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Oily Umcial Paper
NUME ALASKA DEC. 29 1916.
due greut trouble with Alaska and
tiic peo; .i ot Alaska bus been and still
is tl,..t in a great degiee the majority;
of those who reside in the territory
na\e not been abJo to divorce their I
minus from the outside.” it Is direct- ;
ly due to this fact that su little has
ueen accomplished in the way of de
t eiopment of the territory and its
• onderfui and apparently lnexhausti
■ ie resources. Because "e came from
sonic, here else and are Imbued with
the idea that the place we came fiom
is bette than the place we came to,
we have continued to be troubled with
a restlessness of mind which has made
it almost Impossible to settle down to
the business of making the most of
our new environment. This has In
terferd not only with our own ad
vancement but also with the advance
ment of the territory.
We cannot make up our minds that
this is tj be our home and our country
We hate but little more than pass
ing Interest in Its development and
the majority of us care not a Jot for
Its future. We are, most of us, ob
sessed with the idea of getting away—
back to things and scenes which we
fancy are more congenial—more to
our liking.
Soma of us may have settled dow’n
to the idea that this is really our
home; that we intend to remain here
and to really “grow up with the coun
try," but they are very few, indeed.
And there are fewer still who are!
capable of seeing so far In the future,
as to realize that they are likely to
spend their remaining days here.
Some few do, perhaps, and, still others
have come to the realization that there
Is very little future for them else
where without the golden store, the
hope of which first drew them to the^
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country, and so have made up theirj
minds to remain until they achieve^
their desire, regardless of whether the!
time be long or short. It la principal
ly to this class of citizens that the’l
country owes the greater part of all i
development which will bring lta re- ,
ward in the future. The rest of us |
hose who cannot or will not accept the
view that they are probably due to
spend many more years here, are real
ly littlo less than parasites on the
country. We caio not fer It or for Its ■
progress or future; we give It nothing i
that is worth while and take all that
It will give to us as a reward for the i
least possible expenditure of energy.
And all this Is simply because of the
fact that we cannot make up our minds
that this shall bo our country, our
home, the place where w’e intend to
to stay and mako our living; rear our |
families and abide in peace and con
tentment, just as we would In those
places which call to us from afar and
where wo Imagine we would bo so
much better off It we were only there.
Whon we come right down to facts
the outside holds little prospect for
the man who has spent the past ten
'•r llfteen years In Alaska and ho would
be really foolish to leave the country
unless provided with a stock of this
world's good which would place hlm|
beyond th* neoesslty of making his
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living. The territory is in the very!
infancy of its development and offers:
inducements that cannot he found else
.viiere in the wide world. There Is
.k> greater held than this for the man
..ho is worth his salt.
In the matter of making a living tnej
..veiuge man can do It here witi.'
greater ease than he can any where'
m the world. in business the Held!
■s restricted to a degree but success
is far easier than in any other situa
tion one can think of owing to the
absence of destructive competition
mm nard competitive methods. Foi
.ne professional man alone the Held
-s not developed to the degree that It
.ouialns much promise for advance
ment for a considerable lime but, in
.nis line also, those who are here art
usually doing us well us they proba
my would lu other situations owing to
.he absence of business competitors
o overcrowd the held. For the lab
orer It is really what may be termed
me best laboreis country in the world
mr the reason that there is no coun
ty wnere he can live longer on less
.vork and also becaues of the great
! uig tact that he has at ail times an
j opportunity strike a good sized stake
! >y entering the field of the prospector,
-he most of us should really be thank
ml that our fate has led us to Al
.ska and we should try' to overcome
-hat restlessness and generally unset
• ied state which comes of looking to
ur off places in the belief that Y'e
.vould be better off if we Yvere there, i
ninety per cent of all the people in
Uuska are faring better here than
ney did at any time before In their
ulcer and yet they continue to over
uok the benefits the country has be
..owed on them and to delude them
.elves YYith the belief that they would
e better off somewhere else.
THE LITTLE
FIGHTEllS
I Cleveland i'lam L>ealer.>
Aien uo not light today with luuces.!
maces, broad-swords or battle axes. |
A tight chietly with small mechani* j
al devices, which the strength o£ al
.en-yeur-oid boy is sufficient to mau-j
•puiate. 1 lie man pulls the trigger, j
.ne mechanism and the gunpowder du
die rest. An eighty-pound midget is
m sufficient- as a tirawny Oxford plant
of six-foot-four.
it has been a puzzle why England
who needs recruits, has persistently
refused to accept little men who wish
•° enlist, in time of peace the size
..mit is understandable, for a country
• ike England, which has only a volun
teer army, should have an urmy which
.'ill always present an Impressive ap
pearance. There are plenty of big
• eilows desirous of entering the ser
vice. On parade they look better than
the midgets. I
But when there is tlghtlng, and
w hen millions of men are needed to do
it. there seems to be no valid excuse
tor rejecting the willing men of small
stature. The discrimination has ap
peared so ridiculous that all non-mili
tary England has been condemning it.
