PERTAINING TO THE
NOME FIRE DEP’T
The personal of the fire-depart
ment has recently been temporary
changed:.
This afternoon, a representative
■of the Worker interviewed Geo. R.
Bond (ax-chief of the chemical, etc.)
and gleaned the following facts as
to the cause of said change.
Mr Bond stated that on account
> f the increased cost cf necessities
of life, he deemed it necessary
that an increase in the firemens
wages should proportionately follow
in accordance thereto.
Mr Bond and Mr Meyer (the
Chief engineer) asked the City
Council for an increase of $25.00
per month. The matter was
brought up at the last Council meet
ing, and after some discussion a
raise of $15.00 each was very re
luctantly allowed. Immediately
prior to the convening of the Council
meeting the Mayor and a couple of
his colleagues were opposed to any
increase whatsoever at this time.
But while the aldermen were in
session Councilman O’Farroll spoke
6n favor of a rai;e, and lafer
Councilman Hansen moved that a
raise of $15.00 per month be allow
ed to Bond and Meyers, the motion
carried, all Couneilmen finally vot
ing aye.
When the ex-chemical chief was
later informed that a raise of $15
instead of their request of $25 had
been allowed, he promptly notified
the chairman of the fire committee
that he desired to be relieved of bis
4 u ties as a member of the aforesaid
<lepartment unless the $25 increase
was granted.
Charles Carr was temporary sub
stituted in place of Geo Bond.
It is not necessary for us to state,
-that contnually during the past
seven years Mr Bond has been one
of the most efficient fire-fighters ( in
the scribes opinion the most effi
cient) the department has oveT had.
Unionmen admire the stand Bond
has taken, he has demonstrated
that he has a backbone much more
substantion than that. which is
concealed in a jelly-fish.
Our reporter asked him if he
would return to his former position
in the fire Dep’t. He said he
would, providng the City Council
came through with the original re
quest, and asked him to return.
This is a matter in which all
property owners are interested.
We’ll admit that there may be
other efficient men available, but
the City must expect to pay a suf
ficient remuneration for their ser
vices, in proportion to the increase
in the high cost of living, etc. Mr
Meyers intended to quit also, but
was advised by Mr Bond to remain
(for the time being at least.)
The only argument we’ve heard
is that the job in the fire department
is a steady job, (you bet it is) and
Fhore is no hard work attached in
connection, and if a man wants to
study he has lots of time to do so,
etc, etc, etc.
The members of the department
are on duty practically 24 hours out
of each 24. It is also necessary
for them to sleep with one eye open,
and with their underclothes and
socks on, if they expect to be out
on time, in case of a call during
the night.
We’re also aware they are furnish
ed with water, fuel and light.
Nevertheless, under the circum
stances we do not consider that
$175.00 per month is one cent too
much for any efficient member of
the regular fire department to re
ceive, regardless as to whtvt others
may say to the contrary. *
PATRIOTIC? ALIENS
NEWARK (By Mail)—A bill is
before the House of Representatives,
the first section of which provides
that no alien who Is eligible to
naturalization and who is a subject
of a country allied with us, shall
become a naturalized citizen if he
is subject to the draft. It further
provides that unless they withdraw
their claims for exemption they
shall be deported as soon as prac
ticable.
Representative Parker (N. J.) has
prepared the bill providing that any
i person claiming exemption on the
ground of being an alien shall not
be admitted to citizenship, and this
applies to neutrals as well. They
are much worried in New Jersey
owing to the hosts of aliens who
claim exemption because of the draft
and registration, and these aliens
are laughing at the United States.
(Apparently, there are many such
“Patriotic? fire-eaters” as those
montioned above, scattered through
out the Terrtory of Alaska.)
An automatic millionairer has a
hard time convincing people cf his
complete disinterestedness in mat
ters industrial.
BUFFOONING OUT OF DATE
Webster’s new International Dic
tionary defines a parasite as one
“who eats at the table of another,
repaying him with flattery and
buffoonery.” The purpose of
Solidarity is to substitute beefsteaks
for buffoonery.
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.
Advertisers will please note that
all changes in standing Advertis
ments must be received in this office
before # A. M. on day of publica
tion, to insure insertion in same is
sue.
No exceptons will be made to this
rule.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To M. D. McCumoer, your heirs,
executors,, assigns or personal
representatrvej:
You are hereby notified that
I have expended in laber and im
provements, the sum or one
hundred dollars earn year for the
years of 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911,
191”, 1913 and 1914 on the Protec
tion Association Placer mining claim
situated on Coffee creek In tne Koug
arok Recording Precinct, Alaska,
note of location or which is re
corded In Vol. 53, page 197 ol '
said precinct Records.
