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NUGGET MINING AND DREDGING
MAGAZINE,
( Issue o Annually In October.)
Price per copy.
Price per copy, mailed.Me
Kate* for advertising a pace In any
of the above publication* will be made
known on application.
PHONE MAIN 4S.
Entered a* aecend-claaa matter Feb
26, 1807, at the poatoffloe at Nome
Alaska, under the Act of Oodgrea* of
March ’ 1*7*.
Copy for regular advertisements
must be in by 10 o’clock on tba day *f
publication
NOME, ALASKA JULY 10, MIS.
Now that the war has created a remark
able opportunity for expanding our for
eign trade, it is suddenly discovered that
the disinclination of most Americans to
ward learning any language but Eng
lish Is bound to place this country under
it peculiar disadvantage in Its efforts to
compete with commercial rivals from
other nations.
Several prominent Journals have lately
n o i red to the subject in not uncertain
turns, each declaring that this country
cannot nope to compete with foreign
commercial rivals on an eirual basis be
muse of tills peculiar disability.
i m Wall Strci t Journal, most promin
ent of American financial Journals,
speaks strongly on what is termed "the
liht.i islghted prejudice" which causes Am
,,uis to retrain from learning any |
la.moo,re hut that ol their own land and
;, US out that a large share of flu
irude of it new and fertile commercial
i eld is practically closed to America ow
ing ill the scarcity of agents who are
aide to converse in the language of the
land. The Journal declares that this dif
hciill} is obviously bound to work to
iIn detriment of the United Stales for
the reason that all of our foreign com
p, liters employ agents who are able to
speak a diversity of languages and are,
therefore In a much better position to do
ouslness with those to which they are
uceretll led.
i Hhcr papers have taken the same al
titude and one, the Chicago Journal re
marks: The federal bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce is huving a hard
lime to find Americans who know enough j
ot foreign languages to be useful. Very j
few applicants to the bureau have a
practical knowledge of French, fewer
still of Spanish, and it is not on record
that any native American In captivity j
has a good understanding of itusslan.
French is not only the language o( :
diplomacy and the official speech of a
great republic but is the storehouse of :
the only modern literature which is a |
iait rival to that of the English speaking
peoples.
Verily our Indifference to the commer- I
cial and cultural values of other languages ;
is amazing -and also expensive. It ham
pers our business progress and Is u yet !
more serious obstacle to our understand
ing of the complex world in which our j
national life Is cast.”
Just what lies at the bottom of this
singular Indifference, disinclination, or
prejudice, call it what you will, which
causes Americans to exclude other ton
gues from the curriculum of learnihg is
difficult to understand. Hardly one na
tive American in ten that Is able to un
derstand more than a dozen words of any
longue hut Ills own.
This falling Is doubly singular in that
it is not due to a lack of opportunity as
at least one foreign language is included
in the course of studies In the average
high school. Yet, despite the fact of this
easy access to a foreign tongue not more
i ban one American in fifty is conversant
with even the rudiments of French, Ger
man or Spanish, the three languages,
next to English, spoken by the human
race. Aside front the cultural advantages
conferred by a knowledge of a foreign
longue there seems other advantages
which would tend to cause Americans to
lake advantage of such opportunities as
are afforded to acquaint themselves with
at least one language other than their
own.
Not only in Hie present but in the past
ns well there have at all times been re
munerative possibilities In the possession
of a knowledge of the more prominent
foreign languages which should Induce
Americans to learn at least one of them.
A person with a good knowledge of
French can usually turn It to profitable
account and In a great degree the same
applies to Uerman. Spanish, as the Chi
cago paper remarks Is the commercial
key lo half tile western hemisphere. The
possibilities afforded by a good knowledge
of Spunlsn alone seems sufficient to In
duce Americans to learn something of
that tongue and with the development of
broader commercial Interests in thnt field
tlie opportunities will increase a hundred
fold. Americans are plalntly neglecting
an opportunity of extreme value, all be
cause of a blind confidence in the magic
qualities of the English tongue.
NEW l'EAl’ER STRIKE
STEWARD RI\ ER DISTRICT
A new placer strike ..as been made on
Nelson creek, it tributary of Mayo lake.
In the upper Stewart river district, and
a big stampede has been on to the place
lor the last several weeks, says the Val
dez Miner. The latest news of the strike
i id the stampede is brought by Rev.
Frank H. Iinok. of the Angelican church,
a ho is just back from a trip to the
Mayo country. Chester A. Thomas, who
was In the district recently, also confirms
the news of the discovery and the stam
pede. The creek Is said to be 15 to .11)
miles long, and at hist accounts, when
Mr. Buck left Minto Bridge, 40 to 50
claim were known to have been staked,
and more were still on the way there to
point tltelr posts. The creek on discov
ery was about six feet to bedrock, and a
summer proposition . The discoverers got
lo cents In gold, to 10 pans, ’rite best
pan went 6 cents.
