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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FIGHTING PROFITEERS.
A. W. Riley, chief of the “Flying,
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Squadron” of the Department of
Justice, whose campaign so far has
resulted in the conviction of 107
profiteers with fines ranging from
§50 to $2,500 and imprisonment
from one day to two years, has un
covered a number of surprising
commodities for which dealers are
said to be asking exorbitant prices.
Complaints of alleged “gouging” in
almost everything from pickles to
rouge and from lemonade to whisky
are being reported to Mr. Riley by
New York consumers. One man
who had paid $1.15 to a restaura
teur for a tiny steak and six small
pieces of French fried potatoes,
didn’t stop to eat. them, but glancing
at his check, took a newspaper he
had been reading, wrapped up his
“meal” and took it to the Federal
prosecutor. {
Some of the letters of complaint
were amusing, others pathetic. All,
however, showed the seriousness of
the present era of high prices. One
indignant citizen wrote: ’’You
ought to investigate -’s fish mar
ket in Brooklyn. He’s a modern
Jesse James. What do you think
of 90 cents a pound for salmon and
60 cents for sea bass?”
The chief of the “Flying Squad
ron” has received complaints of
such examples of alleged profiteer
ing as follows:
Drug store whisky at 5$ a pint
and $2 more for doctor's prescrip
tion; canary birds $20 to $25 and
$3 to $18 for a cage; lemonade,
served at a hotel dance and said to
have been “weak,” $1 a glass;
rouge, $1 to $3 a box for “import
ed” brands; that fish during Lent
rose from 20 cents to $1 a pound
in some New York markets; prunes,
three for 10 cents in a popular
restaurant; peanut oil, sold as
“olive oil,” $4 a quart; anthracite
coal $15 instead of $9.50 a ton in
Nyack, N. Y., because the miners
were granted a wage increase of 50
cents a ton.
Consumers complain to Mr. Riley
that they have to pay 50 cents a
pound for the same brands of cof
fee that retailed for 21 cents a pound
before the war and that wholesalers
paid 11 cents a pound for some of
these coffees three years ago and
are now paying 15 cents. Milk,
they charge, costs 10 cents a glass
in restaurants which buy it for 12
cents a quart; that they have to
'pay 35 cents for linen collars cost
ing at wholesale $2.40 a dozen;
pickles cost 6 cents each; cabbage
40 cents a head; 75 cents a bunch
for asparagus, and 35 cents a head
for lettuce.
A young woman protested after
having paid $3 for a bag at a de
partment store “bargain sale" which,
she discovered later, cost 75 cents
to manufacture. She said that many
big business houses were not satis
fied with 100 percent profit, but
were making, in some cases, 150 to
200 percent.
Several big New York corpora
tions, which have been accused ol
making unjustifiable profits on food
stuffs and clothing, are now reporter
under investigation. According tc
Mr. Riley, one convicted profiteer
blamed the public for much of the
high prices
“Ft’s so easy to set what you
ask for,’’ the merchant confided to
the chief investigator, “that few
business men can resist the temp
tation to raise prices. If I put two j
garments in my store window of!
exactly the same cut and materials,
but with a $f>0 tag on one and a
$55 tag on the other, most persons
would buy the higher-priced one.
It’s a strange freak of human na
ture. People nowadays don’t seem
to concern themselves any more
about what a thing costs.”
Protests against profiteering are
reported pouring into the Federal
building from all over ine country.
VV hen a complaint is received it is
indexed and forwarded to Federal
prosecutors and “fl ,'ing squadrons”
operating in the United S*-ate= ju
dicial territory where the victim rc- I
sides. Investigation follows and. if!
the facts warrant, arrests are made.
The campaign, initiated by Attorney
General Palmer, will go on, accord
ing to H. I., v’an Sickier, in charge
of the New York office for Mr. Riley,
“until prices of food, clothing, fuel
ar.d feed for livestock are brought to
more normal levels.”
D LOWER BARS
MANILA.—The Philippine citizen- j
ship bill passed by the last legis- {
lature has been signed by Governor
General Harrison. A section of the
act which permits the acquisition of
Philippine citizenship by Orentals
who are specfically barred from be
coming citizens of the United States
must be approved by the President
of the United States before it can
become a law.
This would allow Chinese and oth
er Orientals who are domiciled in
the Philippines at present to gain
citizenship, but would not permit
the importation of Chinese labor
into the islands.
On account of the scarcity of
labor in the sugar cane and rice
fields of the Philippine islands, there
have been several attempts to pass
through the legislature a bill to al
low the importation of Chinese la
borers, but these attempts have
failed so far.
