LOCAL NEWS
OLGA AIUUVKH
KltOM CORDOVA
The gas ochoonor Olga. f«pt.
Alien, dropped anchor at 12:20 a. in.
June 24th. Captain Alim has spent
the winter In Cordova from which
point he willed to Nome. The trip
from the Pass to Nome took 4 days
and Hi hours. Mrs. Allen accom
panies her husband . Hoc. Preston
Is aboard as engineer. Mr. Scar
borough. a professional moving plc
tnr« man is with the Allen party
and has come Into the Nome coun
try to get a series of pictures.
Mr Allen's plans are Indefinite,
but lie expects to go North.
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HAM. TONIGHT
As w>ather conditions have pre
vented many new arrivals from leav
ing for their various summer activi
ties the Arctic Brotherhood will
hold another of their popular dances
in the A. n. Hall, tonight at 9:3«.
The best available music will be
provid'd and the public Is Invited
to attend this dance, which will no
doubt be the last dance during th»
summer.
A charge of $1.00 will he made
for gentlemen, and ladies are ad
mitted free.
FISHING COMPANY
RFOKGAMZF.R
The Arctic Whaling and Fisher
ies Company, operating at Golovin,
have completed a new organization
of which the principal officer® nr»
1. P Orton. James Krawley and J
H Young
Mr. Young will continue as man
ager of the new company, leaving
on the Victoria for the Golovin plant
With Mr. Young will be J. H.
Jones his brother-in-law who has ar
rived from Seattle to take part in
the new operations.
The new company will not confine
Its operation® to fishing alone but
will engage In other businesses as
the opportunity arises.
SVURCRIBR FOR THK Nt’OGRT
Sl’KAK I.OW PIIOXK AI'I'IJAXCI
AIIIUVKS IN XOHK
l». I'rotopapa* the Sunset Mlntoi
man. Ih the local agent for tin
Speak-Low Font- which is an up
pi la nee to be placed over the ordi
nary receiver of a telephone and en
able mil to apeak in n very low tone
of voice and thereby maintain more
secrecy in telephone communication
Mr Protopapas has letters from
Relegate Han Sutherland. Christian
Secretary to President Harding and
leading business firms of the V. S.
acknowledging receipt* of the a|>
1 pliance anti «xpressing sntisfactior
with results obtained. Mr. Pro
tnpnpas has installed a number ol
the'appliances In Nome.
\O.MK OIL Bl'm.Y
Al’OMKXTNR UY VICTORIA
The steamship Victoria was able
to spare 500 barrels of crude oil for
the Nome consumers. A lighter ol
th< Nome Lighterage Company was
fitted for the purpose of bringing
the oil to the Lighterage dock from
which point it was to be pumped
to the tanks .prepared for that pur
pose by J. .1. Keenan and associates
Hue to some defect in the pumping
equipment the barge was not unload
ed After lying at anchor for sev
eral days it was decided to run her
into the Snake river harbor and
there await until the pumping ap
paratus was in working order. The
tighter tug Genevieve towed her in
to the river where she still lies an
chored .
NORTH STKAWIAX AVKXVK
RAIMA' IX XKKD OF REPAIR
Steadman avenue beyond the St.
Joseph's church is badly in need of
n pair As this street is the main
road to the mining operations north
of Nome, some measure must be
taken to remedy the present condi
Considerable repair work must bo
done on the dirt road to make it
passable for auto*, and loaded wag
ons bound for the various mining
Mr Edwards, chief engineer ol
the Hamilton Consolidated Gold
Fields, will do the survey work nec
essary to tho, improvements, with
out cost to the city. As city finan
cob are low the assistance of auto
ow-ner.s and owner» of teams is
solicited In order to place this im
portant thoroughfare in a passable
condition. Work necessary will
cousist of drainage, grading and
huuling and spreading of loads of
(DKIMIVA ARRIVES
PIIOH- GOLOVIN
The Alaska Steamship Company's
freighter Cordova. Captain Weat
| land, arrived in the Nome roadstead
at fi:15 a in. today, with 460 tons
of freight and four passengers.
Genial Geo. Bills Is purser aboard
the freighter.
