If our friends and patrons, who have not
yet received one of our calenders, will give us
their name, we will be glad to see that one is
delivered to them.
D. E. CROWLEY
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CAUSE OF GIBBON
FIRE UNKNOWN
/». P. A. Service.
GIBBOX, via Fairbanks, March
7-—All records, equipment and
property of the post were destroy -
stroyed in the fire which swept
sway the largest of the military
baracks yesterday, in addition to
destroying three lives. The com
pany hand, which is stationed at
this point, also lost all its instru
rr.ents and music.
A strong wind and fourteen be
low zero weather prevailed at the
time and the work of fire fighting
was carried on with the greatest
difficultv. The rale blew so hard
during the fire that at times the
air was filled with flying timbers
and torrents of burning embers
were showered far and wide seri
ouslv menacing the remaining
buildings. The bodies of the
three men who perish in the lien
furnace have been recovered. De
-pite a rigid investigation the
cause of the fire is unknown.
The Anchorage Kennel Club!
has announced that the big dog
•ce between that city and Sew
will take place on March ly
he course will be from Anchor
tge to Seward and return. ihei
first prize will be one hundred,
nd fifty dollars, and the second
'.ill be fifty dollars.
The Family Paper 1* th* Nom.
y N’vwet.
The HILL PHARMACY Sells the Famous
^ EWMILAX AW«» R.n*dy th. pow^ly
Supremo Doc Remedies everv Worm—round.—tape,—everv kind— 1
•Dr. I elanu* •**■ .mmodutdy.
A DWemper Remedy that n dotng woodrr.
fui work among the dog* m the State*
A beret Mange Remedy dan you've p o
bob!, aver u*ed befo. e. Try it and »er I
X mighty good Lunmrnt tot rnhbing down
- in- beefing teat in good condi
tku.
Many othet X etunial Rtme he* and re
nuuite* -see them all at the
HILL PHARMACY
GOGGIN’S
The big Sale is NOW ON
and will continue all this week.
Everything at a Sacrifice
in all lines
WWMWWIr lim> 1 iwi<i i
! EGGS!
We are overstocked on Eggs, and have decided to close
I them out at $12.50 per case. This is for our first class
R class stock. Even- egg candled before leaving the market,
■ and absolutely guaranteed.
I PACIFIC (OLD STORAGE COMPANY
I
PHOENIX HOSE ■■
as cjrnpleteas now mtKBKBBmm
90c TQ $2.00 M JP"* I
Special prices per bo* W 4^^
P. A. Peterson Shoe Co. j
COLOSSAL 4 W CLEARANCE SALE
j NEW GOODS
| *4 off— March 8, 9, 10, II,—*4 off
THE EMPORIUM
I ShE CIRCULARS FOR PRICES
NEWS NOTES
The delinquent tax list will ap
pear about the end of the week.
Lawrence Kerr returned from
| Solomon yesterday after a short
i visit.
Mrs. Dan McDonald, who has
j been undergoing medical treat
ment for some weks, returned to
her home at Bluff yesterday polit
ed by Percy Blatchford.
Letters from A. C. Stewart ar
riving recently intimate that he
may come in over the ice. leaving
Seattle sometime during the pre
*ent month.
Antone Nicholas arrived ir
town yesterday afternoon bring
ng the body of Geo. Heiser, or .as
he was better known. “Happy
i lack" w ho w as found dead in his
■ cabin near Sinrock some days ago
Martin Ravenkilde and hi*, part
tier Jensen, pulled out for the Jess
creek section today after tying up
dr a period of two or three
nonths during which they took
i well earned rest. The partners
' w ill do considerable assessment
and development work.
The local adherents of the G
O. P. will hold a meeting this
; evening at Hunter hall, formerly
known as Moose hall. Next Sat
trday the republicans will hold
their primaries for the election of
delegates to the territorial con
' vention and other important poli
| :ical purposes.
The Chamber of Commerce hat
wired to Seattle soliciting the aid .
' >f the Alaska bureau in trie mattei
if securing an enlarged approp.i I
| ation for road work in Alaska
Telegrams relative to the same
matter w'ere also forwarded tc f
others in a position to lend influ
ence.
The Loyal Order of Moose
lominated a large array of can
didates for the various offices ol
the order at the weekly meeting
Monday evening. Following the
meeting a dance and social was
given to members and their lady
friends which was greatly enjoy
ed.A delicious collation was serv
ed at midnight under the supervi
sion of the well known caterer,
Thomas Sharkey. Dancing con
tinued until the small hours ol
Tuesday.
A telegram from Wm> Code tc
his partner Clark yesterday con
veys some interesting news foi
the movie fans. Code wires to
use all films on hand before the
opening of navigation as he is
closing contracts for some of the
very latest in movie abactions, in
cluding a large number of genuine
was pictures and some of the lates
stunts in the comedy line. Fifteen
Chaplin’s are among the amuse
uent delights mentioned as hav
ing been contracted for use during
the summer.
