THORULF LEHMANN
LESS YOU FORGET
THE OIG OARN DANCE
NEW YEAR’S EVE
CHRISTMAS EVE
M Lehmau
TEAMSTER HAS NARROW
ESCAPE FROM DEATH
IN BLIZZARD
George Cahill, a teamster employ
ed by W. J. Rowe in the removal of
the Bangor Creek dredge to Little
Creek, narrowly escaped serious In
jury and possible death through
being lost with his team in the fierce
blizzard which raged over this sec
tion of the peninsula in almost un
paralleled fury Tuesday night and
Wednesday. Cahill’s lucky star
was in the ascendant, however. an;l
although in the hospital suffering
with sundry frost bites on toes and
fingers, he is little the worse from
his bitter experience in the clutch
of the storm king.
Cahill and his employer, each
driving a four horse team, left Ban
gor Creek early Wednesday, enroute
to Anvil Creek with heavy dredge
loads of dredge parts. The weath
er was fair at the time of their de
parture, but on arriving near Anvil
Creek late in the afternoon they
encountered the blizzard, which
swept down suddenly from the
Northeast_under the impulse of a
wind which during the late evening
attained a velocity of nearly fifty
miles per hour. Wishing to reach
the barns at Little Creek before
night fall.Mr.Rowe decided to leave
the loads near Anvil and hurry to
shelter. The teams were unhitch
ed and. with Rowe in the lead,'
started for Little Creek. After
proceeding but a short distance Mr.
Rowe lost sight of his companion
in the dusk and storm, but. sup
posing him to be dose behind, con
tinued on to Little Creek. Before
leaving Anvil he had seen Cahill
blanket the horses and also place a
blanket around his shoulders and
was in no degree apprehensive as to
their safe arrival. As time passed,
however, the storm grew worse and
Cahill not having appeared. Dick
Liston started out in search but
could find no trace of the missing
team and driver. By this time the
blizzard was raging fiercely and
further search was out of the ques
tion. Early the following morn
ing Mr. Rowe started out with a
dog team. Jack Mitchell of the
Coast Guard, Jack Warwick, Fred
Mebes, Victor Anderson. Dick Lls
son. Peter Berg, C. Gustafson. Mike
Walsh and a number of Pioneer Min
ing Company employees also engag
ed in ihe search, which continued
throughout Wednesday without sue
Anderson ana uisson wun a uus
team thoroughly searched the region
between Anvil and Bangor Creeks;
Berg and Gustafson covered the
country from Snake River and along
Anvil to Bangor. Mitchell and
Warwick devoted their search to the
region south west of Little Creek
and along the lower reaches of
Snake River to the westward. On
returning to town after covering a
large section of country Wednesday,
Mitchell and Warwick reported
what they thought were the tracks
of horses and a man near a large
willow covered area near the big
bend in Snake River, about 214 miles
west of town. They were unable
to follow them, however, as the
wind again sprang up and made fur
ther search impossible. Nothing
further was learned of the missing
team and driver until Thursday
morning, when Messrs. Anderson
and Lisson, starting from Little
Creek, picked up the tracks of the
long missing team and driver at No
7 below on Little and followed them
to the cabin of Otto Halla. situated
between Little and Center Creeks
about 2V4 miles south of the Little
Creek roadhouse. On arriving at
the cabin Cahill and three horses
were found and the search was over.
Cahill had arrived at the Halla cab
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In only a short time before with his
face and hands apparently frozen.
H.illa. assisted by Fred Jones did
all they could for the unfortunate
man. but finding liis clothing frozen
solid decided they should not be
removed until he could be brought
to town. On reaching the cabin,
Anderson immediately volunteered
to take Cahill to the hospital in his
dog team, while Jones and Lisson
brought in the three horses, nil of
which w’ere apparently little the
worse for their experience. On ar
rival at the hospital it was found
that Cahill was not in as had shape
ns might be expected, his injuries
being confined to frost bitten fingers
and toes, none of which were seri
According to his story. Cahill,
after unhitching his team, started
for Little Creek in the wake of his
employer but apparently lost the
trail. He was not aware of pass
ing the Little Creek stables nor was
he cognizant of the extent or direc
tion of his wanderings In the dark
ness and driving snow. Sometime
during the night, however, he en
countered a small, vacant cabin lo
cated on No. 10 below on Little
Creek. There was no door on the
cabin but realizing that any shelter
was better than facing the storm.
Cahill managed to get three of the
horses inside but the fourth refused
to enter and finally stampeded In
the direction of town. As the storm
continued to blow' all day Wednes
day and during the following night.
Cahill remained in the cabin until
Thursday morning, when he pro
ceeded to the Halla cabin, about half
a mile away, with the three animals.
The fourth horse, very tired and
hungry, but otherwise unhurt, came
into town by Itself Thursday after
A WIKRD LAW.
Communication:
Nome, Alaska. Dec. In. 1921
EDITOR NUGGET:
Who makes the Game Laws, and
upon what do they base their know
ledge of essential restrictions and
requirements of Alaskan (fame?
A new regulation absolutely pro
hibits the shooting of foxes and
other fur bearers with any sort of
firearm. Yet wonderful liberty is
allowed in the choice of traps; any
thing except a device known as the
klips and a bear trap may he used.
If you meet a fox on the trail you
must not shoot at him but you may
lawfully cover the whole country
with steel traps. If you are a
sportsman and are against putting
an animal to a slow, lingering death
of torture and freezing by steel
traps, you have no recourse other
than to pursue him with a salt
shaker.
Conservation is not the purpose of
this wierd law. for there are at least
twenty fur bearers trapped to every
Why is the use of a dog for pursu
ing fur bearing animals forbidden?
