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NUGGET MINING AND DREDGING
MAGAZINE.
(Issued Annually in October.)
Price per copy.
Price per copy, mailed.46c
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Entered a* second-cla»» matter FeU
28, 1807, at the postotflee at Nome,
Alaska, uader the Act of Congress of
March ’ 1878.
Copy for regular advertisements
trust be In by 10 o'clock on the day of
publication.
TUESDAY. APRIL 25. 1916
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Having waited until the
eleventh hour of danger was at
Land, the government is now
having rush orders to the various
navy yarus, apparently in an at
tempt to have things in readiness
to meet pos-.ible contingencies
growing out of the international
situation.
Mine sweepers are being in
stalled on the warships and a
general speeding up of naval
, eparations is under way, sug
gesting that the government ex
pects there might be something
doing in the line of naval opera
tions at no very distant date.
This sudden acceleration of acti*
vities is explained as nothing
more than a natural development
of the preparedness program. Per
haps it is. But, coming just at a
time when our international rela
tions have reached a stage where
forbearance alone may be the
only obstacle between peace and
war, they assume a portentious
significance that is in no way re*
lieved by the declaration that it
is all a matter of course and quite
in accord with long standing in
tentions It may all be very true
that the government is simply
clearing away the litter in prepar
ation for the larger activities
contemplated under the new de
fense program but, all things
considered, the hasty prepara
tions verily suggest that we are
up to the same old game of trying
u* accomplish at the last minute
that which should have been <lone
long before.
In view of the object lessons
of the past no one can be blam
ed for seeing n the orders to has
ten all nflval work a further evi
dence of the same lack of prep
aration that has manifested itself
each and every time that we hat o
approached a dangerous crisis in
our relations with others.
Procrastination in matters per
taining to the national defense
has at all times been our great
est fa.'hng. Never at any time
during periods of peace have1 we
been fully and adequately pre*
pared to meet a sudden and un
expected contingency. Alway
tvhen the finger of fate pointed
perilously near to war we have
witnessed these same evidences of
haste, the same frantic rush to
get ready before the blow should
fall.
Though the sword hung over
our heads for weeks and months
it has never been until the last
moment of grace that we have
taken the offensive and defensive
measures necessary to security.
Whether this singular tendency
is due to overconfidence or is the
outgrowth of a natural inclina
tion to avoid looking evil pros
pects squarely in the face, is
something hard to tell. W hat
ever may be the reason it is un
deniably true that we have al
ways a tremendous lot to do at
the last moment when war clouds
are encompassing us about.
We are, seemingly, never able
to bestir ourselves to do those
things which we know must in
evitably bed one until danger has
grown so great that the funda
mental instincts are aroused
It is apparently not until self
preservation demands that we de
lay no longer that we are able
to appreciate the need for prepa
ration Then, and then only, will
we give our full attention and
effort to making up for the valua
ble tim/e we have lost.
To what end such a policy may
ultimately lead is something not
difficult to discern for the out
come of kindred policies is writ
ten in awesome rubies in the
pages of history where all may
see and know who will.
ALASKA
NOTES
The longshoremen of Cordova
have organized, with a member
ship of between 50 and too. The
union has applied to the Pacific
coast headquarters of the Inter
national Longshoremen’s Asso*
ciation for a charter
The launch Mattie, carrying a
wedding party from Afognak to
Kodiak island, foundered in a
lioeavy storm which has been
sweeping this section and caused
the loss of the entire party of
four, who were ' on board, says
the Seward Gateway. The dead
are John Pajomen, }esse Robins,
Sarah Larson and Mrs. Orloff.
Exact details of the tragedy can
not be secured, but it is thought
to have occurred in the same
storm which drove the steamer
Pavloff on the rocks.
The gasboat Mattie was owned
by Chas. Pajoman, a merchant of
Afognak, who also ha9 the con
There’s one rubber boot
that Luj “made good"
in Alaska, and that’s the
Goodrich
HIPRESS
White Boot
•With the Red-Lino 'round the Top"
Vou know that when a boot comes in and
simply sweeps the whole country like
“HIPRESS” has done, it’s GOT to be
SOMETHING UNUSUAL
White Goodrich '‘HJ PRESS" Boots actually wear
longer thin iron or steel! You don’t have to half
sole them with leather—they fur outwear hob
nailed leather soles. The reason for this unusual service is that
“f!I PRESS" are constructed by an entirely new proccu*—fifty year*
ahead of the old.
Made of the same tough rubber that gx'n into Goodrich Auto Tlrel —wetderi
together under enormous pressure INTO ONE SOLID PIECE!
Nothing to come apart—they can’t leak, peel, crack or split! They're comfort
able, too— ’.leaped to the foot «hib it's working. We promise that once yon start
wearing W iiite "HIPRESS” you’ll never be satisfied with anything else. And
remember—it baa a Red-lino 'round-the Top.
DEALERS—Write at „ut o for samples find prices.
The B. F. Goodrich Company
Factor:**! Akron, Ohio dfX’4 TTU5 Wt£NCH t
» l i r* 1 r . Thvi B, F. Goodrich Rubber CwrqwBy
Branch** and Dealer* Everywhere ^S%T IH-tll K1*! !
tract for carrying the mail be*
tween Kodiak and Afognak. She
was a small boat, and it is be
lieved that she must have been
caught in a sudden storm, as
Pajoman had spent years at Afog
nak, and was considered a careful
navigator.
