THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
RUSSELL G. MAYNARD, Manager.
Published every evening except Sunday by the NOME PUBLISHING
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THE OLD PIONEER AND THE MATANUSKANS
It must make oldtimers snicker in their sleeves when
they read about Matanuskans complaining of their pioneer
camp at Palmer. If the average run-of-the-hill sourdough
had had one iota of the comforts and conveniences that have
been showered upon the 1935 pioneers he would have con
sidered himself blessed by a divine providence.
Mention the word pioneering to any of that intrepid
band who arrived in Alaska around the turn of the century
and you will hear some tales of hardships that would make
the inconveniences at Matanuska seem like the luxury ol
kings in comparison. The majority of those men landed on
f orlorn and wind-swept beaches, Skagway, Valdez, Nome,
with their worldly possessions in a few bags and boxes and
nary a CCC worker in sight.
A tent frame was a thing unknown and lucky was the
man who possessed a stove with an oven that would so
much as burn biscuits. By dint of hard work coupled with
a determination to make a go of it at any price, the first
crude buildings were put up and even then shelter was had
at a premium. Coal at Nome was S40 a ton and as soon as
supper was cooked you poured water on the fire to save fuel
until the next meal. And then in the line of prices there
were the dollar-each-eggs and the two-dollar-a-pound-bacon.
and there were beans and beans and beans. As far as a free
ride to Alaska went you were lucky if you could buy stand
ing room on a wheezy old steamer for $200 a head.
But times change and so have pioneers. From the scads
of promises that were made the colonists it may easily be
derived that they have some grounds for complaint.
All that Alaskans can hope for is that the agency that
sponsored the colonization will make good its guarantees,
will send its investigators if they are needed, find out the
trouble, and pet and smooth the ruffled backs of the new pio
neers until they are peaceful and happy again. If this is
not done, instead of the Matanuska project becoming a boon
to the northland it will turn into the hardest-hitting boomer
ang a country of God-fearing people has ever seen.
EFFICIENT OFFICERS
City officers have been doing excellent work in keeping
the streets of Cordova free from those obnoxious individ
uals who from time to time must vent their overflowing ex
uberance by attempting to float it away with alcohol, says
the Cordova Daily Times in a recent editorial, and further
says that the city magistrate the other day saw fit to fine and
imprison eight or ten disturbers of the peace. We do not
mean by this that jails should be kept loaded to the guards.
On the contrary, it is a far greater credit to any municipality
to see its bastile an empty and forlorn place.
However, there has been too much drunkenness, too
much free usage of the public thoroughfares as places where
foul-mouthed boors could hold sway, too many violations of
the laws of the public peace.
Fearless individuals on the police force and a stern mag
istrate are the greatest cures for this evil and arrests and im
prisonments must naturally follow.At least they must until
WHEN FLYING TRAVEL
MIROW AIR SERVICE
NOME, ALASKA.
HUMLING & DAVICK
BUILDERS
Have Built Several Government Buildings In
cluding Kotzebue Hospital. See Us Before Decid
ing On Your Work-By Day or Contract
Call Main 55 For Appointment.
All New Goods lust Arrived
We just received from Waltcn Moore and Hirsh and Wiess
a fine line of Wool and Flannel Shirts, all Tailored Made;
also Special made Drill Parkas. YVe bhy the best that money
can buy. YVe are selling at reasonable prihes.
SEE SPAGATTI DAN
ALASKA EMPORIUM
Opposite Telephone Office
offenders learn that authorities mean business and that
drunkenness on the streets is not to be condoned.—Cordova
Daily Times._ '_
SELLING COAL
BELOW COST
-0
We arc in the Coal Business to Slay!
We Will Not Be Driven Out!
We Will Meet All Competition!
WHEN WE WENT IN THE COAL 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
820.00 PER TON
IN THE YARD
Deliveries of This Coal Can be Deferred Until
November 1st, If Desired
ORDER FROM POLET’S STORE OR
NOME HARBOR LIGHTERAGE
COMPANY
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PIONEER DRUG STORE
(Nome’s New and Modern Drug Store)
AGENTS For McKesson-Stewart & Holmes,
Rexall and Eastman Kodak Company
BRING US YOUR KODAK WORK
Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention
BARGAIN
Six Room House (Willi BatlO
FOR SALE
Suitable For HOME or BUSINESS. Double Con
struction throughout. Tripple Roof. Built on lar
ge skids, easily moved. Price 20% LESS than
cost of Labor and material. If interested in a build
ing it will save you money to investigate.
NOME LUMBER CO
MINERS AND MERCHANTS BANK
OF ALASKA
NOME, ALASKA.
