NEWS NOTES
Tho Coast Ciward Cutter Bear de
parted for St Michael Wednesday
evening but will probably return with
in a brief season.
The Russian trading schooner Frld
olf CSek, depurtcd on a return Journey
to the Siberian coast yesterday. The
vessel loaded a good sized cargo of
trade goods before departing.
The Hatpin tug Hettie B. arrived
from Rost River yesterday to secure
additional supplies for tho tin mine
ouerations of the Hatpin company at
Rost River. Parties arriving <»n the
vessel report that operations are in
full swing at the mine with .. good
sized crew «*f men employed.
Reports from the steamer Victoria,
now at St Michael, say good progress
is being made in discharging the cargo
carried for that port. The consignment
is of such size, however, that tiie local
representative of the company «h.
not expect the steamer to return here
before Monday.
The freighter I>a touche departed for
Seattle via Bonanza at ten o’clock yes
terday morning, after unloading a
quantity of cargo destined for this
port. The steamer picked up a sliip
• ment of fifteen thousand cases of sal
mon while at St Michael and will take
on a load of machinery at Bonanza
before departing for the south.
Miss Kathleen Jensen, head of the
Home Economics department of the
University of Idaho, is visiting her
brother, Mr. Tom Jensen, f the Je.s
Creek mining firm of Itavenkilde and
Jensen. Miss Jensen arrived from St
Michael or. the Arctic ye«. « rday, after
a pleasure trip through AVs! a by way
of the Yukon.
The schooner Jewel Guard returned
last evening from n trip to the York
section, where a good sizer! cargo of
t'n concentrates from the York mines
was picked up and brought to Nome
for trans-shipment "to the "Outside.
After discharging, the Jewel Guard
will proceed to Kin rock to bring to
Nome thirty orphaned native children
whose parents died during the influ
enza epidemic last winter. The child
ren have been cared for at the Pres
byterian mission at Sinroek since the
subsidence «»f the epidemic but have
been transferred to the local home for
native orphans. The Jewel Guard will
leave sometime today and Is expected
hack tomorrow. On its return here the
schooner will load for a .trip to Point
Hope.
In a letter to Game Warden Kolberg.
Governor Higgs advises tlie Warden
that the killing of brown hear U not
illegal North of latitude «2 degrees.
The governor’s admonition is elicited
by a reference in a recent report of
the Game Warden regarding game con
ditions in this locality in which the
latter states that the Eskimo reindeer
herders did not kill brown bear molest
ing their herds “on account of the game
laws protecting brown hear.” Tha
Governor’s statement calls attention to
the provision of Section 2 of the game
laws defining that : “North of Latitude
fi2 degrees brown bear may be killed
at any time.", and advises that the
fact should be made known to the
Eskimo so that they may take precau
tions to protest their herds. Although
the killing of brown hear is not pro
hibited in this section, the* Governor
calls attention to the fact that their
hides cannot he shipped without first
obtaining shipping licenses.
The mail schooner Arctic returned
from St Michael yesterday and de
parted for Northern points today with
a full list of passengers bound for
various northern and western centers.
The schooner also caried a good sized
Snaps At
HOLT CASH STORE
Motor Cycle . $ 75.00
1 Steam Laundry, complete ... 200.00
Second Haijd Lumber per M. . . .50.00
Doors, Windows all prices.
Mining Boilers, complete, reasonable.
Trunks Suit Cases etc, cheap
Furniture, Beds Matresses very cheap
Mining Outfits, Dredge supplies
HOLT is there with the GOODS j
fieight cargo. In addition to the mails.
On the return trip from St Michael,
the Arctic brought a dozen or more
passengers, including Messrs Fitzger
ald and Wetzler, representatives of the
Hallway Mail service. Mr Wetzler is
the, resident Alaska Railway Mail Clerk
and has his headquarters at Tanana.
Mr Fitzgerald bears the nttlcial title
of Postoffice Department Inspector and
is from the states.
The two officials are on a tour of
inspection of tilic various postal renters
in the district.
