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SALE
All New Stock
( Not Shelf Worn )
5ale Marts Wednesday Jan. Id
i nds Saturday Night Jan. 22
Watch for Bargains
In all new stock of White Goods next week
SLL WINDOW DISPLAY
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The baseball teams will practice to
night in Eagle hall.
The Has Beens will meet the Will
lies In tlie first match of the week In
liie howling tournament tonight.
The outside mail, consisting of the
limit of weight, arrived last night
■ I tout seven in charge of Eric John
son. Johnson reports the trails heavy
down the coast.
Mail Contractor Eric Johnson
brought news of the finding of the
ii'nzen body of Sorenson, Pat McGrath's
partner, who was lost in the vicinity
of Bluff during the big storm of some
da vs ago The body was found by the
mail carrier who connects with John
son at Solomon, about nine miles from
Bluff, at which point the man resided.
The both was taken to Bluff and will
probably tie Interred there.
The telephone wires to Solomon are
leported still in an unsatisfactory con
dition and communication is irregu
r and difficult. The company is mak
ing ali possible effort to place things
in shape but are greatly hindered by
adverse weather conditions. Informa
tion was received over the line last
night stating that Deputy Marshal
Hart Humber was at Solomon. He Is
presumably headed for Nome but noth
ing was learned on that point.
The students of the Nome high
school made preliminary arrangements
:or the publication of the 1916 issue
of their magazine, "The Aurora.’’ as
it is the Intention of the staff to have
the publication on sale, if possible,
before May 15 in order to Insure plen
ty of time for disposal before the com
mencement of the summer vacation
At a special meeting of the student
body called by chairman Eric Sather.
twenty-five enthusiastic students voted
in favor of publishing the annual. An
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me occasion resulted in the follow
'd being chosen to Iiandie the project.
■ -ditor, Katie Uungurd, assisULnt edi
i Irene loung. business manage
red Haenng, assistant manager, Pe
er father, advertising manager, tleo.
Wanger; assistant advertising man-i
ager, John Haering: exchange editor,
Inly Koch.
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A letter from our esteemed fellow
townsman, -Mr. R. W. J. Reed to Ills son
in this city contains the sad Informa
tion that Thomas E. Kell, the well
known marine inspector who lias paid
many visits to this locality in his of
ficial capacity, In company with Cap
tain Hull, also of the steamboat inspec
tion service, was killed in au auto
wreck in Eos Angeles some time during
the fall. The letter, which was writ
ten from Juneau, does not give the
date of the unfortunate occurrence. The
Information will be sadly received by
the man; friends of the deceased who
was very well liked in this and other
s’ ’ tlnns of the northern country. Qeo.
Reed also received information leading
to the belief that his mother is now
at her home in the east, after a visit
to the San Francisco fair.
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Tla- Kennel Club announce that ar- j
rangements have been concluded for a
dog race over the Fort Davis course.
The race will be run next Saturday,
I January 22 at 2 o'clock and will ex.
tend from the city hall to Nome river
(bridge and return. The prize wilt be
a purse of $25 and the winner will
take all. At a meeting of the directors
of the Kennel Club yesterday the fol-;
lowing officials were appointed to take
charge of the race: Judge*, P.. S. Pel
lister, A. Polet, and Dr. J H. Mustard;
timekeepers, J. W. Hegerstrom, A. J.
Mueller and C W. ilcOulre.
The date of the Solomon derby hAr
been set for February 12, Uncoln-.
birthday. The director* of the Kennei,
Club have not decided a* to the of- j
filial* who will be In charge of thl*
classic event and they will ty» ap
pointed later. Tho amount of the
purse hung up for tho race 1* 1250,
the same as ban been offered In former
years.
