NOME GUN CLUB
BECOMES FAMOUS
The Nngget is in receipt of a letter
. by Inst mail from the Rernmington
Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Co.,
enclosing the cut reproduced here with
showing some of Nome's marksmen at
the traps. The following clipping from
the Sportsmans Review tells rtn inter
esting story of Nome’s (inn Club
which, by the way seems to be con
sidered somewhat unique:
•FARTHEST NORTH GUN CLUB".
'Way up in Nome, Alaska,they have
one of the most enthusiastic hunting
and shooting clubs (lint can be
found in Uncle Sum's broad land. The
Nome Oun Club, known everywhere
among shooting and hunting dubs as
"the Farthest North Trapshooting Club
Under the Flng,”ls one of the most in
teresting sportsmen's clubs tlmt can
be found anywhere, in fad. Begin
ning in a very modest way hut with
■ hooting is tlie only way these sports
men cun meet in competition where
all conditions are equal, where indi
vidual rivalry can be developed and
where one man's skill ran lie measured
against Ills fellows.
While the trapshooting season la
comparatively short up there In Nome,
the members of the club have frequent
opportunities to test their skill. Be
sides the regular hunting in the open,
which can be enjoyed In one way or
another throughout the entire year,
weekly meetings at the trap are held.
Two merchandise shoots, one In Aug
ust and the other usually about the
middle of September brings the regular
season down to the annual trophy
shoot In October. This the biggest
sporting event in Alaska, outside the
annual dog team race over the snow,
brings together the best shots from all
NOME SHOOTERS FAMOUS AT THE TRAP.
Three Well Known Alaskans, specially posed, Showing them
Heady to "Kill” t'laj Birds—Q. R. Jackson at the
I,eft, Rd Burroughs in the middle, and Otto
It. Van Sickle at the right.
enterprise that is typical of the North
Country', the Nome Gun Club hus
grown in a few years from an or. as
tonal gathering «*f frcihds who enjoyed
trapshooting to an organization of |
practically all the sportsmen on the
great Seward peninsula. It is now the
rendezvous of all the crack shots of
that section, and it is safe to say that
no other trapshooting club in this
country has such a large penentage of
expert marksmen in its membership.
The season just closed has been
marked by the keenest rivalry, and the
scores made compare favorably with
the records made by the best shots in
the world. As .» dub it would be a
very difficult matter to find one with
a better average score, week in and
week out. Vet this is not so strange
when one considers that hunting is a
part of tlie lives of the men who live
up North. Their dearest posaessnin Is
their shooting equipment it offers
practically their only source of relaxa
tion from the daily grind of work. And
so, they have more opportunltx to
- •shoot is their best sport \nd trap
over Alaska and the Canadian Yukon—
and don't you think for a moment that
the shouting you would see up there
near the Arctic Circle is one bit less
meritorious than you would see here In
t he “States'" ut the Sea Girt or Grand
American championships As a mat
ter of fart, you would probably see a
higher grade of marksmanship up in
Nome, from the top to the bottom of
the list, than you would see here at out
own championships. And no .jollier
crowd of sportsmen, or truer sports,
could he found anywhere than are
gathered each year for the Nome flun
Club's trophy shoot.
The season Just closed has been par
ticularly successful. The weekly shoots
were better attended than at any other
time in the past and the standard of
shooting higher than at any time since
the club was formed. Notable among
the crack shots developed during the
[the year arc Otto H. Van Sickle, G. R.
Jackson and Kd burroughs, whose re
cords at the traps compare favorably
with those of the best shots down here
in the States It's a peculiar thing
■ about Alaskans. When they become
j thoroughbred Sour Doughs (old tim
ers) you couldn't pull them away from
the fascination of the North Country
with a team of mules. Perhaps that Is
the reason why theHe Alaskan shooters
don't pay any attention to our ehnmp
lonships They have a pretty big
country of their own up there, and
nearly every- man there is able to han
dle his automatic with more than the
ordinary degree of skill Perhaps they
1 believe that there Is enough honor In
winning the Nome trophy But it Is a
shame that the long trip from Nome to
the .American trapshooting champion
ship Is not practicable—It would be a
rare treat to witness a contest between
these Arctic champions and our own. -
The Sportsmen's Review
ALASKA
NOTES
(.From our exchanges )
The following is taken Hum me :
I Cordova Alaskan of Dcccmdci 4.
WASHINGTON. — That Secretary
of Hie Interior Haile will make a
i requisition for Ju.eoO.eou in the general
I appropriation bill for next year’s rail
road work b> me government in Alas
j ka, w as autiioniauie inioi ination
tivMi uutrevumiy. u appears lu be
fettled mat the construction base r.i
i Hie Ursi work will be established at
Jsfnp Creek on Cooks Inlet, tro.n
i willed work will be carried uu along
1 urnagalu Arm and up lue isaxitn
! vuuey, as well as from steward along
i LUe A askau Northern to meet new
construction at ivern Ciuek. .ship creek
a is me arum base of opeialluus of me
Aaiska engineering Commission last
surutuei, and is ike summer terminus
for sieuursliip Wattle ou Cook Uriel. 1
is estimated itiai ttiu live millions
be usked will be gullicieni (o buy cm ,
Alaska Northern railway and build!
10U miles ol additional track Horn :
kwa Creek, Secretary Cane and Com
missioner Kdes believe too railway
will be completed from Reward to the
flulanuska coal llelds by next fall.
VAL.DKSS. - - Delegate Wickersliam
; spoke recently to several hundred
I people in Ragle Hall. The delegate
' outlined his proposed work in Wusli
j ington during the next iwo years.
