NEWS NOTES
The Belinda returned from n trad
ing trip to the Siberian coast Friday
evening, bringing a good sixed load of
furs and other trade materials.
The Twins, a native owned schooner
arrived from the American Diomede
Island Saturday afternoon with a load
of Island natives in search of supplies
and trade in the haunts of the strange
Whiteman.
At no time during the present sum
mer lias the Nome roadsted presented
a livelier aspect than today. Kleven
vessels were anchored in the offing at
one time, a majority being ships be
longing to the Nome coasting fleet.
The J. F. Halpin Company is re
ported constructing a large and sub
stantial warehouse and storage build
ing at the Lost River landing a few
miles below the mini* to facilitate the
handling of freight and supplies.
The tug Hettie B. returned from
I.ost Liver anil the Teller sec tion Sat
urday afternoon, bringing Mr J. F.
Halpin, head of the Halpin tin mining
company, fSeo. D. Schofield. A1 Lowe
and one other passenger. The tug
will return with a laid c.j freight for
the Lost Liver mini* operations.
The schooner Rupert returned from
a trip to Solomon this morning and
the Golovin-Kuyuk Transportation
Company power boat Arctic Chief also
put Into port from Dime creek in
charge* of Harry Chester. The Arctic
Chief expects to get away on a return
trip to Golovin and Dime this after
Nels Swnnberg arrived in town
Saturday from the I.ee and Swnnberg
hydraulic plant on Osborne ere. ': and
reported that operations are in full
swing at the present, time. Owing to
an ample supply of \v\nter, the dirt is
being moved at an excellent rate and
a practically full crew is employed. Mr
Swnnberg returned to Osborne Sunday.
Two Russian schooners arrived in
the roadsted during the past thirty six
hours, both in search of supplies for
the farther coast. One of the vessels
is the former Nome schooner Nugget
but Is now known as the Sable. The
other is a strange craft with a name
tainted on her how which it would be
useless to publish as no one could pro
A cnifsidcrable number of enter
tainment and dance lovers attended
the social dance given by the Pioneer
Women organization at the Igloo, Sat
urday evening. As Ss customary at
the Pioneer functions, the dance was
marked by a pleasing air of socihility
and good fellowship and the music was
excellent. A delicious punch was
served. The program lasted until well
past the midnight hour.
Teller arrivals say the fishing sea
son is Just commencing and no more
than a small quantity of fish has been
packed up to the present. As else
where along the coast, the salmon run
was somewhat Inter than usual and
the fish have been coming into Port
C!arence scarcely more than a week.
Rrn Nyggren and Sam Torkelson have
been the principal packers and are
leaking preparations for handling the
run on a more extensive scale than
last year.
Rasing the figures on the number of
trips still to he made by the vessels
engaged In the Seattle-Rerlng Sea
trc.de, Nome is due to receive six
more mails from the States before
navigation closes. The Senator and
I«atouche, both of which are enroute
hero at present, will bring two mall
consignments and the remaining four
will be carried by the Victoria and
Cordova. During the same interval
Snaps At
HOLT GASH STORE
Motor Cycle . % 75.00
1 Steam Laundry, complete ... 200.00
8econd Hand Lumtier per M. . . .50.00
Doors, WindowH all prices.
Mining Boilers complete, reasonable.
Trunks Suit Cases etc, cheap
Furniture, Beds Matreaaes very cheap
Mining Outfits, Dredge supplies
HOLT Is there with the GOOD8
six southbound mails will leave Nome.
Three of the outgoing consignments
will be carried by tlie Victoria and
the remainder by the Senator, Cordova
and Ijatouche.
Senator and Mrs. J. It. Heckman of
Ketchikan entertained a number of
their Nome acquaintances with a din
nei party at the Nelbling Cafe Satur
day evening. Covers were set for 12.
Among the guests included in the
party was Mrs. Charlotte Cameron,
the noted English journalist who has
been visiting Nome during the past
few days at the end of a Journey thru
the territory which may later provide
the subject matter for a literary work
featuring Alaska. Following the din
ner. the party repaired to the theatre
and later heard Mrs. Cameron deliver
an Interesting lecture on her travels In
Africa.
The mail boat Arctic returned from
her second trip of the year to Kotze
bue Sound ports at f»:30 this morning
and is expected to get away for St.
Michael and points to the eastward
during the afternoon. The schooner
brought down ten passengers from
various Northern and western j*olnts,
in addition to the mails and a quantity
of cargo. The vessel also brought A.
C.. Blake and II. L. Blake from Kce
walik to Lost River on her way down.
