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NOME, ALASKA, SEPT. S, 1916. ;
The efforts being made in certain j
quarters to revive interest in the open-j
jng of Uie railroad and also in the J
building cf a wagon road to Candle j
may seem very much like an idle waste j
• .I time to a certain element among the j
P ■pulati.iti—wo refer to those whose j
principal vocation seems to lie in 1
knocking the camp whenever possible—j
but at the same time such action can- |
not but have a good effect In reviving
the flagging spirits of the community
which in many quarters have lapsed
into a condition where "Come day; Go
day; Heaven send Sunday" seems to
be the motto of existence. The pres
ent efforts may amount to nothing In
a concrete sense; It may be merely a
waste of time and effort to undertake
the building of a road to Candle and
the idea may be animated by an over
abundance of optimism but, is certain
ly dear to anyone who gives the mat
ter a moment’s sober reflection that the
effort cannot be altogether wasted. The
movement is constructive and therefore
cannot but bo beneficial—if not along
the line of present intent, at least, the
leaven thereof will ultimately develop
in some other direction.
No effort of this nature can be ut
terly devoid of beneficial results. Noth
ing tha tends to build up can he an
altogether wasted effort and some good
will ultimately result therefrom, al
though such result may be far from
the original purpose. In the present
case the animating idea of both pro
jects is the to all appaient need for easy
transportation to the interior sections
At the present time practically every
activity centering beyond a certain ra
dius from the coast line is hindered!
by the absence of cheap and adequate
transportation facilities and many in
dustries which might flourish under
less restrictive conditions are compell
ed to languish or remain undeveloped
Within the Interior are countless pos
sibilities for mining development which
must remain unexploited until such
time as the district is made easy ol
access through the opening of rail or
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vagon roads. From every angle It may I
>e easily seen that adequate and econ
omical transportation is the great es
iential to the future development of the
erritory.
Within a very short distance of Nomt
ire promising mines of wvera> eliar
lcteis wlucn are idle because ol tin
lOsence ol effective weans of transport
. kw me cuiiiiiiori-'iiiJ
.ysiuitw oi me oieinei. winy me ouiei
my an example oi me greal need in
,u,s uirecuon was turmsneu m the rf
Lui i requneu lo unug to fsome a smai.
consignment of antimony ole from a
n.ue WUlcIl Is locateii scarcely more
tiian twenty miles from the city. Aftei
me mineral was mined It required the
services of a freighter brought from
town at considerable expense to place
the product at a locality' along the rail
road line where it could be taken m
by a dogmoblle and so brought to town
Although the total consignment would
hardly be more than two good wagon
loads, It required two trips to land the
shipment on the dock ready for trans
portation to the outside. The method
employed necessarily created a heavy
burden of expense which must bt
charged against the mlnerul product
from the ores thus greatly reducing the
! profits of the owners. We are Informed
that so excessive were these costs that
the possibility of mining the mineral
at a profit Is reduced to the scantiest
I margin. Here is a mine containing a
much sought mineral which can be
mined only on the smallest margin ol
profit. If at all, for the one and only
reason that Inadequate transportation
eats up whatever profits might accrut
under different conditions. Example*
of the same nature may be cited by the
dozen, all Illustrating clearly that the
future of the district is absolutely de
pendent on the opening up of commer
cial highways and the reduction ol
transportation costs. Until this is ef
fected the country Is bound to languish
and the sooner It Is realized that condi
tions cannot be at their best until prop
er transportation highways are estab
lished the better it will be for every
one who Is a bona fide resident of tht
territory. Therefore, the efforts now
being made to affect some change along
this line should receive the oppproba
tlon and support of every citizen. In
stead of decrying the effort we should
each and every one of us get In and
most the plan along by every means
josslble. A quantity of good live agl
atlon will sometimes accomplish won
lers nnd we personally have little doubt
:hat a concerted effort to open the rail
road at least will result In the desirr
booming a reality.
Two miners at the Ellamar mine
were burned as the result of gas ex
plosion on one of the lower levels. Nt
deaths of the affair have been received
Commenting on what it calls the I
"Juneau Spirit” displayed by the peo
ple of southeastern Alaska in the at
tempt to retain the whole of the forest
reserve money, the Fairbanks Citizen
hands out the following: “If the people
of the first divsion think that the ter
ritorial government is being maintain
ed for their special benefit, they will
suddenly awaken one of these days to
the fact that they have been deluded
in that respect. The Juneau political
machine will find serious obstacles to
overcome if it tries to run things to
the extent of retaining in the first di
vision all the territorial funds. The
fact is that geographically and other
wise. the first division is the most in
significant subdivision of Alaska. Its
resources are limited to some big
mines, the profits of which go to a
limited number of millionaires, and
there is hut little room for agriculture
or stock raising. The rest of Alaska
would be very willing to have Juneau
uni other towns along the peninsula
initexed by Seattle or allow the first
in ision to uauuw a „cpuiuie termory
■vun tun teinionui lonn ol govern -
Ulelit. Cel'lain il is lual lUe rest Oi
.U.UKU win naio a ituueucy lie real lei
lo semi to me iegisiutuu men who will
Aleck llio seinsti nisiiiuis ol tlio ilrsl
unisiun, uuu when il comes lo appro
priations, in a tavorsU lew will havs li
0.1 ku Wiiat tuoy oau gel."
