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The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-07
CONTRACTS ttI:;; MEN LEAVING
Jack Batoff q Co. Leave lmme. diately to Commence Work N
 On Grading Contract.

A contract has been awarded Jack Batoff & Co. for the grading of section of the right of way within the limits of Residency 4 (43-mile.)
 The, exact location of the work is 46 miles from Nenana, from sta tion 17461 plus 25 to 17483, a dis tance of 2225 feet, and consists of 3200 yards of cut and 5000 yards of. a fill, the date set for. completion of the contract being September 1.
 The partners of the contract are Jack Batoff, Alex Adolf, Maik karee, Pete Fatoff and Harry Eek off, and these men will start imme- diately to commence operations on their contract.
 This is Jack Batoff's third con tract with the Commission and he states that the work will be com pleted within the appointed time.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-07
TRACK IN YARDS
 10 BE RAISED
Railroad Tracks In Nenana Yards Will Be Raised Above Flood ....
 Level Soon.

It has been decided by the off cials of the Alaskan Engineering commission to raise the tracks in the Commission yards above the flood level, and arrangements have been made to take this work in h" immediately.
 The necessary gravel for this pur- pose will be obtained from a tract of land near the powder house and about mile and half out of town.
 The Bucyrus dragline excavator will be stationed there with a large force of men, and just as soon as the. necessary arrangements have been completed the gravel cars will be hauled into town and distributed along the tracks. ......'
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-07
COMMISSION CAMP IS
 MOVED NEARER TOWN

The locomotive PIP and a string ; of flat cares were sent out late yesterday evening for the purpose of moving Camp 15, composed of
 the surfaeing gang, to a new loca- tion. nearer town.
 It is reported that the. new loea- tiop is to be. just below bridge II, which. spans. the lower end of Lost . Slough. All of the camp cars were. moved and placed, in position , last night, so, that the work would not be interferred within any way today.
 . The. moving of this camp to a
 more favorable position was con ! templated some time ago, but owing to the damage done to bridge II by . the. floods and the inability of the
 Commission as a consequence to get trains over the structure, until it
 had been repaired, made postpone 'ment necessary.
 ]; The work of repairing the bridge
 insofar as the driving of the nee essary piles was. concerned, was
 quickly done, piledriver No: A.. also
 known as the track driver, being
 used for this purpose.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-07
SMASH ARRIVES
 AND SAILS AGAIN

The launch Siwash, operated by Fred Robinson, arrived at 3 p. m yesterday with Mrs. Nicely and four other passengers, whose names were not obtainable.
 She left this morning for Fair banks taking Sid. Sheldon and two children, J. H. Caskey, Harry Aber' crombie, R. F. Roth, Mrs. Haggren and Frank Flynn.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-07

Uncle Sam is in a race against Germany for ships and food-Are you with him?
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-07
BILL PACKER WINS
 WHITE HOUSE WOOL
Nenanaite Grabs Portion of Alaska's s Share of the White House
 Wool.

Superintendent of Construction w. L. Packer has been declared the successful bidder for that portion of the White House wool allotted to the Fourth judicial division and is now receiving the congratulations of his many friends on the success of his patriotic endeavor.
 News of this interesting event was received in a wire to Mrs. Bowen, president of the local Red Cross society, from John A. Clark lat4 yesterday evening and Mr Packer was duly notified.
 Bill will shortly receive the wool and a letter from President Wilson He has not yet decided what dis position he vii make of th. wool.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-07
TOlWANA BOAT
 WILL BRING MAIL
 FROM FAIRBANKS
Carl Whites Launch Expected 10 Arrive today With Last
 of Trail Mail.

Reports received last night from Fairbanks are to the effect that the Carl White launch is scheduled to leave the upper town this morning for Tolovana.
 She will probably have consider able mail on board for Nenana, made up partly of the last shipment of mail to come into Fairbanks over the trail; that is the last of the mail brought in under the old contract with the Northern Com mercial company, and reached Fair banks on Wednesday last.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-07

Conservation, concentration, and consecration-for the sake of those at the front.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-07

Food will win the war-produce it.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-07
BODY IS FOUND: OFFICIALS MAKE
 INVESTIGATIONS
Report of Finding of Dead Body Year Town Is Received
 By Commissioner.