The following were included among
the arrivals here. J. C,. Brown, from
Kcewallk: Chas. and Hi Pill, from
Teller: Mr. and Mrs. .las. Corbett,
fiom Keewnlik: H. Robinson from
Keewalik: S.J. Rakke. from Kotzebue:
Tbos. Killeen, from Kotzebue: Arthur
Magavluk. the native postmaster at
Wales, and Clias. Menadlook the na
tive school teacher of Shismnroff.
Mrs Tascher. teacher of the govern
ment school at Cape Prince of Wales
during the past winter, is spending *t
short vacation in Nome while llie
school is closed. The lady endured n
decidedly nerve tucking experience
during the influenza epidemic, when
practically the entire village was laid
prostrate by the ravages >.f the feel
disease which later wiped out close
to a hundred and fifty lives. Thanks
to wide experience ns a trained nurse.
Mrs Tascher was able to handle the
situation with good effect until be
coming a victim herself. Even while
prostrate site continued to administer
medicines and instructions from leer
bedside until tin* arrival of the relief
| party permitted relaxation from her
fheroic efforts to aid her charges.
| A .1. Mealier is displaying in hi
jewc-lry store window a curio in the,
[shape of a tooth of the < Men flladiato ./
or "killer" whale, the owner of which/
was caught this spring by natives •*!
[the Diomede Islands. The kill.*
disposition and ferocity and pcn. 'ia :ft ]
fot attacking and killing othe- >-pj
denizens, is something of a rarity In |
[these waters, although common to tje
iwaters of the Southern hemisphere'.
The natives who took the speeitden I
from which the tooth was obtained
Isay the killers are seen around |he
Diomedes in packs of twelve or mpre
at times. The killers not only des
tiny such small species of their edvn
kind as dalphins and porpoise, put
also attack and kill the larger whedes.
tl.c sperm whale being a favorite pfey.
Former United States Commission
er Wnt Southward of the Kobukj dis
trict is a sojourner In Nome, httvlng
[arrived on tlie first southbound trip of
the Arctic some clays ago. Mr Scjuth
ward 1h paying Nome the first (visit
he has made in nearly ten yeari nil
of which have been spent in thej Ko
buk section, where he has followed
mining and school teaching in addition
to his Judicial duties during the-period
of several years of his- commissioner-,
ship. At the present time he |< the
[teacher of the government st-hoci and
raises a large variety of the remark
able vegetables grown in profusion by
the Kobuk residents during thei sum
mer season as a side issue, tfi in
tends to return after a short st iy in
the city.
Bound for far away Northern China
and destined for the use of a firmer
well known Nomeite who has lelmed
by experience that such garment are
unsurpassed for guarding the I body
against the ravages of winter temper
atures, a package of Alaska fur Noth
ing. Including parka, mukluks mit
tens and also a drill parka, wQl be
shipped .$o Chemulpho, North C^iina,
by the I*oinen Brothers on the next
outgoing boat to the States. Thd fur
clothing Is made entirely of native
reindeer and is the work of local na
tive garment workers. The gainmnts
are being forwarded in response to a
request made by Joe Vint, forirutly of
the Nome and Port Clarence sections,
and are valued at $75. Mr Vint Is
now identified with a dredging con
cern at some point in the Manchurian
section of China, where the cllmftic
conditions of winter are exceptionally
severe and the warm deerskin clothing
! certain yo provo an Inestimable
source* of comfort. In his letter to
Lomen Hr os. requesting them to secure
the garments. Jlr Vint states that he
was unable to j get anything of such
character where he Is located and ask
ed that a complete outfit sych as used
by the miners J, and mushers of this
section be sent ito him In car© of the
Chinese consulate.
The City i ‘'ouncll will tonight
hold the scheduled adjourned meeting
to discuss and take action on the re
commendation? , and proposals of the
special harbor Committee appointed at
the last meeting to prepare plans and
specifications and recommend ways
and means for the construction of a
municipal ddrte- on the Snake River
harlror basin- Ft Is said that the com
mittee have scVoral feasible plans In
view for financing the proposed con
struction. at Hast one of which is
said to be exceedingly novel. As the
council Is determined to erect the
dock as a mtuliclpal benefit, the mat
ter will probably be discussed in every
phase during the course <\f the meeting
and the session should be an interest
ing one to all Who ore Inclined to fur
ther the development and growth of
the district.
