THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enzry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 18*9.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. Southworth..Editor and Manager
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HURLEY'S VIEW.
Chairman Hurley of the United
States Shipping board, who had a? i
much to do with Government opera
tion during the war as any one in
the conutry, declares that while “the
whole proposition of government i
ownership is fine in theory, the push j
of individual energy is missing." It .
is this private initiative, energy and
enterprise which is always fatally
lacking in government operation.
Governments, points out the editor
of Leslie’s, can do what private cap-1
ital cannot when it is a question
of results regardless of costs, for
the simple reason that taxpayers
may be made to pay the deficits,
hut, as the New York Times points
out, “whatever industries must be
worked on economic grounds all ex
perience teaches that the operation
must be private.” The Brother
hoods promise efficiency, economy
and lower transportation charges if
their plan of government ownership
is adopted. They may be entirely
sincere in this, but these are the
same promises that were made when
the Government took control of the
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railroads as a war-time measure.
Isn’t it a fair question to a*K j
why the employes of the railroads j
have any greater right to demand:
government ownership than have the 1
patrons of the roads, ana has either
one as great rights in the case as
the owners, who have paid their
good money for the securities? The
railroad workers submit their plan
as the solution of the high cost of
living, yet all of our experience,
with governmental control points to
higher operating costs, higher wages,
higher ratess, and deficits to be
made up by taxpayers, all of which
ir turn force prices to higher levels.
Railroad employes feel the present
high cost of living, but not more
than other workers, for in the iast
three years they have had succes-:
sive advances in wages aggregating
$822,311,000, all of w'hich has come
out of the pockets of the people.
Strikes and threats of strikes
constitute one of the most serious
problems of the day, declares the
capitalistic writer. The public is
made to suffer great inconvenience
and loss, business is paralyzed and
industry is unable to expand as it
would with this handicap removed. ,
It is not sufficient to consider each
separate dispute as it comes up.
Some remedy should be found that
will prevent all such disturbances.
This is the one great problem, to
solve which the administration and
Congress should bend every effort
in the interest of the public welfare
MINERAL EXPLORATIONS IN
ALASKA.
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Many of the Aleutian islands,
that crescentic line of volcanic isles
and islets that stretches westward
from Alaska peninsula tow-ard Asia,!
bear deposits of sulphur of the type 1
called solfataras. Sulphur claims |
have been located at three places:
on these islands and on the penin-1
sula. one of them in the crater of'
Makushin volcano, on Unalasska :
island. This peak, which is about
6,000 feet high, is capped by per
ennial snow and ice and bears gla
ciers on its slopes down to points
about 2,500 feet above the sea. The
| sulphur deposit is the only part
of the crater that is permanently
free from snow and ice, being kept.
so by subterranean heat and by the
discharge of hot sulphurous vapor,
which issues from vents in the
rocks with a loud roar. In the,
crater 10,000 to 15,000 tons of
sulphur may be available for min
ing.
Another deposit of sulphur is on
Akun island. It covers 15 or 20 !
acres and contains about 1,200 tons j
to the acre. Still another is on '
Stepovak bay, on the south shore;
of Alaska peninsula.
A report on these deposits, by j
A. G. Maddren, has just been pub
lished by the United States Geo- j
logical Survey, Department of the
Interior, in a pamphlet entitled
“Sulphur Deposits and Beach Placers i
of Southwestern Alaska" (Bulletin
6S2-E), an advance chapter of the i
Survey’s annual bulletin on the min- i
era! resources of Alaska, 1917.
Mr. Maddren examined also the
deposits of placer gold in the beach !
sands on Kodiak island, where min- i
ing has been carried on for 30 j
years, and where the value of the j
annual output of gold has ranged j
from $3,000 to $10,000. He sketch-j
es the geology of the island and
describes the beach deposits that
contain the gold and their mode of •
origin, as well as the methods used
in mining. Here the sea has done
for the gold miner the work that
is done inland by streams—it has
assorted and concentrated particles
of gold, which were derived from
the bluffs that border the beach for
miles along the island. The storm
surf along this coast is powerful
enough to move boulders that weigh
tens, and the play of the waves con
centrates the fine gold in patches
that yield good returns to the
miner.
Mr. Maddren's reports can be ob
tained free of charge on applica
tion to the Director of the Geo
logical Survey at Washington, D. C.
AMERICAN EXPORT
I TRADE INCREASES
; WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 1.—
The foreign trade of the United
States for the year ended August 31
totaled ten and one-half billions of
dollars, according to a statement
issued by the department of con»
merce today. The statement shows
that American exports for the peri
od aggregated nearly seven and
one-half billions, considerably over
a billion dollars more than in 1917,
the biggest previous export year in
the history of the country.
Henana, Alaska's Interior Fuel Depot
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TRUST OFFERS
TO SELL BOATS
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j An explanation of the present |
high passenger rates on Alaska ves-1
sels and the necessity of raising
them another 20 percent, as well as j
the offer made to Maurice D. Lee-;
heey and Richard M. Semmes, at
torney and representative of the
Alaska Shipping board, by the Pa
cific Steamship company, to sell the
shipping board their vessels, charter
them to the shipping board, or to '
tun them under the direction of the !
shipping board on a commission ■
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reau agent of the Pacific Steam
snip company.
