Lomen
Has the
GOODS
And Murphy is with
us to sell them
Lomen Bros.
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Hill’s Pharmacy
We deliver the Goods.
Begin the New Year right
Order the Nome Nugget
Closing Out
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Owing to the steadly growing demand of Polet’s
Extra Fresh Roasted Coffee we find uneccessary
to carry so many brands of Coffees, the first to
fall under our observation is M. J. B. brand and
until it lasts we will sell
One pound tins 40c
Two pound tins 75c
No reservations all must go
jpolets Stores
NEWS NOTES
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Jack Ohrcin left for Dexter this noon
i to try his luck again before the sea
| son breaks. Jack will sink a hole
! or two near where ho worked last
winter.
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Louis Stevenson made a flying trip
down the coast this morning accom
panied by S. KJelsborg. They will
stay at Solomon tonight and will hit
up-river tomorrow to take a look at
the Casadapaga country, returning
here in a few days.
Billy Howe hooked on to the "De
fender" this morning and hauled her
from her winter quarters on to the
wharf where the Alaska Lighterage
Company will fix her up for the sum
mer's work. William was assisted by
eight head of horses.
Charles Bumpass is the busiest man
in town today. Away in the back
streets ho is at work with his grader
cutting down the high spots in his
endeavor to bring us to earth again.
There is not as much snow this spring
as last and the streets will be bare
I" fore the end of May.
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tsill Lehmann sat In the pilot house
of a six-horse power conveyance which
was loaded up with supplies for Akes
son and billed through to Monroe
ville this morning. Following in his
wake was Harry Liston, who, under
the same power and with a similar
cargo, was headed for Dexter to off
load at the Calkins and Storm ranch.
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The old council will assemble to
night. for the last time, and will wit
n> ss their successors taking the oath
o' office, after which there will be a
meeting of the city council to appoint
the various commtitees. The meeting
is called for 8 o'clock and there will
be a goodly number of spectators to ■
see the new mayor and councllmen j
>ke over their duties.
Dredge construction throughout the
territory has experienced a severe set
back this year owing to the exception
ally high prices asked for material
mi the outside. Outride of the Alaska
Mines Corporation there will be little
work in the construction line going
on. The Union Construction Company
will go ahead in the construction of
floats in Alaska this summer. Ono
on Candle creek in the Kuskokwim and
the other will be put on Slate creek
in the Iditarod camp.
Francis Joseph O'Connor, known
throughout the whole Pacific coast as
Frank or "The Harp’,’ writes of the
high cost of living and other live
subjects from the great outside. He
states that the freight rates of his
company will be just the same as!
last year. Mr. Francis Joseph O’Con-j
nor will be accompanied by Mrs.
O’Connor this summer when be ar
rives on the first Umatilla which
‘eaves Seattle, June 1.
By special request the poem "Sep
pala drives to win” written by Mrs.
Ksther Birdsal! Darling in commem
oration of the great drive made by
Leonard Seppala and Louis Stevenson
when they rushed Bobby Brown from
Dime Creek to Candle, will appear In
the Weekly Nugget on Saturday next.
There will be a full and complete ac
count of the Sweepstakes race In that
imber also.
Outlying points report a blizzard j
The teams of the Pioneer Mining
Company are busy these days hauling
out coni to Little creek. They have
many men working on the big ditches
getting the snow under, and expect
to get the water through earlier than
in previous years.
A. C. Stewart arrived in town from
Sledge creek this morning making the
trip in awful fast time considering the
fact he had but two dogs. Wo cannot
publish the time given 11s by Charles
Milot it was too speedy .
Joe Sheldon will leave for the Dime
creek section tomorrow. He will
travel as far as Chinik with Harry
IIiley and wil !then hire a u stive team
to take him the remainder of the
journey. George Wanger will be on
the staff at the Alaska bank until
Manager Sheldon will return which
will he within the next two weeks.
sweeping across the peninsula. Brig
adier Shaughnessy says that over fif
teen mushers are detained storm
bound—at Solomon, among them being
Marion Bunn, Halgar Johnson, Harry
Pigeon, Victor Anderson, C. Smith.
J. Hattas, W. O’Brien, Charles Eitel,
and Cyclone Hanson. J. J. McArthur
of Council was also among the bunch
but decided to take his chances and
is on his way to Nome,
Hugh O’Farrell, after tonight Alder
man O’Farrel—met with an accident
last Sunday which has kept him away
from his place of business for the
first time in his life. Hugh was
working around the house on Sunday
and fell from a ladder wrenching his
back and spraining his wrist. The
fall would have killed any ordinary
man but Hugh is an Irishman and will
be at work again in a few days.
