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NOME, ALASKA, OCTOBER 2, 1919.
I'ne announcement lliat what ap
pears to be one or Hie richest quartz
oodles ever discovered In this section
. t Alaska has been located within a ,
low miles ot Nome is doubtless wel- |
mine news to practically every one
identitieu with the town, especially as
there seems a reasonable assurance
that the discovery will really prove
something worth while. The people of
this section have grown somewhat
skeptical as to quartz in recent years
and doubtless with good reason as the
majority of the so-called quartz bodies
have proven more or less a dzz'e
Still there is no good cause to doubt
that quartz of sufficient value to work
on a commercial scale really exists In
this section. Men who have devoted
their lives to the mining industry
and who speak from a broad exper
ience. are almost unanimous in the
belief that this country’ will ultimate
ly become what is called "a quartz
country"—that it will in time become
productive from the exploitation of
quartz lodes.
It is difficult to believe that such
a considerable number of men who are
in every way competent to judge can
bo fooling themselves into the belief
that something exists which Is really
nonexistent. Such a view does not
seem reasonable.
These men are well qualified to
properly estimate the possibilities in
tills lino and aro also hacked up by
a certain amount of evidence In the
shape of quartz deposits which would
be highly valued If situated anywhere
in the states. A mine like the New
Era, for instance, would unquestion
ably be considered of great value if
located in any of the mining regions
of the west. Exclusive of the Coch
rane strike, there are a dozen or more
known quartz lodes In this section
which are equal to if not better than
tho New Era and there is hardly a
logical reason for not believing that
each and every one of them would be
exploited if situated any where but In
tae Nome cuuntiy. as is doubtless
i.ihI understood, the lack of capital has
Cecil the greatest uruwbaok to the
ce> elopinent of these ore bodies to
gether with an absence of leaf inter
. fii tlie pail of tlie people generally
Cutsiile of those who ale directly in
uicslcU 111 quai U properties there are
la* possess more than an apathetic
. "...orest in lode development and the
great majority are entirely heedless of
„i.j prospect that does not contain
pi omise of immediately placing some
thing In their pockets.
1 Here are also others who, without
knowing any thing about either the ex
tent or the possibilities in this direc
:. :i, keep up a constant attempt to
belittle and decry the efforts of those
who are doing heir best to make the
many quartz bodies productive. Un
der such conditions development would
progress only with great difficulty
anywhere. The Boulder discovery may
or may not develop Into a profitable
quartz mine, for that is a matter which
only time will prove, but there Is every
reason to believe that It will, however,
and should this be the case It unques.
tlonably means a new era for Nome
and the entire territory as the develop
ment of one paying mine will stimulate
an Interest which will result In the
exploitation of the other known ore
bodies. Hut, whether this prospect
should be realized or not, there is still
no reason to doubt but that the future
will vindicate the dplnlon of those who
contend that this will ultimate be
come a quartz country. There Is no
question as to the quartz being here
and its development is simply a mat
ter of time and the establishment of
proper conditions In the line of cheaper
power, transportation, etc.
The federal bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce has Just Lasuqd a
statement showing that American ex
ports fur the fiscal year ending June
so exceed tile llguros of the previous
year bj $600,UO0,Ot»U, reaching the huge
total of $2,768,000,000. Of this sum,
ail but $52,400,000 was til domestic
product values. In tiie same period
British exports decreased 3 per eent
and American exports Increased 17 per
cent.
The record of the year places Am
erica at the head of the world's pro
ducers and exporters and has turned
lie stream of the world's money to
.hose shores Indeed, we are finding It
liilicult and somewhat embarrassing
o adjust ourselves to the new condl
ions. Our leading financial marts
ire suffering from a glut of gold. We
have more of the root of evil than we
cun handily utilize, and, beyond this,
the banks are accumulating vast sums
■)( money in the savings of the people.
The situation further brings diffi
culties in the financial embarrassment
of our best customers and the need
of extending them credit. If we are to
continue our trade expansion we must
loan much money to these customers.
Ultimately the condition will transfer
foreign-held American securities to
this country and place American cap
ital In full control of American indus
tries.
In the present circumstances Amer
ica is likely to he accommodating to its
good customers. Canada’s needs in
money are being supplied here. A
loan to British of $500,000,000 is being
arranged. France is procuring here the
gold it needs. Other countries are
procuring credits here. And these ad
vances will largely come back in the
shape o payment for supplies from
American factories.
Thomas A. Edison, a few days agk ’
warned the country of the danger of
expansion In the face of a prosperity
such as this country has never known
before. The figures show that the
prosperity is on the way, and, duly
warned, no doubt the populace win
make a strong endeavor to control it
self.—Ex.
MARRIAGE AND MONEY.
(Taunton Gazette.)
