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Evening star., 1918-12-29


to turn out in this town until they
happen, since only Time can tell
And he won't do 1t until he gets
good and ready.
IF you are a maker Of idols you will
= know from unfailing experience
that every time you set one on q
pedestal it will topple over--smash!
Idols are that way.
This is about one sculptor of ideals
who is forever creating false gods
out Of her own Inspirations and then
insists upon being surprised when
every last image goes broke.
Women are that way.
Being an extinct volcano Of 9
woman, with all her own emotional
eruptions as cold and hard as the
lava you make breastpins of, she
gives to her creations the imper-
sonality Of art untempted by any
paganish desire to do the kowtow
act; she Is too well acquainted with
the idol business for foolishness Of
that sort, but just the same: Each
time one OF her gods turns into
broken crockery she likes to trot It's
clay feet into the spotlight. like this:
II am real hurt over this last one.
make an idol out Of than the sacri-
flee Of love. homo and health for the
sake OF patriotism-could you? I
was so dead sure that I had made q
god worth putting wings on, at last,
that one evening when the man who
posed for my masterpiece was kind
to boy who needed kindness--in per.
sonal gratitude I looked over my
stock Of emotions and picked out &
cleaning gold thing that I called
reverence and placed 1t on the idols
forehead just where saint wears his
eternal star
l was not only proud that had made,
at last, such a really, truly idol. I was
proud that God had made such really,
"it may be that idols ind pedestais
monotonous, for another evening the
idol-man, with a smile that would
have been contemptuous except that
1t wasn't worth the exertion. volunS
teered a denial OF the love. the sacrts
fice and every other splendid thing
that had made him worthy q place
among the gods-men are that way
sometimes-and before his sentence
was ended what had been a noble
figure was only SO much broken clay,
And all the kings horses and all
the kings men could never have
picked that idol up again, except that!
In the trashy wreck there shon0
the golden CLEAN of his kindness I'd
the boy. and because kindness caA
never die patched the broken bit4
together. 1t is just a thing Of common
potter's clay, like the rest of us, never
to be looked up to or admired again
for virtues 1t did not possess; but,
since gratitude should be as undyinS
as kindness, 1 have put back on ita
forehead that gift 1 called Reverence
which 1 had bestowed in faith, and
which, some way, l still have faith IL
deserves to wear.
"Oh, well, there are worse things
than the creating of idols-alwayS
providing you never bow down before
them In human worship. And though
mine fall as fast as | make them ex,
cepting for one lovable she Frankens
stein who makes me do sensible
things when l much prefer the otherS
God love her-it may be that in that
coming world which we know aS
heaven l may find all my false gods
radiant In the graces with which my
imagination invested them-each oh
its pedestal and each wearing a golds
en- CLEAN on It's forehead, whcre d
saint wears his eternal star.
"You never can tell"
.. MAMIE LANCASTER.
Evening star., 1918-12-29
A N unsold Christmas tree Is q
Y lonesome thing.
1t is easy enough to say that

