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FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHES NOME KNOCK
The mlsre 11 re'*
going the rounds of the. OutsUh
papers published in various pa
bt-ing liberally “knocked,
variety of other lunguagi
. of Nome's alleged decadence that have bom
pens hav e invaded the foreign language news,
of the country and, as a result, Nome is now
not only in good newspaper Knglish but also in
besides. 1,. K. Ost, missionary teacher at Klim
ut present and ,is given a gilt edt
: continually going down and it w
dragL'libR natives will po:
d in the present Lssue of this paper
igri langiuwre newspaper he recently
rodited with only two hundred rcsi
liu by the declaration tha.t the. num
1 it matter «** only a short time until
of the once opulent city • ” The
ierts that the gold output of the distri^ Iast year "only u
k>ared with the output of a few -«0•
Acw»W <■" »lr- 081 the jouo-*' "' 1ut»U“n nu of
Kivinc re,u»4for this allege,! ..«n*«»sioh. simply . PittenUnG itself with th».
ivlthont a word i-onceming the real causes for the carefully
reviewed descetiytowurd ultimate Eskimo ownership.
The probably a rehash of the highly colored conglomerate of
mendacities nnd m\,.prescntations pliblished by the San FrandscJ Ohronlcl,
oud other bik jouma’
district bit Ii\tle moreVj
* letter, how
some of our "leading clti
to themselves and the community and district which provkl
plo wherewithal! to keep the wolf away while they are waiting for tli
times" which it is hoped will lead to opulence. He says:
"As this paper is rearl by not a few who have been interested in i!
land we desire to send the paper some Alaska “imedioine.” Will It be cm
vonient for you to send us a paper of pills that we can forward to this Tv
l probfdy do the
the country last lull and <
than has been done already.
iUggestlon for combating such
. contains a
stir:
City paper?"
Needless to say we will and at the same time we opine that if other*
around these parts would follow Mr. Ost's KXaanplu when they see similar items
in their outside Journals, it would not be a great while before the persistent
knocking would cease and the "good times" return.
The only way to set Nome right 1* fore the world, as this paper has
pointed out heUore, it to let the world know the true facts concerning the town
and district. Most Nome people expect the Nugget to do it all without any
effort on their part, and find great, satisfaction in damning the paper because it
d«K>s not turn itself into a gratuitous publicity bureau and live on wir^t while
boosting the ‘'industries and resources” on which they depend as much ns our
selves for their future prosperity. The Nugget is willing and glad to do all
it is able; but it is humanly Impossible /or this paper to do it all and we won’t
We submit, however, that if every one of our critics t«x>k the trouble to
do a* Mr. Ost contemplates doing—srotri the offending outside journals the
true facts of Nome’s status and outlook—there would soon l*e no need for the
Nugget to do it. alone or otherwise.
Just a little of the same public spirit shown by Mr. Ost will do tlha
trick. if our esteemed fellow citizens will only realize it.
Mr. Ost’s letter displays a quality of public spirit which deserves the
commendation of all to whom the welfare of the community represents some
thing more than mere lip service and inordinate greed for public honors.
PT. BARROW OIL OUTLOOK
IMPROVING
The continually soaring prices for fuel oil are a most favorable augury
that the near future will witness utilization of the great oil deposits known to
exist a short distance north of Nome in the region between Wainwright and
According to The Manufacturer and Industrial Nows Bureau magazine,
the Pacific Coast supply of fuel oil is decreasing at an immense rate. Be
tween May. 1915, and March 1920 the crude oil stocks of California decreased
from over 60 million barrels to less than 28 ii mil lion in spite of all efforts to in
crease production. The condition was not a temporary one. bill the result of
a steady and permanent growth in the oil demand. The same condition
prevails practically throughout the world. Everywhere there is a steadily
increasing demand for oil and oil products which all authorities agree can
he met only by bringing in new fields. America now uses more than twenty
times as much oil per capita as other countries and this demand rhas reached
such a point that oil now controls money instead of money controlling oil.
Since we today require over twenty per cent of the world's oil output and have
less than one eighth as .much oil in the ground as the rest of the world, we are
demanding practically four times as much oil as all the other countries of the
world put together. At the present rate of our industrial growth, this do
iiiand will be double in another decade.
