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NOME, ALASKA, JAN. 3, 1915
Now thai the holidays are over and
«e are well embarked on the new year,
it would seem that the time is propit
ious tor inaugurating active efforts
ward bettering the many unsatis
factor\ conditions under which we are
mpolled to laboi in this section
• i Alaska at present.
We refer primarily the mail service,
'he problem securing an extension of
government road building, so essen
tial to the future development of the
territory, and also to the matter of
securing a harbor ror coastwise ship
ping \I1 uf these various matters
re of the most vital importance to
the citizens of this section in that
i hey each, in some degree, affect the
present and future development of the
territory upon which we are depend
ing for our pmspeiity and well being
. now and in the days to come. The
chamber of commerce has already tak
en the initial steps toward bringing
-h°ut relief in the several matters
numerated and is displaying a most
ommendable spirit In their task. How
1 ver, while they are both competent
■ nd willing to do all that it is possible
for an organization of that character
to do, at the same time they should
not be compelled to labor alone when
it possible for the general public to
accomplish a great deal to aid their
•ffort. To secure the benefits we are
seeking, is a hard task and also one!
that cannot bo accomplished in a day.!
The long and determined fight of!
Fairbanks to secure their present
fairly adequate mail service Is ample
evidence of this for it was only by j
the hardest kind of effort that it was!
effected. The important fact is that
though thej were compelled to labor!
hard and also to wait a long while
for the results of their labors to be
1 ome apparent, they have what they
■ sked for in the beginning. What they
have done we can do also hut It means
work, hard and steady work, for us.
just as it did for Fairbanks. Also
like Fairbanks, we must not be con
tent with merely waiting for a com
mercial body to accomplish the task.
We must all get in and help individually
by every means in our power, just as
(lie Fairbanks people did and are do
doing in tiie present day in order to
' cure still greater benefits. Hardly a
itizen of the Tanana city but has
ontributed some effort by writing to
he publishers of the papers and mag
azines for which they subscribe stat
ing the general Inadequacy of the mail
'•rvice and urging their co-operation
in securing a betterment. Also they
have written to persons of influence
"verywhere asking that they lend their
iid All this has had no little effect
in helping the commercial body that is
leading the tight, to achieve desira
ble results. And, it is needless to
v. it will have the same effect if em
ployed by the citizens of this section.
The same methods may also be prof
dably employed in the matter of se
• uring the other things that we need
in this sectoin.
For proof that this is so we can again
look to Fairbanks for an example. The'
much needed bridge over the Chenu ^
slough, in the vicinity of that city, ,
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| was secured, we understand, not alone
'through the good offices of the Alaska
delegate to congress, blit also through
the efforts of the people of that sec
tion, exerted along similar lines to'
those they are at present employing in
their efforts to improve the mail ser
vice. Both cases are excellent testi
mony to tile value of concerted efforts
on the part of the citizens of a com
munity. if we desire aid from con
gress in the matter of roads, mails or
anything else we have all to put our
shoulder to the wheel and help the
chamber of commerce. We have tried
waiting for the past fifteen tears
w ithout results, hence It Is plainly I
to be seen that If we want anything!
we must do as Fairbanks and the other'
cities of southeastern Alaska have done|
to their credit and benefit—work. And. I
it is doubtless idle to sugest that we
can accomplish more in less time by
all working together than if We put
everything up to the chamber of com
merce and then relapse Into the old
Idle attitude of waiting which, by the
way, has become to us a habit that is
verily like the "old inan of the sea" of
Arabian Nights—an ever increasing
burden to drag us down.
If you want a good light oak baby
sled cheap, tail at the Nugget office.
ALASKA NOTES
John Johnson, aged 72 years, went j
to Anchorage five months ago from
the states, to seek his fortune in that
land of promise. Exposure and hard
work resulted In his death on Oetobei
10.
Thane will have a new reuding room,
under charge of Mr. DeLong of that
place. Jt wll be liberally supplied
with magazines and periodicals, and
will be greatly appreciated by the min
ers of the Qastlneau channel town
Clarence Hamshuv has been in the
Wheaton district looking for antimony
for Vancouver parties, who have se
'ured options on a number of claims.
Hamshaw will operate the properties in
tiie event the Vancouver capitalists
fail to keep their options.
Fairbanks papers state that there is
a steady movement toward Tolovana
and that many mining men and pros
pectors are leaving Fairbanks for the
new camp Freighters are divided Ir
their opinion as to the better trail tc
the camp, some preferring to Olnes
road while others are preparing to use
the Happy ereek trail.
Alfred, the 11-year-old and only son
of Dr. Alfred Thompson, member o'
parliament for the Yukon, was elec
trocuted near his home at Rockliffe,
recently. A group of men were cut
ting down a tree, and it struck a live
wire, knocking it onto the sidewalk.
The boy was passing with his mother
at the time, and grabbed hold of the
wire before he could be prevented
Petersburg hunters report a sharp
encounter with a hand of wolves, who
were not seared away by the crack j
of ttieir rifles.
