NEWS NOTES
The Jewish residents of the city arc
making preparations for the forthcom
ing celebration of the Jewish New
Year, generally known as Yom Kippur.
The day will fall this year on Thurs
day September 23.
Fairbanks advices report that Sen
ator lleckman, who is returning to his
home at Ketchikan by the river route,
arrived at that point several days ago
and is expected to remain for a short
time before proceeding to the coast
via the Fairbanks-Valdez trail.
The Winkler schooner Amy sailed
for Golovin and Dime Creek yesterday
morning with a practically full cargo
of freight and about ten passengers
hound for various cast c oast points, i
The schooner may also stop in at I'na- i
lakleet enroute.
Arrivals on the Polar Bear report
that the natives along the northern
coast of Siberia are facing a prospec
tive famine owing to the unusual ice
conditions preventing them from ob
taining the usual supply of walrus,
which forms the chief food commodity
of the coast aborigines. At the time
the schooner departed from that coast*
the natives were living on scanty ra
tions and appeared greatly perturbed
by the outlook for ‘kowkow" during
the coming winter.
Reports from the incoming freighter
Cordova reaching the local agency
of the Alaska Sfr-amship Company
yesterday gave the position of the
steamer as forty miles north <«f Fni
mak Pass at 8 p. m. Wednesday even
ing. Allowing for the ordinary time
of passage, the Cordova should reach
St Michael some time tomorrow. The
freighter will remain at that port f'*r
about one day before coming t*> Nome.
After discharging here the vessel will
proceed to Teller and later to Kotze
bue sound ports.
In its Issue of July 29th. copies of
which reached Nome in one of the
recent mails, the Skagway Daily Alas
kan. the oldest daily paper in Alaska,
announces Its InO'UtAon "f refilling’
from the daily newspaper field after
what is described as “an unequal
struggle against many obstacles" the
chief of which appears t<« be the dif
ficulty of obtaining skillful In lp to
maintain a daily publication. The
paper will he issued In future as a
tri-weeklv publication. Like the Nug
get, the Alaskan has decided to main
tain the same volume of outside news
service as when issuing daily, there
by enabling its patrons to keep in
formed concerning the daily develop
ments in the outside world.
Malresses, Stoves and Beds al the
Surprise Store.
A recent Juneau dispatch printed in
a Southeastern Alaska exchange says
reports have' reached the. capital city
city from Seattle to the effect that
there is talk in’ Seattle transportation
circles of a consolidation of all the
steamship lines running to Alaska, as
v/ell as of the coastwise lines north
and south, including the overseas or
Oriental lines. The various lines arc
to operate under the control of one
company and with working agree
ments with Atlantic steamship lines.
The Juneau statement says H F Alex
ander of the Pacific Coast Company
has boon working on the proposition.
Whether or not such a development
would he of particular benefit to the
territory is problematical, although it
would appear that the resultant reduc
tion in overhead costs entailed in plac
ing the linos undor ono nianagomont
would warrant a reduction In “traffic
tolls.
Coal by the sack. Pearl Oil by the
bottle or case at SURPRISE STORE.
Snaps At
HOLT GASH STORE
Motor Cycle . $ 75.00
1 Steam Laundry, complete ... 200.00
Second Hand 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 i
HOLT is there with the GOODS |
Inquirers into the coat of living
problem sm<l economic questions will
lie interested In :i public lecture by
Bruce Rogers announced to take place
xt the Dream Theatre Sunday after
noon on the subject: “Value. Price and
Profit."
Mr Rogers is a trained lyceum
speaker who studied undent Dr David,
M Houston, formerly head of the Eco
nomic Department of the University
of Texas and now Secretary of Agricul
ture. Mr Rogers asserts that there is
no such thing as "Profiteering" that
can be grasped anil defined. He ex
plains this somewhat mystifying dec
laration by the assertion that living
costs and their fluctuations are due
to normal factors in our methods, bas
ing the deduction on the theorem that
the cost of living is in constant ratio
between production and consumption
and the cheapening of gold by the use
of other forms of money. As to labor,
he asserts that the workingman's con
cern is in production and 'not in the
average prices which he must pay for
the necessaries of life.
