APPLE 4WEEK
IN CONFORMITY WITH THE ESTABLISHED NATIONAL
CUSTOM TO HOLD AN APPLE WEEK THROUGHOUT THE NA
TION, WE WILL ENDEAVOR DURING THIS WEEK COMMENC
ING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, ENDING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
20. TO HAVE ON DISPLAY ALL OF THE FOLLOWING VARIETIES
FROM WHICH YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SELECT YOUR WINTER
REQUIREMENTS
Gravenstein
Jonothan
McIntosh
Winter Banana
Delicious
Spitzenbergs
Newton Pippins Winesaps
DURING THE WEEK WE WILL ALSO OFFER SPECIAL
PRICE INDUCEMENTS IN BOX LOTS OR BY THE DOZEN
POLET
GROCERY
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. ESTABLISHED 19TO
first ani» UNIVERSITY STS.
ARLINGTON HOTEL
$1.00 ONE DOLLAR ROOMS $1.00
. rv xN p BUSS MEETS ALL TRAINS.
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ROUT. KELLY. Mrr.
WATCH OUR WINDOWS
FOR
Fine Silks, Laces, Embroderies
on display this week.
THE EMPORIUM kirstan bros.
KOUGAROK MAIL ARRIVES
Jerry Sullivan arrived n Nome with
the Kougaruk mail at 3 p. m. today
and states that the trails are in the
worst condition for travel ho has ever
seen them. The Taylor creek election ,
returns were atao borught down and
are published in another column.
RUSSIAN TRADING
SCHOONER WRECKED'
The three masted auxiliary power:
tradling schooner Avaska, owned and'
operated by the well known Nome- i
Siberian trading firm. Knrieff Bros. |
some distance north of I'etropovlovk
during the later part of October, ac
cording to Information reaching Nome
recently. No details of the wreck have
been received save that the schooner
was a total loss. The Avaska spent
a week or two in this port last sum
mer. after coining here from Japan
via Anadyr, and attracted much at
At the time of being wrecked the
schooner was on her way from Nome
to Vladivostok via Anadyr, where the
capacities considerably increased pre
paratory to using her in their widely
extended trading operatons on the
The Avaska was said to have been
the largest and finest schooner of the
Siberian tiading fleet. She was built
in Japan and was finely constructed
throughout. The vessel was purchas
ed from her former Japanese owners
by *tKarieff Bros last spiting.
SEATTLE FLYER FALLS
200 FEET UNINJURED
Seattle, Nov. 11—killing U00 feet
into I.ake Union today air pilot Bur
rell Johnson and one passenger es
caped drowning.
G. O. P. NATIONAL
HEARQUARTER8 CLOSED
Chicago, Nov. 11—The Republican
National headquarters here has been
EAGLES ELECT NEW OFFICERS
Nome Aerie No. 75, Fraternal Or
der of Eagles, at a special election
held Tuehday evening, selected five
new officials to fill vacancies in the
official personnel of the lodge created
by the departure of former officers on
the last boats. Following is the list of
officials elect.
Fred Harrison .
Win. Cameron .
John Halderson
Following the
the lodge held
. . . . Outside Guard
meeting and elections,
a social session.
LOCAL NEWS
SEVERAL NOMEITES
“UNDER THE WEATHER"'
l>. K. f’rowley ami Kdward (Xug-j
got) Johnson hav* boon on ti e sick I
1fc*t during the host week. The latter
has been the victim of a hud cold
which is said to Iriv • developed pros
pects of pneumonia. Crowley was
suffering from a slight touch if de
bility resulting from overwork. llis
condition was in no way seri< us.
A number of others are suffering
from severe colds and are l.eoi«ing
under cover pending recovery.
