LAST HOPE OF EYELESS
J, J. Und*rwe°d 'n Seattle Time#.
on* of three mall carriers on the
Nome-Uoalakleet division—that long,
sinuous trail that winds along the
bleak, wind-swept shore of Bering sea
—la going to meet trouble aplenty
about next Christmas, when he arrives
at the Northern metropolis.
Bearing the first overland mail of]
the year, he will be met by a large
Joyous crowd, happy In the expectancy
of long belayed letters from friends In
the states. Then this scene of Jubila
tion is going to change to one of anger
und chagrin. For inclosed In that mall
will be a copy of a portentous decision
recently rendered by the circuit court
of appeals.
The mail carrier may be shot at sun
rise— fbe sun doesn’t rise till about
10:30 a in., anyway—but the chances
are that the impatient northerners
won’t wait that long.
On* Ray of Hope.
It is barely possible that the out
raged populace will give the dog team
driver time to explain why he didn't
allow this sinister mail to drop througli
an Ice-crack, into the frozen ocean or
why he didn’t allow It to catch on fire,
or let a blizzard carry it away on the
wintry waste that mantles the north
ern Pacific oc^an, there to be lost for
ever. These things are possible, but
not probable. One certain thing is that
the unfortunate mall carrier. Instead
of being warmly welcomed on every
aand. will find himself about as popu
.ar as a Uerman band playing “The
Watch on the Rhine" before the allies'
t reaches.
Behind this decision, which the mail
will contain, there lies the story of a
great sacrifice, there has been made In
vain—a story replete with Incidents of
injustice and oppression, of wrongs
that have not been righted, and Alas
kuna ure the sufferers.
In their great battle for what they
deemed their rights these residents of
Northwestern Alaska—absolutely de
void of that Inherent sense of patriot
ism that makes every good American
conceal the short coming or misfor
tunes of his own city or state—placed
themselves on record before the United
Status circuit court of appeals as the
inhabitants of an Eveless Eden, a
country where there are at least five,
men to every woman, a region that Is
the last desolate word In domestic
lonesomeness.
Essential I* Lacking.
Rich beyond the dreams of avarice In
material wealth; with abundant re
sources of gold, and silver, and copper,
and coal, and tin and iron and every
other kind of mineral treasure that
.ends itself to the purchase of creature
comforts Northwestern Alaska Is lack
ing In that most essential prerequisite
that is founhl in a sllppeted fireside
This Is the b. U>l fact that has been
published to the world, and the shame
and humiliation following thereon
proved barren of the results which the.
Northerners hoped to attain.
it was the Mum Club ot Nome—at
times a most congential and harmless
institution—that disclosed Alaska's
fearful inadequacy. For years it had
been the custom ot prominent Nome
ites to forgather within the comfort-1
Ule confines of this large log cabin,
where cheering beverages were dis
pensed to dispel their secret sorrows.
Notwithstanding the deficiency of
women managed to gel along fairly
veil. They bore their burdens of bach
elorhood patiently and without com
plaint until one day last summer a
cold-blooded federal official. United
States Judge Randolph Tucker—and a
Southerner, too, at that—disturbed the
even tenor of their way by decreeing
mat the members of, the Mum Club
should pay a license for their bar of
$1,000 a year, the same as did the
ordinary dispenser ot liquid cheer.
That was "nice treatment to receive
from a Southern gentleman!
Would the Alaskans pay It? They
would not! They'd take an appeal to
a higher tribunal. Rather would they
publish Alaska's shame and misfor
tune to the world than to submit to
this unjust and Iniquitous tax upon
ihelr resources and Interferences with
their rights! Dr. J. H. Mustard, Sam
W. Taggart and Fred Ayer offered
themselves as sacrifices to this Judi
cial outrage. They allowed the appeal
to be taken In their names.
Will A. Metson, prominent lawyer
u[ San Francisco, who has much
money Invested In Seattle and Alaska
.was selected to toil, the circuit court
ue truth about the territory. It wa3
a sad, patneuc story, and more than
once counsel was obliged to wipe away
die tears tnat came unhidden to nia
.So wonder ne told the court In
ii.igiug tones that these sturdy pio
neers of the norm, like the robins and
'tuei on Us ol blight plumage, hied
...mselves southward every year at
u,o first tail of snow. it was spiail
wonder oi Aietsun that the population
,.f Nome was transitory and unstable
r or what man in Uis right senses
would ciioose to live through the long,
uark days of the lung, cold winter
wnen me privileges of a comfortably
c.uo were denied him and there was
no opportunity for him to acquire a
domestic fireside except on a commun
istic or club basis t
Uoorgraphy Changes Standards.
Pioneers in a new land,” declaimed
.nelson, "and especially in such a land
is Nome, should not be judged ac
ording to the standards of living in a
civilised country, where, if a man
uuesri t want to live at the club, he can
get married, The opportunities for
lining domestic happiness Is not ac
corhed to the pioneer of the north—
.ne population statistics prove it."
