“WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH ALASKA”
Seattle. Wash.. May 12. 1920—
"What's the matter with Alaska" was
toM in full at a dinner Riven by the
Alaska Bureau of the Chamber of
Commei'c** last evening: at the Arctic
Club, by the members of Alaskan In
vestigating Committee from Washing
ton and a number of prominent citi
zens of the territory.
l.iuet. ('.>1. Brooks. Chairman of the
Commission, said he wanted the peo
ple of Alaska to feel sure that this
time a commission which is friendly
to the territory is making the investi
gation. B. F. .Millard, who patented
the first copper claim in Alaska
ore ever taken out has been l>> pros
pectors for samples. The reason for
non-operation is the entire lack of
adequate transportation iti Alaska.
The Copper Itiwr Itailroad should
be hauling 10.000 tons of ore to the Sea
Board but the copie r will set in the
ground until they get fair freight rate.
Our Company spent Jso.000 before this
Itailroad went in and then we had to
buck up au.iinst a freight rate of $26
per ton to get the ore to the Sea
Board, our mine has been shut down!
for three years and it never will open1
up until there are better rates on rail
and water It is up to the Gov* niment
to work out some plan whereby uv
■ an get lower water rates. The Gov
ernment can run its own ships to Al
aska. it can subsidize ships that carry
mail, which is now treated a< freight
instead of mail, or it can open tip Alas
ka and make possible the shipping out
of the great resouives of the territory
and in this way provide return cargo
for ships.
Ira Orton <>f Nome said the Sewarl
IVninsula bad produced between $100.
000.000 and $la0.000,oo0 in virgin gold
and this equals one twentieth part of
"Nome has always been interested
in gold production but today Nome is
prostrate. Our richest mines are ex
hausted ."
The Second Division of Alaska has
lost ninety per cent of its population
reasons for this: one is that the gold
production is at low ebb, and the other
is that there has been no reduction in
transportation rates. The basic freight
rale from Seattle to Nome used to be
$11 and today the lighterage charge
alone from ship to shore at Nome is
“There is one bright spot—the oil
situation. Bet the Government lay
down a policy which will allow the
Alaskan to prospect for oil like he did
for gold, and I know the temper of the
people well enough to know that they
will find the oil."
"The reindeer industry also offers a
future for Nome.'
C.ipt. J. F. Kraft, who is in charge
of the United States Const and Oeoget
ic Survey of Washington. Alaska, and
who was a pioneer investigator and
surveyor of Alaska waterways, said
that it would take 3<>0 years at he pres
ent rate of surveying to survey the
Coast line and waters of Alaska. The
Government has not shown a disposi
tion to appropriate sufficient money to
make this possible. Due to the failure
of the Government to keep wages ad
vanced with the advance cost of living,
rltout seventy percent of the junior
officers in the survey work are resign
ing one of tin- worst sections of Al
askan waters is from Prince Edward
Sound to Seward and that has not oeen
The Government mail system in Al- 1
ask a is such that the people cannot |
re)' on any definite time for getting
their mail and it is one of the most;
diseournging features of Government
administration said George Sexton of
Seward, who told of an Alaskan mail-1
ing him a check August 23rd and he
received it January 23th of the follow
In the Bristol Bav country only one
batch of first class mail has conn thru
since navigation closed an 1 some
second class mail is delayed months
Milo Kelley of Anchorage, a forme
member of Alaska said that the only
hoots making money on the run from
boats getting a return cargo, and slid
the Government must realize that in
order to provide cheaper transput ta -
lion it must open up territory me
Capital will not go into Alaska un
less proper inducements are offered
and there is assurance that fair returns
will be fade on the money, and the
es investimonts in the territory.
"Uy June 1st there will be 200,00(1
reindeer in Alaska." said Judge J. G
l.o'm il. piom of Nome and organizer
an I official of the company that is now
lei cue. and W. T. Lapp, director of
For mother,
father, the boys
and girls. It’s
the sweet for all
ages—at work or
play.
When you’re
nervous or tired
see how it
refreshes!
The Flavor
Lasts
3.000 reindeer will he driven to the
railroad. It is also planned to have
25.000 reindeer used for experimental
purposes this year .and the work of
training the natives to raise the :•
trials in scientific fashion will be eon
Jiulge Lomen said there is room for
10,000,000 reindeer in Alaska and with
the present rate of reproduction that
this figure can he reached within a
few decades. He has just returned
from New York, and he said New York
sportsmen were paying $1 per pound
for reindeer meat there, and a big
New York dealer wanted him to sign
a contract to turn over entire output
of reindeer carcass' to him.
