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Entered as second class matter Feb
26, 1007, at the post office at Nome,
Alaska, under the A«t of Congress of
March 1878.
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NOME ALASKA. MARCH 27, 1917.
UY hunmo beings ceased to be ani
mals and became MEN when we first
lists) thought in place of brute
strength.
At some distant today in our de
velopment the animal that preceded
us here made up its feeble mind that
there was something better than
strength, teeth and claws, and began
to use its little brain.
This animal our ancestor, the so
called pithecamthropos or monkey
man, observed the saber-toothed tiger
ripping open the stomach of a mon
ster three times its size, watched the !
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mammoth ploughing through swamps,
crushing down trees, observed the
great reptiles and all other proofs
of brute force, and, without realizing
it, this ancestor said vaguely to him
self:
‘I can't compete when it eoines to
teeth and claws, weight and bulk, I
am a feeble thing in this jumble of
power and battle. I must THINK the
way out.
And so our real human life began.
Our ancestor with a forehead one
uuarter of an inch high, a jaw that
stuck out us fur as the jaw of a gorilla,
with teeth bigger than any of those
of any bulldog, and with long arms
dropping below the knees, that could
crush a man of today with ease, this
old ancestor of ours decided that he
would get out of the battlo for su
premacy of muscle and teeth and see
what could be done with hrain and
with thinking.
Vou can imagine how the thinking
process started.
It was hardly real thought at first,
just a kind of intelligent impuse. Our
encestor sat up in a tree rubbing his
nose and looked at the saber-toothed
tiger that couldn’t climb.
He saw the shining teeth, six inches
long perhaps, and he didn't like the
look of them.
Eater, when the tiger was gone ho
climbed down and picked up a sharp
flint, ten inches long, heavier, sharper
and harder than the tigers' tooth.
He held this in his hand, struck
ids brother with it, killed the brother,
and felt highly satisfied with his In
tellectual accomplishment.
He had discovered that a tooth made
of stone held at the end of an arm
four feet long could do as much dom
aag as the tooth of a tiger.
So he fastened his sharp flint to
the end of a piece of wood, sat in the
tree, stabbed the tiger in the back
as ho passed, broke his backbone,
ate his flesh, took the teeth to make
implements and ornaments for him
Professional Cards
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
OVER HILL'S DRUG STORE.
Hours 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Rhon* Main 7.
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j self—and so began the thinking hu
/ man race.
j I-ater man used explosive dynamit.
* slieils in place of sharp flints, he
dwelt in skyscrapers in place of holes
in the rocks, lie used flying machines
in place of canoes dug out of a log.
But all the time he was a thinking
animal instead of an animal relying
on strength teeth, muscle, thick hide,
claws.
And every step that he gained in
his upward climb toward control of
the earth and dominion over the ani
mals was gained by the thought that
was started when he made up his
mind* to use the sharp flint and con
quer the long white tooth.
Headers), ^whether you be old |0r
young, realize now that your salvation,
your hope, your chances in life, are
all in the thinking power hidden away
in your head.
How much will you use that power
of thought?
How long are you going to wait to
use it elflcienlty ?
To what extent can you make
thought, recently acquired by men,
control the animal forces and pas
sions that date back millions of
years to our earliest ancestors of the
days when this earth was young?
Are you going to use your power,
your health, your clear mind and your
will now to solve your problems and
protect yourself, and be a benefit to
the race or are you to wait and waste,
and wonder, and delay, until it is too
late.
