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The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25
THE SLASHlNG OF SALARIES.

The pruning knife has been applied to city official salaries, and the reductions have been large. The monthly salary of the chief of police has been cut in
 two; the salaries of the city clerk, police patrolmen and engineer of the fire steamer have been reduced $50 each; the city attorney, -nlunicipal judge, city health officer and city treasurer will, matters now stand, receive pav neither WI. the assistant en- ginecr of the fire department; the captain of the chemical engine suffers a cut of $25 per month. The
 total reduction amounts to $115U monthly. It repre- sents substantial saving to the city, the reduc- tons open to the criticism that they may be too deep salary of $125 per month for chief of police and $lOO per month for police patrol men we submit is small pay in this climate for the amount of work expected and the long hours which these men will necessarily have to devote their duties Yet Nome is ''cheap town' it is averred and it is also alleged that the peope by their votes have expressed themselves being in favor of cheap labor" This being the case one must bow to the will
 of the people, which in olden time, we are told, was the voice of God. It is today perhaps, but some times think the gods who.e voices we hear in these latter days made of mud. We may be mistaken in this matter; therefore will hold ourselves open to correction, for at least few days Nome certainly has use for city attorney at regular salary if at any time it is found that one can earn his salary he may be appointed. This is however contn- gency likely to occur As for the city treasurer he will be the custodion of the large "city deposs and perhaps that will suffice for the present. A municipal judge, too, may be appointed who will be content to receive fees instead of regular salary
 The office of health officer bids fair to be we'll filled by Councilman Hill, the chairman of the health com mittcc, and thus another saving is effected. Taken all in all we hope the "retrenchment" thus begun may prove emnently satisfactory, and that good men
 may be found to fill all the offices in the gift oi the council at the salaries indicated. There is nothing like "retrenchment and reform" if they are not run into the ground" if may be permitted to the term. In any kind of government whether it be that of the public or of private enterprise, efficiency, honesty and faithfulness are the first requisites. These qualities sometimes forgotten, only to be remembered when the mistakes begin to multiply and inefciency and dishonesty rule. However if the present city council finds that it has erred on the side of strict economy it may easily retrieve the errors it may have made in hewng too close to the
 line of efficiency of public service.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25
SPRING CLEANING.

It is to be hoped that the health committee of the city council will enforce the ordinance relating to health and sanitation. With the approach of spring should come general cleaning up of the city. It needs the cleansing process in all directions. Even the city council to the cleaning of the streets
 where garbage gathers in the winter time and where the warmth of the suns rays in spring and summer give life and vim to the festive and fatal microbe well as the back yard and premises of the private citizen The preservation of the public health should b everybodys business, but it is not It requires often the strenuous of the law compel people to protect themselves and have regard to the we'll
 bsing of their nefghbors and fellow citizens. Nome has been remarkably free from the of epdem
 ediseasss and want to sec this record maintained. lt can be if each citizen will take small amount of
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25

II have attended meetings of various kinds in England, Ireland, Scotland, Canada and the United States" said a Nome man yester- day, "but 1 never saw the like of that on Monday evening when the city council was in regular session in the court house." We cannot say that the gentleman was wrong in his statement.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25

TIE NUGGET wishes to say that Mir. John Brannen, who or Thurs day night rendered his resignation as chief of police. made faithful and painstaking official. The for tunes of "politics" we suppose ne- cessitated Mir. Brannen's action in resigning, but it is always to be re- gretted that "politics," whether in an Ala,k village or a commer- cial metropolis, is the means too often of impairing the public ser vice. However, so long as the principle exists that "to the victor belongs the spoils' so long will these official changes occur. Mir. Brannen's successor, Mr. Walling- ford, has proven himself a capable man during the time he has been on the police force, and the city may reasonably expect that his ad- ministraton as chief of police will be equally as satisfactory as was the discharge of his duties as pa trolman.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25

