THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1. 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 187S
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HIGH PRICES TO STAY
Never again will prices or wages
reach the before the war level. This
is the opinion of Professor H. T.
Lewis, head of the economics de
partment of the University of Idaho.
Professor Lewis said recently:
"Although prices will fall from
the present level in almost every
case, this fall will not be rapid
enough to be noticed by the con
sumer. The share labor will get
from the national income will be
proportionately larger than ever
before.”
In his analysis of the high cost
of living problem, Professor Lewis
has emphasized the following facts:
“The general public is mistaken
in its feeling that prices will fall
immediately after the signing of
peace, although there are many
factors in the situation that would
lead to this conclusion. We have
every prospect for producing the
largest wheat and com crop the
United States has ever had. The
meat packing houses have enormous ;
holdings of meat and meat products
in cold storage.
“Large stocks of goods of every
description which were being held
for war use overseas will not be
needed as demobilization becomes
a fact. The government purchases
will fall off. England has already
canceled all her meat orders. Fin
ally, the men returning from over
seas service will materially increase
the supply of produce.
“There are many forces which
will tend to keep prices up. The
cost of transportation is still high.
Ocean rates have dropped slightly.
Railroad rates continue the same.
A new tax levied by the government
on almost every conceivable luxury
went into effect May 1.
“The uncertainty of European
supplies will tend to keep prices up.
Finally, the government’s price fix
ing policy, adopted as a pre-war
measure is being continued in peace
times. This policy holds that it is
unwse to demoralize industry' by a
sudden shifting of prices. The gov
ernment believes that it is unfair
to compel producers to sell at a loss
good that they produced at the re
quest of the government.”
Professor Lewis believes that the
consumer will not notice this change
at once. Retail prices change much
more slowly than wholesale prices.
Producers are making every effort
to keep prices up.
Although wages will fall some
what, Professor Lewis believes that
they will be readjusted to meet the
needs of labor. This is a result
of a growing recognition on the
part of the employer that wages
must not be reduced while prices
are high.
Labor has gained advantages dur
ing the war that it never had be
fore. It is now in a position to en
force demands that it could not
have made two yrears ago. Em
ployers are beginning to recognize
that labor and employer were not
on the right terms before the war
and there seems to be a tendency
on the part of both to make con
ditions right.
MILITARY TRAINING
The attitude of Congress toward
the standing army shows its accept
ance of the view that universal mili
tary training is the best and most
effeceive method of providing for
the national defense, says the Uli
noise State Journel. It would limit
the standing army and main tab
it only as a nudes for greate
armies which may be required h
emergencies.
In order that the emergency arm:
may be made immediately effective
it is necessary that its member
know something regarding drill an<
the handling of arms. For thl
reason it is desirable that every ma:
have some training in this respect
It is not at all necessary that hi
become a professional soldier.
Gen. Leonard Wood, in a recen
address, said there would have beer
no European war if the citizens o1
Great Britain and the United State:
had been trained to the use of arms
Germany felt safe in attacking, he
said, because it was convinced th3'
it would win before either of these
great nations could get its mer
trained for defense. “Universa
service training,” said Gen. Wood
“is now our insurance against othe:
wars.”
In using the term “service train
ing,” Gen. Wood employs an ex
pression that suggests more that
training in the handing of arms. Ir
modern warfare the soldier with th;
gun is not so important as in th
old days. Service now includes :
great variety of activities, and oui
civilian training should cover all.
Elam Harnish. Colin McPhersoi
and S. J. Gregg, who had been min
ing in the Big Chena country, ar
rived in Fairbanks last night on 1
business trip.
On the way down to Fairbanks
the men encountered a big blaci
bear near the Tonseth ranch, whici
they killed.
They report that bears are plenti
ful in the Big Chena country.
Genuine BuHach at Fowler t
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Washburn—Up Holy Cross fo
Dikeman, 8 p. m., 3rd.
Seattle 3—At Kotlik, waiting fo
ice to leave St. Michael.
Tanana with Sibilla in tow—U
Tanana for Fairbanks 7:40 p. m
yesterday.
Shusana—At Chena.
Jacobs—Up Tozie river for logs
Mail launch Betty—Up Koyukui
12:10 p. m., 5th.
Alaska and Yukon expect to leav
Whitehorse June 9th.
Davis—-Scheduled to leave White
horse June 10th.
Reported water is very low i
the Tihrtymile river.
Logical Wish.
On the outskirts of Philadelphi;
is an admirable stock farm. On
day last summer some poor chil
dren were permitted to go over thi
<arm. and when their inspectioi
was done, to each of them wa
given a glass of milk. The mill
was excellent.
•‘Well, boys, how do you like it?'
the farmer said, when they hai
drained their glasses.
