THE NENANA NEWS
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NENANA, ALASKA SATURDAY, DECEMBER S. 1917.
CHILDREN SHOULD KNOW.
A great amount of valuable and
interesting material is being pre
pared by the government under the
direction of the United States com
mission of education, for the use in
all the schools, public and private,
throughout the country, to aid in
more definite and widespread in
struction of the essential duties of
citizenship, in a democratic form of
government.
There are three grades of lessons,
one for pupils of the fourth, fifth
and sixth grades; one for pupils of
the seventh and eighth grades and
first year in high school, while
another set for the upper years in
high schools. There are thirty-two
pages of lessons for each grade and
the same were given out to the pub
lic on the first of October.
A similar amount will be given
out on the first of each month, to
and including the first of May, 1918.
The value of the proper teaching
of the above cannot be over esti
mated. It will give our boys and
girls a better and truer knowledge
of our country, ideals, government
and democracy. TV hat a force this
will work for a more perfect unity.
In the past, and even at present, we
have tens and tens of thousands of
children in our schools whose par
ents, native or naturalized, are ut
terly unable to tell them what are
the esentia’s of good citizenship. In
some of our schools an attempt has
been made to give it, but very
vaguely. This work and scope of
the government puts the matter in
such shape that many teachers here
tofore lacking in this regard, will be
enabled to ground themselves as well
as their pupils on what is American
citizenship. A democracy must not
only know its past, but know like
wise whither it is trending. The
future must never again see our
country's patriotism, even momen
tarily. in a twilight zone.
EIGHT-HOUR LAW.
On January 1. 1918 there becomes
effective and in force, a general
eight-hour law, having application ill
and to all lines of business where
men and women are employed in the
territory of Alaska. This includes
every kind and <'haracter of work
in the territory, nothing exempt.
Now it may be of interest to
readers of the News to learn that
just prior to the passage of the
above law the legislature in session
at Juneau, last April, was asked by
the Council of National Defense to
include in the bill, and of course in
the act, a clause allowing the gov
ernor of the territory authority to
set the law aside and make it non
operative until after the present war
if he should be convinced that it is
for the good of the teritory, or that
the operation of the law would tend
to hinder the production of the sal
mon pack.
No such action by the governor
has been taken as yet, and unless
there is a proclamation setting aside
the law. for the period of the war,
issued by him before the first of
January. 1918, the law will become
effective on the first of the year
Straightening of dairy cans, be
cause of a threatened shortage of
tin plate in this country, is being
advocated by the U. S. Food admini
strator, working in conjunction with
national dairy interests.
The scarcity of tin plate may
make necessary government restric
tions upon its use. Investigations
have shown that cans may be re
newed at from one-fourth to one
third the cost of new cans.
A short time ago Big Salmon Joe
brought into Whitehorse the head of
a moose he had recently killed, which
was somewhat of a freak. On one
side the antler was fully developed,
while on the other there was only
a short single spike.
By John C. Murphy
WAR REVENUE.
Never before in the world’s his
tory was there levied such a tax cn
wealth as the one recently passed
as a war tax measure. The only
fault we find is that it not high
enough. The tax as now in force
on small incomes is not great, only
when one gets into large incomes
does the tax become immense.
To provide funds for carrying
on the war, stamp taxes have been
placed and are now in effect, on
deeds and other legal papers, shares
of stock, bank checks, drafts, life,
fire and marine insurance and par
cel-post packages. The tax stamr s
must be attached to many other
things.
Parcel post packages must bear
a war stamp tax equaling one cent
for each 25 cents of the postage
■charge or fraction thereof.
The capital stock of any sort or
kind of corporation or association
must carry a stamp -..f E cents for
each 3100 or fraction thereof. If
no par value to the stock, then it
■must carry a stamp of 2 cents for
•each $100 or fraction thereof.
•Sale of produce on the exchange
must pay tax at the rate of 2 cents
•for each $100.