The above amount has been ex- '
pended in order to lold said claims ‘
under the provisions of the law con- '
cerning annual labor upon mining *
claims, being the amount required '
to hold said claim. *
And you are further notified that '
if within ninety days after the last *
publication of this notice you have •
failed to contribute your portion *
of said expenditure, your interest •
in said claim will become the pro- •
perty of the undersigned , your *
co-owner, under section 2324 Re- •
vised Statutes of the United States. •
ADOLPH J. MUELLER. *
F Co-owner. *
Date of first publ., March 22, 1918. *
Date of last pu’.l., Ju"e 21, 1 91S. •]
When in search of a Rood warm
room go to Mod ini's Building (tuirn
e*Ty Schneider). Rooms by the day
weak or month.
CEO. MODONI, Prop.
Keep Posted, Read the WORKER.
“AN APPRECIATION
OF THE MULE”
(By John Gabriel Soltis in the Voice)
O, mule, I know thee well. Thou
art a wise creature. Therefore do
I bow before thee in simple adora
tion, for thou are nobio In thy pro
found wisdom. So strangely dif
ferent, in contrast is thy intelligence
to that of the worker.
Well do I remember how in my
youthful days, when the grass was
with dew and the morning glories
and huneysuckles were asleep, just
as the large red sun peeped in the
East I sought to delude theo. Thou
wast grazing in the pasture, which
was luxurant with grass. I came
to thee in the quiet hour of early
morn, laden with an ear of golden
corn, with which to tempt thee to
stable.
But Thou wouldst not bite, O
mule! For well didst thou know
that the golden corn was but a
snare
Hadst thou been a worker, O
mule thou wouldst not, I am sure,
fall for the promise of a politician.
Thou art to wise! And when I
followed your slow, but steady steps
behind a plow, thou didst refuse
to be worked to exhaustion. My
sharp appeals for speed, thou didst
answer with a violent thrust of thy
posterior limb. And when the burn
ing sun had risen to meridian, and
I sought to cover another furrow,
thou didst firmly refuse to move. ■
O noble steed! And when the sun]
had sunk in the purple West, again
thy intelligence was made manifest
[ to me for thou wouldst turn home
■ ward with plow and me, without be
ing told.
Should thou be a worker, 0 mule,
I am sure thou wouldst not wreck
thy limbs because of scientific speed,
as man does in the mills, mines and
factories. Thou are too wise!
And when the frost had come and
turned the fields and pastures into
brown desolation, and when the
grass was no more, the fact that the
haystack was inclosed by a fense
did not prevent thee from smashing
thia inclosure and appeasing thy
hunger in perfect mental serenity.
Thou couldst not comprehend the
logic of a haystack standing intact,
while thou didst hunger, O source
of great illumination!
I shudder to think O mule what
thou wouldst do, shouldst thou
live in legal society, in which man
starves while food rots. But that
thou wouldst not starve, I am sure,
for thou art a wise creature.
Therefore I shall chant praises to
thee, O mule, forevermore, and
compare thy wisdom to that of man.
For thou art wise.
(The above is an excellent ap
preciation of the wisdom of the
aforesaid Mule, in comparison with
docile wage slaves who will accept
the remuneration of $3-.00 for 10
hours work at this stage of the
game.)
Shovels, Picks, Quicksilver, Gold
Pans, Brooms, Building Paper and
Rubber Boots. HOLT Has the
Goods.
WE CAN DO IT.
Peoples Laundry wash ever) tiling
except the Baby.
W. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop.
A chance to get $100 LIBERTY
BOND with a 25c meal.
We serve Hills Bros'. Coffee, Sour
dough Hotcakes, Ham and Eggs,
Warm and Cold Lunches, and Freeh
Ice-cream Daily, made ofFresh Dairy
Cream at
ARCTIC BAKERY & CANDY STORE
Please leave your order at the
Nome Tailoring Co. (next door Beg
erstrom and Hagen), for coal ete.,
to be delivered by Keen’s express.
Orders promptly attended to.
Phone Black 28.
An entrance <o Modini's Lunch
Counter from the street is one of
the latest improvements of that
well known cafe.
FOR RENT.
One furnished room, steam heat
in connection.
Enquire Mrs. F. A. Daniels?
Front Street.
THE LINCOLN
PENNY
Not on the eagle golden
Will wv? behold his face,
Nor yet on gleaming silver
The honored features trace;
But to the common copper,
The lowly coin, instead,
Has fallen the distinction
Of bearing Lincoln's head.
