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Entered as aecond class matter Feb
21, 1107, at the pest office at Nome. :
Alaska, under the Act of Congress of
March 1870.
Copy for regular advertisments
must he in by 10 o'clock on the day of
publication.
NOME, ALASKA, MAY 17, 1917.
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The proposed action uf the govern
ment in taking control of the grain
situation is one which should have
been carried out before ami tbo np
pointment-of food controller which
was made the other day should carry
with it the full meaning of the office.
The position of food controller Is
by no means a new one, although
many would seem to think it so.
Joseph of Bibl'ical fame filled the po
sition In Egypt with discretion and
wisdom, which would seem to indicate
—even in those remote times—sys
tematic care of the people's interests
was considered the prime object of
government.
In England the food controller has
fixed the price of the 191" crop of
wheat at 60s (15.00) per quarter ton
(501 pounds) which is about 3 cents
a pound or $1.m) a bushel against $3.IS
in the United States which it was in
the Chicago wheat pit a fe\y days ago.
By this it would seem that a "Joseph"
was needed far more here than In the
Egypt of old or the England of now.
It is against the law to gamble for
money—which, If we owned the
world’s entire n mount would not in
itself satisfy one single (pang of
hunger—but it 'is not against the law
to gamble for wheat. The govern
ment has a money controller, the
value and the output are alike reg
ulated and no one thinks it strange—
no cry of socialism. The government
banks now arrange to supply the
farmer with money at a specified rate
of profit and value, but the teeming
hungry millions In tlie cities have no
guaraniee of a standard price for the
food supply.
Let us look at this food supply
question squarely in the face: the out
put of our mines is regulated abso
lutely by the government and stamped
with its value, wo cannot get one
cent more and we need not take one
cent less; some ground yields more
than others, climatic conditions in
fluence the annual crop or output. The
same applies to all food crops ns re
Professional Cards
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
OVER HILL'S DRUG STORE.
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1 ganls varying yield but not to stand
ard of value— And why not?
Why not the American Eagle and
Uoddcss of Liberty stamped on the
j sack of flour as well as the Nugget.
MARITAL PARTNERSHIP.
Iu a day of hasty divorces, when
minds are turning to seek ways in
which married couples may live hap
pily, credit is due to Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Bodine, of Philadelphia, who
have been married sixty-four years.
The fact that they have lived together
that long is interesting in itself, hut
their chief claim to public notice is
in their statement that they have never
quarreled, or even exchanged a cross
word.
The wife ascribes her happiness to
these causes:
"Because I think there is no one
like' father.’
"Because I am always wiling to
humor his little ways.
"Because I will do anything in the
world to please him.”
"Because I have always given him
plenty of good food."
"Because I have always praised him
when he deserved it."
The husband's viewpoint of the mar
tial partnership and the reasons which
he finds for the unmarried felicity of
himself and his w ife, are contained in '
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the following:
"Because I think rny wife is Ihu fin
est woman in the world."
"Because I never have a vacation
unless she goes too."
"Because I have always been ready
to listen to what she has to say."
"Because I never have wanted any
body else but mother."
The fact is that this couple contin
ued courtship after marriage and each
contributed to the union love, re
spect and willingness tomake sacrifices,
each for the other in the At tie as well
as the big things. Most marital un
happiness is based on selfishness,—
El Paso Herald.
NO POLITICAL GENERALS.
If an emergency requiring a call for
volunteers should arise, congress will
be shortsighted indeed if it does not
at the same time eliminate the politi
cal general. Something has been done
in this direction in the new army
bill, which provides that all officers
of the national guard shall be men
who have had practical or theoretical
i training in military science.
Even more important than this
would be a similar rule covering the
entire volunteer organization in time
of war. Political coolnels and gen
erals were the curse of the union
armies in IS•> 1 -5 . Their worthlessness
was not the most serious indictment
F — JUJJ " J.!
against them They were always in
ike way of better men, and to get rid
of them it often became necessary to
give them undeserved promotions and
then relieve them of command.
There are enough trained soldiers
in the United States to officer a great
| army in all the higher grades. In
ease of war, there men should not be
set aside for politicians, who usually
demand and receive a rank to which
they have no claim. There tnay be
good reason for the appointment of
civilians to high rank for service,
nut the responsible cpmmands should
| go to the trained and experienced of
i cers of the regular army.—New York
World.
ADVANTAGE WITH PACIFIC
COAST AND SOUTH
And then, there Is Cleveland, where
snow blockades the city's streets and
the unfortunate inhabitants of that
frigid zone last several hours while
waiting for the car tracks to be clear
ed, Why won't people come to Lare
do and be happy?
When a man's homo is in the frozen
norlh and he cant’ got away, he tells
himself, and all listeners, that he loves
a frigid climate. It invigorates the
body and buoys the mind of man, says
the northerner. Hut maybe you have
noticed that after a man moves from
away up beyond Messrs. Mason and
Dixon line anil spends a few winters
in the milder climes of the south or
the Pacific coast he tak.o a great
ney to moderate we;. ... and strict
middling thermometers, "I used to like
the snow thing, he confesses, and
enjoyed five months of freezes and
two months of slush, hut never again."
('is gratification is as great as,
though perhaps less naive than that of
ihe Eskimo who was brought to civil
tzat'ion by a missionary, "I like it here,'
he sent word to his Greenland kin,
"and I sleep with my boots off."—Dal
las News.
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will be held by the Catholic Lbrary
Club at St. Joseph's Hall on Friday,
May lit, at S:30 p. m. Refreshments
will he served. Tickets 50 cents. All
are invited
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Damp (hanging weather
Brings Its Toll of Sickness to Alaska
People.
. Chilly, damp, changing weather is
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Even more Irritating are colds, grip
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COMPARATIVE
. TEMPERATURES
Following are me lowest recorded
temperatures for this year and last
on the days lwignuted. The minus
| sign before a number means below
1 icro.
U. S. Weather Bureau.
1916 1917
May 1 . 23 22
May 2 . 28 30
May 3 . 23 22
i May 4 . 10 6
May 5 . IS 4
May C . 8 8
May 7.14 12
May 8 . 6 12
May 9.12 14
May 10.21 20
May 11 .32 28
May 13. 28 32
May 12 . 32 28
I May 14.28 28
I May 15. 25 33
May 10. 20 31
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