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NOME. ALASKA, JUNE 19. 191«
The district attorney's announcement
that he is preparing to institute a vice
crusade again raises the question that
lias disturbed Nomeltes at intervals in
the past and has also revived the same
wide range of discussion that has at
tended previous similar efforts
It is a question whicn presents many
sides ana varied aspects and is subject
to many interpetatlonB. That public
vice is condemnable in whatever form it
appears will not be gainsaid by any with
a proper regard for the moral virtures.
A "restricted” district is an admitted
evil in any community in which it may
exist and must be deplored by all right
think people . This Is well understood by
those wno have given the slightest at
tention to the subject. It happens, how
ever, that in spite of the admitted evil
of their presence, there is n certain ques
tion of expediency arises in connection
therewith which has resulted in their
retention in the majority of towns and
cities of the earth It is said that sucli
are necessary. It is universally recog
nized that public vice cannot be wholly
eradicated, however much it may be de
nounced or deplored. It may be
restricted, confined or abated to a cer
tain degree but it cannot be wholly
abolishea regardless of the efforts of law
and the activities of moralists and re
formers. Hence .t has become recogniz
ed as something which must be tolerated,
because it cannot bo effectively sup
pressed. It Is something that will not
down though all the forces of law un
turned against it. Not a civilized coun
try in the world but has at some time
made, efforts to abolish it from their
midst but with little or no success. Towns
and cities innumerable have enacted re
pressive measures of the most drastic
nature but all have had no better result
than to simply conceal the evil from
public view.
in few eases were the measures adopted
more than a palliative. They did not
eliminate the evil except in a trifling
degree and the usual result was to sim
ply cover up the conditions while at the
snmn time making the evil more insidu
ous. Considering these things we fail to
seem wherein the contemplated vice
crusade is going to benefit the moral or
social welfare of Nome. Tile announced
intention of the district attorney is to
"suppress prostitution.” But, can he do
it effectively? The mere closing of the
restricted district will not abolish pros
stltutlon any more than will the prose- ■
eution of individuals stop thieving.
Though a watchman be set at ever j
door prostitution will still linger and it.
Is futile to believe otherwise In view of!
the evidence of centuries. No one shouldl
blame ine district attorney for wanting]
to enforce the law as it is laid down for]
him on the statute boks. That Is hlsj
duty. The question is will a rigid en-"
forcement of the laws relating to public
vice be a benefit to the community or
will such enforcement merely transfer
the evil at which they are directed from
one locality to many? By closing the
restricted district the public practice of
prostitution will be eliminated but will
It not continue to linger concealed from
the public eye. If it does, and the his
tory of vice prosecuetion shows that it
I lias always done so, will the community
lie better oft by having vice in a dozen
places instead of one? It is admitted
! that the restricted district Is a plague
spot and an eye sore but if prostitution
is to exist at all. and It seemingly cannot
be prevented. Is it not better to have 11
where it will be under the direct survell
lencc of the law rather than scattered
in a dozen and one places. It is not
doubted that the district attorney will
make every possible effort to stamp it
from the community, but if he 19 able to
do so he will be doing what has long
proved to be practically impossible.
If he does not succeed the situation
will be exactly as It is with gambling,
which nas been prosecuted and prose
cuted but Is still In existence and but
slightly abated. If we may accept gam
bling as an Indication of what may be
| expected from the suppressive efforts in
this direction it would appear that <ho
enforcement of the public vice laws will
mean nothing more tnan that vice will
be removed from its accustomed haunts
to places where it will be loss easily dis
cerned
If we have an evil that cannot be
eradicated, is it not better to keep It
in such surroundings as will least ex
pose the young and Innocent? If the
scarlet woman In a public house of ill
fame Is a menace to society, is she not
»n even worse menace if existing in
private and secluded places? The dis
trict attorney may drive her out of the
| brothel but it seems doubtful if he will
i llminnte her from the community. If he
( lulls to do so the evil at which the law
is aimed will remain. We may not see j
it so plainly as at present, but it will
be here Ju9t the same—and no less In
nocuous through being concealed. Con
sidering the matter solely from the
standpoint of the good of the community
there is a serious doubt as to the ad
vislblllty of attempting to wholly elim
inate the dcml-mondaine. Not only do
we believe that efforts in thnt direction
will fall to abolish prostitution, but we
also believe that they will have a decided
tendency to create conditions which will
jeopardize the safety of the innocent and
virtuous and menace the homes of the
community besides assuring still further
demoralization of the Eskimo, to whom
moral laxity is a natural attribute. Tin- I
Nugget has no more desire to uphold '
prost'tutlon than has the district attor
ney himself but we recognize it as an
evil that will probably continue to exist,
just as gnmbllng exists. In spite of all
that may be done to prevent it. Hence, I
we feel that if vice prosecution Is to be- ■
come effective only in the degree that It j
will substitute concealed cvIIn for public ■
evils, matters had best be left as they
are. Efforts made by official would be
reformers in the past have had no other
effect than to leave an unwholesome .
stench In the public nostrils without |
bating the evil In the slightest degree.
Instead each effort had only made mat
ters worse.
We are but voicing the doubts of a
large percentage of the decent, law abid
ing citizens of the community when we
offer the opinion that the contemplated
vice prosecution present little or no j
prospect of Improving either the welfare 1
or the moral tone of the community for j
the reuson that they will not eliminate .
prostitution but will, on the contrary. '
create conditions which may result in 1
even greater evils.
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m RECORD j
The following tame shows the av
erage temperature put each day for the
the following yean:
ISIS. 1916
June 1 .ffi 30
June 2..23 31
June 3 . 33 30
June 4. 30 36
June 6 ..30 St
| June 6.36 38
1 June 7 . 38 27
June 8.V 27
June 8 .37 37
June 9 .32 27
June 10 .48 44
June 11 .48 44
June 12.46 43
June 13 . 46 39
June 14 .43 35
ne 15 .39 %
June 16.37 3)
June 17.37 34
June 18 .38 26
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thor and supplies have advanced out
side sky hiRli and are hard to procure
at any price. Wo are well supplied with
materials and will not advance prices
I | until we arc compelled to. Our work is
[ the very best that can be done.
I P. A. PETERSON SHOE CO.
Hardware, crockery ware,
graniteware, tools, cainp outfits,
buy them and save money at
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June 10th,
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Home Cooking a specialty
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
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The best guarantee you can have for
a successful issue of your clothes is to
j patronize an old established house; a
house that wants you to come back and
be their permanent patron.
Such a house is the Nome Tailoring Co.,
we make alterations.
We do cleaning, pressing and repair
ing. We make suits to order We ap
preciate your patronage
NOME TAILORING CO ,
tween Segerstrom & Hagen and Zeh
ner’s Jewelry Stores
NOW IS THE TIME to
have your spring job printing
done—before the boats arrive,
prompt service and reasonable
prices at Nugget office.
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Professional Cards
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office and R«*i«fonce.
OVER HILL'S PHARMACY.
Offica haurs: 2-5 and 7-8 p. m.
Phone Main 7.
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MEETING NOTICE.
THE NOME BARTENDER’S UNION
Local 868, B. L L of A. (Affiliated
with the A. P. of L.) meets every first
Sunday in each month at 11 a. m.
AL. NICHOLSON. Pres
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* TRANSFER AND FREIGHTING
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Dealer in all kinds of Lumber
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NOME. ALASKA
Capital - - $100,000
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and Assayed
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NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
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WALL BE 10 OENTB MR LOAF OR THREE LOAVES FOR dB
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In Good Condition
8 CENTS EACH
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