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NAVIGATION SAFEGUARDS NEEOED
In a communication published elsewhere in this issue of the Nugget, |
a I’nalakleet correspondent calls attention to a serious need for marine
snide lights at the entrance tn the Koyuk river in Norton Sound.
As pointed out by him. the absence of guide lights at that point is a
serious deterrent to commence which is reflected in the increased costs for
< ..mmodities, supply shortages, and lessened gold production at Dime Creek.
As such conditions can easily he corrected by the exertion of a small
; mount of energy in influential quarters, it is suggested that the matter
of souring the desired navigation safeguards for the Koyuk and other points
along the coast might l>e taken u » with beneficial results by the Chamber of
Commerce.
Itepeated disasters have long since shown the Imperative need for
marine guide marks at Kotzebue. Port Clarence. Safety and various other
points where channel entrances are obscure and difficult of access and it is
high time that some determined effort was made to secure them.
The Nugget also has repeatedly called attention to the subject in the
past but if anything has been dore t > remedy the situation, the effort is not
If Nome, wishes to retain and increase her present commercial tr. flic
with other points on the peninsula and assist in the development of the out
lying districts she can take no mere beneficial step in that direction than t»y
making an active effort to proto-t that most vital link in her commercial
-bain—the coast wise trade.
Fully eighty percent of the commercial traffic of the dist-i. t is Cajjfed
on through the coasting fleet, hencmiry protection secured for coastwise sl ip. |
ping is a matter of distinct benefit .o every business firm in the city.
Why no attention has been paid to so vital a matter in the past is more
than we can understand unless ve concede that the commercial organiza
tions of the city are totally blind to their own interests.
As pointed' out by our correspondent the government has pla ed
marine lights at Unalakleet and other points where they are little needed,
so why not make an effort to have a few installed at points where they are
sorely required and where their Installation will he to the distinct advantages
Especially now that the Nome harbor improvement opens a prospect
of increased coastal shipping, deternined steps should be taken to secure light*
and channel markings for every dangerous point on the coast where our
commerce extends.
DANCE REFORM MOVEMENT
Old fashioned “keep your distance" dances are to displace the modern
“jazz" steps if a new movement of the reformers fulfills the hopes of its
hackers. Jazz music, to which alone the jazz dances may he executed, has
^Iso come under the ban as “cheap and vulgar” and must be eliminated, at
least from the ranks of decent society, if the reforming gentry have their way.
It's the same old story, of course. The lively jazz dances and equally
lively jazz music bring pleasure to millions and anything that affords an
avenue for the exercise of ones capacities for enjoyment is a mark for the
reformers now-a-days. Any form of diversion which gives pleasure and
inierfers with the gospel meetings is looked upon by the reform exponents
as a. legitimate object for their activities. If the Jazz dances and jazz music
were only moderately popular there would not be u word said about them.
Hut now that they have become more nr less of what is termed “the rage” they
are so dreadfully “unseemly" and “indecent" in the eyes of the reform element
that "something must he done" to save our young people from going to the
devil as a result of their “debasing influence."
The whole hue and cry is the veriest tnmmyrot. The same thing was
said of the sedate waltz back in the early days of the last century and will
continue to be said against every dance innovation that is at all lively until
the millineum arrives. AVe will admit that insofar as the music is con
cerned there is some small ground for complaint; but not on the score of its
"debasing influence" or those who dance to its breezy strains. To our way
of thinking its a trifle hard on the nerve of sensitive people. That is all we
have against it. Perhaps we’re a trifle old fashioned, but its rattle and crash
and screechy strains: its tom tom throbs and shivery rumblings. seems to us
to savor rather too much of the African jungle or the Apache war dance to
fit well in the modern social order. In an age when life Is supposed to be
a trifle more serene than when our ancestors wore breech clouts or nothing
at all. such none racking noises seem out of place and we must maintain that
jazz music is trying to sensitive nerves. Persons possessing them, however,
do not have to listen to it as long as the big outdoors is left open for the
public to run in. There one can always find surcease from jazz atrocities.
Some day we suppose the reformers will try to close that up. too; probably
on the score that many people find pleasure in taking a walk. They won’t
give that as a reason, though. If the time ever comes, they will have a nice,
moral objection ready to hand out. However, the outdoors is still a haven
of refuge for those who cannot stand the junglesque strains of J»«t music
and will probably continue so as long as only a moderate number of p®opl«
find pleasure in walking. But if everybody gets to doing it—look out! The
reformers will be right on the job looking to close it up for all save essential
and Imperative uses.
