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JUST CONTENTION
The contention of the United States that the failure of this country
t.. ratify the. Versailles treaty does not invalidate its right to a voice in th<
disposal of Germany's former overseas possessions is undeniably well taken.
However much it may be urgced that self protection was the princi
;,il motive of America in entering the war. the fact ntirutins that our jxtrtici
p. ncy was the deciding factor in bringing the struggle to an end. Hut/for
the added weight brought to the,sadly battered Allied line in 1918. there is by no
means unreasonable ground for surmise that the fields of France and Kelgiuin
anight he still watered with the blood of contending amsies. Hut for the
generosity of this nation in extending to the Allied nations money and credit
running into nearly a score of b Ilions of dollars, there is hardly a doubt that
practically all of them would today 1m- in desperat* financ *1 straits, if not
actually facing national bankruptcy .
1.lying aside entirely the highly important matter of moral influence
brought to bear on the side of the Allies, AiiKTica. with blood and money,
l ough? the right to a voice in deciding the final issues of the war and the
mere fact that she h:u» not cho-sen to grant unreserved endorsement to all the
peace treaty conbuned cannot be reasonably held to have either nullified or
destroyed that right. .
WOMEN AND WORK
Urban housewives- who complain at what they are pleased to term
the •drudgery" incident to the cure and management of their domestic menage,
should glance over the report of the Department of Agriculture relative to the
nation wide farm-homo survey conducted by that branch of the. government
establishment last year before concluding that their domestic lot is particularly
onerous. Measured by the hours of work and the absence of ronvienent au
«-. ssories. the farm tvarwn of America jierfo-m daily almost is much actual
labor as the average city housewife does in three. The survey, which em
braced thirty three Northern and Western states and covered 10,015 typical
■farm homes, disclosed that the working day of the avenge farm woman is
11.3 hours the year round. In summer it averages 13.12 hours.
llalf the farm women are at work at 5 a- an. in the morning. Only
forty per cent have running wider in their kitchens and the other sixty per
cent must carry it from springs or pumps, which in numerous instances were
found at a considerable distant* from the home. Seventy six per cent have,
kerosene lamps to trim and fill. Thirty six per cent, it. was found, help with
the milking and ninety six percent do the family washing, only about hair of
the number with the aid of washing machines Ninety two pet cent do some
• »r all of the family sewing. Harden work is performed la connection with
their other domestic duties by fifty six |ier cent, while eighty one per cent of
all the poultry flocks maintained on farms were found to be cared for entirelv
by the woman. On* fourth of all the farm women help feed and, bed the
livestock and nearly one. fourth* or twenty four per cent., spend more than six
w e.e.ks in the year assisting with some part of the. work done in the fields.
Ninety four per cent <»f them. make tl»e bread consumed by the family and six
per cent have churning to do once a week or oftener. All this, mind you. in
addition to doing the usual routine house duties, cleaning, cook'.ng the family
meals, washing the dishes and caring for the children. And eighty seven out
of each one hundred farm women have no regular vacation.
Compared with the laborious existence of the average farm woman,
the city housewife with only a small family, or none at all. lives a life of ease
almost unknown to her rural sister. Indeed one may conceive her lot. sur
rounded by every form of convenience, electric lights, heating systems, hot
. ml cold water tips, laundry machinery, and ninety five per cent of everything
she needs for the maintenance of her household and the care of its inmates
!>’ought to her door by merely speaking a few words In the telephone, to be
one of the most easeful and luxurious character besides that of the average
country woman, who does all that the city woman does in maintiining the
home and more ofter than not packs all the water she. uses, trims and fills
lamps, tends the garden and poultry, milks the. cows, churns, does big wash
ings without mechanical aids and even assists in the work of the fields.
INTERESTING ITEMS
THE CONSCIENCE FUND. There is in reality no such distinct ac
count as the “Consilience Fund" in the United States Treasury. Conscience
money is Immediately turned into the. general fund and expended the same
as any other receipt. Conscience money sent to the Federal Treasury during
1 he fiscal year of 1913 amounted to $2,814.44. Several hundred persons con
tributed. The identity of all is unknown. The amount makes an aggregate
of $434,615.69, thus paid into the Treasury.
Conscience contributions range from a few cents to thousands of dol
lars. The fund was established in President Madison's administration in
is.ll. when the first contribution of $5 was received. The largest amount
ever received in one year was $35,868 in 1902, and the greatest individual con
tribution $18,669.60, was made to the Collector of Customs in New York more
than a decade ago by an unknown.
