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The Nenana news., 1917-06-09

Help the Red Cross. A more worthy cause could not be recog- nized than that embracing the world-renowned work of this pat riotic organization. All good cit izens will find pleasure in the interest which has been awakened in Nenana and the efforts which are being made to increase the membership of the American so- ciety which, in comparison with the Entente countries, is conspic- uously in arrears. The sale of badges. which was started during the week, met with such a sener- ous response that all were sold in short order and a new supply has been ordered. When these arrive a further appeal for members will be made.
 These badges entitle the purch- aser to membership in the Ameri- can Red Cross and include amonth's subscription to the Red Cross mag azine. which aims to keep mem- bers of the Red Cross in touch with all the movements inauSurat- ed by the society. Through its columns relief measures are given publicity. and it also serves as the official channel of communication for sick and imprisoned soldiers.
The Nenana news., 1917-06-09
WfDNESDAYS BULLETIN

Berlin: The naval board this morning .1icially announced the loss of the sub- narlne U-20.
 Seattle: The results of registration ill this city according to latest reports totals 26, ,OOO, with the count still incomplete.
 Fairbanks: Miss Lucille Latimer, the popular "hello girl" at the local ex- change, is enroute to Neuana to consult with Dr. NJ. E. Smith. --.
 Navajo, Ariz: The Ute Indians have absolutely refused to comply with the registration order and have driven the registration officials off their reservation.
 Dawson: Advices from the upper river state that the ice in Lake Labarge broke yesterday. This morning the lower end of the lake for distance of a mile and half was heavily iammed with ice.
 Fairbanks: An interesting game of baseball was played at the park last night between the city hall bunch and nine composed of federal employees. The city tossers won by three runs, the score being. 13 to 10.
 Washington: Wisconsin is the first state to make known the result of regis tration, and the total comes within ], GOO
 
 prior to the vote. The returns show a
The Nenana news., 1917-06-09
otal of 2lS,O00.

Fairbanks: Judge Bunnell and the members of the court party which will visit the lower river thIs summer are awaiting the return of the steamer Wash. where d number of cases are awaiting trial.
 Butte: Six hundred |. w. w. and Socialists paraded the streets of this city yesterday bee ring a red flag with the in- scriptiou: Down with war" A com pauy of the state militia was called out and dispersed them 10 prevent any possi- bllty of rioting.
 Washington: Officials in charge of the assembling of the registration returns stated this afternoon that the reports SO far received indicate highly satisfactory results, but that it will probably be late tonight before the last reports are in and the grand total can be announced.
 Fairbanks: Falcon Josln has taken lease on the Mcdonald Lode, the Blue bird and the Tango quartz claims, located on Ester Dome, and it is the intention of the railroad man to begin operations in the immediate future. The properties belong to John Mcdonald, George Kenny and Dwight Newton.
 Rio de Jauiero In reply to the note recently received from Berlin i'll which the Imperial government protestcdagaiust the seizure of German ships i'll Brazilian ports, the government this morning dis patched note to Germany i'll which 1t was stated that the seizure of intcrned German vessels lis necessary to replace the Brazilian merchantmen wh ch have been sunk by German U-boats."
 Washington: According to an official announcement issued by the war depart ment this morning an armed American merchantmen sank German U-boat Ill the blockade zone early this morning A running fight lasting an hour and half took place, during which the diver fired $ shots and the merchantmen 25. The last shot of the merchantmen was plainly seen to pierce the shell of the diver, which instantly reared out of the 1 water by the stern, and after remaining in plain sight for a few seconds disap- peared from sight, The submarine had no flag when she attacked the merchant man.
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NOTICE

To the heirs, and all others, interested in the estate of Emil Roatsch, De- ceased
 The petition of A. D. Thompson, ad- min1strator for the estate of Emil R Roatsch, deceased, having been filed, petitioning for an order of sale of real property be- longing to said estate;
 It is therefore ordered that the heirs, and all others, interested in the said estate appear in thls Court on the 9th day of July, 1917, at the hour of 10 o'clock, a. m., to show cause, if any ex- ist, why an order of sale should not be made as in the said petition prayed for; the real property belonging to said es- tate consisting of Lot No. IA, in Block No. 21, with cabin situate thereon, Ne mana townsite, Alaska.
 Robert E. Burns,
 United States Commissioner
 and exOficio Probate Judge First Publication, June g, 1917. Last Publication, July 2, 1917.
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TUESDAYS BULLETIN

