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The Nome daily nugget., 1916-04-25
MEETING NOTICE.

the NOME oARTENpeRs UNION
Local Sea. b. I. l. Of A. (Amliated
with tho 4. r. Of LIZ meets every first
Sunday In each month ~ II q. m.
Az NICK OLSON, Prss.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-04-25

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The Nome daily nugget., 1916-04-25
THRIFTY HOUSEWIVES NJ

Why pay the Baking Powder
Co. 400 per cent profit? 3sc saw
ed on every Id. Of Baking Powder
means a saving of 81 to $I4 in
one year; Is this worth while?
We sell the recipe for making
Baking Powder for Ioc a ID. at
home, equal to the best on the
market that costs 4sc or more a
Id. Receipts for making easily
and quickly, ST.
The Utilities MFG.
r. R. 40 Stamford. Conn.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-04-25

The Alaska engineering COM
mission has installed a regular
passenger and freight service
fion Anchorage to the end OF the
present line at Eklutna river, 26
miles out. The one way passen-
ger rate is SI.55, while the freight
rate is IS cents per 100 pounds
for the full distance, with proper
tionate rates for local stops. Car
load rates on freight to the end
of the line are quoted at SAYS per
ton.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-04-25

PHONE MAIN 4S.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-04-25

Copy for regular advertisements
must be In by 10 o'clock on the day OF
publication.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-04-25

Entered az second class matter Feb
20, 1907, at the postottics at Nome.
Alaska, under the Act Of Congress OF
March 1878.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-04-25

SUBSCRIPTION RATES
CID advAncs.)

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Nome Daily Nugget. months. $1,000
Nome Daily Nugget. year - $1,000
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-04-25

.uo6sr MINING AND DREDGING
MAGAZINE,
ussued Annually in October)
Price per copy ............s.'.- oVe
Price per copy, mailed. Box
Rates for advertising space in any
If the above publications will be made
snowD on application.
PHONE MAIN 46.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-04-25

the Northern SOmnercial COm-
pany, of Fairbanks, for the ship
ment from their mines in the
Kantishna district, via St. Mich
ael, of three thousand tons OF an
timony during the coming season.
The ore will be taken for treat
ment to San Pedro, Cal.
Latest advices from Fort Yu-
kon state that the trappers, both
white and native, have had an
exceptionally good season. Mink
are reported to have been taken
in greater numbers than ever be-
fore but ermine is very scarce.
There are more than one hun
dred men in the neighborhoood
OF Fort Yukon or on adjacent
streams who are spending the
winter hunting and prospecting
As guarantee against any
loss 10 Inc IreaaWeii companies
tnIo1sn acciuentS TO pnelr en-
pioyeo, accluent policies have
Ueen taken tor all the employees
III the various mines, ana sur
face workings by the allied COM
panieS. ABOUT thirteen hundred
policies have been taken out, all
OF them in the Maryland Casualty
Company, Of Baltimore, and are
made to conform to the schedule
of the territorial compensation
act, passed by the second legisla-
ture.-Chitina Leader.
Copies of new Alaskan paper
have now been received in Cor
dova, 1t is published at McCar-
thy, Alaska, and is somewhat of
a novelty, being strictly original
and unique
The paper is edited by "The
Captain" and each one is auto
graphed by the publisher. P. J..
Hurlick. The publication an
laqunces across the top OF the
sheets that it is "A paper for the
whites and natives" and the
price is announced to be rs
cents copy, or one buck rab-
bit" The sheet carries eight
pages and is printed in green ink
on white paper.-Chitina Leader.
A new cannery is to built this
season as Herendeen bay, Bering
sea, by the recently organized Be-
ring Sea Packing Company This
company has been incorporated
for $4,000 by S. J. McGhie, J.
O. Morris, S. Chase, jr., all of the
Everett Packing Company; Har-
wy w. Crosby, of Seattle, and
Joseph and George Mcmillan, of
Bellingham. They have purchas-
ed the steamer Rush and will op-
tie her rs carrier to and from
the plant. The auxiliary schoon-
er Ruby has also been chartered.
lr' Morris will manage this
plant.
Messrs. Morris, McGhie and
,hase, together with Harry Cros-
by, will also operate the Swift
ur-Crosby plant.
The Kennecott Copper Corpor-
alton has just declared its initial
quarterly dividend of ST share,
say the Chintina Leader The
dividend represents a payment
from the earnings of the Kenne-
colt Copper properties alone,
without reference to income from
the Utah Copper Company,
whose stock is extensively held
in the Kennecott treasury. The
dividend was made payble March
81. to stockholders of record
March 10. -.
President Stephen Birch sub
mitted statement which showed
a surplus on hand amounting to
$o,7os,387, figuring unsold cop
per at Is cents a pound. The first
dividend will require about $2,-
100000, as the bulk of the COM
pany's 100000 shares are out
standing.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-04-25

