NEWS NOTES
\ recent telegram from Frank Hall
• nominees that it is his intention *o
operate his Artie Creek dredge during
installed on Arctic creek over a year
ago hut has remained idle owing to
various causes.
lu red Evans, Acting Superintend-j
ant at the Bureau of Education left
litis afternoon on an extended trip tol
the liureau of Education stations al-j
ong the West toast. -Mr. Evans e\.
pec.ts t.i proceed to Wales and Shis-1
a'.11 eft', inspecting the lhireau of E.l-i
interm. .Male points, and will then re
turn to Nome and late;- proceed to the
\s a result of a decision made at its
lost meeting Saturday evening, the
ing preparations for a public smoker
and "get together” meeting along sim
ili.ar lin. s to those given last year with
. xcollent results in matter of bring
ing the business and industrial inter
ests of the district into closer harmony
and co-operation.
The day set for the function is May
Hid. Committee's are already at work
outlining the program.
\l. Nicholson received on one of the
recent mails another breezy letter
boy who enlisted with the FanadiarS'
last year and who at last accounts
was in England learning the last do-j
tails of soldiering preparatory to pro
ceeding to the French battle front.
Harrv writes this time from France
in graphic manner some of the details
of army life. The letter will he repro
duced in the Nugget columns at an
early da/e.
Tims. < Jaffa ey ami Thus. N'euhans.
search for the elusive paystreak in the
vicinity of Sunset creek, made famous
l\v the long continued proximity of
that distinguished local celebrity Oas
Holtz and also oy rea son -*f the pres
ence of the etjually famous Her get* and
Sullivan mine, arrived in town Mon
day for a brief vacation from their
labors. They report that the yellow
metal continues scarce up t»» the pres
ent but the ptarmigan are increasing
Figures have been compiled in the
•dlice of rapt. Finnegan, military offi
cer for the territory .showing the 1918
registrations between the ages of 21 to
31; the 191 s registration of youths
coming of age and the man power reg
istration . f 1918. Tin registration tot
draft regulations. 191 became of age
in 1918: and 8.71.*,. is the man power
registration between the ages of 18
and 45. The total registration for the
territory was 15.682. It is estimated
that 1000 registrants under the man
power act are yet to be reported as
many remote precincts will not send
in their reports until this summer.
Otto and Mrs Van Sickle and Iaw
rence Kerr returned from a vacation
trip to Solomon late last night on the
Morto 1‘owell motor sled, which made
the trip down the coast purposely to
restoiv the visiting Xomeites to their
1 nines. The par^' «lul not get away
fiom Solomon until late yesterday ev
ening and failed to arrive here until
rlose to midnight. Owing to the
darkness, the trip over the snowy trail
was necessarily slow but required so
much time that friends of the travel
HolLs* Cash Store
SPRING SALE
■HATS—HATS—HATS"
Bcm Stetson None Better.$5.00
Best London .4.00;
Best Imperial Hats.2.50 j
Best Derby . 2.50 j
Best Work Hats.. 2.25
Largest Stock in City
BUY AT
HOLT’S
Telephone Ma n 96.
eis became uneasy. Shortly before
the sle.l reached the city. Win. Webb
hud aboil' decided to start a relief ex
pedition a fid was preparing to hitch
Pp his dogs when the soft purr of the
speeding motor far down Front Street
announced their arrival.
Five dog teams manned by natives
ot the Wales district departed f ir
(’ape Prince of Wales today. The na
tive's hove been visiting the city dur-l
ing the past week for the purpose ofj
securing supplies and the departing
dog teams were heavily loaded with a
variety of provisions and other com
modities purchased during their stay
The natives also took back a Cape na
tive who was brought here shortly af
ter the epidemic suffering with erysip
elas and frozen feet. The man lias
been in the hospital here for more
than two months and lias lost a por
tion of his feet hut. is now well recov
ered and able to stand the long jour
ney to his home. The visitors were
a stalwart bunch and are said to l*e
men of considerable means, each own
ing a large number of rcinderr.
Pr A. X. Kittlcscn and Louis Stev
enson returned to the city yosterdav
after an absence of one week spent in
looking after Imsiness matters in the
lion.inza section.
mediate preparations to* undertake the
work .-f dredging the Snake Liver
harbor basin called for under the eon
tract recently awarded him by the War
Department Engineering Hoard by
bringing the hull of the formed Mid
daugh dredge on Sunders* creek to tho
Snake liver bantu. After the hull is
caulked and placed in firopor condit
ion machinery will be installed in
time to have the dredge in readiness
navigation is open.
Docent letters from the States re
port the d th in Franco of Francis
Johnson, a former resident of this city
time residents as the son of the late
Judge F. S. Johnson. Nome’s first fed
uas killed "a thi* French war front
November 9th. two days before the
signing *»f the armistice which brought!
hostilities t<> an abrupt end. The de
ceased asoldier attended an officers’
training camp during the first months
of American \\%r participam-y but fail
certain physical defects. Eater he en
listed as ;• private in the Engineering
<\>rps and so distinguished himself
that he was granted a re-examination
end later commissioned a lieutenant.
During his period of residence here he
was engaged in mining and prospect
ing and was well known in the com
munity up to the time of his departure
about 1911.
