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The Nome daily nugget., 1912-12-07
SOLD FAMILY FOR A BEAD.

At one time beads were the m ,ney of Eskimos around Nome. local government official has already wit ten the whole story of that period or the Eskimo history. When the grand fathers of the present osneratior were children a man was wrs k, on Kotze. bue sound who looked like an Eskimo but was not one. He iaI a few beads which he traded for fuis and later nc built a great omiak and went away. From the accounts given of him ho was probably Japanese.
 Well. one winter passed away and another and then the man who looked like an Eskimo but was not ore re turned. and with him were others lik. him. and they brought cargo of beads. With these they purchased furs and ivory and away they went never to return.
 So did beads become the Eskimo money.
 In Nome at present lives native who tells of the great value of these beads. So great was it that his own grandfather with one bead purchased the family and furs of another.
 He met the family on his way 10 Mary's Igloo and the wife. children and a sled load of furs became his prop erty.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-12-07
H0N0RS EVEN BETWEEN
 FORT DAVIS AND CITY

covered gallery. stole third and home. uurrah. After all Fort won only by
 to s.
 Married vs. Single.
 Miss Nash drew first blood. seconi blood and. perhaps. third blood and Miss wittenberg handed her the knife. Horrible. But the three scores were made and nearly all the time 1t was from the passing by Miss wittenbers. 7.
 Mrs. Bursik scored for the better halves and Mrs. Stipek negotiated : basket of foul. So there now. The single doubled the doubled. Translat- ed this means that the single had to 3. Understand? Double the score of married. Correct.
 Mems Basket Ball.
 Kennel Club II. Fort Davis 2>. Another case of doubling up. X second after starting Burley passed Ia Thompson and Charlie got there. An other moment and there again. Then came defender of his coun.ry " q name sounding like Killiwitsky What ever it is he made a basket. Lewis scores for Nome. SD did Broste end another. Fort came close several times. Lewis and Burley get baskets and then Meredith found two points for the armed strength. Burley rar Co
 So on it went; Elimball scores. Bur ley also. Lewis gets there. Burley performs pretty work. Thompson scored. Burley beautifully slaps ball home over soldiers head. but then Broste rather badly fouled fort mar and fort scored.
 Towards the end of the first hall Fort Davis missed a million shots. Ii they missed as many against the Japsi good bye to the predominance of tho Occident.
 From the beginning of the second tC the no time whistle 1t was success. sion of similar events. Charlie Thomp son and Frank Burley playing Bull garia with the army of the enemy They did some pretty work. but If th' Fort Davis boys can only arrange their sights properly and study dis tance they can get many more bull: eyes. They can say what they lil, about team work. but the principa of shooting skill.
 Charlie Thompson can almost fino that basket as easily as his spoo'
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-12-07

finds his mouth. and Frank Buriey also.
 Practice up Fort Davis You have 1t in you.
 Sergeant Cox and Earl Hunt were referee and umpire respectively.
 For the ladies. Dan Crowley and Geo. Reed were it..
 sam Cunningham and Sergt. Perrit- tie took the brunt on the diamond.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-12-07
WILL HELP ALASKA,

Key Pittman has been elected Unit votes.
 The following telegram was received by the A. E. from him yesterday:
 Won hy Na votes. Received splenddI support from all Alaska. Deeply ap- preciatc your kind letter in behalf or Arctic Brotherhood but did not at tempt to use 1t in the campaign. Win do all can for Alaska.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-12-07
JAPAN GETS
 NEW PREMIER
GOVERNOR GENERAL OF KOREA
 hEAos JAP GOVERNMENT.
spseis, Nugget osrvses.

Speeise NvoOet 0ervsee.
 LONDON. Dee. 7.--Count Terauchi. governor general of Korea. has been appointed premier of Japan.
 His selection came only after long conferences held by the chief states men of the empire yesterday and the day before. The mikado is said to have been particularly in his favor but the chief factor in his appoint ment was probably his knowledge of Korean affairs over which the crisis in the cabinet was brought about.
 lie win now select the members of the new cabinet and his opinions in Korean administration will proba ply prevail.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-12-07
CONFESSES TO
 OLD MURDER
KILLED MAN iN 1876 AND NOW
 TELLS ThE STORY.
Special Nugget Ssrvies.