Nons Weekly Nugget. l month. soe
&omv Weekly Nugget. ! year. 5000
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19

on unimproved grades and without
proper drainage, failure has neces-
sarily resulted. There are on record in
the department Of agriculture instances
showing where the so-called macad-
am roads have been built with
bond money by simply dumping
broken stone at the wrong time of
year on muddy surfaces without
grades or alignments and without roll
Ing or binding. Investment Of money
In new roads does not become real
economy until provision is made for
keeping these new roads in condition
by maintenance and repair after they
are built.
Through q misunderstanding of the
essential principles underlying the es-
tablishment of a proper country road
system, conflicts Of interest sometime
arise which cause the failure of the
bond-issue plan. The location Of the
roads to be improved should not be
determined by argument, but upon
sound engineering and economic prin-
ciples. Before q community votes to
issue bonds for highways it is neces-
sary to study thoroughly what roads
ought to be improved, and the ap-
proximate cost Of their construction
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19

OF the various methods of financing
road projects the one most generally
practiced for raising substantial fund
which will be available for immediate
expenditure is through the issuance Of
bonds. Experience, say the road spe-
cialists Of the department, has shown
good roads to be, sound investment,
both from a business and economic
standpoint. II properly proportioned
and managed bond issues are made for
their improvement, the roads them
selves will pay on the Indebtedness
thus created through the utility which
they afford and the saving which will
result In the cost of hauling.
Some Reasons fer Failure.
Instances are not lacking where
bond issues for highway purposes
have proved failures. These failures
are due to mismanagement rather than
to defective principle. Where coun-
ties have issued highway bonds the
proceeds of which have been spent
to construct temporary road surfaces
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19

and maintenance. Too frequently III.
advised locations are adopted.
Need for Highway Engineers.
Highway plans for bond issues re-
Quire expert skill and professional
service. Before the amount of bonds
is determined, thorough study Of
the needs of the county should be
made and careful maps of the pro-
posed highway system should be pre-
pared. The sum to be issued should
not be fixed until It is reasonably
known what 1t will accomplish. It IL
customary for many counties to ap-
point q commission Of business men
under whose Jurisdiction the bond
money is expended. In other cases
the county supervisor or county COM
missioner has the direction of expendi-
lures. The best results have always
followed where such commissions or
county boards have secured the serv-
ices Of q competent highway en-
gineer.
Guided by the costly experience Of
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19

many communities. it is now becoming
common for counties to adopt this
plan. In all engineering construction
1t is customary to allow q certain per-
centage Of the cost for engineering
and supervision. There is no reason
why highway building should be made
an exception to this rule. At least
five per cent Of the bond issue may
well be set aside for engineering and
supervision alone. Money spent to
hire competent engineer to make pre-
liminary investigations before bonds
are issued and to plan and supervise
construction will be well spent. It
Is not uncommon to find counties that
win repeatedly postpone the sale Of
bonds in order to obtain an increase
of one per cent In bid Tor 100000
or less and then proceed to construct
the roads in q most haphazard and i'll
planned manner.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19

