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?R. 1907, at the Postofflce at Nome,
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NOME, ALASKA. JULY 27, 1915.
The.loss of the lake steamer Kaat
land, together with a thousand human
lives, owing to an undoubted lack of
proper precaution, again illustrates
clearly the necessity for a stricter gov
ernment supervision of the means of
public transportation, to the end that
the lives of the. travelling public shall
be better protected and the possibility
of further disasters of like nature be
overcome as far as such occurrances
onn he avoided. Hardly n month
passes but that some fatality of this
nature occurs on one of the many
transportation systems of the country
and. wlille the iilamc Is usually laid to
some cause entirely unforseen and the
owners are granted immunity from
punishment, the fact remains that a
lack of proper precaution Is usually the
primary cause of the majority of the
horrible disasters which occur at in
teryals on the railway and steamship
lines. That many of these shocking
horrors can he avoided through timely
supervision cannot lie gainsaid and
the considerable lessening In the loss
of life through railway accidents, fol
lowing the enactment of railroad leg
islation looking to the safeguarding of
the traveling public and also the em
ployees of the railroad companies, de
monstrates conclusively that a more
active supervision of the transporta
tion lines will greatly lessen the Pos
sibility of disasters of such character.
While the authorities are seemingly in
doubt as to the reason for the sinking
of the Kastland, with Its burden of pre
cious lives, the majority are of the
opinion that the weight of the great
number of passengers lining the rail at
the time of leaving the dock is the un
derlying cause. Others contend that
the vessel itself was faulty In con
struction. hut, regardless of which
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theory may he the correct one, the fact
that either is offered as a reasonable
explanation for (he tragedy suggests
that only a complete lack of precau
tion would allow of the fatality being
precipitated through such causes. Ac
cept either suggestion as a definite ex
cuse and the conclusion remains the
same; that carelessness or downright
negligence, or both, were the predom
inating causes. There is really no
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adequate excuse for all but a very
small portion of such catastrophes and
while we may justly blame the trans
portation companies for operating de
fective vessels or permitting vessels
to he burdened beyond their capacity,
the fault may, with equal Justice, he
laid at the door of the government
which is presumed to maintain a
watchful supervision oyer the means
of transportation in order that the
safety of the traveling public may be
Insured as far as careful guardianship
can guarantee.
According to an article by L. F.
Shaw, editor of the Cook Inlet Pioneer
of Anchorage, published in the June
number of the All-Alaska. Review,
Commissioner Wears of the Alaska
Engineering Commission, lias adopted
a novel method of extending the gov
ernmental decision to employ, when
ever possible, resident Alaskans in the
work of constructing tlie new railroad
to the interior, through the employment
of the homesteaders along the right of
way at the task of clearing their own
land for the passage of the railway.
As stated in the article, “where the
route passes through a homesteaders
ground, the homesteader is given th?
work of clearing the right of way, etc."
In accordance with this idea, the en
gineers are instructed to employ the
|owners of homesteads wherever possi
ble on their own land. It will be at
once seen that this results in an not
inconsiderable extension of the gov
ernment decision. The Commission
does not merely employ a number of
Alaskans to clear the land but also
goes to tlie extent of seeking the labor
of tlie owners of lands in preference to
others. Another commendable feature
of the Commission's methods of carry
ing on the work of construction is also
pointed out in the article, namely, tin*
small unit system, which consists in
the employment of a group of men un
der a form of contract whereby the men
act ns partners and share the profits
of their labor. The system is said to lie
working well and the men who under
stand the nature of the work are there
by enalded to make considerable more
than could be obtained through ordi
nary day labor, to say nothing of the
condition of independence established
through the men being in a great sense
their own bosses. It is stated that the
entire work of construction will lit
carried on in this manner.
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Gariye.
ALASKA
NOTES
ALASKA NOTES
A Valdez movie man has cut the
price to fifteen cents.
At Ketchikan the first 1915 salmon
jwent into cans on .Tune 23.
With the issue of June 22 the Ohitina
Leader suspended publication.
