THE NOME NUGGET
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DISCORD JEOPARDIZING SUCCESS
Much In tile regret of those who : < « sincerely interested in N’orne'1?
* elfare. m<linations of discord have already appeared in ixmnectlion with the
new lighten!!?? proposal which. if further augmented. may seriously interfere
with the success of that overwhelmingly important project.. The motif for
this unhappy conditilon upjM-ars t * in- that ■some -have conceived th:*i view
tliat somolKxly or someone its going to get the ix-st of the others interested
and unless Hwiv ii and eairth art* unloved to find safeguards against such
eveivtuaMiy. the so culled •'capftulrsti*'’ cleanouts nre Inevitably certailn to
p.tiddc the whole thing. As a result there is clearly discernible inclination
on the pairt of some of our citriezeins to witiihokl their support, both moral
and financial. Inasmuch as the project is pri'nuajl'ily dependent on all
of our citizens pulling together, 5t is oJ r.r thsut such :ut attitude cannot be
other than harmful and m.iy very ae *foU3ly luunp&r its success if t.irried
It Is hardly necessary to point out. t.o j*wpl<* possessing a modicum
of djscernmdnt that those who are inclined to become at odds with a. pro
posal of such a character sir© (working against thedr own 'interests, as well
as the interests of the town and district. Nome must have lighterage fa
cilities or close its doors. As indicated in.'ithe recent tele.gr:dm of the Alaska
Stcatinsh'ip Company. printed eilsewhere in this issue of the Nugget, there is
.anal] likelihood that the Lrunsportatkm company will luvopt freight for this
port unless fairly adequate facilities are provided for ligkt-rage. landing
freight in ‘skin boats.” :us was <loine in Lhe rush days, may seem a feasible
method to those whose minds dio not ^irwxwTi.p.ass more than one. thjng at a
time but it is out of reason t» thiaik that such means cam bo dm ployed ex
< «»y»t under most favorable conditions—-:uml such comdflfcinns are the rare ex
ception on tills coast. If wo iuxj fit* continue im business as a.comm unity we
most certainty must have r>. thoroughly equipped plant caixible of openuting
vvhoiuwt r operation is humanly possible. It is therefore up to the community
to secure such a.n equipment, Employing the l.iest means jKWSi'blc to tliat end.
This is what, the rec'emt apiminted Lighterage committee is trying to do
and will do ,f the public will grant it the full ;unJ undivided support rtstu.site
to such attainment Tin* meager pnos|Kx-t that private interests might in
some manner gain control of the organization should not cause- anyone with
regard for tli • r own interests and the .interests of the eommumty to withhold
their .support iSuch ;ui even tualldity may be adequately guarded against in a
wide variety of ways an>d there is two doubt that ft will Ik* done, to the fullest
extent possible. Thor** nre doubtless some wlh-n would be only too willing
to undertake to secure control of the c-unt/unplatcd orga.nian.Uon but if ordi
nary business precautions arte observed, by those who subscribe the. morrey
the prospect of their doing so stray Ik- practically eJitnvrir.itid.
Those who are Inrfnned to withhold their support on this ground
should also nuvmber that in so doing they art* actually helping to drive, the
project, directly into thd handy of the iso cajlcd “caputaJ Latfc” interests ISiey
obstensibly seek to avoid. If the pnvuemt project dot's not go through there
is hardly a doubt that private interests will take St up and perpetual e the old
••■gime or extorUbnsute rates nnd piratical methods.
< liven whoMuraBtorl -support 1>S' the citizens, th*i proposed cofmnuircit?
plant will unquestionably be able next year to reduce lighterage rates to
figures considerably beAotw thos?) of recent years and at the stune time pay a
vood rate of interest on the money jm-twled. Under the proposed phtn of
organization the plant will become n public utility employed in the interest
of end for the benefit of the whole peopl1*. If it is tlesbed to can the plant
••ver to the city steps are already under way to seen re the requisite Chany..*
in tl;e laws governing municipalities and such transfer may be easily nr
limpd for during: the process of organization. If the stockholders desire to
retain ownership, there is every prospect that by penititting a nominal profit
«*n operations the stock indebtedness can tie red odmed in a few years and the
stockholders not only receive most of their money lxwk with interest but also
own the plant as well.
