8Pages THE NOME NUGGET
VOLUME XXII No. 42
NOME. ALASKA SATURDAY, O «’ T
Delivered by Carri
41-00 per Mo.ith
Name is the Distributing Center and Gateway to Northern Alaska OIL FIELDS
RAILROAD HEADS DEFY UNIONS
HUMIK REPORTED IT MDS WITH MELON
ENTIRE U. S. FLEET
TO BE STATIONED
ON PACIFIC
Kan Francisco, Oct. 13—The two
great armada’s forming the Atlantic
and Pacific fleets of the United States
Navy are to be welded into one great
fighting unit known as the United
States fleet and the unified fleet will 1
be based permanently on the Pacific
Coast with headquarters probably at
San Francisco, within the near fu
ture if plans which are admitted to
be now under consideration by the
government are carried through.
Admiral Hilary Jones, at preset.r
commander in chief of the Atlantic
fleet, will command the new United
United States fleet, with the super- ,
dreadnaught California as his flag
ship. These sweeping changes »ii i
the organization of all forces of the
navy are now being directed by the
Navy Department and official orders
from Wahisngton to this effect are
expected hourly at the 12th Naval
District headquarters, it became
known here today.
This is a change from the naval i
policy of the Wilson administration j
of the most radical order, as the j
preceding administration divided thc|
two fleets. The contemplated
changes, the naval district officials
say, will not only make the fleet to
be stationed in the Pacific the most
powerful fighting force in the world,
bul will necessitate immediate con
struction of a huge naval base or.
San Francisco Hay or at some other
Pacific port.
It is expected that th,. transforma
tion of the two fleets into a unit will
be accomplished when they meet in
January at Guantanamo Hay. Cuba,
for the annual combined tactical
maneuvers. Admiral Alexander S
Halstead, conwnanda-t of the 12th
Naval District here, would not offi
cially confirm the reported proposed
fusion of the navy units, but sai l
it “was possible that the Navy De
partment was considering the mat
ter.” adding that there was “imper
ative need for an adequate naval
base here to care for the fleet c* \«->
u is which will poss*n!v assemble
h.'^e as a result of sve^pivg 'b.mge-.
now being directed by thc-Depart
Miike your own grape juice Tokay
Grapes !*.■».OO per box at 1.1^11 MAN\’S
RUMORED FRICTION
APPEARING IN
HARDING CABINET
Washington, Oct. 15—Whisper
ings from the White House in recent
days indicate that President ^Hard
ing is greatly displeased at Secre
tary of the Treasury Mellon’s official
course in connection with the re
funding of the Allied debt and ru
mors of a prospective change in the
Cabinet personnel are heard sub rosa
outside official circles.
The friction between the president
and Mellon are said to be due to the
secretary's continued insistence on
taking upon his own shoulders all
responsibility in the matter of re
funding the debt of the Allies to the
United States.
PROOFS OF LABOR BLANKS
ON SALE AT NUGGET OFFICE
EX KAISER IX UN FORT l\\ ATE
FINANCIAL STATE
Doom, Holland, Oct. 15—The
great slump in the German market
following the war is said to be be
ginning to affect the former German
kaiser, who is endeavoring to com
bat the unfavorable financial condi
tions by reducing his household and
adopting other radical measures.
Today the members of his staff.
were dismissed.
LEAGUE FORMED AGAINST
HEARST IN SEATTLE
Seattle, Oct. 15—Richard A. j
Ballinger, former Secretary of the'
Interior, has heen^chosen to head
a committee of twenty five whose j
avowed purpose is to prevent Will
iam Randolph Hearst from securing
political control of this state, which
he is alleged to be seeking to do.
ALASKA SALMON FOR JAVA
Seattle, Oct. 15—Considerable
Alaska salihon is being shipped to
Java, acocrditn: to local fish dealers,
who see in the present shipments a
new market for Alaska fish.
UNIFORM MARRIAGE AN1>
DIVORC E LAWS PROPOSED
Washington, Oct. 15—Uniform
marriage anti divorce laws through
out the United States under the di
rection and regulation of the federal
authorities is contemplated by a bill
upon which a sub-committee of the
Senate Judiciary Committee will be
gin hearings on October 31.
The bill has behind it great pres
sure which is proceeding from the
reform element.
WILL KEEP DOWN
GOV’T EXPENSES
Washington, Oct. 15—Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon, in a state
ment today, said that federal expen
ditures for the current fiscal year
will be held within the estimate of
$4,034,000,000 made by the Treas
ury Department some weeks ago.
TWO KILLED IN BATTLE
WITH BOOTLEGGERS
Council Bluffs, la. Oct. 14—In a
battle with bootleggers this after
noon, Policeman Murray Lane and
an unidentified man were killed.
