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"To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as
•early as possible, Is a worthy object of any good government.”—
abranam Lincoln
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Rome, - Alaska, under the Act of March S, 1878.
"ALASKA FOR ALASKANS”.
Tihs article has got nothing
whatever to do with politics. It is
somewhat necessary to make this
warning statement because of the
fact that the elegant "slogan”
which heads this editorial is a
venerable one, and common to botn
parties: democrat and republican,
since politics were active in Alaska.
It has been the common plain of ab
surdity where the two parties met,
and it has even been adopted by
the Wickershamites who espoused
no parties as their own.
It has originated alike in Seattle
and in Alaska, so that it can be
strictly considered non-partisan, to
he used by either party or none just
as they happen to be situated with
regard to the party in power.
It is based upon the rather un
handsome theory that any Alask; n
whatever will fill an office more e’
fectively, more suitably and more
worthily than any outsider what
ever and that this theory could ob
tain general acceptance among the
people of any country only goes to
show that they do not drink very
deeply from the pierin spring of
facts.
The Industrial Worker is in the
peculiar position of being the one
paper in Alaska which regarded the
“slogan", politically venerable and
to the jobite sacred, as sheer
nonsense and while emphasized by
the politicians out of office, seldom
made good by the politicians in ot
fice under any administration, un
less wl'.en the Alaskan appointee wa3
representative of certain interests.
Common sense is sufficient to de
monstrate the fact that it is inappli
cable nny way you take it; and the
main trouble with federal officials
has been and is, that even when
appointed from the Outside, they
proceed to identify themselves with
the unfortunate political factions
that arise always in Alaskan com
munitb s like bubbles in a gaseous
spring.
In many communities o£ Alaska,
factionism has resulted in definite
views being held by definite sides.
To appoint any man to office from
any of those factions means that
that faction will be dominant, and
there is no use blinking the fact
that the better course would always
be to appoint men from the Outside
who would steer clear from entang
ling alliances one way or another
and in the discharge of their duties
walk with circumspect impartiality,
if such were possible.
It Is unfortunate that that is not
done, and to such an extent has it
not been done that Alaskans have
gone to the other extreme and dam
ned all outside appointees whether
there was any justification for It
or not.
Cl. arly too, it is evident many Al
askans who seek positions under the
federal administration are just as
evidently unfit for the position, and
to hold as this slogan would have
us do that the outside appointee is
not preferable to the biassed and
unfit Alaskan is preposterous.
It is remarkable that many of
those who are loudest and most
ardent in their support of this slo-1
gan as regard political appointments
seldom or never extend its applies- |
tion to other spheres of social ac
tivities.
We have never yet come across
the political jobbite who got sore be
cause the gentleman from Missouri
or Arkansas got the position who'
also ever get red in the face because
the worker got hired in Seattle to
run his dredge or his mine in Nome.
Just as we observe many a store
keeper beefing to beat the band
and bellyaching like a colicky baby
about the Alaskan patronage of
mall order houses outside,
rustling for help for a customer
among the chechaco arrivals on the
first boats.
Alaska U r Alaskans Is not a
justifiable slogan. Either politically
this territory is part of the United
States or it is not. Either it i3 an
tifled to full administration of .cs
affairs or it is net. and we cauno-.
see wliat it:lferer.ee It makes wheth
er orders taken from Washington
are carried out in Alaska by Alas
kans or whether they are carried
out by men from Alabama.
That is precisely the situation here.
And as we see it every Alaskan
is a partlzan. Every outsider who
gets an appointment becomes a par
tisan. He sides with one clique or
another or with one faction or an
other, and while he pleases that
which he supports he adds emphasis
. to the shout ‘Alaska for Alaskans”,
' on the part of his opponents.
| Theoretically if this is not mere
i ly the wail of a political jobbite,
there should be no sound reason for
! Alaskan positions not getting the
best possible men whether they
come from Alaska or whether they
come from Seattle. The trouble is
that more often than not appoint.
| ments are not made because of
! their being designed to give the peo
1 pie the best possible service but be
! cause of political drag in the out
! side states. Many and many a man
gets a job in Alaska who is con
genitally unfit for any such position,
but who has earned well of those
(who have the power to secure an
(appointment. That's the difference
between theory and practice. But
| because it is rotten to appoint poli
tical followers from outside states
jto office because they are political
followers who have been well de
serving of Senator Sucotash, it does
not follow that to appoint a politi
cal follower, from Alaska because
ho has a political pull with this man
or that is any better.
