CAPTAIN AMUNDSEN LEAVES
NOME FOR WAINWRIGHT
FOR TRANS POLAR HOP-OFF
Just as the bells were ringing out
high noon Friday April 13th. Cap
tain Roald Amundsen left the Ham
on the first leg of his return iourney
to Wahnvrdg'ht. where his winter
ramp is established. Leaving the
starting point behind a powerful
team of 12 dogs Amundsen went
down I> street to 3rd avenue thence
east to R street and then headed
north to the trail leading out be
yond the Dry CTeek power plant.
Just as he rounded the corner and
reached the Paneman residence the
stanchions on one side of the sled
collapsed and the team was stopped
until another sled was procured.
At 12:55 the explorer again ordered
his huskies to 'mush on” and the
final get away was accomplished
without further accident.
A number of friend- were given
to understand that Amundsen
would leave via Solomon and Can
dle and accordingly went to Solo
vent to Solomon to bid him a final
mon to bid him a final farewell.
Instead of taking the down roast
route the Captain, accompanied by
•Ralph Lomen, took the Kougarok
The trip from Nome to Waln
writght will take the greater part
of one month, reaching the northern
destination about May lf>th.
The Captain has remained in
Nome until the last minute, taking
his <cl< parture during the period of
the spring when the days are long
and warm while the nights are
bright and cold. In case the days
become too warm, traveling can be
done during the night and early
morning, but as he travels farther
north the trail conditions will re
main excellent as the weather re
mains colder than along the Bering
Sea coasd. *
Elaborate preparations have been
made to feature the proposed trans
polar flight of the intrepid explorer.
Two teams will accompany him to
hks Wainwright destination aud op
orators wn 11 take pictures both still
and moving of each and every in
cident pertaining to Che flight. In
this manner the world will be giv
en an~ opportunity never before ac
complish ed, namely, moving pictures
of a plane starting its flight across
the top of the world.
Private T. S. Pierce of the local
Radio Corps has been cranted a 4
months* furlough from the aritay and
has been retained by Lomen Bros,
to accompany Capt. Amundsen in
the capacity of wireless operator
and photographer. We are given
to understand that a receiving and
transmission set wti-11 be picked up
at Candle and taken to Point Bar
j row where there is a Delco lighting
plant large enough to operate the
radio outfit. We are further giv- ;
on to understand that the Delco
plant is not large enough to permit
sending messages as far as the Noor
vik station, but can be used Hi re
ceiving. Pierce wMl endeavor to
get in toucfc with Spitzbergen and
receive information regarding the
weather conditions which will de
termine the time of Amundsen's
There is much conjecture whether
Amundsen will fly from Wainwright
or Point Barrow. In a late inter
j view with the Captain just before.
. he left Nome he was asked if he
would hop off about June 1st. He
replied "Oh. no." that he would not
attempt to leave until the latter
part of June, at a time when the
sun is at Its highest point, (meaning
thereby about June 21-22,1 so as to
get the best daylight possible for
the flight Asked whether he would
take off from Pt. Barrow or Wain
I v,-right he stated it was problemati
; cal. but he rather believed he woufid
make the jump from his e>stablished
station at Wainwright and fly direct
1 t< Spitzbergen.
C. W. •Scarbourough, the profes
sional photographer who accompan
ied Joe Bernard on the unsuccess
ful trip in the Teddy Bear last fall
in the attempt to relieve tlhe people
of Wrangell Island, will be at the
take off to take pictures, moving j
and still, for the International Film
Company, the bis Hearst syndicate.
Harry Phillips *s the local represen
tative of the Film Company, but due
to illness was unable to accompany
the expedition and accordingly dele
gated the commbwion to Mr. Scar
borough. Scarborough will no
doubt obtain eotno remarkable views
as he is a master of detail and ar
tistic. professional workman.
Wm. Cameron with his nurrft dog
team left with Mir. Scarborough I
early Friday morning, the party Dak
ing with them two movie cameras
and other instruments for still pic
tures. Cameron will proceed as
far as Candle and from that point
on. another team mill be procured
to take Mr. Scarborough to his des
tination.
T. C. Pierce, the I»raen represen
tative with a moving picture outfit
and other cameras, left behind the
“Marx" team with Gunnar Kaassan
driving. These two travelers will
remain together thru out the trip to
Wainwn-l-ght. Gunnar likely return
ing with the team while Pierce re
mains north until after the flight.
According to a statement made j
by Pierce he intends to work his
way down the coast in skin boats
to Kotzebue Sound and there be
picked up by an aeroplane sent
r.orth for that purpose.
Many persons were disappointed
in not being able to bid the Captafn
farewell. It was understood that
he would leave from the" Federal
Courthouse, but for reasons best
known to himself the departure took
place by a circuitous route, none
but a few being aware of his leav
ing. The Captain’s'modesty is one
of his prime characteristics and may
be he deprecated any public demon
stration.
