yip: WOW! ZOWIE! LEMME
LOOSE S’FOURTH' JULY
Sin s with ns again. folks, the good i
old. glorious old Fourth. I’ut a double
charge in tlw old twin-lxirrelled mus
ket and let people know your’e alive.
when noise and racket reign supreme.
1m!’- dig: in* that whistle and them
tin pans and mine Hail Columbia!
Show your Independence!
Hark along in 177f> the stout heart
ed old patriots of New England de
cided they -wouldn't let a King dictate
!<• them, any longer and they drew tip
words to the effect that henceforth
and thereafter they'd paddle their own
i-..noe -in other words, they drafted
the IV< lamtion of Independence. As
the delegates from the thirteen Httk*
• •4iloni**s signed the. paper that mlgh*
pj-ove to be their death warrant, l>eli- :
penJed ouV the joyous tidings that a j
new naCion hail l*een eonceived—a i
little Iwibe of n nation which we are
privileged to see has become the
greatest and mightiest power on Earth. ]
No country ever knew a more humble 1
o»- weaker birth, but there, was that j
same spirit there which we have to-!
day—That spiirit that COIXD NOT
and CAN NOT any die.
In IS12 it percolated thorugh the’
I'.ritish mind that t.he "bloody Yanks"
were grow ing too fust, and once more
she essayed to press her iron heel of;
despotitfnT upon us. WT.nt "Old Hick- |
.•try" .Taekson, and AdmiraJ Fajiragul
did to those red-coated fellows im
pressed indelibly upon their minds the !
spirit of independence that had grown j
from a tiny flame to a mighty blaze, j
For many years after tftis foreign- j
ears left us strictly alone until Spain, j
in a moment of helpless passion. caus- |
ed the bnttleshdp "Maine" to be blown j
up in Havana, Cuba. Commodore j
Oe.wc\-. in command of the Asiatic. |
squadron, attacked ami destroyed the |
entire Spanish fleet in Manila harbor
without k»sing a innn. It cost Spain
the W^st. Indie Islands for kicking in
to the F. S. hornet nest.
and Czar’i
■would seem that King’s
would think twice before
mir toes, but along comes “der Kaiser
AVilhelm* and does that little thing
l»y torpedoing the passenger ship
"Luaitiania.” It 1m« b#en estimated
the the cost to tire a torpedo fs about
$10,000 but the to pedo th;it sunk the
•’Lusitania" cost the Ka’iser the \vj-.
with it’s millions of indemnity. It
was the most expensive missile ever
laundhed in ttie entire history of the
The way our oomparitively untrain
ed doughboys knocke 1 the everlasting
stuffing out of ‘Jie "Heinies" makes a
fellow just want to whoop and yell
with pride and joy A captured
Prussian major, hearing a beautiful
black eye, hung on him by one. buck
private. Callahan of Boston. declared
indignantly to us, ”Dese American sol
diers we «ui beat, but ’he sohwine
hund day vont stay licked!”
So that’s the spirit folks. WE
WONT STAY KICKED!
Wo may slip lin the mud of adver
sity and go down but by the Declara
tion of Independence and the Conti
nental Congress we won’t stay there!
We’re cook oY the roost on this planet
and Fourth of July is the day when
we preen our feathers, flap our wings
■md crow! Not possessing the ana
structure of the. barnyard
e do our crowing with cow
horns. firecrackers, outdoor
sports and patriotic speeches. It’s
up to all of us to help old lTncle S^an
to be proud of his Northernmost
county heat .so pitch in and help \ r
the old Fourth over with plenty of
that spice known as l’. S. Pep. lie
a live wire! LET'S GO
Youns for a red-hot. sizzling, earth
quaking, cyclone of a Fourth.
FKANK Dl'FRHS NE.
tojnical
rooster
REINDEER THRIVE WHERE
CATTLE WOULD FREEZE SOLID
Alaska, along with its other many
r* sources, has been mentioned more
than once as the future supply source
of meat for the markets of the world
because of its possibilities in raising
reindeer. In the recent Weekly News
Letter published by the United States
department of agriculture is the fol
lowing interesting sketch about the
reindeer industry, says an Alaskan ex
change.
