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Entered as second class matter Feb
26, 1907, at the post office at Nome,
Alaska, under the Act of Congress of
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NOME ALASKA, JUNE 5, 1917.
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REGISTRATION DAY.
Sixty one days ago the sixty fourth
congress of the United States, in spe
cial session assembled, declared war
against Germany—the outcome of a
debate which lasted for four days. For
six weeks following congress was
engaged legislating for the various
war measures and preparations, and,
eventually arrived at the decision that
a conscription measure was the best
for the country, from every point of
view.
Seventeen days ago President Wil
son signed the proclamation calling on
ten million men—the flower of the
nation—to register for active service
in the army of the United States and
today they are answering that call.
Just to think of it. Ten million young
men putting aside their various
means of livelihood, leaving their
wives, mothers and loved ones; all of
them up and doing, all read}- and will
ing to don the uniform of the regular
soldier; ready’ for active service in
France, Russia or Palestine—where -
ever they’ are required.
Today is one of the most Important
in the history of the United States—
and what will be the outcome? It
matters not, the oountry calls and we
must obey! All are ready and all will
respond from New Orleans to Seat
tle and from Eastporl to San Diego.
There may have been a littie trou- '
hie and unpleasantness experienced in
this compulsory service which is evi
dent from the wires received in the
past few days. That Is but natural
and we must expect it. England,
France, Russia—and even Germany
with her wonderful military system
—have such matters to contend with
and we must expect it more so in this
great country—the melting pot for the
nations of the world.
There Is a great underlying senti
ment on this matter of conscription In
this great Rand of the Free but the
present occasion demands that we do
not give way to sentiment but act
and support our congress, our prcsl
dent and our country, ns True Amer
icans have always done.
Taking everything into considera
tion the people of the United States
have taken this momentous question
in the proper spirit and it is safe to
say that the authorities will experi
ence no trouble in this matter of reg
istration and the United States will
show the world that this peaceful,
liberty loving nation is as wonderful
in the stirring time of war as in the
piping times of peace.
GOVERNMENT FOOD CONTROL
Disregarding the calamity howlers
who have always stood put on the
question of the inability of our gov
ernment to meet with the situation
as regards the control of foodstuffs;
the impossible Is really being accom
plished. the government has stepper!
Into the breach and caused a cessa
tion of spc-culatton in wheat.
This at a time when tlie greatest
operations along such lines was at its
height is proof sufficient that a firm
stand will bring tlie most barefaced of
these gamblers in the stage of life to
their knees.
This action so quickly followed by
the indictment of the clique who had
millions of eggs stored away refusing
to place them on the market convinces
us that there will lie no let up until
the government has tlie entire food
situation well under its control.
The success of these enactments of
law show very plainly that it is reuiiy
within tlie power of our administra
tion to accomplish many things if the
petty bickering is but set aside and
the club gripped with a firm hand.
It seems that the people of the na
tion are at least to benefit in one
sense through this war that we have
entered into, and that is—that we are
to become free from the grasp of
those men who are responsible for
making it so hard for the poorer
classes to live.
AA'e needed this great crisis perhaps
to bring about such changes ns are
now becoming more evident each day
and at least we have the war to thank
for bringing us to our senses in like
matters many of which will evidently
follow now that tlie bail has been
started rolling.
The handwriting on tlie wall spells
the regulation of gigantic monopolies
such as tlie railroads, steel, shipping,
coal, lumber, all foodstuffs, and many
others that today have this country
so throttled that our people are stag
gering under the burden.
Tlie government has in the past
made weak efforts to bring about a
change in such affairs but only to
meet with failure. Therefore we must
at least be thankful to the medium
that has brought about the start of
this move in the right direction, and
now that the start has been made the
people are being educated to the fact
that something can really lie accom
plished iif determination is thrown in
■with the effort and as Iheir eyes have
been opened it is to lie expected that
they will insist on the heads of our
government going through until the
American is once more free.
MIGHTY QUALITY OF "TACT.”
Most of us have heard of the Irish
man who was selected by his com
rades to break the news "gently” to
the wife of a workmate just killed
by an accident. He took the job with
diffidence, but on the way to the home
of the deceased, a blight idea got
possession of him. He confidently
knocked at the door and the lady her
self answered. “Does the Widder Ma
loney live here?" asked Pat. “I am
Mrs. Maloney, but suer it’s no widow
I am,” was the reply. "Begorra, yez
a liar then,” Pat retorted, “for the
corpse is cornin' up the strate on a
barrel- this blessed minit.” Whether
Pat was congratulated for his tact
the story does not say.
I'nlike method, tact is greatly a
gift. It is a natural accomplishment
ak'in to the gift of an ear for music.
Its evidence really proceeds from a
desire for melody In everything. Ex
pru-ince tends to cultivate and ex
pand this natural gift. But unques
tionably the germ must be first avail
able. Otherwise the only effect is '
thnt an individual learns not to open
his mouth without “putting his foot
'in it.’ He will have one rule alone
for self-guidance—to keep his mouth
closed. Tact like this Is of,.a very
negative nature—very harmful.
The possessor of the gift of tact
is enabled to accomplish much. He
can approach and obtain a hearing
; from persons many dare not go near.
!e can quickly and naturally deter
mine tho passable approaches to the
mind he wishes to impress. This mind
does not realize that it is being ap
proached. Everything Is so natural.
There is no sling in what the tactful
man says. He carefully, almost with
out knowing il, eliminates every word
capable of being intentionally or un
intentionally misconstrued. The lis
tener hoc n subtle elusive feeling that
he is receiving a favor, yet search as lie
will he cannot trace such a sugges
tion. Nothing is labored nor forced
into notice. This is the magnetism of
tact—an 'impression from one mind to
the other.
The man who tries unsuccessfully to
show that he is possessed of tact is
unnatural, a bore a fit subject for
ridicule. The man who does possess
it uses it naturally. It Is a part of
himself, of his personality.
He is naturally a student of human
nature. This enables him to "place”
the individual, or rather the nature
of that ’individual, early. He there- '
fore takes —or makes— his opportu
nty without delay; confident that the
exercise of tact will yet again help
him.
Tact is about the biggest personal
asset. Combined with a sunny nature
and initinitve it is practically invin
cible.—Ford Times.
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A BOOK ABOUT VERMONT. j
Plethoric westerners may dig the
tears they have been shedding over
the alntndond farms of New Kngland,
or at least that part of New Kngland
which is known as Vermont. In the
last six years the average yield of
corn to the acre in that state has been
exceeded by Illinois but onee and by
Iowa but once.
We take that statement from a little
book issued by direction of the gener
al assembly of Vermont for the pur
pose of advertising abroad the virtues
of the state as a place to five in, to
do business In and to visit. We learn
also that the per capita production of
butter in Vermont overtops that of any
other state and that the value of farm
products pet- acre In Vermon Is very
much higher than the average value
for the country.
We do not suppose that an immedi
ate migration would start from the
west toward Vermont, if we gave all
the glowing figures of Vermont’s agri
cultural excellence and threw In a
few general remarks on Vermont
scales, maple sugar, pipe organs and
marble to boot, but there might be a
movement to copy some of Vermont’s
methods if the Vermont idea were suf
ficiently exploited.
When a northern mountain state that
has been farmed since long before the
revolution can grow more corn to the
acre than Illinois does, there must lie
something in the Vermont farmers'
bag of tricks that Is worth knowing.
Every home in Nome should have
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