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SCHOOL EFFICIENCY
Recent communications from the Territorial Board. of Education to the
Nome School Board have disclosed a desire on the ixtrt of the former organ
ization to bring n»>oui a reduction in the number of teachers employed in the
local public school because of the unusually small number of pupils in atten
dance this year In reply the local school l*oard uivoquivocally refused to con
sider the proposal on the score that further reductions in the teaching: stiff
would seriously interfere with present efficiency. The inclination of the ter
ritorial board apparently had its inception in a desire to save the territory *
small amount of money by eliminating one of the six teachers at present eni
In view of the fact that the teaching stiff js already reduced to about
the lowest possible dimensions at which efficiency imn.y be assured, the purpose
of the territorial board appears decidedly injudicious and if persisted in on
no other score than the saving of a small sum of money should arouse, the op
position of every one in the community who appreciates the necessity of main
taining proper educational standards in. the territorial public schools.
To the unrefleotive person it may seem wise and judicious at all times to
reduce the number of teachers employed, whenever the number of pupils di
minishes to the extent that the work of teaching the remainder can be handled
by the teachers retained. Especially to those who have no children the. ar
gument will doubtless appear a very valid one. Much proceedure Is undeni
ably proper when viewed in its broader iisjxets: but when, as in the cause of the
Nome school, a reduction in the teaching personnel will prove seriously detri
mental to a large number of remaining pupils, it should he resort* rl to only
when there is no other alternative open.
There is also another side of the question which should not be over
looked when public c^ication is considered. Briefly stilted it is this: pot
the proper education of one child just os 1'mparfeuit us the education of live*
hundred? When the school attenda.nc© of a community is two or throe hun
dred or more there is invariably an insistent deemuvt from all ranks of society
for the best educational facilities that can be provided and any propascal to
reduce school expenses at the cost of efficiency provokes instant and general
condemnation. Under such circumstances there 1s no inclination whatever to
measure by financial consideration the quality of the education afforded.
IVhy then should the public be less insistent in the case of smaller schools?
"Were there 4wo hundred or three hundred school attendants here there
would be few who would not oppose any proposal to reduce the teaching per
sonnel to the point where efficiency might be endangered. Hence we fail to
see either the wisdom or logic, of a change of attitude toward the. smaller
school. Are not one hundred, or fifty or even fifteen pupils entitled to just as
much consideration as three hundred or five hundred? Should the school
with, an attendance of fifty be less efficient titan one with two hundred or tour
hundred?
In the opinion of this journal, just as much care should be devoted to
the education of ten children as to fifty time* that number.
A reduction of the present teaching staff in the local school cannot but
be seriously detrimental. Natural physical limitations prevent teachers, per
forming their duties effectively when coiled upon to teach two or three times
the normal quota of classes and lowered efficiency will lx*, the certain result of
dispensing with another teacher, merely ixeause there ts not at present as
many pupils in the various classes as it is qiossibie for the teachers to handle.
1 * ere can be no advantageous gain in overworking the teachers and any effort
in that direction should be severely condemned, especially wh**n the chief mo
tive for such action is nothing more than n desire* to save the commonwealth
a few dollars that would in all probability Ik* frittered awny on some-tiling in no
degree as important as the proper education of the young.
STATE SOCIALISM IN BRITAIN
Itecent Outside journals indicate that there has been an enormous c<x- |
Tension of state socialism in Great Britain since the war. The Manufacturer,
a widely known Western commercial journal points out that old age pensions,
a truly socialistic doctrine, have been increased from 12.425.821 pounds ster
ling to 25.974.000 pounds. The recent grants to the cool miners amount to
15.000. 000 pounds. The cost of the insurance feature of the government has
risen from 5.000,000 to 17,000.000. The expenditures of the Ministry of Ln-bor,
which covers toles paid to the unemployed, have advanced from a little more
than 1,000,000 to almost 26,000,000 pounds. The bread subsidy, which 's
given to enable the fanners to pay the increased wages granted farm labor, is
45.000. 000 pounds, and the housing subsidies amount to more than 15,000,000
pounds.
These huge sums are spent for the carrying out of state socialistic
doctrines pure and simple. Parliament fixes wages and grants subsidies to
pay the wages fixed. Subsidies are made for house building, wages are
guaranteed to coal miners and railway employees. The building subsidies
have the effect of keeping up the high wages of the buUding trades: and so on.
