LOCAL NEWS
FKDKILAI. «WRT ACTIVITIES
Federal Court resumed session list
Tuesday morning: with Federal Judge
C J. Lomen on the Bench, after tak
ing a recess over Sunday and Seward
The first case «rn the docket this
week was that of the United States
versus L. D. Berry and Daniel Smith.
United States Attorney Fred Ilarri
r. n represented th* Government, and
the Court appointed Attorney E.
Crinni to defend Berry and Smith.
Daniel Smith was present in the
Court Room at the time ilie east >»«*»
called, and Berry, evidently think
ing he needed a bracer before appear
l-g. took it upon himself t.• appear in
vhat was said to he a highly inebri
red state. The Chief of Police of
Nome, Felix Howald was called and
berry was escorted to the City Bas
time of his sentence Thursday morn
ing in the District Court.
The charge on which Smith and
Berry were tr!« d was a case of the
violation of the Alaska Bone Pry Act.
The jury selected to try the case con
sisted of the following Jurors: Miss
Bertha Saville, Evan Jack. Henry
Shultz. Albin Poison. Mrs. C. J.
Woofter. Mrs. Nel Thotnen. Fred M.
Ayer. Ed Rohn. John L. Herbert. M.
O. Solberg. Peter X. Peterson and
G. F. Hilfrish.
The case was heard regardless of
tie fact that Berry, one of the De
fendants. could not be present on ac
count of being incarcerated in the
City “Jug." sleeping off the effects
ol an overdose of “bug juice."
The case was argued to the Jury
by United States Attorney Fred Har
rison for the Government, and E.
Grimm for the Defendants. The
case went to the jury at 2:30 p.m..
and the Jury returned a verdict of
“Guilty" at 4:55 p. in., and sentence
was pronounced Thursday morning.
Berry was sentenced to 90 days in
the Federal Jail and to pay a fine of
$500, and should he fail to pay the
fine, he will continue to occupy a cell
in the Jail at the rate of $2.00 per
day until the fine is paid. Smith was
sentenced to two months in the Fed
eral Jail and pay a fine of $100.00
with the same alternative if the fine
On Wednesday, April 2nd., the case
of th** United States versus Richard
Negus was called and the following
Jury selected: Henry Shultz, Gert
rude Lescher. Andrew Mattson. Eric
Johnson, Carl Brill, John Manos,
Wm Arthurs. Fred Diemer, John L.
Herbert. Peter X. Peterson. Peter
Yeager and M. O. Solberg.
The trial began at 2:00 p. ni.. April
2nd., and continued through Thurs
day. Eskimo witnesses being exam
ined by Counsel through an inter
preter. Frank Degnan, and this testi
mony came very slowly and had the
effect of slowing down the trial very
The Prosecution finished its case
Thursday afternoon and the defense
opener his case in chief.
On Friday morning the defense re
Eumed its case and a great number
cf character witnesses were placed
cn the stand by the defendant dur
i *e th*- day. The defense closed its
case late Friday, the defendant
taking the stand as the last witness
for the defens**. Today a few wit
resses will be placed on the stand
by the prosecution in rebuttal, and
the arguments to the Jury are ex
pected to begin before noon, accord
ing to present expectations.
The Negus case is the last Criminal
case to be tried at this session of
Court and the Petit Jurors nut en
gaged in th** trial of this case were
excused last Wednesday until 11:00
a. m., September 11th.. 1924. at
which time they will re-con veil.*.
The Grand Jury was excused until
September Sth.. 1024, and it is ex
pected that there will be a few more
cases to be tried at that time.
DKESTltlCK SKULK IH>STI»0\KI)
UNTIL NEXT WINTER
The show which was scheduled to
e staged under the auspices of the
•le Hall Commission, “The Dee
Skule," has been postponed
winter on accou-nt of the
left in which to get the
'or staging before the
v begin in Nome.
! PERSONAL MKXTIO.V j
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Jim Cornell, u well-known Nome
mining man, was in Nome during the
week ou business.
Rube Cremer, who is doing repre
sentation work on Hastings Creek,
raid Nome a visit last Tuesday for
the purpose of taking part in the
Municipal Election, and other busi
Bob Oumak left Nome last Tuesday
for the Kougarok with the mail for
Ta>lor Creek and way points.
ing the week, having come in from J
his mining ground located on Jess j
Creek, for the purpose of voting and i
attending to other business.
Thornes Gaffney, the Sunset Min- \
ii,g Magnate, paid Nome a visit dur-j
and to cast h!s vote in the Municipal j
Election held last Tuesday.
