LIBERTY BELL
HAPLESYRUP
FOR ORE WEEK
1 QUART per can .65
*/2 GAL. per can $1.25
1 GAL. per can $2.25
5 GAL. per can $10.00
1*01 S>rup t*. a pun* Maple atari raw Syrup of a
v«T>- high quality. We oiii»!d<!er ft a better syrup than th«* lx%
(\<lius and fnun tin* abate quotations you will nutter that it will
cost you nfnsirirrabb* I<n» if you buy your Syrup NEXT WEEK. .
SKt'intK KNOltiH TO LAST VOI KOI! A FEW WEEKS.
LOCAL NEWS
TKAVF.IjKRM IN AND OUT.
Ed. Plaffh* h a recent arriwtt! from
Council and will remain in Nome for
several days attending to pressing
business matters.
Barney Buck left for Golovin
Where be m in charge of the Lomen
Company reindeer herd.
Mr. a-nd Mrs. O. S. Weaver. Geo.
Waldheim. Harry Phillips. Mrs. W.
H. Cameron. James Keenan aaid
Ralph Lomen are Solomon visitors
participating in the Amundsen fare
The Peterson Brothers arrived
from rhe Nugget Road House Thurs
day afternoon.
Jack Marasovicb and Tony Slis
eovich left for Hobson Creek. Thurs
day. They will begin preparation*
to clean up their winter dump.
Nick Ntcou is making prepara
tions to send three dog teams load
ed with supplies to his placer min
ing operations in the Kougarok.
Nick is associated with Harvey
Grant and Mike Markovich in a very
promising piece of placer ground.
Miners & MereMs
Bink ol AUski
-UMB. ALASKA
WE PAY
Interest on Time Pert,ideate#
3% per annum
On 0 month deposits.
4% per annum
On 12 month deposits.
CAPTAIN AMl'MWKN
A\ HONURAKY MEMBER
PIONEERS OF AM.SK.I
Last Saturday, evening the Pio
neers (fathered in special session to
confer upon Captain Roald Amund
sen honorary membership in the
; Pioneers of Alaska. Igloo No. 1.
! Both men aotd women Pioneers were
present at .this happy event and the
' Igloo was tilled to overflowing.
. As Captain Amundsen mm spend
j ing his test week in Nome before
, starting on his long overload trip
: to Wa4nwright. from which place he
; wrill begin his transpolar flight, this
occasion was one of more than usual
significance.
i Judge G. J. Lomen made the
! speech of presentation, representing
| the Pioneers, while Mrs. Thomas
j Lyle responded for the Women Pio
I news. A. PoLert gave a short talk
j and Patet Presiden<t Robert James
recited the poem "The Alaska Par
get-Me Not" by special request.
FOR SALK.
New and uptedate topal forma for
Proof of Annual A^aennmeut Work
also Oil Location blanks. Dead blanks
for qenaral use, Special and Ganeral
: °owrr of Attorney forms. Placer and
! Quartz Location forms now on sale
at Nugqet Office. Prico *5 cents sack
or $1.00 per dozen.
SSSSSKSXWSSSKSKS
* M. Jt M. Bask S
* PnbHe flt—og»spisfli S
hi MISS GLADYS COLLIER %
SSKSSSSSSSKSKSS*
Nome io the outflting base for aU
Alaska exploring expedttloao.
I DAN’S PUCeI
no shortage; on
(TOAHETTK8
ALSO A FULL LINK OF
SOFT DRINKS
1—
k minima an
toir poninmi
AND NOW IS THE TIHE FOR
A STUDIO APPOINTMENT
Lomen Brothers
LOCAL NEWS
ATTRACTIONS MUHDVLBI).
Pioneer Women dance April 14th.
Mooeeheart Benefit April 21st.
PIONEER WOMEN'S DANCE
TV Pioneer Women will giro a
dance In the Igloo, Saturday April
14th, at 9:30 p. m. Good music and
light refreshments.
Admission Men 91. ladies free.
NEW PRIVATE DINING ROOM
AT MILO'S CAFE
John Lepri, proprietor of the
Milo’s Gale, will convert the upper
floor of his restaurant Into a num
ber of private dining rooms. When
completed this addition to the Cafe
will be a moat desirable feature and
will be available by the time the first
boats arrive..
H AMMON MEN ON
INSPECTION TOUR
Mr. E. J. Gorman and Leonard
Seppala left, today for the Kouga
rok country. They will make an
(inspection of the Company ditch sys
tem and indulge in a general sur
vey of the upper country, being ab
sent for about a week.
MOVIE MAN AGAIN
.ABLE TO BE ABOUT
Harry Phillip®, the local represen
tative of the International Film Co.
has been confined I oh is apartments
over the Board of Trade for the pa?t
40 days, suffering with rheumatism.
Last Saturday be made hts fin* ap
pearance on the streets since his
first attack and is now able to gel
about quite lively, assisted by two
faithful crotches.
