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The Nenana news., 1918-01-26
GIVE US A CHANCE

Alaska is not being given a fair chance to develop. By that, we do not refer particularly to the manner in which the development of the territory has been rough-locked by the red tape of scattered bureau administration. Nor is it our de- sire to burden Washington with our troubles at a time when the nation is engrossed with more serious prob lens. We merely mention the fact that Alaska is getting the worst of it by way of directing attention to the possibilities of development in this country.
 We boast of the fact that, in a single month last year, our exports totaled more than twenty million dollars, and that the value of our productions, since 1867, exceed seven hundred millions. And yet development honestly may be said to be standing still. We are not receiving the benefit from this won derful production. AS Manager Me Pherson, of the Alaska Bureau, Seattle Chamber of Commerce Club, recently expressed it, "a country that can produce and ship to the outer world products in one month of a value far greater than all of Seattle's industries, is capable of a great and prosperous development and of supporting a large p"puia- tion." The rich resources If Alaska, he points out, are being ''crnane ed, while nothing is being done toward replenishing or assuring con'lnu- ation of the rich outflow. The 'n- tensive development that shouti be encouraged and fostered. especially at this time of great production, is lacking, with the result that Alaska is not building up with tha industries and permanent population essential to the prosperity and rationai de- velopment of the Northland.
 One of our troubles is that Wc do altogether too much exporting of raw materials. The copper that we mine in Alaska, for instance, should be smelted in Alaska, instead of being shipped in a raw state to Tacoma and other Outside cities, our white spruce timeber, for which the war has created a very great demand, should be manufactured in- to aeroplanes right here in Alaska there should be wood pulp and paper mills along the coast of Alaska, turning the overflow timber of OUT forest reservations to good account; our fishing industry should De wholly Alaskan. with Alaskan eth ployees and the Alaska label on every can and case; and Alaskan furs, of which we have produced more than seventy-five million dol lars worth, should be prepared for use here in the territory, with higher prices for trappers and lower prices for those who buy.
 We send altogether too much money out of the country. We are making the transportation compan- ies rich and fostering Outside in- dustries which should be in Alaska We must keep some of this money in the territory. We must stop the yearly drain, or Alaska will never be developed.
The Nenana news., 1918-01-26
District Attorney R. F. Roth and

District Attorney R. F. Roth and Attorney Cecil H. Clegg were in Ne mana during the early part of the week on official business. During their stay, each delivered an address at the Coliseum, MT. Roth choosing the subject of Americanism, and MT. Clegg confining his remarks to the war saving stamp campaign.
The Nenana news., 1918-01-26

A report from Wrangell states that several members of the crew of the steamer Mariposa, who were picked up by the steamer Ravalli, became unruly on their way to Seattle, and that the steamer put back to Wrangell and placed the of lenders in the custody of the deputy marshal there.
The Nenana news., 1918-01-26

The five-ton gas boat Bertha, owned by W. R. Hanlon, of Sitka, was wrecked recently at Chichagoff. The boat was tied to the wharf and sunk during the night.
 According to an article from the Pacific Fisherman, 8 company has taken over an old tannery in Pitts burg with the intention of exclus- ively handling fish skins. The com pany advises the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries that at the outset it will be able to handle 150 skins daily and is in the market for any skin. two feet or more in length. The estimated budget for Alaska the coming year by congress is as follows: $7,365,75S for the Alaska railroad between Anchorage and the Interior; $64,000 for the completion of the government court house at Cordova; S125,0O for a lighthouse at Cape Spencer; s7,OOO for mine inspection; s65,O00 for agricultural stations; s225.0OO for education of the natives; S72,5O for medical re lief; sS,500 for reindeer; $37,5OO for protection of game; s15,0O0 for suppression of liquor traffic; s46,- 800 expenses of the legislature, $1O,- 900 for road work; $147,445 for cable service; SlOO,OOO general fish cries service, and s23,163 forest re serve
 A letter to C. T. Boyles, of the telephone and telegraph department of the Alaska Engineering depart i ment from a friend in France states i that clothing such as is worn in Alaska is one of the things sadly missed by Northerners who have gone to the front. His friend sent and order for an o. D. parka, fur cap and a pair of mittens of hair seal
The Nenana news., 1918-01-26

