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City Official Paper
NOME, ALASKA. NOV. 10, 1916.
Now ihat some one has advanced the
idea of constructing a road from Nome
to Candle and some litlle interest has
been taken by a few citizens, why not
keep the movement going through the
winter months? Every one who has
even lightly considered the possibilities
of such a project cannot fail to real
ize that it means not only a vast
benefit to the sections traversed but
d.“o to Nome which is so situated that
the greater measure of whatever good
results may be attained will ulti
mately redound to herself. True it is
that a project of the nature suggested
is a big one and will require a con
siderable expenditure of energy- and
money but that fact should not be
allowed to’ stand in the way of making
it effort especially in view of the
undeniable fact that the town and its
citizens would be the ones who will
derive the greatest profit by the open
ing up of a central highway through
the territory. The construction of a
road through the heart of the peninsu
la will open up a vast extent of terri
tory containing an immense store of
mineral riches from the exploitation of
which Nome is bound to derive a profit
which will amply compensate for any
effort that may be made, even if the
citizens should have to dig down into
their pockets in order to help the work
along. At the present time a large
portion of this territory is lying abso
lutely idle for the one and only reason
hat transportation difficulties render
profitableexploitation impossible. Thou
nds of acres of low grade ground are
lying almost valueless for no other
reason than that precent transporta
tion costs eat up all the surplus values
' > be derived from operation. The
in ning of a highway along the lines
suggested would have the effect of
bringing about a reduction of costs
which would result in a large portion
of this valuable land becoming pro
ductive with the additional result that
more supplies and commodities will be
demanded, more labor will be required
and an increased flow of wealth would
follow. In all of this Nome will have
a share and derive a benefit. Owing
to her peculiar situation as the only
distributing point for the whole terri
;ory Nome Is bound to draw a per
centage from every dollar extracted In
very section tributary to such a high
way. Not only that but the stimula
tion given to the sections Immediately
adjacent to the road would result In
in increase of activities In other por
ions of the peninsula and so furnish
n additional field for commercial in
• rcourse, all of which would be to the
further profit of Nome.
Judged from every point of view
the plan Is worthy of the full support
'f every business man and miner In
'be district. Not only does It mean
an enlarged field of activity for the
miner but the trade of the business
man is bound to Increase In direct pro
portion to the valume of activity created
by the opening up of a large section
f territory. There is, therefore, n due
reward for each in the shRpe of sub
stantial benefits and profits. This
prospect should be a sufficient incen
tive for the buslnoss man and miner
to further the plan by every possible
means, even to the extent of raising
•
. ue money for the preliminary work
among themselves. Had the citizens
of Nome hut a irille of the enterprise i
,.f tile people of Fairounks Wno have
just finished the construction of a
.mi mile road to the new Tolovana
uistrict at a cost of five thousand dol
lars, every cent of which was provided
out of their own pockets, the great
ivougarok district, with its immense
stores of mineral wealth, would not
aave been left practically undeveloped
up to the present day. Had our people
oeen less strangely constituted, push
and business enterprise would long
ago have opened a highway to that
proven field of wealth, simply because
of the prospect that it would be a
good investment for themselves
through bringing a large and wealthy
territory into closer communication
with the principal distributing market,
true it is that Nome controls that
trade already and practically every
thing in the way of supplies is derived
.mm the Nome markets, but that is
not the idea. We have the murket but
this should make us all the readier to
assist and promote its growth for the
reason that the greater the growth the
greater will be the sales of the sup
plies we are here to furnish. The peo
ple of Nome, however, seem to care not
a hang about these things and, if the
indications of years may be accepted
is marks of the spirit, are quite content
to wait with Alicawberian patience
for some one to come and hand them
something. The sooner Nome gets over
this idea the better it will be for
everyone, high and low. Development
will never progress unless we, the peo
ple who are primarily interested, are
. willing to get in and assist by some
, other measures than talk. The greatest
knock the country could have is the
well established fact that the people
>f the territory are the most indiffer
ent as to its resources and possibili
ties and lend not an effort to assist
.n its deveopment. The sooner we come
to realize that success lies in endeavor
alone, the sooner will we come
to perceive that we wli never accom
plish anything by standing around and
waiting for some one to do something.
