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DOG KENNELS NFNANA, ALASKA
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“MADE IN GERMANY”
WAS NOT THE REASON
BREST.—A doughboy stepped into
a Brest store recently and asked to
see some harmonicas. As the sol
dier picked up one, inspected it
minutely, wiping the edge of it with
his coat-sleeve before putting it to
his mouth, there, staring at him, as
if in letters of fire, were the print
ed words: “Made in Germany.”
“I thought ‘Made in Germany’ was
‘pas bon’ in France," he said to
the storekeeper.
“Zat is so,” interrupted the
Frenchman suavely, “but we buy
zem before ze war.”
The doughboy threw the harmon
ica on the counter and sauntered
out.
“That is the right spirit,” said
the correspondent; “one should not
trade with the enemy.”
“Right spirit, nothing,” replied the
doughboy; “this bird wanted $4 for
this harmonica which he admits he
bought before the war. They were
worth 50 cents then.”
READY! READY!
For cleaning your suits? Sure. Al
ways ready. Bring ’em in. Charges
and work are both right—at
MRS. D’ORSAY’S
TAILOR SHOP
Thi-d and A Streets.
REPORTS FROM BETTLES
SAY STRIKE IS BUSTED
According to advices received at
Fairbanks today from the Koyukuk
district, there is nothing to the
story of a strike on Betties river,
which was reported earlier in the
season. The denial of the strike
story was brought down river by
the steamer Reliance and telegraph
ed to Fairbanks from some point on
the Yukon river.
| Miners and Prospectors! I
] NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RECORDING PRECINCTS (
According to a recently issued Court Order by |
| Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- |
| cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon- 5
= nifield and Totatlanika Districts. I
Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be =
= enabled by this change to do their recording and trans- |
5 act other business at Nenana, which is within easy =
5 reach of their mining activities.
NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB,
R. S. McDonald, H. B. Joseph,
President. Secretary E
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Nothing Succeeds
Like Success
Our Goods are Right. Oar Prices are
Right
Watch and Jewelry Repairing, Engraving
Wm. TAYLOR
OLDTIMER BACK;
SORE ALASKA IS
BEST AFTER ALL
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In the opinion of Dave Fairburn,
pioneer Alaskan, who arrived in
Nenana yesterday from the States,
by way of the Broad Pass trail,
conditions in Alaska are better than i
they are in the States, notwith
standing the fact that wages are
higher than usual on the Outside,;
and employment plentiful. Like
many Northerners who have visited '
the State? since the commencement '
of the gTeat war. Mr. Fairburn says
that wages have not kept pace with :
the soaring cost of living, and he is i
convinced, after several months on
the Pacific coast, that a wage earner
working for the government railroad
in Alaska is better off than a ma
jority of workers engaged in the
various industries Outside.
Wages in the shipyards along the
coast are not so high now as they
were before the signing of the ar
mistice. The average wage at pres
ent in that industry, which is the
big employer of labor on the Pacific
coast, is $4.64 a day, for eight
hours’ work. About 90 per cent of
the shipyard employes get that
wage, and there are about thirty
thousand of them in Seattle alone.
While the war was in progress it
was possible to earn considerable
in excess of the regular wage, by
working overtime. But all that has
been cut out. The work is nowj
limited to eight hours a day and 1
the week to five and one-half days,!
which means an income of slightly j
more than $25 a week.
“That looks big for the Out- j
side,” said Mr. Fairburn to a rep-1
resentative of The News shortly aft- i
sr his arrival in town, “but when j
week, there is really not much left, !
especially if you have a family to
support. And an eight-hour day in !,
i city like Seattle really mean?'
much longer hours, for it is neces-:
sary for one to rise early to reach
the works on time from a usually *
remote part of the city, and the!
crowd is such, after working hours, :
Lhat it is quite a task to get car- j
room. And it is late when one gets |
home. Car fare and the other in- j
cidentals of the cost of living in a I
city leave little left at the end of
the week to put away for a rainy |
Jay.”
Mr. Fairburn left Xenana on De-1
rember 20 and has divided his '
time, since reaching the States, be-;
tween Seattle and the cities to the!
south, along the Pacific coast. He
was in Portland, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, and San Diego, but found ,
nothing in California or Oregon to |
compare with Seattle in the' way j
5f business activity. Seattle, he i
says, is destined to become the New ;
i'ork of the Pacific, if it is not j
already so, with its rapidly growing
commerce with the Orient and ex-1
Banding industries.
