SEATTLE PUBLISHER
HELD UP IN YOSEMITE
IiOS ANGELES, Cal.—Joseph Ble
then. publisher of the Seattle (Wash)
Times, was held up in Yo sc mite I'ark
recently.
The hold-up was accomplished by
a bear with two cubs who stood in
the middle of the narrow road and
refused to budge while Mr Blethen
was motoring through the valley. The
newspaperman took advantage of the
situation to photograph the animals
but his day’s schedule was upset by
the delay.
CHAMPAGNE SUPPLANTED
AT BOAT CHRISTENINGS
LOS A NOELKS HARBOR,—Oranga
Juice has taken the place of cham
pagne at he christening of ships
built in the yards of the Southwestern
Shipbuilding Company here. The West
Neris. which recently slid down the
ways, had a bottle of orange Juice
broken over her prow and officials of
the company declare that at future
christening?), the same substance will
be used.
FEW BRITISH BLIND BEGGARS
LONDON.—Of the 30,000 blind per
sons in England and Wale*?, only 85
are beggars, according to the Advis
ory Committee of the Welfare of the
Blind. The committee recommends
that $3.50 a week be given to all blind
persons who are employed and earning
up to $1.25 ri week.
The Ited Cross—the heartbeat of
humanity.
FIRST ALA9KA IRON ORE
BEING TESTED
NENANA, Alaska,—Eight tons of
iron ore, the first, it is said, to be
treated and shipped in Alaska, are
being tested in the electric furnaces at
Treadwell. The ore comes from a
deposit owned by Barney Hines on the
beach at Snettisham. a port in Steph
en’s passage on the Alexander archi
pelago.
DISUSED SALOON BARS
USED FOR COFFINS
LOS ANGELES,—Saloon barn, both
brans and mahogany, are being: used
to make coffins, it became known re
cently when a wrecking; company
purchased .several mahogany bars and
their brass trimmings from saloons
which closed on account of prohibition.
The scarcity of mahogany has caused
the wrecking of the bars, the company
said, and the lumber is sold to casket
makers. The brass trimmings, the
company added, are cast into handles
plated with silver and attached to the
The most practical thing in the
world is a Red Cross ideal.
SUMMON8 FOR PUBLICATION
IN TIIE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
SECOND DIVISION
W» F BALDWIN us Guardian Ad
Litem of FLORA TANOANOK. a
minor. Plaintiff,
THOMAS IYOUK. Defendant.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES,
To Thomas lyouk. the defendant above
named,
GREETING:
You are hereby summoned and re
quired to appear and answer the com
plaint of the plaintiff on file in the
office of the Clerk of the above en
titled court. In the City of Nome, in
the District of Alaska, Second Di
vision, within thirty days after the
service of this summons upon you. to
wit, within thirty days from the 27th
day of December, 1919, or judgment
for want thereof will be taken against
You are hereby notified if you fail
to answer the said complaint the plain
tiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded therein, to-wit, for a
decree of the court declaring null and
viod the marriage heretofore and now
existing betwen you and Flora Tan
The date of the order of publication
of this summons is the 12th day of
November, 1919; the date of the first
publication thereof Is November 15th
1919; and the date of the last publi
cation thereof Is December 27th, 1919,
WITNESS the Honorable WILLIAM
A: HOLZHEIMER, Judge of the
District Court for the Territory ol
Alaska, Second Division and the
seal of said Court hereunto af
fixed at Nome. Alaska, this 12th
day of November, 1919.
THOS. McGann,
Clerk of the District Court
for the Territory of Alaska
Second Division.
PuhtHh—|T«V. U. », S», DM. «. II,
a «, uu.
