THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for en:ry as second class mail matter, ond^,the Act of March 3, 1879.
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PROFITEERS ARE WITH US.
Probably for the first time in the
history of Ketchikan, the profiteers
at heart are with us, announces the
Ketchikan Chronicle. While there
was much agitation in the States,
there was little cause for complaint
in Ketchikan, as it was possible to
make purchases here for the same
or less money than was charged in
Seattle, although there were addi
tional freight charges to be paid.
But the profiteers, and almost all
of them oldtime residents in the
North, are now active.
For years property holders of
Ketchikan rented their houses at
reasonable rates, such rates as
would give them a neat return on
their investment; but now. with the
crowded housing conditions, house
rents are being boosted constantly.
Instances are cited to the Chron
icle in which some remarkable in
creases in rents are noted. One
little shack, for instance, which
brought $6 a month rent on Janu
ary 1,. 1919, is now demanding and
getting $15 a month. Another one
That brought $20 a month, is now
bringing in S45. There may be
others quite as glaring and some
not so flagrantly profiteering, but
they are bad.
If these properties had not paid
well previously there would be some
excuse, but there is none.
FOODSTUFFS IN THE ATTIC.
Much has been written and many
statements made to the effect that
the only cure for high prices is
greater production; that until pro
duction overtakes consumption,
prices will remain high. This sounds
reasonable, if one does not think
below the surface, says the Modern
Miller; but it is not the only route
back to earth.
Thinking back to the winter of
1914-15 it will be recalled that the
housewives of the nation had the
food supply scare of their lives.
Millions of them began hoarding
like the busy bees of June. Their
buying of flour swamped the mills
with orders, and many a family
attic was stored as if for a siege.
Later, when the sugar scare came,
they bought sugar on ithe same scale,
and other foodstuffs. The Modern
Miller knows of certain attics that
contain flour purchased in the win
ter of 1914-15; and the same attics
have enough sugar to last the fam
ilies for a year. It would be think
ing too strangely to think that these
are sporadic instances of hoarding;
there are probably hundreds of
thousands of them. The housewives
have bought running supplies as
needed, keeping the hoard for—the
Lord only knows what!
What will happen when the turn
toward lower food prices definitely
comes, as it surely must? The an
swer is clearly indicated. The fami
lies that have flour, sugar and other
foodstuffs will cease to buy and be
gin to consume their supplies. And
as prices decline, the demand will
dry up; and dealers will wonder
what their customers are living
upon. Thus wall the high cost of
eating be eased back to earth by
I the housewives, who gave it the first
[boost; and retailers, who gave prices
[of all foodstuffs many a boost, may
'be left with some high-priced goods
on their shelves.
A RAILROAD PROBLEM IN
BILLIONS.
The final figures announced at
Washington show for the Govern
ment a gross loss of $900,478,000
from its operation of the railroads
during the period of war control,
j What the net loss will be is not
stated, comments the New York
World; but it is not likely to fall
far below this total, and that loss
must be made up to the roads from
the public treasury.
The Government contracted to
return the roads to their owners in
as good condition as when taken,
and this has not been done in re
spect to cars and equipment gener
ally. There is another charge on
the Federal treasury.
Chairman Howard Elliott, for the
railway executives, has presented
statistics to the interstate commerce
commission showing that the roads
of the country would need an addi
tion of SI.000,000,000 in their year
ly revenues to put them on their
feet as provided by the new Trans
portation Act, which would require
an increase in freight rates of about
30 percent. This would have to be
additional to any further increases
in wages, and the brotherhoods are
pressing for wages which would cost
the roads 81,000,000,000 more a
year. If those demands are grant
ed. nothing less than a 60 percent
increase in freight rates would be
required additional to the large ad
vanced made in rates during the
war. •
Here is the railroad situation in
its barest outlines of potentially
added costs to the people of the
United States. It obviously calls
for the “large” treatment of which
so much is currently said and so
little actually done.
| THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
; May have what you a-e looking for.
SECOND-HAND COODS BOUGHT
AND SOLD.
NORTH OF NENANA HOUSE.
HEWITT REPORTS OIL
INTERESTS WESTWARD
The people in the Westward
towns are talking little else than
coal and oil these days, according
to E. S. Hewitt, Juneau business
man, who recently returned to the
capital from a business trip that
took him as far as Anchorage.
“Business conditions to the West
ward are rather quiet,” said Mr.
Hewitt, “but everybody is hopeful
that with the early announcement
of development work on oil and
coal properties at Cold Bay, Ka
talla and other places, the whole
country will enter upon a period
of great prosperity. From what I
could learn, the Guggenheims and
associated interests are planning to
develop their holdings in the Bering
River district, both coal and oil,
on a large scale. Eastern capital
ists have been investigating Cold
Bay, and I understand that consid
erable money will be spent in de
. velopment work there this year. The
heavy oil seepage showings in that
! locality certainly look promising.”
Fresh Kodak Films at Thompson s
Drug Store.
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| Herman, at Gibbon.
Tanana, at N'enana.
Jacobs, at Fairbanks,
j Alaska, up Nenana with two
jbarges, 11:30 a. m., 18th.
Louise, with four barges. up Kot
| lik. 8 a. m., 18th.
I Davis, at Melozi, 10:43 a. m.
| Kestrel, down Tolovana for Kan
itishna river, 7:30 p. m., 18th.
i Selkirk, up Selkirk, 9:30 a. m.,
! 18 th.
j Casca, up Selkirk, 11 p. m., 18th.