That tire United States navy has
fallen upon evil days in so far as its
administrative bureaus are concerned,
seems to be borne out by the ex
treme lack of judgment and sheer
inefficiency' displayed by the depart
ment heads in connection with the
stranding of the submarine H-3 off
Eureka, and subsequently the fool
hardy maneuvers employed in its at
tempted salvage resulting in the
wreck and probable total loss of the
cruiser Milwaukee. Here W'e have a re
sponsible bureau chiefs ordering a
$4,000,000 cruiser to the rescue of a,
$500,000 submarine when a $50,000
salvage outfit could have accom
plished the wort; A bid of $18,000
was made by a Eureka firm for the
salvaging of the submarine H-.3. The
navy department rejected this and
other bids and decided to do the
work themselvep, immediately' adopt
ing wrong methods and ordering the
big cruiser inside the first breaker
line, with waves pounding high and
hard, and following the statement of
one of the best mariners on '.lie coast,
who said it was dangerous to cross
over the third breaker line with even
a smaller vessel. Yet the magnifieeint
cruiser was ordered to her doom
and as no insurance is carried by the
government on its vessels a total loss
r
resulted while the acceptance of a
bid of $ IS,000 for an insiginfleent sal
vage job would have saved the pres
ent loss which will probably exceed
$5,000,000. Secretary Daniels of the
navy department, whose forte seems
to lie in the effort to make aristo
crats of Jackies, substituting butter
milk for beer in the wardroom and
permitting a junior doctor to be
jumped a hundred or more names In
the lineal list to rank ns a rear ad
miral, might give some thought to
the deplorable facts to be brought out
in the sacrifice of the Milwaukee. The
officers of that ship are not to be
censured. They merely followed In
structions:
"Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs but to do—and lose their ship."
Railway Marine News.
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given that the i^u
nicipal and school board election for
the cit\ of Nome for the election of
a mayor three eouncilmen, city clerk,
city attorney and city treasurer and
a treasurer of the school board for
school district No. 1 will be held In
the City Hall, City of Nome on April
3rd, 1917, the polls will bo open at S
o'clock a. m. and will be closed at 6
o'clock p. m.
K. GRIMM,
City Clerk.
Office and Residence of J. F. McAl
lister, freighter and transfer, Elite
Baths. Phone Red 157.
All kinds of sleigh and ski wood on
sale at Ross' mill and shop. Also
building and mining timber.
New laiu egge at Prosser's Harness
Shop. $'.00 per dozen. Phono Black 5.
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FIRE ALARM SIGNALS
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12 .Standard Oil Co.
13 .Carstens Cold Storage
14 .1. J. Sesson Co, office
15 .Headquarters Saloon
21...The Lobby
24.. ..Pioneers Igloo
25.Catholic Church
31 .Discovery Saloon:
32 . Yorkey's Cigar Store |
41 .opp. Webb's Market1
Lngine House, Phone Main 97. i
7 whistles water . 3 fire out |
COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
Following ire me lowest recorded
temperatures for tills year and last
on the days iMiguated. The minus
sign before a number moans below
sero.
t). S. Weather Bureau.
1916 1917
March 1 . —14 30
March 2 .. —11 30
March 3. —4 32
March 4 . —14 12
March 5.—16 0
March 6.—19 —15
March 7.—19 — 8
March 8. —17 20
March 9 . —17 22
March 10. —17 16
March 11. —25 8
March 12 . —14 22
March 13 . —19 28
March 15. —14 10
March 16 . —8 8
March 17. 6 4
March 18.0 15
March 19.3 11
March 20. 10 16
March 21 7 3
March 22 .—6 — 4
March 23. 5 —20
March 21.0 —27
March 25.—18 • —26
March 26 . —26 —20
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In the home er in the camp, there
ie no commodity so extensively used
as meat, therefore it is upon thp‘
oommodity that you should look to
for economical buying. Following are
a few of our prioes:
Beef by the tide.$-19
Round steak. 25
Sirloin steak . fl0
Pot Roaat. -22
Stew . 220
Mutton by carcase .
Mutton chops, snoulder . 25
Mutton chope, loin and rib. 36
Mutton lege.. .
Pork loin ohops.
Fresh Reindeer from the Lomen
herd, dres*ed in a skillful and sani*
tary manner.
Sweet Briar Butter 40c per pound I
by the case.
PACIFIC COLD STORAGE CO.
l-rtone Whits 17.
HOLT’S CASH STORE.
Moved to trie large Alaska Store,
first door east. We are in position
to fill your orders in any quantity
large or small at money saving prices.
Nome largest store.
Telephone Main 96.
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ANVIL BAKERY
BEGINNING MONDAY, JUNE 7TH, THE PRICE OF BREAD
ILL BE 10 CENTS PER LOAF OR THREE LOAVES FOR SB
CENTS. THE SIZE OF LOAVE8 HAVE BEEN INCREASED
WHICH IN8URE8 MORE AND BETTER BREAD FOR OUR
PATRONS.
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Established June 1900
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