Mr Rogers' discussion of the prob
lem now so prominently before the
public should provide considerable en
lightment to those who are not fa
miliar with the economic phases of the
living question. Admission to the
lecture will be free.
The departure of the Nome schoon
er Belinda for a year’s stay on the
desolate coast of Wrangell Island
created a flurry of interest along the
water front yesterday. After loading
supplies for what may ultimately de
velop into a two year stay on the Is
land if ice conditions are unfavorable
for return next year, the schooner
pulled out for the Arctic yesterday
afternoon. The expedition is piloted
by Arnold Castell and comprises a
total of five men, including the cap
tain. It is planned to place the schoon
er in winter quarters on the island,
which is situated in the Arctic Ocean
at a point about three hundred and
ninety miles northwest of Bering
Strait and about one hundred a|ml
thirty miles north of the Siberian
coast off North cape. During their stay
the crew will engage in hunting and
trapping. A more desolate spot than
the remote island could not be found
on the earth’s surface. It Is situated
close to Latitude 71 degrees north and
is surrounded bv the Arctic ice pack
practically throughout the year Only
for four of five weeks in August and
September are Its bleak an 1 rocky
shores accessible. During the remaind
er of the year it is clasped elo«c in the
mighty embrace of the great Ice park
covering the polar cap. The island
Is about 75.miles in length and ap
proximately 30 miles wide at its widest
part. Situated close to its shores is
another small Aland known as Plover
Island and off its eastern coast at a
distance of about thirty miles lies
Herald Island. The two last mentioned
islands are named after the famous
exploration ships Plover and Herald,
which explored that section of the
Arctic,in 1S79. So far as known whites
first landed on Wrangell Island .Aug
ust i*i;. 1881, when the exploration'
steamer Rogers, commanded by Lieu
tenant Berry of the American Navy,
anchored in a good harbor on the south
coast. The Rogers was one of the
vessels engaged in the search for the
ill-fated Jeanette, which was wrecked
by the Ice northwest of Wrangell in
June 18X1. The island possesses no
population and is of the most for
bidding character. It is said to con
tain many foxes and other Northern
animals, however, and the members
I of the expedition expect to reap a
|furry harvest from their hunting and
trapping endeavors.
Agent Carrol of the Alaska Steam
ship Company, has been advised by
the head offices of the. company at
Seattle that no addltonal boats will
be sent to Nome to handle the heavy
traffic incident to the fall rush to the
outside. Owing to the enforced with
cuim: heals
BOY’S!ECZEMA
|On'JNec{ttrid Chest Like
Red and Inflamed.
"My little boy bad ecsema very
badly. It came on hia neck and
•spread rapiajy down me
\ cheat, bre.aking out like
7 small red pimples. The
f pimples itched terribly, and
he would scratch until they
k would bleed. They turned
red and more inflamed, and
be worried many daya and nighta.
“I had him treated, but be did not
get relief. Then Cuticura Soap and
Ointment were recommended, and In
a short time he waa healed." (Signed)
Mrs. Asa Hutaon, Corcoran, Calif.
Make Cuticura Soap, Ointment and
Talcum your daily toUetpceparationa.
dray;il of the Senator, the Victoria Is
now the only passenger boat on the
Nome run and will be unable to prop
erly accomodate the large number who
have been seeding pussnge on*'the
last trip out. Mr Carrol has urged
upon the company to divert one of the
Southeastern Alaska steamers of the
same line, but without success. The
steamer Northwestern Is scheduled to
sail for Southern Alaska points on
October 2 and could be diverted to the
Nome run for one trip to relieve the
congestion that is certain to develop
If the Victoria is left to handle the
business alone. Far more passages
than the regulations permit have al
ready been applied for and a situation
such as obtained on the last trip of
1918 Is sure to develop unless anothet
vessel is sent to help the Victoria.
The outlook is that if the gove-.itnent
permits an increase in the number of
passengers the vessel is normally per
mitted to carry, the same overcrowd
ing and packing in of passengers, re
gardless of health and safety, as oc
curred on the Victoria last fall will
he repeated this year. The conditions
aboard the steamer on the last trip of
1918 were deplorable in the extreme.
