LOCAL NEWS
company takes
OVER ANDHKSON IHlEIMiE
. . Current rumors around the street
during the early part of the week
to the effect that the Hatpin Com
p. ny had purchased the. Andy An
derson dredge and properties locat
ed on Snake River just south of thr
rld pumping plant caused the Nug
get representative to get busy and
investigate the rumor with the result
that an interview with Michael .1.
Walsh developed that the rumor
was correct and llalpin and associ
ates have taken over the Anderson
property and Mr. Walsh has received
charge of the dredge and other pro
perty taken over by the Halpin in
Further details of the transactions
wore unavailable as Mr. Walsh was
retlcient about stating anything fur
ther than that the deal had been
made and that he had been placed
THOMAS HOIST A\I>
WIFE KETCH\ TO HOME
Thomas Roust and wife returned
to. their home in Candle during the
week after spending the last two
weeks here in attendance on the
Federal Court as witnesses.
Roust resided^* t Doering until re
cently when he' moved to Candle.
Uoth the latter and his wife are well
known to Nomeites as well as resi
dents in other parts of Alaska. Mrs.
witness in the Federal Court here,
made the return trip to Candle with 1
Roust and wife, following with her
MRS. FLOWERS BUYS
(JKM RKST.ICRAM
.Mrs. Olive Flowers, well known i
sourdough Nomeit**, has purchased ;
the Gem Restaurant across the street i
from the Nugget office and will have ■
the establishment open for business ■
about the time of open navigation.
AX APOliOGY TO
MISS TORGF.RSOV
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hrough some ^ror.f>e have in:
the past been spelling Miss Mia
we wish to apologize. Miss Torger
sen is a grade teacher at the Nome :
Public School. .lust how the name
was mis-spelled, we are at a loss to ;
ha-s been called to the fact, the
take will not occur again.
SEWARD BAY BE CELEBRATED
THIS EVENING
Seward Day will be celebrated this
evening at the Pioneer Igloo No. 1,
of Nome. Addresses, singing. mus- ;
ic and dancing will be on the pro
gram of the evening and a good time
is assured to all who attend.
The opening announcement will be
made hv A. Poiet. Chairman of the !
Committee, followed by an address
of welcome by Charles Jones, Presi
dent of the Igloo. America will then
be sung by the audience and accom
panied at the piano by Miss Emily
Poiet and on the violin by Alvin
Bahlke. The singing of America
will be followed by a violin' solo by
Mrs. Klondy Woofter. accompanied
bv Mrs. L. E. Bunting.
The reading of the original pre
amble to the Constitution of the Pio
neers of Alaska will then be made
b> Judge Grimm. The Northern
Sons, composed of Nome boys will
then sing “Alaska Thy Days Are
Getting Brighter.” accompanied at
the piano by Miss Emily Poiet. and
on the violin by Alvin Bahlke. An
address on Seward Bay will then be
made by Judge G. J. Lomen. A song
will then follow by the children of
Miss New'ton's room, and then a se
lection will be played by the High
School Orchestra, after which the
audience will be treated to a song by
Mr. Arthur Brooker, well known
tenor singer of Nome. The audi
ence will then be called upon to sing
“Alaska. My Alaska.” with piano
and violin accompaniment by Miss
Poiet and Mr. Bahlke.
After the song “Alaska. My Alas
ka.” there will be dancing for the
audience to music furnished by mem
bers of the High School Orchestra,
and Mr. R. B. Julian and Mr. Ira
Rank. This feature alone, will bring
out a large crowd, ft Is predicted.
Light refreshments will be served
during the evening. Tfcre is no ad
mission oharge at this event and,the
public is cordlai#: Invited to attend,
and witness hospitality of tfie
Pioneers of Alaska, some of «»•
fb Aiders Of th* great fe^torr.
SimSTRIBK FOR THBNUWBI
•1.00 PUR MONTH
r.WMWATKS FI LK FOR
CITY FLECTION
1 C:tnd;dates who have filed for the
City Election which will be held next
Tuesday at the City Hall are as fol
For Mayor; Geo. S. Maynard, for
re-election. For Councilmen: Cliff
AUyn, R. B. Julian. T. (Bud i Leh
mann. Albin Poison. M. E. Beebe
and M. O. Solberg.
