WICKERSHAM’S ESCUTCHEON
IS THREATENED WITH
INDELIBLE MARK
WASHINGTON, D. C.~ A scandal of
some magnitude has developed In
connection with the Alaska prohibi
tion measure, in which Delegate
Wickersham, of Alaska, plays an un
enviable part. In urging the dry
measure introduced by himself be
fore the house, and particularly sec
tion 35 of that measure by the pro
visions of which all funds received
from hcenscs in .Alaska should be
turned into the territorial treasury,
thus depriving the Alaska road com
mission of a large sum annually, the
delegate is alleged to have quoted
from a letter purported to have been
written by former Secrtary of War
Garrison approving this action.
This was traced back by interested
parties and carbon copies of the letter
on tile in the war department directly
contrad'ictsi the interpretation given
^ by the delegate before the committee,
and the charge is made that the letter
had ben dllberately altered to suit the
occasion.
Delegate Wickersham denies any
knowledge of the change In the letter.
but Secretary of War Baker Is not in
clined to believe him.
It is alleged that Delegate Wicker
sham complained to the war depart
ment that Col. Richardson, the chair
man of the Alaska road commission
was guilty of improper conduct in op
posing his (Wickersham's) re-elec
tion ,and to this is credited the report
circulated that Richardson was slated
to leave the board.
It is now reported that the dele
gate’s stock Is away below par with
the war department.—Ex.
ALASKA BROWN BEAR
SHOULD NOT BE PROTECTED
After making a tour of the Alaskan
peninsula, In the interest of the Ohio
state university for which he has
made an extended trip through Al
aska for scientific research, J. Mc
Cracken has-written the following
letter concerning the game laws of
i he territory.
“Laws are generally made in good
faith (If not for good money) intended
for some vital benefit to a land and
its people. Sometimes for the many;
ofttlmes for a few. Our Alaskan
game law is no exception.
"The purpose of this law Ih, pri
marily, the protection of and conser
vation of wild life. Well enough
to say that because some animals are
worthy of protection Is no warant that
all are such. Insufficient protection is
given some of the fine animals found
in Alaska and known depredations to
them are allowed to exist. For in
stance, the killing of caribou moose
and sheep for the market, in the in
terior; certain atrocities to the cari
bou by Ihe Eskimos of the Alaskan
peninsula, etc. But the glaring defect
is the unjustificuble protection of the
Alaskau brown bear.
"To be sure, he affords a bit of
sport for the few hunter sportsmen
who come periodically to Alaska, as
well as giving a few guides a little
extra to do. But are the game laws
made solely for the small number of
periodical "sports," or for the making
of a few dollars each year?
"A settler comes to Ihe Alaskan
peninsula, an ideal country for the
raising of cattle. The range is large
free and covered with the best of
feed in most places and lie decides to
go into this business.
"First, he must consider the bear
question. This is his only natural
obstacle. If he goes to work to rid
his district of these marauders, he is
liable of being prosecuted for break
ing the law of the land. Bears last
year killed the Bheep of the United
States agricultural experimental sta
tion at Kodiak and these beasts ac
tually make it impossible 'to raise
stock on the ranges that are most
ad pa table.
"To carry this matter further, what
good, to the residing people, are the
brown bear. Their skins are practical
ly worthless and they are tl menace
of human life, as well to to what
might become one of the largest oc
cupations of the territory.
This may seem a somewhat insig
nificant matter to those interested 'in
the pursuit it affects. If any one can
show us a good reason for the pro
tection of the brown bear we will
rest content: if not we most earnestly
say—‘Let the protection now given
him be abolished.’ ”
Every home in Nome should have
the Nugget delivered to it—Subscribe
now and keep the household enlighten
WHAT IS MEANT BY
THE CALIBER OF A BUN
Confusion as to the meaning of the
term caliber arises chiefly from its
use as an adjective to indicate length,
as when we say "a 50 caliber six inch
gun.” The word caliber as applied to
artillery signifies the diameter of the
bore of a gun measured dlametically
from face to face of the bore of
course, somewhat larger.
A gun, then, of six nch caliber is a
gun whose boro is Just six Inches. For
convenience and because the power of
a gun when once its bore has been
decided upon depends so greatly upon
its length artillerists nre in the habit
of defining the length of the gun in
terms of the caliber.
Thus the twelve Inch United States
naval gun, which Is forty feet in
length, is spoken of as a 40 cahbcr
twelve inch, the length being just for*
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t.v times the bore. The six inch rapid
fire gun is a trifle under twenty five
feet in length and is therefore known
as a 50 caliber gun.
In the case of small arms the caliber
is expressed in hundredths of an inch,
as when we say a 22 caliber revolver
wo mean one with a bore than has a
diameter of twenty two one hun
dredths of an inch.—Philadelphia
Ledger.
DO NOT USE BIG WORDS
In promulgating esoteric cogitation
or articulation superficial sentimen
talities, philosophical or phychological
observations, beware of platitudinous
ponderosity. Let your statements
possess a clarified conciseness, com
pact comprehensibility, coalescent
consistency, and concentrated cog
ency. Enchew all conglomerations of
flatulent garrulity jejune babblements
and asinine affections. I.ct your ex
temporaneous descanting and pre
meditated expatiations have Intelli
gibility and veracious vivacity, with
out rhodomontadc or thrasonical bom
bast; sedulously avoid all polysyl
labic profundity psittaceoun vacuity,
ventriloqulal verbosity, and grandilo
quent rapidity; shun double entendre,
prurient jocosity,and pestiferious pro
fanity, obscure or apparent. In other
words, be plain.—Ex.
YUKON MARINE NEWS.
Iteliance up Koyukuk 4th.
Julia B. down Iloly Cross 4th.
Washburn down Iditarod.
Sushanna up Nenana 3 a. m.
Peerless at Fairbanks for Nenana i
7 a. m.
Martha Clow up Nenana for Fair
banks 8 a. m.
Si wash up Nenana for Fairbanks
6th.
Davis up Circle 3:30 p. m. 6th.
Midnight Sun up Hot Springs 6th.
Schwatka up Crcles 6th
Tanana down Eagle 3 a. m.
Sibilla up Fort Yukon 6th.
Alice up Bouden 6th.
Gibbon June 7, .1917.
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! COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
Following are tne lowest recorded
temperatures for this year and last
on the days lesignated. The minus
sign i iff ore a number means below
sero.
U. S Weather Bureau.
191* 1917
June 1. 30 35
' June 2. 31 31
j June 3. 30 38 J
June 4. 36 42
June 6. 38 36
June 6 . 28 14
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