Application made April 1. 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
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RUSH PREDICTED.
For more than twenty years, say;
Stroller White in a bulletin issued
recently by the Alaska Publicity
Bureau, the trend of travel front
September 15 to February 15 ha;
been from Alaska to the Outside
This winter the order is reversed
and even now there is a heavier
passenger traffic from the Outside
to Alaska than the other way, and'
present indications point to the
largest movement northward next'
spring that has been witnessed since ;
the boom days several years ago. j
There is a reason for this condition,
and it lies in the fact that Alaska >
is coming back and coming strong j
Thousands of Alaskans have gone
Outside within the past three years *
and they have not found the smooth ■
"sledding" they hoped for. The ■
flowery bed? of ease they expected
to find there proved mythical. Val- i
iantly they have endeavored to turn
deaf ears to the call of the North. ,
but that call has been so insistent
that many are heeding it, and that
accounts for the pres**^ increase in
northbound travel. AH the oldtim- j
ers know just what they can do
in Alaska and just what Alaska will
do for them. They know that the
same efforts expended here will yield
larger ar.d more satisfactory returns
than if expended in the States, and
besides, the lure of the North is in
their systems and they jus: natur
ally yearn to get back. Not only
are the oldtime Alaskans return
ing, but at no time within nearly
a score of years have so many new
neenle interested in this eoun
try a> at present. Farmers, me- :
chanics, laborers, professional men.1
..nd women, stenographers and school 1
teachers of both sexes, clerks and
bookkeepers by the hundreds, nurses,
housekeepers, cooks—in fact, rep
resentatives of all callings and avo
cations in life—are crowding the
mails with letters nequesting in
formation concerning Alaska. And
Alaska can and will provide for;
many of them. She has the re
sources, and population is her great-'
est need. i
M’PHERSON AND ALASKA.
Alaska, land of proved and fabled
treasures, stands on the threshold
of 1920 with its greatest outlook
for prosperity in sight, says J. L.
McPherson, manager of the Alaska
bureau of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce and Commercial club, re
viewing last year’s developments
in the Territory. Wonderful silver
discoveries at the head of Portland
canal ar.d elsewhere bid fair to
surpass in value the Klondike’s
yield. Gold quarts discoveries 45
northwest of McGrath, rich finds
of palladium and platinum, the first
commercial shipment of iron ore
from Snettishan. opening of a vast
sulphur deposit on Akun island, a
splendid outlook for the paper-pulp
industry, growth in Southeast Alas
ka’s timber development, in coal
mining with the first mining done
in the Nenana field, are among the
year’s presents to Alaska.
The Salt Chuck mine shipped in
one month “eighteen tons of con
centrates containing large values in •
: palladium, which has a value of
about $125 an ounce, more than six
times the value of gold." says Mr.
McPherson.
! The year 1919 was one of sub
stantial progress for Alaska. Con
'gress authorized the appropriation
'of $17,000,000 for the completion
i . . i
31 tne trovernment ranroaa iron
Seward to Fairbanks. This railroad
will make possible the economic de
velopment of the great Alaskan In
terior. More important is the friend
ly attitude of Congress toward much
needed legislation that will encour
age settlement, and the building of
local industries in Alaska, which it
now realizes is essential to a per
manent and prosperous citizenry.
Mr. McPherson is of the opinion
that Congress now realizes that the
great value of Alaska to the Ameri
can nation depends upon the extent
to which the territory is peopled
by a prosperous and contented cit
izenry. Alaska has diversified re
sources of such potential value and
extent as to warrant a large popula
tion. if the resources sjl ihilized
as to make possible the establish
ment of local industries. Congress
is now advised that the only hope
of success is by the adoption of a
policy that will encourage settle
ments and the rational development
of resources.
PATRIOTISM.
If there ever was a serious mis
take which our people are in danger
of making, it is the view that we
are raking of the nature of patriot
sm. says the Dubuque Times-Jour- j
ial. To many it simply seemed to
>e a state of lip enthusiasm for the •
nterests of our country in time of
var. Then it was our duty to make J
sacrifices, to show our devotion to
\merica. to display the flag. to re
buke the lukewarm with all the
?nergy at our command. Now that *
reace has come, it seems that pa-;
triotism has been demobilized for a
irreat many people. Our Govern
ment makes appeal after appeal, and
they fall on deaf ears. We are :
sold the things which are essential ;
for the well-being of the nation and i
we proceed to disregard all of them. '
It is pointed out to us that the j
enemies of our country are still ac
tive in the newer and even more
dangerous trade war, and great
classes of our citizens take the very ]
steps which help to restore German
industry by weakening our own in- j
dustrial efficiency.
