The Nome nugget., 1902-11-12
AN OLD, OLD QUESTION.
''Who hath believed our report ,"

w no naln DeHeNeu our report
 This the question asked by prophet of old, and it i. applicable at the present time though 200 years have elapsed since it was first uttered. The question is repeated here for several reasons. AL though the time that the prophet of Israel asked the question, newspapers, SO far as we know, had not found place in Jerusalem or ucea or the coun- try round about Still there of disssm mating news. The prophet in those days itnerant missionary, sort of circuit preacher, who went up and down through the land and admonished the people of thsir shortcomings. No doubt the prophet often became discouraged and it was Encouragement, perchance, which actuated him to 'sxclaim, "Who hath believed report?"
 The man who essays to be reformer has cvsr had a thankless task to perform When looks back at the trials and tribulations which have bcse tho paths of truly great reformers, j. appalled, and the wonder is that they accomplished any thing. But if good seed be it will bear fruit sooner or later. The time of fructihcation may bo leng delayed but day it will sprout and blossom When William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips and other American reormers began their crusade against the enslavement of black they held in derision by many good people, yet in the end prnciple for which they abored took root fourished and grew into a demand which resulted in slavery being plotted out Yet when the crusade against slavery was begun but few believed the report of the anti-slavery prophets. Every reforn that has tri umphed has been brought about with much travail The men who have built railroads throughout the great of the United States not only proph- cts but pioneers well. Yet they denounced in their time, visonaries and tmeservers as men who impeled to do what they did, because of wholly selfish motives. No one believed their report of the actual possibilities which almost undiscev cred and wholly unprospeccd country promised. Time. the great healer and expainer of all things, has shown how true and correct was their judgment. When Alaska was purchased from the Russian gov ernment in 1867, for paltry $1 100000, only few wise men said that the purchase was not foolish But their report was not believed, The men who were instrumental in adding this territory to the United States dead yet being. dead their work still speaketh The greatest monument that William H. Seward has is Alaska; it is enduring than any storisd urn or panoped bust ever designed by the skill of man. Stewards report was reved and rejected by the great mass of the people, yet it has been proven to be good.
 Notwithstanding all that has been said and writ ten during the three years concerning the golden wealth of Northwestern Alaska, how few have be- lieved the report? The newspapers have published thousands of columns of truth to the mining re- sources of this section These reports for the most part fair and reasonable for reputable news paper, except in the large cities, may expect sur vive and maintain any degree of standing unless they keep closely within the boundaries of veracity Yet it may truthfuly be asked who hath believed our report?
 We may say frankly that we don't care. If re- port be made in good fath if it be founded on fact it will justify itself, whether it be good whether it be evil. So it is with any country Those who come to scoff sometimes remain to pray. A country can only be made prosperous by the application of