NEWSNOTES
The mail for Teller and Taylor
creek dosed at the postoffice at 5 o’
clock this evening.
Louis Stevenson and P. K Crowley
will leave on a business trip to Cna
lakle'et tomorrow morning.
The municipal registration books
for the forthcoming city and school
elections are open at the office of the
City Clerk.
\ fine batch of fresh trout caught in
the waters of Solomon river arrived
in town yesterday in charge of a
number of native fishermen, who re
port that the fish are unusually plen
tiful at present. The fish averaged
about one pound in weight and found
a ready market when placed on sale.
The second weekly consignment of
mail for the States and Interior was
dispatched today in charge of Con
tractor Rangley. Owing to many
failing to see the published notice re
garding the change in tlio hour of
closing the mails, on and after today
and during the remainder of the twice
a week period, the postal officials
again call attention that the time of
closing has been changed front |*. m.
t<» 1 p. m. Monday and Friday. *
A considerable number of pleasure
seekers attended the weekly card soc
ial of the Miners Home Club, held at
the club hall on east Front Street last
night. Twenty four participated in
the progressive whist tourney, the
prizes for which were awarded as fol
lows. Ladies: first prize Airs Ford:
second Aliss Alinnie Hroste; third Airs
Ed la Hanson. Gentlemen: first prize
C. C. (’rooks: second George Cahill;
third Chas. Rice.
Women of Alooseheart Chapter No.
78 is making preparations to hold a
social dance on the evening of .Mon
day, Alarch 10th. The function is de
signed primarily as an entertainment
to the soldier boys at Ft Davis but
the general public will also be admit
ted, although male civilian attendants
will be charged a nominal pri -e of ad
mission. The entertainment will be
held in the lodge rooms of small Engle
Hall and the program is scheduled to
commence promptly at 0 p. in.
Reports have reached the Outside
that the exploration party headed by
Storker Storkerson, sent out to cross
the Polar sea by Explorer Stefansson
last Spring, has landed somewhere on
the Siberian coast. An Associated
Press telegram to the Nugget yester
day asks for details of the journey,
forgetful of the fact that Siberia is a
mile or two away, and states that the
reports reaching the States designate
November 7th as the day on which
the venturesome ice niushers landed.
The Nome Bowling Alleys will re
open for business tomorrow evening
under the management of Bruce Rog
ers. The alleys have been given a
thorough overhauling and have been
placed in the best possible condition
for successful bowling and scores in
keeping with individual skill.
Capt. Cummings commander of the
military post at St. Alichael, who has
been a visitor in the city on official
business for the past week or so, set
out on the return journey to the east
coast port today, after concluding the
business which brought him to Nome
HOLT’S CASH STORE
Fur Robes, choice.$15.00
Fur Caps, best.5.00
Drill Parkas.3.50
Overalls or Jumpors.2.50
Silk Shirts .3.50
Stetson Hats, best.5.00
Underwear, wool.2.50
Shoo Packs.5.00
Necktiss, Good. .25
BEBIN THE NEW YEAR RIGHT
BUY AT
HOLT'S
Telephone Main 96.
Before departing. Capt. Cummings re
quested the Nugget to express his re
gret over the fact that his duties did
not permit him sufficient time to say
farewell to the many Nomeites whom
he met during his stay and also to
convey to them his appreciation of
the hospitality shown him l>y the local
residents.
That the signing of the peace arm
istice does not mean that the govern
ment intends to abandon the effort to
induce the American people to invest
their surplus money in government
securities is indicated in the an
nouncement of Postmaster Walsh that
a new issue of War Savings Stamps
has been received and will be placed
on sale in accordance with orders re
ceived from the l’ostoflice Department
The stamps cannot, be sold at the pres
ent time, for tlie reason that no certi
ficates have arrived, but sales wil‘. be
resumed as soon as these are provided
The conditions of sale of the 191is
sue remain the same as in the case of
the earlier issue. The stamps are
somewhat smaller and are blue in o!
or, instead of the banknote green of
tlie stamps issued last year. The- new
issue is about on- half the siae c f the
Igloo No. 1 Pioneers of .Masks will
hold o dance at the Igloo hall Satur
day evening next. The fund' -a was
originally planned for Wash ngt >r.’:;
birthday but was postponed un’M the
indicated date. The dance is given in
lieu of the annual Hoof (Sard*’::, which
has formed one of the chief social
events of earlier years, but which was
abandoned this year owing t" the in
fluenza epidemic. The committee in
charge say. however, that the forth
coming entertainment will he along
the same lines as the Hoof Card n
and attendants are requested to come
either with or without their coats.
They can also leave their host clothes
at home and come in their every day
rig and will la* none the less welcome.
The main idea is to provide a good,
time and “the clothes cut no figure”
to use the expression of one of the
committee members. Hefreshments
will he served during the evening and
ladies will he admitted free of charge.
Those who fail to appreciate the
true value of the heroic services ren
dered by the Nome men who volun
teered to make the long trip to Wales
to assist in succoring the influenza
stricken natives of the western dis
tricts, will find food f<>r reflection in
the following extract from a letter
written by Tom Jenson, one of the
members of the first volunteer party
to leave Nome for the Wales section
during November. It will he remem
bered that Mr. Jensen returned during
December, bringing the first authentic
news concerning the fearful decimat
ion occuring among the unfortunate
natives of the Wales section, and
again returned to assist in relieving
the widespread affliction, resulting
from the influenza. The letter refers
to his second journey to the western
coast and the experiences encountered
and shows in graphic manner some of
the reasons why services such as
rendered by those brave and hardy
men are beyond all value ol prive.
