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A* Nome Mine Workers’ Union. No. *40. Western Federation of Miners.
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ECONOMIC MKRRY-GO-KOl'ND.
The capitalist system in the rela
tions of prices and wages and costs
of production affords an interesting
example of the segments of a re
volving circle trying to overtake one
another in an impossible merry-go- j
round.
Quite recently to the immense sa
tisfaction of evervbody. the railroad
brotherhoods obtained the eight
hour day. This means an increased
payment to the workers who arc
member: of those organizations in
the form of over time wages, inis
decree: • - the l.et rev Hue for uistri
* hufion among the railroad stockhold
ers. or in other words the proii'.s
of the industry and th- railroad
compani-'S. to equaliZ" matters and
then sonny want an increase in
rule- to overcome the decrease.
Iii pop 1 oi I;f i 11 v*'>' :.>a tor iron:
ii n to fit'll n per cwi increase in :
rates for they know that ii tii•-> j
■,,.i this auth irizt d they will be in ^
hett ion than i ver before.
e then will b<
tlial ill* storekeepers and shippers;
will plat' a higher prii •• upon theii
ROorts and the t ests of living will •
again tend to increase.
Thereupon anti onto again will j
set in another demand for higher,
wage- lo meet this cost of living in
c rc ase and we have gone the whole ^
merry go-round foi nothing.
In reality what has been done,
has been the fact most clearly de
monstrated that th re is no solution j
for these eeonomic problems when
volt get down to cases, save only
and except collective ownership ot
the means of production and distri
bution hut that is socialism.
We may pretend to solve the la
bor questions that arise trom time
to time, but there is no solution ox- J
, ,-pting the elimination of the labor
question as an expliotation question
and the people of the country must
make up their mind to tolerate per
manently and continuously (as they
have been doing) economic injustice,
or destroy it altogether by destroy
ing the system which stands for it,
which supports it. nay which premi
ses that condition as the sine qua
non of its existence
I
Thi' great spectmlc >’! th ■ • ‘-ts <>I
living rising in genni trie :il progres
sion while tlie wages have been in
creasing in arithnietrical progres
sion anti tin* insistent luilure oi «.*.it
kinds of devic es to make the system
stand upon its own feet tour square
to all. is always before us. and it is
moniumentally and strikingly before
us in this demand of the railroads
to on-set the increase in pay of the
brot herhoods.
The railroads do not propose that
that industry shall he burdened with
the effort to shorten the work day
of the employees. And they believe
that by placing a little* of that burd
en upon each of the industries
whic h it distributes throughout the
land, the increase would be in it
selt imperceptible as an operating
burden among those industries.
Thereupon those industries, with the
good business instinct which char
acterizes ownership, proceeds to
allot it among tlie rest of those by
an increase of the price ot tlie com
modities to meet tlie inc reased costs
of production and distribution.
Ill this wav, tlie workers get up
against it. Their dollar will not
buy as much as formerly and their
standard of living decreased. The
sum of profits annexed from their
labor by capital is Anally increased
also.
What has occurred is that the
workers sit in at a game where the
owners play witli loaded dice. And
it is true that in tlie end they get
the worst of it. The old Greeks
had a proverb that the dice of the
gods were always loaded. That was
because they always ran up against
the elemental forces to lose. In the
same way we might againt apply
this proverb properly adjusted to
our economy by saying that the dice
of the owners are always loaded.
Workers play to lose and they must
play to lose until collective owner
ship eliminates private ownership
front the scheme of things.
THK POPl/I.AK MANDATE.
The workers and the pooitle ol
Alaska generally were never so un
animous on anything as the general
eight hour law applied to all forms '
of labor. It was carried by a greater I
majority throughout the territory!
than was even the dry proposal ovet
the wet. The country has been made
prohibition to begin on January j
First next by Congressional law, but
so far no action has been taken in
matt ;■ of the get, fit 1 eight hour!
. day.
Nothing could In more.- typical oi
tli*- jioiiti»-al situation than this. |
! h- jxiiit h-ians aro concerned groat- j
ly about everything and anything
i■:.< opt the interests of the workers.
’i he' will provide them with all
Kinds of d vices to play with, hut
the shorter work day will be got
oat of them only alter reluctance
and hesitancy have been manifested.
Here they are juggling around
bills for employees under ground,
.or women workers in department i
stores and telegraph offices—where j
more often than not the eight hour
day is already instituted, but the |
popular mandate for that eight hour '
day is ignored: it is ignored and |
thrown right in the teeth of the |
voters.
They have consumed practically a j
month rag chewing and junketting. j
Playing polites and being enter- j
tained by the mining companies, but,
they manifest no such extreme hurry
to fulfil the directions of tlie Gov- |
i rnor to pass an eight hour day in 1
terms of the plebiscite.
i hi i;ki i (.i: 01 sinners.
