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Entered as second class matter Feb
26, 1907, at the post office at Nome,
A Rate, under the Act of Congress of
Ifeu-oh 1878.
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NOME, ALASKA, APRIL 6, 1917.
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WAR HAS BEEN DECLARED!
The mayor has called upon the citi
zens of Nome to attest their loyalty
to the Nation and evidence this pa- i
triotic spirit by displaying the pa- '
tional colors on public and private
buildings today.
However much we may deplore the
inecessity that calls the nation to
arms, we must all bow to the neces
sity, and gird our loins to meet the
enemy whether at homo or abroad.
OUR COUNTRY RIGHT OR;
WRONG, OUR COUNTRY. But the
country cannot be wrong!
Patience has ceased to be a virtue;
the president and congress have
spoken in no uncertain terms. They
know and understand the situation
far better than we!
The injuries done our nation have
been so many and so persistent, so
defiant, that self respect can no
longer endure them
Violating the laws of God and man
Germany has trampled upon interna
tional law as well. The lives of our
citizens traveling on the high seas
have been ruthlessly and inhumanly
taken; our property destroyed. Ac
credited agents of the central pow
ers have stirred up dissatisfaction and
treasonable conduct on the part of
misguided citizens.
Hugo Grotius, the great Dutch
statesman said that "Where just de
termination cease, war begins.” The
arbitrament of arms should be the last
resort of nations. But we are NOT
"to proud to fight” when no other
recourse is left us.
Congress has pledged every re
source of the country to effect a
speedy and successful termination of
'.he struggle and to secure the peace
of the world.
LET US AS CITIZENS PLEDGE
OUR RESOURCES, AND IF NEEDS
BE OUR LIVES.
There are two sources of wealth—
land (Including its products and con
tents and labor.
The land owner barters the use of
his property for work, which in turn
permits him to put his holdings to
practical use.
Through an arrangement called
Professional Cards
Or. A. F. Heimlich
OVER HILL'S DRUG STORE.
Hours 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Phan# Main 7.
money, which has an established value
everywhere, both employer and em
ploye (or call them "landlord" and
“tenant,” or, better still, “capital” and
“labor” are able to make the most
satisfactory arrangements.
In oriler that money shall secure
in any place a full equivalent of ser
vice- housing, food and clothing—it
must be made of a substance with an
intrinsic value of its own
In other words the raw material
itself must be worth substantially ns
much as the sum it represents.
To facilitate affairs it is necessary
that money shall lie guaranteed ex
actly as represented. That is, contain
the amount an 1 quality of metal upon
which its universal acceptance is pre
J dieted.
We do not have privately manu
factured money, beeaues we cannot
reply upon the integrity of private
Individuals.
Consequently the uttering of coins
and the issue of promissory notes to
pay over coins, is vested solely in gov
ernments.
Furthermore, there must needs b>
at least one kind of money standard
everywhere.
Man, in his fiscal experiments, earl}
found that «moh a course was indis
pensable to the security of his in
genious plan of saving time and
bother.
From the very beginning there there
was one metal possessed of virtues
held by no other It would not rust
or tarnish—could bo applied to the
most uses and was never abundant.
Copper, tin, zinc and silver were all
and always available in greater quan
tities.
Every community had need of more
gold than its resources could provide.
No matter what a man held, he was '
open to a trade which would bring
him a piece of this precious sub
stance. <
It is said that old 1’eruvians had i
mines which yielded more gold than
their requirements, but that is only
hearsay.
In brief, Nature seems to have an
ticipated the exigencies of progress !
and has In no era disclosed .an excess I
of yellow treasure.
If copper or iron (without one of j
which it would be practically impos- |
sible to carry on a complex society) I
were ten times as scarce they would
logically be ten times as valuable. In '
Which case a man would work ten I
hours for a piece of copper or iron of 1
given weight (or the equivalent there- j
off), where he now works one hour to •
obtain it—or tie would give ten times !
as much corn or land or permit anoth- |
er man to live ten times as long on
his properly.
If the yield of iron or copper in- j
creased tenfold he’d correspondingly ,
demand ten times as much labor (or '
k-.. ... 1 » "1— ...
the equivalent thereof) for his goods
or leaseholds and in turn he forced to
turn to pu> ten times as many tokens
or coins made of iron or copper for the
quantity of goods which present values
can command.
