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The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-24

ported, 102 were operated by white
 farmers as owners, managers, or
 tenants; 27O by negroes, and 5S
 by mixed blood farmers. The aver
 age size of farms is 1925 acres, | of which an average of 91.7 acres was reported as improved and 7O.s acres as unimproved. The total value of farm property is given as $3,7O6,911. The number of farms reporting live stock was 3S1. the value of which was given as S5S2.- 921. The total value of all crops for the year ending October 31, 1917, was given as s522,6O6, sugar cane contributing S442,12O and hay and forage S67,589.
 The number of manufacturing es- tablishments in the islands was 84 of which 65 were located on St. Croix, 3 on St. Joohn, and 16 on St. Thomas. The number of per sons engaged in manufactures was SAP, of whom CSC were wage earn CTS. The capital invested was s1.- 429,524; the value of materials used S781, ,417; and the value of products Sl'292,247. Of the total value of products, cane sugar contributed S97S,188; bread and other bakery products, S192,544; and bay rum S3S,745. The manufacture of sugar from came employed 62 per cent of the wage earners, 76 per cent of the capital, and produced 80 per cent of the total value of the pro- ducts of manufactures. Distribu- tion and hours of labor of the gain fully employed, by sex and age. are interesting features of the popula- tion and manufactures statistics of the report
 The census of the fisheries of the islands, the first ever taken. shows total of 3S0 persons engaged in the industry, with capital invested of s11,0O2 and total catch for the year valued at S44,436.
 In addition to the sections de- voted to statistics of population. ag rlculture, manufactures, and fish cries, an introductory chapter of the report gives much interesting infor- nation of the geography, history. climate, etc., of the islands and maps and illustrations are interest ing features of the publication.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-24
WANT ADS

FOR RENT-Cabin, furnished or unfurnished. Apply at Carter House.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-24
UNCLE SAM IS LUMbERMAN ON
 IMMENSE SCALE

DOUGLAS.-Fred Henson, for several years steward at the Tread we'll mess house, nc successful
 merchant at Port Angeles, Wash,
 In letter to his father, United
 States Commissioner ,ona ilcnscn,
 at this place, tells 5f what .s said
 to be the most gigantic Undertaking rby the government in the line of aeroplane lumber production in the
 United States.
 At point forty miles back from Port Angeles, on Lake Crescent and toward the Olympic m2unsa ns, the government is erecting what will be when completed, the largest sawmlll in the world, which will le used exclusively for the purpose of cat- ting spruce for aeroplane construc- tion for use in the ozone and azure that intervenes between Germany and the Armament of Heaven.
 The vast prairie country cont gu ous to the foothills of the Olympic mountains contains billions of feet of the finest spruce in Amer,ca, and Mir. Henson writes his father that 2,000 experienced woodsmen are now engaged in cutting 1t down and getting out logs for the big sawmill which is being rushed to completion as rapidly as possible, and which will have a capacity of over one million feet of lumber daily.
 A railroad 42 miles in length, a branch of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, is being constructed to the new mill and a system of feeder tracks will be built throughout the timbered region to facilitate the work of getting logs to the mill.
 The United States government is | in charge of the mammoth under taking and will conduct it until the end of the war, when the industry will be taken over by private cor poration, presumably the Chicago, & St. Paul Railroad com i pany, which is known to own much l of the timber land in that section. ]
 The fact that the government is going so extensively into the spruce lumber business bears out the be- !! lief that reports to the effect that ] future warfare on Germany will be made mostly from the air are true. l Also, one million feet of lumber daily will permit of the construction of fleet or flock of airplanes within a short time that will almost | shut off the sunlight from the land l of the Hun.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-24

Two thousand barrels of salmon have been packed to date by the Ohm Fish and Packing company, situated near Cordova, and com posed of local Valdez and Cordova men. It is asserted that 500 more barrels will be packed before the season ends. The company is also making arrangements to pack salt herring.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-24
LABOR ASSURED WAR WILL SHOW
 WORTHY EFFORT

