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The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-25
BIG EXCAVATOR
RESUMES WORK
AFTER REPAIRS
Big Bucyrus Dragline Excavator Re-
sumes Duty After Shut Down
For Repairs.

Taking advantage of the fact that
the locomotives used in hauling the
gravel cars on the new D line had
to be called off until the new re-
pair parts which arrived in Nenana
recently from the States could be
fitted on them, the big dragline
excavator also closed down and both
shifts working on her were busily
engaged in thoroughly overhauling
the big machine.
All of the necessary alterations
and repairs were completed yester-
day evening and the night shift 60
ing on duty last night resumed ex-
cavating operations and loaded up a
string of flat cars in readiness for
hauling away as soon as one of the
big locomotives arrives on the scene.
The repairs to the big locomotives
have also been effected and they
were both under steam last night
they went out on duty this morn
ing and it is expected that they will
be continually on duty helping build
the railroad until the coming of
cold weather and frost calls a
halt or slows up considerably the
construction work.
The output of gravel for the use
of the ballasting and surfacing
gangs averages about $50 yards per
shift Of eight hours, and at the
present time there are two shifts
working excavating and loading
gravel and there are also two shifts
ballasting and surfacing.
All of the work is now done on
the D line on force account, but
when the track has advanced about
mile or more from where it ends
at the present time, the gangs will
strike some grade finished by the
contractors and the work of laying
track will move along about twice
as fast as at present. The amount
of gravel that will be used on the
grade finished under contract will
also be less than half of the guam
tity now required.
The rails are now laid along the
right of way where there is no
semblance of a grade and it is after
wards raised to grade level and the
grade is built up with gravel hauled
from where the dragline excavator
is working. -
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-25
SPECIAL ATTRACTION AT
THE COLISEUM TONIGHT

Tonight at the Coliseum an OPP
portunity will be given the Nenana-
ties to see the Incompatible William
S. Hart in the title role of the ex-
ceptionally strong and romatic fea-
ture, entitled "The Dawn Maker"
in five acts.
The scene of the play is laid in
the western frontier country, among
the early frontiersmen and Indians,
and the scenes depicted tell a story
replete with romantic thrills. Those
who have seen the pictures agree
that William S. Hart is seen at his
best in the Dawn Maker" and that
the part he takes in it would appear
to be specially adapted to his style.
No one should miss the oppor-
tunity to see this great actor, who
will be presented to a Nenana audi
ence by the Triangle people tonight
Bargain prices will prevail on this
feature, the admission being rs
cents, with reserved seats two-bits
extra. The show will start at eight
o'clock.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-25
EINNER PARTY GIVEN
AT THE SLIPPERN HOME

Mr.. and Mrs J. A. Slippern enter
tanned last night at a dinner party
given in honor of Harold Anderson,
Nick Larson, Nick HEM, William
Mellish and A. C. Slippern, who
have volunteered to fight for Uncle
Sam and who will leave tonight on
the steamer Tanana for the training
camp at Fort Gibbon.
The others present at the func-
ton besides the host and hostess and
the guests of honor were Miss Thora
Slippern, Einar Tonseth and Jack
Hanson.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-25
NtUTRALS NEED
NOT Join ARMY
AGAINST BOCHE
Registrars of Neutral Countries
Not Liable for Military Service
Under Certain Conditions.

