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THE NOME TRI-WEEKLY NUGGET. MONDAY, JUNE 9th„ 1919
THE INFLUENZA
xiderable violence in the Alaska Peninsula. particularly in the Bristol Bay -re
gion and on i nalaska Island. But. as both of these points are a considerable
distance from the commercial trade routes, there is small likelihood of the
disease being transmitted from there to Nome. As none of the steamers, aside
from the Bear, touch at any point in the infected section, there is hardly a
The "prospect that the epidemic may r«-;n h us from the Alaska Penin
sula section overland is also very slight. The great distance and the sparsely
settled character of the interlying regions are both unfavorable for the trans
mission <-r the disease to this section. This not to say that it cannot reach
us very easily by the land route if no effort is made to prevent it. but the ex
effective, but the results achieved by quarantine methods in this section prove
could very probably have escaped the situation prevailing during the first
days of November—if not entirely at least to the degree that only a’portion
of the community would have been involved.
Another thing in favor of our escaping a second visitation is that there
are many evidences that there is a certain period of immunity from reinfection
that a person enjoys no future immunity after an attack of the disease, thq,
view is now held by many members of the medical fraternity that there is
The opinion is developing, however, that one who has had an attack is not
likely to sustain another through reinfection for some indefinite time after
ward.
local medical men during and since the recent epidemic here. The great mass
of cumulative evidence of immunity also indicates that there is very good
reason to believe that there is a period of Immunity of some duration. The
mlty among the physicians and observers on the Outside.
However, if the theory holds good, it would appear that there is hardly
form or another last fall, if there is Indeed such immunization, it would seem
that there is small likelihood that Nome residents might again become victims.
save perhaps in a greatly hodmen degree, it is possible tnat me disease may
appear again in an epidemic form and.there is also .a prospect that the natives
of the districts unaffected by the epidemic might become Involved in a Re
currence in tills district: but, if the evidences obtained duriitg the past year
arc not inaccurate there is much reason to believe that the whites woul.l
not he greatly affected In the event of the plague returning.
Regardless of the variable views on the question, the prospect tliit
ttie disease may he brought to us from other sections of the territory irf so
slight that we have little real cause for apprehension. Also we have acquired
a great deal of knowledge about handling it since last year, far more, indeed,
than was known to the best informed authorities up t<> the time the epidemic
first appeared in the United States, and we are now assured that in the event
of the disease again visiting us. only the most gross failure to observe the
lessons we have learned will permit the distemper to gain such a foothold as
it had before.
We should not, however, let any prospect of possible immunity cause
us to forget to lake every possible precaution to guard ourselves from a pos
sible recurrence: remembering always the virtuous maxim that an ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure. Above all it is wise to remember that
fear of a disease is one of the strongest factors in lowering tin* human resist
ive powers and permitting it to gain a foot hold. The prospects are very
much in fav.or of our escaping a second visitation, but. should it again appear,
cover up your respiratory channels and observe the well defined and simple
rules of sanitation. This Is Jhe most efficacious preventive so far know^i.
And, until the disease does appear, don’t lower your resistive powers by
worrying about it.
NEWEST NOTES’OF SCIENCE
% _—
When a. baby for which it has been purchased outgrows a new combined
bed and cart jthe upper portion can be used as a basket and the lower as r
tea wagon.
A flerman scientist believes that the artificial lakes that have bfen
built In his country decrease the temperature and increase the nuiAbor of foggy
days. .
CUSTOMS OFFICERS
SCALDED WHILE IN
SEARCH OF BOOZE
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
TACOMA. June 7 \. S Atherton and Ix-e Carter, customs officers,
who wen engaged in a search-for concealed contraband jil»oard the steam
ship Jav.ar.v today, "ere severel.f burned by steam while engage*! in searc hing
the boiler room <*f the steamer shortly after her arrival front the Orient.
The officers allege that th<- Chinese crew turned a full head of steam
into the I toiler room when- the- officere* were searching for a quantity of
whiskey suspected to be abord the vessel.
Tile officers located the booze plant but the discovery was immediate^
f Wth "" it sustained severe burns about the face and hands before
they could escape from the scalding deluge „f vapor. A number of the Chinese
ctew hav.- been arrested in an effort to find the i»erpoterators of the in
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armies under General Kolchak along tin eastern border of European Russia.
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ALASKA NOTES
1918 COAL MINERS
WAGES GREATEST KNOWN
Associated Press Service.
OBKKN'SBIBO, Pn. —The highest
scale of wages ever paid in 'Westmore
land county was in force in 191X, the
miner’s average daily pay being about
$0.00, an increase of nearly $i’.00
Wlhile $150 was the monthly average,
many miners drew r.s high as $4.00
KOREANS INCLUDED IN
AMERICAN FORCES
Associated Press Service.
HONbMM’.T H (By Mail)—One
hundred and sixty-three oKreans en
tered the Pulled States army here
during the war.
DAWSON WOMAN
GREAT HUNTRESS
Associated Press Service.
DAWSON, Y. T (By Mull)—When
ever Mrs Jack Hollenbeck <>f North
Folk, a Klondike It Ivor point, near
here, wants a set of ermine, marten or
fox furs rlie goes out and catithes the
animals herself. Mr. Hollenbeck is
known throughout -the Yukon territory
ns the most adept woman hunter in
this section. Recently she (nought
down ft tiOO-pound moose within one
mile of her home. During the sever
al years Mrs. Hollenbeck .has lived on
the Klondike she has killed twenty six
CORDOVA BOOZE
DECLARED DEADLY
Associated Press Service.
CORDOVA. Alaska. (By Mail)—So
called whiskey "bootlegged” Into Cor
dova contains deadly poison and resi
dents will be paying high for it no
matter what the jjiricc. says an an
nouncement issued l»y Dr. W. H. Cas
well. «lty physician.
Dr. Caswell reently analized some of
the whiskey. He said it contained
enough poison to prove disastrous to
any persons who may drink it.
ALASKA NATIVES SEEK
ING CITIZENSHIP
Associated Press Servii*.
JUNEAU, Alaska, (By Mail)—More
tlii*i» 30 applications of natives for
certificates to establish their citizen
ship are on file.at the office of the fed
eral court clerk here. Applications
are made by the natives, signed by a
government school teacher who certi
fies that tiie native has passed examin
ations fitting him for citizenship, and
by six white citizens who certify as to
the native's character.
MAJOR WAUGH PREDICTS WIDE
FUTURE FOR MOTORS
Associated Press .Service.
JUNEAU. Alaska, (By Mail)—Mot
or trucks are likely to supplant teams
in hauling most of the freight in Ala
ska over long roads to points not < on
neeted by the government railroad, ac
cording to Major William It. Waugh,
president of^he Alaska r.oad Commis
sion. Tills winter, he said, it was
found that hauling of freight on the
Vaklez-Fnirhanks road was han
dled more cheaply by motor truck than
“We expect to do as much road
work during the next summer as w*
did last summer, and probably a good
deni more. “ said Major Waugh. “.Last
year we were hampered by labor
shortage, but this year I believe we
will have the employees and a larger
population to count on.
YUKON LEGISLATURE
MEMBERSHIP REDUCED
Associated Tress Servlca.
DAWSON. Y, T. By Mail)—Mem
bership in the Yukon legislative coun
cil has/beon reduced from ten to-, thfoc,
making one member elective from the
Southern Yukon and two from the
Northern Yukon. The order from Ot
tawa provides for a redistricting of tha
Northern Yukon. The changes are
[•ffectlve after the sitting of the old
’ouncil this spring. •
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