ITEMS OF
INTEREST
Newsy articles on various topics
received through Ihe mails are pub
lished under tb'is heading. As the
majority of such articles are not in
cluded in the regular telegraph ser
vice they will furnish many interest
ing side liglils on events of current
interest:
Freighters Devise New Scheme.
Special Correspondence A. P.
PUE81DIO, Tex.-—Mexican freight
ers who are kept busy hauling all
of the supplies from the railroad at
Marfa 68 miles away, to this border,
port, have devised an ingenious ar
rangement of ropes and pullics for
use on their great,, lumbering freight
wagons which are drawn by from
< ight, to twelve horses or Mexican
mules.
As the driver rides one of the wheel
horses it is not possible for him to
operate the hand brake which is so
• necessary when going down the steep
mountain sides along ttie road. liy
the arrangement of a double set or
steel pnllles connecting the brake
with the drivers saddle, he is able to
apply the brake writh great foree
when going down grade.
The usual way of harnessing the
horses to these wagons Is to itave
five in the front l’me, four next and
then two attached to the wagon by
tug chains.
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Will Assist in Gathering Crops.
CORVALLIS, Ore.—In order that
men and women students of the Ore
gon Agricultural College may help
gather the crops this autumn, the
opening of college has been post
poned untI October 7. Usually school
opens early in September.
School Boys “Doing Their Bit.”
SAN LEANDRO, Cal. -California
high school boys have started In
earnest to do their bit. Scores of
them are at work In the neighbor
hood helping to gather the cherry
crop. Wh'ile they are not as nimble
lingered as the professionals , they
are accounted a real help and are Im
proving each day. The professional
pickers get $2.50 a day. The boys
are earning from $1.25 to $1.50 accord
ng to the returns they are able to
produce They all say they like the
work.
Forced to Lend Car for Public Ser’
vice.
I0L PASO, Tex—I.ulz Corral dc Vil
la, wife of Francisco Villa, has been
forced to use her expensive, soven
passeugcr automobile for n public
service car.
When Mrs. Villa was here recently
to obtain her jewelry, sized by cus
toms offlcals at the time she was
forced to come to the United States,
she arranged to ship her automobile
! to San Antonio where, she said, she
would put it into public service as a
jitney in order to earn a living.
Mrs. Villa was noted for her char
ties among the poor Mexicans, caring
for the widows and orphans of her
husband’s dead commanders and ed
ucating fourteen Mexican boys in Am
erican schools.
Married Couple Seeks Arizona Land.
l’HOENXX, Ariz.—Hack to the farm
may lie the slogan of the Arizona
council of defense following the re
quest from Chicago that the state
council find places on farms for young
married couples, of Chicago who have
not the money to buy land.
The request came from the farm
labor recruiting station of a Ch'icagn
newspaper and asks that the farmers
lie called together for an explanation
• >f the proposal to bring from the
.’ities labor to till the land at present
not utilized for food production.
Farmers are asked to combine to as
sist the new families until the new
crops make them self supporting.
Colorado Boys Plant Beans.
TRINIDAD, Cal.—Hoy scouts of
Ti'midad anil the I‘into bean are get
ting pretty well ac<tua'inted this sum
mer as a result of the national cam
paign to stimulate food production.
One of the boys whose father owns
a corn planter planted the beans,
seventy live pounds of them, and now
that the product is out of the ground
twelve Trinidad scouts are dally
keeping their “farm" in first class
condition by constant cultivation.
Jtfst now the boys are having to
contend will the cutworm but through
advice from experts are getting the
host of th'is common pest.
Autos Hit Harness Dealers.
PORTLAND Ore—Automobiles are
dealing hard blows at the harness
and saddlery business in the Pacific
northwest and ninety per cent of the
harness dealers are obliged to carry
automobile accessories in order to
maintain going concerns, according to
delegates to the eleventh annual con
venton of the Northwest Retail Har
ness and Saddle Manufacturing As
sociation, wh'ich was held here recent
ly.
Harness men say every automobile
contains enough leather to make two
sets of harness and assert the au
tomobile has done more than anything
to boost the price of leather.
