THE NOME DAILY -NUGGET
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VOLUME XVI. NO. 27. ELEPHONE MAIN «. NOME, ALASKA. WEDNE8DAY ‘ W 6, 1816. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. PRIwE £5 CEn I
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Tews notes
There will be a regular meeting ol'
the Pioneers of Alaska tonight. All
members are requested to attend.
Bob Johnson. Frank Conners and
Paddy Flynn have moved a house from
the Kougarok river to Dick creek
where they will prospect on the
ground which Flodine was to put e
dredge on last year.
At Binder’s bowlin g alley tonight
the ten pin kings will engage In
a battle royal. Two strong teams will
decide as to the title Will Be’s or Wood
Be's. Take a look In as It Is going r
be some game.
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At 8 o’clock tonight In the Cagle
hall the baeball teams will have in
dividual practice as follows: The
Northern Lights will take the floor
from 8 to 9, the Horseshoes from 9 to
10 and the Pirates from 10 to 11. Cap
tains of the various teams will see
tliat there men are on the floor.
Barry Keown, Frank Shaw and Geo.!
Aluhla are working on Rock creek
where Frank Shaw worked last sum
mer. The boys are running a t untie
in from the creek and will get tnel.
pay dirt out on grade. The ground
was bydrauileked last summer. There
being loo much overburuen to handle
they are working It in a different man- j
ner.
The opening games of the baseball
association wil take on Saturday nlghi
at the Cagle hall at 8:80 p. m. Tin
nrst series of games to be played wil.
be between the Horseshoes and Fori
Davis and between the Pirates and tht
Northern Lights. Reserved seats foi
the Saturday night's games will be
sale at Rose's candy store at 10 o'clock
tomorrow.
Fred Daniels has decided tu play
baseball this season and there Is great
rejoicing In the fact that the big
leaguer wll be seen on the diamond
in this winter's series. The Pirates
have grabbed him from the Horseshoes
for a sum which will far exceed the
gala receipts for the ilrst two games.
The old war horse has been In secret
training. He confidently, yet modestly
states that he will sustain his bat
ting average which has never been
below 101.
Prom a letter received here In this
week’s mall it appears that Joe Slls
covlch is again among the bright lights
and Is enjoying It. During the month
of November, whilst In Seattle, Joe
was Introduced to some friends who
hailed from sunny Dalmatia one of
whom told the other In sotto voice tha'
Joe had "oddles of money, that he had
a mountain of money." ‘‘Sure,’’ said
Joe, "but Its antimony.” Here’s luck
to your antmony, Joe. Have a good
time.
The Miners Home Club gave a card
party at their lodge last night. Etgh
len tables were filled and «■ most
enjoyable whist party was the result. |
The prize winners were: Ladles, Mr*
Fred Peterson first, Mrs. W. Brown
second, Mrs. Oscar Nelson, third. Qen
i tletnen, Jo# Hansen first. Jim Milford
j second, and Ed Velden third. On Tuee
I dav night th# club win entertain at
a lunch and Ice cream party: dancing
will be on the program.
The International and debating so
cletv, which la a subsidy of the Ra
diator Club, held their annual gather
ing at the Oolden Onte hotel las
nle-ht and part of this morning. A
spirited debate was entred Into as to
whether French Mushrooms can be
raided In the Teller district in the win
ter months or not. Brother TTIrschberg
read an Interesting paper on "Subma
rine freight rates on the Aelspuk"
I whleh was well received. Charlie Ol
son of Candle was unanimously elected
president for the coming year, whilst
Nugget Johnson was made worthy
secretary
The Dream presents the fourteenth
episode of the Million Dollar Mystery
tonight. Tracked by the secret ser
vice this Issue stands alone In mag
nlflcance of conception and scenic In
vesture. The Battle of Wits, between
the opposing factions, the cunning
cruelty and absolute wantonesa of the
counts*, and the utterly depraved and
criminal brutality of Brain© are er
posed to tua verge of realism. In tUls
installment tUe neroine* blindness oi
uevouuu is vividly portrayed, tne but
>er ana lyorioU s supei uuinau effort.:
in ueieauug tue gang, are intense am
maguctic, and will leave an euuuring
impiession on an wuo see me mg
acnat lomgm. 'tomorrow mgut tue
uneenm episode entitled "Tne Borrow -
eu ti> uropiwne.’’
