The Nome nugget., 1921-07-02
LOOSE S'FoURTH' JULY

shes with Us again, folks, the good old glorious old Fourth. Put q double charge in the old twin-harrelled mus Ike, and let people know you're alive. for this is the one day of Inc year when noise and racket reign supreme Get out that fish horn and them cow bclls-dig mp that whistle and them tin pans and raise Hail Columbia, Show your Independence.
 Back along in 1776 the stout heart ed old patriots of New England de- cided they wouldn't let a King dictate to .hem any longer and they drew up words to the effect that henceforth and thereafter they'd paddle their own c.noe--in other words. they drafted the Declaration of Independence. As the delegates from the thirteen little colonies signed the paper that mieh. prove to be their death warrant. bells pe;lled out the joyous tidings that q new naIon had been conceived, little babe of nation which we are privileged to see has become the sreates. and miShtiest power on Earth. No country ever knew a more humble or weaker birth. but there was that same spirit there which we have to- d.iy-That spirit that COULD NOT and CAN NOT say die.
 In 1912 f. percolatcd thorugh the British mind that the bloody Yanks'' were growing too fast, and once more she essayed to press her iron heel of despotisn upon ns. What Old Hic.l- ary' Jackson and Admiral F!lrra gut pressed indelibly upon their minds the spirit of independence th2t had grown from q tiny flame to a mighty blaze.
 For many years after this foreign CTS left us strictly alone until Spain, in a moment of helpless passion, caus- ed :he battlcsitip Maine" to be blown up in Havana, Cuba. Commodore Dewey. in command of the .Asiatic squadron, attacked and destroyed .he entire spanish fleet in Manila harhor without losing q man. It cost Spain the West Indie Islands for kicking in 70 the U. $. hornet nest.
 After the lacing we gave Spain it would seem that Kings and Cars would think twice before stepping on our toes. bu. along comes "der Kaiser by torpedoing the passenger ship "Lnsitiania.' It has. been esti'nat ted the the cost to fire q torpedo is about s10,o0O but the torpedo that sunk the "Lusitana" cost the Kdiser the wa. with it's millions of indemnity. It was the most expensive missile ever world.
 The way our comparatively untrain- e. doughboys knocke the everlasting stuffing out of .he "Heinies" makes a fellow just want to whoop and yell with pride and joy A captured Pussian major, bearing a beautiful black eye, hung on him by one buck private, Callahan of Boston, declared indignantly to us, "Dese American sol- diers we can beat, but the schwlne- hund day won't stay licked!"
 So that's the spirit folks. WE WONT STAY LICKED!
 We may slip in the mud of adver- sity and go down but by the Deci;tIa- = ton of Independence and the Con.i- mental Congress we won't stay there' We're cock of the rnost on this plane, and Fourth of July is the day when we rr-een our feathers, flap our wings and crow. Not possessing .he ana tn,nical structure of the barnyard rooster we do our growing with cow bells, uin horns, firecrackers, outdoor sports and patriotic speeches. lts up to all of us to help old Uncle San to be proud of his Northernmos1 county seat so pitch in and help ti,' the old Fourth over with plenty oi that spice known as t. S. Pep. 't :: live wire, LET'S CO.,
 YoMs for q red-hot, sizzling. earth auaking, cyclone of a Fourth
 FRANK DUFRESNE.