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.
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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ALWAYS A GERMAN
Fifteen year ago Mr. Dooley, the
Chicago Irish philosopher, expressed
an opinion of his German hyphen
ated fellow-citizen that has been
to some extent justified by events.
He said: “I’m not predjudiced
again’ thim, mind ye. They make
good beer an’ good citizens an’ mod
rate policemen, and’ they are fond
of their families, always Dutch. Ye
cudden’t make Americans iv them,
if ye called thim all Perkins an’
brought thim up in Worcester. A
German niver ra’aly leave Germany
He takes it with him wheriver he
goes. Whin an Irishman is four
miles out at sea he is as much
American as presarved fish. But a
German is niver an American except
whin he goes back to Germany to
see his relitives.”
WORSE THAN 'WAR
The hospital to which they took
him on the north coast of France
was in the hands of an Anglo-Ameri
can unit. And in the particular
ward where he was placed reigned
a night nurse who understood but
a few words of his language.
The poilu was suffering from a
badly shattered leg. They had oper
ated in the afternoon. It was night
before he woke from the effects
of the drug administered. Immedi
ately he set up a great howl.
Over rushed the nurse to Jus side,
and was met with a torrent of in
dignant French. She soothed, scold
ed him, gave him such nourishment
as he might have. No use. Then
she remembered a nurse who could
MARKET SOUGH!
FOR VEGETABLES
Recent investigations by the Land
and Industrial department shows
there will be a surplus of four oi
five hundred tons of potatoes in
Anchorage section of the country,
says the Alaska Railroad Record.
Active steps will be taken by the
department to secure a market for
the vegetables along the coast of
Alaska and possibly at the American
Lake cantonment near Tacoma. Ac
tion will also be taken to urge the
steamship companies to reduce their
freight rates in order that the Alas
kan farms may be enabled to com
pete with the farms of the States in
disposing of their potatoes. To this
end the Land and Industrial depart
ment is exerting every effort to
find a market.
A circular letter has been mailed
to a number of the farmers and also
to all the business houses of An
chorage, requesting them to urge
the famers to have their potatoes
hauled to the railroad, or have them
available for shipment at any . time
during the months of April and May,
From various sources the Land
and Industrial department is ad
vised that potatoes in large quanti
ties are located several miles from
the railroad and unless they are
hauled before the breakup, it wil
not be possible to get them to mar
ket. The Land and Industrial de
partment therefore desires to urg<
upon all farmers the importance o1
having their pota oes available a'
any time after the arrival of th<
first boat in Anchorage.
A country wo-th fighting for ii
a country worth saving for. Bui
THRIFT STAMPS.
speak French, and fetched her. There
followed a long colloquy which left
the poilu somewhat puzzled but more
peaceful.
“Well?” asked the new arrival.
“They did not explain to him
about his arm.”
To mend his leg, an expert sur
geon had taken some bone from his
arm to graft the shattered limb. So
the poilu, who had gone to sleep with
only one wound, awoke to find him
self with two. No wonder he had
raged. He had seen nothing but
brutality in the ways of expert mod
ern surgery.
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FROM THE TRENCHES
“The only tragedy, as I see it,
would be to feel, as one lived on
and grew old. that one had ceased to
progress in soul—or worse, that one
was actually slipping back, losing
a part of what one had already
gained by struggle and suffering.
“The last thing in the world that
I want to do is to die. But if 1
ever lose the hope of going always
forward, gaining a little more know
ledge and a little more strength each
year—I'd like to have one of these
big noisy black things drop on my
head toute de suite, and finish off
at least with the credit of what I’d
already gained. But even that
; would be a li?%!c liitter ff I. Were not
able to feel that I was still on the
upward way. So here’s to our ideals
—and if we can’t attain them in life,
may we at least observe them in
death!”
Letter of Lieutenant Harry But
ters, an American with the British
forces, who was killed in action at
the age of twenty-four.
RED CROSS AIDING RESCUE
OF PARIS AIR-RAID VICTIMS
Air-raid rescue service is now pari
| of the regular activities of the Ameri
can Red Cross in Paris, according tc
a cablegram received at. Red Cros:
headquarters at Washington fron
the commissioner to Europe.
Ambulances and rescue parties art
on duty nightly and through co oper
ation with the police respond to al
calls. The workers are equippec
with gas masks and helmets. Noi
| only are the Americans transports
dead and wounded, but they assisi
the police anu firemen in digging
into the ruins and removing victim:
trapped in the buildings.
“In a recent raid five calls wen
received within an hour for Rec
! Cross help from as many differen
points, some of them several mile
, apart President Poincare and Pre
mier Clemenceau recently arrivet
at a place where a bomb had de
molished a house while the Americai
Red Cross men were removing th
wounded,” concludes the message.
OFFICIALS MAKING TRIP
Among the passenegrs leaving fo
out the line this morning wer
Superintendent of Construction W
L. Packer, who will took over thing
generally south of town; Team Fore
man Ed W. Forbes, who probabl;
will go to the end of the line t
make arrangements for the resump
tion of freight traffic with team
and wagons at the earliest possibl
date; and Line Auditor Bob Tous
saint, who will instal a number o
timekeepers in their new position
and who probably will go out th
line as far as Residency Four (4£
' mile.)
