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.. FIRE ALARM SIGNALS
12 .{Standard oil Co.
13 ..Carstens Cold Storage
14 .J. J. Sesnon Co., office
16. Headquarters Saloon
21. The Lobby
24 .Pioneers Igloo
25 . Fire Department
31 .Discovery Saloon
32 .Yorker's Cigar Store
42.Third Ave. and Lane's Way
Unglue House. Phone Main 37
7 whistles, water.3. tire out
City Official Paper
NOME, ALASKA. MARCH 25. 1915.
AN EXCELLENT PROVISION.
The announcement of Chairman Kdes
"f the Alaska Railroad Commission that
Alaskan labor will lie favored in the
eonBtruction of the. proposed railroad,
besides being welcome news to Al
askans. further indicates that the ad
ministration lias a most friendly re
gard for this great territory and will
make all possible effort to assist in its
present and future development. Con
sidering that this policy is diametrical
ly opposed to the usual procedure of
employing poor relatives and those
with political influence on government
works, it also marks a tendancy to es
cape from the nepotism which has long
been one of the distinguishing features
of our form of government The in
auguration of a work of such magni
tude would indeed he a fat melon for
the political satraps to apportion to
their favored dependants were it not
that the government has thus early in
terposed the condition that Alaskans
must be employed wherever possible.
And this ruling is but right and just.
Alaska has at all times a large surplus
of labor within its own boundaries and
there is doubtless several thousand
men in the territory at the present time
who would welcome the opportunity to
obtain employment on the railroad con
struction work. This applies not only
to raw labor, but also there are a great
number of men who are fitted by pre
vious experience and training to fill
nearly every requirement of construc
tion work of this nature. The majority
of Alaskfcins are men of diversified
talents and few are laboring in the
same Acid of employment to which
they were accustomed, before coming
to Alaska in pursuit of fortune. Men
many be found working in the rough
garb of the miner who are graduates
of colleges and technical schools, and
are competent in every way to dis
charge duties requiring the highest
degree of knowledge and technical
skill. Such men may be found toiling
in pit and stope in almost every mining
<-amp in the territory, t'sually these
men have not suceedeU in securing the
anticipated fortune and as there is no
Held for the employment of their tal
ents they arc reduced to the necessity
"f taking whatever employment comes
to hand. Few care to return to the old
environments and thus they continue
to linger in the hope that some day
fortune will smile and plenty will be
theirs
Even the men who have no special
training, men who are laborers in the
strict sense of the term, average eon-1
slderably higher than the great body
of those who make up the laboring
masses of the country. Prom this large
body of men. there is little reason to
doubt that the government ran secure
practically ail the workers, both skilled
and unskilled, that mai tie needed, at
least, as suggested by Chairman Poles,
in so far as will be necessary for the
construction of the initial unit. The
railroad is to be built for Alaska and
primarily for the use of Alaskans and
it is fittingly that beside the profit de
rived from the operation of the road
thev should also profit through the
medium of the money expended in con
struction.
THfc bAl TLLFlLLU!* Oh i-'fcACti.
Two men were picked up dead tile
other day. one was found iu the glass
on a prairie; the utner in a dump base
ment III a dctisly populated Section of
I lie city. The ambulance doctor, who
looked oyer the two corpses, analyzed
i lie causes of death as starvation and
exposure. Tile police supplied the so
ciologic description of the men. Hums
they called them.
When men arc dying by the thou
sands each i.ay in the fields and prairies
of war-smitten Europe it may seem
trivial to call attention to these two
deaths of these two men in Chicago.
Vet is no trival matter. The death of
these two men with no roofover their
beads, without a friend to close
their eyes, shows that peace has
it battlefields no less than war. While
it is true, perhaps, that the confirmed
burn often will not take work even
when it is offered him. it is also true
that in the first stages the trump ot
hobo is no infrequently a victim of
■ onditions. No child is a hobo when
he is in his mother’s arms or when he
goes to school. It is when lie goes out
into tlie world with poor equipment and
with no guiding hand to sleet- him
through the troubled waters of steep
competition that lie sinks. Science is
proving that vagrancy, even where it
is “pathologic." also is acquired. Vo
cational training and guidance would
! have steered many a hobo into entirely
' different channels if administered at
Ihe proper time.
