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The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-10
FIERY SPEED EARNS MONEY
 FOR THE RED CROSS

Great credit is given to pony owned by Mitchell & Blankfield for doing his utmost.
 Everyone is acquainted with the little black pony, who with his mate, draws the express wagon for Nit chell & Blankfield, as he no doubt has hauled something for you at some time, for that is the way he earns a living for his owner.
 He is a willing worker at all times, but never before has he worked so willingly and periodically as on the fifth of July, when with several other horses, he agreed to show his real spirit as a Red Cross worker. He knew that if he beat the others he would have the honor of donating $25 to the Red Cross, and it took no urging from Dick Morris, his rider, to make him real ize his mission.
 Those who didn't see the race missed the opportunity of seeing this horse use real horse sense, when he nosed ahead of the bay horse and reached the stand just far enough ahead to be able to collect $25, which was turned over to the Red Cross. Many thanks to him. It will help to feed horses at the front-Just as we are helping to feed the boys at the front, by do- ing our utmost; which will carry the Stars and Sripes to victory.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-10

When dad asks for another slice of bread, give him potatoes instead.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-10
LOCAL MAN INVENTS >. DEVICE FOR CHAIR

Charles H. Dickson, who works in the Terminal Cigar store, some time ago invented a device for fixing onto any ordinary chair so as to allow of it being titled back to an easy and comfortable position. The device is a simple and inexpensive one and is so constructed that it could be fitted on to any chair in a few moments. This allows the sitter to tilt the chair back by or dinary pressure on the back of the chair, to any desired angle for his comfort without risk of falling clean back, while at the same time that part of the device that fastens on the fore part of the chair affords a comfortable rest for the feet.
 Mir. Dickson has just received a letter from Mann & Co.,, of Wash ington, D. C., informing him that they have secured a patent for his chair attachment, and it is probable that he will have some of these de- vices built for use in Nenana.
 MT. Dickson has also had several flattering offers for the outright purchase of his patent, but he has not yet decided on whether he will sell it.
 One of MT. Dickson's devices at tached to an ordinary chair may be seen at the Nenana club rooms.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-10
ARE RAISING
 WHEAT SOUTH OF BORDER

JUAREZ, Mex.-"Mexicans in the north are raising less deviltry and more wheat" was the way an Ameri- can mining man who reached here recently from a tour of the interior of Chihuahua state characterized the conditions in Northern Mexico. In the fertile Laguna basin near Tor reon, wheat has been planted instead of cotton this year, because of the ravages of the pink boH weevil in that district last year, which de- stroyed the cotton crop.
 In the valleys near Santa Rosalia. Jimenez and Pillar de Cocho. the native farmers have been harvesting their wheat crops and have found the yield much heavier than in for mer seasons. Along the Rio Grande and Conchos rivers in the Ojinaga district wheat harvests have been bounteous and the farmers in that district are prosperous. At Jimenez the old Hacienda Dolores mill, which was used as a fortress during the revolutions, has been started to grinding grain and the water power mills near Santa Rosalia are again operating after five years of idle ness. k%
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-10
YANKEES START CRUSADE
 AGAINST TRENCH FEVER

PARIS.-Steps have been taken to prevent the breeding of lice in the zones of the Allied armies, in order to stop the spread of trench fever. This malady has taken first rank in incapacitating the soldiers of modern armies, as typhoid and malaria fever did in otiier wars.
 The fight against the louse re- suits from the finding of the Ameri- can Research Committee, headed by Major R. P. Strong, which con cured with the medical authoritiesI of the British armies in convicting the louse of transmitting trench fever to soldiers.
 "Delousing units" have been form ed and a system of disinfecting the clothing of men returning from the trenches has been put in operation.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-10

If you saved slice day, eat cornbread and save T loaf.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-10
YOUNG GERMAN FIGHTERS
 AMONG PRISONERS TAKEN
WITH THE AMERICANS.--Ge

