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FOOD SHORTAGE
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forms of public entertainment are
The moving picture show run l»v
i:. S. Dlmmick is displaying programs
twice a week and is well patronized.
The* dam-os and other entertainments
Save for stopovers on account of
had weather and a short layover at
Kotzebue necessitated hy .Mr Solberg
severely straining an ankle, the two
mushers have been on the go contin
uously since their departure from
Nome early in Januar\ . As a result of
the injury to his ankle. Warden Sol -
herg spent a couple of days in the
Kotzebue hospital and is still some
what lame. Ptarmigan are still scarce
in the Kotzebue section, he says, and
meals of the juicy game birds wer<
few during the trip.
Owing to the shortage of supplies
the natives have done but little trap
far less plentiful than In the district
farther south.
MAIL ARRIVES THURSDAY
A consignment of outside mail, all
second class, arrived Thursday, to
gether with some Alaska and wn>
FRED AYER ARRIVES
OVER WINTER TRAIL
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practically within sight of Nenuna Air
\yer was greatly surprised to find n*»
snow in the Nenana valley. The val
ley is described as a beautiful spot
prolific in vegetation and resembling
farming country in the states. On
arrival at the Nenana rail head, he
look the train t-> Nenana. fifty miles
from the end of steel. Leaving Ne
nana with his team Air Ayer proceed
ed to Dunbar and thfcnee to the Yukon
vithout visiting Fairbanks. Weather
and trail conditions were fairly good
throughout the trip down the Yukon
and no ba^l weather was encountered
until lie arrived on this side of Nor
ton Hay. There was little snow on
the South side of Norton Sound but
by some peculiar circumstance the
hard packed trail was intact and
stretched across the bare country like
an icy causeway. Air Ayer arrived a.
Elim in a blizzard encountered on ar
riving on the north shore of Norton
Hay and says he had to actually “feel
his way" as the storm at times oblit
erated all land marks. He was forced
to snowshoe from Ellm to Walla Walla
and encountered heavy weather and
bad trails from there to Solomon. It
arrived at Solomon last Sunday nigh’
but could not reach Nome without un
due hardships until Monday after
To he continued
REPUBLICANS
Flan t.) bo at the pools April
27 to vote for Sutherland, Herron.
Heed and Valentine. Remember the
REBEKAHS HOLD CARD PARTY
Thi* Itehckah lodge entertained the
local odd Fellows and their families
with a card party and dance at Odd
Fellow Hall last night. The program
comprised progressive whist, and danc
ing. followed by a delicious luncheon.
Those attending report an excellent
time, with the fun lasting until '1 a.
in. this morning. The card prizes
were won by Mrs Xels Swanherg and
Mrs o s Weaver in the ladies division
and the gentle-mens prizes were an
nexed by Messrs (’lias Mason and A
RED CROSS TO ASSIST
EX SOLDIERS IN
INSURANCE MATTER
i.i inaugurated . Home Se.-v
:i\->ities and is prepare.! :
.merit. The Horne Se.-viee .. »»-*.
in charge of .1 commit: *• landed
(’has W. Thornton. Arty -oldie
-P his insurance or any who still
tains it and wishes to exchange for
endowment will receive the assis
•0 and advice of the committee |»v
nsultlng chairman Thornton.
VALDEZANS SORE AT
JOINT ROAD B11 L
•'if the people Of thf Valdez section
li. rheir will, the joint n» >.| bill
4*..c v,i by the Alaska legislature t it.
last session will be relegated t . jlt.
liriibo or forgotten things, a cron ling
to intimations contained in a teh grain
ft"tn Teritorial I'oad ('om,"issi*iner
VVilsprf. of Valdez, reaching District
lioad Commissioner Harney (Jibney
during the past week.
i'oiumissioner Wilson dee* not
specify particularly the Valdez obj?;
tions, hut says the bill is e.\’tr*niely
obnoxious to the general run of Val
dez citizens and steps will h- niuler
tuken there to secure it's repeal :.i Hr,
next Legislative session.
The bill created confident1 le com
ment here at the time of its enactment
with opinion about equally divided :e
gat-ding its merits.
PIONEER WOMEN TO
HOLD EASTER DANCE
An Raster dance on the evening of
April 3 is announced by the women’s
branch of the Pioneers of Alaska.
