SILVER ONLY METAL
AVAILABLE FOR WORLD
G0INA6E OF MONEY
"Silver 1ms cast off the cloak of i
humiliation which it has boon en*
vc-loped since the "Chime of ’73" and is
now the only precious metal available
for coinage,” says a writer in the San |
Francisco Call.
(Sold has been withdrawn from vir-!
• ulation and may not appear again as;
■ oinago in the lifetime of anyone now1
on <«rth. it will be hoarded by the
tional credit, but must be allied with,
.silver, the value of which is now great
<-r than gold at the ratio of sixteen to i
The fact that silver is selling at a
price which makes it profitable to melt
and sell for bullion the I'nited States j
silver dollar, and that this is l**dng done
and the coins are disappearing, and
tlio probability that silver will continue
to advance in price has caused the
i;reat financial houses of New York t<
seek means to cheek t'u- advance in tli.’ |
price of the metal.
The National t’ity I Sank and th
t'.uaranty Trust Company have sug
gested the breaking of the market by
the wile by. the United States Treasury
of the balance of the silver metal
available under the Pittman Act. It
appears to be the last desperate at
tempt to solve a problem of unpar
alleled intricacy, after suggested de
basement of coinage and total with
drawal of silver currency had been con
sidered and rejected and its restoration
to its old position as st.u.da 1 money
derided.
To the bankers who only think of
gold, silver is still the Cinderella cf
the money metals, and it annoys them
that it should have obtruded itself on
their horizon and diverted their single
track minds to an unwilling but forced
consideration of the perplexing econo
mic problems which confront them as
SALARY SCHEDULES RECOM
MENDED FOR SCHOOLS IN
INCORPORATED TOWNS
AND DISTRICTS
An adjustment of teachers’ (Hilary
schedules In Alaska seems to lie nec
i ssary if justice is to be done to those
who are in the profession and if our
schools are to be maintained at tlieli
pres, m high standard, according to th>
January numlier of the Alaska School
P.illletJn, issued by the Alaska Terri
torial I>ei«artment of Education. Tie
larger salaries and opportunities of
fered- by the industries and by othe
professions have withdrawn many am
bitious rwji and women from the teach
ing profession, says the Itulletin. and
as a result a real crisis confronts tin
nation for the schools make the nation
and the teachers the. schools.
The situation in the nation has no:
yet materially affected the quality of
Alaska teachers. However, the in
crease which has taken place in salary
scheduled throughout almost the entire
nation will cause many of the best
teachers to leave the Territory at the
conclusion of the present school year
unless salaries are materially advanc
ed. It is impossible to build up a
thoroughly etlioient system of schools
where the personnel of the teaching
force is continually changing. \\'hi!«
Alaska has considerable scenery to of
fer to teachers as an inducement to ac
cept iiositions here, it is. nevertheless,
true that one can easily become sur
feited with scenery and that financial
sacrifices which are too enormous will
make oven a nature lover long for
pavements and sky-scrapers.
The increase proposed will, it is be
lieved, appeal to Boards of Education
as being a simple mattjor of justice. In
preparing a schedule of salaries for
Alaska it lisa been necessary to take
into consideration the varying costs of
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effective treatment for headache and
neuralgia. Rubbed in where the pain
is, it acts as a tonic to the tortured !
nerves and almost invariably brings ,
quick relief.
Its healing, antiseptic qualities can 1
always be relied upon to prevent in
fection, or other serious results, from
sprains, bruises, cuts, burns, bites and
and canker sores.
Get it from druggists for 30 cents.
If not satisfied return the bottle nod
get your money back.
Ever constipated or have sick head*
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Guaranteed.
a result of the depreciation of gold and |
the appreciation of silver.
Thfc silver situation will i»e debated !
in the Senate during the deliberation? j
over a bill which has been introduced
by Senator Smoot of I’tah, which is
Intended to overcome the existing'
disadvantages in the national mon?.v
systdm due to the fact that silver is I
now worth more than gold at the ratio'
of sixteen tef one.
Silver is no longer a party issue. ;
It is no longer a fad of the "Silverites.’ !
it is a national and an international I
question and as such must be grappled
with. No greater revolution has be-r,1
brought about by the World War tlini. i
the dethronement of gold and the re - '
habilltatlon of silver.
-Monometallism is apparently doom
cd. but the day of bimetallism has gone
and few would dare to suggest its n
doption.becuuse any bimetallic arrange- !
meat would have to include Asia a* j
well us th,- other continents.
The law of supply and demand may
carry up the price of silver to $2 an
So long as the demand for silvei
continues to be greatly in excess «>i
the supply.-as it is today and must In
fer some time to come, the present
prices for the metal will be main
tained and will prolmhly advance.