All this is most favorable tap the (early exploitation of the Barrow fields
and there Is scarcely a doubt that steps will be taken in that direction within
a short period. Oil must be had to keep the wheels of commerce turning anil
It requires only momentary reflection to realize that every known prospect of
supply will erre long come under Investigation. From all accounts the Bar
row oil area Is one of the mosl remarkable character. The .region is said to
be literally covered with lakes and pools of oil over a territory several hun
dred square miles in extent. Samples of the product brought to Nome by W.
B. Van Valin of the University of .Pennsylvania Museum a few years ago dis
closed it to be a what Is known as the paraffin base type and of exceptionally
high grade qualities. All who have visited the district concur in the view
that it contains almost unlimited quantities of oil. The extreme remoteness
o! the area alone stands n the way of early exploitation but the oil is there and
sooner or later the ever widening demTind for that product will force its devel
opment.
Keep your dollaro circulating in Nome—Order your job printing done in Nome
Voice of the Alaska Press
(ARTICLES UNDER THIS CAPTION REPRESENT THE EXPRESSION
OF VIEW OF THE ALASKA PRESS ON CURRENT TOPICS)
'A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
( From A nc ho rage Times)
Staring the Anchorage Chamber of
Commerce squarely in the face are two
commercial questions for iinimediatc
[.consideration. One, the vital ques
tion of future icoal shipments, and the
other the equally important issue of
tourist travel.
This is an apportune time for the
organization to rise from Its lethargy
ind endeavor to put Anchorage coal
on the Pacific coast .market and at
the same time to put Anchorage in big
red lett«rs on the tourist's map.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE
INTERIOR
Aimong the matters it is known
Dolegate-clect I>an Sutherland will
press while in Washington attending
the winter session of congress will be
the naming of an assistant secretary
of the Interior, whj will ho. located In
Alaska, and act as a direct intermed
iary l»etween the department and th»*
The logic for such an office is found
in the fact that Alaska Is the last
frontier of the nation, and demands
es|»eci;il consideration if its develop
ment is to be assured.
Owing to distance to Wnslhrigtnri
and tlie resultant red tape incumbent
upon handling Alaskan matters by
correspondence, much valuable time is
exigencies that arise from day to day.
Tliis lias been one of the most serious
drawbacks to territorial development,
and tidded to the policy of stagnation
practiced heretofore, has served to ac
centuate the conditions which have mi
tigate! to retard progress and drive
population from the north.
There is money and population
awaiting the unlocking of the terri
tory to proper exploitation, but until
the key is provided then- will Iks little
fonward movement.
Alaska does not desire paternalism
work out its own salvation unhn»»
pered by a mass of red tape. By
naming an assistant secretary of the
Interior, operating under a Pacific
Coast man as secretary of the Inter
ior. we may look for a solution if
every problem with which we are con
fronted.
Alaska would perfer a secretary of
the Interior from a state like Washing
ton. bemuse only a. far western man
familiar with the northwest and its
problems is capable of meeting the
problems offered. At the same time
tho court of con Terences, at it were,
should l»e. centered in men closest in
tortch with the subject matter to be
dealt with. By segregating Alaskan
problems under the secretary of the
Interior, uneomingled :tnd interlock *d
with the department of agriculture, full
functioning of the department may be
secured and .moviation given to re
forms necessary to bring the territory
into fill! finition.
THERE IS NO SIGN OF A CRISIS.
(Prom Juneau Umpire)
The question of the continuation of
the segregation of the Indians, partic
ularly in the schools, or their :issimila
tion. as presented by the Alaska Na
tive Brotherhood and by the statement
given The Empire by Charles W.
Ilawkesworth. Superintendent for
Southeastern Alaska for the Bureau of
Education, is not an ucute one, for. as
Mr Hawkesworth says It Is a ques
tion that will not be solved within a
few months or a few years. Mr.
Hawkesworth has declared in favor of
assimilation as an ultimate end. The
realization of that «nd will depend
largely upon the manner in which the
Indians prepare for it.
The Empire believes that unques
tionably the Indians should have the
nifflit to lodk forward to a time when
they may enjoy all the rights and priv
ileges of citizenship and when they
must hear the responsibilities of citi
zenship. That condition cannot come
of course except as the Indians be
come prepared for it. They must adopt
the white man's way of living. Their
homes must be sanitary, and they must
keep clean Iwfore they can ask that
j their children and those of the white
people Ibe admitted to the same school.