TALL MEN. In the army of Frederick the Great was a Scotchmai
8 feet, 3 inches tall. Charles Byrne, who died in 1783 and whose skeleton is
preserved in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, was 8
feet. 4 inches tall. According to tradition, the emperor Maximus of Rome
\v;is 8 feet 8 Inches high. In America. Captain Martin Van Buren Bates, of
Kentucky, measured 7 feet, 11% inches and weighed 486 pounds. His neck
required a 26 collar and he wore a No 15 «hoe. |H1* wife was of the sam*
height, but weighed 96 pounds less. Sixty-five yards of material were need
ed to make her wedding dress.
MUST AND UNIVERSITY SIS.
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Voice of the Alaska Press
(ARTICLES UNDER THIS CAPTION REPRESENT THE EXPRESSION
OF VIEW OF THE ALASKA PRESS ON CURRENT TOPICS)
Thomas l». Drayton. whoso oppoe
tion to the I.ane-Curr> Alaska Devel
opment board bill is voiced in an ar
ticle appearing In a recent issue of
The News, may be right in his con
clusions. The Nows, at any rate. '«
| not prepared to say that he is alto
gether or even partly wrong. He ud
i vuncos arguments which are worthy of
serious consideration, and our advice
to Alaskans Is to study the proposed
plan of control before committing
themselves definitely. It will be bet
ter to defer action, pending .closer
scrutiny of the plan, than to have
something tied to the territory which
cannot be easily shaken off.
As The News sees it. a development
board, such as is propo.srd in the Lane
Curry bill, will be good thing if it
stituting the board are the right sort
of men. and their authority sufficient
to enable thorn to carry on their work
unhampered by restraint. If the right
sort of men should not be selected, on
the other hand, seven years of their
rule would be much t.x> long. There
should be some way to try out the plan
without tying ourselves to it in a hard
There is need of some relief for the
territory pending the time when we can
reasonably hope for a larger measure
of home rule, and the proposed devel
opment board, as Mr. Drayton points
out. undoubtedly v.as planned with
that end in view' iiut whether or not
it is the solution of our administra
tive problem is a matter that Alas
kans should look into carefully before
the bill has progressed too far After
the lull h.is been passed, it will be too
late to make objection.—Nenana News
ROADS ARE OF FIRST
IMPORTANCE NOW
Tlie people of Alaska by every means
at their command should endeavor to
convince Congress that if it desires to
aid ;n the development of Alaska it
cannot give expression to the desire In
a better way than toy appropriating
for road purposes In the Territory' the
amount of the estimates that have
been presented by the War I apartment.
IT this appropriation should fail it wilt
th** program that has been ar
ranged for co-operative road construc
tion in the Territory. It has been es
timated that the Federal Government
owns 98 per cent of the resources of
Alaska. That .would make' her proper
share of the coat of the co-operative
road program far more than is being.
There is nothing Muore important]
than road building in any program for]
the development or Alaska and the!
amount naked is very small when the
area of the country is considered and j
its relative importance to the ap
propriations jot thfs Government. Th's
road appropriation is the matter of
greatest Importance to Alaska that V
pending at hi* time.
The proposition advanced by the
Nuxne Nugget regarding the publicity:
bureau is a good one. and the plan j
should be adopted by the Territorial
legislature. While, the present method I
of publicity is undoubtedly bring ing j
good results much better publicity ]
could be given each division by hav
ing the newspapers attend to the. mat
ter. I^ong range advertising is not as
effective as having a man jn each town
boosting for its resources. The sarnie
amount of money spent would secure ]
twelve times the publicity and give a ,
much wider field. The Nome Nugget
has solved the problem of placing Al
aska squarely before the citizens of the
states.—Valdez Miner.
Among the express packages ice
hound at Circle is one containing three
live Belgian hares, and the officials of
the express company are wondering
how many there will be by the timei
the express shipment can bo nrov.-d
to ita destination.—Ncnatw News.
Again our citizens should apolog-ze
to Air. Burleson. Wo have received
several mails in succession, with letters
not hiore than two weeks behind. In
many c.ises the freights reach Valdez
several weeks ahead of the invoices.—
Valdez Miner.
The Taku winds and the. cold weath
er seemed mow real and apparent to
people of Dougins Island recently when
they saw all that good bonded whis
ky being carted to Juneau. Then*
were no more prospects of a ’hot one”
before going to bed nor a morn in'*
momiag before facing the winter!
winds.—Douglas Island Vews.