The newspapers are printing a more
tr less mythical story of how certain
?irls at ono or the Harvard unlvorsltly
cummer schools have pledged thom
ielves not to marry men of loss than
a i2,000 income. While stories of this
kind are usually more or less fabu
lous, they do represent the conviction
, ntertalned by many twentieth century
ouiik women. A good many of the ,
ruducts of the exotic civilization id’
he larger cities would say that $-.000
is altogether too little.
To the girl who lias come up in a
iurnlly having several servants, auto
mtbile* and all the finish of cultured
wealthy living, the income ot a
young business or professional man
•u'.ms hopeless. Many of them could
nc.et get by without generous checks
from their fathers. Yet these fathers
1 r ow very well in their inner hearts
•I ,t a young couple would have much
more self-respect and 1 much more
i haraeter were they to.make an effort
to live on their own production.
There is o great decay in our mod
ern life of what can be called the
pioneer spirit Tn all periods of our
country’s history, ambitious men and
women have been willing to go Into
!he fringes of civilization and live on
the wages of day labor until they got
their start. Mutual love and confidence
in the future made it possible and gave
zest to even washing dishes or sawing
up a wood pile.
Comforts and luxuries that are un
earned, not achieved by toll and strug
gle. are enervating nnd soften moral
fiber It may be too much for the
children of wealthy homes to be ex
pected to start ns their fathers dtd, hut
they make some very bad guesses when
they permit their choice In matrimony
to he too much Influenced hv the
question of income. This Is one of the
coses where he last at ?0 Is often the
first at 40.
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W. J. Hogeia, who has been dragging
oil the wreck of tile islander in an at*
tempt to recover sunken treasures, has
abandoned the search for the present,
but will make another effort next year
A Juneau paper says that plans are
being drawn for the establishment,
near the Mendenhall glacier, of a mod
dern Country' club building, with an 8
hole golf course and a modorn tennis
court.
Charles Lindstrom, a blacksmith,
about 46 years of age, committed sui
c!de in a tent about seven and a half
miles from Chatanika last month, by
shooting himself In the forehead with
a 30 40 rifle.
An expediture of $50,000 in convert
ing the steamers Spokane and City of
Seattle into oil burners is being plan
ned by officials of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company. The work, it is
announced, is to be done this winter,
following the close of the summer
tourist season.
Steamship and railroad agents met
last week at Seattle to consider the cut
rate announced by the Grand Trunk
lines via Prince Rupert. The Canadian
line is offering a through rnte frdm
Juneau to Eastern Canada and United
Stales points $9 less than now charged
by the American lines via Seattle, and
$14 less from Skagway.
The Alaska-Yukon Alpine Club has
been organized at Skagway'. The an
nounced purpose of tho club is to
place the glaciers and mountain peaks
contiguous to Skagway prominently
before the members of the various
Alpine clubs of the world, and invite
all lovers of tho wildness and grand
eur of the mountains to visit this won
derland of tho north.
Tho Valdez city council has passed
an ordinance providing for the ap
pointment of a wKarf master and that
no ship or boats of any kind can land
nt any other wharf or dock except that
owned by ..he city unless this wharf
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Seward Gateway. The ordinance is
title to the fact that the louncll wants
lo put the Valdez Wharf or Dock Pom
pony out of business. The ordinance
tiso provides that no goods from any'
vessel landing at any other wharf with
out permission may he huuled through
the streets
Louis Dahl, who Is operating in the
f'hIsanu district, arrived In Cordova
•ocently. He reports that on account
>' the scarcity of water there is no
sluicing being done by the minors and j
everything is very quiet In the camp.
There has been no rain there this Sum
ner. and while some of the claims
have produced considerable gold, it
i ns been impossible to makes cleanup.
The fire which has been burning on
:i re mountain east of town for the
past month, is still raging, the strong
south wind of Tuesday causing it to
burn more vigorously and spread more
rapidly than at any time since It
started. As long as the fire is oonflned
to the mountain side and top it can
do but little damage. In fact, from a
spectacular point of view, it Is some
thing of an asset to the towti.-—White
horse Star.
Fairbanks has started a campaign to
receive all of its mail all of the tlmv
The Commercial Club has had printed
and is furnishing free copies of a cir
cular letter to he sent by individuals
to all of the newspapers In the states,
setting forth that during the winter
nnnths their publications do not reach
the Interior regularly and asking them
to appeal to the postmaster general to
i rder dispatched from the Cordova
fflee. after the close of navigation, nil
classes of mall for Fairbanks.
Seldovla.—.1 A. Herbert A Co., are
mining a very superior quality of lig
nite at Bluff Point. Several shipments
"f coal have already been made to
Vm horage. and Mr. Herbert expects to
be able to furnish that vicinity and
even more distant places with coal tha*
will compare very favorably with the
grade now shipped Into the country,
nd at a much later rate. Fifteen men
are now employed at the mine.
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government by the bot*U er gallon.
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