THE
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GEO. S. MAYNARD,
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Entered ea second class matter Feb
24, 1007, at the post office at Nome,
Alaska, under the Act of Congress of
March 1272.
Copy for regular advertisements
most b* In by 10 o’clock on the day of
publication.
NOME, ALASKA, JULY 6, 1917.
MAYBE ANOTHER.
The United .States naval observa
tory recently announced that the year
1917 would see the largest number of
eclipses which can possibly occur
within the annual period—seven. But
we wander if the astronomical sharps
did not overook a bet when they did
not include the kaiser In their fore
i cast.
From the looks of things there Is a
decidedly good prospect that that
malignant luminary will shortly suf
fer an eclipse which will obscure him
forever from the horizon of the
world’s affairs.
^ With the reinvigorated hosts of
Bussia tearing at his flank through
the Galician territory and with the
allies, assisted by the unmatched
strength of the United States, daily
drawing their steely clutch about his
struggling armies in the west, It
commences to look very much that
the kaiser's little game is fast draw
ing to a close. And If not this year
then the next.
The nation that has devoted the
greatest of Its talents, the brains and
the energy of its smartset people, to
the business of war for more than
forty years (will admittedly not be
easily subdued though the combined
hosts of earth be arrayed against it.
But, although the end of Germany’s
mad career may be deferred it is,
nevertheless, inevitable and may come
much sooner than we expect.
AN INTOLERANT DECISION
Wo have yet to hear of a decision
emanating from the courts of the
1 United States which shows a greater
spirit of intolerance than that recent
I one Of the appellate division of the
I supreme court of New Tork which
prevents the exhibition of moving
pictures on Sunday
Not ony is such a decision Intoler
ant but also distinctly Injurious in
* the degreo that It cuts off one of the
simplest and most harmless of mod*
i ern pleasures and throws the peoplh
’ back upon others that are less harm*
less and less beneficial. There is
I assuredly nothing more innocent than
i the average moving picture show and
i also it may be said with equal truth
I that there is no type of amusement
1 which disseminates information of
i greater educative value than the
I' movies. Also there is nothing more
innocently enjoyable than the con
t lemplation of good pictures.
< The decision reminds one of that
bigoted period which we had com
r meneed to think we had outgrown
i when the over abundant morality of
the time decreed that the museums
and other amusements of like char
acter Rhould be closed to the public
on Sunday—and at the same time
permitted the saloons to remain open.
We have admittedly grown a trifle
broad minded since that period but
such decisions as that referred to
verily discloses that we are not far
away from the old Ignorant crudities
of though and belief after all.
Court decrees against good clean
moving pictures are nothing less than
a betrayal of regrettable Ignorance on
the part of those responsible for such
j enactments.
Considered from the technical
.standpoint the moving1 picture Is
nothing more than a succession of
J of still pictures shown one after teh
I other in such manner as to produce a
semblance of actual mvement and
assuredly no one has ever found rea
sonable objection to looking at still
pictures on Sunday. Yet th.it Is all
moving pictures really are—a series
of separate and dlstlnst pictures each
one depicting a different pose than
the one preceding and following It*
Again, a moving picture is not a
play and there cannot be any logical
objection to their display on that
score. A movie drama or comedy is
merly a photograph of a play and
unless there Is an objection to the
presentment of a play on Sunday
there assuredly cannot be any Just
objection to the presentation of a
photographic reproduction of a play
on that day. We have never heard in
recent years of any town of import
ance that placed a ban on legitimate
theaters which compelled them to
close on Sundays, not excepting the
towns of the glorious empire state
which fathers the absurd decision
referred to.
The learned Jurists may have as
sumed that they were justified in for
bidding the display of moving pic-(
tures on Sunday on the supposition
that they were taken on Sunday, but,
the probabilities are. that ninety nine
out of evtry hundred were not and.
why there should be any objection, I
legal or otherwise, to looking at a
picture taken on TudsO.ay or Friday
on a Sunday is a difficult matter to
fathom. Unless there is an argument
against the display of good moving
pictures based on ^stronger reasons
than the mere belief that they are
detrimental to the public, such decis
ions must be looked upon as plain
evidences of ignorant Intolerance and
bigotry’ and decidedly harmful
NOTICE.
All city warrants up to No. 7Rfi shall
be presented for payment.
PHIL MURPHY,
City Treasurer.
NOTICE OF SALE FOR TAXES.
Wherees on the 8th day of June, 1917,
by virtue of a distress warrant duly
issued and delivered to me by the ( it •
Clerk nnd Ex-Officio Tax Collector, of
Nome Alaska, I seized and levied upon
that a certain barge known as the
Capa'in Warden, then ant non’ lying
and being on the westerly end of the
Sandspit in said city for the d< tine,mm*
taxes thereon, amounting to $2.2 8X.
Notice is hereby given that I will,
on the 18th day of July, 9 91 ^ at the
hour of 10 a. m., in view of said barge,
sell the same at public auction to the
highest bidder therefor, for cash, to
make the amount of said taxes, with
costs and accruing costs, amounting,
in all to $35.18.
JAMES HAUGHET,
Chief of Police, Nome Alaska.
