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Entered as second class matter March 1, 1*11, at the post office at
Nome, - Alaska, under the Act of March I, 187*.
"'Io secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as
nearly us possible, Is a worthy object of any good government."—
Abraham Lincoln
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Address all Conimnutcailons to Dally Nome industrial 'Worker,
Box 210 Nome, Alaska. Phone, Black 134.
Nome, Alaska, March 111, 1!>17.
hi I I I \(> TIIK (iOOSK.
A good many l>usinessmen com
plain that business conditions are
not very brisk and that the winter
in this camp is duller from their
point of view than is usual. All
sense the fact that if Nome could
maintain a winter population the
town would be quite prosperous.
Hut it does not and the problem
seems to be to improve matters.
It is pointed out that the workers
last summer had a lairly good sea
son and the number who enjoyed
a hundred shifts at five dollars per
day was larger than usual. It is
true that some of these remained
to spend their summer's earnings
in Noun . but it i. also true that a
nunihe • die* not, and it is this which
is causing things to be so quiet in
the camp during this winter.
Accordingly businessmen tire
cudgelling their brains to know how
to remedj matters ami some are
actually driven to believe that l*>
advertising the resources of this
camp, capital may he induced to in
vest and the winters thus generally
improved.
het us consider this situation with
some frankness without attempting
to delude ourselves with pipe
dreams.
The average man in this camp
who is on the pay rolls works dur
ing tin summer time only. In win
ter ho ran get little or no work
• uul lie citlu r stays at home or pros
|., is. That is if he stays in the
• •ouutry. •
iA summer he labors for a cer
.'tin r die i.i. and this is supposed
. ,rov: i< him with a living. 11 is
v. ■/ v ill about e qual the cost ot
; 1 ! is la her I "W r on
that per diem <m h year, it is sup
posed to, but it does not always.
!;• supplied by merchants in
v, a, li ( rtain !■> "essaries of
Vi,-, t>j virtue of tiie situation
tin merchants enjoy among tliem
.;eiv, s a monopoly tor the worker
cannot have access to outside com
petition during the months that na
Million is < idsi'u.
And !■;. a gentleman's agreement
huh UK themselves the prices ori
various necessities are increased
from time to tin'c . tbit.- ivrrcting
the workt rs wage, n;. >»it1■ ■ a direct
process of abstraction ami which is
recognized as good business the
world over.
The worker has to pay the prices
• ■barged or go without during the
winter, and lie is to all intents and
purposes at the mere' ol’ the store
kc epers.
This winter a good high increase
has been slapped on commodities of
one kind or another since1 naviga
tion closed. (-.specially has this
I e.-n the ease as to tin- necessities
of life. The groe'-r will tell you ar
gunei.tat ivclv tli.it criecs have so in
. rcns.-d outside that lie has to do the
same thing in self protection. He
will have to meet the prices now
prevailing: in the markets and his
retail price now must meet the in
. reused wholesale cost. '1 lmt is his
business way lie considers it good
business.
\\> are not attempting to sav
how he should run his business; it
is up to him as he knows, but the
people of Nome will not he inclined
to admit that the storekeepers in
th*1 past ever showed any inclina
tion when commodities fell outside
during the winter to cut down-their
prices accordingly.
Now the people who live in this
camp and elect to fare a winter
here, lace also the certainty that
their summer earnings will be the
subject of continual exactions from
Nome businessmen throughout the
entire period of closed navigation.
A dollar on this and a dollar on that
and by the time the water begins
to run in May. some of the prices
on some commodities are out of
sight.
In consequence, the wage worker
discovers that his wages paid during
the summer have come, through
. staying througliout tlie winter in
Nome, to possess an ever decreasing
i> trchasing power and he actually
worked for less titan be believed and
often enough for less than the boss
I li ;ured. His five dollars say in
stead of coming near buying two
crates of spuds will not buy one
and lie is strictly up against it.
