ALASKA
NEWSY
ITEMS
A radiophone receiving sel has
been installed at the Treadwell Yu
kon Company's camp on Keno Hill.
It has not succeeded in picking tip
any distinct reports but it is be
lieved with a few adjustments a
comprehensive press service can !>«■
A large quantity of high grade !
ore from Keno Hill which was sub |
nerged with a damaged barge in
the Stewart river at Porcupine j
point for several weeks this season,
has been resacked for shipment, j
About 2.000 tons of ore remains to
be shipped.
The price of gasoline to boats at
Juneau is cents, a decline of
one cent since last week. The rea- '■
Bon for the decline is that there ex ;
Ists a surplus. For the last three j
years gasoline has kept steadily
dropping.
A new automatic purse seiner is
being built by a Juneau man. It la
said the use of this seine reduces
the number of men employed on a
65 foot purse seine boat to two.
with less wear on the seines. Every
kind of test made has demonstrat
ed the value of the -new gear.
Frank C. Powell, cashier of the
Dawson Gold Company at Dawson,
has been transferred to Malay pen
insula In Asia, where the company
is operating tin mines. His wife
and two daughters will accompany
While picking berries near Juueau
recently, Bill Burford, the typewrit
er repair man, was brought to a
sudden stop hy the appearance of a
bear. Bill stopped but the bear did
cot, so Bill took to a tree, and
watched bruin covort around the
for half an hour. Bill climbed
down and went for homo when the
bear left.
A. E. Gurr, city clerk at Juneau,
tendered his resignation recently,
and Mr. Gurr has gone to Wrangell
to take a position In the bank there.
He has resided on the channel for a
great many years.
Information charging Sunday trap
fishing In violation of the Federal
law was filed recently at Juneau
against the A. P. A. and the A. P.
A. Products Company.
To celebrate their Golden Wed
ding anniversary hy a trip to Al
arka was the happy thought of
Judge and Mrs. Henry Rasquin of
New York, who were aboard one of
the Canadian boats recently. Judge
Rasquin is U. S. Commissioner for
the Eastern District of New York
and s*ates that in the past year he
has heard 1.200 cases of violation
of the Volstead Act.
John Bojer, the Norwegian writer,
who was awarded the Nobel prize of
$40,000 for his novel, “The Great
Hunger,” is coming to Alaska in
September to visit friends in Pet
ersburg.
Upon the arrival of the diesel
boat Nile from Kanatak at Anchor
age It was boarded by a delegation
from the marshal’ss office and three
innocent looking trunks consigned
to Anchorage parties were seized
and taken to headquarters. After
opening the trunks a mass of soiled
working clothes were discovered to
be but decoys for a ten gallon keg
of moonshine packed away snugly
in each trunk.
Fred Smith, an employee of Jack
S’ngleton, lost his life recently In
the waters of the Nenana river
while attempting to make a cross
ing of that stream wl*h several1
horses, opposite the town of Healy. j
south of Nenana. Smith was rid
ing one of the horses and leading
the others and when about half way
f cross the horses which were be
ing led tr'ed to turn back to the
Healy side. Smith pulled at the
halter rope and his horse was upset,
throwing him into the swift cur
rent. Smith swam down stream
several yards and appeared to have
reached a shallow placo where he
eould touch bottom, but could not
hold his footin'', and was swept into
deep water where he soon disap
peared. An effort was made to re
rover ‘he bedv. but w’thout auc
by several residents of but
po-»'"r!po' *o "-nder as
A resident of Flat says that there
if much mining activity fn that vi
cinity. The town is practically de
>» rted. as every available man is at
:ln mines. Fulerton. merchant and
miner of that district, has sent
three men t<> the Thrift mine,
the Iditarod river, for the purpose
of doing the annual assessment
work Rasmus N elsen has found a
continuation <>f the quartz ledge ar
rows Otter creek. Malamute pup
The ledge is said to be a foot wide
and shows big values, and the be
lief among mining men is that the
Otter section will develop into <
quartz camp with several small nulls
operating. Three outfits are at
work on the upgrade, and tin- usual
amount of activity is seen else
where in the .vicinity. The camp
was in need of additional men din
ing the summer.
