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TNE AIR EXPEDITION
Unless some unforseen contigency appears, before the Weekly Nugget
ignin greets its readers Nome and th« great Alaska Northland will have wit
inssed the consummation of one of the most momentous events in their his
tory—The completion of the great Army airplane flight from New York to
Alaska's far spreading reaches, its mighty plains and valleys, its tow
ering peaks will have been traversed from end to end by the latest and most
wonderful devices that man has yet evolved to conquer time and distance
and overcome the limitations by which Nature has bound him to the sod.
A new pathway will have been opened across a mighty wilderness over
which in time to come will pass sw ft moving argosies of trade and com
merce amt pulsing life.
Viewed from the standpoint of its bearing on the future of the terri
tory the successful completion of the great flight will he in every way of the
most superlative importance.
Alaska’s first air trail will have been carved and the first step been
t iken toward the reniovaf of the most formidable obstacles to her growth
end progress—the obstacles of mighty distances and slow transportation.
lake the first faint trails woi n by those dauntless old pioneers who
opened tills great c ountry to human e tdeavor and progress, the airy pathway
cut athwart Alaska’s skies by the equally dauntless men of the Army air
service will become the highways of the future, the arteries through which
will flow new vigor and vitality which will make the land no longer a wilder
ness hut a home for contented and prosperous thousands.
Distance is Alaska’s greatest handicap and this the airplane is able
iw overcome far more effectively than any other human agency. Miles
which under present conditions require weeks to traverse may be easily
covered in hours by those fleet winged messengers of tlie air and time itself
is reduced to small dimensions before their space annihilating rush through
laboring under the retarding difficulties of vast distant- s anti costly
and inefficient means of transportation, the airplane represents to Alaska a
welcome hope and promise of early and vast assistance in overcoming the
greatest obstacles to her progress and development.
The value of the present expedition to the territory cannot be over
estimated. for it brings us to the portal of n new era of material progress
whose limits are beyond the scope of human vision.
PRESIDENT NOT OPPOSED TO BUDGET PRINCIPLE
Proponents ..f tin* budget system of controlling and regulating govern
ment finances will be gratified to learn that President Wilson’s refusal to sign
tbe budget bill passed by the last congress does not imply presidential oppo
sition to the budget principle.
Several noted outside journals in commenting on Mr. Wilson’s action
point out that his refusal to sign the lull was animated by no opposition *o
principle on which the measure was based but was due entirely to the pres
ence or provisions which the president claimed were calculated to limit the
powers of the chief executive and were not in keeping with the Constitution.
In refusing to sign the measure Mr. Wilson was careful to point out that ho
is iu complete sympathy with the objects of the bill and also expressed the
hope that it would subsequently be amended in such manner as will war
The particular provision to which the president objected was that
which gave Congress the power to remove the Controller General. and also
the Assistant Controller General, at any time by the passage of a eoncur
icnt resolution, while at the same time denying the power of removal to the
•xecutive. Mr. Wilson contends that such a provision is not warranted
by the Constitution and would he a limitation of the appointive power of the
President.
However debatable may be the constitutional question involved, then
. ppenrs no doubt that the jealous regard for executive authority is founded
upon warranted premises. The bill places upon the .shoulders of the execu
tive a new and very considerable burden of responsibility and the president
can hardly be blamed for not wanting to accept this responsibility without
lull and complete |mwer to control the functions it involves. One of the
chief purposes of the budget bill Is to fix responsibility for the conduct of the
nation's finances upon the chief executive, hence the proviso depriving him
of the power to remove the controller general and his chief assistant, who,
under the budget measure, would bo. the most important fiscal agents of the
government, appears very much like asking the one who assumes this respon
sibility to do so without complete power of control over his subordinates.
Power should go with responsibility and the president is apparently justified
in demanding the fullest possible authority over administrating officials.