Checks, drafts and all other l ank
paper not payable at sight and all
■promissory notes must pay 2 cents
for each $100 or fraction thereof.
Deeds of conveyance, or any kind
of legal paper purporting to convey
or kind of interest, equitable or j
otherwise in real estate, where the;
■value is over $100 and not over;
$500, 10 cents, and for each ad
ditional $500 or fraction thereof,
50 cents.
For any ticket or passage from
any port in the United States to a
port not in the United States, Can
ada or Mexico, where the cost is.
over $10 and not exceeding *30,1
the tax is $1. Where the cost does
not exceed 560 the tax is 53; but
but costing more than 560, it is 55.
N'o tax is imposedd on tickets that
cost less than 510.
Proxies to any one to vote one’s
shares at a corporation meeting, or
to represent a director or trustee
in any corporation or association
carry a tax of 10 cents.
Powers of attorney earn- a tax
of 25 cents.
Playing cards are taxed 5 cents
a pack.
A war tax of 8 cents on each
5100 of any kind of life insurance
levied, -provided where the irsur
ance is on the life of a person and
payment for the same is in weekly
installments of 5500 or less, the
tax is 40 per cent of the first pay
ment thereonn only. On fire and
marine insurance the tax shall be
one cent for each dollar of the
premium. On casualty insurance
the tax shall be one cent on each
51 of the premium.
A tax of 3 per cent on the cost
price in sales of automobiles. On
phonographs, pianoplayers or the
records or other equipment used in
connection with the same, 3 per cent
of the cost. On moving pictures
1-4 of 1 per cent per lineal foot.
On jewelry. 3 per cent of the sale
price. On pleasure boats 5 per cent
of the price at which sold. And for
each year’s use of a pleasure boat
or yacht of five tons or more, up
to 50 feet in length, 50 cents per
foot; over 50 feet in length and not
over 100 feet long, $1 per foot;
and for each foot over 100 feet in
length, $2 per foot.
On base-ball bats and balls, tennis
rackets, billiard paraphernalia and
other sporting goods. 8 per cent of
sale price. On toilet waters, pow
ders and other toilet drugs. 2 per
cent of the sale price. Drugs of
various kinds, 2 per cent of the
sale price. Cameras, 2 per cent
ELSEWHERE IN ALASKA
The steamer Firwood, owned by
the Pacific-American Fisheries Co.,
and now under lease to the Facific
Steamship Co., left Kilisnoo recently
with 57,669 cases of canned sal
mon and 400 barrels of fish oil.
A great school of tom cods re
cently visited Nome and the citizens
turned out and stocked up for the
winter.
The body of James C. Turtle was
found recently in Campbell creek,
which flows into Cook Inlet about
four miles from Anchorage. Camp
bell had left Anchorage a few days
before in a boat on a moose hunt,
and it is believed that he encount
ered a storm and his boat was
swamped.
Carrie Wuotilla. 12-year-ola Ju
neau girl recently underwent an op
eration by which a large water tu
mor was removed from her brain.
Prior to the operation she could
scarcely see, because of the pressure
of the tumor upon the optic nerve.
She has now recovered her sight,
and normal health.
The Anchorage Times is authority
for the statement that a large part
of a shipment of rutabagas and tur
nips sent to Seattle by Matanuska
farmers were sold by the Seattle
commission men to Cordova ar.d Val
dez merchants and shipoed back, a
distance of 2423 miles greater than
was necesary had the Gorlova and
Valdez merchants bought from An
chorage direct, and urges that a
system of co-operation between the
merchants and the farmers of Alaska
be worked out and thus save the un
necesary freight charges.
Lester Henderson, commissioner
of schools of the Territory of Alas
ka. has just completed a tour of the
schools of the territory and return
ed to Juneau. During his tour he
traveled nearly 4.000 miles.
