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Entered as second class matter Feb
20, 1907, at the post office at Nome,
Alaska, under the Act of Congress of
.Marob 1878.
Copy for regular advertiaments
most be In, by 10 o'clock on the day of
publication.
NOME, ALASKA, FEB. 28, 1917.
Holland appears to be getting her
Hutch up . Although quite near the
buzz-saw the Hollanders seem to be
willing to monkey a little.
Von Bethmann-Hollweg now takes
his turn in saying that Germany
must be dominated by tin single
thought of lighting for complete vic
tory. Lloyd-George has been saying
much the same thing for some months
from the British standpoint. They are
two hyphenates who agree as to
means even if their ends be diametri
cally opposed.
If the allies can be depended on to
keep us posted as to explosions in
munition factories in Germany, the
Germans are equally willing to as
sume the same duty as to disasters
in Fiance and England. The Berlin
dispatch yesterday telling of the de
struction of eighty thousand tons of
ammunition near Paris is doubtless
quite true except as to the quantity.
It i3 not reasonable to think that the
French or any other people would
have such a supply of explosives in
one place. It would be the part of
prudence to keep it in smaller piles.
Charles M. Schwab ns a working
man helped to make the first steel
beam that went into a building. Since
then he has become an ironmaster
with a meteoric career. He has made
submarines for Russia In a few
months’ saving on the time allowed
him by contract by nearly one half.
lie is anything that one fancies him
to be, profiting by the necessities of
his own, or European, countries, or
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giving largely of himself to the world
as you choose to think. As a captain
of industry he has changed the town
of Bethlehem with its thirteen thou
sand people to a. city of one hundred
thousand. He has seventy five thou
sand human being working for him
and the average pay they get, men,
women and the few children he em
ploys, is twelve hundred dollars a
year. From working man to this po
sition Is a consideralbe step and com
mands admiration. It remains to be
seen how Schwab and his kind be
have during troubles that are ahea.d
W II the needs of the country mean
only money to them or a chance for
service?
The extraordinary measures taken
last night to obtain the release of one
confined In the municipal jail who had
been duly convicted h as aroused the
ire of hundreds of law abiding citi
zens who cannot by any chance sur
Professional Cards
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
OVER HILL’S DRUG STORE.
Hours 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 p. m.
mise the reasons for such leniency. |
The act of the council in giving the |
mayor the power to pardon and his |
immediate use of it speak for them
selves, it is true, but they spook cold
ly and the underlying motive can only
be surmised. If there was only hu
man sympathy at the bottom of it, it
would appear to be maudlin sympathy
and unwarranted by the conditions.
The people of this community some
time back Indulged in severe stric
tures against the federal authorities!
for activities which resulted in driv- j
ing women denizens of the under
world to seek homes all over the city
and the municipal government was
declared to be capable of dealing with
the question adequately. Is this late
development a sample of the city's
method of handling the so-called ne
cessary evil? This paper wlil discuss
the matter more fully after further
investigation.
U is probable from present indica
tions that nearly all, if not all, ol
the Alaska appropriations will be
made before the end of the week,
li may chance that money for *he
Alaska road commission may not be
inserted in the senate although united
efforts have been made in the last
three or four days by Alaskans to
influence Senator Chamberlain and
oll.tr members of iho upper house
house to obtain this fund for the com
,ng year. The largest appropriation
of all. however for the government
tv'..toad seems likely to be made. This
sum will be something like ten and
a half million and will insure a vigor
ous prosecution of road building from
both the Nenana and coast ends.
Witn tIt>3 money available it veuld
seem that all should go well in the
const:uction of the line.
There is this to bo considered, how
ever. In Alaska it is almost a safe
bet that anything wlil be done later
rather than sooner than the appoint
ed time. Rarely does a boat leave or
arrive on time, it is more likely to
be from one day to a week late in
going or coming. It is likewise true
that a shaft is put to hedrock in long
er time than was expected. It seems
that the weather and other national
obstacles keep * very thing back to a
certain extent.
And so now it appears that it will
take more time to complete the rail
load than wa3 anticipated. Captain
Frederick Meat's, one of the commis
sioners, is quoted as saying that the
road will not be finished until 1920 or
1921. This means that it will take
two or three years longer than was
planned when 191S was set as the date
for completing the main line. It now
appears thnt the part of the system
along Turnagain Arm, between Se
ward and Anchorage, will not be
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ready for operation until November
1918, instead of November, 1917, as
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was thought at flrst.