WITH THE AMERICANS.--Ger- man youths of the 1919 class. who were serving in thirty divisions of the German army, are among the prisoners who have been captured within the month. Information shows that men of this class gre at the front in still other di, isions.
 It is known that these young men are placed in the regiments in pro- portion of ten to each company and that they are called upon in larger proportion as endorsements to re- place the men lost in battle. They were sent to the front generally after only five months of training, owing to the haste of the German preparations for the present great offensive on the Western front.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-10
GOVERNMENT
 PLANS NATIONAL UPLIFT

TOKIO.-Premier Count Terauchi told the governors of the empire in conference recently, that Japan should not adopt all the new ideas now spreading from the West to the East. The government, he said,
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-10

Frank Doner. chief timekeeper, who went out to camp at 35 mile a few days ago, to install new timekeeper and storekeeper there, returned to the headquarters offic, yesterday.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-10

is planning to cultivate among the people religious faith, national morals and thrift.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-10

We have to put every ounce of effort. behind the men behind the guns.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-10
GAME WARDEN Is
 BACK FROM TRIP
Game Warden Steve Foster Arrives From Extended Trip In the
 Minchumina Country.

the Lake Minchumina country, Game Warden Steve Foster reached town yesterday evening. He left Nenana on the 18th of June, travelling on a gasoline launch with Clarence Boatman, the owner of the launch, as companion.
 The party went up the Kantishna river and across the big lake, pene- trating sixteen miles up a creek that empties into the big lake on the south side of it. The wa+cr was at very high stage when the launch left Nenana and MT. Foster states that the water in the lake country was said to be the highest ever known in the recollection of the oldest Indian inhabitant in the lake region.
 Owing to the abnormally heavy snowfall of last winter, it is said that the vast herds of caribou were 1 driven down to the flats in the neighborhood of Lake Minchumina in the spring it was very rare sight to see them here at this season. of the year, as they generally keep to the hill country in the spring of
 the year.
 Camped on the north shore of
 Lake Minchumina were Claude liar rison and Einjar Kamasgaard, who
 had been hunting and trapping in the hill country overlooking the lake
 last winter. Claude Harrison is a
 grandson of former President liar
 rison, and was, for a time, with En-
 gineer Chandler's location party.
 MT. Foster took him his question
 naire papers, as he had no other
 means of getting them. Harrison
 left immediately on 125-mila mush for the Kantishna country. to have his questionnaire fixed up, but as the Kantishna commissioner , is at Nenana at present, it is prob. able that Harrison will come oa here
 Harrison told Foster that he and his partner were planning for a hunting and trapping season for the coming winter and they were then getting ready for it. The ques4 tionnaire may make a difference in Harrison's plans and his partner may have to trap alone.
 During Mir. Fosters sojourn in the Lake Minchumina country it, was reported by some Indians returning to the village from a hunting trip that there was a party of men and two women prospecting in the coun- try adjacent to the North Fork of the Kuskokwim river. The report said that they were from the Ruby district and had prospecting boiler with them.
 , Another large party of men and women wer also said. to be pros pecting in the country between Mounts Mckinley and Foraker, within the limits of the Mckinley National park. They are reported | to have come in from the Susitna country. =#a -, The game was as plentiful as ever in the lake country and in the sur rounding districts, and MT. Foster was able to take several pictures of moose at close quarters.
 The mosquitoes, however, he says, are not nearly as bad in the lake region as they are along the Panama river.
 MT. Foster left the lake on the morning of the 4th of July, trav- cling down in the same gasoline launch that took him up. At the time he left the lake the water was still at a very high stage. At the Toklat he met Jimmy Heaney, who was on his way in to the, Kantishna country. The weather was fine all the way through, except for about five days immediately proceeding
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-09-02

During19l7 crops valued at $780,
coo were saved from destruction in
California through the fire-fighting
campaign initiated through the farm
bureaus by county agents through
out the state. A Ford auto truck
equipped with an extinguisher and
ether fire-fighting apparatus were
purchased by one county by levyinS
an assessment of 2 cents per acre on
its grain land. Fifty thousand dol
lars worth of grain were saved in
Stanislaus county alone through its
newly organized fire department.
San Diego led all the counties in fire
protection, with an appropriation of
$1,000 for the employment of fire
bosses, the securing of equipment,
and the paying for labor consumed in
fighting fires. The farmers of Cali
iornia have decided to eliminate at
least the losses to their crops due to
fires. All the principal grain pro-
ducing counties have now secured
appropriations and appointed fire
bosses and trailers as a result of the
combined efforts of their county
agents and representatives of the for
est service.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-09-02

