The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1916-04-10
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOLDS
Big BOOSTERS Meeting

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poets for the development OF an
exceedingly profitable industry
are large. The white whale and
the various classes of food fishes
all combined to make the pros
poets for the establishment of
fisheries particularly alluring. In
this connection he called atten-
ton to the neds for a suitable
harbor for safe and proper hand
ling of fish products and said that
the construction of the Nome har-
Dor might result in the develop
ment OF great fleet of fishing
smacks with Nome as their home
port. Nome appeared decadent,
he admitted but thought that this
condition was primarily due to
ourselves and not to any lack of
resources and urged united action
in the interest of better condfi-
tons.
After paying a glowing tribute
to womankind and stating that
their cooperation was necessary
in all things, the president intro
duced Mrs. Darling as the repre-
sentative of the entertainment
committee of the Chamber of
Commerce Mrs. Darling delivered
an interesting address on the
need for extending proper hospi-
tally to the stranger within our
gates and said that the tourists
should be given every facility for
eeing such interesting sights as
we had to show. There are no
scenic features such as other sec
tons have to show; there are few
natural beauties to tempt the
stranger but we have much that
is quaint and picturesque Not
the least of these are the Eskimo,
she said, and they could be made
something of an attraction An
exhibit of the native wares and
manufactures would be of great
interest; the reindeer also and the
dogs. The speaker declared that
the dogs had put Nome on the
map and the reindeer would keep
us there. The primary points of
the discourse were wildly illus
trated by anecdotes and was ex-
ceedingly interesting. Mrs. Darl-
ing concluded with an appeal that
we show the strangers that we
are smart, if not pretty" by en-
deavoring to show them that we
appreciate their coming and at
fording them all possible oppor-
tunity to see what we have to
show.
Senator McGann was the next
speaker and gave perhaps the
most exhaustive discussion of the
meeting. His subject was the min
ing industry. The mining indus
try supports everything, he aver
red and its discussion was a para
mount consideration. The present
gloom over the decadence of the
mining industry was natural as
being the reaction following a
boom. He was very optomistic
over the outlook for all branches
of the mining industry and declar-
ed that even the quart difficulties
could be overcome. Vigorous ac-
ton should be taken to secure one
of the mining experimental sta
tons similar to those of the first
and fourth divisions. This was
vitality necessary to the early de-
velopment of the quart industry
The wealth of mining resource:
: are beyond doubt; vast stores o.
copper, coal and minerals are
yet untouched. An empire o.
wealth is at our doors but little
effort has been made to possess
what lies within. The first ef
forts at development must come
from ourselves Nome, he declar,
ed, will be one of the greatest
known mining camps; we have
already started and must succeed
Success, however, was really de.
pendant of the sourdough miner
If prosperity was to come and the
efforts in that direction succeed
II would be due to him. In thu