NEWS
Mayor Holt has purchased the for
mer Phil Ernst home on Third Avenir
and is subjecting it to various altera
lions and improvements preparator:
to making it his official residence ii
the future.
It is announced that the Thorul
Eehmann gent's clothing stoic wil
shortly be transferred to the premise:
now occupied by the Miner’s Unioi
Tho union is preparing to transfer it
headquarters to the Carman buildInj
situated nearly opposite to tlie cit:
hall.
A good cool c'rink of Co~a C > a i:
refreshing these Spring days. Try i
at the Arctic Bakery and Candy Store
the only place in Nome where you cai
get Coco Cola.
Cleorge Modini is fixing up the Mod
ini Cafe in the Board of Trade build
ing in readiness for the expected rus!
of returning Sourdough's. The caf<
is being given a general overliaulinj
and will bo in fine shape in a fev
days.
A new business house is said to In
contemplated ami will shortly appea
in the building formerly occupied hj
the Nome Bakery. The premise,
have been leased by Nick Nieon an
several partners, who contemplate* op
ening a now eating house. The worl
of preparing the building for its nev
occupants is now in progress.
Tomorrow. May 22. is the centen
nial nnniv. i*,iry of the first sailing o
:i steam i>r<•[•♦•ll«**l vessel across tic
Atlantic <•< < .m. over which busy mat
is now attempting to fly in the world';
newest means of conveyance. May 22
1911). the steamer Savannah left tin
port of Savannah. Georgia, hound or
1he first attempt to cross the occat
with steam power. The vessel mad;
the journey after various vicissitude!
and reached Liverpool June 20tli.
The Seattle-Sitka cable i.s still on
of commission and messages reaching
None are routed via the naval radi
ilov;i. The local Signal Corps official
have not been advised as fo when th*
cable will be restored to operation
Messages arriving via the radio rout*
are somewhat slower in transit that
by the cable, tho the system worfcs ii
a satisfartor. manner in other res
While waiting for the city to get in
to action, the Wild Goose Company in
align rated a cleanup of that section <
Front Street fronting the* Wild Goes
buildings along Lane’s Way today b;
washing down the thorouhfare for i
• •onsiderable distan each sale if th
Wild Goose Heating plant
Tiie Cutter Bear is nine days on
from Seattle today and unless delayc*
by adverse weather is probably olos
to Dutch Harbor at present. Nothin;
has been heard from the steamer s
■ far as can be learned. If the vesse
follows its usual practice, it wdl prob
ably take a rest at Dutch Harbor for :
week or ten days before coming t
Nome.
Officials of the City Health Depart
nu-nt made an official tour of the wat
er front yesterday and found that th
beach is cleaner this Spring than fo
many long years past owing to th
fact that most of the property owner
whose lots abut on the water fron
have cleaned up their premises to th
Holts’ Cash Store
SPRING SALE
“HATS—HATS—HATS"
Best Stetson Non# Better.$5.tX
Best London .4.04
Best Imperial Hate.2.54
A^ Best Derby .2.54
Best Work Hate.2.21
Largest Stock in City
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! extent of removing the winter’s debt I
down to the edge of the ice. where i
I' will he carried away as soon as th<
sea is clear. Some of the backdoot
lots were found dccidely unsightly
however, and their owners will b<
notified to clean up.
Srning renovation and repairing i
going on in many of the business es
tablishments and the odor of paint am"
the bright hues of new wall paper art
much In evidence along the main sieve
these days. Several store fronts art
receiving a fresh coat of paint, which
adds greatly to the appearance ol
things and other business places art
(developing a spick and span appear
i ance indoors under the general fur
. bislving to which they are being sub
jected. A new barber shop is being
(prepared for opening next door to the
[old Orland carpenter shop and th<
[front has been nicely painted. The
'! Arctic Bakery has also received a gen
1 oral cleanup and a new coat of wall
: paper, as w ell as a new layer of brlgh;
j linoleum. The lobby of Nome’s fam
ous hostelry, the Golden Gate Hotel, h
(also resplendant in a new coat ol
paint, made doubly attractive by some
[excellent graining work. The Mil
Cafe is also spick and span after a vis
^ it by the painter and paperhanger.
