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NUGGET MtNiftG AND DREDGING
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PHUNE MAIN 4b.
Entered as second-class mattei Feb
36, 1!*o7, at ibe pi rioibce at Nome
Alaska, under the Act ol Congress ot
Alarcn ’ 1678.
Copy lor regular advertisements
must ue in by lu o clock on me day ol
publication.
NOME, ALASKA, NOV. 1, 1916.
While there are quite a number of
issues involved in me luiuicuuung
territorial election, it is daily becom
ing kiuid appuieni that the leading
issue, the issue thai is most inuun
mm in the public mind, is not who
is to be the next delegate or attorney
general or whether republicans cr
democrats are to control the future
administration of public affairs. The
big question is prohibition.
I’ubjic and private discussion and
the tone of press comment all indi
cate that the question of whether Al
aska is to be "wet" or "dry" is the
big, the vital Issue of the campaign
— the on. question that dwarfs all
Others uiiil casts the purely political
features quite in the background of
public m.ciest. The people of Alaska
are Inking sides on this issue as they
hn\e never taken sides before. Al
askans, generally speaking, are not
greatly given to displays of partisan
ship. As a usual thing they are too
^dependent in nature and spirit to
be willing to hold fast to one theory
or policy or line of conduct. They
appear :o like, above any other peo
ph's we have met, to hold themselves
fiee 10 choose their course until the
cvcntli hour has sounded the call for
Anal decision. It has taken them
years lo align themselves Into politi
cal lactionc. although political issues
aio as much a factor In their com
munal ex'sHnce as they are In other
parts of the world. Yet, withal, we
find prat tically all of them lined up
sclidly cn the prohibition question
and ('isp tying a most profound depth
of feeling concerning the final reso
lution of p.hat question. No more
conclust'i. evidence could be furnish
ed than this that they look upon
prohiniiitm an a matter of the most
vital chaiac'er to the territory and
themselves. And it is indeed a very
big and very vital question. In the
event that 'he choice of the electors
is fur proh'bilion, many changes will
occur in the established order of
things--changes that may, especially
in the case of the towns and cities,
ue viewed as distinctly serious.
For instance, a large portion of the
ievenues of the corporate towns will
le swept away, depriving the com
munities affected of a large portion
•A the means whereby city govern
ment and civic Institutions are main
tained. In the case of Nome, the
abolition of the liquor traffic will
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mean the loss of more than one fourth
of the entire revenues by which the
City government is sustained.
As the city is barely able to sup
port itself on the revenues obtained
•A ;!io present time, and as there Is
r.o possibility of increasing taxation
owing to the legal limitations, it will
be iralized that prohibition is to
Nome a very serious matter. Ami
noi alone to Nome but to practically
every other Incorporated city in in
te.lor Alaska as well as to the ma
jority of towns situated on the south
ern coast Four fifths of the towns
of the territory are In Identically the
same situation. The majority are
taxing their citizens up to the very
limits of legal taxation and there is
little hope of obtaining revenues
from other sources. And, like Nome,
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the majority are barely able to exist
on the revenues they receive at pres
ent. The cutting oft of a large por
tion of their Income means nothing
less than that each and every one
i of them must be deprived of some
' civic benefit. Nome, for Instance,
will lose a sum equal to the main
| tenants cost of the fire and police
j department or the public school. As
| there is practically no hope of meeting
' the deficiency, It appears undeniably
j'-eitaln that one lnstltutioi or the
, other mus, be sacrificed in order that
I the remain.1 ti may exist. N jt even
J the proponents of prohibition deny
I thet the city government will be se
1 riously embarrassed by ths generous
siting of revenues that will follow
I the Inauguration of a "dry” regime.
I No one appears to have the slight
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< si Idea how or from whence revenues
may ho obtained equal to meeting
tho costs of city .government in its
present form. And, what applies to
Nome in this respect applies also to
practically every other city in Alas
ka maintaining the same civic insti
lu'icns. Each and every one so sit
uuleU will have to give up something
in the way of benefits or Improve
ments in order to meet tho deficiency
ere ted by the outting off of revenues,
If Alaska goes dry. In the view of
the Nugget this Is not a desirable
prospect. Nome can hardly afford to
give up either its fire department or
Its schools, or electric lights or other
beneficial institutions. Yet, as far as
the prohibitionists, or any one else
have shown, one Institution or the
clher will have to be abolished If the
POLITICAL CARDS
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FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
Andy Anderson
Republican Candidate.
ELECTION TUESDAY. NOV. 7, 1916
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
A. A. ALLAN
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LECTION TUESDAY, NOV. 7, 191G
Chas. D. Jones
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOV. 7, 1916.
-OR REPRESENTATIVE.
