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MUST WORK

There is a job for every one at
this time and not a single ounce
Of energy must or will be wasted,
according to Order No. 81,
adopted by the State Safety Com
mission at its meeting last week.
The provisions of Order No. 81
are such as to still further solve
the farm labor proposition. The
passage of the Order is the latest
and most popular of long series
of plans that have had their in
ception as well as practical APP,
plication with the Public Safety
Commission.
The Order provides that every
male person above 16 years of age
must be employed or give good
and sufficient reasons for his idle
ness. 1t is not expected that pro-
fessional loafers are good mate
rial for farm hands, yet if they
were employed in some capacity
it would release labor more desir-
able for the use Of the farmer who
wants first class help.
Especially important is this
Order at this time when every
ounce of available man power
must be conserved and employed
in order to assist in the produc-
ton of food and all other articles
essential for war purposes.
The Order goes further than a
similar federal order, known as
the "Work or Fight" ruling, as
it makes the age limit 16 years
and makes it obligatory upon the
sheriff of the county to enforce
ats provisions, in cooperation
with all peace, municipal and spe-
cial peace officers.
While many of the orders OF
the Commission as war measures
have been about as popular as
war itself, Order No. 81 is popu-
lar with everybody except the
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First Fight
Under Stars
and Stripes
BY BERNARD J. cIGRAND.

lAutnOrity on american deraldry.)
= THE question were asked, What
Is the greatest sentence in our ma
tional existence? the reply would
likely be the one taken from the
Declaration of Independence: 'We
hold these truths self-evident, that all
men are created equal" That was the
essence Of an ideal or principle, but
to give that statement living truth
the following words stand out as the
power of the nation:
Saturday, June II, TIT. Page 243.
Records of the day:
"Resolved-That the Flag of the
united states be Is stripes alternate
red and white, that the Union be Is
stars white in a blue field represent
ing new constellation"
Famous Committee in Charge.
The committee having the flag prob
lem in charge consisted of George
Washington, Robert Morris and George
Ross.
1t is evident that the resolution, as
originally penned by Charles Thorn
son, secretary of the continental con-
gress, was not adopted, but that cor
rections were made. 1 have been I'M
able to decipher just what the original
reading matter was. Curiously, Sec
rotary Thomson did not cross a single
one of the II "t's" which occur in the
sentence. The f's" are all dotted,
and single comma is the extent of
the punctuation of this great word
picture-our flag. Strangely enough,
he did not have the modern idea we'll
In hand when he wrote the words
United States, without capitalizing the
name, while Flag and Union are made
important items In the line.
The old German long "s'' is in evil
dence, and the numerals 10 are figures
and not spelled out. Thus brief and
without comment Is the history we
have Of the edict which gave us "Old
Glory"
Honor for Fort stanwix.
The first flag constructed as mill
tary emblem, and carrying these heral-
die ideals, appears to have been con-
structed In rather unique manner.
The first flag which was patterned
after the resolution was adopted, and
which saw actual fighting, must be
credited to Fort Stanwix of New York.
News Of those days travelled slowly,
and while the resolution was adopted
by the continental congress on June
IA, 1777, the improvised flag was not
made until the latter part of July, and
on the second day of August, 1777, it
1oated over the fort (Stanwix, later
Fort Schuyler). Amid loudest cheers
and military salutes it was emblaz-
loned in the sky to remain the emblem
OF justice and liberty.
/ But you ask: "What was there
unique about its construction" Well,
when the news came that the continent
tai congress had finally decided upon
a banner the fort was without proper
flag and 1t was too late to depend
upon congress to get one fashioned.
Problem for the Garrison.
Immediately the ingenuity of the
colonial or continental garrison ar
ranged to improvise a standard as de-
creed by congress. Henry b. Dawson
of New York has left a description
which had fallen into his hands, In
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-14

