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The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
PUBLIC LAND SURVEYS
PROGRESSING RAPIDLY

The Public Land Surveys in this
district which are being conducted
under the supervision of U. S.
Cadastral Engineer Woodbury. Abbey
assisted by U. S. Transitman E. C.
Guerin, are progressing rapidly and
it is expected that the work will be
completed in a short time.
The party under Mr.. Guerin work
ing from the line of the old survey
near Cinema, are continuing the sur
veys, making the subdivisions, to-
wards Nenana.
The party under Mr.. Abbey will
continue on east of town on both
sides of the Tanana river until the
party under Mr.. Guerin is met.
It is expected that the entire sur
vey planned for this season will be
completed long before the clase of
navigation.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
WHOLE TOWN GOES
AT AUCTION SALE

LONDON.-Any man whose am
bition is to own a whole town will
have an opportunity to satisfy his
desire here next month. By direc-
ton of Lord Stalbridge, the owner,
the entire town of Shaftesbury will
be put on the auction block, in
Guiding private houses, banks, post
offices, stores, offices, hotels and
three saloons. The town is located
in a picturesque part of Derbyshore,
perched on the top of hill in the
midst Of rolling farm country. The
nearest railway station is three
miles distant, at Semley.
Sales of great estates are fire.
quent in these days, when taxes are
eating up profits, and many of the
younger generation of the nobility
are losing their lives on the battle
fields. This is the first sale of an
entire town which has been ar
ranged.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
SUMMARY

Associated Press Summary.-The
attack delivered by the Allied armies
today is new development of the
terrific battle raging to the east
of Ancre. The British appear to
be quite near the old Hindenburg
line south of Arras, and if success
crowns their efforts along the
Scarpe, they would be in a position
to force the Germans to retreat
over wide section farther south.
Since last Wednesday, the Ger
mans have been driven eatstwards
for a distance of four miles on a
thlrty-mile front, the greatest Allied
gain on this front being a depth
OF six miles at some points.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
Jap 1RROPS ARE
MAKING GOOD IN
SIBERIAN ARENA
Our Jap Allies Score Victory Against
the Bolsheviki on Ussuri River
Front In Siberia

demonstrating to des-
patch received by the war office
from Vladivostock today, the Japan
csc troops are rapidly completing
their concentration on the Ussuri
river front and at Engenueka.
japanese sailors, supported by ar
mored cars, attacked the Bolsheviki
troops in the face of very heavy
artillery fire and succeeded in rout-
ing them.
Last Friady the Bolsheviki troops
under the Hun commanders, gained
slight advantage on the Ussuri
front before the Allied troops had
an opportunity to prepare their de-
lenses. The Allies have now more
than evened the score and have COM
PEELED a retreat of the Bolsheviki.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
MUCH BRITISH SOIL
UNDER CULTIVATION

LONDON.-The food production
department estimates that there ;s
under cultivation in Great Britain
more than 100000 acres in allo..
ments. Some of this land under
cultivation by individuals is in the
great parks of London, even HYDE
Park not being spared. In the city
the individuals pay about twenty
five cents year for plots from
thirty to forty feet in length to
1l1teen or twenty feet in width.
Food officials say there are more
than 100000 allotments and that
about 100000 acres of potatoes are
growing in allotted ground.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
STOCK ARRIVES
FROM RUBY CITY
Seven Head of Horses With Wagons
and Equipment Arrive Here
on Steamer Tanana.

