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"To secure to each laborer the whole product of hla labor, or as
•early as possible. Is a worthy object of any good government."—
Abraham Lincoln
Address all Communications to Dally Nome Industrial Worker,
Box 210 Nome, Alaska. Phone, Black 124
AH changes In standing advertisements must reach this office at six
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Entered as second class matter March 1, 1911, at the post office at
Nome, AlasKa, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
The good old days of the “co
lored” ballot in Alaskan elections
are now probably gone for ever, but
one recalls the Orr campaign when
the colored ballot was used with so
much effect in this Division. It
practically made the secrecy of the
ballot box an impossibility, and
everyone who wanted to know how
a man voted knew whether he voted
right” or not, with that same dis
tinction in color.
People imagined that this involv
ed considerable moral “turpitude”,
cud was a sign that the powers that
be stretched a point in order to
force an intimidating influence at
the polls. But all admired its ex
treme ingenuity, and when it is
practiced elsewhere we stop to ad
mire.
Thus when the Rockefeller "Plan
settled, for ever. Labor troubles in
Colorado, the press agents whose
effective work in connection with
the Rockefeller trip never failed,
heralded to the world that it was
submitted to the miners in a secret
ballot for their ratification or re
fusal.
And this is what the “secret'
ballot was like: Those who voted to
ratify did so using a white ballot,
and those who opposed ratification
did so on a red ballot.
Around the booths there were
about a dozen officials, foremen,
spies, reporters and other hangers
on of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Co., and one recalls with what tri
umph the fact was announced to
the world that the “plan” was
overwhelmingly adopted.
It would be nothing short o*
wonderful if the “Plan” was not
adopted and it is wonderful that the
“plan” was not unanimously adopt
ed, when every man who dared to
use a red ballot knew, with the
lynx eyes of officialdom staring
straight at the paper in his hand,
mat henceforth he was a marked
man. And yet be it said to the cre
dit of the good red blood that
flowed in the veins of many of these
miners, that two hundred and sev
enty two took the red ballots and
cast them for everyone to see where
they stood.
it takes plenty of courage to do,
tiiat: courage of high eft order;
courage that me;: .. ■ • •> call I
moral courage as belonging to a
higher order altogether than mete j
physical courage which is simply
tiie absence of fear. Those non
who cast the red ballots doubtless
wanted the jobs for themselves and
tbeir families as well as those who
cast the white ballots. But they
were determined to express what
they felt concerning the “Plan” de
spite the consequences of their acts.
It's a great per centage to dis
cover so many having the moral
hardihood to do as these men did.
There they were, with the officials
playing to the publicity game dis
playing red and white ballots—wita
the silent and none the less stern
warning "use the red ballots at
your peril”, and there were the
fearless miners, straight of eye and
steady of hand—firm of heart ana
fearless of soul, taking up the rea
ballot and casting it as their opi
nion for the world to see, like the
Reformer, “with God’s help, 1 can.
do no other”.
Oliver Goldsmith, Johnson’s in
spired idiot” said very prettily ant!
very wisely that
“Still it’s the patriot's boast
where’er we roam
His first, best country ever is at
hom ! ’.
Which is no doubt true. Poets,
have sung, philosophers have praised
and pulpiteers have preached the
giory and the beauty and the high
moral grandeur ot patriotism.
Some have thought otherwise.
Tolstoi said it was the vulgarest cf
vices; Johnson said it was the last
refuge of a scoundrel and a witty
Frenchman declared that it was tho
incarnation merely of national vani
ty, and as such pre-eminently vici
ous.
To every man the country which
he claims as his own is doubtless a.-j
Goldsmith said the first and the
best, although doubtless in this
much travelled age the Greek’s say
ing that every land where a man
finds success is his native land,
must be added as a qualifying
clause in the question or patriotism.
But it is wise that we should con
sider what is commonly understood
as patriotism from the point of vie.v
of other countries than those which
are identified in one’s mind as one's
native land, and consider whether
patriotism has the claim to be con-'
sidered the virtue that all concede
it. Thus the very numerous re
ported or authenticated bombisv
outrages that now excite the na
tion, seem to Americans very un
justifiable and very outrageous Am
ericans claim that if these outrages
are insp red by a devotion to any
foreign country, those who perform
them cannot in any way justify
them.
And yet suppose that the Unitea
States were fighting a great nation
or series of Great Nations, and sup
pose that Germany was at peace
and turning an honest penny pro
viding munitions of war for those
nations which were battling againsi
the Star Spangled Banner—and
suppose yet further, Americans do
miciled in Germany but who never
lost their devotion to Old Glory
conspired to upset these munition
supply plans which were slaying
their fellows, and proceeded to dy
namite the Krupp Works and other
munition plants, what would the
United States really think of their
fellow citizens or fellow countrymen
in Germany?
