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The new location party which will I
run the lines for the road extension
beyond Lignite, under the direction
of Locating Engineer H. D. MilLs,
will leave for the end of steel on
the train tonight, fully equipped
for a summer's work in the field.
The party will use four pack horses
to move the outfit beyond the end
of steel.
Camp will be established near
Lignite for the present, the party
working south from that point until
the establishment of a new camp
is necessitated.
The party will be made up of
H. M. Mills, locating engineer, John
Quenboe, level man, J. G. K. Tous
saint, Edmund Moore, H. D. Wal
lace, Cornell, Pearson, Lester Ear
hart, packer and George Daniel,
cook.
Zach F. Hickman, former Fair
banks publisher and mining man,
is now a resident of Fargo, North
Dakota.
Electrical Goods
Stoves and Ranges
Water Pipes and
Fittings
Bath Fixtures
Sheet Metal Work of All Kinds
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
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Our Goods are Right. Our Prices are
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Watch and Jewelry Repairing, Engraving
Wm. TAYLOR
| BURLESON AS A
REAL BUSINESS MAN
(By George Harvey in Harvey’*
Weekly.)
The Weekly has often criticized
Mr. Burleson for errors he has com
mitted in the execution of the heavy
responsibilities which the President
has thrust upon him. But the crit
icism has invariably been specific
and constructive—never general.
Of late a part of the press has
shown a marked tendency to crit
icise Mr. Burleson in the most gen
eral manner. All sorts of charges,
as irrelevant as they were de
structive, have been made. Some
writers have stated bluntly that Mr.
Burleson was altogether without
business experience and that the
errors charged against him are the
result of the lack of such training
rather than of political mania or
personal idiosyncrasies. Nothing
better could be expected of one
whose life has been spent upon pub
lic affairs, to the exclusion of Busi
ness, they inform us.
All of this is to be deprecated.
It is untrue and unfair. Politics
has been an avocation—a side line
—in Mr. Burleson’s career. Busi
ness has really been his principal
interest in life. He has prospered.
He is rich. His suocess a a buiness
man has been far greater than as
a politician. Compare, for example,
the creation of a personal fortune—
variously estimated at a million and
upwards—out of Texas farm lands
as a sample of his business acumen,
with, let us say, the results of the
last congressional campaign, wh-ih
he helped to direct.
As an evidence of this thoroughly
developed business ability—his capa
city for' getting a dollar’s worth
for every dollar paid—consider the
manner in which Mr. Burleson da
veloped 2,000 acres of indifferent
land into the most profitable planta
tions in Hill and Bosque counties,
Texas.
Economic* of Cainvict Labor
Take, for example, the contract
made by and betw-een the Texas
state penitentiary and Mr. Burleson
and his brother-in-law. This con
tract is an extremely long do^u
dent and cannot be reproduced in
full, but a few of the more im
portant sections will satisfy any
fair-minded person that it repre
sents the handiwork of no business
novice.
It provided that the state would
furnish Mr. Burleson and his broth
er-in-law with 125 convicts, “whites
and Mexicans,” who would work
the plantations on the “share sys
tem,” whereby the state would re
ceive 60 per cent of the profits
and the brothers-in-law the remain
ing 40 per cent.
In specifying the detailed finan
cial agreements, the contract pro
vided that any moneys the brothers
in-law advanced for running ex
penses would be repaid to the
“parties of the second part, with
. interest at the rate of 8 per cent,”
'and that “they shall pay 70 cents
■per day” for each man who might
be employed solely by the brothers
in-law on work in which the state
had no share.
| These arrangements indicate an
uncommon degree of business
acumen. Which of Mr. Burleson’s
critics can show a contract that
compares with the document in
question?
j But this was not all. Anyone
might sign up for a bargain, but
it is the wise business man who
takes precaution to insure its con
summation. Mr. Burleson and hi
brother-in-law saw to it that the
men they hired would do their work
honestly and faithfully—there was
to be no chance for shirkers. Sec
tion 10 of the agreement guaran
tees that “the guards in charge
require each and every convict, when
physically able, to do and perform
good and sufficient work in such
manner as shall be required by the
party of the second part.”
There is no labor union nonsense
here. Each convict did a day’s
work and the hours were set by
the sun; in the summer, 12 to 1-1;
in the winter, 10. Any fair-minded
man should be convinced by ever
these few sections of the contract
that Mr. Burleson knows how ta
engineer successfully business deals
of considerable size. But objection
may be made that while he is capa
ble of planning major operations, he
is incapable of handling details.
