davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26

-@ Nenana, august 20.
Editor News. -..- ."*:.-
Your editorial on the proposal to
provide a Government paid bonus
on gold produced, causes me to
speculate somewhat upon the results
of such a stimulus to gold produc-
ton. While having the best inter-
ests of Alaska at heart, l can not
refrain from injecting into the sub
ject a few thoughts for frivolous
consideration. First, let me quote
the Scientific and Mining Press from
a recent issue:
"Gold as the standard of refer
ence for all markets bears an i'm
mutable relation as regards a unit
quantity of the metal to the unit
of exchange. All values, all wealth,
all credits, are based on the fixed
HSSo VI llldt IcldtlOH. IL IdIupcI
with it is to undermine the whole
credit structure of commerce and
of nations"
For purposes of this article l as
sumo that this very succinct state
ment of fact will be accepted as
basic truth, and will make one
other assumption as premise for
what follows, viz; that Congress has
authorized bonus of SIP per ounce
on all gold produced in the United
States. Il must also assume as
essential that that bonus is confined
to United States producers)
Now we have the glorious con-
summation of our hopes. Gold pro-
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
WOMAN CROSSES BORDER
WHILE OTHERS MAY NOT

JUAREZ, Mex.-Miss Mary Gray
jackson enjoys the unique distinc,
ton of being the only American
woman permitted to cross the border
from Ell Paso to Mexico daily. She
is a stenographer in the United
States consulate here, and has as
passport her photograph, signature
and wise on it. No women are per.
mitted by the United States state
department to enter Chihuahua state
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26

E. Hartwick, of the Merchants
cafe at Ruby, arrived in Nenana on
the steamer Tanana last night. He
will probably make his home in Ne
mana.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26

Every potato you eat is bullet
fired point blank at a "Made-in-
Germany" peace.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26

Herbert X. Ward, the new locat-
ing engineer, arrived in town last
night from the camp at 43-mile.
He went out on the line with Mr..
Frederick D. Browne this morning
Mr.. Ward will probably be sent to
Fairbanks to look over the Tanana
Valley. Railroad with view to its
reha Utilization.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26
Want ADS

FOR SALE-Enameled double bed,
cotton layer laid mattress, spring
Lang cook stove, wood or coal,
also heater and baker, wheel
barrow, shotgun, 16 bore, with
shells; axes, wedges, saws, sledge,
peavy, carpenter tools, etc; all
best quality and cheap. Inquire
at yellow tent, opposite Commits
sion sawmill
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26

1t is better to eat a corn dodger
than to be one.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-26

FOR SALE.-Mrs. w. F. LYONS is
leaving for the Outside soon and
offers shop, fixtures and business
in cleaning and pressing clothes,
for sale. No reasonable offer re-
fused. Shop is on A street, near
blacksmith shop.
The Lamar register., 1918-10-09
DIAMONDS DIMMED BY WAR
An Important Industry That Almost
Has Been ParaIy.ed in
Two Years.

The diamond trade in Europe Is well
nigh wiped out by the war. an ex
change observes. The great diamond
monopoly in South Africa, it is said
VIII pass its dividends and ma ybe sus
pend business entirely. The custom
OF "valorizing' Misunderstanding
back the output to keep up prices
has left the big mining company with
ii heavy stock on hand.
This year. at least many people in
Europe who wear diamonds, far from
wanting more, are going TO find it con.
venient. not to say necessary, to sell
those they have. This will lower prices
and more than satisfy the feeble de.
mand. 1t would not be surprising If a
goodly stock of European jewelry were
to find its way to this country at bar.
gain prices.
Europe is in no mood to buy gew.
saws. Cold cash looks as good to
thousands of property owners as food
to millions who own nothing. dia.
mond mine is no place to look for q
job yet while.
The Lamar register., 1918-10-09
Prowers County Threshing Report

