d :i every
"Everybody shor’d i<p on the
right side," is the »**-'•■ r? a med
ical man. The r»nlv pr^mMon. we
father, is the politician who can do
it on both sides.
"What have you been doing all
"I had a posit'on in my father's
"I wasn’t working either."
"I thought she married that
young millionaire to reform him."
"She did. but ft wm-v^d the other
"Does a rabbit's foot really bring
"I should say so. My wife felt
one in my money noeket once and
thought it was a mouse.”
“Old Pemberton is,quite a collect
or, isn't he?” asked Jones of his
friend on the train.
"Oh. yes,” responded Brown
"The other day he showed me the
typewriter that Shakespeare used in
wri’ing his plavs. A very valuable
antique, of course.”
Gladys—I am afrr.id you aren't
as pretty as nurse.
Minima—What makes you think
Glad vs—We've be«n waking in
in th° park a whole hour, and not a
single policeman has sa d, "Hullo.
The Couc met'.'.'.,'
the nation: "Fever
debtor."—Punch.
"Sistah Smtth. A.v
"Oh. Mr. John
"How’s vour eamoaign fund eiim
"Sn'rndidlv. n o-’e resnect." re
plied Senator Sor-hum. "There is
watching the comic man countcr
br .’ r" bv a sma'l boy’s shrill voice:
tciting I’.’ti’-:ca!ion. The s'lence -was
At the conclusion of a dry ban
quet they had some parlor music.
The hostess found herself next to a
gentleman who had evinced little in
clination to talk, and so she consid
ered It obligatory to make some
light conversation. After one or two
false starts she asked h!m if he lik
ed olives and he renMed that he did
if thev were properly served. Of
course that brought a question from
the lady as to how olives should be
served.
“In cocktails," replied the guest
Big heads can’t hide a small mind
•rd a 7H hat doesn’t always show
the capacity of the brain to think.
We should like to pull that one
•bou+ the mouse trap, but it’s too
snanpv to tell.
We’d also l'ke to tell the story
about the crude oil, but It Isn’t re
You te’I ’em. dictionary; the
words aren’t In me.
The creat speed demon of thf
motordrome 1*” a* death’s door and
his 'r ends gathered ironed him.
“WeM. boys. I gu°ss I’m about tc
make the last 'r’p."
The spokesman of the crowd
wan’ed *o say s»-methioe *oo*hing sr
he cleared h's tbroa*. "We hope il
wi’l be on high. Bob. and that yoi
don’t make a mls’ake and get hei
Into reverse."
When you read about th'
rnrntrv’s war take tt
ALASKA-THE GOAL OF A
FATAL TRIP
Ala.sk.i was the object of the latf
President Harding's Iasi journey oi:
earth, the goal of a fatal trip. T<
acquaint himself with the facts firs!
band, in order thAt he might handi
important problems touching that
territory induced the late President
:o visit that far-off land. What ol
J prising RB0.88 1 square miles of ter
ritory and perhaps 5.000 Russian
M rappers, was offered to the ITnlt.»d
j S at. s by Ilar- n Stoeckle. Russian
:.l;!.:ster to the United States, lie
j ctt.-red it. and Russia came to the
■ Kunvpear emperor who wished tn
strengthen our domination of this
cm • i - nt while supplying his own
| Secretary of State Seward had a
j hostib* and suspicious Congress to
deal with. The only favorable in -
j tluence in Congress was the rerol
i lection that Russia’s emperor was
friendly to tU<- United States during
| the Civil War Many members of
both houses of Congress ridiculed
i the idea of paying more than seven
1 million dollars for what they
J thought was a vast wilderness of
rock and ice. barren and unproduc
' Th<- treaty hv which the land was
| acquired was drawn up at night in
| flip Stat.- Department, and the docu
ment signed at four o’clock in the
; inomine. Charles Sumner put it
through the Senate; Thaddeus
•cured the appropriate
At first. Alaska was leased by the
j Government to a private roninan;'
j enlaced in furs, fish and Arctic
I products. Within fifteen years af
j tt r the purchase of the land Alaska
I >-.• Med in furs, fisheries arul gold
; about ft5.Gfln.000. twice the por
Alaska today h’.* a populaMo : of
approximately 60.00C--one half Tn
(Itan and Kskimft. Tn > wealth M
The federal government has ‘in
troduced the reindeer ror food and
export. The 03.000 reindeer new
• are valued at $2,300,000. Fox lurs
brine: $ son.000 into the territory
■ every year. Since the seal fisher
ies have been brought under cqn
trol. the skins shipped annually
brine $1,000,000 into the territory.