Remember that the mole is the
Eaiser's land submarine, and it is up
TO us to eradicate them as our nation
i5 cleaning out the sea pirates, " reads
letter from a county agent in Ore
5on to a young hunter of Oregon
City. Western Oregon is carrying on
an intensive campaign to save her
gardens and crops from the ravages
Of moles. The skin of a native mole
IS as valuable as any pelt which can
1e imported; hence county agents de-
Nsed the plan Of organizing the boys
in each county to wage war on the
moles. The skins are concentrated
in pool by the agent and are mar
keted when a sufficient quantity has
accumulated. Oregon farm lads gain
pin money and satisfaction from this
work of protecting farm crops from
rodent enemies.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-09-02

The drought stricken farmers Of
Montana, represented at meeting Of
farm bureau presidents at Helena,
elected J. NJ. Davis, president of the
Teton county, Montana, farm bureau,
as special delegate to go to Wash
ineton and present the facts of their
situation to the secretary of agricul-
ture. The expense of sending the
delegate was shared by 13 farm bur-
eaus. Davis, accompanied by Gov.
Stewart of Montana, met in confer
ence with Secretary Houston, the
committee of war finance corpora
ton, and other committees. An ar
rangement was made by which part
of So, 100000 set aside by the presi-
dent will be made available for eX-
tending credit to Montana farmers
in drought stricken areas for the
rur chase of winter seed wheat and
rye A special freight rate of one
half the regular rate on hay will be
granted to relieve the feed situation,
and plans for further relief are being
considered by the secretary of agri-
culture and the war finance corpora
ton committee.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-09-02

Following the receipt of letters
from hardware dealers indicating n
serious shortage in the kinds of iron
and steel used by country blacksmiths
and in farm operations the bureau OF
markets make survey of stocks held
by wholesale hardware dealers and of
their estimated needs for six months.
A QUESTIONABLE was sent to dealers
who furnish supplies directly or
through retail dealers to country
blacksmiths and farming communi-
ties. Replies from some 25O dealers
indicate that in most instances sup
plies on hand on June /, 1918, were
much less than those of year ago.
Many dealers reported shortage
below actual requirements for the
next six months, particularly in the
case of barbed wire, nails, and other
fencing materials, sheets for roofing
and silos, and steel bars Of a size
suitable for wagon tires and farm re-
pair work. Because of the need for
IRON and steel in war industries the
rriorities committee of the war indus
tries board requires dealers in need
Of supplies to file statement, on
blanks provided for that purpose
showing the use for which the mater
ials are desired. The committee
then gives the dealer a rating, deter
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-09-02
RECEIPTS FROM OREGON
METAL MINES IN 1918

Receipts from Oregon at the mint,
Smelters and refineries at San Fran
cisco show falling off of 1922, 900
in gold and 1900 ounces of silver
for the first six months of 1918 as
compared with the corresponding
period of 1917, according to C. G,
Yale, united States geological survey,
department of the interior.
BY no means all the gold and sill
yer mined in Oregon is sent to San
Francisco, but the proportion that Is
sent indicates in a general way the
condition Of the mining industry of
the state.
! Oregon, like the other western
states, has been forced to reduce
its output of gold by the present high
cost of supplies, the scarcity of skill
ed labor, high freights, lack OF in
Vestors in gold mining enterprises,
and general tendency to curtail OPP
erations.
The statistics for 1917 showed a
material reduction in the output of
the metal mines in Oregon as COM
pared with that of 1916. The guam
tity of ore taken from the deep mines
was materially reduced and the pro-
duction of gold decreased more than
Is per cent. The production of sill
yer also decreased, and more than 80
per cent less copper was produced
than in 1916. There are now only
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-09-02
WORLD SHORTAGE
IN Beet SUGAR
Crops Are 40 Per Cent. Less
Than Pre-War Average-Cen-
trail Powers Hit Hardest. 1
CANE SUGAR is ISOLATED.
Allied Beet Production Falls one-thlrd
In Rigid War Economy
Praetleed.

