THE NOME NUGGET
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER,
g PUBLISHED WEEKLY—EVERY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THE NOME PUBLISHING CO.
O E O. S. MAYNARD.0»mw e»d PuHi.hor,
Entered ee Secend Cleee Matter, at the peelelfiee at Name, Alaaha,
Under the Aet ef March J, 1ST*.
SUBSCRIPTIONS PAYABLE IN ADVANCE
Price per Single Copies. .■***•
Delivered by Carrier or Mailed...'••••.$1.00 per Month
SCHEDULE OF NEW RATES AND METHOD9.
Weekly Nugget may be subscribed for independently of daily bulletin,
Subscriptions to the datl^ telegraph bulletin and weekly newspaper
service will be $2.00 per month, delivered.
Subscriptions to dally bulletin service must include weekly publication
Mall subscribers to the TrI-Weakly Nugget who are paid In advance
will have tlieir subscriptions transferred to the Weekly Nugget, length of
subscription period being extended in accordance with amount of advance
payment. *
1V*r further information and advertising rates apply «t Nugget ctWce.
Sul scrihers will confer a favor If they will notify the nfflee nromptly
of any failure or irregularity In the delivery of their papery.
DEAD TEETH A MENACE
It is now ini-Iy understood tliat many bodily ills are traceable to bad
ifftli. Rheumatism, for example, popularly supposed to be due to such sim
nle causes as exposure, netting wet feet, etc, is now known by the medical pro
fession to frequently get Its start from decaying teeth, where breed the or
ganisms that go forth into the system to set up rheumatic conditions in mus
cles. joints and nerves.
Time was when a rheumatic, individual put a potato in his pocket or
wore an iron ring or red flannel bandage where he felt rjjeumatlc twinges
sn his anatomy. But the wise modern, does no such thing. He consults
a dentist and maybe has a few dead teeth extracted.
Modern research has disclosed that not only rheumatism but also
many other afflictions may be traced to bad teeth, among them bronchitis,
asthma and various ills of heart, lungs, kidneys, and other organs. The
teeth do not originate these disorders. But when the teeth are In bad condition
they serve as a hatching place for numerous forms of Itaetaria that emigrate
from them through the body. f
\ large part of the modern dental problem is to put the tfeth in
what is professionally known as a "surgically clean" condition and keep them
in as near an approach to that state as possible. It is a problem that Is ad
mittedly difficult because of the nature of the daily employment of the teeth
and the numerous little nests around them in which infection easily finds a
resting place. A healthy tooth, of course, has a large power of resistance
to these invasions: hut a dead tooth, and they are very common in these
days of "nerve killing." is decidedly difficult to safeguard. In fact it is sc
difficult that a recent prolonged study of the question by l>r Joseph Novitsky
a notfcd dental surgeon of San Francisco, and his c. nclusion that the only r.ife
way to do Is to remove every dead* tooth from the mouth, has attracted vvi.1
attention In the dental and surgical world. •
A recent number of the Bltciary Digest contain-d :• •< -w of Dr.
Novitsky’s conclusions, with extensive quotations from an a-tide in the Am
erican Journal of Surgery. > Dr. Novitzky holds that a dead tooth is sub
ject to the laws of infection and putrefaction and as such must !>** a <•» nt^r o?
Infection in the body. Describing bis views in the New York Medical Jour
nal. he wrote: “No matter how-thoroughly or by whom a pulpless tooth
has been embalmed or treated, it will become dry. opaque, solid in its socket
discolored and offensively ordorous. The various methods of medicaments
employed to steralize the dentine of a dead tooth merely serve to retard de
composition of the organic elements of the tooth*. They do not prevent de.
composition. The practical impossibility of embalming the dead organic mat
t* r of a tooth so that it may he retained in thegmouth with no injurious effects
to its surroundings will be quite obvious to any student of bacteriology.
Dead teeth, therefore, must he removed from the Jaws completely if patients
are tn have positive security, from the ills resulting from suppurating teeth.
