THE POSTAGE STAMP AMONG
GREAT MO ERN INVENTIONS
Among the great modern in
ventions which have blossomed
out in the past half or three
quarters of a century or so, dif
fusing comforts and conveniences
throughout the world, the hum
ble postage stamp is rarely men
tioned. But it ranks high in the
good it has done, and it deserves
some of the homage that is be
stowed upon the great boons to
mankind.
It was in 1840 that Rowland
Hill, an English schoolmaster,
stirred all Europe to laughter by
declairng that James Chalmers
and himself had devised a sys
tem whereby a two sheet letter
could be sent from London to
Edinburgh for two cents and yet
leave the government fair profit
on the transaction- At that time
the fee was 54 cents for that dis
tance for a two sheet letter. Such
an idea seemed ridiculous to th,e
public, which had looked upon
the sending oi communications as
an expensive luxury. And 90 the
joke went around, and the poor
laughed with the rich at the idea
of any means that would place
the former on a par with the
aristocracy.
Hill persisted despite the ridi
cule. He worked diligently on
his schedule, and when the time
was ripe he flashed the system
on Parliament and the public
Hill offered proof that was incon‘
trovertible that'the actual cost to
the government for carrying each
letter averaged only 3 small frac
tion of a cent. He proved that the
expense of hiring men to figure
out postal rates on the system
then existing, based on distance
and the number of sheets, was
greater than the profit gained,
and he urged the adoption of a
flat rate for all letters under a
certain weight, no matter how
short or long a journey they were
to make.
He originated the idea of past
ing a label on every letter, to
show that the cost had been pre
paid to the government, and
pointed out that this would save
the expense and time of collect
ing at point of delivery, which
custom was then in general use.
The idea sprung by Hill and
his friend, James Chalmers, gain
ed friends after the first roars of
laughter had died avyay. The gov
ernment was urged by thinkers of
the lime to adopt the system
And so, on May 6, 1840, postage
stamps or stamped labels,” as
tlieV were called at the time, were
inaugurated. On the first stamp
vvas a profile picture of the young
Queen Victoria. The effect on
the postoffice was instantaneous.
Within two years, and they were
panic years at that, the business
of the postoffice nearly trebled.
The postage stamp came into
ALASKA NOTES
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A benefit was given recently
at Ketchikan for “Bill” Morgan
who lo9t all his earthly posses
sions in a fire on Pennock island.
• Regular shipments of ore arc
now being made from the Grafter
copper mine near Whitehorse
Thirty eight men are on the pay
roll.
The Ketchikan Power company
the owners of a sawmill have
found it profitable to ship lumber
to Prince Rupert and reeenth
shipped 60,000 feet.
Gaston W. Smalley, who locat
ed a homestead at mile five out
from Seward, has recived a final
certificate of title to the ground
from the land office.
The management of the Herri
man bank at Seward has an
nounced that construction work
on its new business block will be
gin at an early date this spring.
Mrs. Fanny Porter, who had
come to be known as the “mother
of Stanak,” from her long resi
dence on the island, died at her
home there early in January.
E. A. Ternan, who installed
the great electrical plant in the
drydsck at Prince Rupert, has
gone to England where he will
enlist for service at front
William Prentiss, charged
with having attempted to bribe
the municipal magistrate of the
town of Douglas, has been bound
over to the tender mercies of the
featral grand jury.
Senator W esley L. Jones of
Washington h.^s secured fifty
slides of Alaskan views illus
trative of the territory’s resources
and development to Use in ad
dresses which he will give in
Washington.
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COMPLETE RACE STORY.
A complete story of the All Alas
ka Sweepstakes Dog race, day by
day, with the score card was
printed in issue of April 15
Nome Daily Nugget. Extra cop
ies will be on sale at this office.
The Anchorage Supply Com
pany have closed a deal for the
delivery of four million feet of
lumber there next spring, which
is pretty good indication of their
faith in the future of the district.
The United States Whaling
company, whose plant at Port
Armstrong was damaged to the
extent of $30,000 by a storm re
cently, has announced that the
buildings will be repaired at an
early date.
That Juneau is far from being
a busted town is indicated by
the fact that a committee of ladies
who were soliciting fundsfor the
1 ubiic library raised over eleven
hundred dollars in one afternoon.
The Union Bay Fisheries Com*
pany has been incorporated at
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Olympia, Wash., with a capitali
zation of $50,000, and will enter
the salmon cannery business in
southeastern Alaska at Union
Bay.
The twenty three productive
gold lode mines in Alaska pro
duced $0,-,,x>,ooo in 1915
W'reckage of the barge Kilty
Davenport has drifted ashore at
Seldovia but so far no pieces
large enough to be- of any value
have been found.
Lieut. Mears, of the engineer
ing commission, has appointed K
K. Kunny district engineer and
superintendent of construction
nn the government railroad.
Ernest Ramsay, a clerk in the
employ of the Alaskan engineer
ing commission at Anchorage,
was taken sick with la grippe,
ate some green olives and died
the next day.
Nome Nugget, 12.00 per month. 8ub
icrlho now.
use in the United States in 184",
seven years after Great Britain
had adopted it Five and ten
cent stamps were the lirst Amer
ican stamps and they carried the
heads of Franklin and Washing
ton. Four years later the letter
rate was lowcrd to three cents
and in i883 to two cents. Before
the postage stamp was adopted
the postal charges were more
moderate in the United States
than in England. Our rates were
6 cents for 30 miles or less, 12 1-2
cents up to 150 miles, 183-4 cents
up to 400 miles, and 25 cents for
every distance over that.
Hill, the discoverer of postage
stamps, was knighted and re
ceived a gift of 845,000, raised by
public subscription. — American 1
Contractor.
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INFORMATION WANTED.
Information wanted concerning
the present whereabouts of John 1
Creighton Harrington. He is |
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SPRING MEDICNE |
A good spring tonic taken it this time of the year is m 1
great benefit to everybody. J
Among the simple and * flficient spring medicines the fol |
lowing are re-oinniended : i
CASCARA BARK
SASSAFRAS BARK
Sulphur and cream of tartar jj
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aparient powder
Which contains Sulphur, crentu of Tartar and other valun
ble ingredients.
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