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CENSUS RETURNS.
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The census returns for Alaska that:
are just beginning to be made pub- j
lie will show the population of the
Territory at its lowest ebb. declares
the editor of the Alaska (Juneau) j
Daily Empire. Taken during the
winter months even when Alaska j
was most prosperous, a census would |
fail to show its full population, be-!
cause many Alaskans have formed a
habit of going south at that time
and are necessarily missed in the
enumeration.
Last winter probably found fewer
people in the North than could have j
been found for several years past, j
The outgoing tide of our residents |
had been in motion steadily south
ward for practically four years, tak
ing with it thousands of people who
were attracted by the glamor of
higher wages in the States than could
be found in Alaska at that time.
War work brought prosperity to the
States, and desolation to Alaska.
Drafts took the best of Alaska’s
youth, and shipyards and other in
dustries paying geekless wages drew
heavily on those left. As a result,
the winter of 1919-1020 saw Alaska
deprived of many who in normal
times would have been working in
our industries.
Even with the few short months
that have elapsed since the enumera- j
tors made their rounds, the differ
ence is noticeable today. Alaska’s
population is greater now than then.
Not because there has been any ma
terial chance in Alaskan conditions,
but rather that conditions in the
States are themselves undergoing
radical changes. True, the increase
in population is not large, but it is
apparent, and each month will be
come more marked. For this reason
there is no cause for discouragement
in the comparatively low census fig
ures that preliminary returns indi
cate may be expected. The low tide
has been here and is gone. From
now on, we may expect to see a
steady and healthy growth in both
population and industry.
WORKING FOR ALASKA.
Friends of Alaska will regard with
keen appreciation, believes the Seat-!
tie Post-Intelligencer, the energy
and the skill displayed by Repre
sentative Curry of California, chair
man of the house committee on ter
ritories, in advancing the interests
of the Northland. Not in recent
years, if at all, has a chairman of
that important committee been so
indefatigable in his efforts to ob
tain from Congress the important
things which Alaska has sought. His
interest in promoting the welfare of
the Territory is only partly ex
plained by his long residence on the
Pacific coast, part of which time
was spent in Seattle. The fact is
that Mr. Curry has familiarized him
self with Alaska’s problems to an
unusual degree and he may be
counted upon to champion its cause
at every opportunity.
Representative Curry’s bill provid
ing for an Alaska development board,
to be composed entirely of real
Alaskans, has an excellent chance
of becoming a law at the next ses
sion. It proposes to place the des
jtinies of the Northland with its
magnificent resources in the hands
of the men who have pioneered in
the North. With an opportunity to
direct its own affairs and to develop
its great natural wealth without out
side exploitation, Alaska will enjoy
an unprecedented prosperity.
One of the purposes of the bill is
to take from the department of ag
riculture the management of the
Northern forests. The chances of
the bill becoming law has been
weighed by the forest service, with
the result that the rigid regulations
governing the Tongass forest have
been somewhat relaxed to permit
timber to be used for pulp paper
and other commercial purposes. In
discussing the action of the forest
service, Mr. Curry recently said:
“The department has loosened up
a little, but it hasn’t loosened up
enough. Its reasons for making
some concessions are very clear. It
views with alarm the proposal to
take the Alaska forests away from
the department of agriculture and
put them under an entirely Alaskan
board. The inducements now offered
by the secretary of agriculture for
the development of the pulp paper
industry are not as liberal as those
offered by the Canadians, and until
they are we cannot expect much dc-1
velopment.”
The shortage of paper throughout ;
the country has turned the eyes of j
the country to Alaska, whose great
natural wealth has hardly been
touched. It is expected that when j
use is made of the great forests in
the North, they will supply paper to
the country in perpetuity. The
growth of the trees suitable t'oi
making pulp is so rapid that a new
. crop may be expected every fifteen
or twenty years. The paper indus
try, while highly important, is only
one of the lines of endeavor which
■ will be open when opportunity is
given to develop fully Alaska’s re
sources. Alaskans will give Repre
sentative Curry every encourage
ment in his undertaking.
FUR AND PROFITEERS.
The break in the Outside fur mar
ket will doubtless mean a reduction
in the volume of the local fur busi
ness during the coming season that
will be seriously felt in this section,
| fears the Nome Nugget. According
to recent advices, prices, generally
|speaking, have fallen from- one
| fourth to one-half during the past
month or two, and there is prac
tically no demand for fur pelts of
any character. Indeed, it appears
;that fqrs have become dangerously
close to being a drug on the market,
as some of the local buyers have
received instructions to make no pur
chases at any price.
This situation is doubtless a nat
ural sequence of the amazing boom
developed in the fur trade during
the past year or two. Since 1916
the demands for furs increased to
phenomenal proportions. Furs of
almost every description found a
ready market at prices many hun
dred percent greater than ever
iknown before. During the past year
! or so it veritably appeared that the
| outside world had gone fur mad.