Dr. Novitzky also goes even further and contends that dead teeth
ought net to be removed by sbnply pulling, but should be taken out leauly
by a surgical operation. Otherwise, he says, it Is Impossible to tv- sure
tlvt al1 septic conditions are removed.
Judging from the discussions of Dr. Novltzky’s conclusions, there U
a reaction among the up to date dentists against the common practice of
"killing the nerve” in teeth. This has gone so far and Is now recognized to
have such evil results in many cases that It has even been suggested that
devitalization of teeth should be prohibited by la.w. It also appears that
United States army dentists have been instructed to extract devitalized teeth
from the jaws of soldiers who are under treatment.
THE LOW COST OF LI VINO
(Toronto Health Bulletin.)
We hear very much of the high cost of living, but we overlook the
fact that many of the best things of life can he had for nothing."
It costs nothing to stand up and walk and breathe properly.
l-Yosh air In the home is free.
Xo expense to taking a few simple exercises every morning.
It costs nothing to chew the food thoroughly. \
It costs nothing to select the food best suited to the body.
It costs nothing to clean the teeth twice a day.
It costs nothing to stop using patent medicines.
It costs no more to read good books than trashy‘literature.
It costs nothing to have a cheerful, happy disposition, and atop having
grouches. ■'V'
These things cost nothing, yet they bring contentKnd reduce the doc
tor’s bill to nothing a year.
FUR SIDE I N 8 I D E
lie killed the noble Adjidomo.
With the skin he made his mittens;
Made them with the fur side inside;
Made them with the skin side outside.
He, to get the warm side1 inside
Put the inside skin side outside;
He, to get the cold side outside,
Put the warm side fur side Inside.
Thus he made them outside Inside
And could Sew the seam side intide.
Then he turned them seam tide outside.
Thus he wore them outside inside.'
Keep your dollars circulating in Nome—Order your jell primii&c done hi flgag
Voice of the Alaska Press
18 ALASKA THE GOAT?
Alaska is experiencing the semi- i
annual Investigation to ascertain what1
alls her. says the 'Seattle Alaska Dis
patch referring to the recent appoint
ment of n committee to inquire Into
Alaskan conditions and needs. Dur
ing every administration for sixteen
years a commission has journeyed
west from Washington, D. C., to In
vestigate Alaska conditions. The
press tells Alaska that Secretary So
and-So wants first hand information
regarding what Alaska needs. An
nually these same secretaries receive
from .their’accredlted agent in Alas
ka—the Governor—a report asking
for legislation and other things needed
by the North. Annually these reportjj
are made a part of Secretary So-and
So’s annual report and then forgotten.
Every two years the Alaska legislature
prays for more power, drafts numerous
petitions asking for federal legislation
on certain matters. Again these me
mortals are referred to congressional
committees, and sdmi-annuall.v comes
the investigating committee to find out
what is wrong with Alaska.
The only surprising thing about the
Payne committee, continues the Seat
tle publication, is how Alfred Brooks
allowed himself to be drafted into ser
vice. Brooks has alwnys been one of
the staunch friend of Alaska. His
work ip the North has been of such
n high character as to bo distinguish
ed. Every Northerner knows anil re
spects Mr. Brooks. Harry Y. Saint
is unknown to most Alaskans. It Is
said he was In Alaska in a clerical
capacity with some canning concern.
No doubt he has qualifications hid un
der a basket which will make his
counsel for the development of Alas
ka very, much cherished. I.«ast, but
not least, comes our old friend. Otto
Praegor. The average Alaskan takes
an hour off to do some swearing when
Pracger is named. About three years
ago. Praeger decided to send Alaska
mail by freight. He canceled a num*
her of mall contracts, chased, n high
Wgnltary of the Alaska Stenmship
company from his presence at Wash
ington. :uui routed all Alaska mails
by freight. If .any one single act was
a greater detriment to Alaska develop
ment than this net of Mr. Praeger. no
Alaskan has expressed it. Now comes
Mr. Praeger at the behest of the1 ad
j ministration and spends a few days at
! the New Washington hotel to investi
gate Alaska.