This afternoon Dick Ketzler brought in report to United States Commissioner Mcdonald of the find. ing of the body of a dead man in a slough about two miles from town
 The commissioner and Deputy Marshal Hagan left immediately for the place indicated by Ketzler and will conduct an investigation.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-07
HARDY ADVICE

If you have a feeble minded citi- zen in your community, put him in the proper institution and pay taxes cheerfully for his support Don't dodge the issue by sending him to congress.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-07
MAIL ARRIVED TODAY

The Carl White lanuch arrived at p. m. today from the upper town bringing mail, consisting of 2 locked pouches and five tie sacks. There is said to be quite a large quantity of Outside mail in this shipment.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-17

Her father went on chopping wood as
though he hadn't heard; but he had
heard, and there was faint light of
regret on his rugged countenance
Had ne dared to call his soul his own
From the cabin came again that
desplsed. high-pitched voice:
"Nan-cee! O-o-oh Nance! Come
here, Nance!"
The young woman went SLOWLY
toward the house. 1t did not occur to
her that there was anywhere else to 90.
The opposing forces were to her titanic.
irresistible, relentless. Then Mrs.
Hurley and the oily, smirking Ben
Hull were standing in the front doorway
when she walked up the guttered path
between the rows of budding marigolds.
and Mrs. Hurley was smiling her
deceptive SMILE
"Mr; Hull has come to see ye,
Nance"
Nance halted. "Mister Hull?" she
sneered in open derision. "Well. here
l am; let him take a good look at me.
and let that look be the last"
Hull fumbled at his screaming red tie.
jerked down his fancy brocaded vest.
and stepped to the ground.
"i0hO JC u tdhC a nCpIc Walk WI
me, Nance, he said awkwardly. There
was something disconcerting about the
steady gaze Of her clear brown ewes.
Over his thin shoulder Nance saw her
stepmother nod commandingly. Mrs.
Hurleys brows were drawn and threat
ening. Nance went with Ben Hull
because she felt that she couldn't bear
the ,tongue-lashing that would be hers
II she didn't 60 They walked
slowly down through the green and
shaded woodland, halted and sat down
together on a great gray stone that
afforded plain view of much of the
upper half of the rugged Ironhead. It
was the sight of the stern and forbidding
crest OF that towering old mountain
which gave to Nance an idea that
promised deliverance. The Cliffhawk,
man of mystery, had righted other
wrongs which had not concerned him;
wouldn't he right hers, if he knew?
81 want ye to marry me, Nance"
began Hull. "Ef We will, I'll dress ye
up and buy ye ridin' -hoss."
EFF / could bear you," quickly
retorted Nance, "Pd do it. Eff could
The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-17
By Hapsburg Liebe
Illustrated by w. Heede

was slave almost as she herself was a.
slave. He was a huge man, a Samson
IN physical strength; but his wife was a
Delilah. He had been brought gradu-
ally to the point of choosing always the
way OF least resistance
Abner Hurley looked up from his
,woood-chopping as his daug ghter halted
beside him.
What is it?" he asked a trihe sourlv.
care you and her a-goin' to sell me
for thutty dollars?" Nance demanded.
Herr" clipped Abner Hurley.
"Who?"
"Yore wife, that's who" quickly.
"You know I hain't never laid nv
tongue to the name O. mother to her
and l never will Are YOU and her
a-goln' to sell me for thutty dollars, the
same as ef was mule?"
Hurley understood fully Ben Hull
mad approached him with the offer of
thirty dollars less than half an hour
before. He had replied weakly that he
had no women-folk to SELL Then Hull
had gone to Mrs. Hurley, who, he knew,
wished to be rid of Nance.
Nance's giant father lifted his axe and
drove its keen blade deep into the log
s.0 hi0 !oOu, oocA Ills great marry nanQS
from the hickory handle and left it
quivering. His mighty figure stffened;
a frown of mingled determination and
something like defiance struggled over
his heavy, black-bearded face.
You listen here, Nance" he growled.
You're twenty-five, and old enough to
marry. You got to have clo'es and
ssomepin t eat, and it's comm to be
burthen for me to furnish 'em. Ben
Hull, he's the richest young man in the
whole neighborhood. He'll dress We
up, and he'll buy We a ridin' boss.
Better marry Ben Hull, Nance"
He finished with an air of fnality.
According to his way of seeing there was
nothing further to be said about it. He
took up his axe and drove its blade into
the log again and again.
"Ef-ef l was man." Nance said,
spIlrltedly and tearfully, "I'd shore be
ashamed O. myself to let a f-f-fool
woman wind me around her f-f-inger
that away, pap. And $3.50 Pm to be
sold for thutty dollars, thutty pieces O.
money, it pears to me!
l haln't even got friend in you, pap!"
The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-17