Tin- Republic of Mexico seems to j
be inevitably tangled up with every j
international development of the
United States. The newspapers j
simply will not let the country
alone. The latest phase of the situu- |
tion is the fact that is heralded i
from afar that Germans are going !
by the thousands into Mexico to get |
ready to tight the United States.
So far there is not a thing report- j
lid which would indicate any desire
upon tin part of Mexico to foment
any disturbance with the aid of any
other people whatsoever, but none
the less the newspapers, always
strong for intervention and always
anxious to give Mexico a black eye
insist that Germans are pouring
Mexico to get up an army to crush
the United States.
In the first place this supposes
that all who read such slush must
be convineid thrt the German resi
dents who may feel inclined to tlee
from a country which is at war with
i
theirs are 'quite foolish enough to
I believe that they can take up arms
in Mexico and lick the United States.
It would have been precisely the
same if the Canadian press had ex
citcd the Dominion at the outbreak
j of the war when thousands of Ger
man subjects left Canada and came
: into the United States, themewa
! papers started the report that they
' did so to arm to come hack to Cen
ada and crush the Dominion.
How gullible the public is, need
only he seen in the fact that inter
ventionist press, really responsble
for this report, gets away with it,
absurd and all as it is. And it is a
reflection upon the readers of that
class of paper which dwells on these
reports, that they are the easiest
kind of suckers and believe all tills
slush dribbed out to them for con
sumption in the interests of capi
talist investors in Mexico.
KORMKR MAYOR DKAl).
SEATTLE. March 23.—Formei
Mayor \V. D. Wood died here today
after a long illness. He is well
known in Alaska.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To O. C. Foster, E. J. Maynard, Chas
Clark and Chas R. Ewing, your
heirs, executors, assigns or person
al representatives.
You and each of you are hereby
notified that the undersigned has ex
pended in labor and improvements
the sum of one hundred dollars
for year 1916 on Washington claim,
a placer mining claim situated at the
head of Peluck and recorded and
more fully described in the records
of Cape Nome Mining and Record
ing District, in the Second Division
of the Territory of Alaska.
The above amount has been ex
pended under the provisions of the
law concerning Annual Labor upon
Mining Claims, being the amount
required to hold said claim.
And you and each of you are
further notified that if within ninety
days after the last publication of
this notice you fail to contribute
your proportion of said expenditure,
your interest in said claim will be
come the property of the under
signed your co-owner under section
2324 Revised Statutes of the United
States.
ESKIMO GOLD DREDGING CO.
Co-Owner.
Date of first pub., Feb. 19, 1917.
Date of last publ., May 21, 1917.
GET THE NEWS RIGHT. ICE.lt>
THE WORKER.
No. 0314.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A
PATENT.
In the United States Land Office at
Norn . Alaska, February 30, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that John
F. Ames Trustee with residence and
post office address at Cleveland, j
Ohio, through his authorized at i
torney in fact V. V. Dickenson
whose residence and post office ad-,
dr ss is Nome, Alaska has filed ap
plication on behalf of himself and >
his co-beneficiaries under said trust j
Mortimer 1’. Ames also with resi
dence and post office address at '
Cleveland, Ohio, and Charles Wenle
of Nome, Alaska, before the United
States Land office at Nome, Ten i- ‘
torv of Alaska for a patent for |
placer mining claims situate in tin- j
Council City Recording District, in j
the Second Division, in the Nome
Land District, in said Territory, said
claims comprising the following
placer locations:—Imperator. Mor
timer Bar. Eureka, Little Bloom- |
field. No. One and No. One and One
Half, situate on Dixon Creek and the
Casadepaga Itiver, the Mineral Sur-i
vey thereof being designated as No.
1200. The description of said claims
as set forth in the Field Notes and
Plat of said Surrey duly appro'ed
bv the Surveyor General of the
: said Territory, being os t'oi'jws —
Magnetic variation from 2u deg.
j 05 min. E. to 20 do; 40 min L
Imperator Claim on Casadepaga
1 c:
| Beginning at ( or. No. 1 it the
Casadepaga River and li.»l>'.• to <ie
j struction l>y ic:> ami Hood, whence
i l\ S. L. M. No. 120') bears K. i ; ('tg
| i.5 K., 3570.25 :t witness • orner,
a limestone 24xSx6 ins. chiseled W.
C. 2 M B I, 1-1200 with mound oi
! earth 24 ins. base, 18 ins. high on
least side, bears N. 34 deg. 08 min.
\V., 21S.10 ft. distant; thence S.
j 34 deg. 08 min. E. 380 ft. to Cor.