Meanwhile the English people are taxed to provide'all these vast sums. AU
this is state socialist.
rhie to socialistic achdmes Involving government ownership and opera
tion of various Industries and activities, England's* floating debt has risen to
the enormous total of six billion dollars, measured by our monetary values.
Aa a result of all this the general public la said to be becoming decid
edly disgruntled. The people are refusing to subscribe for the government's
"housing bonds” of public building programs and also for treasury bonds.
British investors are said to be out of patience with the government because
of Its persistent extravagance. Also they are woefully out of pocket be
es use of the high taxation v The British investors are looking for investments
that will pay them two or three per cent more than the government securities
and th:«* will not add to the tax hill.
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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)
BUY IT IN THE HOME TOWN,
THE TOWN WITHOUT A STORE
Suppose the Town of Seward should
wake up some morning and find it.
self without a solitary store
Wihat would the citixans of
think? ask the editor of the Seward
Gateway.
What would they any?
"We should bo confronted with stu ■
pendous problems like those our for*
fathers had to meet.. If a package ot
oatmeal or coffee wa« required, an or
der would have to be sent away for it.
Two or three weeks would elapse be
for the arrival of the cofTee or oat
mueol. Ip the meantime the morning
cup of eofPee or the. morning dish of
cntmeal could not be had. If a dress
^ere Ix'ing rruide for one of the child
ren for the Sunday School Picnic or a
birthday party and some trimmings
w»re required. instead of being able to
secure them at once, the dress would
have to go without them or be laid
aside until the trimmings came. Ima
gine Seward without a store. Most of
‘he folks who live in Seward are proud
of their town and if anyone wants to
commence an argument with a Seward
mum or woman in Anchorage or any
other town let him try to knock Sew
ard. (.Hit spirit is right, but our prac
tices don’t back up our spirit. The
majority of us have been doing our
best a number of times each year to
erase Seward from the map of Alaska.
How'? Tty sending our good money to
mail order houses for gotxls which can
lx* bought right in Seward.
x “l>kt us give local merchants who ad
vertise the same generous deal we give
the mail order houses and we will find
that they cannot only match the price
when the parcel post, freight or ex
press charge to Seward is added, but
he will be able to beat it—in the major,
ity of instances—the best mail order
price when quality is studied. Giving
the local merchants the satae gener
ous deal dosen’t mean dropping in just
now and then for a petty demand.
"It means placing the big orders
with them—accompanying these—-or
ders with <*ash just as the mail order
house demands and then waiting ten
days. Sounds unreasonable, perhaps,
to ask such a thing. But Is it any
more unreasonable to do that by our
own home towrn merchant which we do
by the far away stranger? The trouble
is most of us have looked at his mat.
tier from only one ancle. We have
been accustomed to getting what wo
wan ted when we wanted it from the
home town merchant—and in many
instances, we have been getting it on
"We compared prices—-oft times
neglecting to add freight or express
charges—but never once have we com
pared service. We have taken thnt
for granted, isn’t ft about time we
gave the home town merchant a square
deal? Let us consider service along
with prices. Let us atop sending our
good cash away. Let us make a con
certed effort to keep it home where
it will haw an opportunity to fall into
our hands again. Let us make our
purchasing slogan ‘BUY IT IN' THK
HOME TOWN.’ ”
Alaska oil lands are sadly in need
of publicity, believes the Seattle Alaska
Dispatch. To the east, south and
north of Seattle the oil districts are at
tracting thousands of dollars, while
those holding drilling permits in Al
aska are scouting for sufficient capi.
tal to put drills on tlieir holding'-..
Alaska oil pools have been reported
by Government geologists. Promoters,
backed by publicity, should be raising
the required sums to carry on drilling.
Unfortunately the oil pools of Alaska
have never been drilled and l ick ol
publicity is retarding a start.—Nena
na News.
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DEATHBED REPENTENCE
(FVom Juneau Capital)
It will be interesting to the citizen/
of Alaska to learn that the democmtii
press has supported the Bourbon party
full conscious of jts inequal ties and de
f.ciencies and is frank enough to ac
knowledge this fact.
A change of heart and the act ni
reformation is acceptable at all times
but when h e rend:
•"It (the democratic party) had
reached the point where it w;us for th«
good of the country tluit it give way.”
one cannot help but arrive at the con
clusion that -both the democratic party
and the people have been betrayed.