NOTICE OF CLOSING OF MAILS
The last registered mall of the sea
son for dispatch via the Winter Trail
for the Outside will close Friday,
March 26th at 5 p. in.; the date of the
last dispatch for ordinary letter mail
will he announced later.
Notice is hereby given that the Pell
Books fer the registration of voters
for the Municipal and School Board
Election to lie held April 6th 1920 will
dose March 27th 1920.
E. GRIMM,
City Clprfc. |
BUSINESS INTERESTS
OPPOSE CHANGE IN
ASSESSMENT DATE
A determined effort hy representa
tives of the grocery and other inter
ests to prevent return of the nnnu.il
taxation assessment date to November
10th. was the prominent feature of
Monday nights meeting of the City
Council. Iteprescntntivcs of five lead
ing business houses embracing three
lines, groceries, drugs and meats, de
scended on the council in a body to of
fer strenuous urgument against the
pending amendment to the tax ord‘
ment to November, instead of Sep
tember. The amendment which was
up for second reading, come in fo.-(
some sharp censure, one of the oppos
ing speakers characterizing it as "un
just.” "unfair". "un American." and
"savoring of class legislation,"
The council personnel was all pres
ent when Mayor Holt rapped for order
around the usual hour. The first mat
ter to claim the attention of the conn-,
cil was a cable communication from K
L. Carpenter, the War Department
engineer in charge of the harbor con
struction. advising the council that
>er of the kind required for city
strwt ami bridge work could be se
cured on I’tiget Sound for $41* pe>
th< usand ".it ship* tackle." This win
a communication from George
Ge imalis complaining against the na
tive policemen appointed at the pre
ceding session to assist in the fcup
presaion of immorality and illicit booze
distribution among the natives. The
Genmalis missive stated that its autho •
w^is recentl> arrested on a charge of
furnishing liquor to a native woman,
said charge being laid against him at
the instigation of Pyfed Kvans of the
Bureau of Kducation. He declared
that altho In had been acquitted of the
charge, his footsteps have been dogged
continuously since the trial by the na
tive t o)rs and respectfully asked the
council, on behalf of himself and other
white males that their services be dis
continued "as tin- present police fore
is able to handle the situation.” Gea
malis said in conclusion that he is an
American citizen of 15 years residence
in Nome: that bis reputation had
never been attacked until recently,
that he was registered, drafted and
honorably discharged from the Xn.
tio:i tn the imposing phalanx of busi
ness magnates seated beyond the rail
barring the city dad's from the close
approach of the hoi polloi, and for their
accomodation deviated from the reg
uL r course <if business to the topic
of "unfinished business.” To clear the
an na for the verbal battle over the
ta\ levying date, the proposed amend
ment to the assessment ordinance was
real the second time by title and the
fin-works commenced. The business
men's delegation included A. I'olet. 11.
B. Julian and M. Jacobsgaard, repre
senting the grocery interests, Ft. Ix>
men. the drug trade, and Win. Webb
the meat business. Mr Polet fired
the first verbal battery and after
dropping a well placed barrage of or
gmnents the others, with the exrep
ti >n of Mr Webb, advanced in ooen
Of Severe Breaking Out
On Face'and Head.
"My babysitter' had a severe
breaking out on her face and head.
It started with little pimples on her
face and it kept spreading until it
was all over her bead. The pimples
festered first, and then turned hard,
and were in blotches. They itched
and she waa Croat and irritable.
“Than I sent for a free sample of
Cutkura Soap and Ointment. We
bought more, and in two weeks she
was healed.” (Signed) Miss Thel
ma Blanton, Brooks, Oregon, Mar.
Improve poor akin by daily use of
Cut icoraSoap,Ointment and Talcum.
■9 l alii Ml ft 8msiUtm«
E. L. HOLT
Successor to E, W. Carleton Co.
HARDWARE, CROCKERY I
GRANITE WARE, FURNITURE,
HOU8E FURNISHINGS,
DREDGE SUPPLIES,
Sole Agent For
Lango Staves and Ranges, Moore’s
Merritt Ranges, also Columbia Mining
•hovels and Tures Gasoline Lighting
TIN SHOP IN CONNECTION.
formation and bombarded the enemy
de'en.-is with undry high explosives.