Now is the time to eat and to
preserve home grown products.
Perishable fruits are coming on
the market, the gardens are max
ing available daily supplies of
food that will take the place of
the commercial canned articles
that are needed for shipment
abroad. Sugar has been made
available for home canning pur-
poses in IS pound lots and the
supply is good at the~present time.
The home garden and the canning
of its products means more this
year than it ever did before be-
cause it will play a very impor-
tant part in keeping the fighting
forces supplied with the kind of
food they need at the time they
need it most.
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nourisning, easy to cook, good, cheap
meal Of foods the government asks us
to eat.
Use Fruit.
Fruit helps to keep your body In
good health and to prevent constipa-
ton.
Use fresh fruit when possible.
Use prunes, dried apples, dried april
cots. Soak them In water over night
and cook them long enough to make
them tender.
Use dates or raisins. These are
good added to the cereal ten minutes
before taking it from the stove. Then
you will not need sugar.
Use ripe bananas with dark skins.
Bananas with greenish-yellow skins
are hard to digest unless cooked.
Use Cereals.
Cornmeal mush, oatmeal, rice, hon.
my (grits).
These are much cheaper than the
"ready-to-eat" breakfast foods. A
"ready-to-eat" breakfast food may
cost Is cents for big package. but IL
the package contains only one-quarter
pound-6O cents a pound for cereal |!
This Is eight or ten times as expen-
sive as cOrnmeal at six or seven cents
pound. Look for the weights print
ed on the package and get the most
for your money.
C0rnmoaI uouSh ond notmool ora
good only when well cooked. Many
people use too little salt and don't
cook them long enough.
To cook cOrnmeal mush for five peo-
pie use one and one-half cupfuls corn
meal, two teaspoonfuls salt Qevel).
five or six cupfuls water. Bring salt
ed water to boil. Stir In the corn
meal slowly. Don't let it lump. Cook
it at least 80 minutes. 1t is better
when cooked for three hours, or over
night. Use double boiler on the
back Of the stove. or fireless cooker.
For oatmeal use two and one-half
cupfuls rolled oats, two and one-half
teaspoOnfuls salt, five or six cupfuls
Fater. Bring the water to boil. Stir
the rolled oats slowly into the boiling
water and cook for one hour, or over
hight.
! Eat the cereal with milk or strip
fr butter or butter substitutes. You
don't need bread besides.
A large amount of cornmeal or oat-
meal may be cooked at one time. The
unused part placed In a creased bowl
may be kept for few days in cool
place. Do you know how good sliced
and fried oatmeal Is?
Instead of breakfast food you can
take bread-preferably one Of the war
breads. Corn bread and milk Is deli
ciOus.
Use Milk.
Milk is an excellent food. A quart
Of whole milk gives as much nourish-
ment as one pound of lean meat.
Children especially need it to make
them grow strong and keep well. It
is good for grown people, too. Give
each child at least glass for break
fast. Drink 1t hot or cold, or use it
on the cereal, or make 1t into cocoa.
Even at high price milk Is cheap
food for children.
No Coffee and Tea for Children.
These are not food. Let the grown
people have them If they want them,
but do not give the children even q
taste. The children's drink Is milk.
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Remember that National War
Savings Day is June %. Pledge
yourself on or before that day to
save to the utmost of your ability
and to buy War Savings Stamps
that there may be more money,
labor and materials to back up
those who fight and die for you.
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shirker and loafer, and the far
mer will feel that he has staunch
and true friend in the Commits
sion in the solution of all prob
lens that effect him materially
in the conduct of his business.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-14

You may not be able to fight,
but you can save and buy War
Savings Stamps.
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FOOD |l|l) FACT

dispatch WlQely circulolou
throughout the country gave a
wholly false impression with a
great many people that there is
no longer need for rigorous con-
servation Of wheat and -four. The
food administration declares that
every aspect of the wheat situa-
ton, both present and prospec-
tive, intensifes the need for the
greatest possible limitation in the
American consumption OF whea.
and wheat products. 1t present
restrictions should be in the
slightest degree relaxed it would
result in serious want for the peo-
Pile Of Europe before the new crop
can reach the market. The food
administrations estimate OF the
position on the first of June in
dicates a total available supply
until the new harvest, including
the grain which will be available
from the farms, in country and
terminal elevators, and mill ele-
vators, of about 56,OOO,OOO
bushels. Of this thirty million
bushels must be exported before
new wheat is available for export
if we are to maintain the abso-
lutely necessary shipments to our
army and allies. That leaves
about 100000 bushels for
domestic consumption for the
next two months. Normal Ameri-
can consumption is something
over forty million bushels
month, so that the most liberal
consumption at home would be
only one-third of normal.
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ARMY, NAVY AND ENGINEERS.

