NEWS NOTES
The most severe cold snap develop
ing this fall froze up numerous water
pipes last night and gave added stim
ulus to the decision of the cold footed
ones to hike for the outside before It
becomes real winter. Considerable
slush ice was running in Snake River
this morning. Two or three inches of
snow also fell during the early morn
ing hours.
A radiogram from Capt. West or -
lund of the freighter Cordova, now at
Port Clarence, reports that the vessel
was unable to unload cargo at Rost
lliVer yesterday owing to a southwest,
gale and heavy seas. The Cordova
has been at Rost River for several
days. Her arrival here is expected
in two or three days. After returning
to Nome the steamer will proceed to
St Michael before departing for the
Outside. •
The Victoria will arrive from C.olo
vln either tonight or tomorrow if
present weather conditions continue.
Advices reaching the local agency of
the Alaska Steamship Company yes
terday reported that a portion of the
cargo had been discharged but the
storm compelled a suspension of the
work for a. portion of the day Monday.
Present indications point to the steam
er getting away for the outside Satur
day or Sunday.
The gas boat Uln, piloted by Harry
Rongley, came up the eoa.rt from Solo
mon Monday morning in spite of the
storm with Mrs W. J Rowe on board
as a passenger. The schooner found
ready shelter in the Snake River basin,
thereby demonstrating the utility of
tlie new government improvement to
coastwise shipping during stormy per
iods. Rut for the assurance that safe
shelter would he afforded by the har
bor construction <»n arrival here, the
owner of the craft would scarcely
have dared to venture the trip.
Bob .Stewart Is s:n arrival in town
from the Monument and Boulder creek
section and reports that the Stewart
Company, of which his brother, A. C.
Stewart, is the directing head, has en
joyed a very successful season min
ing on its properties beteen Boulder
and Monument creek. Water supplies
have been ample during the season
dor operation have been eminently sat
isfactory. The company Is contem
plating the installation of a dredge on
the deeper ground embraced in its
holdings along the west side of the
* Snake river valley and may install the
machine next season.
Nothing has been heard from the
Coast Guard cutter Rear since the re
ceipt of a radio late last week an
nouncing the rescue of the Casco sur
vivors from King Island. It is sur
mised that the vessel has proceeded
to East Cape. Siberia, to pick up the
crew of the wrecked trader Belve
dere. who at last reports were pro
ceeding to the cape from the vicinity
of Cape Serge, near which the Belve
dere was wrecked. As the wreck oc
curred on September Ifith. according
to the report sent out regarding the
catastrophe by the Russian steamer
Stavarpol, the crew probably arrived
at East Cape some time ago.
Work on the harbor construction
is now directed principally to bolting
lip the heavy sheet piling forming the
sharply sloping sides of the jetty
stjiuctHi'o. The last pile has been
driven and the big pile driver has been
removed to a point near River Street,
where it will remain until needed in
the construction of the west jetty next
year All) superfluous timber work
along the jetty has been removed, with
the exception of a few piles along the
eastern side and the heavy piling sur
rounding tlie huge block of cement
guarding the outer end. This will be
removed, leaving the cement work bare.
Dredge Contractor W. J. Rowe Is still
Snaps At
HILT CASH STORE
Molar Cycle . $ 75.00
1 Steam Laundry, complete ... 200.00
Second Hand Lumber per M. . . .50.00
Doore. Windows all prices.
Mining Boilers, complete, reasonable.
Trunks, Suit Cases etc, cheap
Furniture, Beds, Mstresses, very cheap
Mining Outfits, Drsdgs supplies
HOLT It there with the GOODS
busy at his task of deepening and
widening the channel and lower basin.
Save, fuel l»y buying an Oil Burner
it th# Surprise Store.
Martin Ravcnkilde. the Nestor of
the Jess creek section, paid the city n
flying visit during the latter days of
last week and reported the operations
of his firm processing in a highly sat
isfactory manner and with returns
which cause Mr. Ravcnkilde to smile
broadly when referring thereto. He
informed the reporter that; "Misfor
tune has disappeared but has left her
daughter Fortune behind." And his
eyes glittered as he spoke.
Reports from tho Immnchuk section
indicate that practically all of the min
ing outfits in that district enjoyed a
successful mining season this summer.
Water supplies have been ample in a
majority of instances and .several of
the operators are said to have achieved
very good returns from their endeav
ors. Included among the various op
erators were Killen and Black, Frank
Henry. Esehohlt and Bourne. Cordo
Vado Brothers, Dick Hoogedorn and
Mr Dawson who worked the Fnirhaven
properties, employing a crew of thirty
five of forty men during a part of
the season. The results of Manager
Dawson’s operations are said to have
been exceedingly gratifying, as well
as those of several others along the
The long expected break in tHe fur
market lies developed and fur prices
in several lines, particularly the red
and white foxes, are showing a widely
lowering tendency which has already
reduced the prices of red and white fox
to approximately one*half those pre
vailing a few weeks ago. Advices to
this effect from the Hudson Hay Fur
Company branch in Seattle reached
Frank Martin the local fur buyer of
the company yesterday.
