NOM»\Ki:il. M'(K5KTS. \ i:\vs notks or NOMK
o\M\<; events
Next Saturday September Oth,
11,<• Fraternal Order of Eagles will
give another of their delightful
dames under the same conditions
dance will start at the* usual time
and will close at 12:.‘!0 sharp, in
order to give everyone an oppor
tunity to attend and still be able
to get some sleet* and be upnrtx»
Midnight Sun Uebekah Lodg-'
No. will celebrate the 73rd an
r iversary "f the founding of the
Uebekah Degree in America, with
a ball, in their hall, on Saturday.
September 20th.
The Yuba boys will entertain
il.* people of Nome with a dance
and good time at some time din
ing the latter part of September.
The Eagle Hall Commission will
give their annual event in the ear
1* part of October. Committees are
now busily engaged laying plan
end making preparations to make
this event surpass any event ever
given by that organization.
JEWEL (ilMlil) MAKES
TRIP TO SOLOMON
The gas schooner Jewel (luard.
Harry Ewert skipper and owner,
made a trip to Solomon and return
the fore part of the week, carry
ing passengers and freight.
NOME MERCHANT RETCHNS
Leo Seidenverg. the well known
Nome merchant, arrived on tin*
last Victoria, and i» on the job
again at bis two fine stores, tho
( heap John Store and the Bon
Marche. Leo looks happy and
prosperous and reports that he had
a good and prosperous stay out
side. hut he likes Alaska host, like*
all the rest of the old sourdoughs.
HI ERKSNE COES TO DIOMEDES
Frank Dufresne. Fur Warden for
this district, left Tuesday for the*
Diomede Islands on official busi
ness Mr. Dufresne left on the
Sch. Hazel c.r tji'e Biological Sin
vfcy and took Harry Phillips with
him as an assistant. They both
expect to get many fine pictures,
as they are both photographers of
n*> mean order.
<..\S SCH. ITK liKAVKS FOR
TRAOING TRIF TO NORTH
The Cias Schooner Cub. Arnaut
Castell owner and skipper, left at
■ 30 p. nt. Tnesdav for a trading:
trip to the North. The Cub was
formerly the Lieut. Keyes, a steam
ti p formerly used as a harbor tug
at Fort St. Michael. Capt. Castel
bought the Lieut. Keyes and look
the steam power out of it aifd in
stalled a pas engine and renamed
1he vessel the Cub.
NOTICE
roll S.\ l,lv—An established Road
house on Government mail trail,
dog and hurst* barn connected l»y
inclosed passageway, big build
ings. well built, suitable for a
trading post. Good fishing site
and gold bearing creeks in vicin
ity. Address Ro\ No. 1, Nome.
<.as sniouM i: nomk
I.F.AVFS FOR TKI.I.KR
WII SHIKMARKF
Tin* gas schooner Nome, (ius
Hendrickson builder, skipper and,
• 'wner left lor Teller and Shismar
if Wednesday morning with sup
plies for (login w and Company’s
• .\ farm. K. II. Jordan left, on
'i Nome. and will be connected
villi the establishment of the new
ll»VIN<. RKKI> MARKS Ifl'SIXKSS
TRIP TO TKI.I.F.K
Irving lleed. the well known
Nome mineral surveyor, made a
hurried trip to Teller, returning
'lie fore part of the week on the
Silver Wave. Mr. Reed went to
Teller to make u survey of a Trade
end Manufacturing Site for the Lo
eien Reindeer an.l Trading Cor
poration. leaving here on the No
ktitak. which allowed him just suf
i c ient time to make the survey,
and catch the Silver Wave.
\F\V SIUNAI. CORPS MAN
AT IdM AI. RADIO STATION
Joseph P. Morris has joined the
local radio force Mr. Morris has
been stationed at Xoorvik for some
: onths until that station was
abandoned, and he was then or
dered to Nome, where lie is now
acting in the capacity of cashier at
the local station. Mr. Morris is
ai. old time Army man. and held
the rank of Captain of Signal
Corps during the big urge in
col Nt 'll- SCHOOI. TKACHKR
PASSKS THKOl’IfH N'OMK
A. H. Dell arrived in Nome on
• he last trip of the mail boat
Donaldson from St. Michael and
left Tuesday on the Jewel Cuard.
Harry Kwart skipper, for Solomon,
cn route to Council to teach the
Council school this winter. Mr.
Dell came in via the (Jovernluent
Railroad and down the Yukon and
at.nounces that while this is his
fiist trip to this part of-Alaska, he
i - very much impressed with the
country and believes he will like
it very much. Mr. DeMJp home is
;•! Joliet. Montana.
