NEWSJTES
The Nome City Council niet .Mon
day evening at the usual hour and
transacted divers'business largely of
.1 routine order.
Three days remain in which pros
pective voters at the forthcoming city
and school elections Can place their
names on the city poll book. The re
gistration period etuis Saturday night.
A. llalke and son. «»f Council City,
who have been visiting the city dur
ing the p:tst few days, returned to
their hmr.e in the interior camp this
morning.
Decent, reports from Marshall indi
cate that a considerable food shortage
lias developed at th*. point during the
winter period. Sugar is reported at a
premium and butter and potatoes are
out. There is no danger of the in
habitants suffering to any great ex
tent. however, as ample supplies are
obtainable at St. Michael.
The St. Patrick Day dance given by
the Loyal Order of Moose Monday ev
ening attracted a considerable num
ber of dance lovers to small Kagle
Hall. The arrangemnts were excel
lent in every way and reflect great
credit on the committee In charge of
the program. Coffee, cake and ice
cream were served during the evening
Dancing continued until the small
hours of Tuesday morning.
The Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce recently investigated the
charge that the local butcher, a Mr.
Anderson, was selling meat at exorbi
tant profits, and after a careful ex
amination of the books, which were
tendered to them by the proprietor,
announced that while Mr. Anderson
was making a “fair profit on his
meats the price was not excessive and
allowed for a reasonable margin of
profit.”
Father Fortune returned from a
trip to Hot Springs a few days ago and
reports that Nome's famous jokesmith,
Frank Kiesele, is having a fine vacat-l
ion and is recuperating at a rate
which probably assures a new assort
ment of puns being turned loose when
the genial Kiesele again appears in
our midst. Father Fortune says
Kiesele is fairly living in the health
restoring waters of the springs and
appears as lively ns a kid.
flame Warden M. O. Sol berg re
ports that there is new every indicat
ion that the ptarmigan are returning
in increasing numbers. During his
recent trip to the west coast and
Mary’s Igloo, the warden saw great
flocks of the much prized game birds
ri't several points. Along the Agiapuk
valley the birds were so numerous
that the country side was fairly filled
with them. Not many were visible
along the coast, however, but large
bands were encountered along almost
every mile of the route between Teller
and Igloo.
Although receiving a supply of the
1919 issue of War Savings Stamps
some weeks ago, Postmaster Walsh
has not yet been able to place them on
sale owing to the non-arrival of the
accompanying certificates. The de
lay is believed to be due to the fact
that the PostofFice Department sends
all supplies by second class mall. The
delayed certificates are probably lin
gering somewhere along the lino with
the large volume of matter which
HOLT’S CASH STORE
Fur Robss, choice.$15.00
Fur Caps, best.5.00
Drill Parkas.3.50
Overalls or Jumpers.2.50
Silk Shirts .3.50
Ststson Hats, best.5.00
Underwsar, wool.2.50
Shot Packs.5.00
Neckties, Good .25
BEBIN THE NEW YEAR RIGHT
BUY AT
HOLT’S
Tslophono Main 96.
Xomeltes have l>cen < xpeeting for
tome time with no other result than a
possible lesson regarding the value of
1 alienee.
M. I>. Balsar is in receipt of a post
card from that former well known
Xomeite llenc Hass, now a distingu
ished officer in the French army. The
card bears date of December 5, 19IS,
and was posted at the town of'Colmar,
Central Alsace, now in the hands of
the Allies as a result of the Herman
defeat. The message contained says
the writer was one of the first to ar
rive in Colmar after the occupation
of Alsace by the Freneli forces., and
adds that the French were given a
royal welcome by the residents. The
card bears, in addition to a 5 centime
French postage stamp, two German
5 pfng stamps, which Hass says he
attached, not because they were neces
sary to transmission but as curios.
I‘ports from Haycock indicate that
the epidemic, created quite a scare in
the Dime section. The school was
closed in fear of an invasion of the
deadly Flu and quarantines wore es
tablished so thoroughly that the set
tlement known as "The Landing", at
the mouth of Dime creek, instituted
oin against Haycock. This regardless
of the fact that there were no sgns
of the influenza at the larger camp.
The result was a complete tie-up of
travel between the two camps for a
time. I’p to .March 11. the health of
the community, generally speaking
has been excellent throughout the
winter, aside from a brief period last
fall when a slight epidemic of colds
and sore throats developed.
Commencing late yesterday even
ing. a light snow fall continued during
the greater part of the night. This
morning the. erstwhile dingy looking
streets had given way to avenues of
pristine cleanliness. The precipitat
ion amounted to Shout three inches
and has done much to elevate the
hopes of the miners that March will
yet provide an ample supply of snow
t<> fill the water requirements next
summer. At the present time there
is : serious prospect that mining may
he greatly curtailed by water short
age. The snowfall up to the present
has been considerably below the nor
mal. Parties journeying over the
tundra report that in places the
ground is scarcely more than covered*.
