WEILER WRITES
OF BIG
The following interesting ob
servations are contained in a let
ter to Otto Van Sickle from Fred
C. Weiler:
Tacoma, Jan. 3. 1916.—I drop
ped you a postal card a few
weeks back saying that I would
write you a few lines—so here
goes— lam now living in a dry
state, so am now in a dry state
or conditions as it were, myself.
I remained down town New Years
eve up to closing time, and every
thing went without any excite
ment, at the stroke of 12, all the
emporiums closed and everybody
left the saloons without any fuss
We all expected that it was going
to be one grand big night but
there was more noise, fun and
people on the streets the previous
New Years eve all the saloons
done a poor business and there
were verv few drunks around con
sidering and only five arrests dur
ing the night. There was a snov>
fall of two inches and most of the
population amused themselves by
wating the autos trying to climb
the hills, and then watch them
skid backwards and sideways to
the bottom of the bill again, the
booze problem did not seem to be
on the mind of the people very
much. About 35 saloons in thi
place are now converted into soft
drink places, also are selling what
is called a near beer, most of
these places are making a test of
this line of business, and thos'
that cannot make it pay will grad
ually drop out- It was very hard
to buy a gallon of hootch on last
day, as all the bulk was sold and
there was very little to be ob
tained in quart bottles. So you
can imagine what a huge supply
of wet goods some of the dweller^
must have stored away or buried.
At the present time it will be
hard to say w'hat effect this law
will have on the future outlook of
the state. In order for Tacoma
to make up the deficiency of this
* license money the city govern
ment is putting increased taxa
tion on nearly every line of busi
pess that they thing will stand an
increase of license, and there is
quite a holler going up, but this
revenue has to be made up so it
does no good for any one to kick.
Tacoma has cut out three fire
houses and discharged 20 fire
men, and also made quite a cut in
the police department _nd it will
be further reduced later on and
many other means of entrench
ment will be made in the near
future. o
But in Seattle the overburdened
people will suffer much more than
here, am going over in a few days
and see how they like it there.
, I have not seen any movies of
the war for a month now, I guess
(the reason is that the weather is
so tough over there now that it
is ;mpossiblt to get mv good
films. Saw the great six reel fea
ture called the “Battle Cry of
’eace," which has ben gotten up
for the interests of preparedness,
! it shows the immense havoc thn.
a nation of invaders could accom
complish in our present state oi
preparedness, also depicts the
violation of homes, etc., the pic
ture in my estimation is great!
i overdrawn, and although the pic
ture has been made with the in
'•ention of being neutral and that
the invaders are of an unkn >wt
race, _\ et a person with the least
discernment will readily perceive
l that the invading hosts are ■
' nan, or are no doubt inten !
i >e so, so if the Genrnr are
tussedly mean as this picture rep
•esents, the United State
etter hurry and prepare at once
'mtg uess i eople a ret'.«.iig it n
a great advertising scheme an
ire not getting excited. I believe
n being ready but, why we should
jet in such a sweat all at once
and blow in $.400,000,000 just be
ause there is a scrap on abroad r
1 think when this war is over the’
will all be ready to lay d
tr.nay years to come.
Poiitcs are warming up some
now in D- C. and there will be
some warm times in congress
over Wilson’s politics, etc., Wil
son will recede the democratic
nomination without any doubt.
And at the present time I believe
Hughes will be the choice of the
republicans though at present
Hughes says he will not accept it,
but presume he is waiting for the
atn'osphere to clear before com
mitting himself. Roosevelt is
f c >flfee
h< : n t 1 tak< i erious
ly, but at that he i< some thorn
in the side of the republicans, and
1' ! 11 if he is not the nominee
that the ' tlr t d ees get it
must be agreeable to him, and
oresume it must be some one tha*j
he thinks he can boss. Rossv is
now ! ng with the Germans
anu easutg up as ho now knows
he German and Irish vote
;s i.d:. >• to i .v. and Rossv is
> be pro ierman anytime,
providing he sees an opening. If
the republicans put up a man half
way reasonable to being neutral,
md square, he will be the man
hn will carry this vote and get
elected.
(To fe° conUnnpd tomorrow.)
SUBSCRIBE I OH . HE NUGGET
Ias >i <? a ^ w n ga m,
mku.t .-} $ 4*\
In a good manv parts of th
United States it takes from te
hours to three days to carry mad
between points that are only
hundred miles or so apart in a
air line' This is beci .. e th
.country in between is so up or
edge—broken by mount; 1--- a
canons, with unbridgol an ' i.
passable rivers thrown ,n fo
good measure. The long
that have to be made hav
ered the post olhce people j
years.
