The Nome daily nugget., 1911-03-13

Perhaps the German emperor thought that the first regiment Of soldiers to be ritted against him would be dispatched rom Milwaukee. St. Louis and Cincin- have flashed the following line of de- duction: Those German Yankees when they meet my undefeated fighters would all present arms and salute with PrUsit and methinks at the word every lighting man in my machine of Der Fatherland would go over 10 them to sample the American brewed German nearer then those cunning Yankees would show what they had up daI sleeves once again already yet. Ach mine ieber uebest, as William von Shakespeare would have said; ,Go to-. but das Uncle sam says: Not even two Sn what's Ge youse?"
 The description of the blizzard that Pete Bernard ran into near Solomon a few days ago and the account of which was published in Fridcy's Nugget is far sample uf the storms that center in and about the city down the coast. When the storm is fierce enough to freeze a canine hardened to the trail right in his harness when bucking the storm with the other dogs in the team. what show would a poor stampeder stand against such weather unless he vas we'll prepared 10 meet the same?
 This travelling in the winter time to any town or camp in Alaska on Sew ard Peninsula. where the timber belt is an unknown quantity is serious mat ter. and all should go provided to meet just such storms, for they spring up suddenly without moments warning at times
 The postal department is after the Alaska cable and telegraph lines throughout the territory. Somehow or other we don't take kindly to the trans fer. for the system works like How ard watch. and We hate to see change.
 The postal department may do first rat. in working the lines and cables also the wireless stations but the signal corps perform such efficient work we would hate to see the change. Ever since the government established the telegraph servcc to Alaska the men they have placed in charge of the same have been a credit to the signal corps and Alaskans have been educated to the fact that in this department are many able and bright young men.
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 Fire is a destructive agen; and the need of an efficient fire department I" often driven home in a city; but often sones too late The untried men fail N'o make -oad yvhan a hig blaze hap pens to come along. and often the nig blaze Is the result of a small one. plus an Inexperienced efficient fire depart ment
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 teacher iu a New England gram mar school found the suhioined facts in . composition on Longfellow. the poet. written hv a fifteen year old girl:
 "Hcnry w Longfellow was born in Portland. Maine. while his parents were travelling in Europe He had many friends, among whom the fastest were Phoebe and Alice Carey"
 Our first great fire of the season, in fact for years happened Saturday with a clear sky and the thermometer below zero Sometime ago the Locker On stated that Dawson and Fairbanks had been visited with blaze this winter and that they genearlly happen in threes so Nome had to be the third. and we are happy to state that ours wasn't any wors than it was and con- fined to one building.
 Tho men who jumped in and helped. and they were many are deserving of great praise for several were drenched 10 the skin with the water freezing on