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Prizes for March
CONTEST
First Prize—One chance on a
Round Trip Ticket to
SEATTLE AND RETURN
Second Prize-Thirty-Five dollar
Photo Album of Alaskan Views
Lomen Bros.
THREE STORES
What We Give You
A Bar of Gold
Free—Value $100.00—FreeSS
| One chance on this pure goH will be given with EACH 50c PUR
CHASE or payment on account.
DRAWING JUNE 25th
also
A THEATER TICKET
Will be given away on April 1. This Ticket will be good every day
for two months at the Dream thtater and will be given free to the
person holding the lucky chance on April 1. One chance on this
ticket will be given with each 2 5c, purchace or payment.
Drawing April 1st
Hill’s Pharmacy
We deliver the Goods.
Begin the New Year right
Order the Nome Nugget
THE Zenith among star brands in com
petition with high class milks, ALPINE
has received superlative honors where ever
exhibited. ALPINE is full Cream Milk
from the tinest, healthiest, dairying dis
tricts of the United States.
We received the only fresh shipment last fall
ALPINE PENCILS GIVEN AWAY FREE
To all school boys and girls Wednesday afternoon
We have a limited amount of these pencils, so call early.
We are authorized to sample the milk freely
WE HAVE A SPECIAL OFFER WITH EVERY CASE, come and get an
ALPINE Cow Booklet, full of new receipts and we will explain
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NEWS NOTES
City council tonight.
The Loyal Order of Moose will hold
the annual election of officers tonight.
Otto Olson came to town yesterday
atfcr a six weeks’ sojourn at the
Kruzamagah Hot Springs where he
lias been taking the waters. He is
looking in the pink of condition.
W.. H. Pearson, tire well known black
smith, who has been seriously ill for
a number of days Is out today and
is progressing so well that he ex
pects to be able to attend to business
very soon He was under the pro
fessional care of Dr Chace.
Tlie Eskimos at Tgloo have built a
bathhouse at Hot Springs for their
own use. There are three distinct
hot springs coming up direct into the
tnnk The natives have provided these
bath accommodations for Eskimos so
that during the reindeer fair there
will be no need for them to bathe in
the same tank as the white visiters.
Word has been receievd in a letter
from Petorgrad that the Russian min
ing institute are soon to send two or
three students of mining to Alaska
to remain two years for the purpose
of studying modern mining methods.
These students wore selected by com
petitive examination and are to be
paid a salary in addition to all ex
penses They are *expected to arrive
here next summer.
Representative James W Daly has
telegraphed the Nome Chamber of
■ Commerce that the delegation from
| the Second division are united to
I sustain the request for appropriations
! for school house and school commit -
j tee needs He suys that at the first
I meeting of the committee when the
| subject was opened Chairman Snow
| stated that ho was opposed to very
large appropriations. His tentative
bill would give Nome about seve’i
thousand dollars only.
The chamber of commerce started to
hold a meeting yesterday but there
was no fire in the hall and it was too
cold for a session. There were tele
grams to be commended on and a
tnmihrr o* miawrn to be considered
but it is probable that they will be
allowed to go over to the next reg
ular meeting two weeks hence unless
something comes up in the meantime j
calling for immediate actino.
Mr and Mrs. A. Polet entertained
the "Blue Be^ry Trust"—an informal
summer camping organization—at the
pleasant home of the Polets on First
avenue, Saturday evening. Twenty
were present, anil with cards, an ex
quisite luncheon and music the eve
ning was a most enjoyable one. Pretty
prizes were distributed at the close of
the card games, and plana for next
summer's camping were formlutade.
On Wednesday afternoon at 2:30
Judge O. D. Cochran will continue his j
talk on “The Status of Women in
Alaska” at the Kegoayah Kozga club
rooms. About two weeks ago he dis
cussed this subject beginning at the
bottom and cut his address short as
the most Interesting part was being
reached. He did this on the supposi
tion that he had occupied too much
time. It developed, however, that the
large number of ladles present would
have liked to have him go on much
longer He has now consented to con
tinuo his remarks on this theme which
\
he makes extremely interesting by
his method of treatment. It is an
nounced that tho Keogoyali Kozga
issues a cordial invitation to all ladies
in Nome to be present and learn of
facts of utmost Importance to them.
The judges of the Solomon Derby
havt also qualified ns weather sharps
of the first order. They knew a good
day when they saw it. For in spite
of tho snow flurries and rather heavy
trail it was a good day by compari
son with today and the trail was bet
ter than it is likely to be for a week
or two following this blizzard. The
judges are to be complimented on pick
ing the best day out of a lot of bad
ones and should shake hands with
themselves.