Following is the list of passengers
booked. Teller: Mis C F Hylen and
Messrs Fitzgerald and Wetzler. Kot
zebue: Mr and Mrs J I. Brown, Lewis
Brown, Miss Vivian Zinn. Peering:
Miss Stewart. Candle .1 Wilkins, Mrs
Fox, Arthur Fox. Chas Schneider.
Owing to the prospect that the
steamer Victoria will not return from
St Michael before Monday, tlie public
• ■f Nome will be granted another op
portunity to hear the eloquent Dr
John A. Marquis deliver an address
at the Federated Church next Sunday
evening. This will probably lie the last
opportunity for the people of Nome to
attend divine services in the Federated
I Church for some lime to come, as the
j recent departure of Rev. Dr. Chas
I Shank lias left the church temporarily
I without a pastor. Rev J. H. Condlt,
representative of the Presbyterian mis
sions in Alaska, who is accompanying
Dr Marquis, has wired J. T. McQueen,
i-f Juneau, superintendent of the
Methodist missions in Alaska, advising
him of the absence of a minister and
is in receipt of a reply authorizing
him to tell tlie people of Nome on lie
half of Mr McQueen, that a minister
will he sent to take charge of the
church immediately. Who Dr Shank’s
successor will lie* is not designated,
the telegram stating that a minister
will leave Seattle about September 28
to take charge of the church.
The sermon topic of Dr Marquis
Sunday will lie "America and the New
Democracy." The services will begin
at 8 o'clock. Mr Elmer Heed is ar
ranging a musical program for the
evening.
Following the issuance of a com
plaint a I the instance of School Tax
Collector John Hancock. Frank Van.
a recent nrival from the Candle sec
tion was hailed before Commissioner
Hugh O'Neill yesterday on a charge of
jfailing to pay the poll tax in accord
ance with the new law requiring an
| annual tax payment of $5 from all
male persons between the ages of 21
..ml 50 years. After listening to the
evidence. Commissioner O'Neill fined
the offender ten dollars, in addition
to the sum of tlie tax and two dollars,
additional by way of penalty for failingi
to pay up within the prescribed time.
Collector Hancock cl.temx he has at
tempted to collect the tax from Van on
several occasions but, although the
latP r did not openly refuse to pay,
claimed that he was not subject owing
t.i .being under 21 years old. Judging
from appearances the man 1" eloser to
thirty than twenty one. Collector
Hancock say Van admitted being sub
ject to the tax when first approached !
but later entered the claim that lm
wax not, of age. In response to a
question by Commissioner 'ONeill, Van
stated that 1 •• was "only kidding" the
collector.
Both tiie city and territorial tax
collectors complain that many tax
eligiblos have neglected to pay the
required tax. Many offer excuses for
not doing so and others attempt to
evade the tax by dodging the col
lector's. In many such instances the
collector's are loath to ask for war
rants for their arrest but both express
themselves as becoming exceedingly
tired of the evasions offered. They in
tend to take a drastic stand unless the
attitude of the delinquent ones shows
an early change.
Doubtless a few arrests will have
a decided effect- in correcting the tend
ency to evade the tax. The sooner the
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tOnIFaceJndJjS.Jtching and
Buming'JJnbearable
4'I had a*very bad case of eczema
on my face and neck, and it spread
up mho my nair. n DJOKc
out in pimples and the
akin was sore ard red. It
caused almost unbearable
itching and burning and
there were great red scaly
soots on mv face and neck.
I wmch made me look terribly.
“1 wrote for a free sample of Cuti
cura Soap and Ointment. 1 purchased 1
more, and after using the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment for six weeks I
was healed." (Signed) O. Brown.
37 Watts St., Dayton, Ohio. {
Rely on Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and Talcum to can for your skin.
sample each free address: "CaticoraLab
public recognizes* that the law is Ii
effect and will be enforced to the let
ter, tin- better for nil concerned. Th<
action of the courts in the few casei
appearing up to the present time shoulc
Indicate to the* delinquents that the]
will he serving their best interests bj
paying up promptly.
