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MILLIONAIRES ARE I
PRODUCT OF IDE
OED COUNTRY
The Manchester Guardian is au
thority for the statement that the
world has been suffering from an il
lusion as to where the millionaires
come from. It seems they are an
English (not an American product.
“In this country,” says the Guard
ian, “we have come to regard the
multi-millionaire as essentiall an
American institution, and we have
not been wanting encouragement
from various directions in cultivat
j ing this delusion—for delusion it;
|is, and no less. Americans them
selves have not hesitated to spread
the myth among us- But from a
jcomparison of the 1916 income tax
returns for the United Kingdom and
the United States (and using the i
•almighty dollar’ as the basis of
estimation in both cases i, we are
j forced to the belief that if we would
seek modern Croesuses in large quan
tities we need but look around us1
at home—in our very midst, indeed.
For where the United States can j
. produce only ten multi millionaires
'with 125 million dollars each to their
credit, we can boast of seventy
nine! And where America has mere
ly nine waxing- well on 100 million
1 dollars, Great Britain has sixiy
! eight; while in the 75-million to
. 100-million region we win again with
forty-five to fourteen. On the more ;
J poverty-stricken scale of the fifty- ;
millions and just under, our lead
i is not so comfortable; nevertheless,
the old country comes in first by
j a clear nineteen. After this penurial
zone is reached we are quite willing
; to fall out of the running, and
! America has ninety-seven to our
I eighty-three owning between 25 and
‘ 37 million dollars.”
It is in the class of what might
j be called “petty millionaires” where
! America has the great lead. The
i number of Britishers having for
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tunes of from one to two million
dollars is negligible when compared
to the American figures.
10EQVANA BREAKS;
ICE SMS BARGE
Slow-Moving Tributary of Tanana
Pavod Way for Navigation
During Night.
The ice in the Tolovana river is
i reported to have moved out last
night, commencing about nine
o’clock. The river is reported clear
of ice today and the season of navi
gation on that stream, as well as
the Tanana, is now open.
The Tolovana breakup caused
the wreck of an American Yukon
Navigation company barge, which
was moored near the mouth of the
river. The craft is reported to have
been sunk, but the extent of the
damage has not yet ben ascertained.
Show some speed! Sam shirt's
slovenly shoes splendidly Saturday.
CONTRACTORS TO
START NEW JOB
Ben Peterson & Co. have been
awarded a contract for the grading
of the right of way extending from
Station 18160 plus 00 to Station
18185 (Weir’s Location), a distance
of 2500 feet. This section of the
road is within the boundaries of
Residency 3 and is under the super
1 vision of Resident Engineer George
B. Richardson.
The partners of the contract are
Ben Peterson, George Murray, J. H.
Lewis, John Greene, John Knight
and Emil Johnson and they are pre
paring to go out to the ground im
mediately for the purpose of setting
up camp and making preparations
for an early commencement of the
work. August 15th is the date set
for the completion of the work.
United States Attorney R. F.
Roth will return to his headquarters
at Fairbanks tomorrow morning. He
expects to make another trip to
Nenana during the coming week.
Flood and lco Postal* for sale at
The Portland, The Arctic and at
Slippern's 5-28
DOCTOR SAYS
COURT PLASTER
CARRIES GERMS
It is inadvisable to use court
plaster, owing to the high proba
bility that it will carry germs to
the wound over which it is applied.
These germs, however, are not the
products of German malice, but are
the ordinary or American variety.
Unfortunately a tenanus germ born
in the United States is quite as
deadly as one that originates in
Central Europe. A writer in the
Druggists’ Circular (New York)
finds no reliable evidence that any
one, either friend or enemy, has
knowingly planted germs in court
plaster, or soap, or anywhere else
where the daily press would have
us believe they had been placed to
our undoing. Nevertheless, he
agrees with the health authorities
that court plaster is apt to be germ
ridden and had better be discarded.
