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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 20. No. 41. N O MR, ALASKA. SATURDAY, (HTOliER II. I9»* OH.vor.d by Carr.or or Ma.lod.*1 00 p**r Mo.it*
HAMMON CO. NOWi
HAVE 3 DREDGES
OPERATING
On Tuesday October 7 th the
ll&mmon ConHolidated Cold Fieldu
placed in operation Dredge No. 3, i
which was recently constructed I
and completed by the Yuba Mfg. j
Co. and turned over to the Ham* j
non company.
Superintendent If. R. Edwards
of the llammon Consolidated Cold
Fields, states that the new dredge
Is performing like a veteran, duo
to the machinery being new, the
dredge wus naturally run under
a slow bell until several adjust
ments were made, and the first
few days the dredge was not
forced to dig to its full capacity.
Marry Little, who is in charge of
the new dredge has been keeping
his weather eye peeled in order
to check up any lost, motion and
any irregularities which might
happen to occur.
This marks the beginning of
three mammath electric-driven
dredges now operating within a
short distance of Nome, and it is
predicted that within a short time
*an equal number of dredges will
he digging the yellow mots! from
the tundra laden reaches just
back of the city There are
miles of acreage of gold-hearing
formation between (’ape Nome and
Cape Rodney which in the near
future will be spotted with these
mammoth gold dredges reclaim
ing tho pr<tclous gold which lies tin
tier the tundra fn this section.
onstrueted
Dtwlup No. 3 was '(
on Discovery Wonder Creek, and
is close to the place where a
dredge was formerly operated by
E E. Powell several years ago,
and which was dismantled .owing
t.o the fact that the dredge was
not of sufficient depth digging
capacity to reclaim the values
which lay on bedrock
t»0 men are now employed in the
operation of the three electric
dredges, the machines are in oper
ation 24 hours and a power plant
on the banks of Dry creek com
posed of six deisel engines furnish
the electricity. Three new deisel
units were added to the power
plant this Summer and are now in
running order.
Superintendent Ed wards stated
tbat owing to the early froet the
Pioneer Ditch was closed on the
Sixth, and tin- Miocene Ditch on
the Ninth of October. Hydraulic
operations were closed down for
the season on the Oth, as was also
the cold water thawing system.
A new wagon and automobile
road is being constructed over the
tailing piles due to the fact that,
the present road site will he dredg
ed next season.
Superintendent Edwards also in
formed uh that the railroad grade
has been rebuilt across the Haw
mon Company property, and that
the maximum grade now corres
ponds to the maximum grade on
other portions of the railroad. '
LaBt year the two mammoth el
ectric dredges were able to oper
ate through the cold weather until
December 6th., when the ice in
the ponds became too thick to suc
cessfully run them any longer. The
three dredges will continue to op
erate this Fall Just as long as the
weather conditions will permit.
DANCE SATURDAY OCT. 25.
The Midnight Hun Itehckah
Ixidge No. 8A I. O. O. F„ will give
a Farewell Dance In the Odd Fel
lows Hall, Saturday, October 25.
Admission, gentlemen 81.50, La
dles free. Music at 8:80 sharp.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
HOMW MEETING
The Northwestern Alaska Cham
ber of Commerce met at the office of
R. W. J. Reed, Deputy Collector
or Customs, on W* dnesday after
noon. with a good representation
of the members present.
A resolution was passed asking
the Railroad Commission to con
sider putting boats on the route
from Holy Cross to St Michaels
and from St. Michaels to Nome,
thus affording through service for
the people of Nome by the way
of the government railroad and
greatly helping this section in the
way of communication with the
outBide as well as with points in
interior Alaska.
At present the Commission Is
connecting Nenana and Holy Cross
with a boat service which could
and would be extended to Nome
if proper pressure was brought to
bear and it is proposed by the
Chamber to keep at this matter
until some results are obtained
A second resolution was passed
urging the Alaska Road Commis
sion to consider the matter of ox
tending the tram road from Lane's
Landing, the present, terminus 90
j miles from here, through th« K > i
I garok district and on to Caudle
| and Peering on the other side of
I the Peninsula to improve the
| transportation facilities between
j Nome and Kotzebue as well as
I to open up and aid in the devel
opment of a good deal of inter
j tary to both places.
j on the *«rrle<M 'if W. \v I.uV.'iii
District. Road Supervisor for th<
Alaska Road Commission win
passed, asking that his M-rvtcei
be retained permanently Mr
Lukens having had the interest
I of the district in mind in bis faith
j ful carrying on of th<jf_ .;<k ir
j bis charge for the past season
ALASKA DAY TO UK
i i;i,Kim\TKI> SAT I II DA \
AT L4RC2K KA(il,E HAM.
j Next Saturday. October ImIi..
j is Alaska Day and Nome is going
i to celebrate and do il up brown.