Now that the chamber of commerce
mall committee are shaped up and
have commenced acting, they are go
ing at things on a scale that bids fair
to be productive of results. The lat
est move Is the sending of letters to
each and every congressman at Wash
ington, both senators and representa
tives, stating tho conditions and ask
. ing their assistance in securing a bet
j terment of tho service. The commit
tee have also dispatched letters to the
chamber of commerce of seventy-two
of the largest cities in the states, pray
ing them to lend their aid. In addl
THIS WEEK SPECIAL
J AN. 17TH TO 22ND INCLUSIVE:
Boneless canned checken, per oan .••....30c
Mrs. Porter’s Salad dressing, p r bot'le .25o
A 1 Sauce, per bottle ....••.... .26o
Refined Borax Soap, 3 bars for .••..25c
Aunt Jemimas self raie'ng panacnke flour, p*r package.20c
Malto Meal (the new health breakfast foo°) per package . . •-20o
Whisk brooms, each . . .18o
Theormas Bottles, eaoh . $2.00 and $2-50
QOQQIN.
The Quality Store.
ti> n the committee are also working
hard in their efforts to have every
dness man or person who can secure
Aside influence, to send a letter ask*
ing assistance and relief where ever
: will do the most good Besides the
' -1ness houses, the various lodges and
-rganizatlons are being urged to take
the matter up and sent out letters to
their parent organizations asking them
n give us a lift, as far as Is practica
ble.
\ telegram to Charles Jones, act
ing road commissioner, from Valdez*
states that .Major \\ . P. Davidson has
relieved Lieutenant Kunzig as disburs
ing officer of the road commission at
Valdez. The major Is known to many
Nomeites as the husband of Esther
• b luing, formerly of Nome.
A complete change of program ut
Li.i- Dream tomorrow night, featuring
a big standard culled "The Trail of
steel." in two parts, and a digest of
important events In all parts of the
world will be shown in a Uaurnont
weekly. Wednesday and Thursday,
the .Million Dollar Mystery, eighteenth
episode, under the title of "Trapped
by the Flames.”
liie Moose lodge has decided to l'o
ino\ e its meeting place Irom the nuai
ters now occupied, to the Eagle hall
lodge rooms. The transfer will lake ^
place at the end of the present month,
the last meeting oi Januury to be hi Id
ui the new location. At the weekl>
meeting the committee to be in charge
of the annual Mouse burden handicap
u ere appointed and are now busy
soaping things up lor that interesting
event. The sioloinun Moose have put
up a handsome cup for the winner and
nave also provided hansome and val
uable trophies tor the ladies, in ilm
=nupe of solid silver souvenir spoons,
gold lined and inscribed with the em
ulem of the order. The prizes were
made by the celebrated firm of Tiffany
and Company of New York and repres
sent a value running well up into the
Hundreds of dollars. The big race will
probably be run on Washington's
birthday in the event of the weather
being favorable. The prizes are on
display at Rose's candy store.
A letter to the Nugget from Mr. Ed
win W. Hunnicut, the government
school teacher at Mary's Igloo, under
late of January 8 gives the full de
iails of the drowning of the three na
tives of the vicinity of that place,
partial reports of which were published
n these columns some days ago. The
writer says that the family. John Octuk,
lis wife and fifteen months old baby,
net their death in an overflow about
;en miles from the Igloo. A native
found the bodies early New Tear's
nornlng, at which time they were pre
sumed to have been in the water about
’orty-eight hours. Octuk's watch had
stopped at the hour of 10:30, presum
ibly on the morning of December 30,
ind the unfortunate trio evidently per
ished within about one and a half
hours after leaving the Igloo on their
way to Octuk's summer home on Little
salt Lake. The party had arrived with
in about six miles of their destlnatioi
when they broke through the overflow.
The teacher states that the water was
probably eight or ten feet deep at the
time of the accident but, at the time
of finding the bodies, had lessened tc
about two or three feet In depth. Th<
mother evidently drowned while try
ir.g ro extricate the sled and wheel
-logs which in rr.e only portion of
.'.e ’*err. ht'.ScA through the lee.