“Fine,” said one little fellow
Then, after a pause, he added, “
wisht our milkman kept a cow.”
Venera. Alaska's Interior Tuel Sepo
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OLDTME CREEKS
OF HOT SPRINGS
:l PRODUCING GOLD
—
r The Hot Springs district will pro
' duce considerable gold this summer.
notwithstanding the fact that m;n
j ing operations now in progress are
j being conducted on a smaller scale
) than in former years. There is
: something doing on every creek In
the district and on several of the
• creeks there is considerable activity,
' with the promise of substantial rc
I turns for the summer's work.
This information is brought to
Xenana by Jack Spencer, who has
| resided many years in the Hot
Springs district. He reached X'e
: nana yesterday from the lower river.'
i having made the trip up the Tanana
• on James Lemieux’s gas boat, and
; may decide to locate here after look- I
ing over local conditions.
There is a plentiful supply of
, labor in the Hot Springs district
• at the present time. In fact, at '
1 the time Spencer left there were'
■ a number of men without employ-!
ment and unless there is an increase*!
in mining activities some of these'
■ men may come to X'enana later to \
seek employment on the railroad. ;
Practically all the dumps taken ,
out during the winter have been I
cleaned up. the supply of water there :
being more plentiful than in other!
Interior camps, where operations are
being seriously hampered on *nn:
account.
The biggest outfit in the district
at the present time is that of Howell
& Cleveland, on Tofty. Ness and
Mike Murray are operating on Amer
ican creek. Xels Peterson and Dal
Henderson are doing a little work
on the upper end of Boulder, and
Lou Anderson and partners are
working some ground on Moose.
Jackel & Jasper are working on Dry
creek, and Frank & Graham have
a small outfit on Eureka.
The Bock ground is being worked
i in a small way by Martin Danielson
; & Co., the men being engaged at
: present in cleaning up a dump.
Bock is still in the States, and re
cent advices received from him in
dicate that he would not come North
this year or undertake any large •
scale operations on his property.
Danielson is representing Bock dur
! ing his absence.
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HULL. Eng.—Fortunes from fish
are being piled up by skippers oper
ating out of Hull. All through the
war their profits were so tremendous
that they now constitute a kind of
local plutocracy. They have town
houses and country houses and gar
ages filled with motor care.
There are now about ninetev skip
pers working their vessels out of
this port. The majority are rough
sailors, with a rule-of-thumb know
ledge of navigation, and curious
ideas about the best way to spend
their huge earnings.
For several years many of them
have been netting from $40,000 to
$50,000 annually. One is said to
have averaged close on to $60,000.
A record is held by the skipper
of a trawler which last fall made
the Iceland voyage twice within six
weeks, returning from the first trip
with a little less than $100,000
worth of fish, and from the second
with a little more than that amount
The skipper’s net profit from "^He
two trips was something like $20,
000. The second voyage lasted only
seventeen days.
Owners of the fishing craft, who
take none of the risks the skippers
face, make even more money. A
boat which hardly would have been
thought worth sending to sea before
the war can be counted on now to
bring in net profits at the rate of
more than $100,000 a year. Wild
speculations are going on in traw
lers, the boats changing hands at
ridiculous prices.
It is a gamble against time, for
when the trawlers now engaged in
mine-sweeping are released from
that work the fishing fleet here will
be tripled and fish profits will drop
accordingly.
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WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Corona typewriter with
case complete, almost new and
and in good working order, price.
S30. Apply at N'enana News office.
FOR SALE—Household furniture,
dining room set. White sewing
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WANTED — Camp cook, man or
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ANCHORAGE FIRST
ANCHORAGE—Beneath the Stars
and Stripes on the pole in front of
the municipal building in Anchorage
fiies a Victory Loan flag, pre
sented to the city by Governor
Thomas Riggs, Jr., in recognition
of the fact that Anchorage was the
first place in Alaska to subscribe
her quota of Victory bonds. An
chorage had taken her share. $64.
150, of the securities within three
days after the opening of the sale
campaign. Her total subscription .
at the close of the campaign,
amounted to $132,000. The number
of subscribers aggregated 781.
Of the whole amount subscribed,
the sum of $107,100 was taken by
employees of the Anchorage division
of the government railroad. There
are 659 employees on the division
and 573 of them bought bonds.
FAIRBANKS PHOTO MAN
LOOKING FOR LOCATION
According to advices received
from the Outside on yesterday’s
mail, A. J. Johnson, the Fairbanks
photographer, is now in San Fran
cisco with his family and is anxious
to get located some place on the
coast. San Fancisco, he says, is
too large a place for him, and it
is probable that he* will look for a
location in some of the smaller
towns along the coast.
Unlike many other oldtimers now
on the Outside, Johnson has no in
tention of returning to Alaska.
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