When Alaska, becomes so cold that
an ordinary Jersey cow would freeze
solid without a struggle, the reindeer
blows a cloud of steam over his
shoulders and wonders when there’ll
be an end to the (muggy weather. Nor
is the reinder dependent upon cotrn
tilled silos and cottonseed meal for
his winter ration. He asks only a
chance to get out on the frosty bar
ren. where he can ftcrape the snow
from the frozen moss, and he’ll obtain
his own ration for the long eight,
months of cold weather. These are
the attributes which make the rein
deer the domestic animal of the na
tives of Alaska, to whelm some form
HISTORIC TOWN OF THE
YUKON TO BE SLUICED
Grand Fork" Will This Summer Give
Way Before Hydraulic Machinery
bet J. Peck, that the famous old
Known in the D.iwsoif district :is
(Srand Forks, is soon he h.vdrauliced
early histooy of that mining camp, j
Discussing the work that is to he d me
this coining summer, Mr. Peck stated
that scores of men will he employed
in the hydraulic work, and regarding
the old town of (Jnind Forks, he said:
“The F(«ks surely has a history
seldom excelled in frontier rotnanc-'
The colorful days "when the old (Johi
Hill, anti the Northern, and many other
tesorts. and big department stones and
individual trading establishments, and
elaborately furnished cafes, ‘henties
and other tokens of Intensive life con
tributed to the setting, linger only in
the memory' of the old timers. Mil
lions used to come out of the creeks
anil hills, anil money flowed like water
i ver the bars and counters in the old
Bonanza town.
“Now the only hostelry of note re
maining in the town is the Northern
where the genial and indomitable
Luke Carlson, of the vintage of sour
dough days, remains rivited to the
helm, happily assisted this winter by
Miss Nellie Razee, who is charge
d’.affairs de cuisine.
‘The famous old Hold Hill Hotel
which Wits erected in the rush days
at tremendous cost, was torn down
over a year .ago, and the old logs
which could tell tales of old time high
rollers and altitudinous stacks of chips
or red, blue and white, and the chang
ing luck of argonauts at blackjack,
poker and the spinning wheel, were
tossed into the stove to keep the last
of the Mohicans s;tfe against the at
tack of 60 degree below' zero weather
last winter.
“Old timers who still cling to the
lure iind garner the grains of gold
from some of the best remaining indi
vidual claims ;n the district never tire
of recalling the spirits who once con
tributed to the gayety of life in flrand
Forks. They irecite the stories of the
picturesque life of Harry Bridges’ Cafe,
t.f the roaring games at Max Endie
man’.s and Sylvester’s, ^and the entor
taining ways of Finnic Phiscator,
Charl’.y Anderson. Dig Alex, and the
hundreds of other -acters of the
day. The big hotel erected by the
Countess Carbonneau. the several
flourishing churches, the crimson
lights along the hills are gone, and the
only big buildings remaining are the
Northern, the old Kearney building
which I have occupied, the Clindinin
building, and Fright's building, where
Charley Dell had his headquarters in
the distribution of’the Dawson News
to every man in every cabin. A few
scattered shacks complete the closing
“Boys still mining on the creeks In
an individual way. however, have good
pay, and .art getting out dumps very
much worth while, and deserve ever./
credit. Their ipreseverance and their
faith is constantly rewarded.”
ALASKAN WINTERS
RIGHT FOR GOATS
Joseph T. Bauer, own or of a goat
ranch on Chichagof Island, makes the
claim that he has experimented
with the animals during a hard winter
and that he was able to winter them
without shelter or food and that they
jcame through the experience in fine
jshape. He is of the opinion that goats
I will thrive where deer will perish, ac
cording to The Pathfinder an Alaska
’’thinks that goat raising in Alaska
is entirely practicable as he says he
has been raising thon^ with the ut
and is of the opinion that theiv should
be a goat in every home in Alaska.
If every island from Dixon Entrance
to the head of Lynn Canal was fully
stocked with goats every ship going
south would have a capacity load mf
fresh meat and hides.’
"He claims tjiat the animals <n
Alaska are very prolific and that from
five goats last year he raised fourteen
kids. If the kids are allowed all the
milk they wish, a kid will dress thirty
pounds in two months, and roast kid
is the meat par excellence, he says.