Work on tlie cofferdam construction
at tlie end of the Snake river Jetty has
reached the point where the construc
tion of tlie huge conical block of ce
ment which will guard the timbered
structure from the ravages of sea and
ice is being commenced within the en
closure of piling of which the coffer
dam is formed. Owing to a lack of
engine power, combined with much
leaking through the sand in which tlie
piles are driven, it was found impos
sible to pump the enclosure free of
water and rewort was had to a form
of clam-shell dredge bucket to remove
the earth to 'the required depth to
provide a solid foundation for tlie
cement block. By means of the bucket
contrivance, the bottom of the coffer
dam enclosure was dredged to a
depth <>f eight feet. Piles have also
been driven to provide greater solidity
to the cement and a lasing of iron
rails will also add strength to the
structure. The work of placing the
cement in the big triangular enclosure
is in progress at present. Howard
Vines is making good time in driving
the sheet piling.on tlie revetment por
tion of the structure and wjll soon be
ready to transfer his activities to the
lest bank of the river. Dredging con
tractor W. .1. Bowe is milking the
[final adjustments to the machinery of
[the dredge and experts to commence
.Jigging immediately.
Private dispatches reaching Nome
Saturday announced ’the accidental
death of t'has. E. Davidson. Secretary
..r Alaska, while on a pleasure trip in
Takua Inlet, Southeastern Alaska, last;
Friday. The telegram conveying the1
saci news was received by Mrs. Wm.
Webb, sister in law of the deceased
official. Tlie message also {stated
that tlie body had not been located upi
tin time of sending the message Sat
The deceased was one of the Tnostj
efficient and well liked official* thel
Territory has known. Ho served the^
people in the official capacity of ex
officio Surveyor fleneral and Terri
torial Secretary from 1913 until the
time of his death with a fidelity to
duty which won him the commenda
tion of all who were aware of his ser
vices, regardless of their ^political
views. After completing his first
term, he. was again selected to dis
charge the duties of secretary of the
teritory in 1917. Mr. Davidson came
to Alaska from California about 1897
and resided in the territory almost
continuously during the succeeding in
terval. He was at one time located
at Fairbanks and received his first ap
pointment while a resident of that
city. He was aged about 47 years
and is survived by a wife, sister of
Mrs. Iwcbb, and three children.^ He
was also a cousin of J. F. Matthews,
manager of the Bering dredge in the
Kougarok section.
Natives of the Diomede Island and
Capo Prince of Wales districts are
making preparations to hold n big
public dance in the east end of town
during the latter days of the week.
The exact date has not been determin
ed ns yet and will be announced later.
The natives are said to be animated by
the up to date Idea that “It pays to
advertise” and are giving the display
mainly for the purpose of showing the
disinterested white man that they are
here and looking for business, so to
speak. The dance will be held in one
of the open plots of ground in the vic
inity of the Standard Oil plant. The
natives contemplate roping off a
dance, floor so'that their terpsichorenn
gyrations wil^not be restricted by the
too close proximity of the Inquisitive
whites who may be attracted to the
scene. The dances will be given in
accordance with a prearranged pro
gram displaying most of the varioua
types of native dancing methods,
nearly all of which are descriptive of
some form of native pursuit, such as
hunting the walrus and seal, whale
hunting, cttc. Acting Superlntendant
Evans of the Bureau of Education says
the little brown people are greatly en
thused at the Idea of holding a dance
for the amusement of the whites and
intend to spread themselves to the
limit. ’
ALWAYS IN STYLE.
If you hnve your suits cleaned and
pressed by us, we will make them
look like new.
We do dry or gasoline cleaning.
We do steam cleaning.
We make suits to order.
We make alterations.
We clfean and make and repair furs.
We do cleaning, pressing and re
pairing for Ladles and Gentlemen.
We guarantee all work and our
prices are reasonable.
First class workmanship.
Come and see us, we will give you
our prices before we do your work.
We appreciate your patronage,
NOME TAILORING COMPANY,
Opposite Nugget Office.
Subscribe Now for the Nuggc\
Moonlight Water Baths at the Elite
Bath Houaa.
The new Rainier Beverage on
draught at the Nevada.
COCO COLA served at the
ARCTIC BAKERY
JOB PRINTING
NOME NUGGET OFFICE
• AUTQ FOR HIRE
B. W. NEILLY, Phono Red 12
Trips made to following places by
appointment. Little Creek, Anvil,
Third Beach, Glacier,' Dexter, Submar- j
ine, Fort Davis, Cunningham.
Rates Reasonable.
Those Sourdought Hotcakes with
coffee for 25c at Arctic Bakery.
OFFICE OF
TERRITORIAL ROAD
COMMISSIONER
SECOND DIVISION
HEALED PROPOSALS will be
received by the undersigned at his of
rloe, Nome Alaska, until 2 p. m. Aug
ust 15 1919, at which time and place
they will l»e publicly opened, for the
furnishing and placing of permanent
trail stakes along the following routes
viz;
Iron Creek to Hot Springs
Hot Springs to Mary’s Igloo
Mary’s Igloo to landing
STAKES for the proposed work to
be eight feet (4) long and to measure
one and one half inches (1%) In di
ameter at top end; and to be placed at
a distance of one hundred and fifty feet
(150) apart.
