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AN INDEPENDENT NEWEPAPtn
Published daily except Sunday by
NOME PUVJEMINa CO*
E. C. DIVINE
GEO. 8* MAYNARD
SOLE OWNERS AND PUBLISHERS^
City Official Paper
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NUGGET MINING AND DREDGING
MAGAZINE,
(IssutO Annually In October.)
Price per copy.$0«
.Price per copy, mailed.lie
Rates (or advertising space In any
ut the above publications will be made
known on application.
PHONE MAIN 4$.
Entered as second-class mattsr Feb
26, 1007, at the puetoffice at Nome
Alaska, under the Act of Godgrege of
.March ’ 1178.
Copy for regular advertisements
must be in by 10 o’clock on the day of
pubUeation.
NOME, ALASKA, JULY 12, 1916
After suffering for yours under the
indifferent forms of city government
characteristic of American municipal
ities, Denver, Colorado, has decided to
try a new departure, a form of gov
ernment of the paternalistic order,
which aims to In-lp everyone from the
working man to tin- masters of indus
try, il il should so happen that they
are in need of the city's benevolent
services, i*i wlous to the inaugura
tion of this unique form of city gov
ernment, Denver had tried about
e i cry tiling in the line of city govern
ment from the old fashioned forms
of civic admlnistartion to the modern
eumie.'ssion systeitf
The results in each case were
i qua ay unsatisfactory. After three
years trail of commission adminis
tration llie citizens decided to break
au.ij * out the accepted forms of (
got eminent and substitute something
new. The result of this inclination is 1
the present system which is founded j
upon tlie theory that a city should be
i mi on tlie identical plan of a great
eonituereiiij concern wheiein tlie com
plete control of tin' enterprise is
vested in one man. The charter also
includes provision for what is known
as a municipal industrial bureau j
which will be udminstered by a com- I
mission under the direction of the
mayor.
The whole system is based upon :
tin- idea that the first duty of gov- i
eminent is to be of all possible bene- ;
fit to those it governs.
The promulgator of this new de- j
parture is one ollbert YV. Speer, twice j
mayor of the city previous to the
commission government of the past
three years. After retiring from of
licu in the face of a reform movement
four years ago, Speer made a tour
of Germany as a member of the Uni- j
ted States Chamber of Commerce
municipal investigation commission
und the result of his observations are
crystalized in the present industrial
Iilan of civic government, adopted un
der a charter drawn by Speer and
naming himself as mayor. Speer's
argument, which forms the basis of
l he new system, is that a city should
lie governed as is a corporation—by a
single, responsible head who will re
ceive all the blame and all the credit,
also he argued that in addition to
maintaining and administrating the
i ffalrs of government, il was the duty
of the government to interest itself
in the welfare of its citizens; to en
courage, aid and assist the compon
« ut units of the community wherever
reasonably possible. The Denver mu
nicipal bureau is the realization of
this idea, which is really intended to
help the citizen to help himself.
The administration of the bureau
Is under the direction of four business
men appointed by the mayor, the exe
cutive himself also being a member.
Its duties are to eucourage local In
dustries, investigate businesses which
are not showing proper returns on the
capital invested, to act as efficiency
experts for local firms and to find
jobs for the jobless. The charter un
der which this unique form of gov
ernment was adopted provides, first.
| for the extreme centralization of pow
I or under one man and, secondly, the
I establishment of the industrial bur
I eau. The mayor is practically dicta*
i tor of the affairs of the municipality
in so far ns the executive functions
are concerned. He has the power to
make appointments to almost every
city office except the lower positions
I in the tire and police departments.
I which remain under civil service.
Associated with him as the heads
| of ttie principal city departments arc
: lour mer. chosen by himself, who in
! turn make their own 'appointments to
positions in their own departments.
All appointments, however, are dt
lectl.v under control of the mayor and
tie may remove any appointee at
pleasure, as well as the department
heads themselves.
The legislative portion of the gov
i rnment is vested in a council of nine
members elected }>> the people and
which make all appropriations after
the mayor has furnished estimates of
j what funds are required for all utu
i nicipal uses. The plan is so arrang
: cd that the legislative branch1 controls
| the funds but cannot direct their dis
i tribution. At first glance such a sys
. i in of government will probably not
| impress the majority but reflection
will lead to the conviction that if the
1 system is administered by competent
^hands it presents many possibilities
of improved administration. The in
dustrial bureau feature of the plan
is, of course, purely subsidary and
tills no direct office in the scheme of
government aside from promoting the
general welfare of the community and
i s citizens. The plan is new, untried,
I ill is apparently an experiment well
worth watching.
BRITISH SHIPPING IN 1915.
Stniistical tables for 1915 have just
been issued by Lloyd's Register of Ship
ping,” which show some Interesting
figures concerning the ship building in
dustry of Knglnnd during the last year
and throw some interesting sidelights on
the direct effects of Germany's subma
rines.
The total addition of aieam vonnage
during the year was 1,461,816 tons gross
and of sailing tonnage 61,934 tons gross,
or in all, 1,523,750 tons gross Of the ton
nage added about t*l per cent consisted
of new vessels, practically all built In
the United Kingdom.