Thomas Jensen, the well-known |
Jess Creek miner, paid Nome a visit I
during the week from his mining
claim on Jess Creek.
John Halderson paid Nome a visit •;
during the week and after attending ;
to the business which brought him j
in. left for his mining location. j
Clarence Ausley left Nome during j
the week to start work for the Ham
men Company, on Little Creek.
Many old-timers were in Nome j
during the week from their claims |
mar Nome, for the purpose of cast-)
ing their ballots in the Municipal
Election held last Tuesday.
Mrs. C. J. Woofter and Mrs. E. K. j
Johansen made a pleasure ride to ,
Solomon during the week with Mrs. '
Woofter’s dog team, going down •
Thursday and returning Friday.
Bat McGrath and Jack Bouren are
[new arrivals in Nome from Bluff,
and are registered at the Elite Ho
lt. I. The two Bluff men have enter
ic.I the employ of th- Mammon Con
solidated Gold Fields at Little creek.
Aimer Kvdeen and wife who have
been in Nome for th** last two weeks
left for Candle last Thursday by dog
Charles Rice is renovating the ap
artments which he owns at First and
l: Streets, Pete Peterson, the Nome
paper hanger and painter is doing
the inside work.
Many of the out-of-town visitors to
Nome have left the city and returned
to their various mining claims, dur
Jack Seidenverg has been busy
rearranging the stock in his store
during the week, having had t«» move
mi* the stock from the place last Sat
uwlay night during the • wWh
Councilman Bud Lehmann and !
Earl C. Moditii male a trip to Has
•ings Creek during the we. 1 ..n skiis
and spent the night in th< cabin ot
Rube Cremer. the Mast!ngs Creek
miner, who was absent from home
•before? the visitors arrived
Tell th** Nugget your •n-ws i'.em
and we will tell th- wor’d News I
items for publication are always ap- ■
preciatelf. when either hand- t! or !
phoned to the Nugget offic*
Talbot Scott and Andy Xylan ar
rived in Nome last Sunday from Sol
omon and after attending to busi
ness here returned to the* former |
place to look after their mining in- j
’••rests in that locality.
Joe New ha user had supplies sent j
to his mining property in Newton |
Gulch and Dexter yesterday where |
he expects to do some mi-ning soon. J
REPAIRS OI>l> FELLOWS
HALL ARK COMPLETED
The local I. O. O. F. Hall has all
Die appparance of a King’s Throne
Room when one steps from the ante
room into the main part of the buld>
ing. Charles Rice and Pete Peterson
have been working on renovating the
hall for some time, and the members
ol the Odd Fellows and Rebekah
lodges in Nome have a home to b^
prond of. To attempt to describe
the work in detail, would take an
artist of no mean ability, therefore
that part will be left to those inter
to visit the hall and view the
jding in person.
ribe NOW for the Sm
LOCAL NEWS
MUNICIPAL RLKITION REStl.TS
IN NOME Al’ItUi 1. 1024
Throe hundred and twenty eight 1
utters registered for the Municipal |
Election which was held last Tuns- I
day, April 1st., and Arty three voters |
were sworn in, making a total of i
381. Of this number. 355 voted on j
Election day and two ballots were ,
declared spoiled, leaving.a total of i
353 votes counted. There was no |
tig rush at the polls at any time dur- j
ing the day, the votes being cast !
steadily all day.
The results of the election were as I
For Mayor—
Maynard. George S.1ST \
For Councilmcn-r
Lehinann, T. (Hud).... ..20 9;
Allyn, Cliff.137 ;
Julian, R. B.170 j
Poison, Aibiu.1«< j
Solberg. M. 0.165 j
Beebe. M. E.61 |
For City flor*—
Grimm, E.24S J
f or City Treasurer—
Wright. Arthur.245 j
For City Attorney—
O’Neill. Hugh.217
For Members School Board— i
Baldwin. W. F.* . . 234 |
Koch. W. H.232 i
Arthurs, Ada Mrs.118
Notice is hereby given that a spec
ial meeting of the Common Council !
is regularly called to meet April 7th„
11124, at 8:00 o’clock, p. in., for the
purpose of canvassing the vote east
i.t the Municipal and School Board
Flection, held April 1st., 1924. in
stalling the newly elected officers, (
and transacting such other and fur
ther business as may regularly come
before the meeting.
GEO. S. MAYNARD, !
Mayor.