On the steamer Tanana, which ar
rived in port last night, two freight
ing outfits arrived to seek employ
ment, if possible, in this district.
They had been freighting in the
Ruby district for some time, but
cannot find employment there any
longer, as business is almost dead
in that camp.
Fred Joyce owns the four horse
outfit and Fred Nelson brought a
three horse outfit, and both of these
men, it is presumed, will try to get
grading contract which will give
them and their stock work until
times become better.
They had been engaged in the
freighting business in the Ruby min
ing district for long time past and
possess very fine stock.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
TAKES UP
MAN POWER BILL

WASHINGTON, D. C-The men,
bers of the Senate are now con-
sidering the man power bill as
passed by the house of representa-
tives and the hope is expressed that
they may be able to dispose of it
tomorrow.
The bill as passed by the House
make provision for the drafting of
all men between the ages of 21
and As. 1t also contains an amend
ment which provides for the educa-
ton at Government expense, Of all
soldiers under Fl years of age after
the war.
AS the new man power bill calls
for the induction of men between
the ages of 81 and as, the education
provision in the bill will probably
affect only those who have joined
the army before attaining 81 years
of age.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
Ell PASO SURVEY FINDS
USEFUL INDUSTRIES

Ell PASO. - Industrial alcohol,
made from cacti, overalls for Amer
lean soldiers in France, and old tin
cans are some Of the things the
war industrial survey has discovered
of value in its recent survey of Ell
Paso. One local firm makes a
speciality of manufacturing blue
denim overalls and it may be pos
sible to obtain cotton for these
from the Laguna cotton fields, near
Torreon, Mex. The alcohol, used
extensively in the manufacture of
munitions, is manufactured at the
cactus alcohol plant near Fort Bliss
from desert cacti. Tin cans are
bought at the smelter here for the
metal contained in them and will
be salvaged from the city dump
piles.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
ENGINEERS CAMP
IS ESTABLISHED
l Temporary Engineering Camp
Has Been Formed on the
Nenana-Fa irbanks Line.

To take care of the grading and
other work on the Nenana-Fairbanks
line, the engineering party in
charge of Mr.. J. ]. Kestley have
gone into camp near Koland's camp,
a few miles out of town and across
the Tanana river.
Bruce Hunting, who until re-
Gently was in the engineering party
under Resident Engineer Howard G
Haslem at camp 385, has been ap.
pointed transitman and went out to
the new camp this morning.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
NAVY ANNOUNCES
LOSS OF SEAPLANE

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The navy
department announced today that
an American sea plane, with its
crew of three men had been lost
off Fire Island.
The lost plane with several others
was engaged in practice evolutions
in the neighborhood of Fire Island,
and when we'll out to sea, two of
the swiftly moving planes collided,
resulting in the loss of one of them.
The other colliding plane, though
badly damaged, managed to reach
the shore.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
FRENCH ADVANCE

PARASITIC French army under
General Mangin, who are operating
on a wide front between the Disc
and the Aisne and who last Friday
drove the Huns across the Ailette
valley and took five thousand pris-
oners, today repulsed the furious
onslaughts of the Hun troops every
where along the line. The gallant
Frenchmen gained much ground and
in some places on the battleline
have flung the enemy even beyond
their starting point.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
PACIFIC COAST
STEEL WORKERS
WANT MORE PAY
Steel Workers of Emergency Fleet
Corporation Demand Better
Working Conditions.

SEATTLE.-Over a thousand en-
ployees of the Pacific Coast Steel
company who are now engaged in
contracts for the building of vessels
for the Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton, went on a strike today.
The strikers demand better pay
and that the working conditions be
made similar to those imposed on
other shipyard workers.
1t is expected that steps will be
taken Immediately to look into their
grievances with a view to getting
the men to resume work
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
WINTER HOUSES
TO Be ERECTED
AT CAMP LEWIS
To Permit of Military Training In
Bad Weather, Special Structures
Will Be Put Up.