We venture to say that they
would be applauded as high mind
ed heroes who risked everything
for their nation, and who would
later be rewarded by a line in the
page of history for their altruistic
jet effective devotion to their native
land.
It makes quite a difference whose
ox i3 gored, and to look at this
question of patriotism calmly, we
have to recognize the relativity ot!
i things and judge its operation in re- j
i lation to other nations. •
i It will be conceded that It is a
shocking, wholly unjustifiable con
: dition that any person whether a
! naturalized citizen or a foreigner
I should come to the United States
and interrupt the peaceful flow ot
industry by violent means such as
dynamiting or other activities of a
like nature.
The papers with unanimity will
concede that. But let it not be over
looked that these actions are in
spired by patriotism pure and un
j sullied. Devotion to tho German
! flag is the stimulus that drives
j these people to act thus. It is love,
| of their native land that fills the
| pages of tncir papers with attacks
| upon United States officials, upon
! United States industries, upon
: United States neutrality. It is Ger
; man patriotism which drives men
I to act thus.
And lot it be at once acknowledg
| ed that it is not impossible to con
! ceive American citizens acting simi
j larly were the United States placed
| in a similar position. And the same
mainspring of such activities would
be, patriotism.
These are considerations which
are worth some thought. It was
an American made the toast “My
Country, May She be always in the
Right, but Right or Wrong my
Country”. That is precisely the
national morality that inspires
boinbist plots and dynamiting and
various other activities. It is patri
otism, but it is very doubtful wheth
er when one analyzes it in cold
blood that one will be prepared
to disagree with Tolstoi that “pa
triotism is the vulgarest of vices’’.
We sav that should any individ
ual adopt a personal morality of
that nature he would soon be out
lawed. It is one that is immediate
ly, directly and unquestionably anti
social. And despite the contrarv
teaching which is very prevalen,,
we can be quite certain that a na
tional morality cannot hope to be
anything but. vicious when the same
2ode in the individual is also vici
ous. A Man's actions are good or
bad in their relation to the general
welfare of chose with whom he
comes in contact. A Nation’s actions
are good or bad in relation to those
other people’s welfare with whom
relations are carried on. The Gold
en Rule may not be questioned by
the individual for the individual
as the best of all standards, but
it cannot be jettisoned in the na
tional conduct without serious con
sequences.
Just as every person has an in
dividual right to live his own life
in his own way providing that it
infringes not upon the rights of an
other to the same degree, we must
also concede that the same stand
ard is to be applied to nations, ano
their right to national and interna
tional existence without let or hind
erance frcm another nation, de
pends upon other nation’s rights to
the same superlative degree.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION.
NO. 0146.
In the United States Land Office at
Nome, Alaska, December 2, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that
Charles McIntosh, of Nome, Alaska,
as successor in interest of E. L.
West, who on the 30th day of
July, 1907, filed in this office Coal
Land Declaratory Statement No. 4,
for the E. L. West Coal Claim, ha3
filed in this office his application to
purchase said land under the Act of
Congress, approved April 2 8 th,
1904, amendatory to the Act of
June 6th, 1900, extending the coal
land laws to the District of Alaska,
said coal claim being in the Noatak
Kobuk Recording Precinct, Alaska,
and designated as U. S. Survey No.
453, and more particularly de
scribed in the field notes and plat
now on file in this office, as follows:
Reginning at Corner No. 1, iden
tical with N. W. loc. cor. on face of
bluff on shore of the Arctic Ocean:
said corner being impracticable to
maintain because of danger from ice
and snow in winter, a witness
corner is established 10.08 chs.
south from same on line 1-4,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 1 bears S.
15 deg. 32 min. W. 9.96 chs;
thence east, var. 22 deg. 45 min.
E. 40 chs. to Cor. No. 2, identical
with N. E. ioc. cor., a fir post 4 in.
Sq. 4 ft., long, in earth and stone
mound, scribed E. L. W. Cor. 2,
on S. W. face; thence South, Var.
22 deg. 30 min. E. 40 chs. to Cor.
No. 3, identical with S. E. loc. cor.
a fir post 4 in. sq. 4 ft. long, in
earth mound, scribed Cor. 3, E. L.
W. on N. W. face; thcnco West, Var.
22 deg. 30 min. E. 40 chs. to Cor.
No. 4, dentical with S. W. loc. cor.,
on line 1-2 Gertrude West Coal
Claim a sand stone 24x12x5 inches,
chiseled cross on top surface for
true point, and Cor. 4 E. L. W.,
on N. E. face, earth mound on N.
side of tame; thence North, Var
22. deg.. 45. min.. E. 29.92 ch3.
Witness Cor. to Cor. No. 1, a sand
stone 28x12x4 inches, 14 inches in
ground, cross chioelcd on top for
true point and W. C. Cor. 1, E. L.