QKM RESTAURANT
OPEN'S FOR III*SI NESS
The Gem Restaurant, under the
capable management of Mrs. Oliver
Flowers, opened for business yes
terday and the publis was given a
chance to sample the cooking of one
of Nome’s well-known and capable
cooks—Mrs. O. Flowers. Mrs. D.
Miller is assisting Mrs. Flowers in
her new venture in business and
from the looks of the number of din
ner guests yesterday and today, the
new restaurant will be a huge suc
MtttK KENNEL C’LUB A
WORTHY <IRGANIZATVON
The Nome Kennel Club has this
v<ar staged four successful races,,
which have been attended by large j
crowds of enthusiastic dog fans.
Prizes amounting to considerable
value have been donated to the win
ners in the various races by Ihe Club,
snd there will probably bp two more j
races before the snow leaves the j
Dog Racing is to Alaska what base- !
hall and football are to the States, i
the only winter out-of-door sport •
which Northern Alaska can stage
(hiring the winter with-ahy’great sue- i
cess. In the past races have been
run from Nome where thousands of j
dollars, have been offered as prize
money. At the present the prizes i
no not amount to much, but who
kmows what the ensuing years have
in store for this camp, with the
growth of th»* camp, which is an as
sured fact, dog racing will become
r.gain--.the great out-of-door event of
t o winter months.. Lack of interest
by the public will soon send any
sport down to oblivion and that
stems to be the trouble in the last
two or three years in regard to the
races. Every time there is a race j
someone is always ready to relate I
what great events the races were in i
former days, and whose fault is it
that those races of former days are
not being promoted, possibly not on
such a large scale, but practically so,
right now? It is the lack of interest
on the part of the fans. Every man,
woman and child old enough in Nome
should be a member of the Nome
Kennel Club, giving that worthy or
ganization their support both finan
cially and as an active member. The
dues in the Kennel Club are not so
exorbitant but that the average per
son can belong, and the sport is some
thing that every person, whether in
Alaska a month or twenty years, en
joys and goes to see. Give the Nome
Kennel Club your support both by
paying yous dues into the treasury,
and by being an active member with
the other live wires who deserve
credit tor their dhtlrfeg efforts it
keeping the organisation alive.
* S4 HOOL NOTES ♦
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La.st Thursday evening n Span
h Hub was organized by the mem
bers of the High School Spanish clas
ses. und**r the direction of Miss Tay
lor. who has charge of Spanish in
struction in the High School.
The meeting consisted of first ini
tiating all of the members into the
mysteries of the High School Spanish
Club, after which, all members then
hevin;; taken their ca*bs, the busi
ness of the meeting proceeded.
The election of officers resulted in
Ada Arthurs, President; Kristie Sa
tl'.er, Secretary and Robert Lyle,
The evening was then turned over
to the social committee and an hour
of enjoyment was spent by ail in
j laying various Spanish games. Re
f'e-hnsonts were served in real Span
ish siyl«•, consisting of the celebrated
Spanish Beans, and the Club ad
si lving to meet again in two weeks.
A series of Spelling Matches were ,
held last week in connection with the
English work in the High School. |
The lower classmen, or "Freshmen." i
offered a challenge to their upper
classmen to meet in contest, where,
the Freshmen would stand up
against a combined team of upper
classmen. The Seniors, seeing a j
chance for a little fun. entered the j
contest only to have their dignity i
hurt considerably when the Fresh-J
men beat them hands down. A re- ,
turn match was scheduled and the i
Seniors were fast on the trail of the |
youngsters and this time succeeded i
in regaining their honor. The count
standing one up now demands that
another match be held to decide just
who are the champions.
I TBS AND PIRATES PI/AY
LAST GAME OF SERIES
The Cubs ami Pirates played their
last basketball game last Tuesday
evening at seven thirty in the school
gymnasium. In the first quarter the
Cubs made two floor baskets and the
Pirates made two field goals. The
next quarters were played in the fav
or of the Pirates, due to excellent
team work. Hut the Cubs seemed
to wake up in the last quarter and
took the honors away from the Pir
ates with a score of 11 to 12. The
game was snappy and well played.
The line-up was as follows:
Forwards for Cubs: Russell May
nard and Andrew Sather.
Guards: Charles Cavey and Curtis
Crooks.
Center: Nels Swanberg.
Substitutes: Theodore Fromm and
Raymond Gerhart.
Forwards: Ernest Gerhart and
Roy Thomas.
Guards: Walter Cavey and Robert
Center: Edward Becker.
