THE VILLAGE THAT WENT TO SEED
BECAUSE ITS CITIZENS COULDN'T GET NEXT
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once upon a liine there was a thriv
ing village away out on I lie fringe
whit'll fell into a state of innocuous
desuetude because the business inter
ests had, by unanimous consent, set
tled down to let the oats grow on their
cerebellum and so failed to see the
golden opportunity when it tangoed by
the door.
The burg owed its existence to the
fact that a bunch of gazabo's who were
wise enough to grasp the idea that the
only way to get anything was to hustle
nut and look for it had hiked out into
the wilderness in an effort to find
something worth while.
The motto of these hicks was: “Vou
must get somewhere if you only keep
going," so, having a large stock of
hope and loads of endurance, they took
some large bundles on their hacWs
and. started out to get what they
wanted.
The country was still In the milk
teeth stage with plenty of room to lo
cate and, true to tlie wise old maxim
they landed on the soft spot with both
feet but not until they had taken the
thirty third degree In the college of
hard knocks and been up against all
sorts of difficulties and discourage
ments.
Anyway they collecled the collateral
and things looked bright and rosy so
they gave the glad news to the publicity
bureaus and the hoi poll'd fame on the
double quick to grasp a chunk of the
good thing.
Most of the bunch touted themselves
for wise guys and after lamping the
landeseape for awhile they figured that
there couldn't be anything doing in a
country where there was nobody but
Eskimos and miners, so they hil the
trail back for the lumber camps and
hasheries.
There were, however a few niftv
ginks who camped on the best looking
sections and set their think mills P
work and in a short time had hullt a
modest village and were busy collect
ing the dinero from the miners and
other people who did things
For a time the going was dead easy
and everybody was so busy collecting
the iron men that opportunist grew
lonesome trying to find someone who
was not too much occupied to stop and
have a look at his miscellaneous wares.
But, after a time the niftj ginks got
wise to the fact that there was some
thing wrong with tlic works so, at’tei
giving the situation the once over, they
quietly packed up the large wads of
the rhino they had segregated and de
parted In search of orange groves and
Joy rides for they opined that the best
time to pick cherries'is not to wait
until they have reached the passe
stage. Anyway, they departed for the
lobsted salad routes singing a gay little
song entitled: "What's the use to waiy
when you’ve loads of dough
The bunch that were left behind 1 ad
found the skating so smooth that tin-,
concluded that those Who had del' rted
were suckers for walking away from
such a nice little Ice bound midway,
which goes so show that they had for
gotten to keep an eye on the spring
that kept the wheels of commerce go
ing But, after a while it dawned on
them that the old thing wasn't working
as nice as it did
At first they thought it was just i
slight fracture in the status quo and
that eventually things would resume
the normal "For," thev argued, "the
captains of Industry tell us that there
ate plenty of large possibilities in tlm
hills, so all we have to do Is to wait
and the rouglt necks will get It for us.
Tt is true they say it is not so easy to
get as formerly and claim that financial
assistance is needed, but that is a'l
; stuff and nonsense of course. If the
need nn.vthing why don't they knoci •
f>-w slmoleons off the princely sala•
| of the over-paid shovel bosses" Th
' they will have plenty to go ahead and
develop things.”
'fin captains took their tip and 11 ,
muckers raised an awful holler of
j course but, as the business interests
backed up the FI s. they had to content
themselves with making an awful fuss
by striking and doing other foolish
things.
However, while this method of rai
ling the wind was satisfactory to every
body at first, except the muckers, it
; did not help in (tie development of the
latent resources and It was not lone,
before there was a velp from the bosi
ness Interests that business was going
down and the rough neck- were not
spending near as much d ugh is tl.
used to. It didn't occur to them that
they had something to do with this
state of affairs, so they continued to
squeal and wonder why the miners did
not get In and do something for tin
good of the country The consensus of
opinion among them at this time wt -
that it was time to move lint, none
seemed to lie aide to show them a nice
green pasture, they consoled themselves
by cussing the weather and looking f i
Someone to get Busy. It was also De
Ielded that the High Brow* Gent who
said that "the synthesis of the strut as
were extremely favorable for the de
velopment of numerous valuable elc
monts," were not onto their jobs and
it was a wonder the government paid
a bunch of slobs to peddle that stuff
When everybody knew better. All of
which goes to show that we are apt to
overrate our own opinions, for all the
while tlie country did, as the Mining
Journals said, ‘‘Contain numerous pos
sibilities for remunerative development
in the future."