How much have we heard of the
need of thrift? Who practices
thrift? The trades which deal in
luxuries are flourishing as never
before. We have all heard that
any reduction of the amount of
goods produced in America must of
'necessity encourage the German ex
port trade. And in spite of this
! fact, we are doing the very things
• which will restrict production and
'make prices high.
I To complain about the present
situation will be of no especial val
ue. What we need is a combined
effort to show that there is as defi
nite a need for patriotism in the
critical period after the war as in
he darkest days of the great con
lict. The school, the church, all
>f the institutions which have any
part in molding public opinion, can
play their part in this movement.
kVe do not need emotionalism, but
i steady and intelligent devotion to
the best interests of our country.
Hi is as we understand it is patriot
ism. and the news reports which
rome to us from day to day show
hat America needs it as never be
fore.
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SAN FRANCISCO.—Oil produc
tion in California in 1913 is esti
mated at 100.000,000 barrels by
R. F. McLaughlin, state oil and gas
supervisor. This is a slight in
crease over the 10IS output.
The total value of the crude oil
at the wells was approximately
$135,000,000. McLaughlin reported.
The field price of oil has advanced
in just about the same degree as
farm products, the supervisor said,
adding that “the price of California
oil may not bo reasonably expected j
to decline until the general price j
level of all commodities falls."
‘ The increase or decrease of the i
amount of oil in storage Vias for!
several years been generally con- j
sidered as an index for field prices." j
said McLaughlin's report. “During 1
the past year and a half, however, i
the effect of stored oil on field!
I
prices has been entirely obliterated
or neutralized by the general con
dition of advancing prices of all
commodities. I
"Current statistics by private
concerns disagree as to the actual
; amount of oil now stored, but do
agree in indicating that stocks were
j somewhat less at the end of the)
iyear 1919 than at the beginning. !
;This, in conjunction with the fact I
jthat production was approximately
• the same as during the previous ‘
| year, shows that the industry has
inot quite held its own.”
i Five hundred new producing wells
j were brought in during the year.
| the report ?aid. noting that daily
i production per .veil declined during!
the year from 32 to 30 barrels. :
In 1910 it was 37 barrels.
The acreage of proved land was j
materially increased by develop- j
mer.ts in the Elk Hills district Kerr, ji
ounty, ana Kienneia aisinci. tar- j
mge county, the report said. The C
otal now was estimated at 91,000 j
icres, as compared with 89.2121
icres in March, 1919.
Construction of additional hydro
dectric power plants is reported as ; f
roine forward to such an extent It
:hat the present annual consump-jr
lion of oil for generating electricity j t
ivill be reduced by two million bar- jc
rels.
McLaughlin said waste of oil i t
through improper drilling methods | i
was being decreased under state su- j s
pervision and that the economic j
waste of burning crude oil without j:
first extracting its more valuable j i
constituents by refining is apparent-';
ly being eliminated. i '
The outlook for the year is en-;
couraging, the supervisor said. He
advised further Drospecting under di
. i
rection of qualified geologists to !o- j
cate new fields in the state.
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CALIFORNIA CLIMATE
HAS UNUSUAL FEATURES;
GRASS VALLEY, Cal.—The curi- J
ous spectacle of harvesting semi-'
tropical fruits and ice at the same j
time within the confines of one j
county less than 100 miles in length
is again being witnessed here. Or
chardists from the Pet Hill district,
a few miles below Grass Valley,
are marketing oranges, lemons and
grapefruit in considerable quanti-;
ties, while in the Truckee region of j
this county more than 1.000 men
are engaged in the annual harvest
of natural ice, which will total
thousands of tons.
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atron of one of E! Centro’s bar
ers, as he followed the shortest
oute from the shop to the office
f an agent of the United States
epartment of justice.
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or a shave and 25 cents for a
hine.
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•itizens of El Centro not only to
ell their stories to federal reprc
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NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
chase tickets before entering tram
Tickets can be purchased from
the -tation 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 ;.cy
time during office hours, and can b"
purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
Regular trains fur the south ieove
the foot of A street oa Wednesdays
and Saturdays at fc a. m.. and from
Camp 415 (North Nenana). for
Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fiidays, 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 :3® a. m
Leave North Nenana 1 :W0 p. m
arrive Fairbanks. 5:3® p. m
No tickets will be sold cross iqc
the river. Those intending to trav
el to Fairbanks must make the1.'
■ own arrangements for reaching
i 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.
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 guaa
antee top prices.
Make us a trial shipment If our price doe? 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