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fflomc Daily
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k. C. OIVlNk,
GEO. B. MAYNARD,
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NUGGET MINING AND DREDGING
MAGAZINE
Issued Annually in October.
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of the above publications will be mad*
known on application.
PHONE MAIN 46.
Entered a3 second class matter Feb
26. I*i)7. at the post ottlce al Nome,
Alaska, under the Act ot Congress ul
61urct< 1876.
Copy for regular ad vvrusmenls
must lie in by tu o'clock on the day ot
publication.
NOME, ALASKA, JAN. 29, 1917.
More stuff about Alaska is bring
printed in outside papers this wimei
than ever betore even during the va
rious gold tushes, according to in
fc 'Illation from various sources. It is
not remarkable thereiore that a Kan
sas City girl of humble ong.u but ot
ol ilily and striking appearance should
ccnceive the idea of posing as a rich
Alaskan from the Koyukuk and hav
ing me time of her life while do'Pg
it. Her society dupes diopped liei
witn a heavy thud When tney lea-nea
that she is the aaugnter ol a laborer
ai <1 :iot a mine owner but she may
yet do very well by her notoriety. She
may liud a lucrative job on the vaude
ville stage or may marry some chap
who would not have heard of her had
ishe not walked into the limelight.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, that eminent
ci mber oi mountains he never as
cended and discoverer of poles he never
is* neu, has b^en sued by his whil)m
Tiiess agent for nearly three thousand
uobars, a balance claimed to be still
due for creating "an atmosphere.'
The press agent's job in this case tvaa
to luiu.oii fa juu copy to the papers and
U t reby muuence public opinion fiv
01 ably to the intreped fakir to the enu
tnui even A his pretentions as an ex
plorer were not acknowlegded, tils
notoriety would be sufficient to enable
him to gather many uucats by books
and lectures. Cook got the money in
large Quantities but failed to pay his
pi ess agent more than half of the
amount promised. This is charaoter
i- tic of the Doc, his chief fault being
that he never has gone way through
with the things he ha3 begun. Inci
dor tally the suit throws a side light
on the way the public is often hum
bugged.
The Nugget has been asked to ex
pk.in in wnut way speculation in
stocks is injurious to those who in
du’ge in it, and to the country at large.
Yvithout going into all of the econ
oo.lc aspects of the matter or at
tcmptiiig to discuss the Question ex
haustively, some of the evils will be
bilefly Indicated. Wall street gamb
ling is open to all the objecMons
against other forms of gambling and
in addition is to be condemned beeauae
of the specious claims made for it
li ui it is a neeessuiy part of our
l)»nrlal sy3tem in that it helps to
pioviue a leady market for the stocks
of the companies which play such an
Important part in our business life.
Professional Cards
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PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHYSICIAN ANO SURGEON.
Office and Re*idene*.
OVER HILL’S PHARMACY.
Offloa Hours: t-B and M p, m.
Phvn« Mam J.
The dabbler In stock speculation Is
usually easily convinced that ho is
of tens of thousands whose opera
tions help to make it possible- for hold
os of shares lo turn tht*m instantly
into money when money is needed and
for corporations to find a ready sale
f. r row issues, ttie proceeds of which
are r quired tor further expansion.
Tlie machinery for stock specula
tion centers in the New York stock
od-ange. There from ten In the
n.< rr.'ng till three In the afternoon
slr.;cs ore bought and 3old. ltudlating
from the exchange are telegraph lines
which lead to tickers, thousands of
them, i:i brokers' offices, hotels, clubs,
bucket 3hops, saloons and other places
in the city. These wires also extenl
to till o.litr c.t.es, even quite small
or,c3, where the eransaction9 are post
ed fiom minute to.minute. The elab
orate raiuiiilcations of the system en
able a man in Seattle, or Galves'on,
ie buy or sell "at market" with only
a lew moments' delay. ThU elaborate
l..yuul is maintained by a vast army
of speculators who ply the game on
th» outside. They are the "lambs"
They som .-limes win but always '»sc
in the end. The ruke off ulone is
sufficient to clean them out In time
if they do i --i ouit sooner. The men
wi o play lias game are small, or oven
largo, bu. nos- men, lawyers, doctors,
dentists s -arii il employes and rich
idiots who -v in' e'xcitement and easily
convi cc theinselvcs that they are
' men of affairs" because they play
the mars it.
New where is the harm? Chiefly
in this that these gamblers lose in
terest in their own professions, or
business; waste time that should be
used ii. studying along the lines of
tin. -j- vocations; injure their health;
ieprive Ihemsuves of the happiness
to be luund *11 natural and simple
ret eatims which have been rendered
flat by the Intense excitement of
heavy lisks; and often, end in bank
11 ptcy. embezr.l ments, drunkenness,
t r suicide. Even the piker playing a
hundr.d shares on a margin of twen
ty per cent soon becomes a slave to
the t’cker. He await3 the “opening”
sales with feverish anxiety and takes
time from his business, or from his
t iiij ’.oyer, to use the phone to find
( of how the stock he is betting on is
ii 1 ng. If he has made a paper profit
of a hundred dollars over night, or if
he ha3 mr.de a loss, his interest in his
own real work is bound to be consid
erably lessened. The lawyer, the phy
sician, the dentist all do poorer work
it. their pioiession mini uieir in 1 rum
are constantly reverting to the mar
kit. All of these tens of thousands are
ci.tain Ioser3 at the end of a year
c., of a five year period. Some of
turn win occasionally, but they plunge
deeper and lose it all back and more
too. Their losses go to maintain the
system—the special wires, the market
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li * ers, the brokers, and their army
of agents. In the course of a y nr
a lai ge sum of money Is thus gleaned
f^om the whole country aau u m<
fcired to the boss gamblers in New
} oik.
