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NOME, ALASKA, MARCH 7, 1917
It is a good thing that all appropria
tion bills were not left to the last few
hours of the session of congress. As
it is, Alaska appears to have obtained
nearly everything aBked for with the
possible exception of the fund for the
Alaska road commission and some
provision may yet be made for that.
Henry P. Fletcher has very recently
reached Mexico City where his am
bassadorial duties are supposed to be
performed, lie was appointed by the
President and confirmed by the senate
.is Ambassador to Mexico City many
months ago and at that time his pay
of $17,500 a year begun. During all
those months he did nothing to earn
his salary so far as anyone knows
except attend dinners and other social
functions which was seemnigly rather
a soft snap. The present lull in Mex
ico may be due to his efforts or may
exist in spite of anything he is doing
but the chances are that his soft snap
is still contlning. P.’s great to be
gitaL
In spite of all t umors to the con- |
trary Mr. Wilson renamed Lansing as
secretary of state. It was said that
the President was becoming impatient
with his chief secretary because of his
indiscretions. At least twice last year
did the secretary of state receive a
Presidential scolding, onca- when he
dispatched the note referring to the
armed merchantmen and again when
be sought to explain the President's
peace note with an explanation which
itself required considerable elucida
tion. Maybe it will be three times -and
out And then they say Colonel
House will become the olilcial right
aim of the executive Then ha will
not seem such a mystery perhaps and
can let his light shine without a
bushel to shade it.
War with Germany and probably
her allies seemed to have been a fore
gone conclusion for a number of j
weeks. It was not that there was!
any more reason for fighting than had
••xisted for a year or more but the
President seemed to think that the
withdrawal of pledges by Germany
meant a great deal. Germany has
not sunk as many American ships
nor taken as many American lives
in the month following the with
drawal of her pledges as she did in
during some other single months. And
yet there was threat of ruthless war
fare. It has not been so ruthless in
leality and if no very serious affront
is put on the honor of the United
Professional Cards
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
OVER HILL’S DRUG STORE.
Hour* 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Pb*M Mala 7.
States it will be hard to get us to
fighting after all.
U. 1'. Austin, a statistician of wide
repute, gives his opinion to the effect
that the present trade combination
between the allies will not endure,
that the Paris agreement will not be
adhered to when the war is over, and
there will be no trade conflict such as
; has been looked for. Ilo undoubtedly
bases his opinion upon the essential
selfishness which rules both men and
nations, which has made treaties of
•all kinds mere “scraps of paper” In
the hour of trial, and which has ren
dered international law powerless
whenever any people have felt them
selves strong enough to over-ride it.
lu this, his Judgement seems correct.
But it does not follow '.hat the United
States will not feel strong competition
when the war is ended. That compe
tition may come from a group of
nations contending individually. But
it will come. To recoup itself for the
war, Europe must turn to the produc
tive arts of peace, to manufactures
and to commerce. It must seek mar
kets, the richer the better. Ours will
be the best and the richest, and we
shall have to fight to maintain our
commrecial outposts ad our commer
cial home base, our most efficient
weapon for def.'iici would seen to be
a protective tariff and there were
signs during the closing months of the
| las* session of congress that demo
crats would unite in putting up a
tariff wall. The democrats seemed to
favor this as a source of national re
venue and the republicans for that
reason und as well to protect Ameri
can industries according to the time
honored tenents of their party.
Poes history repeat itself and do
historic parallels have any real sig
nificance?
Poes the victor or vanquished usu
ally propose peace during the war?
Take the American wars and you
will find that the loser was the one to
suggest the end of the fighting.
England und not the United States
was the power to request peace In the
revolution and the United States was
the winner.
Mexico and not the United States
was the first to talk peace in the ]
ch sh 70 years ago. and again America
was the winner.
The Confederacy, whose cause was
lost, made peace proposals during the
civil war long before Uee surrendered.
Napoleon tried in vain to make
peace with Russia when he was at
Moscow one hundred and four years
ngo, but Czar Aluxunder, then appar
| ently the under dog, refused and Na
poleon's retreat followed, with the an
nihilation of his own army.
It was Napoleon who again sought
per.ee before and after Leipsie, but
tiie allied powers refused, disposed him
.... ' ■
from his thrown and sent him ‘.o Elba.
The French peoplo cried for peace
in 1870 but Bismarck, th< victor, did
not stop until all his conditions had
been met.
Our civil war had ceded before
I Grant said "let us have >« J5e.”
Have historic parallels^ :'ky value
helping to forecast events. ^
AMERICAN h:
DRUG STORE
IN CHINA
Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON, Consular advices
from Canton say that a drug store is
shortly to be opened in that city and
is to tie sleeked entirely with Amerl
mn goods. Thousands of dollars
worth of drugs already have been
ordered from American wholesalers.
The Germans in former years had
practically a monopoly on the Orien
tal drug t nde,
SPIRITUALIST
MAKES DIRE
PREDICTIONS
Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON, A tremendous rail
road strike bringing privation and
hardship to millions of people will
take place during 1917 acording to
the forecast of coming events made by
Airs. Zaida Brown Kates, u noted
spiritualist medium. Great disaster
on land and sea with a continuation of
the European war also are in her cat
alogue of uncomfortable predictions.
The Mexican situation will not be
i loured up hut will become more com
plex, if anything during the year, ac
cording to Airs. Kates. Congress will
be in turmoil throughout the year, she
predicts.
Office and Residence of J. F. McAl
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COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
Following are me lowest recorder'
temperatures for this year and last
on the days loaignated. The minus
sign before a dumber means below
zero.
U. S. Weather Bureau.
1916 1917
March 1 . —14 30
March 2 —11 80
March 3. —4 82
March 4 . —14 12
March 5.—15 0
March 6.—19 —15
a »,jnMTOCKED.
To me public —
We nave Just finished stock taking,
and find tnat we are heevlljr overstocked
so are matting enormous reductions in
Hardware—as much as ■< per cent in
certain lines. Notwithstanding Immense
advances outside, especially In Hard
ware and Metal Goods, we art still Bell
lug on the basis of goods purcbised th>
past two or three years.
We wilt sell tor cash only ai‘ thesi'
prices, and for a llmlte, time, until we
bring our stock down to the require
rnents of the camp.
If you nave an order to be filled, let
us figure on It; we can save you money
We have proved It to others we cap
prove It to you.
DAR1JNG AND DEAN COMPANY
In the home *r in the camp, there
is no commodity so extensively used
as meat, therefore it is upon that
commodity that you should look to
ror economical buying. Following are
a few of our prices:
Beef by me siae.$. 19
Round steak. 25
Sirloin steak . ’0
Pot Roast. 22
Stsw . 20
Mutton by carcass . 19
Mutton chops, enoulder . 25
Mutton chops, loin and rib. 55
Mutton legs.50
Pork loin chops. 50
Fresh Reindeer from the Lornen
herd, dres8ed in a skillful and sanr
tary manner.
Sweet Briar Butter 40c per pound
by the ca«e.
PACIFIC COLD STORAGE CO.
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