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NOME, ALASKA, MARCH 30, 1917. -
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The personnel of the ticket to be'
voted next Tuesday lias now been !
made up. The nominating petitions I
have been filed. It is therefore up
to the voters to select and vote fori
l heir favorites.
The Nugget voices Hie opinion that, I
under nil circumstances, the best |
men should be elected irrespective of I
personal likes or dislikes. Capable
integrity should be the first qualifica
tion in the candidate combined with
ability and disposition to render i fift
ciont fulblio eervioe.
It is not the purpose of this paper,
at this time, to tout any particular
candidate. We believe that the can
didates run on their own merits and
will practically bow to the will of the i
majority.
It would be fortunate if votes could
lie weighed and not counted only!
This is unpracticable, and the nearest
approach to the weighing of votes is
the intelligent exercise of the voter
himself, in the exercise of his fran
chise.
The exercise of this function is the
primo foundation of democratic gov
ernment and the only excuse for same.
The election of public servants is not
a sport, but a sacred duty, and he,
who does not so exercise his rights,
betrays a public trust.
The candidates are so well known
to the voters that it should not be
difficult for them to exercise an in
dependent vote. "We caution voters
not to follow the lead of SELF CON
STITUTED BOSSES or others who
dabble In politics for their own per
sonal benefit ami not for the public
welfare.
As a business proposition, under the
present rates and system, the wire
loss and telegraph stations through
out the territory of Alaska are a
mighty poor investment for Uncle
Sam.
On reading the report of 1 ho chief
of staff of the army made to the sec
retary of war on tiio territorial sys
tem we note a deficit of over $S7,000 i:>.
the up-keep of this service, and Uncle
Sam lias to dig down and make up
that amount.
Nut withstanding llie.se co:id.tinu,
■ he rates have been reduced over iC
lor cent in tiie past two years end
n blessing in the form of a night let
ter service at very reasonable rates
opened up to us.
Were these stations in the hands of
private corportions we would have to
pay handsomely for this service as
has been shown in some of those
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Professional Cards
v. -.av- x:~
t>r. A. F. Heimlich
OVER HILL'S DRUG STORE.
Hour* 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Ph»n* Main 7.
operated as such elsewhere in tho
•territory. And therefore we must,
pride ourselves of the fact that gov
ernment ownership of radio stations
tn this territory is to us perfectly sat
isfactory, is money well spent, anil we
are justly entitled to It.
The following is the report of the
chief of staff:
This system embraces 2,627 miles
of submarine cabel and 418 of land
telegraph lines, 02 offices and 10 radio
stations, ltecelpts for current busi
ness handled during the year were
$159,819, and the value of oflicial busi
ness at commercial rates amounted to
$194,571. The yearly outlay for this
system is about $4 12,000 and is charg
ed against the army appropriation.
There is no sufficient reason for con
tinuing this system at its present cost
against army appropriations, for the
reason that land communication with
the military garrisons in Alaska can
be secured through Canadian lines in
combination with our wireless system
iti Alaska. The maintenace of this
system has been a heavy burden upon
army appropriations as well as upon
the personnel of the army, requiring
as it does a number of officers and
about 200 signal corps men to conduct
the business efficiently and maintain
It in operation. In addition to the
personnel it has been necessary to
maintain a cable ship. Kor five years
effort has been made to have this
system turned ovci in tire postoffice
department, as it is of tire greatest
possible value to the commerce of Al
aska, mail service of that country,
and to the various departments of tho
civil government. A bill was intro
duced in congress two years ago to
turn tliis system over to the Interior
department. Either the interior or
the postoffice depai emint had better be
charged with tli cost and maintenance
of those linos than the army appro
priation. It is recommended that fur
ther efforts be made to have tins lull
don transferred.
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When a man dies, ii makes all the
difference in the world where he dies,
so far as tiie neighbors are concerned.
It doesn't make nn> difference to the
man himself, apparently, but if does
to others. Here in the city it makes
little impression. His next door
neighbors do not know him anyway
There is a crepe on the door, or you
read in the papers where the man
who lived across the street has passed
iway, but you didn’t know him. Or,
it you did know him, you met him
at rare intervals, and you will not
miss him.
