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The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-24
WASTE IS CUT AT ARMY CAMP
 AT CAMP LEWIS

CAMP LEWIS.-Waste has been practically eliminated at Camp Lewis. There was a time when rub bish and much of the camp garbage was burned in a great fire kept burning outside the camp limits. Now most of this matter is saved and used.
 The best way to tell of the say ing is to begin with the large gar bage cans that are to be seen out side the mess halls. These cans are marked "bread', coffee grounds, "bones", etc, and i'll betide the sol dier on kitchen police who puts potato parings into the bones or otherwise is careless. If he does the can comes back and he is com pelled to separate the two.
 Each day the cans are sent to the camp incinerating plant. There the bread, scraps from plates, and gar bage, which consists of parings, green trimmings and things of like nature are sent to a large hog farm eleven miles from camp and fed to the pigs. This totals three to six truckfuls a day.
 The fats and bones are sent to Nisqually, where the fats are turn ed into oils and the bones into fer tilizer. The unreclaimable matter is burned.
 Just beyond the camp incinerator IS another reclamation institution Here is handled the waste paper. old magazines, bottles, tin cans and old rubber scraps.
 As the bottles are brought in they are sorted into different grades and slzes and eventually sold. The paper is put into large presses and baled.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-24
DON'T BE A SLACKER

Patriotic ladies of Nenana are requested to help in mending some of the garments which have been donated by the people of Nenana for the use of the destitute Belgians. The garments will be found in the Grace Presbyterian church, which will be open all the time for the purpose of having the things mended
 Those who are willing to help in this good cause are requested to bring their own mending needles etc., and go to the church at any time that may be convenient to them.
 Efforts are being made to ship the articles donated on the next boat, which will be the last of the season, and the need for mending the articles needing such attention is therefore very urgent.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-24
MILITARY NOW HAS
 SPECIAL POLICEMEN

With the American Army, France There has just been organized in the American Expeditionary Forces a special force called the Military Police Corps. It will perform the duties heretofore discharged by the traffic police, headquarters guards and other similar organizations. The strength of the new corps is not fixed, but it is not to exceed a cer- tain percentage of all the troops in the American army, both combatant and non-combatant. It starts with three lieutenant colonels, eleven majors and eighty-eight captains, and has it's own training depot.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-24

Forty to fifty tons of paper are shipped and sold each month. Tin from tin cans likewise is pressed into masses averaging 42 pounds in weight and then sent to the rolling mills when a melting process re- claims the tin and solder, the bal ance going into cast iron. No esti- mate has yet been made of the cash value of the projects.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-24
STEAMER ALASKA
 COMES ID PORT
 FROM UP YUKON

At an early hour this morning the steamer Alaska arrived with the barge Policy in tow, loaded with railroad material; she also had about eighty tons of general goods on board the boat consigned to Nenana, and about 70 tons of it connsigned to Fairbanks, which was transferred to the steamer Reliance. The freight on the barge included 20 Western dump cars (narrow gauge) four of which will be sent to Cinema for work on the branch line: 5 car bodies for use on the main line; 30,000 feet of fir lumber and about seventy tons of mixed freight
 The passengers disembarking at this port were Mrs. E. J. Nelson, Mrs. Belle Campbell, R. Steele, J. F. McNamee, D. w. Farreher, Ed Stone and Stephen Foster, while those in transit for Fairbanks were Mrs. and Mrs. R. L. Vining, Mir. and Mrs. John A. Clark and two sons and Mrs. Karshner. She also landed some express and one locked pouch and 36 tie sacks of mail of Nenana.
 She sailed this afternoon for Panama and waS points, taking away the following passengers who arrived here on the steamer Re- liance from Fairbanks: Charles Tay- Tor for Panama and Mrs Earl Hunt for Seattle. As there is no con- meeting boat for the upper river Mrs. Hunt will remain in Panama until the first up-bound boat leaves.
 Local passengers leaving on the Alaska were MT. and Mrs. w. A. Ryan, Mir. and Mrs. F. D. Browne, MT. Frank Lawson, all of whom are bound for Hot Springs.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-24

