PROOF OF VALUE
Although many prejudiced and one
sr.ded persons In Nome apparently fail
to appreciate the value of the Nugget
as a means of helping this community
tc attain wider progress and develop,
ment. we are thankful ‘o find in the
following excerpt from a letter from a
Juneau business man. ample evidence
that the journal is of far wider benefit
to the community through the im
pression it creates than a majority of
Its local critics and endmies are In
clined to concede. The extract in
question is from W. R., Anderson,
proprietor of the Anderson Music Shop
of Juneau. Mr. Anderson 1s the man
who in the days of Nome’s earlier
prosperity made annual visits to the
city m the capacity of an expert piano
tuner and was well known here. He
says in addressing this paper regard
ing the insertion of an advertisement:
"Dear Sir:—In looking over your
paper in the reading room today, it
occurred to me that a community
which can support a paper and the
amount of advertising that appears in
the Nugget cannot be so badly ‘broke*
as the reports would sometimes indi
cate and I wonder if an advertisement
like the following would not bring re
If our captious critics will examine
♦he statement of Mr Anderson it .may
perhaps be revealed to their compre
hension that his impression that the
community "cannot be so badly broke"
as reports indicate is drawn entirely
from the appearance, size, etc of the
Nugget. Tn other words his impres.
sion is that the Nugget is a paper that
is published in a. lively and pros
perous community and we submit that
such an impression is excellen* evi
dence that the Nugget is a decidedly
good advertisment for the community.
It is true, as some of our hair split
ting wiseacres will probably maintain,
that Mr. Anderson's view is only that
of one man but if one man can gain
svCh an impression from a perusal of
"’•his Journal, the chances are very
much in favor of others doing the
same. Mr. Anderson, as those Who
know him are aware, is a wide awake
business man, whose perception and
genera] understanding are not by any
means of an inferior order. His im
pression of the community, as derived
fro mthe Nugget js one that we believe
would be shared to some extent by any
unprejudiced, wide-awake person. If
the Nugget b.v its appearance creates
the impression that Nome is a lively
and prosperous town, it is plain that
the paper is an advertising medium
that la valuable to the town and dis
trict. regardless of what its local non
supporting critics may think of it.
Orumy mulic, fine floor and a good
wo in sight flat.. Hard Tim#s Dane*.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
The Postmaster has received on the
last mall notice of a further change
in the rates of converting money of
•he United States Into that of cer
tain European Countries in the issue
of International Money Orders.
The near rates j
Oreat Britain . . .
Netherlands . .
Sweden.
Denmark.
Belgium.
p as follows.
. .1 pound $3.75
. .1 florin 35
. .1 krona 16
..1 krona 16
.13 francs
. 13 francs
ELECTION REGISTRATION
PROCEEDING SLOWLY
With the close of the registration
period only one week away, registra
tions for the forthcoming municipal
and school elections ;ire still far below
what they Should be at this time. Ac
cording to City Clerk CJrimm only 173
voters had affixed their names to the
registration rolls up to 3 p. m. today,
thus disclosing something more than
the usual apathy on the part of Nome's
free and enlightened ballot wielders
In view of the fact that small regis
tration will confirm the impression
created by the stories sent broadcast
by sotmieone regarding Nome's alleged
decadence, it appears to this paper that
the voter who for any avoidable reas
on fails to register and help to refute
these highly injurious tales of "only a
few dozen iwople left" in Nome is a
mighty poor citizen. The person who
won’t help the community by the
small exertion of placing his name on
the rolls and voting, is no eredi* !o
either himself or the town.
that the recent announcement of the
Nugget that registration would close
March 19 was an error for which his
psiper was not responsible. The law
provides that registrations shall con.
tinuo until 10 days before election day.
hence March 26 is the day on which
the present registration period will
NOTICE OF ELECTION
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE TOWN
OF NOME, DIVISION NO. TWO,
TERRITORY OF ALASKA:
Act approved March 16. 1921. prov<d
ing for a special election to fill vac
ancies in either branches of the legis
lature. and declaring an emergency.
The Governor of the Territory of
Alaska having issued a Writ ordering
a special election to he held on the
Twenty-ninth day of March. 1921. for
the purpose of electing one member of
the House* of Representatives of the
Alaska legislature from the Second
Division, to fill the vacancy created by
the death of E. W. Burroughs.