The millionaires may seldom
Those noble outlines grasp,
But childhood’s chubby fingers
The image oft will clasp;
The poor man will esteem it,
And mothers hold it dear—
The plain and common people
He loved when he was here.
(Donated by a roughneck.)
Graphophone Needles, Skiis, Snow
Glasses, Water-Muck 1 ueks and Child
■■wn’s Rubbers. Very Cheap at
HOLTS CASH STORK.
Express and General Delivery.
Phone ERICKSON, Main 7.
Pur garments made and repaired
at the Nome Tailoring Company.
Another yf AR reduction
VAN CAMPS PORKS AND BEANS
LARK CAN 25 CENTS
REDUCED FROM 35 CENTS
THORULF LEHMANN
The Dawson Hotel!
I (Includes THE DAWSON, GREEN TREE and THE LINCOLN) g
* Finest Rooms In Nome [
HOMELIKE AND COMFORTABLE QUARTERS FOR TRANS* > R
LENT OR PERMANENT GUESTS. I
BT DAY, WEEK OR MONTH.
BARNEY GIBNEY - * * * - • • Proprietor, I
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ELITE
BATH HOUSE
OPEN DAY AND
NIGHT
Steam heat and only
Steam Baths in town
BILLY ANDERSON, Prop.
PHONE, BLACK 171.
NOTICE .
The Nome Mint Workers Union,
unanimously, decided by a referen
dum vote taken last Saturday, to
demand, on and after May 1st, 1018,
recognition of the Union, and $5.00
per day and board, for an eight-hour
work day.
MARTIN KBNNBLLY, Pres.
ALBERT BRATEN, Scc’y
First-class Unalakleet dog sal
mon for sale. See Duffy O'Conner.
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Mr. Union Man
SCRUTINIZE YOUR PAPER VERY CLOSELY
BEFORE MAKING YOUR PURCNACES
RE LOYAL TO YOUR CLASS AS WELL AS
TO YOUR COUNTRY
REMEMBER YOUR FRIENDS
Those who are
not with you
are against
you
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It is treason
to give aid and
comfort to the
i
enemy
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT. NO. 0331.
In the United States Land Office at
Nome, Alaska, March 1, 1918.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that DAN CONNOLLY, a citizen ot
the United States, whose post office
address Is Nome. Alaska, has made
application tor a United States Pat
ent for placer mining claim known
as No. 1# ABOVE ON DRY CREEK,
PLACER, In tho Cape Nome Mining
and Recording District, Territory of
Alaska, Second Division, being Min
eral Survey No. 1226, which said pla
cer mining claim la more fully des
cribed as to metes and bounds by the
official plat and by tho Cold notes
of survey thereof now on file In the
office of the Register of thje United
States Land Offioe ,at Nome, Alaska,
with magnetic variation 20 deg.
06 min. to 20 deg. 16 min. E.. as
follows, to-wit:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identical
with N. B. location corner and with
Cor. No. 4 S«r. No. 719, left fork
of Dexter creek, placer, a fir poet
4 Ins. sg. In earth mound, 6crlbetl
4-719 and 1-1226 10 A, whence U.
S. L. M. No. 4 bears N. 32 deg.
12 min. B. 6936 ft; thenae S. 7
sdeg. 66 min. W. 373.46 ft. to Cor,
No. 2, identical with location cor.
and with Cor. No. 4, Sur. No. 1214,
Last Reeort Bench, placer; thence
S. 4 deg. #7 min. W. 849.40 ft to
Cor. No. 3, identical with location
cor.; thence N. 81 deg. 48 min.
W. 486.76 ft to Cor. No. 4; thence
N. 3 deg. IS min. W. 1268.66 ft.
to Cor. No. 6, identical with loca
tion cor. and with Cor. No. 3 Sur.
719, No. 3 Loft Fork Dexter creek;
thence S. 79 deg. 64 min. E. 674.86
ft to Cor. No. 1 and place of
beginning. Total area No. 10 abovei
on Dry Creek placer, 16.217 acres;
area In conflict with Sur. 1214,
Last Resort Bench Placer, 0.209
acres, which is not excluded.
The foregoing »laim 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
bank of Dexter creek about 140 ft.
South of same and about 1,000 ft.
Westerly from the mouth of Joe
Gulch, in Lat. G4 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
No. 9 above Discovery on Dry
creek, unsurveyed; on tho East Sur.
No. 1214, Danielson ciaiment 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,
Register.
Date of first pub. <% March 9, 1913.
Date of last pub. May 9, 1318..