7:-.*- rr.ar. < a - -.yp> was riding
on rce *>d when ..r .--,**> through and
was either Jerked -,ff the died or got
off In an »•. tempt /, aid. as hi* body
was found some, * jf- - -.r fen feet be
hind the »ied The wife sod child
were lying Jus- f- ■ of *r.e *>d
and there were ,.<*afSon* Dost she
died a hero!/ *>o' g tv Mrs her
husband who so* thought,
was still on the * i omeyged »,ed a
grew mime feature of t.-.e mA affair was
that thu dogs which remained si
had sadly mutilated the bodies of the
woman and babe, which they were
enabled to reach through the falling
of the water The woman's left arm
and loft hand of the babe had been
entirely eaten off by the wolflsh ani
mals in their desperate hunger. The
dead couple are very highly spoken of
by the missionary. Octuk la declared
to have been a man of exemplary char
ateer and stood very high with his
people. The remains were Interred on
the 7th Inst after impressive service
and the funeral was attended by prac
tically every one In the village.
CHAMPAGNE
FIGHTING IS
AGAINST THE
GERMANS
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A. P. A. Servree.
PARIS, Jan. 17.—The w»ar olilce re
ports the Germans still aggressive In
the Champagne section but their sharp
attacks delivered at intervals are bar
ren of results as the French have suc
ceeded in holding their positions or
have regained those which they wrere
forced to abandon at earlier periods.
The Germans are suffering considera
ble losses in these fruitless attacks.
Heavy artillery attacks have been
made by the Germans along the yvest
ern end i f the lines but these too are
yvltlioiit particular result.
50 DROWN IN
SUBMARINE
SINKING
MALTA, Jan. 17.—Forty of the crew
of tlie steamship Clan McFarlane are
thought to have been drowned in the
sinking of that vessel through the at
tack of a submarine several days ago.
Nothing can be learned as to tho
whereabouts of the missing members
of the crew, although they are known
to have escaped to the life boats fol
lowing the torpedo attack. They have
now been given up as lost.
The plaoe to get your job printing at
ight Prices and prompt delivery la
t the Nugget office.
The following table shows the av
erage temperature for each day for the
the following years:
•1916. 1918
January 1 . 1 12
January 2 . 1 26
lanuary 3 .—6 18
January 4.—10 —17
January 6.—8 —26
January- 6.—21 0
January 7. 18 17
January 8.—2 10
January 9.—9 12
January 10.—10 19
January 11.—4 22
January 12 —3 30
January 13. 0 28
January 14 .—10 12
anuary 15.—14 10
January 16 .—10 22
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FIRE ALARM SIGNALS j
13.Standard Oil Co.
13 .Can ten* Cold Storage
14 .J. J. Sesnon Co., office
15 . Headquarters Saloon
21. The Lobby
34 .. .Pioneers Igloo
41. .Fire Department
31.Discovery Saloon
**.Yorkoy’s Cigar Store
42.Third Ave. and Lane’s Way
.. Engine House, Phone Main 97 ..
7 whistles, water.3, fire out
MEETING NOTICE.
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THE NOME BARTENDER’8 UNION
Local 868. B. I. L. of A. (Affiliated
with the A. F. of L.) meets every first
Sunday In each month it 11 a m.
M. ‘NICHOLSON, Pres
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All Classified Ada Must be Paid for ^
in Advanca. Dr. \m p# Mdllllich
LOST, PHYSICIAN AND 8ERQEON.
LOST—A lady’s gold watch either In
the Dream theater or between the Office and Reeidsno*.
Dream and Moose hall; liberal re
ward to tinder; this office 0VER H,LL'8 PHARMACY.
Office houre: 2-6 and 7-8 p. rn.
Begin the New Year right l»y sub
scribing for the Nugget. Phone—Night or day, Main 28.
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Horseshoes vs. Northern Lights
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j ADMISSION 50c
! RESERVED SEATS AT ROSE'S CANDY STORE.
t GAME 8TART8 »i80 SHARP.
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THE MAIL IS IN I
I And you will have to answer your letters. f|
" We carry the fine grades of writing paper In boxes, tablets and R
pound paper, Including Eaton Crane & Pike Companies, Highland ■
Linen, Twilled Irish Linen, Cran e- Linen. Lawn, etc. ifc
Fine Linen Envelopea in pa kuges or 25 each, 15a. Also the worm jj
letter size. Envelopes at lOo a package. J
Free chance on 180.00 Pun li Bowl given with eaeh 10 oent par- ■
chase or payment on account. M
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Headquarters Fine Writing Paper. I
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Special prices per box
P. A. Peterson Shoe Co.
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