[ Poor old Alaska!
ADVERTISING ALASKA
Ketchikan people returning from
Hyder express considerable surprise
over the recent telegraphic, reports
sent out broadcast to the press and
telling of the activity of alien agita
tors in the Portland canal metropolis.
Those who recently arrived, says
the Ketchikan Miner, state tTiat there
is absolutely no foundation fact for
the press reports and that Hyder was
never more peaceful and quiet than to
A few months ago there was a little
labor trouble at he Premier mine, but
at present everyone at Hyder is con
tented and busily engaged in minding
his own business.
It would appear that someone Is
working overtime trying to knock Al
aska and discredit her loyal and peace
ful citizen^.
They are going to stage that revo
lution in Alaska In spite of the revo
lutionist’s unwillingness to revolt.
THE ALASKA PLANK
The democratic press seems much
concerned that no ’Alaska Plank" was
adopted at the republican convention.
Never mind brethern, Dan Sutherland
and the friends of Alaska under a re
publican administration, will endeavor
to get a real Alaska population, in
stead of more federal officials with
commissions in their pockets and sec
ret agents and constabulary.
Any such thinly veiled arguments
to try-and swing support from Suther
land to Grigsby will hardly get by.
The election next November will
ho a different matter from the ma
chine controlled primaries. The dem
ocratic votes then will not be cast for
any one running: on the republican
ticket. Th*y will be kept fairly busy
attending to their own knitting.—Ju
neau Capital.
NEEDS LOOKING AFTER
There are a lot of undesirables mak
ing Cordova their headquarters at the
present time, judging from the many
petty thefts that are bein«r committed
Alaskans have always prided themsel
ves on the fact that it was super
fluous to bolt their doors or even lock
up their valuables, so sefrure were they
in the bolipf that all residents of this
Northland are honest. ' And we still
Insist that this rule applies, at least
so far as our old-time residents are
concerned. But. this does not niter
the fact that homes are being invaded
by some low-down cusses who do not
belong hero and would be safer be
hind bars.—Cordova Times
LET THE GOOD WORK GO ON
The passage of the bill abolishing
the reserves between homesteads on
the navigable waters of Alaska by the
House is good news to Alaskans. It
Is to bo hoped that it will be promptly I
passed by the Senate and signed by
the President. Thero never was any j
reason for such legislation. It is ob- ,
structive and not developing in i's
ctyi factor.
If only this act could be.the begin
ning of a general abolishment of re
servations in Alaska it would be a
great thing for the Territory. Iteser
l vat ions and restrictions have manacled
the people of Alaska so that develop
ment has been slower in this Terri
tory than in any other frontier section
of the Nation in the. corresponding
period of its history.
Let he good work go on. Let the
reservations be abolished • and there
will be a new life in the North.—Ju
THE ALASKA SPIRIT
The Carnegie Hero % Fund isn't
working hero; and ,it probably does
not hibernate in the roughneck places,
anyway, but the recent flue epidemic
in our country developed some hand
made heroes aqd heroines in their
own modest way.
Down at Chena town they were sud
denly faced wJth the flue in the In
dian village below town, with no med
icine or doctors or nurses. There
were only a few of them there and
each had about all they could do to
look after their own health and wel
fare, but the necessity demanded a
sacrifice somewhere, and found it.
Mike Toratick, better known at "Mike
the Fisherman” was living there, and
he had a modest stock of grub to take
him through until the fish run again
I If the Carlisle Cannery will allow the
fish to run this year, so Mike found
that it was up to him to go to the
"front.” So he took all the grub he
had and packed it to the Indian vil
lage and moved in and took chargfe.
