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UNREASONABLE DELAY IN CONTEST HEARING
Not oven the proverbial truism that ponderous bodies more slowly
will solve the puzzle in the nvind of the average Alaskan regarding oongres
rional delay .in resolving our delegate contests.
One would naturally suppose that where there was sufficient doubt
regarding the validity of an election t*» justify a contest, no time would be
lost in resolving the question.
To permit a candidate to hold possession of an elective office to which
he is not rightfully entitled one day longer than necessary is to nullify to a
groat extent the constitutional right of the people to name their representa
tives and also paves the way for unwarranted disregard of the public will
The right to free choice of .representation is the corner stone of the
constitution and any condition which tends to withhold from the people the
privilege of representation by the representatives they have legally chosen is
in direct contravention of the initial principle on which our government is
Congress, however, appears t<> pay little attention to this fact. In
the case of the first delegate contest the national lawmakers waited until
lime had all but made a decision unnecessary because of the expiration of
the term over which thd contest was brought. This may perhaps be ac
counted for on the theory that it was a case « f a democratic congress being
asked to oust one of its own party fr. m office in favor of a political maverick
In spite of the saintly protestations of politicians the old axiom "to tli
victor belongs the spoils" is still a guiding principle In polices: * . t is not t
ho greatly wondered at that a democratic congress giv Mr. Sul all the
time it could before deciding he did not belong where f it . u cl; <um>innc
and corrupt politics had placed him.
The present contest, however, is on m entirely different basis. In
;his instance a republican congress is called upon to judge between a repre
sentative of an opposing political faith and one who possesses no clearly de
fined political brand hut who is doubtless more :■ republican than a democrat
Under such circumstances it might be expected that congress would decide
•he merits of the case within a reasonable time, especially as the present
congress has shown a decided inclination to discredit democracy and its ad
herents whenever opportunity offered.
Why it has not done so. is a question which does not find a satisfac
tory answer. The view that Congress was too busy is hardly credible be
cause of the abnormally small amount of legislation developing during the
session just closed. At any rate it would seem that lime could have been
found to attend to such a small matter, especially as four fifths of the work is
transacted by a committee comprising only a small number of representative*.
There is hardly a doubt that the evidence bearing an the case has long since
been prepared for submission. The period designated for securing testi
mony expired over a half year ago. In the meantime Congress has appar
ently done nothing at all toward resolving the contest and has now insured
further delay by adjourning until next fall.
Considered from the point of view that such dilatory tactics not only
tend to overrule a basic constitutional privilege but may also leave the way
open for the people to become the helpless prey of malign and abhorrent in
fluences. the congressional attitude can hardly be excused save on the score
of unavoidable circumstances prevent,ng action.
WILLING SLAVERY
In view of the great elation of our woman kind over what many of
them delight to term their "emanaip:ition" from age old political and social
restrictions through the acquisition of the ballot, it is some what amusing to
hear that there is a strong prospect that they may soon revive the custom of
wearing tight stays. Outside journals assert that the latest dictum of
fashion is in favor of smaller waists, with the prospective return of thht
freakish distortion the "wasp waist” as a likely eventuality in the near future.
After listening to their vociferous prating of escape from “enslavement to
man's tyranny” via the franchise route, one can hardly forbear a smile at '
woman's delightful inconsistency In retraining a willing and obedient slave
to that master tyrant known as “Fashion.”
“Women,” says a noted satirical writer who loves to dilate on the
amusing fraiBties of the sex. can emancipate herself from everything but the
fear of mice an<J love of fashion." And Indeed it does seem that neither
the political, social, domestic, economic or educational of
women has had the slightest effect toward ending her subjection to the
fashion’fetich. Once in a while an exception is found but they are rare.
In the main women are still as obedient as ever to the dictates of style.
The assimilation of democratic principles and escape from restraints has Aot
made the slightest difference in her attitude toward fashion's edicts. She
will fight for a voice in government with vim and tenacity: clamor for the
right to assist in making the laws which control the nation: declare herself
above the restraints of custom and convention aipd. at the same time how
submissively to fashions dictates, tho it bring her Aching feet, sore and
force her to dietary restriction that pain her soul. For some strange
psychological reason it never seems to enter her head to ask for a voice
in deciding the whims and turns of style. Xo matter bow outlandish or
freakish they may be she submits without a question or re^nonstrance. So
tliat she is able to follow them she apparently cares not a fillip who msfces
them. Even if it compels her to endure the physical discomforts associated
with such tflly vagaries of fashion as the wasp waist aha will crowd her
stomach into the region of her. already well filled thorax without a word of
resentment or protest, tho it try her soul to the ultimate of endurance.
Such will.in* slavery passeth the understanding of mere man, whose
wisdom cannot comprehend why it is that women will demand a place in the
sun when it comes to running the nation and at the same time torture her
self in response to some silly notion of the modiste or whoever «t Is who sets
the styles.
