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el. L. PI!nan Atlln, B.C. j
HERE'S FOOD FOR REFLECTION
While Bolshevists rave about Russian freedom and Communistic pros
perity and Socialistic pipe dreams and Capitalistic steals and the country
go:ng to the dogs generally, this good old land of ours goes quietly on, and
the proletariat of good sense is calmly puttii ; his hard-earned dollars Into
good homes and good farms while he quietly grins at the radical. When
some one tells you that three or four people own all the wealth in our coun
try. get this out and ask them what tliev think of it. Ask them if Rusjia
can beat it The statistics are compiled liv the Department of Commerce.
Bureau of Census in Washington, with no axe to grind.
Please note the increase in number in 30 years, the increase in value
and decreased percent, of mortgages. Kive hundred seventy-four thousand
more farm owners than :>0 years ago. and their mortgages amount to a lit
tle over one-quarter of the value of their farms. Our farmers today own
more than our total estimated nat onal wealth in 1S60:
uwo
MORTGAGED HOMES AND FARMS—UNITED STATES
| Mort gaged debt
Percent.
Numoer Total of total i
mortgaged value Amount value
Total 4.;u<>.ooo $::i,;os,opo.ooo $ii.ooi.oou.ooo 34.7 j
Owned houies not
ua farms 2.555,000 14.01)9.000.000 ti.000.000,000 42.6
Owned farms .. . . 1.4<il,000 17,ti09.000.000 5,u01,000,000 2S.4
1K1M)
MORTGAGED HOMKS ANO FARMS—UNITED STATES
| Mort gaged debt |
Percent.
Number Total of total
mortgaged value Amount value
Total r .. l,l>9.',ouo $ a,(is7,000,000 $ 2,133,000,000 37.5!
Owned homes uot
on farms olo.ooo 2.G32.000.000 1.047.000,000 39.8
t>wued farms .... SS7.000 3.Oii.000,000 I.OSG.OOO.OOO 3I>.6
KASTKKN GLASS A.VU U fc.vi Kil.N 1.I.MOXS.—After calling attention to
the tact that New Yurk shipping intelligence on April 24 conveyed the in-,
tormatiou that lUti.ouu cases of Palermo lemons were en route to the Kast I
iuast of the I uiled states, l..e Republican Publicity association, through
its pres.dent. Hon. Jonathan liouiue, Jr., astiS, "lluw did the lemon indus
try on the West coast feel about that?" The association then says: "TUe
same day the othcial publication ot |..e I . S. Departmeut of Commerce re
ported that au order for liu.obw cases ot window glass uad been placed In
Belgium by San Kraneisco buyers. Ilow did the glass industry of tue
i-asiern slates feel about Ulat?
"TUe two instances illustrate vividly the necessity for all sectious of
tins country to bet together on tue protective la rill policy. Kast coast im
porters of lemons no doubt oppose tue Republican rates on a commodity,
tiie profitable production of wuich is ot vital concern to California. In their
opposition they attempt to enlist tue sympathies of consumers of lemons, |
among whom might be counted the thousands of operatives engaged iu
production of window glass. Weal coast importers of window glass are no
less opposed to protective rates on that commodity and they would wel
come the aid of lemon producers in placing window glass on the free list, j
t or example, the VV. P. Kulier company ol oau Krancisco told the Ways aud
.Means committee mat tiie people iu the glass industry both manufacturers
and workuieu. come 10 you to assist Uiein :n perpetrating one of the great
est hoidups that has come to our notice.' The fullers import tteig.an
gtass. Perhaps they placed t..e order above cited, which totals 6,500,0U0
square feel of window glass. On the ol..er hand, the lialian Chamber of
Commerce iu New York City, which is interested iu Palermo lemons, ac
cused the California lemon raisers ol \emuiiug into fancy valuation of ,
lue.r property iu order to raise the cost of production.'