I 2; thence S. 57 deg. 15 min. W.
I 1223.40 ft. to Cor. 3; thence N.
43 deg. 14 min. W. 350 ft. to Cor. (
4 in river and liable to destruction
j by ice and flood, whence witness
I corner, a sghist stone 24x8x6 ins.
I chiseled \V C No. 3 B M 4. 1-1200
I with earth mound 24 ins. base, IS
I ins. high on west side, bears N. 4 3
! deg. 14 min. W. 209.50 ft. distant;
j thence N. 55 deg. 39 min. K. 1278.40
i ft. to place of beginning. Area I
i 10.409 A.
Mortimer Bar Claim,
j Beginning at Cor. 1. a schist stone
26x14x5 ins. chiseled 1. M B-1200
and mound 24 ins. base IS ins. high
I on south side, whence lT. S. L. M.
No. 1200 bears N. 22 deg. 42 min.
E. 3345.30 ft. distant; thence S. 34
deg. 08 min. E. 384.6 ft. to Cor.
2. identical with Cor. 1. Imperator
previously described identical wit
ness corner previously described
bears N. 34 deg. 08 min. W. 218.10
ft.; thence S. 55 deg. 3,9 min. \V.
I 1278.40 ft. to Cor. No. 3, identical
I with Cor. 4 Imperator previously de
scribed and with identical witness
I corner previously described bearing
IN. 43 deg. 14 min. W. 209.50 ft.;
I thence N. 43 deg. 14 min. W. 346.70
j ft. to Cor. 4; thence N. 54 deg. 15
I min. E. 342.70 ft. to Cor. No. 5;
1 thence N. 57 deg. 44 min. E. 673.60
! ft. to Cor. 6; thence N. 45 deg. 17
| min. E. 322.80 ft. to place of be
' ginning. Area 10.337 A.
Eureka (or Discovery) Claim.
Beginning at Cor. 1. a greenstone
24x7x6 ins. chiseled 1, E. 2, L B
;1200, with mound 24 ins. base 18
jins, high on west side, whence U.
jS L M No. 1200 bears N. 42 deg.
17 min. E. 3009.40 ft.; thence S.
24 deg. 54 min. E. 1198.50 ft. to
Cor. 2, identical with Cor. 6 of 51
iB claim; thence S. 57 deg. 44 mill.
W. 673.60 ft. to Cor. 3, identical
with Cor. 5 of M B claim; thence
N. 23 deg. 29 min. W. 1209.20 ft.
to Cor. 4; thence N. 58 deg. 16 min.
E. 642.80 ft. to place of beginning.
Area 18.020 A.
I.ittle Bloomfield Claim.
Beginning at Cor. 1, a fir post 3
ft. by 4 ins. square set 18
ins. in ground, scribed 1, L B, 1. No.
1-1200 with earth mound 24 ins.
base 12 ins. high around same,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 1200 bears
N. 48 deg. 25 min. E. 2936.55 ft.
distant; thence S. 31 deg. 46,min.
E. 326.60 ft. to Cor. 2, identical
with Cor. 1 Eureka claim previous
ly described; thence S. 68 deg. 16
min. W. 642.80 ft. ta Cor. 3, iden
tical with Cor. 4 Eureka claim;
thence N. 26 deg. 56 min. W. 267
ft. to Cor. 4; thence N. 62 deg. 4 2
min. E. 623 ft. to place of begin
ning. Area 4.288 A.
No. One Dixon Creek.
Beginning at Cor. 1, identical
with Cor. 1 Little Bloomfield previ
ously described; U. S. L. M. No.
1200 having identical bearings;
thence S. 62 deg. 42 min. W. 623 ft.
to Cor 2, identical with Cor. 4 L B
claim; thence N. 33 deg. 28 min. W.
1330 ft. to Cor 3; thence N. 65
deg. 06 min. E. 683 ft. to Cor. 4;
thence S. 35 deg. 07 min. E.
1303.20 ft. to place of beginning.
Area 18.222 A.
No. One and One Half, Dixon.
Beginning at Cor. 1, a limestone
24x12x3 ins. in ground 12 ins. chis
eled 1, lJ/2. 1200 with mound 24
ins. base 16 ins. high on east side,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 1200 bears
N. 77 deg. 57.5 min. W. 3064.57
ft; thence S. 11 deg. 45 min. B. 248.4
ft. to Cor. 2, identical with Cor. 4
No. One claim; thence S. 65 deg.
06 W. 583.80 ft. to Cor. 3, identical
with Cor. 3 No. One claim; thence
N. 21 deg. 08 min. W. 241.50 ft. to
Cor. 4; thence N. 55 deg. 40 min.
E. 624 ft. to place of beginning.
Area 3.215 A.
