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Entered as second-clas* matter Feb
2d, 1907, at the postoffle* at Nome
Alaska, under the Aet of Cengree* of
March 1 1878.
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NOME ALASKA, MARCH 1, 1»16
With the present issue the Nugget
submits to the reading public the first
installment of the bill providing for
a commission form of government in
the administration of national affairs
in Alaska which was offered for the
consideration of congress by the Al
aska delegate during the early days
cf the present session. It Is not the
intention of the Nugget to comment
upon the terms of the proposed meas
ure at the present time nor is the
publication thereof to be considered as
evidence that the Nugget either sup
ports or condemns the proposal to
change the present form of national
control. At the present time the ad
ministration of national affairs In Al
aska Is conducted from a remote sit
uation where the conditions are little
understood and the needs unrecognized
save as' they are presented through
long and patient effort. Confusion
and delay and a lack of sympathetic
co-operation are the marked features
of the system wherewith the national j
government exercises its control. The
red tape of bureaucracy restricts and
retards even the most sympathetic ef
forts to promote the welfare of this
magnlflcant territory In which we
dwell.
The measure under discussion pro
poses to effect a radical change In the
system and to obviate many of the
difficulties under which the proper
administration of national control Is
carried on. In effect the measure plans
to place the administration of public
affairs In the hands of a commission
whose sole duties will be to exercise
the powers of jurisdiction over the
territory at present vested in the sev
eral departments of the national gov
mem and to perform the duties of said
administration within the boundaries
of the Alaskan territory. As earlier
suggested, the bill should be read and
studied by every one who has the wel
fare and prosperity of the territory
at heart for therein may lie the pan
acea for many of the evils with which
Alaska is afflicted.
The announcement that Delegate
Wlckersham will introduce the much
discussed statehood bill on March SO
will doubtless cause a flutter among
the professional politicians and their
horn blowing satraps down in the
southeastern section but we doubt If
it will be received by the rank and
file of Alaskans with any degree of
jubtllatlon. Despite the efforts of
the howlers to make It appear that
statehood Is a great big vital matter
to the territory, we doubt If more than
two per cent of the citizens of Alaska
outide of the sacred precincts of that
center of political trumpery, the capi
tal, look upon It as anything else but
a hit of claptrap Invented principally
for the purpose of providing a new
slogan for the aspiring ones who seek
to shine before the "dear peepul" In
the role of champions of the cause of
Alaska. That kind of stufT makes
exceedingly good spouting material for
the "give me liberty" bunch who are
surely hard pressed for Issues over
which to beat the drum and sound the
bom up In this section of Uncle Sam’s
domain. They have pounded the "full
territorial government" gag until the
dear voters have ceased to take more
than passive notice and they are pre
force compelled to spring something
new or else retire Into the sage brush
where the silent hush reigns supreme
and there are neither manna or honors
for lnduatrioua politicians To the
great majority of Alaskans the state
hood bill means nothing' at all for
reason that they recognhte the Uttar
futility of looking for statehood when
it is plain that even the eleinentar?
‘form of government at present In
vogue would be doomed to die a lin
serlng death were It not for the pie
ihoric purse of Uncle Samuel back In
Washington. It Is all right for the
Honorable James to introduce a meas
ure calling for statehood . It won't do
i hit of harm and at the same time
it won't do a bit of good so there Is
lothing to quarrel with him about o'
hat score. In truth, It may ultimately
•esult In helping the territory tr
•cure some benefits In the line of
•xtenslons of self governing power?
but, that it will be accepted by the
Washington solons as anything bu'
he 111 considered plea of an overly
inbltlous section of the common
wealth will doubtless not be gainsaid
by any who have given the matter a [
small amount of attention
ALASKA NOTES
Steps are being taken by a number of
Russians living In Vancouver to se
cure a commutation of the sentenc
rf Alex Oagoff, w-ho murdered four
nen at Whitehorse during Septembe
and Is now under sentence to be hanged
tt Whitehorse on March 10. The
Vancouver lawyer who Is handling th
;>ftltlon for the Russians, has aske'
be Yukon courts for a copy of th? .
evidence submited at the trial. Oagof
pleaded guilty and during his tria
■ tated that he had killed the othei
men to show them that he was the
better man
Every once in a while some one takes
exception to some article In our col
umns and jumps onto the editor with
both feet. We have kept a careful
ab of the desires of the 1269 citizen?
if this great metropolis, and have
come to the conclusion that It would
‘ake 1269 papers edited by 1269 editor?
to please each and all of them —
Valdez Miner.
According to advices received in
Fairbanks recently Arthur Wilcox
who Is well known around Valdez, and
vho formerly mined on Mineral creel
:.t that district, Is on his way north
with nine autos. He is coming tr
arrange for a supply of fuel to be
•aken out along the trail and cached
so that the first machine on hta Val
iez Fairbanks line will get through
without difficulty.
Last fall, bafore h# left for the »ta**9
Mr. Wilsox purchased the tax title i
*o the lots In Valdez of the Young
Men's Christian association, and he
announced at that time that he would!
use the concrete foundations for a j
garage.
Rumors on the coast Indicate that!
there are many drivers who will j
bring their cars north next season, in
the hopes of picking up some money!
by carrying passengers between the
coast and Fairbanks—Fairbanks
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SAN FRANCISCO, March l.—Hints
of a third attempt at a whoetsale
poisoning of persons connected with
religious orders are contained In the
belated announcement issued by Rev.
Qulckmire of the Howard Street Meth
’dlst church today that forty Metho
dist ministers have been ill for over
i week as a result of their partaking
of food served at a banquet In the
Howard street church.
The mlnlstei asserts that the food
was prepared largely by hired caterers
FoFllowlng the banquet the greater
portion of the guests became very 111
and the majority were compelled to
call a physician. Dr. Qulckmire as
serts that. In the absence of serious
results, it was decided to withhold
the news from the public because of
the possibility of attracting undue
notoriety. He refuses to make any
statement as to the possible cause of
e illness of the guest, saying that
while the ciroumatancts are peculiar
be has no reason to betlevs that any
thing *u oflmiaally wrong
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The following table snow* the av
erage temperature for each da if tor the
the following years:
1916 A 1916
February I. 1 ‘ 4
February 2'. 1 ®
February 2 . • I
Febru-ry 4 .—10. 18
February 6 .—II 17
February 6 .—18 It
February 7 .—10 0
February 8 I —1
February 9 .10 —6
February 10.—8 —12
January 11.—t —18
February 12. 7 —10
February IS.—12 —21
February 14.—28 —24
February 18 .—14 —19
February 16.—28 —18
February 17.81 —2* '
February 18.81 —• i
February 19 .82 , 4
February 20 . 86 *
February 21.84 *
February 22 . 82 6
February 23. 36 32
February 24 . 25 82
February 36 .—6 24 1
February 26.—8 4
February 27 .—12 —7
February 28 . 26 —12
February 29. —14
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PAULIN! NIGHT.
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9etenth Episode.
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THt PERILS OF PAULINE*
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Class Subject.
THE WOULD-BE HEIR.
A Kalem Comedy.
AND THE DANCE WENT ON.
A Dandy.
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THE PERILS OF PAULINE.
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