The letter was written under date of
Feb. 8th., and is addressed to M. iiav
enkilde, who is associated with Mr.
Jensen in a Jess creek mining enter
prise. The message reads as follows.
“Tommy Kileen is going down to
Nome und I have a chance to send a
letter. We have had fierce wer.*her
up here ever since I came hack. We
sure had a hard trip coming uo. One
night we slept out down below Cape
Douglas and it was only by a special
act of Providence that I lived through
it. We had to dig ourselves out of
the snow after we had been in our
sleeping bags a couple of hours as
the snow drifted in around us as solid
as ice. We got wet digging out and
I lost my fur mittens. Everything
froze solid and the wind blew about
forty miles an hour. I was sure for
a time that I would lose at least both
of my hands but my companion found
an extra pair of fur mitts in his bag.
They saved me I wouldn’t spend an
other night like it for all the money ir
the United States Treasury. We have
most of the bodies of the dead buried
now and everybody is getting along
well. John Hegness was a month on
the way from Teller here.
(The distance between Teller and
Wales is only 69 miles. Ed.)
Many of the dogs froze to death on
the trail and lie also froze his hands
badly but is all <>. K. nrfw.
In a communication to the Nugget
dated at Camp Dodge. la.. October
20th.. last J. I’. Hekkila, a member of
the first batch of Nome army draft
recruits and attached to 1'h» nth In
fantry, writes that the Nome boys
greatly enjoyed the trip to the Eastern
military cantonment. On the trip out
the transport got caught in a severe
i blow opposite Kodiak Island and lost
practically a day. Most of the boys
were pretty sick. On resuming pro
gress, the steamer called into Seward
for water, thence the vessel proceeded
ti Ft. Discombe, Valdez, where addi
tional troops were taken aboard. The
steamer then proceeded to Ft. Wm.
St ward and gathered up a few more.
When the transient finally turned her
prow toward Puget Sound :i total of
913 Alaskans were aboard. Hekkila
says they camped at the Presidio. San
Francisco, four days before entrain
ing for the East. They were treated
fine on the way and “had lots to cat”.
The Red Cross gave us candy, fruit
ami cigarettes at every other station
and the people of the towns we passed
through also gave us lots of stuff. The
“chickens" were so tame they came
right up to the cars and shook hands
and some of them even kiss the boys.
On the way East we got hung up for
12 hours fifteen miles west of Ogden
on account of a freight train wreck.
Some cars jumped the track and
smashed cars were lying in splinters
all around. We run into another
wreck about five miles west of Ogden
after we go passed the other one.
Another freight train smashed to
pieces. Luck for us we did not get
ahead of them. Eighty out of eighty
seven of our company were in the
hospital with the influenza and fifteen
died. This is the complete list of
dead of new and old Nome soldiers to
date. John Olson, JXihlherg, Henry
Webber, Paul de Ronne, Geiger,
Ogden. Frye, Benibo. Lanstrup. Dub-;
enski, Parazo. Eckker. Williams and j
Scholtz. Some others are stil in thoj
hospital but are getting well.
BOWLING ALLEYS REOPEN
The Nome Bowling Alleys will re
open to the public tomorrow., Satur
day evening.
BIG DANCE PIONEER IGLOO
MARCH 1st.
ADMISSION $.100 LADIES FREE
PROPOSALS FOR BIDS
U. S. Engineer Office
Seattle Wn.
Proposals for constructing Bank
Revetment, Jetties and dredging Nome
Ha*bo-. Alaskr, will be recived here
and at the office of the Distr:ct Judge.
Nome, Alaska, until noon, March 15tli,
1919, and there publicly opened.
Information on application to Nome
Chamber of Commerce.
Signed: Sturtevant.
Engineer
BIG DANCE PIONEER IGLOO
MARCH 1st.
ADMISSION $.100 LADIES FREE
LADIES ATTENTION
No admittance charged to Ladies
Saturday night...We want every lady
| in town to be there.
Get your Roof Garden duds ready
|for the Pioneer dance Saturday night.
Remember the Pioneer Dance is not
limited to the membership only.
Come and have a good time Satur
day night.
Like the Roof Garden—-HatleeO,
Coatless and moneyless. Refresh
ments are free Saturday night.
DRESSMAKING
Plain and fancy dressmaking.
Reasonable Prices. Mrs Madgwlck,
238 Third Avenue.
Fred Harrison
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
|Rooms 9-10, ....Wild Goose Building
Phono Main 113.
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. rite following: is an extr.-a t from a two minute talk that wona
debate held in conjunction with .(he entertainment /riven by th<
Masonic fraternity.
"MACCARONI AND SPAGHETTI being a product of wheat
like bread considered the staff of life.
MACCARONI AND SPAGHETTI when properly prepared con
tain all the essentials necessary to constitute a meal efficiently balanced
to supply the body b.uilHers, heat producers and the fat creators of tjie*
body.
MACCARONI AND SPAGHETTI are to a full grown body what
milk is to baby.
In comparison witli other food product- Mnccaroni and Spaghetti
stand in a class by themselves, etc.
MACCARONI AND SPAGHETTI MAKE THE BIG MUSCLE."
SPECIAL THIS WEEK
5 pounds of any of our 25 varieties for $1.00.
A. POLET
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Invitations, Announcements, Program*
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Posters, Hand Bills
Circulars, Brochures, Booklets, Pam
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WE DELIVER YOUR
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ARCTIC BAKERY
AND CANDY STORE
The home of sweets and
a good place to eat
GOOD BREAD
Pies, Cakes, Pastry
Fresh Ice Cream Daily.
CARL PQRATH, PROP.