By a recent ruling made by Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder and
transmitted to the various local
boards of Alaska by Governor Riggs,
it would appear that by an act of
congress recently passed the sub
jects of neutral countries now resi-
dent of the United States, though
required to register under the select
i've service regulations will not be
required to serve in the army of
the United States unless it is the de-
sire of such neutral subject or citi-
zen to do so.
The fact that such neutral subject
or citizen has declared his intention
to become a citizen of the United
States does not render him liable
for military service under the draft
laws if he wishes to claim exemp-
ton on the ground of being a neu-
trail.
The matter of serving in the army
of the United States is a purely
patriotic one, and the men who have
come to this country of their own
free will and accord and are en-
joying the same privileges, liberty
and freedom as are enjoyed by
native born American citizens
should consider it a point of honor
to be privileged to serve the country
of their adoption in her hour of
need, and those who will avail them
selves of the provisions of the new
law to claim exemption from mill
tary service cannot be looked upon
in any other light than that Of
"slackers" at least.
Of the Nenana registrants, there
are many who are citizens or sub
jects of neutral countries and would
come under the recent ruling of the
new regulations, but not single
one of them has, so far, made any
attempt to avail himself Of this pro-
vision of the Selective service regu-
llations and claim exemption as a
neutral.
The subjects or citizens of the
following countries who have regis
tered do not come within the mean
ing of the new ruling: Belgium, Bra
gil, Bulgaria, China, Costa Rica,
Cuba, France, Great Britain, Greece,
Guatemala, Italy, Liberia, Japan,
MANAGE, Montenegro, Nicaragua,
Panama, Portugal, Roumania, Rus
STA, San Marine, Serbia, Siam and
Turkey.
Subjects or citizens of neutral
countries may be relieved of mill
tary service under the following
conditions:
A citizen or subject of country
neutral in the present war, who has
declared his intention to become a
citizen of the United States, shall
be relieved from liability to military
service upon his making 3 declara-
ton withdrawing his intention to be-
come citizen of the United States
which shall operate and be held to
cancel his declaration, and he shall
forever be barred from being a citi-
zen of the United States.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-25
ENGLISH LAWMAKERS ARE
NOT REQUIRED TO SERVE

LONDON.-A London military
tribunal, after three weeks delibera-
ton, has decided that mempers of
the House of Commons are doing
"work of national Importance" and
therefore entitled to exemption from
military service.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-25

Lots of rain is reported from the
Tolovana district and the river is
also reported to be rising.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-25

Arid Slippern has turned over
his stock of pictures of Fourth of
July, the ice going out, and flood
scenes to the Portland Cigar store.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-25

Heavy rains have been reported
to be prevalent at several places
along the Fairbanks Valdez trail.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-25

Dan Rose, who came to Nenana
on business few days ago, re-
turned to Fairbanks this morning.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-25

Father Monroe expects to leave
for Nenana this afternoon on the
steamer Tanana.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-25

The mail stages connected at the
Rapids last night and the incoming
mail is expected to arrive in Fair
banks tomorrow afternoon.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-25

The Court party arrived at Tana-
ma last night from Ruby on the
launch Sibilla. They expect to catch
the steamer Alaska at Tanana for
Fairbanks, .Mr ~ ~
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-25
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The steamer Tanana is billed to
sail at two o'clock this afternoon
for Tanana and way points. -
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-25

The city council has let a contract
for the filling in of the waterfront
between the A. Y. N. dock and the
Fairview hotel. The contract has
been awarded to Thomas Burns.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-25

Louis Winstedt arrived iR Nenana
today after a short visit in Fair
banks.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-25

The Red Cross rooster Liberty"
was ratified at Hot Springs recently
and brought in the sum of $173.
Arrangements are now being made
to send him to Dawson to be ratified
there.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-25

Carl Whites launch, which has
been under repairs, will sail for the
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-25

Tolovana country on Saturday morn
ing.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-11-07
Buy advertised goods. Always
the best. They have reputation
behind them. You get good
value for your money.