Arnold Hendrickson
Elmer G. Maxi
John w. Palmgard
Thomas LaBeau
Chas. c. Neff
John G. Trembath
Fred G. Baribeau
James v. Mccarthy
Ernest H. Anderson
Eldon E. Ellefsen
Uno Tikkala
Edwin w. Toms
John Martell
Harrison Sletten
Jerry Harri
Francis J. Endicott
Ture Suominen
Howard Nicholas
Paul Pearson
Willard Moonan
Andy Blackmore
Douglas Nankervis
Dewey Minkel
John Mouser
Vincent Habian
John Schweiger
Emil Erickson
VIM. Maxi
Joseph Markovich
George Porthan
Otto Pussari
William Sletten
Stephen Mizera
Paul Yadlosky
Glen Coffey
Alvin Schaefer
Albert McMahan
Bart Jacobson
Fred G. James
Oscar Heikkila
Matt Spreitzer
Roger Morris
Frank Mullen
DR.. F. D. Cerveny
Howard Burt
Frank Huhta
Arthur Jylha
Joseph Skala
Axel H. Dahlquist
Carl F. Forsberg
Harold A. Vince
Phillip White
Arthur Mattsson
Paul Billings
John V. kotchevar
Harold P. Mathews
Frank Moravetz
Oliver P. Bell
Aug. G. Gustafson
Hjalmar Maxi
Peter Bartol
Melvin Sletten
Frank Horvatt
John Rolando
Chas. Russell Rose
Matt Smuk
Enrico Bernardo
Waino Hegman
Hentrig Latvaaho
Frank Dejak
John Locken
Elias LaBeau
Frank LoZar
Robert Zeller
Howard Schaefer
Abraham p. Bloomenson
Anton Metesh
Eric Anti
Walter P. Sletten
William Mills
Pete Hall
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Willard St. Marie
Matt Pussari
Hugo Sundstrom
Walter Carlson
D. Raub James
Herbert Venner
Arthur Toms
Thos. Murn
Arthur Sikala
Matt Preblich
John Horvat, Jr.
George Sterk
Mike Ohasich
John r. Hanson
Albert D.. Hedlof
Joe Moravitz
Urho Salminen
Bert Pearson
Alfred Hanson
Peter Stark
Chas. L. Cecil
Frank Gianotti
Peter Ruotsala
John Koivumaa
Walter Koski
Howard Harrio
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UncleSam'S
Food Lessons
Especial Information Service u. g. De-
partment Of Agriculture.)
START THE DAY RIGHT.

A good breakfast can be had Of
Fruit, Cereal, Milk. These make q
nourishing, easy to cook, good, cheap
meal Of foods the government asks Us
10 eat.
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WINToN MEN IN THE SERVICE.

Alex Written
Ben Martinson
Peter Gylland
Matt Indy
Hans Knoll
Bryan Russell
II. 0. Johnson
Clarence Johnson
Alfred E. Johnson
Walter last
Frank Barrett
Oscar Johnson
Esten Gylland
D. G. Terry
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-16
AMERICANS NEEDED

LONDON, April 16.-In a state
ment issued today, Lord Balfour de-
clared that what is most pressingly
needed now is that the fighting fore
es of the United States be brought
into the field as speedily as possible.
The plan of Germany, he says, is
to shatter the British army before
the American weight can be brought
to bear on the attacking forces. 1t
is apparent that the Germans are
sacrificing men with reckless eXtrava-
gance in order that American assist
ance may not arrive until after the
Hun blow has been delivered against
the British army e..
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-16