The suffering Indians were all sick
and out of grub, and Mike fed them
every crumb he owned and stayed with
them and nursed them and tended
them until every woman and all the ]
men In the village but two had died '
on his hands. And, after Mike had
seen the dead all buried he treked
back to his fish camp, worn and tired
and foodless, but satisfied that he had
done his damndest—we’ll say Mike
We didn’t learn this from Mike, nor
would you, but an Observant Bystand
er was there to see and note and tell,
and if we could put Mike in the Hal#
of Fame, or this story do it, Mike’s
there. Ho.dosen’t wear any medals,
he is no 910,000 prise ^beauty and he
dosen’t dress like a dude,' but for
roughneck helpfulness at he right
time and ther Ight place Mike has a
Jot of these well advertised heroes
“skun" a mile.—‘Fairbanks Newa
.SUBSCRIBE FOR,THE NUGGET.
INFORMATION REGARDING SEATTLE-NOME MAIL SERVICE
First Summer Mall Leavu Bottle ter Nome Direct About Juno 1st
Last Bummer Mall Leaves Seattle for Nome Direct About October ltth.
Flnt Winter Mall Leaves Beattie for Nome About October lltb.
Last Winter Mail Leaves Seattie For Nome About March, lltb.
Faroel Post and Well Fargo Shipments for Korns HadSlsd Only Dur
ing Summer Pealed.
Parcels and Packages Sent to Nome During Winter Must Bear First
Class Postage or Will Not Beach Destination Before Following Summer.
Advertising Cuts, Sent by Winter Route Must Bear First Class Postage
If Publication During Winter Period Is Dteftod. Advertisers Should Bear1
{Phis in Mind to Avoid, Delays. • *
Packages and Parcels -intended to Reach Destination During Winter
Period will Remain in Seattle FostoMce Until Opening Bummer. Navigation,
Unless First Class Postage Is Attached.
Average Time Requited ter Transmission of Mall from Beattie to Neme
f'Uiiag Winter Period Is About 41 Days. •
.Avsra.io Tims Required for Transmission of Mall From Seattle to
Nemo Duf|ug Bummer period la 10 Days. 1
Approximately 8am Tima Indicated Above Required,ter Transmlsaloa
Mall Ftem Name t* Seattle.
YE> WE'VE "NOTICED
Have you ever noticed that. It is
the people who have the least to com
plain about who do the most of the
kicking?—Luke McLukt*. And w< v.
also noticed. Luke, that it is the folks
who make the most mistakes who t om
plain the -most about other peopl •
making mistakes—Willinington News
Journal.
Subscribe NOW for the Nome Nugget
ARE YOU A BOOSTER ?
How do you Hie th© Weekly Nug
get? If It suits you. pass It on or
mall It to somebody who might he.
romn Interested In this part of Alaska.
The mineral is here but it takes
linen and capital to get It out. In
terest your best friends by subscrlh
!ing to the paper for them. We will
| mail it anywhere for $1.00 per month
Thf Nome Nugget delivered by car
tier or mailed. Per Month $1.00
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED BY THE NUGGET
WITHOUT REGARDS TO ANY POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS.
VOTE' FOR
Hon. Dan .Sutherland
FOR DELEGATE FROM ALASKA
ELECTION TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
VOTE FOR 9
Hon. John Rustgard
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
ELECTION TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
V O T E F 0 R i
O. D. Cochran
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
* ELECTION TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
VOTE FOR
O. H. Flowers
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
VOTE FOR
Andy Anderson
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
VOTE FOR
Victor A. Julien
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
• V O T E F O R
Jas. P. Daly
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920
' v ore ton
Ed. W. Burroughs.
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920
' James B. Ivory
Independent Candidate
FOR SENATOR
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920
VOTE FOR
E.. L. HOLT
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd. 1920,
VOTE y FOR
R. B. Julian
Foi\SENATOR
Alaska Legislature
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1*20.
E. B. (Duffy) O’Connor
(INDEPENDENT)
CANDIDATE PAR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
I • ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER S*4 IMS.* I
SKm