DENVER. Dec. 7.-John Peter Da. wis confessed today to the murder of William Atcheson at Castle Rock. Col, in 1876. During the intervening time Davis has lived most of the time ia this state and went about his ordi- nary occupations as other people and not ono of his acQuaintances had the least idea that such a secret haunted him.
 The police looking up the records find all about the disappearance O Atcheson at that time 3s years ago.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-12-07

Everything is all right Fort Davis won on the diamond. Nome won '' basket ball and the girls proved the superioritv of single blessedness. There can be no objection to this. and inc only drawback to the perfect success of the whole thing were few complaints made by boys from the fort about some rough work in the basket ball game. And. it must be said, they had some little grounds but after all. not much. Visitors and all as they are. and good sports as they are 1t must be said that those Nome boys. at present anyhow. are easily their daddies. A Nome team can go pretty near winning anything.
 There was q fine crowd. Galleries. boxes and all were filled and for d time one might easily believe tn. brave days of old had come back @ Nome
 Baseball.
 on lHt very ATst bdli run A'ii Kirk Meredith got first. But that's all. Not one of the three got farther. Nome opened with Hanks. their catcher at the bat. Lomen got out making first. Petersen got first and got second when Burley went to first but Hunt went out.
 In the second ouinette got second on a tumble by Brown. Klemball got a three bagger. Ouinettc got home anu was followed by Klimball.
 In the fourth Hanks got first on a tumble. Lomen hit three bagger. Hanks got home and so did Lomen later when Burley reached first base,
 Fort woke up when Pritchard got two bagger. Ouinette found the gallery and Pritchard got in.
 In the fifth Kirk walked. stole see. ond and third and later got home
 line style. Bursik also scored.
 The sixth showed Nome getting rot ten. Ouinette made home run by the awfullest piece of mud finger work on record. Kelly got first. Hagen fumbled, Burley fell over Kelly un second and that the fort got four runs does not show half how rotten |. was.
 But two can be rotten and the Nome boys got their blood up. Kirk. playing like a fox. stole second and third again. Bursik got gallery. troop tumble. Bursik and Brown get home. crowd raises a din, Hanks dis
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-12-07
NO DREDGING FOR KUSKOKW|M SECRETARY OF WAR SENDS RE. VERGE REPORT TO CON-
 GREoe.
special Nugget ossv eA

WASHINGTON. Dec. S.-The secre tary of war has sent to congress an adverse report on the question of i'm proving the entrance To the Kusko- kwim river. Near the mouth of the stream are bars which made naviga- tion of the river by large boats prac- ticslly impossible. If a channel were dredged through these shadows large boats could go up stream quite a great distance. Efforts have been made for some years to prevail on the government 10 accomplish the work but the report of the secretary Of war will now most likely knock the scheme on the head.
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The Nome daily nugget., 1912-12-07
MOTION WAS
 OVER RULED COURT DENIES ENTRY eV DE. FAULT IN HAYS vs.
 PIONEER.

Judge Murane today overrulet the motion made by the plaintiff in ;ks case of Hays vs. the Pioneer Mining Company for entry of judgmen. " 6e fault.
 The court held that notice s"Cuid have been served on the defenf'n; a'.d the defendant was permitted to file their answer.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-12-07
SOCIAL DANCE TONIGHT.

The first of the Eagle social dances win be held this evening in the large hall and a large number of dancers are expected to be present. The mu- sic will be first class.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-12-07

ShilIings Spices are thrss- quarts- stronger than any other brand. Sold at Polet's.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-12-07

We have a large assortment of fancy holiday gift books. ready tor mailing. lomen Bros.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-12-07
MOVED VAULT.

Tho Masons and odd Fellows h2ve| moved their vault in tho cemetery toI . more convenient situation. Formerly it stood on the road.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-12-07

Eagle sseiai dance. iases hall. oas. urday, 0se. .. Admissien e1.oo.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-12-07

We print anything and everything in job printing line at the Nugget,
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-12-07
GOOD POETRY.

Whore are you going, my pretty
 maide? cins te the Reef Garden, sir" she
 saysd. '
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-12-07
NO MORE sLizzARos.

eut psrfvmsd zsehyrs sishins through whispering isavss-Reef Gar. den. Saturday. 2i.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-12-07

New laid e9ss at Presssrs Harnsss ohsp.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-12-07

NEVER MIND ANYTHING ELSE. Roof Garden, Dec. 21.
Evening journal., 1912-07-31
UNPOPULAR RETRENCHMENT.

