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WE BUY FURS
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Bread 15c loaf, two loaves for 25c
CHAS. CAVEY. Prop.
W. J. ROWE
TRINSFER INO FREIGHTING
Dealer in all kinds of Lumber
Horses For Sale
JOHN LAND Tailor
Suits made to order
Repairing, Pressing and Cleaning
NOME RESTAURANT
OPPOSITE ALASKA BANK
NOW
OPEN
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NEW COUNCIL
SEATED MONDAY
After a delay of more than h month
duo to the court proceedings arising
from a .disputed ballot cast by a sol
dier voter at the annual election, the
newly elected council members and
other city officials were formally ush
ered into office at Monday night's
meeting of the 19th Common Council.
The latter body thereupon ceased to
function in favor of the incoming coun
cil, which was designated as the 20th
Common Council.
The clortnjg session of the old coun
cil was called* to order by Mayor Holf,
with all members present except Mliot.
who is on the outside and whose office
was declared vacant some time ago.
Tin- minutes were read and approved,
ns were also a number of new bills
against the city to which the finance
committee affixed its official O. K.
The bills were ordered paid. The rou
tine work concluded tlx- council passed
a resolution expre«*»ing appreciation of
the services of Capt. T. A. I toss and
the Nome Coast Guard crew under his
! command In voluntarily and without
compensation responding to all fire
calls and assisting the fire department,
"thereby." to quote from the resolution,
"engendering a sense of security to the !
Mayor Holt, the retiring incumbent
then addressed the council and voiced
his personal appreciation of the ser
vices rendered by bis counellmanic
colleagues, laying especial emphasis on
th ir harmony and good will shown in
their acts during his administration.
His Honor also pointed out with well
justified pride In the achievement that
the 19th council started its career with
j an heritage of debt amounting to $1.
j 2f»:..99 left by the previous council but
i was concluding Its term of office with
J a clean slate and a credit balance of
At the conclusion of the mayor’s ail- I
I dross.' a motion was carried that the
| 19th council adjourn sine die. Mr Holt
I then introduced his successor. Mayor
Clias. Rice. who. immediately after the
retirement of the old council, called
the 20th council into session*. The
roll was called and the following mem
Ixis of the new council responded,
('his. Covey. M. W. Griffith, Alfred
J. lyomen. Geo. S. Maynard. E. !ael
son and K. .V. Tarnutsser. The new
body got down to business at once.
T; • rules of the 19th council were nod
and adopted In toto, with the excep
1 ti. a that the days of meeting were
j eh nged from the first and third Mon*
j day’s of the month to the second and
i i'pon request of the N'nmi* School
j R nil. Mayor Rice appointed a com
| mi;tec composed of Councllmen Grif
fith. lyomen and Maynard to confer
w.:h the Hoard regarding the *i.*hooI
budget tor the coming year .
The incumbents of the various ap
pointive offUces were nominated and
elected and their salaries fixed at ths
previous figures. The council also
conferred police powers on all employ
ees of the fire department and also on
the mayor and ail council members, all
to serve without compensation. John
Hancock was reappointed to the post
of School Tax Collector for the Nome
School District.
Councilman Griffith then moved that
the native policemen, recently entrust
ed with the task of preserving peace
and morality among the native resi
dents. be reappointed. The motion was
seconded by Councilman Maynard and
passed by a vote of 5 to 1.
Jas. Haughey. Chief of the fire and
police departments, was declared re
elected to the same positions for an
other year. Dr. Curtis Welch was also
elected City Health Officer. A motion
was <#rried providing that in future
ti e engineer and chemical wagon cap
ta*n in the fire department, shall be
eir ployed from month to month, in
stead of by the year.
Mayor Rice then announced the fol
lowing ^srmrtnem committees
Finance Comm'ttee: ..
. . • .Griffith and Romeo
Police and Jail Committee: ....
.Maynard and ltaelson
Fire and Water Comlttee: ....
E. L. HOLT
GENERAL HARDWARE
GASOLINE TANKS FOR OIL
BURNERS
TIN SHOE IN CONNECTION.
TibflMM Main 11
1 WILL MOVE ACR0S8 STREET
TO DARLING AND DEAN BUILDING
MAY 1.
NO WAR PRICES AT HOLT'S
.Cavey anu T.irnuUer
Streets. Alleyn and Lights: ....
.Itaetoon and Grifliti:
Health and Relief:.. s
.Ijomea and Maynard
Lit tv. Ordinance and Printing: . .
.Tamutter and Cavey
The councH then adjourned until
Monday ewning. May 31. at 8 p. rn.
