LATE TELEGRAPH
MEWS TO DAY
, IHMAR FLIGHT TEMPORARILY HlSI'KNDKl)
SEATTLE, Feb. 16 (LATER). A Special dispatch to the Nome
Nugget from the Associated Press received just before going to press
states that President Coolidge has temporarily suspended the dirigible
Shenandoah Polar Flight until Congress expresses its attitude on the
matter. The advance party which is in Seattle and who were to sail for
Alaska today, have been ordered to halt and store their equipment until
further orders.
(Editor's Note): This wire does not signify that the Shenandoah
will not make the flight, the President evidently desires to have Congress
bark him in the project, and preparations will be delayed until Congress
makes known its attitude.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16—The Sooate Oil Committee approved nom
inations of Owen .1. Roberts and Pom ere ne as 'Special government Counsel
In oil cases. Those opposing Pomerene intend to carry the tight to the
Senate. Dill of Washington said he Mould insist that consideration uf
the nominations he made in the open. Executive Session committee ad
journed hearings until Feb. 2f»th
SENATOR WALSH FOR PRESIDE\T BEING BOOM BED
ATLANTA. Feb. 16 Presidential boom for Senator Walsh of Mon
tana because of his pressing Teapot Dome investigation Mas launched
here today.
PACIFIC 1 LEET TO HOLD MANEUVER*
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16—The Pacific Fi.ct will be ordered to Puget
Sound for July and August maneuvers.
GOVERNMENT MAN CHARGED WITH ROBBING \MK\S
SEATTLE, Feb. J f.—Albert J. White, a Government Interpreter, has
been arrester and charged with having filched $27,000 fiom aliens iu in
eoinf tax rebates, which should have gone in'o the National Treasury.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16—Secretary Hughes in a letter to Represen
tative Albert Johnson, the author of the Bill to exclude Japaneses from
the United States, says that there Is no question but that statutory exclus
ion will be the reply sent by the Japanese people.
SEATTLE, Feb. 16-—Federal Judge Cushman yes.erday afternoon
instructing a juqy tha! It is not unlawful to have intoxicating liquors in
one's private dwelling for the use of servants, family and bona fid** friends.
SAYS JAPANESE WILL FOLLOW St IT
CTSHMAN MAKES It (LING OX PROHIBITION 1AW
GOER .\l’G<iETS HAVE
1 XTERE8TIXG LEGEND
Major John C. Gotwals is the pos- \
lessor «»f two largo Alaskan nuggets
from the Kougarok river which have
a story of gerat interest attached to
them. There runs a legend, it seems
which says that anyone who drinks
the water of the Kougarok irver. on
Seward Peninsula will never again
tell the truth. A certain old batche
lor made the trip some time ago to
that part of the country and while
there drank the forbidden waters.
Upon his return to the outside he
published far and wide that the in
habitants of that part of the coun
try were all handsome, young, un
married inen. This astounding an
nouncement brought so many letters
of inquiry to the Governor of Alaska
from interested young ladies in the
States, that the Governor is suppos
ed to have sent out a tour of inspe^
tion to the Kougarok country. Upon
their arrival the people found that
the inhabitants of the Kougaork
country were either all married, and
betrothed to but one. and that one.
upon hearing such news, and the
reason for the expedition fled with
the two gold nuggets, the largest
ever Been from that river, and has
never since been seen.
HENRY FORD’S CAR
Tim SHAME SOLOMON
Chicago—The Chicago Tribune re
cently printed an article describing
luxurious private railroad car
which is being built in the local
Pullman shops supposedly for Henry
Ford. The article states that no
thing like it was ever designed be
fore, and claims that when it Is com
pleted it will be the most luxurious
private car in the world, even beyond
the dreams of European royalty in
its palmiest pre-war daiys. This
monster of extravagance will have
riled bathrooms, eumptious bed
rooms. a drawing room, equipped
with an electrically onerated phono
graoh and radio broadcasting and re
reiving seta. In addition it will fea
ture richly appointed office quarters
where the secretaries and servants
of the flivver magnate wfl! cater to
the wants of their chief.