THERE is a split in the Democracy the naval con-
u struction plan of the Democratic House of Re-
presentatves. The refusal of the Democratic Repre-
sentaves to in the bateships plan
recommended by the Navy Department and approved by
the Senate is characterized by many far-sghtod
Gratis poor policy and politics
Now that the Panama canal is about TO be put into
and it is necessary for the United States be
than naval Power, the policy of the Democratic
House 10 block the batleships construction plan Of the
administration does appeal to Democrats The
Democratic Representatives say they committed
a policy of retrenchment and that the blocking the
building of the battleshps important step in that
direction.
1t is no secret that the action Of the House Demo-
Gratis is worrying Governor Wilson greatly. He knows
that public sentiment in this country is strongly in
favor of the United Strengthening its position
a naval Power particularly in the Pacific.
No that it is necessary for our country
TO attempt to keep pace with Great Britain In its
stant race for sea-power supremacy. It is asserted
however that We should fall far behind either
Germany japan
Even Democrats Of prominence admit that American
voters will not approve Democratic policy which seeks
TO place the United States in the firth sixth place
as a naval Power The desire general that naval
strength be Increased within and decreased
without reason We must have all times sufficient
naval strength 70 protect honor and interests both
at home and abroad.
Evening journal., 1912-07-31
BANK LOANS EXPAND.

THE 1872 national banks with resources of nearly
ten billion dollars) have just made their reports
to the government. Some of the big figures are worth
noting:
The deposits nearly 5000 millions
The loans are nearly 5000 millions
The cash is nearly 1000 millions
In other words, the amount of money the banks owe
their depositors, and the amount of money the de-
positors owe the banks. equa-but this amount of
money is six times large the amount Of cash in
the banks.
Bank deposits are not cash; they arise from loans
made to business men against property The banks
coin property into means of payment
Business is better than year ago Business men
need more credit and means of payment with
which to do business. The banks have supplied this
demand by an increase of $50 millions in loans cre
ating $50 millions in deposits
But there has been increase in cash
The banks are making the same amount of cash do
work.
The demand OF the business community for more
currency with which to make payments has been
met not by the coinage of the precious metals nor
py the issue Of bank-notes, but by an increase of
third oil billion dollars in bank loans thus Great
Ing an equal amount of deposts-whioh can he in
stanty converted into currency" through the check
book.
The currency of the United States is the deposit-
currency.
Evening journal., 1912-07-31
BIG THINGS FROM LITTLE THINGS.

THIS is an editorial written for the boy and girl
readers OF THE EVENING JOURNAL It
teaches the moral that big things result from thought
ful little things. The editorial story hangs upon
large pecan the farm Of Daniel Burton, Dep
uty Collector Of Internal Revenue Mllsboro sus-
sex county.
Many years ago the Coates Line Of Philadelphia
operated four packet ships between that city and
European ports One of those ships was the Tus-
carora. Her maiden voyage eastward was made with.
out mishap On her maiden voyage westward how
ever she wrecked on the Delaware coast Part
Of her cargo saved and sold public auction One
OF the bidders Mr.. Burton's father. Among the
things be bought a bag of pecan nuts. He took
his pHrchases home and the members OF the family
regaled themselves on the nuts
member of the household was an old negro
nanny. She decided to ascertain whether the pecan
would grow and thrive in Sussex county She
took nut outside and planted It I'm the lawn In
due time Il sprouted and began to grow. To-day it
is an immense tree, with trunk three one-half
feet In diameter II is, by all odds the largest tree
of its kind in the State OF Delaware Since IL came
into bearing It has produced millions of nuts and
given pleasure to hundreds Of persons who have visit
ed the Burton homestead Children have played within
its shade and it has delighted the eyes Of lovers Of
forestry.
The Coates line of packets has given way in
supremacy TO greater lines with larger boats The
timber of the Tuscarors have gone decay The elder
Mr Burton has been gathered his fathers The old
negro nanny has returned to dust But the pecan
stands stately relic Of the wreck Of the Tuscarors
and handsome memorial OF the thoughtfuness Of that
old nego woman. For years il has whstood the
bisterng beat of Summer; the killing cold OF Winter.
1t has sighed TO the Summer zephyr and bowed 10
the Winter blast Every year it grows larger snd
better and becomes morA venerable and venerated.
The old colored whose love of nature broug ght
& into be.ns, could not have better handscmsr
monument
Evening journal., 1912-07-31