Chris Michaelson, who took shot at young Julius Salinsky, newsie, in the Rainier bar of Seward. re- gently, pleaded guilty before U. s. Commissioner Whittlesey, and was sentenced to serve seven months in jail Michaelson claimed that his act was done without malice.
The Nenana news., 1918-01-26

publication urges users of coal to lay in their winters supply before a heay snow comes and puts the "Lizzies" out of business. Arthur Fairchild, a Juneau young man. has recently graduated from the preliminary school of aviation, and has gone East to take training in the army aviation service. The city council of Skagway has voted the sum of S100 for the pur pose of building a concrete base wall around piece of property in that city for the purpose of maintaining permanent skating rink. ; Eighty dollars per ton is iharged i for freight in the At;in country, with indications that it will go still higher. As a consequence develop ment work is at itandstill and many prospectors and miners are leaving the country.
 { The Cache creek placer district will be rendered accessible when the railroad reaches Talketna, and the Alaska Road Commission com pletes the road from that place to McDougall, which is now being laid out by Ross Kinney.
 Herschel Parker, who has reported the discovery of platinum in com mercial quantity in the gravels of the Kahittna river, left for New York recently on the Alameda 1 M. A. Ellis, of the Thunder Creek Mining Co.,, was in Seward recently attending to the transportation of supplies for his company's operations next year. He reports a very sue cessful season and is preparing for extensive operations next year. William O'Brien recently took a uantity of tin ore from his mine on Lost river and will continue to work through the winter He has several men in his employ
 John McGivney, editor of the Nome Industrial Worker, left for the Outside on one of the last boats. | C. NJ. Leland, former purser on the Alaska s. s. Co.'S steamship Cor dova, was recently killed in action in France according to reports which reached friends of his in Alaska ] George w. Palmer, the Knik mer- chant, will engage in the fish busi- ness at Snug harbor.
 The Anchorage curfew law is working regularly, pointing the homeward trail to youths under six teen. The bell rings at nine o'clock nightly.
The Nenana news., 1918-01-26

Commander E. H Dodd, Pacific Coast superintende',. of the United States navy department, with head quarters at San Francisco, has re- turned to his post after visiting all the radio and cable stations in the territory.
The Nenana news., 1918-01-26

A. R. Hoeras, a linotype operator on the Cordova Times, who left recently for the States on account of poor health, was taken off the boat at Juneau, having suffered severe hemorrhage while on the way down, and later died at the hospital in that city He is survived by wife residing in NancouveI
The Nenana news., 1918-01-26

Alex Shumakoff and John Judd, of Juneau, had been out just a week from serving a sentence for peddling booze when they were brought back to their old quarters again on the same charge. They were caught with a jug of joy juice going to the h. dian quarter.
The Nenana news., 1918-01-26

Peter North, of Anchorage, the first native born Alaskan to enlist in the army after the declaration of war, is back in Anchorage again, having been invalided home after serving several months. Peter says he feels all right, but the army doc tors declare him physically unfit.
The Nenana news., 1918-01-26
WHY IS A WARDEN?

