THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska, I
for enxry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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SOMETHING WRONG.
In a statement just issued at
Washington by Secretary of the
Treasury Glass to the effect that
■the war cost America $30,177,000,
000, he says in order that this
great obligation may be met both
the Government and the people of
America “must practice sober econo-!
my and wise investment, avoiding1
w’aste and speculation.”
Secretary Glass fails to inform us j
just how to practice economy when j
early-day Klondike prices are pre- i
vailing and advancing every week, i
Is there veiled humor in the secre- j
tary's use of the word “sober econ-l
omv?” Of course, says the Alaska
Daily Empire (Juneau) under ex
isting “arid” conditions, any eedno
my practiced in Alaska as well as
elsewhere in America at this time
must necessaryily be “sober” econo
my, but at the same time, how can
any person that eats with “eats”
at present prices practice “sober"
or any ether brand of economy? It
just can’t be done.
More than eight months have
elapsed since the armistice was
signed and the price of living—aye,
the price of existing—-has steadily
advanced ever since and is still ad
vancing. Where wrill it end and 1
what condition will the country be
in if the end is not soon? What !
condition is the country in today? j
During the period of the war i
Americans were not quite 100 per'
cent loyal. Had they been 100 per |
cent loyal, seventeen thousand new j
millionaires would not have been 1
made in the United States. For]
nearly two years the majority of
us denied ourselves many of the
necessities of life in order that we
might help win the war. and while
we were practicing such self-denial.
new millionaires to the number of1
seventeen thousand were being made J
at our expense. Were they prac
ticing the same brand of self-denial
that we practiced? Hardly. They;
were profiteering while we looked
longingly at something in the gro
cery stores we wanted to eat but
felt that we could not and at the
same time help win the war.
Furthermore, the majority of Am
ericans were buying themselves poor
in the line of bonds at the same
time they were stinting themselves
of the necessities of life in the
belief that prices would be lowered
as soon as the war was over. And
this is where the majority of Am
ericans were fooled. The war is
over and prices are still soaring and
the end is not yet. The result is
that people all over the country are
being forced to dispose of their
bonds in order to secure the means
of living.
And yet theorists tell us the
country’ is prosperous. Theoretical
ly the country may be prosperous,
but the people of the country—a
great majority of them, at least—
are not prosperous. The average
wage- or salary-earner throughout
the country has never been harder
put to make both ends meet than
at present. The manufacturers may
be prosperous, but the consumer is
taking up the starvation belt on an
average of one hole every month.
This is a condition, not a theory.
and one which we are now facing.
Ask the retailer why goods are
so high and he refers you to the
wholesaler. Ask the wholesaler and
he says material and labor are too
high, and ask the laborer and he will
tell you that he cannot support him
self and family on the pay he re
ceives. And there you are.
Something wrong? Everything is
wrong.
WILDCATS.
It is a source of great 3atisfac-1
tion, says the Washington Post, to
note that the Federal Trade Com- i
mission has begun a campaign to i
put a stop to the selling of wildcat
stocks and securities and to circum
scribe the activities of the financial
pirates who prey upon the credulity j
of the people. This is a particu- i
larly good time to start a campaign
for the suppression of these frauds.!
There are many millions of people
in this country who have invested
their savings in Liberty Bonds pay
ing 4% per cent interest, a large
number of whom are too easily in
duced to trade in their bonds for
worthless stock which the seller
promises will yield extravagant re
turns in the near future. Among
the bond owners stock salesmen are
reaping a rich harvest, and they
should be stopped. Stock in phan
tom oil companies, non-producing
gold mines, and blue-print manufac
turing plants are traded for Liberty
Bonds, which the fakers cash in and
devote to their own use.
Repeated warnings from high of
ificial sources have not served to re
strain many people from falling vic
tims of the lure of get-rich-quick
[ concerns. They read of war babies
now grown to full stature, of great
fortunes made overnight, and they
succumb to the tempting promises
| of the “blue sky’’ salesmen.
The Federal Trade Commission
can render no worthier service than
to protect the ignorant portion of
; the American public from the mach
inations of the fraudulent stock job
; bers. Every one who is caught in
j the dragnet of the law should be
. prosecuted to the limit as a warn
j ing to others who prey upon the
I gullibility of the people.
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Seattle No. 3, up St. Michael,
3:30 p. m., 3rd.
Alaska and Tanana, at Fairbanks
Kotlik, down Nulato, noon, 2nd.
Lansing and Davis ,at St. Michael.
Washburn, up Holy Cross for
Dikeman, 31st.
Relief, up Melozi, 6:30 a. m.
Julia B, up Louden, 1 a. m.
Reliance, up Fairbanks for Tan
ana Crossing, 1st.
Sibilla, Kelly, and Jacobs, at Gib
bon.
Yukon, up Fort Yukon, 3:30 a.
m., 3rd.
Dawson, up Selkirk, 7:30 a. m.,
2nd.
Casca, up Dawson, 7 a. m., 2nd.
Selkirk up Labarge, 3 a. m., 2nd.
Nasutlin, up Big Salmon.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
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POLITICIANS OF
MEXICO LING
UP FOR ELECTION
MEXICO CITY. — Although the
presidential election in Mexico is
not scheduled to be held until July ,
of next year, political alignments
are taking form.