CITY COUNCIL PLACES CITY ON
FINANCIAL BA8IS
following Is the annual report of the
City Cleric for the year ending April
17th, 1920 of the 19th Common Council:
FINANCIAL. STATEMENT
Receipts
LU-euMe Money from the
C. S. Dlst. Clerk_$ 3,925.51
Taxes for the year 1919 . , . 17.910.84
Taxes, Dettmiuent . 7.822.50
Penalty and Interest. 189.72
Fines and forfeitures. 400.00
Cost of advertising Taxes. . 19.57
Itinerant merchants License. 200.00
Sale of property. Real and
Personal . 310.00
Total . 30,778.16
Details of Current Expense*
Fire Department
Salaries.$6,060.00
Fond. 762.00
Scavenger. 24.00
Steam Heat.1,138.00
Coal . 37.10
Electric Fire alarm system . . 130.00
Horse shoeing. 86.SO
lights. 104.52
Cartage. ' 4.60
Miscellaneous. SO. 60
Police Department
Street Depart.*
Coal Oil..
City Clerk
Stationary .
City Maps.
Supplies.
Cere pf Indigerts
Prescriptions ....
Burying Dog* . . .
Printing Xotices . .
(Scavenger.
Health Department
Total . 713.65
City Attorney
Salary.$ 300.00
Typewriting. 28.50
8 S S g g
Printing
Certificates of Election . .
Delinquent Per*. Tax Roll
Tax Receipt Books.
Registration Books.
Nottfaes.
City Office*
Janitor. Salary.
Scavenger.. ....
Steam Heat.
Miscellaneous.
Miscellaneous.
School Maintenance ....
Court Reporters Fees ....
Cost of Election.
Repair of City Hall ....
Telegrams.
Rquiir of Jetty.
Rebate of Tax.
Interest .
Warrant* issued.92C.3U.40
Warmnts redeemed.25.420.5C
Warrants outstanding. 914.04
April IT, 1010 Balance i
overdraft .... . f .. . .9 1.2M.00
April 17, 1020 Receipts for
1010 and 1020 .S0.77I.1C
Disbursements 1010 and 1920 24.405.7?
April 17. 1920 balance on
Warrants unredeemed C14.S4
With the Cleric. 229.1C
Treasurers Balance
PFAFFLE RETURNS tO COUNCIL
Ed Pfaffle. who hsh been vMtlnf
here for tho put week or tm days,
returned to Cornell City Monday.
LEEHY EXPLAINS SHIPPING
TAX PROPOSAL
In response to a telegraphic query.
A. Polet has received from Maurice
D. Leehy of the Territorial Shipping
Board, a message setting forth the
main objects of the Shipping Board's
recent proposal to place a tax of per
| ton on private carriers for the purpose
1 of creating a fund which may be used
to provide additional shipping faclli
I ties for the territory where most need -
I ed. Although meager outlines of the
I proposal have been received, such in -
; formation us has come to hand has
, not been of a character to provide .»
; clear conception of Just what is in •
i According to Mr. Leehy’s message,
the proponed tax will not apply to the
established public transportation lines
| but will fail upon the large A!a>&a In
' terests which employ private ships.
1 As an instance Mr. Leehy says .t half
dozen or more of the big salmon pack*
[ and other interests, surh as the
! Kennicott company, operate their own
; ships. His message says the great
evil of Alaska shipping arises from the
! fact'that nearly four fifths of Alaska
ship tonnage serves only private in
terests. These private carriers handle
| the bulk of the profitable traffic for a
few months more cheaply for the large
industries than would be the case if
the regular lines were employed,
thereby leaving to the regular lines the
unprofitable service throughout the
According to Mr. ’Leehy, the Ship
ping Board proposal simply requires
the large interests employing private
| ships to make a Just contribution to
the all the year round service for the
common benefit of everybody Ih the
territory.
The administration of the ilaense
fund .rained by the tax .would be con
trolled by a resident board resident In
Alaska. Mr. Leehy further explains
that with the fund provided in the
suggested manner, such a board could
have contracted for another ship last
| fall to relieve the situation when the
Senator wag withdrawn and the Vlc
j torln greatly delayed. In addition the
| board could doubt legs contract for ship
I service from Nome to Siberia as well
as to other points in Alaska whenever,
such service may be needed. The
I hoard could also extend help to any
worthy transportation venture tending
to benefit the commercial intercourse
of the territory when Alrcumstances
warranted.
