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NOME, ALASKA. JAN. 19, 1916
The statement of Piank Litis con
, t-ni.ng me conuitlons at the Aiurnlng
eiue sanatorium , published in the pres
ent issue and alsu in our morning con
temporary, will serve to further eon
rmn me vie" held by the majority
,.f Ah skan* that there is something
decidedly wioiig with that institution,
it least in su far as the treatment of
►■.illenis is concerned. Almost without
exceptiuu every patient who has been
liberated from that so-called hospital
for 'he insane has told some taie of
horror concerning the condition* un
der which the unfortunutes incarcerat
ed there are forced to exist. Practi
cally all their stories are identical ic
the main details and disclose evidences
f the most shocking inhumanity and
ater lark of regard on the part of the
management for the comfort and wel
iare ot the unfortunates who are <iv
• into their charge. Indeed some of
ti c stories told by those who have Teen
u fortunate as to secure their release
..re such to to cause the listener to
wonder that the narrators ever re
gained their reason and others are not
tit to print, so disgusting are the de
tails. One and all agree that the in
stitution is nothing short of a disgrace
to the community which permits it to
exist.
With some many witness offering
corroborative testimony as to the true
conditions it is a matter for wondei
that the people of the territory have
allowed themselves to be deceived by
Tie occasional “investigations”—that
•ire In reality not Investigations at all—,
which have been conducted at inter
tals usually following some particular
ly odious complaint, all of which have
resulted in a report exonerating the
management and Indicating that every- ,
thing was lovely. Not one of these
investigations have been worth a tin
ker's hang when It comes to the matter
•■f learning the actual conditions ob
taining at that establishment. A few
individuals who are possessed of little
■r no idea or what they are looking
for. or how to And it If they did, go
down on a well advertised trip, look
over an establishment made prim and
orderly for the occasion, question a
Tew or the inmates who have learned
! y dint of stripes and blows that It
does not pay to make complaints, and
then return and tel! how nice It was
i nd what a Ane time they had. That
Is all the ordinary investigation
.■ mount to and, needloss to say, they
. te seldom productive of any good.
It matters not the sincerity or abil
ity of those engaged in investigations
of this character, they can accomplish
practically nothing owing to the utter
impossibility of obtaining the facts.
The Inmates of such an institution will
loll nothing of such irregularities or
' abuses as may exist and there are few
other means ,of learning open to the
• investigator. If the truth is to be ob
tained it is principally from those who
have no reason to fear punishment for
telling it and such are hardly to he
found behind the asylum walls. It is
from men such as Lttts and the many
others that have been Inside the walls
or V=-' ■ — . A.JWieuge of I
ihe an IT.' — ——rinns there is to be
ibtutned. Ti j men who have told
ihe harrowing story of what they have
seen anti endured are the only wit
nesses who can be depended upon to
lell the truth, for It cannot be obtained
j rom the cowed and fear stricken ones
who remain Incarcerated. Lttts has
toid us, and, we believe, truthfully, of
what be has seen and suffered and so
have a dozen or so others who have
undergone a tike experience. Further,
they have ail toid practically the same
story which seems to prove that they
are telling the truth. For ourselves,
we doubt nut that they are telling the
truth—and a black and ugly truth It Is.
With so much testimony spread be
fore them, all showing that the asylum
in question is anything but what is
desirable us a place of treatment for
the insane, the people of Alaska are
either utterly heedless or wholly
oe&rtless If they fail to take some ac
tion toward persuading the government
to make u change. The system of
farming out the unfortunates is An
itself an iniquity, to be condemned and
abhorred by all who have the least
■ipark of human feeling and It is a
rying shame on the people of the ter
ritory that they continue to allow It
to endure.
From all accounts the inmates of the
Alorningside asylum receive hardly
oetter treatment than the average Al
askan grants to hls dog and yet we
continue to allow the helpless human
beings who have lived and worked
with us, who have been our comrades
ind whom an unfortunate fate has
ivertaken, to rot out their existence
bereft of all friendship, sympathy and
are without hardly raising our voices
In protests.
CARNEGIE 18 $324,667,300 POORER.
(Exchange.
since Andrew Cransgie started out!
ome years ago to make himself a!
oor man he has to date given away
u34.5a7.333. How much poorer Mr.
arnegie now Is than he was before
.ie gave away hla first peuny, Mr. Car
.,egie himself probably couldn't even
„uess closa
The Carnegie institute has cost <24,
JOU.UOO. He has given 5,353 organs to I
hurches; 3,500 to the United States,
,50 to Canada and 3,256 to Great Brit- !
a in and Ireland. Library, organ and
. ollege donations have been given toi
very stale in tbe union.
