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NOME, ALASKA, JAN. 9, 1917.
Re.'otms eLb and flow l.ke the tide.
Sometimes the high murk is reached
ai.d then, often soon afterward, the
ebb sets buck to the low level. Public
opinion is uns-abie. !• or a term of
>euis an overt-helming hngjii.y ui
most worshipped the Roosevelt t>pe
of man and now it has swung to a
leader of uis-inctly opposite cnaiuc
teiistics. Very little Is nxed in human
aluiirs. but man himself with las
Varying mouds and his desire to follow
new gods seems to change very
slightly from age to ago. He likes to
t’y new religions, new leaders, netv
nostrums, and experiments in poli
tics. He thinks he is getting some
t! ing better all the time und believes
it until he linds he has really done
worse. In other words public opinion
is like woman as Virgil described iier,
a variable and changeful thing. All
of which is introductory to a few
words as to the prohibition move
ment of today. Not than any argu
fflint for or against liquor is to be
advanced nor anything urged as to
the righteousness or the Iniquity of
the thing one way or the other is to
be even hinted at. But what is the
trend of the times? is it towards an
extension of prohibition? Or is the
movement at a standstill? or is it
going back?
fn the recent election four 3tates
voted wet and tour dry. Those choos
ing prohibition were Michigan, No
biaska, Montana, und Mouth Dakota,
these remaining wet are Missouri,
Calioinla, Maryland and Vermont.
Ait ska also voted by about two to oue
to abolish the saloon.
In the election two years before
there was a cousiderubly larger pro
portion of those suites voting on the
question that passed into the dry col
umn. But in the recent eeletion ihe
drys and wets seemed to break about
oven—(our and tour. Does tills In
dicate a slowing up of the luo-em-a-?
Ill luci, lluiu aie reasons tor believ
ing it does. The strong city senlim-nt
Is in the rural districts, the wet
strength is in the cities and the
densely settled parts. Thus in th*
recont election the dry carried four
states—M. Dukota, Nebraska, Montana
and Michigan—which can propeit> be
ruial suites. S. Dakota, has 13 per
cent city population, Montana 35.6
per cent, Nebraska 36 per cent and
Michigan less than 60 per cent of
city dwellers. California, Missouri
and Maryland each have one or morn
la. go cities and have a greater urban
population than the four states JuM
mentioned. Vermont is a rural s'ate
to be sure and It Is significant to
note that It has given prohibition u
Professional Cards
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Off 10. and Ra*idano*.
OVER HILL'S PHARMACY.
Office hourai M and M p. m.
Phone Main 7
trial and has returned to the wet
column by a vote of ahopt two to one.
If prohibition wins generally In the
rural states anu loses In the urban
-totes h» the lute tiection seems to
Indicate, hns not the movement reach
ed its crest? Are there any more
rural states to be conquered? If not
will not the tide rceevle?
Or ts then* a chance of converting
the densely populated states into dry
arras? The lust election did not s“em
to hold out any hope In that dlrec
tlcn.
If our figures are correct there are
now 19 states that have prohibition
laws on their stattue books and four
more that have voted to put them
there. Is not thl3 very neurly 'he
high water mark? Or can more
urban 3tates be added to the list. If
this had been possible at all It would
scorn that it would have been done
io the recent election while the pro
hibition sentiment which has swept
the world as a result of the war was
at its height. With Canada going
dry and all the enthusiasm that was
aiou3ed about Russia together with
thp skillfully cultivated sentiment In
this country it stems the 1916 elec
tion should have been the Waterloo
of that wicked old king Booze. But
the results, if we have them all cor
rectly, show Insteal that the cohorts
of alcohol won a few trenches. That
is, they made gains so far at least
a3 numbers are concerned. That is
to aay, the population of the states
voting dry is about live million, and
of the states voting w'et is about
seven million. And while we are giv
ing figures we may add that the total
population of the 23 dry states, In
cluding those that have Just voted to
become so, is a little over 32,000.000
and the population of the 2S wot
ptn*es Is Just under 60.000.000.