The split log drag has contributed
more toward the economic mainte-
nance Of public highways than any
implement of modern usage. A drag
can be built or purchased for $50 and
is easily operated by anyone who can
drive q team.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-13

dumped some Of this ON the Tate Gallery
il could endure further wedding without
suffering seriously.
4 number Of eminent and undistIn-
glisbed painters have written 10 the late
First Lord of the Treasury urging nm
10 use his influence against the measure
and particularly pointing out the danger
Of losing some works by Turner-"Eng-
lands greatest artist. who is also the
greatest landscape painter Of the world.
This warning is evidently suggested by
an interesting remark Of Lord D'Aber-
mons. for he showed that Of the $1,000
works of art by artists of all ages and
countries in the National Gallery no less
than 10000 were Turner's. Surely some
of these might safely be exchanged TO fill
some of the more serious gaps in the ma
tional collection. A more excellent reform
could hardly be devised always supposlng
il 10 be carried out under intelligent dlrec-
ton. Think what might be done by dras-
tic wedding at our own Metropolitan
Museum
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-13

VIII be able TO save for the city annually
many times the salary of ITS occupant
It's fortunate that the Mayor has back
bone enough to stand up for good work and
TO express frankly his opinion of Tad work.
The burden of proof was on the Aldermen
and they failed to prove anything but their
bias and lack of ability jim dealing with the
rtv's appropriations. Undoubtedly they
Uirl make am attempt to pass their cuts over
the Mayors veto. in order TO save their
ace. That attempt should fail. Any all
dcrman who votes for Dc should be man
marked by his constituents for defeat the
next time he runs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-13
A Questionable Proposal

Postmaster General Burlcson's purpose
20 limit the use of mail tubes in this city
viii not be received with complaisance by
The business men, or by the general public
either. for that matter. lie says the tubes
are an "unw:eldy, unsatisfactory and
enormously expensive facility. which does
not advance. but rather retards, the hand
ling of the mails" lie intends, unless
thtre is very material reduction IN
cost" to cut out that part Of the service
in the city north Of the Times square
and Grand Central stations. At present
tubes are used for the collection and dis
tribution Of mails as far north as Harlem.
They also run across unQer the East River
TO Brooklyn.
As TO the enormous expense of the
service, the public is not in position to
Judge. That opinion is based on a report
made by a commission Of Investigators
which has never been published. so there
is no way Of judging the enormity Of the
cost or of comparing il with the cost OF
automobile trucks. which Mr.. Burleson
would substitute But as to convenience,
the business men of the city, Postmaster
Morgan and the public have abundant
material for forming an opinion.
Mr. Morgan says the tubes "are of great
value to the people Of the city'-a value
which automobile trucks couldn't begin TO
equal. The Merchants Association is op-
posed to any change 1t will fight the bill
embodying the Postmaster Generals rec
concentrations. And assuredly the gen
eral public has 10 desire to have more
automobile mail trucks darting through
congested streets at top speed. Already
there has been a sufficient toll paid TO these
iuggernauts in life and limb.
New York's street traffic is already a
problem which is taxing the energy and
ability of the Police Department to handle
Adding a large number of mail trucks
to the Postofices equipment will neither
make easier the solution of this problem
nor greatly facilitate the collection and
distribution of mails. Then there is al
ways the possibility, pointed out by Mr..
Morgan, Of a heavy storm which would
put the trucks out Of business, leaving the
mail service tied up completely, if there
were no tubes TO fall back on. The Post
master General has not yet advanced
enough facts to prove his contention 10
the people of this city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-13
Keeping Defence Secrets

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: ] have been astounied and disguise
not a few times. a. I know have others y
the absolute abandon with which inio'na
ton concerning the so-calied "na'lOnS' y
fence secrets" is published in the ne"'paps''
Of this country Last week appeared y
tailed account Of the awards Of contracts ~
this years naval programme, the exact n'-
Der of boats, where they are TO be oOi'' =.
how much each is 10 cost. Now, IN 'O.os,
Tribune. on the front page, appear i"|.'s
figures giving the exact numbers ana 'Vss ~,
ton of the National Guard az the t'HT ~
responded TO the Mexican situation. Wv
YOU find this sort of things, even IN ,ih.
peace. in a German newspaper
think so. rid
Cameras are forbidden articles N 80, ~,
States navy yards and fortidcations' yu -
can buy picture postal cards Of the M
and defences Of any one Of them i0t 49, s
apiece. and engineering and shipOa.s q
magazines publish plans OF the lates' VIZ
destroyers building for this nation -,
You have waged a most gratifying n
against fake advertising. Can't q,
waged against this exposition. when -,
more deplorable, or steps taken 20 -
bill passed preventing the puolieat,V,nm Sly
information? DE- VIII =.
Bridgeport. Conn. Dec. 8. 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-13
The Gift of Tongues

