LOCAL NEWS
ALASKA KOAI> («M3IISK10\
DOES AX»lMKNDAIlLE WOUK
The Nugget representative made
a trip over the railroad which is
being rehabilitated by the Alaska
Road Commission, and found that
much work had been done toward
the completion of the road. The
trip was made with Superintendent
R. L. Sommers who has a motor ca
■uhich operates over the rails.
The track is in flne condition
from Banner Station to Darling
26 miles, bridges along fhe line hav
been placed in repair ani a deck
built over the ties which will make
it possible for a Dog-Mob:1'* to cross
these bridges at top speed. A
saddle horse could be r’dden along
the track with the same ease thai
a wagon road would atfjrd. a
speed of 20 Hides per ho ir :an be
n aintained *m* • h* track which
has been re?, vi-.vd Without the lea”
danger of a car becoming derailed.
The bridge across Nome river has
been placed in repair temporarily so
Dog-Mobiles and other traffic can
cross for the time being. The pile
driver Ls on the job at that location
and began driving piles yesterday.
This bridge will be placed in better
condition than ever before
There has been a great amount of
work necessary to place the road in
the condition that now exists, any
one passing over the road hurriedlv
would never notice the amount of
work that was necessary, but when
one stops and looks over the differ
ent places that has been repaired,
and realizes the amount of work
that had to be done in order to
make all the fills where the track
•was washed out and the timber
work that had to be added to the
bridges, it is hard to realize that
such a small number of men. as
Supt. Sommers was able to hire,
could do this amount of work in the
The different camps along the line
are well situated, and the men all
seem to be well pleased with their
work. One camp which is located
near Darling Creek and the place
where the Nugget representative
and S?ipt. Sommers had dinner, has
besides some real railroad builders,
an assortment of fishermen that
would bo hard to equal. One of the
boys who is an old timer in the
Kougarok district hold tho record ;
for catching tho larger amount of
fish for quite a while, but at last ■
one of the boys hit upon a scheme
whereby the old timer was sent
down to defeat, and now it is the j
talk of the camp about Mike’s de
feat at the hands of Bill and his !
" Supt. Sommers is to he commend
ed for the expedite manner in which j
the work on the railroad has went
ahead this summer.
Before any work what ver could
be done toward the rehabilitating1
of the railroad, it was necessary to 1
get material to the different loca-;
tlons. and before this was done
many small details which used up
time had to be looked after. When
one realize* the short time the
Road Commission has had to work
in. then we begin to wonder how
so much work could be done in such
-hurt time. Since the beginning of
the season not over 1T> men have
been employed at one time in the
rebuilding of the railroad.
Next summer will see the com
pletion of the railroad into Shelton
and then it will be an easy matter
for a small crew of men to keep the
I road in condition during the sum
j tuer months, which will be done by
the Alaska Road Commission.
S. H. VKTOIUA S:\I1-S
FOR SEATTLE
: The Alaska Steamship Company
| steamer Victoria sailed from Nome
I at 10 P. M. Sept. 4th on her third
| round trip voyage of the season
! from Seattle to Nome and return.
The Victoria had a very large pas
senger list which is printed below
S. Hayne. Emma Escholtz.
.Marie Escholtz, Mrs A T Walker.!
Jas. O'Sullivan. J C Brown. C Bed- j
son. John Lindberg. Miss M. Kelly, j
Miss E Day. John Wick. Mrs A C
Seymour. C L Peck. E .1 Mathews.
Mrs E C Buckmaster, Miss M Senes
cu. W C Hammon. Mrs W C Ham-1
mon. Capt Roald Amundsen. E Oer-1
stenberger. Ed F Goetz. O A Bige- j
low-. Ira D Orton. John Patrich. Sam
Gaylord. Gus Bjornstad. Eunice!
Buck. H G Gabrielson. P J Pallson. j
Flora Dexter. Harold Noice, Dan j
Sutherland. G S Widstadt. Fred .
Freeze. Napoleon Borgamaschi, Dick I
Koguik. Alfred Lean. Ben Goodrich.
Arthur Gregory. Cooley Baillie. S.
U Swanson. Wm. Gunn. Frank Ryan j
M. Forsman. J Sommerville. F C |
Pritchard. Robt. D Sackett. Paul
Buck. John Dexter. Sister Ann.
Agent Daly of the Alaska Steam
ship Company, states that the S. S.
Victoria will make five trips to j
Nome during the season of 1B24. j
and that the company will operate ■
at least two freighters on this run. |
one at the opening of navigation to I
serve the Bering Sea ports, and an-*
other the latter part of June to';
handle later shipments to Bering ’
Sea ports and also Kotzebue Sound. 1
The sailing date of the last trip
of the Victoria this season from j
Seattle has been announced as the j
6th of October.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court for the Precinct of Cape
Nome. Territory of Alaska
IN PROBATE
fn the matter of the Estate of
VICTOR SODERBERG. Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY , GIVEN
that the undersigned administrator
of the estate of Victor Soderberg,
deceased, has filed in the above en
titled court his final account as such
administrator, and that Saturday the
17th day of November 1923. at the
hour of two o'clock P. M. of said
day has been fixed by said court as
the time for hearing of objections to
said report, and the settlement
thereof.