While the American people have
much to be thankful for. especially
when we compare our state with that
of war-devasted Europe, we still can
not afford to ignore our victims of in
I tun rial maladjustment, our battlefields
•f peace. -Chicago Tribune.
REMOVING PAINT FROM GLASS.
Take acetic acid and dilute it one
half in hot water, then apply it to the
paint spots on the glass while it is
warm. Uepeat If it pels too chilled.
The hot acid will not hurt the hands,
J fabrics or the pluss. hut it must l>e
kept from children. The acid is inex
pensive and may he purchased at any
drug store.
I
NOTICE OF CLOSING OF POLL
BOOKS.
The voters of ths Town of Nomo ars
hereby notified that the Poll Books for
'ths registration of voters for the Muni
cipal Elsction to bo hold April 6th, 1915
will close Saturday, March 27th, 1915,
PHILIP CORRIGAN,
City Clerk.
I Dated, March 17, 1915.
(Send your friends on the outside this
i paper afler you hat e read it and help
.advertise Nome.)
AND HE BLAMED IT
ON GOOD OLD DAWSON
«/.
The New York Morning Telegraph
prints a front page story in its issue
nf January 2 on the death of Charles
| Mayo, said to have been a former Klon
iliker. old directories in Dawson fail
j to give his name. The Telegraph story
follows:
CHICAGO Ian 2 Nightmares of
eternal winter in yvhieh tlie sun never
rose and snow-envered prairies stretch
ed in endless vistas drove Charles
Mayo insane. lie committed suicide
today to drive away visions of gold
Melds of tiic Klondike which haunted
him nightly as tie tried to sleep in his
room in the factory of the Central
Asbestos .A Magnesia Company.
Mayo, who lived an eccentric life
during the year he had been employed
Iiy the company, killed himself in nn
equally eccentric manner. He solder
oil a small revolver to the large end of
t tin horn, lashed a cord about his body
and discharged the weapon by pulling
a string attached to the trigger.
Kittle is known of tils life beyond
! tales of his search for gold In the
I Klondike When tie applied for a posi
i t ion ns chemist with the company he
.mid Henry Rebe. Hie president, that lie
! had been employed as superintendent
of a largo manufacturing concern In
Vow York, but had resigned in 1S9G to
join the great gold rush to Alaska
Mayo is believed to have shot him
self through the tin horn because bis
I hands were, unsteady and lie feared
that the imllet might miss its mark.
TININi NEWS NOTES
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TANANA Since l lie big dog nice
iwns pulled off here, a'l Tnnntia is "log
j mad," there never hav ing been such
excitement in tlie history of the town.
All the stores and other business houses
j closed up during the race and every -
j body helped to make llie day ope to be
| long remembered.
ton women paituipaitd m the race,
j winch yyas over an eigla niUu course,
j l'lie race stal led at noun, llie teams
leaving at live minute intervals, and
there was not an uninteresting moment
from start to finish, all ol the ladies
Handling their dog teams in uiu.-aernll
style. All’s. Jos Anicich won the race
yvith her own team. Aliss Nulicy W il
son, with loe Foil Gibbon team, was
second; Ails. Fetor Culumbe, yvitli the
team of A. it Handles, was third
, >lheis participating in llie race and
Ihe owners of llie teams Were as fol
lows; All's. Chulieg YVicketis, oyynel
Gilbert Cook, Aliss Margaret llurper.
owner Frank O'Farrell; Aliss .1 ossa
Harper, ov.ner Nat W. Alarslou, Airs
i William 1’age, owner self, Mrs. John
I nice, owner self and Leo Saulnier. Mrs
Wm. T. Voight, owner Alarston; Airs
Kona Id Gurrettson, owner W. Thomas.
