NOMEITE HIES OF
NEW YORK SCENERY
Sam Cunningham, widely known old
timer and former winter manager of
the Hainan tin interests at I^ost Itiver,
provides in a letter to a local friend
the following interesting glimpses of
the national metropolis, where he was
sojourning during December last. He
“Am just bock at the hotel after i
visit to the eye doctor. My eyes be
gan failing in Seattle, looking at the
beautiful scenery in the shape of
chicken legs. But they are not in it
'•at there with New York. The skirt >
extend about half way between the
knee and ankle all the way from Seat
tle and Frisco to Denver and Chicago
ltut when you get to Now York the
skirt .11 • cut so short that the womci
trim the bottoms of them with fur in
order to keep their necks wanm. Guess
1 should not write you about it or your
employers will have to look for a new
man in the Spring.
“W.is at Uie Metropolian opera
I tube Knight used to do in the
X;
understanding
‘Fa ft hi >0111111.'
American citizen
l‘‘‘ :'m stopped me am
About twenty
I tpld him 1 was
the Tgloo hut did
would V>e when I
a good talk and
course he had a place to live in.
“This is the onv anyone could
MJ...Vhe,£ooc^^'f^ty if you are
on tlie “inside” ,lo,1,,|p stmnn
goods costs s-> a nnd >»eer
could sometimes.
Avi«h I could ‘ll you a t?a8P ,,f
real whiskey a about 10 cas<s of
good heer to Hy'
(pi. Koint- to k<‘ in ,,lf T-ewis
St«d.»r wwauinf*®'' an<' a,so
BeJnpsey-TJreitna flsW' "f
money i*t „„ ■>iP»,v hrr‘'- A,n
thinking or Philadelphia anti
nifty ho able to a»aln
Sincerely,
Cunningham.
The Daily Tell*'”’
Weekly N„«.t d,'’"*1 b5r Mrr,*r'
Per month $2.00.
s is s<,<*vV<}m, old.
*te a*'*’®11.
WHAT’S THE F.
CHATTANOOGA?
You eon ffiml Pe 1‘ °* Pr,ce Meat
Market in Chatt*"008*1'
For Sale—Ba,y Buggy in good COn'
dition Price riasonab,e Inquire at
Nugget Office. __
LOCH NATURALIST
RECEIVES HONOR
Ohrut. XV. Thornton, whose studies
«>f the plant life of this region have
resulted in a considerable increase in
knowledge «>f local flora, a.s well as in
‘he discovery of severaJ new si**cios.
h.us achieved the pleasant distinctio
of having one of his latest finds
named after him, neeordng to a letter
received by him on a recent mail from
Paul <\ Stanley. Assistant t'urator of
'the Division of Plants in the Simith
sionian Institute. Mr. Stanley writes
under date of December 3:
“Upon receipt of a letter from Dr.
J M. Oreenman. stating that he had
named i lie new species of Senecin
which you collected on Seward Pen
insula “Senecio WiglPil,.. I wrote to
him. suggesting that it would he only
proper for him to change th. specific
name of the plant, and name it for
the collector. Dr. Ureenman lias
kindly consents! to do this, and so
the sjiecies will be published instisul
as “Scneeio Thorntonf.”
I unity of making this slight recogni
tion of the valuable botanical work
which you liave done in the last flew
years in the region about Nome.
Paul C. Stand ley.
Assistant Curator, etc.*’
The sp«v ii s .»f plants included in
lie- Kenecio family are quite abundant
near N'ome. no less than six types
having been found by Mr. Thornton.
dors, author of several botanical
eoedingly numerous one. comprising:
perhaps 1.000 species altogether, and
is distributed almost throughout the j
world. More than 10 vanities nrei n- I
digenou-s of the Pacific Coast. The
flotwer is usually of yellowish hue.
with about a dozen rays or petals a
half inch or less 1n leng‘h radiating
from a central disk and grow in loese.
branching clusters. The plant is a
somewh;ut shrubby perinnial. forming
a bush usually two or three feec ..igh.
but sometimes tabor. Th< leaves, are
alternate, narrow and .'n’t* distinguish
es! l»y a whitish wooly fu/z or bristles.
