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The daily Alaska citizen., 1920-01-18
DEPRECIATION IN FOREIGN
 EXCHANGE

The depreciation m foreign exchange is not due merely 10 the heavy trade bal auccs. declares the National Bank of Com merco in New York in the December issue of its magazine, Commerce Monthly. It k also due to the fact that foreign moneys are deprcciatod at home The gold standard has been suspended in most European countries, and the money is merely ire dcemabIe paper No normal exchange con ditious can be expected until the gold standard is restored
 "HoW far the exchange rates will faII when they will recover how rapidly they will recoycr-thcsc are questions to which no one can give confident answers, the bank says Ut Is the general expectation that 50 long as the heavy excess of imports continues for the European countries, their exchanges will go lower. On the other hand. there are some observers who express the opinion that much of this has aHead, been discounted in the existing exchange rates by short selling, and that the demand from these short sellers themselves will take up the new supply of foreign exchange growing out of the exports for d consider able period Other observers, however, maintain that the general tendency of speculation has been buIish rather than bearioh. This. view is strongly buttressca by statistical arguments; the long time loans to Europe in the past year fall far short of the balance of Europe's current debt to the outside world, and speculation of one kind or another must have absorbed the difference, either by buying exchange, or by letting balances accumulate ill Euro pean banks, or by withholding exchange from the market, and allowing open ac- counts to run. There would thus be an enormous volume of exchange hanging over the market. Definite prediction is danger ous where so many uncertainties exist"
The daily Alaska citizen., 1920-01-18
BE A WISE INVESTOR

Interest on Liberty loans now amounts to between $8O00O0,0OO and $9OOOOO,OOO per year.
 The population of the United States is estimated at something under 11O0O0,O00 persons.
 The United States treasury therefore is disbursing investment profits averaging $8 each to every man, woman, and child in the country.
 More than 2O,00O,OOO persons were listed at the close of the Victory loan as holders of war bonds, indicating an average family holding which just tallies with the above figures-some $200 worth of Liberty or Victory bonds, producing an income of $8 per year.
 Hundreds of thousands of persons who never saved money before did so thru the purchase of Liberty bonds and War Say ings Stamps. As soon as the war ended, this accumulated money burned their pockets like the small boys first dollar They began to sell their Liberty bonds, very few, proportionately because they ac- tually needed the money. A very large pro portion sold them, at loss of few dol lars, because they itched to spend the money.
 A far too great proportion traded them for stocks which, in many cases will prove a total loss. Others sold to invest in stocks of the same lack of worth. Because of the pressure of sales from these motives, Lib erty bonds have been selling below par and persons compelled by circumstances to sell have been forced to accept loss of
The daily Alaska citizen., 1920-01-18

money they could ill afford. This has bccr the more regrcttabc because the deprcri" tion in price was artificial.
 What becomes of the Liberty bone sold below par?
 The strong boxes of the wise investor are the answer.
 He k absorbing more and more of them, knowing that a government sccur- ity, absolutely loss proof. and bearing four to four and thrcc-quartcrs per cent inter- est, is marveousIy good investment
 In the meantime, the government is continuing the sale of War Savings Stamps. which offer a safe and easy way to save money. They are always rodcemabIe at 10 days noticc in case of need, at cost plus interest earned
The daily Alaska citizen., 1920-01-18
Tarana Valley Railroad
Time Card