W. on N. face, with rtono mound 30
inch base, 18 inches high along
side, 40 chs. to Cor. No. 1 and
place of beginning; containing an
area of 160 acres.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely the land described, or de
siring to object for any reason for
the entry thereof by applicant,
should file their affidavits of pro
test in this office o. or before six
months after the expiration of the
period of publication of this notice.
G. A. ADAMS.
Register U. S. Land Office.
Date of first publ., Dec. 4, 1915. .
Date cf last publ., Feb. 5, 1916.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT NO. 0264,
In the United States Land Office at
Nome, Alaska, October 23, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that Frank
Dolan, a citizen of the United
States, over the age of 21 years,
whose post office address is Nome,
Alaska, has made application be
fore the United States Land Office
at Nome, Alaska, for a United
States Patent for the Kathleen
Placer Cfatm in the Cape Nome
Mining District, Alaska, being Min
eral Survey No. 1167; 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, Alas
ka, as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at Cor. No, 1, identi
cal with N. E. Cor. of location,
with Cor. No. 2 Sur. No. 478, Bella
Fraction Placer and with Cor. No.
4 Sur. No. 418, No. 13 Dexter
Creek Placer, being a fir post 4
ins. sq. 2 ft. above ground, in
mound of earth, scribed 2 478 B
F, 4 418; 1, 1157 K. for Cor. No.
1 of this survey, whence U. S. Loc.
Mon. No. 4 bears N. 78 deg. 56 min
30 sec. E. 5467.50 ft. U. S. Geolog
ical Sur. Mon. on King Mt., bears
N. 26 deg. 29 min. E about 1.5
miles; thence S. 35 deg. 41 min.
W. (Var. 18 deg. 37 min. E.)
653.00 ft. to Cor. No. 2, a fir post
3.5 ft. long 4 ins. sq. set 21 ins. in
ground scribed 2 1157 K, with
mound of earth 24 ins. base, 16
ins. high around same; thence S.
83 deg. 40 min. W. (Var. 19 deg.
00 min. E) 788.00 ft. to Cor. No.
3, a schist stone 24x12x3 ins. set
12 ins. in the ground, chiseled 3
1157 K, with crocs (x) cn top sur
face for true point, with mound
of earth 24 ins. base, 16 ins. high
north side of same; then-’O N.
0 deg. 33 min. W. (Var. 19 deg.
25 min. E) 558.30 ft. to Cor. No.
4, a schist rtone 24x12x0
ins. set 12 ins. in the
ground, chiseled 4 1157 K,
with crors (x) cut -.n tep for true
point with mound of earth 2 4 ins.
base 16 ins. high, north side of
same; thence N. 87 deg 04 min.
E. (Var. 19 deg. 00 min. E)
1171.00 ft. to Cor No. 1, piece of
beginning, containing an area of
11.884 acres.
Said claim is situated on unsur
veyed ground on the divide between
Grass Gulch and Specimen Gulch,
about 5.75 miles N. 13 deg. E. from
the town of Nome, in the Cape
Nome Recording Precinct, Alaska.
Is in Latitude 64 dog. 34 min. 45
sec. North and Longitude 165 deg.
21 min. 00 sec. West.
U. S. L. M. No. 4 to which said
claim is tied is a limestone block,
about 4x6 ft. 6 ft. high, chiseled
U. S. L. M. No.4 on top surface
with mound of stone cn same. Is
situated on the south or right bank
of Dexter Creek, about 140 ft. south
of same and about 1000 ft. Westerly
from mouth of Joo Gulch, in Lat.
64 deg. 35 min. N. and Lcng. 165
deg. 19 min. W. in Cape Nome Re
cording Precinct, Alaska.
The original location notice of
said claim is recorded in Vol. 168
Page 282, records of said district.
The adjoining claims are, on the
North Summit Bench Placer, un
surveyed, cn the Eas*, South and
West, unsurveyed claims, claimants
unknown.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely said mining ground or any
part th reof, are hereby required to
file their adverse cl lims, according
to law, in said United States Land
Office at Noma, Alaska, within the
time prescribed by law.
G. A. ADAMS.
Registor.
Date cf first publ., Oct. 25, 1915.
Date of last publ., Dec. 26, 1915.
ORGANIZED LABOR.
CARPENTERS AND JOINERS.
Local'Union 1789, Carpenter* and
oinera oI America, meet* every Fri
day at A1 Orland’s shop Front St.
Carpenter’s Headquarters, Feder
al Labor Hall. »
at 8 p. m.
FEDERAL LABOR UNION.
No. 12631, American Federation
if Labor, meets every Monday at
*•30 p. m. in She F. L. U. Hall.
A. DOOSE, Pres.
JENS OLSEN, Sec’y.-Treas.
WESTERN FEDERATION OF
MINERS.
Headquarters 606 Rullroad Build
ug, Denver, Colorado.
’HAS/ MOYER, ERNEST MILLS,
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240, of the W. F. of M., Is held
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