The threshing reports for September
show 36l49 bushels of wheat thresh-
ed from 1929 acres Of land during that
month, This brings the county total
up to 1920 bushels to date. The
total acres is now 1881
There have been threshed to date
1895 bushels of oats from 1119 acres,
giving an average of 29s4 bushels per
acre. Nearly the same amount of
barley is reported, or 34565 bushels
from I244 acres, an average of 27&i
bushels per acre. This average for
harley is lower than might have been
expected.
The prospective bean yield is still
an estimate, but will probably run
close to last years total. The U. S.
Bureau of Markets issued the first
bulletin on beans October 8, but the
same has not yet been received at this
The Lamar register., 1918-10-09

office. Growers and dealers desiring
this bulletin should inform the Bureau
of Markets, Denver, Colorado. The
bulletin will probably be issued regu-
larry during the marketing season.
Any one interested in the hay bust
ness would do well to secure the week
~ hay and grain bulletin issued by the
Bureau Of Markets. This bulletin
gives market prices at all principal
centers. To secure the grain and hay
bulletin write Mr.. C. p. Martin, Grain
and Hay Reporting Service, Bureau Of
Markets, Kansas City.
f. b. BARROW,
County Agent.
The Lamar register., 1918-10-09

The annual shoot for the champion
shin Of the Lamar rifle club will be
held on the clubs rifle range south
west Of the city beginning October IL
and closing October q. This match
is open to all members of the club
and all members are expected 70 shoot.
As the club has over one hundred
members the competition promises to
be very close. The match calls for
rapid fire at 200 yards and slow fire
at 200 and 300 wards.
The Lamar register., 1918-10-09
USING HE STARS AS GUIDES
Lieutenant Colonel TIlney Learned
System From African Natlses Dur
Ing the Boer War.

A lecture was recently delivered to
members of the Edinburgh university
contingent of the officers trainins
corps by Lieut.. Col. w. A. Tilney, F.
X. G. s.. on a system which he has de-
vised to enable one to find his way al
night by using the heavens as a guide,
according to the Edinburgh CORE
spondence of the Christian Science
Monitor. The lecturer said that dur
ing the South African war he had no
ticed that the natives never lost their
way at night. In the night time the
bushmen could do anything exactly
. the same as in daylight. The view
was expressed that II they could de
wise some simple method for finding
their way at night it would have far
reaching influence on warfare
Colonel Tilney took up the problem
and learned from various colonials,
Basutos. East Indians and Arabs that
they could instinctively read the
heavens as compass. His idea was
to work out the exact movements and
direction OF the largest and most
easily distinguishable lights SO that
the least educated had only to be able
TO recognize the signs and their where
abouts would be known for every hour
of the night. the whole dome OF the
sky thus becoming compass. He
completed the tables for use in Europe
in 1914. and Sir Douglas Haig com.
mended the system to officers and
men. Once the rudiments OF the sys-
TEN were grasped, one could rely abso-
lutely on the heavens to take one TO
ones destination. 1t was only neces.
sary to know three or four first mag.
nitude stars. the exact position OF
which for every hour of the night was
The Lamar register., 1918-10-09
Daily Thought.

Every thought which gertGs and
p,ety throw into the world. alters the
world.-Emerson.
The Lamar register., 1918-10-09
Pfowers County Food Prices


apply eountiss in the
Unite sta
The Lamar register., 1918-10-09

Wheat Flour. colo. Standard es H. sx each $500 I
Wheat Flour. Colo, Standard IS H. SIX each 2aO I
Rye Flour Colo. "a Id. sack. each
The Lamar register., 1918-10-09

County Agent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

by the vibration of the electric light which
crowns the edfice; if the light is green
it indicates that the news is a triumph for
the Triple Entente; if it is red, in favor
of the Triple Alliance. The same system
was used in the Anglo Boer war, Presi-
Dental elections in the United States and
other events of great Importance
While "La Prensa" apparently has
the highest Of ideals in the way of news
and political discussion, no mention is
made of the quality of advertising it
carries. On the other hand, a construc-
tive policy Of public philanthropy far
beyond that of the American press is
shown in it's institutions for public
service
Among these may be mentioned a
medical-surgical bureau covering all
manner of physical ailments, and giving
free vaccination for smallpox and ty-
plus; chemical, industrial and agri-
cultural bureau, one giving free legal
advice, another for musical instruction,
large library which is open to the pub
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
Their Code
What Augustus Thomas Thinks
of the Hun
TIME Huns code. Here it is as
Augustus Thomas outlined it in
recent speech:

