The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-02-17

The continual cry of Dime creek for a recorder seems to pass away unheeded Yet it seems fair and reasonable. Even If tho camp is only to have a short existence, there surely is no reason why tho con- venicnco of the miners and pros- pectors should not be met in that little respect by the government.
 We take 1t that officials, at least theoretically, are made for the ser-i5 vice of tho people; wten ttcy are, fulfilling their functions in this re- gard they gre undoubtedly doing the best that can be expected of them; but whom their position from one reason or another is subjccting the people to inconvenience and ex- ponsc, they are not doing as they, are supposed to do ,
 To establish the records O. the, Koyuk ir Council was reasonable. enough when but few wore there in that section of the country but, when the country is now being opan- ed up and hundrsGs of men are there, doing tfoir best to develop the mineral resources of that sec tion, it would appear to tho aver age man that some effort should De maGe to acccmodato them
 The much criticized pest ctfice do- partmcat has oxprc5sod it's Wiling ness to establish post cfii-8 there, and thora is far lcS3 reason WLy 8 recorder, even m3ro essential, should net also be mcde to reside there to meet the demands upon his services such aG t&cy are.
 Moreover, it has always been un- derstood ;n this office inGt thorc are a number of men willing Gnd anxl- ous to accept such ( position. ana this being the case it would not ap- pear self evident that no injustice is being done the miners in there not hayng a recorder appointed.
 The Industrial Worker has infor- nation, already published to the effect that John D. Flanigan, com missioner at Council made the trip over to Dime with view of report ing conditions.
 We can readily understand that this was worry dslic1to mission ln- decd for the inH sensitive nature of Mr. Flanigan. He had n effect to decide whathe. or Hat if were judi cious to lop off t, :lollinr E ot bis office to tho cAt5-t o1 tle Dime Crock end Koyuk perqGis;tos, which with regGrd to the increased 2ctivity in that region is no mean sum. It requires Q Spartan nature to place aside the temptation of filthy lucrt CT the ipstinctive and very natural human tendency to be affected by the fn2ncial aspect of the case from personal point of view, but we have no doubt that MT Flanigan will rise superior to mcter'cl per sonai considerations.
 It would be unjust to criticize Judge Tucker as many arc doing for delaying tho appointment of rc- corder in Dime creek district. Un- familicr with conditions, he has taken the careful way and sent MT. Flanigan to report upon the camp. If the need is reported as urgent, doubtless the District Judgo VII get busy.
 However, this paper alsc believes that the miners of the Dimo cceeK diGtrict arc the beet judges of the actual conditions which prevail A visitor on the ground In q new camp, Gs MT. Flanigan will be, may expect q second Nome. He will find wilderness with few noiess The development of any country is slow and cannot be judged by the fact that many find little encouragement and few discover pay. In fact that is the general rule in all min1ni; camps, and the tendency is to judge by the many who have got no re- suits, and to decry those who have found satisfactory prospects
 The men now in Dime creek are practical men; as communicated to the Industrial Worker there is a tendency to spread out and prospect ether crooks. The sfmpier and more nnnvariant toara ,,oda tt,n ,naarc of recording claims. the less liability