The Indians must prepare themselves
Jto benjr all the burdens of citizenship.
lAs these conditions are met, the as
similation could proceed without harm
; to the whites and with great benefit t j
jthe Indians. Mr. Hav/kesworth inti
mates that these conditions have been
met at Wrangell. Very well. Then
i let the Indian children at Wrangell be
| admitted to the white schools if Wran
gell people are willing. When they
are admitted they should have applied
[to thorn, the same tests* as are applied
to the white children and then should
be required to observe the same regu
lations as to attendance, clekmliness,
work performed, etc. If they cannot
meet the tests, it will be up to the
Federal Government to resume its
warden.ship until they arc prepared to
assimilated. It has been the work of I
generations. The civilization of the I
Indians of Alaska, has progressed fast
er than it did in the States, and there
mated in a shorter time here than was
The matter is one that, should nol he
hurried too fast, and there is no reason
to believe that the Bureau of ^dura
tion proposes to over-crowd it. It is a
question over which the people teed
! not get excited, for there is no like
lihood that any sort of a. crisis will
| rise. The Territorial School Board
and the Bureau of Education will work
land the Alaska Native Brotherhood
and the Indian genrally in harmoiy
iAlaskans and especially Interior A1-1
asknns, will welcome the news that
steps are being taken by the war de-j
partment to secure funds for the com
mencement of a comprehensive pro
Sr-.um of Wiigon road construction in
the territory. The expenditure of
nearly fifty millions of dollars on rall
! road construction during: the past ai*
years lias done a great deal to
strengthen the belief of Alaskans in
the real worth of wagon roads and it
| is realized now. more than ever it
, was, that there must be an adequate
system of wa.gr>n roads in the Interior
districts to save the railroad enterprise
from failure and to insure, that devel
opment for whicli the railroad project
was originally planned.
The Alaska ltoad commission os
now constituted, is a most progressive
organization, filled with a desire to do
something really worth while for the
territory. And if the funds are made
available for the carrying out of the
program outlined in the war depart-;
ment report to Congress. Alaskans can
rest assured that results will follow
piromptlv We have s-m enough of
the wagon road officials to know
getic superintendent to the top of the
commission, and we believe Alaskans
should give them the fullest measure of
support in their campaign for ade
quate appropriations and in the work
that will be undertaken if funds are
made available.—Nenann News
New and uptodate legal forme for
Proof of Annual Assessment Work
also Oil Location blanks, Deed blanks
for general use, Special and Gmcral
Power of Attorney forma, Placer and
Quartz Location forms now on sale
at Nugget Office. Price 15 cents each
or $1.00 per dozen.
WICKER8HAM HAS
INTERVIEW WITH HARDING
ON GOVERNORSHIP
Juneau. Ala. April. C—Washington
received here today announce
that Judge James Wick ersh aim had an
audience with President Harding yes
It is understood that their conwrsa
tlon was entirely upon the Bubject of
the appointment of a governor for Al
Foll owing the Interview Judge
Wickersham admitted that this was
the nature of the conference but de
clined to give details, stating that ad
ditional information must first come
from the executive.
THOSE SOURDOUGH HOT CAKES
AND HILLS BROS. COFFEE AT
ARCTIC BAKERY.
For Sale—Baby Buggy in good con
dition. Price reasonable. Inquire at
Nugget Office.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Chas. Milot and J. Sheehy, your
heirs, successors and assigns:
You and oaoh of you arc hereby
notified that the undereigned lias ex
pended in labor and improvements
during each of the years 190B. 1909,
1910. 1911. 1912. 1913, 1914. 1915 and
1916 the sunn of one hundred dollars
each yea r. on the PENNY RIVER
GROUP situated on Penny River, in
the Cape Nome Recording Precinct,
Territory of Alaska, notice of location
of which is recorded Fn the records
of said Recording Precinct. Said
labor and improvements having been
done on said claim for the purpose of
hdlding the same under the provisions
of Section 2324 Revised Statutes of
the United States and supplemental
legislation.
