THE NENANA NEWS
Application made October 30, 1916, at the Postoffice at N'enaua, Alaska, lor
entry as secotul-class mail matter under the act of March Z, 1879, by The Ne
nana Printing Company.
Published Weekly by The Nenana Printing Company
Day of Publication Saturday Edited by R. G. Southworth
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NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1918.
THE NEED OF SAVING
Liberty bonds should not be re
sold or marketed. The man or
woman who subscribes for a govern
ment bond, is not a real patriot, in
our opinion, if he or she sells the
bond on the market immediately
after purchase, providing, of course,
that stress of finance does not
render the transaction necessary.
We should remember that it is
not a mere subscription to the bond
that helps our government. It is
the retention of the bond after pur
chase that helps. Americans must
save and they must invest in govern
ment bonds. It is by actually lend
ing money to the government that
insures success in time of need—
not merely promising the loan and
then shifting the burden to some
one else.
Our success in the war is beyond
question if our resources are prop
erly organized and intelligently used.
The economic and financial condi
tion of the country was never like
it is today and the spirit of the
American people was never more
aroused to the importance and ne
cessity of going forward resolutely,
regardless of sacrifices, to the ac
complishment of the great work
which we have undertaken in the
name of liberty and humanity. And,
as a people, we must be more and
more deeply impressed w-ith the need
of economy in the use of food,
clothing, fuel and every other arti
cle which constitutes a drain upon
the available supplies, materials and
resources. Everything wasted is
criminal, and the wanton waster is
a criminal and a traitor.
The war has hardly started! as
far as America is concerned, and
the necessity of saving cannot be
too strongly urged. We have under
taken the gigantic task of placing
a vast army in the field, thousands
of miles from home, where they
must be- well fed, warmly clad and
supplied with the necessary muni
tions of war. We must, in addition,
continue to supply the needs of our
Allies. Should v.e fail in either, we
cannot hope to succeed.
WHAT ALASKANS EAT
Considering the fact that Alaskans
coiiume annually a very large
amount ot heiTH -grown food, such
us game, fun and garden products,
*he quantity of food stuffs imported
trora me &:at r ich year takes
on nuge proportions. Few of us
realize, it it$ saio to say, to what
extent \ye are drawing upon the
Many of us 1
iiew, in fact, that our consumption
of Kid. as a territory, is of so in
ccinsi.ivruble an aatouiit as to make
conservation tne Xorthlany of
...
that it u .
• v. nde, in this country, to
e'. in tiv ese of food, that
the nation's supply may be conserv
'd, do not know that every man,
woman and child resident of the
territory, including natives, c <,n
'UUi.'s an a.-vtaye of 143 pounds of
. .nuaiiy, nearly twelve pounds
Per month, throe j.cun is per week,
1 per day. i
>t know ( th< r, that each white
resident uses nearly three cans of
milk a week a d nearly a pound of
imported meat per it ay And it nay
surprise them to 1, am that the per
capita cor emptiou of wheat flour
per annum is considerably more than
a barrel, ?d,X72 barrels having been
.. r last year,
Anoth ! 'hieh is largely j
in Alaska, and which may be ;:.ort
in the Outride markets next summer,
is butt r, of which there was shipped
into Alaska J: t year li797,752
1 oum. , chiefly fot the consumption
,Jf white residents. Our pur capita
consumption of lard per annum is
slightly more than fifteen pounds,
and we spend nearly eleven thous
and ioliar- me o for confections.
Condition:; in .ska are such that
it is inadvisable t attempt to follow
the foo saving lies which have
‘ en adopted thr /bout the States.
We can con.”-,ize in the use of
i iod, but we cannot substitute one
food for a idler a readily as they
are doing i i the States. Our diet
necessarily must be regulated very
| largely by the supplies we now have
| on hand, with due regard for prob
, able market conditions later in the
' year. We should eat sparingly of
I those things which are short in the
States and use more freely those
! articles which can be obtained local
! ly, particularly perishables. It is not
| yet necessary that we should deprive
i ourselves of the necessaries of life,
; but we must save, choosing carefully
S lest we be forced to live, before the
i war is over, as many are living at
present in European countries.
j Mining men of the Atlin district
! are compelled to pay eighty dollars
! per ton an all freight landed in that
j camp, and the indications are that
; the rate will be boosted still higher.
! The result of such a rate is that
j operations have been brought to a
! standstill and miners and prospect
! ors are disappearing from the dis
trict.