>TOTIOE IS HEREBY GIVEN That
such special election will be held on
the above designated date and for the
purpose specified, and
The Common Council of the Town
of Nome having heretofore, by ordi
nance. duly designated the polling
place in said town, the electors are
hereby notified
That aJI duly qualified voters re.
siding within the Town of Nome will
vote in the City Hall Building, locat
ed on Front Street, in and upon Lot
11 of Block 20. which is owned by the
City of Nome, the same being duly
designated polling place in and for the
TOWN OF NOME. .
The said election will .foe held In
the voting precinct above named and
at the polling place therein specified.
Said polling place will be open be
tween the hours of 8 o’clock a. m.
and 7 o’clock p. m. of said day.
Dated this 19th day of March. A.
The Common Council of the Town
of Nome, by
E. GRIMM
_ City Clerk.
SPRING COMES
TOMORROW
The Almanac tells us that Spring
commences at the Vernal Equinox, and
to judge by the mild weather and
glorious sunshine we have enjoyed of
late, it seems as if the season had ad
justed itself, for once at least, to the
prediction of the Almanac. At 4:51
P. m. tomorrow, March 20. the sun
crosses the equator, and the earth is
at hat point in its orbit where the
poles are upright to the plane of the
earth's orbit. Day and night are
equal all over the globe, except In so
far as this is modified by the refrac
tion of light, or the bending of the
light rays in passing through stratas
of air of different density. which
causes the sun to appear in the hori
zon earlier in the morning and later
at night than it actually is. Twilight
also lengthens the day considerably.
At Nome tomorrow the sun rises 6:10
a. m. .sets 6:18 p. m. The difference
in the length of the forenoon and the
afternoon is do to the Equation of
Time. The sun's height tomorrow
at noon is 25^ degrees above the ho.
rizon. At the north pole the sun 19
just rising over the horizon, while at
the south pole the sun is sinking be
low the horizon for the long polar
night of six months.
The date of Easter is regulated by
the moon's phases at the Vernal Equi
nox. It may be said to occur on the
Sunday following the first full moon
which follows the Equinox. If full
moon falls on Sunday, Easter comes
one week later. Full moon occurs on
March 2.1 this month, and March 27
is Easter Sunday. However, several
factors in the Gregorian Calendar must
be taken into account before the date
of Raster can be fixed. In the Cil
endar the equinox is fixed as oecuring
invariably on March 21. while It us
ually occurs on March 20. and some
times on -March 19. Full moon fixed
-is happening 14 days after new moon,
but this interval varies in actuality.
Even the now moons of the Epacts
differ from the astronctmJca 1 new
than March 22 or Liter than April 25.
The word Easter is derived from
Eostre. in Anglo-Saxon mythology the
goddess of spring, in whose honor a
festival w;us held in April, formerly
calbsl Eostremonad. The Church
festival of Easter commemorates the
ressunection of Christ. The Hebrew
is held in memory of the great deliver,
a nee when the Jews were captive in
Egypt when the destroying angel
smote the Egyptians, but passed over
the houses of Israel.
John A . Wilson .
FRE ALARM SI6RALS
.Siutord 0*1 Co.
.CuoteM Cold Stormc*
9. i. Season Co, offloo
.HMdvurtera Saloon
.The Lobby
.Pioneer* Igloo
.Catholic Church
.Polofa residence
. Yorker's Cigar Store
. .opp. Webb's Marker
Eoiino House, Phone Mala t7.
T whistle* water.I In out
PERSONAL PROPERTY
Delinquent Assessment Roll, City of Nome, Alaska, 1920
Person Taxed
Description
Arctic Brotherhood .;
Boyce. W. A. Est ..
Enj Club.
Fitzgerald. M. Mrs.
Gibney. Barney Mrs.
Jourden, J, D. Mrs.
Johnson, M.
Llndeberg, Jafet.
National Grocery Co.
Maynard Mission.
MeCahey, Jack. ..
■MoSmlth, J.
Nome Brewery Co.
Neibllag. Mary.
Nome 8tehm laundry ..
O’Connor. W./.
O’Connor, Geo. D.
Reed, C. W. Eet.
Bear fell. James.
Thornton, Kitty.
Wittenberg and Seldenyerg.
