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The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-25

tion, excessive overhead attach ments, gross expenditure for plant and useless buildings, and too little attention to grading and track laying along the main line
 Look at the estimate on page 765 for the payment of employees for the fiscal year 1920, "salaries s967,- 295," wages s3O5,465." Salaries" in the bureaucratic organization, wages" to railroad builders Sew enty-five per cent for overseeing, and twenty-five per cent for con- struction work Notice, too that the 25 per cent includes a large number of employees who do not construct railroads, so the true sum to be paid to actual railroad build CTS is really much less than 25 per cent of the total sum expended for salaries and wages.
 The Anchorage division is your best showing for construction work on this government railroad; more work has been done there, more men employed than all the rest of the road combined, yet your official overhead and non-railroad buildinr list there amounts to more than 50 per cent of the total employees, You have had more pencil holders" on that work in 1918 than actual rail road constructors. No contractor would have any such overhead organ ization, or any such extraordinary waste of his or corporate funds.
 You could have saved as much if not all of this official overhead rr organization waste by a judicious contract in 1914 for the construction of the road When the bill became q law on March 12, 1914, railroad contractors came to Washington to offer competitive bids for its con- struction under that plan. None were called for, no contract was let. but the scheme of bureaucratic con- struction by wages out of the fund was entered on to save the con- tractors profits" Contractors of
The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-25
FRIDAY BRIDGE CLUB WILL
 MEET AT OKEEFE HOME

The Friday Bridge club will hold its regular weekly meeting at the nome of Mrs. Larry O'Keefe. on Front street tonight
 Play will commence promptly at $ o'clock and all members are re- quested to be present on time.
 4 vote will be taken after the end of play on whether the club shall continue during the summer or disDand; and members who are unable to be present and send sub stitutes, are requested to instruct vote on the question.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-25

fered to build the Copper river route from Chitina to Fairbanks, a distance of 313 miles, for S13,97l, 900, or an average of s44,64O per main line mile, but that offer was declined It is mentioned here merely as a standard of comparison with the line which you have built at an estimated cost of about S50,- GOO per main line mile, though at an actual cost of about S14O,0O0 per main line mile. It also illus trates the difference between a po- litical bureau control and a live rail road contractor on the ground under responsibility.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-25

The first instalment of the letter written by former Delegate James Wickersham to Secretary Lane, iharging him with nismanagement of the affairs of the Alaskan En- gineering commission and the Alas la railroad project, is given in this issue for the benefit of the readers of the Nenana News.
 The letter is as follows:
 Washington. D. C.
 January s. 1919. Hon. Franklin K. Lane.
 Secretary of the Interior,
 Washington, D. c.
 Sir:
 Your administration in the con- struction of the Alaska railroad, the first test of government con- struction, ownership and operation of American railroads. under the Act of Congress approved March 12, 1914. is now about concluded under present legislation That 1t has prov en disappointing to those familiar with the work is admitted; the people of Alaska who are best acquainted with the facts think the failure results from your inefficiency. in competency, and petty political par tisanship, in which conclusion I am forced to concur. No doubt if you were required to answer public charges of that kind you would take refuge behind alleged changed con- ditions brought on by the worlds war, since you began the work; and because that ready excuse will occur to others, as well, it is necessary to call your attention to some facts which you may not otherwise notice, which tend to show that the failure is not wholly due to that cause. 1-Appropriations are Dissipated.
 The Act authorizing the president to locate, construct and operate a government railroad in Alaska was approved by him on March 12, 1914, nearly five years ago. 36 Stat L. 305. The Act carried an authoriza- tion for the full sum of $35,00O,OO0 and an appropriation of immediate use of one million. The following appropriations have been made and expended:
 s1,000,0O0, 38 Stat. L., 3O5,
 s2,00O,000, 38 Stat. L., S61.
 s2,000,0000, 39 Stat. L.. 23.
 S6, 247,620, 39 Stat L. BOG.
 s3,000,000, 39 Stat. L., 1902.
 S7,500,000, Act June l2. 1917.
 S4,OO0,0 900, Act October 6, 1917. s4,250,O0O, Act July l. 1918.
 S30,997,620, total appropriations to date.
 $4,002,3S0, estimate for 1920
 $35,000,00O, total authorization for project.
 When the sum of s4,0O2, ,3sO car ried in the estimates for 1920 shall be appropriated as now requested by you, and expended, the entire sum authorized by Congress for this project will have been spent, and the project will be about two-.hirds completed. The people of Alaska want to know why there has been such a waste of their trust fund. why the project has been so long delayed, and why there is such a difference between promise and performance.
 Your estimate in the book of es-
The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-25

