LOCAL Kf-WS
]*!<■ TIME AT EAGLE
HILL TOMCiHT
Grab your poke. pack your put
nnd fall in line with the crowd 1
headed for Eagle Hall tonight. !
Play ’em high and shoot ’em fast.!
you can’t rattle the dealers.
The American Legion is ready to ;
afford the Xante amusement loving j
public an evening of fun. a radical
diversion from the staid forma lit* 1
and conventionalithv* of the usual
soca3 gatherings.
The Big Eagle Hall roof will be
ir. danger when the gun toters place,
tiheir money on the wrong number
and start their fusillade. Just a
word before we proceed, the Legion
has emphatically decided to refuse
pemission for children to gamble.
Coder no circumstances will child
ren be allowe><l to participate in any
ot the major gambMng games. Th**
Shooting Gallery. Niggah Dolls, and
Horse Racing will he permissible
however and wo the youngsters will
have 'ample opportunity to give vent
to their bottled enthusiasm. This
lroeis and no bluff (is going to be run
on the management.
Prizes will be awarded to the man
and woman possessing the largest
amount of phony Kash when tbe
tames are over. Prizes for the
hewt waltzers, beat shot and best
something else will be ready for the
lucky winners and are now on ex
hibition in the window of Lomen
Bros, drug store.
One dollar admits you to the whole
show and your initial investment
entitles you to $1000 in Legion
money. If you don’t get the biggest
kick of the winter out of your dol
lar tell it to the policeman and get
your money back—if you can.
Nuf aed. Get on the wagon and
come, if you can’t ride, walk or
DANCING SCHOOL.
On Monday, Tuesday and Tliurs
tlay of each w«*k » dancing school
will b«* held in the Pioncter Igloo,
beginning at 9:00 P. M.
MILS. GEO. WALDHELM.
KEPKATED ARRESTS RESULT '
ix convictions
I*ast Saturday a search warrant
uas issued for the arrest of Oua
Vierra, on a petty larceny charge. .
The offence charged being the steal- |
fng fro ilia warehouse of the Yuba j
M«sr. Co. at Little Creek. Upon j
serving the warrant the officers or j
the law found evidences of the 111-’ j
clt manufacture of intoxicating liq- 1
our ami tin mediately swore out an- !
other warrant for arrest on the liq-j
i»Qr cha.rg“. Viera was taken Into j
custody, but later released on bail. ;
Between Saturday Feb. 10th and .
Thursday Feb. 15th Viera was ar
rested five different tfrnee before theji
United Shales perfected Its case
In conjunction with the larceny
chargee preferred against Viera. M.
E. Beebe and Wm. Patch, a native,
were also arrested on a charge of
larceny from a warehouse on Little
Creek. Beebe was three times ar
rested with'in the week nnd Patch
suffered tlhe same process before the
cafaas came up for trial.
Viera will appear before the U.
S. Commies! oner Tuesday afternoon
M. E. Beebe pled guilty to petty
larceny and was sentenced to 90
days in the Federal jail and cost
of the proceedings.
Wm. Patch at first pled not guilty
but after itihlnking the matter over
he decided to fall in lfne and conse
quently entered a plea of guilty.
The Commissioner rewarded the
dusky gentleman with a 40 day
sentence in the Federal jail.
f?ARl> OF THANKS.
The people of this community can
not realize how their generosity and
big heartedness, (so typical of
Nome) is appreciated. The Faculty
of the Children’s Home of Nome
wish to take this opportunity to
thank all townsmen for their coop-(j
erattan, liberality and eagerness to j
aid and relieve In our work. We |
most heartily say “thanks” and ask j
you to visit our Home and know our
work and fifty Eskimo Orphan boys j
and girls.
MISS INEZ V. WALTHALL.
Superintendent j
PROOFS OF LABOR BLANKS
ON SALE AT NUGGET OFFICE '
D O Ci DOl* K.
At a meeting of the Hoard of
Directors of the Nome Kennel Cluty
heW Thursday afternoon, it was de
rided to hold a l^adies Race on Sun
day. February 25th. over -the Yuba
Loop course.
