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TOM McGANN
SPECIAL ELECTION. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1916.
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I WANTED—ORDERS OF FREIGHT.
The Maine Northwestern Development Co., owners of the ties,
rails ami rolling stock formerly owned by the Seward Peninsular Rail
way i"' would be pleased to receive proposals from prospective ship
per-- i-f freight for the season of 1915 for points from Nome to Iron creek
These proposals arc desired In order that the Company may deter
mine whether tile volume and price warrant placing the Company's
properly in position to properly transport freight and passengers be
tween the points named
Shippers are requested to state whether they will enter into a binding
contract to whip the freight offered and are also urged to tender a price
that may encourage the Company to make the necessary expedlturew
for betterments.
.All communications should be addressed to the Maine Northwestern
Development Co., 659 Colman Building. Seattle, and mailed to reach
Seattle not later titan April 1, 1915.
NEWS NOTES '
Chester Milligan left far Solomon to
day
Mrs Adelaide Harden is wintering
ut San Dei go, California.
Joe Dexter accompanied In his two
children arrived from Council tof^y. I
Tlie Eastern Star Ladles will gi\<t
another of their socials and i aid parties
jn the near future
Marshal Jordan accompanied h\ Mrs.
Jordan reached Safetv about 11 a. m.
today and will probably arrive in Nome
this evening
Mr and Mrs. I* \ Peterson are
making a trip through the East They
were in Washington P C at last ac
counts and Intended going from there
to Philadelphia.
The dance given In the Arctic Dro
it herhood was in every way in keeping
I with the delightful functions for which
I that order is noted The music was
(excellent and the attendance while not
large was comfortable
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Pioneers
of Alaska held their regular meeting
last evening at the conclusion of which
,
| lunch was served and the balance of
I the evening devoted to dancing The
1 meeting wn* well attended.
Another entrant him been added to
• the starters in the Solomon Derby,
! Alex Molmson having- derided to try
his lurk with the f;i*t company Alex
will drive the speedy team of Dr. Kit
tleson.
chairman Warded of the Ragle
Bachelors announces that the* have
■secured gome beautiful prizes fur the
Ladles and Gentlemen who may win
the whist games tonight. Those plan
ning to attend are warned to lie there
at eight thirty sharp for the first game.
Dancing will commence at ten and the
cafeteria will be open from ten-thirty
to twelve-thirty An eight piece nclies
tra will dispense sweet strains for the
dancers and every one is assured an
enjoyable evening
Following is ttie cast of the drama
"Down in Dixie" which will tie given
at Ragle hall Saturday evening under
the direction of Arthur Cole and Doctor
lvitticson:
j Cnpt. Harvey \Yi ID. of the Federal
j army, Ralph Lomcn.
IOeorge Washington Dangs N Y.
Herald reporter. Walter Johnson.
(,'apt Bradley, c s. \ . Oliver S.
j Weaver
Corporal Hooligan, a "Trite islue”
veteran. W. i.\ McGuire.
Hon. t'. .1 Dusenbeny. Member of
Congress, A B. Miller
Hezekiah Sniffins. a Degenerate
Yankee, Clarence Littlefield.
Uncle Mnshy. a Faithful Slave, .1 W.
Boone
Billings. Bradley Henchman. Author
Cole.
Helen Trovoir, \ Southern Heiress,
Mrs. Joe Sheldon.
Molly Martin, her lively friend, Miss
Hazel Oarcelon.
Mrs. Dusenberry. a business woman,
Miss Rowena Lewis,
Susannah, "Jus' a brack nigger”,
Miss Grace Gamble.
Act 1—Washington. 1861, War. “Your
way lies to tho north, mine to the
south.”
Act 2—The Trovoir plantation, Vir
ginia, 1804. Captured. “Betrayed! Be
trayed iiy her!”
Act 3— Libby Prison. Richmond, Ixtili.
Freedom. "Now what do yon think
of a Yankee's lov*'.'"
Ac t 4.— The Trovoir plantation, 1865.
(.A lapse of n week.) Peace. "And tlie
star-spangled banner in triumph still
waves o'er the land of the free mid
tho homo of the brave"
The Nugget is giving its subscribers
more telegraph news than any other
paper in Alaska and will continue to
do so. Send iri your name and have
(he Nugget delivered to your home or
office. Do ft now.
