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DELEGATE SUTHERLAND
URGING IMPROVED BERING
SEA MAIL SERVICE
Alaska Delegate Dan Sutherland,
following receipt of resolutions re
cently passed by the Northwestern
Alaska Chamber of Commerce ask
ing for better mail service on Bering
Sea next summer, has addressed I he
following letter to Col. K. H.
Shaughnessy, Second Assistant Post
master General, calling departmen
tal attention to the notorious and
lamentable deficiencies in the ser
vice during past years. Tn betters
ti> the Chamber of Commerce and E.
L. Holt, the delegate says he has
been after the department almost
continuously oh Alaska mall con
tracts and was requested by Colonel
Shaughnessy to be.present when the
bids were opened this month, in or
der to give an opinion as to their
merits. Mr. Sutherland states that
Col. Shaughnessy had been very
considerate and expressed the opin
ion that he is doing his best to im
prove the Alaska mail service. The
delegate states in one communica
tion that he will probably advise the
Chamber by wire as soon as the
bids were opened.
The letter to Col. Shaughnessy
follows:
I have been notified by the North
COL. E. H. SHAUGHNESSY,
Second Asst. Postmaster General.
Washington. D. C.
Oct. 31st, 1921.
My Dear Sir:—
west Chamber of Commerce of Nome.
Alaska, that resolutions have been
presented to you praying for an im
proved mail servioe between the port
of St. Michael and points on Kotze
bue Sound on Seward Peninsula, and
I write to ask you to please give
this resolution the consideration
that it deserves. The case in Bering
Sea during the summer season is
! quite similar to the one you have
been working on with relation to
i the route between Sew-ard. Dutch
j Harbor and Bristol Bay points, in
asmuch as an adequate service of
mail has not been given during the
j past few years. It is the old case
j of the Seward-Dutch Harbor route
revived to the extent of men bidding
on mail contracts with boats that are
not able to deliver the mail on any
' thing like schedule provided for In
j the contract.
I notice that in the proposal for
bids the requirements of service are
so very flexible that a contractoi
would have but little difficulty in ful
I tilling the contract and yet give very
poor service, and it is represented
that the contractor this year only
made three trips last season and five
trips this season, where eight trip*
were required.
I do not expect you to take this
matter up on the same basis that
you have taken the Dutch Harbor
service, but I believe that you should
compel the contractor on that Bering
Sea run to furnish a boat sach as
will be able to make the mail de
liveries somewhere near in accord
City Bath House
Open For Business
UNDER THE OLD MANAGEMENT
M. O. SOLBERG
BARBER SHOP IN CONNECTION
ARCTIC SPRINGS WATER
PROMPT DELIVERY
Billy Pangman
JOHN LAND Tailor
Suits made to order
Repairing, Pressing and Cleaning
t»ee with tie provisions of the con*
1 shall call upon you in n few days
end take op this subject If you will
grant mo the time and will ask you
to permit me to be present when
this bid Is opened on Dec. itb.
I am, sincerely yours,
DAN SUTHERLAND.
Delegate from Alaska.
LOCAL NEWS
TRW YEAR'S GREETING
TO ALL, FROM
THR NOME NUGGET,
Oeo. S. Maynard, Publisher
A. B. BARN DANCE TONIGHT
The Arctic Brotherhood will
usher in the New Year with an old
fashioned barn dance in A. B. Hall,
this evening and a merry time is
expected by dance lovers. The com
mittee has decorated the big hall
with a divers assortment of barn ac
cessories, including much baled hay,
and the overalls and "caliker” shirt,
eke skirt, of the hayseed regions will
be strictly “de riguer.” The best
music obtainable will dispense the
dulcet strains and if anyone attend
ing fails to have a good time it will
be their own fault.
OUTSIDE MAIL ARRIVES
A medium consignment ot outside
second class and Al.iskan first class
mail arrived at the Nome postoflico
Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock p. m..
witlv Pete Curran in charge.
The outgoing mail will close t
5 p. m. today.
ERIC JOHNSON RETURNS**
FROM LOVft TRIP
Deputy Marshal Erie Johnson re
turned todny from an extended trii»
to the St. Michael section, bringing
two prisoners for incarceration in
the federal jail, one to serve a sen
tence. the other to appear before
the grand jury. Deputy Johnson
reports a hard trip with much snow
and overflows.
PIONEERS TO HOLIl
JOINT INSTALLATION
Igloo No. 1. Pioneers of Alaska
andlgloo No. 1. Pioneer Women of
Alaska, will hold a Joint installs
tion of officers at Pioneer Igloo on
the evening of Saturday, Jan. 7th.