! IIISTII: \\l> PKTKR S.
u:\vu for st.\ti:s
Kristie Sat her accompanied her j
brother Peter to the States on tit**
\ Vtoriii Kristie is going to school i
somewhere outside, and Peter is i
going to join his outfit, the Air
Service at San Antonio, Texas. It ;
will he remembered that Peter was j
just graduated from West Point j
Military Academy with the last;
class, and he is going to his first !
assignment, where he will be given
sit. additional year and a half or j
more of education in aviation and {
then assigned to station with the
Air Service. Kristie was not fully 1
decided when she left as to what
school she will attend, and will i
make her choice before the open
ing of the school year.
Wherever these two decide to
go. the Nugget wishes to join their
hosts of friends here and elsewhere
in wishing them success and every
Nome is the oatflting base for all
Alaska exploring expedition*.
REVIEW YOUR
DREDGING PROPERTIES
lii the past ili‘i'Hi]i‘ the installation of a gold
dredge lias been ronsidori'd for many an .Alaskan
property—ami its installation postponed.
Review the proposition again ('oustruction
.costs are low; so are operating costs—lower than
in the recent past ami without promise of a future
reduction.
Dredge design has improve!, particularly of
small dredges. Thawing technic has heen tleveloped.
Transportation is oftimes less a problem.
And rely on “the %'ufm” for the benefit of its
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YOUNCI ItAHLKE LEAVES
TO ATTEND SCHOOL
Alvin Rahlke. the kell known
No mo lad. who has prown to man
j hood in this district, left on the
Vic to attend school on the big
| outside. It is understood that AI
Ivin will attend school in Tacoma
tl is Winter. He was a member of
the graduating class from the
I Ncme High School this Spring, and
is a musician of much promise.
We wish to join the good wishes
I of the Nugget to those of his many
friends for his success and happi
rshis "p'v ven,urp'
! EIRE DEPARTMENT HORSE
SOLD AT ACCTION
j At 2:00 o'clock Wednesday af
I tt rnoon one of the Fire Depart
ment horses was sold at public auc
I tion. It was the occasion for num
erous horsemen to gather at the
I Fire Department and numerous
; bids were received. The horse was
: finally sold to A. Cordovado for
1 A new horse was added to the
| Fire Department upon the arrival
of the last boat from the South,
[and that is the reason why the
old horse was sold Wednesday.
ARCTIC CHIEF ARRIVES
The schooner Arctic Chief. Cap
tiin Harry Chester, arrived Wed
nesday from Dime. (lolovin and
Solomon. Capt. Chester states
that the Dime Creek Dredge has
commenced digging. operations
having commenced this week. A
large gang of men were employed
previous to the starting of the
dredge, in thawing the ground
ahead of the dredge.
The Arctic Chief expects to re
turn today and Frank McCoy of
haycock, who came over on the
vessel, expects to return to his
home on the same boat
MIN It 'lI’Ali WHARF REINR
l*rSHKI» TO COMPLETION
The work on the Municipal wharf
i.- progressing nicely though some
delay has been experienced owing
i > the rainy weather. The piling,
are all driven and the sidewall is I
completed and the flooring all I
down. Rverything is now in readi
ness for the framework and the '
iron siding, which will go up next •
week in till probability, weather !
conditions permitting. Robert j
hedgerwood. the foreman of the :
job says the work is progressing as j
thing is satisfactory.
TO ALL CONCERNED
Nome, Alaska. August H, lfftS-4
Authority of Cliaptcr Thirty Nine
Session Laws of Nineteen Twenty
One. The following regulation is
promulgated for the proper main
tenant and operation of the Sew
ard Peninsula Railroad,
RULE NO. 1. |
No load exceeding a total of four J
terns shall 1m* handled on any car.
W. tV. LURENS,
Sup’t Alaska Road Commission, j
Publish Aug. 9. 16. 23. 30. 1924 ■
N(>.>lK-SHKIjTON RAILWAY
RAPIDLY RKIXO FIXKD IT*
The Territorial Railway from
Nome to Shelton is rapidly being
overhauled and at present It Is
possible to travel ns far as Iron
('reek with a track speeder. The
toad crew expects to reach Iron
( reek in a few days, when the
I ridge over that stream will be
l‘« rebuilt. The road is being used
I y an increasing number of miners
, and travelers, proving that the
Territorial Legislature made no mis
take when It appropriated the mon
ey for the purchase of the road.
Last Tuesday. 11 travelers, north
and south bound, were gathered at
Seppala Station near Rig Horn.
Miss Bertha Saville and Miss Omie
Cochran were among those going
up to spend a few days at Iron
Creek Roadhouse, and Miss
Blanche Torgerson from her trip
to the Ivougnrok and Iron Creek.
