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Entered a* second-cias* matter Feb
29, 1907, at the pr»tofflc« at Nome
Alaska under the Act of Congre** ol
March S 1878.
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NOME. ALASKA. FEB. 16, 1916.
A Western Springs, lit, coroner’s
;ury has uttered the final word against
the utterly disgusting and wholly de
grading habit of gossiping by an
..._.ng a verdict of "kilied by idle
gossip In the case of a young woman
bad shot herse.f following
the discovery that her actions
the subject of dis
; iraring omment on the part of her
r.„- u rs According to the publish
■ J at .nts there was not anything
wrong about this woman. Ap
parently she seriously offended neither
t..v laws nor the decencies by her con
duct. She may have been a little
peculiar a trifle out of the ordinary,
may have differed from her neighbors
.r. s me degree, but, whatever her
faults may have been, they were ap
parently twisted into glaring vices to
adorn some gossip's taie which finally
e her to end her life.
The J„: ;• s verdict *s a most damn
:r.g indictment of the all to prevalent
tendency to swap idle yarns concern -
ng the acts cr reputations of others.
1 ere is. perhaps, no more pernicious
habit than that of spreading Idle or
i. < .1.. i tales concerning the affairs
ar.d actions of others, nor one that U
indulged In by a greater number of
people.
I: is true that most of the gosspl
circulated is of harmless intent. That
Is, those who usually Indulge have no
inter ion of hurting anybody by so
do.r.g and few realize that in permit
ting themselves to be the spreaders
of a.»parugiug tales they are doing
tnat which may not only blast the Joy
of .iving or the reputation of some
:t,.iw creature, but may also, in ex
treme cases, actually kill the one
• ou.ns: whom they are directed. It
cannot be doubted that gossip has
disven ever the brink of eternity full
many a one whose end was never
6uomi:-rcl to the investigation of a
jury when the last cruel stab of un
warranted criticism had done its dead
ly work. Most of the deadlier sort of
gossip la not malicious. Tour actual
malicious gosslpers are soon found out
and, while they may continue their
depredations on the character of
others, who, hy the way, are usually
their betters, they are speedily marked
for suspicion and distrust and are
thus rendered more or less innocuous
It is the idle, the thoughtless gossip
who is by far the most dangerous
•preader of sorrow and pain and
death. Most of those who do the
greatest, the real harm, are usually
people who do not stop to give a
second thought to what they are doing.
Most of them are those who have no
end in view- in spreading Idle tales,
save to feel the delight of telling
something "spicy" or "naughty."
The great majority of ue like to be
startled or shocked. Life is dull,
prosaic, enough, for the most of un
and we welcome anything that will
give an added zest, an extra thrill, to
the humdrum round of existence. That
is why gossip has such an lnslduous
influence over the moat of us. We
welcome anything that savors of -the
unconventional, the spicy, even though
-s border strongly on what la down
i .ght evil.
Tales having as their prime motif
some choice bit of scandal, true »r
ther'vise, usually find a welcome In
uie hungry ears of most of us.
Most of them that come to us aren
| .aiy hall true at most and the mr
i jorlty contalh ho truth at all, but, we
[ do not stop to question their verity.
A'» are content to recsive them and
pass them on. Most of them are only
tinusing at the start and we little
guess the utter evil we are doing
.vhea we hand them on to others, for
.he reason that we do not realise
.hat they will grow and grow with
.ne passing and. In time, become de
-tructlt a
Thus some Idle tale which we have
ten guilty of spreading may perhaps
uin the character of some one, may
.estroy some ones self respect, may
olast the life of some one else, al
nought the story contained not a nlnt
f truth. It was lust "Idle gossip,'
uothing else.
THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER
—
Judge
Statistics that nave been carefully,
prepared show that It Is mors perilous ;
o be an innocent bystander than It Is
o engage actively In whatever may
oe going on at the time. The scrapper
liher licks his opponent or Is himself
^eaten up, and that Is all there is to
t. He then goes on about his business
before tbe arlval of the police. If any
a.iots are fired, however, the bystand*
ei is sure to stay tbe bullets, and It
is for him that the ambulance is
called.
The bystander is a man who refuses
to take any part In politics and the
next thing ne knows his taxes are piled
so high that he sheds soaring tears
when the time msm to giay thorn.
About that time he nalirtb that he
has been standing still and that othars
have had thalr hands In hla pockets.
Standing around on the streets L
jee of the most dangerous occupation,
a man can follow It may not appear
o at first glance, but It Is true. Tht
>olice look upon the bystander with
jrave suspicion. If a brick falls from
.he top of a high building, the by
stander Is always there to prevent It
,'rom doing any damage to the side
walk.
