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WAR SAY IMIS CERTIFICATES
How is the war paid for? By now savings among the
people. Facts and opinions which would fill a large vol
ume could readily he gathered to support this brief state
ment. but after everything that can be said is said, the fact
remains that the war must be pal ’ for by the new savings.
As one means of mobilizing small savings, the govern
ment has launched a campaign for war savings certifi
cates which pay 4 per cent interest compounded quarter- •
iy. A similar plan met with extraordinary success in Eng!
land while it was introduced eighteen months after the'
war broke out. It is under the management of the nat-j
ional war savings committee. The results in sixteen
months were thus summoned up by Basil P. Blackett, ol j
the British treasury, in an address to the American Bank-'
er’s Aassociation.
Savings certificates (about 3.S71 - in our money) is-*
sued 110.000,000: of these only 1,500,000 were cashed; war!
savings associations in England and Wales, 35,000; Scot-1
land 5000: total memberships about 5,000,000,000. These
associations are composed exclusively of wage earners!
who contribute 6 pence weekly, and the certificates are
awarded by lot.
Associations will not he needed in the United States
for the reason that anv man. woman or child may begin
to acquire a war savings certificate by buying a 25-cent
thrift stamp, which is pasted on a card furnished by the
government. Sixteen of these stamps, plus 12 cents (a
total of $4.12) will buy a $7war savings certificate paya
ble five rears from date. It mav be cashed any time for
the sum paid plus 1 cent a month interest. Thus any one
who is able to save so little as 25 cents a month may aid in
paying for the war, and at the same time be saving for
himself on the l>est security in the world.
The war savings certificates, of course, are intended
for the smallest investors—those whose savings preclude
Lilterty Bonds of small denomination. If the working peo
pie of small savings capacity in England, Wales and Scot
land lent their government $400,000,000 out of sixteen
months’ savings, what may we expect from the United
States? We should say, at least, four times as much.
The best feature fff England’s experience is related
bv Mr. Blackett in these words: “The war savings move
ment has in the first place increased savings banks depos
its during the war. Still more important, it is educating
a vast new army of future clients for savings institutions
after the war. Einallv, it can not fail to be of enormous
significance in the future state of England that one out of
every four of its population, at the very least, is a direct
holder of government securities.”
We have not yet reached that proportion, but if the
war should continue two veal's longer, and the very small
investors take hold of the war savings certificates with the
unanimity shown in England, Wales and Scotland, one
fourth of our population will be creditors of Uncle Sam.
NEW NEED TO SAVE WHEAT.
If any one entertains the notion that he is not in duty
bound to save white flour let him read the government’s
December report of the crop of winter wheat. It will be
about one-fourth less than expected.
A mark pf 47,000,000.000 acres to be sowed to winter
wheat was' set. The December canvass shows that only
42,170,000 acres were sown—the shortage due to an ex
ceptionally dry season in the wheat belt and scarcity of
labor. The condition of the winter wheat on December 1
was the lowest ever known at a corresponding time in any
previous year. , - v ' ^
The department of agriculture figured on having a
production of 672,000,000 bushels of winter wheat, but the
forecast, made public late last week,Tndicates that the
previous estimate will fall short by 132,000,000 bushels ev
.'ii if growing conditions are favorable until next harvest.
A vigorous campaign will be waged for the maximum
acreage to be sown to spring wheat, and there is small
doubt that farmers will respond to the utmost,of their abil
i*y; but granted that every available acre is utilized for
spring wheat and that the crop will be an average one, the
total of winter and spring wheat can not reach 1,000,000,
000 bushels, which is the quantity that we and our allies
will need to carry them through until the harvest of 1919. j
The government report, whose accuracy can not be
doubted teaches an impressive lesson. Let us maintain
intact our wheatless days and wheatless meals. If we
know of other who are not observing the wheatless rule,
and who refuse to fall into line, ostracize them socially.
.Make it a disgrace not to be governed by the patriotic in
stinct.
All the wheat that we can spare for this year and next
will be needed to win the war, and we can spare it without
.sacrifice because we have an abundance of other nutrit
ious grains which we may use as substitutes.
Let’s have it straight. Here is the full text of Gener
al Sherman’s classic remarks on war: “I confess without
shame that 1 am sick and tired of war. Its glory is all
moonshine. Even success, the most brilliant is over dead
and mangled bodies,- the anguish and lamentation of dis
tant families appealing to me for missing sons, husbands
and fathers. It is only those who have not heard a shot
nor the shrieks and groans of the wounded and lacerated
that cry aloud for more blood, more vengeance, more des
elation. War is hell.”
Seward should now adopt a slogan “ Full Speed
Ahead” and keep going right on and on. Kenai Peninsula
is a splendid ore belt and development should be pushed.