IHe appointment Ol game warden to fill the vacancy shortly to be created in this division, is a matter in which the people of Ne mana should feel more than passing interest The new warden should be Nenanaite, but whoever he is, he should be directed to make his headquarters here, where he will be in easy reach of the hunting grounds south of town
 It is q matter of common know ledge in Nenana that the slaughter of moose, caribou and sheep goes on continuously in the nearby hills, in open defiance of the law. The men who are killing off the game at all seasons of the year. to feed packs of idle dogs, are not in danger of molestation now for the reason ! that the expense funds allowed wardens do not permit of long jour- ; neyings from headquarters.
 j The answer to that is the appoint ment of a warden from among the residents of Nenana, with instruc- 1 tions to establish headquarters suffi- , ciently close to the game country
 to insure proper policing of the dis trict. Nenana is entitled to this recognition and we have no doubt Governor Strong will welcome any recommendation that may be made along the lines of better preserva- tion of game.
 1 The first section of the American aFmy's new experimental truck trans
 port service has started from Detroit i On it's way to the Atlantic seaboard. | The trip is being taken in an effort | to relieve congestion in freight ter
 minals by the overland use of motor
 trucks. The plans have been worked out the by the quartermaster depart ment and the Highways Transport
 committee of the Council of Ma
 tional Defense. .-. ....... ". .:: ... ! Ii the plan proves successful, it is
 estimated that the total relief to the
 railroads, through the shipment to the coast under their own power of
 the 30,000 war trucks the army has under construction, will amount to
 690,000 tons. The trucks have an i average capacity of three tons and
 only two of them can be shipped by
 rail in a 40-ton freight car The
 new plan will, therefore, relieve
 fifteen thousand 4O-ton freight cars, and will also permit the transports
 ticn of 90,000 tons of government
 materials to the coast from the ,n- terior storage depots. The actual
 number of freight cars which the
 plan will relieve, therefore, if sue
 cessful, will be 17,250 forty-ton
 cars.
 | -O-
 In reply to the telegram received
 from John M. Bowman, at Washing
 ton, D. C., head of the Hotel Con-
 servation league, asking support of the policy of Herbert c. Hoover,
 food administrator, Glen Bartlett,
 of Juneau, representing the league
 in Alaska, recently wired as follows
 direct to MT. Hover:
 'Hotel and restaurant men in Alas
 ka resent the attack upon you in congress. You have been kind of tough upon us here, Hoover, but we
 were patriotic enough to follow in structions without hollering. Want
 you to know that we are with you
 from the drop of the hat at all
 times"
The Nenana news., 1918-01-26
ELSEWHERE IN ALASKA

A recent issue of the Petersburg Weekly Report states that that town is horseless one all the delivering being done with Ford cars. The publication urges users of coal to lay in their winters supply before a heay snow comes and puts the "Lizzies" out of business.
The Nenana news., 1918-01-26

Arthur Fairchild, Juneau young man, has recently graduated iron the preliminary school of aviation and has gone East to take trainin. in the army aviation service.
The Nenana news., 1918-01-26

The city council of Skagway has voted the sum of S100 for the pur pose of building a concrete base wall around a piece of property in that city for the purpose of maintaining a permanent skating rink.
The Nenana news., 1918-01-26

Eighty dollars per ton is iharged for freight in the A5iin country, with indications that it will go still higher. As consequence develop ment work is at itandstill and many prospectors and miners are leaving the country.
The Nenana news., 1918-01-26

The Anchorage curfew law i working regularly, pointing tn homeward trail to youths under six teen. The bell rings at nine o'clocl nightly.
The Nenana news., 1918-01-26

The Cache creek placer district will be rendered accessible when the railroad reaches Talketna, and the Alaska Road Commission com pletes the road from that place to McDougall, which is now being laid out by Ross Kinney.
The Nenana news., 1918-01-26

Herschel Parker, who has reporte, the discovery of platinum in com mercial quantity in the gravels o the Kahittna river, left for Ney York recently on the Alameda.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-08-02
1101D YOU'D LIBERTY BONDS

70 successfully finance the war it is
necessary that owners Of Liberty
bonds hold their bonds if possible.
Where for any good reason it is neces-
sary for them to turn their bonds into
cash they should seek the advice Of
their bankers.
Liberty loan bonds are very desir-
able investments, and crafty individuals
are using various means to secure them
from owners not familiar with stock
values and like matters. One method
is to offer to exchange for Liberty
bonds stocks or bonds of doubtful
organizations represented as returning
much higher income than the bonds.
There are various other methods used
and likely to be used, some af the gold
brick variety and others less crude and
probably within the limits of the law.
All offers for Liberty bonds except for
money and at market value should be
scrutinized carefully. The bonds are
the safest of investments and have non
taxable and other valuable features.
70 hold your Liberty loan bonds, if
possible is patriotic. TO consult your
bankers before selling them is wise.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-08-02
THE AMERICAN FLAG
(BV Larry HO)

