EXCHANGE COLUMN
FOR SALE—REMINGTON TYPE
writer, with Wahl Adding Machine
attachment. New. Also Monarch
typewriter in good condition. In
quire at News office.
Nicely Furnished Rooms to Rent
suitable for office or living rooms
in the New York Block. Inquire
at Simson’s.
Log Cabin, 15x15, at Main and
Sixth streets, for sale cheap. Partly
furnished. Inquire at Thompson &
Gagnon's drug store.
WANTED:—WOMAN COOK. PRE
fer one living at home. Inquire News
FOR SALE—Pool table. Safe and
Complete' bar. with very good top,
16 feet long: also 8 h. p. boiler.
Victor phonograph and 250 records,
all in good condition. A good buy.
Inquire Montana Rooming House.
‘ FOR SALE" CARDS at the News
office.
HIGH OFFICE DESK FOR SALE
cheap. Inquire at News office.
r.OAKDED TEXT for rent.
Inquire at News office.
Announcement is made at {he
local signal corps station to the ef
fect that it has been found neces
sary to discontinue, for the time
being, the popular night letter ser
vice, owing to wire difficulties a
long the line.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
COPARTNERSHIP
The copartnership heretofore existing
under the name and style of Booth &
Larson, conducting and operating the
Horseshoe cafe, at Nenana, Alaska, is
dissolved by mutual consent. All ac
counts owing by the said copartnership
will be paid by E. L. Booth, to whom all
persons who are indebted to the said
firm are respectfully requested to make
payment. Edward L. Booth.
41-4t. C. N. Larson.
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Send Your
RAW FURS
TO
SIMSON’S
Nenana
And Receive
HIGHEST PRICES
*
COMMISSIONER RIGGS
MAKES ISSUE CEEAR
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Coast. This charge does not pay
for the service rendered.
2nd.—While considered irrelev
ant by dissatisfied employees, still I
must again draw attention to the
circumstances governing railroad
construction work in the Interior.
Before any work was authorized in
the Fairbanks division I drew the
attention of the Chairman of the
Commission and the Secretary of the
Interior to local needs; operat'ons on
the great low grade auriferous de
posits of the Tauana valley were
practically at a standstill owing to
the failure of an adequate and eco
nomical fuel supply and that the
miners attempting to operate under
adverse conditions were not only not
making a success of such operations,
but even a large proportion of their
labor indebtedness was not being
liquidated; that it was to the inter
est of the country at large, both
property owners and laboring men.
that the confidence of the people be
maintained for the ultimate pros
perity of the district; and that even
though there should be an increased
cost of construction owing to the
high rates of transportation, that
the time saved in final construction
would compensate the government
for the additional cost. In other
words, it is the desire of approving
authorities to assist to bridge over
the temporary embarrassment of
the country and to hasten the con
struction of the railroad if such a
thing can be done without an ex
cessive increase in cost. Any time
that theoretically increased cost ex
ceeds the computed saving for a
completed railroad, at that moment
all work in the Interior will cease.
This computation has been well
worked out and even now the in
creased cost is perilously near the
limit. Cessation of railroad construc
tion would cause a loss to the coun
try which even the most radical
would hardly care to contemplate.
3rd.—There has been no attempt
at concealment of the wage schedule.
Every employe knew at the outset
just what the scale of wages was to
[be; there have been no men import
ed into the country except certain
trained employees such as could not
be piocured locally; the whole or
ganization is as typically Alaskan
as can possibly be procured; the
pay is certain and there has been no
attempt to force men to work in
any capacity.
4th.—Regarding the status of the
men who walked out, at is consider
ed that the strike was largely formed
by chronic malcontents and propa
gandists (whose influence, now that
a state of war exists between the
United States and Germany, is felt
in every government enterprise) and
that the true conditions were not
understood by the men themselves.
There is no blacklist and the men
can return to their work without
prejudice should they so desire. The
only condition imposed is that they
shall be loyal to the constitution
and flag of the United States.
5th.—I have no objection to the
formation of a labor union; in
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WE HAVE THE
LUMBER
DELIVERY ON SHORT NOTICE
INDEPENDENT LUMBER CO.
Elsewhere In Alaska
Prospecting in the Willow creel
district was delayed until the mid
die of June because of the failur
of the snow to disappear.
The schooner Lucy, owned b:
John Palmer, a merchant of Knik
was seized recently at Anchorage 01
the charge of carrying liquor no
listed in the manifest. A search o
the vessel revealed 1S00 galons, non
of which had been listed.