i AmbA.N hs—During the last lew
tears there has been more or less ilis
oussion, uinong mining men, us to
whether or nut sulphur in paying quan
lilies eoual be lound in Alaska. 1'. K
.UeUuire, who wus one ol the tlrst to
stake coal lands lu the Nenana, but Whc
later lost title to them, is showing
some sulphur around town, which he
ways was taken out ol the ground not
a great distance from Fairbanks. The
sulphur is of a high grade and can he
taken out in quantities sufficient to
pay, if the government will permit it
says McGuire.
Mr. McGuire also claims to have in
formation as to the location of some
o», not fifty miles from Fairbanks, and
he says that he is ready to bring five
barrels of crude oil to town any time
the government will permit him tc
stake upon the ground.
FAIRBANKS—While watching oper
ations on Steamboat gulch, a tributary
of Pedro creek, MtMke Legoflf, a Rus
sian, sustained a severe injury. He had
gone to the property of Anderson &
Lindquist, searching for work, and as
he sat near the shaft, the hucket swung
back and hit him above the knee with
such force that it fractured the limb
For a time It was feared that h<
would die, but he was finally brought
to town and placed In St. Joseph’s hos
pital safely.
Dr. J. H. MeCallum, who was called
to attend the man. said that the break
was a bad one, but he did not think
that the injury would necessitate the
amputation of the leg. At first, It
looked as If it would he necessary to
take such action, but a careful exam
ination and the condition of the man
showed that it would not be necessary
to take such a step unless complica
tions set In.
Friends of the man said that he went
to Steamboat gulch looking for work
and was not working when Injured.
RUBY—Capt. A. D. Williams, aftei
on absence of ten months to a day, re
turned to Ruby last Monday. He has
heen on the extreme upper reaches ol
the Novi river all the time, and had
not heard any intimation of the great
war that is now holding the attention
of the world until he neared the Yukon
a few days ago. Bob Smith, Jack Bar
son, and Ed Slater came out from the
same general region, and it is known
that several men spent the winter
across the divide on the waters of the
Kuskokwim. none of whom had heard
of the war.
The electric light war between the
two companies operating at Valdez Is
at an end. The stockholders of the
Valdez Electric Company voted at a
stockholders’ meeting to consolidate
with the Alaska Water. Bight and Tele
phone Company upon terms that have
been agreed upon by the two com- '
panes. Nothing has been signed up as
yet, but the agreement has been made
and all that is necessary is to draw up
the necessary papers.
The A. W„ L. & T. Co. agrees, how
ever to operate under the 10-eent fran
chise of the Valdez Electric, which is
t third less than the rates in force
rrior to the new company entering the
leld. This, however, is two cents a
. ilowatt hour higher than the present ,
•ates of the new company.
RAISING THE LUSITANIA.
Engineers in England are seriouslj
liscusslng the possibility that the I.us
tania may be raised from the ocean
bottom. She lies at a depfh of 300 tc
100 feet, on a bottom that is supposed
10 be hard enough to have prevented
her becoming packed in mud and grown
into the sea's floor. This is in many
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.•asses the greatest difficulty about rals
ng a ship.
The Lusitania and her cargo are esti
mated to weigh about 40,000 tons
Rhieh is a greater weight than has
sver been dragged up from the sea’s
bottom. Moreover, the depth at which
3lie lies ic perhaps 100 feet greatei
ban any at which divers have evei
successfully operated. But It Is sug
gested that greater power and biggei
appliances might cope with the greatei
weight; while there have been recent
improvements in divingg paraphernalia
which might make the work possible
lesplte the great depth. Especially Is
t claimed that a spherical diving ma
chine has been perfected. In which men
•mild go to much greater depths and
still work, using artificial light to guldi
hem.
Most plausible of the plans pro
mised Is that which looks to attaching
•aides to the ship and lifting her a few
Vet and then towing her Inshore to
ihallower water till she would again
•est on the bottom; then lifting her
ignln and taking another towing step
lpward; and so on until she should be
irought to such a depth of water that
irdlnnrv diving apparatus would serve
[he salvers. The prohlem Is considered
to he, nt least, one of whether the
•ost would he grenter than the value
if the salvage.
PLEASE READ THI8 CAREFULLY.
Our new catalogue of samples has
arrived showing the latest styles for
1915 and 1916. The best tailor made
suits to order from $18 up.
We have over three hundred of the
latest patterns to select from besides
fancy vests, overcoats and raincoats.
Please order before the Victoria sails
Sept. 4 so we can get them before the
close of navigation.
Please bring your cleaning, pressing
and repairing to us.
Yours to please.
NOME TAILORING CO.
Between Segerstrom & Hagen and
KehnePe Jewelry storee.
School Supplies. See our window.
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Steam Laundry will call and get your
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