The Nome nugget., 1901-11-27

ATA UNICTPAT4 politics cannot be said to bn active. There is a
 certain sluggishness percepti- 1. ble, but in all probability fair vote will be polled. It is difficult to esti- mate the number of votes that will be boiled, but it will probably reach 700. In the spring election 1900 votes were cast. Some betting is being done, but it is not heavy. Up at Joe Jourden $ Lobby saloon ''Pap" Dean is selling pools and backing his judgment with Ais money. He doesn't claim to know any more about the result than any body else, but he is taking his chances like . dead game sport.
 
 ~ HE friends of the respective can ~, didates, of course, are quite sure of their men winning. There is said to be considerable rivalry between , the two candidates from the sandSpit, George W. Meyer and H. A. Ingalls,, and efforts have been made to induce one or the other to retire. These ef- forts, however, have proved unsuccess- fuL, and both will fight it out. Mir. Ingalls, is mining man, and it is urged , that the mining interests of this sec . tion are great enough to demand that ' they be directly represented at the , council board, inasmuch as Nome is the metropolis of this mining region, | its growing importance necessitates a man in the council who can talk intelli- , gently to the capitalists who will come t to Nome next spring. That is to say, with a mining man in the council, ad- ditional weight and dignity, as we'll as opportunity for doing good, would be added to the manifold duties of the city fathers. It may be. q L. VALENTINE, the hustling
 X> manager of the Nome Trading Company, is spoken of as "fOur-time' winner. His well known business ability, his excellent record and wide acquaintance, all tend to make him strong candidate. There seems to be .a disposition on the part of the people-the business people-to elect business men to, the council. It is to be hoped that the idea will be carried out. Dr. Hill and Joe Jourden are also standing up we'll in the front rank. Jourden is 8 hustler, and has demonstrated his business ability in a striking manner during his years of residence in the north. Dr. Hill is az Gressive; he never fights from ambush, but is ready at all times to say just what he thinks. If he breaks into the council there'll. be some warm times. Those who know Geo. w. Meyer speak highly of him, both as a man and citizen. In fact all the candidates are esteemed "good fellows" by their inn mediate following, but it is always well to remember that ''worth makes the man; the want of it the fellow; all the rest is leather and prunella," free translation of which would read: Every tub must stand on it's own bottom"
 
 Ak4 F. MILLER, of the E. F. Miller G> Baking Company, and H. C.. Gordon seem to have it all their own way as far as the school board vacancy is concerned. Both are capable men. Miller is an old-timer in Alaska, having camped in Skagway away back in 1897. He built the first log cabin in that town, and it after ward became famous as the Log Cabin Bakery" In those days, when every body was chechako, and Klondike or bust was the motto of most, and each had more or less money in his poke, and "haste" was the watchword, it is not to be wondered that Log Cabin