A TREAT FOR
Everyone
Owing to an error in the ordering
our orders for Candy, Gum, Chocolates
aud Confections were triplicated.
In order to move this large stock of
bulk, packages and pail goods we are
going to retail same at less than whole
sale prices.
Do not miss this opportuuity to treat
yourselves aud friends while this sale
lasts.
POLET
GROCERY
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. ESTABLISHED 1900
First Boat
will bring new line of ladies and
gents ready to wear clothing
dry goods and notions
THE EMPORIUM KIR5TAN
NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
Bread 15c loaf straigltt
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LOCAL NEWS HAPPENINGS
SEA WOLF RETURNS
FROM WALES
The power schooner Sea Wolf ar
rived in port Friday, completing the
first trip of the open season to Wales.
The vessel brought down a number of
passengers from Teller and other
points, including Miss Hylan. school
teacher at Teller. After discharging
In the Snake River basin, the Sea
Wolf sailed for St Michael Friday af
ternoon with n mixed Cargo, the mails
and several passengers. On returning
the schooner will sail on the first trip
of the year to Kotzebue Sound ports.
The trip was beset with ice diffi
culties almost throughout, according
jto Mr. Rank. The schooner was
forced by the ice lo lay to behind
Sledge Island for several hours after
leaving Nome, and iee was encount
ered practically all tlie way to the
Cape. It was only after great diffi
culty that the schooner was able' to
reach Wjrles The strait was founl
chn.-Ued with ice and passage into the
ABNORMAL ICE
CONDITIONS CONTINUE
The abnormal ice conditions of the
past two years are being repented this
summer. In addition to remaining on
shore far later than usual, the ice
pack is showing a decided inclination
to stay on tlte South side of Rering
Strait, instead of migrating back to
the Arctic. Icebergs have been visible
in the roadstead at intervals during
the entire week, while during the first
days of that period the ice pack was
plainly visible for miles along the
GRAND JURY HOLDS
SHORT SESSION
The Grand Jury convened Wednes
day morning with Thorulf Lehmann as
foreman and with seventeen members
■ in attendance. Wednesday afternoon
fhe jury returned an indictment
against William Kamkoff. a St Mich
ael half breed, for assault with a
dangerous weapon against the person
of Deputy Marshal J. K. Proctor of
St Michael. Kamkoff pleaded guilty,
to t e Charge Thursday morning when
itrir.'gned before the. District Court.
iai- .the court withholding judgment
•lot:: today. Thursday morning the
iiir> was adjourned subject to call be
'•ai: of the non-arrival of witnesses
in - rises still pending.
MEECHAN BROS. ACTIVE
ON BLUFF QUARTZ
Alike Powers arrived from Bluff
Wednesday to secure medical attention
for a badly cut hand. The well known
•Id' timer says there is little mining
activity In the Bluff section this sutn
nirr. The Meeghan brothers are work*
ing on their quartz mine hut there is
l radically nothing in ttie mining line
elsewhere in 'he l icnllty Meeghan
wciW and are building a data for stor
ST MICHAEL DEPUTY
RETURNS HOME
J. E. Proctor, deputy marshal at
St Michael, who has been visiting
Nome on court business during the
past week or two returned home on
the Sea Wolf Friday.
KING I8LAN0ER8 ARRIVE
Several bidarky’s loaded with na
tives from King Island arrived Mon
day. These are the first natives from
the outlying sections to arrive by
water this sunimer, but will doubtless
be followed by numerous others as
the season advances.
On arrival they encamped In ti?
vicinity of the milk ranch, but later
moved to the Snndsplt at the rOiuest
of the City police department and
Supt. Dyfed Evans of the ‘Bureau.;<>#
Education. It is the aim of the at'.
inorlties to induce all la :?r arrivals to
camp on the spit in order to keep them
together and avoid the undesirable,
conditions attendant on the close as
sociation with the whites.
E. L. HOLT
GENERAL HARDWARE
GASOLINE TANKS FOR OIL
BURNERS
TIN SHOP IN CONNECTION.
Tslephowo Main 11
NO WAR PRICES AT HOLTS, .