Along the east coast the trails are said
Paddy O’IJryno, a resident of the
Council section who recently arrived
in Nome, died in the Popular Lodging
House Sunday as a result of various
complications. The deceased is said
to have resided at Council City for
some time and was well and favorab
ly known. He came to Nome in poor
health about five weeks ago and is
said to have come to Nome in poor$I
said to have declined steadily since
arrival.
Before coming to this section he is
said to have resided at Dawson, Yukon
Territory, during the earlier years of
the famous Yukon camp. Friends of
the deceased say lie leaves a son and
daughter who reside in Oakland Cal.
Funeral services were held at the
Catholic Church Tuesday, after which
the remains were placed in the mor
gue in the city cemetery for interment
According to the records of the
Nome Postoffiee, the people of Nome
and vicinity have purchased over one
hundred and fourteen thousand dol
lars worth of War Savings Stamps
through that avenue of distribution
alone. In addition, the Nome banks
sold approximately ton thousand dol
lars worth during the 1918 sale period.
Postmaster Walsh’s books show that
a total of $114,219.25 has been remitted
to the Postoffice Department for War
Savings and Thrift Stamps to date. Of
this amount the Nome sales realized
$76,467,63 and the sales of the district
offices at other points in the Seward
section amounted to $37,751,62. The
number of stamps of each variety cov
ered by the indicated amounts are re
spectively 26.767 War Savings Stamps
and 9.429 Thrift Stamps.. Of the for
mer a tofhl of 17.916 were sold in
Nome and the remainder through the
district Out of the total Thrift
Stamp sales 6,364 were purchased by
Nome residents, the remaining 3.065
being sold at other points. Approxi
mating the population of Nome at ab
out 700 persons during the sales per
iod, the record discloses a per capita
| purchase of War Savings and Thrift
I Stamps amounting to over $130. Al
though the final returns of some of
the more remote offices are not yet re
1 ported, the divisional per capita pur
chase l*nscd on the returns received is
about $57. Taking into consideration
tiio depressed industrial conditions of
the past year, this showing must be
considered nothing short of remark
able. especially in (he view of the
large subscriptions to the Liberty
Loans occurring during the same per
iod. We wonder if any community
in America of similiar size can excell
or even match this record. There may
be other communities of the same pop
ulation that have made a greater
? bowing but wo doubt it. At any rate
it is a record of patriotic feeling of
which Nome may well be proud.
Reports from Council City arriving
too late for publication in the Monday
issue of the Nugget announce that a
verdict of self defense was returned
by the Coroner's jury at the imiucst
held in the interior camp Monday af
ternoon over the remains of Martin
Johnson, the demented Casadepaga
miner who was shot by AI Kohler, a
neighbor, while apparently' bent on
murdering Kohle^ and his family with
an axe. Further details of the unfor
tunate affair developing at the hearing
disclose that the shooting occurred on
the night of Tuesday, March 11. Ac
cording to the testimony given by
Kohler, Johnson shortly before the
shooting had bothered the Kohler
family greatly by presenting himself
:11 the lonely cabin on the Casadepaga
river occupied by the Kohler's at all
hours. Realizing his condition the
Kohler’s overlooked his notions at first
but later became alarmed owing to
Johnson developing ;i menacing atti
tude. He is said to have displayed
signs of intending to harm the Koh
ler’s a number of times before making
the attack which ultimately led to his
death. Mattel’s finally became so ag
gravated through Johnson's actions
that the family lived in constant fear
of harm. On the day of the shooting
Johnson attacked the Kohler cabin
armed with an age, smashing the win
dows in his efforts to reach the in
mates. Not wishing to do him bodily
harm, Kohler, although armed, decided
to flee from the cabin and with his
w ife and child made his way to an
other habitation about five miles far
ther up the river. Johnson made no
attempt to pursue the refugees and
they wVu’o not molested on their jour
Owing to the continued worry caus
ed by the madman's actions, Mrs Koh
ler was almost a nervous wreck and
Johnson’s last put break and the resul
tant journey over the tundra practic
ally tyostrated her.
Owing to his wife’s condition and
the fear that Johnson might take the
notion to attack them in their new re-i
fuge, Kohler was unable to seek as
sistance, as the nearest neighbors liv
ed miles away.
The family were given scant time
to decide on what to do, however, as
Johnson had not forgone his apparent
intention to do them harm and again
put. in an appearance that night. This
time he was plainly determined on
murder and attacked the cabin with
his axo with great fury. Feeling that
I he had no other recourse in protecting
his wife and child, Kohler fired the
shot which brought Johnson to the
end of his career. Finding that
Johnson was dead, Kohler made no at
tempt to touch the body and returned
with Airs Kohler and the child to his
own cabin, where he was found by
Deputy Marshal Johnson, who was on
his way to arrest the madman. Al
though the Coroner’s jury practically
exonerated Kohler, the Council auth
orities were under the necessity of
holding a judicial hearing owing to his
having been placed under arrest. The
result of the proceedings, which were
hold Saturday, have not been reported
tip to the present time.
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Notice is hereby given that the
Poll Books for the registration of vot
ers for the Municipal and School
Board Elections to be held Tuesday,
April 1st. 1919, will be closed Satur
day March 22., 1919, at 12 o’clock
midnight.
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