CANADIAN TORPEDO-BOAT
REPORTED EDST AT SEA
WITH ALL HANDS ABOARD
International New* Service.
OTTAWA. Dec. U.—The Cnnadian
minister of naval service announces
the probable loss of the Canadian tor
pedo boat Grilse.
She is umiuobtedly lost at sea with
all hands, according to the official
statement. The U: .u rn December
11th was in the Atlantic off Halifax
at a point not definitely known. A
I wireless message from her was heard
| by two stations which stated that she
was sinking. For three duys no worn
I from her has been received and slu
j is supposed to be lost.
The Grilse carried a crew of fifty
six officers and men.
ALL THE ALLIES.
Will be there! Roof Garden.
GERMANY
CAPTURES
CONTRABAND
Internationa! News Service.
BEKE1N, Dec. 14.—The admiralty
states that the Dutch steamship
Caledonian and the Brazilian steam
ship Bigpaldo have been seized by t!te
Germans and taken into German
port*
Each of these ships was fuuna on
examination to be carrying contraband
of war. They were taken In the
North sea by German destroyers.
! Come no boys to the Roof Garden
and before you go have your suits
pressed in latest style at Nome Tail
oring Co. the only pioneer tailor ir
1 Nome next to Segerstrom & Hagen's
Jewelry stoic.
VILLA HEADED FOR TORREON
Pacific News Service.
EL PASO, Dec. 14.—Advices to tht
United States military commandei
here state that Villa's real objective
in nis operations south of Chihuahua
' as it last been disclosed. He has
bcgur a real drve on Torrcon which
city he may soon be able to add to
i s list of eoruiuorcd towns.
Let the Nugget do your letter writ
ing by sending the Weekly Nugget to
vour friends on the outside—5l*c mi
CANNED FRUIT SPECIAL
We are going to close out the following brands of Jobbing can
ned fiuits, at such prices as will interest you.
RELIANCE of S. & W. APRIOTS at .$5.50 per case
RELIANCE REACHES at .$5.25 per case
S. & W. REACHES at .$5.50 per case
RELIANCE or S. & W. REARS at . ..$6.00 per case |
We have other brands as low as. $4.00 per case
In the future we will handle only HUNTS SUPREME HAND
PEELED FRUITS, packed by the grower at d sold direct to the
merchant. There Is no Jobbers profits on Hunts goods.
G. P. GOGGIN
CIGARS
Clear Havanas
Imported and Domestic
Most complete assortment In Alaska—especially selected boxes for
Holliday trade.
I
Cigar cases, Boxes, and Jars |
Cigarette cases. Boxes and Jars
, Cigar holders
Cigarette holders
Pipes, Amber Meerscham and BHar-wood.
One Chance on
! A Carona Typewriter
with each 60 cent purchase
HilTs Pharmacy
We deliver the goods
Dream Theater
TONIGHT
MASTERP.CTURE
By Sir A. Conan Doyle
4 PARTS 4 PARTS
THE HOUND OF
THE BASKERViLLES
Special Production,
Sherlock Holmes Series
Adm. 25c
NEWS NOTES
Only seven more days letf in which
io do your Christmas shopping.
Capt Thompson and partners loft
yesterday with a prospecting outfit
for Cape Rodney. ♦
Mull Contractor Eric Johnson came
>n last night with mail from Yukon
points.
Axel Dalberg \> ho came to town
recently fur supplies has returned to
Dexter hill where lie is employed in!
an uttempt to pick up the deep chen- j
a.1 near the Clark pay streak.
O. H. Flowers, the well known
dredge man, kit for Solomon today,
it is understood that he proposes to
move his dredge down the river about
six miles to ground which he owns.
C. E. Ross has sent an outfit to the 1
Dlue Ribbon and lied Ribbon claims
on the tundra. A shaft is to be sunk |
.nd drifting will be done in a shaft '
already down to bedrock, lu case
r.ay is found active mining will be
-oniineneed.
W. J. Rowe who has the contract
.or keeping the streets tree from
..now had a scraper at work on the
oack streets today though his ran
.ruct does not compel him to keep
-hose streets open.
There will be an Eskim j dog race
on Saturday, December 23 iruni Nome
,o Safely and re.urn. The start will
occur at 10 a. m. About ten teams
are expected to compete for the sub
stantial merchandise prizes which
hove been con.ilbuted by merchants.
Councilman Ross who some days
ago jumped on a spike protruding
from a plank in his shop with the
result that the spike went clear
through his boot and his foot is still
limping around with the aid of a
cane. Dr. Chuce dressed the wound
soon after the mishap and no danger
from blood poison is anticipated.
The returns from the second Wadef
Hampton precinct have reached the
district clerk's office andlate as fol
lows: Sulzer 22, Wickcrsham 22; M-c
Gann 8, Moran, 4, Sundback 27;; Al
lan, 20, Anderson 15, Coombs 29.
Corrigan 21, Daly 10, Reed 27; Young
19; Grigsby, 22, Scholkid 10; Rowe
13, Wilson 22; wet 13, dfly 28; eight
hour, 31, uguinst 3.
-«
The Rebekahs will give their leap
year dance tonight in the small Hugh,
hall. This will probably be the last
of the leap year affairs to be given
here for the next four years. In ad
dition to the fact that the ladies pay
the freight and take the Initiative
in the social festivities there remains
the drawing card that the Rebakahs
always provide a good time for their
guests.
