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J. F. BENNETT.
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GEORGE RICH
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oif the worst depression in its his
tory and with copper at Ills cents,
the production of the mines was cur
tailed and several thousand men out
of employment;; and, as Anaconda
is affected by conditions in Butte,
the same state of affairs existed
there.
At about this time I was begin
ning to yearn for dear old Alaska
again, so left Butte for Spokane,
and, upon arrival there. I found
business at a condition bordering
on paralysis. The city is largely de
pendent on the the Palouse country
and the lumber industry, both of
which reflected the general depres
sion of business in the country and.
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Wood Sawing
A. B. FUNK
Leave Order* at Terminal
R. F. WOLF
Teacher of Violin
PIANO TUNING
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Home-Made Bakery
Northern Cafe
GEORGE TANAKA, Prop.
! as a consequence, more and more
men out of employment. The un
! employed married men of Spokane
organized while I was there and the
first registration showed a total of
i 548 unemployed married men resi
! dent of that city. Resolutions were
i passed calling upon the municipal
authorities to create some manner
of work for the men and to the
merchants and employing class to
give these men first choice in the
matter of employment, and second
![ choice to go to ex-service men, and
’ that no non-resident be given em
i ployment. While in Spokane I at
j tended the hearing of the surviving
member of the firm of Millholland
j & Hough, who had conducted an ex
I tensive bond brokerage business in
; Spokane. This firm had the confi
j dence of the community and more
| particularly that of Jim Callahan, of
the Coeur d’Alene mines and owner
1 of the Inter-State Callahan mine, i
and to whom they sold $351,000!
worth of forged bonds. Millholland
'committed suicide and the partner,
: Hough, who had entered the pact
i with him and had failed to go
j through with his part of it, had sub
j sequentlv surrendered to the police
jand made a complete confession. In
(addition to the $351,000, Callahan
j had endorsed a note for them for
$80,000, the note now being held
! by the Spokane & Eastern Trust
; company. The total defalcation will
reach $500,000. And with it ali,
Callahan does not wish to prosecute,
claiming that as he is the only one
hurt, it is the business of no one
| else. Hough has been released on
! $30,000 bail and will be tried short
ly.
[ On my return to Seattle i was
| surprised to learn that our former
j citizen, Geo. \V. Pennington, had
! been forced into an alley close to
j the Providence hospital by two gun
men, who intruded some automatics
into George’s anatomy and relieved
him of all his worldly goods. The
plunder consisted of $65 in cur
rency and $350 in travelers checks
and jewelry. I left the Seattle
Spirit January 29 and am frank to
say that nothing ever felt so home
like as when I arrived in Nenana
on February' 16.
In closing, I wish to say that the
indications are that many of the old
timers will flock back to Alaska
this year, as they all express the
same opinion that the Outside holds
no future for them. All steamers
coming North are sold out for some
time ahead and it was only through
the courtesy of the officials of the
Pacific Steamship company that I
succeeded in getting a berth on the.
S. S. Watson to Seward. Alaska, the'
only section of the United States
; left open to the pioneer, is about to
* come into its own antT, after reach
I ing its lowest level in prosperity, is
! assured of a general upward trend
in prosperity and development.
. W. F. SCOTT
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CRIME WAVE IS GENERAL
IS REPORT OF OLDTIMER
Conditions in the States, as re
gards holdups, unemployment and 1
high prices, are pretty much the '
same all over the country, according
to J. H. Steel, who returned to Ne
nana this week from a stay of
several months in the States, most j
of which time was spent in Penn- j
sylvania. Forty robberies were re
corded in Chicago witliin a period 1
of 24 hours, Mr. Steel says. And j
conditions were not much better in |
Philadelphia or any of the other
big Eastern cities. As regards un
employment, Mr. Steel reports that |
a recent canvass showed a total of j
approximately one million idle in !
the three cities of New York, Chi- :
cago and Philadelphia. And when '
he reached Seattle on his way back !
to Alaska, he was told that there 1
were about 16,000 out of work in ,
that city.
The impression prevails in many i
quarters that the unemployment
situation has been brought about
largely by employers in an effort i
to disrupt the American Federation \
of Labor and pave the way for
the open shop.
There has been considerable re- *
duction in prices in the States, in;
some lines, the oldtimer says. Bui j
rents in the East are still way up,
and the housing problem has be
come a very serious one. In Phila- 1
delphia, he says, there are about 1
350 evictions a week, for various '
causes, the transfer of real estate i
being the dhief source of annoyance ,
to occupants of rented property.
Thirty-five dollars a month is re-1
garded very reasonable rent for a!
dwelling or apartment in Philadel
phia, and all the landlords in the',
city have a large waiting list from
which to select tenants.
When Mr. Steel reached Seattle
the chief topic of conversation was
the shooting of Police Detective
O'Brion and two others by Bandit 1
Schmidt, who is now under sentence
of death. Crowds were constantly
gathered about the spot where the'
fatal shooting occurred, examining
the large plate glass windows which
were shattered by the bullets.