Senator pettus, of Alabama, was born in 1S2l; Morgan, of Alabama in 1921; Hoar, of Massachusetts, in 1926; Platt, of Connecticut and Stewart of Nevada, in 1927; Cul. lom, of Illinois and Allison, oi Iowa, in 1899; Jones, of Nevada Vest, of Missouri and Teller, oI Colorado, in 1880; Proctor. of Yer mont and Frye, of Maine, in 1881. Of these all except Vest and Stew ard are now active members of the United States senate. It is a goodlv array of grand old men. The Can adian senate, however, heads the age list in this or any other coun- try for men in public life. Senator Wark. of Canada. recently entered upon his one hundrtdih year, 60 of which he has spent in active public life.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25

We venture the assertion that Nome and the klondike have pro- duced more women milllonaires Gin their minds) than all other sections of this earth. Just now clippings from outside newspapers are being received in Nome detail- ing with great circumstantiality and warmth of coloring. how q dozen or more "women miners" rocked, sluiced and banned" ," large fortunes in the frozen north. " We have no doubt now that when David wrote All men are liars" he included at least few of the women.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25

The suspension of the duty of 677 cents a ton on coal has raised a rumpus among the few coal mine owners, but the people who "pay the freight don't seem to be kick ing very much. The coal produc- ers' case is one thing; the coal con- sumere' is another and an entirely different one.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25

THE NUGGET has no axe to grind in municil al politics and it has neither directly nor indirectly ad- vacated the claims of any man to an appointive city office, simply for the reason that it believed that any of the gentlemen named would if elected, give satisfaction in the discharge of their duties. There fore THE NUGGET can afford to view the situation" with considerable equanimity..
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25

Viewed from any standpoint the exhibition in the court house last Monday night, at the meeting of the city council was not creditable to that "American intelligence" of which we sometimes boast.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25

It is scenes like those enacted at the last meeting of the city council that bring distrust upon the prin- clple of >elf-government, for which an influential part of Alaska'S pop ulation are now striving. But self government should not be judged by such standards.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25
BOUNDARY DISPUTE.

After all the Alaska boundary dispute is to be left to arbitration commission, and President Roosevelt has appointed Secretary of War Root, Sen ator Lodge of Massachusetts and Senator Turner of Washington, whose term expired March last, as arbitraters to represent the United States John w.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25
While TIE NUGGET believes that

While TIE NUGGET believes that the efficiency of the fire depart ment should not be impaired, it relieves that the organization of the volunteer branch of the institu- tion needs thorough overhauling. An investigation by the fire com mittee is therefore in order.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25

How many of the present city council, we ask, promised to vote for two or more candidates for chief of police? There was at least one that we wOt of.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25

Mir. Carnegie's offer of "free library" on the ground that there are too many strings attached to Mr. Carnegie's "munificence," and that as far as Toronto is concerned the Carnegie gift would be a ''white elephant."
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25

The "big four" might have been the little three," if they had been unable to "stand together" TNn from whence would have come the howl? Or would there have been any?
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25

This is surely the season of the year when not only the first steamer" but smoke" as we'll are seen far out in the ice pack.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25

Hell hath no fury like that of a disappointed village statesman" But he can shake the big mitt and stammer, and thereby relieve his surcharged chagrin.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25

trouble and commit himself to a little expense The troubles of the health committee, if this be done, will also be greatly lessened.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25

After all it does make a differ ence as to "whose OK is gored, ," doesn't it?
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25

We would respectfully suggest that the city councilmen devote a
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25

The city of Toronto, Canada, by a vote of its people has declined
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25

little of their surplus energy and hot wind to cleaning the streets of the vast accumulations of snow.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25

The ECGG Eas oursale at the following towns in North Alaska. where subscriptions and advertisements will also be received
 solomon. ......... . L. B. Glass lGuf ...... Chechaco Mercantile Co., tMnik ........ ..... x. (. Co. lostotice) White Noun ,an ......."...........II. c. Iighfoot Cpuuoii ... ....... .. G. A. Adams Kane House. Nome River .-.-.. C. G. IIotsfa Dexter Creek Shel Wettach tandle City ...... J. L. McCiiuniss Teer, ........ ........ F. E. Miles seattle John Mct 'arthy, PIP Columbia st. St. Michael .. ...... .J H. James
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25
PHYSICIANS
NR. F.. NJ. RININGER

