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NUGGET MINING AND DREDQINB
MAGAZINE.
(Issued Annually tn Octsber.)
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PHONE MAIN 44
Entered as second-ctaas matter Fab
ll. 1007, at tbe post office at Nome
Aiaaka. under the Act of Congress ef
March ' is7i
Copy for regular advartuamanu
trust t-e tn by 10 o'clock on tbs day of
publication.
NOME ALASKA SEPT. 25. 1916.
\ miner with an original turn of
vr p*-: hire in Nome. He
- n v, riung a number of years
* -• s-ived a good sited bunch of
c: y. Now he going outside for
winter of rest and while there he
intends to make an investment, call
.. specub.* on 1 you wish, in
H gh - stock In other words, he is
going : set his wad on Hughes beat
ing Wilson for the presidency. When
rin comes to think of it he will have
lietter run for his money than do the
ajoi.ty if Ai.skans who go outside
:id iml 'heir funds mlo some busi
• that they know nothing about
with almost inevitable disaster. Our
Nome speculator is of sober habits and
serious mind and has thought over his
pi n carefully. We hope he will dou
!•;« ;,i« i pita! and bring most of it
line* ft ; investment in some Alaskan
enterprise that he is familiar with.
K.r.g Constantine took his pe
fnm our present administration in
these respicts: he kept h'.s country out
f war. he was too proud to fight, he
was consistent in watchful waiting.
s lesii-pped every .ssue ;is fast is
it c..nit up hi refused to resent any
defiance of his neutrality or any m
vasson f h:s territory, and he has
wv.t: -
tular. Merely that he is now- locked
■ r. his palace, threatened with death if
• does not abdicate and his country'
is in revolution and chaos.
In his speech at Lewiston. Me, in
ipport f the candidacy at Charles
E. Hughes for the presidency Colonel
Kc-mv-. t scud: Under President Me
S| in Un
der President W.lson we are assured
that we have -peace' with Mexico.
These are the words. Now for the
a. ■ is. During the war with Spam few
• r Americans w, re killed by the Span
iards than have been killed by the
Mexicans during the present •peace'
w ith Mexico. Moreover, when the war
with Spam was through, it was
through. But peace' still continues to
r. g as furiously as ever in Mexico.”
When you come to think it over, that
.ght-hour law recently passed by con
gress to apply to ru.lroads engaged in
interstate commerce is going to he a
piretty hard law for the railroads to
put in practice. Of course our dis
patches arc not full enough to give us
•he dri Is of the law, whether for in
stance. it means eight hours out of
twenty four or eight hours on and
• ght hours off But in either case the
t_: roads «eetn to be unjustly treated.
- ippe - there ,-s fifteen-hour run
'•'.»>•• .'.vlt.ons This was former
ly :.i; de hy one crew who after their
long shift would have a proportionately
iosf rest. Will the company now
h.-.vi to c rrj two crews on the same
tra.r. so that one can relieve the other
at tre end t r:ght hours or will the
t-i.n stop, a: some station eight hours
iir.'.' frees i.vision headquarters and
pick up . f sh crew? Suppose in this
lav that the tr.-. n should be delayed
* > i ig storm or either cause then
wins would happen? The men would
have to work more than eight hoars
of course and probably at time-and-a
half wages At any rate the com
panics are to be put to great trouble
and expense to obex the law and the
public as usual will pay the bills. It !
would seem that the trainsmen whose |
work is not of a strenuous nature am;
can well be continued for fifteen or ]
even twenty hours at a stretch with- *
out undue strain would have preferred J
such a long run and then a long rest
at their home port to a steady grind
of eight hours daily with probably a
lot of useless travel in order to be on
hand when the hour strikes for them
to go on shift. However, the law has
been passed and it only remains to be
seen how it will work out. Perhaps
it won't work out at all, for President
Ripley of the Santa Fe system has an
nounced that his company will make
no effort whatever to obex the law
until it has been passed upon by the
courts including the court of last re
sort, the supreme court of the United
States. This proceeding may require
years and puts the railroad company
in the undesirable position of a law
breaker or even worse, a law-defier
which all agree is verx reprehensible
in mere individuals. It would seem
at this distance that the railroads
should either be controlled by reasona
i ble rules by the lawmakers and com
pelled by most stringent penalties to
treat their employes and the public
with fairness and to obe> the laws, or
else they shoul.l he entirelx taken ox-er
bx the goxernment and thus their de
fiance of law ownership of judges,
discrimination against shippers and
communities, political activities and j
other baneful practices finally be elim
inated.
WE COULDN'T BE STARVED
One worry of tlu fighting nations
need not keep the United States
awake. The report of the committee
on statistics and standards, recently
published, proves that no matter how
severe a blockade, might be drawn
about the country it would be impossi
ble to starve American stomachs into
capitulation.
It would be necessary to get along
without importation of coffee, tea and
cooa. hut all these are classed by the
committee os luxuries.