‘float milk, according to Mr. Bauer,
if tare Is taken in the milk'ng, is next
•nly to Jersey miik in flavor, and is
one of the best milks both for infants
and adults. It is not uncommon for a
goat to give a gillon of milk r day.”
ALASKA’S PROMISE x
TO HER PEOPLE
Dr. E. W. Nelson of t\e I'nited
States Biological Survey, estimates
that within afew years Alaska’s *-ei- -
deer industry will be finishing for
export more than forty million- dollars
worth of meat and hides annually.
Wtlien that stage of the industry shc.il
ness will rank with the fishing and
minim; in imi*ortance in the North,
says the Juneau Umpire.
Alaska shipped last year into the
markets of the country an«F to the
products to the value ..f $08,000,000.
mostly fro rnour mines and fisheries
wh oh are capable of almost unlimited
flirt he?- development. It ^ estimated
eastern Alaska alone is 'capable r
producing for export' 1.500.000 tons o'"
paper a year. At present prices this
would be hoith about $.*00,000.0)0 ;,t
tlu- mills. Now T>r. Nelson estimates
that the reindeer industry will add its
$io.ooo.ooo or anore. We have m>*. yet
begun to ship eoal or oil. and there
are. possibilities in ’he agriculture
line. Then millions should l*e coming
into the Territory from Tourists each
summer. It is not outside the realms
of possibility that a half billion dol
lars ;( year will be criming ?o Alaska
each year within the* next score of
years or less without taking into ac
count money seeking investment.
No country in the world offers
greater promise to her people than
Alaska offers to those who stay with
ROAD COMMISSION TO
INSTALL WIRELESS IN
ISOLATED SECTIONS
Six sets of wircJess apparatus have
been secured from the Government by
the Alaska IUaid Commission for use
in Alahka. according ton Southern Al
aska journal, which s^ys: “Two of
these sets will be installed at McGrath
and ophir, in the. Innoko district: two
nt Cache Creek and Talkcetna, con
nect ng the Cache Creek district with
the Government railroad telegrapn
line: and two sets to Riley Creek, in
the Kantishna district.
“The public will be permitted the
use oft hose wireless stations, as there
are no other means of communication
from these points, except by messen
gers, who are compelled to make long
and arduous trips to reach the nearest
telegraph *md telephone linen. Tin
stations will \nt\v of great benefit to
the miners 1»nd prospectors > f the sec
tions where located, as well .13 facili
tate m.iteriuly the* work of tin- con
mission.”
TRACTORS WILL SOLVE
FREIGHTING PROBLEMS
“A solution of the transportation
problems to points removed from the
I'nlted States railroad will bp found
in the five, and ten-ton tractor, thinks
Polonel .1. CSotwnls, of the Alaska
Itoad CommisHion, who besides mush
ing dogs all over the hard places in
rnterior Alaska to ascertain winter
conditions, is also making a study of
the Question of transportation after
roads are built, according to the Itith
findcr of Alaska.
‘ “In the Interior with the light
snowfall and continued cold weather,'
Hays t’olonel tJotwols, ‘the five % and
ten-ton tractor of the army type would
be of great use. especially where the
freight haul is large. Assaiming that
the five-ton army tractor with five
four-ton trailers is used, the entire
coat would be about $10,000. The
train would be capable of transporting
twenty tons at not less than three miles
and poHiaps at :us high a speed :ts si*
miles per hour. This, in addition to
the faefi that the t •actor standing idle
consumes 10 gasoline or oil, as too
horse standing consumes hay anti
* "There ere places where such ship
ments are needed, and a real economy
over horse aiid dog freighting is pos
sible . The use of^ the tractors over
Broad Pass by the A. E. <\ is illum
inating in illustrating the possibility
of the tractor. Indeed, the hauling of
only twenty tons at cert;iin places in
Alaska would make a saving in one
trip almost etyial to the cost of ‘h.*
25c and 50c Bargain windows will
be ready Saturday.
A ballon frea to every child in Nome
4th July.
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JEWELERS and OPTICIANS.
NOME, : SEATTLE. j
ite Nugget Office. 5lh Aw. opp. Fredrick & Nelson: J
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July 9th
Further Sailing Dates
Announced Later
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R. A. CARROLL, Agent
Telephone 87
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