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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-01-11

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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-01-11

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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-01-11

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The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06

building of the most difficult and
expensive stretch of line along the
entire route from Seward to Fair
banks-that running along Turn
again Arm, which is sheer rock and
rising precipitously from the sea
for nearly 30 miles. There arr
miles of this road which have cost
100000 per mile. Even to blast
a mule trail in one portion Of this
route cost $4,000 a mile.
This cost per mile is increased
by reason of the fact that it in
cludes the expense of 4S miles of
clearing and grading new right-of-
way and of so miles of additional
clearing and 80 miles of yard
tracks, sidings and switches.
"The basis for the estimated cost
of the mainline mileage above Civ
en- is a table prepared by Mr..
Wendt, of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, as an expression of the
correct deductions from total ex-
renditures that should be made in
arriving at cost exclusive of eouin-
ment and terminals which are nee
essary to the road as a going con-
Germ and whose cost should be
spread over the whole road when
completed.
The new construction exclusive
Of sidings. as We have seen. is Pa
miles. TIE total which has been
appropriated for the road is s31,-
66,6S4,322. OF this amount there
was a balance on hand December
81, 1918, of s1,214,407.lO, thus
making the amount expended s29,-
S76,277.17.
But all Of this has not gone
into rev construction. Much of it
has gone into the purchase of the
old roads referred to ALASKA
Northern and Tanana VslleyD and
their partial rehabilitation, to the
construction of two permanent
towns (Anchorace and Nerana) as
termini, for rolling stock, material,
and supplies on hand, etc.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE

Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
building, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours. and can
be purchased in sufficient time be-
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Wednesdays and Satur-
days at a m.
The regular train formerly leav-
ing on Monday has been discon-
tinued until further notice.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06

Details of work done and ex-
penditures made in the construction
of the government railroad are con-
tanned in a statement that was sub
Lane, secretary of the intETAOIE
nitted to the late Congress by
Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the
interior. While no reference is
made to the charges of mismanage-
ment and extravaganza. contained
in the open" letter Of former Dele
gate Wickersham, the statement of
the secretary constitutes a fairly
complete answer to the letter, COW
ering as it does, practically all
questions involved. The statement
is as follows:
THE Alaskan railroad, which is
under construction from Seward to
Fairbanks, is about two-thirds done.
1t has been built without graft;
every dollar has gone into actual
work or material. 1t has been built
without giving profits to any large
contractors, for it has been con-
structed entirely by small contracts
or DAYS labor. 1t has been built
without touch of politics; every
man on the road has been chosen
exclusively for ability and expe-
rience. q do not know the politics
of any one of the 1000 men who
are or have been connected with the
road, excepting Mr.. Riggs. who is
now governor of Alaska, It has
been we'll and solidly built as a per-
manent road, not an exploiting road.
II has been built for as little money
as private parties could have built
it, as all competent independent
engineers who have seen the road
advise -. Ill.," g..
'.In the summer of 1918 | sent
Mr. Edwin F. Wendt. of the Inter
state Commerce commission in
charge of valuation of the rail-
roads of the United States from
Pittsburg to Boston, to make an in
vestigation into the manner in which
the Alaskan railroad was construct
ed and its cost. He reported to me
as follows:
"'In concluding, it is not amiss
to again state that after the full
study which was given to the prop
erty during our trip we are salts
fled that the project is being exc
cuted rapidly and efficiently by men
of experience and ability. 1t is be-
lieved that it is being handled as
cheaply as private contractors could
handle it under the circumstances.
''Mr. Wendt had been connected
for 25 years with the Pittsburg and
Lake Erie road as engineer in charge
of construction and maintenance.
and was designated to make this in
vestigation by me upon the recon-
mendation of Mr.. Prouty, of the
Interstate Commerce commission.
Recently l had occasion to call
in Mr.. Wells, chief construction en-
gineer of the Southern Railway Co..
who reviewed the cost figures of
the Alaskan Engineering commits
sion, and he said that he was as
tonished that the work cost so little !;
that on his own road during the
past year he had paid more per
yard for earth and rock work than
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06

