Just Received. 1920 Catch of the'
FAMOUS GOLOVIN BAY
HERRING
This year, opening prices are lower than ever before, buy your
THOSE going outside REMEMBER that the* best gift, and very
acceptable at that, you can take out of this country is a Keg or Kit\of
these fat herring
GIVE us your order now to have ready for you on the last boat
and possibly join many little orders in one to overcome the minimum
steamship charge. Do it now.
Full Barrel . .. $20 00
Two-thirds Barrel . $15 00
One-third Barrel.$ 8.50
Kits . $ 2.50
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dry goods and notions
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Bread 15c loaf straight
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LOCAL NEWS HAPPENINGS
SEA WOLF ARRIVES
FROM NORTH FRIDAY
The mail schooner Sea Wolf re
turned from Kotzebue Sound and west
coast ports Friday with a considerable
list of passengers and a quantity of
cargo. Included among the parties ar
riving were Mrs. Fred Tate of Wales
and Deputy Marshal Hart Humber, of
Candle. The Sea Wolf remained in
port only a few hours, departing foi
st Michael late Friday evening.
BEAR MAKES TRIP
TO ST MICHAEL
The Coast (luard (’utter Bear de
parted Thursday afternoon for St
Michael after a short s«tay here follow
ing her return from the annual cruise
and will pobably leave this evening or
CORDOVA DUE FROM SEATTLE
The freight steamer Cordova is due
to arrive from the Outside within the
next 24 hours. The steamer left Seat
tle August 31 and requires about 11
the vessel carries mail or not.
LARGE MAIL LEAVES ON VIC
The largest consignment of mail to
leave the Ndme postoffice during the
incumbency of Postmaster J. J.
Walsh was sent out on the southbound
trip of the steamer Victoria. The
quantities of both first and second
class mutter were considerably above
the normal weight of south bound
shipments, making the consignment
comparable with many of the larger
mails arriving from the States.
Owing to a prospect that the steam
er would get away Tuesday, Postmas
ter Walsh very considerately disre
garded the fact that Monday was a
holiday and kept the postoffice open,
much to the accomodation of numer
ous people desirous of forwarding par
cel post and other special matter. Tht
ordinary mail was also kept open un
til the last possible moment on th«
evening of the vessel’s departure Wed
nesday night.
VICTORIA LEAVES WITH
LARGE LIST
summer residents of this section, the
s tecum ship Victoria departed Thursday
for the Outside with a passenger list
of 147, a large quantity of frozen rein
deer meat for outside markets, the
mails, and a small amount of miscel
The Victoria returned from Si
Michael Monday morning after dis
charging a large quantity of freight at
that port. The day of return being
I-tbor Day. discharge of cargo was de
layed unti.l after midnight owing partly
to rough water and to an alleged dis
inclination to meet the wage demand?
of the longshoremen, who were said
to have been adverse to working on
the dstbor holiday and demanded over
Tho bulk of the passengers were
taken on board Tuesday evening, al
though the steamer did not get away
for several hours later. The number
sailing was the largest leaving this
port on an early September sailing in
many years and discloses the highly
undesirable effect of the steamship
company’s refusal to make a late sail
ing In October. Approximately 60
per cent of the number taking passage
would have remained here another
month or six weeks if later transpor
The Victoria is scheduled to make
orv imore trip, leaving here about Oct.
10th, according to company announce
E. L. HOLT
GENERAL HARDWARE
SPECIALS
Why ship goods from the Outside
We guarantee to Soil Goods at Out
side Retail Prices, Freight Added.
i/4 in Best Flexible Cable per foot 10<
% In Best Flexible Cable par foot 13Vz<
Vz in Best Flexible Cable per foot 15c
in Best Flexible Cable per foot 20<
% in Best Flexible Cable par foot 22V2t
Pure Manilla Rope All Sises lb... .40t
Speoial Prise By The Ceil
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Telephone Mein 11
NEW GRAND JURORS SUMMONED
Mve new names were drawn for
prospective addition to theg rand jury
during a -morning session of the dis
trict court today. The jury will con
vene for the fall session of court next„
Monday morning at 11 a. m., after
being excused from attendance for sev
eral weeks. The summ/ms for new
jurors included the following:
C. L. Bailey, Kdward Johnson, M.
W. Griffith. A. K. Wright and M. O.
Solberg.
LARGE DEER MEAT SHIPMENT
LEAVES ON VIC.