Alfred Gordon and Edward War
ren, who were recently convicted
of selling wine that is red to sev
eral innocent Indian maidens of
tender years were recently fined
$225 each at Haines recently. The
two men are themselves natives.
Many of the children in the pub
lic schools of Skagway were asked
why they had a holiday recently,
theoccasion being Alaska Day. Fin
ally a scholar was found who knew
the holiday was on account of
Alaska Day, but could not tell what
Alaska Day was celebrated for.
A. H. Humphries, of the Hum
phries Trannsfer Co., and Royal
Shepard, of the Shepard Insurance
and Steamship office at Juneau,
have organized a herring packing
concern and will erect a plant near
Kilisnoo. The plant will be in oper
ation early next spring, and the con
cern will put p the herring by the
Scotch mild cure system.
Secretary of Commerce Rodfield
has written a letter to the keepers
of the Scotch Cap light at Unimak
Pass, commending them highly fv,r
the assistance rendered ihe etew of
the Japanese steamer Kot'diim }■. aru,
wrecked on Amchitka Island last
August.
Douglas Islanders have r .t seen
the sun for so long that v. hen old
Sol recently forgot himself and
shone for a half hour, it created as
much comment as if a prominent
citizen had ran off with the hired
girl.
Walter Shields, of Nome, raised
enough vegetables for his own use
and sold quite a lot to citizens of
the camp. They were of fine size
and quality.
Chewing gum 2 per cent.
On all estates of $50,000 or less Js
of 1 per cent. On $50,000 and not
over $150,000, 1 per cent. Over
$150,000 and not over $250,000,
1 1-2 per cent. Over $250,000 and
not over $450,000, 2 per cent. Over
$450,000 and not over $1,000,000,
2 1-2 per cent. Over $1,000,000,
and not over $2,000,000, 3 per cent.
Then the per cent increases from
3 1-2 to 7 per cent on $10,000,000,
but on estates over $10,000,000. 1
per cent.
War tax on corporations, which
was 1 per cent on the net income
before the year 1916, is now raised
to 2 per cent of the income of last
year. And now an additional 4 per
cent has been added to this, making
the total tax effective today on cor
poration incomes 6 per cent, or just
6 times as high as it was before
we entered the world war.
Any kind of bonds representing
The Worthen mill at Juneau re
cently shipped 45,000 feet of clear
Alaskan spruce to the States to be
used in the manufacture of aero
planes.
A night school was recently start
ed in Douglas under the auspices c'
Supt. Greene, who gives instructions
in Spanish, English history and En- j
giish.
Sales of the r.ew Liberty Loan '
bonds at Sitka totalled $16,000. The j
sale was conducted through the cable j
office there.
At a recent meeting of the An-'
chorage Chamber of Commerce, j
Charles E. Herron, publisher of the
I Anchorage Times, was elected presi
dent of that body.
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Francisco Martinez, of K’tchikan, |
picked the pockets of D. E. Kinnock,
securing a watch and chain. He was
bound over by the commisioner un
‘ der $2,000 bail to appear beiore the
grand jury.
The Nome Nugget says that tin
horns, come-ons and sure thing men
are too thick for safety in that city. !
The town has been the Mecca of;
these gentry for years and an effort
will be made to clear up the town.
Owing to the shortage of water
at Anchorage, the authorities have
directed that the water supply in
I the residence district of the city
be shut off from 10 p. m. to 7 a. m.
daily.
The Alaska Gastineau Mining
Co.'s employes purchased $30,000
worth of Liberty bonds. It was con
tributed by men of all nationalities.
The city fathers of Juneau are
rigidly enforcing the dog ordinance.
Any owner failing or refusing tc I
pay the dog tax is subject to a fire
< f $5 in addition to having to rav
the tax or having the dog killed.
The recent big blow at Nome is
said to have moved millions of t.-ns •
of sand along the beach. Ii: many
places the coast was lowered three j
feet by the intensity of the wind.