THE AMERICAN STRUGGLE
(Harper's Magazine.)
America Just now provides the great
est exhibit the world has ever seen of
successful mediocrity.
There are no contented poor on this
side of the Atlantic except In the back
waters of the east. There Is no sin
gle class content to recognize the in
tellectual or material superiority of the
/
rest. Everyone is pushing onward and
upward. The poor man, as we are
told every day, may be rich tomorrow;
the ignorant goes to night school and
will learn; the drummer hopes to run
the business for which ho is traveling; J
the hired man will ow n land as good j
as that he plows; the clerk will be a
partner In the firm. Even In the uni
versities no Institutions like the fel-1
low ship of Oxford and Cambridge can!
exist. In America not even the scholar *
is willing to stop at such a position.
He must go on—or try to go on—as
far as the rest. Never before has a
nation exhibited so completely a spec- j
tacle of millions of Insects all swarm
ing upward toward the light.
This view may be optimism. I do I
not think so. For In nine hundred
cases out of a thousand the goal of
all this striving is mediocrity. Tour
son nowadays does not hope to be
president. He climbs toward a much
lower round In the ladder. The labor- j
er wishes to reach the middle class, j
The middle class wishes to be richer.
The poorer class—If we have one—
hopes to make sure of It* perch.—
Henry Seidel Canby.
Begin the New Year right by sub
scribing for the Nugget.
NOTICE TO CREOITOR8.
In the U. S. Commissioners' Court
for the Territory of Alaska, Second
Judicial Division. Cape Nome Precinct.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Joseph
D. Jourden, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, executor of the last will and
testament of Joseph D. Jourden, de-1
ceased, to the creditors of, and to all
persons having claims against the said
deceased, to exhibit to said executor
their claims with the necessary vouch
ers, within six months from the date
of this notice, at his office In Nome,
Alaska.
Dated at Nome, Alaska -this 18th
day of January, 1916.
O. J. LOMEN,
Executor of the Last Will and Testa
ment of Joseph D. Jourden, deceased.
Jan. 19, 26, Feb. S, fl
George Kusimlk ol Ketchikan "a*
recently convicted on a charge of as
sault with a deadly weapon In the dis
trict court at Juneau and was sen
tenced to serve four years in the fed
eral penitentiary at McNeil's Island.
Mike Hiper was killed at the Engi
neer mine through drilling into a hole
which had failed to explode. Plpei
was working In a thirty foot shaft and
was in a sitting position. Both legs
md both arms were broken and there
was a large hole In his head, appar
ntly caused by the end of the drill.
Hete Alusqualle. known as "Marcar
>ni Hete," and Tom Davis, the owners
• f & above, Mike Hess, have sold a
half Interest in the ground to H. 1.
Miller & Co. for $30,000. By the terms
if the sale the owners of the ground
:et $1,000 down; $3,000 on March 1,
md the balance of the money from the
oyalty on the dust taken out of the
laim. Miller has been working on
above and reports indicate that a pay
Peak has been located there.
The mining industry which has re
cently developed in the district *ur
iiuncUng Wrangell has caused a re
vival of business which Is welcomed
by the residents of the town, who
have waited long for It. The Stlkine
piling Company, a new concern
composed of Wrangell and Seattle
apltalists, has purchased the McKin
•ii Miarf and will rebuild the struc
ture. The new dock will have a two
.uiidred foot front and the approach
.a the dock will be six hundred feet
long, and will permit of any vessel
"tiling in to land at the wharf. It Is
the Intention of the company to op
erate Its own fleet of river steamers
on the Stlkine to handle ores.
ALWAYS IN STYLE.
li >ou have your suit pressed, clean
ed and repaired by us—
We will make them iock like new
V\ e do dry or gasoline cleaning
We do steam cleaning.
We make alterations.
We do cleaning, pressing and re
pairing for Ladles and Gentlemen.
We make a specialty of making and
repairing furs.
First-class workmanship.
All work guaranteed. Our prices are
reasonable. Once a customer always
a customer.
Come and see us, we will give you
sur prices before we do your work.
We appreciate your patronage.
NOME TAILORING CO.,
Between Segerstrom & Hagen and
ZehneHs Jewelry Stores.
The following table shows the av
erage temperature for each day for the
the following years
1916. 1916
January 1 . 1 12
January 2 . 1 26
January 3 .—6 18
January 4.—10 —17
January 5.—8 —20
January 6. .—21 0
January 7. 13 17
January 8.—2 SO
January 9.—9 22
January 10.—10 19
January 11 .—4 22
January 12 —3 30
January 13. 0 28
January 14 .—10 12
anuary 15.—14 10
January 16 .—10 22
January 17.—11 0
January 18.—22 —18
FIRE Ml SW
12.Standard OH Co.
