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NOME. ALASKA. MAY 1, 1915.
A CONGRESSIONAL BOON.
providing for the survey and charting,
including a wire drag, of the waters
adjacent to the Alaska coasts is un
questionably the most important piece
of legislation relating to Alaska yet
emanating from the Congressional
halls. The Alaska waters are almost
without exception the most dangerous
in the world and the long continued
neglect of the national lawmakers to
piovide for the safety of navigation
can lie characterized as little short of
Shameful. Year after year the deadly
toll of the sea has mounted up. ship
after ship has dashed itself against the
rocky shores because of the almost
total absence of light houses, or hung
wounded and broken on some treach
erous and unsuspected reef until wash
ed into the depths by some passing
storm, and all this in the face of the
fact that Alaska was. through the me
dium of her gold, her furs and fish
eries, pouring untold millions into the
national coffers and also in the face
of a remarkably growing and expand
ing commerce
Estimates of the Bureau of Navi
gation place the losses in Alaska wa
ters at over twelve million, aside from
the hundred of lives sacrificed through
the destruction of more than two hun
dred ships Fully three-fourths of
these grim tragedies of the sea could
have been avoided by a comprehen
sive survey and the installation of an
adequate light house service; by the
very thing that Congress has only
lately decided to do, after pouring out
untold millions, in providing amide
protection to commercial lanes leading
to back water harbors in the Philip
pines and other remote and isolated
spots. And, In truth, it is really in
the nature of a miracle that provision
to this end has been forthcoming even
at this late day for it was only after a
most strenuous fight against severe
opposition that the appropriation de
manded by the Department of Com
merce was secured.
The previous Congress, it may be
remembered, refused absolutely to pro
vide a cent for the purpose notwith
standing the efforts of the Department
and the entire Washington delegation
and this when the sum asked was
scarcely the value of the government
owned vessels which had been lost In
Alaska waters within the preceding
five or six years Each year the com
merce of Alaska has continued to in
crease until the total value of Alaska
imports and exports reached the en
nurmous total of $288,381,854 for the j
years 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, while the]
total tonnage of traffic In Alaska wa-1
ters for the years 1913, 1914 aggregated'
1,738.987 tons. Disregarding entirely the |
equally Immense passenger traffic to
and from Alaska ports, a volume of
commerce approximating such consid
erable totals should receive adequate
protection and it is a matter for won
der that it should haver emained so
tong neglected While it is doubtful if
the sum appropriated will be sufficient
to fully meet the needs It will go far
toward relieving the worst dangers
At least the water highways most
travelled will receive attention and
even this much attention will go far
in reducing the dangers of naviga
tion.
3.800 MILES OF PEACE
Ordinarily it's hard to get up much
enthusiasm over the celebration of a
treaty Rut the centennial anniver
sary of the Treaty of Ghent, coming
! ,t this particular time, is different.
; The treat\. which ended our second
| war with Great Britain, represent
ed more than the inauguration of a
hundred years of peace (may it be a
thousand’) It carried the provision
ihat the boundary between Canada
■ end the 1'nited States should be fnr
! ever undefended.
It was an amazing Innovation. The
jingoes of the time phoo-phooed it.
i if course it wouldn't work Nations
had to be fenced apart with forts.
That was the way of Europe.
Well, look at Europe now There
is the fortified Belgian frontier, hrok
1 en and obliterated There is the
j embattled line 'between France and
Germany. There is the carnage of
the Russo-German border There are
tlie thundering guns of the Danube,
the shattered defenses of Galicia, the
i entrenchments where Austria faces
jservia and Italy, and the interminable
I lint's of idle sentinels that guard the
limits of Switzerland. Holland. Den
mark. Greece. Bulgaria and Rumania.
And stretching across this continent
i between two great nations, is the
longest continuous international
frontier in the world, 3,800 miles in
extent without a single fort, block
house. gun or Soldier.
Most assuredly thai is worth cele
brating And the two nations
, elebrated it with fitting enthu
siasm on December 24. with ceremon
ies in many cities of England. Canada
land the 1'nited States. Virginia
ordered the cessation of all traffic,
i labor and business throughout the
state for five minutes at noon on that
! day. It would be a fine thing if sim
I'iiar recognition hail ho*" wing- timne ' to
every man. woman and child the sig
; nificance of that blessed anniversary.
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ALASKA
NOTES
(From our Exchanges.)
Paul Nordstrom has been named
postmaster at Hadley to succeed A.
K Foss, resigned.
Juneau police rounded up what the)
call "undesirables" to the number of
twelve In one night.
The Petersburg Progressive reports
that wolves have become so numerous
across (he narrows as to make it un
safe for settlers along the creek to
travel at night.
IV K Miner, a former resident of
Vnga. who was taken to Atorning
side asylum. has been discharged
j from that institution as cured and
Pas secured a position in Portland.