Those who had supposed that there was
nothing within the technique Of speech
beyond the range Of Nine. Sarah Bern
bardt's power Will be interested to hear of
her cheerful failure with the English
tongue. For once in her English playlet
She was stumped. But was she dismayed?
Not for a moment. Like true child Of
France she fairly revealed in her ignorance
of an alien tongue. It was enough that she
was born with a French tongue-the speech
of the rest Of the world mattered naught
to such: that was her delightful stand.
We have never heard any satisfactory
theory Of the gift Of many tongues. Here
we see the most civilized Of nations caring
least about it, The intense natonalism of
the French seems to inhibit even an in
terest in other languages-to say nothing
of any ability to master them. The best
linguists of Europe, the Russians (uniess
the claim of the Poles is admitted as a
separate item) are sometimes declared to
have gained their gift from mastering
their own hard language, after which any
other modern speech seems child's play.
Yet whence comes the Russians interest in
other languages and the uncanny skill with
which he can talk English, for example,
like native? Such linguistic marvels as
Nine. Sembrich, in speech, and Joseph
Conrad, in writing, suggest peculiar
racial capacity that defes analysis.
The German deserves a high ranking
below the Russian. And down near the
tail of the list must be placed the English
man and the American. 1t is possible that
the former could talk any tongue beauti-
fully if he wished to. But nobody will ever
know. For out Of his colossal satisfaction
with everything appertaining to his own
land, he insists upon pronouncing French,
for example (even when he knows it welD
quite as if it were English. The result is
that extraordinary hybrid so dear to the
ears Of every visitor to the Continent. Yet,
at that the Englishman shows less pro-
vinciality than the Frenchman, for he IS
at least interested in foreign languages
and learns them out Of books with avidity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-13
THE NEUTRALS' OWN INFERNO
Dante's Portrayal of the Fate Which Awaits
Those Who Are Neither Hot Nor Cold

To tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In this anxious hour when the con
Aict between absolutism and liberty IS sull
undecided. and when the vivisection OF Bel
rium. despite the horror Of the whole civil
led world. IS again renewed. there comes
naturally 10 mind Daute's vision OF inc deS-
tiny Of those who remain neutral upon queS-
tions of right and wrong
With a fine irony he docs not assign loca-
tion and punishment for such neutralS ]"
hell itself. but puts them in sort OF llnoo
lust outside it's gates. There, as he APP
proachos. he hears strange sounds and lam
ontations. and cries Of deep pain, resounding
through the staress night" What nave
these done" he asks. that they should suher
500" And is answered: This mode OF misery
+. followed by those wretched souls who lived
with neither infamy nor praise, for they are
MINGLED with that caitif choir Of angels who
were neither rcbelious nor faithful unto God
hut were for self. The heavens expelled
them. So as not to be less fair. the depths OF
hell received them not, because the damned
might make OF them their boast. The world
forbids that any fame of them should ever
be. Mercy and justice hold them IN disdaln
Let Us not speak of them, but look and pass
Inferno, Canto III.
The universal practice OF mankind comm
Dantc's judgment. Man in the course OF ms
history has erected thousands Of monuments
10 his conspicuous dead, to patriots. to fanat-
les. If you will, and even TO some men not
altogether admirable. but where will you IND
a memorial to a neutral? For man instinct
lively recognizes that the refusal 20 take sides
on momentous issues is the sign Of degen-
eracy more dishonorabe to the race than wig
orous error. or even than active sin, and
would willingly let the memory OF such "neu-
trails" die. u. l. > ~" LLh'
Dorset, Vt, Dec. II, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-13
The LIBERALIZATION Fiasco