SriWCRUtR W>R THIS ffTflOHT
ll.M PHR MONTH.
CAKIltOl ritKKJi TO
UK A GOOD IMCDDlT'Kft
Th** Fairbanks N'ews-Miner says: 1
Paul Denliart. who in engaged with j
James Stewart. Carl Brandstetter j
and others in mining on Caribou
creek of the Salchnket district, re
ports that the first season has prov
ed very satisfactory; in fact, he says.
•1 am so satisfied with conditions
that I will be here many years to
cone." The purtenrship has been In
corporated under the name of Sulcha
Mining Company.
Reviewing the season s work. Mr.
"The plant was ordered on Feb- ,
ruary 6th from the Bast, and left ;
Seattle on the 24th. By May 25th.. |
everything was on the ground, and :
on June 13th.. work was begun. Con- j
siderable ground was taken out. ;
which was sufficient to prove the
value of the holdings, and one clean
up was made. Another cleanup Is
expected before the season closes.
A crew of eighten men has been em-1
ployed.
“A cut 350 feet long by 40 feet
wide and 32 feet deep has been taken
out. and as we are now in virgin
ground we are extending the cut to
$■0 feet in width. There are no
boulders and the ground is ideal for
dredging. Slack water, owing to the
dry summer, gave some trouble, as
otherwise an even better showing
would have made.”
bined draslice and shovel Is prov
ing successful in mining. and that
only drawback tb* present isola
tion of the district, which necessi
tates the landing of all machinery
and supplies during the period of
snow. A drill will be taken in this
A good future for the upper Sal
ehaket Is predicted by Mr. Denhart,
who is of the belief that it will de
velop into a new camp for the inter
ior, as there are numerous creeks in
the district which are destined to be
come producer*. Mr. Denhart left
recently on a n ip to Givdwood, and
Intends to be back within the -neat
few days when he will return to
Caribou Creek.
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’the printer* band* not inter thin
THURSDAY NOON, **» lean In
LOCAL NEWS
IIHPUTY MAIWHAL 1KMVI» U
XO.MK I1U>N HI*BY
i■ ntied state* Deputy Marshal W.
W. Oetchell arrived In Nome oa
Friday. February 8th.. from Ruby,
and had in cuatody Edward Pearce
on a charge of obtaining money
under false pretense.
Deputy Marshal Cietchell left Nome
January 5th.. and arrived in Ruby
on January 20th. hie traveling time
to that city being 13 days, having
spent two days in a roadhouse on
account of bad weather. On the re
turn trip much cold weather was en
countered. and 14 days were spent
i-n making the trip. The Deputy
Marshal stated that many dogs are
being frozen in the Yukon country
this year on account of the severe
cold weather lately.
Ball was already arranged for
Pearce when he arrived in Nome,
and he was permitted to remain at
larue after signing his bonds at the
Commissioner’s Office.
SURPLUS MAIL TO RK
MOVED FROM UNALAKEEFT
Postmaster John deftness an
nounces that the Government has
authorized Mail Carrier Pete Cur
ran to move the surplus mail at Un
it lakieet to Nome. There are two
tints of surplus mail at Unalakleet.
and 500 pounds over the regular
toad of 500 pounds will be moved
each trip until the surplus is taken
.I.UTi WILLIAMS GOBS OX
THE WATER WAGON
Jack Williams is reported to be
on the water wagon this week. No!
• ►n!. Percy. I never meant any such
Thing. I said Jack was on the water
wagon working for Cliff AJiyn, who
stepped in the same place that one
or his horses* did. but a little sooner,
and is laid up with a sore foot for a
<MAIJi KUV/.F AT FRANK O.
PKTERSOVN HOISF.