REASON FOR LEAP YEAR
Julius Caesar finding the chronology of his time In great confusion re
solved to correct it by bringing into agreement astronomical and civil time, ns
they differed by about three months. That year (A. U. C. 708.) was decreed
to be 445 days, and somewhat later the first of the year was moved from
March 1 to January t and the months in same OTder as now. February was,
however, to have 29 days and every fourth year thirty days and August SO
days. The vanity of Caesar Augustus would not permit of his month. Aug
ust, being one day shorter than Julius Caesar’s, July, so one day was ordered
clipped from February, and tacked onto August. This gave a year 365%
days—too great by 11, minutes 13.95 sec., as the true solar year is 365 days 6
nours 48 minutes and 46.05 seconds. This difference amounted to 10 days in
1582. ami then to avoid continued and ever increasing error the Gregorian Year
plan was adopted, as now in use. This plan was to make every fourth year
Leap Year so that years divisible by four are leap years with twenty-nine day*
in February except century years when Leap Year occurs only when divisible
by four hundred. Thus 1900 and 1919 are common years, but 1920 and 2000
are Leap Years.
Voice of the Alaska Press
THE OELEGATE3HIP
Dan Sutherland should and proh.
ably will be elected this year as Alas
ka's delegate to congress.
He is well qualified for the job and
it is an advantage to a territory for its
delegate to belong to the administra
tion party. After March 4. 1921 the
republican party will have the presi
dent and will control congress by n
large majority in both houses. Any
body who doubts this is suffering from
hectic Wilsonitis.
Dan Sutherland came to the north
west with pioneer van following the
Klondyke discoveries. He has re
mained here ever since. He has mined
in Nome, Atlin and Tanana, and has
Ashed in the Panhandle. He has a
person 1 acquaintance thruout the ter
ritory not exceeded in extent by an>
Alaskan. He knows all the sour
doughs and many of the newcomers,
and he knows what every part of Al
aska wants and has an intelligent idea
of what every part of Alaska wants
and has a reasonable chance to get.
gate who has the intelligence and in
dustry and patience to help preoccu
pied members of congress undedstan'1
that they can get more useful infor
mation about the territory from poopie
who live here than from apostles ot
general nslninlty in the far east who
want to try their fads on this long
suffering field.
The republican candidate for dele
gate was born and raised in New En
gland and has capped his early edu
cation with the free life vision of the
northwest. He knows the east an-1
he knows the west. He is a thorough
bred American and n thoroughbred
Alaskan. Its enough.—Anchorage
PROTECTING FISH
Many suggestions ore forthcoming
regarding the salvation of the Alas
ka fisheries. As a rule, says the Seat
tle Alaska Dispatch, these suggestions
eoine from scientists, fly casters and
big game hunters.
They are sound, hard-headed and
practical men on the coast and in Al
iska who would and could devise ways
and means for proctection of Alaska
fisheries. Coming to mind quickly,
suggests the Seattle publication, are
such men as .1. It. Heckman, of Ket
chikan. I?. M. Behrends of Juneau.
Mr. Kendall of the American Can'
company of Portland. D. W. Branch
of the Libby McNeill and Libby com
pany of Seattle, and Mr. Wakefield of
the Wilson company. These five men
•otild in thirty days, if given authority,
outline and put into effect rules and
regulations which would build the Al
aska fisheries on a solid and lasting
foundation. These men are not fly
casters nor anglers, but cool, long
headed business men with a degree of
good common sense.
TO ADVERTISE ALASKA
Bureau officials at Washington are
to be warmly commended, says the
Cordova Times, for the decision that
a large sum is to be appropriated for
advertising Alaska, as In no other
manner can the traveling public be at
tracted. This has been amply proved
by the many American and Canadian
steamship lines operating to and from
Alaska who have collectively during
the past twenty years expended three
million dollars in advertising scenic
attractions and industrial opportuni
ties of the Northland. Naturally one
cannot expect to hear that the Gov
ernment w-ould appropriate a propor
tionate sum annually for any snch
purpose, but any expenditure in the
populous centers of the East cannot
help but attract attention to the Te. -
ritory, anil at the same time it will
be helpful to the Territory In many
other ways. The greatest care, how
ever, should be used by those who
prepare these advertisements, to pre
vent any rush to the North of indl
gents, laborers and others not possess
ing a small amount of capital with
which to provide for their own needs:
otherwise the Government would be
greatly embarrassed In having to send
a ship North to bring such people out.