George Milich, who was convicted of selling booze in Nenana and sentenced to serve a jail sentence in lieu of the fine imposed, made his escape while working at the de- tention hospital yesterday morning. The guard, Tobias Flieschman, took three shots at him, but failed to stop him. Search parties found his clothes on the river bank near Buzby's ranch. No further traces of him have been discovered.
 Bill Terrill's auto with a party on board, was accidentally over- turned little way out of town yesterday. Nobody was hurt.
 A Burgess auto left this morning for the coast with the following passengers: Pete Lynch, Tom Patter- son, M. Wick and c. Pertier.
 A Sheldon auto also left with the following passengers: MT. and Mrs. Foster, Ray Hamilton, L. Sullivan. Andy Ostrum, Charles Anderson, M. Jacobsen, o. c. Ostrom.
 Captain Waugh, in charge of the telegraph system from Valdez to Cinema, is expected to arrive in Fair
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-24

 NOTICE

On and after Friday, September 27, no sugar will be obtainable for family use at either the Commission commissary or stores in town except on presentation of a sugar card, signed by the acting local food ad- ministrator.
 These cards may be obtained at the townsite office between one and five p. m., together with details re- garding sugar issue.
 H. B. JOSEPH,
 Acting Local Food Administrator
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-24
FAIRBANKS NOTES
E sssssEss x s & ssss s

c. D. Ross, of the News-Miner staff, met with a serious accident Sunday morning and now lies in g critical condition in St. Joseph's hos pital. He was riding a motor cycle and when at the corner of Third and Barnette street, seems to have lost control of the machine and crashed into the N. c. truck, stand ing near at the time. He was in- jured in the region of the heart, several rigs were broken and nne of the ribs is said to have broken off and injured the veins around the heart.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-24

The above were registered with the Fairbanks Local Board.
 Andrew Gusieff and Dwight Fox, of the Eagle Local Board.
 Oscar Dahl, of the Anchorage Board.
 Grant Victor Allen, of Kalama County Local Board.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-24
MARINE NEWS
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Sarah-At Kotlik, waiting for high tide, 23rd.
 Davis-Up Nulato 10 a. m. Julia B.-Up Holy Cross, 23rd. Seattle 3-Down Holy Cross 8 a. m. 22nd. Jacobs-Up Holy Cross, 22nd. Yukon-Up Eagle 5 p. m, 23rd. Tanana-Up Birches l a. m. Alaska-At Nenana.
 Reliance-At Nenana.
 Shusana-At Nenana.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-24
ARMY TRANSPORT IS DUE HERE ON
 OCTOBER FIRST

According to a telegram received today by Ed Cronin, chairman of Nenana Local Board No. 19. the army transport Jacobs will arrive in Nenana on or about October |, and will take away the men of Ne nana's third draft quota.
 In addition to the men of Ne nana's quota and those of other local boards published some time ago, the following registrants will also report at Nenana for induction:
 Name Order No.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-24

Fred Switzer, a well known Fair banksan, who has been on the Out side for the past year, is on his way to Fairbanks from the States. He writes that owing to the big prices prevailing on the Outside, it is impossible to live as we'll as he used to in Alaska. He says that it is absolutely impossible to make any money on the Outside and that con- ditions are a whole lot better in Alaska. .~.. :..~. ..>-. .~
Evening star., 1918-08-04

Members Of the Ma
rine Corps carving
stones or markings Of
chalk for the graves Of
their fallen comrades
near the western battle
front.
Copyright b. Committee on Pub
lie Information. From Central
News Photo Service.)
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-05-18
one WAY THE RED CROSS HAS TAKEN
TO DEFEAT THE KAlSER'S GAME
900 Ragged, Sick and Homeless People A
Daily Dumped at Evian.

shipmenta He simply dumps them in
Evian. on the French-SwIss border.
II 1t were not for the American Red
Cross the task Of caring for these
starved. ragged. sick. homeless, ter
rorixed men, women and children
would be more than the French govern
ment could handle. But our American
Red Cross 10 making heroic efforts to
defeat the Kniser's aim to oil France
with consumptiveA. Trained Red Cross
workers are at the receiving station at
Evian. They drst separate those
showing signs Of tuberculosis from
those who are only starving or have
some other disease.
It is Just like the tender care Of
our Red Cross to give particular at
tentIon to the babies and children to
whom the kindly Kaiser has fed con-
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-05-18
7. R. TO GET SHELL
THAT HIT HIS SON
Captain Roosevelt, Whs Was In Hoe
pitaI, Lauds Red crosa