GIVES TERRITORY BOOST
A recent number of the Adventure magazine gives the territory an
excellent tho some what overly drawn recommendation in reply to a query,
made by an Illinois correspondent regarding the prevailing conditions and
the opportunities to earn a living. The reply, made by a member of the
magazine's query staff, is as follows:
There is just as much mining going on in Alaska as ever, and almost
as much prospecting. Of course at the height of the Klondike excitement,
and again at Nome, and still later at Fairbanks, there were large influxes of J
people and more prospecting and mining—if you call it mining—what the |
tenderfeet do to tho ground. But, on an avorage of all the years, there is I
today as much mining activity, and the chances of the average man are just
There is usually plenty of work for any man: naturally, younger men
are more adaptable. There are gold strikes every six months or so, with
important ones every few years.
Alaska is pretty near “dry" now. I guess, and gambling was prohibited
long ago. You will find today little, if any, dt the movie stufT in Alaska.
It is.a safe rfhd sane country. You can earn your living there If you are not.
a cripple.
The cheapest way to placer ground would be fro.n Seattle to any
point in Southern Alaska—$40 or $50 is the fare. Wages are particularly
good for common labor. Skilled labor is only a little better paid than in
Take NO OUTFIT, and have a little money in your pocket for emergen
cies. Aim to keep it there and add to it if possible, so w'hen good opportunities
arise, and you are "wised up” to them by actual experience of conditions, you
can use a little money to better yourself and have others work for you.
INFORMATION REGARDING SEATTLE-NOME MAIL SERVICE
First Summer Mail Leaves Seattle for Nome Direct About June 1st
Last Summer Mail Leaves Seattle for Nome Direct About October 10th.
First Winter Mail Leaves Seattle for Nome About October 15th.
Last Winter Mail Leaves Seattle For Nome About March 15th.
Parcel Post and Well Fargo Shipments for Nome Handled Only Dur
ing Summer Period.
Parcels and Packages Sent to Nome During Winter Must Bear First
Class Postage or Will Not Reach Destination Before Following Summer.
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If Publication During Winter Period Is Ddsired. Advertisers Should Bear,
This in Mind to Avoid Delays.
Packages and Parcels Intended to Reach Destination During Winter
Period will Remain in Seattle Postoffice Until Opening Summer Navigation,
Unless First Class Postage is Attached.
Average Time Required for Transmission of Mail from Seattle to Nome
a urln£ Winter Ueriod is About 45 Days.
Avci t Time Required for Transmission of Mall From Seattle to
Nome Duriii. Summer period is 10 Days. X
Approximately Same Time Indicated Above Required for Transmission
Mail From Nome to Seattle.
THE MOSQUITO
of thought. In high and lowly places,
Th'y bite us where they didn’t ought,
For shame we hide our faces. The
dear old sacred head so ha Id, It only
makes them grin. Xo hit abashed, no
whit appaled. They plunge their sabres
In. N'o .sentiment or love ere burns.
Within the little devils. They're soul
less, h« artless, unconcerned. And glory
in their revels. They veiw their vic
tim and reek not. If they bust their
little necksw In searching out a likely
spot. Kmbarrassed not by sex. There's
reason in tholr every’ plan. For logic
none excel. They turn the humblest,
poorest man. Into a howling swell.
Creative too intheir own way. With
genius galore. They made humps
grow I'm sad to say. Where none have
grown before. Our futile efforts at
defense. With dope or flimsy' veil.
Give cause for laughter, loud immense.
For alas they only fail. The mesh
that shrouds the face so sweet. The
barrier and dead-line. Somehow,
somewhere admit the skeet, Who in
vites his friends to dine. The pest
that dwell within this land. Are well
bred. fat and sleek. Red blood, blue
blood, it beats the band. How much
they drink a week. Within each
skeeter's little turn. There’s yank and
foreign rations. We’ll soon be hearing
that each one. Has formed a league
of nations. But if you would this pest
abate. 1*11 tell you what to do. Bedeck
yourself In armor-plate. Or smear your
face with glue.
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BOOST THIS SECTION OF ALASKA
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result from the neglect of a
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aid treatment It is a powerful anti
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It is soothing and healing and enide
ly drives oat pain and indammatfcn in
cases of sprains, braises, cats, boras,
bates and stings. Just aa reliable, too.
for stiff neck, sore feet, cold sores.
Get it from druggists for 30 cents.
^•Everconstipated or have side head
ache? Just try Wizard Liver Whips,
gaasentlHtl! “ “
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
OUTLINES DEVELOPMENT
NEEDS OF PENINSULA
Following is the list of development
needs of the Seward Peninsula dis
trict as outlined in a telegram to J.