A three hundred ton hauling con
tract v.i.s completed yesterday when
W. J. Howe sent out the last load
to Bangor creek. The hauling has
been under way for the last month
and was delayed through the severe
breaks we experienced in the weather.
The Bangor creek boat is getting
ready for the summer's work and
Drodgemaster Keenon has a few men
at work completing the repairs.
Writing from El Paso Mrs. W. B.
Watts tells of thirg-i exciting on the
Mexican border—of soldiers and g irs
and heliograph stations and things
warlike. Aunt Gracie makes menMoi
of having several Nomiites visit th:
Watts home anion'; Mem were Marry
Lannigan who was on his v :y to
Russia, Captain C .npr'ns and severt.l
others. Uncle Bill Wat‘3 is doing w. II
in El Paso and doesn’t min dthe snip
ing from the other sid” of the hno
If you desire to see a real tight
contest at biilards don't miss the
tournament game at the Board of
Trade this evening. Malls and Modini
the two strongest contenders for first
honors In class D cross cues tonight
at 8:30, and the winner of this game
carries off first prize in that division.
The game is sure to prove interest
ing, as these boys love each other like
a couple of rattlesnakes, and neither
Will pass up an opportunity to help
the other out—the window. East night
Pangman won from Grant securing
his required 105 to Grant’s GO. Pang
man played a good steady game go
ing out in 100 innings, but Grant who
has had very little practice lately was
unable to overcome th’ hard breaks.
WAR NEWS—Inlist your name now
on the subscription list of the Nugget
and keep posted on the war.
COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
Following are the lowest recorder1
temperatures for this year and last
on the days to-signaled. The minus
sign before a number moans below
■era
U. 8. Weather Bureau.
1916 1917
April 1 . 10 1*
April 2 . 0 IS
April 3 . 0 24
April 4 . 8 21
April 5.30 12
April 8. 28 8
April 7. 30 10
Aprtl 9 . 1G 4
April 10. 5 2
April 11 7 —1
April 12. 15 —12
April 13. 2 —9
April 14.—6 16
April 15.5 20
April 16 . 8 25
April 17_’. . 8 22
April 18. —1 9
LYNX PLAY HAVOC
WITH REINDEER HERDS
Howard Durrah, who has charge of
the reindeer herd of Domra anti t.'o.
with headquarters at Oolovin, is in j
th«j city for u few days. Darroh 1
speaks of the reindeer business with |
great promise; over a thousand deer I
are in the Oolovin herd and more
coming up as tlAs is the fawnin s. a
son.
"Reindeer herds have been bothered
with lynx this winter, and we have
lost quite a number of deer through
being killed by those pirates, says
Dnrrah. At the present time we have
to have extra herders to take care of
the fawns as lynx will swoop in and
clean them up at short notice."
The natives through the peninsula
have killed quite a number of lynx
this wiieter who have invaded this
section of the country for some rea
son or other. They are a poor substi
tute for the ptarmigan who have de
serted lb
Speaking about ptarmigan: it is up
to every man 'in the country to pro- j
| tec: these birds as much as possible.
1 There are but few left on the penin
sula and we should do all in our pow- j
j or to protect them ns the large flocks
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may never coins hack.
Many old-timers have expressed
themselves in this matter and have
asked that something he said tc pro
tect what few ptarmigan there are
left. If there Was some Way of pound
ink this into the head of the natlv.
it would also help, as the only ptar
migan seen in Nome this winter have
been those offered for sale by the
Rskimos.
DREAM TONIGHT
"THE LOVE LIAR"
Of til' star serials continued photo
play and novelty pictures shown at the
Dream the past season, or for that
matter in seasons past, none of them
has sounded the Toseln of originality
or Is more deserving of public recog
nition than "Who Pays." Tonight's
Instalment "The Dove Liar" is the
fourth in a series of twelve dramas
each complete in three reels with ab
solutely no thread of continuation anil
each a subject based on vital qustions
of life, these pictures rank with the
biggest film hits in history. See them.
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| Get Ready for the Big
SLAUGHTER SALE
We are going to discontinue certain
lines of Herchandise
WATCH FOR FUTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS
G. P. GOGGIN
EVERYBODY nflHC
HAS THE. UUUO
CHEAP JOHN STORE
Sells Them
TELEPHONE MAIN 48.ONE PRICE TO ALL
If you want to buy
NEW GOODS CHEAP
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Come and examine our stock
THE EMPORIUM
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