The world today is producing forty
per cent less beet sugar than the pre-.
war average.
Counting the American, Allied and
German-Austrian crops, as well as the
neutrals, the U. S. Food Admlnistra.
ton has estimated that the world
shortage created by the light crop Of
1017-10lS Is at least three and half
million tons.
That the 1917-10lS crop of cane sug'
ar was two million tons in excess Of
the previous year does not relieve the
general shortage.
Cuba and Java produce one-half Of
the world cane crop, and the Java sug'
ar Is too far removed from America to
transport when shipping is badly need.
ed to transport and maintain the MILF
tary forces In France.
In Java a large part Of the old sugar
crop Is still awaiting shipment. since
II requires 100 to 100 days for each
boat that is sent to Java, the pOsslblli'
ties Of obtaining adequate shipments
of Java sugar this season are remote.
Allies Production Falls.
Taking the Allied nations as a group
official reports show that beet sugar
production is less by one-thlrd than the
pre-war average.
French beet sugar industry has suf.
fered most by the war. The French
yield of beet sugar is now only 20.1
per cent. of the pre-war average.
For the five years preceding the out.
break of hostlltles In Europe, France
produced an average of 1882 tons OF
sugar each year. For 1918 the
French production was 2l9,4l6 TONS
with Gl factories operating, as com.
pared with more than 200 that were
in existence before the war and before
the general campaign of destructive
ness launched by the German armies,
France nevertheless managed to manu-
facture more beet sugar In 19l7-1S
than I'm 1867. when the total output
was 202 4l5 tons
Italy in 1917-1S produced 100,S0O
tons Of beet sugar. which was $4,000
tons less than the previous year and
11O.250 less than the annual output Of
sugar for the five year pre-war Pc
riod.
One Of the great difficulties expert.
enced In ltaly's beet sugar industry
was finding sufficient labor to handle
the crop. Thousands of men usually
employed in beet sugar production
were called for military service. The
yield per acre amounted to approx
mately half of the usual quantity of
beets harvested.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-09-02

between 10 and 80 producing mines
in Oregon, most OF them placer
mines.
Baker and Grant counties are the
leading producers In the state and
they have gained their position by
dredging. Yet even the dredges, hy-
draullc mines, and drift and surface
Placer mines are making a reduced
output, but the greatest deficit Is
in the production of the deep or
Quartz mines.
In the Gold Hill region the short
age Of skilled miners and millmen
has prevented resumption OF work on
tho Millionaire, Nellie Wright and
some small mines in the district. The
lessees of the Sylvanite mine bought
the stamp mill of the Gray Eagle
end transferred II to the Sylvanlte.
The Mckinley copper mines, consist
Ing Of twelve claims twelve miles east
ol Gold Beach, have been sold to the
1akllma Smelling Co. The ChIles
Mining Co., operating the Emery gold
nine, IL miles east of Harbor, was
forced to close this year owning to
'he difficulty in procuring supplies.
principally gasoline.
The once productive Ben Harrison
mine in Baker county which was un-
der option, was returned to the orig
inal owners after the holders of the
option had spent considerable money
IN investigating II.
The Mountain Lion mine. 10 miles
southwest Of Grants Pass, has been
sold and the new owners will put IN
ane mills. Improvements and larg-
er reduction works are being Install
ed at the Almeda copper mines, on
Rogue river, q miles below Grants
Pass.
The Gold Bar mine, on Rogue river
fellow Grants Pass, operated three
hydraulic giants and 4 steam shovel
this year
The average value Of ore mined in
Oregon and the quantity Of ore treat
ed is less than in former years.
The older dredging fields Of the
state are producing less gold, and in
the most productive field, where two
dredges were in operation. one has
worked out its ground. Very few
new gold mines have recently been
opened in the state.
In the southwestern counties OF
Oregon. which form a continuation of
the California gold belt-Coos, Cur
ry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, and
Lane-a reduced output from both
placers and deep mines is apparent.
and some of the mines have been
closed.
The outstanding feature of metal
mining in Oregon is the reduction in
the numebr of productive mines,
which was 30 per cent less in 1917
than in 1916.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-09-02