1t Is easy enough 10 say tnat
tree has no feeling. but how
are you going to prove it? Friend
Buddha tells us that ITO all life Is
given emotion" and Buddha was
mighty wise man. Also. there is the
biblical tree Of life-but, anyhow, 1t
doesn't matter. An unsold Christmas
tree is a lonesome thing.
A woman was feeling that way
about 1t Friday morning as she
paused to watch man carting away
row of cedars that had formed q
sylvan thicket in front of market
triangle. A newsboy was also look
ing on, and as the Woman-with
faith never yet shaken, that a news
boy is the best man-thing living, ex-
printers-asked him what was to be
done with the trees, he settled the
destination with single word:
Dump"
isn't it a pity they couldn't have
had little fun before they die?"
Perhaps. she didn't expect the boy
to pay attention to so foolish a COM
ment, for she was quickening her step
when he matched 1t with one quite as
unsensible:
Christmas tree and have nobody want
me. and not get lighted and dolled UP,
with folks having a good time all
around; wouldn't your"
The woman paused and admitted
that she would.
Its the same way with kids. Some
Of 'em has stockin's hung up. an
trees, an all that Christmas business
held out to 'em with both hands.
while others don't have nothin' but
what they work for, and them that
can't work has to go to the dump. 1t
ain't fair AnVwQv Won f1Y IT,
Poor little laddie! Didn't you have
a happy Christmas this year?"
Her sympathy was mistake. The
boy sized her up by 1t and found her
wanting.
"Oh, yes"-his casual tone showed
that his interest In the exchange Of
ideas had gone-"I got q tree for the
Riddles and turkey for nom, an
stuffed stockln's all around. was
just talkin' general
Then he spurted on. And the woman
felt-like an unsold Christmas tree.
FATHER TIME was putting the fin
ishing touches on his new calen-
dar. 1t must have been trying work.
for he shook his head and sighed the
long, troublous kind that means prob
lens.
WHAT worrying you, IA W! MOLner
Time, busy with her last stent Of
woof on the loom of 1913, put into
her voice the tenderness Of wife
who Is married happily to Year One.
You Will find out soon enough, my
dear"
But I would love to know now.
Can't you give me q half hint?"
But Father Time shook his head
again; this time with a humorous
smile-with the world on his shoul-
ders he had no glooms for home use.
Il might give you half-and- half
one, except that 1t Is up to me to
keep Congress and the editors wres-
tling over the outcome for while
longer
We'll. can't you let on the leastest
little idea as to whether or not the
new calendar says anything about
the Grant statue. and if that old
fence Is coming down or not?"
But Father Time just looked enig
matte and kept dumb.
Which shows that there Is no way
Evening star., 1918-12-29

bunch of visiting representatives in port,
and one said: There will never be an
other war. We are q pacific people, but
look what we're doing without training!
I wanted to tell him to can it. It's no
use to underrate an enemy who has been
thirty years preparing this war"
Evening star., 1918-12-29

The United States, for that, has been
the reservoir of guns and munitions
for the allies. Even before we got
into the war enormous contracts for
steel forgings and guns were made
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Around the CITY.

of finding out how things are going
to turn out in this town until they
happen. since only Time can tell
And he won't do 1t until he gets
good and ready.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12
DEATH SUMMONS
 PIONEER CAPTAIN

SEATTLE-Captain J. c. Hunter, we'll known to all those who have travelled to Alaska, and who was, for great many years, a ship master in the North Pacific coast trade, died in this city yesterday death resulting from shock follow ing an operation.
 Captain Hunter, who was seventy five years of age, was taken ill in command of the steamer North western on her last trip, and sought medical aid on arrival at Seattle. He was very popular pioneer skipper of the North and counts a host of friends among the people who travelled on ships under his command.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12
STEAMER TANANA
 IN PORT TODAY
 WITH BIG CARGO
Barge Camille with Freight ex Str. Alaska Is Towed to Port
 By Str. Panama.

The A. Y. N. company's steamer Panama with the barge Camille in tow arrived in Nenana this morn ing from Panama where she made connections with the steamer Alaska. All of the freight the barge amounting to some 400 tons, as well as about 80 tons of freight on the boat is destined for this port She has about 7 tons of freight for Fairbanks.
 She landed thirty sacks of mail and the following passengers for Nenana: Miss Margaret Mckenzie, c. E. Taylor, Captain Spaulding and P. o. Wrenstedt. The passengers on board, in transit, bound for Fair banks are: c. w. Pyne, c. C.. Cleaner, George Rissman, J. w.. Foley, Mrs. J. w. Foley and two children.
 She sailed for Fairbanks this afternoon, taking the barge McNab brought here by the steamer Re- liance and the following passengers from Nenana: Bishop Crimont, trans ferred from the steamer Reliance, Frederick D. Browne, Mrs. Browne, w. A. Ryan, Mrs. Ryan, J. E. Kindly o. R. Smith, J. F. Struthers, Mrs. James Duke and Joseph Cunningham.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12
DATE SUGGESTED
 FOR REGISTERING
 MEN 0F NEW CALL
Supplies Are on the Way to Take Care of Registrants Under New
 Man Power Bill