Capt Archibald Roosevelt, who re-
Gently was injured and nursed back to
health In Red Cross hospital, In
speaking of the Red Cross work, Is re-
ported as having said:
1.-THE Red Cross is doing everything
possible for US. l cannot say too much
In appreciation Of their efforts, which
make us feel as II we were back home.
II Is q great comfort to Us fellows in
hospitals, and II our folks could see
the way We are being taken care Of
they would stop worrying"
The Red Cross chaplain In this par
ticular hospital happens to be Doctor
Billings of Groton, Mass. who taught
Captain Roosevelt at the Groton
school. The Red Cross shopping serv-
ice in the hospital has been commits
stoned BY Captain Roosevelt to obtain
4 new uniform for him to replace the
one which was torn to pieces when he
was wounded by fragments Of q Ger
man she'll
.rhe piece Of shrapnel,vhich wound
ed Captain Roosevelt will he present
ed to Captain Roosevelt's father. Col.
Theodore Roosevelt
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-05-18
WHAT HOME SERVICE
Has DONE FOR NE"

My husband enlisted over . year
ago. Shortly after he went away our
twelve-year-old, boy had the measles.
After his recovery his school teacher
complained about his conduct. At
home he was nervous and irritable.
When called at the Red Cross to find
out how could secure an increase In
allowance because of our newly born
babe l told them of my trouble with
Harry. On their advice ! took him to
an oculist, who said glasses were need.
ed Immediately because of the weak
ened condition Of the eyes following
measles. He no longer causes trouble
at home or at school.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-05-18
ROMANCE GONE
Efficiency Kills Sentiment As
Machine Makes Socks
N Is Minutes.
sy RUTH DUNBAR.

.How snowy white your fingers look
against the scarlet woolI" was the
favorite speech Of grandfather when
he was paying suit to grandmother.
who. II history ID correct, never al
lowed little things like love and court
ship to distract her mind one minute
from her knitting.
The modern young man IL robbed of
any opportunity to make these pretty
speeches. for the wool Is no longer
scarlet but khaki. Worse yet, the
maiden sits before 4 cold, steel ma.
chine and grinds of socks in as many
minutes as It takes hours to knit them.
This Is what efficiency does to ro-
nance.
In the various Red Cross workrooms
Of the New York County Chapter there
are nearly seventy-hve sock machines.
Eight Of these are In the model work
room at 20 East Thirty-eighth street and
others that have been ordered are held
up BY trafiic conditions. Here instruc-
tors teach the use OF the machine to
Red Cross workers.
A complete pair Of socks can be
made on the machine In IS minutes
The machine looks like cross between
fishing tackle and pile driver. The
worker threads 1t through the arm and
carrier on to the threader. The body
Of the machine is circle Of needles
bent at the ends like crochet hooks.
Sweaters also are made on the sock
machine, the strips sewed together and
the ribbing At top and bottom knitted
on BY hand.
Besides the machines in the Red
Cross workrooms there are many
owned BY private; individuals or groups
who work at home and donate the re.
suits to the Red Cross. In 4 family
hotel, for instance. four or i've women
can club together and buy q machine.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-05-18
Billy Jones
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.

Billy Jones-maybs your oon o. tie
son Of . neighbseOwas In the treat
line trenches In France when tie Ger.
man bombing party was driven back.
His enthusiasm 70 get the Bochss car.
ried him over tie top Of the trsach,
and at the edge q No Mans Lard Q
Hun bullet got hin.
A esmrads-maybs yous boy-eawi.
Cd out into No Mans Land and brought
Billy Jones back - the American
trenches.
Other comradss carried him back
through the mass Of trenches b Q
dressing station, vAsrs his wound WAS
cared for.
A medical department ambulance
carried him on to the Geld hospital
From there Bully Jones was taken to
the base hospital. and there . Red
Cross nurss-youf Red Cross nurss-
70 tenderly. carefully. smilingly nursjns
him back to health again 70 that no
may not have 10 pay the extreme SAC
riiice that we-that you and and our
neIghbors-may enjoy the blessings o3
freedom.
There are half q million Of tAsss
boys Of ours In France today and
more going "ovse there" every week.
They are there 70 wage the supreme
conflict Of the world with the bfutl
forces Of autocracy that democracy
our heritage. may not perish.
We want these boys Of ours b cone
back to %. and II y the Red Cross men
and women-our Red Cross nsa Az
vomen-vho vfl hiring thounanda -
them back who would not Otherwise
come II our dollars viii but keep then
there to minister - these boys Of oufA
They are but doing for ~ what ~
cannot do for oursslve2
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-05-18
NURSES PRETTY
Red Cross Hospital Uniform
Most Becoming IN His
tory Of World.