MAKE THE GOODS MOVE
(Prom Dawson News)
No doubt exists in the minds of as
tute students of trade phenomena that
advertising agitation of the iwirket
coupled with fair indunments in the
way c*f prices stimulates demand. The
persistent advertising by the largest
manufacturers and dealers of the ron
t nent are open testimonials that they
c*-t results. If they did not they
would not advertise. And. what is
more, the advertising ls included in
the estimates of the calculating busi
ness man as one of the essential items
<.f his annual budget: and. further, the
< insunner. as in respects to all items,
pays the costs. Tn fact, the thinking
c 'nsumer is satisfied and even pleased
I to pay for the Information conveyed
:n a newsy and honest advertiseonent.
T 10 press is the one medium whereby
tlie advertising news of the day can
bo generally purveyed in reliable form
every few- hours to the consumer. The
busy consumer has no time to go tour
ing through a town or rummaging
through stores looking for prices. He
Is entitled to the. daily store news
through the advertising columns of hi*
daily paper, and docs not object U> the
fair charge for such news being added
to his bill of goods and covered by the
honest sale price.
It is interesting to note in mws
papur exchanges received recently
from the coast that market, reports
in the news columns and the store
news in the advertisements reflects the
general decline in prices. Prices are
tumbling head over hezls. and com
modities are plentiful. This means
that as soon as navigation opens in
Yukon next spring the lower-cost
goods will be brought into Yukon mar
kets. rswHon dealers not prepared to
aneei. tbo new quotations win be at a
disadvantage in competing against In
dependent and possibly quite a num
ber of new traders. To anticipate
tittt competition Dawson dealers
“hould be prepared to bring in as soon
as the others tho various lines obtain
able at the new low cost. Tn order to
do that the goods now on band in
Dawson should be made to move im
mediately. The shortest day of the
present winter has passed, and the
sun is on the back track to summer.
It will be surprising how rapidly the
spring will came on and how soon
summer will be here, I,ittle time now
remains in which to make the Yukon
stocks which were obtained at high
cost schedules move before the com
peting low-cost goods begin to arrive.
To induce a larger consumption and a
more generous purchase during the
winter, active advertising is now es
sential. The effectiveness of proper
ly conducting advertising campaigns
cannot be questioned. The results are
accumulative, and the business in
i reases as blow after blow is rained In
with ad. after ad. Now is the time
to get the ball to rolling, and to make
sure that high cost goods are out of
the way in good season.
Arm YOU a Subscriber Mr. Reader ?
PROOFS OF LABOR BLANKS
ON SALE AT NUGGET OFFICE
N«w and uptodato legal forma far
Proof of Annual Ataeament Work
also Oil Location blanks. Deed blanka
for general use. Special and General
Power of Attorney forms. Placer and
Quartz Location forme new on sale
at Nugget OfVieb. Price 15 cents each
or $1.00 per dozen.
NOTICE OF MARSHAL’S SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY
HIVES'. That under and by virttae of
a \Vr;t of Execution and Order of
Sale issued out of the. District Court
for the Territory of Alaska. Second
Division, upon a certain Judgment
rendered in stud Court on tire 26th day
of March 1921, and entered in favor
of Miners & Merchants Bank of A!
aska, a corporation, plaintiffs, and
against Karl I*ie, Mirier Lee and
Richard Ha Horan. co-partners, under
th«- fliso. name and style of Lee Broth
ers & Halloran, defendants, being
Cause No. 2847. in the sum of Five
thousand two hundred thirty-five and
SSj.lOO ($5,235.35) dollars; I will on
the. 17th day of May. 1921, at twelve
o’clock noon of said day at the front
door of the United States Court-house.
Nome. Alaska, offer for sale, at public
vendue and sell to the highest and
best bidder for cash, all of the right,
title, .and interest which the defend- j
ants had on the 2lst day of August,
1920, or at any lime since, in and to
thostk certain mining claims, ditch, and ,
writer right, described u» follows:
No. 19 Bench, First Tie.r, Can- I
die Creek; Valine Fraction, lie- I
tween No. 18 & No. 19. Candle
Creek; Berg Fraction, Between
No. 18 & No. 19. Candle Creek;
'No. 15 Bench Claim. First Tier.
Candle Creek; No. 5 Patterson
Creek; No. 5 and No. 4 Candle
Creek; Also water right .and ditch
on Patterson Creek having its In
take in No. 5 Patterson Creek and
extending down the left limit uf
Patterson Creek to the lower end
of No. n Bench. Candle Creek.
All of s.aid property lying and being
n the HUrhaven Recording Precinct,
rerritory of Alaska, Second Division.