Space dors not permit detailed re
port of the various arguments olfurjd
agslast the proposal _nange of date,
but the burden of r.». was that taxation
should he I vised on the average amount |
of stock carried and not on a maxi* ,
mum entailed by the peculiar local
conditions, which compel met chants to
lay in the bulk of their annual sup
plies during the last month or so oif
the open season in order to carry the
community through the seven months
of the winter period.
The contention waa supported by
various arguments purporting to show
that most of the winter business is
dqne at a loss; that the merchants car
ry larger stocks during the closed sea
son than the volume of business Jus
tifies. in order to protect against short
ages: that the proposed change in the
ordinance aimed to make the merch
ants pay taxes when they had eight
months’ supply of goods on hand, in
stead of at a time when an average
amount are tarried, as in September,
and that the proposed return of the
assessment date to November 10 sav
ored of class legislation, in that it ap
peared aimed at making the merchants
bear the major portion of the com
munal taxes. The amendment was de
clared to he "unjust”, "unfair." "un
warranted” as it’s adoption would
compel 15 or 20 business men to bear
After discussing the question from
a multiplicity of angles. the mercan
tile magnates suggested the appoint
ment «*f an special assessor to handle
the appraisment and assessment of
taxable property: that the said asses
sor be like Caesars wife with respect
to iM>liti<-s or political influences; that
the assessments be made on a reason
when an average stock is carried.
The council in the mean time had
donned their gas masks and when the
enemy had fired his final shot, emerg
ed with a smile and two or three of
the city dads subjected the commer
cial gentlemen to a mild catechising
regarding various phases of business
operations, costs, profits, etc. in ad
dition to differing in a mild way with
some of the statements made by them.
Some of the councilmanic replies sug
gested a possible ehange of heart on
the taxation subject, altho the bulk
of the city lawmakers gave little in
dication that their spirit had been
moved by the flow of business elo
quence. City Attorney Cochran also
addressed the council at some length on
the subject., outlining the principles
of taxation laws and discussing var
ious phases of the taxation question.
l'nshaken by the forensic ordeal,
the council then turned to the matter
of selec.ing officials for thep rimary
elections ard named th following:
Judges- Trod Harism. S. N. Car
man. Chas. Watson. Cieiks. C. \V.
Thornton. Al Hitt on
The city hall was designated as tho
polling place.
After sundry requisitions of the
fiie department for feed and other
supplies had been granted, the com
mittee appointed to investigate the
matter of securing lumber for street
repairs reported the receipt of the tele
gram from Engineer Carpenter. This
led to some discussion regarding the
reference to ‘ships tackle” contained
and whether it meant at the shipping
or receiving end. The major opinion
appeared to be that it referred to the
loading point. The report of the
committee was in accordance with
this view. The report was laid on the
table and the committee was granted
more time for investigation.
The fieainalis communication next
came up for consideration. A motion
was made to abolish the native police
but failed to receive a second and also
encountered strenuous opposition from
several eouncilmen. Chairman May
nard of the police committee stated
that investigation of the conduct of the
native officer’s had failed to reveal any
evidence that they are not fulfilling
their duties in a proper manner. It
was the view of others of the
council that the dusky cops are filling
a useful purpose among the native
residents by keeping them out of mis
chief and" the prevailing opinion was
that they should be retained. The
Geamalis letter was turned over to
the police committee for investigation.
The council next looked with lenient
,eyes on the plea of C. W. I-ewla for
a reduction in his personal property1
assessment, amounting to $150, and a'
motion was passed remitting $50 of!
that sum. After completing this ad- I
Justment the council cdjejumed unt 1
the next regular meting night.
ATTENTION L. O. O. M.
Regular semi-monthly moating ef
the Loyal Order of Moose'will ho hold
Monday evening at S p. m. sharp. All
members are cordially Invited to at;
Installation of Officers.
