BURT HOLDEN SUCCUMBS
TO GRIM REAPER
Burt R. Holden, former secretary
of the. Nome Moose lodge and well
known Nomolte, died at Seattle on
TVscrnbf r 27. according to information
received by Chas. Lescher. present
presiding officer of tlw» Moose organi
zntlon. IVtails of the cause of bis de
mise are not giv.«. Mr. Holden de
ported frctm Nopn >. with his family
three years ago to secure medical aid
for a persistent and dangerous com
plaint but was l>eMeved to have en
tirely recovered. Recent letters from
the family to local friends indicated
b© was vigorous and healthy and the
news of his sudden demise came as a
sharp surprise to his friends here. Mr.
Holden was one of the pioneers of
Nome, having became. a resident in the
rush days, and resided her continu
ously until his enforced departure In
th© sijmmer of 191R. His death is
deeply regretted by a wide circle of
local friends and acquaintances. He
1s survived by the widow. Mrs Edna
Holden and two children. Clifford ami
Elisabeth Holden all of whom reside
In Seattle. His mother Mrs A. E.
Masson, and several brothers and sis
ters are also living. The deceased
wag aged 4R years. The remains were
cremated IVcomber 29.
STRONG COX LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPING IN
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
(Ddaypd in Transmission)
■Washington. Feby. 18—The Execu
tive committee of tlu* Democratic Na
tional Committee last night voted
Love and other McAdoo followers that
the. full membership of the committee
The defeat of the proposal (a con
side red a victory for th~ new Cr.x
leadership now steadily developing in
^he democratic ranks.
ADMIRAL JAYNE
PARALYSIS VICTIM
(Delayed in IVansmlSBion)
Washington, Feby. 18—Rear Ad
miral Jayne suffered a stroke of pa
ralysis late last nigrh( while on duty
■with the Pacific fleet and is being
returned from Soxitfh American waters,
the Navj" has been advised.
BOY THEIF MAKE^
SLICK GET.AWAY
(Delayed In ’rfansmissibn)
Spokane, Wta. Ftfiy. IS— '
Wood, 14. wanted at Coeur d'Alene.
Idaho for the theft of $14,600 from His
father, escapes! from the sheriff who
had at rested him near the Canadian
line last night by jumping from a
second .story window of the. hotel in
which the two were passing the night.
HARRY STEEL REPORTED
PURCHASER OF
SEWARD GATEWAY
Harry G. Steel, pioneer newspaper
man, faajmrr proprietor of the Nome |
News and present owner and editor of \
the Cordova Times, Is reported dn a ;
Southeajrtem Alaska paper of rnrly j
■December to have closed a deal with ;
the bondholders of the Seward Gate- '
•way, which was sold at a trustee's
The same journal says it is reliably
reported that Mr. Steel and associates
are contemplating the purchase of the
Juneau Rmip/ire. which in such case
will probably change its politics, as
Mr. Steel has always publish/ d a
strictly republican paper. It <is also
fcadd that in all probability he will es
tablish a daily paper in Anchorage in
the near future.
The Nome Nugget delivered by car
rier or mailed. Per Month $1.00
‘BLACK PRINCE" IS
NO FAKE. DECLARES
FORMER NOME MAYOR
After witnessing a "phychic demon
stration" by "Prince" K. C. Pondex
ter. m'irn) "divine henler.” alleged
love doctor and magician of 215 24th
ave.. Judge AVfltiam A. Gilmore,
Conner mayor of Nome, Alaska, said
today se Wi» convinced there was
"something in” the "prince's" black
magic, atvys a December number of
*he Weattle Times.
Judge Gilmore .«suid he had been re
tained as associate counsel with At.
torney A. A. Booth to defend the
negro against a charge of grand lar
ceny lodged in the superior court on
compladnt of Mr. and Mrs. William
Fun son. Atlburn farmers.
The demonstration which Judge
Gilmore says ho believes cannot be
explained by 'the ordinary lay per
son” *ook place in Gilmore'.!* office
in the Central building recently, he
It concluded amazing phenomena,
according to Oibnore, similar to al
lowed psychic stunts T*ondexter Is said
to have i>eitformed in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Fan son to convince them he
could see thru the bodies of their two
•hiugh’ers, Myrill, 20. and Myra Jean.
19. and cure them of ills and wicked
The “prince" stalked into fillmore’s
office with his flashy turban on and
i his Ions: robes flowing one afternoon,
the former Alaskan said, and in the
most approved Hindu manner offers!
to show wliat he could do.
"These |>eople call me a fakir." the
“prince" is said to have remarked,
meaning the police, who had just raid
ed his "divine bungalow" at the 24th
flilmore sand he called several oth>'r
spectacle. I’ondexter was double
blindfolded. Several coins were laid
on a table, some currency and a street
car token. AViith his hack turned, his
hands pressed tightly against the
blindfolds, moaning and muttering, the
••prince" told what each coin was. when
•it was minted, read the numbers on
the bills, identified the token and.
when CJibnore put a penny, without
looking at dt. down upon a dollar, the
magician snapped:
rake that Lincoln penny off that
"I picked up the penny and looked
at it. Sure enough, it was a Lincoln
penny. just as lie had said." Ortlmoi c
narrated. "Then lie told me the date
on >the dollar underneath. Further
more. he read off the signatures on
the Lank notes, accurately and faster
than I could keep up with him.”