Winkler. Al. .. .. .. ..
Walker. Henry .. .. .. *
. Household goods and furniture . .
.Machine shop.
. Household goods and furniture . .
.Household goods and furniture . .
.Lodging House.
.Household goods and furniture . .
.Boat ’KSerchrude”.
. Boat "Orion”. .
.Stock of Groceries.
.Boat "Jewel Guard".
. Transfer Outfit.
.Goods, Wares and Mechandise. .
.Imp. and Machinery.
.Restaurant.
.Boat "New York"
.Boat "Ukurwak”.
.Boat "Boa Wplf".
.Machinery, Merchandise and etc.
.Golden Gate Hotel.
.Laundry...
.Stock of Goods..
.Boat "Gladiator”.
.Boat "Rupert” ..
.Machine Shop .... ., ;. ..
Notice Is hereby given that unless the Delinquent Taxes on the above Personal Property are paid with pen
alty and Interest and other costs within ten days from the final publication of this notice, to-wit: within ten day*
from the date of laSfrpwblteatlon, the property or a part thereof upon which said taxes is a lien will be seised under
distress warrant and sold to satisfy said tax so duo.
E. GRIMM City Clerk and Tax Collector
Date of first publication March If, If21. Date of last publication April f, if21.
/
TOM POWEkS
WRITES FROM
VIRGIN ISLES
On Boards. S. Eastern Mariner
St Thomas, Charlotte Amalie. Id.
Virgin Islands, IT. S. A.
I am writing this epistle in the
beautiful harbor of St Thomas under
conditions the exact opposite of those
prevailing In Nome and clear on the
other side of the U. S. A. from the
old home in the Northland.
We arrived here this A. M.. five
days out from Colon. Our passage
was pleasant but uneventful, under
glorious blue tropical skies and in the
sultry weather of the tropic zone.
St Thomas is the chief port of
Charlotte Amalie Island, one of the
number known as the Virgin Islands
and lately purchased by the United
States from Denmark on account of
their strategetic value to this country
in protecting the Panama Canal. Pre
vious to the outbreak of the Great
War. the islands came near to occupy
ing the chief spot in the world's lime.
lines of European steamships running
to St Thomas, one German, the other
French. The islands owed money to
both countries and they were going
to collect it by force. But our Uncle
Ram slipped in and said “No. Our
Monroe doctrine does not permit the
landing of foreign troops. We will
take the matter up and settle jt.“ The
French were willing but Germany was
not and declared her intention to col.
lect the money herself. Uncle Sam.
however, said. “Not on your life!”,
and something big commenced to loom
up on the horizon of international af
fairs. But a gun in the hands of a
Serbian boy set Europe in flames and
so the matter ended with the purchase
of the islands by the United States
The town of St Thomas, or rather
the series of villages comprising the
town, looks beautiful from where we
are. The brown hued. low and reed
roofed houses loom glittering white in
the rays of the tropica! sun. against
the background of abrupt hills, ver
dant with the vivid shades of tropical
plant life. Below the laughing ocean
ripples glintingly upon the silvery
beach. There are several vessels ly
ing here, both sail and steam. One is
a bark with the main topmast and
yards gone, probably from an encount
er with some fierce tropical storm.
There are also some schooners—dere
licts of the sea.
I^Lst night we passed close to the
island of Haiti—close enough to see
the lights on shore—and my memory
went back to the days when the
bkicks, driven to desperation by the
cruelties of their FYoneh masters,
•arose and massacreed all who did not
imake their escape and ere long devel
oped a leader in the person of I»uis
sant l*Ouverture. an accomplished
negro of remarkable military genius,
who later on, fighting for the freedom
of his race, defeated the armies sent
by Bonaparte to subdue the islands but
who was finally induced to submit to
the French under the most solemn
guarantees, only to be seized and sent
to France, where he died in prison in
1803 betrayed by those he had trusted
to fulfill the plighted word of a great
; nation.
We leave here tomorrow morning
for Antwerp and will soon be battling
the stormy Atlantic—a couple of years
ago the scene of a large part of an
other and mightier struggle in which
men fought that they might be free.
