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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAFtn
Published daily except Sunday by
NOME PUGV-ISHINQ CO
E. C. DIVINE
GEO. S- MAYNARD
S< >LE OWNERS AND PUBLISHERS
NOME. ALASKA. AUGUST 1, 1916.
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There seem tu i>e a strong and very
prevalent inclination among the busi
ness men of the e.ty to j-egard the
business outlook for Nome as very'
gloomy and the howl that the camp
is decadent and the country worked
out is again dolefully raised on every
side. At first glance it appears quite
true that there is but a slender basis
for hope for a prosperous summer
'
neither as good as usual nor do they
contain mueh of promise for 'h - im
tn»-diate future. Concerning the out
look feir the permanent future of the
t. mp, however, prospects are not n- ar
so blue as some of the desp indent
jnes seem to imagine. Nome is bu
1 t-.l v ors> off today, as far as the
. atlook is concerned, than it was a
r or two or three ago. Business
nit n did not consider that the camp
was entirely gone to the dogs then.
They recognized that the volume of
business w .s dwindling with the de
cline in gy-’-i production but no one
t | to
inordinate discouraged. Nor is there
■ ' i.tlly ny n, n reason for them to
feel unduly cast down now. It hap
pens that this year conditions were
bad from the very start of the sea
son. The summer was well advanced
before an ounce of gravel was turned
over in the hills.
In fact, the mining season is scarce
ly more than started at present. This,
naturally, makes a very big differ
ence in business conditions. With no
pay roll, it is very natural that there
should be but little business. It IS
the man who works in the hills, the
man who has a job, who keeps the
camp prosperous. It Isn't the busi
ness man or tin- operator or the clerk.
It is the chap on the number two and
no one else. The others contribute.
i>ut he is the hoy who rings the pros
perity dinner bell. This year he has
not had half a chance. He is going to
work a month later than usual and
will wind up at the end of the sea
son a full month short in his pay.
Not having had a chance to earn
anything he cannot be expected to
spend anything for a while. The re
sult is that business is poor. But,
because conditions have tieen unfor
tunate and the man who spends the
, money on which Nome’s prosperity Is
based lias had nothing to spend, there
s no reason to argue that the min
eral wealth of the country is ex
hausted and the camp is "shot to
pieces.” etc. The prospects for fu
ure mineral production are assured
i> but little worse than they were
ihrfe years ago. Everybody was
more or less hopeful then. There is
lot the quantity of gold coming out
f the ground that there was in "the
good old days" upon which we still
base most of our estimates of what
i (institutes prosperity. It is almost
mpossible that it should he so. To
-uppose that a placer camp will con
inuc to produce the same year after
j ve.ir ad infinitum, is to suppose the
impossible.
There will lie fluctuations of wide
xrent no matter how rich or exten
- e the mineral deposits may he. If
nothing else, there will lie "off" years,
- .eh as the present, once in a while.
\nd. always there will Ik* a little
lepreciation. It would t>e foolish to
* xt»*ct otherwise. But. Iiecause a had
v. ir happens along now and then.
<-ven suppose they come often, there
- no actual reason to feel unduly dis
-ouraged if there is still immense
wealth in the ground. In the local
situation the outlook. as remarked
*m fore. >s no worse than it was sev
•ral years ago. The amount of wr oth
still in the soil is not a great deal
1< ss than it was then. In a wav we
ire closer to getting it out than we
w "• then. We have learned tha’. n.w
ways must Ik* tried, new m • und.i
inployed. and busy minds are at
work solving the problem of "how?"
If the coi ntry is still with us. we are
just as much “all right" now m we
were several years ago. Th un
ion of Nome’s life and the ext nt o*
ts pros|tenty are entirely go*- -in ,|
■ y tlie results of mining development.
Tlie town (annul get ahead of its
side - resource—mining.
Gold is still in the ground in vast
quantities .and hotter met Ian Is are
Id ing devised to get it out. For the
past three yeArs there has been a
steady increase in the volume of the
output and there Is no reason to
lielieve that there would not have
l«een a further increase in the pro
duction of the present year were it
no; that untoward weather conditions
curtailed the mining season. It may
lie a had season but there is no rea
son to feel discouraged with the fu
ture prospects. They are at least as
good as they were a while back.
Things are admittedly a trifle bad
now hut the season is not over and
the outlook for the future is no worse
than it has lx-en for a long, long lime.
The country is not worked out by a
long way and most of us will not be
looking for prosperity when it is. I’n
til it is. none of us should feel like
giving up the ghost or sending for the
undertaker.
PIANO TUNER.
Geo. Anderson, expert, is on his an
nual trip. Factory agent for pianos
and player pianos. At the Golden Gate
Hotel for a few days. Expert work
guaranteed.
ELECTION CARDS PRINTED
AT NUGGET OFFICE.
NOTICE.