In the meantime, the proper thing to do is to get together and give
the project the support, financial and otherwise, uocessary to its fulfillment.
Never in the history of the camp have the citizens of Nome been granted
Mich an excellent opportunity to help the community and themselves *os is
provided in the lighterage plant proposal. It represents an most important
•vlop toward relieving the distrtict of the throttling transportation incubus
which has contributed more than ;iny other factor in our economic affairs to
ward bringing about the present stole of industrial decadence. It is a good
business proposition from whatever angle viewed, with fair interest on the
money invested and a. good sized profit represented by reduced lighterage
charges which will be reflected in lowered prices on every commodity pur
chiused in the local market. *
AN EXAMPLE
(From the San Francisco Call)
Some New Jersey nob hers were tmnsfienred in less than twenty four
'.lours from the vault of a bank to a ceil in the Trenton penitentiarfy. They
broke into the hank at mid night and want to the i*enitentiary at four o’clock
that afternoon.
That’s the kind of speed that causes justice to be respected, when it
is justice, not panicky haste. There are few murders in England, for there
they comtct murders, and once convicted, that settfcew it. no flowers from the
iadies, no half a dozen new trials. To ,be convicted is to be hanged, and
criminals know it, therefore, few burglars In England carry deadly weapons.
They are afraid they might use them, and they know what that would mean.
They prefer propably prison to certain hanging.
That is worth thinking about.
Keep jour dollars circulating in Name—Order your job prim
FIRST AND. UNIVERSITY STS. SEATTLE
ARLINGTON HOTEL
[The Home of the Pioneer.
TbisHotcl is not and never has been owned or controlled by Japanese
■ $1.00 ONE DOLLAR ROOMS $1.00
a BUSS .MEETS ALL TRAINS.
U J. J RYAN, Prop. ROOT. KELLY. M*r.
Voice of the Alaska Press
(ARTICLES UNDZR THIS CAPTION REPRESENT THE EXPRESSION
OF VIEW OF THE ALASKA PRESS ON CURRENT TOPICS)
SELECTING A GOVERNOR
(From Juneau Capital)
Keen rivalries for the governorship
premise to develop shortly, for it is
known that thus mui’h-coverted honor
would ‘hardly In* scout*-d by an) man
who is a true Alaskan.
Rut while the rivalries are progress
ing1 one danger loom's, said that is that
they may develop a keenness resultant
in the necessity for selecting an out
side man as a. compromise. This is
one thin.*: Alaska does not. wish any
more than it desires that an assistant
secretary of the interior sis has In-en
proposed, t*e appointed from the Fast.
It is believed that when the aspir
ants have ma rsbaled their forces and
reached a. point where the butt! will
ramie out in the open a spirit of pat
riotism will present Itself that will
cause those in the r ad to rally to the
sup|n>rt of the man who appears to
have the best chance to win. By this
method we are assured that it will not
be necessary logo outside the territory
By impressing upon tin chief execu
tive of the nation the desire of Alas
kans for an. Alaskan in the territorial
governor's chair, the end sought will
l»e achieved. In other worxls the spirit
should prevail that, “if I cannot secure
rt. 1 will see than an Alaskan gets it.”
This i»ui be done l*y all the aspirants '
counting noses, setting upon one man
and putting their support behind him.
THE GOVERNORSHIP
(Frum Ketchikan Chronicle)
I >is]<itches from. Washington t -day
say that there is a belief theire that
with Judge Wickersham and fh-orge
i*. Hazelet lighting each other to the
last ditch in the race for governor that
;heixi s great likelihood that an out
sider will be iuuned for the place.
i?uch a possibility does stare Alas
ka in the fare, but it is inconceivable.
Alaska, wants an -Ylaakun far governor
one who U;ls lived and grown up with
the Territory- If the tight between.
Judge Wickers ha m and Mr. Hazelet
should take on such pror>orUans that
ITesident Harding felt he could not
appoint either, he should be urged at
least not to go outside the Territory in
search of a. dark horse.
N if neither of the candidates now in
the Hold are acceptable to the next ad
ministrat on, A la skit can find someone
WHY NOT KETCHIKAN'
(Freon Ketchikaar Chronicle.)