The most impressive point, the com
mittee says, is that while the popula
toin of the country has increased 70c
per cent, in half a century its food pro
duction has been increasing in that
same period from ISO to S.nf»i per cent
iu prime eomodities.
The most important product—wheat
—has increased in production 5*0 per
cent, and corn 170 per cent. The pro
duction of rice shows the greatest in
crease. being S.OoO per cent, and tsar
ley comes second with 1,00V per cent.
Oats and Irish potatoes have increased
in production 475 per cent and IS*1 per
cent respectively.
The importation of luxuries is held
to be entirely a question of taste, and
our extensive use of them an evident»
of our ability io grat.fy this t.iste and
not a matter of necessity. In case of
“tress we could well get along with
out them, as was generally dont in 4h.
south during the civil war. which is .
different proposition from not raising
enough wheat for our own use and try -
ing to get along without that.
A definite proof of surplus produc
tion of agriculture products beyond
our neesis. according to the report, i
the fact that each year we carry from
the former harvest into the succeed -
.ng harvest from 10 to 75 per cent
the yield of the pnnicpal cereals.
There are a good many autos flying
about the streets of Nome every day.
Their owners often make runs out into
the hinterland on the government
roads on business and pleasure. If the
roads went farther the machines could j
go farther. If we had good roads con
necting us with Kallag. Marshall, and
the Yukon, the development of the
country would be faster. The autoroo
mile will have much to do with local
devlopmeni when the roads are built.
Republicans should remember that
the number of Delegates to go to tho ,
noat Territorial Convention is basod I
upon the vote cast for Attorney Gen- i
oral.
Do you want Fifty or Ton?—Adv.
OTBR5TOrKfT'
| 1V» ifie p u Uh —
*> save jus: finished stock taking .
and end that « are heavily overstocked
so are making enonr. -j reductions in
Hardware—as macs as ,*• per cent in
certain fi-es Notwithstanding immense
advances outside, especial I v in Hard- :
ware and Metal Goods we are still sell
i-»g on the basis of goods purchased he
past two or three years
We win sHt tor cash on'y st 'iiesr ;
pr. -ea ard for a limlte. time, until we ;
being our stock down to the require
ments of the carr.p
1? you rave an order to be filled, let
us figure on It; we eaa save you racney.
We hate proved ft to others we can
prove it to you
PAjLLdNO AND DEAN COMPANT
A CHAT WITH !
OUR READERS
As the heading at the top of this
article indicates this is going to be a
straight little heart to heart talk be
tween you and ourselves. M'e want you
to feel that the Nugget is Just as much
interested in your own individual sue- i
cess as it is in the success of the whole
district. By working together we can
help each other to a very large extent
and each in oar way assist in boost
ing the district in which we are in
terested. It is the constant effort of
the Nugget to proomte the welfare of
the community and district through
the medium of its columns. In our
daily edition we lose no opportunity of
furthering the interests of the com
munity and the district, as you, your
selves well know. It is to bring to
bear the most potent influence at our
command that we issue annually a ;
magazine devoted to the development
and exploitation of Seward peninsula,
known as the Mining Edition. You :
have all at some time read this publi- !
cation and know that it contains full I
and accurate information concerning!
the mineral resources, the industries, I
and the development needs of the dis
trict. No feature of the country is
overlooked. You all realize that the |
character of the Magazine makes it a
most valuable advertising medium to
the outside world. Furthermore it is
the only publication devoted exclu
sively to the dissemination of knowl- i
edge concerning Seward peninsula .md
what it contains.
Now, we feel that you know what ,
we are driving at, so why not sit down
now and fill out the subscription blank
in this issue and help to promote the
good work that we are doing for the
country and yourself by sending in
your subscription for the Magazine.
Send them where they will benefit the
country. If you can't use a dozen,
subscribe for a half dozen; if you can’t
use a half dozen take one.
Every subscription received now
means that much more toward en
abling us to produce a better and !:g
ger Magazine.
A better and bigger Magazine means
more publicity for the district in which
you are interested. More publicity
means faster progress in development
and faster development means more
dollars for you.
So you see that by helping us now
you will be helping yourself in the
future. While we are at it, we want
to say a few words to the merchants
of Nome. There is going to be big
business for you in this section in the
future. How* soon it will develop de
pends a great deal on how soon you
are willing to develop it- If you are
alive to the possibilities of the mining
and other industries of this section
you should be willing to assist any
project that will tend to further its
interests. You will put you shoulder
to the wheel and assist any movement
for the betterment of conditions in the
district and the development of its
latent resources.
However, you cannot do it by set
ting back and waiting. Get together
with the mining men and others who
are striving to do something for the
country and work with them for de
vekipmenl. We need roads, a harbor
and a half dozen other things and they
wiii not come unless you get in and
bend your assistance by boosting or
helping others to do so. Any outlay
of time or money that you may make
at the present time will undoubtfcdly
return to you tenfold in the future.
At least assist in securing for the
country such benefits as may be gain
ed by advertising the wealth and re
sources of the country.
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