PROSPERITY PINCHING
While there has never been a pan
ic in the United States that affect
ed conditions in the Gastineau Chan
nel country, the United States pros
perity which has at least reached the
Pacific Coast, is now pinching, to
a great or less degree, the people of
this country. The cost of living here
has raised uncomfortably.
Seattle has seven one-million dol
lar ships to build now, and has set
the residents of that city wild with
joy in anticipation of the prosperity
which was to follow a few years ago.
Some of the slack has been taken
out of the labor market, and the
wages of workmen in some trades
has risen.
Inasmuch as the prevailing price
of labor here is one of the funda
mental conditions that make the min
ing and milling of the low grade ore
a possibility, it is impossible to
raise wages for the miners here,
however much the company officials
may desire it. But it is probably
that notwithstanding the raise in the
prices of food, we think that long
headed and calculating working men
will generally agree that conditions
for labor are still better here than
they are “below.”
r Now Supervisor Georgeson is able
to announce that a variety of alfal
fa, that forage plant log supposed to
grow only in hot countries, has been
found which will thrive in Alaska.
A few things like that, and Profes
sor Geogeson may some time find
monuments built to him in the agri
cultural communities of the States
which are to be carved out of this
Territory.
There grows in Peru a variety of
corn which is raised high in the
mountains of that country, where
the seasons are as short as they are
here. We hope that some day Mr.
Georgeson will turn his attention to
that corn, and find that it may
grow here. In these short seasoned
latitudes of Peru there is a veriety
of tomato, which it is quite possible
may be grown in this climate and in
the Interior of Alaska. They have
grown roasting ears at Klukwan
for the last two seasons.
Incidentally it is encouraging to
note that Alaska ' rutabagas and Al
aska turnips are now quoted in the
► Seattle market reports, and that they
bring a price higher than any other
variety. That is a great deal more
than enough to pay the freight.
PAPER AND WOOD PULP
The more we think about it, the
more the wonder grows, that with
the price of paper going higher and
higher, there is still no development,
and even no talk of development,
of the Southeastern Alaska pulp
woods.
The pulp used for making the
cheaper grades of paper, particular
ly print paper for newspapers comes
from Canadian spruce forests. South
eastern Alaska “forests” contain hun
dreds of acres of spruce wood, ad
mittedly good for nothing else than
the making of wood paper pulp, and
yet the manufacturers in the United
States buy their wood paper pulp
in Canada. The difficulty of getting
pulp from that source now that the
war is on, is the reason given for
the high price of paper.
Two or three years ago, —before
the war, Eastern paper mill owners
through their known and unknown
agents were dickering with Super
visor Weigle for large areas of pulp
lands, and receiving every encour
agement from that official. Now
nothing is heard by him on the sub
ject.
Among men of business whose in
terests are quasi public we must
mention the past year’s record of
the Dream Theatre. That House has
been packed night after night for
over a year—even last winter during
that period that has become known
to Juneau as the ‘storm time,” the
little Dream held its capacity every
night.
r
Northern Transfer Company
Teaming Hauling Transfer
THAT’S ALL
But thats enough for we make a specialty o
DOING IT RIGHT TELEPHONE 359
One of the pleasing features of
Manager Thompson’s House is his
splendid orcheastra. It is a pleasure
to hear Mrs. Peg Wood Frodsham
play night after night her seemingly
never ending repertoire, assisted by
young George Sparling at the piano
who is a much better artist than is
usually found in the theatres and
the clarinet player, Mr. Ruark and
Mr. Frodsham who is the thunder
and lightning, the rain and the sun
shine for Geraldine Farrar in Car
men as well as for Fatty and Mabel.
This small but efficient orchestra
has given many pleasant and joyous
hours to the patrons of the Dream
and Juneauites have begun to listen.
The week of Carmen the audience
felt no lack as the overture was
beautifully handled by this quartette
of artistic orchestrians. Mr. Thomp
son is to be congratulated for keep
ing up a steady consistant program
of the best shows in the entire
world and deserves the continued
patronage of our citizens because he
gave the best from the start and
Juneau has responded.
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