Mrs. H. Li. Graven received in the
last mail a letter from her son, Carl
L.okke, which states that Mike Hur
ley’s mother died at her home in Olym'
pia on January 21. Mike who is well
known among the old timers especial
. ly in the Kougarok went out last fall
to spend the winter with his mother.
Carl Dokke Is now in his third year
in the Olympia high school and will
graduate in June. He stands high In
his class and is assistant editor of
the high school paper.
The hard times dance given by the
Sons of the North at their hall on
Saturday night was characterized by
j the largest crowd ever in attendance
. at the hall and by one of the most
enjoyable times imlginnble. The mu
sic provided by Miss Johnson and
ITof. Peterson was up to the high
standard set by these artists and con
tributed to the pleasure of the eve
ning. Many of the costumes woe
original and producc-d hilarity and
Jolity On March 24 a basket social
will be given when the baskets will
be allotted by drawing.
The Alaska bureau of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce has frequent
get-together luncheons to which prom
inent Alaskans are invited for the
purpose of learning the needs of the
northern country. At a recent lunch
eon the chief speakers were from
cities on the Aiuuk.m emut and th '
commodore of the Seattle Yacht Club.
N H. Latimer, announced that the fleet
of yatchs will make a northern cruise
in the unexcelled inland wtaers and
participate in some of the coast cele
brations of the Fiftieth anniversary
of the purchase of the territory from
Russia.
The Noatak reindeer fair prize win
ners are now on their way to Igloo
to compete in the contests of the fair
beginning next Monday at Hot
Springs. Some of the records made
at Noatak are: Loading and lashing
sled, 1 minute 6 seconds; long lassoo
throw 64 feet 4 inches; breaking n
bull to harness 9 minutes; race of
teams of four deer each ten miles in
25 minutes There was a great dis
play of banners and pennants mado
of tanned reindeer hides. One famous
Eskimo was absent front Noatak be
cause of serious i’lness He is Sok
wcena, a .ai.t ur Eskimo orator, who
made quite • leputation hy leading
the Jarvis expedition to Point Barrow.
He is said to be at. accomplished talk
er and cun Keep it up for hours with
out pausing lor '. tenth or Ideas.
ARMING MERCHANTMEN
WILL CAUSE WAR
Pacific News Service.
NEW YORK, March 12.—Dispatches
from Berlin say that the announced
plant of arming American merchant
vessels' will surely bring war between
the United States and Germany. All
hope of continued place may now be
abandoned, they say.
They declare that it is the intan
tion of the America ngovernment to
force Germany to declare war when
one of her submarines Is sunk but as
a matter of fact America will bo
blamed for beginning the war by arm
ing her merchantmen without warrant
for doing so.
ATTENTION MOOSE
All Loyul Moose are directed to be
present at the regular meeting tonight.
Election of ofllcres for the ensuing
year.* By order of
P. F. MURPPY, Diet
J. P. JONES, Scet.
All kinds of oloigh and ski wood on
oalo at Ros*’ mill and shop. Also
building and mining tlmbsr.
AYER WINS DERBY,
SEPPALA 8EC0ND
WEBB THIRD
The Solomon Derby which was un- .
I finished nt the time of going to press j
I Saturday was won by Ayer who cov
| ered the 65 miles with his fox hounds
! in 5 hours and 57 mintucs. Seppala [
j was second in 6:36:18; Webb third In'
! 6:50:31; Downing fourth in 7:16:35,'
j and Anderson fifth In 7:5:46.
Webb was greatly retarded by hav
! ing to carry his big dog Ucx on the
ded from Safety.
Percy Bltchford driving Downing’*
team worked very hard according to
the accounts of other racers. From
Fort Davis onward he broke trail and
worked himself and the stag hounds
almost to tho limit.
The tabulated time shows that An
derson came in from Cape Nome in
faster time than Ayer who won the
Derby. Anderson covered this last
thirteen miles in one hour and fif
teen minutes as against Ayer's time
over the same distance of one hour
i and 18 minutes.
Ayer beat his last year's time by
seven minutes.
Seppaia’s Siberians come trotting
.,.. ....—-.
across the linish line in very good
condition in spite of the fact that
they are long endurance animals by
nature and had been speeded up
considerably in the t>5 miles.
MIXED PROGRAM
DREAM TONIGHT
' Commencing tonight and continuing
every night throughout the week, the
Dream management will establish a
precedent in catering to the picture
public, nothing but graded pictures
will be shown, big theatrical successes
and notable literary masterpieces will
be Unshed on every program. Tonight,
a 101 Uison attraction entitled "Good
I'or Nothing Jack” in two parts, and
the usual supporting numebrs will be
the opening exhibit Tomorrow night,
a ti-reel Paramount feature. Wednes
day night, J Itufus Wallingford, in
"Three Itlngs to a Goat." A scream
that speaks the laughing habit.
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