McConnell
1 dova from Katalla. and reported
that the Chilkat Oil Company has a
j derrick on well Nb. 23 and is ready
I to start drilling. Ho also said sixty
[ men were employed in the con
struction of the Alaska Anthracite
j railroad.
_
llelated news comes of the death
j of Jeff Savage, well known mining
j mau of the early days of Nome. In
I company with hr. Derbyshire, Mr.
I Savage mined the famous ”Three
! star Fraction,” and won a comfort
able fortune. After leaving Nome.
I Mr Savage and family moved to,
Germantown. North Carolina. There
! Mr. Savage bought a big improved (
J farm and lived on it until death cal!-]
«d b in early last spring, lie loaves
. a wife and five children. The eld
| ,-st. a son. was among the first ■
| white children horn at Nome.
' i he Ifciwson Nugget and who late:
established a newspaper at Teller
when things* were booming there
is now living at Wallace. Idaho. I1
«s understood that he has a least
on the old Mammoth mine in that
Geo. \V. Fess. formerly a well
known mining man of Nome and
Gold Run. is now concerned in the
Montesano Auto Company, in Mon
tesano. Wash., and was In Seattle
recently greeting his oldtime Alas
ka friends, many of whom he met
Ernest Beattie, oldtimer of Inter
ior Alaska and who for the past few
years had the winter mail contract
railroad to the Iditnrod country, is
now located at Longview, where he
SUBSt ill BE FOR THE Nl'GGET
HARD TIMES BENEFIT
For Hot Springs Orphans
Large Eagle Hall
Saturday, December 1st
Doors open promptly at 8:30. flusic starts 0 P. M.
Many interesting events will take
place, dancing will be in progress thru
out the evening. Refreshments of the
best will be served. Do not forget the
Door Prize among other prizes to be
awarded.
The “ALASKA CHICKEN” will be there
Your dollar will be appreciated dy the
Kiddies at Hot Springs Orphanage.
Come in everyday clothes.
Admission $1.00
Also Gives you a chance to win $20 gold piece
(ADVERTISING FOR THE BENEFIT OF HOT SPRINGS* ORPHANS IS DONATED BY THE NOME NUGGET.)
DECEMBER
SPN'MON
1923
FIRE ALARM SIGNALS
IM,X I/OT.ITION
12 .Standard Oil Company
13 .Co,<* 8<«n»«e Plant, Bast
J4.Alaaka Lighterage Co.
.Opposite Recorders Office
i 21.Cor. Stoadman. 2nd avoe.
j 24.<^>r- B 8t- and lst nvo.
j 25. Catholic Church
,! 31 ‘ . Polot's Residence
{ 32. Fire 8taMon
• 41.Opposite Webb’s Market
j 42. Methodist Mission
, 3 Ba,Is.Fire Out
| (\ Cells.Shut Down
j 7 BeIIs.Turn on Water
FOR SALE.
New and upcodate legal forme for
\ °roof of Annual Assessment Wort
| the Oil Location blanks. Deed blanks
! for aeneral use. Special and General
| Power of Attorney forms, Placer and
j Quartz Location forms now on sate
J at Nugget Office. Price 15 cents sacf
(or $1 00 per dossil.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
I To Cabell Whitehead. E. E. Alloa,
F C. G. Cowden. (’has. Thompson,
' A. Schneider. S. K. Rocks, and
| John Burns, your and each of
[ your heirs, executors, administra
I tors and assigns:
You are hereby notified that the
i undersigned has expended during
I each of the years of 11)07, 1910,
1911. 1912, 1914. 1915, 191fi. 1920.
[ 1921 and 1922. the sum of One
j Hundred Dollars, in Labor and Im
| provemtflits upon that certain pla
: cer mining claim known as and
| being BENCH NO. 5. BELOW
OOODLUCK. situated on the left
limit of Anvil Creek, opposite placer
j claim No. 1. below, on said creek,
[ im the Cape Nome Mining District
j and Precinct. Territory of Alaska;
I the location certificate or notice of
which said Chaim is of record In the
office of the recorder of said mining
I district and precinct, in Vol. 2. at
Page 224. of tbe records of loca
tions of said mining district and
precinct.