LONDON, April 16.-The French
town of Bailleul, in the department
of Nord, near the Belgian frontier,
about 10 miles west of Lille, was
taken by the Germans early this
morning, following an all-night strug-
gle with the British forces. The at
tack began early last night, after
darkness had fallen, and continued
without interruption until the British
forces withdrew The attack was
preceded by heavy trench mortar
bombardment, hundreds of the pow
erful guns being used to drive the
defending troops from their positions
The attacking forces included the
German Alpine corps and eleven divi-
sions of veteran troops. Three divi-
sions followed up the German bar
rage, which was spread across the
attacking front between Bailleul and
Neuve Eglise. The attack which
forced the retirement of the British
from Bailleul, bent the British line
backward considerably, but did not
break it.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-16
HAULING
NOW IN PROGRESS

In terms of a contract recently
entered into by the Alaskan Engin-
eering commission and F. H. Stewart
& Co., IS tons of construction ma
terial and supplies are to be hauled
from Nenana to a point on the right
of way approximately one mile above
Dunbar's roadhouse; and Z tons of
perishables and IS tons of general
supplies to Standard creek, situated
along the right of way and approx
mately three miles from the Ohio
roadhouse in a northerly direction,
suitable warehousing accommodation
having been previously arranged for,
for the storage of these supplies The
contract also stipulates that the work
of hauling shall be completed by the
first day of May.
The partners of the contract are
F. H. Stewart, Norman Campbell, G.
A. Burrell and James D. Mcmahon.
They have employed many teams to
do the necessary hauling, also util-
izing Thelin's and Koland's teams
on their return journey to Fairbanks,
in an effort to fulfill their contract
with the Commission in the quickest
possible time.
About fifty tons of the allotment
for Standard creek has already been
hauled and it is confidently expected
that the entire quantity for both
places will be hauled we'll within
the time limit set for the completion
of the contract, and before the trail
literally goes to pieces. With this
end in view the plan of travelling at
night is adopted by the contractors
and thus full advantage is taken Of
trail conditions as at present existing.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-16
ENLISTED MEN TO
Be UNION GUESTS

All enlisted men in the service of
the United States stationed in Ne
mana, are to be the guests of the
Nenana Labor union at all future
gatherings at the home of the popu-
lar organization, and are to have in
addition, the free use of the Union
club rooms.
This announcement was made, fol
lowing action taken at the last regu-
lar meeting of the union, and it is
needless to state that the boys in
uniform greatly appreciate the court
esy The union has decided to in
set in a flag and will arrange to
display it above the hall hereafter.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-16
AMERICANS SUFFER

AMSTERDAM, April 16-Accord-
ing to dispatches received from Ber-
line, the American positions north of
St. Mihiel were subjected to a sew
ere attack on Sunday night. The
main part of the American position
to the east and southeast of Maizey,
on the right bank of the Meuse, was
taken by the Germans by storm, "the
Americans being rolled up despite
their brave resistance. The defend
ers suffered casualties in addition
to the loss of prisoners"
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-16
BELIEVE COAST SAFE

LONDON, April 16.-Despite the
gravity of the situation on the Fland-
ers front, military critics express the
belief that the channel ports are not
in immediate danger of capture 1t
is admitted that the Germans are
continuing their attacks west of Ar
mentieres with violence, but it is ap-
parent that the deeper they cut into
the British line, the slower is their
advance. 1t will take several days,
they assert, to. determie whether or
not the battle of Armentieres is an
other Verdun of Marine.
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THE GERMAN PLAN

LONDON, April 16.-It is the
opinion of the war office, expressed
in a statement issued this after
noon, that the Germans concentrated
their attacks along the Hazebrouck
railway, to the south of Bailleul, in
tending by their thrusts to create
a twin salient and pocket Bailleul, as
was done in the attack on Armen-
there's. Bailleul lies sixty miles north
west of Armentieres and nine miles
from the great highway and railway
center of Hazebrouck.
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FAIRBANKS LOSES
PIONEER PRESIDENT