JAMES DALY
-LECTION TUESDAY, NOV. 7, 19'
-OR REPRESENTATIVE.
Nate H. Coombs
FOR RE-ELECTION.
'.LECTION TUESDAY. NOV. 7. 1‘
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
Phil. Corrigan
LECTION TUESDAY, NOV. 7. 1916
FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
Victor A. Julien
ELECTION, TUESDAY, NOV. 7, 1916.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
T. M. Reed
ELEGTION. TUESDAY, NOV. 7, 1916.
9R ROAD COMMISSIONER.
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W. J. ROWE
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ELECTION TUESDAY. NOV. 7, 1916
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FOR TERRITORIAL
ROAD COMMISSIONER
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Barney Ciibney
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LECTION TUESDAY, NOV. 7, 1916.
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OR SENATOR.
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TOM McGANN
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MARTIN MORAN
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LECTION TUESDAY. NOV. 7, 1916 j
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| John 5undback
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ELECTION, TUESDAY, NOV. 7, 1916.
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FOR DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
FROM ALASKA.
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Chas. E. Sulzer ;
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j ELECTION NOVEMBER 7, 1916.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL TER 1
RITORY OF ALASKA. <
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George B. Grigsby ;
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city cannot Increase its revencus. And.
if it can, let the prohibitionists sup
porters tell where and how. The
Nugget cannot feel In sympathy with
the prohibitionist idea that it is bet
er to let them go rather than to be
beholden to the saloon for their sup- j
port.
Better a school supported by the
money derived from Jegal govern
ment taxation of the liquor interests'
than no school at all or a government
school wherein whites and natives,
many the unfortunate suffers from
foul diseases, are Indiscriminately j
associated. Better the safety to life
.md property Insured by the pres
ence of a trained fire department, even |
.hough supported by the saloons,
than danger and an ever present
Iread of uncontrolled flames. Better
well paved streets and electric lights
ihnn wading through mud In the
midst of darkness profound, although
the pavements are laid and the dark
ness banished by moneys obtained
'rom liquor taxes. Some of these
things we are bound to lose if the
territory goes dry and not only our
selves but nearly every other town
iu Alaska.
PREPARE FOR WINTER.
Bargain day every day at Holt's.
12 foot Hickory Sled.$25.00
New Squirrel Skin Parka
Gents.$12.50 j
Baby Sleds $5 to .$7.50
Boys and Girls Sleds, best ever
$2.50 to.$5.00
Snow Shovels, 500 new.50c j
Baby Robe, rabbit, good size $ 8.50
Best 6 Hole Ranges, new .$50.00
Good Ranges, new .$30.00
Gr.od Stoves, new.$17.50 j
Skiis, hardwood, best ...$7.50 to $12.50 |
Best Sleeping Bags... ..$10.00 !
U. S. White Rubber Boots, pair $6.75
1 Second hand Star Estate Range
Range, nearly new.$30.00 1
New Rugs and Linoleum, Matresses
and Springs, Pillows, Quilts, Blankets,
just received, House and Camp Fur- j
nishings cheap at
HOLT’S. Tel. Main 96.
Republicans should remember that
the number of Delegates to go to the 1
next Territorial Convention is based
jpon the vc<e cast for Attorney-Gen- j
sral.
Do you want Fifty or Ten?—Adv.
Professional Cards
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHYSICIAN AND 8URCEON.
Office and Residence.
OVER HILL'S PHARMACY.
Office hours: 2-5 and 7-8 p. m.
Phone Main 7.
| RESTAURANT 1
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MEETING NOTICE.
rHE NOME BARTENDER’S UNION
lAJcal 788. B. 1 L. of A. (Affiliate:
rlth the A. P. of L.) meets every firs
Sunday In each month at 11 a. in
Al.. NICHOLSON Prr
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; Horses For Sale;
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will be pleased to supply your home f
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A 34, we will do the rest. A
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Established June I'XK)
Alaska Banking anil
"Sate Deposit Company
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL _$125,000
° AID UP CAPITAL. 50.000
A Ganeral Banking B. ainaaa Tran
■acted.
Miners & Merchants
Bunk of Alaska
NOME, ALASKA
Capital • - $100,000
(M)UI Dust Purchased
and Assayed
: MOONLIGHT WATER!
Usual Summer Rates.
12 buckets for $1.00.
tio cents per barrel.
WATER DELIVERY.
Phone Red 126
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MINERS j!
RESTAURANT;!
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BOATMAN
SAFETY ALWAYS
VISIT THE
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EXPOSITION.
1916.
FOR SEATTLE DIRECT
S. S. UMATILLA
SAILS FROM NOME ON LAS T VOYAGE SEASON 1916.
November 5th.
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F. J. O’CONNOR, ALASKA U A 0.0* !
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Front St. and Steadman Ave.