CLEVELAND.-"When the bat
 ties have been won labor organiza-
 tions will have the satisfaction of knowing that they did their full part toward making the world safe for the people who inhabit it." declared W. G. Lee, president of the Broth erhood of Railroad Trainmen, in a Labor Day message to members of the Brotherhood at San Bernard ino, Cal
 At no time in the worlds his tory has the value of responsible labor organization been recognized to greater degree" the message says. Efficiency and co-ordina tion as exemplified by collective bargaining are accepted by the gov ernment itself as the most effective means whereby the greatest results are to be achieved The entire foundation of responsible labor or ganization is the basis on which the nation has placed it's faith for in- tensive production and distribution in carrying on the war.
 With close to 14,OO0 of our bows actively engaged in war service and with 10000 others carrying on the transportation work at home, the Brotherhood can feel that we are taking care of the work assigned to us and giving every ounce of energy that the end may speedily be ac- 
 "This is no time to waste in lam over what we may not ap- prove. If we ever needed to buck up and shove out a determined chin it is right now.
 American labor at heart is sound; it has little sympathy with the pretender and the small minority that attempts to distract attention from the main issue by it's whining over supposed errors in administra- tion. and its demands for revolution do not deserve serious consideration when the millions of loyal workmen are remembered.
 "We are with the President, the Administration. We are not vast ing much effort or energy over what we will revolutionize during the war. We are pulling with the President to win this fight and will take our chances in the reorganization of business and industry after we win the war.
 Tt is with the greatest pleasure of all my experience that I extend to the members of the Brotherhood, and all others whose belief in a democratic form of government lends their aid to the great endeavor m which we are engaged, my sin cere good wishes for their future and the continued welfare of our labor organizations that stand in line with our boys 'over there 5eritable bulwark of the nation"
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-24
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

The results of a census of the Virgin Islands formerly the Dan- ish West Indies) has just been published in an octave volume of 174 pages. The inventory was made at the request of the secretary of the navy, by the Bureau of the Gen. sus of the Department of Commerce under the supervision of MT. Eugene F. Hartley, chief statistician for manufactures of the Census Bureau.
 The report shows that by this latest territorial acquisition the area of the United States was in creased slightly more than 132 square miles; this aera being prac- tically that of the three principal islands, St. Croix Santa Cruz) St. John, and St. Thomas. There are in addition about 50 small is lands or cays, the largest about one mile square.
 Interesting and significant is the fact that while the United States acquired title to the Virgin Islands by treaty with Denmark, on August I, 1916, after negotiations of more than half century, the language of the people is English, though the islands were under the Danish flag for 245 years.
 In 1917 the value of the exports from the United States to the is- lands was S1,416,342 and of the imports from the islands S1,259,6O7
 The population as of November l, 1917, was 26,051, and comparison with earlier censuses shows the pop- ulation has steadily decreased. from 43,178 in 1885 to 26,O51 in 1917. Of the total persons in 1917, 1922 were white, 19,523 wer negro, and 4,6O6 mixed. The sex distribution was 11,999 males and 14,O52 fe- males. The returns showed 5.281 persons, or 24.9 per cent of the population 10 years of age or over to be illiterate. The population of each of the three principal islands Tn 1917 was as follows: St. Croix 14,9O1, St. Thomas 10,191, and St. John 959. The islands contain three cities: Charlotte Amalie, on the is land of St. Thomas, with a popu- lation of 7,747; and Christiansted and Frederiksted, on the island of St. Croix, with population of A. 574 and 3,144 respectively.
 Agriculture and animal husbandry engaged 6,0S4 of the total popula ton as owners managers, or ten ants, on the 43O farms or "estates" on the islands. These farms em- braced 69,s92 acres of the s4,7s1 acres included in the total area of the islands. Of the 43O farms re-
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-24

John Niven, one of the pioneers of the Klondike, passed away in the hospital in Skagway recently. He had lived for some time at Gold Bottom and was brought into the hospital from that district. He was S2 years old and native of Scot land.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-24

Nellie Neal and Mrs. Al. Roberts of Mile 45 out from Seward, were chased by big brown bear while gathering berries recently. The two women ran across a railway trestle and the bear abandoned the pursuit.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-12-19
0. S. FOOD FACTS

