The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-11-22
NOTICE.
TO ALL MEMBERS NOME MINE WORKERS UNION, LOCAL 24O
 w. F. M.

Nomination of officers for the en-
 suing term are now open. Election will be held on Dec. 2, 1916.
 The Ladies of the Eastern Star
 have come to the conclusion that in
 stead of a formal Thanksgiving Ball
 as has annually been the custom, Barn Dance with refreshments etc.
 would be more welcomed and popu-
 lar. For that reason they are ar- ranging for such an event on
 Thanksgiving Night, Thursday, Nov 30, which will be held in the A. B. Hall. As this reunion has always | been very enjoyable and as Nome has been always ready to accept an invitation to barn, dance, the inno-
 vation this year ought to prove de-
 cidedly popular.
 City Clerk Grimm says that mer-
 chants are mighty slow in returning their assessment blanks filled in.
 These were supposed to have been filled and filed before November 16. so that almost all are practically
 overdue. Some that have come in
 are not very indicative of the fact that the merchants are suffering oY, nJy iy fo some of the valuations which the merchants have turned in on their own stocks show that they have been carrying on business on much less than a shoe string, in fact have been peddling hot air for the most part and paying freight on it too,
 This will necessitate either of two things: that the personal property valuations be raised by the assessor and finally left to the Board of
 Equalization to adjudicate thereupon
 or the real values almost all oi
 which are admittedly over-taxed
 now, will have to be increased still
 further. Tn fact when the merchant fails to make fair return of his personal property the miners cabins
 are the ones to suffer. But it was always this way, ana will be until some city council gets backbone
 enough to make these men who try
 to get out of paying their legitimate
 taxes blow through or pay the pen alty. That the city needs the money for school and other purposes is an
 obvious fact. and should be reason
 enough why there should none Of
 this evasion from those well enough
 able to pay.
 Last night about eight o'clock the
 pumps were tested in the new pump ing station erected opposite
 the city hall. This is the
 so-called city pumping plant
 although it is erected by private syndicate and the power and
 pumping rented by the city for use in it's mains. Charlie Ross was busy as two men putting the finishing touches to the connections and long before the time cane to let "her go"
 the place was affording entertain
 ment to an interested audience of
 others besides the councilmen and
 the men who promoted the under taking. The great gas engine worked like charm although the
 big muffler failed to work very ad- vantageously and it was apparent that a gas eater would have to be employed to stand the thick atmos- phere of combustion gas that filled
 the basement. The work of priming
 the pumps having been completed and Jas Haughey at the throttle re- gulating the outflow of water the
 pumps were opened up and speedily went to an excess of one hundred pounds pressure before he opened
 the outflow into the drain. An inspection of the drain out
 side revealed several plentiful sluice-
 heads running to.the beach and the experiment. proved a success con- pletely. One unfortunate feature ot
 the try-out was the fact that the
 engineer became overcome with gas, I He was taken to Mielke's barber shop where the care of Dr. Chace was requisitioned to restore him The fact that the muller leaked sn fearfully was responsible for this