He discovers that the best way
to make his wages go furthest and
to keep up their purchasing power
Is by putting a big stretch of con
tinent between himself and Seward
, Peninsula.
Take the case of a man who
I comes into Nome in the fall, after
putting in an average summer with
three or four hundred dollars in his
pocket. lie sits himself down in
Barrack Square to figure out
whether lie will go outside or stay
in. lb whittles on a piece of stick
and he realizes that by going out
side he will probably get work dur
ing the winter: his money will then
maintain its purchasing power, for
his wages will attempt at least to
keep step with the higher costs o'
i living. If he stays in Nome 'lie
higher costs of living go still higher
while if he works the wages go
down. Moreover he probably will
get no work, Mid he will then watch
his scanty pile, insufficient owing to
continually rising prices, vanishing
out of sight and lie has hard rust
iing before work open up again.
(Jo down to the boat in the fall
ami each year one will note somt
disgusted old timer parking up liis
in .1 and walking up the gangplank
t n the steamship tender. ! le lias
been u] against it and h< gets out
■ : tak< hi1 wad that lit worked,
hard for with him. And would be
■ >s t), foolish if he did not? Hon st
eed frankly is the worker who
>i-,; i re during the winter not a
’ ,,1 f„r his pains? Is he not a
sucker to he bled to death simply
,£,> every line in Nome i.~ over
do:,, . ami lie it is who must pay the
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expa nse s of that overdoing.
There is not a line of goods in
town which is not over-commercial
ized. There is enormous overhead
expenses attached to each individual
enterprise even in a retail way. That
comes out of the products as distri
buted and increases tlie cost of liv
ing and decreases the actual pur
chasing power of the miners’ wages.
These are simple facts. Tlut they
are indisputable. They are not af
fected by the allegation that none
of the businessmen are getting rich
in Nome. You could over-do the
buying capacity of New York city
in any line by putting in too many
stores in that line. But the fact
remains that i1: is the worker who
provides and he is being killed off
by the high prices of Nome’s un
economic system of distribution.
Go down and price some of the
goods in tlie U. S. Commissary at
Fort Davis and compare them with
Nome retail prices. What is the rea
son? There is a reason and a good
one. It is tlie idea that unnecessary
expense is eliminated and real ser
vice is rendered at a minimum of
cost. Yet one could whack on a
decent profit on those commissariat
prices and still undersell Nome
businessmen several times over. We
may talk about conditions as much
as we choose, the winter presents
every inducement to the workers to
get as far away from Nome as poss
ible if they would make ends meet.
WHAT YOU THINK OK THIS
TALK ABOUT WAR PRICES
Special Sale at HOLT'S,
During this week Holt will sell
at a uniform price each of 25c.
eight hundred new short handled
shovels, square or round pointed:
take your choice, only 25c. each
while they last. This special sale
will last only during the present
week. This is far below actual
costs.
HOLT'S CASH STORE.
E^one Main 06.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE,
To Elma McNaught and J. J.
Chambers, your heirs, execuiors,
Successors, assigns or personalye
presentatives:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that the undersigned
has expended in labor and improve
ments the sum of one hundred dol
lars for year 1916 on Rosevelt bench
located between Newton Gulch No.
2 and Fox Creek, 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 Dcen ex
ponded in order to hold said claim?
under the provisions of the lav.
concerning annual labor upon min
ing claims.
And you and each cf 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 j
'signed your co-owner under soition i
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.
• • HIT THE NEWS RIGHT. REAL
THE WORKER.
No. 0314.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A
PATENT.
In the United States Land Office at
Nom„, Alaska, February 26, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that John
F. Ames Trustee with residence and
post office address at Cleveland.