Effective November lst, 1919
 Subject to change without notice.
 Trains for Chatanika. Monday Wednesdays and Thursdays Leave Fairbanks ......-.... 800 A. Nj Return to Fairbanks ......5:3O P. N
 Trains for NORTH NENANA. on Tuesdays and Fridays.
 Leave Fairbanks TOO A. Nj Return to Fairbanks ...-...6:00 ?. NJ
 Trains ONLY for Cinema and Gil- more on Saturdays
 Leave Fairbanks for Cinema TOO A. NJ Return to Fairbanks .....S:20 A Nj Leave Fairb'ks for Gilmore goo A. NJ Return to Fairbanks .......2:55 P. NJ
The daily Alaska citizen., 1920-01-18
THE WAR IS NOT OVER
Or. Frank Crane


 silent. No more are they digging trenches bombing cities, and sinking ships
 But the war is not ovcr
 One woe is past, and behold another
 War is simply one kind of disorder It is the organization of one nation to de- stroy another. But there is another llinC of disorder whose possibilities of damage are quite as great.
 It is Anarchy, the organization of ; nation to destroy itself.
 And Europe is on the brink.
 Every intelligent traveller who returns from across the ocean bears the same tcSti mony. Europe is on fire. It may burn up
 The prime cause of this is the war which stopped production, brot gigantic waste and demoraLized the population.
 Now come hunger and cold.
 Irritated and stn9 by physical dis comfort, the people are easy prey to the crazy fanatic who promises Utopia if hi. pet scheme is adopted.
 ''Arise!' he cries, Strike! This i. no time for barley. Go up and take IL goods you want from those who have them Don't trust Government It is a capitais tic fraud, Use force!'
 In other words, go and get what yoI want as the Prussians tried to do-by force and frightfulness.
 MT. Nanderlip reiterates that Europe is on the verge of tragedy.
 Mr. Filene, after carefully studying conditions, says the outlook is one of gravo danger.
 And here stands rich, resourccfu America What is our duty?
 Certain voices cry: "Let Europe alone America for Americans Keep out 0 European squabbles. Don't join any League of Nations!"
 In other words, having spent billions of treasure and thousands of lives saving Europe from the Hun, let Us cut and Iul when she is threatened by the Bolshevilli
 This no decent-minded man can agreC to. Such cowardly, ignoble, and seIfisI counsel is repulsive.
 We must help.
 The situation now calls for more cour age than it did in 1917
 America is in a crisis. If we turn tai now and run from our duty, we need no think we shall save our own precious skins for the horror of Europe will certainly en gulf us; and it ought to.
 The Treaty will be signed, the League joined But even then the war is not over
 We must help. We must, of our abun dance, feed and warm and finance bank rupt and wretched Europe.
 Humanity calls. And its voice is higher even than Patriotism.
 We must stop our snarling and quar- reling, get together, go to work, and assis our distressed sister,
 How we have slumped since the arm istice!
 Said Mr. Redfield: "The reaction iron the elevation of spirit and purpose whicl characterized our people in the war has been shocking. We have reacted into al apparent orgy of class selfishness varied by mob violence There is something to jus tify fear that others will thing us a ma tion of quitters, and it takes no little con fidence to make us hopeful that we will vel do our part"
 But that confidence we have. We are not quitters. We will finish the job.
 American common sense idealism, hl manity, and pluck will yet win the great war, both for Europe and for herself.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-03

The fact that only one democrat was
elected to the state Legislature in New
Je, sey is a text for eastern papers to
work up columns of comment and
conjecture. New Jersey is not the only
state in the Union to enjoy the urique
distinction of having chosen only one
democrat to the Legislature at the late
general election. Washington presents
parallel case. The only democI at
elected to that body in this state is
Banker from Okanogan county. and
even Mr.. Banker would have failed of
election had the republicans a candi-
date for that office. But Okanogan
county has no reason for regretting
the choice made. nv Banker is a gen.
tleman of ability. and when it comes
to politics he is not an offensive par
tisan. Still If the democrats are to have
recognition on all house committees
during the coming session of the leg
islature Mr.. Banker will find both the
days and nights altogether too short
for him to participate in the proceed
ings of all the committees to which he
could be assigned
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-03