It seems strange that ao many per
sons follow this occupation, yet In
nocent bystanders are becoming more
numerous each year. Wherever
blasting is to be done wlth?dynamlte
or giant powder, the byettwders are
there In large numbers. Wherever a
dangerous building is to be pulled
down, thither will the bystanders flock
in drovea
There is no pay day for the Innocent
bystanders at the end of the week
Not one of them looks forward to pro
motion for work well done. A by
stander follows the occupation for
nothing and boards himself.—Richard
S. Graves
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ALASKA NOTES
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Jim Juneby, native police officer at
.-Jagle, died of pneumonia recently
Juneby had served In the capacity of
native police officer in connection with
.he suppression of the liquor traffl<
umong the natives for several years,
and was a very efficient officer
The Alaska Uastineau mine at Ju
neau has now reduced its operations
from six thousand tons of ore a day
to four thousand and a large number j
of men have been paid off. The reduc-1
.ion is due to running Into poor ore
.t Is said. This news was brought on
he Farragut today but It has been
known for some time that the stock
of the company has fallen tremend
ously and the outlook down there is
not regarded as at ail promising.—
Gateway
To Herbert Shearer must go the
iaurel for having been the first to
bag" one of the wolves that have1
been making night hideous by their!
dismal howlings, and between howls,
throwing the scare Into the towns
people to such an extent that they
nave feared to ' roam from their ow-n
I fireside." says the Skagway Alaskan
! jf December 20.
The sucessful hunter after laying
In wait for the past several nights
near Seamen's barn, had hla patlenc*
rewarded at about 1:20 o'clock this
morning, when a pack of four of ths
beasts stole cautiously Into view d
j he alert Heibert. When the smoke;
| of battle cleared away, one of the
band lay stiff and stark It weighed
about 60 pounds.
O. Itow, a Japanese who was con
victed of the murder of Frank Dunn, '
jf Toledo. Wash., at the Northwestern
Fisheries Company's cannsry at Dun
das bay. In 1212, was ressntsnced to
death by Judge Robert W Jennings
In the district court at Juneau, De
cember *0.
A few days before the mandate was
returned from the circuit court of
appeals affirming the decision of the
lower court some time ago.
As the Jury which found Itow guilty
failed to recommend mercy, the court
had no alternative than to again Im
post the death sentence. The original
sentence of death was made by Judge
Peter D. Overfield nearly three years
ago.
A spike pulling test on Douglas fir
cross ties was conducted recently at
the government testing station at the
university, under the supervision of
C. W. Zimmerman. The Idea of the
lest si to determine the holding force
of the wood when used for railroad
ties as compared with other woods.
There Is always danger when aplkes
work loose and wrecks are often
caused by the shifting of the rail*.
The test will be of interest to Al
aska, because a large amount of the
wood that will be used for ties on tue
new government railroad will be native
fir.
He got off of a Chicago made bed.
buttoned his Boston made suspenders
to his New York panta, washed his
face with Seattle soap In an Omaha
basin: walked through a house cov
ered with a San Fronclsco mortgage;
built a fire In a New Jersey stove
with coal from British Columbia; fried
Oregon eggs In Kansas City lard and
ate them with hla Olympic flour pan
cakes and Mexican coffee; shouldered
his Connecticut gun loaded with Rem
ington shot, and went hunting _on the
mud flats with his red dog. The last
two of which were the only Alaska
product*.—Chltlna Leader.
Nome Mufitl 12.00 per rr.or.tr..
The Alaska and Northwest Mining
, Journal says: The recent organisation
' of a mine rescue corps at Treadwell.
Juneau district. Alaska, le another
Evidence of the gradual spread of the
j mine safety movement While Instruc
tion of coal miners In first aid and
mine rescue has lecelved much at
tention in the northwest notably in
| the tut* of Washington, progress In
a similar direction has not been gen
eral In connection with metalliferous
mines.
However, there was a public demon
stration and competition of first aid
In the Coeur d’Alene dlstrlot. Idaho,
last fall, and now there has oon* from
Alaska new* ot the reae—irtnw there
of the need of effort for the protection
of gold miner* employed In the big
Treadwell mine. In British Colum
bia the movement Is fairly well ad
vanced for first aid and mine rescue
Instruction has been given at several
Important met*I mines, while at the
Le Rot gold copper mine at Rosslaml
an 'organlattlon of Safety Depart
ment." with the mine superintendent
as chairman of the Head Safety com
mittee, and day Shift and night shift
sub committees, with clearly defined
duties and meetings for report and
consideration of recommendations, has
been la active existence for several
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