The second instalment charging incompetence and waste on the Ne mana division will be published in a later issue.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-25
WICKERSHAM LETTER
 TO SECRETARY LANE
Former Delegate Believes Alaska Railroad Should Be Constructed by Contractors. Says Lane is Failure

inmates, 1920, for the expenditure of the balance of the appropriation the sum of s4,002.3S0, shows how near the danger line this propect now Is. While this official estimate is so skillfully drawn and presented that no mere layman. be he repre-, sentative or delegate. can say with certainty what it means, past expert ence in noting the expenditure of these funds, justifies the fair as- sumption that at least certain of the items therein will be expended, some because they are necessary for the best use of the road, others for the convenience of the officials, as follows:
 Construction, Seward Division, s71s.34O.
 Operation Seward Division, s712,- 220.
 Operation, Fairbanks Division, s329,S90.
 Expenses, Seattle and Washing ton. S66,O00.
 Salaries, s967,295.
 Total s2.793,745.
 Subtract this sum from the bal ance estimated for, s4,002,3S0 and there is remaining but s1,20S,6 ,635 for all authorized work on the road from Seward to Fairbanks. There are other items, too, in the estimate which more than use up that bal snce, for instance materials, equip ment and supplies s1,4S6,SS0,' which for itself leaves a deficit When it is understood that this bal, ance is the end of both legislation and appropriation it seems the part of good judgment to call a halt unless you intend to carry on the waste until the last dollar is reached, and then abandon the un. completed joints of the enterprise tc depreciation, demoralization an wreck. It may be fairly assumed that you do not intend to do that and that no more miles of main line will be constructed out of this bal ance, unless some other way can be found 10 continue the necessary op, eration and protection of the prop erty pending further congressiona. action.
 g. Cost Per Main Line Mile. On December 13, 1918, your of. flee furnished me a blueprint mar of the Alaska railroad showing main line progress to December l2, 1918 From that may it is ascertained that you have constructed 22S miles ot main line, not including, of course the Fl miles purchased from the Alaska Northern Co.,, nor the mar. row guage Panama Valley branch Both these were paid for out of the fund provided by Congress for the construction of the general project and their cost must, therefore, be subtracted from the s35, 100000 be. fore the cost of the main line mil cage can be determined. These two items amount to the following sum, according to your official estimates
 Purchase price II miles Alaska Nortl.er, S1,15O,OO0.
 Rehabilitation of II miles Alaska Northern s1,163.SSS.
 Purchase price Panama Valley Branch S3OO,000.
 Rehabilitation of Panama Valley Branch S137,50O.
 Total s2,751,3sS.
 Subtraeting the purchase price of
The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-25
SHOTGUNS and Shotgun Ammu- stock just opened, at Anderson Bros & Neriand.

Jack Singleton is town visitor from his roadhouse near Lignite. He reports that the forest fires in his neighborhood did considerable damage but that they are not dan gerous now.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-25

LOST-Nugget chain. Liberal re-
 ward for return to News office.
Evening journal., 1919-05-27

a solemn session Of sorrow and pub
licly voiced a protest against the COM
ing prohibition at a great dinner in
New York on May n, The 67siih birth
day Of the Dalai Lama OF Lhasa--lhe
Lama Of rhibet
A resolution OF the Hermils recitcs
how tho Pilgrim Fathers landed ale at
Plymouth Rock; that William penn's
first act IN settling Pennsylvania was
TO build brewery: that the Dutch who
settled New York city built a brewery
at once on the corner OF what Is now
Broadway and Whitehall; that the first
white child born in this country was
born over this ale house, that The plot
Evening journal., 1919-05-27

THAT the Down Stairs Store
is the chosen flocking-plaee
of the greatest number and
the greatest variety of new, airy,
charming Summer frocks to be
found in any store will be adm ID
by any one who takes the trouble
to make comparisons.
Everybody interested in dress
knows that there are frocks and
frocks. Above all, there are Sum
mer frocks and Summer frocks.
Some are merely things to put
on.
But those assembled in the
Down Stairs Store represent the
sort of frocks that women OF
taste and refinement order from
their fashionable dressmakers.
Evening journal., 1919-05-27
BY JosEpH TAYLOR.
/. y. A. Staff Correspondent.

\. p. a. StaI correspondent.
NEW YORK. May 27.-In sadness and
sorrow. forty thousand Hcrmiis OF
Hlmalsya. claimed 10 be The oldest fra
tcrnal society in tie world today. are
preparing TO emigraie front The United
States in order 60 escape the Great
Drouth.
The, Grand Lama OF Thibet has offered
refuge In the valley OF Lhssa In which
is set his ancient palace. II is reported
that the brewery in the town below Is
being enlarged and new caves are being
followed in the mountain sides.
The Hermlts OF Htmalaya convened in
Evening journal., 1919-05-27
EGYPT RIOTERS BEAT
AnAiENiANS 10 DEATH.