In q recent news letter from the
front the war correspondent Of the
Philadelphia North American helps to
explain the song. "I'm In Love With .
Beautiful Nurse"
There are 81 Red Cross nurses at
this place." says the dispatch. "They
are cheerful, obedient, brave and com.
petent. And those who weren't pretty
to begin with became 30 the moment
they donned the uniform that 10 the
most becoming in all the long history
Of costumes devised for the mystifca-
ton and beguiling Of men.
"In the officers ward was 4 colonel
with bronchitis. i've seen then in the
Philippines. and I've seen them In Chi.
ma he told me. I suppose I've seen
about all the existing types, but new.
er yet saw one that wasn't pretty in.
side of "a hours
HE reminded me of an Irish Tom.
my, who, so his major told me, woke
up In hospital In 1915 and. seeing the
nurses In the ward. exclaimed, May
the hOwly Virgin bless us. but the an.
gels have come down to the Somme r."
Hundreds Of Red Cross nurses, how
ever. are doing work abroad In which
their looks are less eagerly considered.
Finding and caring for war orphaned
babies. fighting tuberculosis, re-estab-
fishing homes In shell wrecked villages
these are some Of the big tasks Of
mercy which. thanks to American con.
tributions, the Red Cross sets for its
nurses.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-05-18
ANY MAN TO ANY MAN
. By GERALD STANLEY LEE

| DO not know how other men feel about it but IND
hard with all that is happening to the world today.
to look a small boy in the face
When small boy looks trlstineN up to me and
! see his world II the world he thinks he is going to
have in his eyes, am afraid.
The look in his eyes Of the world he thinks be 3
eoine to have cuts me to the quick
small boy before
old way and think Of his wodd-the one see in his
eyes-the one had myself-te one every small boy
has right 10. suddenly instead the one that IS
being left over for him by by all Of the one he will
have to Try to put up with have to live in have to be
man in. when you and have stopped trying
Then when face the small boy want to 90 of
in wide high place alone and think and ask Cod !
want to so down into the city and isht-6sht with my
money and with my hope. go over the top with my
religion and then come back and face the small boy.
There are days during this struggle when my soul
Is spent and all the world seems made Of iron and glass
and all these crowds Of people foeIins through the
streets who do not seem to eare
Il seems as il would not turn over my head to save
world TO live in myself 4. II does not matter about
me-and some days tho people see 90 by almost
make me think il does not matter about them
Then suddenly 60 by troops Of school children at
four o'clock pouring out into the streets. pouring
ike fire pouring like sunshine out into the steetsi
II is as the roll Of drums fos the Liberty Loani
want to dne great church bells to call people to
d1e Red Crossl
My rule for mans finding out Just how much no
should subscribe to the Red Cross is this:
Put down your name and address on the blank
and leave the amount open to think. Then tly going
past sehoolhouse about four O'Clock when the children
are pouring out
Or in the evening when the house IS quiet put
down your name and the best figure you dare on the
white paper
Then 60 upstairs minute and look in the crib
Then look al your blank when you come down
once more.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-05-18

At the 6rst onslaught Of the Huns,
before the French were able to with.
stand their Invasion. the Kaiser Sc
cured . goodly section Of France.
With the captured cities and villages
he acquired many thousands Of French
men.
True to all the rules Of Teutonic
efficiency. the noble German worked
and starved these French close to the
point Of death. then saw to 1t thai an
impressive number Of them "caught"
tuberculosis and finally sent these poor
wrecks back to burden France.
II has taken the Kaiser from two to
three years to suck the healthy blood
from the veins Of these sturdy rural
French, but now he II sending them
back At the rate Of about 1000 day.
The Kaiser never announces these
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-05-18

sumptive germs. We have q hospital
Of 30 beds for children In Evlan. TheSe
are reserved for the children who are
too III to take farther Then our Red
Cross has a convalescent hospital out.
side the town and yet another In q
nearby village. 1t also keeps sig am.
balances busy transporting sick wom-
en- and children. Yet even then the
strain upon our workers 10 30 great
that for eight long months one Ameri-
can nurse has had to look after l20
beds.
We. through our American Red
Cross. are doing great things toward
defeating the Kaiser In his efforts to
turn France into a graveyard. but We
have Just started, and our duty de-
mands that We work fast and without
ceasing.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-05-18
A MESSAGE FROM EDWARD N HURLEY,