WASHINGTON, D C.-To insure
uninterrupted field training and so
that bad weather will not interfere
with such training, special struc-
lures are to be erected at Camp
Lewis Immediately. .-.:.
All of the other large training
camps throughout the country will
also have such buildings erected so
that our boys will get the benefit
of field training uninteruptedly, but
which now has to be abandoned dur
ing the prevalence of bad weather.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26

JAPS DEFEAT BOLSF1EVZKI IN SIBERIAN BATTLE
BRITISH MAKE GAINS:
FRENCH ROUT ENEMY

The British forces operating in
the Scarpe sector of the battlefront
delivered a powerful attack today
to the east of Arras and succeeded
in driving the enemy farther back
and making good progress. South
east of Mory and west of Croiselles
the British have improved their
positions, and despite the heavy fall
of rain they attacked brilliantly and
captured the town of Favreuil, a
mile and a half to the northeast
of Baupaume.
1t is unofficially reported that
the town of Baupaume has also
fallen to the British, as the result
of the fighting yesterday.
On both sides of the Somme the
British lines have been advanced
slightly and progress made towards
Maricourt, four miles northwest OF
Bray
In today's attacks the British
forces drove the enemy before them
and captured the towns of Monchy
lie Preu, Guemappe and Jancourt,
five miles southeast of Arras, and
penetrating farther south, have cap
tured and occupied Mory. Advanc-
ing from Mory in south-easterly
direction, the troops progressed for
a distance of two miles on four
mile front.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
MAN POWER SHORT

WITH THE AMERICANS.-Ac-
cording to the belief entertained by
soldiers in the German army who
have been recently taken prisoner
by our troops, the Germans are not
planning any more offensives be-
cause of serious shortage of their
man power. The prisoners also
stated that the German soldiers have
no more enthusiasm for the wal
and would be glad to quit fighting.
ATTACK FAILS UTTERLY
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
ARRAS POSITION RELIEVED

WITH THE BRITISH-The Brit
ish, in a series of strong attacks
delivered today, have succeeded in
throwing back the German line
southeast of Arras, considerably re-
leiving the position of that city,
which was being menaced by the
Hun batteries who were operating
within range of the town.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
KNITTING CLUB
MEETING SOON
Newly Formed Patriotic Club Elk
tends Invitation to Ladies of
District to Join.

Mrs. j. R. Bowen, chairman of
the local Red Cross branch, an
nounces that the first meeting of
the newly organized knitting club
will be held at the home of Mrs.
Herman Anderson, on First street,
at 2 o'clock on the afternoon of
Thursday, August 18th.
A cordial invitation is extended
to the ladies of Nenana who have
not yet Joined the club and an op-
portunity to do so will be given
them at the meeting to be held on
Thursday afternoon.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
PARIS.-According to reports re-

ceived from the front today, the
Germans attempted a counter Of
fensive on a large scale against the
right wing of the French army be-
tween Valley and Scissors. The
French troops, who were ready for
any emergency, met the attack very
spiritedly, and desperate fighting
ensued, at the end of which the
Germans were compelled to fall
back on their positions, leaving a
great many dead on the field of
plete failure.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
BAUPAUME SURROUNDED

WITH THE BRITISH.-Despite
the great and desperate efforts be-
ing put forth by the Germans to
stem the advancing tide of the Brit
ish soldiers, the town of Baupaume
is being slowly surrounded, and the
Gordon of the attacking forces is
being gradually closed up.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
BRITISH ADVANCE
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS

BRITISH HEADQUARTERS.-In
the operations conducted by the
British yesterday they captured an
additional fifteen hundred prisoners
and many guns, Field Marshal Haig's
forces have swung forward as far
as Longueval, north of the Somme
To the north of Baupaume, the
British have succeeded in driving
the Huns farther back, inflicing
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26

Tommy Scott, one of the engin-
eering party stationed at camp 400,
paid brief visit to town. He came
in yesterday and left again .h;s
morning. es
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
DONATIONS RECEIVED
FOR AMERICAN HOSPITAL

Mr.. c. H. Hall, special disbursing
agent Of the A. E. c., wishes to
acknowledge receipt of the following
donations toward the upkeep of the
beds in the American Hospital at
Neuilly, France:
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26