COI,. STICKS*: lUSCCSSKS ROAD
COMMLSSION ACTIVITIES AT
MKKTI\(i OF CITIZENS
^ Col. James Steese, head of the
Alaska Road Commission, at a meet
ing of representative citizens held
in the dirici courtroom Sunday,
uiscu^s- ! the various artivities and
contemplations of his department
with respect to this section and
pointed out that co-operation and
backing by the citizens is essential to
the success of the Road Commis
sion’s undertakings, especially in the
matter of inducing the necessary ap
propriations from Congress to meet
the ambitious program of transpor
tation improvements planned for the
district and territory. The meeting
was called • t the request of Colonel
Steese and Surveyor General Karl
Theiln in order to provide a mutual
understanding regarding the Road
Commission activities and the road
development need of the peninsula.
Surveyor General Theile and Major
J. C. Gotwals of the Road Commis
sion also addressed the meeting,
briefly discussing various phases of
the development question.
Col. Steese informed the gathering
that all of the War Department's
civil activities in Alaska are now
consolidated under one head hv the
appointment of the president of the
Alaska Road Commission as district
I engineer for rivers and harbors.
| which includes jurisdiction over
| granting of permits t'or fish traps and
| other structures, bridges, wharves,
dolphins, etc, in or over navigable
| ■ ■.*:;t- -r-. The president is also con
sulting engineer for the 16th Light
hon-e District under the Department
of Commerce. This eliminates a
district engineer in Seattle ami a di
vision and consulting engineer in
Portland, as Col. Steese reports di
rectL to the Chief of Engineers in
Washington on all matters.
Col. Steese explained that the Al
aska Road Commission is the only
federal bureau permanently resident
in Alaska with power to handle all
matters on the ground without refer
ence to Washington . Tt is. therefore,
not one of the 3S alleged bureaus
piling up red tape between Alaska
and Washington . This independence
of course applies only to its road and
trail activities. River and Harbor
matters must be referred to Wash
ington. and no work can be under
taken or surveys made without spo
cific authorization of Congress for
each project
As briefly outlined by Col. Steese,
the Seward Peninsula activities of
the Road Commission include
(at Nome Harbor.
?b) Purchase of Seward Penin
sula Railroad.
(e) Report on entire transporta
tion situation on the Seward Pen in
<ri) Cooperative road and trail
(el Miscellaneous permits.
"The Nome Harbor development.”
Colonel Steese said, "was authorized
by Congress during the war and was
inaugurated by the Seattle office of
the Engineer Department. The east
jetty was built and about half the
dredging accomplished the first sea
son (1919) and severely damaged by
storms that same winter. The east
jetty was rebuilt the next season
( 1920). The project was turned
over to the Juneau office in April
1921, and the completion of the
west jetty and *he dredging author
ized for this season. Twice the
Chief of Engineers increased the al
lotment from the general fund under
his war powers. The war is now
over and any further modification • *
the project or additional funds must
be specifically authorized by Con
“ During the past season the west
jetty has been completed. The
dredging contract was advertised in
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OPENING OF LISBURNE
GOAL MINE PLANNED
FOR NEXT SllllER
I
’i'li'- imperative m ed of this ilia,
trict tor cheaper fuel will be ade
i. ately nsec ancl a \»*.-1 stimulus to
o kting will develop next summer
through the opening of the LN
hurtle coal Holds, according to L.
'■ Stringer, who recently returned
:r..i i an extended survey of the fields
on the Teddy Hear. Mr Stringer
i- now eiiroute to the Outside with
f.ili data and numerous photograph
th.' massy coal veins scattered thru
the Lishurne area and expects to
commence active development work
next year. Before leavitig on the
Victoria, Mr. Stringer gave the fol
lowing description of the coal de
posits and his contemplations with
respect of their development.
“The coal.” he said, “is located in
thick veins (lose to tide water an 1
can he easily mined and shipped.
The coal itself is high grade semi
anthracite and gives a very intense
heat, with only about :! per cent
■psli. Surface samples of the fu-I
meiit tests with excellent results and
its quality will undoubtedly improv
yreatly with continued operation and
greater depth of mining. The pn
known for \cais and the whaler- ami
traders have been taking ii for tin
past 50 years. There are -. ver.ii
million tons .-f th*. t‘u• -1 in -ighr : in:,.;
regular and easy to mine and ran
be readily discerned along the cliffs
from a considerable distance, ii ;.s
scale sufficient to meet the fuel de
mands of Northwestern Alaska and
Eastern Siberia. There is imperative
need for cheaper fuel in Nome and
all over Seward Peninsula and the
opening of ibis field will greatly
stimulate mining and all other in
dustries in this section.