In the light of these figures and
the evident set-back received by pro
hibition in the recent election, it would
appear that the tide is about as high
as it is going. The anti-saloon league,
W J. Bryan, and many others. !* is
trip, will go on tvorking. It U prob
able also that the District of Colurn
b'O will he made dry by congress, for
the members who vote for it will make
simp friends and few enemies by do
ing as the dry lobbyists urge them to
do But do the facts seem to war
rant that 32 states will vote for un
til n-wdde prohibition when only '!3
have already declared for It and es
pecially when the3e 23 include the
rutal strongholds? Are there not 17
or more urban states which are sure
to refuse national prohibition Just ns
they refuse even to consider state
wide prohibition.
In 1866 there were 31 states In *he
union and of these 16 adopted prohibi
tion. These Included such states ns
Massachusetts, New York, Ohio and
Illinois. After a trial all of these
16 states except Alulae and Kansas
repealed the law and most of them
are still in the wet tj "umn. Every
charge brought against* wine, beer,
and spirits by members of the anti
saloon league may be true and yet
human nature ts such that these be
verages have actually increased In
use as the so-called dry territory has
been greatly enlarged. This Is shown
by a churl put out by the Uev. Hur
ley A. Baker, national superintendent
of the unti-suloon league, and the
figures are taken from government
rerords. Another significant straw
showing ihut the dry sentiment is
not so stiong as it has seemed, is that
in many states where a dry law is
pr< posed some provision for getting
liouor in moderate amounts for per
sonal use is customarily inserted in
il c proposed law. Thus very many
wno favor the use of liquor and ere
opposed to its ubuse arc persuudeo
to vote for the prohibition measure
which as in the state of Washington,
is not a dry taw at all, but merely
an anti-saloon, untid-biewery law
Does any sane person believe for u
single moment that the people of the
state of Washington would vole foi
national prohibition of the manufac
ture ui.d sale of spirits, wane and
beer? How' much less than will the
densely populated states, where tie
dry voters are in a weak minority,
approve of such u measure?
NO MORE COLORED TEA
TO COME IN.
By a new invention the Treasury
Department is able to detect artificial
coloring matter in tens, even if no
greater than 197 ten-thousandths of
1 per cent. The Importation of
"freed" or dyed teas was forbidden
three or four years ago, but until now
It has beer, hard to prove artificial
coloring.
Calling Cards at the Nugget Office
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repaired well, cleaned well and well
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OVERSTOCKED.
iu (he publio.—
We pave Just niilstvd Stock taklnx
.ml tind tnat we are heavily overstocked
, .<• are iiiuMns enormous reductions li
! turd ware as niucn as o per cent ti
i . riain lines. Notwithstanding Immens
idvances outside, especially In Hard
[ a«re and Metal Goods, we are still sell
uf on tne basis of foods purchtsed lb
pas' two or three years.
We will sell tor cash only ai 4hes>
prices, and tor a Uinlie. time, until w<
bring our slock down to the require
inents of the camp.
II you nave an order to be tilled, le.
us ngure on It; we can save you ntone>
We have proved It to others, we cai
prove It to you.
DAKD1NG AND DEAN COMPANY.
In ths horns or in thr camp, there
s no commodity so extensively used
as meat, therefore it is upon *hat
commodity that you should look to
or economical buying. Following ere
a few of our prices l
Beef by tns sioa.$.15
Round st*ak. 25
Sirloin stsak. *0
Pot Roast. £
Stew . .20
Mutton by carcass . 13
Mutton chops. snoulder . 25
Mutton chops, loin and rib. 35
Mutton legs.. .. *0
Pork loin chops. 30
Froth Raindasr from tits Lemon
hard. dres*ed in a skillful and saoi
tary mannar.
Swast Briar Butter 40c per pound
by ths ca*o.
PACIFIC COLD STORAQK CO.
I-hens Whits 17.
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