The Fire Department responded
to :ii> alarm last week at the resi- i
deuce of Frank O. Peterson, in the
rear of* the Pioneer fgfoo Hotel. Ac
cording to Reports, there was a can
of kerosene left sitting near the
stove, and the fire ignited the oil,
and would probably have destroyed
the house had it not beem for the
needy response of the Nome Fire De
partment and the United States
MIIS ItKKI) IMPROVING DAII<Y
Mrs. R. W. J. Reed. wife of Cus- i
toius Collector Reed of the l<»cal j
nffire is reported to he improving: ,
in health daily and is expected to j
be able to he about in a few days. ■
Mrs. Reed has experienced a long j
seise of illness, not being: able to be j
nut of the house since the last boats j
left Nome before the close of navi- j
CITY CUXTC THAWS OUT
AND IS NOW RUNNING
The clock located in front of Seg
erstrom and Hagen’s Jewelry store,
which is the property of the City of
Nome is again keeping time. The
clock was for a number of days fro
zen and would not operate, but ow
ing to the warm spell the frost has
melted and released the mechanism
MKBKH AND HAN8KN
RETURN FROM OOI NCH,
F'Ted Mebes and Hans M. Hansen
returned to Nome from Council yes
terday afternoon after spending
about a month In the latter city.
MASTODON ON ITS
WAV TO FAIRBANKS
Seattle.—The bones of the masto
don which was unearthed by Thomas
Aifken. a mine owner on Candle
creek, five-hundred miles up the
Kuskokwim river from Bethel, were
leaded aboard the Northwestern
bound for Alaska. The skeleton Is
! to be presented to the Fairbanks
Agricultural College.
The Daily T*1ei?rapn Bulletin anrt
Weekly Nuaret delivered tv carrier
I SUNDAY FEBRUARY 17th 1
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PHTHOMT*
la 1922 Alaska produced 79,000
tons of coal from t weir* small mines
sad ia 1923 about 100,000 tons
from the same number of mine#.
The la rarest quantity came from the
Evan Jones mine, in the Mataainkaf
feld. and the Henly River mine. In
the Nenana field, both served by the
Alaska Railroad. The signific.tnt
feature of the year is that the Ter
ritory is supplying more and more
of its own fuel.
Though some exploration of tm
high grade coal of the Matanuska
and Bering River field was contin
ued in 1923. it has not yet been
proved that these fuels can be mined
cheaply enough t#> find an export
market. Meanwhile.* evidence ol
the enormous reserves of lowet
grade bituminous and lignite coals
in Alaska is accumulating each year
S. R. Capps reports the finding of
workable beds of coal carrying
about 60 per cent, of fixed carbon
at Mile 341 on the Alaska Railroad.
This coal which has been opened up.
occurs in the Cantwell formation.
(Eocene), which is widely distrib
uted in this region and long known
to carry small seams of coal, but this
is the first bed found that has prov
ed to be of commercial value. The
bed mined is from 5 to 6 feet thick.
The discovery of the bed itself, is
significant, as it is easily workable
and very accessible. Of possibly
greater significance #s the proof of
the presence of a new coal-bearing
formation near the railroad.
Though the deveoipment of Alas
ka’s very high grade coal has thus
far been disappointing, there are
vs st reserves of less fuel value in
the Territory, and a considerable
percentage of these has been made,
accessible by the Government Rail
road. There can Ik? no reasonable
doubt that these reserves will even
tually b«> drawn upon to supply the
growing population of the Pacific
There are enormous areas oi ci*ai
tjearing formations in Northern Al
iska. though most of them are now
too inaccessible to be utilized. WU
liam T. Foran, of the Ondogical
Survey, who last summer explored
the Arctic littoral between Cape
Ileaufort and Wainwright. In:let,
found evidence of a northern and
and inland extension of the Corwin
real bods. Mr. Foran found some
gently folded coal beds on Kokpow
ruk River. 5 or 6 miles from the
i-oast. which dip from 20 to 40 de
grees and are not broken. Some 13
beds were seen. 4 to 10 feet thick.