Whether it was due to the big
fire at Fort Gibbon yesterday or
not, all press telegrams were con
siderably delayed. Important
press dispatches for the Nugget
did not arrive unitl late in the
evening and as a consequence the
paper was compelled to fill up
I largely on local. The cable be
tween Sitka and Valdez is still
; on the bum, the cableship having
apparently been devoting all its
time to dodging storms on the
southeastern coast. It is stated
that the jolly old tub has man
aged to repair the break in the
Seward cable and thus restore
communication with that burg
which was cut off completely for
a considerable time.
One of the largest crowds of
the season attended the dance and
card party at the Miners. Home
Club last nigth and a total of
thirty four tables were set for the
progressive whist players. Foi
lowing the whist tourney, dancing
was indulged and continued to a
late hour. A nice lunch, consist
ntr of sandwiches, coffee and
cake, provided by Mr- and Mrs
H. H. Moller, was served during
the evening. The newly wedded
couple, both of whor" are inem
bers of the organization, also fur
nished the music for dancing and
placed a box of bonbons on each
of the card tables for the delect
ation of the players. The social
was a great sucess in every way.
I The following were the winners
at tha card tables. Ladies, first
J prize, Mrs. R. XV. Hanson, second
! Mrs. A. Trew, third Mrs. Tiffany.
' Gentlemans’ first, Oscar F. Niel
son, second Mr. Sundquist, third,
, Captain Thompson.
Fred Aver arrived in Solomon
last night and spent a portion of
todav in looking over the so-called
beach line strike near that place
! Alex Hoimson is reported on
his way up from Solomon with
the bod} of Ching Heng. the cel
estial who departed this vale of
tears on the trail near Solomon
1 last Sundav.
1 ’ -
Telephone advices from Solo
mon state that the outside mail
:onsisting of three sacks each of
first and second class matter, left
there between io and 11 and by
this token will probably arrive
here about the time this article
appears.
The Valdez-Sitka cable, which
has been out of commission since
he 30th of January, w as reported 1
as being in working order again
ibout two this afternon. This is
one of the longest periods that the
| ;able has ever been out of order
!n one continuous stretch.
Jack Nass, James Panos and!
Geo ge Modini pulled out fot |
T o. creek yesterday. Xas-s j
tiaxvling with the fast dog team
! eiv.) loved in the Moose burden
u.t Panos and Modini are us.ngl
"■nank’s pony and will hike it to;
he Koyok settlement.
The extremely severity of the
weather around Xotne during the
-nd of last week may be gauged
by the statement that a number
of the dogs employed by Eric
Johnson on the mail route had
their feet severely frozen coming
up the coast. It is said that this
is the first time that this has hap
pened to Johnson's animals in a
long period of traveling the winter,
trails.
The following interesting item
:s found in a San Francicso paper
under the caption “Big Gold Nug
get is Reward of Honesty.”
Honesty is the best policy was
substantially demonstrated to J.
Z. P>enson, quart mine promoter,
when he received a gift of a gold
nugget the size of a walnut from
James O’Sullivan, a wealthy Al
aska miner.
Benson found the nugget on
the floor in the safe deposit
vaults of the Croker National
ank. He took it to H. Odenthal.
who has charge of the vaults.
Odenthal thought it might belong
to O’Sullivan.
“That was my nugget all
ight,” said O’Sullivan, “but it's
vour how. I like to meet an hon
est man, so vou can keep it- I
have plenty more.”
One of the most interesting
games of the billiard series was
played at the Board of Trade last
mght between George Grigsby,
he top nv n in the A class and
Allan, pla' ing 190- Grigsby was
n fine form and defeated his op
ponent easily by a score of 400
10 152 in “•» innings. The place
was packed to the doors through
out the game and each strode
was watched with the keenest in
terest by the gathering of fans,
l'he average of the winner was
5J3, that of the loser 2.05.
Two additional games were
played. The contestants were
Moore, 125, and Kilroy, 100, and
Kilroy and McGuire, no. Kilroy
proved the victim in both in
stances, losing the first game by
ten pouts and the latter by 15
An interesting match in A class
is scheduled for this evening be
tween Allan and Adams. Pang
man will also play Bachelder.
Preparations are now being
made for holding the dog* race to
. be known as the "Record handi
cap.” The projected race has its
inception in the offer of Dr- Kit
telson to give a prize of one hun
dred dollars to the team which
shall break the record of five
hours, 47 minutes and 24 and
three-fifth seconds to Solomon
and return. This is the mark set
r>y Chas. Johnson in the Solo
j non derby some years ago. The
offer made by Dr. Kittelson ex
t»*rds only to the team that is able
•o break the record and has noth
ing to do with the prizes which
will be offered and for which sub
scriptions are now being raised
It is intended that the sum of two
hundred dollars will be offered,
divided into three prizes. The
race will be a handicap affair with
the extreme limit set at forty five
minutes. :The affair will undoubt
edly provoke considerable interest
and bring out tbs fastest dog
X4>4.4>4,4>4a4*4'at>
+ A Few Specials j
4* ON oun BARGAIN COUNTER THIS WEEK. .