J All the business houses are to tic*
j cloned and a general holiday de
clared. A fitting program is toeing
J molded into Hhape and directly fol
| lowing the program will come the
I big dance, in which everybody in
! Invited to join and have a good
j Among the many features of the
entertainment which will be af
forded will be something for every
one to keep interested in every
minute of the evening and during
the dunce prizes will be awarded
for the best dancers
The admission tickets. which will
appear early in the week, will have
a coupon attached, entitling, the
purchaser to 100 votes for their
favorite for the most popular lady,
and another coupon of 100 votes
for the most popular gentleman
The awards to he given to the
winners will be on display at some
business house soon, and will bo
well worth while.
The hnllot box will be placed in
Polet’s Store on Tuesday morning
and coupons may bo deposited
from that date until the drawing,
which will occur at the hall dur
ing the evening of the celebration.
The admission ticket itself will
entitle the holder to participate in
the drawing for five door prizes
which will also be given at the
evening entertainment.
The celobration will be under
♦he auspices of the Eagle Hall
Tom mission. The members of the
committee in charge are as fol
lows: A. Polet. Judge Adams. N.
W. Lewis, Ralph Lomen. Arthur
Wright, T. L. Krommer. J. P. Brit
zlus, Jim Stokes. Ivan Schelke and
Jack dale, all of whom will unite
in making “Fun for all—all for
The admission will be one dollar
for adults and children will be ad
mitted free.
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and Nome Weekly Nugget
BRITISH LABOR
GOVERNMENT IS
NEAR END
LONDON, Oct. 10. i A I* i—Great
Hritain’fl firm Labor Government
virtually ended today when the
House of Commons carried by a
vote of three hundred and Hlxty ,
four to one hundred ami ninety
eight a motion to demand the sel
ection of a committee to Investi
gate the action of Attorney Gen
eral Hastings for withdrawing the
prosecution of the case of Com
munist James Campbell. Kditor of
the Workers' Weekly, on charges
of inciting His Majesties forces to
sedition. The Government Is ask
ing that Parliament he dissolved
tomorrow, and this action will in
all likelihoo*d follow.
LONDON, Oct. 11 (AIM Dis
solution of the Houpe of Common
tonight and an election for Ooto
her twenty ninth was announced
after the King in privy council at
Ruekinghnm Palace with Under
wood considered the resignation
the Cabinet. MacDonald issued >
statement that t lie Ciovoruntcni
preferred to avoid the ex non so of
a general election hut was con
palled to accept the situation. v
MacDonald returned to No t"
Downing Street, the crowds s at
ed “flood old Mac." '['In Lalon
Party Conference whieli yostorda'
•aid aside Its garb continu'*-* wiif
••nthusiasm today when At lone
(leneral Hastings, who dropped ire
I rosecntlon against the Comm i
ist editor, appeareil. The Convei,
’ Don stood preef. cheered au*i r. ,
“The Red Flag" lustily Mai Don
aid said that the resignation ••!
tin- Cabinet was conditional on De
final passage of the Irish Round
LONDON. Oct, 11 • AIM The
Mouse of Lords today passed the.
Irish Roundnry Mill which had al
randy been passed by the Douse
of Commons. The King is expert
ed to give his assent to the Dill to- I
MMil ATINi: WORLD FLY I P.
MAKFS OOOD I'ROORFSS
I TOKYO. Or!. ICNAP) Tin- Ar
jgentiije hround the world f1y«*r.
|Zannl. arrived at Kgoshlma today
from Shanghai on his way i.. the
of tho Aleutian Islands
\i/ask \ legislation
IIAS BEEN KWOMMI \i*i;i>
WASHINGTON. Oil. 10. t.M’t
It was announced that legi.dalion
has been recommended to ;• •.mil
Federal oflicials. or employ-■ to
perform duties of vacant po ts in
Territorial Alaska, legal d i Ion
having forbidden the supervising
engineer of the r.ureau of Vines
to do work of the Mine Inspector
and . the Labor Commissioner after
the Legislature had temporarily
abolished three offices.
