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NUGGET MINING AND DREDGING
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PHONF Main 46.
Fntared us st runJ class mutter Keb
26, isu7, ai the puslolltct at Nuuk,
Alaska, uuuer the Act ol Congress of
Match, l»7S.
Copy fur regular advertisement*
'Husi he in by 1U u cluck uu the day ol
publication.
NOME, ALASKA. DEC 4, 1916.
All taxpayers In Nome will know
soon, u mey uonl' alreuuy, that the
Urimm reaper is in their midst.
A school boy has detlned “elocu*
tion'' as “me best way to kill people
:n some states." and he may not be
■o far wrong at that.
To merely keep warm during the
weather we have been having may
well be classed us a luxury, if con
sidered from the viewpoint of cost.
There is a type of man that will
stand around all night and crook his
elboW with the boys ''who cun t And
his pocket at all when at home.
The Posi-luUUigencer says that In
disguising ijot-e us canned meat the
bootleggers are merely emphasizing
;hf old saying: "What is one mu Vs
meat is another man's poison.
Doubltcss there are many men who
are unable to understand the attitude
of the inuianu man who asked tor a
divorce because h.s wne reused to
talk to him.
The sporting editor was asked if a
head is necessary to play goil. lie
repiad: "c>uie Hung, u looks tunny
It pour Scotch into a vest pocket.”
One thing lacking in the accounts
of Villas alack oil Chihuahua is the
Stuleuieni that V ilia was not killed
again. This lack tends to discredit
the whole story.
Comej now one Abbott Thayer, art
ist. who queries: “How does it hap
pen that men who know that thrlr
mathematics, gunnery, navigation,
etc., have put them beyond the com
petition of outsiders in their Helds
can l take in that the like is also true
ef the specialists in all adjacent
fields l liy which he means to ask
why nuval men me world over should
paint their ships gray or olive or
whatever they do in order to render
them as nearly invisible as possible
when they have no knowleuge of the
"science appearances" and huvun't
picked out the right color ul all. He
gots on to say: “Half of the ships
that have been torpedoed would still
be uiloul hud the nuval experts per
ceived that there is a science of up
peuruiices, ui.d that science dues nut
form u part of a navul expert s train
ing." There is only one color that
when set up vertical is l.ghl enough
not to bo a dark iigure against the
sky beyond, and that color is white."
All of wlucll means that while is the
best color for ships thut want to be
seen as ii,.ie as may be. Secretary
Daniels ought to buy some white
pamt tor our new ships.
Every climate develops its own type
of architecture. The 'dobe houses of
Mexico with their thick walls aro
Mii.ea id .lie Climate ,.s they absorb
the coolness of the night and retain
It during the heat of day. California
has its bungalow types which ure
not only beautiful dwellings but are
•xpressive of the close-to-imiure life
of their occupants. Alaska, too, has
Its typical and i.ppropriate human
habitation and it is not a (ram*
%
house.
Tina axiomatic thought is suggested
by the pies,m: cold spell which is not
so very colo euher us Alaskan win
ters run. Thirty to forty below scro
is iiul coiu, yet uiuay resiueuia ol
Nome have tu.vu piling coal into two
or three stoves day and night and
moving perishables and plants about
to pis-sai men u easing, cue steam
boated buildings are warm enough as
the Steam pipes Keep working away
day and night.
To ce sure frame bouses are prac
tlcuiiy the only Kind ot houses that
iNouic can have ow ing to the absence
of umber and there are some very
cumiuruuile homes here. Lul the
frame bouse is uul the best house
lor any pall ol Aluahu except the
pan hunuie aim it is uul Ihe best be
cause ii is not warm m winter nor
cool in summer.
In most pai is of Alaska where
ttuibcl giows a log cabin home can
be built taiying in sun Hum nae
room to a uuxeu ol moie at u cost
lliul is uol as giuut as a name build
ing aud me dmerenue ill the expense
ot beuLii.g the two will in a shorl
lime be euougil lo pay lor the CoSl
of the lug awaiting.
Log cabins are often built late in
the lull in emeigciicy cases or by
Uien who iactv lores.gut In prepai 'ng
tor winter Unit are colder than a
flume shack. Green logs and half
mossed cmiiKS are uol conducive lo
whi mm. he lore-hahded man, how
ever, who snips his giouud in the
spr'ug su * ul" w> the Host lb work
out uunr.g a part ot the summer,
v no nas 11 1 gs down curly so that
tie y mi; it} out, and who builus
his house carefully may have u home
,n whch he nriy live in com *»ii wftti
the Iheriuoiueter registers seventy
below »eiu. Tne cracks between the
legs most have pleuly ot muss, more
over, and it must be laid on each
log in turn as the log is lilted, it
should protect each crack on the out
side with a liully boa of brown muss
that repels the cold as docs the fur
inuuler about u lady s neck.
in u properly built lug cabin a very
little hie sumces lo provide enough
warmth and when the uiussave lugs
do once become warm they radiate
beat for hours after the tire has
gone out so Hiui there is uo danger of
vegetables, eggs or milk treexiug dur
ing the longest and coldest mgiiL
,\ol only is ihe lug cabin adapted
to Alaska because 11 insureJ comfort
but It is beauillul as well. tl can
be built on symmetrical lines which
are a Oeligni to the lover of Ueuuiy.
