The Nenana daily news., 1918-05-01
NENANA|TES ARE URGED ID SWELL
 POOL RECEIPTS

been very thoroughly threshed out, but it is one of so much importance
 that we cannot afford to lose sight of any opportunity afforded. We have clearer understanding of what the word "Conservation" means than before our active participation
 in the war, and the dullest of us knows that he best conserves who wastes the least. In Alaska our somewhat limited grain crops are fed to our horses, and so we have little chance, without working an unwarranted hardship on our live stock, to conserve in that respect. But we are "doing our bit" so far as concerns the material manufac- ! tured from Outside-raised crops, and so can say the matter of conserva- /! tion of cereals is being attended to i insofar as we are concerned. Our crops of fish and mineral other than gold are being used to the utmost
 advantage for war purposes and the
 production of tungsten, copper and
 antimony has been greatly stimu-
 lated, as, we hope, that our coal
 soon will be. Our gold crop pre- sents peculiar paradox; for, all though it is needed more than ever and is still to be had for the dig
 ging, we can produce less than usual because of the ever-increasing cost of production is outdistancing the fixed price paid for the raw gold. It therefore appears that the con- servation of our gold crop is quite we'll taken care of, and that there is little danger of any of it being wasted. But we have an unlimited acreage of still another crop, one that we neither SOW nor reap to any
 considerable extent, and from which in the past we have expected no financial return That, however, was in the days before we were so we'll posted on conservation and we know better now and are determined
 to let none of Natures gifts get away from us before we have col 1 lected all the toll we can. But there is danger of Nenana's share
 in this big crop will escape without giving up it's tribute unless we get busy very soon. I refer to Alaska s justly famous ice crop. Now, while we all know that if it were not for that trifling matter of transporta- tion a lot of money could be raised on "No. l Hard Nenana" in the ice markets of some of the less favored
 cities of the Outside, we are all equally well convinced that that ''If'' is prohibitive. But let me suggest that an excellent opportunity is pre- sented at this time in connection with our local ice field, even though
 it is now as shopworn as last years birdnest. You all know that
 in the past there have been many appeals to your pocketbooks on be-
 half of charity, and the generous record made by Nenana proves they have not been in vain. Frequently patronage has been solicited for en- tertainments or rallies gotten ur for charitable purposes that utterly failed of their object, some of them
 resulting in net loss instead of sur
 plus. And many of you have no
 doubt often thought you would
 rather contribute certain sum out
 right, so the intended beneficiary could get 100 cents out of your
 dollar. Now this matter can be ad- justed if the contemplated Asso.
 ciated Charities fund is raised and
 placel in the hands of committee fol
 disbursement in cases which, after
 investigation, have been found to be
 worthy. All of the attending ex
 pense in connection with the raising
 of the fund will in this way be dis
 pensed with, and, besides, the money
 will be available without the delay
 incident to the old methods of af
 fording relief. The means suggested
 for raising this fund afford method
 whereby the essence of conserva
 tion may be extracted from the ice
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