Aerial mail service has bee:
talked of for some time. At avl
tion meets now and then letter
have been delivered by f:\in.
machines, just to show that ii
could be done. But only late!
has the government taken thi
matter up seriously, with a vfev
to establishing re|
the carriage of the mails in th
way. The experiments that ha
been tried have resulted s»ti
factorily, even under the mo
adverse conditions. In his late
annual report the post-maste
General recommended that aeria1
lUBMnMMMKilUvbMin v -I
mail service he introduced vhcre
evei topographical conditions
made it dcs able, and Congress
subsequently appropriated 350,
"o for hat purpose. Air Routes
re to be established between
various points in Alaska and in
:':ies, .. these prove
cope of 'his
nethod >f mail carrying will he
-nla-ged. Eventually, no matter
in what far place a man may live,
ru.-i nail carrier, in bis air
ship will deliver letters and
ano* to o : with almost a
iUch regulari .■ if he deceit by
a well trave.led road.
*k;n the t few yca^s ai
ciuft have hen safe and re'i
iHec They hive had their most
chine trim ; in the great w tr
Rut their depen dal ility for peace
mi purpo; ; , has been established
beyond question They are being
med every day for patrolling
electric power lines in the moiin
mins, where the ■ <.. - He deep
from eurlv autumn to midsum
mer. On great sheep and cattle
ranches in the West fhey are
being employed by the managers
to keep track of the movements
of the flocks and herds. It used
to take two weeks to cover on
horseback and automobile a
ranch of one hundred and twentv
fi. e square miles. With air craft
it is now being done in less than
a day.—Popular Magazine
CONCERNING THE
ALASKA GOLD
MINING COMPANY
Replying to an inquiry, the
Boston Commercial said on No
vember 27: “The recent decline
:n the price of Alaska Gold stock
followed the announcement of
General Manager Jackling that the
average grade of ore being min
ed is somewhat lower than orig
inallv expected. This caus
ed quite a number of holders of
-he stock to sell and take their
profits. As we understand it, the
company is now mining from a
relatively small area, the mine
not yet having been sufficiently
leveloped to make possible thr
’rawing of ege from several dif
ferent parts to thus obta'n r.n av
erage of the whole deposit. Alas
ka Gold has immense resources
t low grade ore, probably suffi
cient to supply an output of 6,000
o 10.000 tons daily for 40 or 50
years. It is a gigantic mantifact ;
u ng proposition and substantial
profits will be earned even though j
he ore should average only Si.50
a ton instead of Si.7; to $> a
"xpected. It will probably be a
' ear or two before the company
vill be in a position to bemn oav
ev dividends. After the plans of
Itv management shall have been
tarried through to completion th°'
ampanv jiould be able to earn
at least share annually for its'
tock.”
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Mnll f r Knugorok and Teller leaves
'he first find fifteenth of each month
Mali for other sections of Seward
"'^insula and the outside closes Mon
days and Friday, at 4:30, registered:
nd ordinary mall, five o’clock p. m.
Malls arrive Thursday and Sunday
Mails leave Tuesday and Saturday
morning
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nht Price* and prompt delivery Is
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NIGHT AND DAY THE NUGGET IS PUTTING FORTH ITS REST EFFORTS TOWARDS THE UP
BUILDING OF NOME AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE R:-SOURCES OF SEWARD PENINSULA
Concerted Efforts Will Get Results
WE INVITE THE MINER, PROSP ECTOR AND ALL OTHERS TO INFORM THE NUOOET CONCERN
ING THEIR EFFORTS AND UNDERTAKINGS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HIDDEN WEALTH OF
THIS SECTION.
- LET THE WORLD KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING SO THAT OTHERS MAY BE ABLE TO SHARE IN
i YOUR KNOWLEDGE IT WILL ALSO STIMULATE OTHERS TO SEEK AND OPEN NEW FIELDS FOR
DAILY NUGGET EXPLOITATION.
11.00 per month. EVERY HOUSEHOLDER; EVERY CABIN OWNER IN THE CITY SHOULD ALSO SEE THE WISDOM
OF HAVING THE HOME TOWN PAPER DELIVERED AT THEIR DOOR DAILY AND THEREBY ASSIST THE
. - ...- PAPER IN HELPING TO DEVELOP THE VIRGIN RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY
wshclt nuqoet Concerted icfioa Will Hot Only Help The Country,
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