Ohio, through his authorized at
torney in fact V. V. Dickenson
, whose residence and post office ad
dress is Nome. Alaska has filed ap
plication on behalf of himself and
his co-beneficiaries under said trust
Mortimer 1’. Ames also with resi
dence and post office address at
Cleveland, Ohio, and Charles Wente
of Nome. Alaska, before the United
States Land office at Nome, Terri
tory of Alaska for a patent for
placer mining claims situate in the
Council City Recording District, in
the Second Division, in the Nome
Land District, in said Territory, said
claims comprising the following
I 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 River, tlie 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 Survey duly approved !
bv the Surveyor General of the!
said Territory, being as fol'uws' —
Magnetic variation from 20 .leg.
1 or, min. E. to 20 a •; 40 min !\
Imperator Claim on Casadepaga
1
Beginning :it < or. .\0. 1 ii ;he
: Cusudepuga Kiv..ir aid liable- to de-i
;.true!ion by ir - and Hood, win :i..o j
i'. 8. 1*. Al. No. 12" ) itears X. > : t'cg 1
..i,A 1!., 3570.2." ;t witness ■ «n-ner,:
;i linn stone 24x:\.x6 ins. chisi h 1 W. !
('. 2 M H I. 1-1200 with mound ot
earth 2 1 ins. base, IS ins. high on]
| east side, bears X. 34 deg. Os min. j
: W., 218-10 ft. distant; theme S.
34 deg. OS min. E. 380 l't. to Cor.
]•_■; thence S. 57 deg. 15 min \V.
j ! 223.40 I'!, to Cor. 3; tin i ( X.
| 43 deg. 14 min. W. 350 ft. to Cor.
; 4 in river and liable to destruction j
; by ice and flood, whence witness |
corner, a schist stone 24x8x0 ins.
chiseled W C No. 3 B M 4, 11200
j with earth mound 2 4 ins. base. 18
! ins. high on west side, bears X. 43
I deg. 14 min. \V. 200.50 ft. distant;
j thence N. 55 deg. 39 min. K. 1 278.40
ft. to place of beginning. Area
10.409 A.
Mortimer Bar Claim.
Beginning at Cor. 1, a schist stone
26x14x5 ins. chiseled 1. M B-1200
and mound 24 ins. base 18 ins. high
on south side, whence it. S. I,. M.
No. 1200 bears N. 22 deg. 4 2 min.
E. 3345.30 ft. distant; thence S. 34
deg. 08 min. E. 3S4.G 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. 39 min. \V.
1278.40 ft. to Cor. No. 3, identical
with Cor. 4 Imperator previously de
scribed and with identical witness
I corner previously described hearing
j N. 43 (leg. 14 min. \V. 209.50 ft.;
! thence N. 43 deg. 14 mill. W. 346.70
i ft. to Cor. 4; thence X. 54 deg. 15
min. E. 342.70 ft. to Cor. No. 5;
I thence X. 57 deg, 44 min. E. 673.60
ft. to Cor. 6; thence N. 45 deg. 17
j min. E. 322.SO ft. to place of lie
I ginning. Area 10.337 A.
Eureka (or Discovery) Claim.
I Beginning at Cor. 1, a greenstone
'24x7x0 ins. chiseled 1, E. 2. L B
j 1200. with mound 24 ins. base 18
jins, high on west side, whence l).
S L M No. 1200 hears X. 42 deg.
17 min. E. 3009.40 ft.; thence S.
24 deg. 54 min. E. 119S.50 ft. to
Cor. 2, identical with Cor. 6 of M
B claim; thence S. 57 deg. 4 4 min.
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. G42.80 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. 58 deg. 16
min. W. 642.80 ft. to 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. 42
min. £. 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. 52 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. 55
deg. 06 min. E. 583 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, lVi. 1200 with mound 24
ins. base 16 ins. high on east side,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 1200 boars
N. 77 deg. 57.5 min. W. 3064.57
ft; thence S. 11 deg. 45 min. E. 248.4
ft. to Cor. 2, identical with Cor. 4 j
No. One claim; thence S. 55 deg. '
06 W. 583.SO ft. to Cor. 3, identical j
with Cor. 3 No. One claim; thence
X. 21 deg. 08 min. W. 241.50 ft. to
Cor. 4; Ounce X. 55 deg. 40 min. I
K. 624 ft. to place of beginning. !
Area 3.215 A.