INDEPENDENT ALASKA
Alaska is slowly but surely near
j ing a state of independence as re
| gards food supply. We already have
! vegetables in abundance, our meat
supply is practically inexhaustible,
ir properly conserved, and the day
: is not far distant when Alaskans
i will be able to produce sufficient
wheat to fill the flour requirements
, of the territory.
M. D. Snodgrass, who is in charge
of the government experiment farm,
a short distance up the river from
Nenana, reports that 1250 bushels of
grain, including wheat, oats and
buckwheat, were harvested during
the past season, and that within
two years, or when the government
railroad is completed, the farm will
; produce sufficient flour for bread
tor all Interior towns and a number
: of coast towns besides.
LADIES WILL MEET;
TO CONSERVE FOOD
A special meeting of the ladies of
, Xcnana has been called for Monday
afternoon by Mrs. F. S. Ryus, presi
dent of the Friendly society, for
the purpose of discussing the ques
• tion of food conservation, along
lj '■ ■ ' " - ted by the t ouncil
I of defense. The meeting will be
held at the Presbyterian manse, at
, two o’cloch.
MOOSE OF NENANA
PLAN MASQUERADE
Th.it taifiment committee of
Xenana lodge, Loyal Order of Moose
announces that a masquerade bad
will be gi . en, under the auspices (if
the local lodge, on the evening of
, -January 2d, at Union hall.
Elaborate preparations are heir-'
made for the dance, more particu
larly L; cause of the fact that: the
a:fair wdl be the first public enter
tainment given by the Ideal herd,
and th -v are determined to make
, it the big affair of the winter.
NENANA 13 ROCKED
DY REGULAR QUAKE
Xenai was vigorously jolted this
: by an - ai hq ia : .
bock occurring a few minutes after
two. The vibrations veer.- from north
to south, but not sufficiently severe
to cause any damage.
The Wm. H. Smith case, which
came up before Commissioner Reed
Hfdlig, at Fairbanks, on Thursday, j
was di missed by the court.
D. Hartwig and X. 15. Henderson,
who mushed over the Broad Pass
tiaii early this winter as members
of the Ryus party, are now atSel
dovia, where they expect to engage '
in the fishing industry.
Mrs. Carlton D. Ross, who recently
underwent a major operation at
the Government hospital, returned
to her home during the week, prac
tically recovered.
Miss Thora Slippern, who went to j
Fairbanks last week to attend the j
wedding of Miss Jestland and Ole j
Nelson, of Brooks, will return home I
today.
LIST OF REGISTRANTS OF NENANA
The following instructions were re
ceived during the week by Chairman
Howard P. Curtis, of the local ex
emption board, relative to the vol
untary induction into the army of
Alaska registrants. The names of
the registrants of this district also
are printed below, together with
their new serial numbers:
Juneau, Alaska, Jan. 9, 1918.
Howard P. Curtis, Local Board
Number 19, Nenana.
“In accordance with ruling Pro
vost Marshal General you are in
structed as follows: ‘Inasmuch as
no drawings have taken place in
I Alaska, and no other numbers have
been assigned Alaskan registrants,
and since communications with local
boards in Alaska are now practically
impossible, the regulations relating
to the voluntary induction into mili
tary service and enlistment, in the
navy or marine corps of such regis
! trants are not applicable. The fol
: lowing is, therefore, ordered to be
i effective until such time only as a
drawing takes place in Alaska. No
! person under the jurisdiction of an
: Alaskan local board will be consid
ered as within the current quota.
' Any such registrant desiring enlist
i ment in the navy or marine corps or
! voluntary induction into military
service may apply to any local board
for the certificate required by sec
tion 151, selective service regula
tions, or for voluntary induction.
The local board applied to will re
quire their registrant to exhibit his
registration certificate, and if satis
fied that he in fact an Alaskan
registrant w’ill require him to file
a questionaire and will thereafter
treat him as one of its own regis
trants, except that it will enter on
every paper, in every space requir
ing a local stamp the designation
of the Alaskan local board, will for
ward to the governor of Alaska all
papers required to be filed by a
local board, together with a letter
of transmittal stating that regis
trant wTas inducted into military
service or authority to enlist in
navy or marine corps, and will not
enter the registrant's name on its
classification list. Credit for in
duction accomplished under author
ity of the telegram will be allowed
to the proper Alaskan board. Of
course these men are subject to the
same restrictions as to induction
as other applicants, and no men wall
be inducted for any corps or depart
ment of army for which induction
has been stopped by existing orders.'