Has established temporary quarters in
the former office of W. J. Rowe Transfer, and is
carrying on its business as usual.
WE SOLICIT YOUR ACCOUNT
Northern Light & Power Co.
AND
Alaska Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Second Avenue and Lane’s Way
LIGHT, POWER AND ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE SERVICE
Rex Beach Tells
Details Of His
Many Characters
Continued From Page One
with him in Skagway, a man nam
ed F D Whiting, who is now living
jin Seattle. He was a big, robust
man. six feet three, vigorous, and
enormous to look at. The men they
had working for them were all im
ported from the south and were get
ting fed up on the lousy climate.
One of the railroad companies locat
ed around Valdez, where tire climate
was better, got the whole crew to
strike, and the town of Cordova
was flooded with several hundred
men looking for a boat out.
“Heney was in the states on busi
ness; the only man in charge was
Dr. Whiting. Doc was up against it.
If the men got away, they would
lose their very previous summer
season, and several thousand doll
ars to boot. He had no legal authority
to hold the men. But he had a
hospital—and in that hospital he had
one patient.
"I've forgotten what was the mat
ter with the fellow at the time—
but there was plenty when Doe got
through with him. He rubbed him
with croton oil, which caused him
to break out in red splotches. Then
Doc took him out on a little boat in
the water, announced it looked like
smallpox, and quarantined the camp.
This meant nothing to the men until
it slowly dawned on them that they
couldn't leave; then they went wild.
They wouldn’t believe the fellow
really had smallpox. To prove it,
Doc took a delegation of them out
to the little boat, led them down in
to the cabin, dramatically jerked
the cover back from the bunk, and
revealed the sore-ridden, spotted
Distributed By
Bon Marche Stores
Greenberg & Lewis
J. Lepri
Alaska Liquor Store
Dr. L. W. Fromm
Dentist
Office—West of Nome Liquor
Store
Front St., Nome.
The Mode of The Moment In
Women’s, Misses’ and Child
rens Apparrel at Sensible
Prices—Always—At
MILDRED'S
SHOPPE
Nome Laundry
Joe Amarok, Prop.
DRY CLEANING AND
PRESSING SUITS
PHONE MAIN 29
East of Catholic Church
Nome, Alaska.
body of his long-suffering patient.
The railroad men fell over them
selves trying to get out of that cab
in; some of them even tried to swim
ashore before they could get the
boat launched.
“Well, there was one hell of a
panic in town. The strikers were |
flabbergasted; said they would gang
the next steamer that came into
port. There were several hundred
of them on the dock when the next
! boat was sighted and no police to
stop them; but Doc took a rowboat
and went out and met the ship; told
the captain was smallpox ashore
and if he landed the ship would be
quarantined. The boat didn’t land.
Doc Whiting came near to being
lynched that night. When the next
boat also didn't land, and there did
n't seem a chance of any others com
ing in, the men had spent all their
money and the town of Cordova
wouldn’t give them any credit; so
they had to go back to work, and
eventually the railroad was com-1
pleted.
‘'Well, in 'The Iron Trail’ I cre
ated a character somewhat younger
than Heney and more romantic of as
pect, used a similar experience to
the smallpox scare and a doctor pat- j
terned after Doc Whiting. A num
ber of characters in this book were
patterned pretty carefully on the
originals.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow)
MILK—FRESH—MILK
DRINK MILK FOR HEALTH
Dieticians contend that fresh milk
contains more nourishment than any
other known food, It has no sub
stitute.
Our cows are selected from the
best dairy stock on the Pacific Coast
—tubercular tested and approved be
fore being shipped.
We deliver at your home—office
—or store; in quarts—pints—or half
pints. Phone your orders.
WALSH BROS. DAIRY !
A. L. Carpenter
Piano Tuning And
Repairing
40 YEARS EXPERIENCE
Permanent Residence Nome
For Service Phone The Nevada
Or Nugget Office
“ KOUGAROK SPECIAL ”
(Fix and Mullins)
CARS FOR KOUGAROK
3 ROUND TRIPS A WEEK
All Kinds of Freight And
Passengers To Kougarok
Just Received
SHOES
FOR MEN, WOMEN,
AND CHILDREN
JACK
SEIDENVERG
Cavey’s Bakery
OPEN FROM 6 A.M. TO I A.M.
GOOD CUP OF COFFEE
BEST PASTRY IN NOME
Good Meals
CITY LAUNDRY
Harry Saito, Prop.
Opposite The Bank
Suits And Hats
Cleaned
Laundry Work At
Reasonable Prices
Baths For Men and Women
Phone MAin 149