It v is altio t rut- that capital was
i i■.*iI.■<| :11 place things on a paying
basis, but ns the business Interests had
lost tholr ginger, the infant Industrie
: had to continue tn wear dldles and pi i\
with their toes There were a few
optomlstlc mills however who were
benighted as to believe that the coun
try was still a long way from the bot
i torn of the cellar They realized, it Is
true, that sofi pickings were scarce
but a lively Interest in what remained
would pnv a handsome dividend. There
were mattv difficulties to overcome o'’
I course, but as • i • umstatn os seem'd to
lie evtcml i g th*' 'had band lust then
owing to an awful fuss over the water,
they suggested to the business interests
that they get a hustle on and advertise
for. said they, there Is many a hum we
wot of. that has grown large and opu
lent with nut a thing to heel: it up all
I because the inhabitants got Iti ■ nd
j boosted Here, you are wit1 > big
country behind you. which ic u’diug
, to the moulders of public - j >!r 'up \ -e
ought to know, is filled whh great
stnres of tin and iron tnrt other vs I
uable impediments much of which r tv
sent® eiowlng nosslbllities for th ■ in
vestment of capital. Tit's d -s not
listen very alluring when spread on
paper and the Investing nu’ilh don't
usually go prowling around looking for
a chance to It p onto every goon bine
the;,- read about And also thee lo not
make a little trip of four i I '' u
sand miles Just because somem ■ te'Is
them it In iks a tod o, t vond' r tn
order i olivine* them t ut you have
something you have to show it to them
and the only way to do it 'll this c me
is to i-oi them t" eome here by bold tit
out the possihllitb: s of s-‘-in" some
thing new : nd ur usual Hnllke the
r- st of the i'1'iifitrv y a can't bank on
vunr landeBcape !>■"• ,use it is some
what like a homely girl in tbs' t tah"'
some time to e it's good point hut
vott have mm\ other things tbs' an
In* used to advantage. You have the
crticefi'i reindeer in his native haunts
the intrei Id dog in usher and his docile
it®Inm®'S. you ’ i e Ihc pictures-, .
iItutigione. who des ,ite 1 ’ • lifer us
personality. Is most interesting to look
at —when you don't .-.'e him too often,
you have n serviceable closeness to the
midnight sun to add polar color, you
have the ferocious polar in -r. native
dances, torn cods. Ivor? curios mil i
W titles tf ' til ' strange 1 ml
fauna. These, together with the 1 r
ions methods of mining', from a • nit
of attractions well worth seeing
lmlanoe of the countr. is filled v iih
natural wonders that t' b is ircl
classes will travel miles to see and., if
rumor is not giving os do- hunk the
country will be swamped with recklcs:
1 yn Isis !,*-xt summer so why riot put
tr'Tn wise to what is. here and so it:
dace them tn until' tnd take a |icek
They are bound to drop some of their
1 unearned Increment and while this
1 will not boost us Into the capitalist
'ass. it will help some in the publicity
i Uni and some of the pilgrims Might
I decide to winter and hecome a lasting
benefit to the community You enn't
tell what a person will dr, when he
starts out looking for pleasure Besides
it won't do any harm to tout ynm wares
ihow dally when you have a rare and
curious display Those ginks had the
idea all right hut the cruel blows of
fate had knocked all ihe nmbish out of1
the business Interests and thev had
contracted such a had case of -ore
throat front hollering that thelt onlv ;
response to the oracular utteranc, s „f
the nptnmlstli mutts was a low n am
b*e of discontent
The mutts then concluded to try the1
■nt! us'asm Stunt on the Chamber of
Commerce, which met ey.ow little
while tn decide Who was Who but the
only mutual help thev received was a
statement that "the present condition
of the country was due to the unreason
ing perversity of the laboring classes j
who had put the mufflers on even thing j
by constantly agitating for less labor!