An application was filed by Char
les Rice for Mayor, but was with
drawn Friday morning, leaving only
ore candidate for the Mayoralty.
E. Grimm is a candidate for re
election as City Clerk; A. F. Wright,
candidate for City Treasurer; Hugh
O Neill, is a candidate for City At
torney. Candida* *s filing for the
School Board are. Mrs. Wm. Arthurs
and W. H. Koch, for President of
tlie Board, and W. F. Baldwin, for
Clerk of the Board.
There are three Council men to be
elected and a Mayor to the City
Cc uncil. and two members of the
School Board a President and a
The office of Mayor. City Attorney.
City Clerk and City Treasurer are
not being contested at this election,
as only one candidate filed for each
2«1» REGISTERED I P TO
Two hundred ami ixtv nine voters
have registered up to five o'clock
Friday in th- City Clerk’s office. City
Clerk E. Grimm announced that he
will keep the City Hall open from S
o'clock tomorrow evening until mid
night. in order to give the voters who
are working out of town a chance to
NOTICE OF ELECTION
NOTH'E IS HEREBY GIVEN; that ;
the Municipal and School Hoard 1
Election for the City of Nome. Alan
ka. will »»e held April 1st, 1024. for
the purpose of Electing a Mayor, ,
Three Councilmcn, a Flty Troa*uror,
it Cit> Clerk, a t’ity Attorney and a
I’ltvsidrnt juiiI t'lerk of the Nome
School Ik>aj*d.
Polling place for the said Elec
tion will be HI the C ity Hall.
K. GRIMM. City C lerk.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 28th ,
day of March 1024.
NOTICE IS HKKKIIY GIVEN: ilial
(he Annual Municipal and School :
Hoard Flection will Is* held at the 1
City Hall, in the City of Nome, on
Tuesday, April 1st, 1024, and the ,
following candidates have been duly
and regularly nominated for the re- ,
s|H*ctive offices hereinafter sot forth ;
and having complied with the pro- .
visions of Ordinance No. 241 of the]
For Mayor—
GEO. S. MAYNARD.
For C ‘ou ncilmen—
CLIFF ALLYN.
M. K. BEEBE
It. B. JULIAN.
T. (Bud i LEHMANN.
ALRIX POLSON.
M. O. SOLBERG.
E. GRIMM.
For City Treasurer—
A f\ WRIGHT.
For City Attorney—
HUGH O’NEILL.
For President School Hoard—
MRS. ADA ARTHURS.
W. H. KOCH.
For t’lerk of School Board—
W. F. BALDWIN.
. . Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 28th
day of MArch, 1024.
K. GRIMM, City Clerk.
KYDKKN AND WIFE
.ARRIV E IN NOME
Aimer Rydeen. well known mining
man of the Candle and Bear Creek
districts, arrived in Nome during the
week from the former place with his
[wife. Mr. Rydeen is well known to
all old timers of the Second Division
as well as other portions of Alaska,
having served in the Alaska Legis
lature at one time and for many
years has been interested in mining
in the above locations. It is rumor
ed that Mr. Rydeen and wife expect
to make N»hp thetr permanent
home In the future. It is hoped that
the rumor is correct as NVue is al
ways ready to welcome citizens like
Mr. and Mrs. Rydeen.
dlrnrrm- the GHUSjE
■"Lotion wfth (lie Smile ^naii on sale
at IioionN, reconunc-ucfad by Hie
iy*ntal IIj|irn«*t, Anabel Fromm.
Btibocrfbe NOW for the Nome Non*<
LOCAL NEWS
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DANCE AT A. B. HALL
There is to be a dance given at the
; A. 11. Hull next Saturday night, April
I 5th.. by the two popular Nome mus
icians, .Mrs. C. .1. Woofter and Mrs.
| L. K. Hunting.
Dancing will start at 9:00 p. ni.,
and those who have danced to the
| music of these two talented young
(musicians do not need to be told that
| it will be full of pep, and an excep
tionally good time is assured to all
attending. Harry G. Gabriels.*n.