q recent speech:
Goethe said, The Prussian is by nature
cruel; civilization will make him ferocious'
Goethe was prophetic. Civilization as far
as it can affect the Prussian has made him
ferocious and conceit has rendered him in
vulnerable to reform. Through scores of
years congenital megaomania has been
craftiy fed and augmented by official and
philosophical and literary and religious re-
iteration of German greatness until it has
become a national hypnosis.
"The treatment has left the pan-German
imagination with only captive fexibility
of the dachshund variety, near the ground
that it seems to have been born under
bureau. Present pan-Germany cannot see
with its arrested spiritual development
that its Kaiser, as Emerson said of Napo-
leon, is doomed to ultimate defeat, because
he is fighting against the moral law of the
universe
They don't recognize moral law They
cannot see it; dense materialism has par
aiyzed their organs of spiritual perception.
1T is their philosophy that success justi-
ties any means the state may employ; that
the foulest methods are sterilized and made
sweet by victory.
They believe themselves divinely ap-
pointed in this world to put Deutschland
uber allies
THAT conquest is good title. That if
you seize and take away the machinery
from the factories of an invaded nation you
can then arrest and deport the workmen
for the crime Of idleness
That if you first take the peoples food
until they cry for bread, you may then
lessen the demand by carrying their young
and abe-bodied women into ominous and
unreporting silence. .
That it is amusing to submerge sub
marine when captured merchant sailors are
locked outside upon the deck
They believe that chloride gas is
proper weapon if the wind is blowing tow
ard France. but that it is contrary to inter
national law if it is blowing toward Ger
many.
"They believe that they may cruelty a
Canadian if they take him captive, but if he
captures them the cry of 'kamerad' puts
him on his honor.
America must be made to realize this
code She must be shown the man of
Frederick the Great and then its black en-.
croachment upon the surrounding nations
that one by one have been assimilated. She
must learn that it is the Prussian instinct
not to visit, but to overrun; to extend
sinister greeting with the left hand and
with the right hand to s.read the gangrene
OF bribery and betrayal, occupation and In
demnity.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
Banishing the Scrapheaps
n n OST careers are made or marred
V in the hours after supper.

V in the hours after supper.
1t may seem to some that the
few hours between supper and bedtime
afford small opportunity for education.
But they were sufficient for Lincoln and
for Franklin and for millions of men
who, by turning these hours to advan-
tage through special studies, advanced
themselves above their fellows.
"Dost thou love life? Then do no.
squander time, for that is the stuff life
is made Of" Benjamin Franklin, who
said this, not only understood the value
OF time, but he put price on it that
made others appreciate its worth.
Bradstreet's in summary of business
conditions ascribes most business failures
to what may be called 'the size of their
scrapheaps." Nothing is at once more
lnexcusable and disastrous than waste.
and the most disastrous waste of all with
the average man is waste of time. The
unused hours form the "scrapheap" that
has wrecked many mans career
That heap of waste which so MANY
young men dump at the end of every day
and consider useless would, if rightly
used, give priceless results in increased
efficiency, higher service and better pay.
Ambition, resolve, purpose, persistency
and success may be manufactured out of
this heap of waste time. Millions are do
ing 1t. Any man can who will.
The most important item in the equip
ment of any establishment is men. It
avails a manufacturer but little to have
perfection itself in machinery if he finds
it impossible to get trained minds to con-
troll and drive it. Several big concerns
have organized schools in connection with
their plants; many are calling upon cor
respondence schools to prepare employees
for advancement.
The strkingly impressive thing about
the situation is the opportunity it offers
to young men willing to devote spare
time to special studies that fit for par
ticular work.-The DnnuiUe Press.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
Modelling the Backyard