Tokyo: The Chinese revolutionary movement is reported to have assumed serious proportions and the republic ap- pears to be doomed.
 Seattle: The steamship St. Michaels is billed to sail for the North with ship ment of 800 tons of steel for Nenana.
 New York: Two Germans were placed under arrest in this city today, charged with supplying information to the Ger man government. They are being held under bonds ill the sum of S25, ,000 each.
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I HURSDAY'S BULLETIN

First class mail reached Nenana last night.
 William Casey, who has been i'll Fair banks several days, is expected home to- morrow.
 Paris: 4 number of American war ships are reported to have arrived off the French coast this morning.
 Mrs. F. Stevens arrived in Nenana
The Nenana news., 1917-06-09

petition with other nearby towns. But the present season undoubted- ly will alter this condition. We will have our own large stocks to draw on hereafter and our location is such that we will be able to compete successfully with other Interior towns.
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Washington: It was athoritatively an nounced this afternoon that it Is the in- teution of the war department to draft one million men immediately. which it is believed will insure fighting force of $50, GOO instead of half million, as orig finally planned.
 Vienna: An official bulletin issued to- day states that the Italian offensive, which was started early last month, has cos. the enemy during the past l9 days total of loo. GOO in killed and wounded. Twenty thousand Italians were also taken prisoner Much fighting continues along the entire line but the positions of the opposing ar,nles remain practical ly unchanged.
 London: 4 report received from Gen eral Haig this morning states that the British forces ol erating on the Western front continued their advance during the night and met with further successes. Intense fighting characterized the ell. agreements east of Ypres, where tue Ger mans were retired at several points. The losses on both sides in that region have been unusually heavy during the past twenty-four hours.
 Washngton: Registration Day is being observed generally turnout the United States ill accordance with the act recently passed by congress for the purpose of as- certaining the number of Americans available for war duty. Tie registration order applies to all male citizens between the ages of T and 30 years, and includes every section of the United States \ day for registering ill the territories, includ ing Alaska, Hawaii and the Philippines, will soon be announced.
 Paris: Att most secret session of the Chamber of Deputies, held during the night, the peace terms which will be in sisted upon by the French government were decided upon, the vote on the reso lution being 453 in favor while only 55 voted against. France will insist upon the restoration of all territory at present occupied by the Germans, including all of Alsace- lorraine, and the Imperial German government must make full rep aration for all the damage done since the commencement of the war. The announce ment of the action of the Chamber has been received with general accord thru out the nation.
 London: One of the most important engagements recorded recently took place today along the coast of Flanders and in- volved both land and water force. A squadron of British warships opened the attack by bombarding the German base at Ostend, the British land forces renew ing their offensive ill the same sector si multaneously British cruisers also en- gagged the German defense fleet at long range and succeeded in sinking one Ger man torpedo boat While the extent of the damage done to the land defenses is not known definitely, 1t Is known that many buildings were wrecked by shells at Ostend and several land batteries were sllenced, The attacking vessels escaped uninjured.
The Nenana news., 1917-06-09

Angus Mcdonald, who has the contract to erect the Burns building at the corner of First and A streets, started work the first of the week and now has the build- ing we'll under way. When completed this building will be the largest in town
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MONDAYS BULLETIN