It is no fabric or silk or bunting-no
mere beautiful cloth woven by human
hands. It is living thing, .pulsing
with the throbbing ardors Of humanity,
glowing with the fervor of immortal
hopes, leaping out in ecstasies of love
and dream. It is a song-the song Of
upward looking men. It is an altar
fragrant with sacrifice. It is a garden
wherefrom a nation grew, watered by
the pure blood of heroes. It is heav-
en- wherein the sanctifed are gathered.
1t is the Home where freemen dwell.
It is the battlefield wherein Honor
strikes it's blow for the cause Of God.
It is fame springing up to consume
injuotice and wither the hosts Of wrong.
1t is voice that speaks with the elo-
quence Of graves where sleep those who
died to make it mean Purity and Right
cousness. He who looks upon that Flag
with ransomed eyes beholds within it's
folds the valor and the faith of Lex
ington and Gettysburg-th blazing
eyes of the embattled farmers at Con-
cord Bridge-the fierce splendors~of the
ocean that was the cradle of Paul Jones
the clarion death cry above the ruin
ed AlamO-the prayer OF washington at
Valley Forge-the agony of Lincoln as
he paced the midnight hours-and,
browning all, the windswept faces of
boys who die today along the thunder
smitten hills Of France. The Flag of
the United States is the Glory of God
shining in the faces of those who
dream of world made clean enough to
be the dwelling place of God. It turns
our sorrows into exultation and our sac
rifces into melody Of service. For such
a Flag good men will always gladly die
for such a Flag good men will always
nObly live,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-08-02
FORTY YANKEES ARE
KILLED IN ACTION
Army and Marine Corps Casualty
Lists Give Seventy-nine
Severely Wounded.

Washington Aug. 1.-The army cas-
ualty list today shows: Killed in &C.
ton, SO; died of wounds, 40; died of
disease, 6; died of airplane accident,
l; died of accident and other causes,
5; wounded severely, 81; wounded, de-
gree undetermined, IS; missing in &C.
ton, "a; total, 104.
The marine corps casualty list to-
day shows: Killed in action, 4; died
of wounds received in action, 2;
wounded in action severely, IL; to-
tai, IS.
Northwest names appear on the lists
as follows: Corp. o. H. Folgers, Sla-
ter. Iowa, killed in action; Private H.
B. Beau, Turtle Lake, Wis, died from
wounds.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-08-02
WHAT WE FIGHT FOR

The high aims Of America and her
allies are we'll expressed III President
Wilson's greetings to tFfahce on Bas-
tile day: :. 49, zig ':.,....
- Gas France celeb7atsdd'our Fourth
of July, SO do we celebrate her Four
teenth, keealy conscious Of a comrade-
ship of arms and of purpose Of which
we are deeply proud. The seas seems
very narrow today, France is so close
aeighbor to our hearts. The war is
being fought to save ourselves from in.
tolerable things, but it is also being
fought to save mankind. We extend
our hands to each other, to the great
peoples with whom we are associated;
and TO the peoples everywhere who love
right and prize justice as a thing be-
You'd price, and consecrate ourselves
once more to the noble enterprise of
conceptions that have lifted France and
America high among the free peoples of
the world. The French flag flies today
from the staff of the: White House, and
Ametiea j. happy to do honor to that
1lss4A
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-08-02
Foe Propaganda Cost $50, ooo, 900.

Foe Propaganda Cost $so,ooo,o 900.
New York, Aug. THAT the Ger
man government spent $30,000,000 to
$4,000, 900 for propaganda in this coun-
try: and got nothing for it," was a
declaration by George Sylvester Vier-
eek, alleged pro- German publicist, in
testimony given at the inquiry here
into the Teuton activities in tho Uni
ted States. fviereck attended confer
encss of German oflcials and propa-
ganda. representatives in this city, IA
Yored purchase of newspapers In all
large American Cities, according to Z
statement ~ Attorney General Beekar.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-08-02
DRYS THREATEN TO TAX
LIQUOR TRAFFIC TO DEATH
Authorization Forces in Both
Houses Contend Revenue Will
Be Seriously Reduced.