DR.. Z. w. Forsee, O%steopath.
Ladies' Shoes, $3.4S and 1898. Gill
lespie G. Rogers.
Old papers at the Register office at
S cents the package.
Special reduction on 200 pattern
hats. Cole Mercantile Co.
Girls English Shoes, black or tan,
$4.9S. Sizes 2R to s. Gillespie &
Rogers.
Patrons of the Hotel Dyckman,
Minneapolis, are assured a cordial
welcome, uniform courtesy and the
best of service always"
Brunswick monographs are our
specially. Call or phone 1870 to have
one brought to your home for demon
stration. They play all records. E.. c.
Nolan, Drugs.
The Robert c.. BLY,, Shell Lake, Wis,
named in the Tuesday dispatches as
severely wounded, is a Brookings
county born boy, being the son of w
H. BLY,, a former farmer resident of
the county, living neal White.
j. J. Finley, a brother of our county
agent, P. V. Finley, has moved with
his family from Hoxie, Kans., to
Brookings county, and is temporarily
residing in the w. p. Slocum residence
in the southeast part of the city. He
expects later to move to a farm west
of Bruce, and take up active farming
operations.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. A. Mathews were in
receipt of a telegram yesterday morn
ing announcing the birth of a fine
baby girl at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. G. Mcmillan, at Greeley, Colo. Mrs,
Mcmillan was formerly Miss Cornelia
Mathews, and our distinguished fellow
citizen bears himself with an added
dignity that is very becoming to his
years and reputation.
l.. Z. Coleman has been in the city
for several days the past week, visit
ing with his mother, Mrs. Lucy Cole
man. For a couple Of years he has
been engaged in the general store
business in Pine county, Mimi, being
for the past year manager of a co
operative store at Markville. He is
about to be indicted into limited ser
vice at Camp Grant and was making
a visit at his old home before going
to amp. He left for Minneapolis
Tuesday evening.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-11-07

John H. Roberts has moved his Of
building, to the real estate Office rooms
of Walters & Fox.
A. N. Granger, a lawyer Of KadOka,
was in the city yesterday making an
application for admission to the Off
GERS training camp.
Mrs. w. H. Beals made a brief visit
to her daughter at Wolsey the first
of the week, and returned Tuesday
morning, bringing her little grand
daughter home with her for a visit.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-11-07
Local and Personal
J. r. Brooke. Local and News Editor. Phone LII

Or. Is. ii. Sayre, local veterinarian
Ladies' Shoes, $3.4S and 1898. Gill
lespie & Rogers.
Wanted, carpenter to fix stairs
at Register office.
Car load of bulk apples at the
Economy Grocery.
For sale, modern house, two lots
and a half. l. E. Lees.
Girls English Shoes, black or tan,
$4.9S. Sizes 21a to s. Gillespie &
Rogers.
Mrs. 7. l.. Chappell made a social
visit to Aurora yesterday, spending
the day with friends.
Have you heard about those hot
chocolates being served at the Nolan
Drug Store? The kind you'll like.
Ladies shopping in Minneapolis
will find the Hotel Dyckman most &C.
cessible to all the leading stores"
Miss Mary Marvin of Sioux Falls
is spending the week in the city, Wis
iting her friend, Miss Dorothy Her
w. H. Conklin e to Minneapolis
yesterday morning to consult special
lists regarding trouble he has been
having with his feet.
Fresh cut flowers Tuesday and Sat
urday. Special attention to weddings
and funerals. At the Brookings
Greenhouse, w. H. Beals, proprietor.
Mrs. B. o. Symes, accompanied by
her two children. came down from
ner home at Redfeld on Tuesday for
a few days visit with her mother, Mrs.
Jas. Nolan.
NJ. Z. Culhane has been very i'll for
the past week and his condition was
at times alarming. The physicians
now say that he has very good chances
of recovery.
Mrs. Frances Case returned from
Watertown Tuesday evening, where
she had been visiting for a short time
with her husbands parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. w. Case.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Williams of Lake
Benton, Mimi, who were here in at
tendance on the funeral Of Miss
Blanche Pearson, returned home We'd
nesday morning.
Mrs. F.. p. Herman and son, Robert.
accompanied the Rev. and Mrs. Paul
Roberts on their trip to Sioux Falls
last week and visited with friends in
the Queen City over Sunday.
Mrs. Herb Mckinney, living south
of Aurora, walked in the dark into a
newly dug cistern- at her home on
Tuesday evening and broke her limb.
With good care she will recover nice
ly.
At the farm home of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Sloan, Jr., four miles north of
the city, a fine baby boy arrived on
November 1st, and the congratulations
of their friends are being heartily Of
fered.
Do you want a pure-bred, registered
Jersey COW for your family? 1t will
solve the milk problem. Go to the
Button & Otradovec sale Wednesday
Nov. 18th. Ten blocks east of Ken.
dalls Drug Store.
H. E. Hesse arrived in the city yes
terday for a few days visit. He sold
out his interest in the garage bust
ness at Estelline TO his partner, C.. c
Erie, and goes the last of the week
to Kansas City. He probably will,
spend the winter in California.
Mrs Charles Keith and her dauph
ter, Mrs. Alice Rowe, left yesterday
morning for several points in Wiscon
morning for Alma, Wis, where they
will visit Mrs. Keith's older sisters
Then they will go to Lafayette, Ind.
where they will spend part of the win
ter with Prof. and Mrs. G.. A. Young
Some OF the time will be spent by
Mrs. Rowe in visiting her sons, Charlie:
and VIII. at the aviation camps wher'
they are.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-11-07