In response to a question as to flow
the license tax would operate in the
case of a ship chartered for t*'.e pur
pose of securing a •ur.plv of co*.l for
Nome from the Alaska field*. Mr.
l^eehy says the board would doubtless
return the amount of tbs tax oh ap
plication and woul.l probably pay a
still further sum t > help any worthy
transportation venture. The estab
lishment of feeder lines would, he
points'out. have a strong tendency to
ward helping the main route* by mak
ing them, n\ore .profitable through sup
plying additional tonnage. _
WILL PROTECT JETTY
AGAINST SPRIRB FLOODS
Acting on instructions from the He- ,
attle office of the War Department en- j
glneering bureau, (’has. Jones, Super
intendent of the local branch of the
Alntaka Road Commission has under
taken to reinforce the damaged section i
of the harbor construction by filling
in the washed out section of the east,
revetment with sacks of sand and such j
other supports as will serve to protect |
it from further damage when Snake
river opens. The work has been in!
progress under Mr. Jones’ direction j
for several days.
The reinforoeing operations are the1
rwult of. representations toads to the
Enjlnecrti office at Seattle by the
Chamber of Commerce Harbor Coen,
nvittce. which advised that steps be
taken to protect the revetment against
further destructftm by fee or water.
The matter was later taken up with
Mr. Jones by telegraph with a request
to submit an estimate as to the amount
of money necessary. After a nurvey
It was found that labor and material
amounting1 to approximately ft,00ft
would be required. After receiving
the estimate the engineers wired ijfr.
Jones to proceed with the work.
MYSTERY VEILS PT. HOPE
8HOOTING CASE
Jam. McGuire, son of assistant sup
erintendent McCuiremf the local divi
sion of the Bureau of Education a no
alleged slayer of Rev. Hoare, forn erly
missionary in charge of the Episcopal
ian mission at Point Hope, was brought
.to Nome during the first days of the
week by Marshal E. R. Jordan and is
now confined in the federal Jail pend
ing investigation of the case by the
grand Jury.
McGuire was brought down
tion of the way from Candle by Deputy
Marshal Hart Humber and was turned
over to Marshal Jordan, who met them
enroute. Humber returned to Candle
without coming to Nome
It develops that few details of the
tragedy are known to the local author
ities and, as all of the witn<
still at Point Hope, where the mooting
occurred, the full facts will probably
not become known until they arrive
from the North on the spring boats.
District Attorney Clements informed
the Nugget that he is not aware of the
circumstances surrbunding the death
of the missionary and will probably
not be In a position to supply informs -
Ron ijnttl the witmsma of the tragedy
arrive. Mr Clements said he bad not
Interviewed the prisoner regarding
case and would not ears t»
on It in any way until In
of Use facts. Inquiry at the Marshal'!
office also failed to eMdt any informa
tion beyond the find meager detail)
iwceftved when MoGuire arrived at Can
dle shortly after the WhooRng.
As no one Is pel ml tied to aeo Mc
Guire, who 4s apparently the only per
eon hero who knows the full story of
Oho shooting, present infficatlons are
that the details wtH not became public
until the witnesses come from Point
dined jto make a statement for publi
cation nt thia time.
NEW HOLT STORE
TO OPEN MONDAY
E. L. Holt will open hia new atore
to the public next Monday. The new
establishment la located In the spacious
building formerly occupied by the
Darling and Ifeon Company and in
point of floor apace occupied, fittings,
diversity of stock, etc. will be one of
the finest atoms In Alaska. Almost
everything one' can think of In the
Mne of hardware, tin ware, crockery,
cutlery and notions will, be on display
when the big store opens.
Mr Holt plans to snake the opening
a gala occasion and wishes every In
dividual in the city to visit hia estab
lishment regardless of whether they
•purchase anything or no*. As m in
ducement to come In and look over the
establishment, he plana to aerva a di
versified array of refreshments to those
who visit the store during the opening
day. In addition he wAl give to each
person making u cash purchase of f l
or more their choice of 200 valuable
articles as a present entirely without
charge. Many valuable objects are In
cluded in thfe list of things to be glean
away in th|p manna.-, all of which aye
OnDisplay In the big show window.
Thtfetere will be open at» a. m. sharp
Monday morning and everyone, roan
woman or child, la Invited U> coroe Iq
oven tho they no IntesUan of
making a purchase,
WHITE MOUMTAH* SCHOOL
TEACHER HERE
Jol* Geary, teacher in charge of thy
government school at White Mountain
la paying the city » visit.
*•» la tha tlaa to to ttl
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»«ar Job printing Faata
totoro tha opaakia of .
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