THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
RUSSELL G MAYNARD, Manager
Published every evening except Sunday by The Nome
Publishing Company, Nome, Alaska.
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CHARITY DOESN’T CURE BASIC ILL—POVERTY
There is a well-to-do gentleman in New York who
fills his pockets with dimes every Saturday and sets'
out to indulge a quaint and peculiar hobby.
He goes to some likely street corner and stands
there wainting for the down-and-outs, the vagrants,
and the ne’er-do-wells to shuffle past. As they pass he
shells out his dimes, one to each man, dipping deep in-;
to his pocket until the supply is gone.
He doesn’t care what his charges do with their
dimes—whether they spend them for a flophouse bed,
a cup of coffee, a sandwich, or a shot of Bowery “smoke”.
It’s the giving that interests him; and, as he says, the
dimes “at least make them happy.”
That is probably true enough. When a man has
nothing at all, it doesn’t take much to lift his spirits a
bit; a shiny dime in the palm of the hand brings a mo
mentary glow, and. since happiness is none too plenti
ful in any walk of life, it is hard to begrudge this dime-1
giver his unusual hobby.
But without reflection in the least on the motives
of this kind-hearted New Yorker, it ought to be re
marked that the brother-can-you-spare-a-dime method
of dealing with abject poverty isn’t nearly good enough
these days. For while you can make a destitute man hap
py by handing him a dime—or a basket of food, a work
relief order, or a voucher for a ton of coal—he still is
as destitute as he was before you met him, once your
bounty is exhausted.
Now a great deal of nonsense has been written and
spoken about the evils of ‘‘the system” that plunges
men into poverty. Much of it is the veriest soapbox
claptrap. But when all the hokum has been cleared aw
ay, the fact does remain that we live in a world which
somehow produces poverty as well as riches, misery as
well as happiness, bleak despair as well as bright hope.
It is as clear as daylight that ordinary “relief’—
whether in the form of private charity or government
dole—doesn’t change matters much. It is vitally neces
sary, to be sure, but it is only a cushion to break a man’s
fall, not a railing to keep him from falling in the first
place.
If we are ever to make our charity really effective,
we must find some way of applying it ahead of time. We
must beat poverty to the punch. We must worry about
the victim of poverty before he becomes a victim of
poverty, and find some way to keep our social system
from dumping a few million destitute people in our
laps every so often.
That is a large order. We shan’t find the answer ov
ernight. But we can make a good-start by at least real
izing that this is what our problem really is. A good
beginning is to recognize the fact that giving away dim
es is no solution at all.
WHERE ARE WE DRIFTING?
A recent law was sought to be passed forcing news
papers to run articles by federal officials favoring ad
ministration projects. Of course, the bill was killed,
but it showed how far lawmakers can deviate from the
purpose for which they were elected.
With all the fat women we have in Nome we have
yet to see a merchant publish a dress advertisement
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of a larger size than a perfect 36.
A Missourian still wears a pair of pants he bought
in 1906. It is a splendid garment, though hardly a safe
one for a sitdown strike.
In India a man said he had been lifted from his bed
and thrown out of a hotel window by ghosts. It does
seem due to strong spirits.
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“The average area of face a man shaves is 48
square inches.” Or a little more in the case of supreme
court justices, whose faces have been long recently.
General Goering has told Germany it must econo
mize in oils and fats. If it does, it may eventually be
necessary to render General Goering.
In view of the Simone Simon and cigar band trends
in names, we may expect an acress named Corona Cor
ona.
Sixteen Million
Dollars Spent in
10 Years in Aid
More than 16 million dollars
have been spent during the last
ten years in protecting the sal
mon and halibut runs on the Pa
cific Coast of North America, ac
cording to a study recently com
pleted by Dr. E. D. Clark, of the
Association of Pacific Fisheries.
The annual expenditures for
the regulation, conservation, prol
pagation, and study' of the salmon
and halibut in Alaska, British
Columbia, Washington, Oregon,
and California waters has aver
aged $1,610,000, during this per
iod, Dr. Clark points out. Jf
“More than half this expendi
ture, covering the entire North
American Pacific Coast, has been
spent on perpetuating the salmon
run in U. S. waters", Dr. Clark
says. “More than $4,200,000 ha^
been spent in Alaska alone dur
ing this period to preserve the
run in these ten years. A large
part of this money finds its way
to Alaska merchants. Due to the
more difficult conservation job in
states where the encroachments
of civilization have been more
severe, the total expenditure in
the Pacific States has been some
what larger than in Alaska, am
ounting to $4,725,000 during this
period.
“The true significance of these
figures is seen when it is realized
that the salmon fishermen and
packers have paid taxes during
this period, not only to support
the Territorial government, but
also to conserve and increase this
valued natural resource. The
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stringent regulations of the fed
eral government have reduced
the total employment by restrict-;
ing the amount of fishing. The
fishermen, as well as the packers, |
have made sacrifices to preserve
this resource. If, at any time,
alien fishermen not subject to the|
regulation of our government are
permitted to fish for these salmon j
in extra territorial waters, the j
sacrifices which our fishermen &
cannery operators have made j
will not be sufficient to conserve
this resource, and the industry,
which is the main support of the
seacoast towns of Alaska, will not
be able to continue.”
Church Social
Next Thursday
Thursday evening, April 29,
at 6:30 p.m. there will be anoth
er social evening at the Feder
ated Church to which all are
most cordially invited. The ev- j
ening will begin with a potluck
supper. Each family is asked to
bring a hot dish, a pie, and sand
wiches. Coffee and cream will be
provided. Those who do not have
families and who do not cook
their own meals are urged to
come anyway, as there is al
ways an abundance of food at
such dinners.
