NEWS NOTES
Mr. Wheeler of the Iron Crock sect
ion is a visitor in town.
V good sized consignment of mail
con-tiiining both first and second class
matter from the States and also a
sprinkling of local way mail, arrived
at the postoffice yesterday afternoon
in charge of Contractor Harry Long
ley.
Messrs Alec Holmson and Torn
Shaw of Council, who have been tak
ing in tlu; sights of the metropolis for.
the past few days while attending to
business matters, returned to the ln
teriod camp today.
Oils Yieiv arrived from Dime Creek
yesterday after a fair trip from the
Interior can.p. After • day or two in
town attending to business matters for
himself .ml various other residents of
Dime he will return with a quantity
of freight.
Postmaster Walsh announces the
receipt of the long delayed War Sav
ings Certificates which have hereto
fore prevented the sale of the 1919 is
sue of War Savings Stamps, a supply
of which were received several weeks
ago. The public may now indulge
their war stamp saving propensities
to the full, as the stamps will be plae
on sale immediately.
'Plie Loyal Order of Moose will
hold installation ceremonies following
the regular business meeting of the
lodge at small Eagle Hall this even
ing. Elections were held two week's
ago and resulted in the selection of
the following to administrate the af
fair s of the lodge during the coming
:.itoi .Robert James
V re Dictator. . . Fred W. Peterson
Chaplain.Tims. Owens
Secretary .(’has. Mason
Trustee.(’has. F. Snndford
The.lust out going mail of the win
ter period for the States departed on
its long journey over the snowy trail
this afternoon, after closing at 3 p.
m. The. next mail to leave the city
for the effete Outside will be dispatch
ed by the open navigation route. In
the meantime we will receive the in
coming mail front the States for sev
eral weeks to come without having to
devote ourselves to anauTring immed
iately. Until April 24. the twice a
week, service will continue as usual
between Interior Alaska, points, the
last mail of the twice a week service
leaving on the last mail day immed
iately prior to that date. From April
25 t<> May the mails will arrive and
depart once a week, on a day to he sol-'
reted in accordance with conditions.
Hev. Father Fortune returned to
town from Mary's Igloo Thursday ev
ening.
The Fire Department responded to
an alarm turned in from Box 21 Fri
day evening but on arriving at the box
situated at the corner of Second and
Steadman Avenue's could find no in
dications that their services were
needed. The loud blasts of the fire
whistle, the first in some time, caused
no little excitement and sent a consid
erable number scurrying after the
hose cart in the hope that something
sensational was about to develop. The
identy of the villian who turned in the
alarm is being eagerly sought by Chief
Haugliey and his stalwart troupe and
woe betide the unlucky wight if he is
found. _
Holts’ Cash Store
SPRING SALE
“HATS—HATS—HATS”
Best Stetson None Better.$5.00
Best London .4.00
Best Imperial Hats.2.50
Best Derby .2.50
Best Work Hats.2.25
Largest Stock in City
BUY AT
HOLT’S
Telephono Ma n 96.
The Valdez 'Miner "f February
announces the arrival there of Aimer
(Slim) Itydccn, Second j/ivislon sena
tor. who made the trip from Candle to
the southern Alaska coast over the lee
According to the Miner, which devotes
considerabe space to detailing the at
tributes and accomplishments of the
well known Candleite. Ilydcen stopp
ed over at Valdez during the stay of
the steamer Curacao, which was bear
ing him to Juneau from some undes
ignated point referred to as “the
Westward" which probably means
Seward, whose fair presence is deeply
abhorred by the other dinky towns al
ong the south coast.
TIu* fololwing from Collector of In
ternal Revenue Daviil .1. Williams to
Postmaster Wiulsh in response to a
telegram of inquiry regarding the time
of dispatch of income tax blanks for
the current year is self explanatory.
It .also provides food for reflection re
garding the .apparent dumfoolishness
of some of the official jaybirds who
make departmental rulings. The mes
sage follows:
SEATTRE. April 5, 191!)
.1. J. Walsh,
Postmaster. N • • e.
Supply of blanks has been mailed
February 15th. b> each hank. U. S.
Commission .and Postmaster »n Alaska
Time has been extended until Iune 15
for filing leturns of taxpayers resid
ing in Alaska.