The riot of crime that is prevailing
throughout the country at the present
time is something appalling, running
as it does through the entire gaumet
of transgressions of the law from petty
larceny to murder. Human life IS held
so cheap in the United States that
homicides are increasing VITA fearful.
rapidty. while hold ups, h1rglaries
and robberies are so common as to
almost cease to attract attention. Life
and property. especially in the larger
cities, is unsafe, and even in the
smaller towns bolts and bars do not
always exclude the light fingered gen
try. The deplorable feature of all this
criIoc is that few of the guilty are ap-
pretended. and courts are lepien, n
dealing out punishment There are too
many loop holes in The law through
which criminals can escape. L; may be
impossible to eradicate crime entirely,
but if swift and sure punishment fol-
. lowed the apprehension and conviction
| of those found guilty of wrong doing
it would discourage those inclined 10
criminality and go far toward reducing
the number of crimes.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-03

4 state almost bordering on civil
var exists in Ireland Scores of the
most aCr0ci0Us murders are being
committed and destruction of property
IS very heavy The Sim Feiners are
carrying the guerrilla warfare into
England. c1ntinIng their Expectations
more 10 the burning of property than
The killing OF citizens. Besides the Sim
Feiners attacks upon rhe English
authorities, in which a large number
of officers have been killed. and the
reprisals on the part of the English,
here are two factions among the Irish
themselves who are active in killing
each other No matter if large ele-
ment in this country sympathiZes with
the Irish in their efforts to secure self
government it is wholly a problem that
must be settled between England and
It's dependency. and the United States
has no more right to interfere than
England would TO interfere in settling
auy dispute between Mexico and the
United States. or any internal diff
cUltv that might arise within the
states.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-03

Judging from the appearance OF the
rim, of the sky to the eastward tne
Nelson country is under blanket OF
snow.
Frank S. Emert, the bright young
publisher of the Nelson Leader, stop
ned over in Oroville last Friday even
ing. taking the train Saturday morn
ing for Wenatchee. where he attended
a meeting of the newspaper publishers
of this district. and of which organiza-
ton he Is the secretary. 1t was with
much regret that we were unable 10
attend the meeting, as the organization
is certain to prove very beneficial 10
those who are enrolled in its member
ship.
Public opinion must be back OF the
officers OF the law or booze fighting
can never be entirely eliminated along
the border By putting the barkeep
out of business we have opened
profitable business for the bootlegger
and he seems to be an elusive animal
to head off. Unfortunately, great
many otherwise good people do not
consider an evasion of the prohibition
law crime, and so long as that feel-
ing continues just so long will the
smuggler play his nefaflOuS tTaue'
One day last week the Wenatchee
World under an Okanogan head line,
announced the death of Hon. Geo. j..
Hurley, of LOOMS, which was some
what premature, as Mr. Hurley Is
very much alive and his many friends
in this county trust that there will be
no occasion to write his obituary for
years to come. True. just now Mr..
Hurley is not in robust health, but
those who have known him long have
seen him when he appeared to be far
more seriously i'll than at the present
time Through sheer grit and will
power Mr.. Hurley has weathered
more severe attacks of sickness than
his present one and we sincerely trust
that his present indisposition is only
of a temporary nature
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-03

Some seventeen state banks organ
lied under nonpartisan laws in North
Dakota have closed their doors during
the past two weeks. AS nonpartisan
laws have driven capital out of that
state there is shortage of ready cash
in circulation, which in some measure
accounts for the closing of banks
However there has been no misappro-
priation of funds to cause these fail
ures. and it Is claimed that the en-
barrassment is but temporary and that
the banks will again open for business
when their affairs are readjusted.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-03

A great many people are reported
to be out of employment in the larger
cities of the state, and the same condi-
ton prevails all over the country,
which is exceedingly unfortunate at
this season of the year. Industries en-
ploying large forces are shutting down
and others are running on short time
owing, it is claimed, to depreciating
prices and a sluggish market. 1t is
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-03

