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 Msrch^S^18j£
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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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THE DEADLY PTOMAINE GERM.
Alaska needs a sanitary commis
sion appointed, believes the ^ aldez
Miner, whose duties would be to ex
amine shipments of canned broods
coming from the States into Alaska.
Inconceivable as it may appear,
there are many firms in the States
which make a business of unloading
spoiled or old canned goods on the
Alaskan trade. During the past few
months an epidemic of deaths have
occurred in many parts of the
Northland from eating this aged and
stale food. It is bad to eat such
stuff in the States where a physician
is instantly available, but it is crim
inal to ship it to Alaska, where the
sick man may be a hundred miles
from medical treatment and have
no idea of what to do for ptomaine
poisoning:
Several years ago, says the Miner,
a Seattle wholesaler was seen re
labeling a shipment of canned goods
destined for Alaska. Many instances
in Valdez have occurred where cans
of meat have been opened and the
contents found to be a small hard
lump of moldy refuse. A store
keeper here recently opened a num
ber of cans of shrimp and found
them all spoiled. Were these goods
inspected, or could there be a law
passed compelling canners to label
the date of the pack, much of the
danger of ptomaine germs would be
eliminated. The merchants are help
less, as the cans arrive in Alaska
•with nice fresh labels on them; but
the contents show they have been
canned for years.
The recent deaths of twelve men
at Hunker creek from eating canned
foods show that the danger is real.
A wholesaler who ships old stuff out
under a new label is as guilty of
murder as if he had taken a gun
and shot his victims.
Alaska should refuse to be the
dumping ground for spoiled food.
COMING BACK.
One of the most encouraging sign;
of the times, says the Anchorage
Daily Times 4Republican), is thai
the Republicans all over the coun
try are beginning to wake up t<
the fact that a responsibility ha:
devolved upon the Republican part;
as a result of the conditions ere
ated by the world war.
They are beginning to realize
continues the coast paper, that th<
country is drifting along a pathwa;
which ultimately leads to disruptioi
and destruction; that tremendou
sums of money have been squan
dered without proper supervision
and without any adequate or propor
tionate returns to the people of tb
United States; that it is possibl
that vast sums of money have beei
transferred from the public treasur;
to the pockets of unscrupulous man
ipulators without any returns what
ever; that people in the Ufcitei
States who pose as patriotic Ameri
can citizens, have taken advantag
of war conditions and have engage
in profiteering on a gigantic scale
amassing great fortunes out of th
war, while the average citizen wa
struggling under the burdens o
Liberty loan payments and the cor
tinually-ascending price of living.
These, and other things that w:
require explanation, will be charged
to the Democratic administration,
which has had the prize opportunity
in the history of mankind to do
things not only for civilization at
large, but particularly for the peo
ple of the United States. The Dem
ocrats will be held to strict account
ability for their stewardship of the
affairs of the nation during this
tremendously potent period in the
readjustment of civilization, and the
realignment of the peoples of the
earth.
The hand of prophecy seems to be
writing a message on the curtain of
the future for the Republican party.
Will the Republicans of the nation
respond to the call to duty which is
already being sounded in every ham
let of the land? We believe they
will.
We can point with pride to the
foresight and energy of the Repub
licans of Anchorage, who have just
completed an organization along
broad and enduring lines, with an
active membership of more than one
hundred.
TRACK WORKERS
NOR1H OF TOWN
The work of laying: steel on the
i Xenana-Fairbar.ks line is moving
.along steadily, under the direction
of Foreman T. K. Blakey, notwith
standing the fact that railroad con
struction on the north side of the
river is handicapped by lack of
equipment and a scarcity of gravel.
Progress also has been somewhat de
layed by a stretch of swamp over
which the rails are now being laid,
the roadbed requiring considerable
preparation in the way of log work,
such as found necessary on the D
line, to the south of town, last sum
mer.
The swamp in fluestion is about
three miles and a half from the river
and is about half a mile wide. The
rails have been laid about half-way
across and should reach the solid
grade on the north side by the end
of this week, after which the rails
"will move forward much more rapid
ly. The work at present consists
of putting in a log foundation, which
is a very tedious operation without
the necessary equipment to handle
the timbers. The men are com
1 pelled to wade around in the bog al
most to the top of their boots, put
' ting the logs in place, an operation
’ that was rendered much more expe
1 ditious on the D line by the use ol
' the Brown hoise, which, unluckily
'-cannot be used on a narrow-gaug;
line.
: The camp of the track gang wa
moved out the line toward the enc
; j of last week, near the swamp, wher<
• there is a spring of excellent water
• | Prior to the move, the men wer<
; quartered at Camp 415, necessitat
3 * ing a ride of three miles to a*
• : from work.
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| F-csh garden seeds, just arrived
1 Fowler & Morris.
IN IMPORTANT
BUTTE, Mont. — To have the
•toys,” which he started making as
i means of diversion during his
eisure hours, come into demand in
remote comers of the earth, and to
lave them figure in the courts in
important litigation, is the experi
ence of F. A. Linforth, a geologist
and mining engineer.
