IT IS NOT
TALK, BOAST OR GUESS
FOR POLET’S FRESHLY ROASTED
COFFEE
MAKES ITS OWN FRIENDS
50c per lb.
IT STRENGHTENS AND CHEERS,
NOR CAUSE TO STUMBLE;
IT’S WELCOME ALIKE
BY THE GREAT AND THE HUMBLE
IF YOU ARE NOT A CONSTANT USER WE WILL BE GLAD
TO GIVE YOU A SAMPLE TO TRY
BE MINDFUL OF OUR INJUNCTION, USE ONLY ONE
TEASPOONFUL FOR EVERY CUP OF WATER
LAWMAKERS OF TIRRITORY
TO CONSIDER MANY
IMPORTANT BILLS
In ;i rerent interview, John Kustgurd
Attorney tleneral of Alaska. outlined a
before the territorial legislature now
“Among the laws l have heard dis
der the present system the city coun
cities and the governor appoints them
collector getting 10 per cent of the
son paying $5 into the school fund an
nually. Under the present system the
large firms out of employees' wages,
while not much effort is mode to so
licit those who are not employed by
Arms, as they are more difficult to
And. How to devise machinery so
that all of the money umiy be secured
end secured directly for school pur
poses, is the problem to be solved.
“At the last session of the legisla
ture an industrial insurance bill was
pie of the territory, in order to git a
subject. This bill will come up again.
Copies were sent out by the governor
after election, f referred to it in my
pre-election campaign as being in
favor of having the compensation act
when amended extended to industries
other than mining, which It now alone
covers. I am not prepared to say how
many classes of industry should lie
included.
“The present compensation is not.
effective as to contractors, as a rule.
Should an employee of a contractor in
a mine get a leg broke, the company
who employes the contractor is not
3iable, and most probably the contract
or is not worth anything and therefore
a judgment against him would
prove useless. The laborer is out a
leg.
“The insurance system provides for
a territorial board to whom Insurance
premiums for all men employed shall
be paid, and the ‘compensation’ is then
paid directly to the injured party from |
the territorial fund. The. employer(
has nothing to do with It.
“I shall recommend to the legisla
ture the creation of a. court of concil
iation in Alaska, the same as they have
in jnany states, and which have met
with great success in eliminating cost
ly legislation. Outside, these are
mostly for the settlement of small
claims, but the work is being gradu
ally extended to all subjects.
“The ‘court’ is authorised to call be
fore it both disputants and try to get
them to agree to an equitable settle
ment regardless of legal procedure.
Vo attorneys are allowed to be pres
ent, If not satisfied, the disputants
at Ml may go to law.
lion tried 36,000 cases during its short
existence :uid only two persons refused
to abide by its decision.
•The big question before the terri- I
I he bulk of the taxes In the past came
copper mines. The Kenneeott alone
likely to pay more than $40,000 or $50.
000, and the salmon industry has rap
idly dwindledfl probably being not
more than half what it was before.
h'ss expenses are reduced It is prob
able that the legislature may have to
create machinery for levying and toi
leting direct property taxes. That
will mean assessment rolls and asses
board of equalization in every division
at least and one for the territory at
large. On top of that we must have
tax collectors and a whole code of
laws for tax collecting and enforce
ment of the provisions, involving
scores of officers, hundreds of officials
and clerks, etc.. Including attorneys in
"The plan should by all means be
avoided, as the cost itself would he a
great burden, and a deterrant to the
establishontent of new industries and
"1 assume because of the necessity,
the legislature will make an effort for
taxes on incomes.
"The probate code is in need of at
tention. As stated on the •■ompalgn
platform. I have several suggestions to
offer so that heirs of estates may not
be compelled to pay large sums for
probate matters.
"Personally I have expressed my
opinion in favor of a law making it a
crime for any newspaper to willfully
publish statements intended to deceive
the public, on a public question. I
look upon a newspaper as a quasi
public corporation, and as such, it
should fee legally responsible to the
public for the faithful disclosure of
its functions.
“In IMS the legislature passed a
law making it a crime to wear a but
ton of a fraternal secret organization
without authorization by the order »n
question, but the law is difficult to en.
force, and probably it will be amended
making it easier to detect and convict
the imposter."
A number of other laws will prob
ably receive attention ‘ However, that
is up to the members of the legislature
Mr. Ruatgard stated, as his duties;
permitted him to act only In advisory
capacity.
The Nome Nugget delivered by gar
ter er Matted. Per Meath flJt
LOCAL NEWS
WEAVER'S LEAVE ON
CANDLE TRIP
Oliver and Mrs. Weaver left this
morning behind their swift dog team
r»n a trip to Candle. The well known
couple expect to be gone several
COUNCIL BONIFACE
VISITING NOME
|A. Tlahlkc, proprietor of the Kane
House, one of Council City’s leading
ftostelrles. arrived in Nome Thursday
behind his own dog team on a business
trip which will probably extend until
Monday or Tuesday of next week.
MOOSE LODGE ELECT OFFICERS
Nome lo<lge No. 1413. I.oyaJ Order
of officials at the last meeting of the
Treasurer .
An enjoyable
. Chits. Lescher
. Olaf Jjovegren
. Bred Cook
.Wm. Cameron
. Clark, W. J Rowe
•lusion of the meeting
VICTOR JULIEN A
LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATE
Victor A. Julien, is a candidate for
the Second "Division legislative seat
left vacant by the recent demise of
Rep. K. W. Burroughs. Mr. Julien.
who was barely shouldered out of
fourth place on the legislative roster
by the late Mr. Burroughs at the No
vember elections, has announced his
candidacy in a telegram to local
friends from Seattle, in the event of a
special election being called. Mr.
Julien and Judge T M. Reed, are the
only candidates who have so far ap_
EAGLE CABARET
* PLEASING EVENT
The Cabaret dance given by the
Rasle fraternity at Raffle Hall Last
Saturday -evening; proved one of the
most pleasing entertainments held here
this winter and attracted a large crowd
of pleasure seekers. Thep rogram In
cluded vocal solo’s by Miss Weda
Olson, and Messrs Harry flnbrielson
and Chas. Jones, a delicious luncheon
comprising salads and sandwiches, ice
cream, cake and coffee, and a well ar
ranged list of dances. The function
was marked toy an unusual display
of handsome toilette’s by the feminine
element. The affair was a financial as
well as a social success and evoked so
many pleasing comments that the
Eagles are considering holding a simi
lar entertainment in the near future.
CAPT ROSS BACK
FROM HOT SPRINGS
Capt. Thos. A. Ross, keeper of the
Nome Coast Guard Station, returned
Tuesday from a two weeks sojourn ;.t
the Kruzganv pa Hot Springs. Surf,
man Mitchell, of the Coast Gurnd crew,
accompanied Capt. Ross on the trip,
which was some what marred by se
vere weather enroute and also during
the stay at the Springs. According
to Capt. Ross storms were almost con
tinuous and developed such violence
during their stop at the springs that
many of the large cottonwood trees
surrounding the resort were blown
down and uprooted. No damage was
done to the buildings by the gale.
TELLER’S UNIQUE NEWSPAPER
The Nugget is in receipt of a copy
of the “Pioneer ■Scout," a unique news
publication issued at Teller by Walter
John Mime, the 14 year old son of
United States Commissioner William
Marx of the Port Clarence District.
The little joumel comprises three
sheets of letter head sise and is print
ed by means of atypewriter Young
Marx is the editor and displays journ
alistic capacities of no mean order both
In the manner of handling his subjects
and literary “style." The paper is
issued every two weeks in winter and
once a week in summer and announces
that its subscriptions ore limited ’only
one more subscription being open un
til the first boat comes in." Readers
are further informed that next summer
over 100 more subscribers can be ac.
comodated as the publisher is to re
ceive a duplicating machine on the
first boats. The paper bears the sub
heading "The Best Newspaper In Tel
ler." and is a decidedly interesting
iournal covering the local news of the
section and. in the words of the Juv
enile editor, “sdme outside nows, ad
vertisements, a page of miscellaneous
Jokes, notices and an editorial."
HAYCOCK MERCHANT
DIES SUDDENLY
John Lii Montaigne, widely known
merchant of Haycock, died recently in
the Rime Creek camp after a brief ill
ness, .according to long distance ad
vices from Candle received by O S.
Weaver, manager of the Alaska Tele
phone and Telegraph Co Monday. The
information came from Dan Crowley,
herd superintendent of the Lomen
reindeer company, who stopped at
Haycock enroute to Candle.
The deceased wag a resident of Hay
cock almost from the time of the strike
on Riime Creek and was engaged In
merchnntile and other pursuits. He
was highly respected and possessed a
wide circle of friends both in Haycock
and Nome to whom his death is a
matter of deep regret.
HOSPITAL NOTES
Dr. Jtuinsey of Council, who h<us
been suffering with a Severe ease of
infection in one hand, is considerably
better. Rr. Welch states.
Andy Bauer is improving daily af
ter a severe illness due to abcess of
the lung
John Sullivan is severely ill in the
hospital with gastric ulcer.
TELLERITES VISITING NOME
Mrs William Marx, wife of United
States Commissioner William Marx of
Teller, and l*iurie Stephenson, a wide
ly known resident of the Port Clarenc<
section, arrived in Nome for a short
visit during the early part of the week.
Mrs. Marx made the trip down the
co;is* with Percy Blatchford. wh > ne
gotiated the ninety odd miles journey
in slightly more than a day. The ar
rivals state that Teller is quiet, with
little mining activity going on in that
locality. A joint celebration of Lin
coln's and Washington's birthday by
the chiltlren of the Teller school great
ly enlivened the winter’s dullness on
February 22 and proved a most enter
taining event, as well as a marked
tribute to the efficiency of Miss Carrie
Stipek, the teacher in charge of the
school. The program comprised
twenty eight numbers made up of
songs, recitations, dialogues and oth®r
literary efforts and was participated
in by all of the pupils in a splendid
maim* r. At the conclusion of the pro
gram. Miss Stipek served ice cream
and cake to her pupils and visitors.
A B.'c TO GIVE
HARD TIMES DANCE
The Arctic Brotherhood is planning
on g.ving a Hard Times Ranee next
Saturday night. The committee which
has been appointed, is the livest bunch
in town, and have promised to give
an affair that will long be remember
OLD TIMER SAYS
BLUFF FUTURE BRIGHT
That the future mining outlook of
the Bluff section, both for quartz and
.placer, is bright with promise, is the
declaration of Patrick McGrath, a wide
ly known old tinner of that section who
is at present on a business trip.
Mr. McGrath is a sourdough of
sourdough’s and is one of the pioneer
miners of the Bluff district, having
mined there since the early days whan'
that locality was one of the heavy
gold producing sections of the penin
sula. Bluff is not as lively as in the
days of yore, he says, but there are
lots of chances for profitable mineral
exploitation left. Several outfits are
working there this winter. Mike
Powers and Martin Marion are taking
out a dump on their ground on Eldora
do Creek and Meegan and Olson are
also hoisting gravel In the same lo.
Messrs Meegan and Olson have some
excellent quartz properties, on one of
which they have operated a small
milling outfit for several years with
good results. The ore is gold bearing
and carries first rate values.
Mr. McGrath is prospecting this
winter on Eldorado Creek on properties
owned by himself.
ODD FELLOWS HOLD
SOCIAL SESSION
The Odd Fellows and Hebekah's
held a Joint social at Odd Fellow Hall
last evening following the weekly
meeting of the Odd Fellows lodge. A
delicious luncheon was serveg and
dancing was induced for several
hours. Members of the order say the
social was one of the pleasantest ses
sions held this winter and was greatly
enjoyed by all.
Get out your eld clothes, we’re euro
you have-plenty of them end attend the
Hard Timas Danes next Saturday.
Every town contains a certain num
ber of men who live better than the
overage, and whose source of Income
nobody can find out.
CUBE
SUGAR
I5c per lb.
any Quantity
D. E. CROWLEY 6R0CERY CO.
NO ONE CAN UNDERSELL US
Store Opens 9 a. m. and Closes 6 p.m.
MANY NOMEITES
LOCATED IN CASPE*
Casper. Wyoming, appears to have
become a centering spot for former
Nomeites in recent years and a con
siderable number are located there, ac
cording to a letter from Albert Hart
man, former widely known business
man, received by A1 Nicholson on a
recent mail.
Hartwan, who is himself a perma
nent resident of the well known oil
town, states the view that Casper is
one of the liveliest places in the states
and everyone there appears to be do
ing good with an excellent outlook for
the future, as the oil refineries located
there are all enlarging their plants.
Among the Nomeites mentioned as
present residents are Hilly Ftose, form
er proprietor of the Arctic Bakery and
Candy Store, Harry Wells, Elmer
Adams, Pennis Shea, Arthur !<aird and
family, besides Tom Bean, former
Candleite, Mrs J. Mutchler, formerly
of Flat. There are also a considerable
numiber of others belonging to the
Sourdough family whose names did not
occur to him at the time ol writing.
Concerning their activities, he says
Hilly Rose was married during the
first part of December: Harry Well'
■has a rooming house and Miner Adams
has also taken unto himself a help
mate. Mrs Mutchler is in the rooming
house business. Hartman, himself,
has forsaken the auto tire business and
is now in partnership with Arthur
Liard in a grocery store and meat mar
ket and reports they are “doing real
well.” Business is so prosperous they
are planning on enlarging the premi
ses. which are their own property.
{Mrs. Waldheim’s dancing class wil!
nice? at the Pioneer Igloo instead of
th Hunter Hall, in future. Tuesday.
[Thursday and Saturday at 9 p. m.
PROOFS OF LABOR BLANKS
ON SALE AT NUGGET OFFICE
WEATHER CONDITIONS RECORDED BY U. S. WEATHER BUREAU
Report for 24 hours ending: 6 a. m dally
Minus sign before figures means below zero.
Tempt Barom
Tempt Barora Wind fa. a.
Feb. 28.28 29.
Mar. 1 .30 29.
Mar. 3.21 29.
*far. 4.30 29.
Max. 7.34 29.
Mar. 8.19 30.
Mar. 9. 9 30.
Mar. 10.18 30.
Mar. 11.21 30
Mar. 12.22 30
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NE t Cloudy
Calm Cloudy
6W Cloudy
Going Out Business
Sale starts nonday Feb. 28th
BIG BARGAINS
; THE EMMBWM ««
JOHN LAND Wo<
Suits made to order
Repairing, Pressing and Gleaning
ran and imiiuii m.
ARLINGTON HOTEL
_ The Hone of the Pioneer.
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$1.00 ONE DOLLAR,ROOMS $1.00
BUM HBn ALL nunis. ’ -V
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