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NOME, ALASKA, NOV. 8, 1915.
Now that we are on the threshold
of that period of the year when we are
more or less accustomed to hunt up
something to fuss about by way of
helping to while away the long win
vole our energies in this direction to
a most useful purpose by making an
effort to have the winter mail service
improved.
As far as can he determined, the
service is to be continued on the
schedule prevailing during the past
two years or more and under prac
tically the same conditions. Therefore
it is to be expected that we will have
practically the same old complaints
concerning this or that feature of the
service as have arisen in previous
y ars. That the mall service to this
Meek of the woods is a crochety af
■" is beyond denial and that it is
out of all proportion to the service
"‘bed other sections of the terri
cannot be disputed by even the
most ardent adherent of the admin
istration.
ie service is t.ot so awful bad—
we have had worse—and it is at least
a great improvement over that of
some years ago. Uut, with all due
credit for the commendable features
possessed, it may still be improved a
whole lot before it begins to approx
imate the ideal. Of course we are
not looking for perfection in this re
spect and would hardly achieve it if
we were, simply because of that fatal
fact that we are more given to kick
ing than to acting. For the
past several years the an -
nual wail about the mail service
Inis been dolorously raised at fre
ent intervals but so far as can be
ascertained not an effort of any de
■ ription has been made to have the
much complained of features amended.
Uegurdless of other faults we know
that the service is Inadequate through
out almost the entire winter period.
I his is partially proven by the fact
that letters are frequenly received
which have been written at dates far
anterior to those of missives already
'elivered and also by the additional
ict that, with few exceptions, each
year finds a largo surplus destined
for this section piled up at some point
along the line at or near the end of
the contract period. Instances of this
character have occurred so frequently
in past years that they are no longer
subject of more than casual remark.
There also seems to be a Just
‘■round for complaint at the appar
ent discrimination against certain
< haracters of mail as Indicated by the
■‘ty or non delivery until late pe
’ lods of magazines and newspapers.
The post office department has seem
ingly assumed the view that the for
warding of mail of this character Is ,
not a matter of particularly vital im
portance, as we have heard more com
tiint on this score than because of ,
any other feature of the service. It is
submitted that there is neither reason c
jusice in sucli discrimination as
the delay of a magazine or newspaper
is a matter of greater concern to ]
many people than Is the delivery of a
letter. indeed, to an isolated com
munity such as this, and other towns
in the district, the newspaper and
magazine usually represent the dlffer
nce between a knowledge of. affairs
and little or no knowledge at all.
Especially is this the case with com
munities not so adequately provided
with telegraphic communication ag Is
Nome. To a person in Teller, for In
stance, the delay or non arrival for a
long period of mail of this character
means that such person will be de
prived of all knowledge of the world's
events pending the arrival of the pa
per or magazine which forms the
principal bond of communion between
themselves and the outside world.
For educational reasons alone this
class of mail should be given equal
i privilege with all others.
It Is useless to say that discrimin
ations of this character cannot bt
: avoided as such arguments are fat
* from convincing in view of the fact
that towns of the interior of no grent
r importance than Nome receive not
1 only their newspapers but in addition
■ ■ceiv'e far greater quantities of mail
than are allowed to pass through to
, Nome and Seward peninsula. True it
s that the interior towns also do con
siderable kicking about the service
f
• ut their complaint is based not or
e
the conditions of which we are forced
at complain, but are rather because
if an alleged lack of expedition ir
Kindling the consignments after theii
: irrival on the coast. In other words
1 hey want their mail delivered more
! ipidly but have little eomp’laint aboul
1 cstrlctions or discriminations as thej
eeeive fairly prompt delivery ol
verything that may be forwarded
.vithin a reasonable weight and size
s i'hese and several other faults of the
f nail service are matters for which the
nen who are handling the mails for
he government in Alaska are not
o blame. They are usually doing the
jest they can to expedite carriage and
vlieve such difficulties as come wlth
n the province of their authority.
