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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PROFITS AND BOLSHEVISTS.
While it is hard to believe the
time will ever come when Ameri
cans will rise against their .govern
ment, developments of the past sev
eral years, and especially since the
war, cause one to wonder when the
limit of endurance will be reached.
That the people of the United States
are being hard pressed by conditions
which are becoming steadily more
intolerable, is apparent, even at
this distance from the centers of
monopolistic activities; but it is
doubtful if Alaskans reallize to what
limits our government officials have
permitted captains of industry and
finance to go in their frenzy for
greater and still greater profits.
The war, we are told, added twen- \
ty thousand names to the already
stupendous list of American mill
ionaires, and it is quite within rea
son to presume that owners of
millions before the war were not
i
idle while the great struggle was in
progress. If the war made so many
millionaires, it must have made also
many multimillionaires. The lust
for wealth, the like of which the
world has never seen, appears to
have obtained a firm hold upon our
nation, with no restraining hand at
Washington to curb the profiteers.
It has been said that official
Washington actually encouraged pro
fiteering during the war by the in
auguration of the cost-plus system
of contracting and failure to ex
ercise proper supervision over manu
facturing. But whether this is true
or not, it is a fact well known to
everyone that the cost of everything
mounted rapidly during the war
period, and is still mounting, with
no apparent jxcuse for further ad
vances and without a corresponding
increase in wages paid. In fact,
while profiteering continues unre
strained, the tendency now is to
lower wages rather than to increase
them further. And Washington
wonders why it is thah unrest is
growing throughout the country, and
seeks to silence those who are cry
j
ing out against the injustice of
present-day conditions.
' The great wonder is that Ameri
cans have stood for so much. They
have been patient almost beyond
the point of understanding, and
those few who have permitted them
selves to be carried away by their
resentment against the one-sided
system suggest what may be ex
pected from a greater number il
official Washington remains mucr
longer indifferent to conditions.
Some idea of the way things art
going in the States is contained ir
dispatches received this week, an
nouncing dividends earned by sev
eral of the American trusts whicl
are conducting their affairs in t
highrhanded manner, much after tht
style of Seattle bandits. One o
them is the Union Bag & Papei
company, which has declared a stoc>
dividend of 50 percent within thi
past few days, and another is thi
great American Tobacco company
which has modestly admitted in i
published report that its profits wil
permit of a 75 percent stock div
idend. Excessive paper prices havi
forced hundreds of newspapers ti
! the wall within the past year or
two, throwing hundreds of men and
women out of employment. And
while it perhaps cannot be said that
the high cost of tobacco has worked
an equal hardship, it is a fact that
increased tobacco prices have cut
deeply into the incomes of a very
large percentage of American work
ing people.
But instead of curbing these pro
fiteers and those who are guilty of
the still more serious offense of in
flating food prices, the men at
Washington, to whom we look for
protection, cause the arrest of work
ers who seek wages sufficient to
meet the increased cost of living.
A man is a Bolshevist nowadays
who has the temerity to demand an
advance in pay sufficient to insure
a decent living for himself and
family. Our officials at the national
capital, and elsewhere, do not ap
pear to realize that much of the
Bolshevism of which they so loudly
complain is the result of conditions
within our own borders—the result
of indifference at Washington to the
greed of American profiteers. If
they will eliminate profiteering, and
give tlie workers of the country a
decent share of their earnings, so
called Bolshevism will eliminate
itself.
WAGES AT JUNEAU.
The statement of Gov. Thomas
Riggs of Alaska to the house com
mittee on appropriations that he is
unable to get along on his salary
of $7,000 is likely to make office
holding in the Territory unattrac
tive, says a recent issue of the Se
attle Post-Intelligencer. In addition
to his salary, the Government fur
nishes him a mansion at Juneau
‘with heat, light, and janitor service
free of charge. Despite these gen
erous provisions, the Governor in
formed the committee that to main
tain his position he spent $12,530
last year. The committee refused
,to allow him an increase in salary
iof $3,000 a year on the rather un
sympathetic theory that a lot oi
people in the country are having 9
.harder time than the Governor ir
making both ends meet.
The traveling expenses of th<
.Governor, which are paid by th<
• Government, give the only means oi
.comparing costs in Alaska with those
iof Washington, where the goverroi
.is remunerated at the rate of $6,
j 000 a year. The itemized account
'of a “tour” of the Territory takei
iby Gov. Riggs in the fall of 191!