12.Carstorta Cold Storage
14 .J. J. Sesnon Co., office
15 . Headquarter* Saloon
21. The Lobby
24 .Pioneer* Igloo
41 .Fire Department
31 .Discovery Saloon
32 .■ ..Torkey's Cigar Store
42 .Third Ave. anil Lane’s Way
., Engine House, Phone Main 97 ..
i whistles, water.3, Ore out
MEETING NOTICE.
THE NOME BARTENDER’S UNION
Local 868, B. I. L. of A. (Affiliated
with the A. F. of L.) meets every first
Sunday in each month at 11 a m,
AL. NICHOLSON, Pre*
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT
BANNER NIGHT.
I SERIAL NIGHT.
BIG NIGHT.
THE MILLION $ MYSTERY.
Eighteenth Episode.
TRAPPED BY THE FLAMF.8.
WHEN THE PRINCT
ARRIVED
A One Part Standa-d
A DANDY COMEDY.
UP AND DOWN.
A Screaml I I
THE MILLION $ MYSTERY.
TOMORROW NIGHT
Nineteenth Episode.
THE UNDERGROUND RIVER.
Big Attractions Coming,
MRS. i-E CLERCQ, PIANIST, j
j ADM. 25c j
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! EAGLE HALL
FRIDAY NIGHT.
UNIVERSAL PROGRAM.
Eleventh Episode.
LUCILLE LOVE
Tw* parts.
' Featuring
| GRACE CUNARD
and
FRANCIS FORD
Joker* Universal.
Comedy
s WHEN THEIR WIVES
JOINED THE REGIMENT
Louise Fazenda, Gail Hewy, Sam
Kaufman, Wm. Franey, Smile,
Damn You, Smile,
Nestor-Comedy.
Story No. 4 of
SOPHIA OF THE FILMS.
Eddie Lyons, Victoria Fords and
Lee Moran.
A Crockerjack Show
Don’t Miss lit.
OLLVE BOURRET, Pianist.
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This ia positively the finest
stock that aver came to Name,
For information call
PACIFIC COLD STORAGE CO.
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I ATTENTION. \\
From now til our annual stock < ’
taking, ws will give our patrons J >
the benefit of a great reduction ]>
on cash purchases of all hard* \
ware. This includes brass and <|
malleable flttlnga, bolts, picks !>
and mining shovels, aa well as
on household supplies. See our < J
windows, and call for quotations, < |
We ean save you money. Extra , ►
special reductions on Ranges and ' >
Heaters. __ ]!
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AT THB NEW EAGLE.
Old Lewie Hunter Rye and the Fa
moui Atherton Bourbon whlskyt, Dis
tilled spring 1904-1905, bought In bond
end reduced t0 90 per cent, by U. 8.
gevernment by the bottle er gel left,
i W. J. ROWE 1
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(Dealer in all kinds of Lumber \
Hay and Grain J
| Horses For Sale j
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’ will be pleased to supply your home
; with family liquors. Just call Main f
A .<4, we will do the rest. A
Established June 1901)
Alaska Banking anil
Sale Deposit Company
| AUTHORIZED CAPITAL $126,OOC
j PAID UP CAPITAL. 60.00i.
A General Banking Business Tran
sected.
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Orange blossoms In mld-wln- ♦
* ter. “The candy that made the *
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| Panama exposition famous. .
| Manlfactured by the Orange *
; Blossom Inc., San Francisco, \
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ROSE CANDY J
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Exclusive Agency for Alaska. j
Miners k Merchants
Bank of Alaska
MOIWB, M.ASKa
Capita! - - $100,000
m m
; t iold I >iisi PimdiHhetj
and Assayed
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J Fresh Killed Pork & !;
I Veal for Saturday <>
INDEPENDENT
MEAT MARKET
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• ARCTIC SPRINGS WATER t
The Purest Water in all Alaska
i +* Is now at the usual winter rate
16 buckets for $1.00 or 50c per. barrel by *
1 A.D. POTEET i
^ PHONE RED 120 ^
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NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
BEGINNING MONDAY, 4UNE 7TH, THE PRICE OP BREAD
WILL BE 10 CENTS PER -OAF OR THREE LOAVES FOR M
CENTS. THE SIZE OF LOAVES HAVE BEEN INCREASED
WHICH INSURES MORE AND BETTER BREAD FOR OUR
PATRONS
CHAS. CAVEY, Prop.
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$18.00 TON AT YARD
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