It develops that the construction
work has been slower and heavier than
was expiated and the getting of sup
ples more difficult thau contemplate
ed. /
J«i»l summer was said to bo to*
roughest in years on Turnagain ;W'n
and .this retarded constriction. A fife
the weakness of bridges on the old
Alaskan Northern lino prevented the
use of rotary snow ploughs to keep
the road open beyond the Forty mile
station. Instead of employing two
thousand men on the Turnagain Arm
division there were loss than one
thousand.
This is the usual story. No one is
to blame; the conditions are unfa
vorable for speed, that is all. There
Is a late spring, or a series of storms,
or an early fall, or a lack of water,
or a miscarried letter, or some like
Cause always at the bottom of every
de!a\.
Alaska is not different from other
new countries in this respect except
in degree. At times the difficulties
here seem insurmountable. Then
there comes an inrush of strength and
courage and the chief delight in life
seems to lie only ia trying to over
come the hardest job in sight.
COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
Following arc the lowest recorded
temperatures for this year and last
on the days Irslgmeted. The minus
sign before a number moans below
zero.
U. S. Weather Bureau.
1916 1917
Feb. 1. . . . . . 4 —22
Feb. 2. 25 —26
Feb. 3. 17 —26
Feb. 4. 18 —22
Feb. 6. 17 —9
Feb. 6 ...... . 12 6
Feb. 7....... . 0 22
Feb. S . — 1 20
Feb. 9. .. —6 2*
Feb. 10 . —12 12
Feb. II . . —18 11
Feb. 12 . , . . . —10 26
Feb. 13 . -21 28
Feb. 3 4 .. . —24 36
Feb. 15 . —19 20
Feb. 16 . —29 25
Feb. 17. —29 25
Feb. 18. —9 * lo
F<b. 19. 2 18
Feb. 20. 4 20
Feb. 21. S 8
Fob. 22. . ,. 5 2
Frb 23. 16 20
Feb. 25. 4 22
Feb. 24. 17 20
Feb. 26 . 4 20
Feb. 27 . —12 22
o ifc’iJvrx'oaKED.
To the puoiiu.—
We nave just finished stock taking,
snd And u>at <re are heavily overstocked
so are imixing enormous reductions In
Hardware—as much as i> per cent In
certain lines. Notwithstanding inftnense
advances outside, especially tn Hard
ware and Metal Goods, we art still sell
ing on tho basis of goods purchased the
past two or three years.
We will sell tor cash only at these
prices, and for a Umlte • time, until we
bring our stock down to the require
ments of the camp.
It you nave an order to be nlled, let
us figure on It; we can save you money, j
We have proved tt to others, we can
prove It to you.
DARLING AND DEAN COMPANY.
THE 3EST PLACE TO GET
Your clothes cleuned, pressed and re
paired.
We moke them look like new.
We moke alterations.
We do cleaning, pressing and re
pairing for Ladies and Gentlemen.
We make and repair furs.
First class workmanship. Modern
methods and prompt service. Once a
customer always a customer.
Give us your work. Satisfaction
guaranteed.
NOME TAILORING CO.
Next door of Segerestiom and Hagen
Jewelers.
In the home or in the camp, there
is no commodity so extensively used
as meat, therefore it is upon that
commodity that you should look to
for economical buying. Following are
a few of our prioes:
Beef by the siae.(-19
Round st*ak. 25
Sirloin steak. q0
Pot Roast. 22
Stew . 20
Mutton by carcass . 19
Mutton chops, enoulder . 25
Mutton chops, loin and rib. 36
Mutton legs.. ..9®
Pork loin chops. 98
Fresh Reindeer from the Lumen
herd, dres*ed in a skillful and eani'
tary manner.
Sweet Briar Butter 40c per pound
by the ease.
PACIFIC COLD STORAGE CO.
Phone White 17.
WE CAN DO IT.
For first class work and prompt de
livery phone Main XS1 and the Peo
ple's laundry will send and get yuur
laundry. W. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop.
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NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
BEGINNING MONDAY, JUNE 7TH, THE PRICE OF BREAD
ILL BE 10 CENT8 PER .OAF OR THREE LOAVES FOR 29
CENTS. THE 8IZE OF LOAVES HAVE BEEN INCREASED
WHICH IN8URE8 MORE AND BETTER BREAD FOR OUR
PATR0N8.
CHAS. CAVEY, Prop.
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Established June 1900
Alaska Banking and
Sale Deposit company
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL ....»126,000
PAID UP CAPITAL. M.000
A Qanaral Banking Buainaaa Tran
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Fresh Pork
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INDEPENDENT MEAT
MARKET
W. H. Webb
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CARLETON ft COMPANY !
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1 FULL LINE OF MINING SUP- i
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