For years pust, Alaska advertising has
ever discouraged this particular class
from moving northward. Conditions
are so unlike any other country that
the only people desired from an indus
trial viewpoint are those possessed of
either the ability or capital to invest
and then develop. To advertise the
scenic attractions for the tourists and
then the wonderful opportunity for
legitimate investment and industrial
development will prove of the greatest
possible benefit to the Territory at
TRUST. DEFENDING
Any Juggling with the steamship
service of Alaska, declares the Valdes
Miner, would he a disastrous blow to
the Territory, and would probably give
our people the worst times they have
ever experienced. It may be true, ad
mits the coast paper, that the steam
ship companies charge huge freight
rates, but they are in line with other
charges. I’p to two years ago our
people had little to complain of in
their treatment by the steamship lines
Fares were cheap, freight rates were
reasonable, and we had good service.
When one considers that twelve ships
of over two thousand tons each are
plying to Alaska waters, with a popu
lation of but about 30.000 persons t.i
serve, it must he seen that charges
must be high if we are to have the
boats. It is unfair to charge the steam
ship companies with extortion in the
face of present high prices.
GET THE FISH
Upper Yukon has not enjoyed ns
large a run of salmon in years as that
which is on right now. Fishermen on
the Dawson front are making catches
of hundreds of pounds to the boat
daily, and tons of the fish are available
daily. They are a fine large variety
the king salmon, and in splendid con
These fish comprise one of nature’s
bounteous gifts to man and beast of
Yukon. There is no reason everyone
should not now stock up for immediate
use and for the long, cold winter
Little excuse can now be offered
| for not getting salmon and salt! *g
them clown or storing them in cold
shafts or smoking them. The fisher
men are selling them as low as 25 cents
a pound and possibly lower in large
quantities.
The supply Is so plentiful that every
man and dog should be amply provid
ed for the winter. The Indians in
particular should stock up. There is
no reason why Indians should be idle
about the streets of Dawson or else
where while the season’s salmon run
is at its height and then be around
asking the government for rations or
the people for a handout in midwinter.
If the simple children of the forest
have not the initiative and the fore
sight to pick up the food and lay It
away when it comes to their door, the
wards of the government should see
that they be made to take advantage
of the providence of nature. If the
Indians have no nets, the Indian de
partment of the government could
provide them with the same.
Fish is food, and food is scarce and
high throughout the land. It is abso
lute folly to let sych a bounteous sup
ply of food slip by when it can be had
for the taking. Now is the hour of
opportunity.—Dawson News
WHY HUNT FOR TROUBLE
There would not be so many di
vorces If the w'ife would put in more
time managing the kitchen and less
time in mnnaging her husband. We
dare you to read this to your wife,
any of you.—Wilmington News- j
journal.
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Flrat Summer Mall Leaves Seattle for Nome Direct About June 1st
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Average Time Required for Transmission of Mall from Seattle to Nome
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POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED BY THE NUGGET
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.
, VOTEFOR
O. H. Flowers
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
VOTE FOR
Andy Anderson
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
VOTE FOR
Victor A. Julien
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
VOTE FOR
Jas. P. Daly
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920
VOTE FOR
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
E. L. HOLT
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd. 1920.
R. B. Julian
For SENATOR
Alaska Legislature
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
Chas. W. Brown
28 YEARS OF AGE AND 19 YEARS RESIDENT OF NOME
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE
FOR TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE AT JUNEAU
ELECTION TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
• E. B. (Duffy) O’Connor
(INDEPENDENT)
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIV E ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1928.