NEWS NOTES
MAIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Mail for Taylor and way points will
close tomorrow at 5 p. in. •
Mails for Teller, York, Wales, Can
dle, Kotzebue and other northern points
will be dispr.tched on the mall schooner
Arctic, due to arrive from St. Michael
today.
Malls for .Solomon and Council will
close at 10 a. in. tomorrow morning.
The Senator is expected t<» leave for
Seattle in the forenoon of the Itith,
carrying mail.
Chas. Dalquist, proprietor of the
Safety roadhouse was a visitor in the
city during the past day or two.
The steamship Victoria is due to
arrive some time tomorrow afternoon
or evening, according to the latest ad
vices.
Commissioner O'Neill announces the
receipt of the quarterly old age pen
sions granted to local old timers by the
Territory.
Reports from Council City say there
is no mining activity in that section up
to the present. None of the dredges
are running ns the ground is still deep
ly frozen. The advices say the. time
when operations will commence is in
definite.
Frank Hall, owner of the Arctic
Creek dredge, is preparing to com
mence operations and expects to have
the dredge running full blast within
a few d!\ys. Mr. Hall brought in a
freight team on the first boats and is
hauling large quantities of supplies to
the dredge for use during the sum-!
Reports from St. Michael announce
that the Senator has finished discharg
ing cargo and is loading a consignment
of ten thousand cases of tinned salmon
from the Yukon cannery. The steam
er will ctop in at Solomon, where a
small quantity of freight will he
discharged, before returning to Nome.!
Departure for Seattle is scheduled for
noon Wednesday.
Reports from Candle announce the
safe arrival of B. Magids and (’’has.
Pankort, who departed for that point
in a launch shortly after their arrival
here on the first fleet. The two men
succeeded in getting through Bering
Strait despite the adverse lee conditions
and are said to have arrived without
encountering serious difficulties en
A native whose first name is Charles
and his last a heterogenous collection
of gutturals almost unpronnneahle by
one not acquainted with the Eskimo
dialect, was granted a divorce from
his better half in the District Court
Saturday. The native gentleman
charged that his lady fair was alto
gether too disregardful of the conven
tions in her relations with other males
and cited enough evidence of her
moral laxities to secure a decision
from Judge Holzheimer.
In a communication to H. T. Krull,
local agent of the Pacific Steamship
Co. R. P. Pinneo, who Is well known
to many of the old timers here thru
his partlclpnncy in the famous Shriner
excursion in 3912, the merry pranks of
which set the town by the ears for a
week or two and made the visitors ac
quainted with nearly everyone in the
city at that time, sends his best regards
from Hong Kong, China, to all old
sourdough friends. Mr. Pinneo is at
present Foreign Freight Manager of
the Pacific Staemship Co. at that
point.
Advices arriving by the Senator an
nounce that Cecil H. Frost, the well
known local business man and miner.
JUST
RECEIVED
A FULL LINE OF LIGHT AND
HEAVY HARDWARE, TRUNKS,
SUITCA8E8, TENT8 ETC. ON FIRST
BOATS.
Bring the Cash
HOLT CASH STORE
|was taken seriously 111 while on his
way to the States on the last trip of
the Senator. Mr. Frost was overtaken
by some undosignntcd form of internal
trouble and for a time his life was
despaired of by those aboard the steam
er. The attack came on three days
after the Senator departed from Nome.
Providentially, perhaps, Mrs. Barker,
of the Barker hospital here, who was
aboard the steamer, took charge of the
patient and pulled him through l>y
careful nursing. On arrival at Scat-:
tie. Mr. Frost was taken to California j
immediately. Nothing is known re
garding his present condition, altho
he was improving at the time he loft
Seattle.
The long absent fishing tug Orion,
bearing 'Messrs. Christ Hudmundsun
and John Olson, arrived In port last
night after an extended trading and
fishing trip along the coast below the
mouth of the Yukon.
The vessel brought about a ton each
of cod and king salmon in addition to
a quantity of furs obtained by trade
with the natives of the Hooper Bay and
Kuskokwim region. The cod fish were
caught only a sort distance from Nome
and are said to be of average size and
quality. The catch is a conclusive
demonstration that cod may i.e caught
in commercial quantities in this part
of Bering Sea, ns the entire cod cargo
was landed on board the Orion with
hand lines within the course of a few
hours fishing.
