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Entered a* seeond-claa* matter Feb.
20, 1907, at the pc*toff!c# at Nome
Alaska, under the Act of Congrea* ot
March 8 1578.
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NOME, ALASKA, FEB. 17, 1916.
In view of the tight now being madt
to secure a imre extensive ma.l scr
vice, why would It not bo a good move
for the chamber of commerce lo for
ward an endorsement of the postofflci
department plan ot Instituting an
at-iial mall service to interior Alaska,
to the department heads In Washing
ton?
If the aerial mull service project
is carried to a successful conclusion 1.
will mean far more to the people ol
Intel lor Alaska than could possibly be
expected from even the most radlca,
change la the present system of trial,
delivery.
With a biweekly air service in oper
ation we would probably find not onlj
relief from every Inadequacy of the -
overland, dog and sled service, but
would also have the mall brought tc
our doors with a promptness and
regularity Impossible under the pres
ent methods, cither winter or summei I
According to the late dispatches, tht
department plan calls for the deliv- :
ery of mall at Nome within a period
of three or four days from the time j
of dsp^tch at the steamboat termln
als on the southeastern coast, thus
assuring delivery of outside mall mat
ter at Intervals of ten days or leas
after leav Ing Seattle
This means that by the air service
w« would have the pleaaure of re
ceiving our missives three times a
month and within ten days of coast
dispatch, each and every month of th
year.
It doesn’t lake much reflection to
perceive that this would be an !m
provement of far greater value than
could bo achieved by any method t
present possible, save by direct rail
communication.
As it Is probable that trains will
not be running to Nome for many a
long year it strikes the Nugget that
it would be a good Idea for every town
In this section ot Alaska, all of which
will benefit by the Innovation, to
boost the project along by cablelng
an endorsement to the department,
just to show that they are all in
sympathy with the plan.
It is probably true, as many will
doubtless suggest, that the forwarding
of an endorsement will have little
effect In Influencing the action of the
department. Such remarks are to be
expected from certain classes of peo
ple, but, while conceding the truth of
the remark, It can also be maintained
that even departmental officials are
not above re.lshing a word of com
mendatlon concerning Their activities,
especially from those In whose Inter
ests they are working.
At the present time Nome and Fair
banks are spending considerable money
on letters and cables to outside parties
asking arshstance In securing a better
mail s>-r.lee. so, why not a little more
In cndnis'hg a plan that promises
more then our fon lest hopes could
expect fom the present mall rystem?
Tbs ] osial offlcl is .-re pla'rly t* '
ing to do something for us and the
least we oan do Is to display some
thing more than an apathetic interest,
this applies to every town In Interior
vlaska as well as ourselves.
^Indorsements from the various
chambers of commerce and the people
of the Interior camps might help a
a vreat deal In pushing the project
along and, further, might do a w hols
.ot In tiie matter of offsetting the op
position of the transportation com
panies and other* Interested In maln*
.sluing the present mall system. It
s not to be doubled that the air
service plan alii meet with opposition
from several quarters, particularly the
.lansportation concerns doing business
>vlth the Interior, to whom the loss
of the mail contracts means the loss
uf a considerable sum of money yearl>
It Is dollars and cents with them
and also with those who are interested
In the winter contracts. Their oppo
sition will probably not be apparent
but they will surely be found contrlv
.ng by every m«*ng In their power
to stop the air service project.
\\ e may not be able to prevent them
from throwing every possbile obstacle
in the way of the proposed mall ser
vice but we can let the departinen.
jfflcials know that the air service plan
.,as the endorsement of every one In
he Interior. This may not help much
out It will at least go garther In
pressing the matter along than will
an attitude of seeming Indifference
juch as would be suggested by our
emalning silent, especially when we
are doing so much barking on a kind
red subject. An endorsement of the
nature suggested may seem futile
probable will be futile—but It would
not cost a great deal and It might
perchance, have the effect of encour
tging the departmental endeavors and
also help in offsetting such influences
us will certainly be brought to bear
to prevent the plan reaching develop
ment.
will it workt
Alaska and Northwestern Mining
Journal.
