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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPas
Published Dally Except Sunday by
THE NOME PUBLISHINQ CO.
E. C. DIVINE,
GEO. 8. MAYNARD.
Sole Owners and Publishers.
City Official Paper
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In Advance.
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Nome Dally Nugget, ( months.. 10.00
Nome Dally Nugget. 1 year. 20.00
Nome Weekly Nugget 1 month.. .90c
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NUGGET MINING AND DREDGIN3
MAGAZINE
Issued Annually In October.
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Entered as second class matter Feb
28, 1907, at the post office at Nome,
Alaska, under the Act of Congress of
March 1878.
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Copy for regular advertlsments
must be In by 10 o'clock on the day of
publication.
NOME ALASKA, JUNE 30, 1917. I
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A WISE DECISION.
The receent declarttion in favor of
compulsory universal military train
ing by the representatives of organ
ized labor was, we believe, a very wise
one. Also it may be well referred to
ns one of the most momentous events
in the history of the United States,
The workmen have always very
wisely opposed military establish
ments which were based upon a large I
standing army of professional soldiers.
They recognized instinctively that
there was danger to the country in
any form of military preparedness
which Involved a large standing army
of professional fighters and it Is prob
ably due to their Influence in the past
that military preparedness did not i
take shape in the from of an increase
in the size of our professional army.
They very wisely reckoned that a
great standing army of professional
fighting men would be dangerous to
our internal liberties although prob
ably very effective as a defense from
outside dangers.
Bu they recognized also that uni
versal compulsory military trainlrg is
a very different things. T.lberty was
never endangered by a citizen soldiery
but, on the contrary, has been many
times preserved by a body of tra'red
citizens called from all walks of life
to render service in the hour of their
country's need.
Always the history of the world
shows that trained citizen soldiers
and not professional fighters have
made the best armies. Seldom do
the records show that they have ever
been conquered, when thoroughly
trained, by armies of professional sol
diers. In practically every age and
nation when opposed by professional
Boldlcrs they have been the final con
querors. The republic of ancient
Greece defended by citizen soldier
was unconquerable even when opposed
by the mightiest of hosts and no
tyrant was every able to rise among
them and overthrow their liberties
or institutions while their armies were
composed of trained citizens.
In like manner was the Roman re
public free from danger and the lib
erties of her citizens free from attack
from within and without while her
citizens were trained to protect their
country and her legions were compos
ed of citizens thoroughly trained by
compulsory service and called from
their peaceful avocations in the hour
of danger and allowed to return to
peaceful pursuits again when the dan
ger had passed.
During the French revolution, the
French soldiers, who came the closest
to being a citizen soldiery of any mill
tary force of that period, aided the
people In their revolt against a des
potic and rotten monnrehy while the
Sw'iss guards, who were professional
soldiers—hired to kill for pay and as
wiling to serve a bad cause as a good
one—stood by the throne utterly care
less of all questions of right or wrong
involved in their action.
And In our own country, it will be
remembered that the men who won the
liberties we now enjoy from a tyran
I ideal and unjust government were
farmers, woodsmen and tradesmen
drawn from the forest, the farm and
the plow while the Hessians, profes
sional fighters in the fullest sense of
the term, were usualy involved in the
only defeats suffered by the patriot
army.
Organized labor realized these things
and knew also that there was great
need of military preparedness but un
til universal compulsory military
training was propsed continued to of
fer their opposition to an increase in
the professional fighting forces.
But when the proposal was made
that universal compulsory sendee be
come the rule of the land for making
that nation strong against the attack
of possible foes organized labor im
mediately gave its endorsement In
obedience to the promptings of pru
dence and the understanding that the
volunteere system had never at any
time been entirely successful in rais- |
ing an active and well trained army, j
DO YOU
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KNOW THAT
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It is said that on Friday Columbus
set out from Spain to seek a new
world. On Friday lie first caught
I sight of land. On Friday he started
on his return voyage. On Friday he
safely arrived back in Spain. On
Friday he first sighted the American
| mainland on his next voyage. On
Friday he first set his foot upon it,
and again on Friday he landed In his
native land.
Although Mexico and Mexican cus
toms have changed greatly during the
last few years of political upheaval
it is barely possible that the largest
farm in the world is still intact in
Cilhuahua, Mex. This farm is said
to have contained 8,000,00ft acres of
j fertile land, and to have been 150 .
miles wide and 250 miles long. The)
' 1,000,000 cattle, 70,000 sheep and 100,- ’
000 horses are said to have required)
the services of 2,000 “farm hands.”
