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Entered as second class matter Feb
26, 1907, at tbe post office at Nome,
Alaska, under tbe Act of Congress of
March 1678.
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NOME, ALASKA, MARCH 15, 1917.
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Fiern London comes a new phrase,
or it might better be called a new
bit of slang. ”1 must Wilsoriize ‘ is
Us form. Its interpretation is “I
must think it over.” It expresses first
of all hesitancy, indecision a desire
to postpone, to delay, to temporize. It
conveys an intimation of umuadiness,
being taken by surprise, dis n’st o'
immediat : decision, suspicion of pos
sible i ang- it and of fear of conse
quences.
Two years ago it was stated with
pride by both working men and em
ployers that copper miners in Arizona
received 83.50 per day of eight hours.
This amounted to }24.50 a week of
seven days. In these two years wages
have advanced so that in last Decern
ber the wage rate was }5.75 a day or
$40.25 a week. The reason for this
increase lies in a sliding scale that
ascended as the price of copper
mounted. Copper had gone up to near
ly 32 cents a pound according to the
Engineering and Mining Journal and
still seemed to be climbing. Presum
aby the price will fall again some day
and so will be the miner’s wages. Per
haps also the cost of living will slip
backward a little.
Probably nearly everyone has won
dered what part the kaiser takes in
the great war. His daily routine Is
described by the Berlin Lokalanzieger
and translated as follows: The kaiser’s
entire day at military headquarters is
passed amidst serious and fatiguing
labor. He peruses sundry orders, re
ceives reports from mlnsiters and othe*"
high officials, welcomes princely visi
tors and often the ministers and lead
ing statesmen of the allied powers
as well.
Whenever troop trains pass, the
kaiser has them halted while he In
spects the men and addresses them
with his inspiring eloquence.
The kaiser lives the simplest of lives.
He appears somewhat thin as a result
OC his daily diet which Is war bi =a. 1
potatoes and cheap fish.
The necessarily Imperfect and frag
rrntary telegraphic service received
by Alaskan papers while giving the
'mportant news of each day sometimes
leaves gaps that are not filled, per
haps, until the arrival of metropolitan
papers from the outside. Where, for
instance, is the Deutchland? She
was reported in January as about to
arrive at New London in a dny or
two. fhe tugboat company was all
Professional Cards
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
OVER HILL’S DRUG STORE.
Hours 2 to 5 and 7 to S p. m.
Rhroao Main 7.
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I ready to lend assistance as soon as J
the under-sea craft should come into
I American waters. Then came tier- !
i many’s defiance of the world and the (
severance of diplomatic relations and
the Deutchland was lost in the shuf
fle of more important messages.
Whether the doughty submersible has
been sunk, captured or diverted to
some other use is still a mystery. Some
of the exchanges carry a news arti
cle giving President Nicholas Murray
Butler as authority for the statement
that the British captured Captain
Koenig's vessel and took her to an
English port where she lies along with
a hundred or two other captured sub
marines.
Then there is the famous leak. They
went out with a brass band to catch
malafactors of great wealth and got
everybody all excited as to the pos
sibility of proving something terrible
against somebody of importance. They
found out who sent the advance in
formation to Now York and when he
did it. Presumably the committee
reported to the house, but what did
it report and what was it all about
anyway ?
And so it goes. But on the whole
Ihe telegraphic service is very satis
factory and gives the gist of the mote
important news and keeps us in touch
with the great world outside to a very
marked extent.
DIVORCE LAW
Ohio has doubled its proportion of
divorces to marriages within the last
ten years and the good people of the
Buckeye state are greatly excited at
the showing. The comparative ratios
are one to twelve, In 1906, as a~gainst
one to six in 1916. No doubt similar
Increases In divorces have occurred in
other states. The causes are not local,
but nation-wide.
j Having taken up the shock of the
| statistics, there is now an insistent
call from press and~public of the state
I to amend the divorce law. The law is
I being abused, lienee, say the friendes
| of good order, let su puss another law
and the abuse will cease. But will
the breaking up of homes cetvle?
