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NOME .ALASKA, JUNE S. ISIS.
As usual* the first mail brings a largt
and varied assortment of mail order
catalogues from far away business firms
which seek to secure a share of tire
business of this community.
For so long that the time Is lost to
memory, the spring boats have brought
to Nome each year a veritable aval
anche of these silent salesmen to under
mine the local business.
It has been the custom of many ol
the larger mall order houses to forward
one of these artistically designed cats
logues to practically every adult mem
ber of tho community, soliciting the
business which rightfully belongs to the
local merchant
Most of us do not pay airy attention
to them beyond, perhaps, a glance at
tho highly illuminated cover, but there
are not a few persons who listen to the
specious argument of low prices and
"guaranteed satisfaction" they contain
and send tnelr sponsors inany a valua
ble order which should be given to th>.
home business house
In this way many hutidr< ds of dollars
are anuually lost to the community. Om
cannot blame a person for wanttng to
save a dollar whenever they can. but,
at the same time, we submit that pa
tronizing the mall order houses is not
only a dubious method of saving but
also contributes very materially to the
absence of prosperity, of which we coin
plain so loudly.
There 1b no town In existence which
needs to retain Its dollars us much us
this particular one In which we dwell.
Practically three fourths of every dol
lar produced by the people of this dis
trict goes to the outside almost im
mediately after It la taken front tho
original source of all local production—
the ground. Three fourths of them de
part ut once for the outside—and none
of them come back. Also it may be
said that the greater portion of the
remainder, the little fourth or less that
is left to us, also gravitates to the out
side within a short time after it Is taken
from nature's storehouse
While i: stays here, however, it goes
to the support of the town and its in
habitants and forms the life blood of
local trade and commerce. Upon this
meager portion of the wealth annually
drawn from the earth depends the exist
ence and prosperity of the whole com
munity. ‘
As we said wbat slips away from us
never come back. We have no outside
commerce nor anything to sell to attract
back to us again the money that leaves
ua. When It Is once gone, It Is gone
forever.
The prosperity of the community Is
dependant solely upon what we retain.
It 1s, therefore, as plain as plain can
be that every extra dollar sent to. the
outside, over and above what is actually
necessary, deprives the community of a
portion of that which forms the basis
of ItB being. Every dollar taken out
. of the local circulation through being
sent to the outside leaves the town
that muoh poorer; leaves Just so much
less to support the business life, the oity
government and the schools. The more
mm tve Send outside ms harder times
are acre '1 nings would be diucrem u
some ol tne dollars came buck, ug.uu
through tne channels ol trade and i oni
merce. Hut none of them do and we are
left to get along as best we can unfit
what is lost can be regained by the hard
and Slow process of digging In the
ground. As we can be prosperous only
by keeping the money we earn in the
country, the duty of every citizen should
be to assist in keeping tt ‘ here as long
us possible. If we want' to keep tne
community on a substantial basis we
must spend our money at'home. In the
place where we earned it. When we
send U away unnecessarily we are rob
bing the community of that which it is
entitled to.
We may save a dollar or two by
patronizing the mail order houses, but
stop and think what would happen if
a majority of the persons llvlug here
purchased a large portion of their sup
plies directly from the outside. How
long would the town last? With half
or more of the few dollars that annual
ly stay here going to the outside there
would be very little left for the com
munity to do business on. And the re
sult would be that the local business
houses, except, perhaps, one or two,
would soon go out of business and, as
they pay the larger portion of the
'.ax-'s, with them would go the means
by which the city government Is sup
ported and civic benefits maintained.
And with the city government would go
Hie schools—unless the government slop
ped it and provided one In widen the
children of the community might receive
a portion of the education that Is due
them. In place of u mod>rn city with
electric lights, paved streets and lire and
police protection, we would find our
selves in a decaying village sans every
thing that may be called a public benefit.
And all because we wanted to suve a
few dolars by buying outside of the
community. We should stop and think
about these things before we make up
our minds to patronize ths catalogue
dispensers.
In giving our trado to the mail order
houses we arc bcncfittlng ourselves bui
Uttle at best and at the same time are
doing the community a whole lot ol
harm.
A RARE FIND
There was a bill under consideration
In the senate and Its promoters saia
that It did not Involve any expenditure
by the general government.
"I shall not delay this bill a moment,'
remarked Renator Dodge, taking the
floor. "It is a rare pleasure to find a bli.
which does not call upon the genera,
government to spend money for the
benefit of some people which they uugh
to spend for themselves. It is a rare
pleasure to see a bill whlcb simply opens
the door to private enterprise. It is
gratifying to me to vote for such ft bill."
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INCONSISTENT
t Valdez Prospector.)
Politicians who attended the Seward
convention state that the sticking point
over which the delegate and the mem
bers of the party could not agree, was
the plank In the platform which gave
the federal patronage to the committee
men of the several divisions. Possibly
this is true, but on the other hand
there are Inconsistencies between the
declaration of the platform and the '
action of the convention so glaring that i
the delegate may well have balked or j
them Instead of the question of patron- *
age. Wick may. it Is true, have desirod
to handle the patronage of the terri
tory, for It would mean added strength
to his candidacy, but tbe acts of the
convention, so Inconsistent with the
platform, may alos have been un import
ant factor in the refusal of the delegate
to accept the terms proffered
ALASKA K MKKCIIA.N1 KI.BKT.