’lie net results of the system are
l .'js of money to the various pRive-s
rnd to those dependent on thorn; loss
ci efficiency In their own lines; loss
of heakb; and loss of happiness which
Is considered by many to be the chief
aim of man as he passes through the
experiences, summed up in the word
eal’ed "life." Those are some of the
pcisonal aspects of the question. So
far as the whole people is concerned
the loss is very great because, first,
the army of men who conduct the
gume are thus removed from prodtic
lt,e fields of effort; and the lowered
eluciency of the large number who
dissipate their energies by playing the
game.
10 BUG DOWN
HOSTILE AIRCRAFTS
The U. S. War Department has a
new kind of “antl-air-craft gun," de
signed to bring down Zeppelins. Army
onicere say tins gun is far superior
to any other in the world for this pur
pose. The particulars have been kept
secret. The Department has ordered
a large number.
EAGLES ATTENTION.
All Eagles are requested to hand In
ar soon us possible to the secretary
the name or couple they wish to in
vite to the seventeenth anniversary
ball and entertainment on February
6. Members are limited to one invi
tation. COMMITTEE.
THE 3EST PLACE TO GET
Your clothes cleaned, pressed and re
paired.
We make them look like new.
We make alterations.
YY e do cleaning, pressing and re
pairing for Dud lea and Gentlemen.
YY> make and repair furs.
First class workmanship. Modern
methods and prompt service. Once a
customer always a customer.
Give Us your ivum. niuiat>i,uvi>
guaranteed.
NOME TAILORING CO.
Next 4oor of Segerestrom and Hagen
Jewelers.
Let the Nugget do your letter writ
ing b> sending (he YY'eekly Nugget to
vnnr friends on the outside—Stic mo
WE CAN DO IT.
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l'or first class work und prompt *e
, livery plume Main 151 and the I Vo
| pids laundry w ill send and got v *o
laundry. W. J. WILLIAM SUN, Prop
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U.Standard Oil On |
IS.Cars ten* Culd (Hor*g, .
1 It.J. J. 6canon Kjo., adu
lt. ilewdq carters tkUuui
11. Tha Lobb
St .Flon«tn tglo
' -It.Catholic Chti'il
SI.Uu»oovary Saioo
IS.Yoraey a Cigar rUui
,41...Kira Leparliueo
Its.Third Ava. and Lanas vVa
| .. Englna House, 1'houa Main >7 .
1 whistle*. water.S, lira HI
O i^ElTOt It EL.
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to the public.—
We nave ;uat hnlsb-d stock Utkina
and llud mat «ve are heavily overstockro
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| so are making enormous reductions In
Hardware -as much as it per ceni h |
i t-riain lines. Notwithstanding Immens*
udvunces outside, sspeciallv In Hard
acre and Metal Ooods, we are still sell
mg on me basis ot goods porch taed lb- ,
pas’ two or three years.
We win sell tor cash only at the*
firioes, and for a Umlte. time, until w<
urtng our stock down to the requlr.
meins of the camp.
it you nave an order to be tilled, le
us ngure on it; we can save you ir.one>
We nave proved It to others, ws car
prove U to you.
LAKLiNU ANL LEAN COMPANY.
In tha homa ar in the camp, thare
a na commodity ao extenaively used
as msat, therafora it ia upon *hat
commodity that you should look to
tor economical buying. Following ere
a faw of aur prices:
Beat by tna siaa.. .$. 1b
Round st*ak. 2b
Sirloin staak. *0
Pot Roast. *£
Staw . JO
Mutton by carcata . 11
Mutton chops, snoulder . 2£>
Mutton chops, loin and rib. 3f>
Mutton lags.. ..1°
pgr, lum ■ , • ••• ■ ,, , .. 40 .
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Frash Roindear from tha Leman
hard, drasaad in a skillful and asm
I
tary mannar.
Swaat Briar Buttar 40c par pound
by the ca*o.
PACIFIC COLD STORAGE CO
fhena Whita 17.
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world at large, together with local doings and
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O Commencing Monday, January 22 we will have aguesslng contest. 5
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ANVIL BAKERY
BEGINNING MONDAY, joN| 7TH. THE PRICE OF BREAP
WILL BE 10 CENTB PER -OAF OR THREE LOAVES FOR S
CENTS. THE SIZE OF LOAVES HAVE BEEN INCREASED
WHICH IN8URE8 MORE AND BETTER BREAD FOR OUR '
PATRONS.
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Sale DeposiHipany
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“AID UP CAPITAL. 60000
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