Sam Greff of Seward .said the Com
mission should realize that any policy
looking toward the rushing of colon
ists into the territory would he dis- 1
ast* rous because transportation and |
markets are poor. Without transpor
tation and with no markets a man who I
comes to Alaska with his railroad tick
et and $100 and starts to farm is in'
hard luck.
Pi <>f. C. <’. Georgeson, Alaskan,
pioneer and farmer, who made straw-{
berries grow in Alaska and brought
Wheat production up to 30 bushels per
acre at the Government experimental!
farm in Alaska will have millions of1
people, lie urged the Commission not'
to adopt any policy which would re-i
kiiIi in thousands of farmers trooping
into Alaska in the hopes of settling
the first year, and said that not more
than 500 families should go into the'
territory in any one year until trans
portation and markets developed. He
also advocated the Government loan
ing money to the settler so that he
could clear land, buy implements and
get stocked. So far the Government
! has done nothing.
Among the other speakers were
Lieut. Col. It. n. Lenoir, who is the
head r.f the Alaska Military Cable and
Telegraph System: I’rof J. N. Cobb,
a pioneer investigator for the Govern
ment of the great fishery resources of
the territory: Wm. Nowell of Juneau
and A. Shuttuck, a pioneer merchant
of the territory, and K. A. Sherman of
the I'nited States Forestry.
The Nome Nugget delivered b. car
rier or mailed. Per Month $1.00
ALASKA SCHOOL CHILDREN TO
ORGANIZE FOR MARNE
STATUE COLLECTION
Ni*\v York. June 15—Myron T. Her-j
•America's fiift to France”—the Mac-'
M.-i’ne in commemoration of the vic
toi. of the French armies in Septem- |
her. 1014—announced today the ap-j
poiutment of Lester D. Henderson, of;
Juneau, as chairman for the Marne
committee for Alaska. Mr. Hender
son. who is Commissioner of Educa
tion for the Territory, will conduct a j
collection in which all the school'
children will have an opportunity to
contribute their pennies and dimes
just as hundreds of thousands of
children have done throughout the
It is estimated that more than 2,
000.000 persons have so far contributed
toward the fund of $250,000 necessary
to place the mammoth statue at the
little town of Meaux, the collection to
date having netted approximately
$205,000. School children, bearing In
mind the fact that the Statue of Lii)
erty in New York was given largely
through the efforts of school children
of France, have been well in the ma
jority among the contributors.
B. M. Behends, president of the B.
M. Behrends Bank of Juneau, will act
as treasurer for the fund in Alaska.
FORMER SHERIFF
INDORSES TAHUIC
"Money Couldn’t Buy The Good It Did
Me,” Says Hon. A. R. Anderson.
"Money could not buy the good Tan
lac has done me, and I gladly recom
mend it for what It has done in my
case,” said Hon. Archie Ft. Anderson,
of Houston, Texas, Kx-ShorifT of Har
ris County, recently.
Mr. Andorson is unquestionably,
not only one of the best known, but
one of the most popular men who ev.*r
held public office in the state of Texas.
After serving' as Deputy Sheriff of
Harris County for twelve years, Mr.
Anderson was elected Chief of Police
of the city of Houston. He had oc
cupied this office only a short time
when the Sheriff of Harris County
died. Mr. Anderson’s friends i*er
suaded him to make the race for the
unexpired term of Sheriff to which he
was easily elected. He was honored
with re-election seven different times
and served the people In this important
office for fifteen consecutive years.
Then Mr. Anderson declined re-elec
tion and retired to private life. He
cast his lot among the people of Hous
ton and is a latrge property owner and
foremost c itizen of that interesting and
prosperous city.
continued Mr. Anderson, "and had 1*0
appetite at all. I could hardly sleep at
night and never felt like getting up in
the morning. I was so tired. I had the
worst farm of indigestion, suffering n'l
the time from gas on my stomach and
was continually belching up undigested
food. I had to take m.v coffee without
sugar, as when I drank It with sugar.
I would belch for hours. I would bloat
and swell up like I was poisoned and
suffered w th neuralgic pains of the
, worst sort, and nothing seemed to help
'me only in a temporary way. I just
can't tell you how 1 did suffer for the
[ past four years and up to the time I
, began taking Tanlac. a few weeks ago.