L. McPherson, of the Alaska Bureau
hy the local Chamber of Commerce.
1 Reduced freight rates and regular
service water transportation through
government ownership, subsidy or
otherwise.
2 Cheaper fuel, government distri
bution of coal and fuel oil.
3 Premium on virgin gold.
4 Aids to navigation by placement
of lights and buoys at important
points: assignment of a scout boat to
<toast Guard for relief of mariners in
distress.
5 Establishment of additional wit
less stations at Teller, Wales and Kot
6 Increased appropriations for
roads and special construction of roods
bisecting Seward Peninsula.
7 Appropriations for the estab
lishment of industrial schools for the
Eskimos.
8 An exploration survey of the
fishing areals of Bering Sea.
The Chamber also advocates the or
ganisation of a nonpartisnn board to
act in the capacity of an advisory
committee for congress, with head
quarters in Alaska.
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Renewed Testimony
Xo one in Nome who suffers back
ache, headaches, or distressing urinary
ills can afford to ignore • this man’s
twice-told story. It is confirmed tes
timony that no resident of this locality
C. W. Knight, retired farmer. 915
E. Court St., Pendleton. Ore., says:
“For the past eight or ton years, I
have been troubled by my back. Some
times I had pains across my kidneys
and in my loins and sides. At such
times, my kidneys bothered me and I
had to get up often at night to pass the
[ kidney secretions. They were high
l.l.v colored and contained brick-dust
sediment. Doan's Kidney Pills re
lieved the backache and the pains that
had annoyed me anti cleared up the
kidney seoretkais.’’
SIX YEARS EATER. Mr. Knight
| said: “I gladly confirm every word
of my foitner statement co lceming my
experience mth Doan’s Kidney Pills.
Whenever I feel In need of a kidney
mettycine. I take Dnan's Kidney Pills
and they always do me good.**
. Price COc, at all dealers. ' Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
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Mr. Knight had. Teeter Wilburn Co..
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Of interest
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BY THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION
The Bureau of Education has add
ed another village to its long list of
real up-to-date progressive communi
ties, that of Shishmareff. As a re
sultof our representative’s work at
that place, a large number of furs
were brought to Nome and sold.'the
proceeds being sent outside to’.pur
chase a stock of goods to enable the
natives at that place to open a eo-'op
errative store during the coming year.
The skins were disposed of only a
very short time before the big slump
in fur prices .and a good*price was
obtained for some. The natives of
Shishmaireff have in years past been
compelled to travel many miles in or
der to purchase the necessities of life,
but it was only during the past year,
when fur prices reached the top notch,
that they were able to spare sufficient
funds far them to purchase a stock of
goods. The co-operative stores under
the Bureau of Education have been
uniformly successful, in spite of the
fact that several of them were start
ed on the proverbial "shoe-string.’’
Wales in particular which started
only a few years ago began with a
capital of about five hundred dollars,
but is now one of our most success
fill stores in this district, and this
year will have a large and complete
stock. In splite of the calamity
prophets we have forged steadily
ahead, and we can “point with pride"
to the great progress that is being
llei>orts from parlous villages indi
cate that the percentage of losses in
was at first anticipated. The unusual
weather conditions of spring caused
a great deal of anxiety for the welfare
of the reindeer herds on the peninsula
but the recent break in the weather
has created ideal conditions for fawn
Local supenintendents of reindeer
herds, and natives, have during the
past winter made strenuous efforts to
recover the numerous herds of stray
deer that have been roaming over the
country for some time, and have re
ported that many of the strays have
been recovered. Wales estimates
that they have brought in at least two
thousand deer. Contrary to general
opinion,the conditions prevailing hnv«
not been due to laxity on the part of
the native herders, but to the fact that
there has been .and still is, an nhyrm-*
ing shortage of competent larders.
The recent epidemic was respon*lbU>,
for the carrying away of practic^ly
all our best and reliable reindeer men j
in the villages where the dlfcense prei,|
vailed, and thus the industry ha* Jr'
such places fallen into the hnmfs'nf'
men of little or no experience, with ,
but a few ipani men to instruct tftem
in the business of taking care the
reindeer. However the situation Is j
gradually improving and we look forj
a speedy return to normal conditions.
The Rev. C. K. Malinin and Mrs.
Malinin who have been stationed for a
number of years at Mary’s Igloo in the
capacity of missionaries for the Nor
wegian Lutheran church will be
tranrfeirred by their Board to the Mis*
sion at Teller. Mrs Malntin will he
appointed teacher of the school at
that place, under the Bureau of Kd
ucation. We entertain a high regard
! for her abilities as a teacher and we
j feel sure that the splendid progress i
shown under the care of Mrp. Fosso,
who taught las year, will l»e continu
ed. Mr. and Mrs. Fosso who have
been in charge of the Mission for the
p:.st three years have decided to leave
that place for the “outside". We \v*.ih
the mevery. success in their new held
Mr. and Mrs. T.'uit. Bureau roj/re*
sentatives at Wales, will remain . at
that station during the coming year.
