.
One of the crew of an airship
spotted a submarine lying on the
bed of the ocean, in fairly shallow
water.
“The wireless sparked,” reads the
account in the Times, “and soon
away on the horizon there appeared
a little destroyer, followed far astern
by four squat trawlers, all racing
toward the spot above which the
airship cruised around.
“The destroyer came up first, of
course, and it was not long before
guided by wireless instructions, her
guns were trained in readiness to
greet the unsuspecting U-boat should
it bob to the surface. It seemed
ages to the impatient crew before
the trawlers arrived, but things
moved rapidly once they were at
the scene of action, for they knew
their job of old.
“Working in pairs, they approach
ed their victims from opposite
directions, steaming toward each
other. Between each pair a strong
"sweep” was stretched and allowed
to hang in a huge loop that it might
traverse the seabed. The vessels
met and crossed each other’s tracks
immediately above the doomed craft.
The ‘sweeps’ oT either pair engaged
the U-boat fore and aft simutane
ously and held her in a gigantic
cradle.
“Thus far the German boat had
shown no signs of alarm, although
those within her must have heard the
churning of the trawler's screws.
Now she suddenly seemed to awake
to the menace that threatened her.”
The article goes on to describe the
fate of the submarine. “She wrig
gled and squirmed about in a frantic
endeavor to escape, but it was use
less. Not a loophole was there to
be found, and at length, realizing
the helplessness of her plight, she
ceased to struggle. This fact was
duly wirelessed by those on board
the airship to the destroyer below.
Trapped securely, the enemy vessel
could still rise to the surface did
she so desire and. to give her an
opportunity to do so, the British
craft now waited for several min
utes. She preferred to lie still; and
so, at a flagged signal from the
destroyer, the starboard foremost
trawler and the port aft one at
tached a tin of high explosives to
each of the 'cradle wires’ and al
lowed it to slide downwards until
it rested upon the U-boat's hull.
Then those in the airship flagged
a signal and upon the two trawlers
two firing keys were pressed.
"Followed then the uprising of a
geyser of water, and when the
troubled ocean became calm, of the
submarine there was no trace other
than an extensive patch of oil float
ing upon the surface of the sea.” i
HIGH IN JAPAN
RIOISlfEN!
Rice Market Is Cornered and Prices
Soar In Japan, Resulting In
Many Riots.
TOKIO.—Owing to a corner m
the rice market, which had the ef
fect of doubling the price of rice,
which is the staple article of food
in Japan, serious disturbances are
reported to have taken place in j
various towns.
At Nagoya, where the disturb
ance was greater than at any other
place, ten policemen, sent to quell
the riots, were wounded in the clash
with the people. Many of the riot
ers were injured and fifty arrests
were made.
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IS SELECTED BK
NENANA VOTERS
T*v* Citizens Elected by Popular
Vote On Nenana’s First
Advisory Board.
Last Saturday N'enanaites were
given an opportunity to elect five
of their number to form the first
advisory board who will act in con
cert with the townsite manager and
assist him with their advice and sug
gestions in all matters pertaining to
the welfare of the town, and the
following were chosen: Harry Davis,
80 votes, H. B. Joseph 70 votes,
M. J. Cooney 08 votes, J. A. Brevig
66 votes, and Oscar Rothenburg 61
votes.
In all 123 votes were cast at the
polls, which were open f-om 0 o’clock
in the morning until 7 o’clock in
the evening, some of which had to
be thrown out owing to irregulari
ties. It is known that Nenana could
have polled a much bigger vote and
1 it is felt that many of the towns
people neglected to exercise their
right and vote.
Votes were cast for the other
candidates on the ticket as follows:
Carl Schmidt 58 votes. M. V Tyler
48 votes, Ed Laughlin 39 votes, and
Andy Hoey and Ed Rust 36 votes
each: there were 78 votes for and
1 against an advisory board.
It is exected that the newly
elected board will organize imme
diately. for which purpose a meet
ing will soon be called, and that
they will get into harnass and tackle
the townsite propositions most need
ing attention at once.
WANT ADS
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dollar when the advertisement does
not exceed three lines. For each
additional line, add a quarter.
FOR RENT—Large well-built un
furnished cabin, across from the
Rust House. For terms apply on
premises.
FOR SALE—Beaver Board, in plain
and oak finish. Doors and win
dows, sash stock and mouldings.
Inquire Simson’s.
FOUND—A "Sleeper" in the Tavern
Cafe. Owner can have same by
| identifying and paying for ad,
J otherwise it will be donated to
the Red Cross fund.
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Charles L. Dearing, a resident of
Dawson since 1S9S, to which place
he went from California with Clar
ence Berry, has left the Kondike
country and will reside hereafter
in California
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