FOX RAMSAY ON
THE FIRING LINE
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The following grapliii letter from the
Hon. Fox Ramsay, long a. resident of
Nome, should be of absorbing interest
as it gives the public a chance to wit
ness Hie terrible conflict in Flanders
through the observing eyes of one
whom, in a sense, we may claim as one
of our fellow citizens. Here is war
spread before our eyes, devolded of
little of tt« horror* and told clearly and \
graphically. The letter, received by |
Mr (). S. Weaver, follows:
A line to cheer you up In your frozen ,
loneliness, if it be nnx consolation to i
i you. You may be sure that there are j
many Britishers in Belgium and France'
! who would enx x the peacefulness of the
Arctic regions I have had a rather!
Interesting time atol tluot/ht volt at
Nome might be interested to bear them
I got myself attached as Interpreter!
to the III cavalry division and we sailed j
away in all secrecy to Zee Brugge, i
destined to relieve Antwerp. The day |
we affixed \ ntxverp fell, being bloxx'M |
to I,its bv the big OiTiiiaii gillis, . attei 1
t,v them (Irossrleissigc Bertha I Bus\
Bertha, who is Mrs Krupp t The Tom
niie's name is expressive. "lack John
son’s" from t lie black smoke they emit
or perhaps borrowing from the Ainerl
can slang name for the champion "the
Big Smoke.” So xve and the 7t!i di
vision found ourselves Isolated in the
north of Belgium with 240.000 Germans
opposed to us There was nothing for
ns but to mako our way to join our own
troops on l lie Aisne. So off we started,
exerx morning l<\ 4 or r, found us on
our way and only t 0 or 10 and some
times 11 would we halt, sleeping mostly
under high heaven. Being eaxailrv xve
exerx day carried out a reconnaissance
in force, advancing in the form of a
large circle. Idlliting at night in Hie:
center of the space patrolled, escaping
; thus from the possibility of being
rushed by Germans at night \ brawl
sight xve made, for the Household Ouv
nlrx. being the King's Guards, are
I usually 0 feet or over and the horses
enormous, usuallv 17 hands The na
lives of Belgium seemed very impressed
I ui our might for travelling In column
of half sections, it would take some !l
hours for us to pass. They were very
good to us and as we xvent past farms
or villages they would present us with
tpples and pears, matches, cigarettes
| or chocolates. In fact Tommy Atkins
never had such a. good time, as when
| we halted to water our horses, bread
land butter arid coffee would he freely
given. Tn fact it was a continuous tri
umphal ovation and very enmpllmen
i fury were the natives In their remarks
I which I of course understood, it w.as
a smiling and thickly populated land
and it Is awful to think of I he desert it
became behind the German advance Tn
full strength we cumbered some 2tno
cavalry (Third Division), some 12.000
Infantry (Seventh Division!, as each
regiment <>f the Household Cavalry laid
previously sent out one squadron each
to form xvhat is known us tlie Compo
site Regiment Well our headquarters
staff must have been composed of very
able men. for they successfully steered
us through Belgium and though xve
used (o hear of various advance pa
trols running tip against Germans, or
Worse still, m.o bine guns, we were \ erx
free of fighting Wo were, however, in
a very dangerous position, having no
J base, no lines of communication and
j thousands of Gormans in ilia vicinity.
I It used to worry us officers quite a lot,
i as of mi evening xve would hear that so
and so was shot and so many men
put out of action. We still imagined
our troops were away on Hie Aisne. but
great was the joy when one beautiful
morning xve drew up in the market
square of Ypres. We then learned that
all our army had moved up, that xve
were under General French and no
longer merely lost. The market square
at Ypres is a beautiful largo square of
cobblestone pavement, flanked on one
side by the Clothiers hall and Town
hall, txvo fnrftous pieces of architecture,
i No wonder we felt good then as xve
I formed troop in the square, with such
good nexxs in our ears, the tramping of
horses and rumbling of guns serving
only to accentuate the cheers of the
Flemish populace. It was a braw sight
and a speetulnr incident has tired it
indelibly in my mind. While waiting
there a German aeroplane appeared,
the first 1 had ever seen from close,
for they do not often tiy at Nome. In
an instant our machine guns had open
ed fire and every rifle was emptied at
the intruder, the noise re-echoing from
tho houses and down the streets xx'as
deafening. The natives turned and fled
fearing bombs from the Taube. In a
minute the Taube skimmed down at an
angle, for all the xvorlt} like a xvinged
Ptarmigan on Buster creek. Then more
cheers of ‘‘Yix'o les Anglais" and in a
short time xve heard that the txvo Ger
man officers were captured and so the
Doutchers did not know" of onr arrival.
This interesting letter will be con
tinued tomorrow, when Air. Ramsay de
scribes this battle in interesting de
tail.
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