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PHONE MAIN 46.
Entered us second class mutter F*b
26, IWI7. ul the post ottlce st Nome.
Alaska, Ullilrr the Aot of Cottgreus of
March 1876.
Copy for regular art vortisments
musi be in by lu o'clock on the day of
publication.
NOME, ALASKA, FEB. 2, 1917.
President Wilson was at his .d-'sk
yesterday morning as early as six
o'clock, and it is a safe bet that he
did not play any golf during the day,
either in the forenoon or afternoon.
Doubtless he experienced what might
ci rservatively be described as a busy
day.
England's definition of contraband
so enraged Germany that the subma
rine warfare was undertaken to de
prive England of food, even as the
contraband construction deprived
Germany of food. One reprisal called
foi another, until armed decoy mer
chant vessels and ruthless submarin
ing came in due course. If things
become much worse there will, in*
deed, be some grounds for thinking
that the entire structure of civiliza
tion will be ruined, and the survlv
o*e of the great demoralization may
have to begin all over again to build
up their moral and religious systems
if not their material welfare.
fount Bernstorff, too, probably had
a number of things on his mind in
the course of the day. Maybe in any
odd moments he packed ard unpacked
his valises so as to keep hi3 hand in.
As the day wore on and it looked fav
orable for his having a roof over his
head for the night he must have
breathed a sigh of relief. For, when
you come to think it over, where can
he go if the United States gives him
walking papers? Not to Canada
surely. Nor doe3 Mexico seem to offer
a safe haven for a diplomat accus
tomed to elegance and safety. There
arp few of the islands in the Carrl
bt-nn where he would be welcome ex
cept possibly Cuba. Quite likely he
would go to South America for should
ho take ship for Norway or Holland
he would have good reason to think
he would he 8"nt to the bottom by a
German submarine.
Every day or two the news comes
In that some more ships have been
neded to the scrap heap of war which
l? accumulating in Davy Jones’ lock
er. This may seem a cold-bloodpd
woy to look at the loss of good ships
but while the love of anything afloat,
firm a trim yacht to an ocean liner,
born in the hearts of men and wn
men who live on the seaboard is fully
appreciated, and the tragedy of the
dcs'ructlon of a noble vessel and the
•n’vage of war wreckage Is keenly
felt, tht3 fact remains, that a utility
h"s been wasted and therefore that
Professional Cards
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHV8ICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office and RsStdene*.
OVER HILL’S PHARMACY.
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Phan* Maui j.
new tonnage must be created to take
tho place of that destroyed. Some
other ships must take the filaeo of
those sunk yesterday and the ship
yards must eventually make them.
But those that went down yester
day or the day before are only a drop
in the bucket. The ocean floor is
strewn with war waste and this is
why 1,600,000 tons of shipping are
now under ooastruotlon In Axnertosn
yards—why the United States ship
building company for instance, Is go
ing to build an ocean going fleet of
freight steamers at New London, or
why new firms on Puget sound have
more orders than they can All. The
h: miners are ringing and the cranes
wrrking overtime all along both coasts
In an endeavor to make up for war’s
wi.3te—to build up an American mer
chant marine, to build ships for Nor
way, for Britain, and to acquire per
sonal profit also, to be sure, but to
dr this by replacing waste material,
nevertheless.
Again, we read that the price ot
navies Is going up and that Admiral
Parris reports to the house ©aval
committee that $3,000,000 will buy no
t’--n *i.8f0.n00 would a year ago.
Py Interment, dlveralan or destruc
tion, i...n.ons of tons of shipping have
Ivon lost to productive occupation.
The gap Is being filled but the process
is costly.
There is more to the story that
bears directly on this subject, that of
the Importation of Oriental labor Into
France. From practically all the
warring nations has come convincing
evidence of a dangerous shrinkage of
men power in recent months. Ger
many adopts a plan for compulsory
labor, creates paper kingdoms at the
pi ice of flesh and blood armies, and
reaches out the hand of the master
ard forces free Belgians into slavery.