• -I'din Olsen, manager of the Jafei
, Lindeherg fishing l»lant on Golovir
, Bay. arrived in town Monday and re
, ports that the company has every
thing in readiness for thr opening o;
the fishing season. Mr. Olsen states
that the company has four thousan."
barreis in readiness for packing, all o!
which were set up during tlie past twi
weeks with the assistance of the new
barrel setting up and hooping machine
, devised by Geo. Zollinger the local ma
chinist who is in charge of the Sclieul
machine shop. Olsen says the new in
vention is a wonder, as evidenced by
the fact that the setting up of the foui
thousand barrels was accomplished in
less than two weeks by three men. Mt
< >is« n estimates that the same work
could not be accomplished with tlit
same number of hands in less than
three months if the old fashioned hand
setting up methods are employed. Mr
Olson expects to remain in Nome un
til the opening of navigation.
The Signal Corps marine bulletin
issued at Ft. Gibbon today, announces
that the Yukon steamers Washburn
and Seattle No. It, both of which arc
bound down river, arrived at Ft Yukon
around 1 p. m. yesterday. The Tan
ana. also bound down stream, arrived
at Hot Springs at 11 p. m. last night,
A cannery launch is also enroute down
the river and arrived at C’liena yester
day morning.
A private telegram from a wel
known mining man of the district ar
riving yesterday states that the view
is held on the outside that the comint
‘ open season is expected to develop r
rush for (he North similiar to that o:
1900. The sender, whose name is with
I held for business reasons, refers to th<
situation in the following words: “\V<
expect the rush of 1900 to Alaska the
Spring, so tell Swartzoll t<> prepare.”
The new Nome Common Counci
held the third business session of its
career at the City Hall Monday even
ing and decided to inaugurate a clean
up day* along about June 1. Instruc
tions were given to the Health and lie
. lief Committee to make the necessary
, arrangements therefor and also to not
. ify property owners to clean up theii
, premises. Under pressure of har<
, times, the council decided that the for^
. mer practice of hauling away the deb
. ris and garbage gathered by the house
i holders free of charge will not be fol
lowed this year. Expenses incurred
in this respect will he charged to the
property holders this year. The coun
cil also decided to make an investiga
tion of the street contract with a view
to possible changes in arrangements
regarding the up-keep of the city
1 streets and bridges,
i Included among the remaining bus
iness matters considered by the coun
cil was a proposal by City Health Of
ficer Dr. Neuman that the city under
take the fumigation of the native cab
ins to avoid a possible recurrence ol
the influenza. After some discussion
the matter was left in the hands
of the Health and Relief Committee
with instructions to act in accordance
with the suggestion. Dr. Neuman al
so called attention to the existence ol
i city ordinance prohibiting spitting on
sidewalks and suggested that it should
he Inforced in tlie interests of the pub
lic health,Dr Neuman’s timely remarks
"n the sanitary situation were listened
to with marked attention by the coun
cilmanic body. The council also de
cided to proceed to the task of round
ing up the delinquent taxpayers with
all dispatch as soon as the period of
grace extended recently has expired.
The delinquents will he given until the
23th. to come through and the council
will then take vigorous action to force
the payment of taxes still remaining
delinquent by such legal processes as
may be employed. The remarks of the
members on this topic suggested that
the council is in no mood for temporte
ing and will offer for sale all proper
ties on which the taxes have not been
paid as soon as the legal formalities
can be arranged. The contract for
publishing the names of delinquent
taxpayers was awarded to the Nome
Nugget at 10 cents per line, the hid
of this paper being two cents lower per
line than that of the Industrial Work
er, which also presented a hid.