A« in the previous race, each
driver will i>e permitted to use 7
This race promises to be a hot one
us ever since the last ladies race, the
directors of the Kennel Club have
been beseiged by fair drivers, who
also ran. begging Just one more
ihance to show that they are real
It was also decided to hold “The
Yuba Cheeohaka Race" (five dogs
lo a teaml on Saturday. March 3rd.
to be followed in the evening by a
big dance at srhich prizes will be
awarded to the most unsuccessful as
well us successful drivers.
In addition to the above the fol
lowing schcduel of races has been
Hastings Creek Race, Sunday,
March 11th.
Borden Marathon. Sunday. April
Solomon Burden Handicap. Satur
day, April 14th.
The Borden Marathon, the dog
racing classic, is creating an Im
mense amount of interest among
owners of speedy teams, and it is
freely predicted by the wise ones,
that a new record is likely to be
hung up by a team which has neve •
before participated In this speedy
1KLLKKITKK VISITING IN NOMK
Rev. Elmer H. Dah'l and wife ar
rived from Teller this week, coming
to Nome to obtain dental relief. Mr.
and Mrs. Dahl are stationed at the
Teller Mission, as Missionaries in
charge, and expect to return to
their home today.
MOOSE SOCIAL AND DANCE
The Loyal Order of Moose will
give a social, dance and serve re
freshments on Saturday Feb. 24th.
The public is invited. Admission $1.
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SPECIAL REDUCTIONS
IN OUR
MEN'S DEPARTMENT
KSMK MONDAY FEB. IS
STET50N HATS
Felt and Genuine
Values
HEAVY AND MEDIUM
WOOLEN PANTS
REGULAR PRICES $6.50 TO $8.50
Now Reduced to $ 5.00
Woolen Overshirts
(ALL SIZES)
CLOSING OUT OP CERTAIN LINES
REGULAR *6.50 AND $7.00
$4.00 and $ 4.50
BIB OVERALLS
all sizes $1.50 pair
Meddlicott Underwear
(SCOTCH WOOL)
$7.00 suit
FAMOUS
KUPPENHEIMER
CLOTHING
CROSSET SHOES
For Men and Women
150 pair Shoe Pacs
SIZE 11. REGULAR $6.00
now $5.00
HEAVY WOOLEN SOX
REGULAR 65 cts PAIR
NOW 45 cts pair
HEAVY WEIGHT UNION SUITS
REGUI.AR PRICE $7.00
NOW $4.75
ALL WOOLEN
MACKINAW COATS
AND LEATHER VESTS AT GREATLY
REDUCED PRICES.
All the above articles mentioned cannot he bought wholesale
for the prices we are offering them to our trade.
CHEAP JOHN
(The house of Quality, S* ie and Service)
M. WEibuwiiQ
K*| 1'H rHIAHTM' OHAMBBR
OF CX>MMHKCE MKKTIXC3
(Continued fi».*m Pstgo One)
community and It should have botfl,
■the moral and financial strength of
the people to enable it bo get back
of every proper effort for the bet
terment and advancement of every
activity in our section.
How well we have lived up to our
principle* and how successfully we
have carried out the win hoe of our
citizens can be better told by enum
eiating the numerous activities of
the past year briefly and point or
the work and program laid ahead.
J jlfst.—Purchase of Nome Kou
gairok Railroad. The conmimatton
«[ this deal, without dispute, is tiie
most important action taken and
successfully carried out after much
labor and considerable expense. To
go into the history of this movr
ment would be too long and tire
smoe for you to listen to, aB we
have on file hundreds of telegrams
and dozens of reports many of them
voluminous, but will content myself
by calling to your attention that wo
must keep in touch with the same
and see that the work of rehabilita
tion of ’the railroad commences
when the season opens up. When
the work is well under way we
should endeavor to have the same
extended and feeder wagon roads
built. This trunk line should b<.
added to year after year until a
system of roads .is built touching
every center and outlet of our Pen
insula and then and then only we
can say that the real development
of out section has begun.