If the above is true, why did the
men now giving voice to these deduc
tions support that party? Why. at the
beginning of the campaign, did not the
®ress possessing these opinions, voice
them for the good of the country', in
stead of waiting until :liter the people
had rendered a sweeping verdict to ar
rive ;,.t the conclusion? In other words,
knowing that the party was unequal
to the tusk, and that the nation was
suffering thereby, those same organs
Labored to mold public opinion in^mp
port of that party regardless of this
consciousneas of deficiency.
Jt will be equally interesting to learn
what the men who followed the demo
cratic standard think of this latest
deathbed repentence. Imeaning as they
did upon the lending democratic organs
of the territory to guide them, they
lave, like lambs, been led to the
slaugher by falsa prophets.
The world admires the man who is
willing to back his opinions by every
means in his power and wage a con
scientious battle in an effort to convert
his fellow man to hie vsiwpoint, but
what is to be said of the individual or
| institution who commercializes opin
I- if-ns to the point of where they mislead
and threaten destruction to the body
and while so doing line their own
j peckets?
J A victorious general docs not kiss
I the cheek of his adversary and adorn
his breast with medals, neither will a
I victorious political party welcome in
| to its councils the enemies of the parts*
as well as the nation.
Further on we read: "Every change
it (the democratic party) makes loses
it some of its support, .and finally *t
reaches a point where it cannot make
more changes without being a minority
party, or when it ceases to progress
and only attempts to get by and hold
;• majority of the i>eop!e for the sake
of being in power."
support given during the recent cam
paign was not for the purpose of con.
tinuing in power a party equal to the
exigencies of government and progress,
hut merely to secure the spoils that fall
to the lot of the faithful?
The basic theory of government *s
the greatest good for the greatest num
ber. Under the above deduction it
would appear that the leaders of the
now defunct democratic party tcrrl
torally as well as nationally were bat
tling for n meal ticket rather than for
the good of America.
Cities maintain dumps for refuse.
Political parties may do the same, and
into the local political dump will go
ell the rubbish accumulated during
eight years of democratic administra
tion. The party In power, put there
on n set of progressive principles, will
man ship and do the steering and
hardly will welcome the gratuitous ad
vice that became an unmarketable pro
duct with the demise of the Bourbons.
New and uptadate legal forma for
Proof of Annual Assessment Work
also Oil Location blanks. Deed blanka
for general use. Special and General
Power of Attorney forms. Placer and
Quarts Location forms now on sak
at Nugget Office. Price 15 conta eaefc
or $1.00 per dosen.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To (Thus. Uilot and .1. Sheehy. your
heirs, successors and assigns:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that the undersigned has ex
pended in labor and Improvements
during each of the years 1908, 1909,
1910, 1911, 1912. 1913. 1914, 1915 and
1916 the stun of one hundred dollars
each year, on the FENNY RIVER
GROUP situated on Penny River, in
the Cape Nome Recording Precinct,
Territory of Ahu&a, notice of location
of which is recorded fn the records
of said Recording Precinct. Said
labor an«i improvements having been
done on said claim for the purpose of
•holding the name under the provisions
of Section 2324 Revised Statutes of
the United States and supplemental
legislation.
And you are hereby require^ to con
tribute your porportion of said expen
diture as co-owner to the undersigned,
withBn ninety days after the final pub
lication of this notice or your interest
in said mining claim will l>e forfeited
and become the property of the under
HLgned. your Co-owner, as provided by
| said section of the revised statutes.
Dated Nome, Alaska Jan. i, 1921.
J C. CORNEL!,.
Publish—Jan.8. 15. 22. 29 Feb. 5. 12.
19. 29, Mar. 5. 12. 19. 26. Apr. 2. 1221.
MINERAL APPLICATION
California, has made application b«
fow the United States U«.ad Office.
at Nome, AtiusJci, by his authorized
agent, Ben K. Gillette, whose address
Is Nome. Alaska, for a. United States
patent for the consolidated phtcer
U. S. IAND OFFICE
AT NOME. A1*ASK.\.
February 10; 1021.
Pfctrmigafi Outerh. about
7% miles ELmt at the Town of Nome,
and V* mile North of Bering Sen, and
•hdfluted ah Mineral Survey
ISW, In the Cape Nome Mining and !