y. 2. A. Special 90 the Evening journal.
NCAlRO. May 27.-Armenians suffered
just as in Turkey IN the recent out
breaks against British rule in Cairo.
An Armenian youth Who ran into the
street when the rioters approached was
found later in a hospital with both
hands cut of and his head battered in.
An Armenian who escaped from a
house from which a revolver shot had
been fired was pursued from roof TO
roof and finally dragged into the street
by ihemob and beaten beyond recogni-
ton. After The corpse had been placed
in an ambulance, rioters tore away the
cover TO spit upon The body.
Evening journal., 1919-05-27
SORROWING HERMITS OF HIMALAYA
WOULD EMIGRATE TO ESCAPE DROUTH

to dump the tea overheard in Boston
harbor was Matched in an ale house and
the costumes OF those who participated
were put on IN this same ale house
that Richard Henry Lee Nroio his fa-
nous resolution in an ale house--in
fact, that every act associated with the
settlement and independence OF the
United states was intimately connected
with spirituous liquors
Evening journal., 1919-05-27

seems to lie all in the
other direction.
Those dollars that can
be saved are too prec-
ious for helter-skelter
shopping to be advis-
able.
In fact, the same
thing is true Of those
dollars that are going to
be spent!
Evening journal., 1919-05-27
The Unique Service and Opportunities
NNN of the DotOn Stairs Store /0d|N
wv oft WununsUker's wv


ed q true service in
eradicating from any
minds that previously
harbored it the mis-
chievous fancy that
economy is undignified.
With hundreds Of
noble uses-indeed, de-
mands! - a w attn q
every dollar that one
can save, the dignity
Evening journal., 1919-05-27
FrOcks in FEOcks!

and the other new Summer
colots, the fascinating new
printed voiles, cotton tissues,
ginghams in bright, smart
plaids in plain weaves-snd
the weil-made serges and
jersey dresses Of good quality,
needed for Summer travelling
and cool days--a woman can
really hnd anything she wants
and hnd it at a reasonable
price.
We consider the values in
cotton frocks at S5.7s, and
frocks in general under the
price Of $3.50. most unusual
and worthy OF the attention OF
any woman. however fastidi-
Gus, who must dress we'll on a
moderate income.
Evening journal., 1919-05-27
Fashionable

and in the most amazing as
sortmcnt of materials and
styles. Here may be selected
a dress for any conceivable
occasion: the dainty gradua-
ton frock; pretty, simple
dresses for porch or house
wear: attractive new models
for afternoon wear; dresses
for tiS- evening dances; sports
dresses for the Summer Girl.
Materials include practically
every fashionable Summer
fabric; SO that between the
choice in soft silks, Georg-
cites, both plsin-coior and
printed, taffetas, crepe de
chimes and printed foulards-
the eottons. represented by
voiles in snowy white. in rose
Evening journal., 1919-05-27

goods, best service, and
lowest prices" talks
louder than words.
1t is talking to more
and. more people every
day.
If the late war had ac-
complished nothing else,
it would have perform
Evening journal., 1919-05-27

Several years ago the
Down Stairs Store was
opened, a s til e most
practical solution Of
that problem, and the
service in economy as
sociated with quality
started in that first
hour Of its existence
has gone ahead steadily
ever since.
Evening journal., 1919-05-27

MOST of the folks
Iva who h ave little
time or little money at
their disposal bring
their shopping problems
to Wanamaker's, on the
principle Of laying a
case in the hands Of an
expert
Evening journal., 1919-05-27

THE best friend of
Il the Down Stairs
Store = and the Gus
toner to whom the
Stores the best friend
lis the one who never
buys anything cheap"
We ourselves never
buy anything Cheap"
in that sense-and con-
sequently we cannot
sell it, either in the
Down Stairs Store or
anywhere.
We buy for that part
of the Store things of a
less fine grade than
other things which are
finer and naturally cost
more.
But each article, how
ever small its price,
must be good Of its
kind, worthy to repre-
sent the Wanamaker
service of which it
forms a part.
TUST as a trip to
y Philadelphia is fiat
without a visit to Wana-
makers, so is a days
shopping in Wanamak-
er's incomplete without
an inspection of the
Down Stairs Store.
If there's any one left
who lives within reach
of these words and who
has not yet made ac-
quaintance with its op-
portunities and its
service, our hospitable
Down Stairs salespeople
are ready to say, with a
more felicitous applica-
ton, what poor Mrs.
Malaprop said to an ac-
quaintance who tele-
phoned to her:
Here's news! I've
just moved into your
neighborhood! H ave
taken the house by the
river!"
81 do hope you'll drop
in some day." interrupt
ed the good lady, i'm
pulsively.
Evening journal., 1919-05-27
WOMAN stood

