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Opposite Nugget Office.
N»m», Alaska
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PRICES SLASHED
ON THE ENTIRE STOCK
AT
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Finest line of Soft Drinks,
Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobacco
Meet your friends at the Nevada
Nome Sheet Metal Works
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TIN. SHEET IRON ANO
COPPER WORK E SPECIALTY
Patented Super-Heaters
OPPOSITE DREAM THEATRE
NORTH POLE BAKB?Y
ANVIL BAKERY
Bread lOc kwrfjgtnftight
CHAS. CAVEY. Prep.
If ON EY MOON HllS TO SPEND
TWO YEARS ON AN ISLAND
IN THE FROZEN NORTHLAND
New V<»rk Th*-re was a woman
who went to South Africa as a bride
a.id enjoyed a perfectly delightful
honeymoon. Taking a bride to the
South Sea Islands or to the Riveria.
or such impossible place, has become
more or less custimary to those who
are not limited to Niagara Falls—
lint here’s a man who is going to
t:»k«* his bride on a honeymoon in
the Arctic. And it’s going to last
two years at that!
lie is Captain Hmild .Voice. His
bride, who was MRs Frances Alii-!
sen. once spent a brief time in Nome,
Alaska; but she has enjoyed or on-i
dared, as the case hi iy be. no other
much colder weather than she has j
experienced in her home in Engle
wood Cliff. N'. J.. or in the Adrioti- j
Captain Voice is an explorer, from ■
love and from experience. He re- ,
turijed from Wrange! Island only :
recently, after h<* had headed a re-|
lief expedition then- that arrived !
just, a bit too late m serve its pur-!
ability and also is well known in so- !
She is keen about this honeymoon ;
idea. The pros fleet of spending two}
years with her husband, sharing him !
with no one or nothing but a few j
scattered Eskimos, is de.lighHnl to*
her. He. too, 1s keen on the same!
grounds. And the Eskimos, who
have had nothin.!.’ whatever to say!
about it, also are probably certain to |
be keen, because Captain Voice ex
pects to benefit them in many ways, i
First White Woman
live off an Island. A bit of a place it j
is. hardly more than a blot on the
map which shows the northern coast ,
of North. American many times mag- i
hilled from the usual map. It is |
called King William Inland, and it '■
is just at the end of the Northwest !
Sneaking of the Northwest Pass
age recalls, too, that Mrs. Voice,
when she goes north, will hove an
added distinction. Mon* than being !
ti t* first white, woman- to spend a 1
honeymoon on King William Island, j
she will be the first white woman ■
ever to go there, and sin- also will be
the first white woman ever to at- ;
tempt, to negotiate the Northwest
Passage- itself no harmless outdoor j
They will leave New York in a .
trifling sort of schooner, which is)
w.lled the Frances for obvious roa- j
sens. They will ramble south along!
the coast and will go through the* j
Panama Canal. Then they will go!
North along Vancouver and the Can- !
nulan shore to Bering Straits, thru !
Coronation Gulf, passing Victoria |
[.and. to King William Island. They j
plan to arrive in summer so as to i
get settled before the real rough 1
Weather comes along.
Crvm of Fight
Busy wee.ks have been spent pre
paring for the voyage. The Frances ;
has been completely overhauled:
food and stores of all kinds have ;
been taken aboard. Nearly 20,000
pt-unds of hard tack have been stor
ed aboard to provide for a crew of .
eight to last two years.
As unusual and unique as the vny- ;
age is. it will also be one of great j
importance, for Captain Noice and
his 'wife expect to record Eskimo life ;
Discussing his plans, he said:
“The Eskimos cling closer to the j
Stone Age than any other race, but
their numbers are decreasing, and as
the hand of civilization reaches out j
toward them their life slowly begins !
to change.
Fast Vanishing Race
“This is a last chance to reproduce '
the old life and record the primitive
existence of a strange nice. The I
Eskimos have no history. not even j
a primitive history, but I have great,
faith In their traditions.
“It is largely with a view of Tec- j
ording their history, of collecting!
relics of their past, that we set forth I
on this expedition. Already the evil |
influence of so-called civilization has
reached toward them. Trappers of
the Hudson Bay Company are begin
ning to invade this territory, and
soon the Canadian Mounted Police
and white settlers will appear and
gradually the Eskimo race will dis
appear, like that of the American In
dian. Much of their past is lost in
obscurity, and it is the mystery of
this we hope to solve.”