■Dated at Nomn Akudta, this 16th
Lay of April .1921.
E. R JORDAN,
United States Marshal. Second
Division, Territory of Alaska.
’nblish—Apr. 16. 23. 31). May 7. 14. 19"1
MINERAL APPLICATION
V. S. LAND OFFICE
AT NOME. AL\SK\.
California. hm .. .
tom tb» Unhurt States I^mJ Office,
fil. NVoup, Al!us3i;u by bin autli-arteed
agent. Bevn F. GilleUrr. whose aildrnq
is Norm'1. A lit.ska. for a. United StSifes
p&tfeOt for the c.ansolielated placer
Dliitm. bearing placer jeold. known as
the I V. 1<. and MjTj(P.K>LCK Placers.
n»ixa4e oa Pfcimrigjfcn GuTcli. about
1*ri miles East of the Town of Nome,
ajwl 14 (milt North of Bving Sen. axri
Recording WstricJ. Territory of Albs
to, t5>e focterfor bcrunda cles of sjnd
Placer claim. according to the piM and
fleM nobs* of said survey,
ffl* in said land office (with a mas.
ortie variation ot from 20 tlr-tr. 05
ndu. to 2D dvs. 3a mjn. K.» i8 as
FLORENCE PLACER
Bag-mtlng at cornea-. No. 1
post 4 Ins. sq. 4 ft. Ions, in
mound scribed 1-1266.F. whence IT.
S. L*. M. No. 335 hears N. 12 deg!
01 min. W. 7398.5 ft.; thence
62 deg. 03 min. K. 1399.9 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence S 14 deg. 49 min. W.
628 ft. to Cor.
de#. 28 min. W. 1296.5 ft. to Cor!
No. 4: thence N. 7 deg. 35 min. K.
710.6 ft. to Cor No. 1. place of be!
(finning;, containing 19.889
with Cor. No. 2 Florence Placer, this,
survey, a fir post 4 ins*, sq. 4 ft. long
in earth mound, scribed 1-2.1266-1. X.
L..-F. whence C. S. L. M. No 335
bears N. 19 deg. 28 min. W. 8277.6
ft.: thence S. 67 deg. 51 min. K.
1237.4 ft. to Cor. No. 2; thence S.
6 deg. 50 min. W. 706.2 ft. to Cor.
No. 3; thence N. 65 deg. 24 min. W.
1344.8 ft. to Cor. No. 4. identical with
Cor No. 4 Florence Placer, this stir
vey: thence N. 14 deg. 49 min. K. 628
"* ‘ Cor. No. 1. place of beginning.
containing 19.227 acres
Total area applied for 39.116 acres.
The adjoining claims are unsurvev.
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U. S. location Monument .Vo. 335
is si Hr poet 6 ins. fcq. 5 ft. above
ground, in earth mound, scribed U. S.
L. M. No. 335, situated on the east
side of Nome Itiver. on the divide be
tween ln-od of Cunningham and Irena
Creeks: In Latitude 64 deg. 30 min. N.
Longitude 165 deg. 10 min-. W.
THOS. McGANN
Register.
FOblieh—Feb. 12, 19. 26. Mar. 5. 13,
19. 26. April 2. 9. 1921.
MINERAL APPLICATION
U. S. LAND OFFICE
AT NOME. ALASKA.
February 10. 1921
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
William Koenigs, whose post office Ad
dress is Ha ton vi Ik*. State of Washing
ton. has n&de application before the
IT. 8. Land Office at Nome. A las*a,
through ftdttnus Jensen, his duly- au
thorized agent, whose post office ad
dress Is Nome. Afiutka. for a U. 8.
patent for the consolidated placer min
ing claim known n» the. ELMA and
SITNSBT placer, being Mineral Survey
No. 1267, in the Capn Nome Mining
and Recording District. Territory of
Alaska. That the exterior boundaries
of add survey <wltb a magnetic var
iation for from 20 deg. 89 min. to 21
deg. 06 min. E.) are as follows.
ELMA PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1. identical
with the N. B. location corner, a lr
post 4 ft. long. 4 ins. sq. in e&rtli
mound, erribed 1-6-1267-B-S. whenne
C. 8. L. M. No. 335 bears N. 29
deg. 26 min. E. 6060.8 ft.; thence
8. 20 deg. 61 min. W. 605 ft. to Cor.
No. 2: them e N. 60 deg. 24 min. W.