The largest single shipment of rein
deer meat that has left Nome since
the start of the reindeer Industry was
shipped out on the Victoria by the
l.omen Company and Alaska Reindeer
1‘acking C non puny.
The shipment consisted of a total
of 60S dressed deer, and was consigned
to .Minneapolis, from which place it
"ill be distributed to various points
of demand. The cold storage capaci
ties of the Victoria were taxed to their
utmost to accomodate the large num
ber of carcasses. Representatives «-f
the company say the demand for rein
deer meat is growing steadily. It is
already so large that present trans
portation facilities Intake It Impossible
to fully supply the market and the
company is endeavoring to Induce the
steamship company to enlarge the
Victoria's cold storage facilities to ac
comodate larger shipments. The deer
are frozen before leaving Nome, the
company having obtained the use of
the former Oursten's cold storage plant
in the east end for that purpose. The
I company is also operating a plant of
Jits own at Golovin, where a large herd
I of the animals is maintained. The
I Golovin 'plant is a new institution
I started this summer. Later on the
company expects to erect refrigerator
I plants at other points, one of which i<
already projected for the TTnalakleet
section. Most of the deer sent from
j Nome are killed and dressed at Gol
ovin and other outlying points and are
then shipped here on coasting vessels.
During the present season a considera
ble nukniber of deer were brought here
from St Lawerenee Island to fill this
summer’s shipments to the States, of
which the last consignment is only a
part. It is expected that approximate
ly one thousand additional carcasses
will be sent out on succeeding steam
ers before the close of navigation.
MAKES EASY AUTO TRIP
TO SHOVEL CREEK
complished without difficulty, ns a re
sult of the travel improvements ac
complished by the Federal Road Com
Supt. Chas. Jones, of the local
branch of the commission, reported
Monday that he had driven his Ford
machine from Nome to Shovel Creek,
several miles up Solomon River, and
back to Nome without trouble of any
kind. The Road Commission has a
crew at work in the Shovel Creek sec
tion and is doing excellent work. Mr.
Jones says the roadway along that
j section of Solomon River will be com
pleted In a short time.
WELL KNOWN COUPLE ENTER
HYMENEAL BOND
—
I Miss Frances A. Bishop and Mr.
Duncan B. Macdonald were united In
I marriage Wednesday evening at the
Richard Decker, and was witnessed by
no more than two close friends of the
contracting couple, Mr. George R.
Goshaw and Miss Catherine Anpher.
Following the wedding the happy
couple presided at a wedding luncheon
shared by a total of seventeen friends.
Both bride and groom are widely
known in this section, particularly Mr.
Macdonald, who is a sourdough of
many years standing.
Mrs. Macdonald has resided in this
section since the fall of 1917. Up to
last spring, when she tendered her
resignation after nearly three years of
I very excellent service, Mrs. Macdonald
was engaged In teaching the Nome
High School classes. She is a native
of Michigan, a former Ann Arbor uni
versity girl, and the possessor of many
graces and accomplishments.
Mr. Mncdonald has engaged in min
ing and other pursuits In almost every
section of the peninsula and is known
In practically every white community
in the district.
The couple contemplate residing in
the Candle Section this winter and
will depart north within a brief period.
FOR THE BULLrYf*
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NEW HERRING PACK
ARRIVES FROM GOLOVIN
The first shipment of this year's
(Kick of wilted herring to reach the
local market this summer from (Jolo
vin arrived Wednesday on the Are
Ohicf. The fish were put up at the
Chester plant and were packed by the
Scotch cure Vnethod of mild salting.
Mr. Chester, who arrive*I on th*'
schooner, said the herring .run this
year has been considerably lighter
than usual but that the fish averaged
somewhat larger than last year. The
salmon run was also smaller than last
year. Owing t<> the failure to dispose
of last year’s big pack because of the
influx of cheaper foreign herring,
I there is little outside demand for the
I Alaska fish at present and a resultant
I wide curtailment of the local i>ack this
year. Only a relatively small number
are engaged in the business this year
I as a result of this contingency and the
output will prolxably be several hun
dred barrels less than hurt year, ac
cording to those in touch with the in
dustry. It is said that a large part of
the iwick sent out last fall is still un
sold as a result of the outside markets
being flooded with cheaper priced fish
from Kuropc. Due to this cause there
is a considerable reduction in local
prices this summer, this year’s fish
retailing in small quantities at four
for 25 cents, as against two for the
same amount last year.