"Now, wuat would be gained it tue r.asleru industry were induced to
view ihe tariif on lemons as t.iru a glass darkly," while the Western in
dustry contributed lemon aid to ihe movement for free trade in glass? Pos
sibly the man in the mill would t>e able to puic.iase his lemous more cheap
ly for a brief time, and the man on the larui might save a few cents by
l.giiting his house witn tteigian panes, ttut wnen the glass factory and the
lemon farms had been put out of business the operatives in both industries
would be ruined and the people of the entire country would pay tribute to
Italian and ttelgiau monopolies.
We are beginning to understand why the grand jury wants to abolish
the office ot prohibition director. During t».e moutu ot. April but one ar
rest was made by the Juneau police department, on the charge of drunk- j
enness and disorderly conduct. The law is being too strictly enforced by I
the director, and the grand jdry evidently wants to return to the free and
easy days of a year ago. before there was a director.—Sunday Capital.
Fire is the enemy of trees, grass, game. Prevent fires. Don't take a
chance with your caiup fire. Put it out.
The opinion of r nmn with rheu
matism Is that Medicine Hut weath
er Is something thut can go chase It
self.
A curious state of affairs Is that
while the price of farm products stead- ]
Uy falls, the prlw of farm lands |
doesn't.
What has become of the old-fash
ioned orchardist who always raised a
crop of worms when be raised a crop
of apples?
Notblug like sni.w to tickle the i
heurts of the little folk and nothing 1
like It to give a man with a snow ;
shovel a pain.
A French astronomer says a rny of j
light traveling from the earth to the .
moon would tuke Just a second. Now,
now. Just a second!
In some country districts the achool
child still uses the old slate to figure
profit and loss; aud In suue cities the
coal dealers do, too.
Russian rubles are still falling, ac
cording to a cable dispatch from Mos
cow. There Is no bottom, apparently,
for the Russian ruble.
So Iodk «s Europe can't pay and '
we can't collect, why not keep on try-1
lng to tli"1 some other way of making 1
the wheels turn again?
"Too little or too much money are
both bad."—Thomas Edlsou. A lot of f
people know that Mr. Edison Is partly
right, from experience.
Everything Is for sale by titled own
ers of some of the big European es
tates except the titles; and they might
be if they were transferable.
Scientists have Dually decided that
there is uo habitation on the moon, so
that's one locality we shan't have t«>
•end any food to this winter.
China Is a puzzle to the experts at
the Washington arms conference but
probably no more of a puzzle to them
than It long has Been to thoughtful
Chinese.
I'hHs actors have organized ng»ln«t
the, theater cough. The managers
will see that the movement doesn't
spread to the hux office.
If the men will kindly INten while
the women a,-e learning all about gov
ernment :nd the duties of citizenship
they will get a lot of lielp.
France has a -flglitli g advsntaie j
over Germany, and tJemany lias *
working advantage over France. Tlie .
latter l« a dangerous advantage In the
long run.
PREMIER MIXE TO DIVIDE
1IALK MILLION MORE'
Vancouver.—Ttie Premier Gold
Mining company w II declare a divi-,
dend of $500,000 for the quarter
ended March 31, on Its capitalization
of 5.000.000 shares of the par value
of $1 each. This, following on the
top of the $400,000 dividend which •
was paid for the quarter ended Pe-,
cember 31 last mrkes the Premier
mine easily the most important dis
covery since the fli.d.ng of the Hot
linger mine. In Ontario, which is tiie
second biggest gold-producing mine
lu the world.
The history of the mine rends
more like a romance than an ac
tual'ty. R. K. N'eill took an option I
on the property in the spring of I
1917, after Col. W. B. Thompson i
and associates had spent some $tf0.-i
000 in exploraiion of the rich out-'
crop at depth. Mr. Neill took A. M.'
Trites, \V. R. Wilson and R. W. |
Wood, of Fe.-nie, 'jito partnership
with him. each putting up $50,000. ;
Work was started iu July, and after'
driving four feet a cross-cut from
one of the tunneln driven by Col. i
Thompson ran into the ore body. In )
a lower tunnel the ore body was,
found In the lirst round of shots,
that was tired.
KAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS j
DE OLE 'OMAN BIN WEAHIN' |
mounin' Twell miss lucv
GIB ER X>AT LOUD WAIS' |
ToTHEff PAY EN LAW.
MAN.' SHE A.IN' WEAHIN'
MOON IN' NO MO'--CEP'n I
JES* FUM DE WAIS' DOWN.'' I
Copynftt. It21 by Ifcttu/« i/rdcm
INTEREST AMONG FOX
FARMERS IX SALE
Owing to the increasing number of
(ox farms In the vicinity of Ketchi
kan. there, is growing interest in the
experiences and proflts of others in
the same industry. In a recent is
sue of the Black Fox Magazine, de
voted entirely to ^ox raising, ap
pears an article, telling of the blue
fox farm owned by the government
on the Pribiloff islands.
A letter from the department of
commerce, quoted therein, sets forth
that 6,343 bine fox skins have been
sold by the government in the past
eleven years and they brought $502.
306.96, or an average of $79.19 each
In considering these figures, it must
be remembered that during the very
early days of that period the blue
fox skins were bringing very little,
many of them selling as low as $11.
The letter from the department
reads:
"With reference to the cost of
maintaining the blue fox herds you
are advised that such costs are not
available, as the herds are fed on
the refuse from seal killings which
is preserved for them, and the work
of the natives in connection with the
animals is included in the general
duties which they perform on the
islands, in return for which food,
fuel, clothing and other necessar es
of life are furnished by the govern
ment. A cash payment of $5,is al
so made to the natives for each fox
skin takeik for market. Since the
bureau took over the work in con
nection with the PribilofT islands in
1911, there have been sold 6.343
fox skins, the net receipts from the
sale of which total $502,n06.96."—
Ketchikan Chronicle.
Jl'XEAl' TO HAVE
HROAIM'ASTINf! STATION
O. E. Schombel. operator In
charge of the local radio station, ex
pects to install a telephone broad
casting transmitter in Juneau this
summer as soon as the necessary
arrangements can be made with lhe|
government authorities having ron-|
irol of such matters.
Mr. Schombel will receive his dis-|
charge from the navy June 30 and !
will probably make the installation
of the Instrument in July. He is
an experienced man in all work con
nected with wireless instruments
and their management and holds a
commercial radio license The broad
casting telephone planned on at
present will have a radius covering
all of Southestern Alaska and will
have power to send messages as far
as Stnvard.—Stroller's Weekly.
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PROFKSSION4L CARDS
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Practice fn all court*
In Territory of Alaska
HAINES ALASKA
DR. L. S. KELLER
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Office Honrs: ®-I2 a. m.—1-6 p. m
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Door to Dully Aloftkan
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Trunk* Bag rage or anythim else
Call up the John Wimama. 0. 8
Transfer Co. Alao wood. II lnen
delivered 5 4 BO. and coal, per ton
delivered, 116.50. Phone 5fi.
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KEl.IXR BROS. ORra oo.
ftignj Mdrlbwon
MaKe This Your 1922 Slogan
" Try The Home Market First"
As a Northerner, a Pioneer, an Vpbuilder of Alaaka. vbn «t«
peeved every time you hear of the appointment of • "carpetbagger"
to fill one of the political offices of the territory, because yoa know
that there are capable and efficient men living tn the territory who
could fill the offices with perfect satisfaction, who are helping to
build up the territory and make It a worth while place to which to
live.
Is is a parallel case when Northerners send ttirtT money out
side for supplies that may be bought right here at home and five
better satisfaction than the "carpetbagger" «tnff Imported from the
Slates. ( _M
Is It not a fact that we are all working to bothJ un, the North
to make it a worth-while place In which to live, and by "trying your
home market first" you are strengthening the foundation for that
building? J
Here's A Suggestion For A Starter
TRY THE ALASKAN'S JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT FIRST. IT IS BQCIPPSD
WITH MODERN MACHINERY AND MATERIAL, AND EFFICIENT
ARTISANS ARE IN CHARGE OF THE WORK