NEWS NOTES
"Why Christ Suffered For I s” will
)•<« tlio sermon topic of Dr. Shank at
the Federated Chur* h services hold on
Calm Sunday.
Font is drawing to a dose and the
approach of Calm Sunday. which
conies at the- end of the present week,
presages the early end of the Lenten
period. Faster Sunday follows at
the elose of the succeeding week.
V February issue of the Valdez
-Miner reports that tins Uorgen recent
ly returned to Seward to re-engage in
business at the railroad terminal town
According to the Miner. Borgen re
cently purchased the business of the
Seward Commercial Co.
muomiym ricmc, eagie na,i oaiuraay
19th. Be sure and come. Adm. $1.
Re !• ••rts from the oast const yoster
<l:iy disclosed lli.it In spite of the fact
that the, weather in the vicinity of
Nome was about as fine as can be ex
pected at this period «.f the year, a
Mule of considerable violence was
blowing cast of Cape Nmne.
Preparations for the indoor picnic
to be given by the W e e n of .Moose
heart at Kagle Hall one week from
Saturday .are well underway and the
eommittee in charge int at divers un
ique novelties which will be presented
to the public. The ladies refuse to tell
what they have up their sleeve, but
deei .rc that the entertainment is cer
tain to be the most n->vel ever pulled
• »ff in Nome. Prom a member of
the eommittee «v learn that the big
'Kagle hall will he convei ted into as
elose a representation • f an outdoor
scene as is possible here, the idea of
the ladies being to create a veritable
garden with green grass in profusion,
flowers and trees. Refreshments "f
varied character will he served and a
luncheon may ho obtained for a small
additional cost. The picnic idea will
prevail throughout. The ladies also
promise to provide entertainment for
the- littlo folks which is sure to make
the picnic one that will be long re
membered by the kiddies.
Recent comnnmic, tions from Wm.
Stipek. wii-i is now .>t Tacoma, indi
cate that ho like many another Ala
skan. is taking advantage of the high
wages provided by the- shipyard: to
prevent the H. t*. I. emptying the
poke brought from Alaska. Mr. Stip
ek re ports that at the time of writing,
he was working in the shipyards of the
Todd 'Construction and Dry Dock
Gala event of Winter; Lady Moosr In
door Pic me, April 19th. Ladies Free
The* Miners Home flub card social
last night attracted :• large numlu - of
pleasure seekers to tin* < lub hall on
Mast Front Street and developed the
same spirit of eonvivality and good
then- that usually marks the enter
tainments given l>> that organization.
Itivalry was keen during the whist
tunn y and a number of lies developed
among the leaders. necessitating
drawings to determine the winners.
The following won out and were aw
arded the handsome prizes hung up by
the clul». Ladies: first. Mrs Bert
Thorson; second. Mrs James Itoss;
third, Mrs Davies. Gentlemen: first,
das. McHugh: second, Andy Bauer,
third. Thos. Kims. The club will hold
a social dance Saturday evening. iie
froshments will be served and a. gen
eral good time is promised.
Holts’ Cash Stc
SPRING SALE
‘•HATS—HATS—HATS”
Best Stetson None Better.$5.00
Best London .4.00
Best Imperial Hats.2.50
Best Derby .2.50
Best Work Hats.2.25
Largest Stock in City
HOLT’S
Telephone Ma n 96.
Advices reaching: Postmaster Walsh
i indicate that tin* mail congestion re
ported some time ago has been en
tirely relieved ami mail traffic during
the past five or six weeks has been
proc eeding with about the usual speed
Reports reaching him today announce
that the- mails leaving here on Febru
ary 15th. and 21st, arrived at Seattle
yesterday, the first mentioned being
fifty four clays in transit and the lat
ter forty eight days. The reason for
| Phe three mails arriving at the same
I time probably lies in the c urtailment
of steamboat service along the soutli
! eastern coast this winter. Reports
'from Tanana also indicate that the
: '.in-oing mails . Nome have bet n
j going through with ahont the usual
dispatch.
