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Entered as second class matter Feb
24. 1007, at the post office at Nome,
Alaska, under the Act of Congress of
March 167 L
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must be In by 10 o’clock on the day of
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NOME, ALASKA, JUNG 21, 1917.
ENLISTING FARM LABOR.
In view of the prospective shortage
e>f labor due to the drafting into mil
itary service of millions of men, the
plan to enlist young men of non-mil
itary age for service on the farms of
the nation, appeals as a very sensible
and profitable one. These 'is within the
borders of the United States a great
urmy of strong, heatlhy boys from
eighteen to twenty one years of age
who are right willing to “do their
bit” but are not able to join the reg
ular army and fight for their country
because of not having reached the
service age. With not a great many
exceptions, these boys are more than
ready to assist in the great struggle
the nation is now facing and the ma
jority would undoubtedly be glad to
find some way in which they might
devote their strength and energy to
ward helping through the crisis in our
national affairs.
As long as the policy of conscrip
tion has been adopted by the govern
ment to provide men to fight the na
tion’s battles there seems no logical
reason why the same policy could not
be made to serve the equally great
rational need of providing an abund
ant food supply for ourselves and our
allies during the war period.
According to reliable acounts, the
labor situation is rapidly grjwing to
be one of the mos* Important and per
plexing problems before the govern
ment. Farm labor especia'.If is be
coming -so s. n.-ce that grave fears are
felt in man/ states that ths supply
of labor will It, so low by the time
the fall Limits are due lint crops
cannot be garnered.
Thus If we can utilize this vast
number of young men for the harvest
ing of our crops the problem will b«
nolved and here will be no need foi
worry over the shortage of labor.
And not only would It solve the
labor question but would also be ol
great benefit to the young men them
Helves. Farm work will broaden their
shoulders, deepen their chests, and fill
their limbs with the strength of out
door life and the purifying breath ol
the open air.
One summer on the farm Will dt
more for the average boy In the waj
©f health and strength than two yeari
of college athletics and gymnasiurr
practice. Also It would create an in
terest In farming that would result !i
thousands of young men permanently
turning to the soil for their livelihood
For years the trend has been away
from the farm to the City and many
a young man who could find profltabU
employment and live in compaxativ*
comfort on a farm Is wasting his lift
and energy striving to keep pace It
the Industrial and economic strife of
some great urban center.
The fate of the war hangs upon the
food question and the key to the great
problem of who Is going to win lies in
the hand of the nation that can raise
and produce and distribute the most
food.
, So why not take these boys who are
not yet old enough to fight but who
are strong and willing and ambitious
and anxious to do something for their
country and send them—not to the
battlefields and the trenches or out
upon the seas to hunt and be hunted
—but to the farms and the fields
where they can reap and sow and In
every way serve the nation as fui'y
as their brothers who He In arms or
shot swept fields of war?
In England the women are doing the
planting and hoeing and throughout
the length and breadth of France
there Is not a woman, young or old
rich or poor, who Is not willing and
eager to plant and reap If by so doing
she can be of benefit to her native
land. In Germany the children have
long since gone to work In the fields
and little boys and girls of thirteen
and fourteen years arc planting and
harvesting the crops nro serving their
country with as keen devotion ns the
soldiers at the front.
So why shouldn't our young boys
be at the same task when the nation
is facing one of the greatest pe -iods
of stress and stilfo In its history and
when the whole world Is looking to
us for bread?
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NO VOTERS IN U. S. CAPITAL.
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The District of Columbia is the only
section of the United States popu
lated by regular American citizens
where the people do not vote. Suf
frage for inen has been tried. There
from time to time, but always has
resulted in so much abuse of the privi
lege that the vote has been given the
Citizens only to be taken away. Con
sequently, the national capital of the
greatest republic in t he world, the
republic which from the first was
founded upon liberty. Is the only sec
tion governed by the American peo
ple where there Is taxation without
representation. There is no leglsla
true, no council, no board of alder
men; congress enacts all the laws an I
the people have no direct voice.