Anything with soft, furry hair on
it that miladi could wrap around
her neck or otherwise use to adorn
her person became an object of pop
ular favor. Even the epidermal cov
ering of the humble house cat was
impressed into service, while the
higher grades of fur such as fox
and other long-haired varieties at
tained a vogue that speedily raised
them to leading places in the fur
markets. This huge demand natur
ally resulted in immense price in
itiations. Single fox skins frequent
ly sold for as high as $300 without
causing a murmur of comment from
a public grown used to the rapacious
gouging of the profiteer.
Such a condition could not persist,
for the simple reason that, regard
less of fashion’s dictates, the public
purse could not meet the exorbitant
prices demanded by the fur trade.
There is little doubt that the huge
price inflations are the main cause
of the present demoralized market,
! hence it may be confidently expected
j that when prices are returned to
j reasonable levels there will a re
newal of demand for at least the
: better grades of pelts.
As long as female fashions con
tinue along present lines, it is prac
tically certain that the demand for
furs will continue. The flimsy brev
ity of woman’s attire as at present
constituted makes the wearing of
furs necessary to comfort during
cold weather, and there is little
doubt that furs will remain in vogue
until such time as the dressmakers
have remolded feminine ideas of
dress.
Fresh Kodak Filins at Thompson s
Drug Store.
| COAST UNDESIRABLES
UP FOR DEPORTATION
Charged with being undesirable ,
aliens, three women, alleged inhabi
tants of a restricted district, three
j Chinese cooks and one Japanese
jcook, all alleged to be employed in
i places of ill-repute, have been taken
I into custody at Ketchikan by Im
j migration Inspectors Strench and
' Durkee, upon warrants issued by
I the department of labor. The pro
I ceedings were started with a view of
| deporting all seven of the alleged
undesirables.
The three woman have been ad
mitted to bail in the sum of $1,000.
; pending the outcome of the hearing,
: ail three of them claiming that they
^are married to American citizens.
The men in the case have not fur
1 nished bail, and it is not known
] whether or not they intend to resist
| deportation.
KNU SHOES cut the high co*t of
shoo. Fowler & Morris.
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
May have what you a**e looking for.
SECOND-HAND GOODS BOUGHT
AND SOLD.
NORTH OF NENANA HOUSE.
OLD PAPLkS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
stand* alone in par-excellence ' of
service and sanitary convenience.
Turkish, Steam, Shower
or Plain Baths, at
MODERATE RATES.
Rooms for Dressing and Resting
in Connection. Also Rooms for
Rent, Transient or Permanent.
Mr. and Mrs. Heimburger
Proprietors.
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PRIVATE BOXES
JOHN KETOOROKY
Proprietor.
PERSSON' CABIN, 6th and A Sts.,;
for sale. Completely furnished.
Cheap, if sold at once. tf
FOR SALE—Washing outfit. Wring
er, to fit two tubs; 1 copper-bot
i tom boiler, 1 brass washboard; in
good condition. All for $13.50.
Enquire Nenana News.
PHONOGRAPHS wanted at Sim-|*
son’s Department Store.
FOL^ND—Leather watch fob with
' locket. Owner can have same by
calling at The News office.
BARN FOR RENT—Second and E. '
Three double stalls. Pump in
barn. Inquire at News. I
|tHE DWYER HOME FOR SALE, j
Terms reasonable. tf i
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NENANA HOUSE
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Fourth Monday of Month
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELAND,
Secretary Dictator.
Department of the Interior
Alaikan Engineering Commuiioo
NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
chase tickets before entering trains.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is in
the employment office, on the ground
floor of the Genera! Office Building.
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at North N'enana.
Tickets will be on sale at ny
time during office hours, and can be
purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
the foot of A street on Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 8 a. m.
The following change of schedule
between Nortn N'enana and Fair
banks is effective June 1, subject to
change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 8:00 a. m.;
arrive North N’enana, 12:30 p. m.
Leave North N'enana. 2:00 p. m.;
| arrive Fairbanks, 6:30 p. m.
j A ferry will be run between Ne
jnar.a and North N'enana to connect
with Fairbanks trains. Passengers
f.«r Fairbanks should purchase tick
ets in N'enana before crossing the
ferry.
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Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
During the last season we conducted an advertising campaign
throughout the Nerth an'd are prepared to send you the names of
people in all sections of Alaska and the Yukon who will verify our
statements.
Our^excellent Eastern connections, and the tremendous amount
of mail order business we are receiving from all parts of the
States for furs made to order enables us to turn our stock quickly
at a reasonable profit, but we must have ftr, for which we guar
antee top prices. ]
Make us a trial shipment. If our price does not suit you, the
goods will be returned charges prepaid.
WE MAKE FURS TO ORDER
at more reasonable rates than can be obtained Outside. At present
j we are Working three operators, and need others. If you are an
operator and finisher, and want a good year-around job, com
municate with us.
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA