( By K. MclH)\VKI.l,. )
“Tin* 1* l«pp *r in a Now Hole."
Up in the frozen North land.
Me and my pal Bill,
ilad hit a real pay streak.
Running a private Still.
Friends we had a thousand.
More coming every day.
Our life was Mke a bed of roses.
In the summer month of May.
Both Bill and ! were happy.
Two pals who would not part,
l.ntiil there came a Flapper.
And stole away Bill’s heart.
Of all the living Mortals
Who roam from place to place.
She was the winning beauty.
Could win in any race.
With ey-w like the shining Stars.
A nose pertinent and small.
And lips of a rosy hue.
That seemed to beck and call.
Too well 1 yet remember.
The day she came with Bill.
To our Cabin for a visit.
And a look at our private Still.
Now Bill was a regular guy.
With a heart of pure gold.
Till the Flapper came alone.
And left us out in the coild.
Now Bill and 1 feel Blue,
Like a friend without his Hop.
What’s that, don’t you know what
happened?
"That FLAPPER was a
SQUAD COP.”
“The Name Sounded Familiar."
The young lady tourist had just
eirived on the first boat, f^otn the
big outside with a determination to
see all that Alaska had to offer in
the way of thrills and hair raisins
events that she had read about be
iore departing for this land of Prim
itive people, as she had been told
So with this determination firmly
fixed in her mind the Y. L. T. started
fortfh with one of the many male
guides that are available at all
times, especially when there is a
very attractive and the least bit
Romantic young lady to he guided.
This young lady was determined
to not show her ignorance in such
small details as names, for she was
sure that all those Indian names
amounted to nothing any way.
After showing the Y. L. T. every
thing of importance from Cliff A11
vn’s water wagon to the cabin where
Rex Beach wrote his first book in
Alaska, the Y. L. T. with her Guide
turned once more toward the center
of the Town, when there crossing
the street right In front of her was
a man dressed in Parka, fur gloves
and cap. looking the part of a reel
son. of the North, as she pictured
them. Oh! My! Exclaimed the Y.
1, T. is that an Eskimo?
No! No! Replied the guide,
recognizing the man, that is a white
I’Ll bet he is an old timer up here,
mused the Y. L. T.
Wrong again, he is a Cheechako,
• aid fthe Guide.
A what? Queried the Y. L. T.
A Cheechako. don’t you know
ivhat a Cheechaka is? Asked the
Oh, yes said the Y. 1*. T. blushing
pretitly. but I never thought they
vould be allowed to come into this
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LOCAL NEWS
S\.\KK HI VKIt HARBOR
gl KSTIOV STII.I, UNSETTLED
The Nome City Council held a
special meet ins in the City Hall
Monday evening. March 5th. for the
purpose of discussing the demand
made by Colonel Steese upon the
City for the immediate deposit of
5 250U «<s its share of the maintan
Mayor Maynard produced the fol
lowing telegrams from Steese:
Juneau. Feb. 28. 1523.
MAYOR MAYNARD. Nome.
Upon receipt of deposit by City
of Nome as agreed, dredging will
he resumed soon as weather per
mits, in May or June. Without
such deposit the law requires aban
donment of the project and no fur
ther expenditures can be legally
made. STBE5SE.
On March 3rd the Mayor also re
ceived the following message from
the Nome legislators in Juneau.
Juneau. March 2. 1923.
MAYOR GEO. MAYNARD. Nome.
Act of Congrec*s and not depart
mental regulations requiring Nome
must pay her proportion of Harbor
Allotment will be withheld and the
project abandoned. Steese leaving
and the Nome subscriptions must be
wired to the First National Bank of
Juneau immediately. Brown anil
Wilson not here. Signed:
Ayer. Raelson. Daly Decker.
The C mi nil becing fully advised
in the premises authorized the Ma
yor and City Attorney to. draft a
reply to both Steese and our repre
sentatives. informing thpm that the
city is acting in good faith and will
do all that the law requires.
Following are the telegrams sent
by Mayor Maynard:
Nome. March 8. 1923
Ayer. Raelson, Daly Decker.
Wilson and Brown, Juneau.
Money only required to be de
posited when harbor is completed.
Ascertain if record of the engineers
office show harbor completed. Har
bor not completed and if records
; show otherwise they are false ia
' point of fact and mtaleadinj? to
j Steese. Have advised Steese.
MAYNARD, Mayor.
Nome. March 8. 192.1
! STBBSK. Juneau.
. City agreed to deposit when har
bor ie completed. Do your records
'•show harbor completed ? If so
j records are false in point of fad.
MAYNARD. Mayor.
' Since the special meeting of the
i Council the Mayor received the
! following telegram from Steese the
■ answer to which' is incorporated in
the reply to his former telegram:
Juneau. March 6. 1923.
MAYNARD. Nome.
Am being traced by Washington
concerning allotment for Nome
dredging distribution of fifty-six
million dollars for Rivers and Har
bors. now being made. Unless your
deposit arrives In near future the
item may be lost. Am leaving Jun
| eau Saturday for Anchorage to take
i charge of the government railroad,
j Papers from this office should be
| rushed to Washington before I leave
STEESE.
The tenor of this last telegram Is
lass mandatory than that of his for
! mer wire and indicates that light
is probably dawning on the Colonel’s
grasp of the situation..
Nome certainly does not wish to
evade its just responsibility but
j insists that the government carry
the Harbor to completion before de
manding this community to deposit
the sum in question.
JURY IHSACrREKS—(’ASK TO
ItK ItKTHIKD MONDAY
The case of the United States vs.
Albert Delutak, in which Delutak,
a native boy. was charged with hav
ing liquor in his possession, was
tried in the Commi»sioner’s court
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. H.
O’NeMl appeared for the defendant.
The case went to the jury at 3:30
P. M. Balloting showed that the
jurors were not all of one mind and
as a consequence they remained in
the jury room until 10:20 A. M.
today, at which time Commissioner
Chas. Thornton discharged them.
Since la.*t might the Jury stood. .«A
The governmeut will retry the
case Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
and a venire for a new jury hae been
Issued.
NO FIUKXIM THKHK WAS
SO SOITI* KITt'IIFN
Quite a flurry of excitement was
created by several enthusiastic
Nome boosters who chanced upon a
copy of the Ketchikan Chronfcle un
der date of January 8th. 1923. (one
borrowed from the Nugget exchan
ges.) Our loyal townsmen took ex
ception to an article which referred
to soup kitchens In Nome. Follow
ing is the article:
’Late reports from Nome say that
free soup kitchens established are
inadequate to supply the wants of
the destitute poor. More suffering
has been witnessed there thfis win
ter than at any ti/me 'since -the camp
was discovered.”
Our good citizens forgot to read
the general heading of the article
under which this Item appeared.
When ye local scribe was shown tie
article he naturally looked for the
head and discovered Immediately
that it was a reprint from the Ket
thiBkan Mining Journal under date of
March 29. 1902.
While resentment against unjust
attacks upon our fair community
are commendable, it is a good idea
to be sure of ones premise before
assuming a line of defense.
In 1902 this community had ap
proximately a population of 20,000
anxious gold seekers, lured to this
community by the glowing descrip
tions of the rich gold strikes made
on Anvil Creek and Snow Galch.
Many of these were caught by the
cold weather and were unable to re
turn to the States. Being without
sufficient funds to pay the high
uriices incident to rush conditions
maybe feome were forced to seek
public aid and as a consequence a
so-called Soup Kitchen may have
been opened for a few unfortunate
Canvassing the community of old
timers we are unable to find one
who remembers the existence of any
such Soup Kitchen and the logical
conclusion is that the article above
reprinted was another case of ex
aggerated reports of the early ac
tivities of our camp.
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I>IKM IX DRIFT j
Mark Corley. aged 43 years. died)
Frldny afternoon in the drift of the I
mine being worked by himself and
brother James, on the left fork of
Dexter Creek.
Mark was working below with
Janjes at the windlass. After lunch
both men resumed their work and
about 2:30 P. M. James heard his
brother groaning, called down the
shaft end receiving no response he
climod down the ten foot shaft and
found Mark lying stretched out be
side a filled bucket of dirt. The
man was still alive when hi>s brother
reached him. but died in a few min
utes without regaining conscious
Leaving the body In t'he drift
James hurried to the neighboring
camp of Calkins and Berry ,where
be inlisted the assistance of Charles
Calkins and L. Berry The body oj
Mark was brought to the surface
and taken to the cabin.. L. Nashen
weng hitched up his dog team and
came to town for a stronger team to
bring tlhe body to Name.
Ed. Rohn, with two sleds Immed
iately responded and hurried to the
Carley Capm. returning to Nome
with the body about 9:00 p. m. last
evening. The peculiar fact that the
body remained warm led bis friends
to believe that the man was still
alive and so hurried him to the
hospital, where, upon examination,
full proof of death was established.
Heart trouble Is the cause assign
ed for the death. His brother
James stated that to his knowledge
ro previous attack of this trouble
had ever troubled hfe brother and
that this Instance was evidently an
acute attack, brought about by the
cramped working conditions of the
underground mining.
Mark Carley leaves four brothers
and two staters, all of whom with
the exception of James. ihre 1n the
Funeral services will be held Wed
need ay March 14th under the aus
pices of the Odd FeWowe lodge, of
which he was a member.
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