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| NEWS NOTES
Mr. and Mrs. Quigley accompanied
by Mrs. White arrived in Solomon this
morning en route to Big Hurrah where
i tl-cy will resume mining operations.
The Seward dredge company have
11 started thawing operations today and
Jjj Will thaw quite a tract of ground
I j ahead of the boat.
i diver Flowers has sixteen men nt
9 j work in the construction of his boat J
- „n the Leaf claim in the Solomon river
! country. His spare parts and repairs
I u . re ordered from the Union Con
1 struction Company and will arrive on
the first boast as well as the Diesel
! engine which will be installed on this
I dredger.
The water trust are now getting
! their supply from Moonlight Springs
j on l> street and the water is now
installed in the near by residences.
! Fd Johnson is rushing matters in that
, line and by the end of the week the
| system will be in operation through*
, out the city. The water is ten days
; i-.irlii-r than last year.
Hermann Webb is in the city from
| the Bangor dredge and will return to
the head of Snake river in a few days.
I Hermann will work on the Bangor
l boat the coming ^summer and will
; have for the great outside in the fall.
Mrs. Hermann Webb and Tittle Lois
i
j will l. ave for the outside on the first
j sailing from Nome making their home
1 in Tacoma where they will await the
| arrival of Hermann.
Bright and early this morning Billy
Rowe brought his light artillery to
( hear on Front street and made a clean
sweep of the business section of the
city. For hours an endless proces
sion of road-scrapers, plows and ice
breakers rooted and carted off tons
md tons of the snow that was once
| beatit'iful. When Field Marshal Rowe
I retired with his batteries Front street
I was more pleasing to the eye tint!
| much better walking.
The minors who have winter dumps
I out on the second beach line below
. Fort Davis are getting ready to sluice
| according to Will Jensen who arrived
1 in the city from there this morning,
j The rains of yesterday loosened things
I up and the first signs of running wa
I ter are now evident!. ^Considerable
j mining has been done 'in this section
j during the Winter ami this portion of
tlie bench line will produce quite a
little money.
Two golden plover and a jack snipe
were seen on Center creek yesterday
' where they were looking for a likely
| location for summer housekeeping.
| The snow birds are fast disappearing
j —goodness knows where—and the
| ducks, geese, swan, crane, snipe,
j plover will be our guests for some j
time. Solomon reports quite a num
j ber of ducks and geese among the
daily arrivals and the advance guard
i of the brant army arrived several days
a go.
—.
The miners on Dexter hill are all
ready to sluice and sent into town
yesterday for men. If the soft weather
— | remains with us a few more days wa
l ter will be running on the hillside
I sufficiently strong enough for sluicing
purposes. In Nome river considera
ble surface water is cutting Into the
ice and Father Chase at Dexter re
SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY NEW
Amocat corn on the cob per tin 90c
This canned corn is not what you know as
corn 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 qualifies is superior to
any other variety canned.
Ipolets Stores
! ports the river to be full from bank
to bank. Travel up the Nome river
> alley is all at a standstill until the
water goes down.
The city delinquent tax' list is now
in the hands of the printers and will
be published in the Nugget within the
next seven days.
Telegraph ofllce announces that re
strictions reporting arrival and de
parture of steamers was removed to
day hereafter steamers will be report
ed ns formerly.
•
j h. Miles is getting his caterpil
lar in shape for summer hauling. He
will handle considerable of his sup
plies in this manner and may—at a
later day—get a truck or two in from
the states.
Last night the Home Guards had
their usual drill which was well at
tended. The guardsmen are making a
fine showing and in the Fourth of July
parade will demonstrate to the doubt
ful ones that home material is second
to none.
Wires received here yesterday state
that lumber in the states has made a
further advance of eight per cent over
the already inflated price. This wMl
make the necessary commodity twen
ty five per cent higher than it was
last fall.
All of the children who are taking
part in the Kagle May day entertain
ment are requested to be present in
the Eagle hall on Wednesday after
noon at 4 o'clock when further in
struction and rehearsal will take place
under the direction of Mrs. Holden.
Please don’t fail to attend!
The Catholic Library Club will hold
their May eaid party on Friday n'lght
next at St. Joseph’s hall. Five hun
dred and whist will be indulged in and
refreshments will be served.. Tickets
for this event nre now on sale nnd it
should not be missed as this club ts
famed for its hospitable gatherings.
