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Box 210 Nome, Alaska.
Phone, Black 13*
Nome, Alaska, March -9, 1910.
It's somewhat difficult to under
stand just now how the wave of mu
nicipal ownership reached Nome.
But like the prohibition wave last
year it seems to have hit up the
burg with considerable force, and
although the prophet is seldom
honored at home, the Industrial
Worker will venture to predict that
the throe propositions: a municipal
lighting plant, a municipal pumping
plant and a municipal coal yard will
receive a considerable endorsement
at the polls.
We do not know' who has done the
figuring in the matter of a munici
pal lighting plant, and who has stu
died out what the cost to the city
of the juice would be. All scorn to
bo agreed that it would bo loss thau
2!>c. a kilowatt, and no doubt they
are correct. Its cost of distribution
and the outlay for maintenance are
matters that so far no one has ven
tured to consider—if they have,
they have kept it to themselves.
A pumping plant that would be
always ready is without question ..
necessity. But the city soems to have
fallen down even more than the
Bower Co. in the matter or keeping
the present system Up to the stand
ard necessary for proper protection
against fire.
it is the duty of the city to keep
the sucton and the pumps and the
water mains in good ordor and when
they are not in good order it is th^
city’s fault. One councilman said
that there is a divided responsibil
ity, and in such a very important
matter there should bn no such
thing. Accordingly the city should
have full control and operation ot
the plant.
That is correct. But that docs not
excuse the city for allowing tin
pumping plant to tie blocked with
ice, for under contract, that is tin*
city's duty.
For several days Nome during th •
last week or so was absolutely at the
mercy of any big lire. The mains
were blocked with ice and a con -
siderable sum has had to be paid
out to clear them. Responsibility
for that rests not on the power com
pany, although report has made
them goat, tint upon the Fire De
partment, and u’ '<! 110 °
the matters which tile incoming coun
oil will have to look alter is to see
that such a condition cannot lie r -
poatod. Moreover before any discus
sion as to a municipal pumping
plant is in order, it would appeal
to an outsider that a greater degree
of attention should be paid by the
city to its functions as at present
exist. And care should lie taken
to prevent any such a condition ex
isting as that through tho carelass
nosa of the city, the people should be
left at the mercy of fire.
The idea of a municipal coal yard
involves none of the attendant risks
that affect the establishment of a
pumping and lighting plant. The
idea, has unquestionably originated
because of the bad quality of the
coal that is now furnished Nome
anil its high cost.
There is a general belief in Nome
Unit the company distributing this
coal is charging all tho traffic win
beer. Some of the coal is so poor
in quality that the rare lumps that
one gets a glimpse of remain in the
stove as if fire proof. And we beg
leave to say that it’s the first time
we havo ever heard of such a thing
as fire proof coal. Tile coal pVon
ably is a quantity shipped in several
years ago and in the process of time
disintegrated into dust and slack
out of which the gaseous and such
inflammable substances that make a
good quick fire, have long ago
escaped.
All of these things have caused
dissatisfaction;‘to protend otherwise
is to pretend other than is the fact
The public feels that it has not re
ceived proper service from the coal
yard and believes that a municipal
yard could do better and it not at
any rate, could not do much worse.
Yet just now on account of big!) ,
freight rates, war demands upon :
coal fields and other economic faci
ors that are obvious, the city may
be confronted with as many difficult
ies as confronted F. J. Meilke on his
now famous trip outside in search
of cheaper fuel for the city of
Nome.
These are things that will boar In
vestigation. And there is certainly
room for improvement.
Another question that is to come
before the city is the matter of tax
ation. Beyond any doubt there is
to be a sturdy effort made to re
peal the levying of taxation on an
assessment made on November 1.
That is to relieve the merchant's.
^ Anyone looking over the delinquent
' tax list will observe that the real
^ property is« much -more delinquent
than the personal and although some
may oppose this suggestion, it is a
fact that this signifies that real pro
I perty is taxed at a higher rate than
personal property.
■ While now and then business men
with a florid effort to expand their
business declared that everything is
booming, when discussing the mat
ter of taxes they will insist that they
are making little better than a liv
ing, and that they are working for
the banks. Probably there is some
degree of truth in that as far as
some are concerned, and the fact is
] that no person in business in this
I town is growing very opulent over
! their business.
1 But that’s not the fault of the con
suming public. That's because Nome
is over commercialized and where
one store could more economically
! and more cheaply satisfy the de
mands of the people, three, four an 1
'sometimes five cater in the same
! business to the limited public.
With so many struggling tt live
! off the consuming public, naturally
they have to lie contented with a
minimum of profit and the banks
I stand by to rako in the kitty in the
j shape of interest year by year, so
: that it is theirs is the general bene
| lit. Now when taxes aro levied
i upon the stores which are in excess
of the public needs, and certainly in
excess of the consumptive capacity
of the community, the owners beef
; to beat the hand over ar. very reaso 1
: able assessment and a very reason
able taxation. They turn to, and ob
serve the real property holders
' mulcted of taxes on assessment that
; the sale of such properties could
! never tiring, while they think that
the very material personal property
; values they carry, should be light
Iened of all taxes!
Of all the cabins, houses or- lots
| that were sold under the delinquent
lax sales of last year, which of them
brought a tithe of the assessed val
uation? Not one. But suppose the
personal property of the Nome
storekeepers were similarly sold,
would they just bring the taxes or
very close to the assessed valua
tion? Of course this is no criterion,
but it Is suggestive enough.