Substitute: Alvin Polet.
CARD OF THANKS
The undersigned, members, elect,
u£ the Nome School Board, wish to
thank the voters of Nome for their
Seod support.
W. H. KOCH.
W. F. BALDWIN.
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SUNDAY. APRIL Oth. |
CREAMED CHICKEN |
Roust Veal With Dressing |
Prime RIm of Beef 1
Asparagus Salad
Corn on the Cob
| Ice Cream and Cake. i
I AT BAHLKF/S. i
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EDWARD J. FOX, the Watch and
I lock repairer, has returned to Nome
and will devote his entire time to
Watch repairing, etc. Ijoavc work
E. L. HOLT
Building Paper, All Kinds
PAINTS, OIL ETC.
CUT GLASS
SILVERWARE
ELECTRICAL GOODS
ALARM CLOCKS
PYRKX WARE
ICE CREAM FREEZERS
Yon da not need to order jour
goods from Mall Order houses ss we
will hare 10 and SB cent Counters
next Spring at Outside Prices.
Bolt sells everything eueept Gro
ceries, Dry Gootto and Drugs
■ OLT'I rtf
TWO nil IIS rt.
CAUj for BUM
NOTICE IS 11KRK1SY GIVEN,
that the Governor of Abtokn wifi, »n 1
conformity with the provisiou> of 1
Chapter 47, of the Lawn of Alaska
for 1023, «»nter into contract ■% with
owner* or charterer* of vessels of
American register mm follows:
(I) For operation of vessels as a
common carrier of freight and pcs- j
sengers from Nome to Kotzebue and i
return, touching each way at Teller,
Wales, Ih>ering and Keewalik. ind
making regular stated round ‘rips
of not less than once each two til'
wwks during the season when nav -
gat ion is open in such wafers.
* (2) For the operation of vessel as
u common carrier for freight and
passengers from Nome to Sf Mu hael
and return, touching same way at
Solomon, Bluff, Chinik and Unala
kleet ami make regular stated round
trips not less than once each week
daring the season when navigation
is open in the aforementioned wat- I
eis. Fa eh vessel must have a cargo
capacity of not- less than fifty (30)
tons under deck and passenger cap
acity of not less than twenty (20)
persons, loaded draft not to exceed
six («) feet and maximum speed of
not less than Mien (7) knots an
hour. The contract will be for the
open navigation season of 1024. A j
sum not to exceed five thousand ,
($3,000) dollars will be paid for the
season for the vessel on the Nome- '
iotzebuc route anti a sum not to ex*
**ed three thousand live hundred
f $8,300) dollars will be paid for th»
reason for the vessel on the Nome*
it. Michael route.
llids or offmt to operate such ves
sels will be received by mall or wire
if the Governor's office at Juneau
Alaska, up to 12 o'clock Meridian.
Hay 1, 1024, at which hour all bid-,
received will be opened. Each bid
nust state the size, speed and at*
roininodatlon of the vessels over the
*equirements above set out, together
vith the sulwidy demand.
The passenger accomodations muse
je approved by the United State**
it earn boat Inspection Service. The
Governor Intends to let the contract
0 the lowest and best bidder, but he
■eserves the right to reject any and'
As soon as a bid is accepted a writ*
ten contract will be entered into.
*ni bodying the conditions and pro*
visions of the bid accepted.
Kach bid must, be accompanied by
1 surety bond to the Territory of Al
aska in the stun of one thousand dol
lars, conditioned upon the failure of
jerforraance by the bidder of the
terms of his bid.
Dated at Juneau, Alaska, March
STOTT T. BONE,
Governor of Alaska.
Nome is the outfit ing base for :<H
Alaska exploring expeditions.
XEW TRICES
FORD
AUTOMOBILES
Ford Runabout Car
Ford Touring Car
Ford Coupe Car
Ford Sedan Car
(WITH 9 DOOM)
Ford Sedan Car
$575.00
$606.50
$757.50
$830.00
$925.00
ALL THE ABOVE CARE? HAVE SELF STARTERS
ASO DEMOUNTABLE RIMS.
THE ABOVE PRICKS ARB THE LOWEST EVER QUOTED
IN THE HISTORY OK THE FORD MOTOR GO.
GIVE US TOUR ORDER NOW FOR DELIVERY ON FIRST BOAT
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TRI B. E. CROWLEY BROBBBY 00. IBB.
R. B. JULIAN Manager
STORE OPENS NIKE A. M. GUSTOS SCS P- M.
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