“You are further instructed to
give this order as much publicity
as possible, through your local news-,
papers and otherwise, and to en
courage voluntary enlistment and
induction in order to make up the
deficiency in our quota in this mat
ter if possible.
“STRONG.
Governor.”
Local Board No. 19, City of Nenana
List of names of persons and their
List of names of persons whose
registration cards are in the noses
sion of this local board
Serial Xo. Xante
1. Frank Karry
2. Alex Menzaeff.
3. Jack Dalton.
4. Jarry John Bardes.
f>. John Melvin Hansen.
0. Albin Tender Johnson.
7. Irvine Albert Alderman.
8. Fred Earl Bo;vman.
9. Thomas Laconi.
10. Frank Teufel.
15. Henry A. Keil.
12. Sam Geroff.
13. Abo Gimoff.
14. Rasmus Hanson.
lo. Leonard Andrew White,
lfi. Henry Josenh Green.
17. Michel Saraff.
18. Harold Patrick Pierson.
19. Milan Gryak.
20. Edward Ear! Lund.
21. William Arthur Young.
22. George Fenton Cramer.
23. Lester Boyce Earhart.
24. Andrew Sorokovikoff.
2.7. Christian Dedrickson.
Edward Samuel Mugford.
27. William McDonald Mellish.
28. Fred Gush,
29. Mike Gasoff.
30. Earl Craig McCrary.
31. Robert Frank Ingersoll.
32. Aldis Meier Gerhardsen.
33. Joke Batoff.
34. Julius Boimite.
35. Nick Larson.
30.
37.
38
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
13.
45.
40.
47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
52.
63.
54.
55.
50.
57.
58.
59.
00.
01.
62.
33.
04.
65.
00.
07.
08.
69.
70.
71.
72.
73.
74.
75.
Maik Kossoff.
Angus John McPherson.
Thomas Thornton.
Kyuzaburo Saito.
How ird Gi es Ha Jem.
Thukididis Koulouris.
Wolfgang Thiele.
Abram Guteiaff.
Xick, Bogoff.
Andrew Anderson.
Oikim Kassoff.
William Simpson.
Harry Bckoff.
George Buick Walker.
Frank Grayden Shorrard.
Arthur Bunnie Shea.
Dan Radi.
Harry Gasaloff.
Fred Chivenkoff.
William Demetrios Papado
pulos.
Xels Adrien Lundstrom.
Gu tav Larsen.
Victor Frederick Fleisch
man.
Peter Jackson Hauland.
Jack Ilohoff.
Alex Kali-soff.
Robert Crighton Inncs.
Joseph Cunningham.
Xick Aldatoff.
Guy Radieh.
Frank Lewis Washburn.
William Jeroni" Wainwright.
Ralph Irving Waechter.
George Ketogles.
Bernhard Olai Peterson.
Peter Iverson.
Bibo Botsi^ff.
John Hansen.
Earl Maxfield Clarke.
Thomas Brown.
