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Z6, 1907, at the postofflce at Notts
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NOME, ALASKA, SEPT. 30, 1916.
The tire yesterday morning was even
more realistic than the movies. The
spectators hail a chance to see a real
hlazt—the cause, the preliminary
smoke, anil l h<- leaping Haines. Then
they saw too the Hrc put out effective
ly and quickly.
ABOUT ALASKA ROADS.
When a iiiiin builds for himself a
* il'in or a palace he also builds or
:-is built a path, or trail or road over
which he may fetch his supplies from
or carry his products to, market. A
house with no means of transporta
tion by which its inmates is connected
nith other people in the world would
lie the home of a hermit. Ordinary
civilized human beings require and
havi' a road connecting them with cen
ii in of other civilized human beings.
Thus all farms have lanes or roads
which load to main highways which in
turn lead to centers where products
are bought and sold. The buying and
selling, or barter, reaches as far back
is the dawn of civilization. The idea
of roads is just as old—the passing of
many feet over ground naturally se
li'Clt'U because it was easiest and saf
est resulted in a trail which was im
proved from time to time by the re
moval of obstacles, and the throwing
over of foot bridges.
The chief idea of loads among u
democratic people is that they shall
connect the places which ought to be
connected and that they shall serve
i in- purpose for which they are built.
Now how does this apply to Alaska?
Have we roads to connect the places
that ought to lie connected and do they
serve their purpose?
Alaska is different from some other
countries in at least one particular—
one end of its commerce is now and
always will lie a port of some kind, a
junction or transfer point located
cither at the edge of the sea or on the
margin of it river, for Alaska's com
merce with the rest of the civilized
world will always be water-borne. One
end of all of Alaska's roads then must
always start from water transporta
tion.
From such water terminals roads
must lead to mines of all sorts, to the
farms, to the seats of all industries
that may spring up or are to be en
couraged to grow up.
Home countries make a practice of
building good roads in a new section
upon the slightest hint that they are
needed to aid in the settlement and
development of that region. Canada
is such a country and she builds good
roads, too. suited to the needs of the
country, but more of that another time.
And it is to be noted that Canada's
development of her primitive wilder
ness has been phenominal.
Our own country also takes an in
terest in her frontier countries and
tries to aid their development. Alaska
has felt the helping hand of the na
tional government. Uoads have been
built, telegraph systems established,
and now a great trunk railway line Is
being constructed. The telegraph ser
vice is excellent. Of the new railroad
line nothing but good can be said. Tt
will carry coal, and gold ore, and cop
per ore to the sea coast bringing to the
interior points commodities in sx
cnange. The railroad will be a great
motor in the development ot t part ot
Alaska but alone It will not suffice.
The one great need ot Alaska is now,
as it has been for twenty years, the
immediate construction of a large
number of good roads at those places
where they are needed. To emphaiico
we repeat, the immediate construc
tion ol roads at places where they are
needed. This is Just where the sys
tem we have had for seventeen years
ot thereabouts has been faulty. The
roads huv not been built when needed
or where ueeded. But they have been
built aftr a while and bit by bit and
according to some great mysterious
plan supposedly devised by a super
man and lneotnprenslble to those who
wanted to have the benefit of the
roads.
it is true that the Alaska road com
mission has labored under the handi
cap of not having a sufficient amount
of money available to build roads ex
tensively in all parts of Alaska. A
small fund has been appropriated each
year and a little work has been done
piiecerneal in many widely divergent
sections, As the mileage of roads has
increased the cost for repairs has also
increased until now practically all the 1
roads passable. The Alaskan roads J
has to be used to keep the same
have not been built right and the hill i
for repairs for most of them will in a
few years equal the original cost of
| building. And the original cost in
fome Instances was excessive because
the construction was wrong-.
.Vow as to the iinmediati need of
fojjt, t. ere is Mu ■ <hu!i oi Fjt'una
Ledge. That camp ti is lx en struggling
toward real prosperity lor two years.
Now it it a producing camp with f i h
ably a thousand people there. In Its
tyvo years of existence the government
has done nothing towards building a
read from the head of navigation to
the diggings and men and animals
j have to yvado through a sea of mud
all summer. After a while quite like
ly the road commission will begin
operations as it did at Rampart. At
this place four or five years after the
I greatest need for roads had passed a
grand trunk line rvas commenced and
In a few years advanced twelve or fif
I teen miles up the Big Minook valley.
