The Nome daily nugget., 1915-08-14

cannot but have wholesome effect on the business life of any community. At the present time Nome is seemingly | progress and the spirits of the citizens are at a very low ebb and this in spite of the fact that there is a present out look at least equal to that of the past five or six years. True, Nome has not the superlatively rich resources of the old days of the beach line and Anvifl creek behind her at present and the days when men sank hole to bedrock one day and were wealthy the next have vanished probably never to return but it requires no lengthy examination to convine any but pessimist or one who has no active iterest in the con- munity that there are still remark ble opportunities for profit lying utter ly neglected in this section of the ter ritory and while Nome is more or less afflicted with a species of dry rot at present it is more because of a lack of energy than an absence of opportun- lity. The trouble is largely that we have to n great extent lost the spirit of get up and get" which is the first so accustomed to waiting for some lthing to turn up that it has become q habit, and now that the time has come that opportunity is no longer Humping her treasures into our laps lbut demands that we come a seeking what she has to offer we are brought Iface to face with a condition that we know not of and cannot grasp The surest indication that Nome is lacking essential to progress and prosperity, is Indicated by the attitude of the citi- lzens regarding the mails We kick and kick. and have kicked. for the past sev-
 eral years, at what we term an out
 rage and an injustice" but all the while We have scarcely made an effort to have changed the conditions against
 which We rail. Spasmodic attempts to |, do something have been made from lthey were-spasmodic and there has Inever been concerted effort of any kind The sooner we realize that what we want we must go after. the bet ter if will be and the sooner we will again advance on the scale of civic lprogress. Nothing is to be gained by iapathetic waiting for no one is going to hand us anything If we want to go Iahead, if We want to advance and make the best of what is in us We must cease our present policy and get decid edly busy. Despite the cry of the pro- lfessional knocker and the bowling pes |simist. there is still great many op- Iportunities awaiting development in this district One does not need tc either accept or deny our humble word
 
 Iclose all the convincing evidence that lany one needs. That they will be de- tveloped in time cannot be doubted but what we of the present want is to profit by them ourselves and the only :, way we can achieve that result is to get in and help to bring them to the
 point where We can profit by what !they may produce. If money or any
 thing else is needed. go after it. w. won't get it by waiting or talking, but by action alone. Unanimty of action,
 and a belief that We can do something if we try, will go far toward accom- lplishing any result We undertake. The Chamber of Commerce seems to have
 absorbed this idea and, now that they
 have made an attempt to start some
 thing, let us by all means get in and
 help. With the nucleus of action thus provided Nome can be rehabiiltated if
 every one gets in and help to the best of their ability. While to many it may
 appear that Nome is what is termed dead one," to such We will remark that if they will take the trouble to drop their preconceived notions and do | a little investigating, it is believed that they will find enough of opportunities for profitable reward for the appli- | cation of energy and industry, to at least cause them to refrain from knock l ing the efforts of those who are trying to do something for themselves and the community.