L "a yesterday morn
ing in a corner Of
The Gallery, which is
located Immediately be-
low the Street Floor
and overlooking t h e
Down Stairs Store.
She was leaning
against the Gallery rail
ing, and she, too, was
overlooking the Down
Stairs Store.
She surveyed it as one
surveys an interesting
picture.
because that's what
it is; that, and many
other things besides.)
TtHE Down Stairs
Il Store was no new
place to this woman.
She herself had been
down on its spacious
floors a minute ago,
buying some of the pret-
ty, fresh, tasteful bits of
fashionable neckwear
which she was wont to
pick up there at little
prices.
But from the Gallery
rail she saw the picture
all the better, and on q
bigger scale, through
not being in it.
She shook her head
rehectively more than
once, and then turned to
the person nearest her:
dWkere else In the
z1orLdp she said.
"Wkere else In the
woyId-%
A N unfinished state
IN ment, but one that
we can understand
fully and appreciate
highly, and can fill in
between the lines very
easily. She was look
ing
At the lofty, strongly
built, snowy ceiling,
with its multitude of
bright, soft lamps she'd
ding generous light on
the merchandise dis
played below;
At the merchandise
itself; its amazing
quantity and variety,
and the amazing order
liness as well as the at
tractiveness of its ar
rangement.
With it's quality she
was already well ac-
quainted.
And she was also
studying the throngs Of
nice-looking people who
moved comfortably and
unhurriedly along the
great, straight, open
aisles, of which three
connect directly from
Market to Chestnut
Street, while numerous
aisles crossing from
East to West.
Had she been close
enough she might have
seen many faces of rep
resentative WON n,
even men.
ct was said recently
and truly that the
w an a m a k er Down
Stairs Store is the only
store in the world, de-
voted to selling inexpen-
sive goods, where one is
Evening journal., 1919-05-27

EXTERE we to at
w tempt to tell here
everything about the
Down Stairs Store that
is interesting and profit
able to know, we would
have to do what the
Down Stairs Store itself
does
Take up the space of
an entire city block!
But it isn't necessary,
for the Store itself, with
its undertaking Wana-
maker policies of "best
Evening journal., 1919-05-27

as likely as not to NEE
Mrs. Rit t e n h o u 8 e
Square.)
GO, Of course, whaf
~ she meant to say
was:
"Where else tn the
IDorld, sGUe in WdHa-
makers, could such
a Store be found?
"a store full of de-
peHd06fe ReU nleT-
cInndise at moderate
prices; a store ICherc
the best people IN
t0E0n and out of foIUH
shop tCheneUer they
hGUe a special interest
in soDing money on
arg article; q store
,ohoSe arrangements
for lighting, UeatiFc-
ton and cleanliness
insure so completely
comfort and safety
for both customers
and employees?
I'm short, q Store
IChich a great Hes0s-
paper man has called
The NeIC Wonder of
the M ere cdntife
W0rld'?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-03

Decline for the Office of the manager.
I'm thru, Mr.. Bartwell," he an
nounced, savagely. Business Is rot
ten-'
"But, MIR. Wakefield" protested the
manager, ingratiatingly. 'it won't keep
up that way long. We're spending
thousands on advertising, work has
started on three houses, N another
week the crowd"
will wake up," Bob jerked out
rudely. I'm tired of all this glitter
ing sham-why, there isn't thing real
anywhere around here. Real values,
bah. ee-thousand-dollar lots out
of cheap hundred-dollar acre! Real
neighbors, bunk, A couple of dirty
old hicks that didn't know any bet
ter signed contracts and I felt like
a pickpocket. Courtesy-why, I've
been making love to women, ceddlins
children-just to make 'em buy. till
I've been ashamed to tell my girl 1
love her. And I do love her 1
idolize her. I"
TELL that to her" spoke up heavy
set old gentleman with twinkling eyes.
who advanced smilingly toward Bob,
who regarded him in Amusement.
"she's right outside. But I'm inter
ested in this land. so cut out the
knocks. I don't blame you, but you We
got better work ahead of you. Follow
me-
= And then Mr.. Clayton led the aston
ished Bob to the limousine.
Helen" he said. with a gleafn in
his eyes, Bob wants to tell you some
thing. Go over there in that grove
with her. Bob
What the USE" yened Bob Wake
field. 1eaping into the machine and
erasping her in his arms. 81 can tell
her here. You're the most wonderful,
darling, beautiful creature in the
world. I love you so much that
Are you sure, Bob" she asked
with thrill in her tone, that you
mean that"
The dev-'' and then he broke
off his sentence against her starved
Inns.
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For the cost of a month OF war.
writes Henry Ford, We could make
such public improvements in this land
as would be worth most of the terri
tory involved in the war We could
make a new Eden of the Mississippi
valley, turning it into the great garden
and powerhUuse of the country We
could build the canals and establish
the waterpower We have been talking
about and have never seen our way
clear to do. we could develop a
greater agricultural area and make the
produce of former years look like a
handful.