THIS HAPPENED IN THE
CITY OF NEW YORK
From New York:—The following ar
ticle arrived in yesterday's mail. "A
cent far the heathen, and a dollar to
get it to him,” was the explanation
of the cynic who was asked his mean
ing in dropping a few coins into the
missionary box. We have been so
Jong used to this sort of thing in the
name of "charity” that most people
are either callous about it or regard
it as a joke.
But, when it reappears in “chari
tabe” efforts for war purposes, the
matter becomes serious, and. is much
more likely to awaken anger, than
mere disgust, contempt or humorous
cynicism. The conversion of the
heathen hits been for generations
something of a joke to the majority
of the people and now, when the
Christian nations of the world have
inaugurated a universal, mutual throat
cutting, it has become a thousand
fold more of an imprudent pretense,
for even the dullest can perceive that
the peaceful/ heathen has been im
|men.soly raised in the moral scale
through the destruction of their own
"civilization” by his would-be civiliz
ers.
A bazaar was recently held in this
city for the army and navy, and now
ate have the scandalous result that,
after talcing in over three quarters of a
million dollars, there is just $754, or
less than one thousandth of the gross
takings, left for the soldiers and sail
ors. The heathen in all/ his blindness
never got such a raw deal as this. At
the very least, he got a cent on the
dollar, but our -boys in blue and khaki
get less than a cent on $10. It is no
wonder that even the rankest of our
capatalist press organs are now de
nouncing the “charity grafters.” Pos
sibly this bazaar can show that all
pver the handful of ‘chicken feed" left
was consumed in "legitimate expens
es,” but the whole principle of "war
charity" is simply rotten to the core.
The principle is a wnomg one, though
the intentions may be of the very best.
To a greater or lesser extent this re
sult accompanies most "charities,” and
there is not the slightest doubt that
they eventually defeat the object aim- .
BUTTER, EGGS
AND POTATOES
We have in "tock the Maine grade
of Butter, Eggs and Potatoes that
the other stores carry and we will
sell them at the same price or less
in some cases. But, in addition to
the common grades we have exerted
our utmost to be able to offer
something better, not necessarly
cheaper. Our effort was product*
ire of the following result.
BUTTER
Our Alberta pickled butter is
especially churned for us and is
made from clean, pure and whole
some pasteurized cream. In fact
other buyers must wait and go
without until our orders ure filled.
The Consolidated Creamery Co.,
of Ellensburg Washington, is u co
operative institution of the farmers
of that vicinity who have success
fully marketed their products in
this way for several years and In
this manner they have been able to
give the public as direct as possible
the best butter fresh and iinmixed
at a better profit to themselves and
less to the consumer. Our price
per 2 pound brick $1.35.
EGGS
Our Ranch Eggs are all guar
anted to he not orer a week old
when shipped last full. Per dozen
&# cents.
Our potatoes that we are now
offering are the very latest YAKI
MA Bl'RBANKS the Potatoes that
wuli the N.P.R.KC0. Diners fam
ous for their big Potato Bake. Pull
weight crates, per crate $5.50.
POTATOES
Polet
ed at, for th average citizen is likely
to button up his breeches pocket, hav
ing no assurance that what he gives
in "charity” may not turn out to be
merely financing same fat grafter or
bunch of grafters. It now seems as if
the incident we have mentioned will
ultimately find its way into the crim
inal courts.
Money must be found for the war,
of course, and it is the business of the
government to do so, for all purposes.
The soldiers and sailors should not
be dependent upon private "charity”
for one cents worth of things they
The following is quoted from
pages 76-77, of volume XII, of the
book on Modern American Law.
IAFRI X G EM K XT OF PATENT.
A patent is intringed by any per
son who makes, uses or sells the in
vention patentee without the auth
ority of the patentee.
Tn a patent for a composition of
matter the entire ommission of an
ingredient avoids infringement. But
the substitution of equivalents does
not. In a design patent; the test
of infringement is appearance. If
the two designs appear alike, the
patent is infringed. On all ques
tions of infringements the defen
dant’s ignorance of the patent is
immaterial.
A license to make implies a right
to use or sell, but a license to use
or sell does not imply a license for
the other rights. Therefore no per
son is allowed to make a patented
article, even for their own use, with
out a license from the patentee.
LOCAL
NEWS
They must have received very
important news from ‘Somewhere’
(probably from the boss) when it
was deemed necessary to hastily
convene and hold a conference for
two hours, last night?
The Bogan H20 Co. had the mis
fortune to lose one of their horses
yesterday. One of the teams haul
ing a full tank get stuck in a snow
drift and while giving an extra
pull one of the tugs carriad away.