In a little engineering mining
?hop in a corner of his home, Mr.
Linforth, a graduate of the Uni
versity of California, ten years ago
began molding, or folding, to be
more exact, miniature models of
mine plans and mining machinery
out of various kinds of paper and
cardboard. It became a hobby with
him. and he became so proficient
that he was able to reproduce on
almost a “watch charm” scale the
vast and complicated inner works
of mining plants. He made models
of the largest mines of Butte so
precisely that miners could point
out the various stopes or raises in
which they worked.
An exploration company which s
building a large smelter in Chile
recently requested Mr. Linforth to
make a papier mache relief map of
the location of the proposed plant
and to build on it the smelter.
Without even having seen the
ground, Mr. Linforth. by means of
surveys sent him, made a reproduc
tion of the site, hundreds of acres
in extent, and built on it the minia
ture smelter on which the company
since has actually begun construe
tion work on its South American
property. This model was made on
a scale of 100 feet to the inch.
Miniature duplications of mines
have been ordered by mining men
to be sent to New York and other
large cities in order to interest fin
anciers in properties for which capi
tal was sought. The model of a
smelter found its way to the Uni
versity of Santiago, Chile, with the
result that a communication can:
from this school asking Mr. Lin
forth to reproduce for it models oi
certain mines and smelters of th<
United States. As a result, South
American mining students at thi;
university have before them in then
classrooms, among other models, th<
Great Falls, Montana, smelter it
detail, with every piece of machin
er> in place, and the reproductioi
faithful to the minutest detail.
In the Montana federal court ;
lawsuit involving millions of dollar
is at issue, and Mr. Linforth’s serv
ices have been sought to reproduc
for examination in the courtroom
small models of two of the larges
mines in the Butte district. Whe
the case comes to trial, the cour
will follow the argument, which in
valves title to various veins, b
having the points mentioned in th
testimony pointed out.
“My hobby never can become
business,” said Mr. Linforth. “Ther
is not enough mine construction t
make it a commercial propositioi
because in a few weeks I can rt
produce the miniature of a plan
costing millions of dollars.”
Several of Mr. Linforth’s assoc
ates work with him each evening i
his little home factory, w'hich
known in most of the technical un
versifies of America and to the nu
jority of the mining men of th
country.
R. H. Chadwick (Red Sole Snool
urns), who has had the Alaska te
ritory for the United States Rubbe
’’ company for many years and is we
i known throughout the North, hs
quit the road and is now engage
in the haberdashery business wil
iP. H. Fox, formerly of Douglas, i
'Aberdeen, Wash. W. B. Hedrick
covering Central Alaska this yei
in Chadwick’s place.
The Fido club is a Wrangell ii
stitution.
WANT ADS
FIFTEEN MEN WANTED to cut
wood. Five dollars per cord;
good timber. A. G. Vachon, Tolo
vana. . k25
BEST BUY in town. Three-room
house, with or without furniture.
Inquire News office.
A SNAP—Upright piano, practically
new, for sale, with music and
rack. Inquire News office.
FOR SALE—My entire holdings,
consisting of Lot 6, Block 10,
three-room log house, finely fin
ished and partially furnished, to
gether with provisions and wood.
Also my half interest in Nenana
Steam Laundry. A* bargain, if
taken before August first. Must
go Outside on urgent business is
reason for sacrifice. Mrs. Clara
Allred, Nenana, Alaska. k7-2d
FOR~ SALE — Showcase. 5 hi feet
long. Practically new. Cheap.
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
STRAY DOGS.
Three stray dogs have come to
my place, two miles below town,
within the last few days—two on
July 2 and one on July 3—and are
■ being cared for by me pending the
| appearance of their owners, who can
■ recover the dogs by paying for their
i board. One is a small white bobtail
idog, one a black dog with long tail.
| and the other a bobtail malamute,
i with gray and white spots.
NELS STOL,
Fish Camp. Two Miles Below Town.
MARINE BULLETIN
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Seattle No. 3, up Kotlink 9a.m.
112th.
| Washburn, up Holy Cross for
IDikeman, 7:30 a. m., 12th.
j Jacobs, at Whitehorse.
Nasutlin, down Hotalinqua, 9:30
ja. m., 12th.
j Casca, up Dawson, 8 a. m., 12th.
i Dawson, up Hootalinqua, 9:30 a.
'm., 12th.
| Davis, down Kokrines, 7:30 a. m.
! Yukon, up Rampart, 8:55 a. m.
i Reliance, up Koyukuk river. 9th.
j Alaska, up Gibbon for Fairbanks,
j 5 p. m., 13th. '
Dr. A. A. Kenison, Fairbanks op
tician, is planning to leave for the
States on Friday, by way of the
Richardson highway.
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