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, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. a. Southworth-_____Editor and Manager
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HERE AGAIN.
Well, well! Here's the old Idita-j
rod Pioneer on deck again, after a
long suspension, says Editor George
M. Arbuckle in announcing the re
vival of his weekly. It makes its j
reappearance in a somewhat shriv- J
eled up form, with a kick that no- j
ticeabiy lacks its
istic—but at that
former character
it is seemingly in j
accord at the present time with,
many worthy enterprises throughout
the length and breadth of this ‘‘in
land empire that arose among the
moss and niggerheads.”
The publisher of The Pioneer has i
no prospectus to offer of chimerical j
glitterings relative to the territory's j
future development. We only hope
that our fondest dreams in that ret |
gard may be realized.
The Pioneer, like all true Alas-j
kans, has enduring faith in the I
greatness of the broad Northland,;
and at this time—when almost ev- 1
. i
erything, with the exception o: j
gold, has a fictitious value—when i
all lines of activity seem to have
reached a point bordering stagna
tion, we only ask the splendid privi
lege of doing all that a “one-hoss
printshop" can do with a pair of
willing hands and failing eyesight to
keep within flagging distance of a
promising future.
Thank you!
ALASKA HERRING NEEDS
PROTECTION.
The imminent prospect of Euro
pean competition, together with lack
of a market for part of last year’s
pack, is causing a marked contrac
tion in Alaska herring curing opera
tions this season, points out the Pa
cific Fisherman. The growth of this
industry to its present magnitude
was a result of the shortage of
food and of shipping, which cut off
the Eastern markets from the Euro
pean supply: and with the return
of peace conditions, unless some
way is found to equalize the cost
of Alaska and European herring laid
down in consuming markets, the in
dustry will fall back into insig
nificance.
This country is apparently looked
to as an outle: for the 400,000 bar
rels of Scotch herring for which the
British government guarantees the
sale at $14 per barrel. While the
present price in Scotland is still
high enough to give Alaska herring
a place in the Eastern market, if
it drops to anywhere near the $14
basis, the Alaska product will no
longer be able to compete, as the
expenses both of packing and of
transportation are far higher than
on Scotch herring.
While there is some hope that
the food shortage abroad this sea
son will keep prices on a level that
will permit the movement of the
Alaska pack, there can evidently be
no permanence to the industry un
less protection is given against im
ported fish, and plans are now under
consideration by the packers to have
the matter presented before Con
gress. On the basis of quality,
Alaska herring could compete with
any in the world. Production has
not as yet been supfficient to supply
the demands of this country, but
the herring resources have barely j
been touched; and if reasonable J
stability of the market were as
sured, the output could be increased !
even in a single season sufficiently
to supply all market requirements.
SHARK HUNTING IS
THRILLING SPORT
HONOLULU, T. H.—Using the
entire carcass of a horse for bait, i
a Honolulu sportsman went fishing
recently in a power-boat and re- I
turned with a fish weighing 2,500 j
pounds and measuring almost 20 !
feet from tip to tip, the larges:
shark killed in Hawaiian waters:
for many years.
Shark fishing, or. rather, hunt-1
ing, as it is conducted in Hawaii 1
is a thrilling sport, not entirely
lacking in danger to the hunter. In
fact, a death battle with a har- j
nooned shark, according to big game
i
hunters, is about as safe as a mid- j
night combat with a hungry tiger. 1
Sharks, in their death throes, have
been known to attack the boat and,
with their powerful rows of ser
rated teeth, rip great sections from
the sides.
The shark hunter first obtains a
dead horse, and if it has been dead
a week so much the better. The
power-boat tows the carcass outside j
the harbor and the hunt is on. !
Sharks, attracted by the odor of the
bait, gather in large numbers and!
soon begin striking at the carcass,
ripping huge chunks of flesh from
it. At this stage the hunter en
deavors to work his boat near
enough to permit a shot with the
harpoon. Once securely harpooned, <
a big shark will fight for hours
before succumbing.
Recently, in Hawaii, shark hunt- :
ing has been placed on a commer- j
cial basis and the development of a
big industry is forecast. Shark fins
are deemed a great delicacy by
Orientals, and dried shark meat has
found a ready market. The can
ning of shark meat is being con
sidered. Shark livers yield a valu-1
able oil.
"NEWSIE” RETURNS
TO HIS OLD STAND;
WEARS WAR CROSS
DES MOINES, la.—Pat Ryan, a
newsboy, has returned to his old
comer after an absence of many
months overseas. He wears the
Croix de Guerre.
‘‘How did I get it? Oh, the big j
chief gave me some papers to de-1
liver to another fellow,” he said.