Vow it happens that a strange turn
of fortune has temporarily stilled the
industry of an entire continent which
once possessed an enormous hoard of
gold. These people cannot at present
raise food, make enough guns and am
munition and manufacture sufficient
wares for their necessities. Their
future existence as political entitles
hangs upon the prompt acquisition of
these indispensables. To obtain them
the\ must turn to us, and, as has been
explained above the me bum of ex
change between different nations being
gold, in return for fleets of munitions,
clothing, equipment and provisions—
we are receiving shiploads of Euro
pean gold.
The sudden profusion is leading to
confusion of values, it is as much
as though the contingency just sug
gested with respect to copper or iron
had really transpired. It now takes
more gold to buy a given number ol
hours of service and a given weight
of food of a given period of house
possess! Vl.
In *u 'cf, gold is cheaper, and so
everything else is dearer. It isn’t
worth is much because \\n have too
much of it.
So the equivalent of money (all esti
mated nv the market value- of gold;
•ost more
If I go on crutches I'll be at the !
Cabaret Saturday night.
Calling Cards at the Nugget Office
I
Embroidery
Tli reads
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All colors, stranded thread,
33c per dozen skeins; Rope
size, 3c, 50c per dozen skeins:
D. M. C. stranded 55c per dozen I
skeins; Crochet thread all sizes,
10c per ball, and all kinds of
flowers 20 per cent off.
MRS. J. WINGER
Second avenue, opp. Courthouse. |
ALASKA
NOTES
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What was declared by physcians to 1
be a most difficult operation, was done <
recently, the fragments of a bullet be- ,
Ing removed from the neck and shoul- j
ders of Pete Peterson, who was shot <
i
some weeks ago. The fragments lay <
among the nerves and arteries at the '
base of the neck rendering the opera
tion extremely hazardous.
Eight hundred and thirty-eight men <
are at work on the government rail- (
road line along the northern end of j
Turnagain arm at. present. The total <
number of employees on the Anchor- J
age division number 2,101. j
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W. D. Lashe and E. T. Steward, who (
have been drilling on claims in the vl- J
cinity of Hope for the past year, left <
for the States recently. They declined |
to give details but stated that results <
had been sufficiently satisfactory for (
them to return t<> the district next j
season. (
Simtnle Kiendlo, the veteran White (
Pass stage dryer, was married recently '
and as a wedding trip the bride ac
companied her husband on the 3G5 mile .
dridvo between White.ITor.se and Daw
son. During several days of the jour
nry the mercury registered 50 lo GO
legrees below zero.
Everything for the ladies; a nurse
jirl for the babies and the time of
you life for the gents at the Cabaret.
It's the Halley Comet of 1917. The
Kennel Club Cabaret.
SPRING TIME IS HERE
‘NOW FOR THE TAILOR.'’
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We make alterations.
Wo do cleaning, pressing and re
pairing for ladles und gentlemen.
We make suits to order.
First class workmanship, modern •
method and prompt servlco. |
We appreciate your patronage. j
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I W. J. ROWE
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| Spring is Coming
i You can tell by looking1 at tin window of the HOSK CANDY
\ STORE.
^ EASTER EGOS and BASKETS and tile GREEN GRASS growing all
) around.
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| Rose Candy Store and Arctic Bakery
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NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
BEGINNING MONDAY, JUNE 7TH, THE PRICE OF BREAD
ILL BE 10 CENT8 PER '.OAF OR THREE LOAVES FOR 2»
CENT8. THE 8IZE OF LOAVES HAVE BEEN INCREASED
WHICH INSURES MORE AND BETTER BREAD FOR OUR :
PATRONS.
CHAS, CAVEY, Prop.
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| Hoard of Trade |
Established June 1900
llaska Banking and
SaieDtposit company
kUTHORIZED CAPITAL ....*128,000
'AID UP CAPITAL. SO,090
k Qanaral Banking Buainaaa Tran
aaoted.
Miners & Merchants
Bank of Alaska
ALASKA
Capital - - $100,000
Gold Dust Purchased
aud Assayed
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