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5ILERAD0 REDIVIVUS
Once more does silver move toward the status of fi
nancial respectability. The white metal, formerly a part
ner with gold in the money scheme of the world, is in pro
cess of revival from the financial obloquy to which it has
been legislated. The process of restoration is well along.
Silver already lias been, quoted above the dollar mark and
the prediction is freely made by financial wiseacres that
it is destined to reach that once famous value of $1.29. Un-;
foreseen developments have defied all financial philosophy'
and the one-time heresv of ‘‘sixteen to one” becomes a
pending and, m all probability, soon will be an actual fact.
Speaking after the manner of the romance writers,
silver has had a checkered career. It has stood at the i
pinnacle of national money systems and as the other ex
treme it has been the bete noire of the world’s financiers.!
In the course of its carving fortunes it has given rise to!
more economic discussion among the people than any oth
er fact with which the American nation has dealt politic-!
ally. Silver has been worshipped by its champions, held
in objurgation and contempt by its assailants, debased by!
the governments with which it had been associated in long;
and innorablp ?er ee. tod i n,v is ri ling the crest of the
war conditions back t<> its old position of respectability
and power.
Not since 1890 has silver been quoted above a dollar,!
and not since 1883 has its average annual price been 81-29,
the figure made famous in 1S90 by Mr. Bryan and his fol
lowers in advocacy of the ratio of “sixteen to one." During
the Civil war silver was above that price. In that period
it was quoted as high as 81.345. In 1800 it had fallen but
a fraction of a cent. From 1878 to 1889 there was a
steady decline in the price of silver from 81.154 to .935, ex
cept in the average price for 1885. which was one cent high
er than for 1881. The silver purchasing clause of the
Sherman act in 1890 sent the metal up to 81.04(5 as compar
ed with .935 for the previous year, but during the follow
ing two years it declined to .87, and upon the repeal of the
purchasing clause of the Sherman act in 1893 the decline
in the price of silver was immediate, steady and rapid. In
that memorably turbulent year when Mr. Bryan, fresh
from the classic region of the Platte, burst into the nation
al arena, silver was quoted at 671 cents and until now it
it has never reached so high a price save in 1906, when it
sold for one and eight-tenths mills more than that. The
lowest price to which it was ever reduced was in 1915,'
when it sold for 49.6 cents.
It would serve little better than interesting specula
tion to indulge in prediction concerning the use of silver.
Its price has gone up in response to the demand for it as a
money metal in Furopean countries, The United States
has the gold of the world, and silver must serve and is
serving in those countries from which the gold has been
drained. The United States also has a goodly supply of
the silver of the world—mountains of it in the raw state—
and just now the United States is producing more than a
third of the total world supply. Yet in the United States
silver is barely more than a material by-product. We
have the material and the ability to supply all the world
may need and undoubtedly we will be pleased to do that at
the price which silver, rehabilitated in former financial1
respectability, will bring.
Blind piggers will find that in Seward it will not be
safe to operate. A glance over the law regarding prohi
bition should be taken by all who have any inclination to
break it.
OVERCOMING FOOD PREJUDICES
As certain ingrained prejudices as to the edibility of
various food substances have been overcome, people are
finding their sources of supply largely increased. 'The
United States Bureau of Fisheries not long ago added dog
fish to the national menu by the simple expedient of chang
ing its name to gray fish.Now another harmless bit of
camouflage has put muskrats on the bill of fare. As
‘marsh rabbits” these little animals are found not only
nourishing but palatable.Dr. David Lantz, of the United
States Biological Survey, has been trying for years to pop
ularize them for food. They are not really rats, and the
name has militated against them. People are now learn
ing to like them undei their new name.
Meanwhile there is a prospect that the carp, without
a change of name, w ill be restored to popularity. High
food prices attune our ears more delicately to the argu
ment of utility. We are now reminded again that carp is
easy of digestion, that it contains as much proteim as sir
loin steak, and that it can be cooked in such a way as to
remove the “muddy” taste. It is good to eat. In a recent
v-oar 13,000,000 pounds were marketed and eaten in the
United States. This was only a small part of the supply,
but the fact that someone ate so large a quantity tells its
own storv.