More than $70,000,000 Is invest
ed iti Alaskan fisheries, the prod
ucts bringing in more than $42.
OoO.OOO annually. The salmon alone
brought in $37,000,000 last year.
Since the discovery of g<»ld n
1880. Alaska has produced $320.
; 000,000 of the precious metal. Cop
1 per and other metals bring the total
j yield of metals up to $460,000,000
Tin- value of coal deposits cannot be
j estimated. It has only just been
When the late President Harding
i arrived in Alaska he found a env
ALASKA
NEWSY
ITEMS
Dr. \V. D’Arcy Chase, formerly
of Nome, Chichagoff and Hyder,
charged with violation of the nar
cotics import and export act, appear
ed before Judge Reed and entered a
plea of guilty at Ketchikan. He was
sentenced to serve a year and ten
days in jail at Juneau, and to pay
a fine of $100.
Wallace Cathcart, who at one time
was vice president of the Farmers’
llank of Fairbanks, is now in the
rubber tire business in Seattle.
Mrs. Carroll Vashon, wife of the
well known Peter Vachon. old tinier
of Fairbanks, now deceased, now
. vos at Venice, California.
.1. Gardner, who used to run a
.Id storage business at Fairbanks,
now engaged in the same business
Laredo, Texas.
E. 11. Ainsley, formerly manager
of he Bank of Alaska in Anchor
age. ami until recently connected
with the Union National Bank of
Seattle, has accepted a position
with the Rickenbacher Automobile
Company. <<f Detroit. Michigan.
A. S. Kepner, who was an attor
ney in the early days of Circle City
and Nome, is now located in Seattle.
Paul Buckley, pioneer of the Cook
Inlet country, one of the original
discoverers of gold on Crow Creek,
which produced a very considerable
gold crop, and until two years ago
Deputy V. S. Marshal in charge of
the important Unalaska office, is
County. In his early manhood.
Duckley was a famous 'backstop”
<n Pop. Anson’s Chicago Cubs.
W. Listsy, who was in the butcher
business in the rush clays of Fair
banks, now has a big lemon ranch at
Santa Monica.
Dr. and Mrs. Rowan, former resi
dents of Nenana. now reside in Hol
lywood, headquarters of the motion
picture colony. Dr. Rowan is in the
brokerage business.
Kdward Wickersham. brother of
former Delegate James Wickersham
who is a pioneer of the Fairbanks
country, now makes his headquar
ters at Pasadena, California.
Mrs. Essie Colman, formerly of
Fairbanks, iis now cashier for the
Los Angeles Times, in Los Angeles.
J. Moore, formerly in the emiploy
of the Northern Commercial Com
pany of Fairbanks, and C. Ander
son. another olrltlme Interior Alas
station at Pasadena. California.
Edward McGrath, pioneer busi
ness man of Dawson and Nome, is
now located in Portland. He is in
the real estate business with his bro
ther Peter McGrath.
Joe Clark, at one time Clerk of
the District Court at Fairbanks, is
in the brokerage business at San Di
Frank Hall, one of the best known
men of Dawson and Nome, and who
:cr some time was p partner of Tex
Rickard, in the Northern at Nome,
is now living in Seattle. For the
past few years, Mr. Hall, while a
resident of Seattle, was concerned
ii: a dredger operating on Dexter
Creek, in the Nome district.
ernment built and operated rai.
about 640 miles long, and nearly
completed, representing a govern
ment investment of about $56,000.