Because his wife refused to Hooverize, a Portland
citizen has sued for divorce. While this is not a statutory
ca ise, it shows temperamental cussedness which needs
restraint.
Major Frederick Mears has handed in his resignation
to the Secretary of the Interior. As the Count of Monte
Cristosaid: “One.”
DEVELOPMENT
' WORK IN THIS
i SECTION GROWS
Gov. Strong, in his annual report
j commenting on mining activities, has
the following to say concerning the
district adjacent to Seward:
Kenai Peninsula
j The rebuilding of the old Alaska
I Northern Kail road, now in Govern
ment ownership, leading inland from
1 Seward stimulated mining develop
ment in the Kenai Peninsula. The
production from placer mining did not
i increase, however, and there were no
lode mining operations except some
I small development work. On the
other hand, in the Susitna Basin,
which is also served by the Govern
ment railroad, there was much ad
vance in mining. About 00 miles of
ailroad woe operated in 1916 from
'he town of Anchorage. Its immed
iate tributary territory includes the
t Mutanuska coal field and the Willow
i Creek lode district. In the Willow
I Creek district four lode mines were
operated in 1916, compared with three
in 1915. A dredge was installed in
ihe Yentna placer distrietjand hydrau
lic operations were continued in the'
Valdez Creek district. The value of
1 the total mineral output of the Susit
na Basin in 1916 was $400,000.
Prince William Sound
Tin value of the total mineral pro
duction of Prince William Sound was.
| about .$‘’.,000,000 in 1916, compared
with $1,340,000 in 1915. This repre
sents the value of the production of
eight copper mines and eight small1
gold mines. The Beatson Bonanza,
Ellamar, and Midas mines were the j
largest copper producers, and the
< Irani e and the Ramsay-Rutherford
the harvest gold producers.
Southwestern Alaska
Some developments were continued
<,n roppci deposits of the Iliamna re
gion, I ui as yet there are no produc
ing mines in this field. A small cy
aniding plant was installed and op-»
evatcd to handle the old tailings of^
■ iie Apollo ipine on Unga Island. A;
!u go body of low-grao* auriferous
•gaartz b said to have boon found on
lac touth end of Unga Island, about
three miles from the Apollo mine.
Some auriferous gravels were found
ir* 1916 on the east side of the Alaska
1 cniiisuia between Cold and Katmai
bays. It appears that the placers
were found on only one creek and the
output was only a few hundred dol
lars. The- discovery, as far as known,
is of importance only in marking a
new locality where auriferous miner
alization has taken place. Beach
placer mining was continued on Kodiak
auii Popof Islands.
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Current is supplied a new electric
headlight for bicycles by a generator
which is driven by friction agains4
the fioir wheel of a machine.
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NOTIC E TO DELINQUENT CO
OWNERS
To GEORGE K. KING and DAVE
BAUMAN, and to their, and each
of their heirs and assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that during the years ending
December 31, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912,
1913, 1914, 1915, 1910, and 1917, the
undersigned has expended more than
One Hundred Dollars in each of said
years, or a total of $900.00, in labor!
and improvements upon the Social:
Group sulphur placer mining claim,
situate on Makuskan Mountain, Una*
laska mining district, district of Alas
ka, in which mining location you, the
said George R. King claim an undiv
ided one-eighth (1-8) interest, andj
you, the said Dave Bauman claim an
undivided one sixteenth (1-1G) inter
est, as shown by notice of location
thereof and deeds of conveyance of j
.-aid interest of record in the record
ing office of the aforesaid mining dis
trict. The said labor was performed
as and for the representation of said
claim for the years as aforesaid, ns
required by the laws of the United,
States and district of Alaska concern
ing annual labor upon mining claims
and the same was the amount requir
ed to hold said claim for said years. 1
The amount required for each of said
years being the sum of One Hun
dred Dollars ($100.00).
You are further notified that un
less within ninety (90) days after the
last publication of this notice you
contribute your proportionate share j
of said expenditures, as such co-own
ers, to wit: You, the said George It.,
King, the sum of $112.50, being your I
proportionate share of said reprosen-.
tation for the years ending as afore-1
said; and you, the said Dave Bau
man, the sum of $56.25, being youi
proportionate share of said ^presen
tation for the years ending as afore
said, your interest in said claim will
be forfeited to the undersigned co
owner, who has made such expendi
tures and will become his property in
the manner provided by law.
Dated at Seattle, Washington, this
fifteenth dav of December, 1917.
FRANK MEERWALDT
Co-Owner.
Date of publication Doc. 24th, 1917 to
March 25, 1918. v
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Power Company
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