The Cordova Times reports that the
first of the equipment for the Copper
River & Northwestern railroad has ar
rived, consisting of a snow plow and
additional engines and freight cars. It
is announced that as soon as the equip
ment is in service a two-train each
day schedule will be malntined to han
dle the big shipments of copper ores
from the interior.
Fortunes are being made in Wran
gell Narrows by herring fishermen
this year, according to reliable re
ports. It is aid that a group of Pe
tersburg men have cleaned up a thou
! sand dollars each for the past three
j months, by fishing herring with purse
seins, and the buyers from Prince
Rupert, B. C.. and Seattle, are posting
i themselves at the various ports wherf
the herring are brought from the flsh
' ing grounds.
Tay Bayers, of Kake, who was buy
ing herring for Seattle interests dls
coverd the buslnes so lucrative that
he resigned his position and is now
buying for himself and salting his
product at Kake.—Juneau Empire
A fight took place between two Jap
anese fishermen who were passengers
on the steamer Northwestern on her
trip from Alasak to Seattle, recently
and when she arrived in Seattle a Jap
anese cannery worker was landed suf
fering from four knife wounds and
another Japanese was in irons as a
result of the fight.
FFrom other Japanese passengers
Captain ITunter learned that K. Oku
mata, the wounded man, started the
fight, and S. Serisaura, the man in
, irons, finished It. According to the
witnesses of the fight, Okumata was
the original aggressor, attacking Se
risaura with a six-foot bar. Tho lat
, ter grappled with his assailant and
Okumata drew a knife. Serisaura
then drew his knife and stabbed Oku
mata twice in the back, once in the
face and also severed his right thumb .
Serisaura was taken in charge by the
Itnited States marshal at Seattle when
tl< steamer arrived there
Banker Hayden, a multimillionaire,
if Boston, who holds vast mining in
terests in all parts of the world, states
that more money than ever will be put
into development work in Alaska this,
coming summer and that the north-)
ern country Would receive attention
from mining invetors. The certainty
teat after the present war the de
mand for metals will be heavy and
w"! continue for many ^ears Is so
certain that bankers and mining "men
are planning to make heavy Invest
ments !r. mines.
"Shorty" De Grande, a rancher liv
ing In the neighborhood of Davidson
glacier, a few miles below the town of
Haines, is making a succes of stock
raising. He recently sold 12 head of
two-year-olds to the Julian mine and
experts to have three times as many
next summer.
Capt. Ole BJerke, of the halibut
Ashing schooner Yakutat, has reported
h sing two men hy their being swep'
from the vessel during a gale while the
vessel was at the halibut banks off
Yakutat on November S. The fisher
men were Martin Sommerset and Al
fred Storholm.
The movie picture houses of Fair
banks have cut out the "kids” nights
owing to the youngsters being too
boisterous. At a recent performance
one of the children threw a piece of
candy through the curtain, which had
cost {250. and the management Imme
diately abandoned the Idea of a kid's
r.lght.
The Tolovaua town of Brooks is
reported to he the nearest approach
to the early days of Dawson of any
camp struck in the north for years.
The main street of the town is re
ported to be about one-half mile lone
with buildings going up In every dl
j rection. Every body in the camp is
I hopeful that.it will make a good littlo
camp and the discovery of the pay
streak on the bench claims has caus
ed the miners to believe that it may
yet become a big producer.
The Dawson News states that Tom
Jeffrey, a hunter and trapper, is be
lieved to have been drowned in the
Yukon river Just above the mouth of
the Pelly river. Ho came down the
river having his tent pitched on a
raft, and tied tip to the bank near
♦ he roadhouse for the night. During
the night a grinding noise was heard
and when morning came it was found
that an ice jam covered the place
where Jeffrey’s raft had been tied tip.
It is feared that the ice caused the
raft to turn turtle nnd to sink with
Us occupant.
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It is reported by Capt. Lockhart, of
the Northwest Police, that two Catho
lic priests and two prospectors had
been murdered by Eskimos north of
Chesterfield inlef, at Hudson bay. It
's reported that the four men were
murdered by the same tribe of natives
fhat attacked Radford and Street, the
explorers. It is hard to get any in
"ormation from tho Eskimos as they
are suspicious of white men, and are
taciturn and morose whenever visited
by them.
Henry Philips, a peddler of deer
meat at Juneau, was dilatory. He was
cited to appear before the United
States commissioner last week for sell
ing venison and going on the theory
that it were better to put off until to
morrow what he should do today, he
dallied by wayside. His honor, becom
ing peeved, got out a bench warrant
and haled Henry into his presence. He
was fined $10 and given five days for
his lax ways. He will break all speed
records tho next time the-court desires
his presence.
The finances of tho town of Pe
tersburg were given a big boost when
the P. C. & N. r. company cannery
paid taxes for the years 1913 and 1914,
amounting to $2,000. The Petersburg
Report states that as this sum has not
been considered in estimates of proba
ble receipts to any fixed date, the
money will relieve any uncertainty
which may have existed as to “ways
and means” to meet the cost of light
ing plant and water extension, work on
both of which is progressing nicely.
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TUESDAY NIGHT.
A feature
MISS ROBINSON CRUSOE
T*.»> parts.
A RIDE FOR LIFE.
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