W. H. KOCH, foe rotary.
STORMY TRIP TO SHISMAREFF
Deputy Marshal Elmer Reed. who
recently ma*t* an vi»u to loo
Shismareff section, piloted by Percy
Blachford. reports exceptionally severe
weather along: the west eoist through
out February and the early days of
March. Practically throughout 'lie en
tire forty one days required to make
the journey to Shistnareff and return
the wind was blowing: with gale ve
losltv and progress was achieved only
with the. greatest difficulty. During
the middle of February a storm, de
scribed as the worst within recall of
the whites in that section, raged over
the York district. The wind blew |
with terrific velocity for u period of |
6 days, stopping all travel and forcing
the two travellers to spend nearly i
week with the t'hristianson family at
York. Mr Heed says Christianson told |
him the storm was the worst he re
membered in all his long residence in
the York section.
The distance to Shistnareff and re
turn is approximately 500 miles and
Mr Heed says it was 500 miles of dodg
!ing storms all the way going and
coining. He departed from Nome
February 2 and ran Into a blizzard hc
Ifore reaching Sinroek. The storm ac
companied by temperatures around t0
below raged so fiercely the travellers
were unable to move for 5 days. Fin
ally arriving at Cape Woole.v. they
found San Torkelson who had left
Nome several days prior to themsel
ves. Torkelson had frozen his leader
so badly on the trip from Nome that
the animal died. The two musliers
arrived at Teller Feby J>. one week
out of Nome and in advance of Tor
kelson. The weather was fair at Tel
ler hut a storm, easily discernible from
the town, was blowing along the
north side of Port Clarence and the
travellers did not venture forth for
two days. When the storm cleared
they proceeded to tast River landing
where they encountered Sam Cun
ningham. Pat Ivory and several other
members of the tin mine crew. On
the following day they set out for
York and arrived in the midst of an
other hllsznrd.
At York they encountered ,:.ie I ig
rttoiin which held 1*1*111 up for 0 days.
O11 arrival at Wnlea they were again
hung up. this time for 13 days, during
which It was intensely cold and blow
ing heavily. Three native team*
hound for points beyond the (Tape v/ero
forced to remain there during the
mme period. At Whales the mush era
stopped at the home **f Mr and Mrs
Fred Tate, who are in charge of the
native school and government rein
deer herd at that pjnu A*, the «r I
of this period of dela \ the two me >
proceeded to the dilate of Sklpik. "•<
miles beyond Wales, but found the
travellinK so rou°'a il requited 13
hours to make 'he trip. Before
reach ink the * .base, they landed on
top of an ice heap, but *ould soft noth
ing in the shape of a habitation an I
hail concluded they were in for a
night In the open, w’hen a native
came along and directed them to the
village some distance beyond. Th‘«
section of the coaat. Mr Reed say*, I*
so low that the winter traveller has
considerable dlfllculty in tolling
whether he is ;ishore or on the ice.
The ice hummocks usually found on
the sea are absent owing to the shal
low water and are found only a con
siderable way from land. On the fol
lowing day they proceeded to Riddell'.*
cabin. 33 miles from Wales, and
reached Shlsmureff 25 miles bevoni
Riddell's, on the following day. At
Shisinnreff, Deputy Reed arrested a
native named Herman, and took him
to Teller for trial on a larceny charge
before Commie.doner Marx. Follow
ing the hearing the native was releas
ed, the evidence being insuffleent to
convict. At Shismareff they stopped
with Mr and Mrs R. W. Nye who
are in charge of the government
school at that point.
The trip hack was not ao bad, but
marked by windy weather practically
all the way. They were held up at
Wooley and encountered stormy
weather almost up to the last hour of
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FOR DELEGATE FROM ALASKA
Hon. Dan Sutherland
PRIMARY ELECTION TUESDAL. APRIL. 27. 1920.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
Hon. John Rustgard
PRIMARY ELECTION TUESDAY. APRIL, 27, 1920.
For Delegate to Republican National Convention
T. M. Reed
PHIM.UiV ELECTION TUESDAY, APRIL. 27, HBO.
For Republican National Committeeman
Chas. E. Herron
PRIMARY ELECTION TUESDAY, APRIL. 37. 1920.
VOTE AT PRIMARIES
FOR DELEGATE TO CONGRE8S
Dan Sutherland
FOR TERRITORIAL NATIONAL COMMITEEMAN
Chas. E. Herron
FOR DELEGATE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
T. M. Reed
FOR DELEGATE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
Emery Valentine
PRIMARY ELECTION TUESDAY. APRIL, IT, 1120.