The records show that Corporal Ry
an, Company 8, 168th infantry,
went deliberately through German
barrages and machine-gun fire to i
deliver important papers, and that
his conduct was an inspiration to
his comrades.
Ryan also introduced American
newspaper enterprise into Paris,'
where in a single day he sold 20,000 :
copies of the Stars and Stripes.
* Then he was made Paris circula
tion manager of the paper.
Now Pa: is back at his old comer
here.
EL PASO, Tex.—Aerial “eaval- j
ry" keep watch over the Mexican
border in this district, patroling the
Rio Grande, where horsemen ride
]
their lonely patrols between outpost j
stations. Each morning, as the j
horse cavalry ride away to cover
their beats, big airplanes leave the !
Fort Bliss flying field for Columbus, ,
Xew Mexico, on the west, and Fort J
Hancock, on the east, to scout along i
the international border for bands j
of Mexican bandits. The aviators j
make daily reports to military head- j
quarters on the same blanks used j
by the cavalry patrol officers, and
frequently report armed bands be
low the border.
The Mexican border is called the
southern front by the aviators, anti
Fort Bliss has been selected as the
headquarters for the aviation sec
tion of the Southern department.
A flying field beyond Fort Bliss has
been set apart for the use of the
flyers, a bombing field selected at
the Government target range in
Xew Mexico, and wireless stations
built at the fort and at landing j
fields along the border. Dirigible ;
balloons will be stationed at Fort (
Bliss and other important stations !
along the border, and machine shops ;
erected to repair airplanes damaged ]
in the patrol service.
American army airplanes attract
much attention from the Mexican ■
soldiers and civilians on the south j
bank of the Rio Grande. When the
first plane to loop the loop was seen
many Mexicans believed it to be
falling and scurried for cover. The
Mexican army has 14 airplanes at
the northeastern zone headquarters
at Chihuahua City, and Genera!
Manuel Dieguez is planning to es
tablish regular airplane patrols of
the Mexican Centra! railroad as soon
as it is repaired, with a temporary
aerial service between Chihuahua
City and the border until the train
service is resumed.
NEW DISEASE IS
DUE TO STARVATION
PRAGUE. — A new hunger-dis
ease is reported among the children
of some of the remote districts of
Czecho-Slovakia. It is a form of t
“hunger oedema,” and appears to
be due primarily to the presence ;
of too much water in the body,
owing to starvation. Its presence ,
is reported from several districts \
by the American women workers
who have gone out to organize re- j
lief work for the American Red
Cross. One of these reports says:
“Great care must be taken that ,
t
the food gets to the children them
selves and not to their parents. It,
seems almost unbelievable, but the
parents are frequently accused of
being the worst enemies of their
own children in respect to food, and
in one town we were told there
was no mother-love left.
“Most of the children are suffer
ing from this strange ‘hunger
oedema’ and there is also a tre
mendous increase in tuberculosis
and other diseases which one rec
ognizes instantly as due to malnu
trition.”
Some War Chicken!
A Carrick woman recently saun
tered out in the main street to
buy chickens from a dealer. She
went into one of the shops and
got some.
In the evening she went ic a
flurry to the same shop and ad
dressed the shopman:
“See here, when I buy chickens
from you again I don’t want any
of your airplane ones.”
The shopman looked puzzled, and
i inquired, “What do you meag,
ma’am?”
“I maen the sort that are all
.wings and machinery, and no meat.”
—The Country Gentleman.
WANT ADS
HOUSEHOLD GOODS and furniture
for sale, at the home of E. I.
Foster.
eighty'CHICKENS FOR SALE.
also hog weighing 400 pounds,
and two shoats. Inquire Mrs. Carl
Bernhardt. k-27
BUNCH~"'oF KEYS found. Owner
can recover by calling at News
office and paying for this adver
tisement.
j WANTED—Pair of 8-power field
glasses. Inquire Pete Jensen, at
! Johnson’s Store.
|LOOT —CHILD’S NUGGET^NECK
CHAIN. Reward for return to
George Sarantis at The Terminal.
FOR SALE — Showcase, obi feet
long. Practically new. Cheap.
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
A Reason for It.
Motorist (blocked by load of hay>
—I say, there, pull out and let me
by. You seemed in a hurry to let
that other fellow’s carriage get
past.”
Farmer—That’s 'cause his horse
was eatin’ my hay. There hain't
no danger o’ yew eatin’ it, I reck
on.—Boston Transcript.
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ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER.
Secretary Dictator.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
Building, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
i A street on Wednesdays and Satur
days at 8 p. m.
On and after july 15th the freight
on the North side of the river at
Camp 415 dock will be shipped out
Tuesday and Friday of each week,
leaving at 7 a. m., until further
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