Billy Kowe bad eight teams out am
doing on me streets eany tins morn
ing ana we ui© wuuost reauy lor uu
omer storm. '1 be country Is sale as
nailing and Dean and the Carieton
are long on stove pipe. We are not
going to say anything about the coal
'll* a slack subject.
The Aksala carnival committee are
flguring lit making a getaway with
the receipts of the carnival. It Is
advisable that all outstanding bills
oe submitted right away. Don’t de
my. for this is tne third time of *sk
Ing, and the officials want to close
their books. We are now about to
start on something else and may have
to appoint the same committee.
The Alaska Lighterage and Commer
cial Company have a crew at work
clearing away the wreckage from the
aerial tramway tower which was tipped
over by the Ice a few weeks ago. The
big timbers are being hauled to safe
ty by Billy Rowe's teams. When the
weather moderates the exact position
of the caisson will be determined and
arrangements will be made to get it
, back in position ready for the spring.
Sir Daniel Connelly from the top
o-the-hill at Dexter is In town saying
the "Top-o-themornln" to his friends
and everybody else. Dan says It Is
Impossible to get bis machinery to
j work this weather as "Punch” knows
I more about the weather than the av
erage alcohol thermometer. The Irish
baronet will return to his mine to
morrow—weather permitting.
Barney Coggins who has a lay 01
PRESIDENT WILSbN
IS IN CHARGE
A. P. A. Special 8*rvioe.
WASHINGTON. Jan 4.- -President
Wilson arrived at the capital today
and took Immediate command of wha
is now felt to be the greatest Inter
national crlss In the history of the
European war. In conference with
Senator Stone and other members of
the senate and house committees on
foreign relations, the sinking of the
Persia and Glengyle by an Austrian
submarine v as taken up
Later th' president refuset! to be
Interviewed n tile matter. Secretar>
Tumulty, however, expressed himself
on the foreign situation In which he
stated that the facts must be produced
before actl
Congress .nvened today and a
stormy sesf n Is expected The dem
ocratic majority In the house being
small any defection from their ranks
may defeat the administration's polic>
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EVERYTHING FINE
AT SOLOMON
This afternoon a voice was heard
over the wirel' rum Solomon—it was
not in Airs, shauugnesay s usual lone
tor the wire 14 sun reeling from the,
shock of in* (isrm yesteiuay morning.I
it came in Uttie broken fadeaway
guanas, and it said "Why, yes we’ve
had a litue storm down here. Oh, yes.'
but its hue weather now." j
Latter in spasms came the news tha
Solomon had quite a nice little tinn
go for safety in the future Will Ren
ny is having a ark built until Secre
tary McAdoo of thet reaaury depart
meni details a submarine tor (he use 1
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of the residents in that Utile burg.
| oh, yes, ' they bad another flood.
i Right In ibe month of January. And
I there was several feet of water around \
lli« buildings And the ice went out al
along the coast from Safety. Aim the
! water backed up In iionunzu. And i
I Will Renney had his big veranda torn
I off his hotel. And they figured in tuk
j ing to the boats. And there were no
I boats. And outside of that everything
! ta all right at Solomon.
the O'Sullivan property an Dexter hill,
ia In some good pay. He Is hoisting
right along and will have quite a bunch
of pay dirt on the surface If the streak
holds out.
Charlie Jones, the acting road com
missioner, is now overdue from hU
trip to KotlUc. it is supposed that he
has been delayed by the overflow on
the lower Yukon.
The periscope of U 2S the famous
death or glory submarine appeared
through a crack In the Ice oposlte the
life saving station yesterday afternoon
and a few minutes later Hilly Moore
waa Been in the vicinity of the Arling
ton hotel. The genliil old-timer was a
little the worse for wear and bore
the earmarks of having recently boon
In an engagement. It Is rumored, how
ever, that Billy got tangled up with
a little gasoline to which he applied
a match. The Moores were always
hard people to kill and we are glad
to see you around again Mr. Moore.
Harry O. Steel, postmaster at Cor
dova and formerly editor of one of the
pppera here, resigned his office at Cor
aodv claiming that owing to the fact
that the allowance for clerk hire had
reduced by the department to such r
minimum that It was Imposcslble to
conduct the office in a manner sat
isfactory to the general public.
