THE NENANA DA1L Y 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, 1879.
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LANE AND WASHINGTON.
Franklin K. Lane, former secre
tary of the interior and one of the
ablest members of President Wil
son’s cabinet, issued a valedictory
at the time of his retirement which
is full of suggestion and horse
sense.
“Washington,” he said, “is a com
bination of political caucus and
drawing room and civil service bu
reaus,” containing “statesmen who
are politicians and politicians who !
are not statesmen.” He declared
that trust, confidence, and enthusi- j
asm—three simple virtues of all
great business—are the most lack-;
ing in governmental organization, j
“For the high administrative of
ficers," he said further, “there
should be salaries twice as high as
those now given, and they should
be made to feel they are the ones
responsible for the work of the de
partment, the head being merely an
adviser and a contractor of policies.
In a word, we need more opportu-j
nity for planning, engineering states- j
manship above, and more fixed au- i
thority and responsibility below.” i
CHEERFUL LOSERS.
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Talking about losers, wrote the
editor of the Anchorage Times the!
Hnv after election. .lack f’.hovin eariv 1
gave up the fight, smiled, hitched
up his trousers and started in with ■
renewed vigor and ambition to make
liprht out of darkness. Jack, the
true sport that he is, has no apolo
gies to offer and has already for
gotten the election episode, which
he has written on the pages of an
cient history.
The world loves a cheerful loser, ‘
continued the editor, when suffi
cient returns had come in to make
the election of Jack McBride cer
tain, and even the most narrow
minded is forced to admit that
Charlie Herron is taking his defeat
gracefully and like the gentleman
he is. Anyone can win, but it takes
a gentleman to lose.
H. C. L. PSYCHOLOGY.
Despite the heroic efforts of fed-|
oral, state and local organizations
to bring down the high cost of liv-'
ing, it remains about where it was
before—higher than Gilroy’s kite. |
Whatever we may be able to ac- j
complish in other directions, says ’
the editor of Ford’s International i
Weekly, in this one line we are ap-j
parcntly helpless. If there has been
a decline, it has been so little as <
to give us but small hope for the j
future. It may be that when the j
so-called paramount issues of thej
political campaign have been settled ■
we may apply ourselves more suc-j
cessfully to this task.
The while we are waiting, how-j
ever, we need not be altogether1
without consolation. For even the!
high cost of living has its bright
side, although to be sure it is not a
very bright one, and has to be
locd.ed at from the right angle to.
be seen at all. In our seal to cor
roborate the assertion that the cost
of living is high—as though it need
ed any corroboration—we are like
;ly to take the $18 pair of shoes in
the show window as proof. We once
bought this pair for $4.48. This
should prove that the cost of living
is high. And no doubt it does.
But the $18 pair of shoes is only
a pant of the story. As a matter
of fact, nearly as many people are
able to wear the more expensive
shoes as were abie years ago to
wear the kind that cost $4.48. It
is doubtful, when the facts are all
adduced, if we could prove that the
vast majority of people are worse
otV today than they were ten years
ago. To the casual observer it must
be apparent that sales have not
fallen otf to any great extent. You
still have to wait till June or July
for delivery on the automobile you
order today.
We are likely to forget in the
excitement of our hunt for the
profiteer that the general and in
many cases very substantial increase
in income has put many of us with
in the reach of things which in the
days of the low coat of living we
were quite content to put aside as
beyond our means. The pinch real
ly isn’t in the shoes; it’s in the fact
that we have suddenly found things
within our reach which were not
there before.
We must not grow cool in our
zeal to abolish profiteering. And
yet we must rememoer tnat a good
share of our discomfiture is psycho
lofrical. For all those who are
ready to spend some effort in buy
ing cautiously, to cut down their
wants to a fairly decent margin, to
buy for use rather than for show,
the .times are not so bad. The dol
lar that goes out may be worth less
than it was five years ago; still it
is not to be denied that more dol
lars come in.
A BONUS TAX ON EVERYTHING
The proposed scheme to raise $2,
000,000,000 for soldier bonuses by
collecting a sales tax of l percent
on goods sold under $500 and of 5
percent on goods sold over that
amount finds favor in Congress. If
it goes through, points out the New
York World, the person who eats,
drinks, wears clothes and allows him
self reasonable comforts may expeet
to be kept busy counting the pen
nies that go ito make up his daily
contribution.
When Smith starts downtown in
the morning for his office and stops
to buy a paper at the newsstand he
will pay a tax. If he has his shoes
shined he will pay another tax. His
wife told him before leaving not to
forget that tomorrow will be the
boy’s birthday, and on the cheapest
toy he will pay a tax. At noon he
maj lunch on a cup of coffee, a
sandwich and a piece of pie, each
article subjecting him to a tax. A
cigar will mean another tax. Rush
ing for the subway in the evening,,
for every chance nickel he may pay
out he will leave behind a fixed
sum for taxes on sales.
hi the meantime, Mrs. Smith -will
have bought a few provisions at
the corner grocery, a new saucepan,
possibly half a dozen cheap hand
kerchiefs and a pair of stockings,
and at each step in her rounds she
will have been summoned to pay a
‘ tax
Every day it will be the same for
everybody — Smith, Brown, Jones,
Robinson and their neighbors, wheth
er they live in an East Side tene
ment, in the Bronx, on Long Island
or in Westchester. And the trades
man and dealer who acts as tax
collector will want something extra
for his pains and charge according
to his opportunities. From rising
in the morning to going to bed at
night, from one week end to the
other, 100,000,000 people through
out the country will be paying
bonus taxes on whatever is bought
and sold — food,' wearing apparel,
luxuries and necessaries.
