STRICTLY SANITARY BATHS
ATTRACTIVE LOBBY
COONEY HOTEL
THE MOUSE OF COMFORT FOR ALL
DOG KENNELS NENANA, ALASKA
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NOTICE STUMP IN
EL PASO HISTORIC
EL PASO.—When El Paso was
an adobe frontire town and an irri
p. {ration ditch meandered through the
main business street, the stump
of a cottonwood tree stood at the
intersection of the two unpaved
streets. On this stump were posted
notices for “bad men” of that day
to leave town overnight or be!
lynched next day. The stump be-:
came historic because of the notices
si and is now preserved in the museum
©f the Pioneers’ association.
Reecntly General Anson Mills,
founder of El Paso, sent the Mills
Historical Circle original copies of
these notices, including one denounc
ing him for an “abolitionist” and h'.r
reply, both of which were posted
on the old stump.
The Cascade Laundry has plenty
of hot soft water at all times. New
> bath rooms, fully equipped and san
itary, with special rooms for ladies.
You get -ebate with $2.50 laundry,
which applies on bath, or pay 50c
per bath.
Herman Rosburg, manager of the
Coliseum theater, left for Fabanks
on the Douse launch to arrange
for the showing of special features
here during the Fourth of July cele
bration. He expects to return be
fore the end of the week.
Electrical Goods
Stoves and Ranges
Water Pipes and
Fittings
Bath Fixtures
Sheet Metal Work of All Kinds
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
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LABOR SITUATION IN THE
WESTERN STATES AS SEEN
BY EMPLOYMENT CHIEES
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III.—UTAH
SALT LAKE CITY.—There -are
about 4,500 unemployed men in
Utah, according to Parker B. Cady,
federal director of the United States
employment service for Utah. Mr.
Cady was speaking of all sorts of
unemployment and he figured that
it would be at least the first of
June before the present condition
would be alleviated.
There is some demand for miners,
Mr. Cady explained, particularly in
the camps of Park City, Eureka,
and Frisco, but this demand is not
large enough to take care of all
the unemployed miners in the state.
Melting snows will probably open
up the Big Cottomvood mining dis
trict about June 1, and this, it is
thought, will help relieve the situa
tion regarding miners. The situa
tion at Bmgham is still acute, every
thing depending upon the copper
'situation. Utah coal mines are
working less men than in former
years, but they are managing to
give those men employed three
or four days work each week, re
ports to Mr. Cady show.
There is no active demand in
Utah for strictly farm labor, al
though there is beginning to come
into the office of the employment
service a demand for workers in
beet fields. This work pays high
for experienced men—as much as
$8 an acre—but the inexperienced
man can easily top more than a half
acre of beets a day, and then board
and room is said to be included.
Utah has been besieged with a
demand for single farm labor for
Idaho, and although there are many
unemployed farm hands on the lists
in the federal employment service
office, the Idaho requests are not
being filled—principally, according
to Mr. Cady, because transportation
is not furnished the help.
Utah can furnish almost any sort
of labor, Mr. Cady says, and he is
looking for openings in states other
than Utah in which to place the
surplus of labor now prevalent he;je.
Although the unemployment in this
state at the present time is large,
much of it being due to the de
mobilization of Utah's soldiers and
[sailors, Mr. Cady believes that the
'situation should show much im
provement by the fall months.
Openings of mines will have much
to do with taking care of the labor
surplus, and every effort is to be
made to persuade the federal gov
ernment to take some measures
which will result in more mining
work.
Probably one of the most import
ant fields for Utah's surplus labor
is the big state highway program
j authorized by the recent state legis
| iature and by several county com
| missions. If the work on these
[highways gets started soon there is
likely to be a shortage of common
labor, rather than a surplus.
Increases in the cost of commodi
ties and food in Utah since the be
ginning of the European war in
1914 have been enormous, accord
ing to figures compiled by the Cora
[mercial club of this city. Increases
i in wages have been unusually small,
in some lines of work not amount
ing to more than five per cent.
I A study of the comparative costs
of foods and necessary commodities
in 1914 as against 1919 is said to
present serious difficulties by the
| club’s statisticians.
I The average cost of a great many
commodities, including foodstuffs,
[clothing, building material, coal and
other commodities, shows a general
increase between 1914 and 1919 of
about 45 per cent. In some com
modities the increase has been very
much greater. Particularly is this
true in the case of hardware, 191G
showing a. 100 per cent increase
over 1915; 1918, 202 per cent: and
1919, 190 per cent.
WOMAN SHOOIS
BLACK BEAR AT
RAILROAD CAMP
Mrs. Frank Washburn, who ran
a barber shop recently in Nenana,
and who is now running the mess
house for George Palmer, a grading
contractor on the Nenana-Fairbanks j
line, had the distinction of killing
a big black bear near the camp
a day or two ago.
George Palmer’s camp is situated
about four miles from the beginning!
of the grade on the Fairbanks line, j
and recently wras visited several
times by bears, in search of food. \
While looking through the slit in 1
the back of the mess tent a day j
or two ago, Mrs. Washburn saw a •
black bear in the borrow pit a few j
yards away from the tent. The'
to get away, and borrowing a 30-40 j
carbine from James McMahon, who
was camped nearby, Mrs. Washburn
prepared to annex that bear hide.