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Trade in whale meat is already, assuming large pro
portions, without deception as to name. Porpoises and
dolphins, which also are mammals like the whale, are eaten
extensively, although the business has been built up prac
tically within a year. On the great plains of the middle
west it is being recalled that the “prairie dog” was relish
ed by the pioneers. It is not a dog and its diet of roots
and grains recommends it. The ground squirrel, once de
spised by those who did not know it, is being eaten in Cal
ifornia, to the advantage both of the eater and the domes
tic crops that it destroyed.
Rut the attitude of the public toward the shark prob
ably has undergone the most remarkable change of all.
This is due to knowledge that only a few of the many va
nties of sharks are scavengers or eat human beings. Some
varieties are highly fastidious in their choice of food. The
hammerhead, for example, subsists almost entirely on
Spanish mackerel. Eighteen kinds of sharks are now be
ing caught on the Atlantic coast and sold for food under
the ir true names.
Every pound of the newly discovered or newly devel
oped food thus consumed at home conserves a pound of
staple beef or pork for shipment to our armies in the field.1
The importance of overcoming illogical prejudices is thus j
made apparent.—Portland Oregonian.
The news from Washington regarding German in
dustries being nearly paralyzed owing to lack of many of
the essentials is not at all astonishing. Reports that Ger
many is not the nation it was will filter through and there
must be some truth in the various statements.
When the last shot is fired and the kaiser must have
peace thrust upon him, as he claims to have had war, will
it then be recorded "My Defeat,” or “Our Defeat?”
WEATHER REPORT ON K. R.
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It is snowing at many places be
tween Seward and the Matanuska
coal fields as the following weather
report, taken at 7 o’clock this morn
ing. indicates:
Anchorage, 20 above, snowing, S.
E. wind.
Gii'dwood, 32 above, snowing, no ah
west.
Mile 45, 20 above, snowing, north j
wind. Three inches of new snow.
Matanuska, 22 above, snowing, N.
King, 2G above, cloudy, N.
Talkeetna, 30 above, cloudy, calm,
17 inches oi: new snow.
Deadhorse, 22 above, cloudy, N. E. i
20 inches of new snow on the ground.:
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WILL INVESTIGATE ALL
COMPLAINTS REGARDING
HIGH PRICKS IN ALASKA,
JUNEAU, Jan. i. — Royal A. Gun
nison has lesignod as chairman of
the Juneau hood Conservation Com
mittee t«' give his entire time to his
duties as federal food administrator
of the territory. Mr. Gunnison in
tends to divide Alaska into units and!
provide for equal distribution of food
supplies during the war. He will f’co
investigate com pi; ints regarding high
prices and failure to deliver good?.
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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP
To Whom It May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the
partnership heretofore existing be-1
tween the undersigned, under thei
name and stvlc of the Newman and
Powers—has this day beer dissolved.
Dated: January 2nd, 1918.
T. G. NEWMAN.
F. W. POWERS. |
Jan. 10—Daily and Sunday.
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT CO
> OWNERS
To GEORGE R. 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, 191(7, 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,j
situate on Makuskan Mountain, Una
laska mining distinct, district of Alas- j
ka, in which mining location you, the
said George R. King claim an undiv
ided one-eighth (1-S) interest, and I
you, the said Dave Bauman claim an
undivided one sixteenth (1-16) inter
est, as shown by notice of location
thereof and deeds of conveyance of
said 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, as!
required bv the laws of the United!
States and district of Alaska concern- j
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-!
died Dollars ($100.00).
You are further notified that un-l
less within ninety (90) days after 1 ho i
last publication of this notice you
contribute your proportionate share I
of said expenditures, as such co-own-!
ers, to wit: You, the said George R.
King, the sum of $112.50, being your|
proportionate share of said represen
tation for the years ending as afore-'
said; and you, the said Dave Bau-!
man, the sum of $66.25, being youi \
proportionate share of said ^presen
tation for the years ending a? afore-1
.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 Dec. 24th, 1917 to
March 25, 1918.
Seward Light &
Power Company
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Sailing of Alaska Dec. 8th, connects with Dora to the westward
^Sailing of Victoria Dec. 16th, is via the outside passage.
A. H. McDonald, Agent.
The Seward News Company
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Seward, Alaska Phones Main 81
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