TEMPTING INVITATION TO
SOURDOUGH SEEKERS
FOR SOUL MATE
The* increasing inclination of many
Outside females to look to Alaska for
a possible mate Is again displayed in
the following letter to the Nugget from
a l.os Angeles woman who, in addi
tion to stilting her inclinations with
respect to possible marriage to an
Alaskan, also explains in ♦interesting
manner some of the reasons which
impell so many unattached females to
write to Alaska in search of a hus
band. The writer is evidently a per-I
son of more than average culture and |
also possesses in a strong degree that I
distinguishing characteristic known as;
“personality." Her letter is a com
mon-sense exposition of a new point
of view regarding the age old question
of marriage and the present day ten
dency to defy convention. The com
munication follows:
" Not so long ago it would have been
considered ^ breach of the conventions
for a man and a woman to become ac
quainted without the formality of an,
introduction. And by wjiy *>f the mail
route, even more reprehensible. I tut
those conditions have passed—the
whole fabric of our social system lias
changed—owing to the great world
war—and today many people of the
highest type, with the finest qualities
of heart and mind. who. for different
reasons, lack the opportunity to meet
those of the* opposite sex, socially,
whom they care to know, are seeking
some means of doing so.
Somewhere in the world there is a
mate for every one—if he can ho
found,for
“No one Is so accursed by fate.
But some heart, tho unknown
Responds unto his own.
Responds us if with unseen wings.
An angel touched its quivering strings.
And whispered in its song:
"Dear, where hast thou stayed so
Some of the host writers of today
are using tho columns of the leading
newspapers and magazines to advocate
the plan of getting acquainted by mail.
A few years ago—before the war—
such a thought would have shocked us
—t hat is. some of us But today,
after two years of service among total
strangers, when no one thought of
introductions, and the greatest good
fellovvship existed everywhere, the
conventions of yesterday seem a bit
absurd and out of keeping with our
up-and-doing times.
Many nice women will take advan
tage of the new order of things and
instead of waiting modestly for some
man to come and find her. sin* is going
to ilo a little hunting for herself.
Kvery woman has an ideal, but far too
many have to marry the host that is
offered under the circumstances and
then trim her ideal down to fit him.
Mow she is going to grab a—no, not
a club—a pen. and rush out over the
world via printer’s ink. and And the
right on«—- tho one she really wants.
That Is precisely my attitude, and
thru this article I hope to find the one
man in all this world for me. I have
lived a little in the Yukon Territory
ami know the conditions: and tho I
have traveled extensively, there is no
Idacc I love as i do Alaska. And I
like the people. They ;ire more kind
ly tolerant, have broader and saner
views of life, and finer spirits than any
I have ever known As for myself, I
belong to a good Southern family who
would be shocked to death if they sus
pected me. of doing this, but like Eva
Tanguay, “I don’t care." I can't toot
say this: I am the kind of woman a
man feels proud to Introduce as his
wife I have the ability to adapt my
self to any mode of life and get some
thing out of it. I can turn a log
cabin into a 'home' and cook the best
dinner a man ever ate. I have
Then again, 1 am generally considered
one of the most distinguished looking
women at an Assembly ball. I am
still young, weigh 135 pounds and five
feet four. Now that’s enough about
me. As for the man I hope to find:
He should be t'» or thereabouts, fine
physique, good character and standing,
brunette preferred: lie should have a
nature which craves and appreciates
the truer, finer things of life—and the
ability and means to procure them,
lie is up there in that wonderful coun
try. somewhere!
Please write full information and
enclose a snap-shot or a photograph.
Any letter received will lie treated
with the strictest confidence and re
turned to writer when I shall have
made a choice. Address:
MISS Eld-A NOR COUPON.
I* (>. Ilox 1-1-. I,os Angeles. Calif
So long as there's sickness, suffer- j
CLAIMS SALMOR OF ALASKA
ARE DISAPPEARING
Alaska'** dwindling silver horde
must he built up at once if the sal
mon industry of the north Pacific is
to continue, according to Hr. O. 11.
Gilbert, zoology professor of Stanford
University, who has long Ik'oii recog
nized as a world authority on the sal
mon. Dr. Gilbert recently arrived in
Seattle from the NortBi. where, as
a special assistant in the United States
bureau of fisheries, he spent the sum
mcr studying conditions, says a Si
tie paper.