He is strongly in favor of a new
school system for Alaska. District At-'
torney Spence also spoke and stated i
now that the campaign was over all
Alaskans should work together. He
further stated that he could not under
stand how an Alaskan could be oppos
ed to the Delegate, whose record in
congress was endorsed by the district
attorney. Representative F. M Boyle
presided at the meeting.—ValUcz
Prospector.
When Delegate Wiekershnm whs In
Cordova, and In fart In a speech de
livered at Fairbanks, he stated Ihai
as soon as Congress convened he in
tended to introduce a bill appropri
ating $10,0(10,000 for the construction
of government railroads in Alaska In
tlmatlng that this would be an admin
istration measure, which would likely
meet with little opposition, if the tele
gram published in our contemporary
last night is to be relied on. Secretary
Lane is only going to ask for $6,000.
000 for tills work during the coming
year, which amount, it says will be
sufficient to buy the Alaska Northern
and build one hundred miles of ad
ditional track from Kern Creek. Ah
the Alaska Engineering Commission
has not as yet submitted Its report,
and President Wilson has announced
no decision as to the route or routes
selected, the latest rumor as to where
the tlrst work will begin must be tak
en with a grain of salt. Cordova j
Dally Times.
1DITAROD. — Nows comes from]
Nuluto tiiul on Thursday, November 6.
Miss Lena i'ltka, known is "the llellej
of tile Yukon," was married to I’red
.Milligan, well known through tills
region. Thu event was made the oc- ]
casion of a monster celebration in;
which tile entire town took part. Itusi- ]
ness is said to have been practically
suspended while the populace, both
white and natives engaged in a typical
Yukon jollification of the auspicious i
event.
i'AlKiiAjN tvri. iilom.is IP. Rock
well, of Cleary City, by Ills attorney
Leroy 'foxier, totluy tiled a complaint
tu tiiu district court asking a decree of
divorce from Alary Louis Rockwell
on the grounds ol desertion. 'i hey
Wore man leu oeptemuci - i‘JU8,
and the alluger desertion by the de
fendant is said to dale tTum January,
1811, since which tune they hate not
lived together.
FA1KUA.NKS. Mallei At Cooley, a
pioneer niiiiei ul Portage clock, is p
period missing. Si arching parties
have been hunting i n too lode- minor
but cannot tinet nun ul tils body, it is
tout ed lie iias w undo, cd oil mu, the
woods ojid been lost or that he lias
fallen into the river, but the search
still continues.
_
William Krisley, a prospector who
is sinking a shaft on Timber creek, in
tlio Ruby section, recently hud an ex
perience he will never forget, lie was
working in the hole which is about 8i
feet deep, when lie lighted a match fill
some reason An explosion followed
which blew the man at the windlass
at the top some distance and turned
the windlass around hut fortunately
in such a manner as to prevent tin
loaded bucket from dropping to tin
bottom it is thought the gas was
from a pocket in the muck, caused by
decayed vegetation hurled centuries
ago
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K Facts About Nome for Tourists \
The federal court house in Nome >-<
ono of tho finest government buildings
in Alaska, and cost approximately
*30,000.
A detention hospital to bo used «» ;«
place of confinement for those who me
found insane during tho winter months
has also been provided by the govern ■
inent ns a cost of $12,500
The federal government is represent
ed at Nome by tho following officers:
Emmet n. Jordan, U, 3. Marshal; John
Randolph Tucker, Judge of tho Dis
trict Court; Francis M. Saxton. District
Attorney; O. A. Adnms, Clerk of the
Court.
A total of 2,50* civil cases have been
filed in tho district court to date.
Federal licenses collected In this di
vision tost year amounted to $33,821.79,
of which $24,100.79 was from the city
1 of Nome alone.
The records or the district court
show but 27 cases of bankruptcy since
the Inception of tho camp.
The offices of tho United States Com
missioner and Recorder for tho Cape
Nome mining district are located in
UNome. James Frawley is Commis
sioner and Recorder. F. R. Oowden Is
Deputy Recorder.
The fraternal orders and club orgahi
nations in Nome are tho Masons. Odu
Fellows, Eagles. Moose,Arctic Brother
| hood, Pioneers of Alaska. Eons of the
North, Knights of Robert Emmet and
Miners Mome Club.
Thar* are also chapters of the East
ern Star, Robokahs, and a ladles’ aux
iliary of the Pioneers of Alaska
The Kegoayah Knr.ign is a strictly
local club composed of women member*
end is nflUiated with tho General Fed
oration of Women's Clubs.
Thorn nrc several clubs and other
organizations
Telegraph communication is furnish
ed by the land lino and wireless service,
maintained by the federal government
There is also an excellent telephone
system to all parts of tho Peninsula
and practically every mining camp is
In constant touch with the metropolis.
The city of Nome is situated on Ber
ing sea, about midway of tho southern
shore lino of Seward renlnsula The
town derives its name from the pro
mintory some few miles to tho east
known as Cape Nome and, in n popular
sejtse. tho name has been gives to the
whole territory.
Nome is in every respect a modern
up-to-date city, having most of tho
eonvenfences, and is also the second
city in Alaska.
Previous to the great storm of 1913
the assessed valuation of the property
of Nome was $1,799,322.
The present yearly assessment place*
the valuation at 11,685,597, a decrease
in value which represents approximate
ly the loss occasioned by the storm.
those of cities of much greater slue.
As Noma is the distributing point
for over 22,000 square mlloa of territoi y
tlie necessity of large and comprehen
sive stooks of goods Is apparent.
Probably no city in tho world of equal
stae can furnish such diverse aaeort
ment of goods aa la represented In the
stocks of local houses.
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