To the Democratic Voters of the
Seward Peninsula
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Nome, Alaska, April 17, 1918.
The purpose of a Primary election is to give the members of the great
political Parties the power to decide who shall be their nominees for elective
public offices. The domination and control of Parties by political Bosses who
held their sway not by the will of the rank and file of the Party but through
the distribution of patronage and corporation, campaign fund and influence, led
to such a grave condition that the very foundation of our ’Republic was threat
ened. It was becoming Boss Rule in place of people rule. Hand picked
candidates not people picked candidates. Such a condition obtained to a great
•extent in Alaska, until the passage of the Primary Law by our last Legisla
ture. A few years ago it was the Republican Boss that named the Republican
Candidates for Delegate, now it is a Democratic Boss who seeks to do the
.same thing for the Democrat Party.
To correct this intolerable condition of Boss Rule, Primary Election Laws
were passed by the various States through the insistence of the people under
the leadership of such Democrats as President Wilson aud Champ Clark. Un
der our Primary Ittw every Democrat who aspired for an elective office had
a right to have his name printed on "the political ballot for submission to the
members of his Party at tfce Primary Election to be held on April 30th next.
He had the right without asking the permission of Democratic National Com
mitteeman Thomas Donohue or any other machine Party man. To have it
otherwise would be to nullify the very purpose of a Primary Election. In
fact it Wits just such a condition that Primary election were intended to cor
rect and to give the ranjt and file of the Party the say as to who shall be
thoir candidate.
Mr -Maloney entered the contest for the Democratic Nomniation for
Delegate to Congress without asking the permission, of any Boss though he
was asked to run by Democrats from all over the Territory because they con
sidered him a stronger abler more aggressive man than Mr Sulzer and further
he can be elected.
WHY THE ATTACK ON GOV. STRONG
Mr Sulzer’s antagonism to Governor Strong, Alaskas Greatest Governor,
■has lost him many supporters. The reason is not fax to seek. In canvassing the
returns to the last election, Governor Strong decided as a member of the
Canvassing Board in which he was in agreement with that able virile Sec
retary of the Territory, Charles L>. Davidson a life long Democrat, that the
' Election Certificate for Delegate belonged to the candidate receiving 'he
greatest number of votes waiving aside all petty technicalities. Any fail
minded just Judge would have done the same. Does the Boss and his follow
er* expect our Federal Judges to decide cases that come before them on thir
merits, or on whether the litigants are Democrats or not. It surely looks
like the latter.
For his honorable stand the Governor has been villified. The meanest
lowest most contemptible falsehoods have bean circulated against him by
Sulzer's supporters. Aye even high Federal Officials are besmirching the
dignity of their office by repeating them like old women gossips. They have
not the manhood to publish or accept responsibility for these slanderous at
tacks but like the thief in the night are trying to filch away the good name
of our Great Governor. To no ava.il except to cause decent people to de
spise the base slanderers. Their purpose is to befog the issues of the cam
paign... To draw the attention of the voters from Mr Sulzer’s legislative re
cord which is so contrary, injurious and prejudicial to the welfare of the
people of this Division of Alaska. It is like the lawyer who attacks opposing
counsel to draw the attention of the Jury away from the weakness of his own
case. Governor Strong is not a candidate for office.
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SHIPPING BILL
Under the provisions of the Coastwise Shipping Act only vessels of
American registry are allowed to carry freight and passengers bet ween U. S.
Ports. Owing to a great shortage of vessels of all nations, and the great
aimoamt of freight awaiting shipment, a bill was introduced in Congress giving
the Federal Shipping Board the power during tho War to suspend the Coast
wise Shipping Act between any and all American Ports whenever they con
sidered it necessary to relieve freight congestion. Even at he time when the
bill was under consideration thero was a great accumulation of freight (fresh
FIVE
REASONS
WHY
HOT SPRING
VEGETABLES
( OK
That it is Done
Where' you Eat
,.l.—USING ALASKA PRODUCES,
ENCOURAGES HOME INDUSTRY.