PITTSBURG HAS TONG WAR
PITTSBURG, Oct. 11 (AP)—j
A tong war which has been brew
ing for several months broke to
day in Chinatown, and resulted in
the killing of Lee Sam. who Is re
puted to he the leader of the Hip
Ring Tong.
NEW YORK. Oct. 11 (AIM
Following an outbreak here be
lieved to he the result of the out
break of the Tong war In Pitts- '
burg, and which resulted In the .
shooting in Chinatown last night,
when one was killed and two j
wounded, the Police Department :
has adopted emergency measures
to prevent a recurrence.
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SENATORS WIN
WORLD SERIES
FOUR TO THREE
WASHINGTON. D Oct. 10. |
A I'i Washington baseball fank i
ir*- wild with excitement tonight
>ver the victory of the Senators
>v«*r the Giants which resulted in
he winning of the world series for |
Washington for the first time in
he history of baseball. Wednes
day's win by the Giants making it
hree games to two made it look |
* hit blue for the Senators but
hev were still held as favorites.
Thursday's game was won by the
•d-nators before a crowded stand
which made the series stand at
1 hree wins each Friday morning
ticket speculators were selling
tickets to late comers for as high
:<■ ?l 50 each and could not supply
The scores; Huns H B
Washington 1 1" <
\ I. \sK \ (Mil l roMi*i,i;'l I i»
in KFX’cmi> pKitroim.wri-:
SHWAIID. AlHKka. Oct. 1" iAI'i
M ten o'clock WedneHdnv morn
i ii u the 1 lilted Si hick Army Signal
< urps fahleKhip I mil wood arrived
here with th** shore end of the
:p w Alaska-Sent tb- Cable The con
.'•lioiiH which iiave been existing
-nice Spring were immediately re
lieved using the Dell wood apnnr
at us until tiie shore station could
In• placed in operation. The Dell
wood has completed a rmarkable
performance laying seven hundred
'and thirty eight nautical rnlh
and three thousand feet of sub
marine cable, weighing five linn
died and five tons, in four days
and four hours from Ketchikan.
IK lit AII < ANVASSIM. rOK
rnMMITTKK l\ VKSTliiATi:
l,\ FOM.KTTi: I »! A HI.IS
WASHINGTON. On II . A I• .
Senator Rorali can vatuting tin*
mpmbcrs of the Senate, said today
that (In* CampuiKii Committee is
considering a meeting to investi
gate the charges of LaFnlMlP re
gardinj: a Republican sin li fund.
sr< ■< i \iits to 01*1:1:A l ios
Dailbert, captain of tin- Rods, wlm
died yoslorda' had just undergone
fin operation lor appendicitis
lIKKIt IIV «MSS WINS
IIY S^I.AIil, MA.lOltlTY
'flu* recount of i lu> plebiscite . |- r
lion of June tweutioth for the «• ity
of Vnnen»?ver showed sixteen thous-1
and four bundled ninety-eight for'
beer by the glass hikI sixteen (lions- I
and four hundred twenty against
the measure. i
i*i:ki.v<; \tt,\<kki»
BY CHAM. FOHCKSj
London. Oct. 10. (AIM— King’
George returning from a holiday .
dispatched a note to Chang, rebel ;
leader saying that a political rri- i
sis would arise through the prac
tice of bombing undefende<| towns.
Chang In answer declared that his,
forces must attack Peking because,
1» was the enemy headquarters and i
that if the capital is removed, the ,
city will be unmolested. It was
reported through eastern news dis- j
patchers that the Chang army had |
fired shells in the vicinity of the j
Japanese barracks at Rhanhaikwan. j
It is also stated that one of the I
rebel forces had penetrated the i
Great Wall of Chinn
^rUHt ltlHF FOP THK M (i(iFT
I**►TillKit i .\HK IlKSKT
l*V GOVLItNMLNT
TACOMA. Oct. 10. 1A P j The
Government reset tin* Pothier case
for trial after a lengthy confer
ence with Attorney Lyle of Taco
TACOMA. Oct. 11. C\P)---James
I.* ■■ a Department of .Justice agent
testified yesterday to Pothier mak
ing ins confession when he declar
ed i’othier exclaimed “Let’s get
down to brass tacks. I killed Moj
or f’ronkbitc and Captain Rosen
bluth put nic tip to it."
TACOMA. Oct. 10. f A I* i Judge
Cushman today granted a motion
to dismiss one alleged confession
of I’othier. but refused to reject
three other confessions, one of
which implicated Koscnbluth.
sm;N\MM>\H Till AI. FLIGHT
HKING roMI*LKTKI>
FORT WORTH. Oct. K. (AP)
The Dirigible Shenandoah arrived
here tonight on her trans-continen
tal trial flight.