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NOME’S ROLL
OF HONOR
The following is the list of army
draft eligibles enrolled at the office
of the city clerk tip to the present
| t'une. The list will be added to from
day to day as the registration pro
gresses:
Earl Moi'r.i.
John J. Mitchell.
Ralph Lomen.
Arnold L. Riches.
Geo. H. Reed.
Ixtuis Swanson.
Chas. IT. Lescher.
Faxon C. Lewis.
Jack Kristen.
Frank W. Lilly.
Edwin R. Nelson.
Minor S. McLain.
Ilenry J. Weber.
Fred A. Haerlng.
Ole Wlrum.
Max M. Rouse.
Victor E. Zackerson.
Andrew I’eterson.
Harold J. Lyle.
George Geamalis.
Antonio Tremalis.
John Nicholas.
William Thornton.
Fred J O’Rourke.
Chas. Orehm.
Lauri AsplU.
Alfred .1. Lomen
Wm. Connnuton,
Chas Kantp
Norvin W. Lewis.
Grygas KJelsberg.
James Bogan
Norman Rattrey.
Fred R. Bourdon.
John IT. Scott.
Peter R. Bloomquiat.
Jens Thompson.
Maurice Pascoff.
Jos. G. Me Donga 11.
Frank S. Polet.
Edwin Iloven.
Jas. A. Doyle.
Chester P. Doyle.
Leroy F. Wells.
Evand Berg.
Ralph J. Miner.
Chas. L. Calkin.
Jesse J. White.
Lyle A. Nevln.
Alvin C. Dilg.
Thomas Watson.
Ivar I.ystrup.
Martin Nelson.
Frederick J. Kntzer.
James Franks.
Martin Anderson.
Albert W. Murray.
Irving M. Reed.
Eskel Jamson
Alex E. Berg.
Bernard Ferry.
Olo L. HoeL
Wm Bloom.
David H Johnson.
HJalmer I. Jacobson.
Chas. L. Sctarlnt.
Edward D. Webb.
Christian Aaberg.
Tltn Resvoll.
Albert Lokkc.
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PIANO TURNER.
George Anderson, piano expert and
factory represent tive for high grade
pianos and player pianos will be In
Nome this summer at the Golden Gate
hotel.
NOTICE.
For first ciasa work and prompt de
livery phone Main 161 and the Peo
ple's laundry will send and get your
laundry. W. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop.
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COMPARATIVE .
TEMPERATURES |
Following are ttie lowest recorded
temperatures for this year and last
on the days leeignated. The minus
sign before a number means below
sero.
U. S. Weather Bureau.
1916 1917
Jlll> I. 48 GO
July 2 . 40 57
July .1 . 40 48 !
July 4 . 44 44
July 5 . 44 44
July 6. 48 38
July 7 . 42 40
July 8. 40 38
July 9. 37 48
July 10. 40 42
July 11 . 42 40
July 12 . 44 38
July 13 . 42 34
July 14 . 44 40
July 15 . 40 47
July 10. 63 44 |
July 17 ...44 60!
FIRE ALARM SIGNALS
12 .Standard Oil Co.
13 .Carstens Cold Storage
14 .J. J. Season Co, office:
16.Headquarters Saloon
21.The Lobby
24.Pioneers Igloo
26.Catholic Church
31 .Polet’s residence
32 . Yorkey’s Cigar Store
41 .opp. Webb’s Market
engine House, Phone Main 97.
7 whistles water. 3 Are out
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PHONE MAIN 112
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AUTHORIZED CAPITAL ....912*000
PAID UP CAPITAL. 10.000
A General Banking Buaineaa Tran
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Capital - • $100*333
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and Assayed
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Sine .luHilary first tlio prices on "Ilypress" goods have I>een hlglier I
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When you liny rubber goods from us yon know they have not
been in a cold storage warehouse. 5
P. A. PETERSON SHOE CO.
NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
BEQINNINO MONDAY, JUNE 7TH, THE PRICE OF BREAD
ILL BE 10 CENTS PER '.OAF OR THREE LOAVES FOR 2t
CENTS. THE SIZE OF LOAVES HAVE BEEN INCREASED
WHICH INSURES MORE AND BETTER BREAD FOR OUR
PATRONS.
CHAS. CAVEY, Prop.
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