Genuine felt is an “all wool' product.
Alone among wool workers the felt
manufacturer can take a whole fleece
l from the sheep's back and bring it out
in the form of cloth All the parts of
the fleece rejected in other branches
of the wool industry can be utilized!
by the felt maker.
The White House at Washington is
said to have the most intr'rcate and
^complete 'oledtrlcal system Installed
in any building in the United States. !
There are in the mansion nearly 170
miles of wires, providing for 2,000 In
candescent lights, a bell system and
a pt'ivate telephone system for the
president and his family exclusively.
It is doubtful whether the real dis
coverer of Cape Horn will ever be de
cided. The English claim that Sir
Francis Drake who first saw Cape
Horn in 1578. was the earliest discov
erer. The Spaniards, however, claim
'that Commodore de Loaysa antedated
him by a visit to the Horn In 1515.
It has been est'imated that if the
forests of the enrth were completely
stocked and sclentiflcaly worked they
would yield annually the full equiva
lent to 12 times the present consump
tion of coal.
A fire, wihch started at an oil well
in Mexico, the largest in the world,
had a flame 1,800 feet high, while the
light given was so brilliant that news
papers could be rend by Its light seven
miles away.
ALASKA
NOTES
Three Shetland pon'ies were recent
ly brought to Fairbanks from the
outside and made the trip In good
shape. The owners will experiment
to see if they can he used to replace
dogs in many instances where light
loads are hauled.
Test borings on the banks of fie
T. nan a river at Nenana for the rail
road bridge show that the gravel ex
tends to a depth of 63 feet on the
south bank of the river and on the
north bank a hole had been driven
down 85 feet with no bedrock in sight.
Fresh Eggs 75c per doz*n also
Chickens for sale at Prosser's Harness
Shop. Phone Black 5.
GAS SCHOONER EAGLE.
The gas schooner Eagle will sail
for Teller, York and all Kotzebue sound
ports June 25. For freight and pas
senger rates apply to Alaska Lighter
age & Commercial Co., agents.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
The host guarantee you can have
fur a successful Issue of your clothes
is do patronize an old established
house; a house that wants you to
come back and be their permanent
patron.
Such a house is the Nome Tailor
ing Co., we make alterations.
We do cleaning, pressing and re
pairing. We make suits to order.
We guarantee all work and our
prices are reasonable. We appreciate
your patronage.
NOMK TAILORING CO.
Next door Segerstorm & Hagen
Jewelry Store.
NOTICE.
Did it ever strike you Mr. Husband
that Mrs. Wifey is entitled to have the
Nugget in her household—Do it now.
ed—$2.00 per month by carrier.
ARE UR SltllllS
12 .Standard Oil Co.
13 .Cars tens Cold Storage
14 .J. J. Season Co, office
16.Headquarters Saloon
21.The Lobby
24 .Pioneers Igloo
25 .Catholic Church
31 .Polet’s residence
32 .Yorkey's Cigar Store
41 .opp. Webb's Market
Engine House, Phone Main 97.
7 whistles water. 3 Are out
Professional Cards
Dr. A. P. Heimlich
OVER HILL'S DRUG STORE.
Hour* 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Phon* Main 7
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FULL LINE OF MINING SUP
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Machinist A Blacksmith
Gasoline Engines, hoists
Boilers, Pipe and Pipe
Fittings
No. 5 Front St.
S.S. VICTORIA
Leave Seattle Leave Heme
July 1 July 13
Aug. 1 Aug. 13
Via Seward, Valdez and Cordova
Sailing subject to change
Without Notice
Alaska Steamship
Company
R. A. Carroll, Agent, Nome
TICKETS SOLD TICKETS SOLD
T0 ALL TO ALL POINTS
POINTS EAST IN CALIFORNIA
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SAIL FROM NOME SAILS FROM SEATTLE
July 8th June 27
AUGUST 4t1. JULY 21*t
AUGUST 31st AUGUST 18<h
SEPTEMBER ?8th SEPTEMBER 15th.
OCTOBER 25th. OCTOBER 13th
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ALASKA LIGHTERAGE CO. F. J. O'CONNOR
Agenta at Dock Commercial Agent
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The quality of our Home-Made <.'anfllf-s and Nome Dairy Ice (ji
Cream speaks for itself. 11
BREAD, PASTERY AND GOOD LUNCHES. X
SUNDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS, FRESH WHIPPED CREAM |i
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