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NOME, ALASKA, DEC 15, 1916.
Austria now takes her turn in
changing ministers. As ill the ease
to Engiunu and t ranee, this uuj
mean unrest and dissatisfaction
among the people or it may mean a
renewed determination to carry on
the war vigorously. The name ot the
new Austrian premier is Alexander
Spitxmuiier and it ueosn t sound very
aristocratic to our ears. It is barely
possible that haugnty Austria, too, is
mak,ng concessions to the common
people who do the lighting and bear
the burdens.
Where there Is so much smoke
there must be some tire is an adage
which nngtil v* par Ailed to lit 'he
present state oi auairs in Europe.
Where there is so much talk ot peace
there are bound to some reasons lor
bringing it about. The German allies
thougn seemingly victorious may be
in deep distress which they have been
able to conceal up to the present. Or
on the other nail they may have now
secured what they want in the Bal
kans and having got theirs are will
ing to quit.
The present movement among the
merchants which is fostered by the
Chamber of Commerce lor a uniform
closing hour should meet with unani
mous approval, it is proposed after
January lust that all stores pul out
their ngnu and lock their doors at
six o'clock in the evening.
There are many arguments in
favor of this move. One is that it
makes lor economy. During the win
ter we are all here together and there
is only a certain amount of business
ot be had. Tnere are no strangers
in town who might take a notion to
drop in and buy a lot of stuff. Dur
ing this 3eason few if any men lake
the trail in the night time as they
do in the summer. Bo the business
of this community can easily be done
between eignt in the morning and six
at night. And by closing at six a
considerable light bill may be saved
and a little on heating as well.
But important as the money side
may be one way or the other, the
ch'ef argument is that there is not
much in lile for a man who ht-g.ns
work at eight a. m. and continues
at it until eleven o'clock at night,
Alan is a social being uml he Is just
finding oul apparently that it 13 good
to have some leisure every day to
follow his bent. The movement for
an eight hour work day is nation
wide and there is no doubt that it is
going to win in all lines of endeavor
except possibly a few where there
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may be longer hours and a corre
spondingly longer lay-off. Alaska
has voted almost unanimously for an
eight hour day. There is no doubt
that local sentiment is for it and that
purchasers will favor, If it comes to a
show down, these merchants who are
in accord with the eight hour law
which most agree u for the beuelit of
the individual and tho community.
If all the stores close at six. then
all who are connected with them will
be free for the evening to do ae they
wish. They have neighbors they
would like to drop in on for an hour or
two. There are a dozen or more so
cial organizations they would like to
take part in. There are books and
things to be read in the quiet of an
evening at home when the stonn 13
raging. Take this same stormy night
now, and there will be many of them
before spring. Why should any mar
chant keep his store open on such a
right? The w.nd beats outside. No
one is on the streets. Vet he or 'in
assistant is in his store with the
lights all burn.ng, stoking up tbe
stoves, and waiting for a customer.
In the course of three or four hours
he may sell a native a stick of chew
ing gum or dispose of a two bit box
of tobacco to some chap who could
have bought it just us well during the
day. The merchant has had a fine
evenng. He has lost not only money,
but an opportunity that will never
return to have some1 enjojment dur
ing that evening. Possibly his wife
would hate liked to have his com
pany during t.ie lonesome evening.
Probably the two of them may have
scurried over to a friend's i.j'is-' lot
a game of cards. Certainly the c was
nothing more fuule thut mo.chaut
coaiei have none man to keep Ins slon
oyeu feom tj to 11 on ilia’ nu it.
In the sunimei, miners and others
are coming to town and lc-. n if ti
t’ e night as well as day, bu* there is
n. such excuse during the wint-1 tor
helping stores open. No .inner will
be inconvenienced greatly b' use t o
tai to oo ms buying lie- *'<h i ei.jnl
m the morn.ng and six in ti e on uiug.
If e Is inconvenienced he w:!' doubt
less bear it cheerfully and turn his
ends to suit the wind for "It eig. t
i nr day is one of the pr'nciplos he
.- : .ugly upholds.
As a matter of tact a miner cannot
now buy groceries after six at night
for merchants ia this line of business
have agreed to clo3e at that hour, do
if the miner, prospector, operator, or
roadhouse man comes to town 'or
stuff he must arrange to be hore a
portion of the eight hour working day
now adopted by the grocers for It
Professional Cards
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
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.
W. D’Arcy Cliace M. D.
Albright Building.
Hours 1*3 p. m. 7'8:30 p. m.
Phor>e Main 3.
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| FIRE UIH SIGNALS
II. Standard Oil Co.
18...Caralen* Cold Storage
14 .J. J Seanon u„ oitlce
15 . Headquarter* Saloon
II. The Lobby
14 ...Ptonetra Igloo
25.Catholic ChurJh
II...Dlecovery Saloon
15 .. .. ..Yorkey'a Cigar Store
41.. ...Fire Department
41.Third Ave. and Lane’a Way
.. Engine Houae, Phone Main 07 ..
1 whim lee. »mrr.I nre «u>
seldom occurs that he wants only
clothing, haberdashery, dry goods
ana kmck-nacks. lie wants grotict'iea
us well und he can buy his other
goods m ohe daytime just us well as
he can lus sugar and coflee.
An eight hour day is a progres
sive measure ..lid hue an slops lor
word for the general good U is Skiund
to be viewed with suspicion by soma
U is not so very iuug ago unjp the
movement tor sunuay ciwsiag took
place. A number of merchants|were
positive that they would go bankiupl
if they did not keep open u:i the suJ
baili. Hut they tiled u lor a lime
and now it would be impossible to
get them to return to the old system.
Competition In Some in all lines
is keen, it one or two merchants in
a line persist in keeping open m the
eve mug all competitors will probably
do the same. No one w ill be beneluted
and the store man as well as the
whole community will be injured. 11
all agree lo close, none ol tue cuitipe
uiors will lose a dollar und Ihe social
lile ol the tow n w ai be r.ctivi uj tue
udduion of all those w ho are reieasd
Horn work m the even.ng.
There should bo an disagreement
m this mailer among merchants but
if there should be uud one or two
should muse lo close, it is not un
likely that an aroused public senti
ment against those dealers would re
sult in a loss ol business during ihe
day that Would not be made up by
the sales during the evening even tl
they were the only stores iu their line
to remain open. 1 or the people of
this commuiiy, those who buy uuugs,
are unquestionably m l'uvor of the
eight hour day. To label a particu
lar store as a 'scab” store would be
to deal It about the worst possible
blow.
ui tiis iuckisn.
to me public.
We nave Just finished stock taking,
and tlnd la at xe are Heavily overstocked
so are htuMng enormous reductions In
Hardware—as ntuen as oh per cent In
certain lines. Notwithstanding immense
advances outside, especially in Hard
ware and Metal Goods, we are still sell
ing on me basts ot goods purctiased the
pas' two or three years.
We wilt sell tor cash only at these
prices, and tor a limlie time, unul we
bring our stock down to the requ»e
ineius of the camp. A
It you have an order to be tilled, let
us figure on It; we can save yuu iiiuney
v\ e have proved It to outers,
prove It to you.
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