E. W. CARLETON.
Administrator of the Estate of
Victor Soderberg. deceased.
Publish Sept. 8. 15. 22. 29. Oct. 6th.
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PAYS \OMK VISIT
Delegate Dan Sutherland arrived
in Nome last Monday night from an
extended trip thru Alaska, and is
returning 10 the States on thla trip
of the steamer Victoria. In an in
terview with Mr. Sutherland the
Delegate made known the following
The visit of the Presidential par
ty to Alaska aroused more interest i
than any other event that has ever]
occurred to Alaska, and will with-;
««ut a doubt result in an ultimate
good to the Territory. The late
President Warren G. Harding in his
speech at Seattle after returning
from Alaska said: "It was up lo
Alaska to work out her own *|es
tiny.” and Delegate Sutherland said
he agrees with the late President o
that issue.
Delegate Sutherland said, while
both the Presidential and Congres
sional party agreed upon a liberal
policy toward Alaska. on other
questions there were various opin
ions formed which are conflicting.
As to the consolidation of Govern
ment Bureaus. Delegate Sutherland
stated that he did not think this
move would add to the prosperity of
the Territory.
Delegate Sutherland’s policy to
ward the fishing industry- is to hold
that industry open to the pubHc. he
does not believe that any corpora
tion should have an option on this
industry, and it is to that end that
Delegate Sutherland is working.
Delegate Sutherland made an ex
tended visit along the coast of
Southwestern Alaska and going as!
far as Bristol Bay points stopped off;
at Kanatak which is the base of the
oil drilling operations, and sized up i
the situation. He met many old '
timers at that point who are filled ■
with optimism over the prospects
A general spirit of confidence in
drill results prevails at Kanatak. '
The format-ion so far has been un- '
usually hard, but this i* believed to !
ering the shale which is common to j
the country. The Standard Oil !
Company seems *to have met with
some adverse conditions and eonse- ;
fluently have not made the same
headway in drilling as has been
made by the Associated Co.
The population of Kanatak is
largely old timers and the old at
mosphere of optimism that marked
the placer camps of early days is
to he noted everywhere, especiallv 1
"•here groups of sold prospectors I
The Coast and Geodetic Survey j
vessels are surveying the Coast of
Shelikof Strait and to the westward. '
Extensive preparations for a big
seasons work have been made and
as the large survey ships are pro
vided with powerful launches and a |
crew for three shifts per day we j
may look for complete charts of this j
heretofore unchartered region with-;
if. a year. Although we have had :
in the past general charts of this
section the waters have not been
sounded and navigators have avoid
ed many bays and inlets which con
tains reefs and shoals. With the
completion of the Geodetic Survey
we may look for many additional
aids to navigation which are great
ly needed in these western waters.
It is to be hoped that congress will
take a liberal attitude in its appro
priations for lighthouses and bouys
in a country where general trade
expansions is a certainty.
Mr. Sutherland stated that there
seems to be some difficulty in the
tiTancial department of the suinhui
n.'ning company at Akutan Island
and thus a temporary suspension of
operations. An overhead tram from
tidewater to the top of the moun
tain where the sulphur deposit oc
curs has been completed and It is
hoped that shipping of the product
will commence soon. An individual
who was in the employ of the Com
pany told Mr. Sutherland that while
he was dissatisfied with his exper
ience with the company he mantaln
ed that there is no question regard
ing the extent of the sulphur de
posit. He fixes the amount in sight
at one million tons.
The fox raising business seems to
be in a prosperous condition, and
altho some disappointment was ex
pressed at London prices this year
for blue fox pelts, there is no lack
of confidence in the stability of this
industry.
On the whole the outlook (or
Western Alaska Ib good and if the
optimism of the people of Kanatak
Is warranted Mr. Sutherland looks
for developments on a scale larger
I than has been dreamed of since the
Klondike rush. The ‘'Anticline” the
“Slncline” and the “Gusher” hotels
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Jit Kanatak give evidence of. what
should be expected in tlevelopment
enterprise. Mr. Sutherland said he
was sanguine and the boys would
find a gusher. If not at Kanatak
then some where else for as he re
marked, “that is the history of the
game as well as the life story of
the men who are on the beach at
Portage Bay waiting for the wells to
rinXKKIW OF ALASKA TO RAISE
MONEY FOR HARDING
MEMORIAL.
I Pursuant to a resolution passed
by Igloo No. 15. Pioneers of Alas
ka relative to the erection of a suit
j able monument in honor of the late
I President Warren G. Hardin?, rules i
j have been adopted for the carrying
out of the intentions of the said
j resolution.
In their communication to the
Nugget the Pioneers of Igloo No.