ROWK 1X)S|» TWO
VALVARLE HORSES
In a. letter received by O. H. Flow
ers we are informed that W. J. Rowe
who in moving the Peck dredge In
the Casadepaga country, had the
misfortune to lose two valuable
draft horses. Without giving the
details the letter stated that John
Obtain. one of the teamsters was
caught out in a storm and was lost
for two days with the result that
the two horses perished. John evi
dently escaped without injury.
SPRING RUSH TO
LtniUnOR GOIiD FIELDS
Patrick Connors of Nome, wishing
to obtain first hand information re
garding the gold strike In Labrador,
sent a telegram to bis brother Thos.
Connors of DuavMle. New Found
land. and received the'following an
Dunville. N. F., April 9. 1923
PATRICK CONNORS, Nome.
All I know to that there Is an
abundance of gojd reported on La
brador. A big rush into tflie new
country is expected when spring;
opens. THOS. CONNORS..
FUR DKAIJBR LEAVES
ON TRIP NORTH
Frank Martin, agent for the Hud
son Bay For Company left Shis week'
on a for buying trtp to Point Bar
re w. Mr. Martin expects to return
by May 5th. With hie team of 13
doge Martin carried about 400 lbs.
of Wolf and Wolverine skim for the
natives in the north country. They
will use these skins for trimming*
on their fur clothing, being the only,
satisfactory skins available for the
purpose.
In speaking of the fur market Mr.
Maontin states that a drop of 20 per
cent has occurred on Martin and
Red Fox slokns and that the general
market is unsteady, with likelihood
of a general drop in the value of aH
skins, according to a telegram re
ceived by him just before starting.
Last overland mail for the “Out
side” will close Thursday evening,
BAHLKES’
RESTAURANT
S. liniiir. m.
S^.RRRCIAL DINNCR PROM
^ • p. m. a r r. m.
MAIL AmnWIMTION
AT UNALAKLKET 1H
ORKATLY EXCESSIVE
According to a telegram received
by the local Poatofflce Thursday Apr
12th. 1500 pounds or accumulated
maiil at Un&Iakleet have been author
lied to be fpr warded.
Aocorddng to carrier Peter Curran
the actual amount of mail accumu
lated at Unalakleet is over two tons
for Nome and at least one ton for
Kotzebue Sound. Why the depart
ment should authorize movement of
such a small portion of the actual
excess v1s mot understood. Unless
further movement is authorized by
the Postal Department we will have
to wait until the first boat arrives
in the spring before we receive mall
mattes* mailed during the early
months of winter. Magazines, par
cel post and other matter has lain
in Unalakleet for many weeks with
out any chance of being forwarded
overland.
PROPOSED TERRITORIAL
TAX ON CANNERIES
Both our Delegate to Congress,
Dan Sutherland, and the Nome leg
islative delegation are making braive
attempts to force the canneries op
erating In Alaskan waters to pay
theftr proportionate share of taxes to
maintain the territory and also to
preserve the fiwh Hi out waters. The
Salmon tax proposed by the present
legislature is being fought by the
fish trusts, but the delegation is de
termined to stand pat and use every
possible effort to carry the bill thry
to enactment.
The Chamber of Commerce Is In
receipt of the following telegram
from its correspondent, James Daly:
Juneau, Alaska. April 12. 1923
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Nome.
The tentative House Committee
Revenue proposal is for a tax on
Red Salmon of 15 cents per case for
the first 15.000 cases with an in
crease with the size of the pack to
75 cents for all-over 60.000 cams.
Chums are 3 cents straight and all
others 3% for the first 10,000 to 20
cents ovwr 60,000. All canneries
must pay 1 per cent on their net in
con** AW canneries come under
the tax provisions.
CITY OOtlNtHi MEETING—
BISECTION RETURNS CANVASSED
Monday evening the Nome City
Council met in Teguilar bt-monthly
session. On this evening election
returns of April 3rd were read and
officially approved. The returns
were ithe same as announced immed
iately alter the Election With the
exception of the number of votes
cast for Councilman H. S. Burgh.
Burgh received 238 official votes
instead of the 243 appearing on the
various return boards.
ATI members with the exception
of T. (Bud) T^ehmann were present.
Regular routine matters were
quickly disposed of and the motion
of adjournment was made at an
early hour.
According to the • report of the
Clerk the city' still has $4524.65
available funds on hand.
The council adjourned to meet
again April 19th. at 8 p. in., at
which time the old council meets
and adjourns sine die. making way
for the new council and other newlj
elected officials.
NOME REPRESENTATIVE WILL
occupy PULPIT AT jyNBAU
Richard Decker, representative
elect from Nome, has been tempor
arily assigned to take over the pas
torate of the Methodist Church up
on his arrival at the territorial cap
ital. - The church has had no pas
tor since the departure of Rev. W.
A. Allion several weeks ago.
Rev. Decker was in charge of the
Met hod lot Church at Nome for three
years, leaving there on the last
steamer last fall. As he was to
come to Juneau for CO days during
the Legislative session and no avail
able man otherwise being available.
