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CARRANZA’S
HAND IS TO
BE FORCED
!nterna*:onal News Service.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—The gov
ernment has taken up the matter of
border protection directly with Car
ranza regardless of the attiude of the
Mexican commissioners. His signa
ture to an agreement which will give
the United States n freer hand on the
border has been demanded.
Tiie 3tate department explains that
this is no sense an ultimatum bu
merely an attempt to obtain a speedy
adjudication of the matter. Carranza
has been told through diplomatic chan
nels that his signature is expected
before mdeight tonight.
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TO MAKE
TODAY
A RECORD BREAKER
We will issue with each cash purchase a numbered ticket showing
the amount of purchase, which ticket will be good at any of our
stores for the amount of purchase indicated thereon, provided that
the unit or last figure of 'he number of that ticket is the same as
| the unit or last number of thenumber winning the
$100.00 VICTBOLA
Only goods selected and pnld for today will receive tickets on
above condition.
One in every Ten
Wins
' You also get a chance on the $100.00 Vlctrola with each dollar cash
purchase or with each dollar o; id on account
Drawing December, 31st.
Lomen Bros.
THREE STORES
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
TO ALL
THE EMPORIUM
KRI5TAN BROS,
On the 22nd”, 23rd and 24th. of this month we will issue special
tickets (one with each 50 cents CASH PURCHASE) on the CORONA
TYPEWRITER which special tickets will be redeemed in mer
chandise at 2 1-2 cents each a'lcr the drawing
This offers you a saving of 5 cents on each Dollar CASH PUR
CHASE spent in our store <m either of these three days 22nd, 23rd,
und 24th,
Everybody Wins
REMEMBER THE DATES
December 22nd, 23rd, and 24th.
COME TO US FOR YOUR PRESENTS
WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.
Hill’s Pharmacy
Wa deliver the gooda
NEWS NOTES
Christmas sales in all linos is re
ported lo have been very good indeed.
. i.le tide warms the heart and loosens
, die purse strings.
There will be a general business
.a Oiing jf the Indoor Baseball As
sociation on Thursday evening at the
j Golden Gate hotel.
Chairman I’olct has Issued a call
tor a meeting of the general car.iival
committee at his sloic at 8 o'clock
tonight. lie calls the meeting at hr.
down town place to avoid the neces
sity of healing up city hall.
isa K’ondy Nelson sent a night
letter as a Xmas remembrance to her
mother, Mrs. Alma Nelson. Klondy
wl is now in Jpuneuu, where she lias
x n usieal eng..gcratnt, says she is
gelling on finely and she sent her I> -st
regards to all her frii nds in Nome.
Pome beautiful calendars for 1917
I are being given out by loe d merchants
0 their customers and friends. They
re not only suitable for holiday gifts
because of their beauty but also will
e useful to giver and recipient for a
whole year.
Tlie miners union gave a well bl
ended and very successful smoker on
Sunday night. There \v< re plenty of
eatables, drinkables and smokes along
with speeches and a fun entertain
ment. Many of the boys came in from
.he creeks to attend.
City Clerk Grimm renumbered all of
the well-to-do with post cards ap
propriate to veason—from the city
assessor's standpoint. Well, the mer
chants have more money now than
hev had a week or two ago and that
may help to withstand the blow. And
the- realty holder has a little rent
earning in on the first.
There are very few towns in Am
erica where Santa Claus can travel
with real reindeer ns lie did yester
day when he delighted many little
children by his arrival at Burgh hail.
Not only was there a tea) Santa
Claus with real reindeer but there
was a real tree and a pretty, heavily
laden one at that. The children inel
all who worked to bring Kris E,angle
to the hall had a Joyous time.
Victor E. Anderson got back ‘Sat
urday from Dime creek, lie says that
1 lot of work is in progress but that
there is n shortage of horses. They
are needi d to haul lumber and wood
from the sawmill at lJeace river to
be diggings. He also 3ays that there
is no mall service. Now that they
have a postoflice they have no service.
At present they have to send a team
to Chinik at their own expense lo get
the mail to distribute from the office.
Celebration of Christmas at the
federated church attracted large au
diences .-truly, and the program'
"ere great ty enjoyed. A beautiful
’roe adorn'd the audience room, and
the di-coni'li ns throughout were sUM
■ng. l'hey \\'re designed by Min
Amber and Mrs. Mulligan, a commit
*ei> fiom the Sunday 3chool. An elec
trie sign flashed “M rry Christmas,’’
vlieb was prepared by the suner
intendent, Mr. R. B. Julien. Members
of the Sunday school rendered a fine
program, after which Santa Clans
• • pcared in song, story and gifts, tor
the little folks. The annual Christmas
i ■nrert in the evening was finely
planned and beautifully executed.
One number of the program, not pub
lished in Saturdays' paper, nor the
prii.'cd program, vus that of a vocal
, o Holy wight,' by Mrs. Hun, j i
The whole program was a burst sub
,.m. to glow .' the King, and M.
l:. Cowuen, and »li '•!>• tmmibe.'i oi
eiiyrus, were congratulate 1 arm
marked for their successful creyt.o*.
