THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enzry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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HUNS ARE READY.
American firms appear eager to
buy German made goods as quickly
as possible, according to letters pass
ing recently through the United
States army censorship. Cameos,
agates and amethysts appear to be
particularly in demand in America.
As an indication of how German
industries are being stimulated by
orders from foreign countries, a
business letter recently said that
the crockery factories in Thuringen
have enough orders on file to keep
them engaged four years.
On the other hand, Germany is
buying from outside countries goods
of various kinds. Purchases just at
this time, however, are confined
chiefly to food, cloth and other ar
ticles of necessity. Letters to Am
erican manufacturing firms continue
to pass through the censorship, in
which German firms or individuals
wake inquiries regarding agencies in
Germany for automobiles, rubber
goods and other articles of which
the country has been deprived be
cause of the war.
BARTERING FOR TRADE.
A system of barter akin to that
of pioneer frontier days in America,
but on a more stupendous scale,
presents itself as the modus oper
andi of the foreign trade of the
United States in Europe, according
to foreign trade experts of the
United States government investi
gating the trade possibilities in
Italy.
“Our ability to establish perma
nent trade relations with the bel
ligerent European nations which
have been drained of their re
sources by war depends upon our
willingness to accept a program of
barter in the exchange of commodi
ties,” is the opinion given to The
Associated Press correspondent by
Dr. Alfred P. Dennis, United States
commercial attache at Rome.
“Italy,” he said, “needs much of
our raw materials as coal, iron
ore, lumber and petroleum products
to enable her to start up her in
dustrial processes and begin anew
her economic convalescence. She
cannot go on borrowing the money
to pay for our goods. If she is to
have them it must be through swap
ping her. commodities for ours."
JAPANESE INTERESTS.
Japan occupied at the Peace Con
frence a special position—she' was
disinterested in the problems con
cerned with the Occident, but great
ly interested in the questions bound
up with the Far East, Takashi Hara,
the prime minister, recently told the
editor of a French magazine pub
lished at Tokio.
“Japan,” said the premier, “went
to the Peace Conference with the
desire to take an active part in its
work and to participate in all ques
tions that might arise. Why? Be
cause Japan is sincerely attached
to the cause of right and*justice.
She has proved it by closely co
operating with the Allies and by
subscribing without reserve to the
fourteen propositions of President
Wilson; she never hesitated to join
with the promoters of the League'
of Nations.
‘•Like the French, English, and
American peoples, we wish a perma-!
i
nent peace, better and more open
relations between nations, a happier
humanity. And we believe we are
in a good position to judge things
from the point of view of justice j
and right because we had fewer in-;
terests under discussion than Eu
rope and the United States. Our
attitude is impartial and our dele- i
gates at Paris showed the good '
faith, sincerity and openness of our
politics.
“However, violent criticisms have
been addressed to us. Japan has
been represented as an ambitious,
war-loving, aggressive nation. The
preceding cabinet suffered the same 1
accusations, which were not merited.
I can assure you my government is
doing its best not to cause discon-1
tent; to disregard proceedings which
might be thought to bear a repre
hensive character. The Peace Con-!
ference has given us an occasion to
show we were not guilty of what
had been reproached to us.”
TO LIVE—THAT’S ALL.
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By Hattie M. D'Orsay. *
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Lord, cleanse our town from scan
day,—
That most small towns infest,—
And cleanse our souls of slander—
We make this our request.
Our environs may be narrow,—
Our subject-range, not wide,—
But good there is. abundant,
It dwells on every side.
As the purest streams in Nature
From highest vantage come,
So foulest spots,—and stagnant,—
Are found in lowest scum.
Just help us keep above it,—
To partake of the sublime,—
To live above those cesspools,—
Shut out their filth and slime.
We like the world—It's a fine place
Our God pronounced it so;
And human nature’s much the same,
If given a fair show.
So take away our “yellow streak,” I
That “gangs” the weak or small;
We want to let our fellows live—
i And do the same—that’s all.
VALDEZ BOY LOOKING
FOR JOB IN INTERIOR
—
Charles Swanson, a IS-year-oU
| \ aldez boy, caused his parents and
\ friends much anxiety a few weeks'
| ago by leaving for the Interior over
; the trail without notifying his par
ents of his intended action. He!
borrowed his brother’s bicycle, and
was last seen riding about town.
When he did not show up at home,
I
the following morning, a search was !
instituted, and the bicycle was!
found on the trail a short dis- j
tance beyond Camp Comfort. But,
no trace could be found of the
youngster. The bicycle had a brok- ,
en handle-bar and had been aban
doned. ; fUH
Word was received some days :
later from a road commission crew
that the boy had shown up there, I
and was enroute to the Interior to .
get a job. He had had nothing
to eat for three days, but otherwise
was in good health
F-esli garden seed*, just arrived.
Fowler Sl Morris.
