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LI MBER and BUILDERS; HARDWARE—
WINDOWS, DOORS, GLASS, MILL-WORK and BOAT LUMBER
Agents For— STANDARD MARINE ENGINES, STANDARD KID
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and Sanitary Conditions.
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CONGRESS MAY SOON TASS
LEASING HILL FOR ALASii.
The coal and oil land leasing b •
is in conference bet .eon the tv o
houses of congress, with every pus
pect of agreement and ear.y pas. a; .
It is not the intention to change v
coal leasing bill. It will remain as iw
now exists. In the pending bill Al*«sla
will receive more libera! consider:
tion than stat.v* of the Union, as i\u
following provision specifies.
“Provided. That in the territory o
Alaska prospecting permits not .an
than five in number may be gr.r t
to any qua’if;ed applicant for P'rb
not exceeding four yea s. actual d
ing operations to begin within t.vo
years from date of permit, and oil
and gas wells shall be dr led to .’
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DISTILLATE $3.30 p-r ca*e at Grief*
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Home of Hart Schalfner & Mar\
clothing- URBACH'S
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Lady Torrington vaccum awcepeia
at GRAEFS
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Sleds for boys and girls at Graef *.
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RAYO lamps with shades $3 50 a*.
Graef’s.
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Electric Sewing Machine motors i.
Griefs.
National Water Motor Washers
at J. L. Griefs.
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Maine Eocene and Pearl Oil at
Graef'a.
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Ice Creepers and Skates*— Gract*
Fishermen’* Supplies* at Graef*
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FLASH LIGHTS and batteries a
J. L. Graef*.
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* plumbing and
* HEATING
* Sheet Metal Works
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* CHAS. LECIINER
* Tel. Madsn 146
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let us do
YOUR WASHING
Seward Steam tarty
Phone Main 1 o/
JOB PRINTING
AT THE
GATEWAY
depth of not less than 500 feet, unlej.
vahiab'o deposits shall sooner be «l.s
covered.
* lY.at upon establishing; to th ' s.
Lsfaction of the secretary of the u.
terior th;.t va’uablc deposits of oil o
*;.3 have been discovered within the
limits of the lands embraced in an;
I' nit. the permitt'C shall b* g ante
i h . s • to be selected by the permitto
“Such lease shall be for a term o
*• >nty y kars upon a royalty of 5 pe ’
.turn of the value of production arid.
:V ' annual payment in advance of
!>('•• a to. th' rental paid for any om
• ar to H* credited against the ro>al
; s ;• th »y accrue for that year, 'lb'
Iso be entitled to
; r» nee right to a lease for ihi
i hi : >:• of the land in h‘s prospect
permit at a royalty of not les
'mix 12’-* #pcr centum in value of
reduction.”
h prospering paimit may ”o
.. a as much as 2.5GO acres of land
•it the option of the applicant.
U u!. r the caption, “Alaska (hi Pro
vi o ” the bill recites that “any bon.
fide occupant or claimant of oil o
-bearing lands in the U*. ritory o.
A asha who, o. whose produces ;or.
in interest, pnor to withdrawal, r.a
complied otherwise with Uo requite
,Hau> of the milling laws, but ha*
.ti..do no u Svovcry of oil or gas u.
.ts. and who had made substunt.a
mp.ovcmcnts tor tlu* discovery o.
)U or g..s on or for each location, o.
..a 1 pt a>r to the passage of this act
-x; >endcd not les*. than $2f>0 in im
orovements on or for each locat on,
b.. I b‘ entitled, upon rclinquishm m
surrender to the United Sta.cs
w.tliin one year f.om date ol thb-'
act, or within six months after final
d iial or witlul.awal of applicat ow
fjr patent, to a prospecting permit, or
pe mits, lease or leases, under this
act, covering such lands, not exceed ng
five permits or leases in number find
nos exceed5ng an aggregate of U*0
acres in each.”
SNOWBALLING
STRIKE CAUSE
NH’.V YOItK. Jan., 2b— Nincty-flv
vcnt of the strikers an<l 75 P-'C.'l)'
thelavs of idleness in the bui>0. v.t
I ... ,ies, ‘in the past have orcur-et
wj,at is kn >\vn «s -snownr
in *” or controversies between wagi
COTTERS
Just received
the finest
assortment of
WOOL PANTS
MOCCASINS PACS
and Fo'ir Ruckled
ARCTICS
In light and heavy
weight. Come in and
Have A LOOK.
ALL RIGHT! LET’S GO
MALAMUTE STAGE LINE
Now Carrying PASSENGERS & EXPRESS Between
Taikectna, Broad Pass, Ncnana and
ALL INTERIOR POINTS
Arrangements can be made by letter, telephone
or wire.
J. A. STEWART,
Talkeetna, Alaska.
furnished Rooms
Hot and Cold Water
Steam Heat
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VANGILDER BUILDING I
earners themselves us to which trade
should do Hie work, says rraiutau ».
Muler,president oi the 1’. v*. Dodg'
, iiiiu • * * • • • i •..y i' 11 v c ioi oi til
Division of Public Works and Uo..
a«»u*.t.on oi iiio united dukos Depuit
ment of Labor.
O.uy o percent, lie declares, luvc
been on questions between employers
ami employe.