Coal recently advance 1 to $13.50
in Juneau, the coal dealers telling
people who kick abort the quality
■ that they had better be thankful j
that they could get it at all.
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Judge Tucker, of the Second Di
vision. was ar. outgoing passenger !
on one of the last steamers from
Nome and will spend the winter in .
the States. ,
Because he pedled hootch to sorm'!
thirsty natives. Seth Rice, of Ketch
ikan. drew a fine of $250 in the
commissioner’s court at that place
recently. Elit Fawcett, one of the
untutored savages also drew a fine
of $125 for soliciting liquor.
The Sans Souci bui 'ft at Doug
las. which has housed the postoffice
in that city f it mor* than five ye-rs, 1
was burned to the ground reecnlly.
'the origin or the fire is a mjstery
Considerable furniture belonging t>
Douglas people who had moved Out
side for the enter was also burned.
Elmer A. Friend, whe f<»- nearly
two years past has been a:> edit-rial
writer on the .Tunea l Empire, and
who recently vent to Sewarl. w ere
he had received an offer to take the
editoralship and management of the
Seward Gateway, has decided to ac
cept the position and has sent for J
Mrs. Friend and their children.
Lawrence Barrett, who was shot i
and killed at Casper. Wyo., last weex j
was formerly a jitney driver be- j
tween Juneau and Thane
an indebtedness of any kind must ,
carry stamps of 5 cents each on |
<100 or fraction thereof. Indem- j
nity or surety bonds carry 50 cent ■
stamps. If the bonds are paid for j
then the tax shall be one per cent j
of the amount of the premium. |
The untaxable income has been i
reduced. Unmarried men and women !
may have an income of $1,000 ex- j
empt from tax. Then $1,000. but 1
not over $3,000. a 1 per cent tax. 1
And $3,000 to $5,00'*, a 1 per cent
lax. Married men or widow with
her children having an income of
$2,000 exempt. But above $2,000.
and not over $4,000, must pay i 2 ■
per cent tax. On $4,000, and se t>
over $5,000, must pay 4 per cent j
tax, and so on, as one’s income ir-j
creases, the rate per cent increases, j
The above are the essential points j
and features of the stamp, income j
and estate war taxes.
ICY CAPE HOODOOED;
ALL INDIANS LEAVE
Owing to the drowning of seven!
native children within a short period j
at the village at Icy Cape, between !
Cape Lisburn and Point Barrow, the I
natives claim the village hoodooed,
and have completely abandoned the
place, even the resident missionary 1
having been compelled to follow his
charges to the hills after vainly try
ing to dissuade them that the death '
of the children was not due to any
“jinx” on the place.
The Alaska Douglas Herring Pack
ing Co. is the name of a corpora
tion recently organized at Douglas
by James Christoe. of Treadwell. E
E. Smith and Fred Hanson, of Doug
las. and H. P. Graves, of Juneau.
As the herring only remain in shal
low w ater until cold weather sets in,'
the company proposes to devote all1
its attention at this time to fishing,
impounding the fish in some lagoon
which they will prepare to prevent
the escape of the fish, then when
the fishing season is over, the im
pounded fish can be canned until
the fishing season opens again in the
spring.
NOTICE.
The School Tax Roll is now in the
Townsite ofice, where payment of
taxes will be acepted.
Notice have been mailed to all tax
payers where known. Some changes
of property have occurred which
have not been recorded, or recorded
in Fairbanks. In such cases notices
may be received by the wrong
parties, and to assist in adjusting
such cases it is requested that tax
payers call at the townsite office
where the matter will be straightened
out.
J. G. BREYIG,
Assessor.
DOG FOUND—Black and white
malamute, at 20-Mile. Owner call
at News office for further particu
lars.
FOR SALE CHEAP—Half inter
est in pool room and cigar stor“
Inquire at News office.
COOK WANTED—See Mr. Yachon i
at Commission hospital.
LOT FOIl SALE—( lose in:
cleared; cheap. Inquire News
office.
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