•Vow the bars are to he let down, and
• he small men are to be permitted to
go out and get killed for their country.
With each dollar cash purchaso or
for each dollar paid on account during
the balance of this month we give a
ticket which eneitled the holder to one
chance on a $100.00 Victrola.
GEO. E. LOMEN & CO.,
LOMEN’S PHARMACY.
LOMEN BROTHERS.
Those interested In the ski race on
Carnival day are requested to meet at
the Board of Trade ealoon Thursday
evening at 8:30. Suitable prizes will
be given the winners.
AT THE NEW EAGLE.
Old Lewis Hunter Rye and the Fa*
mous Atherton Bourbon whiskys, Dis
tilled spring 1904-1905, bought in bond
jnd reduced *o 90 per cent, by U. S.
government by the bottle or gallon.
To get the news read the Nugget.
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tBaltimore American.)
All of the 91,972,266 people recorded lr
the 191u census as being Americans
I ure of foreign born ancestry except only
: the 412,516 people of the red skinned
or aboriginal races of the 1910 census
All of these millions,, except possibly
100,000 or so, call themselves Ameri
cans. and Americans without a hy
phenated prefix. Americans over 99
per cent of them are; not only nomin
ally, but In patriotic sentiment.
it Is interesting Just now, however,
.o note how many Americans of those
reported in the census wcie born out
side tne country, and Just where they
were born. Accoiuing to the figures,
there were in the United Stales when
| ale wholesale count was inaue 12,944,
people of the white skin races who
.
>> ere born somewhere outside. Some
of these had been here for more than
a half century and very many oi
them for over a quarter of a century,
1 out 12,944,529 counted all of European
| extraction that were horn outside. Of
.he foreign born citizens the census
l.ecorus show that 2,672,123 were of
' British extraction, soirmhing more
than half of this British stuck being ,
I .ram Ireland; 2,001,181 were horn in
Kiel many, 1,602.752 were born In Rus
! ciu, 1,343,070 in Italy i,r73,924 In Aus
tria about 1,200,000 were born in Brit
isil North America and 665,183 in Swe
! den. The others w ere born In twenty
additional countries.
Of the 91,972,266 only about 26,000,
ouo all told were comprised In the for
eign born and those of foreign born
parentage, the remaining 67,000,000 be
.ng of American antecedents reaching
•<ack through three or more genera
tions. The American people is a
olend ol thirty different racial stocks
but, nuiie the less, we are developing
a distinctly American breed, and tne j
majority of this new race Is proud of
us affiliation.
HOW DO THtY 00II?
(Now Vvrta Sv*ni»v W«wW.>
Bven while tile Oermun empire is
buttling with terrific circumstances, ,
the municipal administration of Berlin
abates no Jot of its well-known effi
ciency.
The Berlin municipal council keeps
an eye calmly on Its business. It has1
just appropriated sums amounting toi
$32,600,000 to enable the city to buy)
the Berlin electrical works and furnish
cheap electricity to its citizens.
At the same time new underground ^
railway lines are projected. Others are -
hurried to completion.
Amid the blessings of perfect peace
the city of New York cannot even lay
out a plan for handling Its own gar
bage without encountering reversal
and rebuke from a doubting state
executive.
No Prussian authority would dreair
of Interfering with Berlin's method:
of keeping Itself the best-run city In
the world.
What Is this winderful thing that
makes for administrative smoothness
and precision even In the midst of
strain and stress? How Is It obtain
able? Is the cost prohibitive?
See? “The cabaret danc*n" some
thing new. Hear “Doo Kemp" in his
latest topical song.
Listen to the sweet strains of the
mandolin by new talen*.
See “John Ne*tor” and his famout
“kindling wood quartst>” at the ca
baret. Ak*ala Carnival, December 81.
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Twelfth Episode.
IN THE PATHS OF
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A Strong One Reelor.
MISS RAFFLES.
Comedy.
ON HIS WEDDING DAY.
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FEEDING ANIMALS
TOMORROW NIGHT.
Thirteenth Episode.
Friday Afternoon Matinee a*
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THURSDAY NIGHT.
UNIVERSAL PROGRAM!
Eighth Episode of the Serial.
LUCILLE LOVE
Featuring
GRACE CUNARD
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FRANCIS FORD
Nestor ®medy.
HIS WIFE'S BURGLAR.
Featuring Eddie Lyons and Ra
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Prince of fun mak8rs.
An Allegericai Masterpiece.
Featuring Lois Weber-Phillips
Smalley. Author and producer
of Naked Truth, Hypocrates,
Scandal, etc.
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MEMORIES.
A ClaBSic Rendition.
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