' So far as we knotv It was never finish
ed and it wouldn't make tiny differ
ence if it hud been for it didn't lend
anywhere, and it couldn't be.kept pas
sable yvithout excessive yearly outlay
because of frequent washouts because
again, of faulty construction.
Marshall and Rampart arc ty pical,
the one of a neyv camp yvithout a
road, the other of the tardy construc
I tion of yvhut was to have been an in
tegral part of a "military trunk line.'
There are other instances, quite a
number of them, where roads arc need
ed to connect estaWished toyvns with
its tributary creeks. For a dozen years
Nome has needed such roads and still
needs them. They are not only de
sirable for present requirements in
business but they rvould unquestiona
bly be a powerful stimulus to new
developments.
In a section of Alaska such as Sew
ard peninsula where there are not only
large areas of placer ground remain
ing to be tvorked but also immense
ore bodies of different metals all or
which can and will be operated when
transportation is made possible, in
such a district as this whose perntn -
nonce is unquestioned there is real
need of a number of trunk lines lead
ing from Nome to the important con
ters.
That the money for an extensiv
road system has not been forthcoming
is not the fault of the road commis
sion. The commission is trying to gei
a large appropriation for early use.
Every citizen of Alaska should do all
in his power to aid in securing this
appropriation and should go further in
agitating, yvhenever It can he done to
advantage, for an even larger amount
of money yvith yvhioh to build our need
ed trunk lines.
And lastly, united effort* should be
put forth to the end that the local
road superintendent whould bo allowed
to build the road* according to-plan*
which arc adopted to local conditions.
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STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP
MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION,
ETC., REQUIRED BY ACT OF
AUGUST 24, 1912.
of Nome Daily Nugget published daily
at Nome, Alaska, for October, 1916.
Publishers, Divine A Maynard
Nome, Alaska.
Editor, Charles Sandford, Nome. Al
aska.
Managing editor, (’has. Sandford,
Nome, Alaska.
Business manager, Edwin C. Divine
Nome, Alaska.
Publishers, E. C. Divine and (leo. S.
Maynard. Nome. Alaska.
Owners: (If a corporation, give its
and the names and addresses of stock
holders holding 1 per cent or more of
total amount of stock. If not a cor
poration, give names and addresses of
Individual owners.) E. C. Divine and
Qeo. S. Maynard, both of Nome, Alaska.
Known bondholders, mortgagees, and
other security holders, holding 1 per
cent or mora of total amount of bonds,
or other securities. (If there are none,
so stata) Nona
Average number of copies of each
issue of thle publication sold or dis
tributed, through the malls or other
wise, to paid subscribers during the
six months proceeding the date shown
above is 400.
EDWIN C. DIVINE,
Manager.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
28th day of September, 1916.
O. D. COCHRAN,
Notary Public in and for the District
of Alaska My Commission expires
Aug. 4, 1919.
O V IfRSTOCK RP,
To the public.—
We have Just finished stock taking,
and find that <re are heavily overstocked
so are making enormous reductions in
Hardware—as inuen as di per cent In
certain lines Notwithstanding immense
advances outside, especially In Hard
ware and Metal Ooods, we are still sell
ing on tne basis of goods purchased the
past two or three years.
We win sell tor cash only at these
prices, and for a llmite • time, until we
bring our stock down to the requlre
I ments of the camp.
If you nave an order to be tilled, let
us figure on it: we can save you money,
j We have proved It to others, we can
prove it to you.
PA BEING AND DEAN COMPANY,
Albert Matson will leave Tuesday
morning for the fishing camp on Pil
grim river. Will leave every Tuesday
and Friday for the camp. Information
can be secured at Streeten's office.
Wanted—Beer bottles, quarts, bought
at.18 cents per doen at Nome brew
ery.
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BEFORE LEAVING FOR
THE GREAT OU'. SIDE
To insure a pleasant voyage come |
In and have your clothes cleaned, pres-s
ed and repaired.
We make them look like now.
We make alterations. »
We do cleaning, pressing and re- j
pairing for Ladles and Gentlemen.
We make and repair furs.
First class workmanship. Modern
methods and prompt service. Once a
customer always a customer.
Give us your work. Satisfaction
guaranteed.
NOME TAILORING CO.,
Next door to Segerstorm & Hagen, j
Jewelers.
Professional Cards
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office and Residence.
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