Mr. Thomas heard that Ihe creek was
111 miles long. Mr. Buck heard it was
1J to 15 miles long. According to all re
ports the creek is well wooded and It
(here is any extent o. pay. it affords
tine opportunities for work. Several out
tits are prospecting on the creek. Th«
Professional Cards
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHYSICIAN AND SURQION.
Offioa and R«*idan«*.
OVER HILL’S PHARMACY.
Offica houra: 2-5 and 7-S p. m.
Phone Main 7.
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. discoveries were located by Big Steve
and Little Steve, who have been pros
pecting in the country a long time.
Walsh, Middlecoff anil oilier old timers ;
of the district were among the stakers
j Mushers says Mr. Buck, were seen on
' the trail nearly every day and night, j
• going to the creek to stake.
SAYS BEARS UN KODIAK,
HAVE BECOME BALD HEADED
It will take more than two or three
years of enforced diet of straight meat
and lisli and a loss of hair to seriously
set back \he bear population of Kodiak
island, according to l). Winn, of the
United States bureau of fisheries who
has just returned from the north, says
l lie Seattle P.-I.
Mr. Winn made a trip to Kodiak isl
and from Afognak, to make an investiga
tion of the big brown bears, and he found
that while they had hard sledding for
wo yeai*s and part of the third year
there are now plenty of greens and wild
vegetables for Mr. Bruin, and later in
the year there will be plenty of berries.
Kodiak island .says Mr. Wind, in 1912,
was covered with volcanic ;ish. at no
point at a depth less than 11 Inches.
The asli killed all vegetation, and as all
bears are fond of a mixed diet of meat,
I lisli and vegetables they found 1913 and
11*14 unpleasant from a dietary stand
point
Another effect of tlie fall of ash, ac
cordlng io Mr Winn, was the* havoc a
created with the furry coats of the nni* j
nulls Bald headed bears are now as i
common on Kodiak island as bald-head* '
ed men in the front row of a musical j
comedy The ash sifted down to the j
skins of the animals as it fell, and the ;
first rain turned it to lye, which had
| the effects of almost tanning the skins
, of the bears while yet a part of their
personal effects.—Kx
EFFORTS OF RUBY CITIZENS TO
SECURE PIONEERS HOME
Ruby Igloo No. 5, Ptoneei* of Alaska,
aided by the citizens o that town, has
taken up the matter of the location of
the Pioneers' home for Interior Alaska,
provision for which already lias been
| made by the territorial legislature.
Chonn Hot Springs has been most fre
quently spoken of in connection with
the location of the institution, and a |
strong protest is entered by tin* Ruby |
organization against the choice of that j
-place. While not recommending any!
particular place in the letter of the Pio
neers |.to the commission having the
matter in charge—Governor Strong. Dele
gate Wickersham and Surveyor General
Davidson—several places saffl to be more
j la vocable situated are mentioned.
Have you sent your literature and
political cards to the outlying districts
vet. Now ,'s tne time to do It while the
i mail boats are running. The Nugget
| will rush your order out immediately.
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5; Will buy more at Cheap John’s Store cj
than Any other place. Get our prices, cj
CHEAP JOHN’S!
jj ONE PRICE STORE |
£ L. Seidenverg, proprietor £
MEN S AND BOY S GLOTHING
At prices that all can afford
a new suit.
New line of mens shoes and
furnishings.
Call and look over our large
stock.
Everything at right prices.
j
A. Wittenberg
General Merchandise
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
The best guarantee you can have for
a successful Issue of your clothes Is to
patronize an old established house; a
house that wants you to come back and
be their permanent patron.
Such a house Is the Nome Tailoring Co.,
we make alterations.
We do cleaning, pressing and repair
ing. We make suits to order. We ap
preciate your patronage.
NOME TAILORING CO,
•tween Segerstrom A Hagen and Zeh
ner’s Jewelry Stores
NOW IS THE TIME to
have yotir spring job printing
done—before the boats arrive,
prompt service and reasonable
pricey at Nugget office.
In pioneers
To date we have had
98
Sittings for the group picture
of the
PIONEERS OP ALASKA
Help us to make this number
grow
Lomen Bros.
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Reopens Saturday !
June 10th,
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WATER DELIVERY.
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THE NOME BARTENDER'8 UNION
L»Ml 144. B. I. L. of A. (Affiliated
with the A. F, of L) meets every first
Sunday In each month at 11 a m.
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Alaska Banking and
Sale Deposit (ompany
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PAID UP CAPITAL. 50,000
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