Signed: Williams
Collecto'- Int ip v.
Detters of reent date from Dime
Creek report that, the residents of the
Koynk camp were regaled with a dog!
race during the latter days of March, j
Dr. Fromm ««f Nome, was then sojour-j
ning in that section, being the animat-1
ing spirit. The genial dentist, him
self a devotee of the sport, hung up
two silver cups for the contest, which
was held under the auspices of th3
Dime Creek Kennel Club over a six
and three fourth mile course. Inter
est in the contest was greatly enhanced
I by the inclusion of the fair sex as burd
ens, each team carry some fair dame
or demoselle as it sped over the course
Tlic cups donated by Dr. Fromm were
fur the fastest time made, thus mak
ing the contest one in which the var
ious entries were induced to put forth j
their best efforts, with the result that
the winning team displayed excellent
speed by making the distance in US
minutes. 5 seconds. The victorious
team was piloted by Albert Hegberg,
with Mrs Johanna Nansen as burden,
and the cups, which are now being
prepared by A. J. Muller on order
from Dr. Fromm, will be awarded to
them.
The following reprinted from the
Valdez Miner of February 22 discloses
that Nome is not the only place in the
territory which has a legitimate kick
regarding the punk mail service ren
dered by our paternal Unde Sam.
Judging from the article, some of the
towns along the southern coast are al
so having their own troubles in the
mail line. The same extract may also
throw some little light on the peculia
rities of our own mail service this
winter. It reads:
FIRST MAID SOUTH FOR
OVER THREE WEEKS
With the exception of the Cura
cao, a. freighter, which left this port
Wednesday on her way south the
outgoing mall on the Alameda will he
the first chance our business men
have had to send mail to the States
month. The Alameda was the last
vessel south and the Alameda will be
the next vessel south. She has sev
enteen days mail on her.
The Curacao, was loaded to the
plimsoll line and in all probability the
Alameda will beat her in to Seattle.
Dr. D. S. Neuman is in receipt of a
letter from T). Jeness. the noted an
thropologist, who will he remembered
by many Nomeites as a member of
the Stefansson exploration expedition
who remained with the Anderson par
ty and subsequently returned hero
with Dr. Anderson two years or so ago
The missive was written in Ger
many January 5th. and states that the
wrter is a member of the Canadian
Expeditionary forces and attached to
the artillery. Mr Jeness says ho
ioined the army immediately after his
return to Canada and had been on the
front almost a year at the time of
writing. Referring to the Eskimo re
ports resulting from his studies with
tlie Anderson party in the Coronation
Gulf region. Air. Jencss says they have
been left in abeyance for the time be
ing but lie expects to take them up
soon after his return from the war.
He says they will run into several
volumes. Ono of the reasons for the
delay in publishing the results of his
researches is stated io lie that the
government closed own on anthropol
og’-Hi rindications. ii * promises that
when thd books are published he will
send copies to Dr. Neuman, who is
himself an authority on the habits and
customs of the western Kskimo. Th?
letter also refers to a request of Dr.
Neuman for some Kskimo specimens
from tlie Coronation Gulf section and
advises him that the writer has re
ceived word from the Hud.-on Day
factor to whom he delegated the task
of securing the‘desired speciments for
Dr. Neuman and is informed thut
they have been forwarded. Air Jen
oss says lie expects to ho demobilized
some time during the present month
or in May.
The following notes relative to !he
winter situation in the Kol.uk river
section are culled from i letter from
K : na tinted Fcl . -3 rcnchi \ local
We were fortunate in escaping the
influenza on the Kol.u! . During the
epidemic period a stri •’ quarantine
was maintained and everyon * did the
best they knew how to prevent tne
plague reaching them. We would
ation if the disease ha 1 bre.l en loose
here, as we bad no modi Ines and the
nearest doctor's are it Kotzebue and
Candle. So we determined to keep it
out and there has been no sicknvo* cn
the river. We hope that it is all over
now.
Mining is proceeding as usual. MrJ
Ferbuson ha« found very g.;l
poets on California creek and is em
ploying twelve men this winter.
James C. Cross and H. O. Brown have
made a discovery on Isabella and Ag-i
nos creeks, tributary* of the Amber.
