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PHONE MAIN 46.
Entered a3 second class matter Feb
26, 1007, at the post ottice at Nome,
Alaska, under the Act of Congress of
March 1878.
Copy for regular advertisments
must be in by 10 o'clock on the day of
publication.
NOME, ALASKA, JAN. 3, 1917.
There are very good reasons for ex
pecting that the government will soon
take a more determined stand in re
gard to Mexico. It is not at all im
p-obable that the strength of the army
and navy will be used to bring some
of the people of that unhappy country
to their senses and re3tore a stable
government if such a thing be poss.ble.
The destruction of a part of Valdez
by fire yesterday must arouse sym
pathy in the minds of all. A confla
gration is always a los3 but is much
heider to bear when a town has been
visited repeatedly by that same de
structive agency. And It is even
worse when the Are is started will
fully and maliciously. However, ut
this distance from Valdez all we can
do is to extend our sympathy to the
people of that city and express oar
hope that the incendiaries will be well
punished for their fiendish act
Our calendar is a method of dis
tributing time Into certain periods
adapted to the purposes of civil life.
We recognize natural and artificial
divisions of time. The solar day, the
solar year and the lunar month are
Called natural, and ail others as the
hour, the week and the civil month,
though of the most ancient and gen
eral use, are only arbitrary and con
ventional.
The true solar day Is the Interval
of time which elapses between two
consecutive returns of the same ter
restrial meridian to the sun. It is not
always of the same absoltue length
but for all practical purposes a mean
solar day is employed and differs from
the true solar day in such small de
gree as to escape ordinary observa
tion.
Our week Is a period of seven dava
having no relation to the celestial
bodies and for this reason is abso
lutely uniform. The names of the
days In use by us are Knglish end
were derived from the Saxon. The
Saxon forms were adapted from Ihe
Latin. The Homan named their da vs
!n honor of planets and gods and when
when the Saxon3 borrowed the week
they substituted their own names for
these planets and gods. Thus our
Sunday was dies Solis in Latin and
Sun's day In Saxon. Our Monday was
Moon’s day In Saxon; Tuesday wna
Tiw’s day in Saxon and dies Martia
in Latin; Wednesday was Woden’s
day in Saxon; Thursday was Thor'a
day; Friday was Frigu’s, day and
Saturday was Seterne'3 day.
The month was for a long time n
stumbling block to the ancients. The
lunar month is about 29 1-2 days in
Professional Cards
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office end Residence.
OVER HILL’S PHARMACY.
Office hcurai M end 7*8 p. m.
Phone hUux f.
length and twelve of these months
make only a year cf 354 days which Is
ubout 11 1-4 days short of a solar
year. In the course of a few years
the accumulated difference between
the 30lar year and twelve lunar
months became conisderable and ’he
seasons did not fall on the former
dates. It was disconcerting to have
m'rwlnter arrive when the calendar
•eld It was still fall. Many changes
had to be made by decree of emperor
or pope to make the calendar colncid t
\i’h the solar season*. The final re
tull of this was the adoption of the
solar year as the unit and the divis
ion of the yeat In twelve montni of
an irbl’rarv nomber of days wrh' Ut
any reference *u the behavior of me
ui*<* n.
Julius Caesar decreed that the odd
i oaths, first, third, fifth, etc., 3hoi«l.l
have 31 days and the even momhs
•kitty days exetpt February which
!-.<d 29 with 30 every four years. I vei
In order to gratify the vanity of .* u
b*»sius this was changed by tak-og
r.i day from Febiuary and giving
it to August which was named af'er
him. This was done so that hU month
Mould have as many days as Inly
which had been named in honor of
Julius Caesar. For so frivolous a
reason was the symmetrical arrange
mint of Caesar abandoned and u
capricious regulation introduced M-hich
requires some attention to remember.
Those familiar enough M-ith Latin
to know the root derivations of Sep
tember. October and so on, may lie
puzzled by the name seventh being
applied to the ninth month and so on
through the rest of the calendar. Why
the tM-elfth month should be called
December M-hich means the tenth is
easily explained. Our names for the
months are of Rom .n ong.n and the
Roman calendar began in March.
When we begin to date the beginning
of the year from January first and
still retained the Latin nomenclature
we made the name3 September, Oc'o
ber, November and D cember inappro
priate.
In the arrangement of the civil y»ar
two objects are sought to be acc-im
Plisn.d—first the eouable distribu*ion
of the days among twelve months;
and, secondly, the preservation of the
h ginning of the year at the same dis
tance from the solstices or equinoxes.