This claim embracing 6 contiguous
locations, area 64.491 a. is on un
surveved ground and situate on
Dixon Creek and the Casadepaga!
River about 20 miles west of the
town of Council.
U. S. L. M. No. 1200 to which
Survey is tied is a limestone bluff i
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. VV. 3345.30 ft.; a cross
x cut on limestone bedrock chiseled
B R bears X. 51 deg. 40 min. E. 9.7
ft. distant; a mountain peak bears
X. 76 deg. 34 min. W. about 2 miles
distant. Said monument is about
1. 25 miles up Casadepaga River
from mouth of Big Four Creek, and
in Lat. 6 4 deg. 54 min. N. Long.
164 deg. 11 min. 30 sec. W.
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 Yol. 23 page
81; Mortimer Bar. Vol. 4, page 115;
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; No. One, Vol.
20, page 267; Xo. One and One
Half Vol. 22. page 134.
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 tlie United States Land Office at
Nome, Alaska, February 23, 1917.
Notice is hereby given, that J. E.
Bonnell, a citizen of the United
States, over the age of twenty-one
years, whose post, office address is
Tacoma, Washington, hv F. It.
Cowden, his Attorney-in-fact whose;
post office address is Nome, Alaska, j
lias made application before the i
I nited States Land Office at Nome,'
Alaska, for a Unit d States Patent
for the “Cross Bench Fraction’-!
Placer Claim, on the left limit of
Cooper Gulch in the Cape Nome Ue- ;
cording District, Alaska, Mineral!
Survey No. 1198, said claim being
more particularly described in the
field notes and plat of the official!
survey thereof now on tile in said
Land Office at Nome, Alaska, as j
follows;
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identical j
with Cor. No. 2, Sur. No. 1189,
Rainy Day Placer, Cor. No. 5, Sur.
No. 1175, No. 1 Lake Creek Placer
and Cor. No. 2 Sur. No. G98, No. 2
Lake Creek Placer, a nr post, 4 ins.
sq. 2 ft. above ground, in earth
mound, scribed,1-1189 C F,, 2-1189 j
U D, 5-1175-1 L, 2-69S, whence U.
S. L. M. No. 11, bears S. 11 deg.
OS min. E. 6227.80 ft. thence N.
O deg. 5G min. E. Var. 19 deg. 15
min. -E. 1013.00 to Cor. No. .2;
thence N. 67 deg. 53 min. W. Var.
19 deg. 10 min. E. 476.60 ft. to Cor.
No. 3; thence S. 2 deg. 01 min. E.
Var. 19 deg. 15 min. E. 309.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 4 4 deg. 4 5
min. W. Var. IS deg. 15 inin. E.
336.20 to Cor. No. 5; thence S. 45
deg. 17 min. E. Var. 19 deg. 00
min. E. 916.00 ft. to place of begin
ning. Containing an area of 10.060
acres, and is situated on unsurveyed
ground in the Cape Nome Recording
District, Alaska.
U. S. L. 51. No. 11, to which this
claim is tied, is a fir post, 6 ins.
sq. 5 ft. above ground. in stone
mound, 6 ft. base, 3 ft. high and
scribed U. S. L. 51. 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. 64 deg. 32 min.
North, Long. 165 deg. 22 min’ West.
The original location Notice is re
corded in Vol. 105 Page 163, and
Amended Location in Vol. 165 Page
34G, 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. On the West, Survey No.
1193 and unsurveyed claims, names
and claimants unknown.
O. A. ADAMS.
Register.
Date of first publ., Feb. 24, 1917.
Date of last publ., April 25, 191T.
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IT IS “THE PLACE" TO GET GOOD LUNCHES AND FRESH
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