According to food administration
calculations the world will be far be-
low its normal supply of fats for at
least two to three years. These
calculations include our present OUT
put and the estimated splendid eff
forts of producers for the future.
Restrictions against the shipping of
wheat flour to West Indies, Mexico,
Central and South America have been
lifted and pre-war shipments now be
resumed. The export of -four rather
than wheat is made possible by in
creased ocean tonnage made avail
able since the signing of the armstice.
Effective December 10, the special
regulation governing the distribution
of fresh fruits or vegetables including
potatoes will be repealed. This
means that the shipment of fruits re-
turns to pre-war regulations and that
the food administration no longer
plays a part in the matter of the
grading of potatoes.
The farmers Of the country are
notified by the food administration
that more mill feeds are in prospect
and will be available about the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-12-19

the cities Of the u. S., the news OF
Germany's complete surrender was
also received with frenzied joy and
happiness. You must write and tell
me all about everything back home. /
have not received more than two APP
pleton Press Papers, and wish that
you would send one occasionally, es-
pecially the one wherein is told the
death of r. johnson, would like to
see that article, for Margaret writes
that it was a long write-up.
The Press people have got my in
itials as "a. G."sinstead of "A. A" so
that is why my paper goes lost. !
have written to them about it, but |
guess they must be dead or close TO It
over in that town.
You have asked me how I sleep and
what accommodations / have for
bed. We have wooden barracks built
especially to sleep in. Stoves are
kept in them, the barrack is construct
ed of wood covered with tar paper,
making it very warm and cozy place
to sleep in. We never get cold in it.
Our food is getting better since the
fighting has stopped, and I suppose
everything will be much better from
now on. Before the boys up at the
front received the best of everything,
and we fellows back here in the S. O.
S. mad to be satisfied with what was
given to us. I have four big heavy
wooden blankets to cover myself with,
two thick heavy bed-ticks to sleep on,
so don't worry am getting as. good
treatment in the U. S. Army as a
fellow could ask for.
I have been receiving a letter from
you folks every week lately. Yester-
day I received mothers letter written
on the 22nd of Oct, also one from
Indie and one from Margaret. They
both give me "hail Columbia" for not
writing, Indie said she had not heard
from me since she was in Aberdeen,
and Margaret writes that she has not
heard from me for two weeks. Some
times mail boat is sunk on the ocean,
and then of course the mail goes lost.
I have written one letter every week
without fail to you folks since have
been in France, so if you do not get
my letters it is not a fault of my
part.
The influenza has passed over here
in France, the rainy weather has let
up, and we have nice sunshine every
day. You folks want to take good
care of yourselves back home, for that
epidemic is raging fiercly back home
by the reports of things. 1t is safer
to live over here now than it is back
there. Do not worry about me, for we
have less sickness here in Franco than
you have.
Well folks I hope that you will get
the Christmas package that sent a
few days ago. Let me know when you
get it. With love and good wishes to
you all, am, your loving son,
Arthur II. Lembke.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-12-19

222 cases, each containing "a nun,ber
2 cans. The pack this year is about
one million cases larger than last
wear, which in turn was greater by
more than $4,000 cases than the
previous record pack Of 1915.
The poultry raisers are being asked
by the food administration for a
record-breaking output Of winter eggs
for which there is an urgent necessity
this winter. The storage stocks are
q per cent less than year ago and
are rapidly being consumed. The
United States is sharing these storage
eggs with the Allies whose producnsn
Of poultry products is low. Domestic
demand too for eggs has been large,
due to the Improvement in quality as
a result of compulsory Gambling. The
fact that the importation OF Chinese
dried eggs was stopped in February,
1918. has added to the shortage as
bakers since that time have been us
ing the shell eggs.
every farm poultry house in the
United States" says A. D. Wilson,
federal food administrators for Min
nesota, SHOULD be made busy egg
factory this winter. Consult your
county agent, state experiment station
or the u. S. Department of Agricui-
ture for best methods"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-12-19