And you are hereby required to con
tribute your porportion of said expen
diture as co-owner to the undersigned,
within ninety days after the final pub
lication of this notice or your interest
in said mining claim will bo forfeited
and become the property of the tinder
signed. your Co-owner, as provided by
said section of the revise^ statutes.
Dated Nome. Alaska Jan. 8. 1921.
T. C. CORNER!,,
Publish—.Tan.8. 1*5, 22. 29 T>b.
19. 28. Mar. 5. 12, 19. 26. Apr. 2. 1921.
MINERAL APPLICATION
U. S. RAND OFFICE
AT NOME. ALASKA. ^
is* Nome, Alaska, for a United*States
patent for the consolidated placer
California, has made
foro the United Sta
at Norn", Alaska, by his
agent, lion F. Gillette.
claim, bearing placer gold, known ;
situate __ __
7% miles East of the Town of No
and Vi rmile North of Bering Sea, and
designated as Mineral Survey No.
1266. In the Gape Name Mining ana
Recording District. Territory of Alas
riation of from 20 deg,. 05
FLORENCE PLACER
Beginning at corner. No. 1.
poat 4 ins. s<|. 4 ft.„ long, in
mound scribed 1-12*6_F. whom
01 min. W. 7308.;> ft.: tlienc
62 dtsg. 03 min. E. 1399.9 ft. to
No. 2; thence S 14 deg. 49 mir
628 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence
deg. 28 min. \V. 1296.5 ft. to
No. 4: thence N. 7 deg. 35 mi
ginning, containing 19.889 acres
I. X. L. PLACER
Reginning at Cor. No. 1, identical
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.
R.-F, whence U. S. R. M. No. 335
bears N. 19 deg. 28 min. \V. 8277.6
ft.: thence S. 67 deg. 51 min. E.
1237.4 ft. to Cor. No. 2; thence S.
6 deg. 50 min. \V. 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 sur
vey; thence N. 11 deg. 49 min. E. 628
ft. to Cor. No. 1, place of beginning,
containing 19.227 acres.
Total area applied for 39.116 acres.
The adjoining claims are lmsnrvey.
1921 APRIL
1921
SUN
HON
TUB
WED THU
FBI SAT
12
10
11
12
13
14
8 9
1516
2425
26
27128129130
ed. ruid claimants unknown.
IT. S. Location Monumont No. SIS
is a fir poat 6 ins. teq. 5 ft. above
ground, in earth mound, scribed U. S.
L. M. No. M5. situated on the cast
side of Name River, on the divide be
tween head of Cunningham and Irene
Creeks; in Latitude 64 deg. 30 min. N.
Longitude 165 deg. 10 man. W.
THOS. McOAIfN
Publish—Feb. 12. 19. 26. Mar. 5, 12,
19. 26. April 2, 9. 1921.
MINERAL APPLICATION
U. 8. JLAND OFFICE
AT NOME. ALASKA.
February 10. 1021
NOTICE IS HKREBY GIVEN. That
William Koenig**, whose post office ad
dress is tonvi lie, State of Washing
ton, has made application before the
U. S. I And Office at Nome. Alaska,
through Rahmus Jansen. bis duly au
thorised agent, whose post office ad
dress Is Nome. Alaska, for a U. S.
patent for the consolidated placer mim
ing claim known as the ELMA and
SUNSET placer, being Mineral Survey
No. 1267, in the Chpe Nome Mining
and Recording District. Territory of
Alaska. That the exterior boundaries
of sadd survey (with a magnetic var
iation for from 20 deg. 39 min. to 21
deg. 06 min. K.) are os follows.
ELMA PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identical
with the N. K. location corner, a Hr
post 4 ft. long. 4 ins. »q. in earth
mound, scribed 1.6-I287-E-S. whence
IT. fi. L. M. No. 335 bears N. 19
deg. 26 min. E. 6060.8 ft.; thence
S. 20 deg. 51 min. W. 605 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence N. 66 deg. 24 m1n. W.
1440 Ji ft. to Cor No. S, identical
with Cor. No. 4. Survey No. 1131,
Massachusetts Association Placer;
thence N. 22 deg. 46 min. K. 517.2
ft. to Cor. No. 4. identical with Cor.
No. 3. Survey No. 1121, Massachu
setts Association; thence S. 69 deg.