76. Mike Cdoff.
77. Joakin Ferdenand Martinson.
78. Alfred Willoughby.
79. Sam Gagoff.
80. Joseph Pearson.
81. Anton Yelick.
82. Merle David McCambridge.
83. Norvin E. Smith.
84. George Dimnick.
80. Peter Johnson, Jr.
86. John Alfred Brandstrom.
87. Andrew Wellington Marshal.
88. Alex Gagoff.
89. Herbert Willford Miller.
90. Elwin Mike Trepte.
91. John Paulsteiner.
92. Paul Kintzele.
93. Alex Boloff.
94. Jack Cambul.
95. James Riley.
96. Peder J. Yilsen.
97. Louis Jacobsen.
98. Arthur Gawne.
99. Jim Couff.
100. Oscar Berg.
101. Patrick William Breen.
102. Ingval Thomassen.
103. Thomas Alden Jones.
104. Charley Nurstes.
105. Ehrieh Eichel.
106. Pietro Samassa.
107. Frank Gassoff.
108. Carl Ortoff.
109. Bab Sabanoff.
110. Sam Gatoff.
111. Nick Henz.
112. Pete Rososs.
113. Fred Hanson.
114. James Walker.
115. Arnold Sather.
116. Frank Weisel.
117. Robert Andrew Swe.
118. Christoffer Bcrnt Nelson.
119. Jack Zoloff.
120. Jakov I.ucich.
121. Hans Lonnberg.
122. George Gagnon.
123. Finan Daniel Delaney.
124. Nels Fahlstrom.
125. Elas Amelahanoff.
126. Karl Iver Anderson.
127. Gustav Alfred Gerhardsen.
128. Gust Borgeson.
129. Matt Ostovich.
130. Angel P. Kancloff.
131. Elia Kadzoaff.
132. James Howard .
133. Oscar Orvill Melvin.
134. Walter Love.
135. Albert Lamoto.
136. Louis Paul Rapps.
137. Willard Urban Wernet.
138. Arild Cato Slippern.
139. Allan John MePhee.
140. Cristian Anderson.
141. Alfred Sorensen Lian.
142 Oscar Witalis Johnson.
143. Albert Larson.
144. Axel Frederick Frederickson.
145. Alex Zoloff.
146. Alex Zaboff.
147. Andro Gibson.
148. William McDowell.
149. Charles Hubbard Hall.
150. Martin Otterstcd.
151. Andrew Hanson.
152. Sam Gassoff.
153. Jake Bitsoff.
154. Samuel Rosenbluth.
155. Henry Taziolzi.
156. Karl Gutnoff.
157. Boris Bitionoff.
158. Wasil Sanko.
159. Christian Meir Mortensen.
160. Bill Naifon.
161. Henry MePhee.
162. .Tim Kadoff.
163. Elas Goskieff.
164. Clifford John Cox.
165. Emas Anderson.
166. Monrad Mathisen.
167. Daniel Juretich.
168. Obrad Bjelotomich.
169. Michael Romas.
170. John Stolen.
171. William John Bolm.
172. Robert Royal Douse.
173. John Albert Rudolph Larson
174. Ole Ilalvor Boon.
175. Adulgaery Darchieff.
176. Mike Gemof.f.
177. Albert Sargent Corruthers.
17s. Patrick McDermont.
179. Charles Herbert Wilson.
180. Sam Hamloff.
181. Alex Kazoff.
182. Nels Larson.
183. Mike Costoff.
184. Marko Bugoff.
185. Uno Swensk.
186. Daniel J. Gallagher,
187. .Tames Byrne.
188. Costo Rongaloff.
189. Harold Raymond Anderson.
190. Miak Tunuroff.
191. Nick Gustiff.
192. Earl Hagen Foster.
193. Oscar Alfons Strom.
194. James Phair.
195. Axel Larson.
196. Arne Arneson.
197. Andrew Lar on Running.
198. George Gatto.
199. Gus John Iiahn.
200. I dward Clarence Carraher.
201. Ni I. nen.
202. Paul Palfy.
203. Joseph Robin-.
204. Alex Gaboff.
205. Edwin Bernherd Widlund.
206. Jack Jadoff.
207. Joseph Ruderna Milo.
208. Karl Jorgen Emil Hansen.
Local Board No. i!). City of Xenana,
By HOWARD P.‘ CURTIS.
Chairman.
ROBERT E. BURNS.
Secretary.
Date: Jan. 10, 1918.
BIRCH ELECTED PRESIDENT '
OF STEAMSHIP TRUST
Seattle.-—Stephen Birch, president
of the Kennicott Copper corporation,
has ben elected president also of
the Alaska Steamship company and
the Copper River & Northwestern
railroad, succeeding Eccles, deceased.
Birch is a mining engineer who got
his start in Alaska as an employee
of Havemeyer, wnen ttie sugar mag
nate owned mining property in the
North. Birch has been associated
with the Guggenheims for a number
of years.
ELSEWHERE IN ALASKA
Nome.—Bruce Ropers, editor of ,
the Nome Industrial Worker, was
found guilty late yesterday after- i
noon, by a commissioner’s court j
jury, of making seditious utterances j
through the columns of his paper. I
The trial lasted five days and the
\ erdict is regarded as a clean cut
victory for District Attorney Mundy,
who conducted the prosecution.
After numerous attorneys had re-1
fused to act as counsel for the de- J
fense, the commissioner ordered the I
whole Nome bar association to ap- ]
pear for the editor, and a vigorous '
defense was conducted.
The crew of the steamer Admiral
Evans had unusually bad luck on i
their last trip .to the States. At
Cordova the stewardess fell and
broke a leg, on the trip across the
gulf the second stewart fell and
wrenched his back almost breaking
it and the ship’s butcher cut one of
his fingers off with a cleaver.
Dolf Smith, well-known old timer
and former resident of Valdez, but
now of Anchorage, is interested with
Anton Standon, one of the best
known miners in Alaska, in valuable
claims located on the Kashwitna
river. They will do no work this
winter, but plan an early start in
the spring.
Charles Renish was recently taken
into custody at Circle City accused
of selling liquor without a license.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced
to nine months in the federal jail.