Fairbanks: Mrs Roy Shafer was talk en to St. Joseph's hospital this morning.
 The appointment of United States Mar shal Tanner has been confirmed by the senate.
 Valdez: Major Davidson has gone to Juneau to organize the first unit of the Alaska National guard.
 Dawson: Ahlert & Forsha, pioneer grocery concern of this city, are contem- plating entering business ill Nenana early this simmer
 Washington: State department offic- ials are authority for the statement that the British forces have captured 52,000 Germans since April Is.
 Mrs. Ed Lund went to work for the Alaskan Engineering commission this morning, having been assigned to a desk in the commissary office.
 Fairbanks: The local baseball players are practicng diligently, preparing for the game which they hope to play with the Nenana organization next Sunday.
 Fairbanks: Mrs. Georglne Anderson, owner of the Sunnyside greenhouse on the Garden island side of Cinema slough, died at St. Joseph's hospital today, death being due to diabetes.
 London: General Haig reports that the British forces have resumed the of- fensive in NorthW estern France and are making considerable advahce despite the stubborn resistance of the enemy.
 Petrograd: The city of Troitska was partially wrecked yesterday by rioters. Included in the damage done was the footing of the wineries and the destruc- ton of large stores of wines and liquors.
 R. C. Woods, Frank Whitely and H a short time in Nenana yesterday, en- route to the Tolovana. They are travel ing ill the Wood launch.
 Washington: The Norwegian admir- alty has announced that during the month of May German submarines collected a total of fiftI vessels with an aggregate tonnage of 55,000. The torpedoing of the vessels caused a loss of 25 lives.
 Juneau: l.. D. Henderson, superinten- dent of the Juneau public schools, has been appointed as first superintendent ot schools for the territory of Alaska, under the authority of the act passed by the legislature providing for uniform school system.
 Washington: According to an official announcement made today, it IS the plan of the federal government to provide llte insurance for American soldiers and sail ors engaged in the war. The relatives of those who die during the war are to re- celve the sum of S4000 The details of the plan have not been made public.
 Fairbanks: The Alaska Citizen re- ports the passage, last Saturday, of the Sundry Civil bill by tine upper branch of congress. Up to a late hour this after noon the News Miner press reports con- tained no mention of the passage of the measure. The sundry civil bill includes the Alaska railroad appropriation.
 About 500 ties and more than 100 logs were destroyed by forest fire which swept the woods yesterday in the vicinity of Twelve-Mile. A call for fire fighters was sent to town early in the afternoon by. Bob Touissant, who was making trip over tue right-of-way. and special train responded with score of volun- teers. Additional men were picked up along the line and some very effective work resulted. The train returned to town during the mite.
The Nenana news., 1917-06-09

Nenana needs a bank. And as the need becomes more apparent the assurance that such an insti- tuition can be made to pay becomes equally so. Nenana is not the center of a gold producing district like Dawson, Fairbanks or other Northern towns which depend in great part upon the output of the nearby creeks to maintain their banks and other institutions: but ours is a permanent town, with a most promising future. And there are mining camps sufficiently close to us to justify the belief that at least a part of the gold mined can be attracted to a local bank. We are, in fact, in the very heart of a most promising mineral belt, with many streams already producing gold and scores of others in the early stages of development. The day may not be so far distant when the Nenana district is as prolific in producing mines as any in Alas ka.
 But without the gold dust upon which Northern banks have come to depend so largely for profits, there is enough other business here to justify the establishment of a bank. We have a large payroll to insure generous deposits and there are opportunities here for using that money advantageously through legitimate banking chan nels. Large stocks which have been ordered by local merchants, and the prospect of the establish ment of additional supply houses in Nenana in the near future, give assurance that the town will be plentifully supplied with provisions and other supplies during the con- ing winter. Nenana, in fact, will soon be in a position to reach out for the business of neighboring districts, and within a year we should be firmly established as supply point, with boats coming to our docks for goods during the summer months and freighters from many nearby points making the town their headquarters during the winter.
 As has already been pointed out in these columns, Nenana is a natural supply point for large district, which embraces the Tolo- vana, Kantishna, Totatlinika, Bon- nifield and numerous camps both up and down the river. The fact that we do not already control this trade is the result of being unable in the past to sellsupplies in com
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-06-08
aSiiY Proved.