Miss Margaret O'Connor, of the
Ruby Telephone company, has re-
signed her position and is on her
way to Fairbanks on the steamer
Tanana to visit her parents and
sisters who reside there. She in
tends going Outside this fall.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
BRITISH TAKE PRISONERS

PARIS.-Since August 21st the
British have taken twenty-thousand
German prisoners.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26

heavy losses on them. The British
have now advanced their lines as
far as the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS road
and have established themselves
there.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26

The war comes first. Save fooc
and help the great cause along.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26

E. c. Guerin, U. S. transitman,
now with the parties on the Pu.. c
Land Surveys, arrived in town yes
terday. He returned to his camp
this morning.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26

Carl Schmidt has joined the cleri-
cal force of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission as timekeeper. He
assumed duties today and will be
attached to the head office at pres
ent.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26

Waste and want are twin sisters
and neither beautiful.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26

The money has been forwarded
to Mrs. Franklin K. Lane through
the Hon. E. C. Bradley, who is
MIR. Lanes secretary.
Newport daily independent., 1918-08-19
The Modern Way.

The conversation in the lobby of a Washington hotel turned to the sub- ject of modern methods when little story along that line was contributed by Congressman Claude Kitchin of North Carolina.
 Some time ago young man became enamored of a beautiful girl, and after courtship of some months he mustered sufficient courage to tell her of his great love.
 Tonight" said he as they sat one evening in the alluring gloom of the veranda, s'sI am going to your father and ask for your hand in marriage"
 That is very fine, Harry the pret- ty one replied, "but don't be so old fashioned"
 "Old fashioned" returned the lover. thoughtfully. Il don't quite under stand"
 Don't ask him." was the prompt explanation of the girl. 'Tell him. Philadelphia Telegraph.
Newport daily independent., 1918-08-19
Welsh Intermarrying.

A remarkable instance of Welsh family intermarrying is given in a quaint chronicle of local events kept by one Peter Roberts, notary public, of St. Asaph, who died in 16d6. He wrote: Upon Saturday evening, the xxviith day of Novr., 1924, Thomas Mostyn, Esq, and Gwen Parrie, wid- ow, the late wife of lne late revd. father in God, Richard parrie, late Lord Bishop of St. Asaph, deceased, were married: and also William Mostyn. gent, son and heir apparent of the said Thomas Mostyn, and one Anne Parrie, one of the younger daughters of the said late Lord Bishop, were likewise married the day and year aforesaid; and Richard Parrie, son and heirS of the said late Lord Bishop, and Marie Mostyn, third daughter of the said Thomas Mostyn, were then married"
Newport daily independent., 1918-08-19
Football in China.

The Chinese. first as they were ill many things, were first in the field with that winter pastime we regard as peculiarly our own-football. They played football from very early times, at first with a ball stuffed with hair, but from the fifth century with an in flated bladder covered with leather.
 Even in the earliest days the game had it's own literature, giving the tech nical names and positions of the play CTS and enumerating at least seventy different varieties of kicks; but per haps the most striking matter so re- corded was that concerning the re- ward of the players: 'NThe winners were rewarded with flowers, fruit and wine; and even with silver bowls and brocades; while the captain of the los ing team was logged and suffered other indignities."
Newport daily independent., 1918-08-19
Garden Memories.

l Our present joy in growing things grows deeper, as coior and fragrances of our actual garden blend with colOrs and fragrances from iong ago. Wood- bines, over the rafters t;kes on the semblance of Ia petite chambre verte in Normandy where we lunchcd one September noon many years gone by. In April the clear crimson of our tulips brings back those plucled wild on hills near Florence in long vanished spring, sunshine; and the lit tie pink-tipped daisies that border the bed make one see again those in Al pine grass high on the great slopes above Lousanne, with the glory of the lake, and Savoy and Mont Blanc spread out before; those in English meadows in sweet, chilly early sum- mer. What associations come on the breath of lilacs, or lilies-of-the-valley, or few sprigs of blossoming helio- trope, recalling an almost tropical riot of color in a great bed of heliotrope on the shore of Lake Como, with every soft shade of lavender. deepening to richest purple and a cloud of many tinted purple butterflies lowering ab0vc.-Margaret Sherwood.
Newport daily independent., 1918-08-19
BEST LOVED ENGLISH POET
Thomas Hood Made His Reputation as Humorist-Wrote Clever
 Verse.