After the Atlantic and the Bay of Bis
cay we will come to the far famed
"emerald Isle." tempte-stous at present
against a foe that traditionally “never
lets go.” Then on to the English
Channel, the white cliffs of “Merrie
England.” the Straits of Dover and
Antwerp, from which point I will write
Thomas A. Powers. ^
THE PERSONNEL OF
THE HARDING CABINET
The following complete list of the
membership of the present presidential
cabinet is published by request of
numerous readers.
Secretary of State..
.Chas. Evan Hughes
Secretary of the Treasury ..
....Andrew Mellon
Secretary of War.
.John W. Weeks
Secretary of Nary.
.Edwin Denby
Secretary of the Interior ...
.Albert B. Ffell
Secretary of Agriculture « .,
.Henry Wallace
Secretary of Comznero*
.. .Hfrtwrt C. Kooyef
Secretary of Labor . .\1.
.James J. Davis
Attorney General.
.v .. Henry Daugherty
Postmaster General.WHI Hays
THIS AND THAT
When the future looks dark. ligh
Troubles are like rabbits—give
them free ran**- and they multiply
rapidly.
It is no longer good taste to have a
bad taste in your mouth the next
morning
What on first glimpse seems to be
sterling virtues often prove, to be only
silver-plated.
THOSE SOURDOUGH HOT CAKES
AND HILLS BROS. COFFEE AT
ARCTIC BAKERY.
MINERAL APPLICATION
SERIAL 0394
V. S. I*ANT> OFFICE.
NOME. A MSKA,
Dated: Februwry 16. 19-1.
NOTICK IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
VIRGINIA V. DICKENSON whoK*
post office address and place of iwi -
jence is Taconu, Washington. through
fior attorney in fact Jus. M. Streeten
arhose j*ost office address and place
of (residence is Nome. Alaska. has
made appHpatlian for a patent from
the United fttutes for those placer min
ing locations. EAST CHANCE ANT)
No. 1 r.UIiOW DISCOVERY on Goose
Creek. CONTAf’T. CONTFGUITV.
NRW YORK. UPPER AIJJANCK.
\IJJANOE and I»WER AEIJANCK
■m the (’as;Mlepn*ti River, and NEW
YEAR on Spruce Creek, said claims
Vrlng contiguotis and adjoining. sif.i
ite in the Council City Recording Dis
trict. Nome Land District. Terri; o'»
>f Alaska, and d«*«ignated by the Uni.
ted States Surveyc r General for said
remritoer .us Mineral Survey No. 1281.
sorrfing to the Plat and Field Notes
tHrirvr as follows, with variation of 19
ieg. 05 min. East to 20 de;r 25 min.
LAST CHANCE CLAIM
Ileginnmg at Cor. No. 1. iden
tical wuth Cor. 6 Contact, this
Kurvey, a quartizite stone 24x10x4
ins.. 12 ins. in ground. chiseled
1-1. C. fl-C.. 1281 with earth
mound on north side, for Cor. 1
from which U. S. I.. M. Sur.
1129 hears N. 87 deg. 5.1 min. E.
4113.9 ft.; thence S. 28 deft. 51
min. W. 426 ft.; thence N. 61
deg. 09 min. W. 260 ft.: then re
S. 42 deg. 48 min. W. 505.5 ft.
thence N. 61 dep. 26 min. W.
2353 ft.; thence N. 27 dee. 55
min. E. 697.5 ft.: thence S. 65
deg 57 min. K. 2756 ft. to the
place of beginning area of 47.122
CONTACT CLAIM
Beginning at Cor. 1 not estab
lished. 'Identical with Cor. 4 Con -
. from which
(fhisoled W 4*.
earth mourn! i
distant, and 1'. S. I..
1129 hears 57 deg:. 15 min. E.
2523.8 ft.: thence from true cor.
S. 37 deg. 41 min. W. 909 ft.;
thence N. 59 deg. 02 min W.
1320 ft.; thence N. 22 deg 51
mfin. E. 424.8 ft.: thence N. 61
deg. 09 mfn. W. 996 ft.; then re
N. 28 deg. 51 min E. 426 ft.:
1-LB. 2-C, 1281. -with earth mound
hears N. 59 deg. 02 min. W. 164
ft. distant. and U. S. D. M. Sur.
U29 hears N. 52 deg. 06 min. E.
3394 ft.; thence from true C-R.S.