BORDEN MARATHON RACE
RUN LAST TUESDAY APR. IOTH.
L. SEPPALA THE WINNER
The 1923 Borden Marathqn Dog
Race was run Tuesday, April 10th.
last. The day was cloudless and
there was no wind. If any fault
could have been found with the
weather, it would probably have
been that the temperature was too
high—about 30 degrees above zero
The. trail was reported to be in ex
cellent condition.
One of the conditions of the race
fr.« that It shall be run under condi
tions favorable for record breaking,
and except for t!he warmth of the
weather, those conditions surely
existed last Tuesday, but no records
There were five entrants to the
race and the leaving point was at
the Northwest corner of the Mason
ic Temple. The teams left ten mil
utea apart, the first team leaving a
y o’clock and the last at 8:40 A. M
A considerable number of people
had congregated at the scratch by
the time the first team left, and a
goodly crowd gathered to sec the
teams come in.
There were no mishaps or acci
dents to any of the drivers or their
teams except that Billy Cameron re
ported a barked shin, which he does
not remember barking, but believe*
that he got it mixed up with his
brake in some way. Ed. Rohn lost
his team near the coal pile and did
not recover it until It had reached
the old ptilk ranch, and this cos**
him considerable time at the outset
The race was won by Leonard
Seppala who was the first to leave
the scratch and the first to return
to Nome. Second place was won by
KohaupJc and Wearer; third place
by Billy Oameron; fourth place by
Oeorsrc Waldheim and Ed. Rohn
came i«» fifth place.
On»«»n Roald Amundsen wait the
•tarter. and the judges were O. R
■L- vr ■■nr
Jackson, James J. Keenan and Wm.
U. Webb.
The great cup which is put up
tar competition in this race must
be won three times before it passes
Lo tjhe possession of any individual
uwner. The first cup to be won by
my competitor was wan by Fred M. ,
Ayer in the race of 1920, he haring
won in the raices of 1917-18 and
1920. Leonard Seppaln won the
race of 1919. and at thait time he
established the record running time,
whfrh has not yet been broken—
l:g0:25. The first great cup (now
the personal property of Mr. Ayer)
is on display at Hhe M. & M. Bank.
The second great cup will not be
Rf-nt in by Mr. Borden until the race
has been won three times by one
competitor. In 1922 W.C. McGuire
v on this race This year Mr. Sep
pa-la ns the winner, but the cup is
held by Mr. Borden untB it is fin
ally won, then K is engraved to in
clude -the names of'the several con
testants. and forwarded to the racer
who has three times been successful.
In addition to the great cup, a
smaller cup is -given each year to
the winner of tMs race. The small
cup passes at once into the posses
sion of the yearly winner.
The gntries in the 1923 race with
their respective running times, fol
Leonard Seppala. 2:04:40-2(5
Kohanek-Weaver .2:17:27
William H. Cameron ..2:17:47-1(5
George Waldheim .... 2:18:03-3(5
Ed. Rohn.2:29-1(5
OIL BLANKS FOR SALE AT
NUGGET OFFICE
RIVER TRANSPORT
ATION AGREEMENT
SETTLEMENT
Negotiations between the Alaskan
Engineering Commission and the
White Pass relative to the operation
of Government and White Pus boats
on the Yukon and Tanana rivers
during the coming summer, have
been concluded, according to Infor
mation obtained by Walter P. Soott,
well known former resident of Ne
nana, who arrived from the States
recently, says the Neman a News.
Mr. Scott wu Informed that an
agreement had been reached be
tween the Commission and the Tran
sportation company under the terms
of which the Canadian boat? will
operate between Dawson and Ne
nana and the Government boats will
f pirate between Nenana and St.
Michael. The Ca-iadian boa’r will
bring all of the ore from Mayo to
Xenana for shipment to the coast by
way of the Government railroad and
handle all the passenger traffic be
tween the upper Yukon and Nenana.
The Government boats will sup
ply the freight requirements along
the lower Yukon and St. Michael, in
cluding possibly large shipment*
of coal for the Nome district. It is
understood Ernie Barteau will have
charge of the White Pass offices at
Nenana. and that the White Pass
boat* operating on the river will be
the steamers Alaska and Yukon, for
merly in service between Nenana
and Dawson.
SUNDAY, APRIL 10th.
CHICKEN DIXNT2R
ALASKA S. $. COMPANY
WANTS All FREIGHT
SHIPMENTS NOME
Thf N. W. Chamber of Commerce
is in receipt or the following tele
gram from the Alaska Steamship
Company. The wire speaks for it
Seatitle, April 6. 1923
N. W. C. of C.. Nome.
You wired us on March 1st in
quiring as to proposed sailing sche
dule for the 1923 season and ad-;
vised that Nome stocks are low and ,
that with increased mining activities i
there would be heavy shipments on
the first boats.
