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Entered as second class matter Keb
26, 1907, at the post office at Nome,
Alaska, under the Aot of Congress of
March 1878.
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must be in by 10 o'clock ou the day of
publication.
NOME, ALASKA. FEB. 24, 1817.
The war is responsible for a great
increase in the price of whisky in
sente sections. The harder the offi
cers of the law light the higher goes
'.he price of booze, according to a
or 3ual reading of newspapers from
dty states. Very poor whisky is said
to have a market value of $.1.5u a j
quart in Seattle. Ry-and-l>> it may !
he cheaper to drink perfumery.
The Post-Intelligencer has a para- 1
grapher who gets off good ones more I
than occasionally. Notice this one:
"It is the idea of the government food
experts that the breakfast mackerel
should be supplanted by the cold
gray-fish of the morning after.” And
tfiis ’ speaking of hyphenated names, j
one wonders whether the British avia- I
tor Urahame-White was named after
two different kinds of bread."
Of all food products advanced in
pi ice since the war begun caraway
seed has gone the highest. It now
f lings twelve times us much as it did
-wo and a half years ago. But can
al ies must be fed at whatever cost.
It is not Hie birds in the gilded cage
that suffer when hard times come.
They always have a surfeit. The toil
eiswho know' not the words "eaae,
plenty, and pleasure” are the worst
sufferers.
The lines on your palm indicate that
you are behind in your correspond
ence and will continue to he so until
the last overland mail leaves on April
‘J. After that date you will stop
worrying about letter writing and
give yourself up to a life free from
cere. When the boats arrive you will
be so busy that you wont have time
to write. Better send the old folks j
a good letter now so they will get
it in the spring while they are climb
ing May hill, in a few years they
can't get your letters.
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It wuold appeal that it is about time
for the new espionage and conspir
acy law to be invoked in connection
with many attempts to destroy rail
reads, munition plants and steel
works. It is not reasonable to think
thnt this class of business enterprises
ia attacked to the exclusion of others
without a definite purpose. If these
enterprises are illegal they should be
suppressed by the government hut if
they are legal those who are at
tempting to destroy them should be
suppressed by the strong arm of the
law. The federal government does
not have any doubt as to the propriety
of the business of making and for
warding munitions of war but it does
seem to have great difficulty in catch
ing the fire hugs, dynamitrea, and all
other wreckers who are now inlerfer
Irg with what is considered legiti
mate business by the authorities. One
or two men who are bent on de
struction in a neighborhood can some
times do a lot of deviltry before they
arc caught, hut long prison terms at
hard labor might act as a deterrent
if the examples were common enuogh.
The seventieth anniversary of the
Smithsonian Institution has been
celebrated recently. It is generally'
locked upon in this country as a gov
ernment institution, instead of, as it
is, one founded by private benefloncc, i
prompted in some degree by what I
many will regard as perverted pride, j
It owes its origin to a bequest of an I
English scientist, James Louis Smith
son, who died in txtlX and left his en
tire estate, after a life interest to a
j nephew had expired, to the govern
ment of the United States for the
| purpose of endowing a scientific insti
tution of research which was to bear
and to commemorate the name of,
smithson.
The donor .t ru* the illegitimate aon ]
o' Sir Hugh Smithson, a wealthy bar- i
onet of the north of England. For his j
political services and large contribu- ;
tions to the party purse, Sir Hugh
( was in 1791 created a duke and took
the title of Duke of Northnumberiand.
IK had married remote descendant
ot the former Earls of Northumber
land, including ' Hotspur" of Shakes
pi arian fame. On receiving his title
lu dropped the plebeian mime of
Smithson and took that of l’ercy,
which is retained by all of his legiti
mate descendants.
ills illegitimate son. the donor of
I the fund to the United States, had
[ attained high rank as a scientist un
der his mothers name of .Made.
When h's ; tlu r dropped the name of
Smithson ne promptly assumed • t i
and told tie mol t intimate of his j
friends that he proposed “to have the ]
name of Smithson remembered long!
after the Perceys and the Northuni- i
birlands had been forgotten." His!
final will muking disposition of his
property was with this purpose, long
held in view.
It does not appear that he ever j
visited the United States or took any
particular inetrest in it. He recog
nised, however, that there was a
great future before the United States,
and made ths country hi3 legatee ]
in the belief that his object could be J
obtained more readily by founding an
institution here rather than in older
countries. Time has proved his pre
science in this and probably the in
stitution bearing his name will out
live the family of whose strain he is.)
SUPPRESSING FINES IN
WHIRL FORESTS
Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau;
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The number]
of forest fires suppressi d on National
Forest Hinds during' the calendar
r 1915, figures for which have just
I" < n compiled, was K.3.’4 compared
I
with 7,018 m 1914 and an average
number of 4,759 per year for the lait
Hve years, according to a.n announce
ment by iho Department of Agricttl
furu. More small tires occurred dur
ing 1915 but an area was burned over
thirty per cent less than in ib<» prW
tous year owing to the activity of
fou nt rangers in confining thu blazes.