The gross reduction of steam tonnage
amounted to 1,452,6? tons and of sailing
tonnage to 82.222 tons, or in all to 1.523.
. 901 tons. Of this decrease 232,95 tons was
I sold to foreign owners during the year.
1 luring 1915 the number of steamers
; on the official register o. the United
Kingdom decreased by 86, but the ton
j 11age increased by 9,137 tons, while the
| number of sailing vessels decreased by
j 182 and the tonnage by 29,288 tons. The
| total number of vessels on the register
j therefore decreased by 268 and the total
tonnage by 11,251 tons during the year.
! I Respite the fact that it takes mnnv
j months to build n ship and only a few
minutes to sink one, these figures show
! that the Fnglish have been building
| -■hips faster than the submarines have
i been 'sinking them.—Lx.
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MOST BX PENSIVE ALASKA COURT.
The district court of the Fourth di
vision of Alaska is said to he the most
expensive to maintain of any in the Uni
t'd States except that for the southern
district o New York, which includes New
' ork city. The expenses for the first
quarter m this year at Fairbanks were
$61,662.42.—Kx.
vYi: PRINT F\ FRYTITiNO NFCSOKT
Professional Cards
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office and Residence.
OVER HILL’S PHARMACY.
Office hours: 2-5 and 7-8 p. m.
Phone Main 7.
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Htoress Prices]
Pacs $5.50 Boots $10.00 I
With the boats come the outside prices and our advice to our patrons n|
Ib to buy at present all there needs for the season as all new goods coming 11
in will be higher than ever before. (This applies to any article made of cloth.
rubber or leather)
P. A. Peterson Shoe Co.
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| CHEAP JOHN’S |
g ONE PRICE STORE 8
g L. Seidenverg, proprietor 8
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! ANCIENT BTORY
AGAIN RESURRECTED
lUVKIte!t>ffl A party of sportsmen
1 h it here today for the southern reaches
of the San Jacinto mountains to hunt
! American camels.
K, C. Reach, a prospector, brought
itie story that a drove of fifteen carn
et* was seen within a few miles of Sal
ton Sea. at the base of the San Jadntos.
I he camels were introduced for desert
travel more than half a century ago,
and when the venture was given up the
animals were left to shift for them
selves.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
The best guarantee you can have for
a successful issue of your clothes is to
patronize an old established house; a
house that wants you to come back and
be their permanent patron.
Such a bouse is the Nome Tailoring (’o.,
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
Get your JOB PRINTING
done by the Nugget office.
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t To date we have had
98 !
* Sittings for the group picture !
? of the
I PIONEERS OP ALASKA !
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♦ Help us to make this number j
i grow |
Lomen Bros.
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II MILO’S CAFE j
j: Reopens Saturday ji
June 10th,
| • OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. \ >
Next door to PACIFIC COED ' .
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I Water |
| Usual Summer Rates. \ \
! I 12 buckets for $l oo. ; |
I I 6o cents per barrel. \ I
II For prompt service I!
Phone White 90
j Wm. Pangmanii
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|M80UT WATER*
Usual Summer Rates.
12 buckets for $l.Go.
bo cents per barrel.
A. D. POTEET j
WATER DELIVERY.
Phone Red 126
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: : BOARD of TRADE :
!! Restaurant
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and :
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:: LUNCH COUNTER ij
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;; Hodini & Hilo, Prop. j
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_ MEETING NOTICE.
THE NOME BARTENDER’S UNION
L«<sal 888. B. L L. of A. (Affiliated
Mth the A. 7. of L) meets every first
Sunday In each month at 11 a. m.
AL. NICHOLSON. Pre*
j W. J. ROWE j
I TRANSFER AND FREIGHTING
Dealer in all kinds of Lumber
Hay and Grain
Horses For Sale;
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| REMEMBER THE j
! Board of Trade !
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+ will] be pleased to supply your home £
with family liquors. Just call Main *
A 34, we will do the rest. A
Established June 1900
AldsKd Banking and
Sale Deposit (ompany
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL ....$125,000
PAID UP CAPITAL. 50,000
A General Banking Buaineaa Tran*
aaetad.
Miners & Merchants
Bank of Alaska
NOME. ALASKA
Capital - - $100,000
Gold Dust Purchased
and Assayed
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2 tha up-to-data laundry. Rougn d
* dry work our apeciplty. Qiva u« 3
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CARLETON A COMPANY Jj
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\ General hardware & ;
| MINING SUPPLIES j
310 Front St. Phone /lain 11
I Open fer Busmen!:
MINERS j!
RESTAURANTS
Next to Rmporitim Store Front st. < [
FIRST < ’T«A8;S M HA I OS J>
RRASONA BI.10 RATIOS ]I
S. H.SIHEON 3;
Proprietor 3;
S. S. UMATILLA
FOR SEATTLE DIRECT
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H.S. UMATILLA
HAILING FROM
SEATTLE.
JULY 20TH.
AUG. 15TH
SEPT. UTtt.
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OCT. iTH.
SCHEDUI.M8 SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
F. J. O’CONNOR, ALASKA L. A C. CO.
Commercial Agent, AGENTS,
Front St. and Stendman Ave. At Dock.