For the big rush this year u total ot
3ti large steamships will be in regular
operation. All of these will operate
from Seattle, with the exception of three
steamships which will make Vancouver,
B. C., their home port In addition there
will be two steamships sailing in June
from San Francisco and two expected
to sail from Panama loaded with equip-’
ment for the government railroad The
total of Jfi In the regular service does
not include the fleet of full rigged ships
and schooners operated by the different
salmon canneries, chartered steam
schooners, which may bo announced
later, nor the hundreds of tugs, barges,
halibut schooners, whalers and many
other small vessels which annually ply
Alaska waters The merchant fleet which
Is already provided for represents ten
steamships In excess of the best year
in the past, with a corresponding in
crease in tonnage—Railway and Marine
News
WE CAN DO IT.
For (rot oMA work and prompt do
•Ivory phono Main 1(1 and (t Ponph’s
Staam Laundry will aand and gat your
'sundry.
W. J. WILLIAMSON. Prop.
dream Theatre
TONIGHT.
THE MILLION $ MYSERY.
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Repeated.
Greatest Serial Ever Exhibited in the
the North.
Continuous performances every night
this week,
3 EPISODES 6 REELS
HHANQHIED
2 parts.
IN THE PATH OF THE FAST EX
PRESS.
2 Parts.
THE ELUSIVE TREASURE BOX.
2 parts
(A Sensation.)
Fir^t show 7. Second show 8:30.
MRS. H. BURGH Pianist.
ADM. a».
EAGLE HALL
TONIGHT.
12 KooIb. BIO SHOW. IS Reels
Comics.
THE LITTLE AUTOMOBILE
A RACE FOR A BRIDE
THE DEAR HUNTER.
BESS THE DETECTIVE
Dramas.
OUT OF THE VALLEY
THE 8KULL.
2 Reels..
A MODERN MELNOTTE.
2 Reels.
LATENT SPARKS.
ANIMATED WEEKLY.
2 Reels.
WAR PICTURES.
Show starts 7 p. m. sharp.
All Repeaters.
Violin, Mi9s Bertha John*m.
Piano Prof. Bonrret.
_ADM. 25 eta.
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The Daily Nugget
Job Printing Department
Business Stationery
Cards, Letter heads, Bill Heads. State
ments, Envelopes, Legal Blanks, In
voices, Shipping Tags, Special Blanks.
Society Stationery
Invitations, Announcements, Programs
Cards. Menus
Posters, Hand Bills
Circulars, Brochures, Booklets, Pam
phlets, Polders, Placards.
WE DELIVER YOUR
PRINTING ON TIME
ALWAYS IN STYLE.
If you have your suits cleaned
and pressed by us, we will ihake
them look .'ike new.
We do dry or gasoline cleaning
We do steam cleaning. .
We make suits to order.
We make alterations.
We make and repairs furs.
We do cleaning, pressing and
repairing for Ladies and Gentle
man
We guarantee all work and our
prices are reasonable
First cla96 workmanship.
Come and see us, we will give
you oar prices before we do your
work.
We appreciate your patronage
NOME TAILORING CO.
Between Segeritiom & Hagen &
Zehner’9 Jewelry Stores.
Professional Card*
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHYSICIAN AND SORQBON.
Offlo# and ReOldeno*.
OVER HILL’S PHARMACY.
Offia* hour*: S-6 and 7-8 p. m.
Phone Main 7.
MOLLER’S
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1 11
Grocery
211 Front Street
Phone Main 86
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Water!
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I Usual Summer Rates. ;
I 12 buckets for $100. J
I 6o cents per barrel. |
For prompt service I
Phone White 90
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I Wm. Pangman i
MOONLIGHT WATER
Usual Summer Rates.
12 buckets for $1.00
60 cents per barrel.
A. D. POTEET
WATER DELIVERY.
Phone Red 12&
ISSSMIMMHMIH<IM<S<
i BOARD of TRADE
i Restaurant I
and
LUNCH COUNTER !
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GMLETON fcGOBPMV |
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General Hardware & j
MINING SUPPLIES
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310 Front St. Phene /lain II ' I
misting notice.
rHB NOMB BARTBNOBR'B UNION'
Leoal Ml. R l L of A (Affiliated
rlth the A F. of I*) meets every first
tuaday In eaoh month *t U a m.
AL. NICHOLSON, Free
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| W. J. ROWE !
I TRANSFER AND FREIGHTING 1
Dealer in all kinds of Lumber j
Hay and Grain |
Horses For Sale!
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{ Board of Trade 1
!wlll be pleased to supply your home >
with family liquors. Just call Main *
$ 34, we will do the rest. ♦
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Established June 1900
Alaska Banking and
Sate Deposit Company
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL ....$129,000
PAID UP CAPITAL. 09,000
A General Banking OjiiniH Tran
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DAHLINB * HUM CD.
Miners & Merchants
Bank of Alaska
NOME. ALASKA
Capital - - $100,000
Gold Dust Purchased
aud Assayed
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W«n«HIHKM>Hmil'MI
Fresh killed
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:: pork every FrI.;:
and Sat
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ii MEAT MARKET i
ii W.H. WEDD, prep. i
NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
BSSINNINO MONBAY, wwNE 7TM, THE PRIOR OP BtlMEJI
WILL BE 10 CENTS PER -CAP OR THREE LOAVES POR 8»
SENTE. THE SIZE OP BOA VIS HAVE BEEN INCREASES
WHICH INSURES MORE ANB BETTER BREAB POR OUR
PATRONS.
CHAS. CAVEY. Prop.
We Will Purchase
EMPTY COAL SAX
in Good Condition
8 CENTS EACH
Ma Ipmjt & (ommerddl (i.
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