WALLACE PORTER VISITING CITY
Wallace Porter, Dime creek mov
ing picture magnate and one of the
leading mining operatoni of that sec
tion. Ik a visitor in the city on business.
SCHOONER AMY RACK
FROM DIME CREEK
The Winkler schooner Am}’ return-1
ed from a trip to Dime Landing Sun
day with several passengers from the
interior camp.
BEAR SAILS FOR UNALAKLEET
The (’oast (luard Cutter Bear sailed
for L’nalakleet Wednesday evening.
The vessel Is expected back shortly to
make her annual cruise in Arctic
wafers.
S. S. VALDEZ ENCOUNTERS
MUCH ICE
Not even the first steamers en
countered more ice difficulties in their
efforts to reach Nome this spring than
the freight steamer Valdez, of the Al
aska Steamship Co., which dropped
anchor in the offing Wednesday after
noon. Although leaving Seattle near
ly two. weeks after the Victoria, the
Valdez encountered wide fields of ice
after passing Cape Mohican and won
her woy through only after a delay of
several days. Being heavily loaded
the steamer was compelled to proceed
cautiously ice bucking being resorted
to only when no other course was open.
The progress of the steamer through
the pack was so slow that she was in
sight of Nome for practically a day
before reaching the open roadstead.
The vessel finally broke through the
ice harrier shortly after noon Wed
nesday and was soon at anchor. The
Valdez brought a full cargo of freight
and a large dispatch of mail from the
outside world. After discharging here
the steamer will proceed to other Ber
ing ports.
HIBBARD-9WENSEN
TRADER ARRIVES
The power schooner Chukolsk. own
ed by the Hlbburd-Swensen Co., of
Scot tie, arrived in port from Siberia
Saturday last. The vessel hns been
engaged in trading on the Siberian
coast, it. |,. Poll 1ster. representative
of ihr company, was anions the num
ber on board. It is understood that
•!iv vessel will later pro* ecd to points
on the North Siberian coast in search
GUESSING OUT OF THE QUE8TION
At an early date -by letter and
Nome Nugget I will make known In
plain unmistakable language what I
will and what I will not do when elect
ed next fall to tihe Legislature.
• There will be NO ROOM for any
one TO GUESS if I will support any
corporation or Dig Business measures
hurtfull to the working people or their
Interest. NO ROOM for guessing about
my absolute opposal to the present^
Road Law, Old Age Pension I-iw, Poll
No, no chance in the world to gu ns,i
I will make it plain.
M. (Jake) JACOBSGAARD,
(A working man)
Candidate for the House of Represen
tatives. (Advertisement)
MINERS UNION ELECTS
NEW OFFICIALS
The Nome Miners Union elected and!
installed die following officers at Its'
last regular meeting July 3.
President—Chas Wolfe.
Vice President—Howard Shade.
Secty-Treas—Albert Braten.
Conductor—Chris Nlchlanovlcli.
Warden—Andrew Beck.
Trustees—John A. Wilson. Tom
Wi 1 more, A. Hombu rger.
TIOES IN THE BAY OF FUJIDV
The Bay of Fundy la noted for Its
bight tides. At the head of the bay a
rise of 62 feet is known, and In Pas
samaquoddy bay, which lndenta New
Brunswick near the border of the state
of Maine, a rise of 26 feet is not un
common. At St. John the rise varies
from 20 to 27 feet. At Moncton the
tide rushes up the estuary a crest or
wave of water from 3 to 6 feet high.
At most places the tide rises gradually,
but not slowly, each wave rolling up
on the shore a little higher than the
preceding one. There are two high
tides In every 24 hours. For Instance*
say at 10 o'clock in the forenoon and
10 at night, and on the Vollowlng day
the two high tides will he one hour
later, and so on.
PROOFS OP LABOR BLANKS
ON SALB AT NyOQBT OFFICE
Tbs Noma Nugget dstlvarad by ear
hr or malted. Far Month H.SS
JETTY CONSTRUCTION 8TARTSO
With the arrival of construction
material on the freighter Valdes work
on the Snake River harbor Improve
ment has been resumed. Mr E. L.