.2.—COST NO MORE THAN POTA
TOES.
3. —ASSIST TO CONSUME THAT,
WHICH HELPS TO CONSERVE
OTHER NECESSARY FOODS.
4. —SAVES TIN CANS AND
MONEY.
5. —151(1 FOOD VALUE AND A
GOOD SPRING TONIC. (
16 lbs. for $1.00
Per. Sack $5.50
A. Polet
Dor.’t forget that it is recognition
of the union, and $5.00 per day and
board, for an eight-hour work day,
io what will be demanded on and
after May 1st, 1918.
i A vote for William Maloney is a
repudiation of Sulzer's pet Fisheries
Bill, which deprives the independent
fisherman of the unmolested right
to fish in the shore waters of Behr
ing Sea and its inlets. Adv.
I Sewing Machines, Folding Reds,
Hugs, Ijnoleum, Dressers, Chiffon
iers and Beds.
NEW & SECOND-HAND AT HOLT’S
Keep Posted, Head the WORKER,
I NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOIt
PATENT. NO. 0332.
j In the United Rates Land Office at]
Nome, Alaska. March 1, 1918.
notice is hereby given.)
that Marie Neibling, a citizen of
the United States, over the age
of twenty-one years, whose post
office address is Nome, Alaska, has
made application before the United
States Land Office at Nome, Alaska,
for a Patent for the Sener Placer
Claim, situated on the right limit
of Dry Crook in the Cape Nome
Recording District, Alaska, Mineral
Survey No. *199, 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 Nome, Alaska, to-wit:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identical
with Cor. No. 2, Sur. No. 328,
Beatrice Bench. U. S. L. M. No. 11
bears S. 49 deg. 46 min. W .4550.00
ft. Witness Cor., a fir post 4 ft.
long, 4 ins. sq. set 2 ft. in ground,
with earth mound 24 ins. base, 16
ins. high around same, scribed W.
C. 1-1199 S B, 2-3J.8 B B, bears
N. 18 deg. 54 min. W. 31.7-0 ft.; i
thence N. 18 deg. 54 miu. W. 361.70
ft. to Cor. No. 2, thence S. 65 deg. :
26 min. W. 65 ft. to Cor. No. 3;
thence N. 29 deg. 12 min. W. 765.60 ;«
ft. to Cor. No. 4; tlienceN. 53 deg.;'
50 min. E. 630.60. ft. to Car. No. 6; <
thence S. 25 deg. 57 min. E. 1377.00 '
ft. theno S. 79 teg. 14 min. W. <
577. §0 ft.‘to beginning, Containing <
an area of 16.569 acres. The varia- !
tion herein is from 19 deg. 15 min.
to 19 de^. SO min. K. '
Said claim is n!tuated on unsur- I
veyed ground on right limit of Dry
creclc in Cape Nome Recording Dis- '
triet, Alaska. | <
Mineral Monument No. 11 to |<
which this claim is tied is a fir post ■
6 ins. sq. 5 ft. above ground with ■
stone mound around same 6 ft. base i
3 ft. high scribed U. S. L. M. No. 11,
about 2.5 miles N. N. E. of Nome, <
Alaska, and in Latitude 64 deg. 32
min. N., Longitude 165 deg. 22 min.
W.
The Notice oi Location is recorded
in Vol. 86 Page 37, records of the
3ape Nome Recording Precinct,
Alaska.
The adjouring claims on the East
s No. 2 above Dry creek, Sur. No.
164; on the West the Beatrice claim
3ur. No. 328 and also unsurveyed
property and on North and South
is unsurveyed ground.
There are no conflicting claims.
THOS. McOANN,
Register.
Date of first pub. March 6, 1918
Date of last pub. May 6, 1918.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT. NO. ©331.
In the United States Land Office at
Nome, Alaska, March 1, 1918.