37 deft- 41 min. W. 528 ft.:
thence N. 58 deg. 51 min. W.
1320 ft.; thence N. 37 deg. 41
min. E. 526.5 ft.: thence S. 59
deg. 02 min. E 1320 ft. to the
place af beginning. Area 15.869
CONTIGUITY CLAIM
Beginning at Cor. 1 not estab
lished, on Line 2-3 New York this
ve-y.from which witness Cor. a
deg. 10 min.W. 54.4 ft.:
S. It. M. Sur. 1129 bean
deg. 56 min. E. 1324.4
thence* from true cor. S. 36 deg
10 min. W. 750 ft.; thence S. 21
deg. 06 min. W. 1581.4 ft.:
thence S. 37 deg. 41 min. W. 26(
ft.; thence N. 61 deg. 08 min
deg. 43 min. E 406.5 ft. to the
place of beginning. Area 36.417
NEW YORK CLAIM
Beginning at Cor. 1. on line
of 5-1 8ur. 1129 a limestone
32x13x3 ins.. 18 axis, in ground
north Side, for Cor.
Which U. 8. L. U Sur. 1129
bears N. 74 deg. 58tnUn. E. 646.9
33.886 ,_
UPPER ALLIANCE CLAIM
Beginning at Cor. 1 identical
wlfth Cor. 4. New York Claim
this Survey a limestone 28x8x7
tins 15 Ins., in ground with earth
from which U.
1128 ibean 8. 10 deg. 33 ndn. W.
1010.8 ft.; thence N. 28 deg. 06
nfln. W. 972.7 ft.: thence S. 84
deg. 40 min. E. SOTO ft.; thence
8. 14 deg. 07 min. E. 880 ft.:
thence N. 82 deg. 04 min. W.
1952 ft. go the place of beginn
ing. Area 11.006 acres.
ALLIANCE CLAIM
Beginning ac dor. 1. a schist
stone 98x12x2 ins., 14 Ins. in
ground, dbtneled 1-A, 1281. with
earth mound S0r24. ins. high
81 deg. 19 min. W. 2319.6 ft.;
thence N. 14 deg 97 min. W.
2072 ft. to Cor. 2 and Cor. 3 of
Upper Alliance.; thence N. 17
deg. 20 rata. E. 3092 ft.: thence
9. 13 deg. SI min. E. 2012 ft.:
LOWER ALLIANCE CLAIM
min. K. :i4«.7 ft.: thence X. 56
deg. 39 min. K. 138.4 ft.; th«nce
S. 34 dec 21 min. R. 348.2 ft.:
tlwnce R. 34 dog. 56 min.. \V.
2274 ft.; thence X. 13 dec. 51
min. W. 1951 ft. to the place of
beginning. Area. 38.371 acres.
NEW YEAR CLAIM
Beginning at Cor. 1 on line 7-8
I<owfT Alliance th.18 Survey not
'tJe.'VbfJAhed from which a witne.«
rumor a schist stone 26x12x5 ins.
14 ins. in ground, chiseled W.C.
1-N.Y.128! with earth mound 30
ins. by 24 ins. high on east side,
bears S 28 deg. 05 rrtln. B. 70.5
ft. distant, and 17. >L I,. If. Sur.
1129 bears S. 84 dec
5881.33 ft.. Cor. 8 Ixmer A
W. 867.4 ft.
thence from 1
605.6 ft.: thence S
»nrin. K. 1610
of beginning. Aj
The location certificates of these
(•bums are of record jn office of Re
corder of Council City Recording Dis
trict, Territorv of Alaska, in location
ncords as follows; Last Chance Vol
17 page 8; Contact. Vol. 25. page 5:
No. 1 Below on 4k-o.se. Vol. 24. page
136: Contiguity. Vol. 25. page C
New York. Vol. 24. |,-ige 297: Upper
Alliance, Vol. 24. pair*- 236; Alliance.
Vol. 10. page 246: liower Alliance.
Vol. 2 4. pane 2W: New Year. Vol.
The^adjoining claims are.: on the
soumh. the El Capftan, pliwter. Survey
1129. owned hy claimant herein, and
Discovery KxDensdon. N'o. ! Above. A
Fraction. and No 2 Above placers, ua.
the east. Sur. 1200, Mortimer Bar and
other claims. J. K. Ames, owner; On
all other sides, claims unsurveyed and
names and claimants unknown.