Captain Noice called attention to
the Eskimo clothing, tyi gala occas
ions the men wear a Jacket closely \
resembling our frock coat. This j
garment was in vogue among the Es- 1
klmos hundreds of years before it j
was. a, putt* x>f our- wardrobe’. It is!
probably. 1,00.9 fears olfl. \t is.'.a I
Tdose-ftfting coat, 'but tightly fitting I
at the waist; It has a hood and a I
lengthy tail reaching to the heels. j
The Eakhfto tailor never takes a
single measurement; he has a won
derful eye and can so scrutinize a fig
ure as to be able to turn out a well
fitted suit of skins without so much
as a single “try-on.’'
Mrs. Noice intends to make a spec
ial study i.f the primitive music an I
native songs of the Eskimo. They
have a rude drum and a monotonous
c-iant. consisting only of a funda
mental note and minor third, but
there is an appealing quality to their
music wh;ch is practically unknown
to the civilized w< rid.—Cordova
RE St I ED FROM ISE.VND
Ciiliforti .i Educator and Wife Mai’
♦Mined for Nine .Months
Captain O’ltrien of Seattle Cuts In
to South Sea Atoll to Take Off
receive<l h- re by the Alaska-Siber
ian Na\i;ation Company that i*
steamer Buford commanded by (’apt
John A O’Brien of Seattl--. has
f. tmd a:.d rescued Dr. K M Lo-b.
ft rmer rn;\er-dty of California s;iv
r’onths ;r i lonely island in the Sav
aire Group in the South Seas.
Dr. Loeb took his bride to the Is
land of Niue, where he planned to
engage in the further study of the
Polynesia- Their supply boat was
wrecked ami its ca.pt a in traveled
l>. at to .*nd word to the mainland
of the couple's plight.
Mrs. I.neb's parents requested the
A’askan-SilHTian Company to have
the Bul'ord. the first vessel to visit
tin- Savage gr<>up since t Me Loebs
became marooned, stop and bring
tin adventurers buck heme.
('apt John A. O’Brien, rescuer of
Dr. anil Mrs. K. M. Loob, is on** of
tie. H<* sailed for many years !>••
Iw**en Seattle and Alaska, becoming
famous as th«- nestor of the northern
HOMK MINING DEFINITIONS
Th« following definitions of min
ii!g terms wcru published in the Val
dez Prospe. ior 20 years afro, having
been handid to (he editor of that
paper by au old prospector. The
definitions aw as g'-od today ns
when published and apply fully as
A prospector- -A man who has a
hole in the ground and is (lie hi finest
A proposition man One who
wi-sirs I a ire boots and corduroy
elothes and never pays a board hill.
A mining expert A man who can
tick about formations, ramifications,
stratification*, dykes, zones, dips,
spurs. angles. lelegltee, o/.iies sedo
mites and all the it.es tid tites; can
s* e a mils' into mother earth and in
var hly condemns the country
An expert miner • A fellow who
|.. is around town looking for a job
:i superintendent of a porpertv. hut
would Ik* foreman if he can't lx* sup
• i •nteiidenl; one who has worked in
the Treadwell in ’9b and ha* l»eeri
idle ever since.
A ••fiSor” - A man who came to Al
aska in the fall of ‘97 or spring of
’!)X and knows where there .jre dig
gings that will j*ay $50 to the pan
and is going back there just as soon
(is spring comes.
A mining promoter—A man who
has unlimited capital behind him.
but none in front of him; his watch
is in soak.
An amalgamator—-A man who
wears long finger nails, draws $G a
shift and deposits $10 in the bank
every day; If the ore is low grade,
the more in proportion.
An assayer—A man who charges
you $1.50 for throwing your samples
out of the back door and writing a
rertiflcate.
A mining engineer—One who
makes funny figures on blazed
stumps and charges a big price
A knocker—One who runs down
the country so as to keep othens out
until he can get what property he
wants.—Strollers Weekly.
LORD, TAKE ME AWAY
(From The Seward Gateway)
Lord. Take me away from this
cold, frozen Northland, and carry
me off to some green, sunny isle,
where the monkeys are all trained
to harvest bananas, and hula girls
dress in a sweet, sunny smile. I am
sick of development, tired of the
fishes, and wearied no end by the
bureau fights, too; please grant me.
oh Lord, my dearest of wishes, the
great empire building T leave to you.