"The War Garden Commission estimates
that the value of the produce raised on
home plots last year exceeded $500 900 900,
an average Of 500 plot. So high an av-
erage seems only possible if holdings are
included which by no stretch of the imaei-
nation can be termed war gardens and which
small farms rather than home gardens
of unconventional producers. There are no
figures to show that so high an average pro-
duction as S100 can be maintained even in
single community of amateurs, not to
speak of whole nation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

without losing a minute of time or shirk-
ties. Home gardening could use 100 per
cent of the people from all other lines OF
work without diminishing by particle the
man power of these other industries"
The article, after discussing the prob
lem of wage increases raised by this new
Industry, concludes thus:
High praise has been given to Amer
ica's gardening efforts last year, and in
some ways it was we'll deserved. But this
even better. Too often was there to be
seen last summer a gardener at work with
a hoe and an automobile waiting for him
by the roadside. The use of the automo-
bile may have cost more than the crop was
worth, and the hoe is as out of date in gar
dening-if maximum production be the aim
is the use of bow and arrow in war.
Do not let US pretend to be engaged in
patriotic work if each jealousy guards his
sovereignty over his own little potato
patch. To make our effort in the garden
help win the war and stave off famine. we
shall all have to work together for
bumper crop, taking advice from those who
are the most experienced, sharing our tools.
Jumping our buying and selling, hiring in
common expert help and labor-saving ma
chlnery. and all helping along in fine
spirit of fellowship and democracy"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

ond revision" for the sake of accuracy
All original notes are used in this work
Of verification. Within the office, also,
"censorizing" Of Geographic dispatches
is carried out
LA Prensa's" telegraph service COW
ers the world. 1t is served by the prin-
pal news agencies in London, Paris,
Berlin, Berne, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro,
Santiago de Chile, Montevideo, Lima,
La Paz, Asuncion, Hamburg and Genoa
The foreign dispatches are cleared by
way of New York, where "La Prensa"
collaborates with "The New York Her
AID" About two pages of telegraph
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

"if an unexpected event transpires, such as
catastrophe, fire, food, sensational crime,
or any event of transcendent Importance, it
often occurs that the reporter of the paper
arrives ahead of the regular authorities.
This is easily explained if one takes in
account the extensive and varied items
which La Prensa' offers its readers, and
the fact that its reporters are to be found
in all quarters of the metropolis. num-
Der of the regular reporters are stationed
in public Offices, where the first news is
heard, and then the public co0perates eff
fciently as we have previously stated among
which there are many not directly con-
nected with the paper who are ready to
offer a friendly service to La Prensa,'
fastening to the nearest telephone to in
form US of the incident which has oc-
Cured. 1t is unnecessary to add that the
moment such information is conveyed the
reporters at command of the news bureau
Immediately the way, using the
most rapid means OF conveyance at hand"
A general secretary's" Office has been
established, owing to the great mass of
news and correspondence, to give the
news service and general reports "a sec
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

lie. meteorological observatory to take
weather reports and number Of public
meeting rooms for demonstrations, con-
ferences, lectures and concerts, all
within the main building of the news
paper. In addition, education and the
altruistic and literary arts are encour-
aged, and series of popular confer
ences and lectures is constantly main
tanned.
In short, here is a newspaper cstab-
hshment that in equipment and prestige
appears to have justified the aim of its
founder: Respect for the fundamental
institutions, the free voice of the people
in public affairs by the election of those
who are to control them, the develop
ment of public instruction in all grades
and branches, the spread of economic
activity, the organization for the ma
tional defence and the maintenance of
foreign relations based upon sincere
friendship and true respect for mutual
rights, assuring to the republic dig
nifed position in the concert of ma
tions.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
eWSpaper de Luxe: LA Prensa" Knows What's What!

MERICANS who smile in a su-
n perior manner at the small, old
I y fashioned looking newspapers
r,rope will do we'll, before giving
- ...-ean journalism the palm, to look
10 South America.
" FIR there, if prospectuses do not de-
.;,s lies the reporters heaven, as we'll
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
Rasselas and Raids
wherein DR.. Johnson Proves a
Prophet of Air Conquest.

