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NOME, ALASKA, JAN. 2, 1917
Oh, well. New Year’s comes but once
a year. And there'll never be an
other quite like it, anyway
This is Alaska's semi-centennial
year. Having reached that age of ma
turity she has, as it were, reformed
and now proposes to live a temperate
life.
Some of the diplomats of Europe
seem to have only the alternative of
doing one of two things either of
which will be disastrous.
The first day of January as marking
the beginning of the year was ob
served as a public holiday so far back
in the days of Home as the times of
Julius Caesar. The writer Ovid al
ludes to the abstinence from litigu'h n
and strife, the smoking altars, the
white-robed processions to the capi
- tal. Eater writers describe the ex
changes of visits, the giving and re
ceiving of presents, the masquerad
ing, and the feasting with which the
day was in their time celebrated
throughout the empire.
LI ban i us (348 A. D.) speaks of New
Ycnr’s as being In his day the one
great holiday common to all peoples
under Homan rule
When about the fifth century, the
25h of December had gradually be
come a fixed festival commemorative
of the Nativity, the first of Janaury
ultimately also assumed a specially
sacred character as the octave of
Christmas day and as the anniversary
of the circumcision of our Lord ntid
as such It still figures in the calendars
of the various brunches of the Eest
crn and Western church, though only
as a feast of subordinate importance.
Thus all peoples under Homan dom
ination Including the Anglo-Saxons
became accustomed to observe New
Year’s day both as a secular and re
ligious festlvul. The Norsemen and
other northern people that did not
feel the influence of Home had. how
ever, a feast of their own which co
incided closely In date with the Homan
feast. This uniformity in the adoption
of a feast day Is due to the universal
celebration of the Lengthening Day
among all peoples of the northern
hemisphere. Even In Alaska and
British Columbia today, both on the
coast and inland, the Indians give
their important potlutches about New
Year's, Just as the shadows begin to
grow shorter. In the Yukon valley
from Nuluto to Holy Cross these
aborigines without any reference to
the white’s man’s calendar start their
ser'es of dances almost unerr'ngly
within a day or two of the first day
of the year. Testimony of traders
Professional Cards
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Offica and Ra*idenca.
OVER HILL’S PHARMACY.
Offiaa haura: t-1 and 74 p. m.
i’hoac Mam J.
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who have been In their midst Is that
they have done this for forty years,
and Russian tradition goes back to
the days of early discovery to the
same effect. In considering the abor
igine we are virtually looking at the
eatly days of all peoples of the north
ern zone, for cur Indians In devclop
im nt are back where European rn ;es
were two or three thousand year* ago.
’Utils It Is evident that the oclebra
tlon of New Year’s is general among
northern peoples . In our own coun
try there has been a great change In
the customs pertaining to the day. A
hundred years ago and earlier, the
watch parties to see the old year die
and the new come were mostly of a
scilously religious character. Rut on
the day Itself there was a continual
round of social calls with excessive
di inking. At the balls In the evening
many men wore Indecently drunk.
1 herr has been a gradual ;h i ige,
ui.t‘1 now the watch party most ( 'ten
Is of a Jovial nature with eating,
dr'nking. dancing and merriment. Che
fotmer custom of going to h>ut' *o
house to pay formal call3 and drink
a cup of punch is all but obsolete
at present. New York which since the
war even was not’d for its drunken
ness among society men has changed
g-'ently. New Year’s receptions are
still held to a limited extent but the
drunkenness 13 noticeable by its ab
sence probably because not so many
houses are visited as was formerly
the case and perhnps, too, because it
Is not now considered the proper
thing to continue to make calls after
one has reached a certain stage. As
a matter of fact drunkenness Is not
so fashionable nnd universal as It once
was and it Is becoming less so each
year.
New Year’s will however, always
be a landmark in our year for it Is In
our blood. Customs may change but
we will welcome the New Year with
the hope It holds out to us of some
thing better than the past contained.
And ns our progenitors felt relief when
the sun began to lift In the heavens
so always will we and our Joy will
be manifest in some sort of New
Year’s festival.
DIFFICULTY
IN GETTING
LIEUTENANTS
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Pacific News Serviced Wash. Bureau.
WASHINGTON,—The War De
partment is expected very soon to an
nounce the names of those candida'es
from civil life In the National Guard
who have quaified for appointment to
the grade of second lieutenant In the
army and to fill as many ns possible
of the 1,600 appointments authorized
by the National Dcfcjse Act. These
candidates were examlied last August
and it is not known low many have
qualified. k
The result of the examinations held
in October is not known as yet. A
third examination wlll|be held in Jan
uary nnd efforts are being made to
have as many candidate as possible.
It looks now as if a large percentage
of the 1,600 vacancies will remain un
filled July 1. next, when additional
vacancies will be created by the second
increment of the army increase which
occurs on that date.
Calling Cards at the Nugget Office
HINTS ON COMFORT.
To Look Well You Mult Feel Well.
Clothes help you to look well. It
they are made to order and fit well,
ropuired well, cleaned well and well
preseed, Therefore you will feel well
M. PASCOFF.
Ladies and Wonts Taller, deos it all
welL Cor. Lana’s way and Front Sc
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| In ths homo or In thr camp, there
s no commodity so extensively used
ik meat, therefore it ie upon that
j commodity that you should look to
or ooonomieal buying. Following are
i few of our prioosi
Joef by tno sioo.$• 19
found st*ak. 26
Sirloin stoak. *0
r*o* Roast. 22
Stow . 20
.lutton by carcass . 19
•lutton chops, anoulder . 26
Autton chops, loin and rib. 36
Autton lags.. ..
Jork loin chops. 30
Fresh Raindsar from tha Lemon
ierd, droo*od in a skillful and soni
ary manner.
Sweet Briar Butter 40c par pound
l iy the co*o.
PACIFIC cold storage CO
f hens Whits 17.
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t fancy goods, Maderia work.
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This Style at j
$5.00
is one of the classy boots
we are showing for Fall
wear.
$3.50 to $7.00
P. A. Peterson Shoe Co.
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j W. J. ROWE j
| TRANSFER AND FREIGHTING \
(Dealer in all kinds of Lumber
hay and Grain
* Horses For Sale;
NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
BEGINNING MONOAV. juNE ZTH. THE PRICE OP BREAT
WILL BE 10 CENTS PER .OAF OR THREE LOAVES POR ft
CENTS THE SIZE OF LOAVES HAVE BEEN INCREASE'
WHICH INSURES MORE AND BETTER BREAO POR OUR
PATRONS.
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mi Banking and
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AUTHORIZED CAPITAL ... .$128,000
PAIR UP CAPITAL. 80000
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