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Newspaper
Fairbanks Daily Times
Location
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
2
Notice of weekly and daily edition distribution from Fairbanks printing house under Tanana Publishing Company. Manager Zach F Hickman oversees weekly seven to single copies with city delivery and monthly rates.
Rates for advertising space in The News will be made known on application. Charges will be found reasonable for the service given.
The Tanana district should rally behind one broad-minded candidate for congress and ignore local factional lines. John P. Clum gains Democratic support due to post office service experience and wide Alaskan travel, while Ronan lags. Independent citizens back Clum as the best chance for effective territorial representation.
The Seattle Star criticizes Washington DC police court justice Ivey G. Kimball for sentencing Robert N. Harper to a $760 fine under the pure food and drug act case. It calls for Kimball’s retirement, arguing only imprisonment would meet the statute’s penalties.
An Exchange editorial argues Alaska’s gold production stays stable while wage cuts elsewhere lure workers north. Cheaper labor could accelerate railroad construction and open interior goldfields, easing strikes and attracting capital despite market swings.
Over four years Professor E L Thorndike of Columbia, for the federal education bureau, finds many grade school pupils fail to reach high school. He notes only about one in ten graduates from high school, with poverty and need to work guiding dropouts and calls for expanded technical and trade education.
The deepest diamond drill hole on record reached 6 700 feet in upper Silesia in 1900. A Rand drill in South Africa achieved 6 340 feet in 19065.
M. J. Heney quotes an eighteen hour day wage scale of thirty cents per hour for railroad labor at Cordova. The contract holder outlines the pay rate and terms for workers on the project.
During a Civil War voyage to chase Confederate cruisers the U S S Vanderbilt found its bunkers empty at St Helena. A Scotsman on shore asked thirty dollars per ton for coal, forcing the ship to retreat with only a thousand tons bought at the outrageous price, teaching a costly wartime lesson on fuel supply.
The article traces early candy origins naming Julius Dragatus of the Fabrius family as inventor of dragati or dragoti in 117 B C. It notes the dragoti tradition at noble European weddings, the Florentine John Pastilla and his pastilles, and the Pralin bonbon created from burned almonds by Lassagne for Marshal Duplessis Pralin.
The Robinson gold mine in Johannesburg tops a global list of large gold mines per the Mining and Scientific Press. Since milling began in January 1888 the mine produced 2,253,800 fine ounces of gold from 3,212,200 tons of ore, with total costs around 17.25 million dollars and a working profit of 28.75 million dollars, with projected profitability ending in 1920. Belgium nets orchard roadside income from 800,000 trees valued at about 13,000 pounds annually, costing roughly 3 4d per tree to maintain.
The Sugar Trust is said to hire detectives in New York to tail government investigators probing trust operations tied to sugar shipping rates.
Canadian Pacific lines and affiliated steamship firms announce a joint freight increase of 10 per ton for shipments from Vancouver to Prince Rupert and Skeena river points, effective immediately.
A philosopher argues that wealth lies underground yet criticizes those who seek quick gains by forcing nature to reveal it. He warns that indiscriminate digging could bring ruin rather than wealth. The comment frames patience over reckless extraction.
Badger and Woodward advertise sale of a premier Fairbanks restaurant location and business. They list a portable saw mill plant for sale and furnished cabins available on an installment plan.
Numerous 1907 1908 conveyances list Edward N Lord and others selling interests in mining claims and associated properties on Cleary and Chatham creeks, along with mortgages and powers of attorney. Notable parties include Sylvester Howell Chas Sanborn Julius Hoffman and Wm F Woodward. Dates span May 1908 to December 1908 with multiple parcels named and values noted.
Found nugget brooch owner to claim by describing the item and paying for this ad. Caller asked to identify at 2nd cabin west of Dunkle St on 4th. Also notes station and help wanted lines indicating readers will get answers through these columns.
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