Though not yet analyzed1, these
coals appear to be of the quality of
the Corwin eoals. which are -sub-bi
tuminous. This, part of the Arctic
coast is accessible to vessels from 2
to 3 raonfh-s. and it affords better
shelter than that at Corwin. These
coals, which are probably of Juras
sic age, might be utilized to supply
Nome and Northern Siberia.
Petroleum
The only oil produced in Alaska
in 1&23 was obtained from a dozen
small wells, one of which wan drill
ed during the year on the single
tract of patented petroleum land in
Alaska, in the Katalla field. These
wells are owned by the Chilkat Oil
Company, which finds a ready local
market for Its product in the form
of gasoline produced In its own re
The search for oil has been contin
ued. but except In the Cold Bay field
there has been no drilling during
the year. Drilling was In progress
during 1923 at Pearl Dome, 18
miles from the Coast. Here the As
sociated OH Company sunk two
wells, about 500 and 950 feet deep,
but suspended drilling in June. The
Standard OH Company, drilling on
the same structure, reached a depth
of 300 feet by August and is report
ed to have reached a depth of about
700 feet by November. The com
pany began the installation of a sec
ond drill tn August. George C.
Martin, who hastily examined the
Chignik region, south of the Cold
Bay field, reports that what is
known of the geology near Chignik
is not favorable to the presence of
petroleum. Klrtley Mather, who
made a geologic survey of the north
ern part of the Alaska Peninsula,
reports that some of the structures
and the formations are favorable to
the presence of oil. A small seep
age has been known In the region
near the mouth <rf the Douglas river,
which flows into Cook Inlet,
f Sidney Paige last summer made
an examination of the oil seepages
which have long been known near
Cape Simpson, about 50 miles south
east of Point Barrow, the northern
most point in Alaska. >He reports
fbat thene are two “Vary large seep
age* emanating from small ridges
about a mile apart and several miles
from the coaat. T%eee are marked
OUR 25%
BISStlMT SALE
* on
Hats
Coats
Skirts
Dresses
Blouses
Silk Sweaters
and Jersey Jackets
will continue until the end of
this month, buy now and! save
money.
[he Ben Marche
OROf.lt* OIVK.Y KMOIiiL ATT*Vf'IHN\
WftOI.EMLI.
Telfrph—a Mmim 49.
KKT.tlf,.
by flowing potm[enm,
many acres. There fa a very large [
accumulation of petroleum residhe*
at these seepages. The surface ex- !
posures. consist of clay shales wttfl'j
hard thin partings of calcareous i
shale which He nearly horizontal', j
and art.* prohirttiy off Jurassic age: j
Mr. Paige and his two sub-parties !
explored a large area Inland from j
the Arctic Coast between Cape Itemr- |
Tort on the south and Point Harrow j
mid Cape Simpson on the north: FTe ;
him*olff ascended the Meade RtVer'
Tor some 15t> miles. These surveys-;
IwffcfttP a wide distribution of what ;
is believed to Ik* the formation from
which the CajK* Simpson emerge,
which is probably <>f Jurassic- ace.
| These rocks near the North Arctic
i Coast are little disturbed, but are
[ increasingly folded to the south, to
• ward the mountains. No other seop
j able to an oil field.- This entire ns
i eion lies in Naval Petroleum Re
serve NO. 4. and it was examined by
the treu fogies I Survey at the request
land at; the expense of the Navy t>«
1 partment.
have been found, but what is
■n of the geology is not favor
I I jOOC THK IXMH’
HACK TOMtWIMlW
"They are off”—tomorrow after- j
uowu at 2 P. M. the Nome Kennel .
Ctuh are staging the first race of the .
season over the famous course, the |
Loop the Loop track from Nome to
the Hammon Consolidated Gold }
Field camp on Kittle Creek and re
Bntrees so lor ore too ;
Fred Aver, Ed. Robn. Thomas Ko
hanok. Ed. Ptafflo. C. J. Woofter. j
Jallus Gustafson. United States
Coast Guard team, (rundrr Kaasan ,
and Louts Stephenson.