Ten Seattle flat cars of the 70
series, with side boards for coal sei
i vice, have been completed at the Ai
r chorage machine shops and are no’
in service.
ALASKA'S RECORD
FOR LAST YEAR
SHOWS INCREASE
Alaska's response to the call to the
big and effective, says the Alaska
Railroad Record. The wireless mes
big an deffective. The wireless mas
sage which told the pioneers of the
far North that their country had
joined in the world war against
kaiserism at once started men and
money to the front and filled the
enterprising Alaskans with such prac
tical patriotism that every line of
industrial, engineering, mining ag
ricultural and fishing activity im
mediately was speeded up to the top
notch of energy and production.
One of the results of this common
purpose to enthusiastically back up
the country in its hour of stress ap
pears in a statement in a routine
report of the department of the in
terior that, for the first time in her
history Alaska, last year produced
over 50,000 tons of coal. In Penn
sylvania this tonnage would be a
trival matter but the fact that ifl
1917 the coal output of Alaska ex
ceeded 50,000 tons is regarded by
men who are helping to develop that
country as of peculiar significance
For one thing, they say, it indicates
that the Alaskan Engineering com
mission which, only three years ago
began building a government-owned
railroad from Seward to Fairbanks
which with its branches and spurs
will aggregate approximately 56C
miles, already is in shape to hau
coal which has been its principal ob
jective; that what has been talked
about for years, has come to pass
| and that from now on coal produc
tion will increase so that last year’s
total will be remembered only be
cause it reached a tonnage suffi
j cient to attract attention. It is pre
dicted that this year more than 100,
I 000 tons of coal will be taken frorr
| the mines and hauled on the Govern
| ment railroad and that in a compara
I tively short time the ships of th<
navy in the Pacific ocean can gel
their coal from Alaska.
All of the coal mined last yeai
was used in Alaska and most of ii
by the railroad which hauled i* Th«
fact that the local demand was met
by local production is looked upor
as showing a net gain of more thai
50,000 tons in the tonnage for ust
of the United States and its allies
Had it been necessary to ship this
coal from the Pacific coast of con
tinental United States, the entire
cargo space of two ships of the size
of the U. S. A. transport CrooL
would have been required for the
whole season.
Another striking effect of the
speed-up policy which all Alaskt
adopted when the nation sent out it:
call was the great increase, during
1917, of fish food production; the
total values of fish products jumpee
from $22,000,000 to $42,000,000, al
most double. In 1917 Alaska sen
to the United States more than 250,
000,000 pounds of canned salmoi
alone, an increase of 22,000,00(
pounds over the output of the pre
vious year. During the same perio<
I Alaska fishermen harvested from he
seas and rivers nearly 12,000,00i
pounds of fresh fish other than sal
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than 2.000,000 pounds and, in th
way of smoked, dried and othe
cured fish, Alaska exported mor
than 6,500,000 pounds, an increas
of something more than 1,000,00'
pounds over 1916. Altogether, Alas
ka sent out of her borders in 1917
more than 268,500,000 poutids o
fish food, or more than 25,000,00
pounds above her production in 191f
Secretary of the Interior Lane
who has charge of Alaskan afairs
commenting on the 1917 record mad
by the territory said:
“The results at this time, with
greater part ofthe world hungry, ar
most gratifying. Alaska has an er
ergetic, patriotic, pioneer populatio
which understands fully what th
war means, although so far remove
from the seat of action. Every cit
zen is enlisted in the effort to ir
crease production, knowing that th
greatest good Alaska can accon
plish is in making its treasures avai
able for the use of this country an
the allies at this moment. The r<
suits last year show the effect c
organized patriotic action. Th
year will yield far greater results.
Perhaps no railroad construction
in the world today excepting that in
the various theaters of the war, is
aruosing so much interest and creat
ing such large hopes as the trans
portation line which the Alaskan En
gineering commission is building
under the direction of Secretary
Lane. The coal famine in contin
ental United States put the Alaskan
coal fields in the spot light and the
Commission is bending its strongest
efforts to make immediately avail
able for development by private
capital as much coal land as pos
sible.