Thomas Hood was probably one of the best loved of the English poets and humorists, though often classed among the .minor English poets.' But every one knows his "Song of the Shirt, J which brought out forcibly, though pOetically, the wasted life and early death of the overworked women, the unfortunates of the poorer classes. His Bridge of Signs is equally effective.
 These are named as his best works, yet his reputation was made as a hu- morist. He was the son of a book seller, born in London. His father died when he was young and his mother moved to Islington, where Thomas studied under delightful old vicar. He tried to become a clerk, but such work disagreed with him-so much so, indeed, that he had to go to the coun- try to recuperate. While away he be- gan contributing light humorous sketches to magazines and papers, and after his return to his beloved London he was made subef'itor of the London Magazine.
 This position bro ught him in contact with all the brilliant men of his time DeQuincy, Charles Lamb and others. Later he started the Comic Annual, in which he caricatured the people and events of the y-satire done so deli cately and cleverly that the events he made fun of will live solely because he made them of importance.
 The last of his life was spent on a sick bed, and it was during this period that he wrote his two famous serious poems above mentioned.
Newport daily independent., 1918-08-19
Respect for Speed.

Human respect for speed depends chiefly upon the method of locomotion that is employed. Human legs are one thing, a bicycle is another, an automo- bile is another, and a railroad train is another, while an airplane is "still something else again" All these have their measures of supremacy as estab- lished by the records, but in speaking of speed in an abstract sense "a mile a minute" will probably never lose its rhetorical force. That rate is abou. as fast as any rational human being wants to move when he is on the level of mundane things. For him it repre- sents the acme of speed and always will. Flying, of course, is another mat ter. That gives a man sense of re- moteness which makes the speed seem less terrific.
Newport daily independent., 1918-08-19
STOCK NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that, as marshal of the city of Newport, l have taken up the following live stock, to-wit:
 One black horse mule, no shoes, reached mane, weight about $50 pounds, 8 years old.
 One black horse mule, no shoes reached mane, weight about 1000 pounds, 8 years old.
 The owner of said stock is hereby notified to come forward and prove ownership to the undersigned, and in default thereof I will on
 SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1918. ] offer for sale at public auction tc the highest bidder for cash, in front of the city hall in the city of New port, Akransas, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and 3 o'clock in the afternoon of said date.
 c. c. MARTIN, 94d10 City Marshal.
Newport daily independent., 1918-08-19
DOCTOR FITTED FOR LEADER
Much in Knowledge of Medicine to Equip Man for High Pub
 lie Service.

There is much in the knowledge of medicine to fit man for the high call ing of lawgiver and leader of the people, says Dr. Frederick Peterson, in the Century. He continues:
 gro reach the goal of national health, the physicians accumulated knowledge and experience must be brought to bear upon the laws which relate to fit marriages, to housing and the food supply, to education, occupa- tions, recreations, hygiene and sanita- ton, to contagious diseases, alcohol ism, poverty and crime; in short, upon every law which relates directly or in- directly to the health and wellbeing of the people. His interest reaches into the depths of sociology, biology and philosophy, to the relations be- tween persons and groups, between na- tions and races. The interests of medi- cine are fixed only by the boundaries with its great free municipalities is at length established, when war and pow erty and disease and unemployment, as we know them, have been banished to the vast rubbish heap of mans out grown ignorance and folly, it may be that the physicians of that nobler time will be expected to frame wise laws not only to insure individual health but to prevent the disease to which the organism of the state, the body polite, has in all earlier social stages been subject"