IFIOu The NCffntf NfpiUFft Ed-ffff'
There is no question but that, if the pres
ent legislation stands as it is to-day it will
only take four wears before the National
Guard will he 50 reduced in numbers that
i will be disbanded. This is broad and
sweeping statement, but the only conclusion
that can be drawn from the facts Almost
without exception, every man in the Guard
to-day, when his period Of enlistment is up
is through for all time. This is true in all
classes Of organizations and in all states
Unless some provision is made to the effect
that the National Guard cannot be called out
by the President into the active service of
the United States for period longer than
sixty DAYS unless state of war exists, which
will act as a guarantee 20 the men who take
their oaths Of enlistment In good faith, with
the understanding that they would only be
used in such service i'm case OF real ma
tonal emergency, the National Guard is
doomed.
Under the Hay bin the organized militia
may now be modified whether there Is a
national emergency or not and the mems
patriotism taken advantage Of at the expense
of their business careers. simply TO perform
duty properly the job Of body of men SINH
lar 20 the Canadian Northwest Mounted Po-
lice. Whether IL is strictly military or not
the fact remains that the foundation of the
National Guard is built upon social and
cood-fellowship ideas, which lead men 70
Join and 20 ask their friends 10 Join. At the
present time. when the Guard is mustered
out. its members will not only not ask their
friends 20 join, TO meet the ever-present
necessity Of recruiting, but they viii per
suadc them not TO.
All this may be a good thing for tho coun-
try in bringing us more quickly TO the only
really sensible state Of preparedness uni
versal training when we see our National
Guard disbandcd because Of inability 20
recruit, and the entire reliance OF the nation
placed upon an under-manned navy and an
understood army that cannot even recruit
M TO IT'S very small authorized strength We
OF the -.h felt that the military pay bill and
the liberalization scheme were great mis-
takes. The rank and file Of the National
Guard throughout the country had no voice
In the matter few state officers OF high
rank. influential az Washington, turned the
trick, and before the bill became a law tho
Guard became victims Of its provisions as a
result Of the unexpected mobilization. Men
will not allow themselves 20 be ponaized for
their patriotism more than once, and the
spirit Of Let George do it," the exclusive
property Of the public, will prevail also in
their conduct in the future
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-13
German Peace Propaganda
or OF The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In to-days issue Of your esteemed
paper you print very lengthy epistle from
the pen Of one Bertha X. Baker. purporting to
be of the American Neutral Conference
committee which is evidently another care
fully yelled tentacle OF the German peace
propaganda here.
Bertha Kunz Baker, of LA Follette's Week
~" is one of its regular contributors. who
has written a number Of exceedingly pro-
German articles for the benefit Of Senator
La Follette's Wisconsin constituency.
Her letter TO The Tribune respecting the
desire for peace in Great Britain is extreme
ly misleading, as current events in England
and the colonies prove. Regarding the for
mer VI. r. Charles Trevelyan, have recent
ly received letters from friends in England
utterly discredting his statements.
CHARLES J. HALL, JR.
Brooklyn. Dec. IL, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-13
Praise for the Parcel Post

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Through the columns OF Wv
speeted and respectable paper | ~'sn " \,
the parcel post system for 'ne" .,,.l,s
handling fragile and perisnSo'e s.,e {,
through considerable distances Il a,
son, a member Of the Naiionsi 0D his
Pharr. Tex. and have regularly .uss 4
each week homemade cake, ana
Day. minee pies q. ,,r.ei
They have been received by HIM !. !
condition, and considering the ols sssI vsa
think it wonderful, and that the p.. sss
system is entitled TO my sincere IT, sslss
of course. my sons. as on the pV'
etc. are much appreciated. "a srs
Your paper was selected BY ne ~
to as have so often since the s.Iuns,
sent to Texas read articles IN y0T -. s,Ae:
about happenings there where
papers printed nothing. ,, pIpEk
AN ADMIRER OF YoUh 70
Brooklyn. Dec 4, 1914 -