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A a. st S^P'ii, 192.;'., he postofffcs
ikote.a, Ala. k&, under the Act
i :;'..Lh 3rd 1871'.
A.1 illuminating article on the
;• burden of taxation borne by
American people appeared in a
■ t issue of ihe United States
•, which shows that 20 per cent
t;e-fiftl., of the entire national
e is swallowed up by federal,
and iiK.ui taxation.
is more than is spent for
r I much more than is spent
'■•thing and rent on homes
. a C<v of ul estimates indi
the average citizen’s dol
is spent as follows:
s, ':0e; food, I7c; clothino, 0c;
c ; automobile, 6c ; fuel and
■ • ; household furnishings, 4c;
re 3c ; medical attention,
end recreation and the movies
- each; tobacco and laundry,
- Uis reaves, auuui me xor
neons expenses and savings,
u -es are averages, and vary
according to, individual in
cud spending habits.
;:>ns who own little or no
imagine that they do
1 e much in the way oi
’ it should be borne in mind
• taxes are finally passid or.
ultimate consumer of goods
wrvices.
nation’s tax bill is now more
. nine billion dollars ti year, and
ederal government, as -veil as
state and local governments,
mill going farther and farther
;>t. What the tax bill will be a
later can only be guessed, but
■rre to be much higher than at
mnt if tne government continues
ng on its present lavish seal:,
u prise, ilastrop, La.
HOSPITALIZATION
One of the important questions
mg authorities these days is hos
■ization for.folks unable to pay
:tu! bills. The American pub
as been educated to use hospi
Modern marvels of medecine
surgery should not be denied
the most humble, although, of
. abuses will have to be avoid
'ben a person is told that only
tion, a period of rest in a
ai X-ray and other observa
. or special, treatment will save
■ °r a lifnyis a cripple, then it
necessary.to provide the rem
Pit operations and special
'•mart* xpen>-ivp and au
s are of necessity made to
"me care in expending public
them. The Ledger sees
when ever: little city in the
.'.'HI have, a1 hospital either
I « here the poorest
r wdl be as welcome as the
of the rich. —Ledger, Triptt*
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j NR A ESTIMATES PLACE 23,000,
000 PEOPLE ON RELIEF ROLLS
THIS WINTER.
.
V ISLINGTON.— Pres. Roosevelt
' ■ ni,-cl today l>y an appalling
:hu; an relief crisis revealed, in a
I ,\ew Heal report that 23,000,000 per
! sons—re.ee v omen and children—
|'■ -II nc .. to live through next
i vi. e.
1 or: :o some extraordinary
'e y ;• lief method similiar 'to
i : . - v. v’s CV* V inevitabl.
lb1 ■ veil: i\; d in Nov
I ' “ l> 1 •
, H. . i J.'.cl:’ :cr tary %of
ihe e. con . i the un
! ,’J ec ci prc'b'. ii • ert to
-■ - ‘ m r . . , estitution
since e -.unary 1, 1 .33. ■hberg said:
1. I t Ural, state and local relief
• sc for 1933 and -the first six
j h. of 1934 ’vere $1,338,665,566.
2. 5,000,000 families are expected
on the reiki rolls b, February, 1935.
3. Increased food prices are swell
ing- relief expenses.
4. Costs have more than doubled
since C ■ ■ A was abolished last
March.
5. Expenditure reached an all time
I *' g'h in May of this year when.' $128,
; -.0,426. wa required to care for 16,
i ■. <c-5 pel sons.
■i. it would cost approximately
. .'. ' 0,tCO a mouth to aid 23,000,
-vO pf sons.
7. Approximately 16,650,000 per
c-i-.s or 4,2 0,000 families and indi
viduals were receiving aid in July.
8. These 4,200,00 July cases were
, .tribute'!: 1,01)0,000 in 18 drouth
tales; 2.0,000 in Washington, Ove
yon and California; 800,00 in south
;v. states; 2,130,000 in the Mid
Wesr and Northeast.
i). file 1934 relief burden will far
-xceed that of 1933.
10. The 1933 cost was $1,062,115,
0 contributed follows: federal
funds, §749, 115,000; sate, $113,000,
00; local governments, $200,GO ,000.
Renef costs at the present rate of
expenditure—$546,397,037 in the first
s>- months — will exceed $1,000 000
thi:, year. The foregoing cost fig
!iOS do not include fedeial expend
itures last winter on CWA nor the
ist of commodities distributed to
oe dest Lute by the federal surplus
relief administration.
MY PHILOSOPHY
-laving • i iy decided that all we
find,
Is just a;, it K 'd be has settled
my mind
On the high mount of justice, the.
world's greatest throne,
So I mind my own business—Let
| Others A Lone.
