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THE SUMMER OUTLOOK
A general survey of the local industrial situation reveals that approxi
mately the same amount of work will i>e done this year as last, in spite of the
more .restrictive conditions resulting from increased prices of supplies, trans
portation .etc-. A number of last year’s operations will not be revived, but
others will be inaugurated this year which will fully maintain the former
Aside from a somewhat curtailed season, due to the unusually heavy
snowfall last winter, the outlook this summer is at least as good as it was last
..car at the opening of navigation. So far as can be learned at present
the general volume of industry will be in no degree lessened and may be consider
ably increased if several new projects fulfill the expectations of their backers.
The fishing industry is the only field in which we can discover an ab
normal decrease of activity. As a result of several causes, chief of which is
the flooding of the Outside markets with Eastern and foreign packed fish it
lower prices, there is little prospective demand for herring and other fish pro
ducts from this section. In this field every indication seems to point to a
much smaller pack and resultant decrease of industry.
Th^ fur industry is also i i a somewhat doubtful state owing to the
breakup in the fur market resulting from the unwarranted price inflations of
the past year or two. Indications are not wanting, however, that the general
volume of trading will not be greatly below that of last summer. Prices
will be lower but a majority of the traders expect to purchase as extensively
Fishing and fur trading, however, are minor industries as compared
mining. Mineral extraction is and will be for many yeais to come the ..ri
mary industry and the one on which we must defend for our industrial pros
of mining endeavors this summer. w» need have no fear regarding the • ■ -m
munal prosperity.
Times will be fully as good as they were during the war period and
possibly better. Those of us who hope to acquire early riches an the only j
ones who need to look upon the summer outlook as unfavorable. To the |
person who views the present situation with rational eyes, there is no prospect •
that our fortunes will lie less favorab! ■ this year than last.
The decrease in the purchasing value of our chief commodity, gold, has
been a severe blow to the cnuntiy but we may console ourselves with the
thought that the worst has been done in this direction. Things are admit
edly down to bedrock as a result of this unfortunate development but there Is
not the slightest reason to believe they will get any worse. On the contrary
there is every expectation they will improve. The government is busy with
plans for relieving and improving tlie situation of the territory which, if
brought to fulfillment will induce and early increase of industry and com
merce, a probable augmentation of population and resultant benefits to all of
us who weather the lean years.
As long as our basic industry, mineral extraction, holds out, and there
is still many thousand times as much gold, silver, tin, copper and other min
erals in the hills as has been extracted in the past, there need not be a doubt
regarding the future o fthe camp and district.
PROTECTION WANTED
So far as can be learned, the bloody affray occuring at Anadyr in
January was not an organized effort on the part of accredited representatives
of the de facto Siberian Bolshevik! government to institute Bolshevist rule
in that section. Bather it appears to have l>een the work of an irresponsible
band of desperadoes acting without authority and disguising their predatory
aims and activities under the cloak of Bolshevik! doctrine.
Among the men who recently arrived from the Siberian coast, all who
are willing to talk of the Anadyr affair, assert that none of those engaged in
the killing of the accredited Kolchak governor or the seizure of the Swensen
Hibbard store were able to produce the slightest proof of authority for their
acts. Furthermore it is declared that the leader of the band who seized the
town Is a vicious character and proven criminal.
The Nugget is, of course, unable to vouch for the truth of these state
ments. It may be that they are based upon nothing more substantial than
misinformation or prejudice. The men implicated may have acted in ac
i ordance with instructions ifrom constituted authorities despite the apparent
absence of credentials. Siberia is virtually in a state of civil war at present
and war pays no great diference to niceties. Under such conditions the
sword is the chief warrant of authority.
The fact remains, however, that the allegations may be true and if so
"e find therein much cause for concern, for the reason that, in case they are
true, it means that outlaws are operating on the Siberian coast at a point
scarcely more than two days journey from Nome and are prepared to bring
rapine and murder to bear in satisfaction of their desires and inclinations.
Realization of the possibilities of such a situation brings the immediate
thought that it would be a very easy matter for an armed band of these des
perate characters m cross Bering Sea and transfer their depredations to this
coast. Nome would be a rich prize for conquest in the eyes of a nervy gang
of ruflians on pillage bent .