Silver wanderers of the sea, the
sockeye, the king and the other sal
mon, are simply being fished out, Hr.
Gilbert reports. “With every canne •
eager to prevent the fish from return
ing to their fresh-water spawning
ground and fishermen and gill netters
catching tons «>f salmon trout, which
are only half-grown salmon, the sal
mon supply hasn’t a chance for survi
Stringent protection laws are need
ed, Dr (filbert believes. "Man des- i
troyed the salmon horde and it will
be for man to build it up again if the
salmon industry is to continue.” he
said recently. “Only strict legisla
tion that will close the principal fish
ing grounds to trapmen and nets for
years to come will prevent the ex
tinction of the salmon. Today rivers
that once supplied the. largest number
of fish furnish but a handful compared
ivith their former amounts..
"There Is nothing that ran take the
>laee of tlie salmon This summer in
tinny places I saw only thousands of
ish where years ago millions used to
•onvinee these men who make
•Aough in the lag years to
lose in the lean ones that they
ire killing the goose ancl that the gold
n eggs will shortly t ease to he."
Have you sent your friends a copy!
if the edition of the Nugget contain
ng the account of the future possibili-j
ies of Nome and Seward peninsula.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR tHE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
SECOND DIVISION.
O. \V> ASHBY. Plaintiff.
E, W. Backus, Charles H. Hood.
j‘ Berger and The Northern Mining
& Trading Co., a corporation.
Defendants.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
To E. W. Backus, Charles H. Hood, J.
Berger and The Northern Mining &
Trading Company, a corporation,
the above named defendants.
GREETING :
You. and each of you. are summon
ed and required to appear and answer
the complaint of the plaintiff on file in
the office of the Clerk of the said
Court, at the City of Nome, within
thirty days after the service of this
summons upon you. that is. within
thirty days after the completed period
of publication of this summons, or
Judgment for want thereof will he
taken against you. And you are here
by notified that if you fail to answer
said complaint the plaintiff will apply
to the court for the relief demanded
therein.
This is an action to foreclose a lien
created by certain agreements entered
into between the parties hereto upon
certain real property in the vicinity of
Bluff, in the Cape Nome Mining and
Recording Precinct, as will more par
ticularly appear from the complaint on
file herein, and for the recovery of the
sum of Seventy-Three Thousand Dol
lars ($73,000.) the unpaid balance now
due and unpaid from the defendants to
plaintiff The date of the order of
the publication at" this summons is
the 3rd day of November 1919; the
date of the first publication thereof Is
the 8th day of November 1919. and the
date of the last publication thereof is
the 20th day of December 1919: and
the time within which defendants are
required to appear and answer the
said complaint is within thirty days
after the said 20th day of December,
WITNESS the Honorable WILLIAM
A. HOLZHEIMER, Judge of the
Said District Court, and the seal
of said court hereto affixed, at
Nome. Alaska, this 3rd day of
November, 1919.
THOS. McGANN.
Clerk of the District Court.
Second Division, Territory
By W. C. MoGfUlRE, Deputy Clerk.
FAST OBLITERATING
WAR SCARS
DOVER, Eng.—Former British of
icers returning from France and Bel
gium where they have been going
>ver the ground where a year ago they
vere still fighting, express astonish
nent at the manner in which nature
s blotting out the scars of the war.
"No Man's Land everywhere is cov
ered with a. mass of scarlet poppies,"
laid one officer, "and the disappear -
ince of the rusty barbed wire makes
me almost forget the place was ever
he most desolate prospect a man ever
iaw. But the trenches are still there
ind so is much of the timber, both
startling reminders of the days when
ve did not know just what was going
o happen next "
JAP POPULATION HAWAII
SHOWS RAPID GROWTH
HONOLULU. T. H.—Rapid growth
of the Japanese population of Hawaii,
all ready is greater than that of any
other race. Is indicated by vital sta
tistics compiled by the Japanese con
sulate for the first six months of 1919.