That naud labor amd improvements
were performed and made upon
said mining claim during each of
said years for the purpose, of bond
ing the same under the provision*,
of the laws of tho United State* and
of the Territory of Alaska, concern
ing annual labor upon mining
i claims.
And if. within ninety days after
I the service of this notice upon you
| by the publication hereof for Phe
j period of ninety days, you or either
of you fail. refuse or neglect to
contribute your proportion of such
expenditure as a co-owner with the
undersigned, your interest in said
mining claim wifi become the pro
I P«rty of the subscriber, your co
owner. who has made tne required
expenditure necessary to hold said
claim under said laws.
Dated at Nome. Alaska, this 3rd
day of November. 1923.
Pioneer Mining and Ditch
Company. Co-Owner.
By E. J. GORMAN. Agent.
Publish Nov. 3. 10. 17. 24. Dec. 1. 8.
15. 22. 29. 1923. and Jan. 5. 12.
To JOHN A. DEXTER, and to his
executors. admlnlst’* itors, heirs,
and atwigne:
You are hereby notified that the
undersigned has expended one hun
dred dollars ($100.00) in work.:
labor, and improvements upon "No.
4 SPECIMEN GULCH." or the
| "KESTER" Placer Mining Claim,
j the location certificate of which is
recorded in Vol. 3. Page 48, of the
Records of the Cape Nome Record
ing Precinct, Territory of Alaska,
the recording precinct in which aarfd
claim is situated, for each of the
years 1910, 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914.
1915. 1917, 1920-21, 1921-22, 1922
| -23, in order to hold said claim un
der the provisions of Section 2324.
Revised .Statutes of the United
States of America; this being the
amount required to hold said claim |
for each of the years above enum
erated. And if within ninety (90) j
days from the service of this notice
upon you. you fail or refuse to con ,
tribute your proportion of such ex- j
penditure as co-owner, your inter
est in said claim will become the I
property V>f the subscriber under
said Section 2324.
Dated at Nome. Alaska, this 3rd j
day of November, 1923.
Pioneer Mining and Ditch1
Company. Co-Owner.
By E. J. GORMAN. Agent.
Publish Nov. 3. 10. 17. 24. Dec. 1. 8.
15, 22. 20. 1923. and Jan. 5. 12.
19. 26. 1924.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Guy B. Brubaker and Blanche
McGrath, you and each of your
heirs, executors, administrators
and assigns:
You. and each of you. are hereby
notified that the undersigned, as
co-owner therein, has expended the
sum of One Hundred ($100.00)
dollars during the year ending July
1, 1923. for labor and Improvements
on and for the benefit of the JAUN
ITA BENCH PLACER MINING
CLAIM, situated on the Left Limit
of Dry Creek, .opposite No. 13 Be
low Discovery, -fh the Cape Nome
Mining and ltecooqgig IDstrtct,
Territory of Alaska, notice of loca
tion whereof la recorded in Book
91. tut page 49E, in the records of
said recording district.
That said work was performed aa
provided by 8ec. 2834. of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States
and supplemental legislation, for
I the purpose of holding said claim.
And you are severally required to
, contribute your proportion of such
j expenditure according to your sever
! sl interests in said claim, to the un
dersigned co-owner with you thei»
in. within ninety days after the ser
vice of this notice on you by publi
cs tion thereof, or your interest in
said clHlm will become forfeited and
vost in the undersigned, as provided
by said statutes.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 3rd
day of November, 1923.
' F. S. Powell and (bo. W. Dutton,
I Trustees for Nome Dredging Trust,
Co-Owner.
fly K. J. GORMAN, Agent.
- Publish Nov. 3. m. 17. 24. Dec. 1. 8,
1R. 22. 2!>. 19 23. and Jan. 5. 12.
NOTICE OF HHIFKITI'IIK.
To Nels Segolson. P. V. Davis. Wm.