Messrs Fitzgerald and Wetzler. the
visiting mail officials departed for Tel
ler on the Arctic today with the inten
tion of inspecting the mall facilitle!
in that section. The .two officials ar*
tentatively considering a change lr
the winter mail service to this distric:
which will have the welcome effect ol
giving us a first class mall shipment
regularly every week during tire winte*
mail period. At the present time, al
though enjoying what is termed a
twice a week service, it is seldom that
an average of one first class mail ar
rives within each weekly period.
As a general tiling, no more thar
three first class mail consignments ar
rive during eacli month, the remainder
of tlic shipments consisting only of
l( cal first class and outside second
class matter. I-ast Spring, for instance,
it will be recalled that the first class
[shipments were in the proportion of
about one to four of second class. If
[the change now under consideration
is put into operation, the service will
l.e reduced to once a week, but every
shipment will comprise a quantity of
tirsl class matter, in addition to second
• lass, thus ensuring letter mail arriving
at closer intervals than in the past.
The visiting officials are also consider
ing a proposal to establish a direct
ma:! route between Nome and Anadyr
during the open season and are said
f.i l*e Investigating with a view of
laying the matter before the I’ostofflco
Department. Owing to the increasing
trade relations between Nome and Si
beria. established mail communications
are rapidly becoming a necessity. The
inauguration of steady mail communi
cation between Anadyr and Nome is
considered by local business interests
as ;in excellent means of bringing Si
berian trade to this port and would
probably result in an immediate in
crease in the volume of commerce be
tween Nome and the farther const of
lieiing Sea. It is also suggested that
radio communicAtions lie opened with
the Russian radio station at Anadyr
through the Nome radio and steps
will probably lie taken in the near fu*
tore to secure government consent. At
the present time letters sent to Siberia
through th< regular mail channels take
approximately a year t<» reach their
destination. A letter sent to Anadyr
by mail take several weeks t<» roach
Vladivostok.' From that point onward,
the mails are uncertain and their trans
portation to points as far north as
Anadyr frequently icquircs several
months. As a usual tiling, it is impost
slide to send and receive an answer
in loss than a year, despite the fact
that it only requires a day or two to
reach the Siberian coast by crossing
Boring Sea
The Profiteering Investigation Com
mittee appointed to investigate the liv
ing situation in Nome has finished
its labor and is preparing its final re
port for transmission to the Territorial
investigation officials at Juneau. The
committee failed to fihd evidences of
profiteering activities in the commer
cial dealings going on in this section
and will report accordingly. The Food
Investigation committee reported its
findings last week, after failing to dis
cover indications of excessive prices
ir. any lino of food commodity. From
trie reports of the committees on food,
transportation, fuel, drugs and clothing,
it appears that there are no evidences
of profiteering in any of the neces
saries of life, unless they are to be
found by closer investigation1 in the
items of transportation and fuel. The
present high prices are mainly ascribed
by the committee as due to the exces
sively high wholesale prices of the
Outside, combined with the high freight
rates from Seattle. In pursuit of their
investigations, the various committees
prepared compilations of figures, cover
ing in several instances prices for two
and three years back, showing the dif
ferences between the cost and selling
prices. As the transportation investi
gation committee was unable to ascer
tain what the costs of transportation
are, it was unable to state definitely
whether or not the profits are exces
sive. In the view of the committee
it is difficult to determine whether the
high cost of fuel or of transportation
is the heaviest burden on the commun
ity. although the concensus of opinion
is that the high freight rates are chief
ly responsible for the high cost of
fuel. The Transi>ortation committee
points out that in 1902 a good grade
of coal was procurable in the local
market' tar »14. ..Several year*BhhI
after it sold at $17. At present n
greatly inferior grade Is sold nt $36
the yard, or $37.50 delivered. During
the interval of Increase, the. trans
portation rates on coal have risen from
$6 per ton to $20 on car laid lots, or
*23 on lesser quantities.
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NOME; NUGGET OFFICE
INFORMATION WANTED
Concerning the whereabouts or
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it is imperative that dogs be not per
mitted to run at large.
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