"When I read the testimonials of
some who had been relieved of troub
les like mine I Just felt like I couldn’t
make a mistake by taking Tanlac and
it has done even more for me than I
| had expected. I began to feel better
! after taking iny first bottle and have
Just now started on my third and I’m
a different man already. I sleep like
a log now anti eat just any and every
thing I want without the slightest dis
comfort afterwards. I am glad to en
dorse Tanlac because it does the work
and I’m telling all my friends Just
what I’m telling you’ T ncvor felt bet
ter in my life than I do since taking
Tanlac. I am willing for you to pub
lish my statement and lot every suf
fering person who may wish, benefit
by my experience with this great medi
Tanlac is sold in Nome by Lomen
Bros. Advertisement.
FEDERATED CHURCH SERVICES
Sunday School . 11 A. M
Preaching Service. I P. M,
You are cordially invited to attend
these Services.
The Church with a Welcome.
I RICHARD DECKER. Pastor.
No. 256 Probate
NOTICE OF SALE
In the Probate Court for the Cape
Nome Precinc;, Second Division.
Territory of Alaska: Before thj
Honorable Hugh O’Neill. U. S.
Commissioner and Ex Officla Pro
bate Judge.
In the matter of the estate cl
JOHN H. MILNE deceased.
Notice Is hereby «• ren that, in pur
suance of an ori.*: duly made by the
abov.- *ntitled eo !:•; on the *th day
of June. 1920, in .he matter of the es
tate of JOHN H. MILNE, deceased,
the undersigned. Administratrix of
said estate, will sell at public auction
to the highest bidder, for cash, sub
ject to the confirmation of said court,
on Tuesday, the 6th day of July, 1920,
at the hour of twelve o’clock noon, at
the offices of the United State* Com
missioner for the Cape Nome Pre
cinct. Territory of Alaska, at Nome,
Alaska, all the right, title, interest and
estate of said JOHN H. MILNE, at
the tame of his death. In and to the
property hereinafter described, name
ly. Lot 8 in Block 31 in the Townsite
of Nome, together v ttl. the improve
ments situate thereon.
Terms'and conditions of sale; Cash
in lawful money of the United States*
twenty (20) per cent to the auotloner
on the day of the sale, and the balance
upon confirmation of sale by said Pro
bato Court and the delivery of a con
veyance. ^
Dated June 10th. 1920.
JANET S. ROSS.
Administratrix of the said estate.
Publish—June 12, It. 2«. July S. 1920.
You may have an engine, pump,
sluice boxes, mining tools, automobile,
wagon or horse etc., for sale—See the
Nugget; we will advertise them for
you on a "no sale no pay" basis plan.
Investigate our classified column plan.
CALENDARS
BY HAVING THE NOME NUGGET
IN YOU HOME OR ON THE MIN
ING CLAIM YOU WILL BE FUR
NISHED WITH A CALENDAR IN
EACH ISSUE FOR THE YEAR 1»20
SUITS MADE TO ORDER
FIRST CLASS WORKMANSHIP
Nome Tailoring Co.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN’S CLEANING,
PRESSING AND REPAIRING
MODERN METHODS AND PROMPT SERVICE
Opposite Nugget Office. Nome, Alaska
ANTHRACITE COAL
Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal
(Nut Size) $60.00 per ton
Yard Price
Alaska Lighterage & Commercial (o.
GOLDEN GATE HOTEL
JAS. SWARTZELL, Prop.
STEAM HEATED, ELECTRIC LIGHTED
BATHS IN CONNECTION.
ARCTIC BAKERY
AND CANDY STORE
THE HOME OF SWEET3 AND GOOD EATS
GOOD BREAD, PIES, COOKIES,
MEALS FROM 50c AND UP
WE SERVE HILLS BROS. COFFEE
SOURDOUGH HOTCAKES AND COFFEE 25c
FRESH ICE CREAM DAILY
MADE OF COW CREAM (SILVER COW)
Augustin* A Kyer’a and Imperial and Frafth
NOME MADE CANDY, SALTED PEANUTS
CARLPORATH, PROP.
The Advertisement which for- ♦
marly occupied this space was ♦
ordered cancelled because the ♦
Nugget reported the news of a ♦
gambling cnee which occupied ♦
the attention of the Commas- ♦
shiner's Court recently. Wo ♦
will state rttftot now that the ♦
NUGGET will keep on print- ♦
in* the news regardless hovr ♦
many advertisements arc cut. ♦
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at the
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NOMB. ALASKA
Capital - . $100,000
Gold Dust Purchase,,
and Assayed
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