THE NOME NUGGET
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED WEEKLY—EVERY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
GEO. S. MAYNARD, .Sow* Ownw aad Publisher.
Entered as Second Ctaae Matter, at the poetoffice at Name, Alaska,
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THE FARM PROBLEM
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GROWTH OF PEOPLE ’S RULE
Tin* growth ><f 1 n- Initiative .mil referendum inov*«m< at ..s a. rulin’
popiil.ir control of !.gi>fln.tion provides :i marked ‘••xiwnple of the ira-ren-Sin ;
'•jideney of tin- people Ilf Am-rica to assume i larger shar- in t in- po!.t .< i.I life*
At the pnedent there ih scarcely n state In the union which do* no*
provide for the use of the initiative ;ind refenenduHt in some form. Uccent
telistles disclose that twe.n:> states lino* adojded the initiative ami referondum
for state wide m**n.^ures, or h.i.ve provided Tor tin- application of initiative and
rfexemliun principles Twenty Lwo states have adopttNl trie referendum
• tone. \rizoria, Arkansas fiiliforn.o, <*olomdo, Idaho. Ma.ine, Ma.H*achu.se‘ta.
Montana, Michigan. Missouri. Mississippi, North f »akota, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon.
Oklahoma, South Heihot i. 1-Ui.h and Washington* have th*- initiative and rrf
• endian on U gi-rt-.ition. while the states of Arizona. ('aJdforrria, Colorado,
Idaho. Michigan, fTegon and Washington have gone even farther in giving
the people the right to rub*. l»y ills** adopting the recall. The renal] alone
•* in wflYi't in Kansas, Tmulslan.i and Nevada. In all hot four of Lhe states
•vhore the recall fs effwllvp it is applicable to every elective officer. fn the
four exceptions notvAl the .states h«iVo limited the operation of the rer-all in
t he easr of Judges.
Insofar as it is disclosed to tin- coatrary, the initiative and referendum
uhtn has worked well in till of the stales <ln wiiieh It. is applicable. The re
crill. although developing slight defects in some instances,, has also proven a
success in the various states wherein it has heen tried Taken on the whole
the recall record shows that it Jins been a marked benefit in eliminating .n
• •oin|r*-ten«-e and itmrnlity 'in public off hie by placing jurisdiction *>ver public
oflicei-H directly in lhe hands of the people. The few Instances in which
•i buses of the recall have de\Vdi>|>ed have I »oen con lined prtncii*»l!y to those
stales which failed to limit t.he availability of the recall until such time as the
people had l**en given full opportunity to judge *\io official acts of elected
••dicers. I iiless this form of safeguard is adopted, it is readily discernable
hat there 'is a strong llklihood that the recall may be used by defeated (*>11
lical groups to harass oflh-ials and to force new elections in the interest of rival
• -and'idates before the incumbent of a political office lias had a fair opportunity
justify his administration. So far ns t Id - writer has been able to aseer- !
• ain, this Is tin- only serious form of aims*, that lias appeared In <-onnection
'ith the recall. Ina-smiirli as It is one that may he easily corrected by liniit
ng the applicability of the recall until the peopVe have been granted ample
opportunity to judge pfllcial acts, so that the vote mob r the recall will be
ipon He actual merits or demerits of the incumbent's administration, the pos
sibility of abuse along Hills line can hardly be accuptahl,*' as a serious objectii/n
to the reeall. especially when vHewed in th** light of the fre«|iient examples of
political evils displayed in our present system. The use of tlie' initiative and
; cfcrondiMii and tlu- i‘ call are palpably necessary to enable the free use of
th ballot In righting public abuses and eorrec.t.ing public evils. In a republics
-urh aa ours, whore the sovereignty reposes in the people, such instrum tits
■ th*> initiativ*. referendum and recall are nertwisury to the full expression of
the popular will. They provide the only effective means for public con
- deration or reconsideration of governmental acta,and policies and open ex
pless on of public demands. owing to their possibilities as weapons in the
lands of the people they are deented and condemned by the politicians as
menacing to the stability of government. They give the peopl a power In tin*
. xpresslon of the public will respecting legislation and administration that is
im.j at all agreeable to the views and aims of the boss, the gangster, the oor
• apt Ion 1st a.n«l the Incompetent ofllcial. Hut the fact remains that with
Hieso Instruments in the hands of the people public rights and llherties will be
no less well safeguarded than nit prearnl and l*y their use most of *.he flagrant
• alls of our political system can be remedied.