FIRST ICE APPEARS
IN ROADSTEAD
The appearance of a wide belt of {
ice along the shore iin.• in front y»» the l
ciit.v Thursday morning, gave rise to a
repor»hj I the ice had come in, mean
ing. . f course the Arctic ice which
annually closes in this sect’or. of the
Hering .T«*a coast 1 it. . It is said, how
ever, that the ice In question is fresh
water ice and not the sa'*> polar
variety. It is apparently from the
rivers along this set.tion of the coast,
most of which have shed their icy cov
ering as a result of the hi«sl water
created by the stormy weather of the
Owing to a large amount of it. :imn)
are inclined to the view that it cam
frem the Yukon, as it is po*r.ted out.
not without much :^son, that the Ce
c* ntent of all ‘.he streams along this
pa.t of the const would hardly be
! sufficient to cover «uch an extensive
area as the mass in question. The
ley muss ns it first appeared was
about half a mile wide and apparently
of considerable thickness. It ex
tended along the coast e. si and west
as far as vision could concern. Be
yond it the sea rolled heavily but,
failed to disturb the mass 1 e/onn a
short distance from its outer edge
The phenomena is new to the oldest
old time resident, none having wit
nessed a similar condition before.
REINDEER CASE AWAITING
COURT DECISION
The case of a Otterson versus J.
C. Wild stead, administrator of the es
tate of Fred Larsen deceased, occu
pied the District Court during the past
week, was submitted to the court, for
decision after arguments by counsel
Friday afternoon. The case involves
the delivery of certain reindeer under
a. contract entered into by the plain
tiff. Andy Otterson, and Fred Larsen,
deceased. Mr. "Widsteod’H connec
tion with the case is involved by his
connection wiith the Torsen estate ns
administrator. At the conclusion of
the case the ocurt announced that de
cision would Tie rendered next Sat
Atorne.v Fred Harrison represented
the defendant and Judge Hugh O’
Neill the plaintiff.
TELLER MAIL ARRIVES
Percy Blatchford arrived in Nome
Friday evening from west coast points
bringing the first overland mail from
Teller. The dispatch Included the
election returns from the Teller pre
cinct published in another column.
The Nome Nugget delivered by car
der or mailed. Per Month fl.Oft 1,
COUNCIL HOLDS
REGULAR SESSION
Ankle from ti refusal of the City
•lads to consider a reduction In the
amount of the property tax assessed
against the Miners Union. Monday
night's meeting of the Nome Common
Council developed little business other
than the usual routine work.
Tihe council was called to order by
Mayor Riice around the usual hour,
with four members present besides His
Honor. Those present were Council
nutzer. The absent ones were Coun
cil bnen Haelson and Griffith. As the
hotter is Outside his presence was
Following the reading and approval
of the minutes. City Clerk Grimin pre
sented a communication from the Mine
Workers Union asking that the taxes
on the building on Front Street oc
cupied by the organization be reduced.
The applhation appeared to surprise
the council, as the union .had made no
| effort to secure a- reduction on the
property while the council was sitting
as a lnxml of equalization some few
days ago. After some discussion the
j application was rejected and the clerk
Instructed to inform the union that it
was too late to take action on its ap
plication as the Board of Equalization
had concluded its labors several days
communication from the Fire Depart
ment requisitioning certain supplies.
Mayor I lice next reported that he
had forwarded a telegram on behalf
of the titizens of Nome to the War
Department extending the c-ongrutr.la
tions of Nome to the personnel of the
Alaska Flying Squadron ovo the suc
cessful completion of the great air
flight from New York to Nome and re
City Clerk Grimm and City Treas
urer Dolot next presented their Oc-1
tober reports on City finances. Fol
lowing their reading, the reports were
A nlumber of new l*dllls against the
city were then read by the dcrk and
referred to the Finance committee. As
the departure of Councilman Gr.ffith
for the Outside had left the Finance
Committee without a chairman M:-v*r
Ilice remedied the difficulty by nam
ing Councilman Tarnutzer to till the
vacancy. Thus provided with full ca
pacity to act. the committee at once
got to work on ‘.b? bills, a recess Po
ing taken for that purpose . After se
curing tfie approval of the comnnittee,
the council ordered warrants drawn
for all receiving the official O. K.