1440.5 ft. to Cor No. 3, Identical
with Cor. No. 4. Survey No. 1131,
Massachusetts Assentation Placer;
thence N. 22 deg. 46 min. E. 517.3
ft. to Cor. No. 4. identical with Cor.
No. 3. Survey No. 1131. Massachu
setts Association; thence S. 69 deg.
58 min K. 1422.4 ft. to Cor. No. 1,
place of beginning, containing 18.427
rth mound. scribed
2-1131-MA-l-1267-S. whence U. S. I*.
W. Vn. B35 bears N. 1* deg. 41 min.
K. 5979.7 ft..; theme S. 69 deg. 21
min. E. 151.7 ft. to Cor. No. 2,
then/** S. 13 deg. 50 min. W. 617.1
to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 75 deg.
min. W 249.3 ft. to Cor. No. 4.
?rth Cor. No. 5. Survey
No. 6; identical with Cor.
*J Kima Plater thin mirvey: thence
20 deg. 5» win. E. 605 ft to Cor.
Sairl i-oissoli dated claim is Situated
• n Willow Creek, about one-ha If mile
West of Cuaningbnnn Oroek, ami 6%
miles East of the Town of Nome. In
Monument No. 535
out 6 ins. sci. in cwrth mound.
Q. K. L. M. No. 85S. and
on tbe mad. slide of Nome
l the divide between Cunning
THCIS. McfiANN
Register.
PUbf&ft—fi>b. 12. £9. 26. Max. 5. 1
t». 26. A orU 2. 9. ItSl.
MINERAL APPLICATION
17. S. 1 And Office
At Nome. Alhffita •
F>»brunrv 10. 1121
office addrwsa is KhtoarviBn Jo the
State of Washington. tins. throfigh
Rasmus Xensen. Me dotty adtJanrissd
ageni. jrciiie application before the
Uni teil States Land Office at Nome.
Alaska, for a United States parent for
ihe consulJcteted pl icer mining Claim
bearing Oteee-r gold, known _
INDEPENDENCE FRACTION and
SURPRISE BENCH, being Mineral
Survey. No. 1259. in tbe Cape Nome
Mining and Recording District, Terri
tory of Alaska. Tbe exterior bound,
a vies of said pinker mining cla im,
according to Che plat and field notes,
now on file in mid land office being as
follows (with a variation of from 2®
deg. 40 min. to 21 deg. 10 min. E.)
SURPRISE BENCH
Beginning at Cor. No. 1. a fir post
4 ft. long. 4 ins. s<i in earth mound,
scribed 1-1259-S-RH.: whence U. S.
U. M. No. 440 bears N. 23 deg. 04
,min. W. 1353.6 ft.; thence S. 89
deg. 43 min. E. 882.4 ft. to Cor. No.
2: thence S. 15 deg. 21 min. E.344.3
ft. to Cor. No. 3: thence S. 7 deg.
22 min. E. 355.1 ft. to Cor. No. 4:
thwiee N 84 deg. 55 min. W. 1124.S
ft. to Cor. No. 5: thence N. 9 deg.
47 min. E. 598.2 ft. to Cor. No. 1.
place of beginning, containing 14.815
INDEPENDENCE FRACTION
Beginning at Cor. Nq. 1, a. fir post
^ ft. long, 4 Ins. *|. in earth mound,
scribed 1.1269-l-F whence U. S.
!#. M. No. 440 bears N. 54 deg 24
min. W. 1763.9 ft.; thence N. 38 deg.
28 min. E.626.6 ft. to Cor. No 2:
thence S. 17 deg. 8 min. E. 1019.5
ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence 8. 83 deg.
Bench, this survey; thence N. 15 der.
21 Trtin. W. 344.3 ft. to Cor. No. 5.
identical with Cor. <No. 2 Surprise
Bendh Placer, this survey; thence N.
Bendh Placer, this survey; thence N.
R deg. 10 min. E. 223.25 ft. to Cor.
No. l. place of beginning, containing
10.356 acres.
The total ares applied for to 25.171
E of the mouth of Nofcne River
and about 2H mike B. of the Town
of Nome. In Longitude 165 deg.
min. W.; Latitude 64 deg. 26 mfa.
The foresting claims are situated
efeout 2 mile* B. <rf of the Town of
Nome, and about H mile N. of Ber
ing Sen. and 1,006 ft. 8. W. of Otter
Creek, a tributary of Nome River, in
m*d_..retrord,n* district, Territory of
> adjoining claims to the
There are____ v„,
knowledge of the applicant
. THO*. McOJjCNN.^
>- it
It, 26. April 2. t.’ 1021