We read: :
“The Circular recently addressed
letters to the health department of
all the states afid fvventy of the
principal cities of the country in
quiring whether or not analysis had
been made by them of either court
plaster or soap suspected of having
been contaminated with tetanus or
other germs by enemy agents, and
if so, what were the results of those
investigations.
“We have received replies from
thirty-three states and nineteen
cities, and in only one instance,
that of Ohio, was there a positive
statement that tetanus bacilli had
been found. Twenty states and
eleven cities reported having ana
lyzed a number of samples with
negative results, and twelve states
and eight cities reported that no in
vestigations had been made.
| “A number of interesting facts
may be gleaned from a study of
these reports. In the first place, it
is evident that the various health
' departments are alert to whatever
danger may threaten the public
health, and are willing to co-operate
jin giving such matters due publicity;
secondly, as shown by statements of
’ several department officials, there
is constant danger of infection from
i court-plaster because of the careless
i manner in which is it distributed
and used; thirdly, the itinerant ven
; der is not the proper agent for the
; distribution of medicinal and surgi
i cal supplies and should be sup
1 pressed; and, finally, the results of
j the investigation show the tendency
! of the newspapers to exaggerate
j such items in order to make ‘news.’
“Court-plaster, if we may judge
from the statement of certain
| health department officials, is not
i held in very high esteem by the
| medical profession. Because of the
(careless methods of distribution, and
j further, because of the prevailing
j custom of moistening the product
i with saliva before applying it to a
wound, it is almost certain to carry
germs to whatever surface it may be
applied. In view of the fact that
the product is so frequently con
taminated and its use, by sealing a
wound and preventing free drainage,
actually interferes with healing pro
cesses. Director A. B. Wadsworth,
of the Xew Yor State Department
of Health, hold that ‘the use of the
court-plaster by the lay public ought
to be discouraged.’
“The method of distribution by
itinerant venders is attacked by sev
eral of the board officials, and this
might not be a bad time to push
legislative measures designed to curb
the activities of these distributors.
It has been evident to the phar
maceutical profession for years that
the distribution of medicinal sub
stances should be confined to phar
j macists, and that such materials
| should come only from approved
! sources.”
Advices received from Fairbanks
state that many reservations have
been made by residents of the upper
town for passage on the steamer
Tanana, which is scheduled to sail
from the upper town on Monday
The boat is said to be practically
sold out.
A country wo»th fighting for is
a country worth saving for. Buy
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HALGER ARRESTED
ON THEFT CHARGE'
Well Known Local Cook Accused
of Stealing Supplies From the
Commision.
Henry Halger, formerly employed
by the Alaskan Engineering com
mission in this division in the capa
city of cook, has been placed under
arrest by the federal authorities on
the charge of larceny and will be
given a hearing before Commissioner
R. S. McDonald this evening at 8
o’clock.
The complaint, charging Ilalger
with larceny, specifies fhe theft of
a quantity of provisions from the
stores of the Commission at Camp
9 (20-mile), the value of the articles
alleged to have been stolen being
placed around thirty dollars.
The case against Halger will be
prosecuted by United States At-,
torney R. F. Roth.
Pending his hearing, the defend
ant is out on bonds in the sum of
$1,000.
There’s a charming young girl we'll
call Hannah
Who lives, when at home, in Nenana;1
She can dance like a sprite,
So on Saturday night
Vic may have to speed up his
piannah.
From three to nine tomorrow.
Sam Comfort will devote all the '
proceeds of his boot-blacking em
porium in front of the Arctic Pool
Hall to the Red Cross fund. Let
your shoes so shine they will reflect
your enthusiasm for the cause.
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OLD PAPERS FOR SALE—Inquire
News Office.
The C. W. Young company will
build a new cannery on the Union
Oil company’s dock at Juneau. It
is planned to can all kinds of sea
products, which will enable them to
operate the greater part of the year.
The new cannery will be electrically
operated.
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Home Insurance Co., New York
National Fire, of Hartford
Hartford Fire Insurance Co.
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Co.
Union Insurance Society, London
Law Union and Rock, London
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