The large number |seek>ng passage
necessitated most of the cabin accom
odations being placed at the disposal
of the women pasengers. leaving the
males to be accomodated in the steer
age or anywhere they could ho placed.
The outbreak of the influenza aboard
turned the, already had situation Into
one of the most appalling character.
If the grasping inclinations of the
company are to l»c exerted in the same
direction this year it is time for the
Nome public to call a hall. The Alas
ka Steamship company has a number
of boats which may he placed on the
run to handle the traffic and should
bp compelled to do so through an ap
peal to the shipping authorities of the
government if no other relief from the
prospective overcrowding is to be ob
tained. The attitude of the company
suggests that they have no regard
Iwhatever for the comfort of theft
Nome passengers. The inclination to
crowd people into all manner of
places; subject them to wide varieties
of discomfort In total disregard of
sanitary rules and safety and at the
same time demand big prices. Is one
that should receive the severest de
nunciation.
Those who are not willing to he
treated as cattle should take immed
iate steps i" impress upon the corn- ,
pany that they will not stand for that
variety of treatment.
It Is no use to complain to the local
agent, as he cart do-nothing under the,
circumstances, if effective action is
to bo taki n It should ho done by direct
communication with the Seattle office,
which alone has the power to order
another vessel to take up the surplus
traffic on the last trip.
Come in end see what a Dollar will
buy at THE SURPRISE STORE
Placed In serious Jeopardy through
being caught In the Arctic ice pack off
the northern coast of Siberia, the
Nome trading schooners Fspornnza
and Nokatak are making a heroic*
struggle to escape the clutching Ice
maw and return to Nome before being
frozen in by the cold of the onfoming
winter, according to reports brought
to Nome late Wednesday evening by
the famous exploration schooner Polar
Bear, formerly employed by Explorer
Staf.msson. on returning from i trai
ling trip which took the vessel as far
to the westward as Cape North Si
jberia, three hundred miles beyond East
Skipp.-r Oudmunds at and others
aboard the Polar Pea” say the Noka
tak and Esperanza were both caught
in tho Ice at a point about thirty miles
off North Cape at the time of the Polar
Tear’* dep ture fr,*v. th.V point on
August 28. The situation of the two
vessels Is described ns dangerous In
the extreme. The ice conditons In the
Dots Your Back Acho7
If-S usually :i vigm of sic*: kidneys.
• specially if t '• > kidney action is dis
or-.M-red, PiU'^.h scanty >r too frc
•, •■*! t. Don t *« s,lt for more serious
troi'lles. Bv'i1 using Doit • Kidney
* ’Ills*, lieud this convincing testimony,
i Mrs. Clus. Andreas, 2443 W. Fifty
eighth St., Seattle,Wash., says: "What
caused my kidneys to get out of order,
I don’t know. Across the small of my
rtack, and over my kidneys, sharp
i*alns caught me all the time. Dizzy
spells annoyed me a lot, too, and I al
ways felt tired out and languid. I
used different kidney remedies but
wasn’t helped until I used Doan’s Kid
ney Pills. In a short time Doan's
had removed the trouble and I have
felt fine ever since.”
Price 60c. at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan's Kidney Pills—the same that
Mrs. Andreas had. Foster-Mllburn Co.,
Mfgs., Buffalo, V. Y,
Mfgs,, Buffalo, N. Y.
NEXT
Arctic are the most severe that the
oldest seaman aboard the Polar Bear
remember. The Ice is/piled In moun
tainous masses and is by far the heav
iest seen in years. Photographs taken
by memlters of the crew show huge
bergs and pinnacles intermingled'with
great upheaved blocks, the surface of
which resembles nothing so much as
a picture of the Alps from the summit
of Mont Blanc.
In places the ice encountered was
higher than the schooner’s masts and
navigation through the open leads was
sometimes extremely precarious. The
Polar Bear sighted the two vessels
during presage and learned from
crews the predicament in which their
vessels were placed. The Polar Bear
also picked up one member of the Nok
otak crow. Andy Otterson, and return
ed him to Nome. The San Francisco
schooner Pasco, which departed f*oin
Nome recently hound on a mysterous
expedition to the Lena River sectio.i
of Siberia, was also seen in the Ice
about thirty miles from North Pape.
