The Nome daily nugget., 1911-05-02

decade ago where the town of Nome now stands was a lone igloo. near the mouth of Snake river. and the country i back of the town was a tundra waste where the foot of whiteman had never trod, or knew nothing about. Today this is a metropolis and the whole civilized world knows of Nome and it's wonderful resources.
 We are in daily communication with the outside world. the Associated Press employs agents to keep them supplied with happenings daily, and even the steamers blowing these waters during the open navigation season flash cleo tric waves through the ether when miles from land stating they will ar about an hour before the time they are scheduled to drop anchor sure enough a dark cloud will appear just above the horizon and this will grow and grow until a large steamer is seen blowing and churning the placid waters of Bering sea bringing food and letters to gladden. the hearts of all
 Wonderful this growth of ours. and wireless telegrahy had developed since many of the people now here migrated to the country, and before some of them have made their getaway stake flying machines will be making express trips back and forth. and no doubt OUT mail will be delivered in that manner. < @
 The street committee will have their hands full for few days getting the drains opened so as to carry off the surface water. and unless action is gotten pretty soon many a building will be flooded.
 The old council understood what was needed in the way of keeping open drains. etc. and the chairman of the street committee could do worse than secure few pointers from ex-Council- man Carleton as to what should be done and where the outlet to the vari- ous drains are located.
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 Governor Clark stated in one of his speeches in Nome last summer. that Alaska needed lighthouses that is the southeastern part of the country. and judging from the number of steamers sent Co Davy's Jones locker in thos. waters he is right We are pleased 10 note that he has secured relief in this much needed "aid to navigation" and our governor has proved in many ways that he has the interest of the country at heart and will do all in his power to further the interest of it's citizens.
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 Dredge men are getting busy and with the number of machines installed last summer. this should be a good wear for them. They can get an carly start and dig thousands of cubic yards of gravel and materially increase the output of Seward Peninsula. Then next year with the additional dredses to be installed this summer the outp,it should receive another boost, and so on from year to year until all the gold bearing gravels on the Peninsula are worked and made to give up the preoi ous metal
 
 Now that School has returned We are in hopes to see that ere glider a gid ing through the air on a downward slant. To bad there isn't a high blufr close to town such as Cape Nome so the glider could get a good start and long glide. But then we have the airship and that will have it's own power to drive it skyward. without any need of a high hill ar bluff.
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