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PHONE MAIN 46.
Entered as second class matter Fel
26, 1907, st the post office at Nome.
Alaska, under the Act cf Congress ol
March 187*.
Copy for regular advertlsments
tnust be In by 10 o'clock on the day oi
publication.
NOME, ALASKA, FEB. 19. 1917.
It is a beautiful spectacle to see
Americans take money across tht
Mexican border to ransom an Amer
ican woman held by Villa’s bandits
As long as they had the woman it was
piobably the easiets and surest way
tc obtain her release. But why were
they allowed to be there? And how
lcr.g are they going to be allowed to
carry on this sort of thing?
Mr. WiDon is announced as having
taken personal charge of getting out
merchant marine on the Atlantic
again. If he did not try to do sc
much personally but letf more to the
ptoper officials, things might be even
bitter done. What are the navy
army, and congress for anyway?
How many male citizens of military
age Has the United States? The an
swer as given by the censu bureau
is twenty one million. That a part
auH a considerable part at that, would
not prove to be able-bodied in the
military sense is very probable but the
figures are enlightening, nevertheless.
Of these, over thirteen millian are in
the northern states, six million in the
southern states and two million In the
west. The military age is from 18
to 45 years, but this could be extend
ed a bit on both ends In a pinch, as
has been done in some European
countries recently.
interesting news ha3 been received
that Seattle and other capitalists have
framed a company to prepare flax
for the spinner by the establishment
of mills throughout the northwest
where flax is said to grow very well.
A Swedish scientist, who has invented
a new method of retting the flax in a
few days instead of many months as
was formely necessary, will he in ac
tive charge of the company's business
from the producing standpoint. Other
companies with a like aim have been
filmed in different pails of the coun
try.
The high prices of linen and of the
flax fiber from which linen is made
has centered attention on the neces
sity of establishing a real linen Indus
try In this country, the greatest can
si mer of linen in the world. There
seem to be two big problems which
must be solved before success Is as
sured. One • Is to find straw for the
spinner, thus relieving the flax grower
of this task, and the other is to con
vince the American public that Am
erican- made linen is as good as any
other. There are a number of minor
problems as well.
The only country in which the pro
duction of flax fiber has increased con
sistently in recent years Is Russia. In
the British Isles and In France, the
induction has decreaced In spite of
al' effortB to keep the Industry grow
ing, and In Austriaotinngary, Bel
gium and the Netherlands, the Indus
try hs not been able to hold its own.
The American production has never
bf en of importance. Thanks to liberal
government aid and to ebeap labor
the Russians bad gradually been get
ting a monopoly of the business up
to the time the war broke out.
In the United States flax has been
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which Is used to tnke the welt known
I.'im i .1 oil so necessary for the pro
duction of good paints and varnishes.
Of some three million acres of (lax
raised in this country in 1915, the
<!< partment of agriculture estimates
at only two thousand acres were i
devoted to flax for fiber. The bulk oi
1 he straw from the seed bearing plants
1 is burned and used for fertilizer. It
I should I'c borne in mind, however, that
i llnx growingfor seed and flax glowing)
for fibei are separate and distinct in
i
dustrics. Some flax is grown fot both
seed and liber, but a decision must be
nidi which is to be the more impor
ts at product. Just as the sheep raiser
must decide whethei mutton or wool
is to be the primary consideration,
In Kurope, the farmer not only
■i ses the flax but prepares the fiber
for the spinner. This preparation re
c Hires several processes, one of which
known as "retting," requires consid
1 table cheap labor and much time and
j is in addition a most disagreeable
[access for the workmen. The prob
bm is this country Is to find some
chemical process of retting that can
be carried out at a factory and thus
a)low the farmer to confine his atten
tion to the agricultural end of the
industry. This is the only condition on
which the American farmer will take
to growing flax for fiber. Some prog
ress has already been mde in chemical
retting. No at least two concerns al
ready are buying flax stalks from the
growers for further treatment. Chem
I t«v I progesses have been tried be
j fore without much success, but one of
I the new concerns Is now selling chem
ically retted fiber to Kurope nad the
other Is making coarse linens for use
in clothing and for curtains.
Kven if a good all-American linen
is produced in this country, however
I there still remains the great problen
of finding a market for it. Thif
j mi nus that time and effort will be
required to persuade the consumer tc
buy the domestic product Instead of
tie imported. Many people Invaria
bly choose the Imported article wher
it is desplayed alongside of domestic
pioducts, almost regardless of quality
■ The president of a mill now making
d;rd and bleachedf dress linens from
; American flax has found that, .small
as is his product, there is difficulty
in getting the Jobbers and depart
ment stores to handle it. The ten
dency is to assume that, even though
it Is apparently of excellent quality
it cannot equal the old established
linens from abroad. There will never
oo a better time than the present
to popularize the domestic product,
for the imported article is scarce and
high priced. In normal times our im
ports of linen goods vary form twen
ty five to thirty million dollars and
tig- demand had been steadily increas
ing up to the outbreak of the war.