Local Board No. 19, of Nenana, has received a telegram from the governors office reading:
 Have recommended period of registration October 15 to December 15."
 The telegram refers to registra- tion under the new man power bill and the dates recommended are for registration in Alaska. The regis tration regulations are practically the same as the regulations covering the 1918 class. This class is formed of youths coming of age after the first draft regulations went into force
 Supplies relative to the new man power act, as we'll as supplies for the use of the 1918 class of regis trants, are now on the way in. The local board has been requested to be prepared to appoint the neces- sary registrars and to forward them the necessary supplies.
 The 1918 class of registrants in this district are composed of Guy Barmore Abbey, George Zuroff, George Hupprich, George Kudzoff, Solomon Elisei Batagoff and Her man Bauer.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12
SUMMARY

Associated Press Summary.-The present offensive undertaken by the French and American forces along twentymile front is evidently aimed at the elimination of the St. Mihiel salient, which was projected into the Allied line to the southeast of Verdun four years ago. It is probable that the powerful German citadel of Metz is the objective in the present Franco-American offens- i've. Metz is fifteen miles distant in northeasterly direction from the easterly edge of the St. Mihiel salient. -@:. .@..:.. ...~..:
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12
OUTSIDE BOARDS
 CALL LOCAL BOYS

Three more Alaskans residing in this district have been called to the colors by the local boards where they have been registered. These men will be sent to the training camp at Fort Gibbon as soon as they can be got together. e.
 Thomas Lake, a teamster in the employ of the A. E. C., has been called by the local board of Jackson, Michigan.
 Charles Amos Wheeler, who is, at present, on the way into the Kantishna country with Joe Van Orsdel, has been called by the local board of Tacoma, Wash, and will be inducted on his return to Ne mana.
 William Thomas, who is conduct ing barber shop on upper A street in partnership with Ira Ball, has been called by the local board of Coffey County, Kansas.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12
VOLUNTARY INVESTMENTS
 SUSPENDED TEMPORARILY

In response to a telegram sent on the 9th inst, requesting informa- tion regarding voluntary enlistments under the new man power act, E.. J. Cronin, president of the Nenana Local Board, received the following reply from the governors office:
 'Yours ninth; unable to furnish information beyond fact all enlist ments temporarily suspended"
 Information was received in Me- mana some time ago and made pub- lie in these columns that both the army and navy had decided to close enlistments, owing to the fact that necessary industries were being crippled as a result of the large number of men offering their ser vices to the country.
 Some of the boys who had left Alaska for the Outside for the pur- pose of enlisting have not been able to do so and have been advised to wait until they have been called under the selective service repula- tions.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12
AMERICANS PROGRESS

WITH THE AMERICANS.-T first wave of the American infantry attack went forward at eight o'clock this morning. and met with little re- sistance and they succeeded in press ing back the enemy and also took many prisoners. An hour later the second wave of the attack went forward, and contrary to expecta- tions, met with stubborn resistance, their advance being held along sev- eral parts of the German front line.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12
COMMISSION 10
 GUT TRAIL OVER
 HUMP THIS FALL
M. J. Cooney with Men and Pack Train Will Leave on Monday
 For Broad Pass.