The Spokesman-Re chronicle.
severe earthquake shaking up that city,
at about half-past three O'Clock sn.
day morning. AS all good people ws,.
in bed and sound asleep at tina, nm
earthly hour in this balliwick ~.
have heard of no one who noticed an
disturbance of the earth's surface :,
the time mentioned in Oroville.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-03

safe to say that majority OF those
now out of a job are without means,
having failed in the years OF fat wase
TO put aside nest egg with wnicn u
meet and face just such contingency
which was bound TO arise a1ter the
riot of inflated prices and wasteiui ex
penditures on the part OF all classes.
Improvidence Is common weakness
Of man. however and no one IS nene-
fitted by calling attention to the in]u-
dicious handling OF money in fiush
days. The fact remains that there Is
going TO be much misery among the
unemployed this winter unless some
means can be devised to provide work
for the enforced idle.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-03

The disconcerting report appears in
the daily press that the flu is again
making it's appearance at various points
in the United States. With the memory
of the wide spread and fatal epidemic
of two years ago still fresh in the
minds of the people threat of rep
etition of that trying ordeal will create
much apprehension and dread through
out the country.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-12-03
:, .rrears that Washington and

1t appears that Washington ana
New Jersey were not the only states
where but a single democrat was erect
ed TO the state Legislature on the zhn
of November Now comes the an
nouncement that only one democrat
was elected to the legislature In
Wyoming. That unusual political STU
alton has ceased to be a novelty.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-12-03
AUTO CRASH is FATAL
CASTOR Chevrolet Killed When
Racing Cars Collide.
Eddie O'Donnel Receives injuries
Which Prove Fatai-Mechan
Also Killed.

Los Angeles, Calif.-Gaston Chevro-
let, famous racing driver, and Lyall
Jolls, mechanician for Eddie O'Don-
nell, were killed when Chevrolet's and
O'DonnelPs machines crashed together
on the Los Angeles Speedway at the
east end of the grand stand near the
close of the 250-mile race
O'DOnnell was so seriously injured
that it was first reported he was killed.
His skull was fractured and both arms
broken and he died several hours
later.
John Breshnahan, Chevrolet's mech
anician, also was injured seriously.
ODonnelPs car struck the fence on
the east turn and bounded down the
incline, colliding with the car driven
by CASTOR Chevrolet. Both cars turned
over and piled up at the foot of the
incline. The four men were pinned
beneath the cars. All were rushed to
the city police hospital.
The accident occurred while Chew
rolet, O'Donnell and Joe Thomas were
fighting to make up the half a dozen
laps they were behind the leadere at
the 150-lap point The three cars were
punched on the east turn.
According to persons grouped about
the turn Chevrolet turned to pass
Thomas, who was on the inside of
the bowl, and his car truck that Of
O'Donnell, who was on the outside
O'DOnnelPS car turned and n1unped
down the incline and Chevrolet's, ap-
parently out of control shot to the
top of tho track, tore out 200 feet of
fence, then rolled down the incline
on top of the wreckage beneath which
O'Donnell and Jolls were pinned.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-12-03
LAND CLEARING CUES
TIONS AND ANSWERS