In view of the present high cost of
living stlpplies, the high food value of
the Nome herring, combined with the
low price, should induce a much wider
local consumption than has Iwen the
case in earlier years. In the opinion
of those who are competent to judge
Nome herring is superior to any found
elsewhere. But for the remoteness of
outside markets and high transporta
tion charges preventing the fish being
sold on equal terms with the foreign
product, there is nol a doubt that they
would speedily supplant either the
Scotch or Norwegian herring in popu
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STEAM HEAT NOTICE
The rate for steam heat for the per
iod October 1, 1920, to May 31, 1921,
will be 65 cents per square foot of rad
iation, except where a contract is en
tered into for a stated amount of rad
iation for the above period, in consid
eration of which a rate of 50 cents will
be allowed for the radiation contract
ed for. Those desiring steam for the
coming winter should make their ar
rangements immediately as no con
tracts will be made for a period start
ing later than October 1st.
Wild Goose Mining A Trading Co.
A meeting of the Republican Di
visional Committee, Second Division,
will be held at my office, Nome, Al
aska, on Wednesday, September 15th,
1920, at 4 o’clock p. m.
G. J. LOMEN
Chairman.
Although no definite information
regarding the whereabouts of the ves
sel had reached Nome up to this morn
ing the freight steamer Ketchikan,
which left Seattle August 25th Is nov'
due at St Michael. The vessel will
not come to Nome as. according to an
nouncements at the time of her depar
ture from I'uget Sound, her cargo is
destined solely for St Michael an<l
^fukon points.
JETTY REPAIRS
NEARING COMPLETION
Aided by the fair weather of tho
past week or two. work on the damag
ed section of the Snake lUver harbor
construction Is entering Its final stages
and with a continuation of favorable
weather will soon be completed. The
or th* big gap in the shore end of the
jetty was completed last week and
Engineer E. L. Carpenter is at pres
ent devoting his efforts to rebuilding
the damaged section of the Jetty pro
per. flood progress has been made
during the week at installing the verti
cal .pilings which will support the
heavy sloping timber walls when the
latter arc brought inward to meet th"
end of the new revetment work, tho
repair work will bo completed.
LATE NEWS ITEMS FROM THE
KUSKOKWIM SECTION
(Tho following recital of events
and conditions in the Kuskokwim sec
tion was received by the Nugget from
■ well known resident of Bethel under
There is not much doing in the
mining lino around here. There are
about a dozen men working on Canyon
of tho Kwiyluk River about 100 miles
from here across country. There has
not been any person down from there
this summer, so we don’t know how
they are doing.
On Hear Creek, a tributary of the
Tulacsak River, Frank Mills and five
others who came in with him on the
"Oano", are tmating up a big lot of
supplies to work property that Mills
There are several other parties in
that locality hut wo have not heard
anything yet about results, and are not
likely to until the freezeup, both of
these camps being hard to reach dur
ing the summer time.
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flood reports are coming from tin
river (the Kuskokwim) about the
quartz property near McGrath. Thev
are working .... the men they can go*
and expect to have 50 or 60 men work
ing this coming winter.
There is a little excitement here just
now with regard to fishing. They are
talking of closing salmon fishing at
the mouth oi V}.»- river. As there are
In the neighborhood of one hundrel
men fishing down around the rivar
mouth, it would make a big different’
to Bethel if fishing was stopped.
We are very much out of the way
here when it comes to mail service.
We have only a monthly mall and
the connections between here and
is so poor that we can get mail
as soon, or sooner, from the Outside,
than from Nome. We need a wireless
station here badly and have hopes >f
getting one soon.
everybody Wants
“Lower Prices”
THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO GET LOWER PRICES
IN CLOTHES. “BUY GOOD ONES." THE “LOWER PRICE"
IS IN THE LONGER WEAR—NOT IN THE PRICE TICKET.
HART SCHAFFNER A MAP.X CLOTHES ARE "GOOD
CLOTHES. THEY COST ONLY A FEW DOLLARS MORE
THAN ORDINARY CLOTHES; THEY LAST MUCH LONGER—
THAT MAKES THE PRICE LOW FOR YOU.
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE VARIETY OF
HART, SCHAFFNER A MARX CLOTHES FOR FALL AND WIN
TER. AND WE OFFER THEM AT A SMALLER MARGIN OF
PROFIT THAN EVER.
IF YOU ARE GOING OUTSIDE, IT WILL PAY YOU TO
BUY YOUR CLOTHE8 FROM US BEFORE LEAVING. IT
MEANS QUITE A LITTLE SAVING TO YOU.
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