same period
The road has not been built as
soon as expected because each year
we have exhausted our appropria-
ton before the work contemplated
had been done. We could not say
in October Of one year what the
cost of anything a year or more
later would be, and we ran out Of
money earlier than anticipated. 1t
has not been built as cheaply as
expected because it has been built
on a rising market for everything
that went into its construction from
labor, lumber, food supplies, ma
chinery, and steel to rail and ocean
transportation. / believe, however,
it can safely be said that no other
piece of government construction or
private construction done during the
war will show less percentage of in
crease over cost that was esti-
mated more than four years ago.
THE men have been well housed
and we'll fed. Their wages have
been good and promptly paid; there
has been but one strike and that
was four years ago and was settled
by department of labor experts fix
ing the scale of wages. The men
have had the benefit of a system
of compensation for damages like
that in the reclamation service and
Panama canal. They have had ex-
eellent hospital service, and our
camps and towns have been free
from typhoid fever and malaria.
That the men like the work is testi-
fled by the fact that hundreds who
came out the past two years, at
tracted by the high wages of war
+ industries, are now anxious to re.
turn to Alaska, and for them and
in the interest Of the territory, ]
think we should have large enough
appropriation to speedily complete
the road
! There has been but one set back
IN construction and that was the
washing out of y miles of track
along the Nenana river. This is a
glacial stream which, when the
SHOWS melt, comes down at times
with irresistible force. In this in.
stance it abandoned its long ac.
customed way and cut into a new
bed and through trees that had been
standing for several generations
tearing out part of the track which
had been laid. But this damage has
been repaired and the road relaid
! 40 "AHe - lHOuSut 10 De Sa1S
place. Such accidents may be ex-
pected on any road laid through
the Western mountains. There is
not a single railroad from the Cop
per River road in Alaska to the
Southern Pacific in Arizona which
has not been closed for weeks, and
sometimes months at time, be-
cause of such washouts. Nor is
there a Western railroad which has
not been compelled to relocate
scores of miles of track.
"1he credit for the work done is
/ to be given to the men and the
Alaskan Engineering commission.
who have charge of construction
This commission consisted of Mr..
Edes, Lieut.. Mears, United States
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
CARD OF THANKS.

1t is my keenest desire to extend
my heartfelt thanks and apprecia-
ton to those friends of mine who
have extended their aid and SYM
pathy in the bereavement caused
by the death of my dear mother.
WILLIS NICELY.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06

dent upon my recommendation; Mr.
Edes, because of 80 years expert.
ence in locating and constructing
railroads in the Far West for the
Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and
other railroad companies; Lieut.
Mears, because of his experience
as an engineer on the Northern
Pacific under Mr. Stevens, and
later in the construction of the
Panama railroad under Col. Goeth,
ais; Mr. Riggs, because he had
spent many years in Alaska and
surveyed the Alaskan-Canadian
boundary from the sea to the
Arctic ocean, and was familiar with
the Alaskan people and conditions
under which work could be done in
Alaska. Within the past year Lieut.
Mears returned to active service
in the army and Mr.. Riggs was
appointed governor of Alaska.
THE work of locating and con-
structing the road has been left
in their hands entirely The only
instruction which they received
from me was that they should build
the road as if they were working
for a private concern, selecting the
best men for the work, irrespective
of politics or pressure of any kind.
have not asked them to appoint
one man. As result we have a
force that has been gathered from
the construction camps of the West
ern railroads, made up of men of
experience and proved capacity.
That they have done their work
efficiently, honestly. and at reason
able cost is my belief
The road as projected is to run
from Seward to Fairbanks, a dis
lance of All miles. In addition
there is a line to the Matanuska
coal fields completely of 3S miles.
"The southern end of the road
is the old Alaska Northern. running
for II miles north of Seward, which
was bought.
The northern end of the road
is part of the old Tanana Valley
road q miles, leading directly into
Fairbanks, which was also bought.
This was part of line 441a miles
long running out of Fairbanks, but
81 miles of this road is not counted
in any mileage figures here given.
Between the II miles of the
Alaska Northern on the south and
the Z miles of Tanana Valley road
on the north there was a stretch
of 393 miles to be built through
a waste. Of this there has been
built 206 miles of main line track,
leaving 1877 miles of this direct road
from Seward to Fairbanks to be
yet constructed. But of this stretch
AS miles have been cleared and
graded, ready for track, and 80
miles have been cleared.
I'm addition, the Matanuska line
running into the Matanuska coal
field, SO miles, has been completed.
$50 that out of the total of road
projected, 500 miles, there has been
fully constructed all but 1877 miles.
And of this IS miles of right-of-
way have been either cleared and
graded or cleared. III
There have also been construct
ed 80 miles of yard tracks, switches,
sidings, etc, not included in the
main line mileage given above.
"A full statement of the road
constructed and purchased is as fol-
lows:
Miles of road constructed .244. 0
Miles of yard tracks, ETC.. 800
Alaska Northern, purchased. 100
Tanana Valley, purchased $1,000. 44.4
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES .3S9 3
ut is not possible during the con-
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06