The area burned over was 155,416
acres. The average loss per fire was
$60.41. Forty four per cent of ;he
tires were confined to areas of less
then one quarter of an acre.
Let (he Nugget do year letter writ
ing by sending the Weekly Nugget to |
your friends on the outside—Ma no.
HOLT’S FIRE SALE.
Will end Saturday, 24th.
Boxes only damgacd.
llipress shoe packs, white .14.50 1
Hipress low packs.J2.00
L’. S. Rubber boots .17.00
Eureka boots, black .47.75
Nails all sizes, per pound ....6c
Ted sheet3, each .i.50c
Butcher knives .*.10c
Tust pans .J. .10c
Fgg beaters .j. .10c
Large fry pans .10c
Stove pipe, all sizes. Joint...t5c
It* per cent off on all goods not dam
aged. This week only.
COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
Following s.ro me lOWesl records*1
temperatures for this tear and lust
on ihs days laaignated, The minus
sbll « .iiinW»» hvuttDS belOW
zero.
U. S. Weather Bureau.
1916 1917
Fell. 1. 1 -22
Fell. 2. 26 —25
Feb. 3. IT —26
Feb. 4. 18 -22
Feb. 6. :. . . 17 —9
Feb. 6 . 12 6
Feb. 7. 0 23
Feb. 8 . . . . --1 20
Fib. ». —6 :>i
Fet>. 10. —12 12
Fch. 11 —18 11
Fib. 12 . —10 26
Feb. 13 .... —21 28
Feb. 14 . —24 2J
Feb. 15 . —19 20
Fib. 16 . . ... —29 25
Fib. 17. —29 25
Feb. 18. —9 16
Ffh, 19. 2 18
Feb. 20. 4 20
Feb. 21. 8 8
Fch. 22. 5 2
Feb 23. 16 20
O (►IIWlTOaKED.
I'o the public, -
We have just Itnlshed stock taking,
and Hod that «re are heavily overstocked
so are maittng cnormuin reductions In
Hardware--as union as u per cent in
certain lines. Notwithstanding Immense
advances outside, especially tn Hard
ware and Metal Goods, we are still sell
ing on the basis of goods purchased the
past two or three years.
We win sell tor cash only at these
prices, and for a liznlte time, until we
bring our stock down to the require
ments of the camp.
U you nave an order to be tilled, lei
us figure on It; we can save you money.
We have proved It to others, we can
prove it to you.
DAK1.1NG AND DJCAN COMPANY.
THE 3E8T PLACE TO GET
Your clothes cleaned, pressed and re
paired.
We iunite them look like new.
We make alterations.
We do cleaning, pressing and re
pairing for Indies and Gentlemen.
We make and repair furs.
Flrat class workmanship. Modern
methods and prompt service. Once a
customer always a customer.
Give us your work. Satisfaction
guaranteed.
NOME TAILORING CO.
Next door of Segerestrom and Hagen
Jewelers.
In the home er in the camp, there
is no commodity so extensively used
as meat, therefore it ie upon that
commodity that you should look to
lor economical buying. Following are
a few of our prioes:
Beef by the side.(.19
Round st*ak. 25
Sirloin steak. '•0
Pot Roast. .22
Stew.20
Mutton by carcass . 19
Mutton chops, snoulder . 25
Mutton chaps, loin and rib. 35
Mutton lags.. . ..30
Pork loin chops. 30
Fresh Reindeer from the Lomen
hard, draa*ad in a skillful and sani
tary manner.
8weet Briar Butter 40o per pound
by the ooee.
PACIFIC COLD STORAGE CO.
f-hone White 17.
WE CAN DO IT.
For first class work «r,a prompt de
livery phone Main 161 und the Peo
ple's laundry will send and get v ->ur
laundry. W. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop.
You should keep posted on the war
and International and local news of
the day by subscribing for the Nome
Daily Nugget, *2.00 per month.
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4 Dealer in all kinds of Lumber
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NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
BEGINNING MONDAY, JUNE 7TH, THE PRICE OF BREAD
ILL BE 10 CENTS PER .OAF OR THREE LOAVES FpR 25
CENT8. THE SIZE OF LOAVES HAVE BEEN INCREASED
WHICH IN8URE8 MORE AND BETTER BREAD FOR OUR
PATRONS.
CHAS. CAVEY, Prop.
Established June 19110
Alaska Banking and
Sale Deposit (ompany
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL ....$126,000
PAID UP CAPITAL. 50,000
A General Banking Bjaineee Tran
sacted.
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Bank of Alaska
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Capital - - $100,000
(fold Dust Purchase*!
and Assayed
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