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NUGGET MINING AND DREDGING
MAGAZINE
Issued Annually In October.
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PHONE MAIN 46.
Entered ay second class matter Feb
26, ISOJ, at the post oltlce at Nome,
Alaska, under the Act of Congress of
March 1676.
Cepy for regular aoverusuieuls
niusi be in by 1U o clock on the day of
publication.
NOME, ALASKA, FEB. 5, 1917.
Peace hath its victories aa well us
war. A s.uiisticiuu has compiled
figures to snow unit the reckless aiuo
niubihats tn Chicago have taken a
fc’va.er lull oi ueol„s curing the past
twelve mon.iis than all tne Zeppelin
ruiueis have taken trom Dunoon.
The fashion magazines some
months ago made the statement that
aka is weie to be worn longer this
waiver. As tne members oi the fair
sex trip Ugtuiy along our main thur
oughiures the new SLyle is not espe
cially nutic.uble, ana they have £hc
reptuuuon ot being up lo the minute
in the uiuvler of styles. A mistake
st mewhere.
The crazy sporting editor calls at
tention to the fact that the skit clubs
of lays Angeles and vicinity this win
ter have failed to arouse much in
terest in this great Scandinavian
spirt. Most of the members seem lo
prefer sitting on club house verandas
and sipping cuulmg unuKs to stepping
Unto their skus und traversing the
snowy wastes.
The chef of the Palmer house, Chi
cago, bays that he renumbers the
time wm.n eggs sold tor live cents a
d'.ren—and l.iey were cunj.tiered dear
at that price. But that chef is 75
yea is old unu his catering to the pub
lic palate began when he was very
young.
There has bt en on foot for some
time a movement for a government
' vaiorlga-ion plan for cotton bruUg.il
oiwaiu by associations of southern
cotton plan .era. 'file plan was to
present it to Congress while the dem
ot'-alie party controlled to a grout ex
tent by the boinh, is still in the suddle
ano there is at lets', a possibility of
its passage.
The suggestion, briefly, Is for the
passage of un act ttxing a minimum
price of 12 cents a pound on cotton as
the basis of,loans to be mude by «tie
feu era! reserve board on the seeiiHty
o' cotton warehouse receipts. It is
believed by the tinineis of the scheme
that this would automatically lix the
selling price of cotton und peg it in
the neighborhood of 2U cents a pound.
An authority says that a 12-c-nl loan
ing minimum would mean a 20-cenl
selling niiunnum and the planters
would then be able to hold their own
with the bears. This la the argu
Professional Cards
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office and R.Sid.no*.
OVER MILL'S PHARMACY.
Office hour.; t-B and M p. m.
Phone Mam J,
meat advanced by the proponent* of
the scheme and from their own point
of velw it Is highly desirable.
Great Scott! But how about the
rest of us? The demand now is to
tlx not a minimum, but a maximum
selling price.
If cotton is to be held up in price
by government flat why should not
the same thing be done in the ease*
of tobacco, corn, wheat, sugar, lum
ber, and other staples.
There may be reasons why cotton
should be specially favored but we
doubt their existence. So long as we
ocntlnuc to have our commodity prices
reguluted by the laws of demand and
supply, plus the manipulations of
traders, the cotton plunters should he
compelled to have their lean years
along with their fat years just as do
the wheat and corn growers, the to
bacco ral3ers, the lumbermen and all
the rest of the dealers In staple pro
ducts.
It i» possible that If the Untied
States should engage In war the prices
o* food would drop although we
haven’t the slightest idea why they
•hculd. Usually, Indulgence in war
ilimo to in.iaie prices. Kegardless
of the why* and wherefores of the
matter, Germany having been at war
two and u half years has arranged
things so that prices of nearly all 'tm
staples of the dally bill of fare are
cheaper than they are in New York.
Chicago, or Seattle. This may be due
to the work of the imperial food com
m'eslon or to some other cause, but
the fact is stated to be so, whatever
the reason.
Germany is short of some few
thing3 and therefore the price of tea
in American money is $2 a pound
and of cocoa the same. Ham and
bacon bring $1.75 a pound, pears are
worth 30 c.nts a pound, apples 16
certs, and a goose sells at 90 cents a
peund. These represt nt what may be
termed luxuries becaues they are
scarce and high.
The necessaries and staples, how
e\er, are cheap in Berlin, according to
the New York World, in comparison
with prices prevailing in large cities
of the United States. For instance,
milk sells at 8 cents for 1.1 quarts
as against ten and even twelve rents
iin some American cities. In Berlin
potatoes hrlng one and a half cents
foi one and one tenth pounds as
against two and a half or three cents
a pound In Seattle. By the peck Ber
lin spuds sell for 21 cents as against
5* to 65 cents in Chicago and other
eastern cities.