Office and Residence, White Drug Store. Of flee hours to 3 and to Q p. m, Calls answered promptly day or night Telephone No. l.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-25

Frank G. kappenan is the only authorized collector il
 Nome fof the NOME NUGGET.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04
Monsolian and Ethiopian Honored.

Chung Hin Wang of Canton, China,
a graduate of Tien-Tsin University in
1899, carried off highest honors with
the degree of master of laws, summa
cum laude in Yale law school, and
George Williamson Crawford, a negro,
of Birmingham, Alabama, won the
highest forensic honor in the law
school, taking the Townsend prize. He
spoke this afternoon, delivering, in
competition with three others, an ora
tion on Trades Unionism and Patriot
ISM"
In part he said: "In spite of the
past record and evil possibilities, the
labor organization is Indispensable to
modern industrial life. The corpora
ton. and not the individual. must be
a unit in our new development. We
must have a new unionism. Patriot
ism means more than the declaration
of loyalty in trades unions constitu-
tion. Patriotism, anywhere in the ul-
innate analysis, is altruism-pro-
fessed and lived. The question arises
then, naturally, what is to be the ba-
sis of reorganization? Our answer is
simple. We would plant a new union
ism on the basis of brotherhood, which
is only another word for democracy.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04
Bic Income in Roses.

There is at least one man in Eng
land who makes money out of his rec
reations and that man is the octoge-
marian dean of Rochester-Dean Hole.
Combining deep learning with large
fund of bright wit and broad humor,
he can spare time from his heavy &C.
clesiastical duties to add $4,000 year
to his income by growing roses in the
musty old town so well known to the
lovers of Dickens. For sixty years the
dean has been studying the national
flower and during that time as many
as 800 varieties have passed through
his hands. He is his own gardener.
even at his present advanced age, and
it is only the more laborious part of
the work that he entrusts to other
hands
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04
Training the Ear.

The London Spectator is of the opin.
ion that teachers of young children dc
not sufficiently appreciate the impor-
tance of training the ear of the pupil
to detect the difference in sound be,
tween pure and impure English. If, as
a daily exercise, scholar who speaks
carelessly is forced to repeat phrases
over and over, first correctly and then
incorrectly, for comparison the ear
catches the tune-if it may be so
termed-of the pure speech and learns
to mark the difference In this way
a better speech may be acquired-if
not the perfect language.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04
RURAL LOCAL ITEMS
COMPARED WITH SOCIETY NEWS