Now. as the year consists of 3C5 days
and a fraction and 365 is a number
not divisible by 12. it is Impossible
that the months can all be the same
length and at the same time include
all the days of the year. By reason
also of the fractional excess of the
length of the year above 365 days tt
likewise happens that the year can
not all contain the same number of
days if the epoch of their common le
nient remains fixed; for the day and
the civil year must necessarily be con
sidered as beg nning at the same !n
>
I slant ; and therefore the extra hours
connot be included In the year till
j they have accumulated to a whole day.
! As soon as thU has taken place, an
additional day must be given to the
year. Hence we have leap year every
four years ar.d a skip every, hundred
years.
NEWSPAPERS
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Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau.
WASHINGTON,—Warning to A
uier.can expoiters that serious delay
.11 foreign suctoms is certain if goods
are packed in old newspapers or mag
azines was given by the Department
of Commerce today. ^incenso-ea
printing matter entering/ belligerent
countries through ciiannel#other than
the public postis looked *upon with
suspicion, and goods so packed are in
variably held up for thorough inves
tigation of consignor and consignee
as well as rigid examination of the
articles.
NOTICE OF MARSHAL'S SALE.
Public notice is hereby given, That
under and by virtue of a special writ
of execution issued out of the District
Court for the District of Alaska, Sec- j
ond Division. In Cau3e No. 2678, en
titled Bridget O’Connell vs. \V. J.
Howe, wherein on the 23rd day of De
cember, 1916, the defendant, W. J.
Howe, secured Judgment against the
plaintiff, Bridget O’Connell, for the
su of three hundred fifty-six and 50-100
tJ356.50) dollars, with interest at the
rate of tight (S per cent.) per an
num, together with all ccsts; 1 will
on the 3rd d v of February, 1917, at
twelve o'clock noon of said day at the I
front door of the United States Court
House, at Nome, Alaska, as command
ed in 3aid Writ of Execution, offer for
sale at pubi c vendue and sell to the
highest and best bidder for cash, all
of the right, title and interests in nnd
to those certain mining claims known
as, Bobtail Claim, situated on Boulder
Creek and Twin Mountain Creek, No.
3 1-2 and 4 and 6 on Twin Mountain
Creek, and lot 22 in bh 15, and im -
provements thereon, situated in the
Town of Nome, Alaska, all of above
property being located In the Cape
Nome Recording Precinct, Di3trict of
Alaska, Second Division.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, January 2,
1917.
E. R. JORDAN.
United States Marshal, Second Divis
ion, District of Alaska.
Jan .3, 10. 17, 24, 31.
COMPARATIVE !
TEMPERATURES
Following are the lowest recorded
temperatures for this year and Iasi
on the days designated. The minus
•ilgn before a number means below
zero.
U. S. Weather Bureau.
1016 1917
Jan. 1. — U ” 20 j
Jan. 2. -25 -2t
o\ c-na im.Kh.il.
to the public.- |
v\ e utivr Just flulshed stock taking
■ no nnu mat it arc Heavily oversmoke,.
*o are making enormous reductions It
lardwnre—as mucn aa ao per ceni I j
main lines. Notwithstanding Inimenw
.dvances outside, especially Hi Ham
a are and Metal Goods, we are still sel.
ng on me basis ol goods purchased th.
paa' two or three years.
We win seU lor cash only at thee,
prices, and for a Uinlte. time, until w.
oring our stuck down to Hie require
i nen is of the camp.
II you uave an order to be hlled. lei
us ngure oil It; ws can aavs you money
de nave proved Ii to others, we cai
prove U to you.
LIAhUNU AND DEAN COMPANY.
WE CAN LH> IT.
For iliai erase work ti.d prompt dellv
ery phone Main 151 and the People*
Laundry will send ><nd get your laundry
V . J. WILLIAMSON. Prop.
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In the home or in thr camp, th«>*e
* no commodity ao extensively uaed
as meat, therefore it io upon *hat
commodity that you should look to
ior economical buying. Following are
a few of our prtcesi
3eaf by tne sioe.). 19
Round st*ak. 25
Sirloin steak. *0
Ps* Roast. 22
Stew .20
Mutton by oarcasa . 13
Mutton ohops. snoulder . 26
Mutton chops, loin and rib. 36
Mutton legs.. .. 3°
Pork loin chops. 30
Fresh Reindeer from the Lumen
herd. dresHd in ■ skillful and earn
tary manner.
Sweat Briar Butter 40c per pound
by the «o«o.
PACIFIC COLD STORAGE CO.
f-hena White 17.
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WHICH INSURES MORE AND BETTER BREAO FOR OUR
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