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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1919
THE ITALIAN METHOD
There’s cheering news from Genoa.
Have you heard it? The only cheering
bit that the social turmoil of Europe
bad produced. It comes from the
longshoremen of the picturesque Ital
ian port. The longshoremen there are
up to date—most of them having re
cently returned to that dear Italy from
service in America. They knew a
thing or two, those returned voyagers.
They formed a union, they did. They
put in a demand for a new wage sched
ule and time and a half a couple of
times and a half and everything. They
got what they asked. If they had not
there would have been a strike. They
demanded $5.50 a day for longshoring,
and they got it. Oh, but they were
happy. A man needs high wages these
days to meet the high cost of living.
And they had made their argument
good. So they went out and hired a
lot of other Italians to longshore for
them for $2 a day while they sat up
in the shade and drew their $5.50. In
these days the brain must provide for
the stomach or it starves.
PRODUCTION AS A THERAPEUTIC
AGENT
False remedies will not do, in Mr.
Hoover's opinion. “Every economic
patent medicine,” he says, “has
flocked to the banner of socialism and
communism, which claim alone to be
speak human sympathy and alone to
present remedies. Extremists are
loud in assertion that production can
be maintained by the impulse of altru
ism alone, instead of self-interest.
Every country is engaged in political
experimentation with varying degrees
of these hypotheses, and so far every
trial has reduced production.”
The conclusion of this memorandum
is forceful; “No economic policy will
bring food to stomachs or fuel to
hearth# that does not secure the max
imum production. There is no use of
tears over rising prices; they are, to
a great extent, a visualization of in
sufficient production.”
The British ministry of food con
sidered this' memorandum of such in
terest that it published the complete
text. Some laymen in England, how
ever, refuse to take at face value so
much seriousness in one moment.
VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
The Alaskan engineering commis
sion might well adopt—and follow
Americanism as its slogan.—Anchor
age Times.
A knocker is the perfected product
of the devil's workshop. Glory be,
there are none of the critters in Hy
der.—Hyder Miner.
A bachelor of Seward, who has evi
dently been reading some “lovelorn”
articles in Eastern newspapers or
magazines, or perhaps some of the
trashy novels, has ashed for the defi
nition of an “artificial kiss.” The
first answer, offhand-like, is that the
artificial kiss is the kind one woman
inflicts upon another.—Seward Gate
way.
Juneau is also getting modern. A
lecturer on the soul of Shakespeare
and kindred subjects is drawing big
time when the capital city folks might
give up a dollar to see two scrappers
tear each other's cans off, but the
janitor of the hall would have ob
jected to hearing about Shakespeare's
soul. “The world do move.” Doug
las News.
Seattle’s new directory gives the
Sound city a population of ueout 420,
000, a gain of 20,000 in the lust year.
And the shame of it is that this 20,000
persons are probably all from Alaska.
—Valdez Miner.
OIL DRILLING IN ALASKA
AS REPORTED BY SURVEY
The petroleum produced in Alaska is
derived wholly from a single patented
claim in the Katalla oil field, accord
ing to the United States Geological
Survey. The old wells on this claim
and the refinery were operated as
usual in 1918. Two new productive
wells were also drilled in the Katalla
field. The total production in 1918
was somewhat larger than in 1917.
There has been a revival of interest
in the potential Alaskan oil fields dur
ing the year in anticipation of the ex
pected passage of a law providing for
the leasing of the Alaska oil lands.
It is reported to the Geological Sur
vey that investigations of the supposed
oil lands on the Alaska peninsula were
made during the summer of 1918.
There was some drilling for oil in the
crystalline rocks near Cape Nome in
the summer of 1918, but the results
were unfavorable, as was to be ex
pected. At Seward some interest was
aroused over the discovery of inflam
mable gas issuing from the mud and
water at several localities in the
swamps along the railroad. The rocks
near these localities, as described in
1915 by U. S. Grant of the Geological
Survey, are slates that have been met
amorphosed and folded to a degree j
which makes it impossible for accu
mulations of oil or gas to be retained
in them.
We ship by boat or rail fresh
cooked crabs or crab cocktails. Order
from Dave Phillips, P. O. Box 217.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE OF SALE
In the Probate CoTirt for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, Valdez
Precinct, at Valdez. In the matter
of the Estate of Robert D. Gray,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that in pur
suance of an order of the above-en
titled court, made on the 22d day <*f
October, 1919, in the matter of the
Estate of Robert D. Gray, deceased,
the undersigned, executor of said
estate, will sell at pubic auction to the
highest bidder for cash, and subject to
confirmation by said court, at the of
fice of tne United States commissioner
in Cordova, Alaska, all the right, title
and interest and estate of the said
Robert D. Gray, at the time of his
death, in and to all those certain lots
and parcels of land, with the buildings
thereon, situated in the town of Ka
talla, Alaska, and described as fol
lows, to wit:
Lots 3 and 4 and six feet of lot
5, in block 23, of the Townsite of
Katalla, Alaska;
The buildings on said lots, de
scribed as follows: One frame
building 20 feet by 40 feet, one
and one-half stories;
One frame building 12 feet by
46 feet, one story;
One frame building, 22 feet by
28 feet, one story, shed roof;
One frame building 24 feet by
68 feet, two stories. All said build
ings being connected together;
Wharf 16 feet by 40 feet, with
an approach 300 feet by 10 feet,
on lots 4 and 5 above, with 600
feet of 15-pound steel rails;
And certain personal property, con
sisting of hotel furniture and fixtures,
now situated and located in the build
ings above described, and certain
wharf appliances and fixtures now sit
uated and located in and about the
wharf above described, and used in
connection therewith.
That all of the foregoing real and
personal property will be sold jointly
and in one lot at the place above men
tioned at 2 o'clock p. m. of the 22d day
of December. 1919. For further in
formation apply to the undersigned or
Edward F. Medley, attorney for said
estate.
JAMES SMITH,
Executor of the Estate of Robert D.
Gray, deceased.
First publication, Oct. 29, 1919.
Last publication, Nov. 26, 1919.
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