\ HOARD SHKN ANDOA II. Oct
s (APt The Shenandoah is fast
completing iter nine thousand mile
| test voyage She was traveling at
I the rate of 50 miles per hour at
f • lie woods and fields along the Al
r < Mt I \V')HTl I
«v«-r i/i i' |hiw. i In- ili'Vflo|iin
of this him in »»v«*ry direction
maximnin si-rvim for tin- Atunrh
' It ciinnoi ii i!i-vi*lup
ill Ciinadliiii I'ollci* arrived !
i- .UTiIiiv wit 11 five Indians in
y, i-liarued with fin- tortur
'd k ill ini' of a Mocassin lad
Chinese kii.i
< 'HIM \ A I. I'RISOVKKS
Tientsin. Chinn. Oct I <• (A I*'
Twent} lour < riinn.il prisoners wlm i
wore captured hy the IVkiim army
near Shanhaikwan wore hound* on
cording lo report?! hero today. The |
General n innrklnc on llie incident
to the. othei bad characters. Two
Manchurian spi< were captured
and alno executed. All crimnal
prisoners in tii«• district have been
ordered shot.
STONE SI'KAKS l»l.AIM.V
Washington. Oet. 10. (AIM- At
torney General Stone today in ref
erence to the continual charges of j
Han Johnson and others on the j
liquor question said “If Han John- ;
ton or anybody else has evidence
>f law violation, they should pro- 1
■tent it to the authorities."
<1,OKING OPT STOC K
Winter Coats fjUI2.no and $.N7..N<>.
Dresses, Hats, Mouses, Skirts, Silk
Hose. Fancy I'tnlerwear. etc., at
MRS. J. W ANGER,
Opposite Court Honsr
Hutwcrihc NOW for the Nome N'ncia'l
SOVIET GOV'T.
NOT FAVORABLE
SAYS HOIJER
Nels Hoijer, missionary. arrived
in Nome* a In nird the Schooner
New Vork on Thursday after
spending the season on the Siber
ian roast, making rails at York
and Teller enroute Mr. Hoijer
Hill spend the winter in and
around Seatle with a possible trip
to California on a lecture tour
He had the experience, shortly
before leaving Siberia, of being
warned against possible violence
a f the hands of Soviet officials
who were near at hand aboard a
ship, and being advised against
remaining in that vicinity tinder
penalty of bring taken into rus
Th«* missionary hi been spend
ing a great deal of time in the
work in different parts of Russia
it. ISMi. and is well informed
nil th«' subject of the ■overnmental
conditions there.
In his opinion it is not right to
iet.'' which is supposed to mean
the voice of the people. He says
that it is the voice of a few who
have gained powc; and instead
tin* road to despotism through
tin* greed and ungodliness of the
present administrations. “They
are naturally supposed to be
working against capitalism, but
n worse capitalism than ever be
fore was known in Russia is to
day apparont, by those who ha."
‘•■el zed the wealth of the count rv
and have converted it to their
own ends.” ard Mr !!• ier in an
Interview Friday
"Tlie posslfdlitie. M, trade be
tween the United States and Mi
lieria are pradticy' ’ \ unlirrit'd.
and tlie adjustment or diploma'
ie relations which would permir
commerce would be extrei.eiv
profitable to both I hope to
live to sc. t he (r>\ that bring'*
this about.” be continued. " \y
i-* concerned, there ill be t big
future of Russia i
vho arc beginning t«»
ReligitlllS f'eed' j .
tlji limit of thour-li
barring churches to
idoliiry. Inn reliei*
■t thought
kind hv force. u present the
government allow- *ne churches
right to use the buildings for nnv
purpose they see to front curd
parties and dances to holding
meetings for agitation against tin*
On this trip nut Mr Holjer will
ittompt tn have arranRcments
mart** for vminger men to take
•harRo of the district in wliich he
has boon work ini*. On account
if tho difficulties *'\perienced on
ilu* mainland he advises estnb
ishiny a mission itase at Little
Itiomodo Island, from which place
he natives on Bir Diomede, lust
teross the international boundary
line, can easily be reached ami
prom where it will be also pos
tible to work the mainland to
tome extent, flt. Lawrence Island
s also a desirable location for
-neb operations and he hopes to
iee a base mission started on thsit
island also.
Social Dance, TO-NIGHT, 9130 Sharp, At Eagle Hall