000. Ti> make this road a surcees.
says the Secretary of th** Interior,
“there must be secured th* develop
ment of coal and vher mineral
areas tributary to the railroad, as
well as utilization of the agricultural
and grazing resources.”
j A main paved highway ”72 miles
j lone penetrates Ine Interior; and
! Pulp and paper manufacturing en-j
j ter prises are being launched and ;
' Ov »rfishine during tl» • w« rid w ir
| has demoralized the fisheries of Al
aska; conservation is n. -d ul Ab
. normal runs means half suppled
I canneries a part of tie. year. Afore
j than 15.000 person ; a-e • nn.oyed
in the Alaska fisheries
| Alaska coal. l»n»r locked up. is
j coming into largo local u*\ 1'n‘j
(rovermnent is encouraging private j
enterprises, says the Secretary •>
I the Interior.
J Alaska grows ul! -gricultural j
products except corn, cotton, beans.,
j mellons and fruit. Millions of acres I
jare adapted for grazing, and Alas-J
kan meat and dairy products soon j
will be shipped to the markets of j
| spends about $680,300 each year.
: The Alaskan fund in the federal
treasury makes up the difference.
, There are fifteen territorial and
three national banks doing business
in the territory. Combined dopos
its are between five and six million !
Wages in Alaska are from $4 to
$rt a (lay; in the coal mines $8.60 a
day The wages for the year am
ount to about $5,300,000.
Here are the high spots in the
conclusions of the late "President
"Alaska is destined for ultimate
"The wonder is that Alaska’s
cold production has fallen so little
Production will be restored when
the world resumes a normal bul
" Th*> same may be said about
Alaska’s copper production.
‘‘Alaska’s trouble flows from the
same general causes which make
trouble everywhere.
"The fisheries production is more
( than double the value of all metals j
and minerals in the territory,
i "Alaska welcomes the govern
ment’s restrictive policy in regard
j "We niust do what is necessary to
| develop the oil resources in the ter
ritory.
i "We must encourage agriculture
land home build in*."
| The most significant conclusions
I "There has been much misunder
standing. no tittle misrepresent n
! tion and some disposition to hys’eria
at times, about Alaska. It has long
since passed beyond the wild west
mining camp stage, and is as sober
i ed. settled, normal a country as
| would be found anywhere. * *
Mine is pride and faith in Alaska.
Her people will work out the des
tiny of an enchanting empire, and
tum a wonderland of riches and in
comparable fascination to added
power and new glory to our repub
This must have been the dream of
Secretary Seward flfty-six years
ago.—National Republican.
HUE MM SIGNALS
nox LOCATION
JO.. .Standard Oil Company
J *{.Cold 8tog«fe plant. East
|4.Alaska Lighterage Co.
J*j.Opposite Recorders Office
-■>].Cor. Steadman, 2nd area.
*>_4.Cor. B st. and 1st ave.
. Catholic Church
*4|. Polot's Residence,
44.Opposite Webb’s Market j
42. Methodist Mission j
3 n°119.Fire Out j
Bells.Shut Down
7 Bella.Turn on Water 1
FOR SALE.
New and uptodate legal forme for !
Pr»>of of Annual Assessment Work
also Oil Location blanks, Deed blanks
tor general use, S|M>cial and General
°ower of Attorney forme, Placer and
Quartz Location forms now on sate
at Nugget Office Price 15 cents eacf
or $1.00 per dozen
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Cabell Whitehead. E. E. Ailes,
C. fj. Cowden. Chas. Thompson,
A. Schneider. S. K. Rocks, and
John Burns. your and each of
your heirs, executors, administra
tors and assigns:
You are hereby notified that the
uudersicnied has expended during
each of the years of 1907, 1910. 1
1911. 1912. 1914. 1915. 1915. 1920.!
1921 and 1922. the sum of One
Hundred Dollars, in Labor and Im
provements npon that certain pla
cer mining claim known as and
beuig BENCH NO. 5. BELOW
GOODLUCK. situated on the left j
limit »>f Anvil Creek, opposite placer ; 1
claim No. 1, below, o» said creek. I
i-u the Cape Nome Mining District!
and Precinct, Territory of Alaska; (
the location certificate or notice of j
which said claim is of record in the |
office of the recorder of said mining j
district and precinct, in Vol. 2. at
Page 224. of the records of loon- ,
precinct.