FAIRBANKS, April 16.-Frank
Hopkins, we'll know oldtime resident
of this city, died at st. Joseph's
hospital early this morning, death
being ascribed to a perforation OF
the bowel.
Hopkins was taken i'll late yester-
day and at first it was thought that
he was suffering from an attack of
appendicitis. After further eXamin-
alton, however, the doctors arrived
at the conclusion that a perforation
of the bowel was responsible for the
fatal illness.
The deceased was Sc years old
and leaves a wife and daughter in
San Francisco.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-16
EVACUATION EXPECTED

LONDON, April 16.-The retire
ment of the British from Bailleul was
not unexpected. British military OBJ
servers figured that the town was
not of sufficient value from a STRAIT
egical point of view, to warrant the
loss of troops necessary to hold it
against the heavy German attack.
The British resistance was sufficient,
however, to cause the Germans to
make heavy sacrifices to capture the
position, and for that reason, the loss
of the town is regarded as strength
ening the British positions in that
sector.
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DEVASTATION GREAT

One critic declares that if the de-
vastation continues another week at
the present rate, the problem may
not be, to get men into France, but
how to get them out. He points
out that the withdrawal of the Brit
ish from the Somme and Armentieres
has been accompanied by the aband-
onment or destruction of materials,
the loss of which would have been
disasterous to any other army. Thous-
and of acres of grain and other
crops have been destroyed and many
thousands of French farmers and
other residents are fleeing to the
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-16
RAILROAD WORKERS
READY FOR SEASON

Preparations for The resumption
of aggressive construction work on
the railroad south of Nenana are in
progress daily, and when the oppor-
tune moment arrives there will be no
delay in commencing operations on
large scale.
Camp cars now lying idle in the
Commission yards, have been thor
oughly overhauled, repaired and
cleaned, the mattresses in the bunk
cars aired and the interior of all cars
scrubbed out and made ready for
immediate occupancy.
Camp Is (steel gang) and Camp
16 (surfacing gang) will soon be re-
established in full force, and a sep
arate camp composed of the train
crews and the crew of the Bucyrus
dragline excavator will also be form
ed. These camps, as heretofore, will
be of a portable nature, and will be
moved to different locations from
time to time in accord with the ex-
igencies of the service.
Gangs of men are now busily en-
gagged in clearing away the thick
layer of snow from the rails, frogs,
switches, points and other classes of
railroad material that will soon be
needed for work along the line, so
that there will be no possible chance
of delay in getting at the necessary
material that will be needed as soon
as the gangs are ready to resume
the work of building the railroad.
The warm weather now expert
enced is aiding largely in the work
of getting rid of the surplus snow,
and superintendent of Construction
Packer, who is very anxious to com
mence operations at the earliest
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possible moment, is of the opinion
that, when the time comes to start
work there will not be single idle
man in Nenana, as there will be work
aplenty for all who wish to work.
The end of steel, at the present
time, lies within a thousand yards
of the big 1900 foot trestle across
Lost Slough; but, about mile and
half of the track is imbedded in
ice to the thickness if several feet.
Just as soon as drainage under the
ice can be calculated on, the mass
of ice OVERLAPPING the rails will be
removed and the work of track
laying resumed.
To complete the second dam across
the head of Lost Sliugh. situated
about quarter of mile upstream
from the site if old Camp 9, there
remain approximately $50 more piles
to be driven and the southern end
if the dam will then be safely and
securely landed. 1t is expected that
this work will be finished by the
| 1st of May and the piledriver will be
released for work on the bank ero-
son project on Residency (35-mile)
The commission officials in charge
of the works do not anticipate any
further trouble from floods, as, the
channel prepared for the purpose of
diverting the volume of water that
ordinarily goes to form Lost Slough
will prove amply sufficient to meet
all requirements in this direction.
1t is confidently expected that the
series of dams and other flood pro-
lection works undertaken in this
connection, will preclude the posi-
bility of further loss and damage By
floods in this section of the roadbed.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-16
WANT HAZEBROUCK NOW

With the British Armies in France
April 16.-It is apparent now that
the Germans are endeavoring to
extend their lines to Hazebrouck, an
important railroad center about ten
miles due west from Bailleul. The
British have fallen back to positions
to the north and west of Bailleul
and are stubbornly contesting every
foot of ground.