This is probably responsible for the
ruime Sendolo, which. ace *rmnft to th
author referred to is a modification
of the l.'itin word Senex. meaning nn
FRENCH STEAMER
ABANDONED AT SEA
(Decayed in T,rn.riamlf«it(yn)
Montreal. Pob.v. II—The Fren< h
steamship Victoria was abandoned at
sea and her crew rescued by the Bri
tidh steamship Cranford, according to
a radio message picked up at Cape
I taco today.
BRITISH SOUTH POLE
EXPEDITION UNDER WAY
(Delayed In Transmission)
Valparaiso, Ohile, Peby. 11—I'ora
minder John Cope of the British im
perial expedition, whSeh hopes ulti
mately to reach the South Pole by
airplane, Mailed from Port Stanley.
Falkland Islands, on December 20, ac
cording to a message received here.
LEARN TO DANCE
School just started at Hunter Hall,
for appointment, call Mrs. Waldheim.
Class nights, Tuesday. Thursday and
Saturday at 8:30 p. m.
Try our sourdough Hot Cakes—none
better, at ARCTIC BAKERY.
COMMERCIAL BODIES
H6HTIN6 FOR
0RI6INAL ESTIMATES
Spurred into action by the refusal of!
the House of KepresentaMves to allow I
the $955,000 appropriation asked for J
Alaska road and trail construction by;
the War Depo rtment. the Chamber's
of Commerce of Alaska are bombard,
ing the Senate with telegrams urging
that body to increase the $350,000 al
knved by the lower house to the sum'
originally sought by the department. '
The Juneau Conflnercial Associa
tion has apparently taken the initia
tive in the fight *o obtain the full
amount asked and has sent wires to
the various Chambers and other civic
bodies urging them to wire Senators
Waixon, Wadsworth an<t Chomberlain I
asking them t" work for the full ap- 1
propriation. The Juneau message'
poin's out that the appropriation of |
tlv full $955,000 asked is vital to the
success of the co-operative building
devised by the Alaska Road Comm is -
- on which con templates road and trail
construction on an immnesely in
creased scale-and an expenditure o'
r.enrlx two million dollars in trai’
work annually. The t< x* <>f the Ju
neau telegram is .. follows.
Juneau. 1’eby. 9-21.
Chamber of Commerce. Nome.
Army bill as fiassed House i iilsWir
Department estinuute for Alaska roads
from $955,000 to $350,000. Crge your
organization to immediately wire
Chamberlain, requesting that the full
amount be appropriated, as the co
operative program, which contem
plates an expenditure of nearly two
million yearly, depends upon it.
Signed Juneau Commercial Nssocia
tion. Allen Statiuek, president.
The local chamber lost no time in
wiring the senators named to the fol
lowing effect.
“‘We appreciate government re
trenchment policy. Alaska materially
injured on account of war. Assis
tance needed now to rehabilitate. Co
operative road building program vital
We urge you to use your best efforts
to have full amount recommended for
roads appropriated this session.”
FAMOUS CASE DECIDED
H. K. Ellis, known as "Copper
I {liver Red," owner of the famous ClifT
Mine at Valdez, which produced over
a million dollars in sold, sets a de.
cisdon in his favor in a prolonged and
|jrotmcted litigation. Judge Jennings
at Juneau, to whom the case was
transferred from VaJdez, recently rend
ered his opinion after trying the case
unop deposition and briefs of the
various attorneys, and gives a sweep
ing decision In favor of Ellis.
Edmund Smith, George Tpeat and
Eoghn Archibald, all former residents
of Valdez. ;tnd <rf considerable promi
nence In Alaska, endeavored, to com
pel Ellis to deed to them a fifth inter
est in the mine and the valuable ma
chinery used in operating the. claims. I
The case, or some features of it, has '
been tried in the United States appel
late court at San Francisco, on two
occasions, and has been In the courts
since. 1915. E. E. Ritchie. Ponohoe
and Rimond, of Valdez: Eyons & Or
ton and Simth. Chester and Brown, of
Seattle, represented Smith. Treat an I
Archibald, and E. V. Ray of Seward
is the attorney jvho acted for Ellis.