Tho paqftngers were landed in
Snake river harbor and are:
Max Humphries, Joe Mehertn. L.
Ketchum, and Capt C. S. Ward.
SOLOMON DREDGE
OPHRATOHS IN TOWN
Andy Nylen and Chas llultberg.
partners in the Shovel Creek dredge
arrived on the Jewel Guard from
Solomon and will rent In In Nome
several days concluding their busi
ness matters.
According to Mr. Nylen the Shovel
Creek crew are building a new camp
for next season's operations, the
dredge will by that time have ad
vanced so far that the present camp
location will bP too f%r Removed
for convenience.
Ice of Shovel Creek Is still ex
tremely massive, preventing any op
erations until warmer weather re
lieves tho condition. Presence of
glaciers blocks all work and a much
shorter season’s operations will re
sult unless very warm weather ar
CAPTAIX WARD. ARC'
ARRIVES FROM ST. MIKES
Captain C. S. Ward, assistant
engineer of th» Alaska Road Com
mission arrived this morning on the
Cordova from Juneau, via St. Mich
Captain Ward will supervise the
dredging of the Nome Snake River
Harbor and make a general investi
gation of road conditions in the
Ni me district.
SI list TUBE FOR THE NUGGET
NONB NSW RADIO SYSTEM
NKCOND TO MONK
IK THE WORLD
(Continued from Pace One)
lmate sending radius of 2.000 miles,
which unless unlooked for difficult
ies arise, will enable him at all
times to communicate with Nome
and If he once crosses the North
Polar rap he can readily communl
cate with his own country. It has
been erroneously reported that Capt
Amundson has aboard the Maud a
wireless telephone, we are informed
that he has no such apparatus on
Mr. Hickman will be Assistant
Operator in Charge of the Radio
Station while Sargeant Qrowden will
be Operator in Chief. Mr. Grow
den being in active control of the
city office while Mr, Hickman re
mains at the station.
According to Captain Rurkhead
next year will witness further Im
provi ments in the Nome Radio Sta
tion A new concrete building will
be erected at a point several blocks
closer to the city of Nome, thereby
making access to the station less
difficult. The radio tower will not
be removed but alterations and im
provements made to accomodate
changed conditions.
SKA WOI«F RETURNS FROM ST.
MKTIAKL WITH MUCH MAIL
The Sea Wolf. Capt Tra Rank, ar
rived from St. Michael at 3:40 a.
m. today, having aboard 31 sacks
of first class and second class mall
and 9 passengers. The mail brot
is that which remained at St. Mich
ael after the winter main contract
expired and includes Alaakan as
well as outside mail of uncertain
vintage. Six passengers were tak
en aboard at St. Michael and trans
ferred to the Victoria at Golovin.
Capt Rank expects to leave tonight
for Teller with mail, passengers and
The passengers brought to Nome
from St. Michael arc: A Carlson.
J- C Phillips. A Seaholm. Mrs. C.
Welch. Fred Oalli. E. De toffee. Jno
Berk mans. F A Ruppert and Miss
Maggie Becker.
FOUND—A nugget st*ck pin.
Owner can obtain same by paying
for thi- advertisement.
WHITE MOUNTAIN MARKS
TRIAL SPIN, SPRINGS LEAK
Last Sunday afternoon the White
Mountain, a trading schooner, in
charge, of Tony Grlsco and Sam Mal
sago, left Snake river for a trial
.spin to the Victoria. A few min
utes after leaving the river It be
came apparent that the boat was
leaking and haste was made to get
back Into the river.
Having taken aboard consider
able water It was impossible to
stem the current and the assistance
of Capt. Thos. A. Ross of the Coast
Guard and his crew was obtained to
take her hi the harbor. When
beached it was found that a careless
carpenter had bored several bolt
.holes in the bottom and then failed
to calk them properly.
SCHOONER ARRIVES FROM
VANCOUVER, B. C.
The gas schooner "Eagle” arrived
June 22nd from Vancouver. B. C.
On board are Captain Louis Hansen
and Charles Nleussler. Cfcptain
Hansen is an old time mariner along
the Nome coast and Chas. Neussler
is the former winter manager of the
Pioneer Mining Co.
