THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for eniry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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THE PREMIUM ON DOLLARS.
The subject of foreign exchange,
like the tariff, is such an intricate
one it is not surprising that the i
average person usually gives it up
as hopeless, says the Boston Post.
Just at this time the foreign ex
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changes are in such chaotic condi
tion that even the experts are con
fused and in doubt about how and;
when normal may be restored.
But there are some interesting
and easily understood features of!
the present situation. For example,
most people are familiar with the
fact that in ordinary times before
the war the English pound sterling j
was worth about $4.85 2-3 in Ameri-j
can dollars. The pound sterling is j
now quoted at about $4.15.
That means that in 1913 an Am
erican tourist going to London could
take $1,000 and exchange them for
roughly 206 pounds sterling. Today
for the same $1,000 he would re-j
ceive about 241 pounds sterling. He i
would, therefore, have that much !
more English money to spend than j
he would have had six years ago for i
the given amount of American mon-j
ey. Of course, in the case of an
Englishman coming here the condi
tions would be just reversed. He
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would have to pay 241 pounds ster-.
ling to obtain $1,000 in American j
money, thus limiting his buying pow- ;
er in this country to that extent.
What is true in the case of the j
tourists is obviously true of pur- J
chases and sales made from eithe' j
side of the water. An American i
merchant buying goods from Eng- i
land pays the prevailing English 1
price in terms of pounds sterling, 1
and he simply makes up the price
by converting dollars into pounds '
at the ratio prescribed by the ex-;
isting market quotations for sterling ,
exchange. An English merchant
buying goods from here pays the
American price in terms of dollars,
converting his pounds sterling into !
the required number of dollars as 1
usual, only furnishing more of them
to make up a given sum because of
the discount on the exchange value. !
The American has the advantage j
bn either side of the transaction be-!
cause his dollars are worth more.
when measures against pounds ster-1
ling than they used to be before the j
war.
UP TO KOLCHAK.
Colonel John Ward, who has just
returned to London from Siberia.!
where he commanded a battalion of j
British troops which helped to over-1
throw the Bolshevik power there, J
says he believes the only chance for
democracy in Russia lies in the sue- j
cess of Kolchak. “His attitude on i
the land question.” says the colonel. J
“shows that he is not the reaction-!
ary he has been represented. He
sees clearly that the distribution of
big estates among the peasantry can
not be interfered with.
“It is proposed that those land
owners who have survived Bolshe- J
vism shall be given compensation
for the land they have lost, but
there is no id^a of restoring the
land to them. Kolchak stands up
for the poor peasants against what
Lenine has called the ‘village of
bourgeoisie'.
“It is found that well-to-do peas
ants had murdered many of the
: landowners, given a meager portion
of the poorest land to the poor
peasants, and joined the bulk of the
, estate to their own holdings. Kol
chak, with the advice of representa
tives of the Allies, decided to secure
for the poor peasants a fair distri
bution of the land. When this was
known, the comparatively wealthy i
peasants, who had secured the big
gest share of the land, raised the
cry that the old state of affairs was
to be restored. In some cases they
stirred up the peasants to revolt and
caused disturbances which had to be
put down by force.
“To know what Bolshevism is, j
you should have been with me at ■
Perm, when the ice in the river was
melting and the bodies of many who
had been murdered by the Bolshe
viki were revealed. I, myself, saw
fifty of them, and among them were !
the bodies of a number of women
and children. At one place there
was a wash-house built over the
river. The Bolsheviki cut a hole in
the floor, through which they drop
ped their victims into the deep wa
ters beneath. Bolshevism means the
end of democracy. I am certain
that if Russia is left to the Bolshe
viki, it will ultimately return to
autocracy.”
MEASUREMENTS AT
ANCHORAGE MADE
WITH PEDOMETER !
The distance between the new
Anchorage dock and the postoffice
building is 8386 feet or 1,6 miles,
according to measurements made by
H. L'. M. Higgins of the drafting de
partment of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission.
The measurements were made with
the aid of a pedometer and the
route traveled was east on Fourth
Istreet, north on E street, northeast
on pathroadwav to railroad track
leading onto the dock, and then
north to dock.
! Other distances from various
points to the dock are as follows:
j From Administration building of
: Alaskan Engineering commission,
j5,000 feet or 0.9 of a mile; from the
j City freight shed, 6,616 feet or 1.3
| miles; and from Baxter's corner,
j 7,726 feet or 1.5 miles.
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Fur Coats, Robes and Caps Reno
voted or made. Cleaning and press
ing Suits a Specialty.
D’ORSAY’S TAILOR SHOP,
Third and A Streets.
There are 14 pupils in the Me
j Carthy public school. The McCarthy
i Weekly News, speaking of the school
[year, says: “The McCarthy school
I building compares favorably with
any school anywhere. We have the
best teachers procurable, new books
and supplies have been received, and
all that is necessary for the children
of this town to be able to hold their
own with any others, even though
so far from large centers, is their
application for the next nine months.