I Imports are current to the effect
that several parties are making tent
ative plans to proceed to Siberia when
tbe ice goes out far the purpose of in
vest ic tine, conditions in P.olshevikdom
with an e\. to future ventures of a
business « harac^er. According to tin*
reports. several parties have been in
vest t'ga tins? the prospects of securing
schooners to make the trip, and it is
[said that one well known coasting
| vessel may change hands in a few
days. Indications are not wanting
that people on the outside are also in
terested in making trips to Siberia
during the coming summer. One tele
tin* prospects for securing a boat t«>
convex a party or two or three to the
Siberian shores. The message was
directed to A. I’olet and states that
the sender. L. U. Tyler of Seattle,
warns a good, sea-worthy boat of
from live to tifteen tons and with ac
comodations for two or three persons
which would be suitable for a trip
from Nome t<> Anadyr. The sender
requests a telegraphic reply stating
the name, length, draught and make
of engine and the price of such boats
as rnav fit the requirements.
The Seattle (’harabor of Commerce
has inaugurated a campaign to relievo
tbe deplorable lack of aids to naviga
tion along the Alaska coasts and to
secure if possible more extensive sur
veys of the little charted waters by
sending a personal appeal to each
member of Congress showing tbe large
number of wrecks that occur in Ala
skan waters and the immense losses
! resulting to rommeive. together with
| a map prepared by the Shipmaster’s
[Association and the Master's an l
Mates and Pilots organization show
ing in graphic manner the data rela
tive t«. the great loss of vessels in Ala
The letter addressed to the con
gressmen calls attention to the loss of
lives in wreck of the Princess Sop
hia as emphasizing the lack of ilds to
navigation and coast surveys and eon
'flu- great value of Alaska commerce
which last year totaled fil’T.'; -A.GOO
carried by -1030 vessel trips, justifies
waters safe to navigation. Under a!
constructive poliev, w.P m will make
for the rational d.-v.-lopmen: of Ala
ska. this eommere ■ will advance to
figures of which no approximation can
The loss of vessels and cargo, of
which wo now have record, exceeds in'
value $19,000,000. Under separate!
cover we are sending you copy of map
we have prepared, which graphically
shows the extent of these disasters.
Will you kindly give your valuable
support to the construction of the
necessary aids to navigation and coast
surveys, and hasten this all-important
In a letter to the Nugget containing
a copy of the communication sent to
the congressmen, .1. I,. McPherson,
Manager of the Alaska Bureau of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce states
that the Seattle commercial body is
being assisted by Senator Jones and
Delegate Wickershain, to whom have
been dispatched large scalo maps
showing the position of one hundred
essential aids to navigation that should
be immediately installed. The letter
says in conclusion that the campaign
will be followed up until the desired
end is attained.
To promote the welfare of Alaskans
at home and abroad and to give great
er publicity to Alaskan resources and
scenic attractions as well as to foster
the proposition of making Portland
i
iiu* headquarters of winter visitors
liilm the North to the States, a meet
ing' of former residents of Alaska was
loeently held iu Portland and result
ed in the formation of a society bear
ing- the name of* ,‘The Alaska Society
of Portland." according to a clippingi
from the Portland Oregonian arriv
ing on a recent mail from the States.
The society was inspired by Mrs
i'dith Tozicr Wetherred and It. A.
Perkins, and it aims to make Portland
the meeca of Alaskan people and to:
establish mutual interest between the
residents of this city and those of the
northern country. Membership is op
en to both men and women and a
large number signed the roster at the
opening meeting.
The membership is divided into
three classes known as active, assoc
iate and honorary members. The act
ive members arc those who have spent
the required amount of time in Ala
ska: associate members are those who
have immediate relatives in the coun
try or relatives who have resided in
Alaska, and honorary members are el
ected by the society. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: \V. H. Downing, president; W.
T. Hume, vice president: H. H. Coll is,
secretary-treasurer; directors, Mrs E.
II. Iloutledge, li. A. Perkins, Mrs Dan
Campbell, H. E. Wheeler. Mrs H. N.
Frd and .). J. Cotter. The artilce con
tinues:
members bad an enjoyable time re
newing- old acquaintances and reviv
ing old times in the Northland.
The principal speaker of the even
ing was Judge M. F. Moran. whose
home is 300 miles up the Kubuk river
which empties into the. Arctic ocean.