2nd.—While we are on the sub
ject of Roads 1 am glad to Teport
that while during the last year no
new large project Was started, we
can safely hope as almlost all the
Mg projects are well under close
proximity of completion, that wtfth
the present well organized Road
Commission and the several new
avenues open for funds we .enter : •
active work dlsemfnating our Road
needs and co-operate with our Dele
gate nnd Road Conimiission we will’
be able to accomplish more in a
year from now’ than we have be1"
able -to put over in the past in sev
3rd Nome Harbor—in truis we
anxiously have waited its comple
tion and last season the dredging
of a very limited amount of mater
ial contract was let and completed,
but the results were a ditea.ppolnt
ment ito all that have ardomaly Work
ed for Its completion. The low
water in the fall demonstrated that
the original amount of material, as
was provided in the first dredging
contract, must still be removed in
order to make this enterprise use
The Department of U. S. Engi
neers, through the Juneau office,
have demanded of out City Council
the payment of the $2500.00, the
amount aigreed upon in the year of
1916, alraw?t seven years ago, being
the city share of the expense of
maintenance after completion. At
| a meeting held recently between
the City officials and the Board of
Directors of our Chamber it was
decided tp back the city in their
contention and stand firm upon the
fact that the city is only too will
ing to co-operate and cotnifllbute fta
share of expense in the maintenance
in accordance wiith the written ag
grements entered into.
It is therefore evident that our
organization must still be in active
agitation to bave this work ordered
and done and this must be entered
into immediately.
In the matter of the city’s Share
of Harbor expense It (is the opinion
of many that the City should be re
lieved of paying tikis amount an
nually until the city will erect suit
able docks and warehouses and the
revenue of same applied thereon,
but until then the city oannot both
build docks and maintain its pro
portion of expense as we all know
that the taxable property in the
city is very limited and now much
over valued and taxed the limit al
lowed by law. I suggest that our
delegation in June&u be instructed
to see that an appropriation he
made for Nome or a portion of the
Road fund be used for same as
provided by law and passed by the
Legislature.
4th. Lights and Buoys—After
considerable expense and labor this
was granted and in most places the
lights and buoys have been install
ed, the Met of the places to hereto
attached.
5th. Telegraph Office—When
the city telegraph office was order
ed discontinued our Board took It
up and finalTly our efforts resulted
in having the office removed to the
U. S. Court House and the expense
cf changing and remodelling was
born by our Chamber.
9th. Main—This subject has
had and needs continuous attention.
true, that we have entered in many
phases of it and we gained many
points and were granted many re
liefs. but today we have starting in
our faces the same problems that
we had in the past. Information at
band show a large accumulation of
wtnter malls at Unalakleet and
steps should be taken to have same
moved. The summer mail con
tracts are soon to be let and we
should study them for our common
rood! Connections should be es
tablished completing the Knk of our
summer mails via Government rail
road. Yukon and St. Michael which
Is weekly and should we be able to
connect weekly our summer mails
wifll be much improved. Also bee
to state that our Nome postmaster
and dhief mail clerk Wetzler sta
tioned at Nenana have assisted ns
considerable and we always found
them courteous and willingly do
all In their power to better and im
prove tlhe service.
7th. Fuel Oil and Coal.—The
problem of fuel oil solved itself
when through the proper display of
civic pride and recognition of the
cecessttty existent a supply of oil
was made available by the Mammon
Consolidated Gold Fields. The
I
community ow-e* this company a
| deW of gratitude. The coal que»
! tlon fet still unsolved, regardless of
j the amount of time spent on same.
• The future hold* better hopes and
| with the establishment of govern
ment transportation on the Yukovt
! arrangement* may be made to en
j able us to market Nenana Coal in
I Nome. The Ltebourne. coal deal is
; still awake but not definite to re-'
8th. Freight and Lighterage.—
Freight and Lighterage combined
affect every industry, in fact the
very life of our section. High rates
is the direct cause of high cost of
operation, in the report last year
prophesy was made as to a probable
reduction, this was done. White
not of very much consequence ex
cept in the matter of fuel otto, feed
and mining machinery, at thiq time
I can again assure you of addi
tional reductions, as to service na
turally it wfll depend upon the
volume of freight and traffic.
9 th. Bn tertiafi amenta.—[taring
the year we had the pleasure of suc
cessfully planning and conducting
the Farewell Celebration to Capt.
Amundsen and great credit Is due
(Continued on Page Three.)
E. L. HOLT
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and Traps. Canvas Hose, Granite
Ware, Tin ware and Crockery ware.
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NOME. ALASKA
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