ReconUog District, Territory of Alas*1
lea, the exterior boundaries of -snid
placer claim, according to the plat and
field notes cit said survey. _
dir in wild land office (with a ni
netic variation of freon 20 cleg.
min. K.> is
FLORENCE PLACER
Beginning at corner. No. 1. a fir
post 4 Ins. aq. « ft. long, in earth
mound scribed 1-1266-F. whence U.
j- M. No. 535 bears N. 12 deg.
sin. W. 7308.5 ft.: thence S.
62 deg. 03 min. E. 1399.9 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence S 14 deg. 49 min. W.
6-* ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 64
28 min.- W. 1296.5 ft. to Cor.
4: thence N. 7 deg. 35 min. E.
.5 ft. to Cor No. 1. place of be
ginning. containing 19.889 acres.
„ t. X. L. PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. l. identica
with Cor. No. 2 Florence Placer, thi
furvey. a «r post 4 ina. sq. 4 ft..loiu
in earth mound, -scribed 1-2.1266-T X
L -F. whence U. S. L. M. No S3
bears N. 19 deg. 28 min. W. 8277.
ft.; thence S. 67 deg. 51 min. E
1-37.4 ft. to Cor. No. 2; thence S
6 deg. 50 min. W. 706.2 ft. to Cor
{*©• i:-!heno?.N- 65 ***• 24 TOin- W
V *nenc* w- 65 «*• 24 -min. Vi
1344.8 ft. to Cor. No. 4. identical wll
v or No. 4 Florence Itlacer. this sui
vey: thence N. 14 deg. 49 min. E. 61
ft. to Cor. No. 1, place of beginnin
containing 19.227 acres.
Total area ajtplled tor ».11« area
ed. and claimants unknown.
IT. 8. Location Monument No. 885
is a fir pout 6 ins. V*q 5 Pt. above
ground. In earth mound, scribed U. 8.
L. .VI. No. 335. situated on the east;
side of Nome River. on the divide be
tween h«td of Cunningham and Irene
Creeks; in Latitude 94 deg. 30 min. N.
Longitude 165 deg. 10 min. W.
THOS. McUANN
IKblish—Feb. 12. 10. 38. Mar. 6. 1L
19. 38. April 2. ». 1931.
MINERAL APPLICATION
U. S. LAND 0*VlCK
AT NDME, ALASKA.
February 10. 1121
NOTICES IS HEREBY GIVEN. Tl»t
William Koenig*, whose post ofltee ad
dress is H&tonvllle, State of Washing
ton. has nrnde application before the
U. S. Land OIBoe at Nome, Alaska,
through Kahroua Jensen, tils duly au
thorised agent, whose post office ad
dress Is Name. Alaska, for a U. 8.
patent for the connoldnted placer min
ing claim known w the BLMA and
81TNSET placer, being Mineral Surrey
No. 1267. in the (kpe Nome Mining
and Recording District. Territory of
Alaska.. That the exterior boundaries
of said survey (with a magnetic var
iation for from 20 deg. 39 mtn. to 31
deg. 08 min. E.) are as follows.
ELMA PLACER
TV ginning at Cor. No. 1. identical
with the X. K. location corner, a dr
post 4 ft. long. 4 ins. sq. in earth
mound, scribed 1-6-1387-K-S. whence
IT. R. L. M. No. 336 bears N. »
deg. 28 min. E. 6080.8 ft.; thence
S. 28 deg. 61 min. W. 805 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence N. 66 deg. 24 min. W.
1440.5 ft. to Cor No. 3. Identical
with Cor. No. 4. Survey No. 1181,
Massachusetts Association PMcer:
thence N. 22 deg. 46 min. E. 617.2
ft. to Cor. No. 4, identical with Cor.
No. 3, Survey No. 1131, Maasachn
setts Association; thence S. 69 deg.
58 min K. 142*2.4 ft. to Cor. No. 1.
place of beginning, containing 18.427'
SUNSET PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identical
with Cor. No. 2. Survey No. 1181
I Massachusetts Association, a fir poet.
4 ins. sq. In earth mound, scribed
3-1131-MA-1-1267-S. whence 1'. R. L.
M. No. 335 bears N. 19 deg. 41 min.
E. 5979.7 ft.; thence S. 69 deg. 21
min. E. 151.7 ft to Cor. No. 2.
thence R. 13 deg. 50 min. W. 647.1
ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 76 deg.
