THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
RUSSELL G. MAYNARD, Manager.
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MEMORIAL TO PIONEERS.
In many places in the States there has been erected fitt
ing and proper memorials or monuments to those sturdy pio
neers who crossed the plains in the face of terrific odds to
build an empire on the Pacific. The children and decend
ants of those forty-niners later migrated to the North and
now their sun. too, is sinking as time takes its toll. But is
there to be nothing to mark their passing !
Eiler Hansen. Superintendent of the Pioneers' Home,
who is in daily close contact with many of these strong
hearted and courageous pioneers, has suggested that a mem
orial of some sort be erected to their memory, and an excell
ent idea it is. We cannot let these makers of the North pass
into history without some momento to show recognition,
however slight, for the debt of gratitude we owe them.
As Mr. Hansen points out, “the Pioneers oi 98 gradual
ly are diminishing in number." They will not be long with
us and the generations to follow naturally will be inclined
to more easily forget the hardships and tribulations those
first men and women went through that Alaska might be
come a great and rich country. The time to act as the Su
perintendent says is now. while some of those pioneers are
still with us. Bequests of nearly $6,000 already have been
made to the Pioneers by various individuals and the Board
of Trustees has indicated it would not be adverse to using
the funds for such a purpose. Undoubtedly, there will be
others who would like to support a gesture of gratitude to
the early Alaskans.
Mr. Hansen suggests that the Pioneer Igloo of Alaska
would be the proper body to initiate such work and it seems
fitting. Whatever group undertakes the work, it should not
be further delayed—Juneau Empire.
RELIGION SURE TO LIVE
A very distinguished college president has recently as
sured his students that religion will live. It is rather strik
ing that he thought it necessary to make such a statement.
Religion will certainly live. What worries most people
is not the demise of religion but the uprooting if certain par
ticular religious tenets. Religion, in the future, will surely
be better than it is today in the hearts of present day men
and women.
When you see a man worried about what will happen to
religion you can rest as:, ired that what worries him is what
might happen to his own brand of religious thought. As
a rule, he is interested not in religion but in his church, its
teachings, and its prejudices.
The world has a long way to move before the complete
religious revelation will be acceptable to all men. When
that will be is by no means certain, unless there are in our
midst, citizens who have a peculiar insight into the Divine
mind, and understand it better than everybody else.
The girl who marries without knowing how to operate
a house, ought to be wed to a man who can’t hold a job.
WHEN FLYING TRAVEL
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cluding Kotzebue Hospital. See Us Before Decid
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All New Goods .lust Arrived
We just received from Walten Moore and Hirsh and Wiess
a fine line of Wool and Flannel Shirts, all Tailored Made;
also Special made Drill Parkas. We bhy the best that money
can buy. We are selling at reasonable prihes.
SEE SPAGATTI DAN
ALASKA EMPORIUM
Opposite Telephone Office
Rex Reach Tells
Details Of His
Many Characters
Continued From Pace One
had one hell of a good time. He was
just one of those big polar-bear fel
lows you sometimes meet and never
do forget.
About The Spoilers
“More people have laid claim to
being characters in "The Spoilers”
than in any other book. The char
acter in that book drawn most di
rectly from life was Dextry. He was
really Charles D. Lane, a great Cal
ifornia character, a very pominent
and wealthy man who came to Nome
in the early days and started the
Wild C .ose Mining Company. They
started a railroad at the mine. He
was old at the time and later went
blind. The whole family was inter
esting: Mrs. Lane was a most un
usual woman, unconventional, fine,
everyone loved her; I never used
her in a story, although she prob
ably afforded more material than
anyone. Their son Louis was a wild,
vigorous, athletic fellow; hard to
handle, fighting, running around,
but with lots of friends. Many peo
ple thought he was the hero of ‘The
Spoilers,’ but he really shared that
character with half-a-dozen other
young fellows I knew. But Lane,
himself, was a truly Lincolnesque
character, full of reminscences; illu
strated every point he made by a
story, which might be ribald, senti
mental, or religious, as suited his
mood.
Story Behind
"Judge Stillman, of course, was a
real character. People in Alaska
will remember the story behind
'The Spoilers.” A politician in the
states by the name of Alexander Mc
Kenzie backed the origina' group
who came in to take advantage of
our naturalization laws and get con
trol of the rich claims on Anvil
Creek. Two or three years after I
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Women’s, Misses’ and Child
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East of Catholic Church
Nome, Alaska.
left Alaska, I talked with the Judge
of the U. S. Circuit Court, or what
ever court this case was tried in, in
San Francisco, and as a result I had
the goods for a series of articles,
which ran in magazine form, and
were called “The Looting of Alas
ka.” These articles had a pronoun
ced political effect. I was a new
writer, and inexperienced enough to
tell the whole truth, and I just cut
loose; tore off the lid completely. I
was threatened with libel suits and
probably would have been sued if
| there had been any possibility of
getting any money from me. When
I used this situation for the novel,
one of the characters was a judge
similar to a well-known judge in
Nome, who was later convicted of
participation in the plot. This judge
is now dead.
“The Barrier”
“ The Barrier’ was a ramanee of
the early pioneer days in the Yukon.
I spent some time in a little camp
there. One of the early Alaskan
pioneers, A1 Mayo, was a trader in
that camp; he was a squaw man with
a large family. He was a very in
teresting and lovable* character, a
big bear of a man who knew his
country thoroughly. The problem
of his family was a very real one
with him. His sons were more In
dian than they were white. A1 gave
us all credit and work, and acted as
a sort of daddy to the whole;
camp. In my book I had the trader
and the squaw and the half-breed
daughter. The inside romantic story
was purely imaginary. Although
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contains more nourishment than any
other known food, It has no sub
stitute.
Our cows are selected from the
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—tubercular tested and approved be
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—or store; in quarts—pints—oi half
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Opposite The Bank
Suits And Hats
Cleaned
Laundry Work At
Reasonable Prices
Baths For Men and Women
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We are in the Coal Business lo Slay!
We Will Not Be Driven Out!
We Will Meet All Competition!
WHEN WE WENT IN TIIE COAI. BUSINESS
COAL WAS $35.00 PER TON
Effective Today and Until After the Arrival Of
S. S. DERBLAY
WE ARE SELLING OUR NEW SHIPMENT OF
LADYSMITH COAL
NUT OR LUMP
$20.00 PER TON
IN THE YARD
Deliveries of This Coal Can he Deferred Until
November 1st, If Desired
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cost of Labor and material. If interested in a build
ing it will save you money to investigate.
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the former office of W. J. Rowe Transfer, and is
carrying on its business as usual.
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