The Nome nugget., 1902-08-06
TIE SPRINGER NIT'!N0JR GATES

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 Nome a-1 Iii. -,....a .t Eo.:.",.,rn Alaska h2. hcoa known ;2 a small ia:: ot the ~ou;side s,.1" iol than three .c9rs. y,, during that time a~ 4.vs be. pretty MI a..er.i-5l
 Of csr--.. much o: ,.e lo.a1ietv which we have -ln.d VAS .t l.,- practical u:u.y 10 ,L;. portion of Alaska. W have been abused loo much. North wastern .,'.st. Las ieen condemned un.rar;ueIy. q In. been iril.I by tae .-aersut and mo5hed d by those wlo eNre...J :o r,4p a fortune with tne east pos>'''. al-oun, .. es-r. .ou We Laye been alpoon,. ,it.o1t s.nt and ril.ca1sd wi,ho,t ms4,o~e. N,vas.A~',,> we have steadily progressed Tae country i. being developed. Those who have pinned ;.e- ...tA .o seward peninsula have h3t ben cr.you.v d.s5. .a.,.el. ic5. mate effort las ieen reward. na perhaps, to thn fullest expect ancy, t,t " measure that eusure success to honest end.avor. lh@re !. 10 royal road to wealth. il i. sail. Most O. us seeking afsr the unattain .e. This i- not 10 OUT d.'ygedit however. Most of Il, want ,.. opportunity to better our conditions Bat opportunity t shy and Ge.us.ye. because we do not know how or when h seize it. And rot knowing 7 ds We ar !,rue to -!i. the responsibility If our oNn mistakes ion someone or something else. l. is always very cay and somewhat so.ac.u. to have q yicArious =.clia.- always at hand l. relieves our eso"snl when place the blame for our failures upon somethin-n 10 matter how intangible that some thing may le.
 This is a new country with new opportunities hEe1lse new conditions. These conditions are ever charging They are kaIedo.copic, and it takes in tell senc- and small amount of dscernment to keep up with them.
 The golden sands of the Nome Leach did more 10 make this section of Alaska famous. or notorious you nay choose your own term, than has the steady stream of gold whc! has been poured into the chan nc.s of trade from the numerous creeks and hil,s which hardy, en,erprisjng have exploited.
 The beash sands faded in one season and because of this fac; tAe whole country decried. Then re- newcI attention was given the hills and creeks Where iumsdia.. reward expected, the result largely speaking, va, disappointment. Yet the coun- try, young and vigorous, has been enabled, thus early, to we the lie 10 tnose who traduced t.
 IA-- season has brought many men, capitalists or those who represent capital within our gates It is a matter o reorganization that. in most instances these men came unheralded No fanfare of journal stic trumpet. announced their coming or their going But they came and they are investigating Some of them. as the N-easr knows. are enthrs:a-;c. This probably, ]. because they expected little and found more In the majority of instances they were not subjected to hotair imitation, because their mission wa IT.: known. We also presume for the same req son .aat the Anocler wLo i= ever abroad in every land, a,so d.: rived of he oppor,unity to get in his work. Therefore may loIe tor good results from tiese visits.
 h .A.s connection We wish 10 draw the attention of the business oi Nome to the fact that We need relre.entatire body which will represent the ma teral lnt-res.s c; Northwestern Alaska. It is not within the province oi Inc city council to do ,o That body has .;s affairs to attend to. those which solely appertain to civic government. But we have large class oi who interested in the com mercla and mining interests of this section. One is the concomitlnt oi the other. There are many inn porant questions which directly concern the welfare oi all. Congress and the federal government expect to hear from through some representative organ ization of the business interests.
 Once we had a chamber of commerce, board of trade and merchants exchange, but all have van shed. We would not resurrect either or any unless some practical good to be obtained It seems 10 us, bowcver, that should have some such organ zation. l. $ absolutely necessary to our pros perity. We likely to have representatives of congress visiting us men who want to learn some thing f Us and oi he country, and yet we can point 10 no quaspublic hody which s representative of the communi". There are large vested interests here an surely it behooves Us as matter of purely sei-n crest to man;t5st in the develop ment and progress oi the country in which our lots