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NOME, ALASKA. MAY 23, 1917.
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Are we going down hill with respect
to the business possibilities of Nome?
What is the outlook for the coming
summer? These two questions of vital
nterest to the community oeceuily
the attention of the average mind at
the present tune when prices of food
stuffs are soaring away in the cloud
belt.
In answer it would be safe to say I
that the city of Nome has it all over
the other towns of Alaska who are
not directly on the fringe of the Pa
cific ocean.
The richest of our placers may have I
been gouged out but untold wealth is
still secreted under the tundra with
in a three miles radius of the city
the exploitation of which will surely
go on—slowly perhaps—but surely.
Within the past year some of the
wealthiest men in the Vnlted States
who were looking for a good invest
ment decided that here was the op- j
portunity. They have tackled a prop
osition which calls for capital, cour
age and capacity and are willing to
put up many, many thousands of dol
lars to give the prosposition the fair
est kind of a trial. Unstintinglv have
they contributed towards giving the
ground the prospect of making good.
Exclusive of the ordinary drilling
tests which is the usual modus oper
and! In prospecting they are installing
the largest gold dredging machine in
the Seward peninsula—which calls for
the outlay of a large amount of money.
Neither are they working in the dark
—or throwing money away—for the
proved gold content justifies the ex
penditure.
There are many of such proposi
tions between Nome and the foot hills
and we may—if this experiment
proves a success—look forward to
others which will mean the Introduc
tion of much outside capital.
The days of the "wild catter" have j
come and gone. In the early days of j
the camp It was a practice with the j
unscrupulous individual to take a flier
outside with gowld samples of the
most alluring kind and options on a
block of worthless ground. Time af- I
Professional Cards
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Dr. A. F. Heimlich
OVER HILL'S DRUG STORE.
Hours 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Fhana Main 1
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ter time has the willing Investor been
roped in and his money—or part of it
which the promoter did not get—been
dumped into a hole in the ground.
Outside of the country getting a black
eye and the investor losing his money
nothing remains but regretful memor
ies of Alaska—and the hole in the
ground.
Mining is yet probably the principal
factor in the Nome of today; however
we have other resources equally as
i rich, more extensive, which have never
been exploited. There Is the fishing
industry and fur and the raising of
reindeer—which is no longer in its
infancy—all of those are alluring, at
tractive, out of the ordinary safe in
vestments.
Again there is another great factor
which we but little consider and that
is Seberia. Irrespective of Alaska or
any other mining country in the
world, not one gives the promise as a
mining country than that portion of
the great Russian domain which Is but
a short days travel from our doors.
There is not a mining engineer or
mining man in the world today who
! has ever spent a few months in that
bleak looking un-explored country, but
who declares It to be the greatest un
developed mineral area in the world.
Not alone is it rich In mineral but all
other attendant resources which are
found in countries so far north.
We. here ih the United States have
never had the real opportunity to en
ter into that portion of Russia which
is of so much promise. Granted! A
few years ago several of the more
intrepid ones decided to take a chance
in the then—czar's domains. They
did not go into the interior—did not
•do any extensive prospecting—but
found gold in paying quantities. Since
that time concessions were obtained
by English capital away on the bleak
Arctic slope of Siberia and millions
of dollars are now being expended in
the installation of gold dredges and
mining machinery.
Under the old veglm , Siberia—our
neighbor—was to us almost as a
closed book. Today things are differ
ent under the new provisional govern
ment. A few weeks ago we had official
notification from them that a custom
house would he established in close
proximity to Nome with the idea of
furthering trade relations with this
country. It would he safe to say that
within the next five years we will
!>e doing considerable business with
I that country which today is not even
considered locally.
Millions of dollars have been comb
ed from Its shores In the nature o/
fur. whalebone and ivory in the past
|decade and its resources are still vir
gin. Just think of It: Here we have
a country nine times as large as the
(territory of Alaska at our very doors
which altounds with treasure and
which to nil Intents and purposes is
unexplored. The dawn of the awak
ening of Siberia is nigh, and, with the
cessation of hostilities In this mighty
regretful war, will come the opening
of this wonderful country which will
mean much for Nome. We will reap
much benefit from Siberia and it can
not be taken away from us.
As to the coming summer! During
the past three or four years it has
been hard for the average working
man to get employment in the penin
sula. Things were none too prosper
ous on the great outside and many de
cided to take their chances in the
r.orthland for the summer. They came,
and went, and in some cases were giv
en preference over the old timer In
what there was to offer. It will be
differed this year. Men will be scarce
and work will be more abundant.
Truly, we will miss the road ap
propriation which is denied us through
the action of one in whom we re
posed much trust and confidence, but
that will be offset by the territorial
appropriation, which is one of the
wisest and best pieces of legislation
enacted by our law makers at Ju
neau. This money means much for
the division and we will materially
benefit by it in every way.
Mining will be resorted to as here
tofore. In fact it has been muchly
toned up by the introduction of fur
ther capital now busy endeavoring to
develop the resources of the country.
Again if the war emergency ap
propriation talked of—in which the
proposed harbor for Nome is—goe* Into
effect, we will all have our hands
full and everybody will be kept busy
during the summer.
There is a great future for Nome
—not the Nome of yester-year—but
the Nome of today. There are many
old timers here who have stayed with
the camp through many long hard
winters and who will stay to win. And
they will win!
THE RED CROSS
The present movement among the
ladies of Nome and their enthusias
tic attendance at the Red Cross lec
tures is surely to be commended, not
alone from the stand point of present
day demands, and possible eventual!
ittcs, but from the fact that It is a
YW essential qualification for the
wife and mother to be able to act in
telligently in case of accident.
How frequently do wc find that a
very minor injury has been allowed
to develop into serious complications
through the ignorance of all who were
in Immediate attendance and the dis
tance of the doctor, which a little
"First aid” knowledge might have pre
vented.
A burn, a scald, a cut—how few
mothers know how to bandage cor
rectly and prevent infection—no touch
to a child is like the mother touch
and with a little scientific knowledge
none can accomplish so much good;
therefore it is the duty of every moth
er to learn how to act in an emer
gency, the time will surely come, no
children are immune , no mothers
should be ignorant.
Many mothers in Nome possibly do
not attend the lectures because they
think there is no possibility of their
having to go to the front as nurses,
their home tics prevent, and yet Is
it not as important that they should
he able to administer "First aid” here!
at home to their own. A little knowl
edge gained is a power beyond price.
This opportunity to gain a little
useful knowledge should not he over
looked by any, the same could only
be obtained at considerable expense !
under ordinary circumstances—the i
war has its benefits if we only grasp !
them.
THIS IS FOR YOU
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COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
Following me lowest recorder
temperatures for this year and last
on the days iesignated. The minus
sign before a aumber means below
sero.
U. S. Weather Bureau.
1916 1917
May 1 . 23 22
May 2 . 28 30
May 3 . 23 22
May 4 . 16 6
May 6 . 18 4
May 6 . 8 8
May 7.14 12
May 8 .6 12
May 9.12 14
May 10.21 20
May 11 .32 28
May 13. 28 32
May 12 . 32 28
May 14.28 28
May 15. 25 33
May 16. 26 .11
May 17 . 35 84
May 18. 33 38
May 19 . 26 30
May 20 . 30 25
May 21 . 2 33
May 22 . 28 38
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