The Nenana news., 1918-01-19

Nenana, including many ladies, at tended the meeting of the local coun- cil of defense, which was held in the office of General Storekeeper Howard P. Curtis on Thursday eve ming. It was the second meeting of the organization and the large at tendance was the result of the ac- tivities of the organization commit tee, which had been appointed to boost the membership. When this committee was asked to make a re- port, Chairman Vim. Casey suggested that the many new members in evi- 1 dence be accepted in lieu of formal report.
 The meeting was called to order by President Geo. w. Pennington, and after the minutes of the pre- vious meeting had been read, the food saving committee reported that a wire had been sent to Territorial Food Administrator Gunnison, at Juneau, requesting that the open season for game animals be extend ed to March 31, the committee, on behalf of the Council of Defense, offering to regulate the disposal of meat so that waste would be reduced to minimum. A reply had been received from Juneau, informing the committee that their request would be forwarded to the proper authori- ties at Washington, but small hope was held out that favorable action would be taken. The wording of the reply of the territorial food admin strator seemed to indicate that he had not grasped the situation or understood why the committee had asked to have the season extended. To hasten matters it was decided 1 by the meeting to write a full ex- planation of Interior conditions to Judge Gunnison, showing him how 1t would be possible to reduce the consumption of domestic meat and other supplies shipped from the Out side by using moose, caribou and mountain sheep. It was also de- cided to draft bill covering the needs of the Interior, for presenta- tion to congress, through the dele gate from Alaska.
 The food saving committee also reported that action had been taken to conserve sugar and butter by se- curing the promise of restaurant 1 owners and housewives to observe three sugarless and three butterless meals per week. In this work they had been assisted by the ladies of the Friendly society. A number of those present at the meeting objected to the one meal day plan, it being pointed out that such an arrange ment caused confusion. After some discussion, the meeting decided to ! observe sugarless and butterless days, instead of meals, and it was further decided to add meatless and wheat less days to the list, in conformity | to instructions issued by the local head of the Alaskan Engineering commission. Wheat, it was decided by the meeting, should be regarded as meaning bolted flour. The list of conserving days, as finally agreed upon, is as follows: Sugarless Mon 1 day, Wheatless Tuesday, Butterless Thursday, and Meatless Friday. Pledge cards are to be issued, as IS done in other towns.
 The question of finances having been brought to the attention of the council, the election of a treasurer was decided upon, and Howard P. Curtis was the unanimous choice of the meeting. The secretary was then instructed to write to Governor Strong with relation to funds neces- sary to carry on the work of the organization.
 w. J. Hubback informed the coun- cil that call had been issued for a meeting for the purpose of organ izing home guard and he invited those present to become members of the organization.
 The question of pro-Germanism was brought up for discussian and several of those present expressed their views. Commissioner Burns cautioned the members against haste in accusing neighbors and said he believed that charges of that char acter, should any be preferred, should come properly before the executive committee of the council, and after investigation by that body, referred 4o H. cal-1 -.Ll---.I.- :.