City Treasurer I’olet then addressed
the council as a member of the school
board, requesting the council to au
thorize the publication of notices an
nouncing the board’s contemplated or
ganization of a citizenship night,
school. Mr. l*olet explained that a
small amount of advertising was es
sential but as the law. granted no au
thority for payment of advertising the
school board could incur no indebt
edness in that direction. The propos
al met wjith oouncilmnndc approval
and the hoard was granted authority
to make the desired publications at
the expense of the city.
As a concluding episode, the coun
cil granted an application of the sc ool
board by ordering a warrant drar n
on the school fund for $415.70 for the
payment cf current school mainten
ance expenses.
Ara YOU a Subscriber Mr. Reader 7
ELECTION RESULTS SECOND DIVISION TO DATE
UN 1)1 DATE*
(For Representatives)
Cochran, O. D.
Brown, Chas. W.
Burroughs, E. W.
Bogan, James J. . .
Jaeobsgaard, Jake.
Mueller, A. J. . . .
Peterson. Frew W. .
Mlsh, Guy E.
(For Road Commissioner)
Wilson, John A.J
Winkler, A1.
Keenan. J. J.
Adams, E. E.
Pfaffle, Ed.
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Better Buy
TOMATOES
25c Per Can
$5.50 Per Case
Store Opens 9 n. m. and Closes 6 p. m.
0. E. CROWLEY GROCERY CO.
R. B. JULIAN, Manager
BANK TELLER CONFESSES
THEFT 45 THOUSAND
Ottawa, Nov. 12—Francis J. Cur
vey, aged 21, teller in the National City
Bank of Ottawa, today confessed to
the police that he stole hank funds
a/trhoujiting to forty fve thousand dol
Aecorddng to the bank officials the
bulk of the money has been recovered.
OUTSIDE MAIL EXPECTED
ABOUT NOVEMBER 23
the mail authorities at Tannna. Pos.
master J. J. Walsh announced today
that the first Outside mail of th, win
ter season will arrive in Nome about
November 23 providing that trull con
ditions on the lower Yukon do not
delay passage. Tn the event of its ar
riving at the indicated time the dis
patch will reach its destination prac
tically a month ahead of the former
time of arrival of the first overlgnd
TO THE PUBLIC
A« I am going Outside for tho win
tor, tho SHOE STORE will bo cloatd.
Qur accounts ate. as wsll as stock
on hand ara loft in chargo of C. W.
Lewia, (opposite our store) until our
rot urn in Spring.
Thanking the public for thoir pat
ronage in tho past.
P A. PETERSON SHOE CO.
NEW CHICAGO POLICE
CHIEF APPOINTED
Chicago, Nov. 11—Chas Kltzmorris,
a fonnwr newspaper reporter, has been
appointed chief of police of the Chi
cago police department to succeed John
' J. Oarrity, who resigned under fire.
PICKLED HERRING
AT LEHMANN S
Notice is hereby given that the as
sessment roll of tht* real and personal
property of the City of Nome, Alaska,
has been approved, and completed, and
that the tax levy has been mack* by
the Common Council, and requiring
all persons owning real and personal
property within the City of Nome, and
described in said assessment roll, to
forthwith pay the amount of money
so assessed or taxed against the prop
erty described in said roll or against
said person, to the assessor and ex
officio tax collector at his office in
Said taxes become delinquent on tne
third Saturday in January 1921 at
which time a penalty of fifteen per
cent will be charged thereon and said
delinquent taxes will bear interest
from said third Saturday in January
1921, at the rate of Twolvo por cant
per annum till paid. •
E GRIMM
City Clerk and ox-officio Tax Col
coon
NEW ENGLAND BOILED DINNED
OUR LAST SHIPMENT OF
Sweet Pickled Pork
Corned Brisket Beef
Fresh Cabbage
Fresh Car rets
Fresh Rutabagas
Fresh Parsnips
IS THE BEST WE EVER HAD
The Corned Beef and Pork is
put up especially for us, and is
very much sweeter and better
than anything that has ever
been obtainable in Nome hereto
fore.
Gborulf lebmann