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The Alaska engineering com
mission has installed a regular
passenger and freight service
flora Anchorage to the end of the
present line at Eklutna river, 26
miles out. The one way passen
ger rate i$ $1.55, while the freight
rate is 35 cents per 100 pounds
for the full distance, with propor
tionate rates for local stops. Car
load rates on freight to the end
of the line are quoted at $2.75 per
ton,
The American Yukon Naviga
tion Co-, has closed a contract
with Robert Taylor and Eugene
L. Scrafford both associated with
the Northern Commercial Com
pany, of Fairbanks, for the ship
ment from their mines in tht
Kantishna district, via St. Mich
ael, of three thousand tons of an
timony during the coming season.
The ore will be taken for treat
ment to San Pedro, Cal
Latest advices from Fort Yu
kon state that the trappers, both
white and native, have had an
exceptionally good season. Mink
are reported to have been taken
in greater numbers than ever be
fore but ermine is very scarce.
There are more than one hun
dred men in the neighborhoood
of Fort Yukon or on adjacent
streams who are spending the
winter hunting and prospecting
As a guarantee against any
loss to me i reauvveu companies
tmujgii acciuents to tneir em
ployes, acciuent policies have
uceu taken tor ail tile employes
in tile various mines, ana sur
iace workings by tne adieu com
panies. Aoout thirteen huuarcd
policies have Deen taken out, ail
ot tnem in the Maryland Casualty
Company, of Baltimore, and are
maue to conform to the schedule
of the territorial compensation
act, passed by the second legisla
ture.—Chitina Leader.
Copies of a new Alaskan paper
have now been received in Cor
dova, It is published at McCar
thy, Alaska, and is somewhat of
a novelty, being strictly original
and unique
The paper is edited by "The
Captain,” and each one is auto
graphed by the publisher, P. J.
Hurlick. The publication an
J.iqunces across fthe top of the
sheets that it is "A paper for the
whites and natives,” and the
price is announced to be "25
cents a copy, or one buck rab
bit.” The sheet carries eight
pages and is printed in ^reen ink
on white paper.—Chitina Leader*
A new cannery is to built this
season as Herendeen bay, Bering
sea, by the recently organized Be
ring Sea Packing Company- This
company has been incorporated
for $60,000 by S. J. McGhie, J.
O. Morris, S. Chase, jr., all of the
Everett Packing Company; ilar
Vry VV. Crosby, of Seattle, and
Joseph and George McMillan, of
Bellingham. They have purchas
ed the steamer Rush and will op
_te her as carrier to and from
the plant. '1 he anxilliary schoon
er Ruby has also been chartered.
tr- Morris will manage ..this
plant.
Messrs. Morris, McGhie and
ihase, together with Harry Cros
by, will also operate the Swift
Arthur-Crosby plant.
The Kennecott Copper Corpor
ation has just declared its initial
quarterly dividend of $1 a share,
say the Chintina Leader- The
dividend represents a payment
from the earnings of the Kenne
cott Copper properties alone,
without reference to income from
the Utah Copper Company,
whose stock is extensively held
in the Kennecott treasury. The
dividend was made payble March
31 to stockholders of record
March 10.
President Stephen Birch sub
mitted a statement which showed
a surplus on hand amounting to
$9,705,387. figuring unsold cop
per at 18 cents a pound. The first
dividend will require about $2,
800,000, as the bulk of the com
pany’s 3,ooo,ooo shares are out
standing.
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Professional Cards
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHYSICIAN AND SUMMN.
Offic* and RaPIdano*.
OVER HILL'* PHARMACY.
Offio* hour*: 2*6 and 7-8 p. m.
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A. D. POTEKT
WATER DELIVERY
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THRIFTY HOUSEWIVES!!!
Why pay the Baking Powder
Co. 400 per cent profit? 35c sav
ed on every lb. of Baking Powder
means a saving of $7 to $14 in
one year; is this worth while?
We sell the recipe for making
Baking Powder for 10c a lb. at
home, equal to the best on the
market that costs 45c or more a
lb- Receipts for making ea£fly
and quickly, $!•
THE UTILITIES MFQ.
R. R. 29 Stamford. Conn.
MBETINO NOTICE.
THE NOME BARTENDER’* UNION
Local IN. E L U ot A. (Affiliated
with the A. F. of L.) meats every first
Sunday In each month xt 11 a. m.
Aim. NMNOUMN, Aw
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TRANSFER AND FREIGHTING i
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* with family liquors.. Just call Main
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AUTHORIZED CAPITAL ... *126.000
I PAID UP CAPITAL. 60,000
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NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
•■OiNNINB MONDAY, 4uNE 7TH, THE PRICE OP BREAD
WILL BE 10 CENTS PER '.OAF OR THREE LOAVES FOR EB
CENTS. THE SIZE OF LOAVES HAVE BEEN INCREASED
WHICH INSURES MORE AND BETTER BREAD FOR OUR
PATRONS,
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