Manager Andrew Christensen, of
the Land and Industrial department
of the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion, is directing the work of saving
at Anchorage.
Washington.—'ine ousan B. An
thony suffrage amendment was pass
ed by the house last night, with a
margin of two votes more than the
required two-thirds. The measure
now goes to the senate.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 12.
Senator Brady is critically ill in thi
city and it is believed that he can
not survive many hours.
“Scurvy Kid ' Jacobson, who hud
the misfortune to fracture his knee
cap last fall while engaged in long
shore work, is now able to move
about with the aid of crutches. He
is still at the Government hospital.
PASSENGERS WANTED for An
chorage. Dog team, quick trip
Inquire at 1 he Portland. 1-tG
DOG TEAM FOR SALE—Nine
including a good leader, and har
ness; also 500 pounds of salmon
bellies. Inquire Luke Jimmie,
cabin next Mission school.
Notice to Lot Owners—the 1. i
annual installments on lots in .\e
nana Tovvnsite were uue September
15, 1917. T he owners 61
listed below are hereby notiii.d that
the annual payments due wi same
have not ben received at thi Fair
banks land office and that the h i .
are subject to forfe iture by the gov
ernment: Lot IT. block $180;
L. ‘JO, B. 2, $206; L. 8, 15. $-10;
L. 6, B. 4, $90; L. 11, B. 5,
L. 0, B. 8, $45; L. 1. B. 11, ' i '- ,
L. 7, B. 11, $!) i; I . i-I. i!. i .. ' Id:
I.. 1 l . B. 20, $12; L;, 15, fi/22, :
L. 1, B. ; L. 1. !. 20,
L. 4, B. 34, $5; s . .
L. 15, B. 54, $15; 1 . 1 1. It. .5 1. l;
L. .5. B. 55, $17; L. 1 . B.
The Alaska Railroad Town: ite it»-.ro
tations provide that, " If any pet
son who has mad partial pa.' m
on the lot purchased b;. him fai . to
make any succeeding paymei t r
quired ‘ *at the date such ’ a;
ment becomes due, th. me . d,
posited by such person for such lot
will be forfeited, and til 1 >t, .
forfeiture i. declar d, ' ill i ■ ub
ject to disposition i ... ! :
in, * : -to
their property, lot owners houl-.i
forward the def rre.- pay meats
pi mptly. • n eitl
bv the land offir ■ at Fairbank. or
the town ite office at Xenana. .
to when these payments are d,e .
it 7 ex : sly stat
cation to purchase that the t.a /
ment.s are due each year on the
dale stamped on the R d ;
tificate of Sale, \ hieh is
ample notice to all concert • -d. F. S.
Ryus, Townsite Manager.
The development of Alaska’s fish
ing industry has been phenomenal
This industry now ranks first in the
territory, the annual production now
exceeding that of gold by nearly ten
million dollars.
Edwin Peterson, five-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Peterson,
of Anchorage, was so badly bitten
by a dog with which he was playing
that it was necessary to take five
stitches in his head at the hospital.
The first twins born in Anchorage
arrived there the first of December
to take up their residence with Mr,
and Mrs. Joseph Demsey.
A reet nt report of the territorial
treasurer shows more than half a
million dollars in the treasury.
Bush & Schiek
Contractors and Builders
Office Fixtures and Furniture
Made and Repaired
Office and Shop
Second Ave., New York Block
WELL HEATED, NICELY
FURNISHED
ROOMS FOR RENT
NEW YORK BLOCK
OVER ARCTIC POOL ROOMS
CHAS. SCHIEK
0
THE SHOE HOUSE
Market Street ct Second
Comfortable Rooms Spring Beds
Clean Bunks
EVERYTHING NEW end CLEAN
catering'*
For Private Parties, Dinners I
and Banquets.
FIRST CLASS SERVICE
Inquire ARCTIC POOL ROOM
Highest Cash
Prices Paid for
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I FORCE PUMPS
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; WELL POINTS
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RANGES
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:: Tanana ciieet Metal Works
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ROLAND’S STAGE
MAIL
U. S.
Leaves Southern Hotel, Nenar.a
Sundays and Wednesdays
AT f> A. M.
Leaves Nordale Hotel, Fairbanks
Saturdays and Wednesdays
PASSENGERS FREIGHT EXPRESS
Make Reservations at Southern Hotel
NOTE—Parcels which we tre unable to deliver, owing
to our not knowing addressees residence will be left
at the Southern hotel.