Even butter, in spite of the dearth
o' fats in Germany, costs only 39
cents for 1.1 pounds which is well
under the price In any large American
ciiy.
Bread, which in war time is doubly
the staff of life, costs the Berlin
■
housewife nine cents for one and
one tenth pounds which Is practically
I it crme as the New York price of 8
cents for a twelve ounce loaf.
These prices in Berlin are really
lower than they seem at first glance
on account of the depreciation In the
value of the mark. Measured by dol
lar exchange, the German mark has
lten for some months at a discount
of lit per cent or more, some portion
of which represent paper currenscy
inllation in German markets. Liven
If nc allowance be made for cheap
Inflated currency, the puzzling prob
lem remains why Americans In the
Urge cities should pay so much more
f..r so many foods than Berlin at war.
Maybe the regulation of prices oy
govtn.mem control in Germany Is the
►cciet of the reasonable prices and
this method may Indicate the road
»h.s country may have to travel t
I rices are ever again to be brought
V ^ lower level without an actual
panic which would accomplish It
iuru> enough, and bring along too u
lot of human suffering.
l lninly there Is enough for all# nat
or.ij o i the necessaries of life ’'la
of the luxuries us well, only our
l iesii.t system of production -n<> lis
trlbutlon does not permit of asatis
l'ao.ory method of apportioning them
amongst all the people. A war, o;
something may change all that.
Economy of Largo Loaves.
Because of the high price of floui.
bakers in most of the eustern States
wish to stop baking 5-cent loaves
They say the 5-cent loaf costs more ti
bake, In proportion to the price, than(
a 10-cent loaf.
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Between Friends
Country editor wrote: Brother,
don't stop your paper Ju3t beeaust
yon don't agree with the editor. The
last cabbage you sent us didn't agree
with us either, but we didn't drop you
fiom our subscription list on that ac
count
COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
Following are the lowest recorded
temperatures for this year and las
on the days lc3ignated. The mlnu
sign before a dumber means below
zero.
U. S. Weather Bureau.
1916 1917
Feb. 1. 4 —22
Feb. 2. 25 —25
Feh. 3. 17 —26
Feb. 4. 18 —22
WE CAN DO IT.
Tor first class work and prompt dr
livery phone Main 151 and the Pco
p;.'s laundry will send and got v >«r
laundry. W. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop.
| HRE HUH SW
IS...Standard Oil On
IS.Cars ten* CuM Stout*.
it.J. J. Sesuon Oo„ wStii
it. Ueedt* vartors Salooi
II. The UMa
t« .Noown IS >•»
lb.Catholic Chu'jt.
..POKuvar) Saiowi
U.. .. .. Koran/a Cigar stui.
tl.Hra IniartuM
tl.Third Ava aud uuo* Wa.
. Lngine Houea, Phono Main V7 .
» whistles, water.t. sra >u
to me pubiiu.
We nave just 'lnlshed stock taklnx
mil tlud Uiat <re are Heavily ovsrsloefceo
| o are iiiakliis etiorinoua reductions li
lardware—us muon us >i per cent It
, rtuin lines. Notwithstanding Immens.
.dvunces outside, especially tn Hard
a are and Metal Ooods, we are etlll Sell
UK on me t>ueis of goods purcn ised m.
,ua’ two or tnree yearn.
We will sell tor casb only at then,
rices, and tor a Uinlte. time, until w>
.ring our slock down to me require
uenis ol tbe camp.
it you nave an order to be tilled, lei
,s ngure on It; we can save you rr.onej
ve nave proved It to otnere, we cai
.rove It to you.
DAltldNU AND PEAN COMPANY.
In the home er in the camp, there
s no commodity eo extensively used
k meat, thsrefore it is upon that
.ommodity that you should look to
or sconomieal buying. Following srs
i few sf our prices!
ieef by tns Bias.$>19
tound at*ak. 2b
jirloin steak. ’0
Jo* Roast. 2Z
jtaw. 20
viutton by earease . 19
Mutton chops, snould#r . 2b
Viutton chops, loin and rib. 3b
Mutton logs.
■»ork loin chops. 9°
Fresh Rsmdeer from the Lomen
herd, dreeled in a skillful and earn
tary manner.
Sweet Briar Butter 40o per pound
oy the ca*e.
PACIFIC COLO STORAGE CO.
f-hene White 17.
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ANVIL BAKERY
BEGINNING MONDAY. juNE TTH. THE PRICE OP BREAP
WILL BE, 10 CENTS PEN '.OAF OR THREE LOAVES PON »
CENTS. THE SIZE OF LOAVES HAVE BEEN INCREASED
WHICH INSURES MORE AND BETTER BNEAO PON OWN
PATRONS.
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