N'o report on Yukon.
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KNU SHOES cut the high cost of
shoes. Fowler Sc Morris.
ADDITIONAL CLAIMS
ARE FILED FOR OIL
Five additional applications for
oil leases were received by Register
F. A. Boyle of the Juneau land
office on a recent boat from the
j Westward, totaling 12,800 acres of
Tand. The claims on which the ap
! plicants have tiled are situated in
| the Katalla and Gold Bay oil fields.
Only one, however, is in the Ka
jtalla field. In that district, Charles
;E. Bryan of Cordova has filed on
[2,560 acres. In the Cold Bay dis
trict, Carl Armstrong and W. J.
|Erskine have filed on a joint claim
j containing 3,560 acres. The three
| other applicants are Captain J. J.
i Finnegan, Earl E. Simmons and
j Edwin Wentworth, each man filing
;on 2,560 acres.
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OKLAHOMA OIL MAN
LOCATING IN NORTH
Vf. R. Julian, an oil expert of
Lawton, Okla., representing himself
and others, recently made applica
tion at the United States land office
in Juneau for oil leasing permits on
claims in two Alaskan oil fields.
The application covers a total of
5,120 acres, comprising two blocks.
One of these is situated in the
Katalla oil field, in the vicinity of
oil development work already un
dertaken. The other lies in the Cold
Bay district. Each block contains
12,560 acres.
Mr. Julian has been looking over
Alaskan oil fields for the last three
months, and the application for leas
ing permits follows the investiga
tions he has made personally.
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PORTLAND CANAL BLOW
WRECKS HYDER HOUSES
Marshal J. K. Green and Henry
Hucke nearly drowned.
Green’s launch dragged under by
[drifting piledriver and partially
wrecked.
Canadian piledriver torn from
moorings and carried to railroad
wharf.
Booms of piles broken and piles
ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
stand* alone in par-excellence of
terries and sanitary convenience.
Turkish, Steam, Shower
or Plain Baths, at
MODERATE RATES.
Rooms for Dressing and Resting
in Connection. Also Rooms for
Rant, Transient or Permanent.
Mr. and Mrs. Heimburger
Proprietors.
Rust House
, CLEAN AND
COMFORTABLE
ROOMS BY THE DAY,
WEEK OR MONTH
MRS. CHAS. STANFORD
WANT ADS
PERSSON CABIN. 6th and A Sts.,
for sale. Completely furnished.
Cheap, if sold at once. tf
FOR SALE—Washing outfit. Wring
er; two tubs; 1 copper-bottom
boiler; 1 brass washboard, in good
condition. All for $13.50. In
quire Nenana News.
PHONOGRAPHS wanted at Sim
son’s Department Store.
FOLrND—Leather watch fob with
locket. Owner can have same by
calling at The News office.
BARN FOR RENT—Second and E.
Three double staHs. Pump in
barn. Inquire at News.
THE DWYER HOME FOR SALE.
Terms reasonable. tf
BUNCH^Of'^SEYEn"”'"kEYS found.
Owner can recover by calling at
News office and paying for adv.
scattered far and wide.
Alex McP-hee’s house blown down.
Joe Graccio’s partly completed
building laid fiat.
Louis Watkins’ rowboat and sev
eral other boats carried to the head
of the canal and piled on the beach.
Numerous trees on the townsite
and forest reserve uprooted.
These are some of the results,
says the Hyder Miner, of a storm
which swept up the Portland canal
recently and which, although it
lasted only a few minutes, was de
clared by oldtimers to be the worst
the district has ever experienced.
SKOF HOUSE
That’s the Place
GOOD IrfARN FOR HORSES
IN CONNECTION.
Second and Market Sts.
MRS. JAMES LAVIN
HEALY RIVER
ROADHOUSE !
END OF STEEL
LEO RODRIGUE
Proprietor.
NEW
CENTRAL CAFE
FIRST CLASS
in Every Respect X
PRIVATE BOXES
JOHN KETOOROKY
Proprietor.
FRESH EGGS
Outside Potatoes
Fruits of All Kinds
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EVERYTHING THE BEST
Tavern Cafe and Bakery
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A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
NENANA HOUSE
Large Barn-In Connection-Dog Kennels
MRS. A. B. EASTERLY, Proprietress.
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Or. J. R. BOWEN
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Price* Moil Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
Fourth Monday of Month
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER. ALF EKELAND.
Secretary Dictator, i
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Department of the Interior
Alaakan Engineering Commieiion
NOTICE ,
Passengers are required to pur
chase tickets before entering trains.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is in
the employment office, on the ground
; floor of the General Offiee Building,
| Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at North N’enana.
Tickets will be on sale at ny
time during office hours, and can be
purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
the foot of A street on Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 8 a. m.
The following change of schedule
between Nortn N’enana and Fair
banks is effective June 1, subject to
^change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 8:00 a. m.;
arrive North N’enana, 12:30 p. m.
Leave North Nenana, 2:00 p. m.;
arrive Fairbanks, 6:30 p. m.
A ferry will be run between Ne
nar.a and North Nenana to connect
with Fairbanks trains. Passengers
|f.>r Fairbanks should purchase tick
ets in Nenana before crossing tho
I ferry.
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 an'd are prepared to send you the names of
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.
JUNEAU, ALASKA