Dawson Is making preparation for
the 11 lehratlon of "Discovert Day”
August 17th.
McCarthy. Chitlna and T’ngn seem to
he the only places in Alaska which
voted to go dry.
A large party of government survey
ors left Fairbanks to map out the
Nenana coal fields.
Under the direction of the war de
partment. a wireless station will be
erected at Fort Yukon this summer.
The copper plant of the Alaska In
vestment Company at Sulzer. which
was closed down last August, reopened
recently, giving employment to fifty
men.
V colored conk at Dawson cut his
throat with a razor and was found
twenty-four hours later lying in a pool
of blood, lie was still olive at last ac
counts.
A report from the Chisann says that
there are about 2.ri0 men In the enmp,
and that encouraging new pay has been
located on several of the creeks. Grub
is scarce.
Ernest P>. Collins, the Fox mining
operator, who has served ns speaker of
the House of Representatives in both
sessions of the Alaska legifjaltnro, is
now a lawyer.
So many people have recently been
bitten tty dogs at Petersburg that the
town eon nr II is considering an ordi
nance to prohibit the canines from run*
ning at large.
Sam Vuek, a-n Austrian miner, who
was found guilty of assaulting \rthur
Rrando witli a candlestick, was son
tenccd by Judge Jennings to serve one
year in the Juneau jail.
The United States coast and geode
tic survey drag net party report having
discovered a submerged rock in Sum
ner strait, twenty-one feet below the
surface at extreme low tide.
Plans are under way at Fairbanks for
the laying of the cornerstone, with ap
propriate ceremony, of the proposed
new agricultural college and school of
mines, authorized by the last congress.
A half dozen Juneau citizens sub
mitted to a surgical operation recently
by which strips of skin were grafted
on to the arm of George Bennett, whose
arm was Injured last month at the
Hawk inlet cannery.
W. E. Priestly, formerly editor of the
Miner’s Union Bulletin in Fairbanks at
the time of the strike, went to his home
in England, was married, then settled
in San Francisco and landed a contract
for $17,000 for furnishing fireworks at
the exposition every night.
Mrs. Puleti, who has conducted a
leading hotel In Skagway since the
earliest days of the camp, has pur
chased a homestead at Dyea and will
erect a large tourist's hotel in the near
future. A launch service will he main
tained between Dyea and Skagway for
the convenience of the tourists. The
resort will lie principally for tourists
and hunting parties from the outside
who come to Alaska to spend a few
pleasant weeks.
In an interview recently printed in
the Fairbanks Times, Judge Bunnell
declared that the demand for smelters
on Prince William Sound will be so
great in the next few years that it will
be absolutely necessary for the govern
ment to extend its road from the coal
fields to Valdez or some nearby point
in order that coal may he had at reas
onable figures for smelting purposes.
Judge Bunnell believes the present
high price of copper will result in the
sound properties being developed and
becoming big producers.
PALMER TO RECEIVE
APPOINTMENT
A. P. A. Service.
CORNISH, July 26,—According to
statements emanating from those cJosc
to the president. A. Mitchell Palmer,
former democratic national committee
man and members of congress, will re
eeivr the appointment of counselor to
the state department made vacant bv
the appointment of Lansing to the po
sition of secretary. The appointment
is expected within a day or two.
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sonny days are coming on, and have
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paired. v
We make them look like new
Me clean hats.
M'e make alterations.
MTe guarantee first-class workman
ship.
Wa guarantee modern methods.
We guarantee prompt service.
And wc will appreciate your patron
age
We also make suits to order.
NOME TAILORING COMPANY,
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Zehner’s Jewelry Stores.
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ANVIL BAKERY
BEGINNING MONDAY, JUNE 7TH, THE PRICE OF BREAD
WILL BE 10 CENTS PER LOAF OR THREE LOAVES FOR 29
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WHICH INSURES MORE AND BETTER BREAD FOR OUR
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with buckets
from \/z foot
capacity to 5
.foot capacity,
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