But. to return to the dance, we see nothing more harmful In the
present day dances than in those of a decade ago. They are perhaps not
ns pretty to look at ns the older dances but they are mighty good exercise.
If everybody jazzed, forty Inch female waists would soon bo unknown;
pauches would yield to Adonis-like loins and the ungainly waddle would vanish
from the land. Everhody would be stronger and healthier if they cultivated
the liveliness of movement essential to jazz dancing.
As to the moral side of the question, we believe that proper incalcu
lation of moral principles in our young will overcome any demoralising in
fluence engendered by dancing. The moral equation will take care of itself
if we teach the proper moral lessons to those who need them.
THE O.U I J A BOARD MANIA
“The lure of the ouijn board is becoming a serious menace to this
country." says a professor at the University of Michigan. Students are said
to be wasting time and suffering <from nervous disorders as a result of their
addiction to the ouija habit, according to the San Francisco Bulletin.
If the thing is really and merely a Menace it may be permitted to re
main. These are days in which reformers are less intent upon making us
moral than upon making us miserable. If the ouija mania were known to be
a source of pleasure to large numbers of people It might be included In the
list of prohibited pastimes, and even made the subject of n constitutional
amendment. '
But is it possible that the habit of playing with the latest psychic toy
has become as prevalent as poker, pedro and pinochle ? Ouija jokes have
taken the place of flivver wheezes in the comic section, and a couple of un
consciously funny books on the subject have been published, but it was not
thought that an apparently harmless little parlor game brought out to amuse
people with no conversational abilities is developing fnto a national menace.
It is a change from bridge and poker nnd not nearly as expensive. No
money changes hands, except Ip the case of simpletons, who could be just as
easily fooled with the rich undo in Fiji or the thknble and the pea. It Is
merely a device for enabling dull i>eople to make their conversation interesting
to one amother, and though It has been said to have a status slightly above
that of the “pigs-in-clover" puzzle, in a (few years It will become as obsolete.
Perhaps the plan of talking seriously about it Is only for the purpose
of disguising its amusing features and thus sparing it from the wrath of the
joykillers.
THE MINER
I'm ;i soni dough minor every Inch,
I've got good cause to yap. For when
we quit it is a cinch, This town goes
off the map. I've dug out money hy
the pound. And spent it by the ton.
There’s prospect holes the country
round. I dug e'm every one. I've till
ed my larder up with beans, well
camouflaged with bacon. It seems to
be the only means. My system wants
to take 'em. My face is tanned, and
tanned to stick. But people never
knew. Twas not the sun that did the
trick. But coffee soaking through. I've
done the darndest kind of graft. With
shovel and with pick. The labor spent
would sink a shaft. To the regions of
j Old Nick I’ve patched my Strauss’s
i long and oft. W*th gunny sack and
string. The water drips upon my loft,
I And maybe, some soaked in. I’ve
dreamed of gold day in day out. And
thought until it hurt. I’ve turned the
whole world inside out. It seems to be
: all dirt. I've studied book-lore by the
I yard. And swallowed every hint. And
| bored through rock that seemed is
'hard. As breaking in the Mint, I’ve
read through reams and reams of
| dope. And this is my complaint. Xo
book can tell: but don't lose hope.
[ You'll And it where it Ain't. I care
•'> hoot for no man's son. I'm free-born
white and twenty. If I peg away the
day will come. When I’ll have wesilth
a-plenty. But I'm the kind of cuss
I think. And no one will ere doubt it.
Who'll take the dough I’ve made and
sink. It all in some new outfit. Here's
to the man who's got the grit. To stay
in the land and seek It. Here's to the
man. who finding it. Has sense enough
to keep it.
TUNDRA FIRES
THREATEN DAMAGE
The Nome fire department respond
ed to two still alarm Are calls result
ing from the development of danger
ous tundra Ares in the city limits dur
ing the Arst days of the week. The
Arst of these occurred Monday a short
distance north of the Methodist church |
and threatened to attack nearby ca- i
bins and residences. The second ap- ;
peared Tuesday in the vicinity of the]
big oil tank of the Alaska Lighterage
and Commercial Company near Dry;
Creek. In both cases the Ares were
extinguished by the Are boys before'
any damage was done.