Taking of testimony in the rase of
F. T'mphrey and Fred Harrison versus
Chris Tletsch and Joe L. Joan was con
cluded in the, District Court Saturday
morning. The arguments were laid
over until today by consent of counsel
and were occupying the attention of
the court this morning.
The afternoon session Saturday was
devoted to the famous old case of the
Tnmnehuk Dredging Co. versus the.
now defunct Fairhaven Mining Com
pany, of which W. (•. McLeod is the
successor.
The court sustained a demurrer to
the complaint of the plaintiff in which
McLeod’s participation was not clearly
defined. Attorney O. D. Cochran, who
appeared for the plaintiff, asked the
court for an extension of thirty days
in which to nmehd the complaint in
sofar as McLeod’s participation is
concerned. The request was granted.
The case has occupied the attention of
the District Court at Intervals for
several years pwt. The defendant is
represented in the case by Attorney
Ira D. Orton.
The steamer Senator of the Pacific
Steamship Company, arrived in port
from Seattle on the second voyage of
the season to Poring Sea Saturday af
ternoon. The passage act- »ss the North
Pacific was made in the usual linn
and with pleasant weather prcvati'ng.
The iwissenger list comprised a lot 1 of
mi WANT ADS
INFORMATION WANTED
Edward Fahey, who formerly had a
hotel at Dawson, and is believed to
be in Alaska, will hear of something
to his advantage if he will commun
icate with C. White Mortimer, At
torney at Law. 904 International
Pank Puilding, Los, Angeles, Cal’f.
S ALES M E N WANTED— \V e want
high class salesmen, men or women.
Exceptional oil lot proposition—
Pig commissions and others are
making big money.
W. H. SARTAIN
San Antonio, Texas.
35 passengers of which 25 were destin
ed for Nome ami the remainder for
St. Miehael The vessel also brought a
considerable cargo of freight and a
large batch of mail accumulating at
Seattle»between June 15th .and the time
of sailing. Among the Nome passen
gers were a considerable number of
old timers, including Jas. Kelllher, Jns.
R. Ivory. Jas. Halpin. M. 3. Connelly,
Harry Bloomfield and Wm. Paulson.
Owing to Capt. Guptll being granted
a vacation the Senator is under the
command of Capt. G. Hanson, a well
known coast mariner who was formerly
in command of the Admiral Sobree of
the same line. On her way North the
steamer stepped in at Akutan to dis
charge a shipment of barrels at the
whaling station at that point.
After unloading several hundred tons
of local freight, the Senator departed
for St. Michael early Sunday morning.
The steamer is expected to return via.
Solomon.
Announcement of a moteorlogical
phenomena of more than passing mo
ment oecuring in the vicinity of the
Omalik silvef mine, on Fish River, is
contained in reports reaching Council
io the effect that several tundra fires
were started bv lightning In that local
ity during the present month.
Persons residing In the vicinity of
the mine report that four small tundra
fires were started by lightning flashes
during a thunder storm- oecuring on
July 11. The parties reporting assert
that there is no mistake about the
source of the fires and that they were
undoubtedly started by the lightning.
Another fire of large dimensions, which
|s reported still burning, developed ,
during a second thunder storm occur
ing on July 13. The last blaze is lo
cated just over the divide between
Council and Ready Rullion creek and
covers an extensive area.
Owing to the mossy character of the
tundra, the possibility of fires being
started in this manner are readily ap
parent. although this is the first in
stance so far as known where tundra
fires could bo definitely traced to such
cause. The reports suggest the possi
bility that many of the fires attributed
to someone's carelessness have their
origin in lightning.