With no exceptions that we are aware
if they are hardworking, conscientious
aen who are doing their best, in the
face of many difficulties In the way
f red tape and bureaucratic offlcial
lom. For practically all of the faults
of which we complain the postoffice
department is directly to blame and
i f ie t A V\ro Vi -
that we must look if we expect to
nbtain any relief whatever. It is no
isp to kick at the men who are hand
ling the business in the territory for
hey are almost as impotent as the
every day citizen in the matter of
securing a change in the hard and
fnst rules set up by the department.
r we want relief we must go straight
to headquarters, to Washington,
where the gods preside in all their
magnifleance, for effort in any other
•uurter will be of little avail. We
can secure a betterment of the service
iut we must go at the task with the
firm intention of securing results. It
lust be remembered, that nothing can
ie accomplished by merely setting
around nnd grumbling. Nome has a
-trange penchant for doing that and
it may be remarked that it has at nil
times been is ineffective in regulating
hinsrs as It will he In securing the
attention of the postal officials who
don’t care a tinkers hang for kicks
as long as they dont' come in large
bunches and backed by a just and
fixed determination. We may kick
and grumble for the next ten years
inrl the results will be of little profit
for it is only by concerted effort that
we can secure the necessary attention,
ff we can manager to rustle up suffl
' ient energy to get some action to
ward betterment started through the
medium of the Chamber of Commerce
right away we may expect to secure
some relief before the winter is far
advanced. The example furnished by
he mail episode of the past summer
s proof that we can secure attention
Jnd relief if we only go after It with
qdrit and determination.
ALASKA
NOTES
Pay hac again been discovered on
Happy creek, Fairbanks district. Pay
has been discovered on Happy several
times but has always proven to bo
very limited. However, the new dis
coverers believe they have the "plac
er in place,” and are preparing for
extensive work.
in the rear yard of Mark Russell’s 1
vard on Calhoun road is atree load
vl with ripe apples. There are also <
bearing apple trees in the yard of
Mrs. H. P. Hansen, farther along the '
•oadway. The apples have matured 1
earlier this season than usual, be- 1
a use of the warm dry saason. Their <
flavor is excellent.—Juneau Dispatch.
It is reported from Anchorge that
nn attempt is to be made to cut out
ihe heavy work on the north shore
of Turnagain Arm, and the snow
sheds necessary to erect there by
running a line from Kachemack bny
north and crossing Turnagain Arm
it Gull rocks, on a steel span, con
creting up the line from Seward on
ihe south 9ide of the arm instead of
near Anchorage.
The 1915 tax roll Is now In the
hands of the Miners and Merchants
hank for collection. The final figures
fter the board of equalization com
pleted Its labors are: Total assess
il valuation $1,172,750, with expendi
tures of $71,200 and total tax levy of
*114,937.78. These figures put Ketch
ikan well up in the million dollar
■lass, showing nn increase of about
100 per cent In the last six years—
■tchikan progressive.
Fifty families .of natives, number
ng about 275 men. women and chil
dren. are reported to be in a desti
ne condition at English bay. The
natives were unable to secure work at
the canneries as the run of fish was
-reatly below the average, and the
canneries were unable to do more than
keep their crews of Orientals busy.
, Donations of clothing and supplies
. being raised at Seward for the
I starving natives. The Admiral line
. has kindly offered to carry donations to
i Port Graham free.
, A Fairbanks man who recently
. oassed through Cordova, en route to
the states, advised the residents of
hat town to have a big family pot
' 'atch. He expressed the belief that
very resident of Cordova would be
better off if they spent a few months
! m the outside as they wer» show
, 'ng signs of stagnation. He believed
■ that if there «Tas not enougl money
in town to permit of all going out
together that they should Join forces
ind send as many as possllle in or
der thnt they might renew their en
ergy and vim. He forgot to plant for
-aising the necessary flmnees to
bring the people hack agalr as that
has been the greatest troihie with
\laskans who have spent am- time in
he states. Possibly the Fairbanks
man believed that no person who once
-ut away from Cordova w*uld want
to get back again.—Valdez Miner.
Clarence Berry, the millionaire
mining man, has set at rest the re
port. circulated in the interior, that
he had died at Circle City of lockjaw.
He appeared in person at Dawson to
deny the charge that he had passed
into the happy hunting grounds.
Fairbanks has started a campaign
to receive all of its mail all of the
' ime. The Commercial Club has had
printed and is furnishing free copies
if a circular letter to he sent by In
dividuals to all of the newspapers in
the states, setting forth that during
the winter months their publications
do not reach the interior regularly,
ind asking them to appeal to Post- :
master general to order dispatched
from the Cordova office after the j
close of nav’Igation, all classes of mail 1
for Fairbanks. <
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The Juneau school board Is pre- ]
| paring to charge a tuition free of $7 <
a month for all scholars attending the !