Chairman q the Unite states shipping Beard
livery dollar that has been appropriated by the Aeri
~ Red Cross in this has welded closer that
relationship between the United States and the nations of
the Entente. relationship that will have marked effect
upon the peace council that is coming.
II this work Of spreading the gospel Of mercy n to
continue. every and child In this republic
must give the American Red Cross his fullest support
It's second campaign for 800. 000, 900.
Our boys in Europe are looking to to back them up
and know Of better Of supporting them than
through the fundamentally Of the American Red Cross
The good it has already accomplished and the COM
fors and welfare It will provide later when the stress
Of becomes greater for the United States forces make
imperative that the second fund Of 800 900 900 be
spontaneous gift the part of the American people
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-05-18
A SCORE OF REASONS
FOR THE RED CROSS
It Il Playing q Big Part h tho
War for Democracy.

What does II nsea = yoe v essv
tnat your Amen0 - 49,
10 supporting eooo sIsnen enlofsa
SENDS supplies % ssszs sFsnen ns','
tary hospitaI4
Provides 2.0o0 1fsacn hospitals ws0
surgical dressinsA
70 operating ~ eenteens es mo usos
line.
ID operating dx othef caAteens -
French railway 5unctioos. ssrviA1
$4,000 French soldiers . DAY.
Operates movable hospital u -four
units accommodating 1.o0O men.
u operating childrso's refuss In -
part OF the war some. and In anothse
medical center ana traveahg ~
pensary. both capable Of aeconns'
dating more nan 1'o0o ehidrsa.
Has opened loog chain Of ware
houses stocked with hospital SIP
piles. food. soldiers comforts, =.
bacco. blankets, etc, all the W.
from me seaboard to the 0wns
frontier.
Has warehouse capacity for 100000
tons
Has 400 motor cars and operates ssvsa
garages, making all repaira
Has shipped ~ freight car loads Of
assorted supplies to Italy from
France within two weeks after e
began operating In the former eouor
try.
Had . battery Of motor ambulanceo
; at the Piavs front four days after
the United States declared war %
Austria.
Started q hundred different activities
In Italy at the time that nation WAS
In Its most critical condition.
Has established I've hospitals IN DAa.
land and operates q workshep for
hospital supplies employing 1000
women.
And that 10000 cases Of supplies
have been received at the Paris
headquarters Of the American Red
Cross from your various chapters
scattered throughout the United
States.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-05-18
THE WARS RECOMPENSE

original
bravsy fought neey died The 10 unknown
Ye who have faith to look with fearless eyes
Beyond the tragedy of q world at strife,
And know that out of death and night shall rise
The dawn Of ampler life.
Rejoice, whatever anguish rend the heart,
That God has given you priceless dover,
To live in these great times and have your pal
In freedoms browning hour.
That ye may tell your who the light
High in the heavens-their heritage to take
II saw the powers Of darkness put to flight,
saw the morning break"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-05-18

There are IS divisions Of the Red
Cross In the United States. There 10
q complete organization at each divi.
sion, with q great warehouse for the
collection and shipment Of all kinds Of
Red Cross supplieA
Evening star., 1918-08-06
B, F. Keith's,

Eddie Foy. with his seven little
Foys. and Dolly Connolly are the out
standing numbers of the bill which
opened at Keith's last night One
of the little Foys was unable to take
part. but the other six furnished a
lively program of songs and dances.
while the veteran comedian and papa
of the company glided in and out with
the air of one who doesn't have to
work. The Foy act is entitled "Sium-
where in New York." and portrays,
in humorous song and dance. life on
the East Side of the metropolis.
In dainty gowns and with collec-
tion OF new songs by Percy Wen
rich, Dolly Connolly scored success
again in Washington. Albert Rule
is her accompanist.
Henri Henlere. by mixing a sense
of humor with his ability at the
piano. drew encores until he had to
resort to curtain speech to close
his act. which he opened in the or
French musician. Just when he had
the audience believing he was really
made in Paris" he switched to his
native Yankee accent.
The Ford sisters-Mabel and DoEA-
presented their dance revue of 1918.
their Interpretation of the English
man and the Yankee; Frank Quinn
and Paul Caverly were clever in jokes
and dialogue presented on the deck
of a submarine. and Andy Francis
and John Ross, who opened the pro-
gram with odds and ends in dancing.
and Wilbert Embs and Helen Alton,
in dainty diversion. with the
Hearst-Pathe News, completed the
program.