Though friends ana neighbours
praise Cod through creeds,
Some preaching b p ., some pray
ing with, be as,
I leave them at pc... for their sins
to atone,
And go on serene and'—Let Others
Alone.
To argue the qy ..-Lion,, to reason at
length,
Is a waste of the .mom ents, of v me
and of stlength,
For unerring wisdom,, -supreme on
the throne,
Will help those to climb who—Let
Others Alone.
A wish is a prayer, though not utter
ed in word, - ,
And clear to the .top- of the moun
tain is heard.
Knowing each man must reap from
the seed he has sown,
I go on content to—Let Others Alone.
I am quite satisfied the creative
plan,
Is sufficient to guide every
man,
That some day all men, will succeed
to the thi’pne,
Hence I go on quite glad to-—Let |
Others Alone.
MARY hi. BEERS.
ALASKA NOTES
AFOGNAK ELK HERD SHOWS
FINE INCREASE.
Afognak island now supports a
herd of 50 elk, increase from an ex
perimental shipment of 10 calves
made seven years ago by the Alas
ka Game Commission.
This information is the result of
investigation made by Homer Jew
ell, game warden, who returned a
short time ago from a tour of Ko
diak and Afognak.
There has been only the most
earnest cooperation on the part • f
I the natives and other residents of
| Kodiak in the preservation and care
1 cf the animals, no infraction of the
; succeeding closed seasons coming
| to the attention of the Commission.
The elk are broad-hacked and in
; extra healthy condition. They con
j stitute the only herd of elk in Al
, aska, said Mr. Jewell, and will even
: tually prove to be a valuable source
| of food supply to the native resi
; dents of the district. —Seward
j Gateway.
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JUNEAU.— Profits for the month
; of September at the Alaska Juneau
I Mine totalled $140,000 an increase
' of $5,000 over the proceeding month.
1 The average value per ton of ore
i milled was 99.76 cents.
ANCHORAGE.— In a storm off
Port ireidan on the Bering side of
j the Alaska Peninsula, a little boy
•was lost when he and his brother
were swept off their father’s boat.
The drowned -ad was Chajrles
' Nicoict, aged 11. His brother who
1 was saved by the father, Nicholas
i lNichoiet, is oniy-4 years old.
News of the tragic happenin.,
was brought to Anchorage last week
i by Thomas 'SkuP+ad, a Seminoff is
! land, fariaer. *
Mr. Nicolet is a well known old
! timer of this locality having n. .V
j his home at Nixon .Forks and op
| crated a gas boat on the Takotna
river for a number, of years.
He was generally known as Gas
oline Nick.
! WASHINGTON.— T\i3 establish
• ment of direct air mail routes be
i tween --Puget Sound and Alaskan
i >: Ges was predicted by VV. W. Gon
! ner of Seattle, vice governor for the
j Pacific Northwest area of the Na
| tional Aeuronat:c Association. IP.
■ said he had reliable information
j from government officials of con
: tracts to be let for carrying mail
; under star route provisions of the I
postoffice department and predicted I
: the main route will be from Puget
Sound over water to Ketchikan and
i other ports of the territory with i
branches to the Interior.
Wrangell fishermen have earned
good paydays this fall selling cohoes
to buyers from Iverness, a point
near Prince Rupert B. C.
; The fish are put in cold storage
i and shipped to Iverness where they
j are put through canning process and,
according to Thor Hofstad, recent
visitor in Seward, it is done at a
orofit all around.
Fish are purchased on pound basis
and some of the most industrious
fishermen a>-e reported have earned
$1,000 to $1,200 following up the
new industry.—Seward Gateway.
Do^and'S Cafe
Good Clean Food.
Everybody WeleoTht;.
FLAT. ALASK A
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ADAMS HOUSE
When in Flat, stop at ADAMS HOUSE. We are open at
ail hours. Dog barns in connection.
riiru Adams House, you can obtain Outsido
Liquors of all kinds, Wines,, and Beer.
CIGARS CIGARETTES
L. B. ADAMS
FLAT
NEW STOCK! NEW PRICES!
The Famous Reliance Brand Canned
Goods Exclusively
Swift’s Ovenized Hams and Bacon
L. W. CARLSON
WHIR
an
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ROADHOUSE
Best of Meals and Rooms
Where Everything is Homelike an 1
Where You are Cordially Welcomed.
A Modern Hot-air Heating System
Supplies Warmth, to Every Room.
GOOD DOG HOUSES
BATHS
Mrs. Charlie Q’Halloran - Prop,
The Kuskokwim’s Largest and Most
Complete Stock of General
Merchandise.
Complete Line of
Groceries
Hardware
Clothing
Finest Liquors and Wines.
B id'veiser and Blue Ribbon Beer.
Northern Commercial
Company
McGrat: i
Takotna