4* QUAIL BRAND BERRIES, GAL CANS,65c PER CAN. £
+ QUAIL BRAND PEACHES, CfcVL CANS, 45c PER CAN. ^
4* QUAIL BRAND APRICOTS. OAL. CANS. 46c PER CAN T
4» QUAIL BRAND RHUBARB. OAL. 40o PER CAN 4
^ SEA PORT PEaCHES. *4.00 PER CASE <4
i FORCE 8 paotege* for *1.00. 4
J SHREDED WHEAT BISCUITS, 8 package* for *1.00 ^
l MOLLER’S GROCERY +
H PHONE, Main «f 211 FRONT ST.
.*+4,4"f4,4*4'4"f+4,+4*'f4>4'4'4'4,4'4-4>4'4‘4')(
flesh in this section. The run will
be made some time during the
present month when weather con
ditions are favorable for record
breaking performances.
At the Dream tonight the ninth
episode of the Perils of Pauline,
the most delightfully fascinating
photoplay of the winter season
Clean, wholesome, uplifting, in
spiring, it holds every spectator
tense with its gripping interest.
Pauline, engaged by the Pathe
people, makes her debut as a
movie actress—thrilling scenes on
Devil’s island—Owen and his con
federates, Hicks, play a desperate
game—Pauline soaring to the
skies in a huge aeroplane. The big
machine on tire thousands of feet
in the air—the aviators thrilling
jump. The hero in desperate
straits—helplessly marooned—a
grand spectacle, a striking ane/
magnificent picture. Beautfiul and
voluptous girls in the eye of the
camera, supers, gnomes and
sprites, destroying angels, etc. All
in tonight's chapters. Two class
numbers are added, one of them
a rollicking, roaring comedy.
Don’t miss it.
Orchestral Dance, Saturday.
Plain and fancy sewing, Millin
-ry, etc. Mrs. P. L. Brodersen,
Wild Goose building.
ATTENTION ROYAL ARCH
MASONS
The Royal Arch degree will be
worked Thursday evening, March
9- E. W. BURROUGHS,
Secretary.
PLEA8E READ THIS CAREFULLY
Sooner or later, why not now, order
one of our latest master tailor suits
or overcoats. We have them from
{18.50 up, In all wool materials. Fit
and workmanship guaranteed. Over 300
of this season’s, 1916, latest styles and
patterns to select from. And 32 over
coat patterns, besides fancy vesta and
raincoats.
Order them before the '20th of
March, so w# get get them on the flrst
boat. Please bring us your cleaning,
pressing and repairing. We appreciate
your patronage.
Tours to please,
NOME TAILORING CO
Bet. Segerstrom & Hagen and Zehner’s
Jewelry stores.
NOTICE
The Nugget Is giving us subscriber
nore telegraph news than any othei
■upor In Alaska ana will continue u
lo so. Bend In your name anil huv.
he Nugget delivered to your home in
■dire. Do It now
BAKER LEAVES
TO ASSUME WAR
PORTFOLIO
A. P. A. Service.
CLEVELAND, March 8.—
Newton D. Baker, former mayor
of this city, who has.been chosen
by the president to fill the war
office secretaryship, departed for
the national capital early this
morning to take the oath of office.
NOTICE.
Now when the United State* mail*
re unable to bring magaxinee and
ther reading matter, ia the meat *e
oi tune time to keep potted on what I*
iappaning throughout tha world, by
Ascribing for the Nugget and have
it oeliverod to your home every evening.
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WEATHER RECORD
‘ T-f-'T- T t t "» B B » 9 9 1
The following table snows the av
erage temperature for each day for the
the following years:
1915. 191#
March i . 26 —14
March 2 .18 —18
March 3.08 —4
March 4. 4 —14
March 5.o —15
March 6.4 —19
March 7.8 —19
;Professional Cards
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
OfRee and Residence.
OVER HILL’S PHARMACY.
Office hour*: 2-5 and 7-8 p. m.
PHONE MAIN 26
MEETING NOTICE.
THE NOME BARTENDERS UNION
Local SR8. B. L L. of A (AlfllUlcd
with the A. K. of L.) meet* every ftrat
Sunday m each month »i 11 a. in,
AL NICMMI SSOAJ PtM
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| NOME’S POPULAR DRY GOODS HOUSE jlj
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| PLAID DRESS GOODS
0 Plaids are to be the vogue this coining spring. The fol- ji|
O lowing i9 quoted from “The Elite Styles’’ America’s best C>
2 style book: “Some very soft and lovely plaids are shown in >[
O small patterns and Seotch tartans, and are well worth the O
2 attention of the woman who is looking for something differ- S|
O ent.” See our window display of these pretty fabrics. They C
0 will interest you. Prices from ]i|
1 .60 TO $2.60 |
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