The officials are:—Judges at
Nome: M. L. Summers. Fred Harrl
son. and Harry Gabrleloon. Judges
at Little Creek. A. M. Hartford and
A. M. Nordale. Marshal of the
Course. Thomas A. Roes, starter-.
E. L. Holt. Ttmekeepers, Alfred J.
Lomen. L. E. Rynutng and L. J.
The starting point of the race will
be at the intersection of B. street
and Second avenue., teams leaving
at three mlnnte Intervals. The
rinding time for entering the race
s ill be at five P. M. today and the
drawing for position will take place
nl the time of the closing of the et>
There is much specluution on Just
»ho will be the first to cross the
cratch on the last Up. "Si* Cyhn
ler" Earl Modmi. one of Nomen
nost enthusiastic dog musheiu, Is
-cry confident of the results of the
■ace. “Sir Cylinder" is dldvlng the
sfafTle team and he confided to the
vrlter today that while out exercls
ng his "Malamute »" yesterday he
pissed another driver and team on
Ste trail, and "S« Cvhnder" stated
■hat he was going so fast that the
team of nine does that he passed
looked like one long doc.
“Speed Ball" C. .1. Woofter says
Am't all he has to do is Steep • his
sted on the snow and be will win.
hia. "Athenian Six'* made the loop In
—It would pot be fair te state the
time, but «, mas "fiulcker than
Ti fs rumored that the “Plyiag
Frenchman” is d-ttvmg tlie Count
Guard! team, and the boys at the
station are ready to- bank Him to
the rinttt.
The race will be a great event,
and field maun hat Thomas A. Roan
is preparing to handle a large crowd.
Those rattendir^p. tlfe race are t«
q west eel to keep back from the
teams at the start and tiiiish of the
n«cc,. as every nitante counts
5RTfr BMbTHhltHOOO
STir.lM. pool; TOl'R?l.4MENT
TTi»- Arctic Brotherhood are hold
ihgyj^ pool tournament- which tuis
created great interest. there are
four classes a ml ‘ the boys'are kept
busy playing okf their- score .between
each other.
>fftnv good pool players have been
unearthed and' the large and com
modious A. B. Hair rings with
tatighter, go«»d natured jests a'nd
coodfellowstop thrvrout the evtenlng.
The results of tihe tournament will
be published at the termination of
A class of 23 e&udlriVtteft were in
itiated into the Arctic Brotherhood'
order la.vt week.. and mtirc upplic:i
tions are a wail i'lur the next meet in*
oi the order. The A.. B. Hall ia
equipped1 with first class pool thb
Its, card table*. a library and mamy
other enjoyatW** feature* that other
clubs Jio not on joy..
MRS.. KYNNPfO JWWJtTUVft
HlflfOA* SPHOOh ffliAUfl
Mrs. L. K: Rytmins. wife of Pro
fessor L. R: Rynninp of the Noma
Public school, nave- a party to
Sunday School class last Sunday af
ternoon at her home on Third aye
•nne. A pleasant time was enjoyed'
by the childiren' attending and priwm
were a warded ro winners: of train ©a.
noirxrtXG baby hot akkitmh
IN HTNTING F.imT
A bouncing baby boy was bom to*
Mr. and Mtr. L; W. Bunting yeeter*
day afternoon at tihe Colombo*-'
Maynard hospital. Doctor Welch
was in attendance and the mother
and baby are reported to be doing
fine. Ltoyd. the proud father la to
be seen with a broad smile and con
fident expression on his face tellidg
what a fine boy young Lloyd Junior
Is. Lloyd William Bunting will be
the name the new native son of Al
aska will sign to hla credentials.
The many friends of Mr. and .Mrs.
Banting join fn congratulating the
happy young couple and wish them
i the best of luck wttb their new heir.
A DEMOCRATIC frfEETING
A Democratic Meeting will take
I place Sunday, February 17th., at. 9
p. m., in James Keenan's ofltee In the
M AN. Bonk Building
Business of Importance, such as
election of permanent officers for
this year will be transacted *
th’brcrlt* NOW for n»**Nmho Nugget