Juneau schools who live outside the 1
city limits. It is charged by the tax- 1
nayers living outside the city pay no 1
taxes and should not sponge on the ]
city taxpayers for the education of 1
their children. The Juneau city coun- i
cil directed the school board to col- ]
lect the fee. The council of the cap- J
ital also directed that all lights on t
streets outside the city limits be dis
continued. The same Is to be done
with Are hydrants which are to be ^
taken out. i
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Articles of incorporation for three j
companies doing business in Alaska 1
have been filed with the territorial <
secretary. The Naknek Packing Com- J
pany of California is incorporated for 1
$100,000. The Red Salmon Canning <
Company, a California corporation <
operating at Ugashik, is capitalized *
at $200,000, and the American Dredge <
Company of Seattle, for $150,000. All !
corporations operating in Alaska are I
required by a law passed at the laBt ’
session of the legislature to be In- '
eorporated in Alaska. '
A Circle City man named Moss was
nearly killed as the result of the au
tomobile accident. The car in which
»ie was riding became unmanageable
ind plunged Into the Yukon river.
Bystanders rescued Moss from the
submarine, which was but slightly in
iured by the plunge. The fact that
automobiles have found service in
Circle City will be news to the early
pioneers of that section and tells nn
eloquent story of the efficiency of the
Alaska road commission. It is only
i few years since the old timers da
flared that It was time to move from
"brcle because a man wearing a white
ihirt was observed In town.
DM AM MAIM
TONIGHT.
Drama
THE GAMBLERS WEB.
2—Parts—2.
Comedy-Drama
AROUND THE BATTLE
TREE. ‘
The Show will conclude with
a side splitting comedy
KATRINA CATCHES A
CONVICT.
COMING
THE MILLION $ MYSTERY.
MRS. LA CLERQ, Pianiet.
ADM. 25c
EAGLE HAlT
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I
OLLtE BOURRET, Pianist
ADMISSION. 25 cents
} MODEL BAKERY jj
Ring’s Home j
Bakery and
j Lunch Room
! \ '
i Horn* Mad* Bread and Pastery. i j
Bread 10c loaf; 3 for 25c. !'
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riirre hotel j
r If you are looking for comfort
[ during the cold weather now that J >
► winter is setting in l1
Go to the ELITE HOTEL for |!
your room. J <
Winter rates, after Nov. 1. <!
Cor. Front & B. St. ;!
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| RECEIVED ON 8. 8. VIC
TORI A Convon McNeal Adjust"
able Ice Skates to fit any shoe. 3 >
Cole’s Hot Blast Stoves. j!
Moore's Merit. 3'
Cook Stoves and Rangea. 3 >
DARLING & DEAN jj
COMPANY
lAAAmAtrtXITIXmiTTTTa i
BOSTON E
STEAM LAUNDRY |
Phone Main 53 H
Have your laundry done up at P*
the up-to-date laundry. Rougn k
dry work our specialty. Give ue £3
a trial and be convinoed. f
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Prcmpt Delivery Jj
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| W. J. ROWE j
■ TRANSFER AND FREIGHTING
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? Dealer in all kinds of Lumber j
| hay and Grain i
I Horses For Sale j
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| Board of Trade j
J A Resort for Gentlemen X
I 3fie largest t^iffiarr) and Poof Room in Qtasfta. f
| RUSS DOWNING, t’ROF- j
Established June 1900
AMa Banking and
Sale Deposit Company
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL ....$125,000
PAID UP CAPITAL. 50,000
A General Banking Buainet* Tran
eacted.
Miners k Merchants
Bank of Alaska
WJMfc,ALASKA
Capital - - $100,000
I)ust Purchased
and Assayed
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CHEAP JOHN STORE
We have received on the last Senator a very nice lin* of Green
Hood Flannell Shirt* also a comFlete lin* of Gent’s Furnishings. Dol
ger No. 1 Felt Shoes, for Men, iedies and Children. Latest Victor Rec
rods and Graphiphone. Our pric s are right. |
L. SEIDENVERG, Prop. |
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l ARCTIC SPRINGS WATER \
r The Purest Water in all Alaska +
Is now at the usual winter rate 4
£ 16 buckets for $1.00 or 50c per. barrel by ♦
! A.D.POTEET i
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