and inure pcv. and as prospective In-I
vestnrs did not approve ,,f su.-h .on
duct it was no use to try to do anything
as long as they were here" Well, they
carried the optomistio tnu'ts ".vtu on
a shutter and It was so hate in the full
before they came to, that the great i
army of tourists who had flooded every’ ;
other section greatly to the benefit of 1
the populace thereof, had returned to
their accustomed haunts .and so tne
unselfish labors of the aptnmlstie mutts
were swallowed up in the mists toge
ther with malty .another likely protein
that slid off the skids before it could
hit the wafer Tlte mutts never re
covered entirely and speedily made
their getaway in search of a 'place
wher (here was h mental uplift in good
yvotl log order, but the business in
terests continued to subside'until only
an occasional snore showed that they
were still on the job Eater on, because
of ,1 scarcity of coal, without which old
.lack Frost would ha \ •• started evict ton
proceedings, they took the water wagon
for parts unknown, still murmuring
peevishly "What's the use."
When they were gone the somnolent
burg' was annexed by the unwashed
Ill's who bad all along insisted that the
white man was r.rr his heat and didn't
know how to take advantage of cir
i 'instances nohow
Moral; No one gets anywhere if they
don’t start.
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The ft.'itrniai > nhTsalld . .ii> 01 .,i
zations in Nome nve the Mason Odd
1 'ellows, tin!. . .1 . , . ;ii-:
hood, Pioneers of Alaska, Sous of tin
North. Knights of TtnUorf Emmet md
Miners Momo Club.
There are also chapters of the East
ern Star, Rebekahs, and a ladles’ mix
diary of the Pioneers >-f Alaska.
The Kogoayah Kozga i ; a strictly
local eluh composed of women members
and is affiliated with the General Fed
oration of Women’s Clubs.
There are several dubs and other
organizations.
Telegraph communication is furnish
ed by the land line and wireless service,
maintained by the federal government.
There is also an excellent telephone
system to all parts of the Peninsula
and practically every mining camp is
in constant touch with the metropolis.
The city of Nome is situated on Hol -
ing sea, about midway of the southern
shore lino of Seward Peninsula. The
town derives its name from the pro
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mintory some few miles to the east
known as Cape Nome and, in a popular
sense, the name has been given to the
whole territory.
Nome is in every respect a modern
up-to-date city, having most of the
conveniences, and Is also the second
city in Alaska.
Previous to tho great storm of 1913
the assessed valuation of the property
of Nome was $1,793,322
Tho present yearly assessment places
thu valuation at $1,C$5,097, a decrease
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In value which represents approximate
ly the loss occasioned by the storm
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those of cities of much greater size.
\s N’omo is the distributing point
for over 22,000 square miles of territory
the necessity i f large and comprehen
sive stocks of goods is apparent
Probably no city in the world of equal
size can furnish such diverse assort
ment of goods as is represented in the
stocks of local houses.
There is an excellent water system
during the summer months, water be
ing obtained from tho Moonlight
Spring, some fow miles from tho city
There me alsn thoroughly efficient
fire and police departments and a
public school, having an average at
tendance of over 200 of which the cost
.>f maintenance is about S1!>,000 m
nually.
The Nome school is recognized by
tho Outside universities and graduates
are received on the same terms as those
of Outside schools.
There Is also a Catholic school hav
ing a considerable attendance.
Nome has three practicing physi
i ians, Drs. Mustard, Chace and Neu
man, who represent the highest ad
vancement of medical science.
Two dentists. Drs. Fromm and Bayne.
iid„ after the teeth of the' community,
and their work is second to none
There is an excellently conducted and
equipped hospital under the direction
of tho Sisters of Charily.
There arc two churches, Catholic and
Podcrated. the later being attended by
the followers of various demonlnatlons.
Tho population as given by the last
government census approximates 2,600.