That vsaiid labor ami improvements ’
were performer! and made npon
said milling claim during each of J
said years for the purpose of hold
ing the same under the provisions
of the laws of tho United States and
of the*flVurritory, of Alaska, concern- 1
in* a«nual labor upon mining
And if withiji ninety days aft r
the service of this notice anon you
by the publication hereof for Mt
pmriod of ninety days, you or either
of you fail. refuse or neglect *0
contribute your proportion of such
expenditure as a co-owner with the |
undersigned, your interest in saWl!
mining claim wiPl become the pro-j
perty of the subscriber, your co
owner. who has made tne required ]
expenditure nece-ssnry to hold said j
claim under said laws.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 3rd
day of November. 19 23.
Pioneer Mining and Ditch
Company, Co-Owner.
By E. T. C,ORMAN. Agent.
Pub!i«h Nov. 3. 10, 17. 2 1. Dec. 1. 8.
15. 22. 29. 1923. and Jan. 5. 12.
You aro hereby notified
undersigned ha? expended
dred dollars ($100.00) ii
labor, and improvements upon “No.
4 SPECIMEN GULCH.” or the
• KESTER” Placer Mining Claim,
the location certificate of which is
recorded In Vol. 3, Pace 48. of the
Records of the Cape Nome Record
ng Precinct. Territory of Alaska.
the recording precinct in which said
claim is situated, for each of the
years 1910. 1911. 1912. 1918. 1914.
1915, 1917. 1920-21. 1921-22. 1922
-23. i-n order to hold said claim un
der the provisions of Section 2324.
Revised Statute* of the United
States of America;, this being the
amount required to hold said claim
for each of the years above enum
erated- And if within ninety (90)
days from the service of this notice
upon you, you fail or refuse to con
tribute your proportion of such ex
penditure as co-owner, your Inter
est in said claim will become the
property V>f the subscriber under
said Section 2324.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 3rd
day of November, 1923
Pioneer Mining and Ditch
Company. Co-Owner.
By E. J. GORMAN, Agent.
Publish Nov. 3. 10, 17. 24. Dec. 1. 8.
15. 22. 29. 1923. * e * *
19. 26. 1924.
and Jan. 5, 12,
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Guy B. Brubaker and Blanche
McGrath, you and each of your
heirs, executors, administrators
and assigns:
You, and each of you. are hereby
notified that the undersigned, as
co-owner therein, has expended the
sum of One Hundred (1100.00)
dollars during the year ending July
1, 1823. for labor and improvement*
on and for the benefit of th/e JATTN
ITA BENCH PLACER MINING
CLAIM, o'.tna’ed on the Left Lirall
of Drv Creek, opposite No. 13 Be
low Discovery, !" »h« Cape Norn*
Minins and Recording IDstrtct
Territory of Alaska, notice of loca
ion whereof is recorded In Bool
91, at pag* 4SS. in the record* ol
said recording district.
That said work wm performed a*
provided by Sec. 2324. of the Re
vised ’ Statutes of the United State*
and- supplemental legislation, foi
aV»oT^. 0' hol<,!?s cw».
expenditure according to your serer
interests in said claim, to the an
ier!l?!Sd co'own<?T with you them
jn. within ninety day a after the *er
ice of thin notice on you by publf
cation thereof, or your mtenwt in
8aI<* claim will become forfeited ami
vest in the undersigned, as provided
by said statutes.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 3rd
day of November. 1923.
K. S. Powell and Geo. W. Dutton,
Trustees for Nome Dredging Trust,
Co-Owner.
By E. J. GOPMAN, Agent.,
Publish Nov. 3. in, 17, 24, Dec. 1, 8,
13. 22. 28. 1923. and Jan. 5. 12.
19. 26, 1924.
NOTICE OF FOItFFITl KK.
To Nels Segolson. i». y Davis. Wm.
A. Gilmore, you and each of your
heirs, executors, administrators
and assigns:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that tiho undersigned, as
co-owner therein, has expended the
sum of One Hundred ($100.00- dol
lars during the year ending July 1,
1023. for labor and improvements
r»n and for the benefit of GOLD
DPST BENCH Placer Mining Claiim,
situated on the D*ft Limit of Dry
Creek, in th. (’ape Nome Mining
ind Recording District, Territory of
Alaska, notice of location whereof
s recorded in Book 10. at Page 86,
[>/ th°t records "f said Recording
That said work was performed as
provided by See. 2324. of tfio Re
nted Statutes of the United States
md supplemental legislation, for
he purpose of holding said claim.