More than 80 county sheep breed
e:s' associations have been organized
ty the sheep specialists of the de-
partment OF agriculture in Texas.
The object in organizing these as
soc!ations and the purpose of the
members is to raise more sheep as
4 wartime emergency in answer to
the governments call for increased
production of wool and mutton. A
roster with the slogan, More sheep
better sheep" which is being wide.
ly distributed by the Texas sheep.
specialist, is reported as being an
important factor in stimulating in
terest among sheep raisers.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-09-02
Agricultural War Work

What is considered one of the most
important projects to deal with, the
the farm-labor situation, is now be-
ing planned by labor specialists of the
United States department of agricul-
ture. Farm labor conferences will
he held during September and first
part of October in every state In the
union, where the federal labor spec
ialists and the officials of the states
relation service will discuss labor
Questions and their solution with Of
flcials of the state agricultural col
leges, state farm help specialists,
county agent leaders, extension lead
ere, and others interested. The OBJ
jcct is to get all agencies to work to-
gcther and to have the various de-
pqrtments of the state colleges to con-
slider how their campaigns can be
carried or with a minimum amount
of labor. For example, If the dairy
department Of a state college is plan
ming to conduct a campaign for in
creasing the number of dairy cattle
in the state, the officials of that de-
partment will be asked to show how
the program can be carried out with
the minimum or present supply of
labor. Each department will be ask
cd to recast its program, so that 1t
can be met with present supplies of
farm labor.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-09-02

the principal grain producing coun-
ties have raised funds, purchased
equipment, and appointed fire bosses
for this first aid work. One county
by leyying tax of cents an acre
On its grain land was able to install
a truck properly equippepd with an
cytinguisher and other fire fighting
apparatus. Equipment and organiza-
ton of similar character saved $780,
900 worth OF grain in Stanislaus
county. San Diego expended $500
for like protection and is regarded
IS the best equipped section of the
state.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-09-02

Strains of wheat and oats that are
superior to ordinary varieties have
ocen developed in cooperative GER
cal experiments conducted by the
department of agriculture and the
New York state college of agricul-
tdre. These experiments have been
in operation for about 10 years. Many
comparative tests conducted in vari-
Gus parts of the state show that the
new strains make better yields than
the ordinary varieties grown under
the same conditions. With some of
these strains sufficient seed has been
grown to make possible a rather wide
distribution in the state, and they
are being grown this year on large
acreages.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-09-02

Gov. Withycombe, of Oregon, and
Gov. Lister, of Washington, have
Joined the forest services campaign
against forest fires by issuing pro-
clamations calling attention to the
great fire danger and warning camp
ers and other forest users to use the
most extreme care. Posters have
leen sent to the national forest su-
pervisors. Slogans on them read;
"All Campers Should Carry Shovels'
and Patriotic People Prevent Forest
Fires"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-09-02

Castor oil-essential to the effi-
cient operation of rotary aviation mo-
tors, great numbers of which are now
in use abroad or are being manufac-
tured-was found in September,
1917, by the signal corps Of the army
to be needed in largely increased
quantities for the sircraft program.
Cooperation between the department
of agriculture, the war trade board,
snd the materials department Of the
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-09-02

bureau of aircraft production, with
foreign advice and assistance, has
solved the problem, according to a
recent statement from the bureau Of
aircraft production. 1t is estimated
that 100000 gallons will be avail
eble this fall from 1OS,OOO acres
planted to castor beans in eight south
ern states and California, and from
the large acreage in Cuba, Haiti, and
Santo Domingo.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-09-02

The forest is represented in an
Advisory War Cabinet" created by
c. c. Moore, now at the head of the
California state council of defense.
The food administration, Red Cross,
Liberty loan, and other organizations
are also represented. Various county
councils in California are to he reor-
ganized and a number of forest SER
vice officers have been recommended
for appointment to them.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-09-02

mined by the essential character of
the supplies required, and the high
er rating, and the higher rating re-
celve the first attention in distribut-
ing the available iron.