The city council sat as an equaliza
tion board last night to hear objec
tions to the assessments as placed by
City Clerk Grimm, ex officin city
asressor. An interested audience was
present. Messrs. Murphy, Seitlen
verg, Polet, Young for G. P. Goggin,
Fred Peterson, Jake Kirstan, end
others made protests against the val
uation placed on their propety.
Following the customary procedure
committees of two councilnien were
appointed by the mayor to inves'igate
each complaint. These comm*toes
will report tonight and if any tax
pryer 3till has cause for complaint
he will be sworn and then will n\uke
his stutemouL After bearing such
sworn statement the council will pass
on his protest lbe meeting last night
wag cluttered with more or less
li 1 elevant matter wtlch could hardty j
be avoided.
The Miner* nom^ Club held Us j
regular curd social last night. Twcn- |
ty one tables were used tor 10 games.
Trump was tixed for four games in
each suit winch proved a successful
innovation. After curds came dune- j
ing, then a collation which was fol- 1
lowed by mo A duncink. The winners j
wree: Gentlemen, George S. Walker, j
brst; Andrew Anderson, secouu; i
Louis Nushcnweng, laird. Ladies, J
Mrs. Sum L. Lewis, brst; Mrs. Geo. '
Med,m, second and Mrs. Fred atone, 1
third.
District Clerk Adums has received j
a letter from Harrow which staleu I
that no votoig occurred there on elec
tion uuy. rue leuSuu was m.-i w |
were ouiy six white men at that
place. A turtber reason was mat
me last mail pieceumg election loll 1
Nome tor Harrow on August r. As j
liie candruaics were not in Hie li.du
unul August 22 it ts evident that the 1
official ballot could not reach them. j
Clerk Auuius sent a letter by liie j
mail teunig what men Were being
UieU.iOuUU tul 0..1C0 OUt Oi Cell, se
be ceuiu make no official stateutein
at ti.at time. The letter Hum i'onit j
1 artow E’.ms mat the people up
lucre have liie largest voting precnic- j
in me worlu wuii me smallest, num- J
ber of votes.
The official returns to date us tab
ulated m the district clerks ouice
snow the totals in the closely con
tested bghts as follows:
Vvickersnum .886
Sulzer .Hii
Sundback .. ..729
AlcUami .bus
Daiy .809 I
Allan . 796 j
Coombs .791
Heed . 756
Corrigan .752
Grigsby .1142
•senoaeid .313
| Wilson .689
Howe .653
. It is possible that the Utica pre
cinct votes may be thrown out be
cause the returns sent to the district
clerk were not accompanied by a
sworn certibcate. It, however, such
a certibcate was sent to the govornui
the Utica votes may be accepted,
Whether they ure or not is important
us their rejection means the election
of Heed as representative. If the Utica
vote is counted, Corrigan will have
766 to Heed's 762. The Utlcu vote is
not included In the official llgures
above quotid. No other Important
change would result from the accept
ance of the Utica result except that
Wickersham would gain thereby nine
votes over Sulzer, the Utica poll be
ing Wickersham 13, Sulzer 4.
The Leap Year dance given by the
Rebekah Lodge will commence at
9:30 sharp in the email Eagle hall.
Admission for ladies 75c; gents fre*.
A special invitation to all Odd Fel
low*.
OH YOU SPORTS!
Roof Garden, Saturday, Twenty"
third.
Subscribe for the Nome Nugget
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I Cheer Up
Every Cloud has a Silver Lining,
You may not see it—But you should
see the fine display of
SILVERWARE
Don’t wait until it’s to late, but make
up your mind that the fine Chest of Silver
ware is yours. Price reduced $2.00 each day
until Xmas.— Investigate.
IT IS TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO
DO YOUR SHOPPING EARLY
Mr. VERNON RANCH EGGS |
50C Per Dozen
Have you tried our Mt. Vernon Ranch Eggs which we are selling
at 60c per dozen’/ If not you have overlooked something.
These eggs will compare very favorably with eggs for which you
pay 76c per dozen. Try them and save 26c per dozen. This Is quite
an Item. You know our reputation for having the best eggs.
And we ere sincere In saying that this Is the best value for the
money we have ever been able to offer.
D. E. CROWLEY GROC.
TOYLAND
Reopens
SATURDAY DECEMBER 9
Lomen Bros.
STUDIO_
With every $1.00 cash purchase or $1.00 paid
on account we give a ticket which entitles the
holder to one chance on a $100.00 Victrola
Draw ng December .11, 1916
LOMEN BROS.
TICKETS AT OtJR THREE STORES
Before you do your Christmas
Shopping come in and examine
our New Stock and get our new
prices.
THE EMPORIUM
| KRISTAN BROS, |
FOR
MT. VERNON RANCH EGOS.
WHITE NUGGET EGGS.
SWIFT’S PREMIUM HAMS AND
BACON.
GOLDEN STATE BUTTER
GO TO ! j
Moller’s Grocery
211 Front Street Phone Main 86
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I THE NONPAREIL)
5 The Big Store With the Little Price S|
] Toyland !
I Now Open f
8 IN OUR NEW TOY ROOM ji|
? Toys, Dolls, Wagons, Velocipedes, ijl
o Automobiles, Electric and Steam Engines, <;!
o Toy Furniture, Pianos. Dishes, Husical 1]!
g Instruments, Baby Buggies !]!
1 Games and Blocks of all descriptions ijl
ALL AT OUR USUAL LOW PRICES
Store Open Evenings During Holidays f
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