Carpenter, the engineer In charge of
construction, has moved the big pUe
driver to the west bank of Snake river
and has started construction of the
west Jetty, which will extend south
ward an equal distance with the jetty
constructed last year and form the
western wall of the river channel.
The distance between the Jetties will
be one hundred feet.
I'p to a day or two ago Mr. Cur
penter was not able to do much of
anything owing to lack of coal and
building material. The coal required
to drive sufficient piling to place the
pile driver across the river was ob
tained » sack or mo at a time from
people who had a small amount to
spare. It is understood that Mr Car
penter intends to push work on the
western Jetty by working three shifts
and will leave repairs on the damaged
east Jetty and revetment until later In
the season.
ALA8KA COULD SUPPLY
LARGE PAST OF PULP
It iH estimated by the Forestry Bu
rnt u that there are 77,000.000,000 feet
board measure of standing timber on
the Tongass and Chugacli National
Forests of Alaska, which would make
available 100,000,000 cords of timber
suitable for paper pulp, according to
superintendent Charles F. Flory, In a
recent Juneau interview. There Is
about two cords of wood pulp timber
for every 1,000 feet, board measuie of
timber. Therefore this estimate of
available wood pulp timber contem
plates the te^ervation of a considera
ble tmoun* of the Alaska timber for
lumber.
It is figured that the timber will in
crease so that the <00,000,000 cords of
standing timber would allow the cut
ting of 2,000,000 cords a year for 76
years and It Is believed that proper
care and restoration of the forests
would make the 2,000,000 cords n year
supply continuous.for all time.
That means that the two National
forests are capable of producing about
one third of the American consumption
of wood pulp, which is now about 6,
250,000 cords a yeair.
While the Forestry Bureau has not
made a close cruise of the timber of
the Territory, the work has been in
progress under the direction of an ex
pert on wood pulp for two years. Not
only ham a comprehensive estimate of
the standing timber been made, end
one that is regarded as conservative,
but several suitable sites for water
power have been located.
The Bureau has had several appli
cations for the sale of wood pulp and
it has adopted the policy of allotlng
a definite amount of timber with 20
to 26 years to remove it, and a like
quantity to be held in reserve to be
sold to the applicant company after
the first allotment has been removed.
The price thus (far quoted is 50 cents
a cord for spruce and 25 cents a cord
for hemlock and cottonwood, with re
appraisement in five year periods.
A comparison of this with the re
cord In British Columbia la regard
as more favorable than the terms
given by the Canadian province where
the royalties have averaged CO cenia
a cord for the laat several years. While
there has been no advance there la
the price, there has been an advance
from 50 cents to S6 cent per 1,000 feet,
board measure for saw timber. The
Canadians reserve the right to change
the rates at any time.
In Alaska the rate ctuyged for the
timber are all the charges the pur
chaser has to bpar. The Bureau
maintaines the Are and other guards,
and the purchaser has no taxes to pay.
The Forestry Bureau contends that
the failure to secure capital for the
pulp and paper manufacturing busi
ness in Alaska has not been due to the
failure of the Bureau to aell timber on
a fair satisfactory basis—though It
is now considering extending Urn time
for the removal of a definite amount
of timber sold to SO yean. It says
the objections ore problem, both aa to
distance and the Rust oft transporta
tion facilities.^ Prior 4) the war. It is
(inserted, these would make U impos
sible for Alaska* companies to. manu
facture paper In competition with
Eastern manufacturers, owing to the
cost of moving the Alaska product to
the*center consumption. <j) The
raM| Isolation and lack of develop
ment . Alaska, particularly the ah*
*en«lv%f a lahbr supply of the sort
that tposM/be needed here. (S) The
largo investment that would be rt.
lulled, the 'estimate being that
irould coat t4.NS.Mt to launch a sst
lafkotenr paper ootwpehn. <4)Un
riukfeetotr ifcwatiou with reCsrsnce
to hydco-eiactffrfc Rower on national
4TH CELEBRATION
INTERESTING EVENT
(Continued from poft one)
program, which comprised invocation
by Rev. F. A. Ituppert. 8. J. the time
honored oration by JudgeQ. J. Lomen.
reading of the Declaration of lade*
pendonce by Hon. James J. Bogan,
singing “America" by the school
children and audience under the lead
ership of E. D. Evans, and a closing
address by Rev. Richard Decker. This
portion of the exercises was of decided
interest throughout and was listened
to with close attention by practically
the entire population. Capt. Thos. A.
