THE NENANA DA1L Y 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.
“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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this paper and also all the local news published herein.
YANKEE APPETITES
C ooks at the hotel where hun
dreds of Americans connected with
the Peace Conference are staying
are amazed at the appetites of the
Americans, says an Associated Press
report from Paris. The American
breakfast upset all calculations in
the French hotel, accustomed to
supplying guests with rolls and
coffee as an early morning' meal.
Wild calls for ham and eggs, beef
steaks. chops, oatmeal and hot cakes
surpised the French cooks. who
after weeks of catering to the
hungry Americans, have not be
come reconciled- to the American
breakfast menu.
The American fondness for hors
d'oeuvres also caused consternation
Great dishes of beet pickie, potato
salad, sardines, cold slaw and other
relishes served as a preliminary to
the conventional French dinner,
disappear so rapidly that it has
been necessary to employ many ad
ditional cooks to prepare delicacies
of this sort. Americans help them
selves so'freely to this initial course
that they frequently have little ap
petite far the soup, fish and other
dishes which follow.
As the hotel kitchen can draw
on army supplies for its food, the
Americans have many delicacies not
available generally in Paris cafes.
Ices, ice cream and pastry made
with real sugar are offered to the
peace delegation. In most Paris
cafes saccharine is used for such
purposes, and even for sweetening
coffee. The hotel where the Amer
icans stay also has an abundance
of white flour and genuine white
bread. Elsewhere in Paris the
bread is dark, and even pastry,
when available, is from brown
flour
FULL TERRITORIAL
GOVERNMENT
The movement started by Senator
Britt to memorialize CongTess to
give Alaska a full territorial form
of government such as was given
to other territories before their ad
mittance as states, is a good one,
believes the Douglas Island News.
Territorial government, continues
Editor White, is what we have
warned in Alaska for many years.
Some years ago we were thrown
a sop in the form of the emasculated
government that we now have. We
Alaskans swallowed the sop at that
rime, hut it never rested well in our
stomachs. Let's have a government
:n which we can actually make laws
for ouselves governing those things
which other territories were allowed
to govern Surely we are as in
telligent a class of people as in
other parts of the United States.
Our civilization is as far advanced
as were other parts of the country
when they were allowed to govern
themselves. Let us have a govern
ment in the territory that is not
a government by bureaus and de
partments, but a government by the
people of Alaska, who know what is
good for themselves and who, 'f
they make mistakes, know that they
have themselves to blame and not
someone several thousand miles
awey who never saw the country
or ever will.
THEY CALL ME A PRIVATE, BUT
In the army they call me a
private.
It is a misnomer. There is noth
ing private about me.
I have been examined by 50
physicians ana they haven't missed
a blemish.
I have told my previous occupa
tion and my salary. I have confes
sed to being unmarried and having
no children. I have nothing in my
past that is not revealed. I sleep
in a room with 50 men. I eat with
350 men, and wash my kit in the
same c^n. I take my bath with the
same company. I wear a suit of
the same material and cut as five
million others.
I have to tel! where I go when
I take a walk and even then I
never see anyone but soldiers— j
privates like myself.
I have to tell a physician when i
I kiss a pretty girl. I never have j
a moment to myself.
PRIVATE!
Whatthehell?
Hesani—The Gateway to McKinley
Park.
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A. E. C. LIVESTOCK
IS MOVED ACROSS
Ail of the freighting teams ol
the A. E. C. are to be stationer
near camp 415, and commencemeni
with moving them across was mad<
yesterday. There is still some freighi
consisting mostly of bridge materia
to be moved to points along the line
and a few teams will be retainec
at the Nenana barn for this pur
pose, but the bulk of the livestocl
will be sent across before the break
up of the river.
A new barn has been built neai
camp 415 to accommodate the ani
mals This barn, which is of s
temporary nature, will be moved
farther along the line from time ti
time, as the work progresses to
ward Fairbanks.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
MEI IASI NiGH!
The regular meeting of the Ne
nana Commercial club was held last
night at the club chambers in the
Union Hall.
In spite of the disagreeable windy
weather prevailing, quite a few mem
bers turned out to take part in the
meeting, which was called to order
by Chairman McDonald shortly after
8 o'clock.
After the usual routine work had
been put through, the death of Dele
gate-Elect Sulzer was brought up
and some discussion ensued regard
ing the appointment of a successor
and the procedure which will be
adopted in the selection of someone
to represent Alaska in the councils
of the ration.
A resolution was also adopted
that the Nenana Commercial club
send a letter of condolence to Mrs.
Sulzer.
Some discussion wras then entered
into regarding the proposed free
ferry across the Tanana river, and
it was learned that the business
men of Nenana have arranged to
hold a meeting Tuesday night' to go
thoroughly into the matter and ar
range all details of the ferry to
be established.
RIVER IS UNSAFE
Advices received from Fairbanks
this afternoon indicate that the
Chena river is unsafe for "travel
near Fairbanks, and travelers are
warned to exercise all precautions
and to avoid the river if possible.