NOTICE IS HEkECY GIVEN,
:hat DAN CONNOLLY, a citizen of
ho United States, whose post office
iddress is Nome, Alaska, 1ms made
implication for a United States Pat
int for placer mining claim known
is No. 10 ABOVE ON DRY CREEK,
3LACER, in the Cape Nome Mining
md Recording District, Territory of
Uaska, Second Division, being Min
ral Survey No. 1226, which said pla
cer mining claim is mere fully des
ribed as to metes and bounds by the
iillcial plat and by the field notes
>f survey thereof now on file in the
ifflee of the Register of the. United
States Land Office .at Nome, Alaska,
vith magnetic variation 20 deg.
)0 min. to 20 deg. 10 mip. E., as
ollows. to-wit:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identical
vith N. E. location corner and with
tor. t No. 4 Sur. No. 719, left fork"
if Dexter creek, placer, rf. fir post
i ins. sq. in earth mound* scribed
1-719 and 1-1226 10 A, whence U.
!. L. M. No. 4 bears N. 32 deg.
2' min. E. 5930 ft; thenoe S. 7
leg. 00 min. W. 373.40 ft. to Cor.
No. 2, identical with location cor.
and wtth Cor. No. 4, Sur. No. 1214,
Last Reeort Bench, placer; thenco
S. 4 deg. 3^ min. W. $49.40 ft. to
i Cor. No. 3, identical with location ]
cor.; thence N- 81 deg. 4 8 min.
\V. 485.70 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence'
N. 3 deg. 08 min. W. 1268.00 ft.
to Cbr, No. 5, identical with loca-,
tion* cor. and with Cor. No. 3 Sur.!
719. No. 3 Left Fork Dexter creek;
thence S. 79 deg. 54 min. E. 674.80
ft. to Cot. No. 1 and place of
beginning. ToVal wea No. 10 above J
on Dry Creek placer, 16.217 acrps;
! area in conflict with Sur. 1214,1
; Last Resort Bench Placer, 0.2'09
i acres, which is not excluded.
The foregoing claim is situated
on the divide at the head of Dry
creek, about five miles Northeast
erly from the town of Nome, in the
Cape Nome Recording Precinct,
aforesaid; U. S. L. M. No. 4, to
which this claim is tied is a lime
stone block about 4 x 6 ft. 6 ft.
high chiseled U. S. L. M. No. 4 on
top surface with cross cut on same
and is situated on South or right
hank of Dexter creek about 140 ft.
South of same and about 1,000 ft.
Westerly from the mouth of Joe
Gulch, in Lat. 64 deg. 35 min. N.
Longitude 165 deg. 19 min. W.
The adjoining claims are, on the
North Sur. No. 719, No. 3 Left
Fork Dexter creek; on the South j
No. 9 above Discovery on Bry
creek, unsurveyed; on the East Sur. j
No. 1214, Danielson claimant and
other unsurveyed cliams; on the!
West, unsurveyed claims, claimants |
unknown. Location notice of said |
claim is recorded in Volume 14, !
Page 121, records of Cape Nome
'Recording District, Second Division,
Alaska.
THOS. McGANN, j
Register.
Date of first pub. March 9, 1918. j
Date of last pub. Ma'y 9, 1918.
and canned fish and copper ore) awaiting shipment from Alaskan ports to
the States. The bill passed but was amended so as to exclude Alaskan Ship
ping from Its provisions. This amendment was endorsed while It was un
der consideration in Committee by Delegate Chas A. Sulzer. This gives the
“Guggs” Steamship Companies an obsolute monopoly of our transportation
as no American vessels are available but theirs. Alaskans will now have to
await their pleasure to carry their freight at increased freight rates. The
imputation that Andrew Fureseth, Secretary of the Sailor’s Union of the
Pacific, was in favor of the amendment is as false as it is absurd in that the
Canadian Coastwise vessels are manned by Union Sailors receiving the same
union pay as American Sailors. The same argument that it was to protect
American Sailors would apply to all American Shipping and Mr Furuseth
made no protest.
