WANTED TO CHEER
A LONELY ALASKAN
Nil since the Nugget i emmcnced
tlie interesting task of helping to re
lieve tin- . ehjng void "•‘In the* heat :»
t.cl domiciles ('fnhe local Mr Hatch’s,
ls {lure drifted to our sanctum a
more inviting missive from far a^'ay
M .me or demoiselle than the otje we
set forth below in the hope that it
evr you are." to whom the writer.
Miss 1.ermine Bene*If*d,, .'IS Van l>yke
Am Detroit, Michigan, addresses her
self Mi s Benedict Inis encountered
tie widely circulated tah- nnent Alas
ka’s ' lonely men," .in<l writes with the
very laudable desire to cheer’at least
■ me of them up And. after reading
tier letter we an- quite convinced that
tin lady is fully capable of the task
she attempts. \ brighter, breezier or
more interesting missive has not been
found among all the numerous re
sjMinses evoked by the magazinj
story—and we hope sincerely that it
r. aches the “ioueb man” for whom it
is intended. Here is the letter:
Dear T,nnely Man. whete ever you
1 have just been reading a little
sketch about Alaska and all the lonely
men there. . ml, think’s 1. letters are
the most cheerful things one can get.
and if those boys, or men perhaps I
should say. up there are lonely, why.
You know girls can he 1 >nelv loo
and there is nothing so lonely as to
be alone in a big city. People every
where* nice boys you’d enjoy meeting,
but. if you flirt. \vh>. wh.it are you"
A boy I know says lie can t.-ll cverv
time a girl tries to “vamp" him. Well
I am not a “vamp” type myself Can
you imagine a “man chaser" with i
Here T sat down to be so chattj
nod now F am so conscious of the fuel
that I am writing to goodness know?
who. that it makes me afraid, a little.
Well. I hope, whoever yti\\ are thn
chances to read this .lyfler. that yot
will just pretend that it’s from a gir
from your own home town. 1 won'
desert bo myself and spoil the illusion
because Hints half the fun of tin
thing; isn't it? Perhaps I'm forty an*
toothless, or maybe I'm only a shj
thing of sixteen and have never me
any boys. Then, maybe I'm mount
seventy five, and jolly, njul have t
sense of humor. “Faith, Hope—anil a
sente of humor”, and, "the greatest
of these is a sense of humor."; -I won
der if you lead the Saturday Evening
Pos Ever tfet any copies? Ever
read Irving Cobb’s stories, oir those
funny .“nigger" stories by Cohen?
Thru there’s the American Magazine.
I like it too. And the Cosmopolitan—
and oh yes, Photo Play. (in a fan.
Po you like'play*? I am going to see
'■rtroken- I’lossom’s*' when tt, comes
here. Hope you can we it In Alaska.
What do you think I do for a living?
Cim ss! Well, if 1 told, then you’d
fihiess my age. And—oh. horrors! if
thee guessed wrong!
1 have to stop right here and go
and slip into my marble (?) tub and
scrub and dub. Had a hard day and
am very "deity.” Doubtless you know
"hat it means to get up in the morn*
in', but T don’t. At least until now I
hn\en’t arose (or arisen?) until about
7. And oh. what a pull to get up at
five and cook my breakfast, and get a
Ke;choral car. and transfer to a cross
town- and oh. such “smelly men!”——
and then to a Woodward, and »tl9*n
two blocks to m.v work!
Well, it was dark as night this a.
m. hut I wasn’t scared. After my cof
fee was drank—it’s the only thing
supposed to he drunk now-a-days—
out 1 went. My hands were "lily
white” and the nails a lovely polish,
but on my return they looked so aged
—and there! 1 daren't say another
word! They say women arc curious
but I'll bet they aren’t any uiQre cur
ious than men. You know Kin, Hub
hard, as “Alie Martin.” says. "WAim
tnin is just like elephants. 1 like to
look at ein' but 1 wouldn’t want to
own one". Do you believe that?
I've just cyme from my "hawth”
and my skin feels as if it was stretched
out to diy. Dear me! If this letter
gets to some one else than "you, who
ever you are" I'm sure 1 don't ktnv
what they will thinrk. Hut "you" won’t
laugh at me: will you? Just with m
Ini; y. Put only >n this condition.
You'll have to write real letters. If
answer
all three flavors
in the sealed
packages—but lock
for the name
WIGLETS
because it is your
protection against
inferior imitations,
just as the sealed
package is protec
tion asalnst ini
X Lasts!
purity.
SEALED TIGHT
KEPT RIGHT
The
Flavor
this. 1 levs to write. So, however
much you write, just so much- will I
A sincere spinster, v
(Miss) Lorraine Benedict.
SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN PLACER
The value of the placer void pro
duced Jn Alaska in 1918 was about
$5j900,00u. The production in 1917/
was $9,810,000. The decrease in 1918
was general throughout the Territory,
except in the Copper I liver and
Yentna districts and some of the
smaller Yukon districts. The de
crease was due mainly to curtailment
of opera tIons because of .shortage, of
labor, high cost of supplies, and un
certainty as to future conditions. Ix>
cnl decreases were due also to un
favorable climatic conditions and to
the depletion of some of the richer
It Is estimated by the V. S. Geo
logical Survey, Department of the In
terior, that about 574 placer mines
were operated in the summer of 1918
and 153 during the previous winter,
son_ About 8.000 men were engaged
in productive placer mining in the
summer and 613 in the winter. In
addition several hundred men were
engaged in prospecting or other non
productive work relating to placer
LODE MINING IN ALASKA
Twenty-five gold-lode mines were
operated in Alahka in 1918. according
to the I'. S. Geological Survey, De
partment of the Interior. There was
also a production from prospects—
abandoned mines or small mines that
were not in regular operation. The
value of the lode-gold output decreas
ed from S4.o81.4S3 in 1917 to $3,473,317
in 1918. owing partly to the disaster at
the Treadwell mine in April, 1917, and
partly to curtailment of operations.