ITO Be Continued
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06

1T is not possible during the con-
struction of railroad to tell what
1t costs per mile, because all the
foundation work, the construction
of bases from which to work, the
equipment for construction, and
much of the material is a charge
which must be spread over the entire
completed line. If the cost per
mile is figured when but a few
miles of road have been built, it
might be said to cost a million dol
lars a mile. This road four years
ago could be said to have cost ten
times as much per mile as it could
be said to cost today. So that as
to an uncompleted road the best
estimate of cost is one that is ap-
proximate
1.-The best estimate that can be
made today as to the newly con-
structed road is that it has cost
between $4,000 and $4,000 per
mainline mile, or between 100000
and $4,000 per mile of track.
"This cost per mile includes the
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06

LOST-Nugget chain. Liberal re-
ward for return to News Office.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-05-10
Miss Lillian Tilley Honored

Mrs. G.. w. Wilson and Mrs. J. g..
MCGOWAN entertained at the home OF
the former last Saturday i'll honor OF
Miss Lillian Tilley whose engage
ment to Elmer Wilson was mn
nounced recently.
The guests were mostly Mason
ladies but the flat anil Ierington
were represented as well, The after
noon was spent in games AMI chat
enliTened by an original poem by
Mrs. Wells which was the hit OF
the day, not one guest escaped her
clever witticisms.
The honor guest was the recipient
OF a beautiful array OF linen when
will serve not only as remembran-
ces from her friends but will also
provide substantial addition to her
chest.
The hostesses served delicious cake
and sherbet at the close OF very
pleasant day
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-05-10
HIGHWAY PROGRESSING

Harry Unsworth. HID. Hart, Neil
Mckay and the writer took a run
on Wednesday up to where they are
working on the highway. They had
a good long walk but finally got to
where the work is being done. 1t is
about three miles above the footbridge
crossing the river near the petrified
forest. Two miles sor so have been
rough graded There were six four
horse teams dragging Fresno scrap
ers and matters were moving nicely.
Two of the party persevered to the
ten mile end and were rewarded BY
dinner with the men. Mr. Penninger
is in charge of the workand MIR. Neil
West OF Reno has charge OF the
teams. They were both very cordial
in their welcome. The cook sent sand
wiches to the other two and they were
eaten with relish The highway at
this point runs through a basin that
draws in to two rocky promontories
less than 100 feet apart and making
an ideal dam and reservoir site The
party could not help but wonder why
it had been overlooked
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-05-10
MISSIONARY SOCIETY

The Women's Home Missionary
Society held very interesting and
instructive meeting at the Methodist
Church Tuesday afternoon, Mrs
+. Z. Hull presiding.
Mrs. Piatt, Bureau Secretary Tor
the Chinese work. was here from
San Francisco She gave history
OF the organization, and spoke en-
Enthusiastically of the aims OF this
society
The various branches of work
carried on among the negroes of the
south, the mountaneers of Tennessee
and Kentucky. the Protestant ltal-
ians in San Francisco, the Chinese,
the Japanese, the various peoples OF
Europe who have congregated i'll the
great eastern cities were carefully
explained, The work was educational
and religious.
A conference OF the Pacific Divi-
sion OF the Society was held in
Reno Thursday and Mrs, Piatt and
Mrs. Hull left Wednesday to be in
attendance.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-05-10
EXPERIMENT SUCCESSFUL
Method Found That Prevents Sheep
From Bloating When on Alfalfa.