There is plenty of work for ev
erybody who wants work, Mr. Fair- i
Burn says, not only in Seattle, but also
in the other cities visited by him.
Notwithstanding this condition, how
ever, there is considerable idleness,
Jue to the constant movement of
iissatisfied workers from one place
:o another. Thousands seem to bt
constantly on the move and there is
i feeling of uncertainty and unrest j
among those who are working, as
well as among those who work only
part of the time. I: is as if the
working people expected something
to happen. Frequent strikes, on the
coast and in other parts of the cour
try, Mr. Fairburn points out, indi
cate that the wage earners of the
States are not altogether satisfied
with present conditions.
Of the Alaska coast towms visited
by the oldtimer, Cordova seemed to
him to be the busiest. The revival
of the mining industry at Juneau
was not particularly noticeable; at
Ketchikan he heard complaints of i
dullness, and Seward had the ap
pearance of being rather quiet. It
was quiet at Anchorage also, but
that was attributed to the fact that
everybody was busy along the rail-1
road.
Anchorage looks like a real rail
road center, with many cars and j
other railroad equipment standing j
about and moving in several direc-1
tions. And the roadbed to the north I
of the terminal has a very substan
tial appearance. The road between
Seward and Anchorage was not open
at the time they reached Seward, ,
but the slides which blocked traffic
luring the winter had been almost ,
removed and it was expected that j
rrains would be running within a
few days after their arrival.
Mr. Fairburn made the trip in
from Seattle in company with Frank
Murphy, formerly in the employ of
:he Alaskan Engineering commission
is foreman in the electrical de
partment. They rode as far as Tal
Seetna on a work train and mushed
from that point to 43-Mile. A
ipeeder brought them into town.
They were eight days on the
road, between the coast and Xe
tana, two of which were lost en
route by stopovers. The trail was
found very good as far as the sum
mit, but on the north slope mush
ng was somewhat slow and labori
ous on account of wet ground and
ligh water in the streams which
:hev were compelled to wade. They
:ook their time, however, and made
:he traveling as easy as possible for
.hemselves.
Mrs. Fairburn is in Seattle keep
ng house for Orville, their son,
vho has a position with a Japanese
importing and exporting concern
rle was discharged from the navy
?arlv in the year, in which branch
>f the service he enlisted soon after
he United States entered the war.
Mrs. Fairburn may come to Alaska
ater in the season.
The Cascade Laundry has plenty
>f hot soft water at'all times. New
>ath rooms, fully equipped and san
tary, with special rooms for ladies,
fou get -ebate with $2.50 laundry,
vhich applies on bath, or pay 50c
>er bath.
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MARINE BULLETIN
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Seattle No. 3, np Holy Cross, two
jarges. 2 p. m., 17th.
Washburn, up Holy Cross for
Dikeman, 1:15 p. m., 17th.
Davis, at St. Michael.
Kotlik, up Kotlik, 5 a. m., 17th.
Alaska, down Chena, 4:30 a. m.
Dawson, up Stewart, 10:10 p. m,
18th.
Selkirk leaves Whitehorse tonight. '
Casca. down Stewart, 6 a. m. ,
Nasutlin, up Big Salmon, 7 a. m.
Jacobs, with Sibilla in tow, down
7ort Yukon, 5:45 p. m., 18th.
Reliance, up Louden, 2 a. m.
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WM. RODIGKEIT : : Proprietor 1 *
Restaurant Tabs and Tablets at Birth Announcement Cards at the
he News Office. News Office.
Electrical Goods
Stoves and Ranges
Water Pipes and
Fittings
Bath Fixtures
Sheet Metal Work of Ail Kinds
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
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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 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. . S
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
COLISEUM
STRONG DRAMA AND SCREAMING COMEDY FOR
PROGRAM TONIGHT.
Biog;aph Present*
VERA SISSON and RAYMOND NYE,
Including a Notable Cast, in
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“To depict life one must have l'ved and suffered.
Fame is a Laurel of Tears.”
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HEART INTEREST AND SPEEDY ACTION.
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ADMISSION 25c RESERVED SEATS 50c
SHOW STARTS AT EIGHT O’CLOCK.