Judge Moran has the distinction of
north of the Antic circle without
coming "outside". Judge Moran is a
fluent speaker and the recital of his
Judicial experiences with the natives
in the. far Northland was wonderfully
^ Other speakers were \V. T. Hume,
I who was the first city attorney at
If;tnuul as a pioneer navigator of the
I Yukon; Judge (1. A. Adams, who re-1
i-ently returned to Portland after a
[continued residence of 31 years in the
Northland, and Charles D. Price, who
spent 36 years in various camps.
i >no the features of the evening was
the introduction by Judge Moran of(
two young people. Miss Harriett Ford
and Collis Sutherland, who were born)
in Alaska and whom he'characterized
;.s Alaskan nuggets.
There were many old timers among
them. Harry Wheeler, who carried
the mail for five years between Teller
and Camp Prince of Wales, the fur
thermost western headland at Poring
Straits, which is probably the hardest
and most dangerous mail route in the
in the world; It. A. Perkins, son of the
'pioneer founder of the Perkins hotel,
who has lived in Alaska 26 years; M.
II. DeCouroy, 22 years; T. A. Suther
land. one of the earliest at Dawson
and Nome, and Con McNamer, one of
the first to mine on the Koyukuk.
There were also a number of women
who had experienced the rigors of the
life of the Northland, among them
Mrs H. N. Ford, Mrs R. L. Bernard,
Mrs T. A. Sutherland, Mrs M. H. De
Courey and Mrs E. S. Routledge.
Work on the now home of the Odd
1-Vllows lodge is approaching the last
s stages of completion and the building
will soon be one of the finest lodge
homes in the city. A large addition
lias been added to the rear end of the
building and divers other improve
ments have been made. The lodge
room is located on the second floor
and will be large enougti for social
functions and other entertainments.
The building will be dedicated April
i!6, at which time the lodge will also
hold services in honor of the 100th,
anniversary of the founding of the
< )dd Fellows order.
MINERS HOME CLUB
The Miners Home Club will hold a
public dance Saturday evening April
to which all are invited. Refresh
ments will be served and a general
pood time is guaranteed. Small ad
mission for gentlemen, ladies free.
Lost—Between Cape Nome and
Nome, a skin vest containing Ceeby
nite compass in gold case; a gold
chain with large nugget fob with pick
2ind shovel design attached. Finder
p'ease return to Nugget office or H. S.
Chester and receive reward.
PALMER AND GLASS SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF
FORTHCOMING VICTORY LOAN
Spec i'll to The Nome Nugget by The Associated l Tosh
BALTIMORE. April II—Attorney {.tenoral Palmer and Secretary
(Mass practically opened the Victory Loan drive with addresses in Baltimore
NEW YORK FUR SALES MARKED BY GOOD PRICES
Speoul to Till Nome Nugget Ly The Associated Press
NEW YORK. April 10—Yesterday’s fur auction sales reached a total
of one million dollars. Bidding was brisk throughout and fancy furs brought
excellent prices.
Marten skins were in great demand and the prices offered were con
siderably in advance of current quotations. The best skins brought as high
Fox, mink, and other varieties also found a ready demand with excel
lent prices offered for choice pelts.
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NOW IS THE SEASON FOR
Wagner Annies
Fully ripened and fully flavored.
Good for cooking and for eating.
This will be your last opportunity
this season to purchase low priced
We have only a few boxes left of
this variety of Apples.
Buy A Box
ANY SIZE PER BOX $ 3.50
LARGE SIZES 2 dozens! for 75c
Xpolet
Fred Harrison
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Ph»ne Main 113.
Rooms 9-10, ....Wild Gooso Building
IT IS MORE ECONOMICAL TO
AT THE ARCTIC BAKERY
THAN TO COOK AT HOME i
DON'T FORGET If
j: YOUR SPRING COATS
\\ AND DRESSES
WE HAVE THEM
EMPORIUM
KRISTAN BROS.
NORTH POLE BAKERY
Bread 15c loaf, two loaves for 25c
CHAS. CAVEY. Prop.
ARCTIC BAKERY
AND CANDY STORE
The home of sweets and
a good place to eat
GOOD BREAD
Pies, Cakes, Pastry
Fresh Ice Cream Daily.
CARL PORATH, PROP.