Mr. Miller, who has been in Loiuh
wi.h the construction industry in tin.
ountry for - > years, cited the case «
1 1; g hotel coding millions, the wo k
on which had been delayed, he sai ,
.nore than a year because of a di >
agreement between skilled woilceis . s
to who should handle certain doors b
ra so of th ‘ piepondcrancc of metal
over wood. 1 his lie said was an im \ .t
ablc consequence of the rapid devolop
m. at of the industiy. Analyzing the
situation and the building outlook for
1920, Mr. Miller said:
“The creation of a Hoard ot jur
lit tional Award by the United Sla*e*
Department of Labor, a board com
posed of architects, eng neers, ron
ractosr, material men and wage-eavr
vs, prom;ses a solution of one of the
nrst d‘ff;cult labor problems in lb
building indust y. As a result of it d
leased cost of construction ma^ b
xorctcd. The Hoard of Junsdicfona*
\ vard ha* been formulated with rh-'
VI approval of all interests concern
d. who seem *o have entered into t
.vithout reservation.
“The labor outlook in the bui’d ng
‘ndustry thus promises a condit'on (.r
:r ator stability during this year I) -
cause of the organized dealings b •
.w *cn employers and emp oyos, with
Ti 1 recognition of the term tout u L
ar 1 arbitration principles.
“The first serious labor troubles v
h • building industry,” said Mr. Mi -
* in reviewing the national const uc
< :\ shortage, “occurred in the laf
| p; rt of October 1018, through a strike
I .if carpenters on government wo a •;
H ooklyn in violation of the Bnke•,
(, impers agreement , a pact between
it’.' War Department and the Amor*
can Federation of Labor. Ibis strik
”. s settled by a compromise early ;n
M rch, 1010. but in the meantime n
th eatened a sympathetic nation-rude
! ike of the building trades and he!
i: const! notion, not on’y in New Yor*
t made it uncertain throughout the
1 d. Other labor troubles sprang sp
t' oughout the count'y, notnb'y in
C hvgo, wh°re the whole budding
t do was t:ed un from July to Sop
t lb'r, 1010.’’ S;nce then conditions
h .•« improv'd hut tho**r» wouM no* be
c» np'ctc harmony in the build’n" l"*
i • ’t**v he iud*,,atnd until the Fedc il
H urd of Jurisdictional Award began
! t. function.
“F'Om April 1010. to Last Jidv,
V'»r D^nr+m^nt through Colonel
Arthur Woods as Snocual As^-tni *■ * ■
t’ ' Secretary of War. orumged Urn
p tive promotion of pub’ic works n
order to provide jobs for returning
so.dicrs,” concluded Mr. Miller, “li en
it appeared that there would not b • J
sufficient labor , materials and cap i i
al for the necessary new construction
of the count* y. The piomotion of non
productive public \voif.s was abandon
ed. The Federal Reserve Board, cm *.\
in December, 1919, announced its pm*
pose of postponing the erection of Li
contemplated banking institutions
These are among the factors in th
present situation.”
CHILDREN STARVING BY
THOUSANDS IN EUROP)
PHILADELPHIA. Jan , 24— S
ney Rich, formerly United States c m
sul at Chemnitz, Saxony, who la1, ’j
returned from a five months tom* < '
Austria, Hungary and G rmany, an
ch:ldren are starving by thousam >
Europe.
What he had seen of the roconst i.c
tion and relief work don'* by A ■ *
cm • made h'm rrond of b ‘irg *m V
of’oan Mr. Rich added. IT * urged V
the Urnt'd States g:ve mo’a1 svpp
to the German government ;n
fort to down the “red” element in ih"
country.
“In Gevman cit’es I have .<•
crowds about grocery stare ’"indo •:
sa d Mr. Rich. “where under g a-,
ca os American food was p’aeod f n
view as a cui’’os’t'r. P oo'o st l ob
ta’n rations on ‘fod cads’ and
a quarter pound of rice or coffee one -
every two weeks.”
CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE I
FOREIGN CAPITALISTS is
NOW STRONGLY CONDEMNED
RIO DE JANERIO. Jan .2’ - T
camradns waged in Urn da Jaoero
from t:me to time agaVst fore: gn ca
it a1 were strongly condemned at a
roe mt moetrng of the Conmerc’a* As
so nation, the rest influential o fr*
izat’on of its krnd in the the coum V
by Dr. Mirando Jordao and othw d -
rectors.
Dr. Jordao said those ant' n m t »
attacks were fagrantly unjus a
absurd. He doc’acd that Brazil ned
<»(t more and more of such capita1 t°
accelerate her mercantile, indurtr a
agricultural and pastora1 prog <~s.
Oth-v members of the Assoria’
.spoke in s;milar te rns.
Esther V*oVt Ne’son and Char
Lincoln Parker were married recent'-'
at Juneau. The young conp’e v’*’
>r*d their honeymoon at Hoo-'j ■
Mr. Pa ker recently was discha* g
fr m the marines.
A p°st of tho American Ivg’m *'
he; n o *’’■adzed at W a~gell. It '"as
na. ned Merlin Eirnov P dmor in h<vw
of the yo’rng WrangcM man wh > * r
ki”od in France.
The pungent
richness of purs
Havana tobacco,
tempered by time
to i rare mildness
—that’s the
Z.gc jj i u4sji> ch
Aztual Sim
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When it comes to the hard
“knuc \ * down * drai* - out”
ser\ ic .* that a fisherman
■mo; I Kits, ordinary rubber
can't f and up.
Hut Goodrich “ I Ii-Pi *csf 1 Rubber Hoots and
Shoes aren’t ordinary, i Ik y re made in a
better way—in ONk Sid.ID and
they can’t leak or pi k
One | air will outlast a wi o!c
seat-on of hard service—* ut
wcar two or three ordii ary
pairs.
Put your money on Goodt ch
“1 Ii-PrcV’ and youl! ik vcr
he satisfied with anytl .ng
else.
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The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co. y
The City of Goodrich—Akron, O
113-15 King Street
Seattle
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