A. Gilmore, you and each 0/ your
heirs, executors, administrators
and assigns:
^ ou and each of you are hereby
notified that the undersigned, as
co-owner therein, has expended the
sum of One Hundred ($100.00- dol
lars during the year ending July 1,
1923, for labor and improvements
on and Tor the benefit of GOLD
DUST BENCH Placer Mining Claim,
situated on the I»ft Limit of Dry
Creek, in the Cape Nome Mining
and Recording District. Territory of
Alaska, notice or location whereof
Is recorded in Book 10. at Page 86,
of the records of said Recording
District.
That said work was performed as
provided by Sec. 2324. of tihe Re
vised Statutes of the United States
and supplemental legislation, for
the purptwe of holding said claim.
And you are severally required to
contribute your proportion of such
expenditure according to your sev
eral Interests in said claim, to the
undersigned, co-owner with you
therein, within ninety days after the
service of this notice on you by pub
lication thereof, or your interest in
said claim will become forfeited
and vest in the undersigned, as pro
vided hy said statutes.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 3rd
day of November, 1923.
F. S. Powell and Geo. W. Dutton,
Trustees for Nome Dredging Trust,
Co-Owner.
By E. J. GORMAN. Agent.
Publish Nov. 3, 10. 17. 24. Dec. 1, 8.
15. 22. 29. 1923. and Jan. 5. 12,
NOTICK OF FORFEITURE.
To Mary B. Sewrl. C. O. Cowden and
Wm. A. CkJmore, you and each of
your heirs. executors. administra
tors and assigns:
You and each of 'you are hereby
noAiftad that the undersigned, as
co-owner therein, has expended the
sum of One Hundred ($100.00- dol
lars during the year ending July 1,
1923. for labor and improvements
onand for the benefit of LUCKY
TWO BENCH Placer Mining Claim,
situated on the Left LlmU of Dry
Creek, second tedr, in the Capt
Nome Mining and recording district.
Territory of Alaska, notice of loca
tion whereof Is recorded in Book *6,
at page 34. of the records of said
Recording District.
That said work was performed as
provided by See. 2324. of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States
and supplemental legislation, for
the purpose of holding said claim.
And you are severally required to
contribute your proportion of such
expenditure according to your sev
eral interests in said claim, to the
undersigned, co-owner with you
therein, within ninety days after the
service of this notice on you by pub
lication thereof, or your interest in
said claim will become forfeited
nnd vest in the undersigned, as pro
vided by said statutee.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 3rd
day of November. 1923.
F. S. Powell and Oeo. W. Dutton,
Trustees for Nome Dredging Trust,
Co-Owner.
By E. J. GORMAN. Agent.
Publish Nov. 3. 10, 17. 24. Dec. 1. 8,
15, 22. 29. 1923. and Jan. 5, 12,
19. 26, 1924.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Peter Johnson, E. Ongman, Y.
A. Graffam, Mary Newcomer and
Dan Kolly, your and each of your
heirs, administrators, successors
and assigns:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that tihe undersigned, as
co-owner therein, has expended the
sum of One Hundred ($100.00- dol
lars during the year ending July 1,
1923, for labor and improvements
upon and for the benefit of the
BONANZA ASSOCIATION Placer
Mining Claim, situated Immediately
North of the shore of Bering Sea,
and In the East end of the city or
town of Nome, in the Cape Nome
Recording District and Precinct,
Territory of Alaska. The original
location of which claim 1s recorded
In Yol. Ill, at Page 339, of the
recorda of locations in the office of
the recorder of said precinct.
That said labor and improvement*
were made and performed in the
development of said claim and in
the performance of the annual labor
required by Section 2324 Revised
Statutes of the United States and
legislation supplemental thereto, la
order to hold said claim.
And you and each of you are
hereby required to contribute to the
undersigned -co-owners your propor
tion of such expenditure according
to your respective interests 1n aald
mining claim. within ninety day*
after the service of this notice noon
you by publication thereof, or your
interest In said mining claim wtM
become forfeited to and ves» la tba
undersigned co-owners who have
made such expenditure.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this Sr4
day of November. 1923.
F. S. Powell an* ;W. Duttow
Trustees tor Nome Rradgbtg Trw,
Co-Owner.
By «. J. GORMAN, Agent.
Publish Nov. 3. 10. 17, 14. Me. l, g,
15. JI. 31. liiS. and Jm. 5, is.
It. S«. 10S4.