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FAMOUS GALLERY
ADDS PORTRAITS
Pacific Nowj Service, Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON. The famous por
trait gallery of (he t'apitol buildiag
a sort of national hall of fame-has
received two new potrraits. Congress
has just authorized the acceptance of
portraits of Lieut. Col. Janies Latimer
ami of Henry Latimer. The former
was a soldier !u the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War and
the latter was surgeon general of one
of the divisions of the same army and
was later a senator from Delaware.
The portraits were presented by Miss
Mery Latimer of Wilmington, Dela
ware, a descendant of the two hls
toilcal characters of the nation’s first
aimy.
ATTENTION PIONEERS!
Pioneers and their lady friends are
Invited to attend the Pioneers annl
vt rsary on Tuesday, February 20. at
$ TO p. iru at the Igloo. Cards dua
dancing with refreshments.
THORULF LEHMANN. Pres.
THIS IS FOR YOU
You should keep posted on the war
i ind Intel-national and local news of
I the day by subscribing tor the Nome
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COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
Following w*» the lowesi recorder'
emperatures for this ye.ii and Iasi
n the day* leaignated. The minus
ign before a dumber means below
/.era
U. S, Weather Bureau.
1916 1917
Feb. 1. 4 —22
Feb. 3. 26 -25
Feb. 3. 17 —26
Feb. 4 18 -22
Feb. 5. 17 t —9
Feb. 6 12 6
Feb. 7. 0 * 22
Feb. 8. -1 20
Ftb. 9. —6
Feb. 10 ... —12 12
Feb. 11 —18 11
Feb. 12 —10 26
Feb. 13 . —21 28
Feb. 3 4 —24 26
Feb. 15 . —19 20
Ftb. 16 —29 25
Feb. 17. —29 25
Feb. 18. —9 15
□ eultwrTOCKED.
A'o the putuiv.
We have Just (1 rushed stock taking I
anil nod utat we are heavily overstocked
so are mating enormous reductions In
Hardware-as much as u per cent In
certain lines. Notwithstanding Immense
advances outside, especially m Hard
ware and Metal Goods, we are still sell
ing on tne basis of goods purchased th>
past two or three years.
We win sell tor cash only at 'beat
prices, and for a limits. time, until we
bring our stock down to the require
ments of tbe camp
U you nave an order to tie tilled, lei !
us llgure on It; we can save you money
We have proved It to others, we car
prove It to you.
UAKLINU ANO OKAN COM HAN V.
THE 3E8T PLACE TO GET
lour clothes cleaned, pressed and re
paired.
We make them look like new.
We make alterations.
We do cleaning, pressing ana re
pairing for Ladles and Gentlemen.
We make and repair furs.
First class workmanship. Modem !
methods and prompt service. Once ..
: customer always a customer.
Give us your work. Satisfaction
! guaranteed.
NOME TAILORING CO.
Next door of Segereslrom and Hagen
Jewelers.
In tha home or in the camp, there
is no commodity so extensively useu
as meat, therefore it ie upon thai
commodity that you ehould look te
tor economical buying. Following are
a few of our pnooai
Beef by tne siae.V lb
Hound st«ak. 2b
Sirloin eteak. ’U
Po* Roast. 2i
Stew ...2t
Mutton by carcass . ™
Mutton chops, snouldor . 2b
Mutton chops, loin and rib. 3b
Mutton logs.. ..’,b
Pork loin chops. %
Fresh Reindeer from the Lomen
hard, dreo*od in a skillful and eani
I tary manner.
Sweet Briar Butter 40c per pound
by the ca*e.
PACIFIC COLD STORAGE CO.
(hone White 17.
WE CAN DO IT.
For first class work and prompt de
livery phone Main 161 and the Peo
ple’s laundry will send and get V">ur
laundry. W. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop.
You should keep posted on the war
and International and local news of
the day by subscribing for the Nome
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3 Home made and Imported 2
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o Augustine & Kyer Goods always fresh o
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NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
BEGINNING MONDAY, juNE 7TH, THE PRICE OF BREAD
ILL BE 10 CENTS PER .OAF OR THREE LOAVES FOR M
CENTS THE SIZE OF LOAVES HAVE BEEN INCREASED
WHICH IN8URES MORE AND BETTER BREAD FOR OUR
PATRONS
CHAS. CAVEY, Prop.
Board of
Established June IVUO
Alaska Banking anil
Salt Deposit company
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL ....$128,000
PAID UP CAPITAL. 80.000
A General Banking Business Tran
sacted.
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Fresh Pork
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Every Friday
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INDEPENDENT MEAT
MARKET
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