But | deespise the ground you walk on.
Ben Hull, and to be tied to YOU by
marriage wouldn't be much better'n
death by slow burnin' And ef pap
and his wife makes me marry you, Ben
Hull, we can look to be-to be-be
pizened, that's what"
The beady-eyed little man rearranged
his red tie, and laughed unpleasantlv.
"ls the anybody else ye love.
Nance?"
Nance faced hlm and stared at him
queerly. "You better CO." she NUT
tered, land ak The Cliffhawk that
question"
"The Clffhawk!"
Hull sat up straight and looked
behind him. The name he had Just
spoken had come to carry terror with it,
except to those who had the stoutes+ of
hearts. But Hull was shrewd he saw
through Nance's ruse, laughed his oily
laugh, and tried to slip an arm about
her waist.
you're viper-a spreadhead!"
Nance cried, smotheredly going to her
feet.
Hull, too, rose. He tried again to
take Nance in his arms, and then
something happened-a big young man
in laced boots and corduroys sprang
out of the blooming laurels and struck
Ben Hull binding blow that sent him
reeling for twenty feetl
Now clear out" ordered the big
young MAINLAND keep this in mind
the next time you try to force your
attentions on this girl, you're going to
get all that's coming to you"
He significantly patted the stock of
his long range rifle. Ben Hull skunk
away without word. Nance's pro-
tector turned to her and took off his
broad-rimmed gray felt hat.
"The Cliff-hawk!" gasped Nance
"David Cannon, ma am" corrected
the stranger. "Miss Hurley, believer"
Nance Hurley" said Nance" Have
you ever seed me afore?"
I'm the woods, many times" smiled
David Cannon. GIVE watched for you.
1 liked you the first time l saw you
you were wading in the creek down
there. I'm friendless, you know, and
get mighty lonesome. You're beau
tlful young woman, Nance"
"Yes," Nance agreed, innocently.
too purity to be sold for thutty dollars,
like mule. Ben Hull, that little rat
eyed pine-worm, he was to gi' my pap
and his wife thutty dollars on the day
l married him. Wasn't it a shame,
David Gannon?"
"Sure, it was a shame" readily.
Don't let 'em marry you to that rat.
I'll do anything l can for you; if it
becomes necessary, I'll kill the rat for
you. I'd better go now. If you'll let
me see you again, meet me early to-
morrow afternoon at the leaning beech
half a mile down the creek. Goodbye,
Nance"
She told him goodbye, and he entered
the laurels and disappeared like a spirit.
Nance Hurley, still wondering at that
which had taken place, went home.
Ben Hull was not there, and for that she
was grateful. . To her stepmother's
insistent questioning Nance finally
said this:
81 told him ef I was tied to him, I'd
be apt to pizen him. But reckon
I'd marry him, eff it hadn't ha' been
For-for somethin' But now I'd die
afore I'd marry him, and so we needn't
to say another word about it. I'll leave
ye purity soon; we needn't to worry
none about that. And the man | go
with won't haf to gi' you and pap no
thutty pieces O silver, neither. Now
The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-17