Notice, is hereby given that the un
dersigned. \V. j. Rowe, has leased the
Si v. rd Peninsula Railroad, extending
from Norm to Shelton. Alaska, and is
1 possession and control of the same;
il pi i smis are notified and warned to
keep off said railroad and roadbed,
ml not to travel over or upon the
same.
Any and all jx-rsons traveling over
or upon said railroad will lie tres
passers and treated as such in ac
cordance with law.
(Signed) W. J. ROWE,
Lessee.
Professional Cards
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHYSICIAN AND 8URQE0N.
Office and Rs*idsnc*.
OVER HILL’S PHARMACY.
Office hours: 2-5 and 7-8 p. m.
Phone Main
DEMOCRATIC
RALLY
A. B. HALL
TUESDAY. AUGUST 1ST
AT 8:30 P. M.
Come and Hear
SENATOR CHAS. A. SULZER
Democratic Candidate
for Delegate to Congress
Gallery Reserved for Ladies and Escorts
Music by Nome Brass Band of 15 pieces
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
The best guarantee you can have for
a auroesaful laaue of your clothes is to
patronise an old established house, a
house tna. wants ytu to come back and
he their permanent patron.
Such a house is the Nome Tailoring Co.,
we make alterations.
We do cleaning, pressing and repair
ng We make suits to order We ap
■reciate your patronage
NOME TAILORING CO.
•ween Segerstrom & Hagen and 3eh
ner'g Jewelry Stores
OVERSTOCKED.
t'o the pubnv —
We have Just finished stock taking
and find that we are heavily overstocked
so are making enormous reductions in
Hardware—as much as j*' per cent in
•< rtain lines Notwithstanding immense
ulvances outside, especially in Hard
ware and Metal Goods, we are still sell
ing on me basis of goods purchased the
>ast two or three years.
We will sell for cash only at these
,u1ces. and for a limite. time, until we
nrlng our stock down to the require
ments of the camp.
If you have an order to be filled, let
us figure on it; we can save you money.
We have proved it to others, we can
prove ft to you.
DARLING AND DEAN COMPANY.
\ RESTAURANT
j
! Gosey ;
j
• apposite Hotel Sheldon
t Now Open for the Season
• Home Cooking a specialty
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Nevt to Alaska Steamship Co.
I
UnENTION PIOMEERSl
; To date we have had ?
98
i Sittings for the group picture i
j or the |
t PIONEERS OP ALASKA j
f Help us to make this number •
grow |
Lomen Bros.
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I MILO S CAFE j
j: Roopens Saturday ;
June lOthy
| > OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. 3
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I Wateri
3 3 Usual Summer Rates. |
3 3 12 buckets for $100. ]
3 3 fio cents per barrel. 1
For prompt service 3
Phone White 90
II Wm. Pangmani
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:: BOARD of TRADE :
|| Restaurant |
and
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:: LUNCH COUNTER ;
I; Hodini & Hilo, Prop, j
MOMiii»oimniMineo»
MEETINQ NOTICE.
THE NOME BARTENDER'S UNION
L«Ml see. B. I. L. Of A. (Affiliated
^th the A. F. of L.) meet a every flrat
Sundey In tech month at Him.
AL NICHOLSON, Free
| W. J. ROWE I
j TRANSFER AND FREIGHTING
♦ Dealer in all kinds of Lumber
Hay and Grain
:i Horses For Sale i
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I Board of Trade !
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f will]be pleased to supply your home *
f with family liquors. Just call Main *
4 34, we will do the rest. 4
Established June 1900
Alaska Banking anil
Sale Deposit Company
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL ....$125,000
PAID UP CAPITAL. 50,000
A General Banking Business Tran
sacted.
MOONLIGHT WATER!
I Usual Summer Rates. t
| 12 buckets for $i.oo. ?
I ;; bo cents per barrel. J
A. D. POTEET!
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WATER DELIVERY.
Phone Red 126 i
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Miners & Merchants
Bank of Alaska
NOME, ALASKA
Capital • - $100,000
Gold Dust Purchased
and Assayed
I Open for Business \
MINERS f
RESTAURANT::
Next i' * Emporium Store Front at <[
FIRST l.’LASjS MKAI.S \>
REASONABLE RATES |!
S. H.S1HEON I;
Proprietor {►
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S. S. UMATILLA
- FOR SEATTLE DIRECT
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S.S. UMATILLA S.S. UMATILLA
HAILING FROM SAILING FROM
NOME. SEATTLE.
AUQ' 6TH- AUG. UTh
AUO. 2»TH.
SEPT. 25TH. SEPT. 11TH.
OCT. 28TH. OCT. (Trf
SCHEDULES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
F. J. O'CONNOR, ALASKA L. & C. CO.
Commercial Ag<-nt, AGENTS
Front 8t. and Steadman Ave. At Dock