(The following answers are prepared
by A. j. McAdams, Du Pont Powder
Co.. and j. e. Lee Stewart. Director
of the Land Clearing Contest. All
questions regarding land clearing
should be addressed to the Farm
Editor of the News-Budget.)
@. Will dynamite kept over winter
be fit for use in the spring?
A. Yes, if it is kept in a dry, we'll
ventilated place.
O. Is 40 per cent dynamite twice as
strong as 20 per cent dynamite?
A. No. 1t is about % stronger
than 20 per cent. On the strength ba-
sis one and four-tenths sticks OF 20
per cent equal one stick of 40 per cent
However, under nearly all soil condi-
lions the actual strength of the eXpl0-
sive is not considered. The action OF
the explosive is what counts. Twenty
per cent dynamite is much slower act
ing with more of a heaving and lifting
effect than 40 per cent, and is usually
as good for stump blasting as 40 per
cents
stump puller, for clearing land?
A. Sometimes dynamite and some
times a stump puller. Most of the time
combination of the two give the best
results. (Specific conditions should be
stated to give definite answer to this
question:
@. What is the best tool TO make
holes under a stump?
A. Men who have had long eXper-
fence recommend very strongly the use
of driving bar ~ feet long and an
eight or ten pound hammer
@. Will d No. 6 cap set off INT?
l. A. Yes, but a No. S cap will give
more complete defamation and better
due to the insensitiveness of the INT.
IN talking with several Of our farm
ers we have often heard them ask ques-
lions regarding land clearing which
were of interest to us. We have stored
few of the pertinent questions in our
memories and i'll the issues that follow
we will answer few at a time
We hope that our questions will not
be the only questions published. We
desire that every farmer in the county
send us questions and we will do the
best we can to give fair and just an
swer. We know. there are problems
which you cannot solve and several
points on land clearing which seem
hazy to you Let us be of service to
you and help you reach a sane and
reasonable answer to these problems
No matter how insignificant your
question may be, send it in. 1t may be
of interest to some fellow farmers.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-12-03
BACON HOG FITS
CONDITIONS HERE

The present price of hogs is disap-
pointing to the farmer as are prices
on many other products. but there are
certain facts to be considered III rela-
ton to hog raising The present
market demands hog that approaches
the bacon type. This is due very
largely to the decreased demand for
lard by the housewife who finds sub
Stitute" quite desirable, according to a
statement issued by the animal hus-
bandry department OF the College OF
Agriculture.
Now if this explanation be true, and
excellent evidence may be found up
holding it in reviewing the market re-
ports for number of months past, then
there is much hope for lis ilf the hog
industry, writes w a. Duffy, Barron
county agricultural agent, in the News
Shield 1t means that we can raise a
hog finished for the market on our
products, such as skim milk, whey, oats,
barley, and clover pasture. It means
we do not need to figure corn as part
Of our ration. 1t means that we can
avoid the expensive process Of laying
on fat, and that our hogs may be per-
nitted to forage for larger part of
their keep than if we are producing
lard hogs. We do not need to change
our breed: we simply change the type
by a different plan Of feeding.
Let us consider this hog question far
thcr. and if it is sound, why not pro-
duce many more hogs than we have
in the past?
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-12-03
VILLAGE TAXES RANGE
FROM 10 TO 20 MILLS

The highest tax rate in any of the
81 villages of Wisconsin this year was
706 mills on 5766 per cent valuation,
and the lowest was 10 mills on &c per
cent valuation, according to a village
tax table which has just been prepared
for the first time by the Municipal In
formation bureau of the University of
Wisconsin Extension division.
The tables, available through the
bureau were drawn up from records of
the state tax commission and are like
those prepared yearly on city taxes.
Included in the table are the assessed
valuation, population, percentage of
true value, total general taxes, general
village taxes, school taxes, income
taxes, special assessments, and tax rate
in mills for each of the villages In
separate compilation, the cash sol
diers' bonus surtaX and the educational
surtax for each village is listed.
OF the 14S villages under 500 pop
ulation, the highest tax rates are :
Lublin, 70.6 mills on 5766 per cent of
true value; Withee, 61.5 on $500 per
cent; Sheldon, 81 on 81 per cent; Hau-
gen, 51.5 on 65.10 per cent; Weyer-
haeuser, so on 50 per cent. The low
est are Rothchild, 10 on &c per cent ;
and st. Cloud, 10 on S1.67 per cent.
Of the 169 villages over 500 popula-
ton, the highest tax rates are: Prem
tice, $50 mills on 92.67 per cent valu-
alton: Cadott. so on 80 per cent Bruce
so on 9S per cent; Edgar, 40.1 on IS per
cent; and Necedah, As on 1888 per
cent. The lowest are: Kimberly, 10
mills on SO per cent, valuation; Camp
bellsport, 15.1 on 9347 per cent; New
Glarus II on 1886 per cent.-Univer-
sity of Wisconsin Bulletin.