Record of Local Doings Amuses City
JournaIists-But 1t ls Sensible and
Important Compared With Society
Columns Of the Big DaiIies.
We shall never see the last of the city
journalist who has fun with the inno-
cent items that chronicle the little To-
cal doings of the countryside. To him
there seems to be something infinitely
funny about such items as these:
Frank Hawkes. is putting a new roof
on his barn.
Jim Smith of Stony Run was a caller
at this Office Tuesday. He reports
good potato crop.
Its a boy; Joe Smith is buying the
cigars.
Allen Jones is putting a new picket
fence around his garden.
Tom Pardee went to Minneapolis on
Monday.
Frank Brooks never tells fish sto-
ries Last Sun Monday he caught a
ten-pound bullhead in Mud lake.
There ought to be a cross walk in
front to the Emporium.
No 4 on the Milwaukee was two
hours late Monday.
Frank Pike. our popular operator. is
taking a vacation this week.
Such items can be matched on the
Society page of every city paper, al
though the form may be little diff
ferent and the baby pleasantly exclud-
ed from it,
More than that, some of the big dali
lies spend hard money for cable tolls
and correspondents to have just such
stuff telegraphed from Europe. Here
are some of the cable items from Lon
Ia, Il;
Tribune:
The report published earlier In the
week that Jack, the Kings favorite
Irish terrier, was dead, which was later
contradicted, is true after all. He was
first reported as having come to an un-
timely end by eating rat poison, but
the truth appears to be he was chOked
while feeding.
Mr. and Mrs. Ogilvy Haig have left
London on an automobile tour OF diff
ferent parts of England.
Lady Essex was yesterday driving
in an automobile made after the fash
ion of a Victoria with a hood.
Mrs. Ronalds starts tomorrow for
Homburg. where she will stop with
Mr. and Mrs. Lorillard Ronalds.
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester
are in Ireland.
Mrs. l.. NeWnouSe. WHO is sun dl
Claridges. goes shortly on a visit to
Mrs. Charles Wilson at Worter Priory,
Yorkshire.
This stuff is absolutely without JUS
itfication. Not one per cent. OF the
Chicago Tribune's readers care a
"cuss'' about what these dukes and
duchesses and gilded loafers without
titles are doing in Homburg and Lon
don. and Trouville, but the readers of
the local paper are all interested in
that new barn roof. that new fence.
that new baby. and all of the rest
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04
SiOO Reward, 500.

he readers Of this paper VIII be pleased to learn
there In vt least dreaded disease that science
-, been able 70 cure In nil its stages aud that 10
Catarrh. Halls Catsrrh Cure " the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity Catarrh
be nx constitutional disease, requires cOnstitu-
tionai treatment. Halls Catxrrh Cure IL taken in.
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of tho disease, and giving the patient
strength by building the constitution and assisting
pAturo In doing Its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in Its curative powers. that they ofor
Hundred Dollars for any that II fails 10
Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druygists. SIC.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

covery 1 spent hundreds OF dollars in
medicine which did me no good l was
persuaded by friend to try Peruna. i
took it two weeks without much improve
ment but kept on with it and soon began
to get we'll and strong very fast. Within
two months / was cured. and have been
well ever since. l am strong advocate OF
Peruna &C. Hershman.
Peruna cures catarrh of the kidneys,
liver and other pelvic organs. simply be-
cause il cures catarrh wherever located.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04
JAM ES N. POWELL.

No other systemic catarrh remedy has as
yet been devised. Insist upon having Pc
runa. There are no medicines that can be
substituted.
If You do not derive prompt and sa,isiac-
tory results from the use of Peruna. write
at once to DIR. Hartman. giving n full state
ment OF your case and he will be pleased to
give you his valuable advice gratis
Address DR.. Hartman, President of Tho
Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. Ohio.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04
81. 90 BIG 5OO-POUND STEEL
RANGE OEEER.

II you can use the best big 5OO-pound steel
range made In the world. and are willing to have
1t placed in your own home on three months FREQ
trial. Just cut this notice out and send to SEARS.
RoEBuCK g. Co, Chicago, and you will receive
range and many. other cooking and heating
stoves you will also receive the most wonder
ful tIO0 steel range ofler an offer that places
the best steel range or heating stove In the
home of any family, such an of1er that no family
AAe land, no matter what their circumstances
be- or how small their income, need be
Without the best cooking or heating stove made.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04
First Come. First Served.

We would rather sell our fine San
Luis valley lands to Colorado farmers.
Best water rights, fertile soil, low
prices. easy terms. If easterners come
first-and they're coming fast-we will
sell to them, of course. Send for our
new booklet and see what you're miss
ing. The Colorado Bureau of Immigra-
ton, GIG Majestic Bldg, Denver. Colo.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04
Kaiser wiIhelm's Castles.