Thomas P. Dargan. who was vbn
the police force here for several yeare
Is now employed by James McCIosky
at Juneau.
VICE-PRESIDENT NATIONAL
BANK OF COMMERCE DEAD
A. P A. Special Service.
SEATTLE, Jan. 4.—R. R. Spencer,
vice-president and founder of the Na
tlonal Bank of Commerce, died here
today after a short Illness
WEATHER RECORD
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The following table ahowe the av
erage temperature for each day for the
the following years:
1>1S. 1*16
January 1 . 1 12
January 2 . 1 25
January 3 .—6 1$
January 4.—10 —17
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COMING EVENTS |
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U. S- MAIL MOVEMENTS'
Mail for Kougarok and Teller leaves
the first and fifteenth of each month.
Mall for other sections of Seward
peninsula and the outside closes Mon
days and Friday, at 4:30, registered:
and ordinary mall, five o'clock p. m.
Mails arrive Friday and Saturday.
Malls leave Tuesday and Wednesday
morning
CONSCRIPTION
! IN EFFECT
i
| A. P. A. Special Service.
LONDON, Jun. 4 The modified
form of conscription whs adopted to
day. It is coldly received by the pen
pie but is riot expected to cause any
ievolution or serious disturbance as
the people have been educated up to
ita absolute necessity if the British
nation wishes to exist as n world
power
LONDON, Jan. 3.—Confirming prev
ious reports eleven of the survivors of
the Persia made affidavits to the ef
fect that the line was tofpedoed with
out warning
VERY GOOD
LEGISLATION
Some criticism has been made of
of the last legislature on account ol
a law passed requiring roadhouse keep
ers to reglstor their guests. There was
a reasonable demand for such a meas
ure by the federal authorities parti
cularly In tho Valdes, Fairbanks and
Kuskokwlm sections of the territory ot
j account of the number of persons win
have started out on the various trails
and were never heard of again.
Many of these may, or may not,
have been murdered and when wa
come to renumber some of the horri
ble things which are dug up now and
agin such as tho murder of tho Nel
son brothers on tho Kuskokwlm in
1912 and tlio hard time the authorities
had in tracking the murder down it is
to the advantage of the. country that
such a law should be rigidly enforced
ALASKA
NOTES
Miners who have returned to Kuby
from the stampede to Hodxana express
the opinion that the pay located wll
prove to be a small spot of placer and
state that even with a considerable
distribution of gold It would be dlffl
cult to mine at a profit on accoun
of the huge glacier that forms on th
creek each winter.
The steamer Otter, which left Vic
toria wlths alvage gear for the Marl- ,
posa, struck badly on St. James lsl-1
and, a few hours run north of Victor
ia, and has been abandoned as a total
loss. She was worth about $30,000, but
was very old. She had been tradlnf
on the west coast of Vancouver Island
before she was fitted out for the sal
vage business
NEWS ABOUT NONIEITES
IN SEATTLE
In a letter received here from Seat
tie on the last mall were the following
Items of local Interest' Frank Aldrh-h
successfully promoted a quartz prop
osition on some properties tn the vi
cinity of Juneau The deal was swung
In Xew York.
George W. Foss, who was foremrly
foreman for the Wild Goose Company
Is In the automobile business with his]
brother at Montesanu, Wash They]
have the agency for the Ford and;
Studebaker cars
Captain Ferguson, formerly United
States commissioner at Council has
been seriously ill and was for eight
weeks a patient at the Provdlence hos
pital. Seatle During that time be lost
over 100 pounds of his avordupols
On Washington birthday the K
goayah Kozga as In years of yore—
will give its annual dfance Many will
remember the delightful dances given
by the members of rhls club and it l*
With pleasure «'« hall their return
Mrs E. If. Darling and Mrs J, A
Bnchelder have charge of the arrange
merits and are planning real ti1l"<
'hint's for the national holiday
Andy Nylen was cper fed on for a
hernia at the Swedish hospital and Is
doing nicely
W A Gilmore has been doing a land
office business here and is handling
some important law cases.
|), Wnyhoop formerly deputy mar
shal at Solomon Is in the oil business,
selling oil
T (fader Puwl.l George Borimer,
Tom Nestor and Sam Taggert are ul
here Taggert says he will not go
back; Coder Powell soys hi will old
Colonel Nugent has recovered from his
-TUness and is feeling fine. _
CAMERON SAYS I ; iE
WAR BOGS BEST OF AI L
Archie Cameron who wag one of the
party who left here with Lieutenant
Kene Haas of the French army and a
flock of our maiamutes, writes fron
Stadacona, Quebec, under date of No
vember 10.
