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Alaska Fisherman
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FOR SALE-CHEAP
“For Sale—Furnished 6-room house, furnace,
cheap.”
So reads the first advertisement of a recent
issue of the Ketchikan Chronicle, the newspaper
that is the “High Boat” among the seining fleet. .
The Chronicle broadcasts a lamentable fact.
During the last two years, the market value
of my home has dropt two thousand dollars.
I am not alone.
Last year a party refused to sell a lot for
$1200. This year he is offering it for $300. with
no takers.
I talked with a leading real estate man re
cently and asked him how he liked the O’Malley
prosperity that all the papers are rejoicing about.
He said, “I have made but one sale during the
last eight months—no living in that.”
WILLIAM L. PAUL
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