15. Anchorage. Alaska, state: “We
respectfully ask the moral support
of all newspapers and religious, fra
ternal and Civic organizations in
the territory of Alaska." The com
municat'on adds that “Under no
circumstances will financial collec
tive aid be accepted, as it is our
intention that this monument shall
be erected by the people as individ
uals. and each individual contribut
ing to same is to receive his jus:
credit. Contributions will be one
dollar ($1.00) from each person
wishing to take part, no more and
Igloo No. 15 states that it is
their Intention to make the erection •
of the monument a lodge affair only
insofar as it is necessary to create
a working organization.
The Secretary of each Pioneer
Igloo in the Territory has been ap
pointed agent for the collection of 1
funds, and shall be custodian of
said funds and shall be responsible
for same until such time as arrange
merits have been made for the pur- .
chase and erection of said monu
ment. at which time the funds are |
to be turned over to whoever shall |
be designated as Treasurer of the j
Executive Committee for that pu**- j
As all contributions are to be en
tirely voluntary, the plans are to j
leave subscription lists in conven- J
ient places thruout the various dis
tricts. the Secretary of the nearest jj
Igloo gathering same as often a?
shall be convenient, a list of the';
names of the subscribers shall be !
given to the nearest paper for pub- '
.ication and the funds so collected !
to be deposited in some .safe place ;
until called for.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR PATENT.
M. S. No. 1347. M. A. No. 0601.
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE. AT NOME. ALASKA.
August 7th, 1023.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
THOMAS KAHOE. whoa* post office
address is Nome. Alaska, has made
application before the United States
Land Office at Nome. Alaska, for a
United States Patent. for the |
MOONSHINE FRACTION PLACER |
Mining Claim, situated on the left |
limit of Snake River, about two j
miles westerly from the Towr of
Nome, in the Cape Nome Recording j
Precinct. Territory of Alaska. Sec-1
ond Division, and designated by the
Surveyor General of Alaska, as Min
eral Survey No. 1347; the exterior!
boundaries of said claim according !
to the plat and field notes of said .
survey now on file in said land office
with a magnetic variation of 18 deg.
50 min. E.. being as follows:
MOONSHINE FRACTION PLACER.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1. identical
with the S. E. Cor. of the loca
tion and Cor. No. 1 White Placer
Claim. Sur. No. 1154; whence
USLM No. 1C. bears S. 18 deg.
05 min., 30 sec. E. 1066.50 ft.,
thence N. 31 deg. 36 min. W.
21.00 ft. to Witness Cor. A fir
post 4 ins. sq.. 4 ft. long, set in
earth mound, scribed WC 1 1347
M 1 1154 W.. thence continuing
on same course 488.80 ft. to Cor.
No. 2. identical with Cor. No. 2
White Placer, and Cor. No. 3 El
Oro Placer, both of Sur. No.
1154; a fir post same size and
similarly set as at Witness Cor.
above described, scribed this post
so as to indicate the various
claim corners it marked; thence
S. 33 deg. 17 min. W.. 573.20 ft.
to Cor. No. 3, identical with Cor.
No. 1 Troy Bench Fraction Placer
and Cor. No. 7 Snyder Placer,
both of Sur. No. 739; a fir post
4 ins. sq., 4 ft. long, set in earth
mound, scribed 3 1347 M 1 739
T 739 S. thence N. 85 deg. 35
min. E. 583.50 ft. to Cor. No.
1 and place of beginning, con
taining an area of 3.037 A.
The adjoining claims are on the
N.. Loyal Fraction, Sur. No. 739,
El Oro Placer, Sur. No. 1154; E..
Whtie Placer, Sur. No. 1164; S.,
unsuvreyed; W., Troy Fraction
Placer. Sur. No. 739.
U. S. L. M. No. 1C, to which
this survey is tied, is a fir post!
6 ins. sq.. 5 ft. high, in earth1
mound. Berthed USLM No. 1C,'
situated on W. side Snake River,
adjoining the Townsite of Nome, I
in Lat. 64 deg. 31 min. N., Long.
165 deg. 23 min. W.
JOHN SUNDBACK.
Register.
Publish Aug. X1. 18. 25. Sept. 1, 8.
15, 22, 29, Oct. 6, 1923.
Everyday
We are unpacking something new
Hats and Coats,
Evening Gowns,
Afternoon Gowns,
Woolen Dresses
AH kinds of Knitted Wear
5kirts, Blouses and all
Kinds of Dry Goods
Anything that is stylish ip
wearing apparel we have it.
A visit to our store will convince
you that prices are lower
than last year
The Bon Marche
isfhtl your lucmy will Im- cIkm iC IIv Refunded.
Good Merchandise
At Lowest Prices
AT
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The only exclusive Men’s Store
in Nome
( The Home of Hart, Schaff ner & Marx Clothes, aad Stetson Hats. )
MAH. ORDERS GIVEN' PERSONAL ATTENTION.
I WHOLESALE. RETAIL.
M. WEISBERG, Manager.
SHIP ALASKA FURS QUICK!
We’re paying big price* for Alaska fur*—demand strong.
We are the largest buyers of Alaska furs in this big
central Market and we must have all kinds for quick
..I. at present high prices. Money sent same day ship
ment comes in—cash, draft or money order, whichever
you want. ACT NOW—if you have one skin or a
hundred. Ship to us at once.
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