Kaiser Wilhelm owns eighty-three
estates and flfty-three castles. These
foot up total of 900 acres and
bring in an income of $l60.000. He
has as yet visited only thirty of his
castles, but the total sum which goes
to their support is enormous. He Is
building fifty-fourth castle. mag
nificent affair, which will overlook Po-
sen, in Prussian Poland
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

Storekeepers report that the extra
quantity. together with the superior
quality of Defiance Starch makes it
next to impossible to sell any other
brand.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

quantity and superior quality of De-
fiance Starch is fast taking place OF
all other brands. Others say they
cannot sell any other starch.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

Sir Thomas Upton declares he will
marry an American girl when he lifts
the cup This does not conflict with
his original intention of remaining a
bachelor.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

Don't you know that Defiance
Starch besides being absolutely supe-
rior to any other, is put up 16 ounces
in package and sells at same price
as 12-ounce packages of other kinds?
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

Dealers say that as soon as Gus
toner tries Defiance Starch 1t is i'm
possible to sell them any other cold
water starch. 1t can be used cold
or boiled.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

'Confine yourself to water and you'll
never get tight" Il don't know about
that; I've seen boat that was water
tight"
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04
Sensible Housekeepera

will have Defiance Starch. not alone
because they get one-third more for
the same money, but also because Of
superior quality.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

Wireless telegraphy. and wireless tel
ephones are easy, but 1t will take rare
genius to perfect wireless politics.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

When nobleman pays his attentions
to.a Yankee millionaire's daughter, he
usually hopes to have her pay his
debts.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

Piso's Cure is the oest medicine ever used
for nil affections of the throat and lungs.-WA
O. ENpsLEY. Vanhuren. Ind. Feb. 10. 1904
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

k1TS Permanent Cured \ Lr afteI
Brat uay OF Dr. klne's Great Nerve Restorer.
BEND tor FREE 5000 trial bottle and treatise.
DR X. II. KLINE Ltd. 9sl Arch St. philadelphia. Pa
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

If there is no other way TO kill off the
English sparrows IL might be possible to
get the Legislature to pass law pro-
tectipg them.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

Here's still a good motto
Not learned In Il school
Take time by the forelock,
And also the mulci
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

'If the wind raises they will have a
race" Yes; and If | could raise the
wind I'd buy Il yacht"
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

"She told me-" said the young man
who had consulted n fortune-teller that
was born to command" We'll. well!'
that you will never be married."
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

FALL TERM OF CENTRAL BUSINESS
COLLEGE of DENVER opens Sept lst- Courses
Bookkeeping. Shorthand and Telography.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

No. sab; Adam wasn't u culud man
Or de serpent would a brung II watermil-
lion instid of n apple"
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

Nowadays we seldom speak of II mirror
ns II looking glass. but the good looking
lasseS use II much as ever.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

The secret of the popularity of Baxters
"Bullhead" b,cent cigar is revealed In one
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

The miIdest tobacco that grows is used
In the makeup of Baxters BullheHd 5
cent cigar TIy one and see.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

Tie Gar talked turkey" to Abdul
Hamid and carried his point.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

"wyndham boasts that what he doesn't
know about his business wouldn't I'LL a
book" "Wel. | notice that what he does
know hasn't filled his pocketbook."
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

Dolly-What place does Mrs. Rusher
hold in the ieo2 kitty-Oh, shes one of
the nOuEhts.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

Nothing brings the wolf to the door
ii iser than bucking the tiger
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

Mrs. winslow's Soothing syrup
For children teeIhlng softens the gums, reduces In
na,umaton, allsys pain, wind collie. 23o botla-
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

why did you curtail the ours tail?'
"Because 1 wanted to take him In the
carriage and his tail would keep II wag-
gin" ="
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

ut beats all" how good a cigar you can
buy for cents Il you buy the right brand
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

A smile of satisfaction goes with one of
Bakers "Builhead" scent cigars.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

Life is for most people continuous
process OF getting used to things they
haven't been expecting.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are
fast to light and washing.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

Stops tho Cough and
Works on the Gold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25c
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

If YOU have smoked Bullhead scent
cigar you know how good they are: II
you have not. better try one.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

''You don't mean to say that you have
no theories about the education of chill
dren2" mo. have too many Children