(). K. Wheeler, proprietor of and
dispenser of hospitality at Iron
('reek Roadhouse, expects a num
ber of Xomeites out to take advan
tage of the excellent tishing and
tit* gkxkvikvt marks trip
TO ST. MICHAKL AND I SACK
Tim Tug Cienevieve. Captain K. i
1\ Johansen skipper, made a ,hur-j
ry-up trip to St. Miehael and re- |
turn. arriving .here ahoue six a. ni.
Thursday morning. The Genevieve ;
brought six passengers over from 1
St. Miehael who were unable to I
wait until the departure of the \
Donaldson. The passengers arriv
ing were: Norman ('. Stines, of th*’
I'. S. Smelting. Refining and Min
ing Go.; Herman T Tripp, of Ju
nt-au. ;’.;ird. Degree Mason and the
Deputy of the Supreme Council of ‘
the Scottish Rite for Alaska; Char
les li. dory, the head of the C. S.
Forestry Service for Alaska: \V. G.
Sirench of Ketchikan, head of the
Immigration Service for Alaska:
Eugene H. Meroviteh. of New York, i
representing the Mergenthaler Lin
olype Company of New York and
(.us. Nelson. The passengers were
a! Handed in Captain Johansen's
best style, and report a pleasant
tup notwithstanding the rough
MODIM INSTALLS NITTY
MEAT MAIlKMT KQITTMKNT
Earl c. Modini. the genial Man-'
tiger and owner of the Independent
Meat Market, has recently install
ed a counter refrigerator in his
sales room which is the last word
in efficiency and niftiness. Mr. Mo
dini ordered the equipment front
Seattle, explaining in his order the
need for the very best equipment
obtainable The Seattle house
could not at that lime furnish just
what they wanted to recommend,
and ordered the new equipment
s«nt direct from their Chicago
house Tiie new refrigerator show
case is of white enamelled material :
and plate glass with airtight com
partments for keeping the meats j
cool and sanitary while displaying
them to the best possible advan
tage to the customer.
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DAN A. SUTHERLAND
Announces his Candidacy
for Re-Election
for Delegate to'Congress from Alaska
Election Nov. 4th, 1924
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PAYS NOMK A VISIT
ink the Mergenthaler Linotype Co.
of Brooklyn. New York, is jin ar
neetion with his company. Mr
Merovitch is the first New York
representative to visit Alaska,
heretofore it has been the custom
to send a man from the Pacific
('oast to tins territory. Mr. Mero- j
vitch is calling on all the news-!
paper offices in Alaska and the
Yukon Territory, and reports hav
irg just installed a new No. 14
model Linotype in the office of the
Itawsou Daily News: and is now
the publisher of the Nome Nugget
to add a No. 14 model to the
for Mr. Merovitch to visit several
a ore offices in Alaska he finds it t
and will take passage on the Str. ,
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(i(N)SIIAVV CHARTERS SCH. I
NOME FOR SHISMAREF ,
George Goshaw, the well known i
merchant and fur dealer will ar
rive in Nome on the next Victoria j
and through his Nome agent, has I
chartered the Power Schooner
Nome for a voyage to Shismaref. 1
where Mr. Goshaw purposes estab
lishing a fox farm. It is under
stood that Mr. Goshaw is bringing
with him quite a number of foxes
for breeding purposes. and this
will he the first venture of its kind
on Seward Peninsula. Mr. Goshaw
has formed a large company in
the East and this is the first fur
farming venture of the new com
pany. The Nome will carry about
seventy five tons of miscellaneous
freight to Shismaref. which will
lie used in the establishment of
the fox farm. Mr. E. R. Jordan
will accompany the Nome when
she sails, in command of her build
! e: and owner Gus Hendrickson.
NOTICE WAR VETERANS
Application blanks for Adjusted
! Compensation for World War
Veterans may be obtain^l from
; the American Legion headquarters,
: at U.S. ('oast Guard Station, Nome
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EVERYBODY SAVED
Cuttyhunk. Aug. 29—Eight men
who were separated from their com
panions in another boat, after the
schooner “What Is Wandered” was
wrecked in Vinyard Sound, were
brought ashore by the Coast Guard
today after having spent the night
on the light ship in the Sound. Ev
eryone aboard the schooner was
saved, but the schooner was a total
'treaty mjhanne ratified
BY FRENCH SENATE
Paris. August 29—The Senate
concurring with the Chamber of
I eputies. ratified the Lusanne trea
ts completing the French adher
ence to the treaty. The Treaty be
came effective August 16th., this
year. Great Britain was the third
power to ratify the treaty.
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