The gold is high grade but they have
not done much work on it yet and the
real value is not determined.
Four outfits are taking out winter
dumps on Klery Creek this winter, the
claims operated being tiro Oregon. No.
'l Above and No. « Above. The
ground runs about the same as during
past years. Tho output depends, of
course, on the amount of dirt taken out
The miners here expect that they will
have about the usual cleanups in the
Spring.
The fur catch is very small this
winter and pelts are high. Mink are
especially scarce, very few having
been taken. The winter has been fine
but has been marked by intensely
weather. In fact the natives say it
is the coldest they over h ad. It re
mained at fifty below zero for several
weeks but there was no wind or snow.
The Noorvik wireless station was a;
great benefit to the public this winter j
as it was the only means of receiving
any news during the quarantine, which
lasted two months and during which
all travel was stopped. At present
there is no indication of the influenza
and the white population throughout
the district are reported in good
health.
The petit jury convened in the Dis
trict Court today but was dismissed
with, instructions to appear again July
7. District Attorney Lomen stated
that there was practically nothing for
the jury to do at present, as there are
no cases to try. Only sixteen jurors
appeared out of the twenty four orig
inally called. Several of the missing
ones have been excused by the court
and others are said to be out of the
district.
Miners Home Club will give a soc
ial dance next Saturday night.
Lost—Between Cape Nome and
Nome, a skin vest containing Cosby
nite compass in gold case; a gold
chain with large nugget fob with pick
and shovel design attached. Finder
p'ease return to Nugget office or H. 8.
Chester and receive reward.
Bawling is positive insurance ag-|
ainsfc intestinal disorders not already
acquired. Withal it is a most enjoy-'
able recreation in which beginners
have as much fun as experts.
Goto the habit don't bother writing
to your friends outside—rod them
the dally or weekly Nugget. Think it
ever, then ?eenn ue your oddness.
ATTENTION MOOSE
Business Meeting Tonight 8 P. M.
Installation of Officers. Full Attend
ance Requested.
C. W. Thomas, Chas. Sandford
Secretary Dictator
NOTICE
All Scottish Rite Masons will meet
Wednesday evening, April 9th. at 8
o'clock in the banquet room in Mas
onic Temple. Business of importance.
W. H. Pearson, President
E. W. Burroughs Secretary
JOB PRINTING
OF ALL KINDS
DAILY NUGGET OFFICE
NOTICE TO PUBLIC
Owing lo (he Dickson Hotel beinj
moved away from Dickson, Mrs
Shaughnessy is having the old Strig
elmier Road House thoroughly renova
ted and refurnished and will be ready
(o accomodate (he public in a few days
Meals $1.00: Beds 75cts; Bunks 50 cts.
Good accomodations for dogs.
MRS SHAUGHNESSY
NOTICE
On and after April 1st, 1919 and un
til further notice the current for elec
| trie lights and power will be off each
j day between (he hours of 2 A M. and
10 A. M.
ALASKAN INDUSTRIAL
MINING & POWER CO
NOW IS THE SEASON FOR
Wagner Apples
Fully ripened and fully flavored.
Good for cooking and for eating.
This will be your last opportunity
this season to purchase low priced
apples.
We have only a few boxes left of
this variety of Apples.
Buy A Box
ANY SIZE PER BOX $ 3.f.)
LARGE SIZES 2 dozen?! for 75c
A. POLET
Fred Harrison
ATTORNEY AT LAW
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Phone Main 113.
Rooms 9-10, ....Wild Goose Building
IT IS MORE ECONOMICAL I'O
EAT
AT THE ARCTIC BAKERY
THAN TO COOK AT HOME
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DON'T FORGET |
YOUR SPRING COATS |
AND DRESSES §
WE HAVE THEM &
EMPORIUM j
KRISTAN BROS. 1
‘i~ • vicl .v ivwi7!7kv!vivlOIGI9l9MIK
NORTH POLE BAKERY
Bread 15c loaf, two loaves for 25c
CHAS. CAVEY. Prop.
ARCTIC BAKERY
AND CANDY STORE
The home of sweets and
a good place to eat j
GOOD BREAD
Pies, Cakes, Pastry j
Fresh ice Cream Daily.
CARL PORATH, PROP.