The Nome daily nugget., 1910-12-10
THE LOOKER-ON

~>~~~~~~S>>~~~~ Now that winter is well established and we have had a good hard cold snap as gentle reminder the people have commenced to wonder if there will bc any basketball contests this year be- twee the respective organizations. The games last season ended up in a semi squabble but that shouldn't kill this fEe exciting sport the people have grown to enjoy during the winter and i: is to be hoped that there will be at cast two teams to provide this form Of excitement now that the long cold days are in our midst
 Senator Knute Nelson. chairman of the Ballinger Investigating committee. was convinced that the Honorable Sec retary needed u good thick coat of whitewash and he kept the lime slack ng until he had secured the proper consistency for the sanitary bath, then he applied the coating with liberal hand. The Hon. Senator doesn't do things by halves so Ballinger has come through the ordeal winter than snow"
 This whitewashing doesn't help the
 republican party in the eyes of the
 people for they have tried the Hon. Secretary from the evidence submitted ai,t l by the American press has been against the Seattle man. whitewash will cov- Ter a multitude Of corruption. and when lapplied over dark surface there is constant need of reapplications of the
 bath to hide the stains from showing through. If this has been pure case Of whitewashing BaIlinger is dead poli- ticslly speaking, and from now on win
 hit the down grade on the curve of greatest decsent in the opposite direc-
 tion of public light. But on the other ithe'n Is no "whitewash' about the af- fair he will continue to rise in tho destination of the people and will attain Croater heights as man of the hour Ir a political way.
 1 Watch and wait" will be the slogan lfrom now on and the public will keep a keen watch over his every move. and eagle eyes will be ever focused to try and penetrate beneath the surface to !see if all is black beneath.
 As a rule there Is very little need of a lighthouse on Seward Peninsula for the open season is during the long day1 when there Is daylight all the time. But during the last month of naviga- ton it's gets quite dark and the coast wtS" V~Ssals arc often driven ashege- when the captain believes he has plenty of sea room
 The lighthouse board through con gress are asking that ss00o be ap prcpriated for a fog station and light house at Point Spencer We'll there is ample need of fog station at that point. but there Is a serious doubt if there is any great need of lighthouse. & x E
 Bacon and beans will be the prip- cipal diet of those who will winter in the Iditarod this year, but should they locate number Of rich pay streaks it will repay them for having to go with out many of the other good thinss needed in this Northern country. and they will appreciate the fresh supply in the spring and have the wherewith 10 pay for the same if the pay sctreaks only turn out
 | Up in the Squirrel river country there will be no shortage of food and should there be the supply station of Nome can rush all kinds of good things in there for the miner That is one of the
 great advantages our new strike has lover that of the Iditarod and from present indications il k q far better place for the poor miner to go pros pecting in than in the mosquito flats located along the Iditarod river | < $ &
 1 In New York they say that fool or sucker Is born every ten seconds. 1t l.