Geiman’3 case ts conspicuous but all
tbr nations are calling for men—men
for the fighting line, men for the
shops behind the line, and always
more men. for millions of them are
br’ng wa3ted.
So, Just ns In the shipyard, the labor
market Is active and strong. New
York, which usually has no difficulty
n getting m°n for winter street work,
has few volunteers this year. Immi
gration is approaching the vanishing
point In this countrly, and migra
te n is taking Its place to some ex
tent. as witness the northward move
ment of negroes. But the social
mi vemimt Is larger than American—
It Is world wide. The Orient is called
on to fill the shops of France. Almost
everywhere the Job Is hunting the
man. Just as the plant is crying aloud
for mi'tal. And wages are rising with
the demand for workmen.
The same thing is occurring in rela
tion to every product of the soil, the
nvnes, the shops and mills. It Is be
ing wasted. Enormous supplies are
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needed to replenish tho waste, and
the whole world Is paying accordingly.
Food that ought to have sustained a
workman engaged In some useful oc
cupation which enabled him to add
something to the world’s stock In
trade in payment for that food, went
to a man who made tho mine that
sent a good ship to the bottom, and
while the produoer and vendor of that
food feet something for It, It failed to
serve Its ultimate end, and to all In
tents and purposes went down with
the ship. The food that partly re
places it in the world's supply co3ts
more In terms of money because ot
the waste.
The same thing is true of the
metals and chemicals that are being
blown to dust or gas, the cotton and
wool that are burled In cro9s-marked
graves, and the whole gigantic mass
o* world wealth that Is being dissi
pated.
Poor Henry.
It Is quite clear that Mrs. Peck ia
the ruling power In that household.
Yes indeed. Poor Peck Isn't gven
recognized as a belligerent.
1 1 1 ■ ’ ■ .” *
COMPARATIVE 1
TEMPERATURES
Following are the lowest recorde.
temperatures for this year and las
on the days tesignated. The mlnu
sign before a number means beio"
zero.
U. S. Weather Bureau.
1916 1917
Jas. I. —12 • - *0
Jan. 3. —26 -31
Jan. J . —16 —2»
Jan. 4. —IT - *4
Jan. 6. —30 —4#
Jan «. —0 —40
Jan. 7. —17 -■«
Jan 8 . 10 - P«> .
Jan. 9. 22 -28
Jan. 10 . 19 -90
Jan. 11. 23 0
Jan. 12. 80 12
aJn. 18. 28 10
an. 14 . 12 —12
Jen. 16. 10 —10
Jan. 22 . 82 —II
Jan. 17 . 0 —10
Jen. 18. —II —I
Jan. 19. —II - 10
Jan, 10 . —II —18
Janl 21 . —20 —SO
Jut.. 21 —18 -27
Jan. 23. -iRt -77
Jan. 24. —17 —16
Janl. 26. —« —If
Jan. 27. II -22
Jan 29. 12 --19
Jnn. 30. 12 -20
Jan. 31. 2 —2
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tare and Metal Uoods, we are etIU aeli
ii2 on toe baaia ol roods porch teed lb'
pas' two or three years.
We wui sell ter caab only at the*
riioea, and ror a unihe, lisle, uitdi a.
•ring eur atoca down to I he reuuir.
..elite of the camp.
U you nave an order to be tilled, to
ie ngure on It; we oaa save you awae>
•ve bare proved It ts others, we oa.
.rove It to you.
UAKU.NU AND DEAN COMPANY.
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s ns oemmodity ss extensively used
to meet, therefore it is open that
commodity that ysu should leak to
or oosnomisal buying. Following ere
a few of our pneesi
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Mutton shops, loin and rib. 36
Mutton logs.
»erk loin shops. 30
Fresh Reindeer from Mis Lemon
wrd, drested in a skillful and oam
tary manner.
•west Mnar Batter tee per pound
iy lbs case.
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