Included among the communications
reaching the council was one from a
Mr. Johansen offering to purchase the
lot occupied by the old C. D. Lane
building, opposite the Pioneer Mining
Co.. building on First Avenue, for the
accrued taxes, amounting to between
fifty and sixty dollars. The lot in
question fronts on both First Avenue
and River Street and the upper end is
in one of the most desirable residence
locations in the city. The offer creat
ed considerable discussion. Council
mar. Milot moved that the lot be sold
to the applicant for the accrued taxes.
Air. .Milot stated that lie did not be
lieve that the city could do much bet
ter because of the absence of demand
for property. The council could not
see it that way, however, and the mot
ion failed for lack of second. In the
resultant discussion it developed that
tlie rest of the council were of the op
inion that the desirable location justi
fied ihe city in holding off for a bet
ter price. Several of the other mem
bers remarked the fact that the owners
of abutting properties are asking four
and five hundred dollars for lots of id
entical size and character and expres
sed the view that it was advisable to
hold the lot for a bettor offer. Council
man Cavcy, head of the Fire and Wat
er Committee reported that the fire de
partment had turned the water into
the fire mains on Stedman Avenue and
found a faulty connection which has
since been repaired. The Street
Committee reported that arrangements
arc being made for flushing the paved
streets with water around the first of
.Tune. Following City Health Officer
Neuman’s talk on sanitation, it was
decided that the Health Officer and the
Health and Relief committee should
hold a meeting and decide on a date for
a general cleanup day and the fumiga
tion of native cabins. The council
also authorized the publication of not
ices to the public to clean up their
promises by the designated date. Bills
presented and vised by the Finance
Committee were ordered paid, with the
exception of the bills of the Street
Contractor, which were held up pend
ing an investigation of the contract
ami possible new arrangemnts regnrd
ig the upkeep of the streets. It de
veloped that may of the council are
much adverse to the 3 year contract
for street repair and maintenance let
by the last council, some of the re
marks offered suggesting that the new
councilmanic body believes the com
pensation given the contractor is exor
bitant. After concluding the usual rout
ine business the council adjourned un
til the next regular meeting night, two
weeks hence.
Parties journeying along the coast
during the past few days report that
the ice is out at points east and west
of Nome| Old Bering's winter mantle
is said to have departed along the
shore from the vicinity of Bluff to a
point near Solomon and also along the
coast between Sinrock and Cape Wool
ey. Onp informant states that not
even the shore ice remains between
Solomon and Bluff. Along the Nome
front the ice Is rotting fast but appears
solidly fixed. Open water is visible
five or six miles out from shore.
CLEAN UP THE FLU GERM8.
Orders for Spring House Cleaning
ly Vacuum Procoas left at retidjmce
Mrs. Wm. Brown, roar Detention/Hos
pital, will receive prompt jtfMrtiea
NEW FORM PLACER LOCATION CERTIFICATES NOW READY
(Revised and corrected May 1, 1918. and for sale by the NOME NUGGET.)——*
Keep your dollars circulating in Nome—Order your job printing done in Nome.
COMMENCING DM MW 2I
With every cash sale or cash receipt we will Issue a cash register
slip with amount of the transaction printed thereon.. . Every cent on
these slips counts one vote.
Every Saturday afternoon at 5 o’clock the boy or girl having
the largest vote will be awarded one of our boy proof indestructible
SAM-E-KARJS FREE
All slips must he dated of the week of the contest, in other
words a new contest starts on every Monday morning.
Votes will he counted or posted every day at 2:30 P. M. except
Saturday when the final count fdr the week will take place. j
No one will be allowed to contest but once if winner.
Purchases from other grocers not allowed to be counted
Mr. Jas. M. Streeten has kindly consented to act as judge
in the contest. t
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Fred Harrison j
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Ph.me Main 113.
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