MORE BUNK
ABOUT ALASKA
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As a shining example of the peculiar
propensity of Alaskans to tell com
pletely ridiculous and utterly unfound
ed stories when gracing tho great
outside With their presence the follow
ing article contributed to the list of
Alaska fairy tales by a former Nome
literary light, J. J. McGrath, surely
carries away the palm or whatever it
is that is awarded unadulterated
mendacity. The article is reprinted
from the Milwaukee Journal of recent
date:
COLD STORAGE SUMMER.
J. J. McGrath, former editor of the
Nome Nugget, Alaska, Is authority
for the story that Albert Itarnes. p
Nome mach'miBt, and inventive ge
nius has perfected a fireless cooker,
by which he heats his residence and
supplies power for all household tasks
requiring stored force. On hot days'
last summer Barnes caught the sun’s
rays at the focus of a bright tin roof
on his house and conveyed the heat to
a large building nearby used as a
heat storage plant. In this building
there are great squares in artificial
stone closely packed in bales of
pressed straw. Barnes states that the
stones contain more than 2,000,000
calories which he can utilize as lie
desires. The idea struck him while
trying to paint his roof on a hot day.
The intense heat made work impossi
ble. He was curious lo know' if it
would cook food and placed a beef
steak on t lie roof for an hour; it
was cooked to a crisp. Small boxes
placed at intervals on the roof and
connected by wires with the storage
plant complete the contrivance. Barnes
politely refuses to explain his ’inven
tion.
NOTICE.
Lead a pound .8 12r
Bags a hundred .$2.75
Scrap iron, ton.$22.00
Cast iron a ton.$.,.l.03
Bope, a pound.5c
Brass, a pound .TSe
Copper a pound.27 1-2
Rubber, a pound .7 1-2c
Beer bottles, a dozen.27c
ATLAS JL Nis. CO.
104.1 Railroad Avenue South,
Seattle W iVi.
CLOSING OUT AT REDUCED
PRICES.
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All kinds of stamped goods in lin
gerie sets, nigiit gow'ns, combination
suits, pillow, runners, bags and other
novelties. T3 ,M. C. thread. All ladies
Hats reduced $3 to $7.50 each. Also a
few evening dresses a bargain.
MRS. J. WANGER.
Millinery, Second avenue, opposite
Courthouse.
HRE ALARM MILS
12 .Standard Oil Co. 1
13 .Carstens Cold Storage i
14 .J. J. Season Co, office
15 .Headquarters Saloon
21.The Lobby
24 .Pioneers Igloo
25 .Catholic Church
31 .Polet’s residence
32 . Yorkey’s Cigar Store
41 .opp. Webb’s Market
Engine House, Phone Main 97.
7 whistles water . 3 fire out
The Daily Nugget
Job Printing Department
Business Stationery
Cards, Letter Heads, Bill Heads. State
ments, Envelopes, Legal Blanks, In
voices, Shipping Tags, Special Blanks.
Society Stationery
Invitations, Announcements, Programs
Cards. Menus
Posters, Hand Bills
Circulars, Brochures, Booklets, Pam
phlets, Folders, Placards.
WE DELIVER YOUR
PRINTINQ ON TIME
MEETING AUTO CLUB.
There will be a meeting of the Auto
Club Friday evening July 6., at 7:30
o'clock at tire office of J. F. Hobbes.
All members are requested to be pres
sent. GEO. H. REED,
Secretary.
We are ueing Moonlight water In the
Cite Bath House.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
The best guarantee you can have
for a successful issue of your clothes
is do patronize an old established
house; a house that wants you to
come back and be their permanent
patron.
Such a house is the Nome Tailor
ing Co., we make alterations.
We do cleaning, pressing and re
pairing. We make suits to order.
We guarantee all work and our
prices are reasonable. We appreciate
your patronage.
NOME TAILORING CO.
Next door Segerstorm & Ilagen
Jewelry Store.
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Moller’s i
Grocery i
; | We give best quality, price*, 1 '
1 ’ an« service in Nome. 1
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NOME
! COFFEE HOUSE
AND BAKERY
, Recommend its clesn and \.Aole
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! Orders for entertainments ' |
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C1RLET0N & COMPANY
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FULL LINE OF MINING SUP
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310 Frput St. Phone Haiti 11
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Chas. W. Reed
Machinist A Blacksmith
Oasoline Engine*. Hoist*
. Boilers, Pipe end Pipe
Fitting*
No. 5 Front St.
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■ TICKETS SOLD
S. S. UMATILLA
SAIL FROM NOME SAILS FROM SEATTLE
July 8th
AUGU8T 4th JULY 21et
AUGUST 31at AUGUST 18lh
SEPTEMBER ?8th SEPTEMBER 15th.
OCTOBER 25th. OCTOBER 13th
' RIGHT RESERVED TO CHANGE THIS SCHEDULE.
Pacific Steamship Co.
ALASKA LIGHTERAGE CO. F. J. O'CONNOR
Agenta at Dock Commercial Agent
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I Rose (only Store «< Anti Bokeiy I
AGENCY FOR AUGUSTINE A KYER CHOCOLATES AND BON* i ■
BONS. < j
Tho quality of otir Home-Made Candles and Nome Dairy Ice ! \
Cream apenka fo»* Itself. 1 1
BREAD, PASTERY AMD GOOD LUNCHES. |!|
SUNDAY8 AND WEDNESDAYS, FRESH WHIPPED CREAM !j
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