ISGRIBE NOW 1
THE NOME NUGGET
FIRST STEAMER OF 1921
SEASON ARRIVES
*Tt*«rd of the siimm-r fl- t. inaugurated
the 1921 open . of nav.gation by
dropping her anchor In th<- Nome rnod
wternf at Z p. m Tuewi.iv everftng. Al
though coTuddor-.bbie ice wa* visible In
the offing. th- cutter found no difficulty
m nvdc.rg file ;audw»r*fre after resich
irur in from the southward In an almost
direr-* line fnwn the point w her.- she w ,s
first seen. The cutter was first sight
ed from shor<- about noon owing tr> th»
present e of a nurure »>elt along th •
southern horizon which caught Wfcr re
flection ;ind nvoie the vessel plain1 v
triable from shore for several hours
before she actually appeared ov •- the
horizon »dge. As the cutter mme -o
rest about two miles off shore, the biz
whistle of the Alaska Mines Porpon -
tlon healing pl.tnt sounded .% noisy wel
come. The Bejtr re.sj- ruJe«l with three
answering blasts. The cutter was met
on arrival by Cap!. lioss and the Coast
(iuard i rtw. #vho had launched one of
the big life h.«at* in Snake River
shortly l**fore the rutP-r arrived. A
few minutes after the- Tier, r mme to an
chor one powsr launch and several
small I oats were scurrying out th rough ■
the ke lanes to gree* the now arrival.
The Rear i« tWLs y -ar unde- the com- '
m.-uid of that veteran Northern navi- !
tfat'-r <'.if.t. C. <. Cochran. who re-'
turns to u> after an .absence of -wm!
ye? rs. during which he has filled
ffis *'turn is welcome one to all
old timers, who remember him from
th- *.!. Of yore rnmt kirnlly ,.„d
obliging gentlern.an wlven lt is zen
irine pl«<c-nir.- to know. The cutter
brought several poison g< rs from Cn
nlaska for Nrrre- and C>p* O. W
f 'riyi.n, former N<sne mining of^—itor,
who was enroute to St Michael to bike
charge of the nffajrs of h s sc*n Hms.
Cajtson. who recently died at that
point Incite Jed in the govern pas
senger* I truWi hore was Hus Soder
holm. a well known old timer, who
departed from Nome lag*. fall on the
sohoonor Olga and Trussed the winter at
Craalaska. The vessel also brought
tmt; of the largest consignirriijs of
fnxtHale mail received here for mnny
ye.• rn. The shipment f omprised eleven
big ttruck bet'l;*. inclurl ng a large
amount of flrx tilitas matter ami was
!and**J on khore by the contractors,
the .Vome Ijight"rage and Commercial
C«». ytum af‘er the Flear arrived.
According to those- on board. the
voyage across Be-jng S'-a was without
sp-clul event and was scarce I y impeded
by *he ice. A small amount of drift
w.im encountered off Capo Romanoff
but delayed the v-ssel very little. Th<
cutter left Seattle May 19 am] reached
l>utch Harbor Monday May 30.
Contrary to the prac tice of the past
several yes« rs. Capt. Cochran made no
long layover at that point and departed
for St I’aul Island on Thursday. June
2. Her aitivaj here was sotnewdvjt
unexpected ns the report was cdrcolat
ed that the cutter would proceed to
St ACchJiet fair lore coming to Nome.
After remaining here until a)>out 11 p.
m. Tuesday evening the vessel depart
ed for St Mirhael to deliver the up
river mail. The officers and crew of
the <-utler will be the. guetrtH of honor
at a reception and dance l^ven by the
Chaml)er of Commerce at Kagle Ha1!
this evening.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Albert l.undt ■
heir?*. HiHxvworH and assigns.
Von and each of you ore hereby
notified that the undersigned
pended in labor anl improvements dur
of the years 1915, 191fi and
• uni of one hundred dollars
fording Declaration of In
tention during each of the :
1918. and 1919 the sum of one dollar
xnd fifty cents upon each 4,f the 1
lowing described pl-i’er mining da
sittiate<l on Casa da I’aga Itlver in tl
Council Cits Itecordlng Precin-t. Te:
ritor.v of Alaska.* tolwit:
The Alliance claim, notice of loci
tlpn < f which Is recorded in vol. 10 ;
l>ag«* 24f> and the New Year claim, n<
tlce of location of which is recorded i
vol. IS at page !».' ,,t the Ite'-ords <
Hceording Precinct.
and kmpro\v>ments
and said affidavit*
nurpose of holding I
■ the provisions (
And you Albert l.undt
required to contribute your
xpensc.
said "Alliance Claim" in) yt»u «* A
Ingraham are. hereby rob aired to cor
tribute your proportion ot said exi»en
said claim will be forfeited and be
come the property of the undersigned,
vour co-owner a* provided by said
VIRGINIA V. 0ICKEN80N
By James Al. Streeten.