09 min. W 249.3 ft. to Cor. No. 4,
idenfHcaJ with Cor. No. 5. Survey
No. 1131, Massachusetts Association;
thence N. i}6 deg. 24 min. W. 1008.
ft. to Cor. No. 5: identical with Cor
No. 2 Elftrr.i I "Liter this survey; thence
N. 20 deg. 51 min. E. 605 ft to Cor.
No. 6, identical with Cor. No. 1 Rbna
Placer, this surrey; thonce R. 69 deg.
58 min. E. 1024.5 ft. to Cor. No. 1.
place of beginning, containing an urea
of 17.856 acres.
The total area applied for is 36.213
Said consolidated claim is stunted
on Willow Creek, about one-half mile
West of Cunninghnm Crrv’k, and 6H
miles Elist «f the Town of Nome, in
said recording district and territory.
That the adjoining claims are. on
the North. South, and West, the Mass
achusetts Association Placer. Mineml'
Survey No. 1131. on the East, claims
unknowa :uid un«urveyed.
IT. S. I.ocation Monument No. 339
is a fir post 6 ins. srj. fn earth mound,
scribed I'. S. L. M. No. 33S. and
situated on the wist side of Nome
Hirer, on the divide between Ounning
h-.un Creek and Irene Creek, in Latitude
64 deg. 29 min. N. Ixmgitudb 19&
THOS. McGANN
Publish—Feb. 12. 19. 26. Mar. 6.*t2.
19. 26. April 2. 9. 1921.
IWIW£H*L^PWJCA non
office address fs Katonville in the.
State of Washington, hua, through
Rasmus Jensen, his duty authorised
agent, made application before the
Unified States I.-tnd Office at Nome.
Alaska, for a United Statee patent for
the consotfdoted placer mining claim
bearing placer go Ml known as the
INDEPENDENCE FRACTION and
SURPRISE BENCH, being Mineral
Survey. No. 1239. in the Cape Nome
Mining and Recording District, Terri
tory of A 1aska. The exterior bound
aries of said pferer mining rtairo.
according to Che plat and field note*,
now on file in said land office being as
foltowa (with a variation of from 20
dog. 40 min. to 21 deg. 10 min. E.)
SURPRISE BENCH
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, a flr poet
4 It. long, 4 Ins. sq in earth mound,
scribed 1-1259-S.BH.: whence U. 8.
L. M. No. 440 bears N. 23 deg. OS
imin. W. 1353.6 ft.; thence 8. SO
deg. 43 min. B. 882.4 ft. to Cor. No.
2; thence S. 15 deg. 21 min. N.844.S
ft. to Oor. No. 3; thence 8. 7 deg.
22 mfn. E. 356.1 ft. to Cor. No. 4:
thence N . 84 deg. 65 nrin. W. 1124.8
ft. to Cor. No. 6; thence N. 9 deg.
47 min. E. 598.2 ft. to Cor. No. 1.
Place bf beginning, containing 14.81S
independence fraction
Beginning at Cor. No. 1. a fir post
4 ft. long. 4 Inn. sq. In earth mound,
scribed 1.1269-I-F whence U. 8.
I*. M. No. 440 bears N. 54 deg 24
min. W. 1708.9 ft.; thence N. 38 deg.
28 min. E.020.0 ft. to Cor. No 2:
17 deg- > min. E. 1019.5
Identical with Cor. No. I Surprise
Bench, this survey; thence N. 16 deg.
21 min. W. 344.3 ft. to Oor. No. 5.
identical with Cor. No. 2 Surprise
Bench Placer, this survey; thence N.
5 deg. 10 min. E. 223.25 ft. to Cor.
No. 1. piece of beginning, containing
U. S. Location Monument No. 4«0
la n flr poet 0 tna. m- In earth mound,
chiseled U. S. L. M. No. 440. situated
on MU about three-quarters of a mile
N. E of the mouth of Noftne River
and about 2H miles E. of the Town
erf Nome. In Longitude 105 deg. 18
mln.^W^ Latitude 04 deg. 21 min.
The foregoing claims are situated
about 3 miles E. of of the Town of
Nome, end about % mile N. of Ber
ing Sea. and 1.000 ft. R. W. of Ott*r .
Creek, a tributary of Nome River, in
swld^recordlng district. Territory of
There are no adjoining claims to the
knowledge of the applicant.
THOB. MoOANX.
12. 19. 28. Mar. I. 12.