According to the present plans of the Alaskan Engineering commission the building of the governent road to the coast is to be pushed for ward with all speed, and for the pur- pose of establishing supply depots along the line and to afford a means of communication for those who will be engaged in the work of extending the railroad, service able trail from the end of steel at the coast end of the road to Ne mana Crossing, some 43 miles from town, is to be established imme- diately. -s.--s. ....-s.-.
 M. J. Cooney, who will be in charge of the work will leave on Monday morning with men and a pack train and will go on to Cant we'll Crossing, in the Broad Pass country, and commencing operations from this point will continue the building of the trail towards Ne mana. The distance intervening be- tween Cantwell Crossing and the end of steel at Nenana Crossing is approximately 12O miles.
 The Broad Pass is 1900 feet lower than any other pass through the Alaska range and a very good level double-ender trail will be es- tablished between steel.
 It is expected that a gang of men from the other end will have al- ready commenced the building of the trail towards Nenana. Cooney's men will meet this party before commencing operations.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12
BIG DRIVE, IS LAUNCHED IN LORRAINE,
LLOYD GEORGE SAYS VICTORY IS VOW CERTAIN
ST. .MIHIEL SALIENT
 POINT OF ATTACK

WITH THE AMERICANS.-On the Lorrain front the combined French and American forces have de- livered a powerful attack on the positions held by the Germans on both sides of the St. Mihiel salient. The infantry advanced to the att,2k at the conclusion of a four-hour barrage fire. The enemy positions were very strongly held and the t. tack which was a very daring me has, so far, been very successful. On the southern side of the salient the attack covered a front of twelve miles, the operations on the western side was over an eight-mile front and fierce fighting is now in prog ress. The attack was commenced in fine weather and there was the greatest concentration of Franco American artillery in the barrage fire preceding the advance of the infantry. The German batteries at some points along the line attacked replied vigorously to the barrage, but, as whole, the reply was weak. Entente airplanes in large numbers assisted in the operations.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12
BRITISH CROSS CANAL

LONDON.-According to official reports received by the war office today, the British forces have cross ed the canal Du Nord, southeast of Havricourt, and to the east and north of Moevres, and have estab- lished themselves firmly on the west erly side of the canal to the north west of St. Quentin. In their ad- vance the British encountered very stiff resistance in the Havrincourt and Moeuvres region and much stub born fighting had to be done. The British captured the towns of Yer mand, Attilly and Vendelles.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12
NEW KIND OF GAS
WITH THE AMERICANS.-T

WITH THE AMERICANS Germans are using a new variety of gas shells on the Americans in the fighting now in progress. They are shot out of an ordinary rifle and contain pumice stone and Phos- gene gas. The pumice stone greatly increases the length of the time the fumes of the phosgene gas remain in the vicinity and the American troops have been warned that it may become necessary to keep on their gas masks for period of twelve hours after the shells have fallen.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12
PETROGRAO RENT
 BY SLAV RIOTERS

LONDON.-According to reports received in this city today a great many Russian peasants who re- volted against the Bolsheviki rule have entered Petrograd.
 They were joined, on their en- trance to the city by large part of the city's population, and severe fighting with the Bolsheviki soldiers is in progress in several parts of the town.
 The city is also reported still on fire in several places.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12
TA CONTRACTS AWARDED
 FOR GRADING WORK

George Gotto & Co.,, who had re- gently finished a large grading con tract on the D line, have been awarded a contract to grade a sec tion of the old right of way from Station 18O05 to Station 18O21, a distance of 1900 feet. There are eight partners to this contract, and October 18th has been set as the date for the completion of the con- tract. This contract is within the limits of residency under the SUD- ervision of Resident Engineer How ard G. Haslem.
 G. F. Dunbar, of the Joyce Lake roadhouse, has been awarded a con- tract for the grading of a section of the right of way near his road house, from Station No. 2O439 to Station No. 2O446 plus 50, dis tance of 750 feet. October 2Oth being the date set for the comple tion of the work This piece of grading work is the farthest out on the Nenana-Fairbanks line from this end, and is under the supervision of Resident Engineer J. J. Kestley.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12
BRITISH PREMIER
 VERY OPTIMISTIC
British Premier Predicts A Rea Victory of the Allied Forces
 On Western Front.