OEO. CAHILL OPT OF HOSPITAL
George Cahill, has left the hospi
tal and is again able to be about
the streets.
CHRISTMAS PASSES QUIETLY
Christmas, as is usually the case
in Nome, was marked by extreme
quiet insofar as the general aspect
of the city was concerned. Altho
the weather was fair throughout the
day few were abroad and the streets
wore a decidedly empty look. Ow
ing to the day falling on Sunday.
Monday was also given over to
Christmas observance. Services -U
the churches were largely attended.
DRAWS JAIL SENTENCE
ON JAG CHARGE
Al. Kerr was arrested Tuesday
evening on a charge of being drunk
and disorderly in a public place.
After spending the night in the
Federal Jail, Kerr was arraigned be
fore Commissioner ' Thornton and
entered a plea of guilty. He was
sentenced to ten days In the Federal
Jail,'plus the costs of the proceed-.
WHISTLE CAFE MAKES
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
The Whistle Cafe and Bakery, for
merly the Nome Restaurant, has
made extensive alterations in the in*
terior of the Cafe, erecting new pri*
rate booths, and placing an electrl^
sign on the street. The Cafe Is now'
under the .management of Cremidas
Brothers, former ex-partners with
J. Nlckon.
Not only does this firm cater ffr
the restaurant frequenting public,
but also carries a complete line of
fresh bread, cakes and pasterles.
SEATTLE JOURNAL
FEATURES 8EPPALA
Leonhard Seppala, king of the
Sweepstake trallsters, was the ob
ject of much press prominence at the
time olL his arrival at Seattle last
fall. Clippings from the 8eattle
Post Intelligencer not only relate
several of Seppala’s noteworthy
trail achievements, bnt also displajr
an excellent Ukeneee of the doughty
littio trail hero, poood with oaa of
hio fsmoes Siberians, and nine n
medallion cut of his winsome daugh
ter Sigrld.
ALWAYS LOOKING OUT
GOOD THINGS TO BAT.
Bahlke'a fresh home nsade Sausa
ges are delldon. Having the health
of oar patron* always In mind, we
have again butchered a fresh ph and
have now on hand a good supply of
fresh pork sausage.
Kat at BAHLKB'S, It costs less
and yon get the best.
JUNEAU MAN SELECTED FOR
PROHIBITION DIRECTOR
A Washington dispatch ot Nov. 19,
printed in s Southeastern Alaska
exchange, reports that John B. Mar
shall of Juneau was nominated by
President Harding on that date for
Federal prohibition director of Ala
Charles E.Herron, the well known
Alaska newspaper publisher, was
an active candidate for the position
but failed to land.
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
COXSI DERATING RATE RE
DUCTIOVS THIS YEAR
Reductions Jn steamship traffic
charges between Seattle and Nome
next summer ‘pre under considera
tion by the Alaska Steamship Com
pany. according to a statement by
Alaska Delegate Dan Sutherland in
a letter received by E. E. Holt on
the last mail, g
No limit as ;to just what the re
ductions will consist of. or whether
for freight or passenger carriage, is
given however. "Delegate Sutherland
merely stating that he had received
a letter from John H. Bunch, gen
eral traffic manager of the company,
in which the latter said the company
was "figuring on some reductions in |
Nome rates next spring."
SIGNAL ( OKI'S STILL WORKING
FOR XKW CABLE
That the recant action of Con
gress in refusing to grant the $1.
500,000 appropriation asking for a
new Alaska cable, has by no means
ki'.led the prospect that a new cable
may yet be forthcoming, is disclosed
in the following Christmas message
from Col. Seaone. to the m -tubers
of the Signal Corps in Alaska. The'
telegram reads:
"Merry Christmas to the system
with thanks to everyone for doing
his part during the year in making
this system a success and maintain
ing it as an indespensihle link in
helping to carry on the hundred mil
lion dollars worth of business that
goes on yearly between the United
States and Alaska. If the same
good fortune that brought us a cable
ship continues thru the New Year,
we may expect a new fast cable
{going one hundred words a minute
to Sitka and new radio outfits for
the Alaska stations. These things
gre not certain yet, but we are work
ing at them."
s All the Rubes and Country Makls
k ill be at t-he Bam Dance Tonight.
OX XKW YEAR’S DAY
AT RAHLKE’S CAFE
| FRESH ROAST PORK,
| ROAST TURKEY,
GREEN PEAS,
* MASHED POTATOES,
| MINCE PIE,
ICE CREAM AND CAKE.
A.J. MUELLER
Extends the
Season’s
Greetings
to all.
StatM*t Irttttags
WE WISH YOU ONE AND ALL
A MERRY CHRISTMAS*
HAPPY NEW YEAR
HOLTS CASH STORK
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