Then'bear mo afar on your sweet,
verbal breezes, apd,through Seattle,
before the day comes, and establish
me well in the island that pleases,
before some official can stick in his
thumbs. A sack full of corn meal,
a patch of red berries to make into
wine; a box of We at over, a bale of
Bull Durham, soaie books, and, dear
Lord, the world will be mine.
Hasn't anyone called during my
i two da> s absence?” said Hi* doctor
it-- th*- boy. I loft this slate
, It* r.* for callers write rh«• ir names
joi:. and t i- perfectly dean
I "Oh. yi-s,'* said the boy. Lots of
j" op.- came and the slate get so full
The Blueberry Kid says t j- his
candid opinion tiiat vie ought to have
more people laying brick and i*-ss
people : hr owing them.
fift<*<»n dollar a week man buys :tr
auto out of his salary. But when a
u si.iods ijn u .n»[;op xt>
silk waist we all just know th* re s
something wrong.
We had an argument w.th L- e
Balch th*- other day as to whether
December 21 or 22 is the shortest
Lee sa.id neither one was because
the shortest day <>f the vear iv j,
follow toiler. *Vf Ah could carry five
hags like Ah seen you-all do jest
now. Ah wouldn't hang aroun' y.*ie
a tali So bo> ! Ah sure would
t.«k•* ma.self off an' get me a mat.'h
wid Jack Dempsey. You-all is- just
waste - your time, bein' big an'
To which Mose, after looking him
over for a moment, said:
"Lat'e, how much you-all w -L- i.
"Ah weighs 135 pounds.”
"One handnnl-thirty five.
Well say. Lafe b..y. Ah doan’
nn<' holdin' you-a.ll off from
Leonard."
One touch of scandal makes tin
whole world chin.
Home is a place where you ■ «! >■.
things pride won’t let yo i order .'r
a restaurant.
Tiny little parcels
Keeps the average fe'i-**
In a state of povert.r.
i rannv u
’ a great thins i>ut it cat
|w;th th<- old-fashioned
i> \ k.i \< k
liKHTKS \014)M
WOMAN HIATUS THAT SHI
ST \l»\ Kl> kVK.IIT
I'skiino Woman r«.
for her Ydftlc Son Wlif
l.cft in Nome Kept H'-r from
'kjio k. Kskimo
Harold No*--, that ho U-i Lo-no
Knight -f foreland. !:'-t surv vor of
the expedition. -ii-ve. w'hilf she
r.• ♦ 41 him n hi- illness.
Kiiishr. then ::l. v as left Whir.d
as a chars* • -*f Ada Blade Jack. wa*n
Frederick Maun and Milton Galle
ar.d Allan Craw-ford *»t out for
S l>* ria when a relief sh.p hail fail
f: ’ t ♦» can not b<* doubted.
"When Xoiro, a former Seattle
resident. led a relief *xp**dition to
Wrangell Island Ia-.»t summer ho
found Kught had died **f starvation
after a study of Knight's diary,
which Ada Blackjack hasl placed in
hi- hands Kxcbjui;ro.
New and uptodate legal forms far
also Oil Location matins, D'*ed hiank*
for qenera' use, Special *nrf Genr*-al
Power of Attorney forms. Placer ani
Quartz Location forms now on -a’e
at Nugget Offico Price 1n cents eaon
or $1 00 per dozen
AIjAHKA \OTBi
A* a recent meeting * f the ro.si
de.nts of Haines it was uuaa into ugly
voted to erect a new school house in
lhat town
The Seward Gateway says t.hv the
new pulp mill projected fo; that
place is assured, and that th * Ami
shipment of machinery will !■*:»••■ S*
utile on one of the boa’s soon: •
The. appointment of J. Bindley
(ir*H*n as rt-Rister of the U. S. Land
office, tit Anchorageg has been com
firimd. according to advious roc* br
ed at Anchorage. Mr. Green will
assume his new duties about April
10th Frank A. Boyle, whom Mr.
(TVeen succeeds, will leave Anchor
age ats soon as relieved of his duties,
and will go to Juoe-tu. where, h- wifi
engage *n th«* practice of law
HUIMCIUBK FOR THK HrLUSTflV
The Number
of Buyers
Attending our sales is steadily in
creasing — as we carry on a con
tinuous publicity campaign in the
chief Fur Buying Centers.
Sales every month in the year.
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requested.
Ctnnmission
We charge shipper, 4%^on Lots over
$1,000 and S% on lots under $1,000,
which covers fire and burglary insurance
and all handling charges.
., .Canvas, sacks for skipping furs furatshed
upon request. ^ a*#.
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