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For years Yukon and Alaska
have suffered from a lack of
publicity. This year 1916, Alas
ka will receive a lot of it, and
much of it will come from the
pen of a man in whom 50,000,000
people believe and have confid
ence. That man is Frank G.
Carpenter, and the first of a ser
ies of 52 articles which this noted
author will write on the great ter"
titories of Alaska and Yukon are
now in print.
These articles will appear
weekly in over 50 newspapers
throughout the United States and .
Canada.
ONE OF THE SERIES.
*‘I have discovered a new
world.” This is the way that*
Frank G, Carpenter begins his'
article, which is illustrated with
photographs taken by the author.
“It is the world of Alaska It be
longs to you and to me, and is
part of Uncle Sam’s big farm.
We have had it about 50 years
and have never realized the
wealth under our feet.
“The discovery on my part, |
reminds me of the Hindu who
was devoured with a great lust
for diamonds. He lived on a
small farm upon the plateau of
the Deccan. He sold his farm ,
that he might hunt these preci-j
ous stones.
“He traveled all over thci
world and spent a lifetime iin
the search. At last he returned
home to learn that the diamond
mines of Golconda, the richest
in the world, had been found on
his farm.
“And so for almost a life time
I have traveled through foreign
lands seeking strange things to
write about and I now find the
strangest right here in my own
country, and almost under my
feet.”
A splendid beginning is the
above. It grips, it holds the
reader. 'It is a beginning that
makes the reader who has never
seen Alaska want to read and
reread every line of the article
that appears this week and all
of those that are to follow. Mr.
Carpenter then tells of when he
came into the country of how
different he found conditions
here from what he anticipated.
He tells of the tremendous size
of Alaska. In this article he
-.tates that if Alaska were divid
ed equally among the citizens of
the United States, each one of us
would have 18 acres of land.
Mr. Carpenter states that the
officials on the Alaska coast sur
vey vessels on which he spent
some time, informed him that
the Alaska coast line, with its
landings, is larger ithan the
girth of the world at the equator.
"I spent two days steaming
from the Yukon up the Tanana
river from Fort Gibbon to Fair
banks. That river flows into the
Yukon. It will be cut by the new
railroad now being built. It has
a wide valley as long as front
Philadelphia to Pittsburg.
The noted author then tells of
the wonderful rivers of the ter
ritory, / He then describes the
magnificenceo f the mountains,
he says:
“Before I investigated the
country I thought it was almost
all mountains, and had no idea
that there were millions of acres
i f lowlands and high rolling
plains, There are some places in
Alaska where you can travel for
miles without seeing a hill.
“McKinley, wlucfh kisses the
sky over 20,000 feet is the tallest
mountain north of the Isthmus
of Panama, and it will be easy
of access to tourists when the
new railroad is finished.”
And so he goes on. A bit
here and a bit there, always
hsort, concise, to the point,
working up a world of interest,
setting the minds of millions of
people to work on the wonders
of the ffreat north.
Mr. Carpenter then tells of the
various climates found in Alas
ka. He completely refutes the
statment that it is a land of ever
lasting ice and snow. Speaking
of its greatness in a mineral way,
ohe says: j
“Alaska is an unknown world j
as to its mineral resources Only
about one fourth of the country
has been explored by our geolo
gists, and not one hundredth
part of it has yet been touched
by the foot of the prospector.
“Nevertheless, its placer mines
already have brought in more
than $200,000,000 worth of gold.”
Mr. Carpenter then speaks of
the great future of quartz in this
territory. Of coal he says:
“As to the coal of the territory,
he Matanuska coal fields are to
be opened up by Uncle Sam’s
.new railroad.
“Some of our geologists have
figured the amount of coal at
150,000,000 tons, and others say
hat the country has enough coal
:o last the human race more than
-ANALS OF MARS AN
OPTICAL ILLUSION
The theory of the canal)s of
Tars, which has for long been
dvanced by prominent atrono
tners with such an appeal to the
popular imagination, has receiv
ed a somewhat severe setback by
the report of the section for the
observation of Mars of the Brit
ish Astronomical association
The rejKirt, just issued under the
direction of E. M. Antonadi, an
nounces that the famous canals of
Mars are an optical illusion.
“The alleged existence of a
Geometrical network of canals on
Mars has received a lasting and
unanswerable confutation, is the
conclusion at which the director
of the British Astronomical asso
ciation has arrived after prolong
ed study. The observations were
i made through the great Meudon
-efractor at Meudon, France, the
nost powerful telescrope in the
old world Although the report
has just been issued the observa
tions were carried out during the
perihelic opposition of jqoo.