The newspaper Excelsior, in a re
cent issue, reviewing the political
situation, declared that a canvass of
the various states showed these
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chiefs to have the following prefer- .
ences: Ten for General Alvaro Obre- !
gon; five for General Pablo Gon-j
zales; one for Luis Cabrera, serre- <
tary of the treasury; one for j
Aguirre Berlanga, secretary of the
interior; one for a civilian candi
date as yet unnamed, and seven un- j
decided. These varied selections ;
give some hint, at least, as to what
men are being considered for the ;
honor.
General Obregon at present is j
not in active army service, being j
engaged in private business in Sono- j
ra. General Gonzales is at the head !
of the government forces in the
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state of Oaxaca, following his paci-_j
fication of the State of Morelos, cul- i
minating in the death of Zapata, i
He has not openly pronounced him
self a candidate, but has issued j
several letters in which he chal
lenged statements credited to Gen
eral Obregon, and in one asked the i
latter to sign a pact with him that, j
in any event, the decision at the j
polls would be final. General Obre- i
gon as yet has not replied.
It is rumored in the capital that
several generals now in the field
have presidential ambitions.
El Heraldo de Mexico, a new
comer in the journalistic field here. ;
is attempting to unite the various
factions in Mexico into one political
party which, agreeing in matters
of governmental -policy, shall deter-1
mine upon a candidate and elect j
him.
To date none of the leading news
papers of the capital has publicly
pledged its support to any avowed
or potential candidate.
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\m THE PROSPECTOR S PLEA
FOR A GRUBSTAKE.
* By H. M. d’Orsav. *
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There’s a prospect haunts my pillo’A',
Do I wake, or yet but dream,
Be the vision white or golden,—
Rifts of ore with black between.
Thus I pass the longing daytime
With my prospect fair to see;
While my life, the flame that fans it,
Scarcely dwells inside of me!
I’m a dummy automaton,—
Other labors I perform,—
’Tis my prospect gives me courage,
Aye, it keeps this body warm.
As the light is to the candle;
As the bed is to the sea;
As the showers and sun to earth is;
So my prospect is to me.
Long forgotten is my surname.
No one seeks my family tree,
I am but an “Old Prospector”;
Yes, that name applies to me.
I would rend all 6ther fetters,
I would break all ties that bind—
But, man travels on his stomach,.
Ill-fed soldiers lag behind!
Thus reclaim that Life-Elixir!—
’Tis no favor that I seek—
Just a partner, with a grubstake,
I will all the chances take.
Then, like Thor, I’ll smite Alaska!
Till her very mountains quake,
Make her yield those golden nuggets,
Pay you amply for that stake!
Anthracite and antimony,
Malachite and platinum, too,
Surely, for a season’s grubstake,
’Tis a prospect good for two!
j That’s why wages seem a pittance,—
WANT ADS
IF YOU WANT YOUR SHOES re
paired, bring them to B and 4th
Sts. Ladies’ Shoes a specialty.
J. McLean.
FIFTEEN MEN WANTED to cut
wood. Five dollars per cord;
good timber. A. G. Vachon, Tan
ana. k8-lG
FOR SALE — Showcase. BYi feet
long. Practically new. Cheap.
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
I have seen and known the truth,—
Untold riches lay before us,
W’hile Life passes—as our Youth.
I would seek this covered treasure,
W’hich Alaska now doth hold,
Thus reclaim that Life-Elirir!—
Ah, the “find” means more than
gold!
Partner, answer, will you share it?
Just a crust yields wealth un
told,—
You may then revisit lost ones,—
Faults are buried by much gold!
VICTORY BRINGS THREE;
GOING BACK TOMORROV!
The Douse launch Victory arrived
from Fairbanks yesterday afternoon
with three passengers, the arrivals
being Lipman Simson, Jake Lawick,
and Frank Cleary.
The launch is scheduled to leave
on the return trip tomorrow morn
ing.
MONTHLY AID MEETING
TO BE HELD TOMORROW
The regular monthly meeting of
the Ladies’ Aid society will be held
at the Presbyterian manse tomorrow
afternoon, commencing at 2:30.
Business matters will be taken up
at 3 o’clock.
All ladies belonging to the society
are urged to attend the meeting.
PRICES OF RAW SILK
SHOW UPWARD TREND
YOKOHAMA, Japan. — Prices of
11 grades of raw silk, which drop
ed disastrously with the beginning
f the war, have since mounted far
bove the high tide of the last ten
ears. Japan exported $190,000,000
,-orth of raw silk last year, it is an
nounced.
Calling Cards printed to order on
ho-t notice at the News Office.
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Apples, Rhubarb, New Spuds
Onions, Ham, Bacon,
Lard, Cheese and Eggs
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BLANKEIELD EXPRESS
Clean Dry Wood for Sale
OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL
Hauling of All Kinds
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LIFE INSURANCE
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FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
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Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
WILL RETURN TO NENANA
SOMETIME IN JULY
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NENANA LODGE No. 1193
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second aBd Fourth Tuesdays
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary
Dictator. >
Department of the interior
Alaakan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south sf
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
Ouilding, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains
Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Wednesdays and Satur
days at 8 p. m.
On and after july loth the freight
on the North side of the river at
Camp 415 dock will be shipped out
Tuesday and Friday of each week,
leaving at 7 a. m., until further
notice.
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
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SOUTHERN HOTEL
BUILDING
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