Flgurei* In th«v report of the Collec
tor of Customs fur the year 1920 show
Uui«t the business of Ketchikan is
greater than' ary other town hi Alaska
and that. It ban been for several years
By its very geographical position it '*
bound to be the first ajul most import
ant port in the Territory' for many
years to come, if not for all time.
Practically all the ^hips going to or
returning from t!he points to the North
enter Ke-tdiikan. There arc vary few
exceptions to this rule of things, yet
that fact together with the fact that
the business of Ketchikan outside of
temporary government work, is the
heaviest of any port of the Territory
does not seem sufficient to make the
town the headquarters of the collector
of customs. Under what stretch of
imagination can Juneau be said to be
entitled to the collector of customs.
Boosters for JtflSe&u may say that it
should be there because it is the cap
ital. But that is a poor argument and
with precedents galore to offset it.
Olympia, the capital of Washington
does not have the collector of customs
for the reason that Seattle and Tacoma
have the chief shipping, so that the
collector makes his headquarters in
Seattle. In New York Stats, in Cali
fornia, in Maryland, In other seaport
states the collector of customs makes
his headquarters not at the capital but
at the chief seaport.
And a further rrsison wh> Ketchikan
should have the office of the collector
of customs. Thus is the point through
which tjs* smugglers arrive with their
l>ooze and opium for the whole Terri
tory It is the port from which this
smuggling could and* must Ive stopped
and it <".m t»e done with the proper
collector of customs here, and with a
couple of fast, high-powered boats at
his disposal.
At Ketchikan we have three deputy
collectors of customs whose work is to
ha mile about SC, jn-r cent of all the boat
business in Alaska. At Juneau they
have the collector and as many or more
deputies. All the work of the Ketchi
kan office, which is the greater part of
the whole Territory must bo sent to
Juneau to be worked over again there.
If the office was here government
money would be saved, better service
would be rendered to I'ncle Sam and
to the patrons <«f the customs office,
and tliis without any reflection, what
ever on the three men who handle in
an able manner the office at Ketchi- I
kan at the present time.
TOO MUCH CONSERVATION
(From Juneau Capital)
One class of people in Ui• Fast Idol:
upon Alaska, as containing great na
tional .'Lssets, which belong to the in
habitants of the United States. Anoth
er class views Alaska us a frozen
waste. Of the two. possibly the most
h...rni comes from (he fonuei*.
Alaskans want the fruit <>f their
labors an/1 enterprise. They also want
cons, rvatiou with utilization, not re
strietiv i c onservation that retards pro
gress. Kvcn though the Alaskan bu
reau oflic als of the various deport -
ments are working in good faith, many
restrictions remain.
For instance, suppose the* residents
of tlv forest set vice towns of Tenakee
and (’r.iig, where rental of $•' p?r yaar
is now charged for each lot. were al
Oowed -to secure title to their lots;
thenu wviulil be a magical change. Pro
perty owners would then build 5 otter
residences. At the present time all
they can sell are their improvements.
Surely the administration of the
forest service, which is to conserve the
timber, lots no interest 5n a<iminister
ing aiuinicipttliti-:'.s. It is a. form of pa
ternalism, which naturally, Americans
resent, arid under w hich they cannot
thrive. The matter would: be greatly
simplified if the forest officials them
selves would recommend that these,
and other settluinents, as they spring
up, be given title.
A GOOD SUGGESTION
(From Alaska Daily Capital)
The suggestion of Charles’ I). (Air
field in his annual report to the govern
or that the fishing industry should be
so arranged as to furnish employment
to residents, will mtefet with appr ival
in Ahiska. The fisheries create suffi
cient wealth to support unany thriving
villages, and the industry, properly
ccmsorvel. will continue to produce
great wealth annually.
Tivery efTort should be made to in
duce those engaging in the business
to secure tlieir labor in Alaska.
NATIVES ARE INDEPENDENT
(From Alaska Daily Capital)
The Alaska native wants to be in
dependent and self-supporting. The
spirit shoe n at the recent Wrangell
convention of natives is a powerful ob
ject lesson, showing that, tfriey are
progressive and enterprising ind re
vere American Ideals and traditions,
and that they a re willing to -take their
chances in competing with other Amer
icans, and do not want anv favo>s
[shown them. The strait forward man
ly expression should not go unheeded.