George Bond, chief of the chemical
division of the Fire Department came
very close to becoming a victim of too
much haste, when the handsome bays
employed in hauling the chemical wag
on bolted early Saturday morning and
gave George a merry whirl for sev
eral blocks along Front street before
breaking loose and spilling him on the
pavement with a thud that made him
boo stars for a moment or two. The
team was out for its usual morning ex
ercise attached to the two wheeled ex
ercising cart used by the department
when tlie tongue of the cart became
loosened in some manner and struck
the animals on the sides in such a way
as to frighten them witless. By ex
tending himself on the long seat in the
rear of the wheels, Rond was eble to
keep the tongue from striking the
pavement for a time but could not stop
the frantic horses. The animals dosh
ed up Front Street at a breakneck pace
from the vicinity of Lane’s Way to a
point near the corner of Elite Way be
fore the tongue of the cart caught In
the planking and broke off short. The
shock turned the cart topsy turvy and
landed its driver on the broad, of his
back in the middle of the street. The
team then dashed down River street
and broke loose from the remnants of
the cart in the vicinity of the harbor
construction. After running a block
or so through the heavy sand, the team
stopped in the vicinity of the Dry Creek
bridge. Mr. Bond was picked up by
persons in the crowd following the
runaways but was found to be in good
[physical shape, albeit a trifle short of
wind.
Rearing a group of weather bronzed
argonauts bound for some mysterious
destination in the fur northern wilds
of Siberia, the sailing schooner Casco,
: formerly the property of Robert Rouis
Stevenson and celebrated in the fam
ous tale of ruddy adventure called
“Treasure Island,” written by that
world beloved author, arrived in port
late Friday evening 42 days out from
San Francisco.
Twenty nine men, hailing from every
quarter of the globe and representing a
dozen or fifteen nationalities make up
the adventurous party, which is known
as the Northern Mining and Trading
Company, and is under the direction of
Mr.' S. R. McGirk, of Hamilton. Texas,
president of the company, and Mr. A.
L. Johnson, who bears the official title
of vice president. The ultimate des
tination of the outfit is clothed In the
deepest secrecy, although It Is admitted
that the schooner is headed for the
vast expanse of almost uninhabited
territory lying along the Arctic shores
of Siberia between East Cape and the
I^ena River.
McGirk, the leader of the expedition,
Is a mining engineer of wide experience
and the men of the party, each of
whpm Is a stockholder In the company
include men from almost every walk
of life. Several of them are former
residents of Alaska, and a considerable
number, arc miners.
Mr. McGirk’s cabin aboard the
schooner was formerly the study of
the famous Stevenson during his voy
ages among the South Sea Islands and
has doubtless witnessed the birth of
many a tale of adventure^no less mys
terious and alluring than that in which
the vessel is at present participating.
Those aboard the schooner assert that
the mystery surrounding the vessel was
a serious handicap to her departure
from Han Francisco and brought her
under the suspicion of being engaged in
filibustering. After many official hin
drances due to this cause the vessel
was allowed to depart. On the voyage
north the schooner was delayed off the
Aleutian’s by fog and was unalde to
find the pass. After laying up for
several days the passage into Dering
Sea was located, and the vessel pro
ceeded to Dutch Harbor where the
fourth of July was celebrated by the
argonauts. The vessel put into Nome
for the purpose of picking up mail and
securing a few needed commodities be
fore setting-out on the last stage of her
Journey to the Siberian wilds.
Mr. McGirk claims there is nothing
mysterious about the expedition be-i
yond that it is desirable not to reveal
the exact destination. He says the
party is in possession of certain know
ledge concerning the locality for which
it is hound and says the information
was obtained from parties who spent
several years in the district where
the expedition is going. He asserts
that the party is not aware of any Gal
conda of wealth but expects to go in
and explore the country and find out
what it contains. The schooner will
probably be sent out before the ice
closes in next fall but it is expected
that the hulk of the party will remain
in Siberia. The expedition is well
outfitted anti the Casco carries a power
launch and a number of small boats
among the c<iuipment. The schoonei
is of DO tons burden and is under the
[command’of Capt. C. I,. Oliver. The
(prospects of being held up be the lee
[is apparently no deterrent to the ex
pedition and the schooner will proceed
to the Siberian coast some time this
evening and attempt to get through the
straits.
PIONEERS IGLOO HOTEL.
Housekeeping apartments and tran
sient rooms by day, week or month.
Also use of club rooms by hotel guests.
MRS. MONAHAN,
DOG CATCHER WANTED.