Gala event of Winter; Lady Moose In
door Picnic. April 19th. Ladies Free
The N'ome Chamber of Commerce
has t ken a decisive stand in regard to
the proposed Territorial steamship
line by forwarding a telegram to the
Seward Peninsula delegation to the
Juneau legislature which states in of
fer! tha! the local business interests
endorse the proposed means of secur
ing relief from the present transport
ation difficulties but are decidely ad
verse t" having the proposed line es
tablished in such a way that it may be
made a vehicle for the grafting pro
pensities of the sharks now infesting
Alaska politics. The Chamber of
Commerce message also informs the
delegation that the local organization
is unalterably opposed to the proposal
to give the plunderbund a wider field
for exerting its influence to the detri
ment of the people by making the of
fice of Territorial Road Commissioner
appointive instead of elective. The
latter propositi is especially distasteful
to the people of this section as they
recognize that it would give the mach
ine a stili greater control of the ad
ministrative functions of the territory
and permit the appointment of more
of its pap seeking satellites to salaried |
public offices, in addition to depriving
the people of their right to have a
voice in determining the location and
character of contemplated road im
provements and of the privilege of re
calling such incumbents as may not
meet requirenifcnts.
Regardless of what the effect may
be with respect to proposed legislation
covered by the two items mentioned,
the Chamber of Commerce has voiced
the sentiment <*f the community in an!
unequivocal and most commendable
manner by declaring itself aginst a
further perpetuation of gang rule
thru the passage of legislation which
will tend to widen tin- field for mach
ine activities.
The message sent to the {toward
delegation reads as follows:
James Frnwley Nome Alaska
runs. TKItU’Jj SKN'ATK:
April 15. 1919
lt.\ resolution the Nome Chamber of
Commerce urges transportation relief
under Commission answerable to the
peoplq of the Territory, under such
safeguards as will insure success.
Also wo are unalterably opposed
to the making of Territorial Road
Coinmissionersliip appointive.
I’lease communicate above to dele
gation.
Signed: Seward Peninsula Cham
ber of Commerce.
Sun browned and invigorated by
weeks of steady mushing behind a dog
team and accompanied by a native
prisoner from St. Michael. P. S. Mar
shal Emmet R. Jordan, returned from
an official trip to the east coast early
yesterday morning. The Marshal ar
rived here eight days out from St.
Michael, from which point, he departed
one week ago Monday. During the
course of his journey Mr. Jordan vis
ited Marshall and other settlements
near the southern borders of the sec
ond judicial division.
During his stay at Marshall, Mr.
Jordan learned that the strike on the
Stuyaliok river, instead of being the
new Eldorado expected by many of the
old timers, is in reality very much of
a. fizzle, as nothing in the shape of a
pnystreak has been found despite vig
orous and extensive prospecting. Par
ties arriving at Marshall prior to his
visit reported that there is little pres
ent prospect of the new camp develop
ing into a bonanza, as pay has been
located in only one hole, and this the
discovery. in spite of the fact that
more than one hundred shaft’s had
been sunk up and down the creek.
Marshall is reported very quiet, with
only a few people residing there and
the food supplies were very short. All
signs of the epidemic have disappear
ed from the St. Michael district, the
Marshal says, and the residents of nU
of the communities visitor! were en
joying normal good healll . Reg del
ing the recent reports reaching ln:e
to the effect that ('apt. Anson recently
lost his life in a blizzard in the St.
Michael section. Marsori Jordan .‘ays
{here is nothing to it. as he me* A tson
while on the trail and found h-m as
much alive as usual. The report was
true only in the degree that Anson was
caught in a severe storm and was
compelled to lay up for a few days but
suffered no injury as a result of his
encounter with the blizzard.
Mr. Jordan states that the weather
on the east coast has been “Xeerdiag
bad during the winter and severe
storms have been fi equent. but nt
one has been seriously injured. On
leaving St. Michael •'.he Marshal look
into custody a demented native girl,
aged about seven or eight years, who
has been held at the east coast port
for some time pending her removal to
Nome. The child is apparently the
victim of an injury sustained a year or
two ago in which she received a sev
ere blow on the head. Later she de
veloped signs of mental disturbance
and was taken into custody. At time*
she becomes violent but is usually
tractable, and the Marshal had little
difficulty with her enroute.
John Lepri has purchased the in
terest of his former partner Nick
Nicon in the Milo Cafe, according to
an announcement published in another
column. Mr. Lepri will continue the
business as usual.
According to a telegram from Gov
ernor Kq.gs reaching Vjo local branch
of the Council of National Defense,
the forthcoming Victory Loan drive
will commence April 21 and last until
May 3th. The governor requests the
local organization to take steps ^ io
make the drive a success ia this local
Itj* and points out that activity in this
campaign is of just as much (patriotic
importance as in previous drives. He'
also urges the local council to get'
back of the government and help the
drive along.
Pursuant to the telegram, the
Council of Defense will meet at the
law offices of Judge Lomen. Friday
evening at 7:30 p. m. to devise methods
of furthering the campaign.
Age betrays itself earliest in en
largement and stiffening of the waist
and l ips. Bowling tends toward the
retention of suppleness and grace and
—is 21 fascinating pastime.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
Owing to the Dickson Hotel being
moved from Dickson, Mrs. Shaughnessy
has thoroughly renovated and refur
nished the former Steigelmler road
house and is ready to accomodate the
traveling public... Every effort has
been made to provide a homelike at
mospheqp and the acme of cleanlinefe
and comfort. Good accomodations |
have also been provided for dogs.
Rates: Meals $1.00; Beds 75cts; '
Bunks 50cts.
INDOOR PICNIC
Women of Mooseheart Chapter No.
78 will hold Indoor Picnic and
Dance at Eagle Hall Saturday evening,
April 19th. Admission gentlemen $1.
ladies free. Refreshments, including
coffe, c jke and ice cream, wil I <*
served at the nominal charge of 25
cents per service. Especial attract
ions for children and a general good
lime for all guaranteed.
Lost—Between Cape Nome and
Nome, a skin vest containing Ceeby
nite compass in gold case; a go|d
chain with large nugget fob with pick
and shovel design attached. Finder
p'ense return to Nugget office or H. S.
Chester and receive reward.
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