The Nugget has no desire to create undue alarm over this possibility
but facts are facts, regardless of their portent, and should not be disregarded
because they happen to be unfavorable. So long as there is an absence of
law and authority on the upper Siberian coast, there is no disputing the
tact that Nome iH to some extent in danger from predatory attack if vicious
elements there gather sufficient strength and courage to attempt it. Were
tbs district under -fully established Soviet control, we would anticipate no
trouble In this respect, for. whatever they may do at hokne. it seems fairly
well established that the Bolshevik are little given to aggression outside their
own domain.
Hut outlaws are a different matter. They own no allegiance and are
amenable only to force. In this we are very much lacking since the gov
ernment saw fit to abandon Ft. Davis and remove the troops to St Michael,
where they are about as useless for defensive purposes in case of an attack
by raiders on Nome as a body of troops in the Philippines. In case of such
an attack we would be absolutely dependent on our own resources. The
troops tucked safely away in the somnolent environs of St Michael, where
they serve no purpose whatever, could not 1>e got into motion quickly enough
to give us the slightest assistance against a raiding band from the farther
Facing a prospect of this character, and that it is indeed a very grave
prospect appears assured by the stories from Anadyr, it seems to us that
Nome is fully justified in again raising a strident voice for troop protection,
even tho there is small hope that it will be heard in Washington.
BELLIGERENT ALASKANS
(From the Seattle Post Intelligencer)
The hearings before the senate committee on commerce on the bill
proposing to extend the powers of the Alaska shipping board offer additional
proof that the hardest thing in the world to accomplish is to get two or more
professional Alaskans to agree to anything. The Post-Intelligencer does not
presume to say which side of the controversy is right, but out of the charges
and counter charges the only impression possible is that each side Is right in
saying that the other is wrong. Certainly the senate cannot find it helpiful
when Alaska factions decide that the most stylish battle zone is a public hear
ing in a committee room. \
The country has become accustomed to the complaint that few persona
In congress or in public life understand Alaska’s problems. By a careful
campaign of education Eastern congressmen were put into possession of cer
tain basic facts concerning Alaska's magnificent size and its splendid resources,
but when some measure designed to benefit the Northland was under con
sideration, opposing factions of outside Alaskans moved in and staged a family
row. It appears that never did one side attribute an honest purpose to the
other. Tills spirit of intolerance anil habit of making reckless charges have
done more to retard progress in Alaska than anything else.
The tendency to take sides in a controversy is a human trait, possess
ed bv congressmen as well as others. Acrimonious debate, immoderate
speech and mutual recriminations have a tendency to align members of con
gress on one side or the other. This conflict of opinions has the effect of
retarding action on any Dill no matter how* meritorious it may be. The anger
displayed by the in-and-out Alaskans is usually reflected in the congressional
committees which have the measures under consideration.
Perhaps it would be too much to hope that Alaskans compose their
differences at home so that congress might have the benefit of an orderly pre
sentation of facts. A get-together meeting in advance of a congressional
hearing would be a welcome relief from tlie quarrels and bickerings at Wash
ington. Even in a territory of such magnificent distances as the NorthlanA,
a display of community spirit is among the possibilities. The trouble ap
peal’s to bo that the professional Alaskans so seldom meet each other in or
out of Alaska that their opinions are unknown until a congressional committee
makes a record of all the ugly charges and reckless statements. It has been
rather convincingly demonstrated that staging quarrels before congress does
not make for progress, so that the kindler and more diplomatic way might
be tried just once.
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WITHOUT REGARDS TO ANY POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS.
Hon. Dan Sutherland
FOR DELEGATE FROM ALASKA
ELECTION TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
VOTE FOR
Hon. John Rustgard
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
VOTE FOR
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 TUESDAV, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
VOTE FOR
Jas. P. Daly
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920
Ed. W. Burroughs
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920
James B. Ivory
Independent Candidate
FOR SENATOR
ELUTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920
VOTE FOR
E. L. HOLT
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUE8DAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
VOTE FOR
R. B. Julian
, For SENATOR
Alaska Legislature
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, MN^