There will be no charge for,
this social. The dinner will be!
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followed by a hobby program and.
games arranged by the social
committee. All who have hobbies
which they would like to exhibit
of talk about for a few minutes,
are invited to bring them for the
Get After
The Business
MR. MERCHANT:
Do you know that enough business is going
out of town every month to support at least one
more store here, even larger than any doing busi
ness here today.
Every mail brings in direct mail advertising
that is taking YOUR Business away from YOUR
’Nome—\ ou can hold most of that business here
by telling the public what you have to offer.
And the best way to tell them is through the
adverising columns of THE NUGGET.
Call our Advertising Manager and he will be
of assistance to you in preparing your advertising
copy if you so desire.
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Phone Main 114
pleasure of all.
The purpose of this social L1
purely sociability, and it is hop
ed that a goodly number will
participate.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
UNITED STATES PATENT
Min. Sur. No. 1888
Min. Appl. No. 0926
IN THE UNITED STATES LANE
OFFICE, Nome, Territory of Al
aska.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that R. W. SILVER, whose pdst
office address is Nome, Alaska,
has made application for a pat
ent for 1454.5 linear feet on tht
Shamrock No. One lode and for
1500 linear feet on the Good*
lode, each bearing gold and sal -
vor, the same being as to the
Shamrock No. One lode N. 44 deg
48 min. W. 63.5 ft. and S. 44 deg
48 min. E. 1391 ft. from the dis
covery cut thereon, and a furth
er discovery of said Shamrock
No. One lode being a cut the
east end of which bears S. 16
deg. 40 min. E., 255 ft. from the
west end of the lode line from
which Cor. No. 1 of the Shamrock
do. One lode cla m bears S. 36 deg
48 min. E.. 300 ft.: and the Goode
lode being N. 36 deg. 47 min. W
25^ft., and S. 36 deg. 47 min. E
1475 ft. from the discovery cut
thereon. A particular description
of the Shamrock No. One lode
claim being as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, a ftr
p.>st 43 in. long, 4 ins. sq.. 2 ft
in ground, in mound of earth and
stone 1 ft. high, 30 in. base, anc
marked SH-1-1-18R8, from Which
U. S. L. M. No. '324 bears S. 4i
deg. 25 min. W., 774.7 ft., ano
from which Cor. No. 1 Sur. No
324 Southern Cross lode bears
N. 2 deg. 35 min. E., 204.5 ft.
magnetic declination 19 deg. 15
min. E.: Thence N. 36 deg. 48 mir.
E„ 600 ft. to Cor. No. 2, magnet
ic declination 19 deg. 15 min.
E.; Thence S. 44 deg. 48 min
E.. 1454.5 ft. to Cot. No. 3, mag
netic declination 19 deg. 15 min
E.; Thence S. 36 deg. 48 min. W
600 ft. to Cor. No. 4, magnetic,
declination 19 deg. 15 min. E
Thence N. 44 deg. 48 min. W
1454.5 ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place
of beginning, containing 19.819
ac-es. Area in conflict with GoocU;
lode of this survey 3.493 acres,
and in conflict with Sur. No. 324
Southern Cross lode 3.36 acres
Net area of Shamrock No. One
lode 12.966 acres.
And a pawrular description of
the Goode lode being as follows
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, which
is identical with Cor. No. 1 Sur
No. .124 Hot Air hide, a dr pos*
4 in. sq., 48 in. above ground, in
an earrth mound 1 ft. hisih. 4 ft
base, and previousy marked
324-No. 1, and now marked afiso
GO-1-1888, from which U. S. L
M. No. 324 bears S. 46 deg. 01
min. W., 389.4 ft., magnetic de
clination 19 deg. 45 min. E.; Then
ce N. 36 deg. 48 min. E., 599.2
ft. to Cor. No. 2, magnetic declin
ation 19 deg. 00 min, E.; Thence
S. 36 deg. 47 min. E., 1500 f%
to Cor. No. 3, magnetic declina
tion 19 deg. 30 min. E.; Thence
S. 36 dag. 48 min. W„ 599.2 ft
to Cor. No. 4, magnetic declina
tion 19 deg. 45 min. E.; Thence
N. 36 deg. 47 min. W., 1500 ft
to Cor. No. 1, and place of be
ginning, containing 19.792 acres
net area, the conflict of 3.493 ac
res with the Shamrock No. One
lode claiim, same survey, being
shown above and deduction made
therefor from the Shamrock No
One lode claim. Total net area of
the Shamrock No. One and Goode
lode claims being 32.758 acres.
Said 2 claims are located on
Trilby hill between Solomon Riv
er and Trilby Creek, in the Cape
Nome Mining and Recording dist
ract and precinct, Second Divi
sion, Territory of Alaska; the no
tices of locations being recorded
with the Recorder for the said
district and precinct for the
Shamrock No. One lode claim in
Vol. 214, page 106, and for the
Goode lode claim in VoU. 214.
page 107.
Adjoining claims are on the
North, Sur. No. 324 Southern
Cross lode; on the East, Sham
rock 2 lode and Goode 1 lode,
unsurveyed; on the West, Sur.
No. 324 Southern Cross lode and
Sfjr. No. 324 Hot Air lode; other
adjoining claims unknown.
U. S. L. M. No. 324 to which
these claims are tied is a slate
block on said Trilby hill, In lati
tude and longitude as taken from
the U. S. G. S. map of the Solo
mon Quadrangle, of 64 deg. 39
min. % N„ 164 deg. 16 min. % W.
ALMER RYDEEN Register
1st Publication Fri., April 16, 1997
Last Pub. Monday June 28, 1107.