Bishop Shepard has asked him to
some North at ones and take oyer,
the pastorate until a successor to
Rev. Alien can ha selected.
Rev. Decker made the race for the
House ms an Independent candidate.
He was second high out of a list of
11 candidates, receiving 40S votes,
Wilson being first with 427. During
his stay (n Nome he represented
both the Methodist end Ooacrega
tional churches under a reciprocal
arrangement that requires each to
furnish a pastor there for alternate
terms of I years each.—Exchange.
FOR BRUT OR SALS !
Anyone taring furnished or un
furnished houses or fhraftnre for!
Mete *. t. ~ St the M.
mm.
DAYTON
FLOUR
PER 25 LBS. SARK
$1.25
A.POLET
HAMMON COM
BREMEN ARRIVE
FROM CALIFORNIA
O. E. Coombs ami Harry Little
arrived in Nome Sunday morning
April 8th behind a combined team of
dogs consisting of the teams of
Brown, Wilson end Ayer.
The gentlemen are employees of
the Hammon Consolidated Cold
Fields and hare long been associat
ed with the Hammon Interests in
California and Oregon. Mr. Coombs
will be bead dredge master on the
Little Creek dredges while Mr. Lit
tle will act as one of the dredge
masters. Both men are married
men and will bring in their famines
on the first boot. Mr. Coombs, who
baa rented the Dr. KJfctUsen resi
dence, has two children of high |
school age.
The men left Seattle March 7th
and arrived in Nome April 8dh mak
ing the trip from Nenana In. 19 days.
At Nenana the Hammon Company
purchased the dog team of Brown
and Wilson and near Unalakleet the
travelers met E. R. Jordan, who had
part of the Ayer team. Mr. Jordan
Ids representing the Seattle Fur Ex
change in Alaska and turned over
the Ayer dogs to Mean. Coombs
and Little. Mr. Jordan wfH arrive
in Nome at a later date.
Mr. Coombs was last located at
Sumpter, Oregon. In the employ,
of the Hammon Company, while Mr.
Little cornels from Ham monton.
Calif., where he was employed by
the Yuba Gold Ftehto Company.
Both men hare been In the service
of Mr. Hammon for many yearn.
While waiting tor the mammoth
dredges to be completed hath men
will make a general survey of con-,
dtftion8. Mr. Coombs will beglrf
gathering his dredge crews, attempt
lag to employ as many local men as
possible. It is quite likely that
wenehmen for the diggers wfll have
to be brought in firom the Outside.
Mr. Little is at Little Creek observ
ing the present dredge construction.
In connactipn with the ■summer’s
dredging aettrtttse we «re advised
that a large rnuahar of new families
will arrive on the first boat*, being
famines of the men employed by the
Yuba and H&mraon Company.
NORTHERN KNIGHTS'
KIIRPKI8K PARTY
(By one of the Knights.)
The Northern Knights, organized
by the cooperation of Rev. Richard
Docker and some of the Nome boy;*,
had a surprise party for tbetr par
ents whBrh Was revealed last Satur
day evening, April 7th.
But for a feW vacancies aU went
fine. The guest* were led to the
tables which were covered with an
appetizing spread. The cooks
wdra of the best, and they were
teachers tiro, so if any of you bach
elors say that a teacher can't cook,
look out. and take it from some one
who knows.
After the eats the guests were to
Witness ‘two short plays. One was
“The Debating Society” the other
“the Capable Servant” The De
bating Society consisted of the ma
jority of the members. The Cap
able Servant had three characters:
Donald Lyfle. Alvin Bahlke and Wal
ter Schroeder. The second alar
was well played but the drat would
not pass a theatrical critic.
Two recitations were given by T.
J. Fromkn and Raymond Haertng.
The Northern Knights began their
•organization'with ten members and
have gained steadily. If not all the
boys in town they at least hare all
the proteetant boys attending Sun
day School, something of which
they are proud. The dob has af
forded some wonderful entertain
ments'for* the boys this Winter sod
stands foremost in their thoughts.
MOOSE MEMORIAL SERVICE
SUNDAY APRIL 18th.
The Loyal Order of Moose will
hold Its Mworlsl Oetrto la die
Moose Hall, Sunday, April 18th, at
2 P. M. All Moose, 1 rglnlshslW»
mad their families are requested to
attend. COMMUTES
FOR SALK
FURNISHED HOUSES. Oae six
room, one 11 room. Also .all the
farahhiags of die Sheldon Hotel.
C. a CROOKS,
1 css a- nay will sfve you thr DaHv
Bulletin and Weekly Nugget.
FALSE RUMORS AFLOAT
lb Ofce e«C|Bt. dust the •apply off MOKjASHM, ENGLISH WALNUTS
md PIANVT BUTTER «• folok B Rone.
THAT IS NOT THE TRUTH
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TIE I. E. OMWLEV ttMElY M. III.