It is the intention to bring !
mxt sprite- a fifteen hundred ton
freight ves-rl to transport the eon.1
to Nome and other points. A con
veyor attached to atripod located a
short distance from shore wil' •
employed in .oading and no diffioui
ties are expected to binder the le • -
ing process *:»v po.-sibly in
storm > wc^th- ’ j
Hear. Mr. Stringer brought dov. n •
.'.•I has proved of exrcll.nt quali'.-.
A sack of the fuel left a' the Niisyejet
inteiiser heat than the ()u' -i«i• • coal
ami left a surprisingly mall uuan
tity of ash. Others who have tested
the fuel have also obtained results
that are satisfactory in everv way
delinitely how cheaply the coal could
he supplied here but expressed tho
view that it can l» sold at a price
considerably below the jn —nt mur
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in Rood conditio?:, used only little.
Inquire Xui;qet
RAILROADS VOTE FOR
WAGE CUT DESPITE
STRIKE THREATS
Chicago Oct. 14—The executive
heads of the principal railroads of
the country voted tonight to reduce
wages and freight rates, despite the
threat of the railroad bortherhood's
to go out on a general strike Octol»-r
30, if wages were reduced.
That cuts ranging from 1 o to 2-'.
per cent will be put into effort by
the railroads of the I'nited States
against two million employees’* No
vember 1, is in effect the decision of
the executives.
OIL BLANKS FOR SALE AT
NUGGET OFFICE
I KAIlE KI TH GI\E.\
• siiat:k crown
New York. Oct. 14—Admirers <>i
••Babe” Ruth, the famous home run
hitter, today presented him with a
silver crown valued at $600. The
crown was scribed "King Ruth.”
BAXIHT ItOBS
FRISCO POKTOFFICF
San Francosco, Oct. 15—A ban
dit held up the Rialto postoffice
station on Mission Street last night
and secured a heavy haul of regis
tered mail.
SEATTLEITES PLEAD Gl'ILTY
TO BLACKMAIL CHARGE
Seattle. Oct. 14—Calvin W. Har
ris, a stepson of John M. Thatcher.
State Tax Commissioner, and Harold
S. Knapp an employee of the City
Health Department pleaded guilty
to charges of blackmail in the King
County Superior Court today and
were given suspended sentences of
from two to fifteen years in the
penitentiary.
All kinds of fur work made and
NOME TAILORING CO.
Opposite Nugget Office.
TO MEMBERSHIP
INCREASE lUl.l.
i Washington. Oct. 15—The House
of Representatives recorded its op
position this morning to any increase
in its membership as proposed in
, the Seigel hill, recently passed by the
! WASHINGTON STATE
GUARD OFFICIALS
UNDER INVESTIGATION
j Seattle. Oct. 14—Major C. R.
| Christie, property and disbursing of
! ficer of the National, Guard of
j Washington, has been relieved of his
j duties pending an investigation of
j his accounts, in which it is alleged
j there are shortages. Christie was
j formerly an officer in the regular
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WANTED—to btiv a small house or
cabin. Will pay cash. Inquire at
Nugget Office.
<.OOl> \VI\TKi:
l oi \i» m; \i; isli 1’I'
V iiulel strike of more than aver
importance was made during the
past summer on what is known as
Swede ere-k in the Bluff district.
cording to recent arrivals from that
section, who say pans running as
high as *1 are common alonvr the
puystreak on three claims. which
The <’.■ .tiid , - • wned l»y Sam Tucker
an old timer of the Bluff district.
erson and others. The paystreak is
located near the rim of a bluff and is
. apparently an old channel, accord
ling to those who have examined th• •
| formation. One wheelbarrow load
Of dirt talo n from the cut is said
Jto have panned $4U and the ground
t worked during the season averaged
| about $40 per yard. The formation
, is said to he a combination of blue
i porphry. and slab intermixed with
| gravel. During the open season the
' ground was worked by means of a
| small derrick located about 60 feet
above sea level and a flat car was
used to dump the waste dirt over the
bluff into the sea. The ground will
he worked this winter, with three
men employed, the operators having
adopted the ingenious plan of can
vassing over the open cut made dur
ing the summer to prevent the snow'
from interfering with their winter
operations. Owing to the high
average of the ground worked during
the summer, it is expected that the
spring cleanup will yield big returns.
The quartz mill operated by Meeg
han brothers on the upper end of
No. 1 Daniels creek will also con
tinue operations during the closed
season. The capacity of the mill
is 1 5 tons per day and is said to pay
good dividends. A crew of 4 men
will be employed.
NOTICE MOOSE
IlL'-'Ular meeting L. o. o. M. Xn.
U13 Monday 8 p. m. at Moose Hall.
Election of Dictator. Beginning
Nov. 7th lodge meets every Monday
W. H. KOCH, See»y.