Captain Sverdrup, who is at the
head of tlie Russian relief expedition
to t lie Arctic, is reported as being
interested in a company which in
tends to establish a pulp plant in
Southeastern Alaska
[ Pay is reported to have been locat
ed on Wilbur creek, a tributary of
tlie Tolovnna. which averages sixty
cents (ter square foot. The ground
I is shallow and is said to present ideal
| conditions for open-cut work.
•'Two step" 1.011 is Schmidt one of
the best known prospectors in inter
ior Alaska, recently made the lung
trip from the Beaver country to Chat -
anika. near Fairbanks, to report tlie
suicide of Wnn Miller, a miner, on
p.eavre crek
William Mcl.cod. a miner working
.on Hammond river. Koyukuk district,
[had a narrow escape from death when
the shaft in which he was working
'caved. He suffered a fractured shoul
der and his escape from death is con
sidered by the miners little short of
a miracle.
In an article in the New Tork Ev
ening Post. Archdeacon Stuck. of
Alt. MoKinlev fame, declares that the
discharge of .1 .! Crossley from the
position of district attorney at Fair
banks caused a "sinking of the
heart " The archdeacon says Cross
lev's dismissal was brought about be
F. E. Becker, a former Fairbanks
newspaper man, is running a paper in
Beaver. Utah, the new mining camp
which promises to outrival Tonopah.
It is reported that a number of Alas
kans arc in Hie district looking for
opportunities of getting in on the
ground iloor. 1,. U James, the form
er Fairbanks operator, is among the
number.
Tlie report of the Secretary of Alas
ka to ihe territorial legislature shows
that the law regarding the record of
vital statistics has been only partial
ly enforced, mainly because the com
missioners were not sure of their
fees for recording same. The rec
ords, so far as they go. show a total
of 2.550 births, 1.713 deaths, and 1,
234 marriages in the territory during
an indefinate period extending hack
prior to the year 1013.
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
i
Notice Is hereby given of the xnb _
mission of »lie question of consent to
the manufacture, barter, sale and ex
i change of Intoxicating liquor within
the Town of Nome, or within a rndlus ,
jof two miles thereof (measuring from;
'Barracks Square), in the Second Pi
' \ ision. Territory of Alaska, and that an
! election for said purpose will he held
| at the Clerk’s office, in the Court
j House, within the said Town of Nome,
'from 8 o’clock a. m. to 8 o’clock p. m ,
Ion Wednesday, the fifth day of May.
i A. T>. 1915
1 That the qualification of voters at
| said election arc. prescribed by law
It,I he white male and female citizens
j over the age of twenty-one ' cars, re-j
siding within two miles of the place;
(Barracks Square In Town of Nome)
:,nd that all persons qualified may vole
on said question of consent at said
election.
That the rules governing said elec
tion have been prescribed by order of
Court and are open to Inspection at
111*, office of the Clerk of Court.
Notice given under direction of
order made an entered in pi.cling
in the District Court, Second Division.
Territory of Alaska, entitled Tn Matter
I of Petition of John A. Wilson el al for
isubmission of question of consent to
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
liquor.
Dated. Nome. Alaska, April 27, 1915
(SEAL)
O A ADAMS,
Clerk
I ANNOUNCEMENT i
Miss Josephine Sundhaek has ,1
•pened her Massage and Mam- j
curing parlor over Mrs. Neililing !>
Cufe. Kspeoial attention given <[
to scalp treatment and champoo
ing. Appointments nut be made J'
h\ Phoning White 28. i|
i| Miss Josephine Sundbatk j
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Exposition
___4_ 4 Rowena Lewis. 106.693
1^ if 43k QT UUby MarUn.104.93.',
I Is Katie Congranl. . ss,305
Mrs. Terry Moore.49,470
' Helen Allan.30,091
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/\ CDC3| EZT Mrs. .7, i». Jones.23,720
™ ^ t» W Mrs. Mary Smith. 21150
ARKANSAS BLACKS "i0™”. HZ
Selected,large and fancy
Per Ray N’orman nawel.6.705
rW* UUA Mrs. R. B. Holden. 3 000
Kraut and Dill Pickles j
20c Quart I
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imported delicacies. ^Ji
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w. j. ROWE i
trinsfer »nd freighting j
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Dealer in all kinds of Lumber j
hay and Grain ;
! Horses For iSale^
[ Board of Trade |
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£ A Resoit for Gentlemen £
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I 3fie largest liitfiard jrnrl t’oft Rccm mCttasNj f
j| Ki:ss DOVVNlNti, I KOI ^
Rsiahiished June I'XHt
Alaska Banking and
Sate Deposit company
Paid—Up ( dpitdi $125,000
* General Banking Suslnee* Irene
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Chas. W. Reed
Machinist 6 Blacksmith
Ua.soline Rngines, Moist*
Boilers. Pipe and Pipe
Hitting*
No. 5 Front St.
Miners & Merchants
Bank ot Alaska
VIIHII', A I ask a
Capital - - $100,000
(iold I >usl I'urcluisrd
and Assayed
If BOARD of TRADE
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and ;j
LUNCH COUNTER
F. A. Daniels, Prop.
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. lost Commodious Hotel in Alaska ;!
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