Washington, Aug. IA threat to
tax liquor out of existence in the new
revenue bill, was the prohibition reply
to claims that making the nation dry
at this session of Congress will halt
plans to raise $S,000,O00,000 in taxes.
ti-prohibition forces in both
Houses, including members of the
Senate finance and House ways and
means committees, contend the coun-
try will lose more than $1,000, 100000
in revenue if the pending dry amend
ment to the food production bill
passes.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-08-02
SUNS UP FRENCH WAR AIMS
FORMER CABINET MINISTER USES
..~, ONLY FIVE WORDS =,
"Pr.ee'an l*.',t.r,.m MUST 80 De-
streyed," Says NJ. MllIerand ~.
IN His Review. :

- Washington, Aug. 1.-Flance's war
aims, summed up by M. Millerand,
former minister of war, in a review of
the war on the fourth anniversary of
its inception, are expressed in five
words:
"Prussian militarism must. be: de-
'stroyed:'' - *-:..s:ts g..
Crushing Prussianism, according to
M. Millerand, will mean. 81 ''::":'
"1-Restoration of Alsace4Lorraine.
-Reuniting of Italia irredenta::"
!; :. .'s Freedom -. Of Roumania and
11an4y'vaniia Il Hon SO a6nina-
ton. u r,'.S .t: 80, :ss"S >.
d "a Restoration Of A ali e. r,and
Serosa. fFsat! r. 49,. :sn5 b: s.1}1A s
=: Il: Il 7EstabAshmanx Of an lindahend-
ent Czecho1 sloyak:: state and 1Po-
land ,Fs):,>::, ..5::;' t> Ss4ysy .1..,iia ,:ss:;
eE 1.-THE new world did net enter npon
the scene, sdidanot 'scroas :thAsAtaaatie,
does not accompItshl:t the daily miracles
at which we are; astonished and gYkaate-
full witnesses to- content: itself with a
bastard or *de1usive peace, :. fasght
with danger to all. ~. = :'2; 1890
THE United States and France
with her, will never rest until our
aims are attained. Prussian nnlftar-
ism must be crushed"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-08-02

According to Charles L. Parsons, chief
chemist Of the Bureau of Mines, Depart
ment OF the Interior, the needs of plat
mum in the war industries and in the
sciences are very material in the success
full outcome of the war, and argues that
mono should be used in the manufacture
OF jeWelry, etc.
"The war can not be won without
platinum says DR.. Parsons, "and it is
equally essential in times Of peace if our
country is to excel Germany in the de-
velopment Of chemical science and indus
try. With the aid Of platinum from one
ordinary wedding ring about 100 pounds
Of nitric acid can be made every "a
hours. This 100 pounds of nitric acid
converted into high explosives
will send a number of 3-inch shells
against the Germans and help to bring
the boys back home
"Platinum rings, pins, cigarette cases,
and mesh bags are not factors in win
ming this war-explosives are. I won
der it the purchasers and wearerS of
platinum jewelry know that explosives
cannot be manufactured without the use
OF snlphuric and nitric acids; that the
manufacture Of these acids requires the
use of supplies Of platinum; that air
planes must have platinum for import
ant instruments they need; that plati-
mum rs absolutely necessary in the man
ufacture Of special promoters, that
promoters are necessary in all steel
treatments; and that no guns can be
made without the use of promoters.
There is shortage in the supply
Of platinum. Russia has corner ON tho
supply, and Germany is in Russia.
Oar domestic production Of platinum is
eligible, while our military require.
nns.ssi ~ inor6Siasing et rapid rets.'
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-08-02
Gu, ~ ufin11 Ronnb1ican. Tho 1nSi

Springfield Republicans: The desire
to pick flaws in the operation of the
railroads under government control, so
manifest in various quarters, is clearly
(EIe to the fact that the governmental
success in this field while the war is
in progress would predispose public
opinion in favor Of permanent govern
mcnt operation when peace comes. The
temptation to begin at once "cam-
paign' against government ownership
is very strong, as one can see in the
tendency to blame government opera
ton whenever railroad train wreck
occurs. Most people, probably, are not
so keen on the subject as to give much
thought to comparisons between cor
porate and government management;
certainly, the conditions arc so different
that comparisons cannot fairly be made
without sweeping qualifca atoms. OF one
thing, however, one may be sure. I'm
der government control, the actual man
agement of the roads is in the most
expert hands. The Railway Age, con-
sistent opponent Of government owner
ship as permanent policy, has admit
ted very recently: 'Nobody who be-
ieves in the ability and fitness of the
higher officers generally can offer any
general criticism Of the appointments
thus far made to the positions of re-
gional director, district manager, fed.
eral manager and general manager. Al
most without exception men who are re-
garded in the railroad business as It,
ted by ability and experience for these
places have been appointsd."