58 min E. 1122.1 ft. to Cor. No. 1.
place of beginning, containing 18.427
SUN8ET PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identical
with Cor. No. 2. Survey No. 1131
Massachusetts Association, a fir post,
4 ins. sq. In earth mound, scribed
2-1131-MA-l -1267-S, whence TT. S. I,.
M. No. 335 bears N. 19 deg. 41 min.
K. 5979.7 ft.; thence S. 69 deg. 21
min. E. 151.7 ft. to Cor. No. 2.
thence S. 13 deg. 50 min. W. 647.1
ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 75 deg.
09 min. W 249.3 ft. to Cor. No. 4.
identical with Cor. No. 6. Survey
No. 1131. Massachusetts Association;
thence N. 66 deg. 24 min. W. 1008.
Tt. to Cor. No. 5; identical with Cor.
No. 2 KSnut Placer this survey; thence
N. 20 deg. 51 min. E. 605 ft to Cor.
No. 6, identical with Cor. No. 1 Hlnm
Placer, this survey: thence S. 69 deg.
58 min. E. 1024.5 ft. to Cor. No. 1,
place of beginning, containing an area
The total ami applied fo. is 36.263
Said consolidated claim is situated
■•n Willow Creek, about one-half mile
West of Cunningham Creek, and 6%
miles East of the Town of Nome, in
said recording district and territory.
That tlie adjoining dainui arm nn
the North, South, tuid West, tne mms
Mineral
i the East, claims
scribed F.
Monument No. 335
sq. in earth mound.
M. No. 335, and
. . ... .want side of Nome
River, on the divide between Cunning
ham CreeHand Irene Creek, in latitude
64 deg. !9 min. N. Longitude 165
rte.g. 10 rrin. W
MINERAL APPLICATION
IT. S. I .and Office
At Nome. Alaska.
February 10, 1921
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Tlmt
William Koenigs, -whose present post
office address r» Eatonville jn the
Suite of Washington, has, through
Rasmus Jensen, his duly authorised
agent, made application before the
United States (*ui<l Office at Nome.
Alaska, ftr a United States patent for
the consrii'dn ted placer mining claim
faring placer gold, known, as the
INDEPENDENCE FRACTION and
SURPRISE BENCH, being Mineral
Survey, ho. 1239. in the Cape Nome
Mining and Recording District. Terrl
tr.rv of Alaska. The exterior bound
aries of said placer mining claim,
according to tihe plat and field notes,
now on fife in said land office being as
follows (with a variation of from 20
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-BH .: whence U. S.
L,. M. No. 440 bears N. 23 deg. OS
,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.S44.3
ft. to Cor. No. 3: thence S. 7 deg.
22 min. E. 355.1 ft. to Cor. No. 4:
thence N 84 deg. 55 min. W. 1124.8
thence N.
47 min. E. 598.2 ft. to Cor. No. 1.
Tlane of beginning, containing 14.815
INDEPENDENCE FRACTION
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, a fir post
4 ft. long. 4 ins. sq. In earth mound.
ihed 1-1259-I-F whence
M. No. 440 beara N. 54 deg 24
min. W. 1763.9 fit.: thence N. 38 deg.
28 min. K.626.ft ft. to Cor. No
32 min. W. 623.1 ft to Cor. No.
identical with Cor. No. 3 Surprine
Bench, this survey; thence_N. 15_deg.
21 -rrtln. W. 344.1 ft. to Cor. No. 5.
identical with Cor. No. 2 Surprise
Bench Placer, this survey; thence N.
5 deg. 10 min. E. 221.25 ft. to Cor.
No. 1. place of beginning, containing
10.25ft acres.
N. E of the mouth of Nctne River
and about 2H miles E. of the Toon
of None. In longitude 165 deg. 11
min. W.: Latitude «4 deg, 29 mlh.
Nome, and about mile N. of ®®r
tr-g Rea, snd 1.000 ft. *». W. et Otter
Creek, a tributary of Nome fUver. Jn
said recording dlatrlcL Territory of
There are no adjoining clhlma to the,
knowledge of the applicant.
THOU. MflOANN.
lUglator
Publish—FnV It. 19, 1«. linr. 5. J*
19 2ft. April 2. 9. 1921.