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NEWS NOTES
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n'here will be no meeting of the rlty
council tonight owing to the fact that
! t( lay is Lincoln's birthday
On Frslay evening last Mr*. Kou
Idcla gave a party in honor of her
b'lthduy. Fourteen guests were pres
ent and hud un enjoyable time.
News from Point Hope is that eight
Pt'sr bear have been caught but that
: Ceres nro scarce. Lynx, however, are
I p'entiful.
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Tonight the drawing for the Cor
‘ alia lypewritt r will take place at the
H 'l drug siore. O. D. Cochran and
G It. Juckson will act ns Judg s.
The Sons of the North social hop
ji: Saturuay night was largely at
tended and very successful as was
I c> pecied. The n xt of these dnneos
will be given February 24.
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In conseijpince of tho postpone
1 i.enl or tiie Golden Marathon for
l! ree days the Solomon derby wll;
I i set back three dais also as it is
' , -it ned to ha\e the two races ten
days apart.
Tickets for the Hoad Show are re
port, d to be selling very well in
.... o ,.iu ihe indications are that then
will he a b.g turn out tonight to eu
, the tine plug.am. .
Joe Lucci is tiie latest to enter the
1 i sts with a motor propelled shd. H<
\\i « out yesierday speeding aroun
»ht streets and it is a single wheel-|
-hd combination certanly spits th,
r- _ :
On Saturday Mr. Earl Modini was
uuried to Miss Myrtle Emerson with
il.ssrs. Janies Bogan and Clyde Hii
1 , a uttenuing as friends of the couple
aud witnesses of the ceremony. The
newly wed3 are well known und pop
' u!ur and have tho good wishes of all.
.
I The Borden Marathon scheduled for i
ouuy at 10 o’clock was postponed by ;
the committee following telephone in- j
-uirj as to the weather tjad trail
»
.,ic:is the route. The temperature i
...nfid 30 and above and Kinney at
.ip Cape said that there were many
ai fis down that way. As the condi
liti.3 were not Ideal the race is put
o t until Thursday. This postpone
.a n' of tl.yxo days allows the dog
vers an opportunity to take their
j . ings out for a practice run today
and then give them a rest of two days
i efore the race.
Mayor Moller announces that plans
have been completed to install a Are
whistle at once It will be connected
I wah the Wild Goose steam heating
plant und will be blown several times
when a tire alarm is sounded thus
notifying everyone that a blaze has
started. It will not sound the box
number being merely a warning. The I
| management of the Wild Goose plant !
has generously offered the steam free j
of charge and the services of the
engineer in sounding the warning.
Arrangments to get the whistle were
n.; de tills morning und to put It In
p'ece as soon as possible
On December 26 Delegate Wicker
sham thought that he had been de
fi ated in the recent election as is
shown in a letter just received by M.
\\ . Griffith. After explaining how
c<; tain federal officials used their of
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| Hoial position to influence votes
j ufminst him in the Fourth and other
' divisions ‘.he delegate says: ‘It looks
new ns if 1 am defeuted but since the
ptople have been kind to me for eight
yi ars I shall not feel badly now but
shall quietly retire to my home In
i ad-banks and take up the practice
of law. 1 thank you and my other
friends tn Nome for the good work
you did for me and I shall always have
a friendly feeling towards Nome for
standing by me to the last. The Nome
ddtrlct did much better by me than
even my home country and if 1 shall
ever tind myself able to do anything
ir aid of the Nome country 1 shall
do it without fail."
Alex Holmson the w ell known old
timer and dog driver came In ves
t< rday from Solomon to witness the
Borden Marathon.
In the Board of Trade billiard
tcuinamcnt Saturday night McGuire,
126, beut Cramer, 136, in the 77th In
ning. McGuire started off strong. In
ih< third inning he made a run of 24
which is about the best he hus ever
done in a mutch at 14-Inch bulk line j
uid this helped materially in winning'
i'jc game.
l-'lly, ISO, and Kleaele .260, did not
‘Irish their match owing to the neur
iiproach of the hour for Sunday clos
■”B • In the 72nd inning Kiesele had
liS and Lilly in the 71st Inning 121.
I Ns match will be concluded tonight. |
The chamber of commerce htli a j
•-'til attended meeting yesterday at
i c Igloo. The committee on trnns - j
nation reponcd that Mr. Wells ha-1 i
on interviewed and that he wanted
.statement a sto the freight that
•vi uid be ottered on a guarantee to
•a- proposed independent boat. Th
mnnnee will still continue to with
-i- the mutter.