clothing of timberjack-an he
carried long range, high-power sports
mans rifle wherever he went. For
three months, since early in the spring,
ne had lived alone in the Businesses Of
the irregular line of cliffs that fits the
6olong crest of great and majestic
lronhead Mountain Hike a gigantic
crown. He was big young man,
brown-eyed and brown-haired and very
good-looking Half angel and half
devil, he was, and law unto himself
there was Littleford Blair, whom he had
whipped with hickory withe because
Llttleford Blair had savagely beaten a
well-meaning dog; there was Sam'l
Hutton, whom he had left lying half
dead in the laurels because Hutton had
dared to noise about the statement that
he was either an escaped convict or no
better than an escaped convict; there
was-but the list is long.
The mountainfolk did not know his
name. They spoke of him, laughingly
at tlrst and then with hushed voices, as
The Cliffhawk.
Cliffhawk, that is the hill mans name
for an eagle.
here, Nance!"
Nance Hurley, wood nymph, princess
in calico, heard and frowned. She
stepped out of the crystal mountain
stream she had been wading in for more
than an hour, and entered the blooming
laurels that stood between the creek and
her fathers cabin, a hundred yards up
on the western slope of Little Rainey.
Her stepmother's high pitched voice
came to her again:
"Nan-cee! O-o-oh Nance!"
Suddenly Nance halted in the under
growth and flung down the handful of
laurel blossoms that she had just broken
OIL. For moment she stood there as
silent and as motionless as one of the
trees about her; then she muttered
angrily:
ats Ben Hull ag'in! IL wisht to
goodness he'd die! 1t may be wicked
but l shore wish it. That rat-eyed
pineworm of man-I'd rather marry
pig an him, would"
She went on. Three minutes later
she stole soundlessly up to blind wall
of the log house that had been a good
home to her before her fathers unwise
second marriage, and put her wide and
angry chestnut-brown eyes to a crack.
Yes, it was Ben Hull again. He sat
comfortably in the best rocker, and
standing not far from him was Abner
Hurley's second wife, Mrs. Hurley
was a great deal younger than her
husband, and attractive as such women
go; she was of that odd type that is so
easily disliked by women and so easily
loved by men.
Hull was dressed cheaply and fashily;
he was little, oily. beady-eycd, mean and
mean-looking. He had discovered and
was working a more or less valuable
deposit of mica somewhere on Ironhead
Mountain, and the hillfolk looked upon
him as a rich man.
"Well, it b'iles itself down to this"
Hull was saying in low tone to Mrs.
Hurley: "You want to be rid O. Nance,
and l want her for a wife. She's the
durnedest puttiest gyurl l ever seed.
I'll dress her up, and I'll buy her a
And rickollect this, Miss
Hurley; on the day she marries me I'll
gi' you and Alb thutty dollars"
Nance heard every word of it. She
drew back from the blind wall and
Strengthened proudly Her well-shaped
sun-browned hands clenched hard, and
her roundish and supple young figure
trembled throughout with indignation.
Thirty dollars-thirty pieces of silver!
The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-17

3 wore spiked boots that laced
In front, clay-colored cordu-
roys, a blue flannel shirt open
at the throat, and a broad
j rim mod nrrnxr ELI IL
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1918-07-19
DOWN WITH MOSQUITOES

That the western newt or
water-dog is an effective means
of getting rid of mosquitoes is
pointed out by DR.. Asa c. Chand-
Ter of the Oregon Agricultural
College Experiment Station.
One or two water-dogs in each
rain barrel will be sufficient to
keep them clear of MOSQUITO
larvae has been conclusively
shown, according to DR.. Chand-
Ter. The only requisites for their
successful exploitation in this
capacity are that the barrels be
free from oil, tar, brine, on other
injurious substances. The wa
ter-dogs do not injure the water
in any way. Reservoirs, mill
ponds, and garden pools could
almost invariably be stocked sue
cessfully with water-dogs in eli
mates in which they will thrive.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1918-07-19
TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO

A. O. Hooker came down from
his Storrs farm Tuesday evening
and will run the planer in the
sawmill. Mr.. Hooker IS an eX-
perienced hand at this work.
Miss Minnie Owram and her
mother returned to this place
from the east last Saturday
evening.
The Alaska gold craze has
struck Toledo along with the,
balance of the coast. There is
talk now of chartering or buying
a vessel and making a trip up
the Yukon, taking Yaquina Bay
as a starting point.
Mrs. j. l.. HyGJ went TO Little
Elk on a visit the first Of the
week, and Mr.. Hyde has been q
lonely bachelor.
Mrs. ID. c. Rorsbrooks expects
to leave next week for Santa
Catalina Island. Lower Calf,
where she will Join h,r husband,
Prof. Rosebrooks.
Born-To the family of Mr..
and Mrs. B. +. Jones, of this
place on Saturday July II, 1897,
a daughter.
Another raft of logs of about
$4,000 feet came up from Til
lotson's logging camp on Poo
Slough for the Toledo sawmill
last Sunday. Another raft is ex-
.pected up in a few days.
We understand that Henry
Lewis the merchant, will erect a
tore building this summer, work
on which will begin at an early
date. Mr.. Lewis finds that he
must have more room for his
increasing business.
Elk City Transformers are
all busy with having lust now
1t Is a fine crop. Mr.. McCluskey
from near Toledo is doing the
icutting for all in this vicinity.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1918-07-19
ELEVEN YEARS AGO