People would, probably think more
seriously about those orders for hun
dreds of millions— or was it billions?
—that Washington Vanderlip brought
from Soviet Husain if he had brought
the gold with him, or anything like
assurance that it was not intended to
pay In what Hoover hits so graphically
described :ls the “published money ot
Sovietism.”—Juneau Empire.
BONUS FACTS ARE
RELATED IN CIRCULAR
1'ppermost m the discussion of the
Istgion num of Alaska today is the
question of the territorial bonus for
ex-service men. The movement w.va
inaugurated in Ketchikan. The post
there appears to be in favor of a cash
reward, but the departmental officers
of the I region, in Alaska advocate
script of kind n.s the most worthwhile
aw.urd. The jiropositiun is thus stated
by headquarters:
(a) Between .the ilates of April ti.
1917. send ^November 11. 1918, Alaska
furnished 2,381 nvm for the amiy, navy
an]J cwust guards, according to figures
furnla?ied by the statistical branch,
general stuff. IT. S. army.
(b) To p:uy a csiah bonus of $15.00
per month, allowing an average period
of ten month service for each man,,
would require $357,150.
(c) The. territory's total income
is approximately $400,000 per annum.
expenses.
(d» II ds observed. therefore. that
it would require approximately the
entire revenue for one year t.» pay
(«•> It would appea* that the only
way to raise this money to give to cT
service inen would, lx* through the is
suance «*f bonds, and to 'issue such
from congress which, upon Investiga
tion Ivy the department officers seems
to be pntcticuUy impossible.
(f) The Ahuskn. kgislature can.
however, ask congress to grant to the
territory of Alaska, 160 acres of land
script therefor for each »»f Iter ex-ser
vice men. This land, (any 160 acres
the man may select) to be given In
turn to the territory. This requ st
isui be prv.scn.ted, it is believed with
ftir more assurance of its Ixing gr.nvt
(g> Do not confuse with the h «ii •
stead, This griuil Is to be absolutely
Sreo from all residwnce requirements.
(h) In conclusion the man must
not overlook thf:u-l that it would
indeed bo poor judgment on his part
if he did not select a pi.ee of land
that he would be able. to dispose of
tor an ore than $150.00 immediately tip
on getting his deed. Many of the nu n
will no doubt much prefer to hold
Shis property.
Now and uptodato legal forma for
Proof of Annual A^esamrait Work
also Oil Location blanks. Deed blanks
for general use, Special and General
Power of Attorney ferine. Placer and
Quarts Location forma nano an sale
at Nugget Office. PWce 15 cents each
»r $1.00 per dozes.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
r.n the Probate Court of the Koyuk
Precinct, Second Division. Territory
of Alaska.
tn the matter of the estate of
JOH1N I.AMANTAGNE, deceased.
Notice is hereby giviem that the un
dersigned ha* been duly appointed Ad
ministrator of the estate of JOHN DA
MONTAGNE. deceased. Notice is
further given that all persons having
claims against the instate of said de
ceased, are 'requested to present them,
with proper vouchers, within six
months fir am the date of this^ notice,
to the undersigned Administrator, at
his office at Haycock, in said Pneclnct.
Territory of Alaska.
Dated this 6tJh day of Aprill, 1921.
WALLACE PORTER
Administrator of the estate 'cf
JOHN LAMONTAGNE, deceased.
Publish—April, 23, 30, May, 7. 14, 1921.
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With 1,200 foot of tunnel finished,
Wini. Egan. contractor fur driving a
2,000-foot tunned for the Valdez Gold
Company, ■will resume work on the
project about April. As planned, the
tunnel will tap nine different veins..