To offset any such contention,
reference need only be made to
Section 14: “The parties of the
second part shall pay to the parties
of the first part the sum of $25
per month for the slops.”
A Report from the Deputy Slave
Driver.
Frankly, there is no way at this
distance from Bosque and Hill
counties to estimate whether or
not Mr. Burleson got $25 a month
out of this bargain, and it is pre
sented merely to show that his
mind covers the most minute de
tails, when he is concerned with
business. There is no reason to
believe that the profits from the
pigs and sties was disproportionate
! with that from the land and the
I convicts. While it is impossible to
| render a detailed accounting of Mr.
Burleson’s profits, there is available
i the statement of “Captain" J. L.
i Brooks, who was in charge of the
i convicts, and this should satisfy
j any unbiased mind that the state
| lived up to its bargain. Here are
a few sentences taken at random:
“I think a man is entitled to
good, wholesome food and plenty
; of it to give him strength to carry
| on farm work.
j “We never have religious ser
vices.
“There is no kind of school on
the farm for convicts.
“There is no effort made to teach
; them at all.
“I have been working convicts 1<>
| years. I know w-hen a man is work
! ing or not.
| “When it is necessary I believe
in corporal punishment. I whipped
Luce and Oliver on the fourth of
| this month. My record shows: B.
iF. Luce 1$ licks, offense laziness;
Joe Oliver, 17 licks, offense laz>
ness. I whipped them on the rump,
'in whipping them I don’t throw them
on the floor and strap them. I
j didn’t have to. Their bodies were
exposed and they were red and
bruised up a little.”
So much for dicipline, education
and religion. Concerning hours of
labor, the captain said:
j “I take the men out to work
about daylight. It is light enough
j to see a man well. We work until
noon. We try to take an hour off
at noon. Then we go to it and stay
j until dark.” From all of which it
would appear that Mr. Burleson got
70 cents worth of work out of the
convicts for each day they were e
| ployed, and tolerated no nonsense
frQm preachers or teachers,
i If this chapter of Mr. Burleson's
life, partial and incomplete as it is,
does not present ample proof of his
business capacity and his ability
to carry through large and profitable
, affairs, wuth due attention to de
tails, then we give up.
i
Restaurant Tabs and Tablets at
the News Office.
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W. N. Freeman has joined the
: wireless staff at Fairbanks as oper
ator, having just arrived from the
j States on the steamer Tanana. He
j was formerly stationed at Nome.
I where he spent three years, but was
: transferred to Fairbanks from Fort
Ward, Washington.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.
Notice is hereby given that the
1 copartnership heretofore existing be
| tween Mrs. M. Bishop and Andy
jHoey, under the firm name of Bishop
14 Hoey, owners The Terminal Cigai
i Store, has this day been dissolved
by mutual consent.
All accounts owing the said firm
are payable to either Mrs. Bishop
or Andy Hoey, and all debts owed
by the said copartnership are paya
ble by Andy Hoey and Harry Davis,
successors to Bishop 4 Hoey, who
will conduct the business after this
date.
Dated at Nenana, June 18, 1919.
MRS. M. BISHOP.
ANDY HOEY.
5t HARRY DAVIS.
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We Strive to Please
I EVERYTHING THE BEST
Tavern Cafe and Bakery
WM. RODIGKEIT
Proprietor
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I Miners and Prospectors! f
I NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RECORDING PRECINCTS I
According to a recently issued Court Order by |
= Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- 5
| cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon- I
| nifield and Totatlanika Districts. |
I Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be f
| enabled by this change to do their recording and trans- |
= act other business at Nenana, which is within easy =
| reach of their mining activities. |
NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB, |
3 R. S. McDonald, H. B. Joseph,
S President. Secretary 5
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BRIDGE FOREMAN SHOWS
SIGNS OF POISONING
Advices received from Fairbanks
this afternoon state that Ben Madi
soh, foreman of the bridge gang
on the Tanana Valley railroad, was
taken suddenly ill at Gilmore dur
ing the night and was rushed to
the hospital at an early hour this
! morning for medical treatment. En
gineer Ward made the run out the
line with a speeder to get the sick
man, and returned to town at three
j o’clock this morning.
Madison, who complained of se
vere pains in the stomach, has been
placed under the care of Dr. de la
Vergne. and was somewhat improv
, ed this afternoon.
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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 North and are prepared to send you the names ot
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 fur, 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
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.
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