THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for en:ry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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A YEAR OF STRIKES.
Approximately 3,500,000 worker?
were affected by labor controver
sies. strikes and lockouts in the
United States during the Govern
ment’s fiscal year which ended June
30, it is estimated unofficially on
the basis of reports now being pre
pared for Director Hugh Kerwin. of
the conciliation bureau. Department
of Labor.
The reports when completed will
show that the bureau was asked to
mediate in a total of 800 cases in
volving approximately 1,055,200!
workers, Kerwin believes, or about'
half of the number involved during:
the fiscal year ended June 30, 1919. j
“This bureau has a record of
only about one-third of all the
strikes which occur.” said Kerwin. ■
•'Under the law we cannot act unless'
invited. On this basis the total!
number of workers involved during |
the 1919 fiscal year was 7,044,120,
of which the conciliation bureau
handled 1.780 cases. The estimate
I
for the fiscal year just ended, ■
therefore, would show a 50 percent
reduction over the previous one. It
is. of course, impossible to know:
exactly until we have completed our
tabulations,” said Kerwio. jVf!
The unofficial estimate for 1920
indicates that workers lost roughly
$175,000,000 in wages, assuming an
average wage of $5 and a total of
ten days lost for each. Strikes
which do not continue at least ten
days are rare, government reports
show.
The loss to employers would be
about $700,000,000 in value of pro
duction curtailed if wages represent
one-quarter of the value of the
product.
The steel strike alone is estimated
to have cost the workers approxi
mately $3,000,000 a day in lost
wages. Wage losses of the outlaw
railroad strikers are believed to
total nearly as much as those of the
steel strikers.
The conciliation bureau now has
25 mediators at work in all parts of
the country.
“Strikes are not breaking out as
fast as a year ago,” said Kerwin.
"But they're much harder to settle
now than formerly. It seems as
though workers now wait to make
sure they have what they consider
a perfect grievance before begin
ning a strike. But once out, they
seem determined t?T stay out until
they win.
“Both employers and workers,
however, now seem more willing to
ask this bureau for assistance than
formerly.”
It is to be hoped that the Alas
kan Engineering commission will find
it possible to continue the daily
train and gascar service between
N'enana and Fairbanks. The daily
trips have been a source of great
convenience to the traveling public
and have helped materially to bring
the two to-vns closer together by
makin • it possible to visit more fre
quently than was possible under the
old schedule of two trains a week.
Gc vernor Harding, of the fed
eral r.serve borrd, warns American
■consumers of food that they must
I be prepared to pay prices that will
j include reasonable profits. The
! meaning of the message is not ex
actly clear, but we suspect the gov
ernor means to warn us that prices
! are not going down immediately,
i There never has been any objec
[ tion on the part of consumers to
| reasonable profits, and we do not
believe there ever will be, provided
the profits go into the pockets of
those who produce the food. It is
the non-producing middleman who
is doing the gouging, through a sys
tem of price manipulation, who
holds the producer down and holds
the consumer up. Reasonable pro
fits, applied to a succession of inter
mediate transactions, are not reason
able in the aggregate, and some
means should be found to eliminate
them. The sooner consumers can
deal directly with producers, the
sooner profits will become truly rea
sonable, and production normal. In
the meantime, we are warned to
be prepared for further gouging.
ARRIVALS FROM COAST
SAY SEWARD IS QUIET
Recent arrivals from the coast
bring the report that Seward is
very quiet this summer in conse
quence of the recent closing of
Alaskan Engineering commission
branch offices and the diversion of
freight shipments direct to Anchor
age. If is also claimed that pass
engers arriving at Seward, enroute
to Anchorage, are hustled on to
trains immediately upon their ar
rival, affording little or uc time to
see the Gateway City or to leave
any money there.
Residents of Seward, however,
look forward to a busy winter in
consequence of the awarding of the
mail contract to the Alaskan En
gineering .commission. The Auchor
: age harbor wdll be icebound soon,
| and then all boats will be compelled
, to discharge cargo at Seward and
j land their passengers there. Con
; siderable winter travel is antic-i
. gated.
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THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
. May have what you a^e looking for.
i SECOND-HAND GOODS BOUGHT
AND SOLD.
j NORTH OF NENANA HOUSE.
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i BROKEN AXLE CAUSES
DELAY OF AIRPLANES
The return flight of the Black
Wolf airplane squadron is reported
1 to have been considerably delayed,
three of the planes having been held
up at Telegraph Creek, where they
are awaiting the arrival of a new
axel to replace one which was brok
en in landing.
Pilot Kirkpatrick and Observer
English, in plane No. 4, who hopped
to Wrangell from Whitehorse, are
now at Hazelton, awaiting the ar
rival of their companion planes.
The records of the weather bu
reau in Alaska show that the av
erage winter temperature of the
ports of Prince William sound, 30
degrees above zero, is the same as
that of New York and Boston, and
that of Nome (zero) is similar to
that of Manitoba and Montreal.
VOTE FOR
GEORGE B. GRIGSRY
Democratic Candidate for
Delegate to Congress
ELSEWHERE IN ALASKA
A Valdez man gathered 15 pounds
of rhubarb from one hill in his gar
den, and left enough for restocking.
The Ketchikan Commercial club
has started a campaign to attract
new industries to the First City.
A group of Grand Trunk officials
have acquired a block of ground in
the Hyder district.
The purchase recently of GOO
cases of eggs for the Alaskan En
gineering commission had the effect
of boosting the Seattle price five
cents per uozpn.
Petersburg has a co-operative
store.