Mrs. II. g. Jorgenson and
daughter, Dora, returned Mon
day from a visit in Portland.
Mrs. c. e. Hawkins and
daughter, Miss Ailesn, departed
Saturday morning for a visit
with relatives in San Francisco.
Mrs. Hawkins will return in
about two weeks Will Miss
'Aileen will prolong her visit un-
It'll the middle Of September.
Mrs. S. A. Pruett of Yaquina
made a brief visit in the city
yesterday.
County Treasurer Hyde and
Sheriff Ross have been on the
sick rost r for several days.
Both are reported to be improv-
ing.
The Toledo School Board
awarded to Thomas Gilderslseve
the contract for building the ad-
dition to the school house.
On the evening of the 11th, a
large bunch of our young people
sprung q surprise party on Miss
'Aileen Hawkins. A delightful
time is reported.
Miss Bessie Hufford of Port
land is visiting relatives and
friends in this city.
N. L. McElwain departed We'd
nesday morning for his home at
!lnkster n. ID. He will get his af-
fairs back there in shipshape
Yand return to make his home
hers. He has purchased the
'Langhei place near the 0lalla
bridge and expects to settle down
there.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1918-07-19
THE GERMAN DOCKS

The taking over by the United
States Of the title and possession
of the docks, piers, wharves, and
other shipping property on the
] udson River, owned by the Ger
man steamship companies, the
Hamburg corporations, is gre
eted with universal approval by
the American people. The pro
perty IS to be retained by the
I overnment and not turned back
to its former owners at the closs
of the war.
Purchasers of Liberty Loan
Bonds and War Savings Stamps,
who supply the money used for
this purpose, may feel especial
qualification. These docks and
piers and warves are strategic
points of great Importance and
value, and it is intolerable that
they should remain in enemy
hands, or that they should ever
revert to German ownership.
German commerce has been
shown to have been so indissol-
ubly bound up with, and so much
a part of German Militarism, that
it is just and right that it should
suffer all the penalties of war.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1918-07-19
SAW TOLEDO BOY
Middleton, Conn.
June %, 1918.

June ~, 1915
Mrs. c. F Altree,
Toledo Oregon.
My dear Mrs. Altree:
I returned recently from
several months absences with
Our boys" overseas. The last
month of my stay was spent in
visiting the soldiers and sailors
in the camps in England and
Scotland. Everywhere I found
I"our boys" in fine spirit, a clean,
manly lot of whom we may all
well be proud.
| saw your son in England
but a few weeks ago. He asked
me to give you his 1--we and tell
you that he is well and happy in
his work.
Praying with you that he may
be spared to return to you in due
time, after We shall have achiev-
ed victory in the cause of hum
anity, l am
Sincerely yours,
VIM. Arnold Shankltn
President 1f Wesleyan Univer-
sity.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1918-07-19
SKILLED LOGGERS AND
LUMBERMEN WANTED

A call for IT'S men skilled
in logging and sawmill work
must be filled by volunteers
from Oregon by July 23, or
enough m.n will be drafted from
special and limited service men
inClass l to fill the quota.
The skilled workmen required
are as follows:
70 chokermen, so head buck
ers, 2. doggers, 6 general saw
mill foremen and % planer trim
mermen.
Volunte RS for this service
must be of draft age, and are
particularly desired from classes
2, 3, and4. Those who volunteer
for the work will be sent to Van
couver, Washington, for engage
ment in producing spruce for
aeroplanes, which is one of the
most important branches of tha
whole service just now.
These are exceptional oppor-
tunities for energetic and ambi-
tious men," says the War De-
partment circular calling for the
men. The men inducted under
these calls will be engaged in
producing spruce for airplanes
in the great Northwest woods"