The message lnrormn- .Martin mat
the depression is attributed largely to
the strikes in England and the States
and instructs him to figure on purchas
ing red and white foxes at about $35
The instructions with respect to lynx
designates $30 as the approximate
purchase price on that variety of pelt
The dimensions of tire depression
may be readily judged by comparing
the prices designated l>y the company
with those prevailing recently, when
both red and white foxes were held at
prices ranging from $60 and $65 for
choice pelts to $45 for the poorer
grades. Lynx were quoted at prices
ranging from $45 to $50. with extra
select specimens occasionally bring
ing $55.
fto far as the telegrams discloses,
cross, silver and blue fox arc not af
fected by the break, and there is also
no indication that prices for other
varieties, aside from lynx have been
distuVbed. Recent advices reaching
local buyers indicated that mink has
shown a downward tendency for some
Second Hand Lumber, Doors and
Windows for sale at the Surprise
Store.
Reports from the Arctic slope ar
riving by recently returning vessels
says the Louis Lane expedition sent
into the Canadian Arctic to establish
a line of trading stations In the ex
treme northerly regions of Canada has
penetrated to the vicinity of Ft Mc
Pherson on the lower reaches of tlie
Mackenzie river valley but failed to
get through to the Arctic in accordance
with the original program. The pro
ject is said to be a big one and contem
plates the establishment of a string of
twenty eight trading stations extend
ing through the heart of Canada and
alohg the Arctic slope. It was intend
ed to establish the Hersehel Island
^tion during the coming summer
but for some unexplained reason,»tho
expedition failed to reach the coast.
The company is backed "by Boston
capital and one of the main sponsors
« S
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largest fur dealing firms in tho world
The expedition was sent in overland
via Calgary last year with approxi
mately •eight carloads of goods and
supplies which are said to have ag
gregated nround $240,000 in value. The
boat to navigate the Mackenzie river.
The boat was sent in sections which
then scheduled to proceed down the
rivor to the Arctic, establishing trad
of Nome and is said to have contem
plated sending in boats via Nome next
year. Louis Lane is .the active head
of tho company and T. M. Clowes,
former Nome attorney is said to he
his private secretary,
dm- Brothers indicate that Joe Bernard
and Ids schooner the Teddy Bear, al
though failing to get through the fnm
nt the time <>f ill's departure from
Nome two years ago. all but achieved
I his purpose and was probably preven
ted from getting through only by .rea
Ing in the far north thin year Ar
i ni-ding to tiie reports, the Teddy Bear
reached the Victoria Strait region
along the eastern ride of Victoria
I*-ind. The section penetrated by the
Teddy Bear is one which is compara
tively unexploited and lias been visit
fact the records disclose that Victoria
ed by a vessel manned by white men.
unless it were by the Teddy Boa-.
The Strait lies between Victoria L>and
and King William island and extends
from tho vicinity of Latitude 68 de
grees to Latitude 70 degrees North and
is crossed by the 100th Meridian, The
noted explorer Sir John Franklin win
jterod on tho northern end of the strait
ia 1X16-47 and perished there in June
1847 while endeavoring tp reach the
mainland on foot after the losw’of his
last vessel, the Erebus, near wliat he
known as Erebus Bay on the north
ed the lower end of the strait in 1852
in t arch if traces of the Franklin ex
on the southeastern end of Victoria
Land during tho winter of 1852-53.
Bernard's exploit is u notable one.
as lie lias penetrated a region which,
although visited by exploring parties
practically unknown to the world. Re
ports concerning Bernard's location
were brought to the trading stations
spring. It is said that Bernard was
trying to get hack to the westward
hut with what success is at present
unknown. In order to reach the Beau
fcrd Sea. west of Banks’ Land, he]
would have to travel westward fori
five or six hundred miles, passing ,
either a round the northern side of |
Victoria and Banks’ Lind’s via Mol
vllle^Sound and McClintock Strait, or
by the route by which he came thru
Dense Strait, Coronation Ouif and
Dolphin and Union straits, all of
which lie south of Victoria Land, be
tween that island and the northern
limits of the continental shelf.
Because of the unusual ice condi
tions. it is held to be doubtful if Ber
nard can get much farther west than
Herschel Island this year, although he
may succeed In getting out of the Arc
tic if fall weather and ice conditions
are favorable.
The roports indicate that his ven
ture into that unknown section lAs
brought him valuable trading returns
and the Teddy Bear is loaded with
furs obtained by trade with the na
tives. It is said Bernard has traded
off eveifc'thing in the line of trade
goods carried on his vessel and has
stopped trading owing to having no
more supplies than will be required to
carry him back to the Arctic.
