I FRESH STRAWBERRIES
In cold storage
i,
10c per box
Orders must he plnccd in forenoon, for Afternoon delivery
D. E. CROWLEY GROC. CO.
WANTZD
to find the holder of ticket
No. 1085
in our April drawing
In the event that No. 1085 is
not presented the prize will be
aw arded to the following in order
No. 3044, 1003, 861, 2118
Lomen Bros.
Ihroe Stores
THE TIME HAS GOME
* If you think jou need a s; ring mod.cine you should take it now.
A i;ood Mood purifier taken now may avert n future spell of sickness.
The f. Ilowins are reeeommended:
CASCARA DARK
SASSAFRAS PARK
SULPHUR AND CREAM OF TARTAR,
SARSAPARILLA.
TWENTY FIVE CENTS PER PACKAGE.
FREE A BAR OF GOLD FREE
WORTH ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
O r chance o ven frrr w th m.-H . Oc purchase of payment on bill.
Also
A BANK ACCOUNT FREE
One chance on this w th each 25c purchase.
Hill’s Pharmacy
Reliable Druggist*.
Begin the New Year right
Order the Nome Nugget
NEWS NOTES
|
Alick Smith made n trip In from
Flat crook today. He Is In the em
( ploy of the Alaska Mines Corpora
tion and Is one of the drill crew. Alick
I is beginning to look hlinself ngain.
i That trip he look this winter to the
Arctic slope was one of the hardest
ever made.
Joe Sheldon reports considerable
activity In the Kougarok section
• though active mining is yet far off.
| Many of the Kougarokors are taking
1 the cure at Ihc Serpentine Hot Springs"
and are on iho look out for the bod..’
of Conrad Flooding who was 1 >st tnerei
In the early part of the winter. As1
yd no trace of the remains h is been
( locat" i.
H is rumored that the revenue eut
1 tei Hear left Seattle for Nome on yes
' lcrda\ is the movements of vessels
will not In future be published ws
will have to guess largely In this mat
ter. The Hear left Seattlo last year
on May il for her first trip to the
north and arrived in Nome on June 5. '
It will probably b,< much the same this
rear.
l small strike Is reported on a trib
' utar> of Peace river in the Dime creek
section. Particulars arc not yet to
hand but Council this morning states
j that such is the current report In
I that city.
| Joe Dexter has left Council for Dime
i and will work In the Le Mountain
j sion the coming summer.
A. M Garrod left Council last night
<oi (’lunik where he will superintend
| the repairing of the lighters and
' equipment of the Golovin Freight and
• Lighterage Company. Garrod will
have charge of the work from ChinikJ
| to W hite Mountain and will make
I ( hunk Ins hoad<|iiarlers for the sum
mer.
The land ntlico have notified the
'.Ink of the district court that tho
j tiii * s I on in the case of I'elix Itrown
\ s. ,l K. ltove> et at owners of cer
tain lots in llie townsite of Nome, is
Mtlnn«'iL 6'his means that Felix
Blown is given title to six acres of
: minorai ground which was taken in
ilt the townslte in 1901 and on which
a patent w as issued two \ ears later.
• i
None of the land embraced In the
- \ acres is occupied by any person
except a cross lot on which Phil Kes
slei has erected a house.
\i cording to the wording of the let
ti i reeeivetl from the department of
■ iln interior the case is closed and
l'i lix Brow n has a full and complete
; title to the six acres which were orig
inally embraced in the towns’ito.
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\\ riling from the Hot Springs on
tin Selawik divide to friends ’in the
I
cilt Mis Stickler speaks of the won
ders of the springs in that section.
Her lettei is dated April 15 and she
1 tells of sacks of little rainbow trout
1 ■ ing caught close to where they are i
camped. She speaks of real water
cress growing around the live water
and savs that it is possible to raise
! an> vegetables at any period of the
ten r.
Thesi springs are much warmer
than those at Krutgamapa and when
the bread is mixed U Is placed on the
I ground which Is warm and causes it
to raise.
What with hot water always ready,
! trout by the sackful, vegetables at all
times of the year It Is eertulntly an
ousts in these times when the v.igh
tost of living is ho great.
Cius Fayerdnhl, who for several years
ran the roadhouse at Timber is a very
sick man. He will bo brought over
from Council to receive medical atten
tion here in Nome.
Th'ilIp Eskstroin paid the city a visit
from Solomon where he is employed
n construction work on the Flower’s
dredge. "Red” hud a couple of dozen
teeth extracted and set out for home
early this morning.
J. II. Miles has taken the old Lo
mon residence for the summer, Mrs.
Miles and Young Sandow Miles will
arrtvc on one of the first bouts. The
hoy will attend school In Nome this
summer.
Julius Jenson, who is in the employ
of the Alaska Lighterage Company met
with an accident this morning getting
his thumb badly smashed. Pr. Mus
tard attended to the Injury and Julius
will lie in the reserve forces for a few
days.
The I'nton Construction type A viTill
which was out on Center creek was
moved Into town today when it will
be run over preparatory to being mov
ed to other ground under option by the
company which wMI he drilled this
summer.
The Pakota-Alaska Mining Com
pany had a considerable amount of
supplies and foodstuffs hauled out to
Moulder where they will conduct min
ing operations as usual tlrts summer.