An experiment was tiled out i'll
Smith Valley last week which will be
of great interest to sheep owners OF
this section, according to a statement
made by VIM. Cunningham of the An
telope Valley Land and Cattle Com
pany.
As is we'll known, sheep bloat easily
if turned on young alfalfa early i'll
the spring and means of overcoming
the difficulty and subsequent loss has
been found Very recently the Ante
lope Valley Land and Cattle company
purchased band of ewes and lambs
from the Plymouth company in Smith
Valley. The man placed in charge OF
the sheep gave them feed OF stock
salt and ECONOMY stock food, mix
ed half and half, The followin. day
the ewes and lambs were turntd out
on young alfalfa and out of the en-
tire band but one died. The food is
partly composed of carbon and soda
and offsets the gas caused by the
green feed. = Courier
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-05-10
RED CROSS CONVENTION IN
ELKS' HOME, RENO

\ Red Cross conference is TO be
held at the Elks' Home. Reno, New
ada, to-day.
This conference is for the benefit
of Nevada and Northern California
and the object is to tell us why
Red Gross activities must not lessen,
and re- explain. the future work OF
this organization,
The following officials OF the Pa
cific Division will be present at this
meeting;
J. B. Miller Division Manager.
A. B. c, Dohrman = Associate
Manager
John l.. Clymer = Director De-
velopment
c. ]. OConner - Home Service.
Miss Lillian White - Nursing.
Mrs. a. l.. kluegel - Junior Red
Cross.
Chester Smith Publicity.
DR.. G.. H. Richardson = First Aid.
Mr. Popert = Salvage and Shop.
Miss Lillian Esden = Salvage and
Shop
There will be an exhibit of Red
Cross work in all branches under
the direction OF A. A. Tremp.
The Elks have donated their
home for this conference The
speaking. discussion and round table
conferences will be upstairs. The
exhibit will be held on the lower
floor.
w. IT, Churchyard. Mrs. H. S.
Pohe, Mrs. X. l.. Waggoner, Mrs.
f. T. Hull, anl Mrs. Leavitt are in
abundance from this county.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-05-10
THE PHONE GIRL

When YOU take the phone receiver
down and place it to your ear. let
ting loose the hello signal and no
answer do you hear, you will wait
;.bout one second. then you'll clat-
ter and you'll clang. and you'll say
the girl is loafing, chewing gum or
talking slang. You can wait with
some politeness on the balance OF
the world. and the folks don't have
to shudder at your strong invectiNes
hurled but you fling your hardest
epithets. YOU bluster. jaw and groan,
and YOU roar. rave and wrangle. at
the girl who runs the phone She 5
the goat for all the grorches that
infect the good old town: there are
swarms of Oil cross patches who de-
light to call her down; if the line
they want is busy they will swear
that she's to blame; though she al
ways answers sweetly. they viii
jaw her just the same. When you
think of all the thousands who, i'll
tempered, take whack at the weary
nerves OF one small maid who dare
not sass them back, you will wonder
how she stands them. all the howls
and kicks anl stirgs of the grumpy,
grouchy GROWERS as she tends the
endless rings. GLEN BRADSHAW
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-05-10
MRS. |. c. HART DEAD