Puget sound and Sitka are much
alike in climate, there being only
two degrees difference in the mean
annual temperatures of the two
places.
It cost nearly ? 11,000 to operate
the Petersburg schools last year.
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Alaska has shipped more than 100
carloads of lumber to Seattle this
vear for sale in Outside markets.
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A Dawson Rhode Island Red hen
recently laid an egg measuring six
and one-half inches around the cen
ter.
Ketchikan has a Civic league, or
ganized for the purpose of insisting
upon the enforcement of the laws
of the First City.
—
Dr. E. M. Spaulding, who was in j
Xenana during part of the flu epi- j
demic last spring, has left the em
ploy of the Alaskan Engineering
commission and is now engaged in
private practice in Anchorage, hav
ing taken over the practice of Dr.
F. M. Boyle.
Private Ziezer, of the detachment
of regular soldiers stationed at Sew
ard. was found dead recently by a
searching party, about twenty miles
from Seward. Zieber and. three com
panions went on a moose hunting
expedition and Zieber became lost in
the timber, dying of hunger and
exposure before the searching party
could locate him.
District Judge Fred Brown, of the
Third division, will hold court at
Seward on September 23, at An
chorage on September 30, and at
Valdez on October 20. Trial juries
will be drawn for the Seward and
Anchorage terms, and grand and
petit juries for the Valdez term.
Dr. J. B. Beeson, chief surgeon
of the Government hospital at An
chorage, is taking a vacation in the
States. Dr. Romig, of Seward, is
in charge at Anchorage temporarily.
—
John Partti, Finlander, was killed
recently on the ranch of Emil Sa
villa, about five miles northeast of
Anchorage. The shooting occurred
late at night and is claimed to have
| been an accident on the part of Sa
villa, the man who is said to have
| done the shooting.
—
Lucien S. Robe, well-known Alas
l ha mining engineer, formerly of
, Fairbanks and Ruby, and now work
ing at Funter Bay for the Alaska
Admiralty Gold Mining company, I
has been appointed United States
mineral surveyor, according to an
announcement made from the office
of Surveyor General R. J. Sommers.
WANT ADS
MISSING, from furnace room of
Bowen Bldg., large galvanized iron
tray. Party borrowing same will
kindly return it.
WANTED — Experienced saleslady.
Call at Simson’s. tf
BARN FOR RENT—Second and E.
Three double stalls. Pump in
barn. Inquire at News.
BUNCH OF SEVEN KEYS found.
Owner can recover by calling at
News office and paying for adv.
WANTED, to buy. a sewing:
machine. Inquire News.825;
FOR SALE or rent—Pianos
and sewing machines. Sim
son’s.
For Rent—The Arctic Room
ing house, bathhouse and
laundry, altogether or separ
ate. Wonderful opportunity
for right party. Apply Sim
son's Store.
RENEWAL OF COAL MINING
PERMIT ASKED BY HOBBS
Charles E. Hobbs, of Anchorage,
has applied at Juneau for a renewal
of a permit to mine coal. Mr.
Hobbs has been developing a mine
at Houston, located at Mile 175 on
I the Alaska railway, under a permit
issued him on May 3, 1918. This
j expired last May. His application
! for a renewal covers until May 3,
1922.
Roadmaster W. L. Packer was in
j his office this afternoon, after an
s absence of several days in Fair
! banks. He reports that the people
of the upper town are very.anxious
to visit the canyon before the
freezeup. and he hopes to be able
to accommodate them. Having no
airplanes at his disposal, for pur
poses of entertainment, he will fea
ture the new aerial tram at Nenana
crossing as a special attraction.
Xanana, Alaska's Interior TtM Depot
Sell Your
Furs in
Nenana
Most Buyers.
Highest Prices.
Quickest Returns.
Why Risk
the Dangers of
Long Shipments
and Longer Delays
when you can
get the top
market price in
Nenana as soon as
you part with your
catch?
NO TROUBLE
NO DELAY
NO ANXIETY
NO LOSSES
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FRESH EGGS
Outside Potatoes
Fruits of All Kinds
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EVERYTHING THE BEST
Tavern Cafe and Bakery
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WM. RODIGKE1T
Proprietor
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A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
Tom Smith, Prop.
Be Prepared
to withstand cold weather.
Your old fur cap, coat or
robe, if mended or relined,
would be like new. and lots
cheaper. S.u i t s pressed
scoured or cleansed. Macki
naws and underwear mend-!
ed. Ring up
D’Orsay’s Tailor Shop
CABBAGE 10 cents per
pound, large solid heads.
John Scharle, Fairbanks.
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Rust Houss
CLEAN AND
COMFORTABLE
ROOMS BY THE DAY,
WEEK OR MONTH
MRS. CHAS. STANFORD
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Mott Reasonable
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Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE
Only tbe most reliable companies
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
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PRIVATE BOXES
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Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST MONDAY OF MONTH
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourka, Martin NaaV.
Secretary. President.
Department of tke Interior
Alaska* Engineering Commieeion
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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
I floor.of the General Office Building,
'Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at North Xenana.
Tickets will be on sale at uy
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 Nertn Xenana and Fair
j banks is effective June X, subject to
;change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 8:00 a. m.;
arrive North Xenana, 12:30 p. m.
Leave North Xenana. 2:00 p. in.;
arrive Fairbanks, 6:30 p. m.
A ferry will be run between Ne
nar.a and North Xenana to connect
with Fairbanks trains. Passengers
f..r Fairbanks should purchase tick
ets in Xenana before crossing the
ferry.
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 EK ELAND,
Secretary Dictator.