Individually the Peninsula strawberry is little
thing. Collectively It is something gigantic. Sta
tscs for the 1912 crop Delaware the Eastern Shore
Of Maryland and the Eastern Shore Of Virginia show
a total Of 100000 quarts. That is 100000 quarts
more than the crop in 1911 and 100000
quarts less than the crop in 1g1O which almost
a record yield One of the disadvantages suffered by
the growers this inability to obtain as
many pickers as they needed That resulted in the
loss of thousands of quarts Of berries which otherwise
would have been marketed. In most sections of our
State it is Of the deplorabe drawbacks Of horti
culture and agriculture that the farmers unable
TO obtain the help they need when they need it, Al
most every community is cursed with percentage
Of population which is too lazy work and. unfof-
tunately, not too proud TO beg to steal There
hundreds OF and the Peninsula who
STEPPED in poverty and who have become inn
bued with the idea that the world them a living
that if they get food and shelter for today they
perfectly willing to permit the to take
Of itself Such persons a rule could find
plenty OF work at fair wages in the communities in
which they live. If of them would exert them
selves earnestly to doing work they do dodg
ing it, there would be complaint scarcity of farm
labor the Peninsula farms.
Evening journal., 1912-07-31
PURGING THE MAILS.

nj branch OF postal service been subjected
greater abuse than the general delivery. Swnd-
iers have used II for to assist them in carrying
out their schemes those engaged in social intrigues
too often Of dsgraceful nature have used to cover
their faithessness while young men and young women
and boys and girls have avsiled themselves of 1t
purposes of filtration and for the passing Of letters
which they feared TO have go to their homes
Postmaster General Hitchcock has taken steps to put
end to such abuses. The germ OF his plan is that
upon demand using the general delivery shall
give TO the postal authorities satisfactory for
doing
postmaster may require from a person lv-
ing in community in which there is free delivery
statement in writing to why he or she prefers 20
receive mail through the general delivery. When the
postal officials discover that minors are using the
general delivery getting their mail home
they are authorized ascertain why 1t is demand
the names Of the parents and inform them that
their children are obtaining mail through the general
delivery. Provision also is made for the discovery Of
the use Of fictitious names to clandestne
respondence.
That is assuredly a step in the right direction. We
think however that after has been put in full effect
the police will have something to do in the way of
keeping tabs on private postofnces through which
clandestne correspondence may be handled. Such
private postoces years many places
and they have done incalcuabe social harm How
ever. the first important step has been taken. With
the general delivery closed swindlers, Illicit lovers
and nrtations boys and girls the public will not be
long in discovering what channels OF commu-
<aaton they establish
Evening journal., 1912-07-31

Peter F. Cassidy one Of the owners of the Whining
ton Tri-State baseball club, complains that Whining
tonans are not supporting the team as they should do
He calls attention to the fact that only 900 persons
attended the game last Saturday and that during
most OF the other days last week the receipts did not
sunce to pay the guarantees of the visiting teams
The attendance has decreased steadily he asserted
since the game July 4. Cassidy says existing con-
ditions will discourage local players who now are
in the first division II admittedly is a pity that the
people of city have responded as they should
have done to the appeal of clean and honest sport
There should be concerted movement from this time
on to make the attendance in the of the season
what 1t should have been in the first half The
back Of the club risking their money; men
the club doing the best they play good ball
and surely the people of city should their part
and make Of Wilmington the enthusiastic baseball town
il ought to be- A good baseball club is a splendid
advertisement for any community
Evening journal., 1912-07-31

Richard Arnst, of Australia has lost his laurels
champion sculler of the world They we're taken from
him the Thames river by Ernest Barry, young
Englishman, who. in addition to the cup purse
Of $4,000 The defeat a staggering blow to Arnst
He had held the cup several years and went into the
contest with Barry confident he would win. Nor was
by 1uke that the championship honors passed from
the Australian to the Englishman. The two men seemed
evenly matched on the first half of the Then
Barry whose expert work than Offset the strength
of his opponent forged to the front When Barry
four lengths ahead half mile from the finish
line the discounted Australian abandoned the fight
It will be surprising if American sculler does not
challenge Barry and defeat him. That is a worlds
championship that should be held in the States
Evening journal., 1912-07-31
Editorial Opinion
nELAMARE ANp GOOp R0ADs.

