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Entered ae second class matter Feb
26, 188*. at tbe post office at Nome,
Alaska, under the Act of Congress of
March 1178.
Copy for regular advertlaments
must be in by 10 o’clock on tbe day of
publication.
NOME, ALASKA, JULY 19, 1917.
HTTING THE PUBLIC
One can hardly road of the new
senate amendment to the food con
trol bill which proposes to place a
minimum price of one dollar and
seventy five cents per bushel on
wheat during the war period without
a decidedly unpleasant misgiving
that, in spite of all the congressional
blare about keeping prices down to «
reasonable minimum, the upper branch
of congress is up to the old trick of
assosi^ng the dear public for all they
are able to stand
The farmers and farm land owners
in congress may consider that a
minimum of one dollar and seventy
five cents per bushel is a reasonable
price for wheat but It will take some
'hlng more than the ordinary brand
C congressional blatherskite to con
ince the people, and by that we mean
_*he people who work with their hands,
_ that it Is not only not a reasonable
price but is also nothing snort of an
outrageous one.
With the government loudly de
claiming an intent.tr*. to see that no
me is allowed to hold up the public
by taking advantage of the abnormal
conditions crewed by the war, it as
s.iicdly appears somewhat strange to
fnd the national lawmakers oropos
big to give the wheat grower thi
right to demand nearly one hundred
per cent more than the ordinary av
erage price for his product.
For the past year and a half prices
for wheat have been abnormal and
the wheat farmers have reaped a har
vest of gold during the entire period.
As a result of the very excellent prices
obtained for his wheat many a farm
er has grown so opulent that nothing
will relieve his tired feeling but a
vacation and a trip to California dur
ing the w'nter. We happen to know
for the very simple reason that we
encountered quite a number ourselves.
Most of them cheerfully admitted
that were It not for the very excel
lent profit obtained from their wheat
they would be back on the old farm
instead of basking In the delights of
California’s glorious clime. We do not
in the leaRt begrudge the farmer his
ability to take a vacation but the
fact that he Is able to roam around
the country in lordly opulence shows
that he has been receiving a rather
large profit for his wheat during the
war period as a result of prices which
cannot be any stretch of the Imagin
ation be called normal. And, at that,
It was only in very recent days that
he was nble to get a price for his
wheat approximating that which the
senrte now proposes to fix as the
miulmum price during the war period.
We realize, of course, that one of
the Incentives to granting the farm
er a good price for gTain lies in the
governmental desire to stimulate pro
duction as much as possible In order
to meet the grain requirements or
our allies, but, to fix a minimum price
so closely approaching the best price
that the farmer has enjoyed In years
looks like stretching the desire to in
crease production to n point whirl
Ht hits the long suffering public a
rather hard rap. Even that able rep
resentative of the "all the traffic will
bear” crowd, J. Ogden Armour, had
not the termlty to propose that the
farmer he paid more than one dollar
and fifty cents per bushel for his
wheat. *
It seems to us that Instead of per
petuating the already abnormal prices
demanded for wheat, the government
should devote itself to securing a re
duction in the prices of all neces
sities so that a farmer could make a
good profit without demanding nearly
one hundred per cent more than the
ordinary price for his product.
TEUTONS DEVELOP NEW
SYSTEM OFTRENCHES
Flexibility of French communica
tions and eflfeettlveness of machine
guns are the two elements of de
fense upon whch the Germans ap
pear to be placing their greatest re
liance In the present fighting. In ef
fect, the various elements of the
more important defensive trenches
enable the German fighting line to
swing upon double hnges so, if press
ed too hard, one pivot swings back
from the other. In this manner much
ground can be yielded in a series of
angular or criss-cross retirements,
without the fighting front technically
being broken.
These trenches are known as
switches, and a great system of them
» Js connected with the Hindenburg
or Siegfried position It was undoubt
edly with these strategetic switch
lines In view that van Ilindeubnrg re
cently declared that the German lines
in the west could not be broken.
The jprepart-^on and maintenance
of the elaborate system requires an
untold amount of labor, for each sec
tion of trench must have several belts
of wire front. The Germans have be
come so accustomed to fighting be
hind barbed wire that they would
not think now of doing otherwise. If
it can bo avoided. Most of the dig
J ging appear to have been done by
prisoners of war.
Under this plan, of course, it would
hr possible to drive back the Ger
mans to the Rhine, and they could
still say the line was unbroken. In
the meantime the Gel-mans are em
ploying more machine guns than ever
before in their attempt to hold up
the Rritlsh infantry advance. As
h'igh as six or eight of these ghastly
weapons are now assigned to each
company on the front Ine, and they
undoubtedly constitute the German
effort to counteract preponderance of
allied cannon. The artillery how
ever, remains the great unanswera
ble argument.
That machine guns are the real
reliance tbf the Germans however,
is shown by the. construction of the
Hindenburg lines which are mostly
salients.
| IT'S FOUR YEARS OLD
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But Just •• Good Today at Whan
First Mads.
Four years ago Mr. Wint testified
to complete relief from kidney ills.
He now says that there has not been
the slightest return of the trouble.
Kidney sufferers will take a deal of
I comfort in this man’s statement. It
j proves that Doan’s Kidney Pills can
be depended upon.
Joseph Wint, retired blacksmith, 66S
High St., Salem, Ore., says: "My back
and kidneys bothered me. My kid
neys were disordered and my back
seemed to lose strength. Short use
of Doan’s Kidney Pills soon put me
in good condition." (Statement given
December 12, 1912.) On April 11, 1916,
Mr. Wint said: “I haven’t had any
kidney trouble now for several years
and I give Doan's Kidney Pills credit
for bringing such lasting results."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t Sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mr. Wint has twice publicly recom
mended. Foster-Milburn Co., Prop.,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
The best guarantee you can have
for a successful' Issue of your clothes
is do patronize an old established
house; a house that wants you to
come back and lie Ihrir permanent
patron.
Such a house is the Nome Tailor
ing Co., we make alterations.
We do cleaning, pressing and re
pairing. We make suits to order.
We guarantee all work and our
prices are reasonable. We appreciate
your patronage.
NOME TAILORING CO.
Next door Segerstorm & Hagen
Jewelry Store.
We are using Mnonllght water In the
C'ite Bath House.
NOTICE.
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that Mrs. Wifey is entitled to have the
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(lasolinc Engines, Hoists
Boilers, Pipe and Pipe
Fittings
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