Owing to the owners of dogs not
taking notice of the Ordinance govern
ing the hours in which dogs arc
not allowed to run loos# thru
9ut the city, the Police Com
mittee has decided to advertise for a
Dog Catcher.. . No on* need apply for
the position who is not a sharp shooter
and absolutely sure of his aim,
whether, sa'id dogs should be on
the run or asloep on the sidewalks.
Address all communications to the
City Clerk’s office.
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FOR SALE. ♦
1 two room nn<l kitchen cabin. ♦
2 four room houses all In good ♦
condition, nicely furnished. ♦
Call'at MRS. J. WANGER’S ♦
Ladies Furnishings ♦
Opp. Court Houae. ♦
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EAGLES ATTENTION
The regular mooting of Nome Aerie
No. 75 F. O. E. will bo hold at sight
o’clock Tuesday night, July 15. Vis
iting Eaglet Welcome.
CHA8. THOMAS. 8ect’y.
NOTICE OF SCHOOL TAX
. . Nolle* is horoby given that pur
suant to an act of the Legislature of
the Territory of Alaska, approved May
1st, 1919. Entitled—“An Aet jto im
pose a tax upon male personA in the
Territory of Alaska for 8ehool purposes
etc.,” . there was imposed and levied
upon eaeh male person in the Territory
of Alaska, excepting Soldiers, Sailors In
the United 8tatoe Navy or Revenue
Cutter Service, Volunteer Firemen,
Paupers, Insane Persons, or Territorial
charge*, within the Territory of Alaska
sr the waters thereof, over the age of
twenty one years and under tho ago of
Rfty years, an annual tax of five ($6.00)
dollars.
That said tax is now due and the
same will become delinquent on Aug
ust 4th. All persons subject to said
lax are hereby warned to pay tho same,
ind that in ease of failure to pay said
lax the penalties provided for by said
ict will be Impoaed.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 14th
lay of July, 1919.
- C. A. RIGGS,
School Tax Collector
far Nome, Alaska.
Tost Office, Nome, Alaska July 9. 1919.
SEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED
AT THIS OFFICE UP TO
5 p. m. JULY 31st.
For the performance of the service
described below:
Carrying the U. S. Malls from Golo
vin to Council, 35 miles anil back from
November 15th, 1919 to May 15. 1920,
one round trip In November and one
round trip in May, and two round trips
per month from December (inclusive)
to April (Inclusive), by a schedule sat
isfactory to the Department of not to
exceed 2 days running time each way,
carrying not to exceed 400 pounds of
mall a single trip each way.
“ POSTMASTKl:.
Moonlight Water Baths at the Elite
Bath House.
The new Rainier Beverage on
draught at the Nevada.
COCO COLA served at llie
ARCTIC BAKERY
BACK AT THE OLD STAND
The Nome Tailoring Co. hat reopen*
ed under former management and is
prepared to do cleaning, repairing and
pressing in a way to insure satisfact
ion. No work too large or small to re*
coive nrompt and efficient attentidn.
Orders taken for tailored suits.
NOME TAILORING CO
Next D«»or to Segerstrom and Hagen
AUTO FOR HIRE '
£. W. NEILLY, Phone Red 12
Trips made to following places by
appointment. Little Creek, Anvil,
Third Beach, Glacier, Dexter, Submar.
ine, Fort Davis, Cunningham.
Ratos Reasonable.
JUST RECEIVED.
Up to date line of hats, dresses,
shirt-waists, sport skirts and ladies
furnishings at:
MRS WANGER’S
Second Ave., opposite Court House.
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8 on Draught at the 8
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A full line of
LADIES HATS, COATS, DRESSES ETC
ON FIRST BOATS
THE EMPORIUM KIRSTAN BROS. |
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§ DOWN WITH WAR PRICES
O JUST ARRIVED ON S. S. VICTORIA
Q % 5.00 HATS at..$ 3.50
X 12.50 RUBBER COATS al. 7.50
O 30.00 RUBBER COATS (Slip On).20.00
X 1.00 TIES at .75c
O ..50c TIES at. 25c
8 FULL LINE OF JOHN B. STETSON HATS, FLORSHEIM AND
X CROSSETT HIGH GRADE SHOES.
0 LOWEST PRICES IN TOWN.
1 CHEAP JOHN STORE
3 LEO. SEIDENVERG.
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NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
Bread 15c loaf, two loaves for 25c
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