This claim embracing 6 contiguous
locations, area 64.401 a. is on un
surveyed ground and situate on
Dixon Creek and the Casadepnga
River about 20 miles west of the
town of Council.
U. S. L. M. No. 1200 to which
Survey is lied is a limestone blufT
about 100 ft. in elevation above the
Casadepaga River and about 400 ft.
west of the left bank, a cross x
marking true point, whence Cor. 1
Mortimer Bar claim bears S. 22
deg. 42 min. W. 3345.30 ft.; a cross
x cut on limestone bedrock chiseled
B H bears X. 51 deg. 40 min. jv j
ft. distant; a mountain peak bears j
X. 76 deg. 34 min. \V. about 2 miles j
distant. Said monument is about j
1. 25 miles up Casadepaga River j
from mouth cf Big Four Creek, and ,
in Lat. 64 deg. 54 min. X. Long. |
164 deg. 11 min. 30 sec. \Y.
Adjoining claims on all sides are |
unsurveyed and claimants unknown. |
The notices of location, original and
amended are of record in the said
Council City Recording District as
follows:— Imperator Vol. 23 page
81; Mortimer Bar. Vol. 4. page 115; j
Eureka (or Discovery) Vol. 2. page
106; Vol. 16, page 17, Vol. 4, page
119; Little Bloomfield Vol. 16, page
IS; Vol. 4. page 117; Xo. One. Vol.
20, page 267; Xo. One and One;
Half Vol. 22, page 154.
G. A. ADAMS.
Register.
Date of first publ., Feb. 27, 1917.
Date of last pub.. April 2S, 1917.
Xo. 0313.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT.
In the United States Land Office at
Xome, Alaska, February 23, 1917.
Xotice is hereby given, that .Tames
E. Bonm 11. a citizen of the United
States, over the age of twenty-one
years, whose post office address is
Tacoma, Washington, by F. R.
Cowden, his Attorney-in-fact whose
post office address is Xome, Alaska,
has made application before the
United States Land Office at Xome, j
Alaska, for a United States Patent i
for the “Cross Bench Fraction”
Placer Claim, on the left limit of
Cooper Gulch in the Cape Xome Re
cording District, Alaska, Mineral
Survey Xo. 1198, said claim being
more particularly described in the
field notes and plat of the official
survey thereof now on file in said
Land Office at Xome, Alaska, as
follows;
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identical
with Cor. No. 2, Sur. No. 11S9,
Rainy Day Placer, Cor. No. a, Sur.
No. 1175, No. 1 Lake Creek Placer
and Cor. No. 2 Sur. No. 098, No. 2
Lake Creek Placer, a nr post, 4 ins.
I sq. 2 ft. above ground, in earth
I mound, scribed,1-1189 C F,, 2-1189
jit D, 5-1175-1 L, 2-C98, whence U.
S. L. M. No. 'll, bears S. 11 deg.
OS min. E. 0227.80 ft. thence N.
O deg. 50 min. E. Yar. 19 deg. 15
min. E. 1013.00 to Cor. No. 2;
thence N. 07 deg. 53 min. W. Var.
19 deg. 10 min. E. 470.00 ft. to Cor.
No. 3; thence S. 2 deg. 01 min. E.
Var. 19 deg. 15 min. E. 309.00 l’t.
to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 4 4 deg. 4 5
min. W. Var. IS deg. 15 rain. E.
330.20 to Cor. No. 5; thence S. 45
deg. 17 min. K. Yar. 19 deg. 00
min. E. 910.00 ft. to place of begin
ning. Containing an area of 10.0G0
acres, and is situated on unsurveyed
ground in the Cape Nome Recording
District, Alaska.
U. S. L. M. No. 11, to which this
claim is tied, is a fir po3t, 0 ins.
sq. 5 ft. above ground, in st.one
mound, 0 ft. base, 3 ft. high and
scribed U. S. L. M. No. 11. It Is
situate about 70 ft. East of what
is known as the Bessie Road and
about 3.5 miles Northeasterly from
Nome, in Lat. G4 deg. 32 min.
North, Long. 105 deg. 22 min’ West.
The original location Notice is re
corded in Yol. 105 Page 103, and
Amended Location in Yol. 165 Page
346, records of said district.
There are no conflicting claims.
The adjoining claims are, on the
North, unsurveyed, name and claim
ant unknown, on the East, Sur. No.
1189, Rainy Day Placer, Carl Wick,
claimant. On the South No. 2 Lake
Creek, Sur. No. 698, claimant un
known. Oil the West, Survey No.
1193 and unsurveyed claims, namet
and claimants unknown.
G. A. ADAMS.
Register.
j Date of first publ., Feb. 24, 1917.
Date of last publ., April 25, 1917.
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