FISHERIES BILL
Under Section 6 of Mr Sulzer’s Fihseries Bill (H. R. 9092) the Com
missioner of Fisheries of Alaska “Is authorized and directed to lease fish
trap and pound net locations” for a period of five years with the privilege
j of renewals, also locations for stake or set nets for one year. Section 6 pro
vides locations shall be leased for on area of the shore waters of the sea cov
ered by the length of the net, which shall not be over 3000 feet in length, and
one thousand feet beyond end of net at right angles to the shore by 3100 feet
along the shore for pound nets; and an area of not over 1500 feet by 1500
feet for stake nets. In addition Bill provides for appointment of Fish War
dens part of whose duties is to protect property of lesses. Very kind indeed.
If this bill becomes a law it will enable the cannery companies to monopolize
the most favorable fishing grounds and prevent the independant fisherman
from following with his nets the schools of fish which has been a custom of
the seas since time immemorial. Already the best fishing locations have
been taken up in Golovin Bay in aaiticipation of its passage.
TERRITORIAL BILL WITH COUNTIES
Sulzer’s Bill (H. R. 8961) entitled “ to provide the full Territorial form
of Government for Alaska” hits this Division hard. It increases the mem
bership of the House of Representatives of our Legislature from 16 to 30 and
of the Senate from 8 to 15 members. Three Senators and six House mem
bers to be elected from Territory at large, the balance to be elected from
districts to be apportioned according to population. There are five thousand
men employed on the Government railroad the greater part of whom will
leave the Territory on its completion. An apportionment until its comple
tion would be grossly unfair. At the present time each Division has four
Representatives and two Senators, one quarter of the members of each House
while under the bill this Division will have less than one eight of the mem
bership of each house.
It also provides for a County form of Government to be passed upon
by a referendum of te residents of any section where they petition for such
referendum. There is no demand by the people for Counties but an inducomnt
is given to residents of certain parts of the Territory as the Counties are
given 50% of the revenues collected within its boundaries. Most of the
revenues are collected from canneries which are mostly located in South
ern Alaska so it is needless to say with such inducements Counties will be
formed there so as to use 50% of the Territorial Revenues for local purposes re
sulting in the reducing the appropriations for roads and schools of this Divi
sion.
DEFEAT SULZER'S BILLS
Mr Maloney is pledged to defeat these Bills. His nomination will be
considered in Washington a repudiation of them. Sulzer’s nomination will
be considered an endorsement of them. It is up to you Mr Voter to decide.
Regardless of all statements to the contrary Mr Maloney is in this race
to be elected to Congress. He is his own manager.. His Democracy is un
questioned. The statement that he is supported or aligned with any but his
own Party is absolutely false and is in keeping with the slanderous utterances
of those who seek to either rule or ruin our Party. —(Advertisement.)
MALONEY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
4
SWIFT’S EXTRA FANCY PREMIUM
HAM 38 CENTS lb.
Reduced from 45 cents
THIS IS NO CASH SALE PROPOSITION. NOR IS IT A
CASE OF GETTING RID OF OLD STOCK.
It is one of the several reductions, that we
have made in our prices.
These hams are the very fine st that Swift puts up. We
received them on the last trip of S. S. Victoria, and they will
be sold at above price until the the whole shipment is sold.
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Thorulf Lehmann
For Delegate to Congress
Chas. A. Sulzer
DEMOCRAT
PRIMARY ELECTION, APRIL 30.
For Representative
JAMES J. BOGAN
Democrat of Nome
PRIMARY ELECTION, APRIL 30.
For Representative
ALBERT E. EDWARDS
Democrat of Harshall
Primary Election April 30 1918
For Delegate to Congress
WM. MALONEY
(DEMOCRAT)
PRIMARY ELECTION, APRIL 30.
For Re p resen tat at ive
RUSSELL J. DOWNING
DEMOCRAT
PRIMARY ELECTION, APRIL 30.
For Representative
JAS. P. DALY
(DEMOCRAT)
PRIMARY ELECTION, APRIL 30.
For Senator
MARTIN MORAN
(DEMOCRAT)
PRIMARY ELECTION, APRIL 30.
For Representative
ALMER-SUM-RYDEEN
■ 'j
-Democrat* of Candle
(PRIMARY ELECTION, APRIL 30.