| if we want to go ahead; if we cure
.11 share in the full richness of this
wonderful land which lies just beyond
..Ur back doors; we must change our
tactics. The country won't develop
itself and few people would be willing
m interest themselves in a country
where tile very inhabitants refuse to
do anything for their own profit, if we
ale for progress, if we want to in
terest capital, we have to get in and
demonstrate faith in the possiblities
,ve wish to exploit by doing something
ourselves beside merely talking. We
want roads, probably more than any
thing else except capital and the only
way to get them is to get in and assist
in their establishments even though it
costs us something in the way of money
and endeavor. The people of Fair
anks did not wait for the government
>r any one else in the matter of build -
ng their road to the Tolovana for, un
like ourselves, they realized that it
would probubly be many years before
anything was to be expected from that
direction. They wasted no time in
vain speculation or innocuous waiting
and today they have their road and
are drawing a substantial benefit from
their commercial intercourse with the
new district. But the result was
achieved by putting their hands into
their own pockets and not by sitting
around and waiting for someone else
.o do something as we have done for
the past fifteen years. All about us
ire numberless opportunities and pos
sibilities ofr growth and expansion
which must remain an helrtiage for
ithers unless we make up our minds to
help a little in their development our
[ selves. The proposed road is one of
he finest opportunities so far present
ed to show our faith in the country and
assist in its development and progress.
ALASKA NOTES
The fare from Anchorage to Sew
ard has been reduced by the steamship
companies from $20 and $16 to $17
and $12.
The tax roll for 1915 of the town
if Ketchikan shows a total assessed
valuation of property of $1,172,760, an
increase of about 100 per cent in the
last six years.
The Hetta Lake Hatchery, belong
ing to the Northwestern Fisheries
Compuny, reports that 7,142,500 fry
were liberated this year which allows
he company freedom from taxation on
71,425 cases of red salmon.
More than one hundred claims are
reported to have been staked on a
mountain side about eight miles from
Seward and the locators hope that in
ime Seward will develop into another
Juneau. The ore Is said to be low
grade, assaying from $2 to $3 per ton.
Steamship and railroad agents met
last week at Seattle to consider the
cut rate announced by the Grand
Trunk line via Prince Rupert. The
Canadian line is offering a through
rate from Juneau to Eastern Canada
and United Staes points $9 less than
now charged by the American lines
via Seattle and less fiom Skag
way.
United States Marshal Brennemun
has announced that} a federal jail will
he built at AnehoAige. The building
will be 28x60 feet, ind In addition to
providing cells for prisoners, will con
tain a neat office and quarters for the
officer In charge.
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William Dougherty, of Seward, has
eceived Information that his wife and
child, who were passengers on the
Lusitania when the liner was sunk by
a German submarine, are safe in En
gland.
The Cache Creek Mining Company
expect to have their big dredge In op
eration early next summer. Miners
in that section experienced a serious
hortage of water for sluicing during
the past season. 9
This Is the season when the cannery
companies are settling with the go\ -
ernment for their taxation by turning
in affidavits of the number of the fry
th< v have liberated from their hatch
eries Some of the canneries have the
matter (town so tine that they even
bring 'he government into their debt.
An Alpine-Yukon Alpine Club has
i , cn organized at Skagway. The an
nounced purposeof the clubs is to place
he glaciers and mountains contigu
ous to Skagway prominently before the
members of the various Alpine clubs
of the world, and invite all lovers of
the w.ldness and grandeur of the moun
tains to visit this wonderland of the
north.
•'(’hisimi" Billy Williams was badly
hroken up in a runaway which took
nlace which he and a friend were look
ing for blueberries near West Daw
son. Their horse scented a bear and
became unmanageable. Billy was
brown from the rig and suffered a bad
> damaged shoulder, a frnetured arm,
one knee cap severely bruised, and the
calf of his right leg lacerated. He says
he will take his chances with the bear
ext time.
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