A. C, Stewart on Sledge creek is also
t
preparing to run up a ledrock drain
which will tap tlie bedrock some dis
tance below the one he has in at pres- 1
ent.
Writing from Kul>> under cover of
April lti Coke Hill talks nothing but
dog. I'nquestionnbly outside of Nome
Ituhy hits the greatest bunch of dog
fans in Alaska. There is Coke, Charlie
Hojcie, Ward Kstey, Bill Gifford, Cap
Worth all of whom shed their coats
every spring and take mange cure for
a tonic.
Coke states Hint the bunch of book
lets—official souvenir*, of the Nome
Kennel Club —commanded a ready sale
and that instead of only charging fifty
cents for them they were disposed of
at one dollar thus splitting the full
amount between the Nome and Ruby
kennlel clubs.
Our old friend further nsse-ts that
any of the teams which intend com
peting in the Ruby derby of next year
had better get In training right away
ns the town on the Yukon is getting
stronger and stronger in the dog busi
ness.
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The Home Guards held another very
successful drill in tlielr drill hall last
night and were reviewed by Mayor
Lomen who was quietly taking every
thing in. All of the guardsmen have
caught on to the system of military
training and look forward to drill eve
nings when they devote an hour profi
tably with beneficial results front a
physical standpoint.
Today—according to telegrams re
ceived—is the date on which tho first
Alaskan recruits leave for the states.
The contingent is scheduled to sail on
the U. S. S. Saturn.
From all accounts these recruits are
those who volunteered along the south
eastern and western coast of the ter
ritory. We have not as yet been mM
fld ns to the number of men, and. ns
strict censorship is in effect as to the
movement of troops, we may not got
to know for some time. However, we
wish them Bon Voyage and the best
of luck in the world.
Every home in Nome should have
the Nugget delivered to it—Subscribe
now end keep the household enlighten
ed—$2.00 per month by carrier.
THE POMP OF EARTH
AT DREAM TONIGHT
Who l*nysT The feature attraction
starring Ruth Roland and Henry
King will be on the screen tonight,
complete in three reels a sensational
episode. The Theme: Wherein is told
three tales; the first of earthly retri
bution; the second, of the golden lure:
and the third of the price of love. Re
counting vividly of the highest bidder
in love's mart and the coin in which
he says, A side splitting corned} ends
the bill. Friday and Saturday "The
Quest of the Sacred Gem,” a feature
Do you subscribe for your heme
town paper or do you let the other
fellow pay for your reining.
NOTICE.
•
ror first class wortt and prompt de
livery phone Main 1S1 and the Pco
pt-.'e laundry trill send and get jr>ur
laundry W. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop
[SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY NEW
Amocat corn on the cob per tin 90c
This canned corn is not what you know as
coni on cob. The corn canned under this brand is
called
Yellow Bantam Corn
A product of the State of Washington. Each
can contains not less then one dozen ears of this
yellow corn but in eating qualities is superior to
any other variety canned.
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COUNCIL GIRL GOES
GUNNING FOR BEAR
By A. T. & T. Co. (
COUNCIL, May 10.—"Wi 1st hunting
squirrels with her younger brother
near Mclslng creek a few days ago
Mary Johnson, a half breed girl six
teen years old, ran on to a large brown
bear with two cubs.
The girl was driving the dogs and
noticing something peculiar in their
actions looked up and saw the she
bear but a hundred yards away. The
hear also saw the team but remained 1
standing with its cubs.
Tum'ing her dogs Mary bent it fori
Basin creek where they had a tent,
j They decided not to hunt any squir
[ rols that day ns all they had in the
way of firearms was a 22 rifle.
i
That night the bear visited their
camp and soared the dogs out of a
year’s growth. The girl built a brush j
fire and with her 22 awa'ited Mother J
ltenr who wandered off with her family '
towards morning.
Hitching her dogs up shortly after
daybreak Mary started out for Coun- I
oil and on her arrival there request- !
ed Sevan! of her men friends to go I
out and get the bear.
Nobody had lost any bear and the 1
spirit failed to move anybody so Mary
decided to take a chance herself.
Arniej with a 30.30 rifle this young
women yiiuck out after the lady bear.
She Hacked it all day ou over the
Kish river divide hut the bear kept on
traveling and Mary gave up the chase
and returned to Council that night
late.
NOTICE TO PUBLIC.
All persons : re requested to im
mediately take advantage of the worm
weather and get the winter’s refuse
out on the ice beyond the flag Mne
before May 10th, 1917.
W. Ti’ARCY CHACE,
Health Officer.
ATTENTION ROYAL ARCH MA
SONS.
Regular meeting of Seward Chap
ter No. 2 will be held on Thursday
evening, May 10, at 8 p. m.
E. \V\ BURROUGHS.
Secretary.
Office and Residence of J. F. McAl
lister, freighter and transfer, Elite
Bathe. Phone Red 157.
SLAUGHTER SALE
Still On
WATCH OUR WINDOWS FOR BIG SPECIALS.
Something different each day
Remember we are closing out certain line* of Merchandise.
Come in now, and make your selection while the picking ie good.
THIS IS A STRICKLY CASH SALE. *
Q. P. QOGQIN
CHEAP JOHN STORE
Sells Them
TELEPHONE MAIN <8.ONE PRICK TO ALL
If you want to buy
NEW GOODS CHEAP
Come and examine our stock
THE EMPORIUM
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