Christmas holidays. The return OF
all-wheat bread to general use, the
relaxation Of the substitute reguia-
tions, the recently increased purchases
of flour by the food administrator
grain corporation for export, the can
collation. Of the so-called "miil ex-
traction rule" which as war time
measure diverted into flour a con-
siderable proportion of the wheat
berry which ordinarily was used Tor
feed; all have combined to increase
the mill food output fully one-fifth
In the face Of this increase, however,
the food administration warns against
too great optimism since, it is de-
clared, there will be a continued short
age of mill feed compared with pre-
war years and continued conservation
will be necessary.
The food administration notifies re-
tailers that regulation concerning the
advertising of combined sales is still
in effect. Special license regulations
providing for uniform weights for
packages Of cereal products and for
uniform packages for rice have been
rescinded. These products now may
be packed or sold in sizes to suit.
The pea-pack of 1918 reported to
December and covering more than So
cent of the total pack of the country
reaches total equivalent to 10,sS9,-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-12-19
Interesting Soldier Letters

don't know of any more news to
write, SO will close for this time,
wishing you and all members of the
M. H. G. Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year. Joseph N. Jackson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-12-19
WAR ACTIVITIES INSPIRE
SOLDIERS TO LIVE BETTER
LIVES, SAYS DAVID SCHAUB

1 o. - 4 F.. +
David Schaub, one Of Sank Centres
young men serving his country in the
Naval air service at the U. S. station
at Pauillac, France, writes most
interesting letter to his pastor, Rev.
E. E. Thompson, which the Herald is
privileged to publish herewith:
Dear Pastor-Since have not met
| you as yet, I hope that you will
accept this letter as an introduction.
The Methodist church of Sank Centre
with it's former pastors and its magni-
fcient congregation has in the past
been such an inspiration to me that
l am compelled to express my heart
felt thanks unto them one and all at
this Thanksgiving season of the year.
While at Sank Centre, l endeavored
as a member of your church, to serve
God and in turn was greatly blessed
in my efforts. Sir, you know of the
consolation and frmness that grows
out of a clear-cut faith in God. It is
especially so when one is subject to
the awfulness of war. I can assure
you that you would be amazed at the
number of lads that have seen the
need of higher power and have Civ
en- their all up to His cause.
When war stafes a man in the face,
he begins to think. After witnessing
the horrors of war, he sees that no
convenience of men can furnish him
protection. 1t is then that he gazes
up into Gods eternal heavens and
knows, maybe for the first time, that
a higher power really does exist. His
next though is, "a mans not man
without God" 81
So 1 wish to tell you that it is
good for US to be here. 1t is worth
ten years of ones life to see the new
zeal with which the French are now
possessed. With their cities and viii
lagos aglow by day with happiness
and thanfulness and their banners
waving in the soft, mellow light of
the balmy nights, they rejoice once
more; a ransomed nation. Little child
rem whose fathers, and many times
mothers, have been slain in battles or
raids, sing happily along with all the
rest, in spite of the lonesome, wander
ing lives which they are forced to live.
May God guide their innocent little
feet lest they slip and fall.
At this Christmas tide, as we rejoice
in the anniversary of the birth of our
Saviour let us remember Him for the
birth of a new world. He has given
us the victory and now we as the de-,
tenders of democracy, must prove
ourselves worthy of such triumphant
gift. ~-
In closing wish you and your con-
gregation A Merry Xmas and Happy
New Year. Sincerely yours,
David S. Schaub.i
P. S.-Would be delighted to hear
from you or your congregation.
4
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-12-19
ARTHUR LEMBKE SAYS UNCLE
SAM is TAKING FINE CARE OF
THE DOUGHBOY IN FRANCE

Arthur Lembke, son of Henry c..
Lembke, who arrived in France Aug.
IL, has written his father, Henry C.
Lembke an interesting letter from
Tours, France, under date of Novem-
Der 16, as follows:
Tours, France, Nov. 16, 1913.
My Dear Father:
Writing letters this week to yon all,
I think these are very happy times
for all of US, especially for me, be-
cause know now that I shall again
return home before many months go
by. Before ! did not know how long
they would continue with this war,
and I was not always so sure if ]
would ever see you again. This was
was such a big conflict, that sometimes
it made me think that it would sweep
the whole world taking all the young
men Of every country. The happiest
moment Of my whole life win be
when / step off the train at Sank Cen
tire and greet you all again. We, no
doubt, will have to stay over this
winter to get everything cleaned up,
but as long as we know that we shall
return home sometime that is good
news as it is.
shall have to tell you Of the big
celebration staged here in Tours on
the night Of the day that the Armstice
was signed. The people went wild.
French and American soldiers locked
arm-in-arm went yelling and jumping
up the streets. French women and
girls rushed everywhere throwing
their arms around us soldiers, kissing,
us, so happy were they. Flags were
waving out every window, whistles
and church bells were giving forth
their shrills and peals of liberty and
victory. Bands played at the head of
big monster parade that formed in
front of the city hail., By eighty-thirty
that same evening, there was such a
mob on the streets that it was i'm
possible to make your way through
the crowd. All the cafes were open,
orders were given not to arrest any,
one for this was the day of the big
victory and the end of the big world
war, so wine flowed as Ace as water.
never saw such joy and happiness,
old people and young, French soldiers
and American soldiers, Joined in
celebrating the glad tiGings.
can imagine that back home IN
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-09
HARDWICK STRIKE
AT NEWSPApE
MEN
MAKES HARD WISE Against HIS
HOME NEWSPAPERS.