.were before the committee. Unde
I the head of “porterage” on the rail
,road trip between Cordova and Chit
jina, the Governor spent on behal
i of the Government 25 cents, whicl
^oes not appear to be any highe
• than “porterage” in the States. Sup
' i per at Fairbanks cost $2, and th
■ following week’s breakfasts wer
: charged for at the rate of $1.2
! each.
Nothing appears in the expens
,! account in reference to luncheoi
i'and dinner, but between August 1
1 !and 17 the Government paid fo
■ four baths at 25 cents each. Sav
■ for the very reasonable charge fo
> the baths, the committee might b
(left under the impression that the
Governor spent the luncheon and
dinner hours under water. When
the Governor pot to Nome a few
weeks later the price of baths went
up and the high cost of living be
gan to get in its ivork. In ex
plaining a charge of $1 for a bath
at Nome the Governor puts in the
parenthetical statement. ‘‘Could not
get a bath cheaper." However,
[thereafter the price of bathing at
Nome fell 50 percent, as the items
indicate the chief executive was able
to find a place where this necessity
was dispensed at 50 cents each.
It appears from the account that
one can get a good breakfast at
Nome for $1.75, and sometimes for
so little as 50 cents, but shoe shines
cost 25 cents a copy and pressing
a suit of clothes $2. which gives
the fleeting impresion of profiteer
ing.
Taking the account as a whole,
the charges in Alaska do not appear
to be much higher than in Wash
ington. If the Governor of Alaska
runs behind at the rate of $5,530
a year on a salary of $7,000, it is
easy to see where the officeholders
in the state of Washington have a
jhard time to get along. Doubtless
jthe taxpayers will hear a good deal
j about that phase of officeholding
i when the next legislature meets.
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After very careful meditation
And much sincere deliberation
On the various pretty plans and
projects
That our greatest men have
shown,
I find not a scheme in their agita
tion
For this evil world's amelioration
That has worth, wit, or wisdom in it
Except my own.
WEEKLY FORCE REPORT
:Contractors and engineers. :j44
!Trail crew, 347 .
jTelephone crew, 350 .
'Engineers and contractors, 350.
j Engineers and contractors, 356
| Mealy, 358 .
! Secs. 1-7 South, 411-358
10
9
17
54
40
1 Total Nenana South
Nenana—
j General .
j Electric .
I Corral .
| Construction
.133
• Store
j Hospital
,Townsite
51
6
7
45
21
11
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' Total Nenana
Terminal, 412
Secs. 1-6 North, 412-460
Goldstream Sawmill, 429...
.143
11
24
. 6
Total Nenana North
Sec. 16, 412-467 .
jSec. 17, Happy to Chatanika
Stationmen .
jStationmen laborers
41
2S
71
,24f
.. 21
Division Total
691
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ly furnished, with lot. Desirable
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No. 13A Pr.
In the Probate Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Fourth Division,
I Xenana Precinct.
, In the Matter of the Guardianship
of Anna J. Running, an Insane
Person.
Notice is hereby given that the
- undersigned has been appointed
guardian of the above-mentioned
Anna J. Running, an insane person,
and all persons having claims against
said insane person are directed to
present them, with the proper vouch
ers, to the undersigned, at Nenana
Alaska, which place is hereby des
ignated as the place where the busi
ness of the estate of said Anna J
Running is to be transacted, within
six months from the date of the first
publication of this notice.
Nenana, Alaska, April 15, 1920.
! E. J. NIELSEN,
Guardian of the Estate of Anna J
Running, an Insane Person.
Date of first publication, Apri
15, 1920.
Date of last publication, May 6
1920.
Day of publication, Thursday.
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NENANA LODGE No. 1193
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MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
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; Second and Fourth Mondays
At 8:00 P. M.
; ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
I Secretary Dictator.
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
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
purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
the foot cf A street on Wednesday ^
and Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
Camp 415 (North Nenana), for
Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
1 p. m.
The following is the schedule be
tween North Nenana and Fairbanks,
subject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7 ;00 a. m ,
arrive North Nenana, 11:30 a. na
Leave North Nenana 1:00 p. m
[arrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m.
No tickets will be sold crossing
the river. Those intending to trav
el to Fairbanks must make their
I own arrangements for reaching
[North Nenana.
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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.
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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. j
I 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.
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CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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