From coast to coast in the States
sportsmen have trained fox hounds,
and would not for a moment coun
tenance such a law.
Why is there a continuous open
season on rabbits and hares? They
are utterly unfit for food during the
spring and summer, and there are
none too many of these fine crea
tures in the country.
It is a foregone conclusion that
these laws will not hare the appro
val of the sourdough, and very likely
not his strict observance.
FRANK DUFRESNE.
FEDERATED CHURCH SERVICES
Sunday School .11 A. M.
Preaching Service. IP. M,
You are cordially invited to attend
these Services.
The Church with a Welcome.
RICHARD DECKER. Pastor.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court, Council City Precinct, Sec
ond Division, Territory of Alaska,
IN PROBATE:
In the matter of the estate of
S. J. BALTO, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of S. J.
BALTO, deceased, by the above en
titled court.
All persons having claims against
said estate are hereby notified to
present the same, duly verified as
required by law to the undersigned
administrator at Council. Alaska,
within six (6) months from the date
of this notice.
Dated this 1st day of Dec. 1921
EDWARD A. HANSEN,
Administrator of the Estate
of S. J. BALTO. deceased.
Publish—Dec. 17. 24. 81. 1921
and January 7. 1922.
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A riot of color, a dizzy fanfare of
pranks and jollities. novel and
beautiful costumes, pretty girls and
funny clowns, and an ever apparent
atmosphere of mirth, blended in a
whirl of music and shifting forms—
that was the impression created by
the big annual masquerade ball giv
en by the Fraternal Order of Eagles
at Eagle Hall Saturday evening.
Not in many moons has Notno
witnessed a display of such kaleido
scopic character, or within wider
diversity of costuming and more
quaint and beautiful conceptions in
the characters represented. The
dancing element was out in force
and during the latter stages of the
ball the big dance floor was a vertl
able sea of color as the approxima
tely one hundred and fifty or more
maskers whirled and glided under
the brilliant glow of the lights.
And not alone was the dance floor
filled to almost the extreme of com
fort, but the wide gallery was pack
ed with spectators engaged in watch
ing intently the colorful show spread
out below. Owing to the local pen
chant for late arrival, the dance did
not get under way until after ten
o’clock and eleven had passed be
fore the last of the maskers put in
an appearance. But when the fun
finally commenced It was well worth
watching and kept the crowd of
spectators glued to their seats until
long after the midnight hour.
Strange and interesting were the
numerous characters presented. The
quaint, the wierd. the bizarre and
ridiculous mingled with the beauti
ful and sentimental in the spectacu
lar motley whirl. A queen of
hearts rubbed elbows with an ebon
ihinned. bare footed and becrowned
cannibal king; a knight of the Klu
Klux Klan glided to and fro with a
lainty, silk clad Chinese maid, a
hewhiskered miner smoked his pipe
is he plied pick and pan in search
>f golden wealth, a hairy cave man,
hare limbed and wielding a mighty
hludgeen. whirled and turned with
his fur clad mate. Skaters, danc
ing girls, Geshia’s, cowboys, felons,
lews, tramps, clowns, jockeys, pier
lott’s and pierietteB. Dinah's. Sam
bo's and fine ladies intermingled in
the ever changing throng. There
were even a few children, gaily cos
tumed. to add a touch of fairyland to
the scene. With the approach of
midnight, expectancy became the
keynote as the judges, assembled to
commence their by no means easy
task of selecting the winners of the
fine array of prizes donated by var
ious business houses.
As the grand march proceeded,
led by a splendid group of four
white clad maskers, representing
the cardinal principles of the Fra
ternal Order of Eagles. Liberty
Truth, Justice and Equality, excite
ment became intense as, one by one.
the maskers were drawn from the
long moving line to await the prize
distribution. The spectators in the
gallery leaned forward and every
one in the hall was figuratively on
tip toes in their eagerness to learn
the identity of the twenty odd
maskers grouped before the judges.
And applause and laughter rang in
merry waves as masks were removed
and the identity of the winners was
revealed. The ball was a decided
success, financially and otherwise,
and it Is safe to say that from the
standpoint of both dancers and
spectators, a more pleasing or inter
esting masquerade was never given
in Nome. Excellent music was
provided by a three piece orchestra
composed of Mrs. Warthe, pianist;
Alvin Bahlke. violin; and Earl War
the, drum's, and the F. O. E. com
mittee left nothing undone to add
to the charm of the occasion. The
prizes were awarded as follows:
Best costumed lady, Mrs. Alta
Ackley, skater; best sustained lady
character, Mrs. Curtis Welch, Ges
hia; most original lady costume,
Miss Bertha Carlson, cave woman;
best dressed gents. Messrs. Ander
son and Erickson; best sustained
gent character, Ivan C. Ackley;
most original gent costume, O S.
Weaver, cave man. The following
won special prizes: Thomas Liya,
Cannibal king; Mrs. Chas Lescher.
Chas. Lescher, Wm. Pangraan, C.
Allyn, representing the F. O. E;
A. Hermanson. the Mysterious Rid
er; Mrs. A. N. Kittelson, Chinese
girl; Wm. Cameron, Highlander;*'
Mrs. Jas. Bogan .jockey; Mrs. O.
S.Weaver, and Mrs. Wm. Cameron,
rope skippers: Alfred J. Lomen,
Chinaman; H.G. Gabrielson, Turk.
Mrs. Thomas Llye, "Queen ot
Hearts"; Mrs. H. G. Gabrielson.
Southern Belle; Mrs. Wm. Pang
man. Turkish lady; Thorulf Leh
mann. Jr., Jew peddler; Messrs.
Jones and Godby, boxers; E. L.
Holt, gambler; A. Polet, Klu Klux
| Klansman; R. C. Sergeant, skating