The remedy, if remedy there l>e
apart from legislation, lies in in
creased production, an<l silver mining
companies sliould be stimulatorl to at
tain their zenith of silver production b>
the reduction or complete abolition ef
the lu'esent high taxes designated
as "Kxcess War Profit Taxes.”
I There is good reason for tielieving
that present high taxes on the silver
mining industry “discourage energy
and remove the incentive to new en
t«im<]N>ri:itIon to various parts
[Territory anil for that reason
The tig tires given cover an
salary whether ilivi«le«l into nil
or twelve .Monthly isiyments.
minimum salary represents that
first y« work a.ml the ina
on at the rati- of $ 100.00 per a
First Judicial Division
'Elementary Sohool. . .$i:c»o
[ills’ll School .lotto
Second Judicial Division
Elementary School. ..$1550
High School .17**0
Third Judicial Division
Elementary School. ..$1450
High School .1600
Fourth Judicial Division
Elementary Sscool. . .11650
High School . iso.,
CITY SCHOOL BOARD WILL BUY
MOVING PICTURE OUTFIT
At a mooting: of the school hoard
recently it was determined to pur
chase ii moving picture outfit and ed
ucational films, it being the consensus
of jipknion 'that th» pupils learned
much faster from seeing a thing on
the screen than by having it told to
them. The board also contemplates
remodeling* the school building and in
stalling a course of domestic science
and manual training next winter.
Nearly every other town in Alaska
have adopted these wttnl improve
ments and it is believed that the
scholars of Valdez are entitled to the
best there is.—Valdez Weekly Miner.
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CHICHE8TE8SP1LL8
There is one dollar's worth of silver!
in a new silver dollar when silver sells (
at $1.29 on ounce, consequently when;
the illver sold nt *1,37 ti In New Vorkj
anti $1.39 in San Francisco, there was
a profit of 10 cents on every dollar that
wn.s shipped as bullion to .l'hinn,cnough
to Justify shipments on an extensive
in New York a scarcity of half dol
lars and 25 cent pieces is reported,
possibly due to hoarding. There also
Is a growing scarcity of silver dollars
In the Western States'
Itoth in France and Great Britain
the melting point, of silver coins was
titi pence an ounce, and throughout
France the almost total absence of
silver coins is seriously retarding re
tail trade. In Ixmdon no scarcity ,s
yet apparent, but the government, in
order to lessen tire circulation of sil
ver coins, is issuing Jive shilling notes
and is also contemplating the use of
nickel in place of silver in new sui>
skiiary coinage.
In ;m effort to lessen speculation
in silver in India, the government is
sued a decree, which look effect De
cember I. prohibiting trading in fu
rtombny, where an immense open
air silver market is held which at
times exceeds in turbulence the wheat
pii of the Chicago Hoard «r Trad#.
The effect of this will probably be
an increase in speculation in silver in
Hmigkong and Shanghai. China is
now the great distributing silver mart
of the world to the |>eople of the Or
iental nations, millions moi-e of whom
now use, hoard and insist upon silver
than they did before the World War.
Total exports of silver from the
United States for the twelve months
ended September .10, 1919, were $184,
000,000, or about two and one-half
times the value of this country's prob
able production in 1919.
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GOV. RIGGS SECURES PROMISE OP
MORE ROAD FUNDS
Through the efTni-t* of Coveinoi
• **ggs. Alaska may shortly secure a
large increase in the amuont of road
funds annually expended in the Terri
tory, according to u Washing-ton dis
p.itch of March 16 to the Juneau Km
I pi w.
According to the dispatch, Governor
Itiggs while in Washington secured
agreement* with the Bureau of Public
Hoads, whereby the government will
spend $160,000 on Alaska roads in con
nection with the Territory, the under
standing being that the Territory will
spend $41,000 on the co-operative pro
Jt-i-t. This according to the Empire dis
pa u-h. is in addition to an item of $322,
0<>o in the Army Appropriation Bill for
the use of the Alaska Board of Road
C'omjmiSMloners and in addition to a,
pVoposal to appropriate $750,000 for
post roods fop Alaska in a bill recently
introduced by Senator Chamberlain of
The other agreement said to have
been mnda by the tloveraor is with
the Forestry Bureau, which has prom
ised to recoirtmend congressional ac
tion which will give to Alaska all the
receipts from the national forests in
tlie Territory for roads and schools,
instead of 25 per twit of them, ns has
been the case in the post.
Tlie dispatch continues as follows:
"If the plans for the development of
a paper and pulp business in Alaska
works out this will amount to a large
sum. In the pfist it has run appmoxi
niately $60,000.