WASHINGTON, Jan. }.-Senator
HarGwick of Georgia toGeJ assaiIed
the senate resolution to have the trade
commission take charge Oh tire news:
rrint industry with an attack on the
newspapers and declaration that the
regulation of the news prirs paper sit.
uation is no more hcceo, airy 10 winning
the war than to control cotton and po-
tato fields.
Surely we are not soing send our
ever Jealous newspaper mel 10 fight
the Germans" he said alta -ugl. L
ould to take few and stick thaul III
The front firing ranks OF tic men lic2
Rave drafted"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-09
GERMAN PAPERS Say
GEORGE in DISGUST
GLAD ENGLAND WILL QUIT INTER
FERlNG WITH GERMAN
AFFAIRS.

BERLIN Tuesday, JAN S---TorAa
erts, the principal organ of ~, social
list, commenting on Lloyd George
speech, declares the premier naaquer-
AIDED in earthly selected disguise Ii
says the speech as framed in some
Parts met the approval Of tbs German
workingmen.
1t adds that the premier's abandon
ment of the attempt to interfere III
Cermany's international affairs IS graf
flying.
His demand that the states wnicli
have been overrup in the course Of
war be restored to complete independ-
cnce does not call forth contradictions
Il asks that if the German colonies
are to be protected from exploration
Why not the British as we'll.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-09
TEUTONS Level,
THIRTY VILLAGES
BELGlANS HAVE NOT BEER PER
MlTTED TO RETURN HONE.

PARIS, Jan. 8. The Rome cores
]ondent Of the Martin says by order
Of Won Hindenburg according tc relia-
lblc information which reached him
Sunday, thirty villages behind inc wcs-
tern front, mostly in the region of 81.
Quentin, have been levelled 20 the
ground to afford a better oppoItahi z
for the defense Of the German lines
TO the rear
Notwithstanding the denials tn coz
respondent adds that only one thiIl
Of the three hundred thousand Bel
yians deportod to Germany have been
permitted to return to their homes
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-09
ENGLAND PROUD
OF WILSON
ADDRESS
DESTINED TO CREATE GREATER
SENSATION THAN LLOYD
GECH,zE.

WASHINGTON, Jan 8. i resident
Wilson'S speech taxes III, leading
Dlacc both in Tie rnvi and rditoria:
columns Of the Lend - press ~ :, pa.
yer describes it as 10 Magma Charta
G Future Pea,
the evening papers hni Il disagree
mant i'll essential policr between Il and
The premicr's recent Sao '2il. 1t IS no
ted that the President IealS mare aym.
nathctically with the Bol5icyih; hut
freed as much from the I,usalAn col
lapse az the western a:';C- nave
However, the Wcstmirr:!cr Ga"rntie
welcomes Wilson's "@ara.''l Sympa-
t..ctic Language" and says :, moo I'll
Misunderstanding which may have
arisen from other statement, will be
removed by the unequiyorri !ans::::ec
il which the President adopts the Rus
sian demands as his own.
The speech appears lnder su h Ee&d-
lines as "AMerica's Terms T. Garma
nv World Peace Progtam,' Great
Programme of International R~forms. y
The Stadard heralG5 toe aiiress as
"Another Notable Contri Au,'.n to
pRumfire on Enemys Moral Position,
Hopes to Opportunity be LOstsin Flu
ture". Rain Blows on System Whose
Greed in Wilson's Words is imperial
Domination"