And whether 11 is symmetrical or not,
the logs ot us sides, the rullera, and
the solid construction which should
be visible both inside and uul give a
sense of security and solidity and a
desire to bide there u while Ihul no
other edifice in Alaska can Inspire.
The old cabin home on the Suwanee
river and elsewhere hus been cele
brated in song and story and it has
been sung ot and written ubuui be
cause it hue u charm for the hymun
Soul. The Alaskan log cabin has all
of this poetic charm and it has it
In greater measure because it has
endeared itself lo many nol only be
cause of us beauty of structure and
selling bul also because ol memories
of intolerable cold and driving north
ern blasts u lias repelled so siuidily*
WAR MUNITIONS.
The enormous export trr.de of the
Un'tcd Btutes Is the wonuer of th.
; go. It looks on paper as though no
thing could check the prosperity
wnicl' Is being enjoyed. But any
’.ml.'sis of the figures shows t#”ik
e; els. Our expoi is for the sivi®nu
ywr of the war run to J4.200.000,000,
being one billion dollars greater than
those of the first year of the war.
But of the total trade, 53 per cent was
either munitions ot war or material
for uses of the armies in the Uei
Ninety-six per cent, of the total in
creased trade wus of war material
in 1014 munitions of war made up
but 10 per cent, of our expoi as, he.
1916 they made up 3S.5 per cent. Las
year the exports of chemicals, car
tridges , and other explosives w-re
valued at nearly six hundred million
dollars.
It took the finest engineering talen
in the Uniud States an 1 enortnou
expenditures of money as well as
t
two years of lime ui wli.cn io iqin,'
the industries of the United StAes
to supply tlie Kuropean demand far
I war materials. It would be u matter
of merely u few days io put an i
slant stop to all war orders and to
render the greater part of the equip
ment which has been assembled to
manufacture material to fill those
war orders mere Junk, to be cl-area
out to make room tor m c'lincry
adapted to peace production.
When one bears in mind that 93
per cent of the expansion of our for
eign trade na3 been in war materials,
the demand for which will end the in
stant that peuce come3, the trade
expansion figures take on a nev»
meaning, and the artificial basis of
our present prosperity can bo seen.
Hut at all events, we will rotaln the
profits made up to the date whe t
peace comes, tv. n if the foreign trade
drops back 'o its old figures.
CITY'S CAPTURE
WAS DELATED
oternationa! Nawt Ssrvics.
PETHOGUAD, Dec. 1.—The uffi- |
[ .al communique says that the re- j
j eat attempt to hurry the Austro
■ornians along u hundred and eig.il>
ule front in the Carpathians lit. mil
ains has not ended in absolute fail
ire inasmuch us enemy forces wore ,
.withdrawn from other fronts to meet
Ins immense onslaught and the final
luirge of the German all.es again-.;
he theratened Houtnanlan capital
was delayed several days thus glv
ng the Uoumaniau3 opportunity to
on tench for the defense of their
city.
i he communique further declares
hat as a result of the great drive
many important positions in the Car
pathians are now held by Russia. It
is indicated that another great push
will soon be made against the Aus
Uo-Uerman3.
tVE CAN UO IT
For first class work and prompt deliv
< ry plana Main 151 aial ltie People .
Laundry will send and gel your laundry
V,. J. WILLIAMSON. Prop
THE BEST PLACE TO GET
four clothes cleaned, pressed and re
paired.
We make them look Ilka new.
We make alterations.
We do cleaning, pressing and re
pairing for Ladles and Gentlemen.
We make and repair furs.
First lass workmanship. Modern
methods and prompt service. Onoe a
ustomer always a customer.
Give us your work. Satisfaction
guaranteed.
NOME TAILORING CO*
Vext door to Segcrstorm & Hagen,
.lewelors
Professional Cards
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHYSICIAN AND 8URGEON.
Office and Residence.
OVER HILL'S PHARMACY.
Office hours: 2-9 and 7-S p. m.
I'hone Main 7.
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John Hancock
NIGHT SCHOOL. 212 FRONT ST.;
From 6:30 to 8:30 p. m.
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, also
the Art of Bookk*eping.
Terms reasonable.
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12 .Yorkoy'e Cigar Store
41.Ktre Department
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.. Engine Houae. Phone Main 97 ..
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