"These agreements and the under
standing that tuts been arrived at with
the Senate Committee on Post Offices
and Poet Roads to expend large an
nual appropriations in Alaska consti
tute a promise for a rood building hind
in Alaska, far in excess of anything that
ever before has l>een suggested for the
Territory. #
“No master what may be the ac
tion on the Chamberlain bill and the
recommendation of the Forestry Bu
reau to give Alaska all the forestry
money, both of which are expected to
he favorably acted upon. AiaskA Is' as
suited of $160,000 from the Bureau *of
Public Roads and almost certain to get
tlie $322,000 from the Army Appropria
tion bill. These items, with the Alas
ka Fund, the forestry funds and the
Territorial funds, will provide $600,000
to $700,000 for the next year.”
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IT ME IF 72 HE
SIMS 14 POUNDS
RETIRED MERCHANT THROWS
AWAY HIS CANE SINCE
TANLAC BUILT
• Well, air, it's a fact, iliis Tanlac
has put me in shape to where 1 b.ive
actually gained fourteen pounds aoJ
this strikes me as being remarkable,
especially for one of my age, for I am
now seventy-two," was the state..*,n
made by 1*. W. Item is of tilt First
avenue, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in an In
terview, recently.
Mr. Bemls* is a retired merchant.
He was in the grain burners In Houth
Dakota for twenty years ami nunthe’s
hi.s friends by his acquaintance.
“1 had suffered from stomach trouble
and disordered kidneys for three years,
or more," he continued, “and up to the
time 1 got Tanlac 1 had not been able
to find anything to help me. My
stomach was in such a bad condition
that 1 was forced to live on a very
light diet all the time. My kidneys
bothered me constantly and my back
hurt me like 'blue blazes.' I was in
such a weakened condition that I had
to use a cane in order to get around at
all and. as I had tried all the different
medicines and had been under treat
ment several times without results i
was beginning \o think my age was
against me and that I woul 1 never fe?l
like myelf again
"Seeing Tanlac so highly recom
mended I fiifally bought a bottle as a
last resort, and could soon see good re
sults. Then I bought ifnother bottle,
then another and so on and just kept
gradually improving, until now 1 feci
like I have taken a new lease on life.
I can eat just anything I want with
out having the least trouble with my
stomach and am feeling perfectly
strong and healthy. I have thrown ms
walk ing sti?iv away and am able to
walk any place I want to go. I am
strong for Tanlac because it has made
a new man of me when I had (reached
the point where I thought there was
no help for me. As I said. I have gain
ed fourteen pounds in weight and owe
my present good health to nothing but
the good work of Tanlac. I will glad
ly confirm this statement to anyone
who cares to consult me either by let
ter of in person. In all the years of
my life 1 have never run across a med
icine that I consider in a class with
Hundreds of such statements as the
above are reaching the Tanlac offices
dally from all parts of the United
States and Canada and, of course, are
very gratifying. Tanlac contains won
derful reconstructive properties and as
a,general tonic -for weak, run down
systems has no equal.
When people grow to the ripe old
age of Air. Bemls their digestive or
gans lack vitality, act more slowly and
less effectually than in youth. The
circulation becomes poor, the blood
thins, tlie appetite fails a.id digestion
weakens Tanlac, the (jowerful recon
structive tonic, Is the Ideal strength
ci'.ee for elderly peopie. because it
creates a good healthy appetite, aids
digestion, enriches tl» blood, and in a
natural way builds up, strengthens and
invigorate* feeble, run down nervous
and aged people.
TAXI.AC is sold in Nome, by Lome a
Bros. Advertisement.
Keep Young
People with had bucks and weak
kidneys are apt to feel old at sixty.
Many old folks say Doan's Kidney I’iUs
help them keep young:. Here's a con
vincing: case:
J. P. Howe, prop, of general stn»e,
152 Water St., Santa Cruz, Calif., says:
“I haven’t needed a kidney medicine
for the past two years, ns I have had
no‘ trouble since last using Doan's
Kidney Pills. It was overllfti/ig that
affected my kidneys. I hod severe
pain in the lower part of my h^ck, but
the main trouble was with my kidney*.
They didn't act properly. The secre
tion burned and there was inf tarna
tion in my bladder. I had tried
ill known kidney medicines, but
they did me no good' Doan’s Kidney
Pills, however, did {pe work for me. I
have been entirely free from kidney
and bladder trouble for the past two
years.*’ (Statement given February ,19.
On December 4, ltl», Mr. Hoy?
said: “I never miss a chance tp Jfr.
commend Dana's Kidney Pills to.nny:
one T hear spook of kidney trouble. r I
know from experience, there Is no(J^
Jng better for this trouble." _ *
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