Mr. Steel came North on the '
steamer Northwestern and reports
that not many were aboard the boat
besides himself. He was told, how
ever, that the Alameda has a full
load of passengers and the belief'
is general on the coast that most
of the boats during the demainder
of the season will have all the pass
enger business they can handle.
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Tuesday being a holiday, the post
office will be open only between the
hours of 12 and 2. Those having
business with the office are remind
ed to get around on Monday if pos
sible.
Genuine Daniel G>een Felt Shoes
Fowler & Morris.
lie GRIFFITH PRODUCTION
TO BE SHOWN ON SUNDAY
Another one of Close big Griffith
icreen productions, said to be the
•ostliest of any thus far produced,
will be the attraction at the Colis
;um on Sunday, the title of the
day being “Broken Blossoms", a
iix-reeler adapted from a story by
rhomas Burke, with Lillian Gish
in the leading role, or rather, one
»f the leading roles, for all are
leads, and all in the hands of well
known movie stars, including, among
others, Norman Selby, better known
in prize ring circles as “Kid McKoy.
The popular ex-pugilist, appears in
a fast three-round battle in the
picture.
The picture is taken from “The '
Chink and the Child, the first of j
the “Limehouse Nights" stories by \
Burke. Its scenes are laid in the J
lim lit alleys of the London “China- j
town.” where the girl. Lucia, twelve |
rears old, having been beaten al- j
most to death by her father, the
orize-ftghter. Battling Burrows, is
:aken in and cared for by a young
Chinaman, who had watched her I
offerings silently for a long time, j
The father discovers the hiding!
dace of the girl and tragedy fol- *
ows. Miss Gish takes the part of
he girl and is said to be seen at
lor best in the unusual role.
The admission charge will be one ,
lollar, with the usual additional
•harge for reserved seats.
n the Golden Dawn of Civilization
—when the Earth was young, ami
Religion and Science walked hand
n hand, every Kingdom employed a
■ecognized .Astrological savant, or ;
idviaer. He predicted when an army ‘
ihould march forth to battl > and
rictory.
We do not, in this glorious and
.■niightened age, go to such lengths.1
ret. none deny THE RELATIVE
EFFECT of the Sun, Moon and
Stars, upon Earth, and Earth’s :
Mortals. In that we are all affected,
nfluenced and guided, more or less,
sy the rising signs and planets, at
:ime of our birth, and thereafter,
t is but natural that we should
seek to inform ourselves upon that
.vhich bears directly upon our life's
•uccesses—or otherwise. Send date
>f birth, your birth place i state,
;ex), and receive a Personality
rhart of the Solar System, with a
:yped Character Delineation. En
■lose $2.
H. M. D’Orsay, Nenana.
"OR SALE—Three-room furnished
touse, lot and ten-horse barn, with
■cater, light and heat; also complete
ness outfit for 30 men, three No. 5
•ieighs, one Xo. 3, one Xo. 2, both
■tage rigs; three double enders; four
vagons; buckboard; harness; chains;
springs; tools of all kinds and other
•igging that goes with a teaming
>utfit. Will sell all or any part.
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MAKERS OF HISTORY
A Thirty=Minute Address
in Grace Church
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Quality Goods
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General Merchandise Outfitting
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TONIGHT
Paramount-Bray Pictograph
PATHE NEWS — PICTORIAL
HIS TAKING WAYS
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Two-Reel Keystone Comedy Entitled
ORIENTAL LOVE
A Mack Sennett Production
Music by Prof. R. F. Wolf—Violin end Piano
ADMISSION, 50c. ■ - . RESERVED. 75c
WAR TAX INCLUDED.
SHOW STARTS AT 8:00 O’CLOCK.
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Topics of the Day
PATHE NEWS—PICTORIAL
D. W. GRIFFITH PRESENTS
LILLIAN GISH AND STRONG COMPANY
-IN
Broken Blossoms
Adapted from a Story by Thomai Burke
Showing the Night Life in London’s Chinatown
Most Costly Griffith Picture Thus Far Prodoced
MUSIC—VIOLIN AND PIANO
ADMISSION ONE DOLLAR
SOLDIERS AND CHILDREN 25c.
WAR TAX INCLUDED.
SHOW STARTS AT EIGHT-THIRTY
Monday Night
Bray Pictograph
TOPICS OF THE DAY In Motion Pictures
PEARL WHITE AND ANTONIO MORENO
-IN
The House of Hate
EPISODE No. 19
EPISODE No. 20
MUSIC—VIOLIN AND PIANO
ADMISSION, 50c. - • - RESERVED. 75c
SOLDIERS AND CHILDREN, 25c
WAR TAX INCLUDED.
SHOW STARTS AT 8.00 O’CLOCK.
M. J. Cooney, who started for
e coast this week, plans to be
cay until next Saturday and dur
g his absence will endeavor to
Tange for a two-day schedule be
reen steel via the Cooney stage.
“Doc” Ehlen, formerly attached
to the stores department in this
division, expects to come North at
an early date to take charge of
the supply depot of the A.Y. N.
company at Tanana.