This situation enacts all the laws and
method of indirect representation to
spring up. The people of Washington
have formed numerous citizens’ as
sociation. There are about fifty rep
resenting the various sections of the
district. These association* i'l semi
representatives t<> a central federa
tion of citizens' associations
While these bodies have no meth
ods of enforcing legislation, they do
provide a vehicle for the publication
of the citizens’ opinion and desires
regarding the affairs of the city of
Washington. At their regular meet
ings these associations adopt resolu
tions addressed to the board of com
missioners of the district, the officers
appointed by the president to govern
the city. When citizens of a certain
section desire streets paved, better
street lighting facilities. Improved
water works or other civic better
ments, they incorporate their desires
in resolutions and forward them to
the commissioners.
In this manner the commissioners
are apprised of the wishes of the peo
ple. In some cases, where general
questions of policy are In Issue, the
assocaitions send copies of their res
olutions to the committee on the
District of Columbia of iicth houses
or to the house of representatives
and the senate themselves. While
the method forms but a half-hearted
1
representation, It is regarded by the
people of Washington as belter than
no action at all. President Wilson
I
j recently accepted an Invitation to ad
dress one of these associations—the
Park View Citizens’ Association. Tills
will make the first recogn'tion of these
organizations by a president.
18INCH GUNS COMING.
A French naval critic, J. B. Gau
treau, says that the chief naval les
son learned from the present war is
the supremacy' of the big gun. 2 he
fleet whose guns have the longest range
is the fleet that Is likely to win any
naval battle. It is understood that
jbotli the United States and Great
Britain, and perhaps other cjUi.tnes,
are now experimenting with IS-inch
guns Hitherto 16 Inches has been
considered the limit. Even with 14
ineh g ins the battleship Pennsylvania
lately hit a moving target five times
in twelve shots, at a distance of 20,000
yards, or more than eleven mites. The
power of a gun Increases enormously,
as its hore increases, and an 18
inch gun should have a range of thirty
miles.
NOTICE.
Do you subscribe for your home
town paper or do you let the other
fellow pay f'r your reading.
NOTICE.
For first ciaas work and prompt de
livery phone Main 161 and the Peo
ple's laundry will send and get your
laundry. W. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
The best guarantee you can have
for a successful Issue of your clothes
is do patronize an old established
house; a house that wonts you to
come back and be their permanent
! patron.
Such a house is the Nome Tailor
ing Co., wo make alterations.
We do cleaning, pressing and re
pairing. We make suits to order.
We guarantee all work and our
prices are reasonable. We appreciate
your patronage.
NOME T.ULOIUNG CO.
Next door Segerstorm & llagen
Jewelry Store.
COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
Following ire tne lowest recorded
temperatures for this year and last
on the days le-signated. The minus
sign in fon> n number moans below
zero.
U. S. Weather Bureau.
1916 1917
June 1. 30 35
June 2 . 31 31
June 3. 30 38
June 4. 36 42
June 5. 38 36
June 6 . 28 14
June 7 . 27 42
June 8 . 27 42
June 9.. . .,. 27 40
June 10. 44 36
June 11. 44 34
June 12.43 35
June 13. 39 40
i June 14 . 3C 42
June 15. 36 48
June 16 .36 44
June 17 .35 48
June 18. 35 38
June 19 . 36 40
June 20. 41 36
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Leave Seattle Leave Name
July 1 July 13
Aug. 1 Aug. 13
Via Seward, Valdez and Cordova
Sailing subject to change
Without Notice
Alaska Steamship
Company
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10cts a Vote
Who !• tho nicest girl of wmsn in town? 1 1
Who is the homeliest, man in town? ! !
Contest cloeee June 25th, 12 o'clock noon.
Proceeds go to the Red Croce Society of Nome. i
Nicest girl gets -fine box of candy. |i
Ik any store «1, Antic Mercy
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