Many people seem to possess little j
realization of the danger incurred in j
starting grass Ares around their
homes and especially in the tundra
covered sections. Fires lighted on
the tundra will sometimes smoulder!
for day* without hardly a sign of their i
presence, then suddenly blaze up and,
spread far and wide, endangering
everything inflamable lying in their
path. Persons who start tundra fires i
of any character will do well to re- !
call that there is an ordinance impos
ing a fine of $50 for starting fires of,
this character without first obtaining
a permit from the Chief of the Flr^
Department.
JUDGE LOMEN BACK
- FROM OUTSIDE
Judge G. J. Lomen, pioneer at
torney and head of the Lomen Com
pany, arrived on, the Victoria accom
panied by Mrs Lomen and their son
and daughter. Miss Helen Lomen and
Mr. Harry Lomen. Judge Lomen
spent a large portion of the winter
season in travel, visiting numerous
points East and Wept and renewing ac
quaintance with old familiar scenes
and friends of by gone days. During
his stay in Seattle this spring. Judge
Lomen, acted as chairman of the Nome
Chamber of Commerce committee ap
pointed to confer with Secretary
Payne's Advisory Committee on the
development needs of this section. He
is highly optimistic regarding the fu
ture results tf the governments ef
forts to help the country develm» and
says there ts no doubt that tin TOmln
istratior will make a determined ePort
in that direction which will nssursdly
bring many beneficial results !n the
OLD TIMER*- TO REOPEN
FAMOUS RESORT
The Hunter, famous resort of the
early days, located at the corner of
Front St. and Hunter Way, will he
reopened shortly after the return of
of the Victoria as an up to date bil
liard and pool parlor and soft drink
and cigar emporium. A restaurant
and lunch counter will also be main
tained in connection.
The proprietor of the new estab
lishment will be So! Warren, widely
known old timer who was associated
with Dr. Wilkinson in the original
Hunter establishment back in the
palmy days of 1900 and later conduct
ed the place alone until a few years
ago. In addition to reopening the
Hunter, Mr. Warren also contemplates
re-entering the mining game and will
resume operations on his claims on
Banner creek when conditions per.
There is probably no old timer in
the district more widely known than
Sol Warnen. He came to Nome in 1900
| from Spokane and Immediately en
gaged in mining on Discovery anl
claims No 1, 2 and 3 on Banner creek.
The ground was good and success was
assured at the start. During subse
quent operations Mr. Warren took out
a considerable sum. Later on he be
came interested in the Hunter but
continued mining on Banner up to
In addition to his other activities
In the early days. Mr. Warren was
also interested in the newspaper busi
ness and at one time possessed a three
fourths interest In the Nome Gold Dig
ger, one of the leading newspapers of
the camp. It was during the period
of his control that the famous “Midas
Creek” fake was exposed by that
Journal and a wild and dangerous
stampede prevented.
Mr. Wjarnen suspended his mining
operations during the war period for
various reasons but Mr. Warren has
great faith in their productive possi
bilities and intends to demonstrate It
by resuming operations. He Is also
highly optimistic regarding the future
of Nome and Oils aectibn of Alaska
and predicts a vast increase of devel
opment and industry.
MOTHER WANTS NEWS
# OF LOST CON
Writing to the “Chief of Police' \of
Nome, Mrs Olive Neff, of 402 N.
Main St, Canton. Illinois, seeks Infor
mation of her lost son, Nyles ^i:’iter,
formerly of San Francisco. Anyone
knowing of the whereabouts of the
party sought will bring blessed relief
lo the heart of a nanxious mother by
sending his address.
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POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED BY THE NUQQET
WITHOUT REGARDS TO ANY POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS.
VOTE FOR
Hon. Dan Sutherland
FOR DELEGATE FROM ALASKA
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
VOTE FOR
Hon. John Rustgard
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
VOTE FOR
O. D. Cochran
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
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V O T E F O R
O. H. Flowers
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUE8DAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
VOTE FOR
Andy Anderson
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
Victor A. Julien
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
Jas. P. Daly
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920
Ed. W. Burroughs
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920
James B. Ivory
Independent Candidate
FOR SENATOR
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920
VOTE FOR
E. L. HOLT
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd. 1920.
VOTE FOR
R. B. Julian
For SENATOR
Alaska Legislature
^ ' (LECTION TUE.DAV, NOVEMBER 2nd, IMS.
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