MARATHONS ARE HARD;
SHORTEN MEN’S LIVES
j PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Marathon
running is a dangerous practice and
will shorten the life of an athlete
' by several years, according to Al
fred Shrubb, famous coach of the
Oxford-Cambridge track team which
came to this country to participate
in the University of Pennsylvania
relay races.
! At a banquet in honor of his
team, Shrubb urged that American
youths should not be encouraged tc
'compete in long distance contests
The effect on the' muscles, heart anc
other organs, he said, causes pre
mature death.
■saaaa, Alaska’s Interior Tuel Depot
LAWS HANDICAP 10
YA1EESIN CHINA
SHANGHAI.—A large number of
'business concerns which have been
^operating in this city under Ameri
can control have been compelled to
place themselves under the manage
ment of British merchants in order
to conform to a British order in
council. Under this rule, which was
promulgated early in the year, busi
ness houses in China already under
British register must be managed
and controlled by British subjects.
This has affected a vast sum of
invested American capital and a
considerable sum of Japanese and
other foreign investments, as the
majority of business houses con
ducted by Americans and Japanese
in China were registered under the
Hongkong, or British, ordinances.
In order to comply with the new
requirement, it has been necessary
for these American institutions to
displace a number of Americans
from executive positions and to re
place them with subjects of Great
Britain.
Tennis Shoes fo~ Boys, Men and
Women. Fowler & Morris.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Probate Court. Territory of
Alaska, Fourth Judicial Division,
Nenana Precinct.
In the Matter of the Estate of Her
man Nelson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, Administrator of the Es
tate of Herman Nelson, deceased, to
the creditors of, and all persons
having claims against, the said de
ceased ,to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within six
months after the first publication of
this notice, to the said Administra
tor or to R. S. McDonald at his
office, for said Administrator, at Ne
nana, Alaska.
Dated this 25th day of May, 1920.
JOHN E. LUND,
Administrator.
First publication May 25, 1920.
Last publication June 22, 1920.
Day of publication, Tuesday.
'notice to creditors.
In Probate Court, Nenana Precinct,
Fourth Division, Alaska.
In the Matter of the Estate of Her
man B. Rosburg, deceased, late
member of the firm of Rosburg
& Burns, composed of Herman B.
Rosburg and Joseph E. Burns, co
partners.
Notice is hereby given to all whom
it may concern that the undersigned
has been duly appointed adminis
trator of the above entitled co
partnership estate by the Commis
sioner and ex-officio Probate Judge
of the Nenana Precinct, Alaska, by
an order duly made and entered on
the 24th day of May, 1920, and
that all persons having claims
against the said partnership estate
are required to present them, with
the proper vouchers, within six
months from the date of this pub
lication to the undersigned admin
istrator of said partnership estate
at his place of business at the Col
iseum theater building, on A street,
in the town of Nenana, Alaska,
which said place is hereby desig
nated as the place for the transac
tion of the business of said part
nership estate.
Dated this 24th day of May, 1920.
JOSEPH E. BURNS,
Administrator of said Partnership.
CECIL H. CLEGG,
Attorney for Administrator.
First publication May 25, 1920.
Last publication June 22, 1920.
Day of publication, Tuesday.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Probate Court, Territory of
| Alaska, Fourth Judicial Division,
Nenana Precinct.
j In the Matter of the Estate of Erick
Sahlin, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, Administrator of the es
tate of Erick Sahlin, deceased, to
the creditors of, and all persons
having claims against the said de
ceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within six
months after the first publication of
this notice, to the said' Administra
tor or to R. S. McDonald at his
'office, for said Administrator, at
Nenana, Alaska.
Dated this 25th day of May, 1920.
HERMAN MAGNUSON,
Administrator.
First publication, May 25, 1920.
Last publication, June 22, 1920.
Day of publication, Tuesday.
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NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
chase tickets before entering trains
Tickets can be purchased from
jthe station agent, whose office is in
’ the employment office, on the ground
! floor of the General Office Building,
j Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
jat North Nenana.
Tickets will be on sale at .ny
j time during office hours, and can be
j purchased in sufficient time before
I the departure of the trains.
J 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 N’ortn N'enana and Fair
banks is etfective June 1, subject to
change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 8:00 a. m.;
arrive North Nenana, 12:30 p. m.
Leave North Nenana, 2:00 p. m.;
j arrive Fairbanks, 6:30 p. m.
j A ferry will be run between Ne
| nana and North Nenana to connect
with Fairbanks trains. Passengers
for Fairbanks should purchase tick
ets in Nenana before crossing the
ferry.
Trappers and Traders of Alaska *
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
Daring 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.
OuiT*excellent Eastern connections, and the tremendous amount
of mail order business we are receiving from all parts of the
States for furs made ta order enables us to turn our stock quickly
at a reasonable profit, but we must have f*r, for which we guar
antee top prices. y
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. i
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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