Showing1 a decrease from last
year of $33,548.64. the license rev
enue report for the First division
for the year ended June 30, 1919,
has been made by J. W. Bell, clerk
of the court at Juneau. The de
crease is caused chiefly by the cut
ting off of the revenue from saloon
licenses since January, 1918, when
the Alaska bone-dry law went into
effect. The 1918 fiscal year income
included liquor license taxes for the
six months from 1917 to 1918.
The net revenue for licenses is
sued outside of incorporated towns
and placed to the credit of the
Alaska fund, for the fiscal year end
ed June 30, 1919, is $103,981.61.
The same for the year ended June
30, 1918, was $118,418.31. This
shows a decrease from last year of
$14,436.70.
The total revenues received in in
corporated towns and paid to the
treasurers of the various towns dur
ing the fiscal year ended June 30.
1919, are $40,426.51. For the year
ended June 30, 1918, are $40,426.
51. For the year ended June 30,
1918, the revenue received in in
corporated towns was $59,538.45, or
$19,111.94 more than it was last
year.
The largest amount of revenues
received in an incorporated town
was $16,809.56, paid in to Ketchi
kan. Juneau is next with less than
oalf the revenue paid Ketchikan,
$8,400.81. The larger revenue at
Ketchigan was due to the salmon
canneries within the city limits there
which paid taxes on their outputs,
which went to the city. %
The license tax receipts from the
carious towns of the First division,
collected and paid into the munici
pal treasuries, for the fiscal year
just ended, and the year 1918, fol
low:
1919
Ketchikan ....$16,809.56
Juneau . 8,400.81
Petersburg .. 7,010.45
Wrangell . 3,896.00
Skagway . 2,568.50
Douglas . 1,275.00
Haines . 623.83
1918
$17,743.59
15,956.36
8.065.39
6.420.50
3,193.20
5,529.41
2,630.00
FAMOUS CLIFF PROPERTY
MAY BE STARTED AGAIN
The famous Cliff mine, situated
on the north side of Valdez bay.
has been sold by H. E. Ellis and
associates to W. H. Seagraves, for
merly superintendent for the Ken
necott corporation, and actively
identified with the Tacoma Smelting
& Refining company
If the sale has been made as re
ported it will mean a great boom in
gold property around Valdez, says
the ‘•Miner,” and the employment
of a large force of men. The mine
is one of the best in the Port Val
dez district, over a million dollars
having been taken out in the short
time it was in operation before the
high prices of the war compelled a
shutdown. It has a large mill,
bunkhouses and all necessary build
ings.
MEN SECURE JUDGMENT
AGAINST COAL COMPANY
Upon the application of Tony
Maserelli and Arnold Moller, judg
ment creditors of the Alaska An
thracite Railway company, a cor
poration, Judge F. M. Brown re
:ently appointed Charles Spongberg
as receiver. The amount owed the
petitioners is alleged to be some
514,000, which sum was awarded
is damages for injuries sustained
by the above named creditors while
working for the company last year.
George W. Nelson has also filed
an action against the company to
foreclose a lien on the real and
personal property of the company,
in the sum of $38,154.13, with in
terest and accrued costs.
WANT ADS
VICTROLA FOR SALE, with forty
record. Inquire at Waechter
Bros.' market. k23 j
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FIFTEEN MEN WANTED to cut
wood. Five dollars per cord;
good timber. A. G. Vachon, Tan
ana. k8-lG
FOR SALE—My entire holdings,
consisting of Lot 6, Block 10,,
three-room log house, finely fin
ished and partially furnished, to-!
gether with provisions and wood.
Also my half interest in Nenana
Steam Laundry. A bargain, :f
taken before August first. Must
go Outside on urgent business is
reason for sacrifice. Mrs. Clara j
Allred, Nenana, Alaska. k7-28
FOR SALE — Showcase, 51! feet
long. Practically new. Cheap.
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
JUNEAU STAMPEDER SAYS
TESLIN STRIKE DOUBTFUL
There is no certainty regarding
the richness of the reported placer
istrike on the North Teslin. accord
j ing to Marion Goldstein, who re
! turned to Juneau from the Atlin
country recently. He says one stam
peder returned to Atlin after mush
ing 80 miles, saying there had not
been sufficient work done to reach,
bedrock in the new diggings, and
the surface prospects did not justi- i
fy a stampede. The little work j
done has been mostly by Indians.
Goldstein reports good cleanups
jin the Atlin district, one property,
on Spruce shipping a heavy con
signment of placer gold. He also [
reports about thirty Teslin Indians
at Taku coming out to work in the
canneries during the summer.
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n MARINE BULLETIN •*
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Seattle No. 3, up Holy Cross with
[two barges, 2 p. m., 17th.
f Washburn, up Holy Cross for j
Dikeman, 1:15 p. m., 17th.
Davis and Victoria at St. Michael. |
Senator left for St. Michael early j
a. m., 17tb.
Kotlik, up Kotlik, 6 a. m., 17th. j
Alaska, leaves Fairbanks tonight, j
Dawson, at Dawson.
Selkirk, at Whitehorse
Yukon, up Circle, 11 p. m., 17th. j
Jacobs and Sibilla, at Circle.
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for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office *
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mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
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