The United States Geological Sur
vey, in a recent bulletin, declares
that the most important event of the
year in connection with coal mining
in Alaska was the completion of the
Matanuska branch of the Govern
ment railroad. The survey places
the coal production in Alaska in
1917 at 61,000 tons, valued at $300,
000, with the largest production
coming from the Eska creek mines
in the Matanuska field. Coal alsc
was mined at the Doherty mine ir
the Matanuska field, at the Blufl
Point mine on Cook Inlet, on Cache
creek and near Candle. The higl
grade coal on Chickaloon river is
now being opened up by the Alaskan
Engineering commission for its owr
use in the constructiop and operatior
of the railroad, the coal lands in the
Nenana field have been subdividec
for leasing by private parties anc
the Government road is being pushee
southward to this field from Nenarn
on the Tanana river. It is believec
the railroad will reach this field anc
make coal available for river ship
ment this coming summer An in
teresting feature of the developmen
of the country through the building
of the Government road is the trans
formation of a number of pioneei
gold hunters into farmers- The ad
venturous men who plunged into th<
unchartered wilderness after the pre
cious yellow metal now are clearinj
lands contiguous to the railroad righ
of way to raise potatoes, turnips, ha;
and other farm products. The nev
railroad passes through an extensive
agricultural counting and over i
thousand homesteaders now are de
veloping that region. This would be
an impossibility without a railroac
and the prospects for a decided in
crease in agricultural activity anc
for a considerable number of nev
homesteaders filing on land this yea
are bright. The production of po
tatoes in the country tributary tc
the railroad was between 1,500 anc
2,000 tons last vear and 200 tons o
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turnips were raised.
The Land and Industrial depart
ment of the railroad has been con
ducting an effective campaign tc
have Alaskan farm products consum
ed locally. Chambers of Commerce
and like associations of businessmen
farmers, railroaders, miners anc
, i newspapers were brought together b;
: the Land and Industrial departmen
to adopt plans of co-operation be
j tween the producers and consumers
: The result was a general agreemen
i to purchase homegrown products
This action insures a continually in
I creasing local market for all farn
i 1 output and it is confidently predictec
■! that this year will see almost an old
1 j time rush of homesteaders into th<
•1 country traversed by the Governmen
IJ railroad.
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Treacherous gasoline caused th
total destruction of the residence o
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Soutar, at Idiil
arod recently, and the very sever
burning of Mrs. Soutar, who wa
alone in the house, and not anothe
person within a distance of tw
blocks. That Mrs. Soutar escape
with her life is miraculous—as he
shoulders, arms, neck and face ar
frightfully burned. With her clot!
ing afire Mrs. Soutar rushed froi
the flame filled house clear acros
First street into the hard-cruste
deep snow for relief, and her scream
quickly brought a couple of neigl
bors to her aid, who found the littl
woman in an exhausted conditio
from the terrible experience Sh
was quickly carried to the Adair
house, where “first relief” requisite
were splendidly applied by neighboi
ing women, and a fast dogteam soo
delivered her at the hospital, whei
she was placed under the care c
a doctor.
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Not Better Than the Best,
But Better than the Rest.”
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MANY EMPLOYESS OF CIVIL
SERVICE ENTER ARMY
Wm. C. Redfield, secretary of the
department of commerce, is authori
ity of the statement that since the
declaration of war with Germany,
1,591 employees of the department
of commerce have entered the mili
tary and naval service of the United
States. Of the eight bureaus of the
department, the Bureau of Light
houses has contributed the largest
nummer, 1,234. The Coast and Geo
detic Survey ranks second, with a
total of 175 employees.
The following statement shows
the number of employees contributed
by the several bureaus of the depart
| ment and the office of the secretary:
Bureau of Lighthouses.1,234
Coast and Geodetic Survey. 175
Bureau of Standards. 68
Bureau of Census. 39
Bureau of Fisheries. 20
Bureau of Navigation. 18
Steamboat Inspection Service. .. 17
Bureau of Foreign and Domes
tic Commerce. 11
Office of the Secretary. .... 9
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Total .1.591
The above total does not include
12 employees of the various bureaus
of the department who have been
appointed field clerks in the United
States army.
When stating as above for gen
eral information the number of those
who have entered the active war ser
vices, attention is called to the fact
that every one of the eight services
of the department and the men and
the women who serve in them are
actively engaged also in important
work necessary to carry on the war,
and much of it is of a character
vital to sustaining the armies in
the field. In this struggle, which is
not a contest of armies and navies
alone, but in strict truth a contest
between nations, discrimination must
not be made between those who with
equal patriotism serve at the desk,
in the laboratory, in the shop, and
in the field. We do not catch the
spirit in which our country enters
the war if we fail to understand
that service in it is common to all.
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"WAX SAVINGS STAMPS
ISSUED BY THE
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
I The habit that
1 makes men rich
Saving is a habit—the habit that makes
men rich.
While the Government needs the money
that will be invested in the War Savings
Stamps, there are other, and simpler meth
ods that could be used to raise this two bil
lion dollars.
The greater purpose of 'War Savings Stamps
is to give every man, woman and child a
personal part in financing the war for free
dom and to teach the most beneficial habit
in life—the habit of thrift. So that when
the war is over the people will have saved,
out of the high wages of these days, some
part of their income, as a provision for the
future.
world.
Look out for your personal future. Make
certain of it by buying War Savings Stamps
now, while you can. They pay 4 .per cent
interest, compounded quarterly, and are
backed by the strongest treasury in the
THEY EARN MONEY
THEY SAVE LIFE AT THE
FRONT, BY HELPING UNCLE
SAM WIN THE WAR.
BUT THEM AT THE
POSTOFFICE