Wo replied that the Victoria was
scheduled to sail June 9th, which
has been since changed to the 7th
and about October 5th and that in
termediate trips and sailings of!
freight steamers would depend on
the amount of business and asked
yon to advise how many tone cargo
Nome will have for the first Vic
toria and for the early freighter.
We have had no reply and In view
of the advice that a San Francisco
firm is going to put a steamer on
the route, sailing from Seattle about
June 2nd and proposing to make
three trips during the season, we
would like to have a prompt reply to
our inquiry, as to how much freight
Nome will have for the Victoria and
the freighter. We would also re-1
quest an official statement from you
representing the merchants and
shippers of Nome as to whether
they propose to give the Alaska
Steamship Company or the new line
the hauling of their shipments.
We feel that there is not enough
business on the route to support two
lines and that we are entitled to an
expression from the Nome shippers,
whom we have served for so many
years, as to whether they propose
to continue shipping exclusively
with us or whether they will switch
their business to the proposed new
ALASKA S. S. COMPANY
STEAMER WU
THREE "SAILINGS
IS SUMMER
_ I'
We are advised that the steamship I
Buford wTM passively ftiake three
tailing's this season. 1 earing Seattle
>n or about June 2nd on her first
irip to Nome.
The Chamber of Commerce has
received no rep*y to the telegram
uiswering the Alaska Steamship in
jury as to whether or not all busi
ness would be turned over to the
Alaska Steamship Company.
The Chamber reply to this tele
gram merely stated that the Cham
ber is not in a position to make an
official Statement what the shippers
wf thte community win do with
thJer freight and also stated that
the Chamber wilt not enter Into any
controversy between the nival com
LATE TELEGRAPH
NEWS TO DAY
BRKVITIKti
WASHINGTON, April 14—Export* from like United Sftatea during
March weTe valued at $350,000,000 in the j»ntilii»lnalry eat indites made
yaateidoy by the Commerce Department.
WASHINGTON, April 14—The Department of Labor announced
the dt©ady decrease of unemployment thru out the nUltud SOatea.
NEW ORLEANS April 14—Memphis has been chosen a* th© oifty
for the 1924 reunion of Confederate Veteduh
NEW YORK. April 14—William T. Hacen, former chief of the
Federal Secret Service, is dead in hb from© hero
SEATTLE, April 14—Despondent boca.ua© of illnen Ffrank A.
Rapp, a City Bridge Engineer, ©hot and killed hbmeelf yesterday.
TOKYO. April 14—Four hundred persona, Including a large •num
ber of fishermen1, a^re znbeing as result of a tidal wave on the east
WASHINGTON. April 14—Sleeping changes in th© high com
mand of the Nfcvy ite expected .to Hollow Den by's reCtnh from his viefit to
the fle©t.
WASHINGTON, April 14—Mile© Chnnon of Idaho was appointed
Reclamation Commissioner of tihe Department of Interior.
HONOLULU, April 14—A two foot tidal wave swept this and other
harbors this aftortfoon.
CHICAGO. April 14—Armour and Company announced a wag©
increase of 10 per ceint. affecting 30,000 employees.
iten Francisco, April 14—Cable received here says the Japanese
warship Toba La'nded marines at Chung Cfhing. China., to protect her
subjeota.
PARIS. April 14—All gold fend silver trophins acquired by Sarah
Bernhskdt during her long career, were sold by heT son Maurice towferds
paying her debts.
WELL KNOWN NOMEITK KIX KIVKN RUSSIAN CONCESSION
SEATTLE. April 14—A. Malcom Smatlh, binning a concession from
the Russian authorities. will sail on the 28tji ^ron^ Vancouver on. the
Hudson Bay Schooiner for PetropaVIosk. He will joi/n hie partner
Poddy Beddie there and the two will seek a Iu*t platinum mrine above die
Arctic Circle fn Siberia.
INDUSTRIAL HH1I) A FOLhOWiK OF DESPOTISM
WASHINGTON, April 14—Samuel Vauclain, hchd of the Baldwin.
Locomotive Works, industrially is h. good type ias beNt jypaflad by Lenine,
Xrotzky and thedr gang. This morning conamentfng on his reference
to organized la.bot in a speech tn New Orlealn#, Vauoladu saiid When labor
organizes tried to unionize htte world ‘‘He put every damned one in jhil.”
SULPHUR SMOKES OUT STOWAWAYS
. SEATTLE, April 14—Fatting ddfth from Brimstone it they re
mtuned hiding on board the President Madison, or dajptirue if they dams
on deck, six Chinese attempting entry into tha United States, later sun
rendered to government officials on the ship.
Assorted Pms, Pemholderti. Lead Pencils, Red and Black bfc HI Table**
Envelopes (large or small) Witting paper, CUIbg Cards, Bostares Garth,
Typewrites Ribbon*, Typewiltdr and CMnh Papers on BaAe Nonet odn
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BLUBBER per pound 8 cents
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