The Eagle contemplates a trading
expedition to the Kolyma river on
the north coast of Siberia.
Th<e schooner Eagel has been in
Nome waters before, being taken
south by Capt. Hansen in 1917 and
until one. month ago the vessel was
engaged in halibut fishing at Prince
Rupert and Ketchikan.
Mr. Chas. Neussler is the pres
ent owner of the craft which is out
fitted by the Hudsons Bay Company
of Canada and for whom Mr. Neuss
ler is conducting the expedition.
Accompanying these gentlemen
are Erner Olsen. Hans Carlson and
Gus Bjornstad. ^
Five tons of freight arrived on
the Victoria which will be placed
aboard the Eagle before leaving on
the trip north The trip from Van
couver required 23 days and was un
eventful. The motive power of the
boat consists of 1-40 h.p. Atlas gas
engine supplemented by sails.
Captain Hansen is the mariner in
charge of the vessel.
SPECIAL—Chicken Dinner at
Bah Ike's Restaurant, every Sunday
Vl^TUKU NAKKN FIRST TRIP
* SOUTH FOB 8KA80.V IMS
After day* of distressing delay,
due to adverse weather conditions,
the Victoria on Monday aftomSon
began unloading her Noaae cargo of
1100 tons, completing her discharge
Thursday evening.
The passenger lighter left the
lighterage dock at 1 p. m. Thursday
with 62 passengers aboard, of which
2S are boundl for Golovin. At
12:20 a. m. June 23rd the Victoria
sailed from the Nome port on her
first return trip of the season of
Fallowing Is the passenger list for
Mrs. W. F. Baldwin. Helen and
Bobby Baldwin. W A Doyle. Miss
Norma Halbach. Miss Margaret Bry
er. Miss Marlon Campbell. Mrs. T.
C. Collins, T. C. Collins. Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Fallis. Mrs G R Jackson,
Mrs H O Oabrielson. Ruth Ivanoff,
Mrs. I. C Ackley. H W Johnson. Jim
Native, Nick Sanovich. James H.
Anderson, Mrs H P French, Mrs.
Louise Brunner. Chas. F. Sandford.
Peter Romdo. J. W. Bayne, J. E.
Renard. F J Crute, C. C. Hecht,
Harry Dobson, and Erik Johnson.
For Golovin:—Con Erickson, T.
Jensen. Nick Bradovich, H G Long
ley. E W Green. John Arasak, J.
Jones. Gus B Burners. Wm Delanty,
Arthur Mroos. Arthur Brooker. J.
Boker. Herman Johnson. G H Rus
sell. J H Young. J A Jones Y. N.
Engelstead. Jennie Hanson, C. Jep
son. W Hatch. A W Gar rod. Fred
Fay and A 8 Kcpner.
AMUNDSON'S BOAT MAUD
TO LEAVE FOR ARCTIC TRIP.
EARLY NEXT WEEK
Captain Amundson’s boat "Maud"
arrived in the Nome roadstead June
21st, at 6:45 a. m.. having left Seat
tle several days ahead of the Vlc
Captain Amundson expects to
leave Nome for the North Pole early
in the coming week, proceeding to
Point Barrow from which point an
aeroplane will be started for a trans
polar flight to Spitsbergen.
N O T I CE
Odd Fellows requested to meet at
I. O. O. F. hall. Sunday 7:00 p. m.
and attend church in a body.
JAMES BOGAN, Secy
It Is Announced
By Mr. Leo Seidenverg, that there has been a decided drop in the
Wholesale Prices of Ladies and Men’s Clothing, Furnishings and Footwear
THEREFORE RETAIL PRICES IN OUR OWN STORE ARE MUCH LOWER THAN FORMERLY
A visit to Our Store will convince you of this fact
A COMPLETEM-INE OF
Ladies, Children’s, Men’s, Ready to Wear yd. Goods
We now carry the Famous Kuppenheimer line of
Men’s Clothing, all wool and a yard wide
CHEAP JOHN STORE
MITCHELL WEISBERG, MANAGER
WHOLESALE_ AND--RETAIL