At mill ia Bolton the workers were
haying a discussion about who was
the quietest man they knew.
They got a minder to act as judge
Then they got their thinking apparatus
to work, to think who was the quiet
est man they knew. Many hundred
names were mentioned. The judge
was about to give his decision when
he saw minder who had never men
>tioned one.
Then judge then said: ''Neaw, Jack,
does tina not know any quiet mon?"
SWELL" said the minder, 81 think !
just know one"
"Well, out with it," said the judge
"Well, think ovid Bill Kite the qui-
etest mon / know"
The minders looked, and then they
all exclaimed at once: 'Why, mon,
he's dead !"
II know that. I think he's the qui
etest mon 1 know. He's never spoken
to me for nearly twenty years !"-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
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HAUNTED RIFLE IN TRENCHES
German Gun, Captured in Abandoned
Dugout, Brings Trouble 10 New
Owner, the Latter Believes.

An officer In the European trenches
writes.
l have heard many i'll omens APP
piled to certain towns or villages.
There is one on the tower Albert, for
instance; while certain dugouts are
always unduclky 1t is a bad omen in
some parts of the line to stumble over
grave.
During the late offensive certain
young officer found in captured
trench a German sniper's rifle with two
small ivory disks let into the stock.
He kept ii in his dugout, intending to
take it back to bIllets when they va
Gated the trench. One morning he
brought it out in the trench to clean,
and Fritz thereupon started strafing-
so that he had to retire again to his
dugout. Next day the same thing
happened, and whenever he brought
the rifle out of the dugout shells would
begin to come over. Finally the thing
got so on his nerves that he refused
to let any one touch the rifle. 1t is
probably still in the dugOut, for it is
certain that the legend was handed on
to the next occupants.
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ODD BRIDGES IN OLD WORLD
One of the Most Ancient Structures Is
That at croyIand, England, Dating
From Ninth Century.

Probably no town in the world has
such strange bridges as Srinagar, tie
capital of Kashmir, in India. The city
is built on the banks of the River Jhe-
lum, which is crossed by many wooden
bridges, lined with old and dilapidated
shops and houses, with balconies and
lattice windows. Some of these are
vc-y insecure, and look as if they
might at any time fall into the river
beneath, says London Tit-Bits.
The rooted Kapellbruche, at Lu-
cerne, is one of the most interesting.
It crosses the River Reuss diagonally,
and has 112 triangular paintings be-
meath the roof, recording the heroic
deeds of the old Switzers and the suf-
ferings of their patron saints. In the
midst of the Kapellbruche stands an
octagonal tower, which formed part
of the Notifications of the town in the
thirteenth century The bridge was
built in 1888
One of the most curious and ancient
bridges in Europe is that at Croyland,
In Lincolnshire, which is supposed TO
date Srom the ninth century. No road
now passes over and no water under
it. It consists of three pointed arches,
which meet in the center, and the as
cent is so steep that only foot passen-
gers can go over it. Upon the bridge
is a seated figure in stone of a ROBBED
Saxon king.
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EIiza,s Ambition.

I'm eatin' my peck o. trouble an no
mistaken" exclaimed Mrs. Skewer to
her friend, Mrs. Dobbs. ''Wot wiz
Jimmie jest 'ad measles, an my husband
down why skyattieker. I've got quite
enough worry wivout Eliza wantin' to
leave 'ome."
you don't mean to say sol" ex-
claimed Mrs. Dobbs, sympatheically.
Does she want TO go out to service?''
Service! No, that she don'ti' re
piled Mrs. Skewer. "She's got quite
a different idea in 'er cad"
Factory" suggested her friend.
mo, it amt the factory she's after
l may as well tell you she's persplr-
ing to the stage. That's wot she is r'
emphatically exclaimed Mrs. Skewer,
IAN I won't have itr'-London Tit
Bits.
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guage. The captain thanked him, fit
ted out another boat with him, and in
this boat it was my luck to go.
When we got there, it was such a
scene as you seldom see, and never
want to. Nastiness beyond account,
and chaos run loose in the midst of the
nastiness. There were not a great
many of the negroes; but by way
Of making what there were understand
that they were free, Vaughan had had
their handouts and anklecuffs knocked
off, and, for convenience sake, was
putting them upon the rascals of the
schooner's crew. The negroes were,
most Of them, out of the hold, and
swarming all round the dirty deck,
with a central throng surrounding
Vaughan and addressing him in every
dialect and patois of a dialect, from
the Zulu click up to the Partisan of
BeledeIjereed-
AS we came on deck, Vaughan
looked down from a hogshead. on
which he had mounted in desperation,
and said:
For Gods love, Is there anybody
who can make these wretches under
stand something's The men gave them
rum, and that did not quiet them. !
knocked that big fellow down twice,
and that did not soothe him. And then
l talked Choctaw to all Of them to-
gether; and I'll be hanged If they I'M
derstood that as well as they under
stood the English"
Nolan said he could speak Por-
tuguese, and one or two fine-looking
Kroomen were dragged out, who, as 1t
had been found already, had worked
for the Portuguese on the coast at
Fernando Pc.
'Tell them they are free" said
Vaughan; 'and tell them that these
are to be hanged as soon as
we can get rope enough"
Nolan explained it in such Portu-
guese as the Kroomen could under
stand, and they in turn to such of the
negroes as could understand them. |
Then there was such a yell of delight,
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90 Man Without
q A Country g
81 Eduord Everett Hale