Considerable discussion took place
us to closing the sellouts during Jan
uary of next year on uccount of the
•aid light and prolonging the term
ii iougn the month of June. A com
nr t tee consisting of Dr Graven, A. J.
a'Leller ana A. Folei wus appointed to
take the subject up with parents and
oltain ail the facts with a view to
making a recommendation to the
i-exi school board. Then the reguiui
session adjourned uuu an open meet
ing wus held.
Tlte subject considered was Martin
Strand's proposal that the people ot
this aectiuu shall raise some tuuds
.owarns buying a diamond drill to be
used to develop hard rock properties.
There was considerable discussion oi
various aspects of the question. W.
J. Howe stated that the New Fra
Jompuny would give a contiact for
B'UO worth of work and that he might
giiaiantes some more. A committee
v us appointed to see whut can be done
along the lines suggested.
Local bowling tans are all worked
up over the All Jatur tournament which
Uii.es place this week. The initial
gitae which will be played tomor
row nigiit will sure be some baitle
royal, as all of the players have been
busy knocking uown timber for the
past week.
Valuable trophies are offered foi
competition ana as the teams are verj
e,t-niy matched tue games should b.
cion.
considerable Interest Is evidenced In
the game ot bowling this winter a.
ti is the only form of athletic -amuse
ment which is ouered indors. Borne
good players have come to the front
und ns the sport is cleun and health;
• l bl.ould have the support of the pen
ciul public.
The t< 1 ( wing is the line up for to
iiHuiow nights games: Cubs, Faxon
Lewis, Ueoige Beiger, Geo. Huff, Joe
Buisik, Carl comen. The Giunts, Geo.
aubitn, J. Bartholomew, Oliver WNaV
re. Barry Kei^wn, rt-aiold Lyle.
The first game will be rolled at S
p. m.
NO SHOW AT THE
DrtEAM TONIRH.
Tl'tre will be no show at the Drenni
tenight. Tuesday night “The Flaming
Sword," a five reel superfecture star
*nrg Ameiica's foremost dramatic
i.iitsts Miss Jane Grey and Lionel
Bui rymore, one of the vrey la‘est
oui cesses and recognised as a finished
line arts production. A wonderplay.
£-45 is ths time, Eagle Hsll.
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I PROHIBITION LAW LEAVES NO
WAY TO GET LIQUOR LEGALLY
(Cuntinued from pace one.)
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! pertlng.
All officials from the governor down
tr policeman are authorised to en
fcice the law and for failure to do
sc •hall he And from *100 to *500 on
conviction and shall forfeit office.
Other# who suffer as a reeult of a
p« rson’s drinking may proceed against
the offender.
Peats and steamship companies are
n ad'1 subject to a stringent provision
as follows: Any person, company,
r r corporation who shall Import or
carry liquors Into or upon the terrl
t' rla waters of Alaska in or upon any
steamship, steamboat, vessel, boat or
olf.oi witter craft, cr shall permit
i Ik ». me to be -o imported or carried
ac o upon said waters except inch r
ihe piovlslcnj of hlr act ,sha‘l be
rn’Uj of a misr'emearor and ev rv
e], its tacKle apparel, and u n
tu'-o at any time ujod or employed
,n Molutlcn of this act shall be vr
le.ted to the "nt.cd States and ’ hi
and the money turned Into the troas
ur. cf Alaska for territorial us\«
And the legislntuie of th territory
may pass •ddit;o"ul legisl.atl' « <n
old of enforcement of this act not i-u
consistent with Its provisions.
Tii ac* has tilt »actions an * O'l^
or oio*e of them dvclaio-i ..room*
stlutlonal that fact shall not offset
the tnforcemen' of the other sections
BRIEF MENTION OF
FIGHTING IN FRANCE
PARIS, Feb. 10.—The official com
munique states briefly that violent
artillery duels characterized the action
on the Verdun front last night.
It was also stated that night at
tacks were made by the French west
of Auberlve In the Berange sector.
Dream Theater
NO SHOW TO-NIGHT
TUESDAY MGHT
THE
FLAMING SWORD
Featuring, Jane Grey and
Lionel Barrymore
A Superfeature
5 Reels
Adm. 25c
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