The cannery steamer Afognak, be
longing to the Alaska Packers’ as
sociation, is being made over into a
gasboat at Wrangell.
LOXDOX.—The old question of
j whether London is to have sky
scrapers is being revived because
of the high price of property in the
business section and the lack of
space in office buildings.
The government buildings in
Whitehall are four stories high, but
it has been found necessary to add
a story to the War Office building
to meet the demands of the depart
ment. One well-known architect in
touch with the government’s plans
expressed the opinion that unless
the new and the old ministries were
content to do their work outside of
the area devoted to governmental
activities, skyscrapers were inevita
ble in Whitehall.
Generally speaking. however,
London does not like tall buildings.
Percy Tubbs, past president of the
Society of Architects, declared that
if the skyscraper was to come it
would be necessary to widen the
streets
“But space in London is not so
scarce as it is in Xew York, which
is an island,” he said. “I think
the traffic problem will not become
so unwieldy that we shall be afraid
to let London expand any farther
outwards and we will be compelled
to expand it upwards. Personally,
I always feel that where skyscrapers
abound the man in the street moves
in the bottom of a well.”
American architects who are here
erecting a huge department store
have repeatedly asked for permis
sion to extend the main building
high enough to accommodate not
only the present business of the
concern, but to provide for the fu
ture, and have met with no en-1
couragement whatever.
Miss Mabel Douglas will play the
pipe organ in the Empress theater
at Anchorage, owned by Captain
Lathrop. Miss Douglas comes from
California.
r.s. McDonald
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WANT ADSj
; GOOD TEAM, harness and No. 5
sleigh for sale. Inquire Knut
Koland, Third and C streets.
FOR SALE—Furnished house of five
rooms, attic, large basement and
winter cellar for vegetables. Heat
ed by furnace. Winter supply of
vegetables. Full corner lot. One
of the most desirable parts of
town. Inquire at News office.
FOR SALE OR RENT—High-grade
player piano. Inquire Simson's
Store.
FOR SALE—Piano and complete
household furniture; also set of
j mink furs. Inquire of Mrs.
Duke. 1.0-28
FOR SALE—-Small Lang range, with
kitchen outfit complete; couch
springs, mattress and bedding. In-'
quire Skof House.
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BUNCH OF KEYS found. Owner
can recover by calling at News
office and paying for this adver-!
tisement.
FOR SALE—Lady’s pony fur coat
and muff. Apply Mrs. R. S. Me- j
Donald. i
Matson creek, in the Sixtymile j
country, continues to contribute a
share of gold to the Yukon’s annua! ,
output, and promises to remain in
the producing class a good time. |
says the Dawson News. Several ;
claims were worked during the sum-1
mer, and more will be worked this
winter. Crews averaged as much
as $16 a day to the shovel.
Let Ander»on B-o* & Nerland
frame your picture*. New Moldings
just received.
The Secrest survey party, num- i
bering 33 persons, has finished its
labors and most of the party ar
rived in Anchorage on September
22. The party departed from An
chorage on May 28 and worked as
far north as Carlo creek.
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
Kenana. W.^ere Balls and Blvers Meet
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Groceries, Clothing and Footwear
SAVE TIME AND MONEY
\ All Necessities for Trail and Camp
GO TO
\ FOWLER & MORRIS
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
Ice Cream W.c. GAGNON
You’ll Say It’s Good UNION HALL
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Chop Suey, Noodles
AND
Home-Made Bakery
Northern Cafe
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NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
Second and Fourth Tuesdays
At 8:00 P. M.
M. V. TYLER,
Dictator.
ALEX FOWLER
Secretary
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
chase tickets before entering- trains.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is in a
the employment office, on the ground
floor of the General Office Building,
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at Camp 415 (North Nenana).
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can be
1 purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
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f the foot of A street on Wednessdays '
| and Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
Camp 415 (North Nenana*, Tues
days and Fridays, at 8 a. m.
No tickets will be sold crossing
i the river. Those intending to trav
| el to Fairbanks must make their
! own arrangements for reaching
i North Nenana. The Commission will
! continue its ferry service, with skiff,
jas long as the river is passable, and
every endeavor will be made to help
passengers across. The ferryman
will be on duty from 7 a. m. on
| the Nenana side, and will help pass
: engers from the north upon their
arrival in the evening; but this
service may have to be discon
tinued any day.
Passengers taking trains for Fair
banks on any other days than Tues
days and Fridays are liable to be
held up en route. No through con
nections are assured except on these
.days. This schedule is subject to
: change on short notice (or without
notice) upon completion of steel lay
ing between North Nenana and Fair
i banks.
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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.
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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