To take a shot at the bear, which
was in the borrow pit, Mrs. Wash
bum had to stand on one of the
benches in the messhouse. Drawing
a careful bead on bruin, she pressed
the trigger, the recoil of the heavy
rifle knocking her clean off her
perch, but she had the satisfaction
of killing her quarry at the first'
shot.
The shot was a clean one, Iew:ng ■
only a tiny hole in the hide at the
spot where it entered the vitals and ■
ended the bear's career. The hide
is also said to be in excellent con
dition, and will, when thoroughly
cured, adorn Mrs. Washburn’s home !
BERING BLACKSMITH COAL
LOOKS LIKE REAL ARTICLE
Five sacks of blacksmith coal
were brought to Cordova recently
from the Bering River Coal com
pany’s mine and will be given a
test by the Copper River & North- ;
western Railway. It is the best
looking coal that has yet been pro
duced in Alaska and is said to con
tain more heating units than the
fuel received from British Columbia.
VICTORY SAILED
FOR FAIRBANKS
The launch Victory, with Captain
Fred Douse at the wheel, sailed
from Nenana this morning, bound
for Fairbanks.
She took away a few packages of
freight and the following passenger;
for the upper town; Herman Ros
burg, Ed Williams and L. W. Hill.
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Seattle 3—At St. Michael.
Alatna—Up Koyukuk river, 16th
Dooley—Up Koyukuk river, 17th
Washburn—Down Melozi, 10 a. m
Benchley—At Louden.
Alaska—Up Hot Springs 8 a. m...
date.
Davis—Down Lebarge 8:30 a. m.
the 17th.
Casca—Up Big Salmon, 8:3*> a.
m., 17th.
Selkirk—Down Lebarge, 7:45 a
m., 17th.
Nasatline—At Lebarge, 8:39 a
m.. 17th.
Tanana—Up Circle, 12:45 a. ra .
the 17 th.
In No Danger.
‘‘I say, Jones, I want to insure
my coalyards against fire. What
would a policy for $20,000 cost?"
“What coal is it? Same kind as
you sent me last?"
“Yes.”
“I wouldn’t bother insuring it if
1 were you. It won’t burn."—Bos
ton Transcript.
Dodging It.
“Hubby, if I were to die would
you marry again?”
“That question is hardly fair, my
dear.”
“Why not?”
“If I were to say yes, you would
n’t like it, and to say never agair
wouldn’t sound nice.” — Pittsburg
Sun.
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Residents of N’enana are being'
given the opportunity this week of
arranging for the purchase of Fran-j
cis A. March’s History of the World ;
War, recognized as the most com
| plete and authoritative record of
war events of the past four yeais
thus far published. The history
is in one volume, of 750 pages, j
highly illustrated with photographs
of world celebreties and notable
places and 200 reproductions of'
actual scenes on the fields of battle,
tokether with reliable maps of the
| various scenes of conflict.
Thos. Markuson. well known for
mer resident of Ester, has secured
the exclusive rights for the sale of
the history in Alaska and is now
in Xenana for the purpose of offer
j ing his wonderful book to local
: people. The books will be consigned
| to the local store of the Fairbanks
! Clothing company, where they will
] be distributed to those who arrange
jwith Mr. Markuson for their pur
j chase. Orders for the books also
may be left with Joe Fisher.
| Francis A. March, by whom the
history was compiled, is a brother
| of General Peyton C. March, chief
jof staff of the American army.
The introduction is from the pen of
: the general himself.
WARM SPRINGS ARE
BELIEVED TO EXIST
UNDER SUSITNA RIVER
ANCHORAGE.—Government rail
road engineers making soundings 1
for a bridge across the Susitna
river, 151 miles north of Anchorage
have determined that warm spring.
underlie a part of the river. In
the ice of the river eariy in the
i spring of each year, a rift about
1,000 feet long and 25 feet wide
occurs, they report, and this open
j stretch of water does not close until
j the freezing weather of the follow
j ir.g winter. The rift in the ice pre
! cedes by nearly two months the
movement of ice from the lower
stretches of the stream.
Genuine Buhach at Fowler t
Morria.
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Dr. E. M. Spaulding former Fair
banks physician, has opened a hos
i pita! in the Willow creek district,
to which locality he recently moved
with his wife.
Mrs. Ethel Bennett, formerly en
gaged in special work with the A.
E. C., in Nenana, now has a position
in the disbursing office at An
chorage.
George Gamble, who was in Ne
nana last year with W. A. Ryan,
as a special employ of the interior
department, and who went to An
chorage with the Ryan party during
the winter, is reported to have left
the coast town for Washington, P.
C., recently. Mr. and Mrs. Ryan
left for the States some time ago.
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Ketchikan has re-employed as
teachers in her public schools Sup
erintendent W. A. Knox, Miss May
me Brewster, H. C. Hughes. Miss
Margaret Osborn. Miss Izma Gaines,
Miss Georgia Henry, Miss Army
Barlow, Miss Nettie Thomasson and
Miss Harriet Rossiter. Miss Louise
Field, who formerly taught at
Ketchikan, has been employed as
librarian.
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