STAKES to be placed in the ground
at a depth of one and one half feet
(1%), and supported by a mound one
a ml one half feet high (1%).
SOD for the above work to be taken
at least four feet (4) from each stake
PROPOSALS will be received for
each separate route, or the bidder may
include, If desired, a total bid for all
routes.
PROPOSALS must be signed by the
bidder, enclosed in a sealed envelope,
addressed to the undersigned, and
marked. PROPOSAL FOR FURNISH
ING AND PLACING TRAIL STAKES.
THE WfORK must be started by
August 20th 1919, and be completed
not later than October 1st 1919.
Cash or certified check made pay
able to the Chairman for 5% of the
amount of the bid must accompany
each bid. which shall be forfeited to
the Commission In case the bidder
shall fall to enter into a contract in
the event of his being awarded the
work.
THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER will
bo required to execute a satisfactory
bond for 50% of Ab amount of the bid.
Payment will Tie'made by warrant
drawn on the Miners and Merchants
Bank. Nome Alaska, when the work
has been completed to the satisfaction
of the Chairman.
THE COMMISSION reserves the
right to reject any*and all bids.
BARNEY GIBNEY.
Chairman Territorial Road Com
mission. Second Division, Territory of
Alaska.
Pub. Aug 1. 4, 6, 8 11. _
NOTICE
The Associated Press ts exclusively
entitled to the use for publication of all
news dispatches credited" to It or not
otherwise credited In this paper and
also the local news published herein.
All rights of republlcation of spec
ial dispatches herein are also reserved.
THE NOME NUGGET.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NOME, ALASKA. •
GEO. S . MAYNARD, Proprietor.
Classified Ads.
All CiasoiSed Ads Must bo Paid far
In Advanoo.
fcSSA I WANT APS
HELP WANTED.
LOST—-Party who took , a child’s hand
croquet bag from Life Saying sta
tion please return to Nupget Office.
LOST—One Conklin Fountain Pen,
return to L M. Smeder. care
Alaska Mines Office.
NOTICE TO OOG OWNERS
Dog owners will please take notice
that reindeer, for slaughter, are now
being brought to Nome. The Golovin
herd is due here next week. To pre
vent the herds from being stampeded
it is imperative that dogs In* not per
mitted to run at large.
The law provides that “whenever
any dog habitually annoys reindeer,
or evinces a disposition which renders
it likely that it will without provoca
tion bite'such animals, it shall be law
ful for any person to KILL SUCH DOG
WHEN AT LARGE."
PROTECT YOUR DOGS and oblige
THE DEERMEN.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
The partnership heretofore existing
between the undersigned has been
this day di solved, Joe Segsby retiring.
The business of the Nome* Restau
rant will continue under the manage
ment of Nicon and Mails to whom all
moneys due the said firm are pay
able and who will pay all* accounts
against the same.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, August 1st,
1919.
N. M. NICON
TONY MALIS
JOSEPH C. SEGSBY
Witness: FRED HARRISON
PIONEERS IGLOO HOTEL.
Housekeeping apartments and tran
sient rooms by day, week or month.
Also use of club rooms by hotel guests.
MRS. MONAHAN,
Proprietor.
NOTICE !
-r
Since coming to Nome I have loaned
and am out of slielf the following
books by subject aud authors:
Militarism and War, Latzko, Russell,
Barbusse and Veblen.
Politics and Government; Bryce,
Russell and Smith.
' Poetry and Art; Eastman, Unter
rreyer, Masters and Giovannitli.
Criminology; Ferri and Lombroso.
Philosophy; Dewey, Dietzgen and
. Economics; Loria and Kropotkin.
History; O’Neill and Katherine
Coman.
Drama; Three plays each of Brieux,
Wilde and Mapterlink, and one play in
Manuscript of Walters.
Fiction; • Poole.
Religion; White’s “Call of the Car
penter.”
Please notify or return.
BRUCE ROGERS.
JOHN LAND Tailor
Suits made to order
Repairing, Pressing and Cleaning
NOME RESTAURANT
OPPOSITE ALASKA BANK
NOW
OPEN
INDEPENDENT
MEAT MARKET
ALL KINDS OF FRESH MEATS
UPON ARRIVAL OF FIRST BOATS
/ BEEF, MUTTON, PORK, VEAL i
AND POULTRY, HAM, BACON, BUTTER. i
ALL BILLS MUST BE PAID ON OR BEFORE THE
10th. OF EACH MONTH
WM. WEpB.Prop.
The New
Rainier Beverage
on Draught at the
Ueucidci
A full line of
LADIES HATS, COATS, DRESSES ETC
ON FIRST BOATS
THE EMPORIUM KIRSTAN BROS.
NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
Bread 15c loaf, two loaves for 25c
CHAS. CAVBY. Prop.