more than half the surgeons do. Then
If anybody was sick or died, or If the
captain wanted him to on any other
occasion, he was always ready to read
prayers. / have remarked that he
read beautifully.
My own acquaintance with Philip
Nolan began six or eight years after
the war, on my first voyage after |
was appointed a midshipman. 1t was
In the first days after our slave trade
treaty, while the reigning house,
which was still the house of Virginia,
had still sort of sentimentalism
about the suppression of the horrors
of the middle passage, and something
was sometimes done that way. We
were in the South Atlantic on that
business. From the time I joined, /
believe / thought Nolan was a sort of
lay chaplain-a chaplain with q blue
coat. I never asked about him. Ev-
erything in the ship was strange to
me. 1 knew it was green to ask ques-
TONS and l suppose I thought there
was a ''Plain- Buttons on every ship.
We had him to dine in our mess once
a week, and the caution was given that
on that day nothing was to be said
about home. But If they had told us
not to say anything about the planet
Mars or the book of Deuteronomy, I
should not have asked why; there were
a great many things which seemed to
me to have as little reason. I first
came to understand anything about
"the man without a country" one day
when we overhauled a dirty little
schooner which had slaves on board.
An officer was sent to take charge of
her, and after a few minutes he sent
back his boat to ask that someone
might be sent him who could speak
Portuguese. We were all looking over
the rail when the message came, and
we all wished we could interpret, when
the captain asked who spoke Por-
tuguese. But none of the officers did;
and just as the captain was sending
forward to ask If any of the people
could, Nolan stepped out and said he
should be glad to interpret, If the cap
tain wished, as he understood the Ian
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-FOUR WEEKS
IN HOSPITAL.
No Relief-Mrs. Brown Fin
ally Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Cleveland, Ohio. -" For years I suf--
fered so sometimes it seemed as though
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south,s Farm Production.

The Manufacturers Record says
that the total value of the Soutb's ag-
ricultural products, including animal
products, in 1915 was more than 81,
650,000,000, or only s per cent less than
the total for the United States in 1900.
The total value of the South's crops,
emitting live stock. in 1916 was $685.
49,, 900, or 1902. $4,000 over 1915. To
this cotton contributed S1,0i9, 59S,000,
grain S1,2S3.369 900, and hay, tobacco
and potatoes SAC, 494,00
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and stayed four weeks but when ] came
home would faint just the same and
had the same pains.
A friend who is nurse asked me to
try Lydia E. Pinkham Is Vegetable Com
pound. | began taking it thatvery day
for l was suffering great deal. lthas
already done me more good than the
hospital. To anyone who is suffering
as l was my advice is to stop in the first
drugstore and get bottle of Lydia E
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound before
you 90 home. Mrs. W. c. BROWN
2844 W. 18th ST., Cleveland, Ohio.
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w. N. u, Salt Lake City, No. 2s--fs17.
A White U-Boat.

Slang is keeping right up with the
news.
1 was in one of those armchair
lunchrooms when messenger boy hur~
ried in.
"Gimme a white U-boat, quick" he
demanded.
Without hesitation the clerk pushed
a vanilla eclair across the counter
The U-boat was sunk" in three,
quick munches.-Boston Post