DELLA W AlNE AMI UVND hUAUN.
From The Milford Chronicle
Just how far the methods as car
ried out in Delaware in the care and
construction of the public roads is
behind the practices Of other states
a comparison of Delaware's system
with that of the state of Maryland
may be beneficial. The state Of Del
aware is making no attempt TO Sc
cure any general system Of modern
road building. in fact. the constitu-
ton of the state expressly forbids
the state undertaking any highway
work on. its own account Maryland
is building beautiful roads in all
parts of that commonwealth out OF
bond issues made by authority of the
state, and the roads when built are
looked after and kept in repair by
men educated in the care of modern
roads, and not left to the ignorant
ideas of persons who have no knowl-
edge of how a good road should h~
built or maintained. But the great
est step forward is just. announced
on the part Of the department 0f
highways in Maryland. and this is %
completely eliminate the dust PROB
lem from the modern new stone roa&
ways of that state. By applying the as
phaltum oil to the surfaces. This
will cost about sixty thousand dol
lars to cover the roads of Maryland.
but IL will be a blessing TO the peo-
pie along the highways and 10 those
who travel over them. as we'll as 10
thu life of the roads themselves.
Delaware nesds new road Laws. but
above all we need practical common
sense in the management of our Dads
and the complete divorce of the road
ways from political management.
Which Of the political parties will
not only promise 10 bring this about,
but actually will do what they prom
Use?
Evening journal., 1912-07-31
WEDNESDAY, JULY 81, 1912
DEMOCRATIC BLACKLIST.

VAYILLARD SALISBURY already is tho boss Of the
w Democratic party in Delaware. He aspires to
be the boss Of the State Up to certain time there
stood between him and that ambition two important
political factors One the Republican party the
other, the Bayard-Gray Wolcott faction Of the Demo
cratic party BY persistent work within his party
Mr. Salisbury succeeded in wiping the Bayard-Gray
Democrats off the slate far political influence
affected. Then there stood between him and the
United States Senate and the throne of the political
boss only the Republican party Heretofore Il has
held him in check by long series of defeats and
strcted his of bossing to the Democratic party
II is secret that owing to Republican dissension
national issues, he is hopeful this Of being,
able capture for himself both the United States
senatorship and the position Of State boss He relies
upon Thomas f. Bayard Jr, Andrew c. Gray at least
one Of the Wolcotts and other Democrats formerly
identified with the Bayard-Gray wolcott wing Of the
party. to help him to carry out his ambitious plans
Nor may he be far wrong in placing his reliance in
the younger generations Of Bayards Grays and VOL
colts The old political fighting blood Of those three
families seems to have died out There time
when a Bayard. a Gray OF Wolcott would have
scorned to be cassed follower of a Salisbury but
that time has by In these days they to de-
light in playing such roles greatly the chagrin OF
the old-time political friends Of their families.
II may be said fact however. that Mr. Sauls-
bury is not popular with the rank and file OF the Demo-
of the State Nor he and his candidacy for
the senate ana the poucal Dossshp OF the state re-
garded favoraby by many Democrats prominent in the
legislative districts That is shown by the heavy
roads that being made in those districts by L.
Irving Handy who is in open revolt against Boss saus
bury and active and aggressive aspirant for the
Democratic Senatorial nomination
There is belief in Democratic circles that
Boss Salisbury has been keeping years written
mental blacklist of those Democrats who have mani
tested opposition TO his political ambitions and plans
and that. being OF revengefu nature politically far
reaching reprisals based upon that blacklist would
follow his elevation to the bossshp Of the State The
feeling also that IL Boss Salisbury were to win
in the approaching Democratic primaries and the gen
era election, he would prove to be such a political
boss this State never has known and that no
Democrat possibly could obtain advancement without
paying homage the man who has tanned the
Bayards, Grays and wocotts and who hates L. irving
Handy because he has been unable to tame him