“There has been considerable .
publicity of late given to the Alas
ka Shipping board," said Mr. Kline,
“and the steamship companies op
erating between Seattle and Alaska
have come in for a great d°al of
criticism regarding freight and pass
enger rates applying between the ;
States and Alaska, and by some we .
have been accused and convicted
without even a trial. The pream
ble of the Shipping Board Act pass
ed by the last legislature states that
the freight and passenger rates of
the steamship companies engaged
in transportation to the ports of
Alaska have become excessive and.
exoroitant. or words to that effect.
The law was passed before there i
was an official investigation as to
whether the rates applying between |
Seattle and Alaska were really ex- j
cessive or not. I will admit that 1
the rates charged by us are higher !
row than ever before, but tell me'
something that is not. I have a'
pair of shoes on now that I paid
$15 for, that two years ago 1 ,
could have bought for S7, and ev-,
erything else in proportion; gro
ceries, clothing, and everything else
we use is higher now than at any
time since just after the Civil war.
“When Mr. Leehev and Mr.
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Semmes, of the Alaska Shipping
board, were in Seattle, the officials
of the company told them that we
welcomed any investigation by any
authorized competent body, and that
all we want is a fair and reasona-:
ible return on the capital invested,
and if any shipping board or other
regulation can bring about this re
sult we should be more than happy.
: Our records show that we lost
heavily on our Alaska business last
year, and have also lost considerable
money so far this vear.
‘We have just been forced to
grant increased wages to all unions
with which we do business, includ
ing all individuals aboard the ships
and the longshoremen and working
: forces ashore, aggregating a million
dollars increased expenses to this
iccmpanv per annum. We must get
this money to pay the wages. We
are not making it at present: there
fore we have two lines of action:
first, raise the rates of freight and
passage at least 20 percent imme
diately, or, second, withdraw the
sendee and tie the vessels up. We
*are now preparing tariffs making
increases for the sole purpose of
making ends meet, but until we
successfully do so, the people of
Alaska cannot expect any better or
any additional sen-ice; in fact, it
is sure to be curtailed. The Ameri
can coastwise shipping business is
in a precarious condition and it is
up to the people of Alaska to pay
for their steamship sen-ice, which
they have not been doing of late.
The private companies cannot go on
much longer under the present con
ditions.
“Our management made the fol
lowing offers to the shipping board
representatives in Seattle:
“First. Sell to the board the ves
sels now in the Alaska sen-ice at
their appraised value.
“Second. Charter at a rate of 6
percent per year of their appraised
WANT ADS
FOR SALE
At Wholesale Cost
HORSE HARNESS
HORSE BLANKETS
HORSE COLLAR PADS
VEEDOL MOTOR OIL
MONOGRAM MOTOR OIL
CANVAS—ALL WIDTHS
GOVERNMENT COTS
SIMSON’S
(FOR SALE—Lady’s pony fur coat
and muff. Apply Mrs. R. S. Mc
Donald.
FOR SALE—Furnished house, four
rooms, with summer kitchen, at
tic, large basement and winter I
cellar for vegetables. Heated by
furnace. Winter supply of veg
etables Full corner lot. One of
the most desirable parts of town. :
Inquire at News office. •
FOR SALE
ROCKING CHAIRS
DINING ROOM CHAIRS
PIANOS
ORIENTAL RUGS
FUR ROBES
MUSIC ROLLS
SIMSON’S
BUNCH OF KEYS found. Owner
can recover by calling at News
office and paying for this adver- j
- tisement.
FOR RENT
Brand New Kohler & Campbell Pi
ano, per month, $10, ar will sell it
on the Instalment Plan at $25 per
month.—SIMSON’S.
FOR SALE — Showcase, 5h» fee*
long. Practically new. Cheap.
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
valuation.
“Third. We to operate our Alaska
teats under the supervision of the
Alaska Shipping board cn a com
mission basis.
“Alaska must have steamship1
service, and it goes without saying
that Alaska will have steamship
service. It is too valuable a ter- ■
ritory and there are too many peo
ple interested to permit of its isola
tion. Alaska is also able to pay
for steamship sendee, and we, as
steamship owners and operators, are
quite willing to provide the ves
sels and a vastly better service
than the present, provided we are <
assured of an ordinary decent re- j
turn on the money invested.’’
BERLIN', Oct. 1.—The German !
national assembly, which reopened
today, has been informed by Min
ister Denoske that the German army
is being reduced steadily, in com
pliance with the peace terms im
posed by the Allies.
As a means of keeping soldiers
out of the ranks, he said, enlist
ments have been forbidden.
Matrimony a la Mode.
A few words mumbled by a min
ister constitute a marriage. A few
words mumbled by a sleeping hus
band constitute a divorce.—Smart
Set
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Davis, Sibiila, Kelly, and Relief,
at Gibbon.
Tanana, down Chena this a. ra.
Selkirk, at Whitehorse.
Casca, up Dawson, 30th.
Nasutlin. at Dawson. 30th.
Dawson. at Whitehorse.
Mail launch, up Holy Cross for
Dikeman. 6 a. m., 30th.
Benchley, at Kokrines.
Washburn, up Holy Cross, noon,
29th.
Louise, at St. Michael.
Seattle No. 3, up Rampart, 5 p. i
m., 29th.
Yukon, down Eagle, 7 p. m., 30th
Jacobs, down Yukon Crossing. 9 ,
a. m., 30th.
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second and Fou-th Tue»dayi
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
Department of the Inte
Alaskan Engineering Cos
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