1129 to which this survey is tied is a
schist stone 15 ins. above ground chis
eled. V. S. 1/. M. Sur. 1129. with
earth moimd 6 ft. base. 4 ft. high on
oast side, situate about '20 ft. from
right bank of Casndapaga Ilfver and
about 2200 ft. fmm. right bank of
T’ervelope Creek in I. 61 deg. S3
min X.. IjOng. 164 deg. 15 min. W.
and about 25 miles northeast from the
THOS'. MrQANN
FtegiKter.
MINERAL APPLICATION
i;. s. unp omcs
NOMK. AI..ASKA.
NOTICE IS HERITCY GIVEN." that
the Strand and Head ■Mininpr ('no
pany. incorporated. under the laws of
the Stalte of Nevada, has ihroufro
Gust. Head, its President and author
ized atfent. whose post office address
ts Nome. Alaska, mode application
inkier the mflafiur laws of the United
States, for a /patent for the Hrand and
Roya! Lnde Claims. situated on the
Grand and Royal I.ode. on uastirreyed'
ground, in T*ihl Gulch. n tributary cf
I^ost Creek ji. tributary of Stewart
River, rend aixnit thirty miles North
of the town of Nome, in the Cao»
Nome Minirwr :md Kenonlilnfr District.
Territory of Alaska. wild rkMuns betas
designated by the!'. S. Surveyor Gen
eral at Alaslko as Mineral Survey No.
1256. and each extending 1500 feet
aJonpr the strike of said Grand and
Rod'll lodes. and 300 feet in width on
each side of the center line thereof
The exterior boundaries of said claims,
arrordlnj? to the plat and field notes
now on file in said land Office, ire
with a. variation of 10 dec. 1 min
E. os follows
GRAND LODE CLAIM
Beginning nt Cor. No. 1. a fir
post 4x6 ins. in cnrth mound,
sort bod 1-12560.L.. whence I'. S.
I,. M. No. 1256 boors No. 58 deg.
12 mini E. 166.18 ft. distant. Cor.
No. 1 of tho Roynl I x>de hears N .
then*.-? run S. 76 deg. 40 min. K.
1500 ft. to Cor. No. 2; tlwnee R.
No. 3:’ thence 8. 76 dee 40 min.
W. 1500 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence
N. 13 deg. 20 min. W. 600 ft. to
Cor. No. 1. place of beginning,
containing 20.661 acres.
post 4x6 tins, in «vrtih inound.
scribed 1-1256R.L.. whence U. S.
L. M. No. 1256 bears N. 69 deg.
03 min. E. 174.33 ft. distant, and
tant:: thence run R. 40 deg. 33
*rtln. E. 600 ft. to Cor No. 2.:
thence R. 49 de.gr. 27 min. W.
1500 ft to Cor. No. 3; thence N.
40 dear. 33 min. W. 600 ft. to
Cor. No. 4: ifhence N. 49 deg. 27
miln. E. 1500 ft. to Cor. No. 1.
place of he grinning* containing
aforesaid locations is 1.365 acres, and
the same is hereby waived In favor of
the Royal Lode, and excluded from the
Cor. No. 1 of the Omnd Lode Claim
aforesaid; thence S. 40 des. 33 min
E. 566.79 ft. to Cor. No. 2 Royal
Cletim; thence S. 49 deg 27 min W.
a loner Kne 2-3 Royal Lode Claim to the
intersection of Une 3-4 Grand Lode,
being 209.95 ft.; thence S. 76 deg.
40 rafta. W. 72.91 ft. to Cor. No. 4
of the Omnd Lode: thence N. 13 dec
20 ratal W. 900 ft. to COr. No. 1 of
aid Grand Lode and place of begin
Theroare no adjoining or coafltct
im\j. H. Location Monument NO. 1259
Is a triangular pMeo of sttat rock
10x7x9 ft. and 6 ft. high, sttuated
on the right limit of Dahl Greek, and
about M ft. above the bod of tho
creek, with a otpne mound on the
Northeast ride gram which a high
mountain of the Sawtooth Range bears
THOS. MoGANN
PubHrii—Fab. It. 29. March 5. lS.’lt.
29. April 2. 9. 19. 1931.