From before llie race to the finish,
Alias Jessie Harper was llie favorite in
the betting on account of the fact that
her team showed up the best in Die
trial run. However, in the race proper
the dogs seemed to be afraid of the
crowds which lined the route and failed
to finish as was expected. Conse
quently much money changed hands on
final result of tile race.
Another race is now being arranged
by the Tananu Valley Kennel club un
der whose auspices the recent affair
yvas held. Should the next one be ns
successful as the last, it is probable
ttail the races will lie made an annual
event, in fact, it is expected that they
will become as popular here ns they
are at Nome
The annual charity bazaar for the
benefit of St. James' .Mission was held
recently, ending up with one of the
largest dances of Ihe season The af
fair look place in the gymnasium at
the post exchange, which was beauti
fully decorated for the occasion. A
■ I . mil. .-! —1 1 ■ V !tt
luent sum was realized for the mission
All of the 1 idips who helped to make
jlhe hnzanr a success are being cnmpli
' inented on all sides for their good work.
Those who are in charge of booths at
the fair were tlie following; Candy
booth. Mrs. Andrew Vachon. Mrs. John
Rice and Mrs. James Ryle: baby booth
Mrs. If. Nilson and Mrs \V. T Volght
lemonade booth, Mrs. Harry Schwartz
and Mrs Charles Wlokens; shooting
.booth. Miss Mildred Slmsnn and Miss
j Margaret Harper: fancy work booth,
j .Mrs. George K Boulter. Mrs Wm B
| Rodman and Mrs. I,ove: Indian booth,
i M i«s ITuntoon.
100 TONS OF FLCK'R
Bread only 5o North Pol* Bakery
nd Anvil Bakery.
NEW DANCING SCHOOL
M iners Home CIud Dancing School
Tuesday and Friday evening at 8 p. m.
Tangos. Hesitations, as well as all the
older dances Mrs Oliver and Mrs
^eterson. teachers.
TARIFF DID IT i\
S Imported Goods. Domestic Prices i
.lint h lar«e line of J
I. X I. pocket knives from 1
I 4 ► Scheltielil. England
jS Fresh stock Peters ammunition
<> Also something new in 22 rifles
ij DARLING & DEAN
ii COMPANY
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11 For Ch ice Beef, Mutton, Pork,
Jt Veal, Reindeer and Poultry, also
S Black Cod, Halibut and Salmon
< [ go to the
INDEPENDENT
MEAT MARKET i
W. H. WEBB. Prop. \
<[ Telephone Main 15. <
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RULES GOVERNING POLET’5 PANAMA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION CONTEST.
FIRST.—All amounts paid in at either store in payment of ,us! sales or accounts, entitles the one p.n
iag same to vote us many voles as are cents paid in.
SECOND.—The cash register will Issue the voting slips bearing the date, amount and the initial letter
of the salesman. Voting is done by simply writing the name of the one you wish to vote for on the slip.
THIRD.—All slips must be voted within one week following the date.
FOURTH.—Contest to begin April 1st, ending Saturday evening, Juno Gth. at 9 p. m. ;
FIFTH—Votes will be. counted on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10 a. m. and published iu daily papers
SIXTH—HOW TO ENTER THE CONTEST—Fill out the blank below for yourself or for anyone you !
may wish to enter. All nominations made before closing time .March 3lst, entitles the nominee to 1000
votes. No further nominations will be received after April 15th. Tho winner of the contest will he pre
sented with a first-class round trip ticket and whatever privileges at the fair that we can arrange for.
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+ NOMINATION BLANK 4.
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+ MR. A. rOLKT. Nome, Alaska. 4.
* Dear Sir. » +
+ I hereby nominate Miss, Mrs or .Mr.---.- +
+ As candidate in the Polet's Panama Pacific International Exposition <4 j
+ Contest. .j,
+ Signed----4.
+ *
*+ + 44 + 4+ 44+ + 4+4 + + 4+ 44 + + 44 + + 44444*444
Mr .1 M. streeten and Mr. h£]ph Lomen have kindiv consented to act as judo s in this contest.
lpolets tores
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