’one ..f Nome's popular saxophonists,
will he there and will assist in a few
numbers on the saxophone. More
details will he given next weMi.
Don't forget the date—SATURDAY.
FEDERAL COURT ACTIVITIES
The Federal Court convened for
the week Iasi Monday with Federal
Judge G. .1. Lomen on the Bench and
the Court proceeded to select a jury
ip the case of the United States ver
sus August Viera, charged with
“Pointing a Firedrm at a Person.”
The following Jury was selected to
try the case: W. H. Webb, Mrs. W.
M Koch. Mrs. Gertrude Lescher.
Miss Bertha Savillo, Mrs. T. Lyle.
Henry Shultz, Andrew Mattson. A.
L. Pritchard. Win. Arthurs. Don Mil
ler. Peter X. Peterson and Peter
The case wont to I ho Jury Tuesday
afternoon and after deliberate for
S hours, a V’erdict of Guilty as chars
eu. was returned. Viera will bo sen
tenced at 11:00 a. m. today. Hush
O'yeill. his attorney, served notice in
Court yesterday that he intends to
ask tor a new trial at the opening of
On Wednesday. March 26th.. the
ease of the United States vcrsur '
John Peter Kass. on a charge of i
Falsely claiming Citizenship, was to ■
have been tried, but owing to defects .
i i the indictment, the case was dis- '
missed on motion jf Fred Harrison, j
United States Attorney.
On Thursday. March 27th.. the
case of the United States versus t
John Jacob Topolsky. charged on '
tvo counts, with manufacturing in-'
toxicating liquor, and with having ]
intoxicating liquor *n his possession,
was called, and th« following Jury
was selected:
John L. Herbert. G. F Hilfrich. j
Gertrude Leseher. Andrew Mattson.
Fred Diemer, John Manos. Henry I
Shultz. W. H. Webb. Peter X. Peter- j
sou. Otto Mills. M. O. Sol berg and
Ed Rohn. After deliberating for j
one hour and forty-five minutes, the j
Jury returned a Verdict of Not Guil-1
The School children of Miss Tor- j
gerson's room attended this case to ]
witness the operations of the United
States Courts. Federal Judge G. J.
Lomen made an interesting talk to
the children and explained the oper
ation of the Courts and the Jury sys
On Friday, March 28th.. the fol
lowing names were drawn from the i
Jury Box for the purpose of filling |
the Regular Panel of the Petit Jury j
for the balance of this session of the j
Court: Mrs. Andy Anderson, who j
claimed exemption on account of sex. ;
Fred Barnofsky. who was excused j
on account of defective hearing, C. j
R. Fernando. E. J. Gorman. Carl O. j
Heriem, Evan Jack, Robert Jacob* j
son. who w'as not located. Mrs. Ralph
Lomen. excused from serving. Emil
Lassen, who is out of town. Albin
Poison. Miss Bertha Savllle. Nels
Sw.-voberg. L. 8. Stemple. L. Steph
anson, out of town and not served,
E N. Tarnutzer, Mrs. Nel Thomen
and Mrs. C. J. Woofter.
At 2 p. m. yesterday, the trial of
the case of the United States versus
John Peter Kass, indicted by the
Grand Jury for having intoxicating
liquor in his possession, was called
and the following Jury was selected
to try the case:
G. F. Hilfrich, Henry Shultz. L. S.
Stemple, John L. Herbert. Carl Brill,
!Albin Poison, Wm. Arthurs, Fred
Diemer, A1 Nicholson, Peter X. Pet
jerson, Eric Johnson, and Mrs. Nel
Thomen. After deliberating for ap
jproximately 25 minutes, a verdict of
Not Guilty was returned.
| ROSEMARY LOMEN
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Little Miss Rosemary Lomen, the
charming young daughter of Mr. and
Ralph Lomen, one of the dwn
f rs of the Lomen Brothers Drug
Ftore, celebrated her eleventh birth
day last Saturday at the home of hei^
(patents on.first Avenue. Ronmihrv
ientertained eleven young frietods of
near the mute age, and the after
noon was spent in. am enjoyable way.