-AS teachers, they have been sii'-cia*
ful. working long and hard in their
eP'.-rts to better the conditions’ of the
natives. During the period in which
they have been at Wales th *y have
o'.i nod the ro:--|MH-t of the native* \ Ih>
in times past have been Inclined t.»
look with little favor on teacher' of
youthful espeot. Mr. Taft In h!->
work at the irelndecr camps has prov
eil that he can rough It with the best
of them, and his letters concerning his
first experience* at rounding up th
deer and comillng them make very
interesting (reading.
Whilst census figure* at this time
are not available, yet from teachers'
reports we have every reason |o be
lieve that there has been for a numb'
of years a large Increase la the native
population, in spite of the fact that
tlie recent epidemic was responsible
far the deaths of over eight hundrej
in this district. There has always
been a popular belief that the Eskimo
race is rapidly dying out, but we do
not believe that it is founded on faei.
That there «re many case* of tuber
'culosis amongst them is admitted, but
tiie percentage so suffering is not
nearly so great as has been from time
to time reported.
Air. J. V. Geary who has been i
i'«n for some.time, will soon (return
to White Mountain where he will*
again take up his duties in connection
with the bureau of Education. Mr.
Geary has been in charge at White*
Afountain since the new‘ village wis
started and that the village has been l
a success has been entirely due to his Jj
efforts, and the efforts of his vslvt- \
ants. Mrs. J. V. Geary and Hannah ?
Air. and Airs. H. D. Reese of
Alary's Igloo have been re-assigned to
that village for the coming year. AI
and Airs. Iteese have spent many
years in fhenir present locality, and
are amongst our oldest teachers from
The I lev. Ears Ahmquist, princi
pul of our school at Unalakleet will
in all probability he la charge during
the coming year at that village. He
will have as assistsnts, Eva Rock and
one other not yet appointed who will
take the place of Samual Anaruk.
Samuel Anaruk of Unalakleet will he
transferred to another school.
We are glad to hear that the Mis
si on board hove decided to send a
medical .Missionary to Cape Prince of
Wales. There has been for years a
gieat need of medical aid in that vi
cinity and we are sure that the doctor
will Ik* able to do much good for th'
natives in that district.
To enable the reindeer to get the
moss under the several sheets of ice
formed by the numerous winter‘thaws
the natives of White Mountain took
picks and shovels to their herding
grounds and broke through man'1
ceres of good feeding ground. While
they weie tweaking the ley surface,
the deer wasted no time, but began
eating while the men aid women were
still digging. This Interei^ in the
welfare of the herd saved several hun
riredjMeer from stnrvlna.
f$vx. Beach in “The Silver Horde”
Wi>s that the run of salmon is always
very small during the years when .«
presidential election occurs. The
catch'last season was the smallest for
many years and *t will he a calamity
if the prediction’ hold* true. It U
based probably on the fact that every
four years there are very few fish, and
tjie small runs just happened to occur
during election year. Time will show
No. 256 Probate
NOTICE OF SALE
In the Probate Court for the Cap.*
Nome Precinc;. Second Division
•Territory of Alaska: Before th *
Honorable • Hugh O’Nelli. V.
Commissioner anj Ex. Ofllcia pro
late Judge.
JOHN !;. Mil.NT qec.-n.sed.
Notice is hereby g* eg that, m pur
suance of an O’Jt dtijv i.ifldc by the
abov.- ntltlert feri .« do ath day
of June. 15120, in ihe matter of the p*.
tate of JOHN H. MILNE, deceased,
the nndersign.'d. Administratrix of
said estate, will sell fit P»»hHc guctior
to the tiighest bidder, .for* cash, sub
Ject to the confirmation of said court
on Tuesday, the «th day of July. iS2-».
at the hour of twelve o’clock noon, at
the offices of the United States Coni
mlssloner for the Cape Nome Pro
oinct. Territory of Alaska, at Nome.
Alaska, all the right title. Interest and
estate of said JOHN H. MILNE, at
the time of his d?at-h, In and to the
property hereinafter described, mine
ly. Lot 8*In Block SI,it) ttye Towns!te
of Nome, together, v 41 th«j Improve
ments altuate |N reel):
Terms and conditlona of pale: Cash
in lawful money of .the Jottfd EfpfdjT
twenty (20V per ce^t to tbf aotttgyr
on the dm- of the mile, and the tmlgtwf
upon 4'onfirmattou of gate by mid Frtf
bate Court and *hp delivery of a coi)
lJfte.1 Jun* Ifth. I»S*. '
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