The Nome dogs have got it on them
all, says Cameron, we have close <n
500 dogs here altogether. Some art
from the Klondike and a good mans
are from Labrador.”
“We are camped on an old expos!
tlon ground with our malamute friend.
anti expect !-> leave shortly for Fra net
though there is nothing definite yet
Things are done here every much on
te quiet and we may leave at my tint
for that matter."
“Lieut. Haas tell us that the dogs
will be used by the French army in
the Vosges mountains, so its up to hot)
us and the dogs to take a few lessons
in French."
"Scotty Allan hud some trouble in
getting his passports and papers re
vised as lie was an American cltizei
but the matter Is now straightened
out.”
"Scotty Allan and Kenneth Vlarr are
feeling tine and send their regards ti
the boys."
Sa\ hello to Lodge 1413 Loyal order
of Moose.”
A wire w - ii-ceived at this olllct*
four- da- ag" '-i the ■•'fee’ that Scotty
Allan a is returning from Fiance to
the l riltetl states for what purtost
it Is not known _
CITY FINANCES
m iiOOD
The financial condition of the city
is good. In fact we have It over ttv
ramlnder "f the cities In Alaska De
spite the fact that ■< large amount is
still outstanding In delinqm nt taxes,
the greater portion of which will he
turned in this month, the city has to
Its credit over tlften thousand dollars.
Delinquent taxpayers should come
Into camp and settle their accounts as
the delinquent roll of those who owe
on personal property will lie published
next wi , k i he r H »*.> ite list " ill
be held <» er until .t iter date.
The city lerh es« .males th.« t vJien
the expected perct.t.ge *4' the dedn
quentB turn In He r u ounia there
"ill he enough morn In the treasur>
to run the e*ty untu the ne'ie ’ conies
in next Novernher.
Today the clerk of the district. court
turned over to the city eUrk the
amount of $4,237.51 being moneys duo
the city for the quarter ending De
cember 31
A fjapps 'Sew Vear
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Polet’s Stores
WE ROAST COFFEE DAILY
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POSTMASTER
STEEL QUITS
Various estimates have heen mad*
of tho amount of copper used In cart-1
ridges by the hosts of the belligerents;
one is that If 8,000,000 soldiers are in
the field, each with 400 cartridges, they!
would recount for 44.800 tons of cop-!
per, which Is 2f> per cent more t»han thei
estimated stock of the metal in Eu-j
rope on tho eve of the war. Including;
coper in shells, the total amoun. |
would bo equal to tho whole stock >
available In both Europe and America j
just before hostilities began. Anothei
estimate places tho consumption ol
copper at tho present time on the Eu
ropean battlefleldsa t230.000 tons pe
annum or about 20 per cent of the
world’s total production.
LAND LINES ARE ALL DOWN.
Local wireless station reports that
all the land wires in Alaska are shot
*o pieces and that the telegraph mat
ter which comes In now is relayed as
follows: Egbert to Fairbanks, Fair
banks to Gibbon via radio, Gibbon to
Nulato via radio and Nulato to Norn* |
via radio.
REBEKAH8 ATTENTION
Lodge convens tonight at 7:30 sharp.
LIZZIE MIEKLE, N. G
BARBARA BURSIK. Sec
NOTICE ODDFELLOWS AND
HEBEKAHt.
Joint installation of ottlc rs, Wei
nesday. January 6th, at 8:46 p m
EAGLES ATTENTION.
insulation of officers tonight at 5
p m Bam q ii'fer Installation. All
Eat. 1:. Nome requested to o’tenii
E. W. CAKLETON, W P
AKSAt.A CARMVAl
Ail those It&vlng Mils against the
Carnival are requested to send them
in at oneo to tha treasurer. Air J. V.
Sheldon at the Alaska bank.
NOTICE
Owing to the Increase In the volume
of the 1915 edition of the Nugget Min
ing and Dredging journal sit cents In
postage 1» necessary In mailing
Semi in your subscription for u
Mining and Dredging Edition: 50c per
copy. $5.00 per dozen.
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