PERFECT SITUIN
Nome People Have Good Reason
For Complete Reliance
lk» you know how—
.To find relief from backache;
To correct distressing unripary ills:
To assist weak kidneys?
Many people in this vicinity know
Have used Doan’s Kidney rills;
Have proved their worth in many
Here’s convincing testimony.
Mrs L. J. Stover, 2314 W. Webb
St.. Pendleton, Ore., says: “I have
found Doan's Kidney Pills to be all
that is claimed of them for backache
anJ kidney trouble. About"a year ago
I had a dull pain in thet region of
my kidneys. Often I could hardly
keep going, as my back felt so weak
and" sore. After I had taken one box
of Doan’s Kidney Pills that awful mis
ery in my back left entirely and I wai
able to get around as well as ever.”
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan's Kidney Pills—the same that
Mrs Stover had. Foster-Miiburn Co,
Mfgs.. Buffalo, N. Y.
(Advertisement.)
Iespecially in the Juneau ^district, be
cause of shortage of labor. South
eastern sAlaska, especially the Juneau
district, is still the only center of
large quarts mining operations In tho
Teritory. Next in imi>ortance is the
Willow creek lode district. The pro
duction In the Fairbanks district tie
creased materially, as the lode-mine
owners of Hiirbanks are still await
ing the cheapening of operation costs,
especially of fuel, wh)ch is expected on
the completion of the railroad. In 1918
the average value of the gold and
silver contents for all siliceous ores
mined was 11.70 a ton; the average
for 191T was $1,37 a ton. These'
averages reflect the dominance In the
total lode production of the large ton
nage .produced from the low grade |
ofes of the Juneau district,
ONLY MEMORY OF
TROUBLE IS LEFT
ARS HATLEM WAS ALL RUNDOWN
FOR MANY YEARS—TANLAC
BROUGHT RELIEF
“Tanlac has clone me so much good
hat I am feeling more like myself
him for a long, long time," said Mrs
tndrew Hatlem, of 3345 22Vi Avenue,
•outh Minneapolis, Minn., to a Tanlac
epresentative. the other day. •
"My trouble was a generally run
own condition.” continued Mrs Hat
?m. "and I had been suffering for a
ood many years, r had a very poor
ppetite and I never felt like eating
ny more than just enough to keep
ie alive and it just looked like the
little 1 did eat soured and formed gas
ami this gas pressed so against my
heart that I sometimes had difficulty
in breathing ! was troubled with
terrible headaches, too, and at times
they were so bad that it just felt like
m> head would •split and I had aches
and pains all over my hotly and was so
weak and In so much misery some
times that I just dragged around the
house at my work, I also suffered a
gr.-«t deal from cohstipation and, dizzy
spells and felt so tired and restless at
night that I would simply lie awake
for house at a time not able to sleep
a wink and my nerves were i|i a bad
condition. too.I took a lot of medicine
and treatments for my trouble, but
nothing 1 did or took seemed to help
me one bit until I began taking Tanlac.
“I had read about Tanlac and how
it was helping others, so I decided to
try it myself and I am certainly glad
I did. because it began to help me al
most from the beginning. My appetite
got better and I commenced to pick
up strength and my whole system,
seemed to be benefited and I kept on
Improving right along until now I
have a fine appetite and can eat just
anything I want and I never have a
particle of. trouble with gas any more.
All I have of those miserable head
aches is just the memory of ♦hem and
those dizzy spells have left me entire
ly and I can sleep just like a little
child the whole night through and am
feeling so good every way now that I
can do all my own housework and
never feel any more tire*d than a per
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUOOOO
W. J. ROWE
TRANSFER ANR FRElflNTHIS
Dealer in all kinds of Lumber
Horses For Sale
JOHN LAND Tailor
Suits made to order
Repairing:, Pressing and Cleaning
NOME RESTAURANT
OPPOSITE ALASKA BANK
NOW
OPEN
»on naturally would under the same
circumstances. Tanlac certainly has
helped ne a lot anfl I am plad to re
commend it to theh* for that reason.
Tanlac is sold. It Nome by Lome a
Bnos. Advertisement.
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 1920
SUITS MADE TO ORDER
FIRST CLASS WORKMANSHIP
Nome Tailoring Co.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN'S CLEANING,
PRESSING AND REPAIRING
NOTICE
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 15, 1919 THE PRICE OF WELLING
TON COAL WILL BB THIRTY SIX DOLLARS PER TON ft THE
YARDS OF THE A. L. A C. CO. DELIVERY SUBJECT TO RE
QUISITIONS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. TERMS STRICTLY
WE WISH TO ANNOUNCE TO THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME
THAT THIS COMPANY WILL NOT AGAIN CARRY A WINTER
COAL SUPPLY.
ALL DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES CLOSED
Between 12:00 and 1:00 p# m.
ALASKA LIGHTERAGE A COMMERCIAL CO.
GOLDEN GATE HOTEL
JAS. SWARTZELL. Prop.
Best AccoiRQdattonsJn.Alaska
STEAM HEATED. ELECTRIC LIGHTED
BATHS IN CONNECTION.
MEET ME
BOARD OF
TRADE
Miners & fknMs
Bmk 0( AUski
NOMI. ALASKA
Capital . . $100,900
Gold Dust Purchase.,
and Assayed
MILOS OAFE
OPEN DAY ADD
NMMT
M <m* M riOKH OOLC •; I
«..0MMM om>