Tom Gaffney who is on a tour of
inspection in connecfion with his of
fice ran into Council from the coast
and has been in the Neukluk center
for the past couple of days. Tom will
leave for Nome tonight and intends
making Solomon by tomorrow noon.
All the Fords, Packards Dodge anil
other makes of automobiles in the city
are now ’in the hands of machinists
getting regulated for the summer’s i
season. It is rumored that several j
other cars are to be brought in nnd
that the Automobile club of Nome will
be some institution in future.
The case of the United States vs.
Chris Goodinanson occupied the at
tention of the district court yester
day. The defendant appealed from the
decision of the commissioner's court
at Candle and on a technical point the.
prosecuting ateorney objected to the
motion for appeal. On hearing Judge
J. R. Tucker took the matter under
advisement and will render his de
cision later.
The Arctic Brotherhood have bright
ened tip the appearance of their club
rooms throughout. Frank Kiesele With
his entire decorating staff took pos
session during the past week—were
fired out a few days ago—and order
restored out of choas. Kiesele is the
greatest little disturber in the city.
Hard to get in and hard to get out
1'ike all tradesmen. He says he is the
greatest little miner—cnlrtminer—In
,the world.
Yesterday afternoon a welcome
stranger sat on a pole opposite George
Watson's house and despite the slight
drizzle cheered all within hearing ra
dius with a spring song which—to us
—sounds sweeter than that wonder
ful composition of Mendelssohn's
The first robin had arrtved! As he
sat on that pole and with Joyous
thrills proclaimed his return his song
[was drunk in by many in whom it
awoke fond memories of other spring
times.
I Little robin red-breast we are all
mighty glad to see you back!
Soft and mushy under foot and in a
drz.zzling rain Mail Carrier Ertc John
son left with the up-river mail early
this morning. Bud Welsh tagged
along behind with a long string of
dogs. Bud is on h'ts way to the Casa
where he will remain until the spring
fieshet has run off.
Travel down the coast is now get
ting bad. Nearly all the ice has left
the beach at the mouth of the Solomon
river. Bert McCarthy arrived there
this morning and phones that the Sol
omon river is now open and that
travel is none too safe.
It is rumored that John Johnson is
on his way from St. Michael but ns
yet he has not arrived at Chin.it whw.
Is a busy center just at present. The
Waffle outfit are having their fight
ers overhauled and have many ir»en at
work getting their scows and unload
ing tackle in readiness for the sum
mer's work.
Eggs $1.00 a dozen at Prossor's
Harness Shop. Phone Black 5.
We want every one to be a cub"
scriber to the Nugget—Do it NOW
CARD PARTY.
A Five Hundred and Whist Parti
will he held by the Cathohc Library
1 Club at St. Joseph's Hall on Friday.
1 May 18. at 8:30 p. m. Refreshments
will be served. Tickets 50 cents. All
are Invited
Do you subscribe for your home
town paper or do you let the other
fellow pay for your reading.
HON. JOSEPH H. CHOATE
DIES IN NEW YORK
international News Service.
NEW YOUK, May 15—Joseph H.
Choate, former ambassador to Eng
land, died here last night of heart
failure.
As a member of the entertainment
committee who were doing honor to
the members of the British commis
sion on their visJit to this city, Mr.
c noate' overtaxed his strength during
the last three days, with the result
that he suffered on attack of the
heart from which he was unable to
recover. As a diplomatist he was
without a peer, and has made a name
for himself that will go down in his
tory, having handled for the United
States diplomatic situations of such
a delicate nature that repeatedly his
ability has been the subject of lengthy
articles in both the newspapers and
magazines of this and other countries.
lie was born at Salem, Mass., Jan
uary 24, 1832, admitted to the bar in
Massachusetts in 1855, was identified
with many famous cases among which
was the breaking up of the Tweed
ring in 1871 W’as delegate to the 'in
ternational pence conference at the
Hague in 11)07. was noted as an au
thor, after dinner speaker and for his
addresses on Abraham Lincoln.
For many years he has made his
home In this city and it was at his
palattnl residence on East Slxty-thiid
street that ho passed away.
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