We have seen Alaskans appointed
to office, not because they fitted the
office or possessed any peculiar qua
lifications therefor, but because they
. were time servers, because they had
pull with corporations, because they
I had the habit of truckling to those
'possessed of great economic power.
We say any sort of a politician
j would have done better than that—
whether he came form Mukilteo or
from Oshkosh.
The slogan Alaska for Alaskans
is more or less a false alarm. It is
designed to reserve for the “faith
ful” the flesh pots. It is intended
that those who have boon the lack
eys of the men of wealth and the
powerful corporations who can be
1 depended upoa to serve such corpo
| rations will obtain positions of more
or less federal power,
j Glance at tho men who are pick
ed out from time to time for posi
j tions who emphasize this slogan in
I their scramble for office and nine
times out of ten they have their
search for the spoils of office aided
by a conglomeration of corporation
power, bodes no good whatever to
the people of the territory. It is
about time that the people content
ed themselves with some other slo
gan. Just as long as this is a ter
ritory just so long will Washington
I not Alaska be the supreme power in
the administration of even the
smallest afTairs of this country.
As stated at the outset this is a
non-partlzan discussion on the cam
paign slogan adopted with cheerful
independence of analysis by both
democrats and republicans alike. It
is supposed merely to bo repeated
by the voters just as the parrot
learns the set phrases “Polly wants
a cracker”. It has got nothing what
ever to do with good government
—it often has a whole lot to do
with bad government and is a han
dy if insidious means of privilege
extending its power over the dis
tricts where it has become a proper
obsession.
Tents 10x12, 10 os. daek $8.00.
10 ft. conical tents at $10.00. 16x20
tent $15.00 at Crooks, neat Fire
Department.
CALL FOR REPUBLICAN
DISTRICT CONVENTION
Second Division,, and Notice of Re
publican Primaries.
PURSUANT to Resolution adopt- ^
ed by the Republican Territorial
Convention of Aaska, and by order
of the Republican Territorial Cen-!
tral Committee of said Territory, !
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I
a Republican District Convention !
will assemble in Eagle Hall, at
Nome, Alaska, on Thursday, August
10th, 191G, at 9 o'clock P. M., and
place in nomination candidates from
the Second Judicial Division for the
offices herein named, to be voted
upon at the general election to be |
held in said territory on Tuesday,!
November 7th, 1916, Viz: One Ter
ritorial Senator, four Territorial Re- !
presentatives and one Road Commis
sioner.
Republican Primaries for the elec
tion of delegates to 3aid convention
are hereby called to bo held on
Thursday July 20th, 1916, at each
Polling placo in the several Com
missioners Precincts hereinafter
named.
The Apportionment of delegates
to said convention and the Polling
places in each precinct are as fol
lows:
CAPE NOME Precinct: Town of
Nome 73; Little Creek 5; Solomon
3; East Fork 3; Bluff 2; Chinik 1.
FAIRHAVEN Precinct: Candle 5;
Deering 2; Utica 3.
COUNCIL CITY Precinct: Coun
cil City 5; Ophir 3.
PORT CLARENCE Plrecinct:
Teller 2.
NOATAK-KOBUK Precinct: Kiana
2.
ST. MICHAELS Precinct: St.
Michaels 4; Unalakleet 1.
KOUGAROK Precinct: Shelton 2;
Taylor 2.
KOYUK Precinct: Dime Creek 4.
WADE HAMPTON Precinct: Mar
shal City 3.
In the Town of Nome, the Polls
will be open from 4 o’clock P. M.
to 9 o'clock P. M. and the Polling
place will be at Republican Head
quarters, Front St. Hunter Way. In
all other Precincts, the Primaries
shall be conducted to suit the con
venience of the Republicans at thj
several Polling places named herein,
and they shall name the voting
place, fix the hours of voting and
direct the manner of holding said
Primaries.
All candidates for delegates to
said convention from the Town o£
Nome desiring their names printed
upon the Primary Ballot must file
; their names with the undersigned
Secretary on or before noon of July
19th, 1910.
The judges of election may adopt
such reasonable rules as may be
necessary to satisfy themselves that
the electors offering to vote, at the
primaries are bona fide Republi
cans.
All credentials and proxies to sai l
convention must be filed with the
undersigned Secretary on or before
5 o’clock P. M. of August 10th,
1916.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, June 20,
1916.
REPUBLICAN DISTRICT COMMIT
TEE, SECOND DIVISION.
By Geo. D. SCHOFIELD.
Chairman.
W. M. EDDY, Secretary.
CITY BATH HOUSE'.
Moonlight Spring Water. (Bell
ing Hot).