The eight hour law, scarcity o
labor and the general increase ii
the cost of supplies will prove :
serious handicap to mine develop
ment in the Interior this season
according to a statement given b;
J. Harmon Caskey, owner of th
Fairbanks Citizen, to a Juneau news
paper recently.
It is reported that the Guggen
helms have taken an option on thre
and one-half miles of ground on Col
orado creek, in the Cripple creel
district.
Seward is to have a $200,001
brick factory in operation in a fev
weeks, turning out 20,000 red bricl
daily on a government contrac
calling for one million brick. Th'
company is financed by five Seattb
and Seward men and W. B. Askey
formerly owner of the Lake Unioi
Brick company of Seattle, has ar
rived on the ground prepared to tun
brick. Deliveries are expected b:
July 1 at the latest.
Miss Vida Rich, a young news
paperwoman, recently connectei
with the Seward Post, has taker
charge of the social columns o;
the Anchorage Times. Her Alaskt
cognomen is “Scoop” Rich, and sh<
is said to live up to the name whet
it comes to newspaper work.
The first sturgeon ever hooked ir
the waters of Southeastern Alaska
was caught recently at Taku har
bor by George Xaud and A. Hen
drickson while trolling. It was four
feet in length and weighed 2 7
pounds.
The citizens of Cordova recently
mailed Governor Strong a check for
$482'to be transmitted to the Rocky
Mountain Hoover Club Fund for the
relief of the Belgians. Gov. Strong
is honorary vice president of the
club.
Officers on steamers coming north
state that a number of sons of
wealthy families are coming North
on the boats to work in the canner
ies and elsewhere in the hope of es
caping conscription.
Owing to the closing down of the
Treadwell mines through flooding,
the James sawmill of Douglas has
closed down because of the curtail
ment of orders from the mining com
pany.
Gus Tampakis, a station contract
or on the government railroad at
Anchorage, was killed recently at
Camp 147 by the accidental dis
charge of a pistol. He came to An
chorage from Bellingham, Washing
ton, on May 2, 1915.
J. D. Johnson of Seward recently
sold his 320-acre homestead to Frank
Ennis, U. S. Commissioner at that
place. The new owner will divide
the property up into small tracts
and put it on the market.
fact I would rather deal with a
well organized cohesive union than
with scattered agitators responsible
to no one and representing no de
fined ideas but their own. I am
always ready to meet committees
representing any number of employ
ees and discuss grievances or general
conditions frankly and openly, as
the best results to all concerned can
>nly be accomplished through mut
tal understanding.
Very truly yours,
Thomas Riggs, Jr.,
Member of Commission.
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Citizens of Juneau have subscrib
ed to $40,000 worth of th new
Liberty Loan bonds.
Five recruits for the United
States army left Anchorage on the
transport Crook recently for Seattle,
swelling the Anchorage contingent
to seven which have enlisted since
the beginning of the var. The five
who went south on the Crook are:
John F. Elmquist, Wm. Munroe,
for the navy; Chas. DeMonnin,
Harold Rondthaller and Lyle Wal- j
rath. The first man to enlist in the
navy from Anchorage went into act
i ive service on May 23.
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I Anchorage now has a dog ordin-j
ance and owners of canines which
formerly were given special privi- \
leges ar now mulcted the sum of one
dollar and ten cents per day main
tainance charge if they do not obey
the mandates of the dogcatcher.
Amended articles of incorporation
have been filed in the office of the
secretary of Alaska increasing the
stock of the Kenai Peninsula Min
ing company to $1,000,000.
Nels Clarburg, whose home is on
Douglas island, is the first man to
receive money from the territory
under the new law providing a
bounty on eagles. Clarburg delivered
to Territorial Treasurer Smith 27
pairs of eagle claws and received
50 cents for each pair, or $13.50.
The recently organized Citizens’
Gas company at Juneau has started
the work of laying distributing
mains from the site of the plant
through the streets of the city.
The Juneau Red Cross is seeking
to obtain one thousand new mem
berb and is making an active eam
paign of the city to get that num
ber.
Sherman Mitchell, a senior from
the U. of W., arrived on a recent
boat and has taken a rei>ortorial
position on the Anchorage Times.
Mr. Mitchell is said to be as good a
ball player as he is a newspaperman.
Wm. H. Smith
ATTORNEY AT LAW
t
NOTARY PUBLIC
NENANA
STEAM
LAUNDRY
ED PARKS
RAPPOLT’S
BAKERY
Bread
Pastry
LUNCHES
Everything New and Clean
,
Good Eating
Apples
$3.00 per Box
INQUIRE
Casey’s Warehouse
When In Fairbanks
Drink BARTHEL’S Beer
The Best Made