NEW8JTES
A dose to the limit consignment of
both first and second class mall from
1 lie States and interior points arrived
i t the postofflee shortly after 1 p. m.
Sunday in charge of Contractor Long
ley. The consignment contained let
ters of mid-February dates and some
second class matter dated as far back
into the past as October 26.
The last registered, insured and par
cel post mail for tin* States over the
winter trail closed at the postofliec at
1 p. m. today, departing in charge of
carrier Bongley shortly afterward. I'n
ti 1 the end of the winter service, the
date of which as not been definitely
announced as yet only mail in the
ordinary forms will lx* dispatched to
the Outside.
Thus Gaffney and dais Nouhaus,
who are engaged in a search for the
for the elusive on the famous old Oak
dale claim in the Sunset section, spent
the greater part of Sunday in the citv.
The partners are plugging away in
dustriously in a search for the pay
streak which was lost by the earlier
operators Berger and Sullivan, who
are said to have taken a fortune out of
the claim.
tlus. Viera, an old time miner and
prospector of the Dime section, arrived
in town from the interior camp Satur
day and will spend a day or two look
ing after business matters before re
* turning. Mr. Viera is employing a few
men. lie says the Dime camp is dull
and there are not a great many men
employed, most of the residents work
ing for themselves. He expects to re
turn Wednesday morning with a load of
freight.
Two hundred and seventy one names
had been affixed to the city registra
tion roll when the registration i>eriod
closed at midnight Saturday. This
does not by any means represent the
number of voters in the city, however,
as many of the males forgot to attest
their eligibility and the number of
ladies registering was far below the
number actually entitled to vote.
Billy Allison, a well known miner
of the Solomon section, is a reeertt ar
rival and is taking in the diverisons of
city life with a relish born o? a long
; tay in the quiet environs of th<* Solo
mon i ver region Mr. Allison reports
that there is little going on in a min
ing way this winter. The crew of men
employed bv \V. J. ltowe is making ex
cellent progress in moving the big
buildings formerly belonging to tlio
railroad company to their new site on
Bonanza river at the point formerly
known as Jerusalem. The buildings
will be used as storehouses and depots
in connection with freighting operat
ions on Solomon river. By removing
the buildings from Dickson to the
main road along Bonanza, a consider
able distance will be saved in tran
porting supplies up and down Solomon
A telegram from Senator James
Frawley dated at Juneau March ^3
says both legislative houses are work
ing harmoniously and a few bills are
passing. The senator adds in refer
ence to the Second Division delegation
that they are a unit in legislative mat
ters. The message also contains the
interesting information that the mach
ine gang failed to land the Federal
Bond Commissionership for the local
candidate, Buss Bowen, the former
HOLT'S CASH STORE
Fur Robes, choice.$15.00
Fur Caps, best.5.00
Drill Parkas.3.50
Overalls or Jumpors.2.50
Silk Shirts .350
Stetson Hats, best.5.00
Underwear, wool.250
Shoe Packs.5.00
Neckties, Good..25
BEBIN THE NEW YEAR RIGHT
BUY AT
HOLT’S
Telephone Main 96.
Road Commissioner Dan Jones having
been reappointed to fill the Job. In
addition to relating that .Mrs Frawley
I had been called homo by the sickness
I of her mother, tlve Senator asks if wo
have, any suggestions as to needed
territorial legislation beyond what is
, necessary to safeguard the territory
against official spoliation.
Writing under date of Feby. ll'tli.
from I’naiukleet. T. A. Powers, of
that place reports in a letter to local
[friends that the gold strike recently
reported from the Bonicilla river was
made by a veteran prospector and
miner named Kruger. Mr. Powers
says he personally knows that tin* dis
coverer has been prospecting in and
around the lower Yukon section for
many years. According to Mr. Powers
the Bonicilla takes its rise in the same
range of mountains as the And leaf.ski,
but flows in a somewhat more easter
ly direction and nearly parallel to th -
Anvik. from which it is separated by
about forty miles. It has been known
for many years that gold in small
quantities could be found in the area
in which the Bonicilla is located and
a considerable amount <-f prospecting
has been carried on by a few men.
The Bonicilla and Marshal strikes,
however, appear to lie the only in
stances in which definite pay has been
located. Mr. Powers says the mall
carriers arriving at Unalakloet from
across the Portage report that there is
quite a stampede to the now strike
from points up the Yukon. Referring
to (lie influenza epidemic. Mr. Powers
states that no new cases have develop
ed in tho St. Michael district for more
than two months but Vnalakleet at the
date of writing was still to some ex
tent under quarantine regulations for
mulated by Dr. Randall, of Nulato.
The regulations compelled the mail
carriers on the Vnalakleet-Nome run
to occupy quarters apart from those
running over the Portage.
This is rather inconvenient, Mr.
Powers says, and several of the mail
carriers have been heard to express
their dissatisfaction with the onerous
conditions under which they are forc
ed to' carry the mail as a result of the
regulations.
Inasmuch as? there have boon no.
new cases of influenza in the St.
Michael section for so long a. period,
and as there has not at any time been
an appearance of the disease farther
south than Walla Walla, the writer
says he cannot understand the whv
of the'quarantine.