A RECENT contribution to 1.-THE
~ Eastern Argus" throws new
light on the famous DR.. John
nn:
a chapter in 'Rasselas' shows that as
.as'5 as 1858, the year the book was writ
"a ~ Dr.. Samuel Johnson, the conquest
:" he air was agitating the minds Of in
's'1''e human beings. Although living in
as Happy Valley. Prince Rasselas was an
unhappy man, for the King had forbidden
nm 70 leave the country, which was walled
y mountains end had but one way Of
"Ranee and exit, and that was strictly
grazded.
casting about for chance to escape
Prince happened upon a man eminent
"a us knowledge Of mechanics, who had
s;.s wheel to supply the palace
.'1 water from a stream. Quizzing the
wa'as' Rasselas learned that no had an
70 IN his head for a flying machine,
- thought the apparatus might furnish
-. means OF his getting over the noun
sa as; 10 his objections, made for draw
- IS me inventor on, that the air was made
'spb: ' "s"' 10 -s's'''1 'A'
:. 20 hshes have the water in which yet
D s.. can swim by nature and men by art.
-. way swins need not despair to fly; to
!. ~ Is 70 fly in grosser fluid, and to fly
s,.s s@IFn in subtler We are only to
s:s sp0'sion our power Of resistance to the
'sea' dessity Of matter through which
s,, are TO pass. You will be necessarily
;sss s,ne oy the air if you can renew any
,s ysise Upon it faster than the air can
49,. from the pressure
l.. Ahs Is an actual description of the
lse ss'shan-air machine that is now used
s,,.. ,safs after that remarkable book was
ma =, kasselas was enthusiastic and
80 me man TO instruct the world how
49,. y men were all virtuous.' returned the
~ should with great alacrity teach
So. su 10 fly. But what would be the
81 VI The good IL the bad could at
assaasAls invade them from the sky?
49, 49, An army sailing through the clouds
us ssaSF walk, nor mountains. nor seas
ss,,l anofa any gncurity. A fight Of
az ssrn sayages might hover in the wind
w.. ". .s A. once with Irresistible violence
a. ne capital of any fruitful region
aY.s.s rolling under them
IN - tnows how accurately DR.. John
AaA s n the present plight in Eng
kSsl, ''s' So his story goes, the inventor
~ machine for Prince Kasselas. II
Nj ~ y, > sueeess simply for the reason
~ 'ssst motive power, like the ezpio-
~ ssssss..ss, waz not then created. When
] Az s.ssss .fied IL from little promontory,
his pinions while TO gather
/ 5Isss iesped from his stand, and In IN
scpped into the lake."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

" HERE is much truth, declares
Bruno Lasker, in "The Survey"
in the assertion that "the great
thing is to start as many men as pos
sible." He is writing of war gardens
backyard and vacant lot plots which are
available to almost everybody. "Once
man has dug and cleared the ground or
actually fertilized and sown it, he is not
likely to stop until the crop is gar
nered," this writer says. And, continu-
ing:
"The War Garden Commission shows
psychological insight in laying the emphasis
raised in a home garden by so much relieves
the danger of famine abroad. conserves the
energy that goes into transportation and
saves the fuel expended in haulage. 1t does
not overnsist upon the advantages to the
individual, although undoubtedly these adj
vantagcs are considerable The economic
benefits Of the garden plot become Of ma
tjonal importance only when surveyed in
the aggregate, without any particular rela-
ton to tho domestic budget Of the indi
vidual gardener.
"The statistics that have been published
concerning the total number Of plots Guilt
waited last year and the yields obtained
somehow do not inspire confidence The
Food Garden Commission estimates that
there were at least three million successful
home gardens; the writer OF one agrcult-
uraI paper asserts that there were six and
a half million, and allows his fancy to fly to
n prediction of ten or twelve million this
year. But even with the more conservative
figure we should have one to every eight or
nine homcsm~whch does not seem exactly
probable In a country whcrc half the pop
ulation Ia urban and by now probably one
nth lives In cities Of 100000 or more.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
From Judge.

tive, it still remains true, as P S. Risdaie,
secretary of the commission, writes that
the stupendous total which is added to the
country's food supply through the products
from millions Of war gardens must be of in
of war It's financial value to the nation
consists in the use of labor resource that
is free and not in competition with any
other business.
"The mill hand and the clerk, the
streetcar conductor and the bookkeeper can
each have a little garden plot at home
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

A Weather Hint for All Earnes,
Gardeners!

WHENEVER you see duck 90
w through the motions of swimming
on dry land, declares Guy B. Alley, a
weather prognosticator and philosopher
of Marysville, Mo-, look out for rain
within twenty-four hours.-Gas Logic.