Call up Main 140, if you want any
thing at tha SURPRISE STORE.
Anchorage possesses a new indus
try in the shape of n barrel factory.
The name of the new concern is the
Harry Cribb Company. Incorporated.
The company is said to have installed
an elaborate equipment in its factory
and operates a number of barrel mak
ing machines. Only cottonwood is
being utilized at present but the com
pany is prepared to meet any demand
for containers of other wood mater
ials. It lias been found that barrels
made of cottonwood possess many
points of superiority over those made
from spruce or fir and are entirely
free from pitch, thus making the bar
rels suit iblc for packing products
which might absorb the peculiar flavor
of pitch if packed in barrels made of
othdr varieties of wood. The cotton
wood used by the company grows In
great profusion in the Anchorage dis
trict. Most of the m terial used Is
shipped from points aldp.g the gov
ernment railroad. The timber reaches
the factory in bolts 32 inches long
which are sawed Into staves four in
ches wide and five eights of an Inch
thick. Those are kiln dried and
shaped by machinery. Iron hoops
bind the staves together in their fin
ished form. The company supplies
a large part of the barrels used by the
herring and salmon salterles on Cook
Inlet.
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affairs. The Nugget mailed to your
outside address will keep you posted.
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Foxes ■ Mink
AND ALL OTHER PELTS'
WE PAY CASH FOR YOUR FURS RIGHT HERE FOR OUP.
EASTERN HOUSES AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO WAIT SIX
MONTHS FOR YOUR MONEY.
fur Buying Agency
JOHN FELKEL
NOME, ALASKA,
TRAPPERS ■ TRADERS
SHIP TO
mm i ooshaw me.
Dealer in Raw Furs
SEATTLE NEW YORK
Alaska Building 127 W. 27th 8trcct
Ship direct to New York for highest prices paid for Itaw Furs.
>'our shipments are handled by expert graders and New York Market
Prices are paid on correct grading the day received If desired, your
shipments will l>e kppt separate in order that our prices may be ap
proved by you. Providing that our valuation does not prove satis
factory, the Furs will be returned to you, transportation charges
prepaid, Khjp by Insured Parcel Post pr Express, Ship in a dry
condition. Always enclose an Itemized list of contents with name
and address. Also place duplicate list on the outside of puckage
or bale. All payments are made by check on the Seattle National
Bank, or in any'other tnnnner desired. Special instructions. If any.
to nccompany shipment.
•HIP YOUR FURS TO U8 NOW
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KASSAN MINES .
PRODUCE PLATINUM
Associated Cress Service:
JUNEAU. Alaska. (By .Mail)—Thir
teen ounces of platinum, valued at
$1,313. has teen found In copper ore
produced in the mines at Kasaan, aq
cording to the January reports of the
Customs House. Values of other
minerals produced in the territory dur
ing January were gold. $127,492: cop
per SI.539.767: silver ore. $57,027 and
chrome, $16,000.
NOTICE
ON ARRIVAL OF S. S. VICTORIA.
FALL HATS AND DRESSES AT
MRS. WANGER’S, Second Avenue.
Opposite Court House.
PIONEERS IGLOO HOTEL.
Housekeeping apartments and tran
sient rooms by day, tpeek «r month.
Also use of club rooms by hotel guests.
MRS. MONAHAN,
Proprietor.
COCO COLA served at the
ARCTIC BAKERY
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AUTO FOR HIRE
B. W. NEILLY, Phone Red 12
Trips mads to following places bv
appointment. Little Creek, Anvil.
Third Beach, Glaciar, Dexter, Subma -
ine. Fort Davis, Cunningham.
Rates Reasonable.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
The best guarantee you can have for
a successful issue of yogr clothes Is to
patronize an old established house; a
house that wants you to come back and
be-their permanent patron.
Such a house is the Nome Tailoring
Co.
We make alterations.
Wo do cleaning, pressing and repair
ing. We make suits to order. We ap
preciate your patronage.
NOME TAILORING COMPANY,
Opposite Nugget Office.
Subscribe NOW for the Nome Nugget
JOHN LAND Tailor
Suits made to order
Repairing, Pressing and Cleaning
NOME RESTAURANT
OPPOSITE ALASKA BANK
NOW
OPEN
INDEPENDENT
MEAT MARKET
ALL KINl^S OF FRESH MEATS
UPON ARRIVAL OF FIRST BOAYs
BEEF, MUTTON, PORK, VEAL
AND POULTRY, HAM. BACON, BUTTER.
ALL BILLS MUST BE PAID ON OR BEFORE THE
10th. OF EACH MONTH
WM. WEBB.Prop.
The New
/
Rainier Beverage
on Draught at the
TCemda
A full line of
LADIES HATS, GOATS, DRESSES ETC
ON ALL BOATS
THE EMPORIUM KIRSTAN BROS.
NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
Bread 15c loaf, two. leaves for 25c
CHAS. CAVEY. Prop.