Word was received, in this city
Monday morning of the sudden and
sad death OF Mrs. T. c. Hart. 1t
was great shock to the whole COM
munity. Friends OF Judge Hart
were greatly interested and charmed
by his bride and looked forward to
their visits with pleasure.
Mrs Hart was great social favor
ite in Reno, Sparks and Carson City
where she had resided since the
family came to Reno.
She also distinguished herself by
her patriotic work during the war
being instrumental in the success of
the Nevada Four Minute Men which
work she directed under Judge Nc
Carran's supervision.
Mrs. Hart died at Fallon Sunday
afternoon Of ptomaine poisoning and
had been i'll but short time.
The funeral services were held in
Reno at St. Thomas Aquinas Church
Wednesday morning with a requiem
high mass.
She and Judge Hart were married
in San Francisco. in January and had
settled in cosy home in Fallon.
Her untimely death is severe blow
to her devoted husband and the SYM
pathy OF this whole cuontry has
gone out to him in these sad hours
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-05-10

The Smith Valley Civic Club met
Friday May End, at the home OF
Mrs. Louis b. Olds. Daring the
short business session the ladies vot-
ed to take charge OF the refresh
ments to be served at the dance in
Wellington Hall given by the local
Farm Bureau. At the adjourn
ment OF the business meeting social
hour was enjoyed interspersed with
several musical selections by Mrs.
Foster and Mrs. Olds.
The hostess was assisted i'll serving
dainty refreshments by Mrs. +. Y.
Beaman. The next meeting will be
held at -the Colony school house,
May II, at which time the annual
election OF officers will be held.
Women's Home Missionary Society
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-05-10

NIiaonchi Brothers have in progress
very substantial improvements III
the home they rerently purchased
from George Plummer The parior
has been changed to the opposite
side OF the house and II AMI the ad-
Joining rooms have been made INTO
bed rooms. The stairs were moved
TO accomodlte these changes. 4
bathroom fitted ip modern plumbing
has been added, The kitchen mas
been remodeled and commod'ouS
cupboards were added with zinc
coverel work table 1t is beng
papered and painted and having run
ming water installed.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-05-10
PROCEEDINGS OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS

The County Commissioners met in
regular session on Monday, April 5.
Present were Commissioners King,
Wedertz, and Bertrand, clerk z. F.
Rawson. After the minutes were
read and signed, the following con-
dolences were ordered telegraphed to
Judge Hart.
"All County Officials and Board
OF County Commissioner in session
assembled direct that | convey to you
their deepest regret in your loss OF
wife and extend to you their sincere
sympathy.
L. F. Rawson, Clerk.
The bills were allowed as present
ed. except as follows:
E.A. Blanchard reduced from $1,000
to Slo55 and allowed.
r. Nesbit, Inspector of Walker Riv-
er Irrigation District Election, re
jected.
Bill OF Hoffman for SOS was laid
over.
c. Z. Phillips was granted an en-
gineer's license
After considerable discussion the
north and south road in Smith Val
ley. running past the creamery was re-
ferred to Commissioner Wedertz.
The petition heretofore presented
for creating new school district out
of District No II and unorganized
territory was granted. The district
was established and is to be known
as the Grant View District, No. n.
1t is located at Hudson and, will EN-
brace part of the territory formerly
included in Smith District.
The petition of residents of Smith
Valley for discontinuance of their
deputy sheriff was reah Ordered
laid over until next meeting.
The premises of Barsellos Bros. and
Charles Perry are quarantined ior
hog cholera.
The Clerk was ordered to prepare
notices and advertise for bids for d
bridge across the East Walker neal
Nordyke.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-05-10
Mrs. McNab Entertains

Last Saturday, Mrs. A. ]. McNab
was hostess at a delightful bridge
party at her home in Thompson
Those present were: Mesdames Ed
wards and Warren Clark of Mason
Mesdames Knox, Some, Pohe. Van
Alstine, T.. Ross. Schroeder OF Yer
ington: and Mesdames Guernsey,
Nesbitt, Wheeler, Smith. Board,
Schwab, McNab and Miss Bingay OF
Thompson. =.
Mrs. Gelder had high score and
brought home dainty cup and
saucer OF Haviland Limoges china.
Mrs. McNab served dainty sand
wiches. olives, coffee. fresh straw
berry sherbet, and delicious cake.
The guests had delightful alter
noon