\nd you are severally required to
contribute your proportion of such
•xpenditure according to your sev
*ral interests in said claim, to the
indorsigned, co-owner with you
heroin, within ninety days after the
service of 1 hie notice on you by pub
ication thereof, or your interest in
aid claim will become forfeited
nf d'^U a'3 Pr°
( Dated^at Nome, Alaska, this 3rd
F. S. Powell and Geo. W. Dutton,
'rustees for Nome Dredging Trust,
Co-Owner.
By K. J. GORMAN. Agent,
’ublish Nov. 3, 10. 17. 24. Dec. 1. 8,
5. 22. 29. 1923. and Jan. 5, 12,
NOTICK OF FORFEITURE.
*o Mary E. 3«*arl. C. G. Cowden and
Wm. A. GiJmore, you ami each of
your 'heirs, executors, administra
tors and assigns:
You and each of 'you are hereby
lotifiod that the undersigned, as
o-owner therein, has expended the
um of One Hundred ($100.00- dol
ars during the year ending July 1,
923, for labor and improvements
mand for the benefit of UTCKY
r\VO BENCH Placer Mining Claim,
utualed on the I>*ft Limit of T>ry
’’reek, second t«*ir, in the Capt
'Tome Mining and recording district,
Perritory of Alaska, notice of loca
■ion whereof Ls recorded in Book 80,
*t page 34, of the records of said
Ft“iording District.
That said work was performed as
provided by Sec. 23 24. of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States
and siippipniental legislation, for
:hn purpose of holding said claim.
And yon are severally required to
contribute vonr proportion of such
expenditure arcording to your sev
eral interests in said claim, to the
undersigned, eo-owner with vou
therein, within ninety days after the.
service of this notice nit you by pub
lication thereof, or your interest In
said claim will become forfeited
nrd vest m the undersigned, as pro
vided by said statutes.
Dated at Nome. Alaska. this 3rd
day of November. 1923.
F. S. Powell and Geo. W. Dutton,
Trustees for Nome Dredging Trust,
Rv E. .1. GORMAN.' Agent.
Publish Nov. 3. 10, 17. 24. Dec. 1. S,
IS. 22. 29. 1923. and Jail. 12.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Peter Johnson, E. Ongman, V.
A. Graffam, Mary Newcomer and
Dan Kelly, your and each of your
heirs, administrators, successors
and assigns:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that the undersigned, as
co-owner therein, has expended the
sum of One Hundred ($100.00- dol
lars during the year ending July 1,
1923. for labor and improvements
upon and for the benefit of the
BONANZA ASSOCIATION Placer
Mining Claim, situated immediately
North of the shore of Bering Sea.
and In the East end of the city or
town of Nome, in the Cape Nome'
Recording District and Precinct.
Territory of Alaska. The original
location of which claim 1s recorded
In Vol. Ill, at Page 339, of the
records of locations in the office of
the recorder of said precinct.
That said labor and improvement*
rere made and performed in the
development of said claim and in
the performance of the annual labor
required by Section 2824 Rerlaod
Statutes of the United States and
legislation supplemental thereto. In
order to hold said claim.
And you and each of you are
hereby required to contribute to the
undersigned co-owners your propor
tion of auch expenditure according
to vour respective interests In said
mining claim, within ninety days
after the service- of this natloe upon
you by publication thereof, or your
intereet In said milling claim wtli
become forfeited to and vest la the
undersigned co-owners who have
made ‘such expenditure.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, Ckts Srd
day of November, 1$2I.
P. 8. Powell and Geo. VT. DnttOL
Trustees for Nome Brodgkg Trait,
Oo-Owae*.
By B. J. GORMAN. Agent.
Publish Nov. 3. 10, 17. 24, DiC- 1/ ••
15, 22. 29. 1920. and Jo». *. 12.
19. 2$, 1924.