NOTICE OF MARSHAL'S SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS UKREBT
GIVEN. That under and by virtue of
a Writ 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 said Court on the 26th day
of March 1921. and entered in favor
of Miners & Merchants Bank of Al
aska, a corporation, plaintiffs, and
ngajnst Kaxl Lee, Hjlmer I«ee and
Richard Halloran. co-partneA, under
the flnm name and style of Lee Broth
ers * Halloran. defendants, being
Cause Mo. 2817. in the sum of Five
thousand two hundred thirty-five and
3r,jd00 (15,235.85) 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
ants had on the 21st day of August,
1920, or at any time since, in and to
those, certain mining claims, ditch, and
water right, described as follows:
No. 19 Bench, First Tier, Can
dle Creek; Valin© Fraetion, Be
tween No. IS & No. 19. Candle
[ Creek; Uerg Fraction, Between
No. IS & No. 19. Candle Creek;
I No. 15 Bench Claim. First Tier,
! Candle Creek; No. 5 Patterson
I Crock; No. 3 and No. 1 Candle
I Creek; Also water right and ditch
on Patterson Creek having its in
take in No. f> Patterson Creek and
extending down the left limit of
Patterson Creek to the lower end
of No. 19 Bench. Candle Creek.
All of said property lying and being
in the Fair haven Recording Precinct,
Territory of Alaska, Second Division.
Dated at Nome. Abudja. this 16th
day of April .1921.
E. R JORDAN,
United States Marshal, Second
Division, Territory of Alaska.
Publish—Apr. 16. 23. 30. May 7. 14, mi
FORFEITURE
To Albert Rundt. ami C*. A. Ingraham.
You and e;wh of you are hereby
notified that the undersigned has ex
pended in labor an I improvements dur
ing eael). of the years 1915. 1916 and
19-0 the Sam of one hundred dollars
tention during each of the- years 1917.
19IS, and 1919 the sum. of one dollar
ami fifty cents upoij each of the fol
lowing described plaoer mining claims,
situated on (lata, da I’aga Kivnor in the
Council City Recording I Yeti net. Ter
ritory of Alaska, tolwit:
The Alliance claim, notice of loca
tion. of which is recorded in vol. 10 at
page 248 and the- New Year claim, no
tice of location of which is recorded in
vol. 18 at pago 192 of tlio Records of
said Recording Precinct. Raid labor
and SniprnVrfmenrs :iu."1ii^ been done
and said affidavits tecorded for the
uixrpose- fd holding th« aid claims un
der the provi.slor» ol Section '1924 Re
vised Statute®* of the United States,
and supplement*! leg* station.
And yon Albert I.unftt are hereby
: required to contribute your prop>rtl<m
of said expense, as co-owner, on the
[said “Alliance Claim" and you C. A.
Ingraham aits hereby required to con
tribute your proportion of said expen
diture. as Co-owner, on the said “New
Year Claim” to tin* underxtjemd with
in ninety days after Abe final publica
tion of thb notice orw«r interests in
said c-laizn will be forfeited and be
come the property of the undersigned,
your co-owner as provided by said
section of the Revised Statutes.
Dated at Nome. Alaska. April 16. 1921.
VIRGINIA V. DICKENSON
By James M. Streoten. *,
Her Attorney in Fact.
Publish—April. 16. 23. 30. May. 7. 14.
21, 28. June 4. 11. 18. 25. July 2. 9. 1921.
SUMMONS FOR^PUBLICATION
In the District Court for the-Territory
of Alaska, Second Division
JAMBS V. BUHSIK,
Plaintiff,
ALICE BUHSIK,
Defendant.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA
To ALICE BURSIK, defendant above
nalmed
GREETING
You are hereby summoned and re
quired to appear and answer the com*
plaint of the plaiittiff cm file in the
cation of this sctmonons, that 1s to
say, thirty days from the 28th day of
May, 1921, or judgment for want
thereof will be taken against you: and
you are hereby notified that If you
fail to answer said complaint the
plaintiff Will apply to the court for the
relief demanded therein. to-w4t: —
This addon 1s brought by the afore
said plaintiff against you to dlsolve the
bonds of matrimony heretofore and
now exintfng between plaintiff and de
fendant. on the ground of cruel and
inhuman treatment.'
The dnte of the order for the publi
cation of this summons is the 15th
day of April. 1921: the date of the
first publication hereof is the 18th day
of April. 1921, and. the date of the .
last publication Is May. 28th, 1921.
WITNESS the HON. WM A.
HOLZHEIMBR. Judge of the District
Court for the Terujtory^. of Alaska..
Second Division, and the seal of. said
court hereunto affixed at Nome, Alain ?
ka, this 15 day of April. 1921. •
, J THOS. McGANN
Clerk of the District Court for
the Territory of Alaska, Second
Division
(SEAL) W. C. McGUIHE
Deputy Clerk.