THE NOME NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
fhiblished Monday, Wednesday, Friday, by The Nome
Publishing Company, Nome, Alaska.
Subscription Rates Payable In Advance.
Delivered by carrier in Nome, Little Creek and Sunset
Creek, for $2.00 per month. By mail postage paid out
side of Nome and vicinity, $1.50 per month.
Entered in the Post Office in_Nome as 2nd Class Matter
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
FOUNDING OF THE
“NUGGET” IS RECALLED
Mrs. Jesse Rust of Fairbanks is
the daughter of Zach F. Hickman
pioneer publisher and printer of
Alaska, Yukon and also prior to
that of the State of Washington.
At one time he was head of the
Sunset Printing Company of Seat
tie and was the state printer for
the State of Washington.
Mr. Hickman came North in
the early Klondike rush, and was
one of the founders of the Klon
dike Nugget, one of the first
newspapers published at Daw
son. Later he pioneered in the
publishing business in Fairbanks
as a member of the staff of the
Fairbanks Times, founded by
Wilbur Ward, now managing ed
itor of the Los Angeles Financial
News. Mrs. Hickman and their
daughter, the former Miss Clara
Hickman, now Mrs. Rust, joined
Mr. Hickman in Fairbanks in
1907.
Mfrs. Hickmfan now lives ih
West Los Angeles, California.
She recently sent to Mrs. Rust
the following from a Santa Mon
ica paper, telling of the observ
ance of the fortieth anniversary
of the founding of the Klondike
Nugget by Mr. Hickman and the
Allen brothers. Gene and George.
Earle W. Allen, compositor
for the Evening Outlook and
known for years as a front rank
worker in the Crescent Bay Coun
cil of Boy Scouts, on June 20 ob
served the 40th anniversary of
the first issue of the Klondike
Nugget, a semi-weekly newspa
per started by his father, Eugene
C. Allen; an uncle, George M.
Allen, and Z. F. Hickman. The
paper later became a daily and
won quick fame throughout the
world.
In the in tial issue, the editor
ial page recognized the wide
spread excitement about the
Klondike region, with this com
ment:
“The eyes of the civilized
world are turned toward this
gold-bottomed region and thou
sands are waiting for even a
line of news from the Klondike.
To satisfy this thirst for informa
tion the Metropolitan Printing
and Binding Company of Seattle
will reproduce each issue by
photographic process and print
Nuggets by tens of thousands.’’
The Nugget was started at
Dawson and met with a response
in keeping with the boom spirit
born of the rich strikes that had
been made. The only known com
plete file of the Nugget from
June 16, 1898, to July 1, 1899, is
in the possession of Earle Allen.
All three men who founded it j
now are dead. Eugene Allen died I
in 1935, soon after the publica
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tion of a book telling of life in
the Klondike and the characters
that made it the center of world
interest.
Russel A. Bankson was the au
thor of the book, which made
Allen its foremost character. It
was called “Klondike Nugget" af
ter the paper.
Allen was secretary of the
Washington Press Club, at Seat
tle, when he died. Hickman died
several years ago in Inglewood.
His widow lives in West Los An
geles.
Earle Allen is a member of
the Sourdough Club of Los An
geles, which is taking notice of
the Klondike Nugget’s anniver
sary. Members of the club are
former residents of the Klon
dike and Alaska.
Tuberculosis Cure Will
Be Shown At Fair
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SAN FRANCISCO —Tubercul
osis not only can be prevented,
it can be CURED! This outstand
ing medical achievement will be
demonstrated to millions of Cal
ifornia World’s Fair goers dur
ing 1939 by the California Tuber
culosis Association, Dr. Milton
Silverman, Exposition Hall of
Science Chief, reveals.
The exhibit will show the
strides of science, stress the need
of public education and coopera
tion. Microbes which cause the
disease will be exposed and the
simple, quick and accurate meth
ods of diagnosis will be shown.
The X-ray, the skin and sputum
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MAY 10
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JULY 12 j
AUGUST 9
SEPTEMBER 6
OCTOBER 11
NOVEMBER 8
DECEMBER 13
SPECIAL SALES HELD ON
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usual when requested.
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tests will be demonstrated.
Part of the display will be de
voted to exhibits on tuberculosis
treatment by rest, sunshine and
surgery. Complete rest, long
known as one of the best meth
ods of treatment, still ranks
high, and surgery, newly devel
oped, will be shown as an add -
tional method of affecting com
plete cure. The exhibitors will
show how a lung may be collaps
ed, bringing about complete rest
to the infected section.
Uses to which the Christmas
Seal money has been applied
will be shown, and the vast elm
ical program carried on m Cal
ifornia will be recounted.
HOW TO STAKE CLAIMS.
How Mining Claims can bt
Staked in Alaska, length, Bread
h. how many, and the Associa
ion Claim, described in detail, ir
pamphlet form, for sale at Tiu
Nugget Office, for 10 cents.
you can save -2.00 by paying six
months in advance for your sub
yription to The Nome Nugget.
Two Kinds of Claims
It is very Important to distin
guish between a lode and a pla
cer deposit... If a deposit is lode,
it should be staked as a lode
claim: If it is placer, it should be
staked as a placer claim.. If both
a lode and a placer deposit are
found in the same area, it should
be located as both a pluver and
a lod '•laim.
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