Some six or eight citizens are men
tioned as possible candidates for the
the city council and signs fire not
wanting that t lie political bee is buzz
ing in the bonnet”s of several of them,
although none have definitely annouu
ced their intention of seeking council
manic honors It is also rumored that
some of the old council will be on deck
later on, especially if the number of
new candidates running happens to be
small. Candidates for the school
board vacancy are also remarkably
scarce. i
Although it is generally known j
from statement printed in Outside,
journals that a few Eskimo from Can-'
ada were included among the Allies in
the war with Germany and her allies,
it will be a surprise to the majority of
Nomeites to learn that one of our Es
kimo boys, a lad who was born and
raised and lived in Northwestern Ala
ska until a few years ago, was among
the American troops who fought the
lluns to a finish on the battle lines of
France and Belgium. Writing to the
Nugget from St. Michael under date of
March 12th., Barney O,Reilly, who is
apparently the first person in this loc
ality to discover that an Alaskan Es
kimo was a participant in the Europ
ean combat, states that the name of
the native is George Saggak. He al
so enclosed a number of letters writ
ten by the boy himself from France
and Belgium in the quaint “pigin”
English common to the Eskimo of this
section. Mr. O'Reilly says that Sag
gak is probably the only person from
this part of Alaska who actually saw
service on the firing line and ventures
the ievw that he is r.tcst certai- -
iy the only native. The letters were
obtained by Mr. Reilly from relatives
of the boy in the St. Michael section
and, to quote from his communication
to this paper, they not only portray
the native’s impression regarding ar
my life but also show his ready adapt
abilty to the hardships and dangers
connected therewith, from the time
he entered Camp Lewis to his last ap
pearanco on the firing line in Belgium
a. few days ago before the close of the
war. Owing to lack of space in the
present number, the Nugget is reser
ving the letters for the succeeding is
sue. Although deficient in means of
expression, George’s letters tell a gra
phic. story of Ills army experiences in
i way that will doubtless prove very
interesting to everyone. Watch for
them in our next issue.
Acting superintendent of the Bureau
of Education Dyfed Evans reports
that tiie quarantine against the influ
enza was observed with the greatest
rigidity by the teacher J, 1*. Jones and
iho natives of the Shismareff village.
During the quarantine period the nat
ivfs, after hearing of the dreadful
situation created by the epidemic at
Wales, refused to hunt foxes owing to
a fear that the animals might have
been feeding on the unburied dead at
the cape village and would bear the
contagion in their bodies. A Polar
bear which was killed by the Shls
mareff natives on the ice a short dis
tance from the village, was also left
untouched owing to the fear that it too
might have been feeding on the re
mains of the dead at Wales All trav
el was stopped with the outside world
as far as possible for a time and no one
was allowed to enter the village from
tin* infected area. Nick Christianson
of York is said to have attempted to
reach Shismareff some time after the
influenza has abated in the Wales sec
tion but was stopped by a native with
a gun a short distance from Shismar
eff. Christianson at first paid no at
tention to the order of the native to
halt ami was proceeding onward when
a. shot front the Eskimo caused him to
stop in a hurry. The native had fired
the first shot ns warning hut when the
York musher brought his team to a
!standstill, he found the Eskimo had a
[bead drawn on him and was prepared
j to send a bullet into his back if he per
sisted in disregarding the warning to
Jstop. Nick stopped and retraced his
:steps after this demonstration that the
!Shismareff village was really quaran
tine^ He said on his return to Wales
tli iij.e was convinced that the Eskimo
would have shot him dead if he had
nqt lifted.. Mr. Evans says that it
was probably duo to the strict quaran
tine maintained by the Shismareff. vil
lagers that the epidemic did not in
volve that settlement.
Among the effects of one man, a
victim of the Princess Sophia wreck,
was found a letter addressed to his
sweetheart giving a brief account of
the conditions, and making his will.
He was the only one on board, so far
as known, to have made full prepara-1
tions for death.
The 'letter was written by John
MaskelJ of Dawson to his sweetheart,
Miss Dorothy Bprgers “my wife who
was to be,” he says . in his will, in
which he left her 300 pounds, together
with 100 pounds each to his father and1
mother. Her address was given as 37'
Smart Street, Longsight, Manchester,
England.
The letter was dated October 24 on
board tl*e S. S. Soph:a. lie says
part:
"£ am writing this while the boat is
in grave danger.” He describes very
briefly how the boat went on the reef
during a blinding snowstorm and that
the captain wandered to the starboard
of the buoy marking the reef.
After the distress call was sent out.
he said, the first boat appeared in
I about three hours. This boat is known
to have been the Peterson from Fort
Seward. He remarked on the heavy
sea and that the steamer could not
approach the Sophia. Later he ref
fered to other steamers appearing on
the scene. When the tide was out
which would have been around 11 a.
m., he estimated the boat to be two
thirds out of water and “high and dry’”
Later he says that no one was allowed
to sleep, that an awful noise was
heard on the side of the boat, and the
boat was listing to port.
-Mr. And Mrs W. C. McGuire and
"Miss Edith Olson Journeyed to the Ot
to Olson camp on Dexter yesterday for
a brief outing •# the snow clad hills.
Thos. Gaffney reports that ptarmi
gan are appearing in ever increasing
numbers in the vicinity of his camp on
Sunset creek. Large flocks of the
birds are seen daily. Mr. Gaffney saya
their sharp calls and shrill cackling dc
much to enliven the otherwise com
plete solitude of the hills.
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