But in the country It Is different.
Everybody talks about it, and feels
sorry for him ,ainl for the family.
The neighbors Call to see if there is
anything to he dune to relieve the
distress occasioned by the death.
Some one Inks after the children:
some one attends to the preparation of
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the meals; some one sees to It that
the family is furnished with proper
clothing. Out in the country, or In
the small village, there Is a gap in
social life when a man dies. Ho is
i missed from his accustomed haunts,
i wherever that may be. It makes a
big hole in the lodge membership, or
in the membership of tlie church.
It ought to bo easier to die in the
! eit> than in the country. That is,
if one has any regard for other people,
j it is distressing to die in the country,
and upset the whole community for
a time, but here in the city It doesn't
upset anything or anybody but the
immediate family.
ALASKA
NOTES
Advices received at Fairbanks state
that Harry Lappin has been adjudged
insane by a jury in the commsisionre's
court at Nulato, where ho has been
a citizen for the past ten years.
Miss l.izett Riggs, the four year
old daughter of I.ieutenant Riggs of
the Alaskan Engineering Commission,
recently threw the switch which turn
ed on ibe current of the new electric
light system at Nenana.
Reports received at Fairbanks
state that Martin creek, a tributary
of Kobnmo creek, is showing up good
prospects. Prospectors working ion
the creek have drifted thirty feet and
have found puj prospects all the way.
The girls of the Pcnlope club of j
tlie Douglas public school recently held j
a candy sale which netted the club ,
$20. The money will tie turned over j
to tlie domestic science equipment 1
fund.
Harold Anderson a ten year old deaf j
mute, has been adjudged a dependent
at Wrangell and committed to the
custody of the hoard of guardians for j
destitute anil dependent children at |
Juneau.
Wm. I.ongley has taken a contract
to handle the freight of the Dan creek
mining company this spring and will
begin to move the supplies from Mc
Chi thy late this month.
Joe Kaufman reports having discov
ered a vein of fine coal and of some
width in the Nizina country, which
can bp mined with very little effort.
Thirty-six chickens belonging to H. <
S. Myrlck at Tanana, were roasted to
a turn and then some, In a fire which
destroyed M. Myriek’s chicken house
recently.
G. E. Beraud, aasayer at tho First
National bank at Fairbanks, nearly
lost the sight of his eye recently by
an explosion of nitric acid ho was
using in assaying and his clothing
was also badly burned.
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Corrinno Gilmore, a former resi
dent of the restricted district of Doug
las, and the last person known to
have seen Babe Brown alive, has been
brought back by the authorities from
Montana to testify in tho murder
case.
Mrs. M. S. Love, the postmistress at
Nenana, has been authorized by the
Dostoftlco Department to engage an
other clerk, tho business at that of
fice being much greater than was an
ticipated.
Bert Higgins and Harry Collier of
Seward have taken a contract from
tho Engineering commission to get
out t.OOO ties and a quantity of piling
which have been cut in tlie vicinity of
Trail Lake.
Winning the race and a bet of $250
Harry Agio recently made the trip
from Nenna to Fairbanks with his
dog team in less than eight hours, de
feating Jack Betoff by several hours.
Tlie distance is about. 85 miles.
(!. Hinton Henry, editor of the Free
Press at Fairbanks, was recently
convicted in the Commisisoner’s
court at that place of criminal libel
on N. It. King, and was sentenced to
serve 120 days in jail and pay the
costs of the proceedings, lie took an
appeal to the district court.
George Koide, a Fairbanks rancher,|
had new potatoes served at his
Christmas dinner. They were not
grown in a hot house or out of doors,
Imt in the cellar of the ranches. The
potatoes did well despite the absence
>t light, and ho harvested nearly 100
pounds of fair-sized spuds.
Fairbanks business men, wearied of
i be continual soliciting of subscrip
tions for chartinble purposes, are ar
ranging a plan for a huge benefit en- |
tertainment to be given each year, the
proceeds of which will be turned into
the town treasury as a poor fund to
|,o Used at the discretion of Hie conn
til.
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By tho completion of its new trolley
system the Treadwell mines are now
n position to take ore from any of its
workings (o any one of the mills of the
company which may Vie in need of
>re.
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