.
She went any way. As one Eskimo
said, wlun he stood on the beach and
watch*': tier smoke, “That skins dogs.
Which is -inly another way of saying
that Scotty Allan gave his motor also ,
a try out ytsuTuay afternoon. H*
turned her loo3e in front of Darling I
anu Deans on H'ont street and had
some dltiiculty In steering. A'ter
nurrowly missing the buildings on tin.
s,ot ei me street he nursed the
cnrviir'mg erttier down to the ir*' o’
i-teilng sea while the expectant r.’owe
stf-oi in the lee of the buildings i.
. ,. ,l no ••.mg .1 • Ti wind. On the
level Ice. Scotty opened her up a b..
and in t Jitty bud u speed of ubout
twenty m.les an hour. Then a 12
irch shell exploded right in the 'l'.n
ui the eiau. the propeller blade*
went high in air and llew -i hunlr .
v irus lo either side. The hood >t ’he
tng.ue Uew into the air uni otnci
parts wet’" .nattered about. Every
body ian 1owo tiering that ti» * >u
ti o‘d *,eotlj ana his two pasj'n f“ro
a re buii bu> luckily thev were
not. Tne oejeeta membra were gath
ered iog"’.her auo a diagnosis wi.
nude. It developed that the torwaru
umbers under uie eug.ne had broken
down and the collapse caused the
engine and prupeilor lo tout the bot
tom. Tliep ropellor is only splintered
but can be uuplicuted. Apparently
urn expensive eug.ne is not seriously
injured and can be lixed up by local
machinists. Mr. Allan is going to
make some changes, it is understood,
widening the sled and sireiigiheung
the underpinning. He is cunvin.-eu,
anu so ure many others, that he is
or the tght track towards solving
winter transportation in Alaska by
motor sled and alter repairs are
made he will give hi3 Invention an
other trial. He rnude twenty miles
un hour without turning on the full
power ana picked up this rate of speed
in less than a hundred yards. His run
covered only a quarter of a mile be
fore the accident occurred.
MDME. OLCA PETROVA
AT THE DREAM
Madame I’etrova, the stage's most
beautiful and talented star, will ap
pear on the screen tonight at 'he
Dream in live acts of superb dramatic
action. This big feature story runs
along with breathless swiftness. It
vcontains a rich vein of humor which
heightens the intensity of the drama.
It is u Metro photoplay and the best
'hat the moving picture industry can
pi educe. Tlie slur's is its guaranteed
of excellence. No raise n price. To
morrow night "The Diamond from the
Sky.”
BIG GUN ANTHEM
ON CHRISTMAS DAY
Interantional ‘tews Service.
BERLIN, Dec. 26.—An anthem of
big guns welcamcd Christmas day on
the western front In the vicinity ol
\Vyt3chaetts In West Flanders, ac
cording to offiiclal announcement. The
bimtnrdment began at day break.
Let the Nugget do your Jotter writ
ing by sending the Weekly Nugget l<
your friends on the outside—5l)o mo
Subscribe for the Nome Nugget
$ 2.00 per month.
A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND
HAPPY NEW TEAR TO ALL
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BRITISH DENIALS
FORWARDED TO BERLIN
special Telegraphic Service.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2fi.—It Is now
the purpose of the government to
.wait the arrival of the stories of
urvivors of the Arabia which was
junk by a German submarine. Never
theless the state deDartmont has for
wttrded to Berlin the denial by the
British admiralty that the liner was
In the government sendee of Englnnd
or any of het allies.
It may be some time yet before the
nitt-d State b is ready to address a
’ormal communication to Germany in
connection with the Arabia.
I^et the Nugget do your letter writ
ing by sending the Weekly Nugget to
.our friends on the outside—50c mo.
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LUTFI3K
At th* Board of Trad* Cpfp
CHRISTMAS GEETINCH,
A?..ln the season sugge8t8 th
nr* f*' 0>t,“nd‘n« l» our pat^
friends hearty good wlshej for t
jry Christmas and a merry and J'
pierce* New Year.
NOME TAILORING! CO,
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Dream Theater 1
TONIGHT I
5 ACTS EXTRA 5 PARTS |
MISS OLGA PETROVA I
IN I
THE HEART OF A [
PAINTED WOMAN [
—
Tomorrow Night
THE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY I
Adm. 25c |
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GOGGIN’S CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS. iM
A blanket, a matress, a couch or a rug
A dozen nice spoons, or a swell butter knife;
A piece of cut-glass, or hand painted china
Or something like that for the w'fo.
A pipe, a cigar, a nice humid or,
A sweater, some sox and a siilit;
A nice woolen vest, a good handkerchief;
Or something like that for man the old Hirst,
A book, a top, a little tin rrain,
A doll, a kiddie kar, or a nice drum;
An erector, a tlmker toy, these are the things
The kiddies want, Santa, to bling when he cornea.
G. P.GOGGIN The Quality Store I
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FRESH H
Raspberries, Loganberries and I
Cranberries for your Xmas Dinner 1
Dessert
At I
! Moller’s Grocery !
211 Front Street Phone Main 86
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