THOSE SOURDOUGH HOT CAKE9
AND HILLS BROS. COFFEE AT
ARCTIC BAKERY.
THIS AND THAT
A WONDER
-Lefti take a drink
To Oawald Fall;
He doesn't think
Ho knows It all.
"What tin meant by dry humor, any
way?” asked the Old h\»|gy. as* he
lodked up from the nnwapapor he was
midlnig.
“Darned if I know.” replied the
Grouch. “I can’t see anythin*; funny
in prohibittton."
A great liar Is Bark.
The 'vorst I've over hoard
He can’t drop a mmark
Without breaking his word.
"1 supfjose you ai.w my picture in
•in* papers t;ist week, didn’t you ” s< .id
tlfe pompous Little Man.
"Maw. I didn't” "rowled t:»'* grouchy
Big Man. ”Wl..l wer you eared of.
s nd how many bot’.'es did von take?’’
HOORAYSKI!
IY*or ItuNsja is sdoksky.
1 hope shli will swntskd
And swat good and quickski, i
Botth Ta*nine and Trotsky. !
THE LESSER EVIL
• >f the two evils, you should choose
the lesser." observed the Benedict.
"Huh!” grunted thri Batchelor. “Is
‘hat why you would rather go out and
home and spend th> evening there?
DOGGONE HIM!
lie knew no love for mush- and
He holds it up to scorn;
When blowing Ms own horn,
THE POOR WOMEN ARE TONGUE
TIED WE SUPPOSE!
(WiHiTkington^News (Journal)
Mass Wilmington—"Mr. Luke Mc
Luke says that the only difGerence be
tween men anil mules is thnt mules
can wiggle their ears, but the men
can wiggle their tongues the most at
LEARN ONE NEW THING
EACH DAY
Szrkesfehervur to KtakunfeJcRyhasui.
BOY, PAGE PAT MORAN!
David RattenfWelrl lives at Delaware,
AIN'T IT SIMPLE
“The reason why shoe prices ;urie
going down," we read in Dun’s Re
view. “ts the very simple one that
custdmers will not buy thorn except
tit lower prixses.'’
A COSTLY FUNERAL
An emperor of Japan once had a
funeral that cost the nation $100,000.
RUt that’s noth>njr. John Barley
rtom’s furenal has so f;tr cost this na«.
tion $100,000,000. and we haven’t
Parted to hairy hiirn yet.
This isn’t new, but it will do
To hear it twice:
A girl by any other name
Would look .iis nice.
—-Cedartown (f»a.) Standard.
Though this small joke may seem
The oniion by another name
Would smell as sweet.
—Luke McLuke.
TERRITORIAL TREASURY IS
FACING SERIOUS STRAIN
itighl economy in the affairs of ter
ritory must be thfa order af public af
l.drti during the next two yeajs or
pkijut for the rabdng of greater (revenue
imiHu. be devJLsed. in the opinion of
tfbose fturiUiar with the territory's
flnumjew.
At the .present time all public monies
that o«n« 'into the public • treasury
are derived fnofcn. license fees and
spedfaJ tadcw on the output of mines
and the fisheries. These have been
insufficient to oairry on the business of
the territory :und for the past two
yeaps th» public business has cost more
than the Income..
(According to the books in the of
fice of Territorial Trejumner Smith
there is an annum 1 inc«<mc of about
$550,000.
The huge piiftlt af the IJrrnitorliil
momties are derived from the fisheries
business. On account of litigation
I this mm hold up until two or thovo
years ;qro. whfan t! whs paid into the
treasury in it lump fum, and at one
Mine there wits close to a million dol
lars in the treasury. The last legta
!< it urc. made appropriation!* to Idle ex
0- nt tlmt the mrtzo ttt now larger than
the annual average income.
While it is withftn the )»w<t of the
legislature to provide a general prop
erty tax, many people contend that
this would involve the malt inf? of a
now v;Uuatii<Mi suul osHesmie-nt of all
tfhe property in the entire territory,
and Chen them would have to he pro
vided in each dJLvLtfton now machinery
for the collection of the tnx. The
question bids faiir to be one of the
hard proto tarns which will confront the
ccftninf? *e*rion of the territorial |aw
ntak era. —iNenaJia Mews.
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