The schooner was able to navigate and
her crew were endeavor!* p to return
Recent reports reaching * me indi
cated that the latter vessel was Wreck
ed in the viclnty of KolytichicrV Bey.
about 130 miles west if Fast Cni** hut
were apparently erroneous in the de
gree that the schooner was not wreck
ed in a proper sense, although going
aground while passing along the coast.
The vessel was lightered by placing
a portion of the cargo ashore, permit
ting her to he floated without su.ulin
ing serious damage. According to
those on the Polar Bear, the vessels
appeared to he in no i:nni- diate danger
but will he in serious prospect of de
struction if they cannot e< ape 'Woe
the freezeup commences.
The Polar Bear also encountered
the Cottsehntk schooner Fridolf Oek
at Feast Pape. While at that point it
was also learned that the Swenson.
Hibbard schooner Belvedere lost her
propellor in an encounter with the ice
and was proceeding to Anadyr for re
pairs.
The trip of the Polar Bear was a
lucrative one from the tradlng»stand
point and a valuable cargo of furs was
obtained. The schooner also returned
the crew of the Russian trader Flyer
to Nome, that vessel having been laid
up for the winter at Anadyr.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
The best guarantee you can have for
a successful issue of your clothes is to
patronize an old established house; a
house that wants you to come back and
be their permanent patron.
Such a house is the Nome Tailoring
Po.
Wo make alterations.
We do cleaning, pressing and repair
ing. We make suits to order. We ap
preciate your patronago.
NOME TAILORING COMPANY,
Opposite Nugget Office.
AUTO FOR HIRE
B. W. NEILLY, Phone Red 12
Trips mads to following places by
appointment- Little Creek, Anvil,
Third Beach, Glacier, Dexter, Submar
ine, Fort Davie, Cunningham.
Rates Reasonable'.
ANYONE
Knowing of the whereabouts of John
Schiller, write his brother in law
II. P. OVERBECK, Administrator
601 Citizens Bldg.
' Cleveland. Ohio.
INFORMATION WANTED
Concerning the whereabouts or
relative to John James O’Brien, Sged
55 years. Distracted relatives seek
information regardless of whether he
Is dead or alive. Was a member of
Tanana Igloo No. 13, Pioneers of Al
aska in 1916 and followed occupation
of miner and prospector. Last re
ported killed In this section In 1917.
Mined and prospected In Dawson.
Knik and Tolovana and Is said to
be the -owner of valuable mining
property near Knik and Anchorage.
Anyone having knowledge concerning
him will confer a favor by notifying
his wife, Mrs J. Jl O’Brien, care Nome
Pioneer Igloo, or Nome Nugget.
UNITED STATES POSTOFFICE
Nome’, Alaska, Aug. 29th 1919.
Sealed proposals will be received
at this office up to September 5th, 1919*.
1 p. m. for the performance of the
service described below:
Carying • the United State* Malls
from Nome, by Solomon, and CMovln,
to Unalakleet. Alaska, about 275 miles
and back, once a week from November
16th. 1919. to May 2nd, 1620. inclusive, a
total of twenty four round trips, by
a schedule satisfactory to thi Depart
ment of not to exceed I fliy.* running
time each way, carrying n.»t to exceed
500 pounds of mall a sing!.- trip each
way.
JOHN J WALSH
Postmaster.
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PIONEERS IGLOO HOTEL.
Housekeeping apartments and tran
sisnt rooms by day, week or month.
Also use of club rooms by hotel guests.
MRS. MONAHAN,
• Proprietor.
Classified Ads.
All Claaaiflod Ada Must bo Paid for
in -Advanco.
a | WANT APS
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LOST—Two gill nets, one flounder
net 75 feet long and one smelt net 50
feet long—Both nets were tied to
gether. Off the Handspit. Finder
please notify J. A. Braun, Sandsplt.
Nome, and get reward.
HELP WANTED.
WAITMKSS WANTED—Apply at the
Nugget Office.
WANTED
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large quantities of Quicksilver—see
Holt.
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coffee for 25c at Arctic Bakery.
NOTICE !
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af the edition of the Nugget contain
ing the account of the future possibili
ties of Niime and Seward peninsula
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