N. Zimmerman was up from Aurora
Tuesday night looking for news Of
election.
Mrs. Anna Carlson is confined to
her room with a light attack Of the
prevailing malGdy.
II You Want to Buy, Sell, Rent, Lo-
cate or Get Information, Write or Call
at the Office Of the %6rookinas Register
Keep up the Christmas spirit with
Holiday Greeting cards. A large Sc
lection now on display at Kendall's
Pharmacy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09

with the Red Cross in Bridgeport, Philadelphia, Washington, D. C., and here and those in charge seemed more pleased to serve us than we did in be- ing served. It may not sound just right but nevertheless it is true that if it was not for the three mentioned soci- cites the government sure would have it's hands full holding and controlling the men for a person has to see these things to fully realize and appreciate them. If words count for anything, about 90 per cent. of this army intends to some day belong to all three SO cieties.
 T suppose Capt. Riley has shown you my former letter to him so it will not be necessary to give details but told him three weeks ago I expected to be on my way over by now but am still here but for just how long I cannot state. I hope these lines find you. all in good health as I sure am feeling fine and only anxious for the
 word to go, and I wish you and all the bosses and fellows a happy New Year and hope that the K of c. drive will be a big success as I and every man in the outfit knows it is surely a worthy cause.
 Sincerely yours,
 WILLIAM E. BARRY. "P. S. Thompson of No. Chemical is in the same regiment as I am and wants to be remembered to an.''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
FIREMAN BARRY NOW IN SERVICE
 WRITES LETTER
Praises K. of c. and Y. M. 0, A. Camp Work in Letter
 to Johnson.

Bridgeporters will be interested in a letter received by Fire Chief Daniel Johnson from William E. Barry who was formerly with Engine Company No of the Bridgeport fire depart ment, but who is now in the National Army stationed at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga.
 His enthusiastic endorsement of the work which is being done at the camp by the Knights of Columbus is an added reason why Bridgeporters should whole-heartedly support the Knights of Columbus in their coming campaign to raise s50,0OO for the war work fund of. the organization. The letter shows how the K. of C., the Red Cross and the Y M. c. A. are working hand in hand to improve the conditions at the camps and how well the work is appreciated by the soldiers.
 His letter to Chief Johnson fol lows:
 T received your letter on the 1st and sure was pleased to hear from you and also pleased to try and give you the information you ask about | but will not be able to do full justice to either one of the mentioned soci- cites as the work they do is so great that 1t seems almost impossible tc any one unless they are in the ser vice.
 1 For Instance, the K. of c. and tht
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
CRIPPLED HUNS
 BELABORED BY
 FATHERLANDERS

Amsterdam, Jan. 9-Severa1 dis abled German soldiers were invited on Monday to attend a. meeting of the Fatherland party, founded recently in the interests of the Pan-Germans and other uncompromising element. They became restless under the flow of chauvinist talk from the annexation ists, says the Socialist organ Vor- waerts of Berlin. They were not permitted to speak, and a stormy scene followed.
 One of the speakers referred to the disabled soldiers as deserters who had left Hindenburg's banner to betray their comrades Some of the crip- pies, Vorwaerts says, were belabored with sticks and abused by the heroic nome warriors of the Fatherland partZ
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
Children's Wear and
 House Dresses