I»uring the entire "demonstration.” i
the negro continued to groan and
iimmH'ble mystic sentences "in one of
j ‘-he 16 different [language- that he
! speaks fluentlj-," r.ilmore says.
The “prince” then detected a bud
scratch on the little finger of one of
his astounded observers. He offered
to cure the ailment l»y "divine power,” j
which he administered by breathing
upon the! njured digit, moaning, mak
ing mysterious p:u*ses with WIs hands,
and expectorating a couple of time?,
according to Gilmore's account.
"In a couple of days the scratch
wasn’t bothering the patient any more.
s:t id the judge. "1 asked Professor
Pondexter if he would make the. same
sort pf demonstration in police court
to convince everybody he had the goods
and he said he would indeed ha glad
to. with permission of the court. The
police dismissed the charge against
him before the case came to trial."
FOR A DISH OF ICE CREAM OP.
A GOOD CUP OF HILLS BROS
COFFEE AT ARCTIC BAKERY.
Try our sourdough Hot Cakes—non*
better, at ARCTIC BAKERY.
COUNCIL WIRES PROTEST
. The following self explanatory t<*lp
| gram has been forwarded to thg San
! Francisco Chronicle by the Nome
; Common Council jn accordance with a
1 recent resolution of that body.
| N'otne, Alo.sk;l, FYb. 14. 1921.
j KdJtor Chronicle,
i Son Francisco. Cal.
I The and injurious article ap
j pea ring in your issue of November 7.
concerning our city has been viewed
by the Common Council of this munic
ipality and by the citizens generally,
with ghagrio and indignation. Ihe
writer thereof was either woefully
misinformed or wantonly disregardfui
of the facts. That his article was in
spired by malice, w© are Ion the to be
lieve. W# do pot. feel that you would
wittingly injure this uity. L’nfiytu
nately. because of the. fact that your
editorial was reprinted generally thru
out the country, w© have been the vic
tim ctf a haseleps slander which is
doing us .ncatculable damage. Is it
too much to expect that a great journ
al with your reputation for fairness
;md integrity will immediately proceed
to evorrect this false and de‘amatory
impression? Advise.
KEEP A HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
Practically Impossible to Run Home
Without Employment of Good
Business Methods
It must lx- admitted that business
system is desired in the home, for the
very good and simple reason tha*.
manifestly you cannot carry on suc
cessfully any kind of business without
more or less bookkeeping, writes Carl
Marshall in Thrift. But often you will
hear some * easy-going housekeeper
sny: “That's too much trouble; I have
enough other tilings to do without
'bothering1 with .iccounts. Besides
whltt's the sue? It eosts you just so
much to live anyway, and keeping ac
counts won't make the. amount any
Lazy or inefficient folk are seldom at
a loss for self-justification of this sort.
Sctme of its can remember the old
fashioned country storekeeper who
used to spend moat of his time sitting
on a box whittling or gossiping with
the 1 gofers when Ire should have been
studying the business. This cheerful
SUMMONS FOR ^PUBLICATION
In tin*. District Court for the Territory
of Alaska. Second Division
JOHN DONOVAN.
Plaintiff.
SARAH DONOVAN.
Defendant.
THK PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA
To SARAH DONqVAN, defendant
nuired to appear and answer the <
plaint of the plaintiff on fllo in the
Office of the Clerk of said Court ...
the City of Nome, Second Division.
Territory' of AkiifOca. within thirty (30)
days from the date of the last publi
cation of this summons,
sav. thirty days tram the. 2nd day of
April. 1921. or Judgment for want
relief demanded therein, to-wit:
This action Is brought by the nfore
id plaintiff against you to disolv
ibotCds of m:iitrimony heretofore and
nonv existing between plmintiff and de
fendant. on the gerund of desertion.
day of February. 1921: the date of the
'Ublication hereof is the 19th dnv
of February, 1921. and the date of the
last imbrication is April 2nd. 1921.
WITNESS the HON. WM. A.
HOEZHEIMBR, Judge of the District
Court for the Territory of Alaska,
Second Division, and the seal of said
count hereunto affixed at Nome. Akus
ka, this 19th day of February. 1921.
THOS. McOANN
Clerk of the District Court for
the Territory of Alaska, Second
Division
(SEAR) W. C. Me(l lT I HE
!£E11
the stvck
soul held the same vlevrs as
housekeeper.
I»ut we do not see much more of
this old-fashioned. .:appy-po-|iuky
country menehant. He has lonjc ago
been put out of business by his ollter
prtsinff Competitor who learned the
value of ftood bookkeeping
The answer to those who would
shirk home account-kaeplnjr is simply
this: You cannot plan your affairs
with any certaJinty unless you knxgw
about thean. and you cannot know
about thcfm. unless you keep records of
LEARN TO DANCE
Hunter Hall, Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday evenings at 9 o'clock
Make appointments with Mrs. Gao.
Walhalm, Lanas Way.
I. L. HOLT
Owlfr ia Gsacral Hardware
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STEAM HOSE
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CANVAS HOSE
CROCKERY WARE
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HOLTS CASH STORE
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Bonk of Alaska
NOME. ALASKA
Capital ■ $100,000
Gold Dust Purchased
and Assayed
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at the -
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