This is 1920. In was in 1820 that
Sydney Smith wrote in commenting
on a scheme of taxation then in
force:
“The schoolboy whips his taxed
top; the beardless youth manages
his taxed horse with a taxed bridle
ion a taxed road, and the dying
| Englishman, pouring his medicine
which has paid 7 percent into a
spoon that has paid 15 percent. I
flings himself back on his chinU!
bed which has paid 22 percent and 1
expires in the arms of an apothe- j
cary who has paid a license of a J
hundred pounds for the privilege of
putting him to death.’’
That was child’s play compared
with the bonus tax that Congress
plans to rush through in the hope
of corraling the soldier vote.
OVER-THE-ICE EGGS, $1.50 per
dozen, at Fowler & Morris.
SCHOONERS PREPARING
FOR NORTHERN VOYAGE!
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SEATTLE, Wash.—Four auxiliary
schooners—the Thraser, Tyee, Hel
lenic, and Silver Wave—are being
fitted here this spring for trading
along the Siberian and Alaskan
coasts of the Arctic ocean. They
are being sheathed in iron to pro
tect them in bucking the ice fields.
The Thrasher, the largest, will
lead the little fleet’ north. The
TJirasher replaces the historic old
tradever Belvedere, which, after
more than thirty years in service,
was crushed in the ice off Siberia
last fall.
The Tyee and the Hellenic will
wors along cne oioenan coasc ana
ascend the rivers. The Hellenic
plans to remain five years in the
Arctic. The Silver Wave will work
from Nome.
NOTICE.
No passengers from any boat will
be allowed to land at Tanana or
Fort Gibbon for an indefinite period
DR. MOORE.
FOREST SERVICE WILL
FOSTER PULP INDUSTRY
KETCHIKAN. — Officials of th>
government forest service are mak
ing every effort to induce paper
manufacturers to establish pulp and
paper mills in Alaska's forests, ac
cording to C. H. Flory, forest su
pervisor for Alaska. Active steps
toward establishing mills probably
will be taken soon, he said.
Mr. Flory denied reports that the
WATCHES
JEWELRY
Watch Repairing
DESIGNING AND NATIVE
JEWELRY A SPECIALTY
WM. TAYLOR
ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
•tudi alone in par-excellence of
service and sanitary convenience.
Turkish, Steam, Shower
or Plain Baths, at
MODERATE RATES.
Rooms for Dressing and Rasting
in Connection. Also Rooms for
Rent, Transient or Permanent.
Mr. and Mrs. Heimburger
Proprietors.
WANT ADS
FISHING TACKLE—Big assortment
Trout Flies, Lines, etc. Harness
Goods, Heavy Shoemakers’ anti
Tent Sewing Machines, Building
Paper, Awning Goods and Fix
tures. Simson’s Department Store.
FRAME HOUSE and lot'f^^sale.
Best location in town. Good wa
ter. Inquire News office. s5I9
FURNISHED CABIN FOR SALE.
Two rooms, best water in town.
Cheap. See J. H. Steele.
GOOD "cOOK WANTED for~~camp
out of town. Good wages. For
further particulars call at News
office.
BARN FOR RENT—Cheap. Inquire
News office.
BARN FOR RENT—Second and E.
Three double stalls. Pump in
barn. Inquire at News.
bunBT~oF1h?Ve^^
Owner can recover by calling at
News office and paying for adv.
THE DWTER^HOME FOR SALe!
Terms reasonable. tf
FOR RENT—Suite of three rooms,
suitable for light housekeeping,
with heat and light and hot and
cold water in connection. Also
office rooms, at The Arctic.
FOR SALE-—Two-room house, part
ly furnished, with lot. Desirable
locality. Inquire News office. tf
FOR RENT—Cascade laundry. Fully
equipped and with established in
come. No cash required. Inquire
at Arctic.
forest service has put stumbling
blocks in the way of prospective
oaper manufacturing companies.
“We are offering better induce
ments right now than the Canadian
Government,” he said. “We are go
ing to do everything possible and
within reason to aid the establish
ment of paper mills.”
Knu Shoes—Men’s and Women’s.
Fowler & Morris.
OLU PAPEkS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
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Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE
! RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
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Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
j FIRST MONDAY OF MONTH
AT 8:00 P. M.
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NENANA HOUSE
Large Barn-In Connection-Dog Kennels
MRS. A. B. EAS PERLY, Proprietress.
Dr. I. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
Second and Fourth Mondays
At 8:00 F. M.
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELAND,
Secretary Dictator.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
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 General Office Building.
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at North Nenana.
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., and ffom
North Nenana for Fairbanks, Tues
days and Fridays, at 1 p. m.
The following is the schedule be
tween North Nenana and Fairbanks,
subject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7:0# a. m ;
arrive North Nenana, 11:30 a. m.
Leave North Nenana 1:00 p. m ;
arrive Fairbanks, 5:3* p. m.
A ferry will be run between Ne
nanu and North Nenana to connect
with Fairbanks trains. Passengers
F.t Fairbanks should purchase tick
ets in Nenana before crossing 6he
ferry.
11111 ,B" “
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 North and are prepared to send you the names of
people in all sections of Alaska and the Yukon who will verify eur
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 fur, for which we guar
antee top prices.
Make as 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
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