Girls wool serge dresses, middy style. Age 6 to IA. Regularly $4.25 -.,>-.- $3.25
 Girls cotton plaid crash dresses, very fine for school wear. Age 6 to 14. Regu- larly $1.5O ..-.~-..- $1.OO Girls gingham dresses, lots of good styles, Age 6 to 14. Regularly $1.OO ..-. 89c
 Boston Maid House Dress es. Fine ginghams, neatly trimmed. Regularly $1.55- $1.75 --.--.---....--.-. S1.35
 Boston Maid House Dress es in percales and ginghams, very good styles, Regularly $1.25 ....-.,-... ...---.- $1.10
 House dresses of striped ginghams, not all sizes. Reg ularly $l.0O -.-.-.-.-... S9c
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09

Y. M. c. A. in the district of the camp we are in give out over 1000 sheets of paper and about 5000 en- velopes weekly and have writing desks for about 900 people. They both fur nish all kinds of amusements such as concerts, motion pictures of the high est grade, having graphophones, pie lures and entertainments of all kinds to amuse and entertain the boys who are in camp. They also furnish daily papers from all over the United States. They have baseball fields, basketball and handbal1 courts and each has a 2O-foot ring for promoting amateur boxing bouts.
 'fAt the K. of c. they have comics sion every Saturday night and com munion and mass at s a. m-, and 10 Sunday mornings. The Y. M. c. A. have services every Sunday morning at S:3O and 10 and evening services at I7:3O Sundays and both give lectures three or four nights week which are mostly on war and some are very in- teresting.
 Chief, you can say for me and for every one have met in the service that if it was not for the Red Cross, many of us would feel the cold much more than we do as every one you meet has a R. c. sweater and as for the useful articles they send in their handy kits, many would be in very bad straits as they contain many use- full things that the government does not, furnish.
 Well, chief, I could write for a week telling of the many things done by both the K. of c. and the Y. M. C. A. For instance, all companies ar irving in this camp are quarantineo and when the company I am in ar rived here for three days we could not buy stamp or write a letter, blu
 just as soon as the K. of c. and Y
 M. c. A. found out our condition, they
 put a temporary station in the quar antine section so the boys might read
 write and mail letters and I neve
 knew that people could be so accom-
 modating as the ones in charge of al lthree societies are as I had dealing
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
SOVEREIGNTY OF STATES IN DANGER THROUGH ADOPTION OF
 THE PROHIBITION AMENDMENT
New York Times Crticizes the Sheppard Bill Passed By Senate and House and About to Be Voted Upon By Legislatures of the Several States.

The prohibition amendment in the Resolution reported by the Judiciary Committee of the House on December Il differs vitally from that passed by the Senate on August 1. We do not refer to the change by which the manufacture, sale, transportation of intoxicating liquors, and so on, are prohibited after one year from the ratification of this article" or to the extension of the time limit of ratifica- ton from six to seven years after submission. These alterations are mere mint and cummin. An entirely new, startling proposal is contained in the new Section ? of the proposed amendment.
 '-The Congress and the several states shall have concurrent power to enforce the article by appropriate leg islation.'
 Calmly as an. old-fashioned New England Legislature used to pass an Act for the Protection of Alewlves the Judiciary Committee of the House purposes to create forty-nine nations, to strip the United States of it's sov- ereignty, to make it the forty-ninth in a collection of states Independently and in conjunction with the Congress, according to their sweet will and pleasure, enforcing this precious amendment "All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in Congress of the United States" Fol the benefit of the budding amendment legislative powers for a particular purpose are vested in a Congress O. the United States and iN the Legisla lures of forty-eight states. SectioI ] of Article 1, needs amendment Ar ticle K '4The powers not delegated to the United States, are reserved t the states, respectively, or to the peo ple, seems to need revision in tn light of the new amepdment, whicl delegates to the states, divides amoni them, yet retains it's undivided forty ninth of a power delegated to it b, the Constitution We put the re served fraction at one forty-ninth