But it was no use. The court
ouldiiT listen to reason. The Judges
just insisted that the $1,50U should be
paid int" me federal treasury. Maybe
Court was thinking of Alaska's
material resources.
The word tbai the decision of the
Nome court was affirmed went norm
,n the first mall over the Ice a few
days ago. u will .each Nome by
or.simas. If the mall cairiers have
guod luck and don't encounter too
many blizzards, and Nome will be a
sad, sad place this winter. For not a
i.ip of hope is left. Even the comfort
.if a further appeal to the supreme
■jui-i oi the United States has been
denied. Alaska's misfortune has been
Ibid bare before an unsympathetic
orld and the sacrifice has been made
hi vain. Somebody will have to be
iho goat” ai.d the mail carrier doubt
s will prove the handiest victim.
Begin the New Tear rig1.! by sub
scribing for the Nugget.
UNCLE SAM FINDS WIFE
FOR FORMER
Charles Drelbelbls, the hero of the
following newspaper story, well known
to many Alaskans. At one time ho
was a deputy marshal under United
States Marshal Love, stationed at
Fairbanks. JThe story Is from the
San Francisco Examiner of August 27.
Chicago, Aug. 26.—Uncle Sam has
prosecuted scores of matrimonial
agents. Now Involuntarily, he has be
come one of them. Here’s how:
Charles Drelbelbls, owner of a 4,000
acre ranch in Montana, came to the
stockyards last spring with fifteen car
loads of cattle.
He sold his stock, then strolled out
to see tho sights, and saw the sign of
the federal employment bureau. The
rancher wanted a housekeeper- He had
lost his wife eight years ago in the
gold fields of Alaska.
Ward E. Thompson, government em
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ed and repaired by us—
We will make them lock like new.
We do dry or gasoline cleaning.
We do steam cleaning.
We make alterations.
Wo do cleaning, pressing and re
pairing for Ladles and Gentlemen.
Wo make a sp so laity of making and
repairing furs.
First-class workmanship.
All work guaranteed. Our prices are
reasonable. Once a customer always
a customer.
Come and sou us, we will give you
oar prices before we do your wi>rk.
We apnrsetato your patronage.
NOME TAILORING CO,
Between Segerstrom tt Hagen and
ployinent agent, usked concerning his
means.
"Well," said the rancher, "I suppose
if I had to I could raise $500,000 in
two hours. I have a home in Montana
fifty-six miles from a railroad. I want
someone to tidy up the house a bit and
keep it looking pretty.”
Thompson thought of a woman who
had applied for work. He telephoned
to her and she came to his office, She
was followed by a 17-year-old son.
Dreibelbls offered to pay $40 a month
to her and a like sum to her son. But
the woman hesitated. The rancher re
turned homo without her, but left
money for her transportation.
The woman, seeking matrimony,
wrote him many letters, but he was
nut unxious to marry. Alt tie wanted
u as a housekeeper.
On May 15 a pretty widow, 26 years
old, accompanied by a little boy, asked
Thompson to find a positon for her son.
She had been a stenographer.
“I have just the place,” said Thomp
j son, and he wired to the rancher.
"Send her along,” was the answer.
; The widow went to Montana.
I And now Thompson has received an
1 engraved announcement. It reads:
"Charles Dreibelbls and Mrs. Marjorie
L. Yates announce their marriage. Sat
urday, July 24, 1015. At home, Wol
sey, Mont."
' And with it was an Invitation to
| "come out and bring the family."—
I Idltarod Pioneer.
RECORD |
The following table shows the av
erage temperature for each day for the
the following years;
1916- 1916
January 1 . 1 12
January 2 . 1 25
lanuary 3 .—6 IS
January 4.—10 —17
January 5.—8 —20
January 6.—21 0
January 7. 18 17
January 8.—2 80
January 9.—9 22
January 10.—10 19
January 11 .—4 22
January 12 —3 30
January IS. 0 28
January 14 .—10 12
anuary 16.—14 10
January 16 .—10 22
January 17.—11 0
January 18.—82 —18
January 19.23 —26
January 20. 1 —23
January 21 . 1 —20
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13 .Carsten* Cold Storage
14 ...J. J. Sesnon Co., office
15.. ,... Headquarters Saloon
21. The Lobby
24 .Pioneers Igloo
41.. ., . ..Fire Department
31.Discovery Saloon
32., . .Yorkoy'a Cigar Store
42.Third Ave. and Lane’s Way
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MEETING NOTICE.
THE NOME BARTENDER'S UNION
Local 868, B. I. L. of A. (Affiliated
with the A. F. of L.) meets every first
Sunday in each month ju 11 a. m
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On your promise to keep your
friends informed about what is
going on around Nome this winter
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