WOMAN’S NEW STATUS
IN THE PUBLIC MIND
Woman’s new status* in the
public mind, on account of the
war, is hardly yet understood, so
generally is it taken as a natural
thing. Yet how far removed is it
from what way “natural” only a
low years ago.
\\ e all like to look back to the
heroism ; nd service of Florence
Nightingale; but today there are
hundreds and thousands of wo
men doing such work where there
were ten in her day. She had the
courage and the ability to s'op
out from the ranks of womanhood
and dare to do cieat things in
great times. So her heroism and
usefulness are beyond question.
Hut what is hapening in vvar-rid-_
tlen Europe today? Not the sud
den towering of one great figuf
tike that of Florence Nightingale,
but the surging forward of a sex
-tin- general sweeping participa
tion of women, complementing
the work of men.
'in such a demonstration of
human efficiency and human ser
vice we almost forget the ‘sex
bitterness” of the days just before
the war, in England. There is
no room for it now- And we be
lieve that women have gained
more in the last year and a half
than in all the years of suffrage
agitation; and it is quite likely
that when the war is over they
will receive without question
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what'was denied tH£m in the day9
of propaganda and agitation.
Yet thi9 assertion of women’s
helpfulness—the right to serve
humanity—is based on training
which has long been going on,
building up a sturdy people. It
has been stated that among the
heroic women doing hospital
work near the front you would
find many—and they are the most
efficient—who were eager in
school athletics. They are “fit.”
Woman has won a place in the
affairs of Britain which is hers
permanently. It is one of the in
spiring features of war’s develop*
SEATTLE ASSAY OFFICE MAKES
REDUCTION IN CHARGES
The following communication
relative to the abolishment of the
so-called "differential charges”
formerly in force at the Seattle
assay office will doubtless relieve
a general misunderstanding as to
the conditions obtaining in the
matter of handling gold receipts
which has undoubtedly worked to
the disadvantage of the miners of
Alaska- The statement is the re
ply of the assayer in charge to a
letter of inquiry concerning the
change in the office charges, from
J. L. McPherson of the Alaska
bureau.
Two orders of the director of
rhe^ United States mint, dated
June 9, 1913, ana another of No
vember 30, 1914, abolished • the
so-called “differential charge of
one-eighth of one per cent, equal
to $1.25 per each $i,ooo,” prev
iously in force at the United
.States assay office in Seattle.
Charges at f— ttle were then
adjusted with, and now are, on
the same basis as the present
charges at the United States
mints at Philadelphia, Denver and
San Francisco.
The Seattle assay office is from
800 to 1,000 miles nearer to Al
aska than anv other United States
LA TOUCHE MEN HAVE
NARROW ESCAPE
It is reported that two La
touche men had a narrow escape
from drowning or perishing of
cold and starvation as a result of
the storm which swept this sec
tion of the coast recently.
It appears that a fox rancher,
J. W. Flemming had left his isl
and in company with a native, to
take a number of foxes to the
Green island ranch, when their
little boat was caught in a storm.
They were unable to breast the
waves and were carried out to sea.
After being at the mercy of the
elements for nearly twenty-four
'hours their boat was carried by
the tide to Montague island,
where it was thrown on the beach
and smashed.
Flemming and his companion
were without food or a ir eans of
making a fire, and lived on clams
and what they could find on the
beach for nearly a month. In
their search along the beach they
came across the wreckage of an
other boat, from which they con
structed a raft and when the
storm moderated they hoisted a
sail and crossed to Latouche isl
and, and reached home a few days
ago after their friends and rela
tives had given them up as lost.
The men are reported to have
been frosted and otherwise show
that they suffered intensely from
their hardships.—Chitina Leader.
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ALASKA TRADE
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ALASKA MERCHANTS EX
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316 Maritime bldg. Seattle, Wash
government purchasing agericy;
md Alaskans depositing gold in
Seattle, can save from two to four
lavs required to ship a thousand
■iles farther, and secure payment
1 erefor; also there will be a sav
,,g in transportation charges,
:han if the gold were shipped
dsewhere.
In payment for deposits of gold
at the Seattle assay office, the
^vernment furnishes no cash,
sut only checks to be issued by
:! c a.-rayor in charge, drawn on
;he United States treasurer at
Washington city, said checks
miy he cashed in any of the Uni
:**<i States sub-treasuries, or at
\ • "etive United States deposi
tary banks.
If the Alaskan shipper of gold
=ends a written request for cur
rency to be sent to him in Al
aska, less cost of insurance and
t-ansportation, the assayer in
charge draws a check so that it
will be cashed by one of the local
United States depositary banks,
which will send the necessarv
turrency at risk of the Alaskan
cecm-in^ full insur
aoce against loss of the money.
.e co^c ot said insurance and all
exp -ss charges, or cost of post
al. and registration, will first be
ueducted by said bank.
There is another way by which
the Alaskan shipper may secure
currency; by tfie use ot One or
several United States postal or
ders, purchased by the assayer in
charge at the Seattle postottice at
cost of 30 cents per hundred dol
lars, and drawn and mailed as di
rected by the Alaskan depositor
of gold, then United States cur
rency or silver coin may be se
cured at any of the (64) sixty
four United States money order
postoffices in Alaska. The cost
of securing the money orders, the
postage and ten cents register
stamp, being first deducted by
the Seattle postoffice, when issu
ing the said orders, and also fur
nishing the necessary stamps.
This office was established to
aid in developing Alaska.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed.)
JNO. W. PHILLIPS.
Assayer in Charge.
a BOUT your magazines and newspapers
not arriving from the outside, when
it is possible for every one in Nome to
subscribe for the Nome Daily Nugget
which furnishes the latest telegraph
news as well as local happenings.
You do not even have to go to the
postoffice; you can have the paper
delivered to your home or office every
day (fay before supper is served
SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE
YOUR HOME INDUSTRIES
DOLLARS spent outside go out of cir
culation and never return here again.
Dollars spent with your home mer
chants makes for Home Prosperity.
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DOG RACE
NOTES
Geofge F. Kilroy received a
long wire from Jack Underwood
of the Seattle Times this morning
in which the noted writer request
him to forward all particulars as
to the coming Sweepstakes race.
Underwood mentions the fact
that Alaskans in Seattle and all
coast cites are clamoring for dope
on the northern classic.
Despite the fact that Scotty Al
lan is not with us, the race gives
promise of being the best for a
good many years. New blood
will be seen on the trail—it is
rumored—and the Kennel club
eagerly await the entries.
Bobby Brown states his inten
tion of entering. His dogs arc
quarter-stag on the heavy side
and have exhibited excellent stay
ing qualities in the long drives
he has made during the winter.
Dame rumor hath it that our
popular marshal will also have a
team in the race. He has a string
of dogs whose staying qualities,
is their strong forte, and if the
race is run in heavy weather they
will have an even break with the
best.
Another possible entry is the
jovial president of the Kennel
Club. He has maintained a big
stable of Siberians, who, like the
Cossacks of yester-year and to
day, are never tried and never (
beat.
The Bowen-Delezene kennels
have some thoroughbred stock in.
their racing string this year. Since
Fay won the classic three years'
ago he has gone into the raising
of racing stock good and st-ogg
Percy Blatchford and the “Ken
tucky Kernel” have a whole flock
of dogs strung across the penin-j
sula from wrhich they will select
a strong aggregation for the big!
event.
Leonard Seppala “refuses to
be interviewed.” He is “out to
win" and at that the matter ends
as far as Sweepstakes dope goes
with him.
Fred Ayer with his string of
speedy flyers will probably be one
of the entries.
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