George Melvin, of N'enana, who
went to Fairbanks on business re
cently. started yesterday morning on
the return trip to N’enana with his
dog team. When only a short dis
tance from Fairbanks he broke thru
the ice in the slough and ie said
to have narrowly escaped drowning.
He abandoned his trip and returned
to the upper town and sounded a
warning to mushers using the river
trail.
FAIRBANKS FANS ARE
PREPARING FOR SEASON
The baseball fans of Fairbanks
will hold a meeting tomorrow night
for lining up the material available
for the ball games and to pick out
a team.
Desultory practice hae been go
ine on in various parts of the upper
town and at the meeting plans will
be laid for regular practice games
and matches.
The Fairbanks players are de
termined to beat N'enana again this
year and it is expected that they
will put in considerable practice.
Attorney Milwee, who represented
Herman Kessler in his suit against
Charles Zielke yesterday, will leave
for Fairbanks on Roy Lund’s dog
'tage tomorrow. *
f
, Arrivals at Fairbanks from the
creeks today state that many forest
fires are raging in the district, and
i that they are particularly bad in
the upper .Coldstream section.
A large cabin on a mining claim
situated at Xo. 4 above. Goldstream
was destroyed yesterday. At the
time the flames visited the building
it was occupied by a number of
men who are operating in that vicin
ity and one of them is said to have
lost a large sum of money in the
fire.
John Metzgar. of Fox. reports
that the people in that neighborhood
had a hard time to keep the flames
from destroying a large amount of
cordwood. said to be a thousand
cords, which had been hauled re
cently to mining claims near Fox.
Reports from Skagway state that
the steamer Casc-a has a full load
in sight for the annual "Midnight
Sun" excursion to Fort Yukon. It
may be necessary to use another
boat to carry the unusual number
of excursionists promised.
Roy Lund expects to leave for
Fairbanks tomorrow morning with
his dog team via the river trail.
Xeil McCall, the Eva creek min
ing man. left for his camp on the
train this morning.
Frank Doner, special disbursing
agent, left for the camps on the
Nenana-Fairbanks branch line this
evening on business.
NOTICE
All residents of Ner.ana are re
quested to remove the winter’s
accumulation of refuse and rubbish
on their premises, to comply with
the Fire and Sanitary Regulations,
of the Department of the Interior,'
Alaskan Engineering Commission,
Land and Industrial Department.
Failure to comply with the above
regulations within a reasonable
time, subjects the owner of such
lot to forfeiture proceedings as per
Circulars N'o's. 458 and 554.
CARL SCHMIDT,
Townsite Manager
Apr. 12-16-19.
YOU
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WAR
SAVINGS
STAMPS
NOW
Nenana House
Under New Management
Q*—Why is the NENANA HOUSE like a dog sitting on
* cake of ice? A.—Because it's so dog gone nice.
Mrs. A. B. Easterly, Proprietress
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Yukon Stoves and Drums
Air Tight heaters
Any Thing in the Sheet Metal, Plumb
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Tanana Sheet Metal Works
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—A Singer sewing ma
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NICELY HOUSE
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POOL CANDIES CIGARS
AND TOBACCOS
WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
PRICES REASONABLE
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Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
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Anderson, Herman
Allred, Mrs. Clara
Bergman, Charles
Brown, Jess
Berggren, Ernst
Browne, F. D.
Bresnahan, E. D.
Blankfield, D.
Bowen, J. R.
Brooker, Ed
Bennett, J. F.
Ball, I. B.
Brown, Erie
Coutts, \V. J.
Calderhead. li. W
Campbell, N. J.
Coghill, VV. A.
Cooney, M. J.
Boner, Frank
Biven. R J.
Bouse, Fred
Kkeland, Alf ~~
Funk, A B.
Finlayson, K A.
Fisher, Joe
Flower, J. H.
Foster, Steve
Gagnon, Wm.
Ghezzi, Alfred
Gray, E. b.
Gilcher, W. H.
Head, E. A.
Hagan, James
Hill, L. W.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey, Andy
Isabel, L. C.
Irvine, A. J.
Johnson, A. G.
Jones. Frank
Julian, W. J.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter
Joseph, H. B.
Koland, Knut
Ketooroky, John A.
Laughlin, E. E.
Lund, E. E.
Lehr, Q. F.
Markus, George
Mortensen, Peter
Myers, R R.
Moore, Frank B.
McDonald, R. S.
Martin, G. S.
Monas, R. c.
N'ash, Martin
O’Keefe, Larry
Parks, S. E.
Pennington, G. W
Palfy, Paul
Packer, W. L.
Ryan, W. A
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry N.
Schmidt, Carl
Schaeffer, M. A.
Slippern, S. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, George A.
South'vorth, R. G.
Spira, Frank
Taylor, Frank
Tunison, B.
Thompson, Theodore
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. J.
Verhaeghe, Cyriele
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Woods, Geo. W.
Williams, E. A.
Waechter. R. I.
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