Dr. Antoniadi confesses that
in working with smaller instru
ments he himself, like other oh
servcrs^Jias__obtained frequent
ioo years at the present rate of
consumption.
“Alaska is also an unknown
world as to its farming resources.
I stood on the hills near Fair
banks and looked over a million
or so of acres of tillable soil in
the Tanana valley.”
And so he goes on in the arti
! ce to the end. It is a story of
revelation that will open the eyes
I of more' than one man to the
wonderful opportunities of Alas
ka. It will do Alaska a world of
good, tl is a story that is inter
esting. absorbing and true, a
story that is destined to help the
rush of settlers to Alaska.—Ex.
The t’amtiy Paper is the Nome
Dally Nugget.
[glimpses of narrow, straight lines.
Hut in the 32 3-4 inch reflector at
Meudon these lines were seen
only when the definition was red
and the image of planet “flaring.”
With good seeing, a complex na
tural structure of the so-called
‘continental” regions of the
I planet was revealed, a variety of
irregular hands and shadings re
placing the sharp, narrow lines
drawn by Giovanni Schiaparelli.
I the Italian astronomer, with the
j use of his 8 12 inch refractor.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Householders. owners and
agents are notified to immediate"
ly begin cleaning up their prem*
ises and have the rubbish hauled
to dumping ground or out on ici
not less than 200 feet from shore
W. D’ARCY CHACE,
Health Officei.
J COMPLETE RACE STORY.
A complete story of the All Alas
j ka Sweepstakes Dog race, day bj
lay, with the score card was
! printed in Issue of April n
j Nome paily Nugget. Extra cop
es will be on sale at this office.
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not arriving from the outside, when
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subscribe for the Nome Daily Nugget
which furnishes the latest telegraph i
news as well as local happenings.
You do not even have to go to the
postoffice; you can have the paper
delivered to your home or office every
day day before supper is served
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culation and never return here again.
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THE MISSING CHICKEN.
A Nome movie picture.
Scene I. Nome. Friday eve
ning. Interior of tin' down town
flat of well known professional
man—Family and several friends
gathered around the festive
board enjoying chicken .prepar
ed in delectable style by wife of
professional rnan.
Setne II—Kitchen >i ~omc
flat, ’owing usual nropr ties of
1:i• c in. on range large alumin
um put containing more oi
aforementioned chicken. Enter
villian, a hungry malamute,
seizes pot and chicken and dis
appears down back stairs.
Scene III. Wife of professional
man returns from kitchen great
ly excited, “Heavens; the fowl is
gone!” Exit professnonal man in
great haste on trail of thief.
Scene IV. Front street, Nome,
showing malamute making hur~
.ried exit with pot and chicken in
direction of First avenue, profes
sional man in close pursuit, curi
ous passers by watching the fun.
Scene V Corner First ave
nue and C street. Malamute
headed for tundra still holding
pot. Enter professional man
"xcited. Inquires of bystanders,
who informed hint which way
'malamute was headed. Profes
sional man hurriedly departs on
trail, remarking, “I dont’ care for
the chicken but I want that \
seven dollar pot."
Scene VI. Later, same as
scene I. Professional man en~ \
ters much dejected and is sum j
•sounded bv Sympathizing wife
and friends.
Business of telling troubles. !
Wife: “But. did you find the]
pot?" Professional man: “WhaV
do you think T am; a flying ma
chine !"
Grand ensemble with full com
pany singing: "Where. Oh
where, is my little pot gone;
Where, oh where can it be? tho
I searched the tundra for half the,
night, not a sight of that pot did
I see."
COMPLETE RACE STORY.
A complete story of the All Alas
ka Sweepstakes Dog race, day by
lay, with the score card was
iorinted in issue of April 15
Nome Daily Nugget. Extra cop
:es will be on sale at this office
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job printing to be done. The Nugget
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“™~SPrTnG ’MEDICNEml,TT j
A good spring tonic taken at this time of the year is of
great benefit to everybody.
Among the simple and t fiioient spring medicines the tol- |
lowing are recommended
CASCARA BARK
SASSAFRAS BARK. Ij
Sulphur and cream of tartar
Also
APARIKNT POWDER.
Which contains Sulphur, cream of Tartar and other vaiua
hie ingredients.
SOLD ONLY BY US.
HILL’S PHARMACY
SOMETHING NEW
Last fall we had a few cases of Ranch Eggs put up iu
scaled cans according to the government formula, liquid
glass. They have kept so perfectly that you cannot detect
the difference from Nome 1 aid eggs.
They are $5.00 per can o f nine dozen or 75c per single
dozen.
Telephone White 17 for a dozen.
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