IfMMrtbe NOW ter the Neaie Now*
PERSONAL MENTION
Karl Reinisch, the Rock Creek
I miner and prospector was in Nome
!during the week and stated that he
land his brother Ons have succeeded
in taking out a large dump during
j the winter.
! Felix Itrunner is busy taking out a
'dump on his claims on Center Creek
* this winter. He has a man helping
him and states that so far he has
been making very good progress.
1 I)iek Lambert, well known old
itime prospector and miner, is busy
[working at the head ot' Glacier creek
Charlie Butler another well known
old timer of the Nome district, is
working on "Lower Glacitjj creek dur
ing the winter months.
Dan Camp, an old timer of the
Nome district, is doing representa
tion work at the head of Rock creek.
Bob Stewart is doing extensive
prospecting and mining on Monu
ment creek this winter.
John Jensen, son of Rasmus Jen-,
sen. both well know n Nome mining ■
men. paid Nome a visit during the!
week from the Jensen mining prop
erty below Fort Davis. Jensen and
son have spent a very busy winter
getting their claims cleared of water
; nd are now doing successful mining.
MAN DIES ON SAND SPIT
La,st Saturday evening, attention
was called to the fact that a man
known as Henry Kuehne. was dead
in his cabin on the Sand Spit. The
matter was taken up by the Federal
authorities and a Coroner's Jury re
turned a verdict of death roused by
apoplexy. The remains were buried
last Tuesday in the City Cemetery.
WATCH RKI'AlRINfi
I.oavp your Watches, mid Clocks
at Holt’s Hardware Store, they wilt
he cleaned and repaired promptly
at a reasonable price. Mai! orders
will rewire prompt attention. All
work guaranteed.
EDWARD .1. FOX.
.NOTICE
A radio class will be started short
ly under the supervision of Joe Du
rand who will give all students in
terested three lessons per week and
ai reasonable prices, provided a reas
onable number of students enroll as
soon as possible. For further in
formation inquire at Nugget Office.
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(Contributed!
The High School Orchestra is pre
paring a few selections to be ren
dered at the Seward Day entertain
ment at the Pioneer Igloo. They
ere coming out with some new
"stuff** that no one can afford to
An interesting debate was held by
the fifth (trade last Wednesday, the
Captains were Rosemary Lomen on
the Negative and Raymond Gerhart
on the Affirmative. The Anil decla-;
iou was 6 to 5 in favor of the Affirm
ative side on the question: Resolved
That the Chinese should be freely
admitted to the United States.
Last Tuesday night at 7:30 the
two school teams. Cuba and Pirates,
played the third game of their five
game series. The Cubs won, making
the standing 2 to 1 in favor of the
evening's winners. The game. In all,
was a little slow but there was some
good pass work and good shots at
the basket. The final score was 19
to 12. Mr. Barnett was Referee and
Donald Lyle Umpire.
Mr. Rynning has been absent from
school for the last three days with
a slight illness which has forced him
to remain indoors. However, it is
hoped that he prill be feeling better
by the first of the week and will be
on deck again.
Monday, March 31, will be cele
brated as a holiday in the Public
School In honor of Seward’s Day.
Due to the Ideal weather for outdoor
sports, no doubt most of the stud
ents will take this opportunity to get
out on a few skiing trips and do*
rides and various otlfcr ways of en
joying ihemsfelves.
The pupils of the Seventh and
Eighth Grades have visited the
Court House during the past week
to see how a ease is cstaducted. This
was done as a Civics lesson.
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NEMO CORSETS
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A splendid fitting Corset.
Models to fit every figure,
SIZES 16 to 37.
l-ii'Rp aMtortjnontN of reiad.v
to wear garments and yardage
goods. Also footwear.
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HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
Guaranteed uli wool.
Perfect Tailoring and the lat
est styles. All the leading
Brands in
MEN’S WEAR,
you will Hud in the
CHEAP JOHN STORE
MAIL OUDKIW GIVEN PERSONAL ATTENTION.
WHOLESALE. Telephone Main 49. RETAIL.
M. W'EISBERG, Marnier.
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REPUBLICAN
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For Governor
Primary Election
April 29th, 1924
Wm. D. Copperaoll
OF SEWARD
CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION
Attorney General
of Alaska \
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