This camp Is not what is was
once, but the fact remains that its
expenses have not been very materi
ally reduced. The suggestion was
made that a volunteer fire depart
ment should just as efficiently fucc
tiou as a present highly expensive
organization. That suggestion is
certainly just as much worth con
sidering as a municipal pumping oi
lighting plant or a coal yard. The
town has to get volunteer assist
ance at every fire and there is a
number always on hand to do yeo
man service. It would appear un
reasonable to have a town’s require
ments met with a metropolitan
system, especially when everyone Is
bellyaching about the taxes.
The difference of the people to
the welfare of everything In tb9 way
of the school In this- community is
nothing short of glaring. While
many are. criticizing this and that
particular sphere of the city’s activ
ities, and who will be mayor and
irho city clerk and who wil? be
councilman elicit much speculation,
there is an indifference concerning
the schools that is very unmistak
able.
Without any question the position
at school director that has to be
filled is the most important one
upon which the voters will be in
vited to cast their ballots. Nome
will worry along somehow no matter
who is elected on the alderman lc
board, but it is quite another mat
ter when the schools are neglected.
The schools will not worry along.
They will go from bad to worse i*
the public is indifferent and uninter
ested. Things will become slip shod,
and the indifference of the public
will be reflected in the teachers and
in the pupils. 1
The loss then is the town’s it
is a loss that cannot be appraised in !
dollars and cents, for it transcends'
anything like money. It means that
the children who should receive
proper care and attention in their j
education are being hopelessly neg-;
lected when such neglect may ad- ■
versely affect their whole lives.
The management of the school
board is not merely a question ot
economic management. It is a
question of affording the highest
possible efficiency in the schools and
it does not always mean that an ap
parent economy is a real economy,
for waste of money is just as likely
to follow a small and lowly paid
staff as not at all.
It certainly was a peculiar posi
tion to take up that the necessity
of a police officer was greater than u
competent teacher, such as might
have been obtained had the other
official been eliminated. And the
out-going council acted in this mat
ter exceedingly unwisely and exceed
ingly wastefully.
In the matter of the neglect of
the schools the parents and public
are just as much guilty of indiffer
ence as any one else. There is no
sort of co-operation whatever be
tween the public and the school
board, and the teaching staff as is
manifested in other sections
(of the country and In
other sections of this terri
tory. On the contrary there is such
! a very observable indifference that
when parents do portintently inquire
j relative to school board matters
some of the officials have, In the
past at any rate, regarded such in
quiries as intrusively impertinent.
! This ail should bo changed but as
far as we can see at this election
there is no tendency to change at
all observable.
Freight ami passengers by dog
team.. . Rates . reasonable.. . . See
Duffy, next the Northern.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
ro the Pioneer Mining Co., your
successor, assigns or personal re
>resentatives:
You are hereby notified that 1
lave expended in labor and improve
ments the sum of one hundred dol
lars each year for the years 1910,
1911, 1912, 1913, 1914 and 1918
m each of the following claims,
rhe Elonora and the Sunshine, be
ing lode claims situated on the left
limit of Anvil creek, opposite No.
above, and recorded and more
fully described in the records of the
Cape Nome Mining and Recording
District in the Second Division, Ter
ritory of Alaska.
The above amount has oeen ex
pended in order to hold said claims
under the provisions of the lav
concerning annual labor upon min
ing claims.
And you are further notified that
if within ninety days after the last
publication of this notic®, you fail
to contribute your proportion or
said expenditure, your interest in
said claims will become the property
of the undersigned your co-owner, j
under Section 2324, Revised Sta
tutes of the United States.
CHARLES OLSEN.
Co-Owner
Date of first publ., Feb. 16, 1910.
Date of last publ., May 17, 1916.
A CLEAN SWEEP.
Brooms 50 and 65c., Bissel Carpet
Sweeper, the standard the world
over, 13.00. Torrington adjustable
Vacuum Sweeper $3.50. Brooms for
the little ones 25c., Whisk brooms
25c.. Scrubbing brushes 10, 15 and
20c. Pot Scrubs, Oriental, 4 for
25c., Lid lifters 5, 10 and 15t.
Wash Boards, glass, braes, alumi
num or zink, 50c. each, Galvanlz d
Wash Tubs 85c, $1.00, $1.25. Lenox
Soap 5c., Dish mops 10, 15, 20 and
25c., Bird Cages $1.75 each, nickle
grain weights 25c. set. Dust pans
15c. each.. Wo make money, you
save money and the Combine loses
money.
C. W. LEWIS.
Successor to W. Delbar.
NOTICE.
Will all readers help us in an in
vestigation of the co-operative
movement in this country by writing
us the name and address of any
co-operative enterprise— especially
store or workingmen’s manufactur
ing co-operatives—that is known to
them, and by stating any facts con
cerning trade union or other labor
activity or interest in favor of co
operation past or present.
INTERCOLLEGIATE SOCIALIST
SOCIETY.
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Shine at usual Rates 10
Ituckets $1.00. 50c. a Barrel.
A. D. POTEET.
Phone Red 126.
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MEAT MARKET
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In Beef, I’ork, Mutton, Veal,
Ham, Bacon Poultry and Fish
Game in Season. All fresh
Stock. No old . or damaged.
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QUAIL BRAND, BERRIES, Gal. Cans, 05c. per can.
QUAIL BRAND PEACHES, Gal. Cans, 45c. per can.
QUAIL BRAND APRICOTS Gal. Cans, 45c. per can.
QUAIL BRAND, RHUBARB Gal. Cans, 40c. per can.
SEA PORT PEACHES .. *4.00 per case.
FORCE.8 Pkgs. for $1.00.
SHEEDED WHEAT BISCUITS. 8 Pkgs. for $1.00.
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