If the plan proposed by Mr. Rocke
feller for the settlement of the In
dustrial problems of Colorado Is
adopted by the unions the accuracy of
an old Biblical saying touching the
lion and the lamb will be called Into
serious question. The plan calls foi
direct mediation between capital and
labor, by means of representatives ap
pointed by the miners' organization
on all matters Involving grievance*
and working conditions. A signed
ccntract, wnich cun only be changed
after due notice from one party to
another, grants collective bargaining
and the privilege of belonging to a
union, but does not invol^ recognition
of the Lulled Mine Workers of Am
erica or any other exisiSus organise
lion. At a meeting held in Pueblo
October i, the plan was unanimously
approved, although some of the dele
gates were members of the United
Mine Workers. The miuers at each
camp are to select representatives on
the basis of one for each 160 wage
earners. Joint committees from the
delegates and the company’s officers,
consisting of six members each, win
be appointed on Industrial co-opera
tlon and conciliation, safety and ac
cidents, sanitation, health and hous
ing, recreation and education. A clause
provides that there shall be no dls
crimination by either party on ac
count of membership o^non member
ship In the union, and It also provides
that the hiring and discharging of men,
and the management of the propertle*
and the handling of the working forces
shall be vested exclusively In the
company. If in case of dispute the
joint committee fails to arrive at a
decision the matter shall be settled
by arbitration or be referred to the
Colorado State Industrial commission
The eight hour day is provided for,
and also provision for increased pay,
and it is also provided that no man
shall be discharged without good rea
son, the offenses for which a man can
be discharged to be posted by the
company. The Intention apparently is
j to test the plan with Colorado Fuel *
Iron Company and its employes, and
If It works out there It will be ex
tended to the other properties of Mr
Rockefeller and will eventually be
applied to the steel mills. We think
the great majority of the American
people will give Mr. Rockefeller credit
for good faith in framing this plan,
and while the Initial stages of Its ac
ceptance have apparently been passed
over smoothly, we -do not believe that j
the plan will meet with the endorse- (
mem of the unions. The fact that
the unions are not recognled, no mat- .
ter* what good may work of the plan j
will prove a fatal stumbling block, or
else unionism must upset all its tradi
tions.
Nome Nugget 92.00 per month.
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ALASKA NOTES
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The city of Fairbanks it In debt $18.
204.11.
A shortage of dogs ts reported from
interior camps.
Dr. Frank M. Boyle has sold out his
drug store at Valdes
A Beattie paper says that Judge
Bunell ■ jurisdiction Includes the far
north pole.
A winter relght rale of 2t cents a
pound has been fixed between Seward
and Anchorage
It is reported that the marble quarry
at Tokeen has closed down for the
winter season.
Senator B. F. Millard, of Valdez, has
gone to spend the winter at the Gran
ite mine on Hobo bay.
The Seward Gateway complains be
cause the other paper charges the cit>
fifty cents a line for printing
Water sells for 26 cents a bucket at
Brooks. If you don't want to pay the
price there Is plenty else to drink.
W. P. Mills Company, after thirty
one years of mercantile experience at
Sitka, la to close out Its buslnaaa after
January 1st.
Klchard Bushell. Jr., formerly pub
lisher of the Ketchikan Dally Miner,
has purchased a half Interest la the
Mount Vernon (Wash.) Herald.
Approximately $16,000,000 In copper
will be shipped from Cordova this
winter from the Kennecott and other
mines contiguous to that port.
John Ronan, known to fame as a
democratic politician, fell a distance of
400 feet down a mountain side near
Seward and was quite badly bruised.
Three strokes upon the village
church bell are given each day at
Petersburg to warn the Inhabitants
that It Is time to eat dinner, or In other
worda that the clocks of the world say
that the noon hour haa arrived.
At Whitehorse sue a* seidier was re>
cently married to a coloied person of
that town. The next morning the lady
a as arrested for stealing a part of a
jewslery store. She was sentsnced to
serve one year In jail, and her recently
adopted partner was coldly ordered to
heat It.
Fairbanks—One of the -argest fun
era.s ever held in la.rtor,at was the
one at which man; people paid their
.aat resp-ect* to Mother Mona.dl. Man;
of the Pioneers attended the services
in a body, and the Catholic church was
crowded with those who came to show
their appreciation for the noble woman
who gave her life to her work of rellev*
mg the suffering. The Interment was
in the Fairbanks cemetery.
Falrbanksans and Nomeltes are not
the only people who have a kick com
■ ng In regard to their mall, according
to all reports At least, the residents
of Tofty thinks so, for, while Fairbanks
gets mall of some tort at least once
or twice a week, the Tofty people are
lucky If they get even Fairbanks pa
pers once In three weeks. •
The Citizen Is recently In receipt of
a letter from Tofty in which It Is
stated that second class mall from
Fairbanks reaches that postofflce but
once In three weeks. And the Out
side mall reaches Tofty on about the
aame schedule.
Tofty is supposed to have a weekly
mall service. The point where Its mall>]
la distributed Is Hot Springs.
Owing to the increase in the volume
the ISIS edition of the Nugget Min
ing and Dredging Journal eta oeats in
postage is necessary In mailing
COMING EVENTS j
U. 8- MAIL MOVEMENTS
Mail for Kougarok and Tailor leaves
. the first and fifteenth of each month.
Mall for other sections of Seward
peninsula and the outside closes Mon
| days and Friday, at «:*0, registered;
and ordinary mall, five o’clock y. m.
Mails arrive Thursday and Sunday
Malls leave Tees day and gemts r
morning.
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