Her Attorney In Fact.
Publish—April. 1(5. 23. 30. May. 7. 14.
21. 28. June 4. )l. 18. 25. July 2. 9. 1921.
GOVERNOR SEEKING
MINERAL EXHIBIT FOR
MINING CONGRESS
What J* undoubtedly !h«* gre.ite.
| apportunity ever offered to the miner
of this section t*> make known to th
linar the minora! resource* and devel
opment possibibties of SewuM Pen in
»ulrt Ls laid i-efore fh»- mirung opera
tors and prospect* »rs of the district it
the follow-ins tek-gram from tkwerr.oi
Th.«mas Fl:ggs Jr. to the Chamber o!
Contmetree. The message- says:
Juneau. Ala. June 8. 1821.
Wish to have Second fXvisior. col
le*t_on of minerals for exhibit at 'Js
.timing Congress in Chicago in Octob
I'nder an pass'd by the last
legislature can pay transpo-ration or
about 200 pounds. The collect:on is tc
later become the property r«f the Ter
rit.-ey and availablf for further ex
Make recommendations for appoint
ments as members of c ommitb-e, w*hc
Ore .r opportunity to -dvertiae you:
Interviewed by the Nugget regard
ing the telegram. Secretary Polel
st- .ted that, every effort will be made
t* se< ure a complete collection of the
d -t t. "The opportunity :» too val
u: ole to be overlooked by the peopk
o' this section.” he continued. “an<3
every mining man in the district
should cooperate in making the col
lection one that will rotnpr.se every
t'.rzr. of ndnerid known to exist in
•v - .«r-ction of Alaska. The diversity
of min«ralH n this distri.-t iji probably
the most remarkable to b.- found with
in an equ.-cl area anywhere on earth
and .i complete display a* the groat
Ch.cago mining congress will be an
advertisement of inestiimdble value, as
.t will be seen toy representatives ol
the min.: rig uuiustry from ail parts of
the country as well as* by thousands
of others, who may And therein an
incentive to ootne to Alaska, either as
visitors *t settlers. The miners and
prospe<-tors of the district an* urged
to give us their fullest cooperation ir
making up th*- display Steps are be
ing taken to appoint a local committee
to handle the work ;u>d cemmittef
members will be named in each local
districts. If rhe mining men will ge|
sol d ly behind the proposal we car
make a display that will assuredly b«!
an eyeopener to the Outside work!. I!
is an incomparable opportunity to ad
vertise. the district and offset th^ in -
skiuous 'knocking' u* which Name has
been Hubje*-ted during the past few
LET HIM WHIftTLE!
(lolly! !>>t him whistle. mother.!
Hft’s juafc bay—that's aFJ.
l*t him be ajut white. he can: you'll
Anil A peiys.
Jolly Little baby * brother!
When the Shadows fall
You’ll be wlshin’ he was back
in boyhood ifey* !
If you’d been in FhUHh and seen
All the things that I have nee<n—
Baby freest that will never
Baby faces be again—
Say! You wouldn’t check that
For a million Iron men!
Uirdy! mother, let hian holler!
He’* not hurttfng anything:
Ami he's carefree as a r»upw—
Just that gay.
Dirty short, without a eollsir—
Never was a king
Happy as that ^»aby yonder, yell
ing at his play.
Little kiddies over thlore—
Solemn eyes and tangled hair—
Ton years okl? That’s still a haby!
What he’s doln’s baby stuff!
And the dignity of manhood
Willi be cornin’ quick enough!
|jet him ycM and squeal and whistle
1 toll in’ in the sand'
ls-t him have the freedom of the
whole back lot.
Things that hurt like thorn o’ thistle
worthin’ In your hand—
You’ll be wishln’ »om<* time that
those things were not!
When I think of baJ»l«*s—okl
F'llom the things that can't he told—
Ahd then look at him a-dancln’,
Singln', shoutin’ In his lay:
Don’t put out a hand to stop hlin!
Mother—let hifrn be n boy.
HUE IW MILS
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