General statistics show that divorces |
are prinicpally caused by‘drunkenness,
Incompatibility and failure to'realise :
the responsibilities of wedded life. No i
divorce law, however stringent, would
alter the capacity of the causes to :
brake up the homes’. The cause lies ;
deeper than law, in the individual, be
yond the instrumentalities of statutes. ;
Increase of divorces does not mean
so much the Inadequacy of law as the
weakness of moral fiber and of moral
responsibility in the pcqple. The.
cruelties, -nonsupport and unfaithful
ness of drunken husbands are not
caused by the weakness of the divorce •
law, but by the weakness of the in
divuals. Nor arc the frailties and in
discretions of frivolous women. • the
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fault of law; and statutes that would
force n Ill-used wife or a wronged
husband to continue in the marriage
bonds would be an invitation to even
greater abuse than divorce.
Notwithstanding the popular theory,
law is not a remedy for all human
ills, if humanity itself were perfect,
divorce laws might be as ‘bk*ad as
u barn door and there wt uld b^ little
or no occasion to appeal to them.
When moral responsibility and honor
and manhood and womanhod rule all
the homes, then divorce will be a dead
issue, whether or; not the law permits
it.—P.-I.
SOUTH AMERICAN
- FRUIT GROWERS
IN COMBINE
Pacifio News Service, Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON, Advices to the
Department of Commerce from Johan
nesburg, South Africa say that the
fruit growers of the jurisdiction have
formed a combination for the better
sale of their products. The report is
announced by the Department with the
comment, that it would be of Interest
to Pacific Coast growers to study this
foreign method.
The principle activity of the conbi
nation will be to hold auctions at
which largo lots of fruit will be sold
to wholesalers. The growers will
maintain higher prices for small lots
than for large ones thus stimulating
movement of their crops on a larger
scale.
GOVERNMENT ISSUES |
NEW EIGHT LIST
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^nettle News Service, Wash. Bureau j
WASHINGTON, The Lighthouse I
Service of the Department of Cotn
nerce has Issued a new revised light
1st for the Pacific Coast of the United |
States, Canada and the Hawaiian and
Samoan Islands.
•All information as to the locations
ind nature of beacons is corrected up
to January 1, 1917. The list includes
til aids to navigation such as light
houses, lighted beacons, light vessols,
lighted buoys and, fog signals.
A copy of the list will be given to
iny shipmaster or pilot who applies
o the Diivison of Publications, De
partment- of Commerce, Washington.
Similar information has been complied
ind is available for the Atlantic Coast.
COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
j
Following are me lowest recorded
temperatures for this year and last
on the days lesignated. The minus
sign before a number moans below
sero,
U. S. Weather Bureau.
1916 1917
March 1 . —14 SO
March 2 . —11 SO
March 3. —4 82
March 4 . —14 12
March 5.—16 0
March 6.. —19 —15
March 7.—19 — 8
March 8. —17 20
March 9 . —17 22
March 10. —17 16
March 11. —25 8
March 12 . —14 22
March 13 . —19 28
In the home *r in the camp, there
is no commodity so extensively used
as meat, therefore it is upon that
commodity that you should look to
tor economical buying. Following are
a few of our prioee:
Beef by the siae.$.19
Round st'ak. 25
Sirloin steak. ’0
Pot Roast. .22
Stew . .20
Mutton by carcass . 19
Mutton chops, snoulder .■ 25
Mutton chops, loin and rib. 35
Mutton legs.30
Pork loin chops. 30
Fresh Rsindeer from the Lomen
herd, dres*ed in a skillful and sani'
tary manner.
Sweet Briar, Butter 40c per pound
by the ca*e.
PACIFIC COLD STORAGE CO.
i-hone White 17.
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12 .Standard Oil Co.
13 .Carstens Cold Storage
14 .J. J. Season Co, office
15 .Headquarters Saloon
21.The Lobby
24 .Pioneers Igloo
25 .Catholic Church
31 .Discovery Saloon
32 .....Torkey’s Cigar Store
41.opp. Webb's Market
Engine House, Phone Main 97.
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form, giving all important happenings of the
world at large, together with local doings and
briefs from all over Alaska.
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