Jim tied the team to a telephone
pole, and hiked to the barn after
another tug. When he returned
he found that one of the horses had
suddenly passed away. Presumably
heart failure was the cause of its
death.
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Most everybody seems to be an
ticipating having lots of fun at the
indoor moonlight picnic next
Saturday night, which will be
given in the Eagle Park,
under the auspices of the Ladies
Mooseheart Legion.
NOTICE OP FORFEITURE.
To O. A. Clasell, Jo5»:i Dahl, Wil
liam Hanson ahd John Lind
blom, your heirs, executors, as
signs, successors or personal re
presentatives.
You and each of you are hereby
notified that the undersigned has ex
pended in labor and improvements
the sum of one hundred dollars each
year for the years of 1906, 1907,
1908, 1909, 1910, 1911 1912 1913
1914 1915 and 1916 on placer min
ing asociation claim known as The
Lucky three Group situated on
Dahl creek a tributary of the Ko
buk river and recorded and more
fully described in the records ol'
Noatak-Kobuk Mining District at
the office at Klana, Second Division,
Territory of Alaska.
The above amount has been ex
pended under the provisions of the
laws concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount re
quired to hold said claim.
And you and each of you are
further notified that if within ninety
ilays after the last publication of
this notice you fall to contribute
your proportion of said expenditure
your interest in said claim will be
come the property of the under
signed your co-owner under section
2324 Revised Statutes of the United
States.
MICHAEL TUOIIY.
Co-Owner.
Date of first publ., Jan. 29, 191S.
Date of last publ., April 30, 1918.
need. Uncle Sam taxing railroad and
theatre tickets, raising postage rates,
levying on income and "excess” profits
may seem at times an onerous and op
pressive figure, but he is a million
times more dignified and worthy of
respect than the best of the war char
ity promoters. The margin of honesty
is well in his favor; there is reason
for believing that practically all he
collects goes for the purpose for which
it is collected and that the expenses
of collection are kept down to the ut
most. But with the other method
there is no guarantee whatever.
The government should not only do
all this work, but do more of it than
it is doing. With the nation in a life
and death struggle there is no time for
puerile "charity” method. Even if
they did not usualy fatten grafters,
they are more than usually despicable
and contemptible at such a time as
this, a.nd utterly unworthy of a great
and powerful nation.
The government should at once abol
ish this function. It is no time for
|"private enterprise” and “individual
initiative,” which even in business not
infrequently appear as grafters. These
things masquerading as "charity’’
should be superceded, even if it be
comes necessary to have general "con
scription of wealth” to put an end to
them. Conscription of wealth may be
“socialistic” prehaps, but, compared
with what is taking place under the
prostituted name of “charity” is de
cent, dignified, and honorable. Our
soldiers and sailors are serving the na
tion ;it is the duty of the nation to
supply all their needs, instead of per
mitting private persons, who may be
grafters of the vilest kind, to supply
themselves—through this deficiency
on the part of the government—under
cover of "charity.”
NOTICK.
The Modini’s B. of T. Restau
rant is closet! for a few days in
order to make some remodelling so
that the place can be run more eco
nomical and will also arrange to
run furnished rooms in connection.
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Crowleys cash and carry system
Is one we all hail;
For he hands back a nickle.
With each cash dollar sale,
With each cash purchase
Of five dollars or more
We can carry a thrift stamp
And help win this war.
The above ad wins second prize in our
CASH and CARRY SYSTEM Contest, and if the
writer of same will call at our store we present
them with one big silver dollar.
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NECESSARY FOR VS TO
ADVERTISE ANY PRESERVATIONS
JOB-LOT OR JVNK SALES IN
ORDER TO DIS POSE OF OUR GOODS
Thorulf Lehmann
WE HAVE THE CLEANEST STOCK
OF HIGH GRADE GROCERIES 'if
AND PROVISIONS IN »
)• NOME, AND OUR PRICES 'f' *
ARE VERY CLOSE.
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Anything in tna .'Joe or Job work
it the Industrial Worker Office.
Satisfaction assn red.
Clothing cleaned, pressed, altered
and repaired at the Nome Tailoring.
Co., .next door to Segerstrom and
Hagen's.
-ATHLETICS
BENEFIT ALL ALASKA SWEEPSTAKES
BASKET BALL
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Nome High School vs. Ail NOME
BASE BALL
Midgets vs. Pygmy's
Fort Davis vs. Sourdoughs
Boxing and Wrestling
EAGLE HALL THURSDAY FEBRUARY 21ST 8:30 P. M.
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