M. O. SOLBERG.
THE PRESENT LOW PRICES
on Ladies Suits, Coats, Dresses and jj
Evening Gowns wil continue during 5
the week. It I cannot fit you I have I
hundreds of samples to select from (
and will take your measure and j
guarantee a fit. You will find the j
line of Underwear and Hose for men i
women and chldren. Also gloves {
and Italian Silk Underwear.
A. F. OESTREICH.
Front St., opp. Peterson’s Shoe Store S
MINERAL APPLICATION NO. 0283
U. S. Land Office, Nome, Alaska,
April 18th, 1916.
Notice is hereby given that the
Flume Dredge Company, a corpora
tion organized under the laws of
the State of California, with its
principal place of business and post
office address, Mills Building, San
Francisco, California, has through
Jas. M. Streeten, its authorized
agent, whose post office address is
Nome, Alaska, made application for
a United States patent for No. 14
Above Discovery placer mining
claim, situated on Melclng Creek,
in the Council City Recording Di
strict, Territory of Alaska, and de
signated as Mineral Survey No.
1172, which said placer mining claim
is described according to the plat
and field notes now on file in the
U. S. Land Office at Nome, Alaska,
with a magnetic variation of 21
deg. 38 min. E. as follows:
Beginning at Corner No. 1, a
spruce post 4 ft. long, 6 ins. dia
meter, in earth mound, scribed 14
Ab 1 1172 on N. face, whei ce U. S.
L. M. No. 1172 bears S 59 deg.
34 min. W. 380.3 ft. Thonce N. 35
deg. 35 min. W. 544.4 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence N. 56 deg. 27 min.
E. 1376.6 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence
S. 37 deg. 56 min. E. 526.4 ft. to
Cor. No. 4; thence S. 55 deg. 37
min. W. 1397.6 ft. to Cor. No. 1,
place of beginning, containing an
area of 17.025 acres.
This claim is situated on Melsiug
Creek about four miles north of
Council City, Council City Re
cording Precinct, Alaska. Lo
cation monur.ent No. 1172 is
a &chi3t stone 37x20x5 ins.
18 ins. in the ground, with mound
of earth 4 ft. high, 6 ft. base, situa
ted about 30 ft. above the bed of
Melsing Creek, on the south side
thereof, in latitude 64 deg. 55 min.
N., longitude 163 deg. 39 min. W.
The location notice is recorded in
Vol. 10, page 132, of the records
Council City Recording District, Al
aska.
The adjoining claims are as fol
lows: On the northeast No. 15
Above Discovery on Melsing Creek:
on the southwest, No. 13 Above Dis
covery on Melsing Creek; claimants
unknown; on the northwest and
southeast, claims unknown; all un
surveyed.
G. A. ADAMS.
Register.
Date of first publ., April 20, 1916.
Date of last publ., June 21, 1916.
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TER. THIS IS OUR OLD RELI
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TO INSURE THE ORIGINAL
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aska Lighterage & Com. Co. or
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For Seattle Today
SAILING FROM
NOME
JULY 8TH
AUG. 3RD
AUG. 29TH.
SEPT. 25TH.
OCT. 25TH.
SAILING FROM
SEATTLE.
JUNE 24TH
JULY 20TH.
AUG. 15TH.
SEPT. 11TH.
OCT. 7TH.
SCHEDULES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
F. J. O’CONNOR, ALASKA L. & C. <X>.
Commercial Agent, AGENTS
Front St. and Steadman Ave. At Dock.
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP GO.
S. S. VICTORIA
LEAVE SEATTLE:
JUNE 28.
JULY 25.
AUG. 23.
SEPT. 18.
OCT. 15.
LEAVE NOME.
JULY 11.
AUG. 7.
SEPT. 5.
OCT. 1.
OCT. 29.
VICTORIA LEAVING NOME JULY 11 AND AUG. 7 will
call at Seward, Valdez, Cordova; Steamer will also visit Colum
bia Glacier. At Cordova steamer will remain long enongh to al
low excursionists time to make special trip out over the railroad
to Miles Glacier, from Cordova the Steamer will return direct
by the outside route to Seattle.
1R. A. Carroll, Agent, Nome
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HIPRESS
Rubber Boots at $10. a pair
Shoe Packs at $5.50
ONE PRICE TO ALL
Cheap John Store
TELEPHONE MAIN 48.
Kent Transfer Oo.
General Transfer & Freighting
C°*j & QU
Phone Main 139.
WE CAN DO IT.
For (I rat clan work and qraap
delivery ph me Mala 1A1 and tlw
People]* Steam Iaoadrj mil1 «U
and get you laundry.
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