The Nome daily nugget., 1911-06-01
THE LOOKER-ON

Council city natives have seen smoke. Port Safety people have seen smoke now watch out for the Nomeites smoke When they smoke up" there will be a steamer spouting out black clouds above the horizon instead of black spots dancing before the eyes that takes on smokey shapes" in the dis tant, and causes near by objects like willows and brush to take on the shape of an old friends hand that you just have to grab and shake.
 This is the time of the year when people see things, and should one look back over the history of the camp and learn of the many wonderful objects seen and located during the month of May they win wonder the .Pearly | Gates" are not located by some who have mentally proved that man was not made to live alone.
 X few years ago some fellow discov- cred Noah's Ark in the Koyukuk coun- try. and another fellow believed he had discovered the original spot where the Garden of Eden was located. etc So people can see and find most any old thing in May, but with the arrival of the first fleet their sight is again restored to its normal condition.
  1 The members of the United Statc- signal corps here in Alaska are deserv- ing of far more praise than they re- ceive. Not only the boys We become so well acquainted with here in our own camp. but all along the line from all the cardinal points where either wireless or t"lcgraphic lines are in- stalled. Sl During the break up this spring they have assiduously remained at their in struments trying first this and that method of spanning the breaks in he land line due to inundation caused bv ice jams, etc. Too much credit cannot be given the signal corps for they have by hook and crook fo, ,tstdcd the press dispatches through daily. when at times great obstacles had To be sur mounted or overcome. < < Until large percentage of the spanish has been extracted from the population of Mexico there will be i'm surrections one after an other. They may be- Of short or long duration but lighting Is in the blood down there and they love to see blood flow At times the bull fights will appease their thirst for gore. then the rabies will ovcrpoyyer them and away they go killing and slaying for what It's d hundred fa one shot that not ten Dor cent of the soldiers in the army of the nlsurrertos know what they are fighting for
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 Uncle sam getting after the wire less promoters, who have been using the mails to catch the new born" every minute, will have a good effect upon many of the wild eat" companies. < sentence of a few years in the peniten- tiary should he productive of good fe- suits. Fines don't bother men of that stripe they make it up many hun dred times over and can well afford to pay a few thousand dollars But one to three years in the penitentiarv k the last straw, and should officials of the Standard oil, the Steel Trust. su- gar and Meat Trust be treated to a same dose there would not be any need of SO much legislation to correct the wrongs being daily perpetrated upon the American people.
 
 Modest Request-'Yes." said the landlady, "all my beds are supplied with hair mattresses" The New Roomer-"would you mind lending me a bottle of hair restorer for mine"
 Indecision is trait We can well af. ford to "root up" the minute fl starts