Ross was master of ceremonies in con
nection with this portion of the pro
The program of athletic sports com.
menced at 1:30 p. m. and lasted thru
out the afternoon. A feature of this
portion of the program was the distri
bution of refreshments to tl&. kiddle*,
all of whom were regaled with ice
cream, peanuts and other juvehlle de
lights. The program of sports Includ
ed a 100 yd. race for boys of 16 or
under: 50 yd. race for girls It or uu*
der: 60.vd. race for boys 6 or unde:-,
free for all three legged race: one mil*
bicycle race; yd. sack race; one
mile race; girls egg and spoon race;
doughnut eating contest; pie eatin*
contest; tug or war; blanket bouncing
and a kyak race by Eskimo. Prise*
ranging from |10 to 93 for flrst place,
to from 93 to 91 for third place wer«
riven the winners of the various con
tests. The program was conceded
witiiout a mishap of any character and
•was greatly enjoyed by the onlookers.
The committee In charge of the sports
was composed of the following: Chos.
Murray, Chairman. Capt. Rockwell
Ralph Ix>men. Judges. Harold Nielsen
and D. E. Crowley, starters. Mrs.
Chas. I .esc her was in charge of the
distribution of refreshment* to the
children, assisted by a number of >ad
les. I .omen Bros, added a bit of Joy
to the celebration by giving a rurher
balloon to each child who applied.
The big public ball at Eagle Hall
wound up the day's festivities and
lasted until the small hours of Tue •
day morning. Everyone attending ap
peared to enjoy themselves Immensely
and general merriment was a marked
feature throughout.
The celebration was among the
most successful of it* kind ev*r held
in Nome and the American Legion
post and It* Individual member* are
entitled to the highest commendation
for their services and effort*. .
DEPARTMENT OP JUSTICE
IS SENDING AGENTS
TO ALASKA
Seattle. June 15—Geo rye E. Kell*
her, superintendent of the Northwest
division of the buseau of investigation,
department of Justice, has made re
servations for himself and three assist
ants who will sail for Alaska on
Thursday.
It Is the intention of the aupenlnten
dent to establish offices of the bureau
st'.Pairkank*. Valdes and Nome, and
it is probable that the entire Alaska
division will be placed under the direc
tion of the Seattle office.
The three agents who axe to ac
company Kelleher will be Installed in
the new offices and will have direct
charge of the investigations conducted
by the department. One of the agents
is It. A. Dardlng. a former naval avi.
ator.—Nengna News.
RECORD TRIP OF ENGINEERS
Party of Engineers and Experts Make
900 Miles in 70 Heura
Seventy hours from Anchorage to
Nenana, 100 miles, is the great record
made by W. E. Angler, consulting eh
glneer. W. J. 8. Fogclstrom and Don
ald McDonald, who loft Anchorage
Saturday April 17. according to the
Anchorage Times.
The party arrived In Nenana at 10
o'clock Monday night. April 19th. ' he
feat Is exceptionally worthy of mon -
Uon fro mthe fact that 111 miles of tho
trii was made by dog and home team
over the well-beaten trail between the
rads of steel. Mr Angler and party
aontemplate remaining In tho vicinity
at Nenana for eoveml weoks, making
% study of river conditions, prepara
tory to the Installation of the Mg
bridge across the Taaaaa river be
tween Nenana and Fairbanks, on tho
Boverftraent railroad.
NATIVE PRISONER
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A 8t Michael natl.a known u
■straw" dirt In thn fadaral Ml Toaa
!•»*•» mult of opoptanr- Tho aa
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-com** aoaiawhat undar tho natala
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aek accurraf Taoadar. hawaoar. aad
ndad la hia damiaa. Una. war
iroauht ovar from St Mlefcul a*.a
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