MANCHESTER, England-In the course of a speech delivered in this city today, Premier Lloyd George of England said: Nothing but heart failure on the part of the British nation can prevent our achieving real victory"
 The casualty list during the last offensive, he said, showed that the losses sustained by the British amounted to about one-fifth of the losses sustained during the 1916 drive.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12
TOLOVANA LAUNCH
 LEFT THIS MORNING

The launch Helen M, which Carl White is using until his big launch is repaired and ready for service again arrived from Fairbanks late yesterday evening. She brought one locked pouch of mail for this town, but had no passengers for Nenana. The passengers on board in transit bound for the Tolovana country were Pat O'Connor Frank Miller and Henry Johnson.
 The launch sailed for her destina- tion this morning.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12
ILLINOIS NAMES
 MEN FOR OFFICE

CHICAGO.-At the primaries held throughout the state, Representative Medill Mccormick was nominated to contest the Illinois senatorship with Senator James Hamilton Lewis.
 Mccormick won the nomination from Wm. Hale Thompson, Mayor of Chago, by a plurality of sixty two thousand votes.
 Speaker Joseph G. Cannon and Minority Leader James R. Mann were renominated.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12
PARSIFAL LINE

PARIS.-It is reported today that the Germans are constructing a su- preme line of defense from Ant werp to Metz which will known as the Parsifal line. Elaborate forti- fications are reported to be in the course of construction and the forts guarding Antwerp are being put into the best possible condition for defense.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12
CAMOUFLAGE FOR
 GERMAN WORKERS
Kaiser Bill Tries to Fool the People Again and Lets Loose Some
 More Peace Talk.

AMSTERDAM.-According to a report received in this city today from German sources, speaking re- gently at the Krupp works in Essen, the kaiser told his hearers that everybody in the Fatherland knows that he left no stone unturned in his efforts to shorten the war for the Germans as we'll as for the En- tire civilized world.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12

troops along the St. Mihiel salient, the Germans are retiring on each side of the salient. The Germans are undoubtedly suspicious of the Americans, following this new of fensive and believe that the Ameri- cans are preparing to attack on a large scale, but they are unaware of the direction of the attack. The Americans, who are intensely eager are fighting magnificently,
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12
WILSON APPROVES
 DRY REGULATION

WASHINGTON, D. C.-President Wilson today affixed his signature to a joint resolution of Congress, empowering him to establish prohibi- bition zones around shipyards, muni- tion factories and other war in- dustries. {
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12

The government is searching the territory for lead burners, and R. E. Robertson, of Juneau is directing the search. A call has been issued by the government for fifty men.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12

Timber Cruiser H. K. Carlisle went up to Fairbanks on the Land Office launch Alaska, concluding a summers trip on the Yukon and her tributaries.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12

Dr. J. R. Bowen returned to Ne mana from Hot Springs on the steamer Reliance last night.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12
GERMANS RETIRING

WITH THE AMERICANS.-As result of the attacks made by our
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-12
RAIDS REPORTED

PARIS.-It is officially reported today that on the French front con- siderable raiding was in progress with some artillery activity.
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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-05-31
TOM HAYS FOR SHERIFF.

Thos. A. Hays wants the office Of
Sheriff of this county ard seeks
the race through the Republican
primary to be held to nominate a
candidate for that Office alone on
the 9th Of July.
Mr.. Hays is a farmer, but has
had considerable experience in the
line Of business he seeks, having
been an active deputy under differ
ent sheriffs. He is sober, well bal
anced, not hasty in action and If
elected to the office will make the
county an excellent official. MIR.
Hays has an extensive acquaintance
in the in the county, but as the pri-
mary is only to supply one candi-
date and there can be no canvass
Of the county, he may miss seeing
in person many whose support he
would like to have---hence he
takes this method Of soliciting the
vote and influence Of all who take
part in the primary, with the PROM
Use that If nominated and elected
he will honor the confidence repos-
ed in him by doing his best to up
hold the law and perform all other
duties that may devolve on the
sheriff of the county. Consider well
his claims and in the primary let
your action be for the best interests
of the party and the country.