The report shows 261G births among
the Japanese with only 712 deaths.
OCTOGENERIAN CLAIMS
UNIQUE HONOR
ONTARIO, Calif.—Francis Lem
mon. 86 years old, said to be the only
living man whose father was a soldier
in the Revolutionary war, has arrived
here to make his borne with his son.
His father. James Lemmon, born in
1763 entered the Continental army
when 16 years old.
Report mad price Hat. t»»ued at ovary ehanyo in thaParM
“*V****rt*H
n and Fur nhtpi
It indrods of rtw-aSa at trappora and Fur shippers
| Vneriea. Novar woe a aoriraa ■Xataaaatl of tm.. _
' olj* •Ipriiart MnT and this eharacut of accuracy aad radahUlty
»’• -s demonstrated that each (nfonaation is absolutely aagantlal to the
> xuaful tapper aad Fur, shipper. You should road "»he Ffrtaft
FlUlmthmAk—C
UMi Lighterage & (ommerdal (o.
Telephone Main 14.
ANTHRACITE COAL.
A small shipment of Pena*ylvania Anthracite Coal, nut sire,
ha* just been received ex S. S. “Cordova." This is all the hard coal
that will be reoaived this season account high initial cost and limited
cargo space. It would be advisable for Anthracite Const,mer^ to
make arrangements to secure and haul their winter requirements im
mediately as this slock will soon lx- exhausted. No reservations will
be made*
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THE GOVERNMENT
NOW USE GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING ‘
TO HELP YOURSELF.
A MESSAGE ABOUT
ADVERTISING . . .
FROM THE
U. S. DEPARTMENT OT LABOR
IF YOU art nol advertising, then advertise bread's il saves
ri onev for you and it reduces the price to the con lurns'
Advertising prevents profiteering, Il insures honest profits
end makes them permanent.
The message of the U, S. Department of Labor to merchants
and manufacturers and to all progressive American business men
Tell the public about YOUR goods. The consumer has
plenty of money. He is willing to spend it and we want him to
spend it on American-made products. The easiest, quickest,
and most economical way in which this can be accomplished is
by advertising,
START YOUR CAMPAIGN RIGHT NOW.
1. S. DEPARTMENT OT LABOR
ROGER W.BABSON,
W. B. WILSON. Seer
The merchant who spends- -wisely—2 percent of his gross revenues
for advertising is able to sell his goods more cheaply than is the
merchant who spends—equally wisely—but 1 percent of his gr->ss
revenue for advertising.
The percent of gross revenues spent by successful merchants for
advertising varies from one percent to six percent. For limited
periods, while getting established in a new location, adding new lines of
goods, etc., merchants Pnd it profitable—-in fact NECESSAJIY
lo spend as much as ten and fifteen percent for advertising,
l ader normal conditions the average. *o far as any facts have been
disclosed, would seem 1o be a little less than three percent Some
investigators say two percent.
In cities where the expenditure for store advertising is as low. on
an average, as one and a half percent, the door is left wide open for
successful competition. The merchant who invades such a field
and spends twice or three times that margin for advertising 'iii
always win.
The merchant who argues that it would be necessary for him.
in increasing his advertising appropriation, to add to the prices of
his goods is not in step with the spirit of these times. He does
not understand the economic value of advertising—which, by speed
ing up turnover, makes lower selling prices possible.
Adequate advertising, carrying real information about goods, is
the guarantee to the customer of protection from high prices and from
undependable merchandise.
IT WORKS BOTH WAYS
It bas often been said that seme of eur merchants
criticise the action of numerous people in Nome who sond
Outside for the things they need. But most merchants think
nathing abeut sanding OutOide for their job printing.
If you havo anything in th# job printing lino THE NUGGET
will bo glad to give you prieos on same. No job to big or
too tmall to receive our attention.
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