HEMES
Senator John Sundback, who has
been confined for some time as a re.
suit of an attack of erysipelas. is
again aide to he about.
The first serious accident to occur
on the Snake River harbor construc
tion developed this morning when Carl
Hereim. employed cn the government
^ pile driver, lost the first Joints of sev
eral fingers through the digits being
caught in a Btrieve.
Eve witnesses cf the accident say
Hereim inadvertantly placed his hand
on the shelve at the moment the huge
pile driving apparatus was being
shifted from one angle to another The
tips of two fingers on the right hand
were caught between the cable and
the revolving wheel over which It
runs. Roth digits were crushed and
mangled in a frightful manner and
were later : mputated l.y Hr Weh h
The presence of a number of un
desirable persons, several of whom are
alleged to he of that despicable class
known as marques, lias resulted in ■
decision of the police department to
hold a roundup sometime prior t** the
departure of the last boat unless the
undesired ones take :• notion to move
on before the counciimanlc wrath en
gendered by their presence results In a
hard application of the law.
A Southeastern Alaska exchange re-I
ports that John Brower, the former
Nome man who is now operator of a
stage line between Chitina and Fair
banks and also the winter mail con-i
tractor over the same route, is putt
ing in new auto trucks and other ■
equipment preparatory to handling all
the freight and passenger business he
can secure. Whenever it is possible
to operate motor trucks he will do so
and when the trail is too heavy for
machines he will employ teams and
The Coast fiuard Cutter Bear is ex
pected back frcm St. Michael today.
the Bureau of Education activities In
Vlaska is e xp. eted ».. arrive «m the cut
tho Bureau Mr. T.opp has been on
ins annual tour of inspection of the
Bureau of Education -schools and sta
tions in the Interior and along the
Southern coast. During his stay here
he will proliably visit the various
if time permits.
Approximately one hundred and
twenty five nr thirty feet of the Jetty
construction at the entrance to Snake
IBver remains to be finished before the
timber work on that section of the
done. The big steam pile driver is
Irg of ten by twelve inch timbers in
speedy manner and each day sees a
which remains to lie covered before the
J< tty will be capped with cement
Work on the west revetment is in
Ames the contractors, are driving the
last sections of the heavy sheet idling
composing the revetment walls and ex
pect to be through with that section of
the work shortly.
Muskrat parka and Coonskin coat
Decent information bearing on the
question of how departing Nomeitos
arc to avoid being jammed into the
section of the Victoria if they wish to
reach Seattle this fall discloses that.
will bo another passenger carrying
vessel on the South coast of the terri
tory during the early part of October
which might lie diverted to Nome with
Snaps At
HOLT CASH STORE
Motor Cycle . $ 75.00
1 Steam Laundry, complete . .. 200.00
Second Hand Lumtier per M. . . .50.00
Doora, Windows all prices.
Mining Boilers, complete, reasonable.
Trunks, Suit Cases etc, cheap
Furniture, Beds, M a tresses, very cheap
Mining Outfits, Dredge supplies
HOLT is thsrs with the GOODS j
n:t great exj»ense or loss of time. The
ton of the Admiral line. According to,
cave Seattle September -’6th. eruroute
o Kodiak and Intermediate points. As
xodlak Is not a great distance from
treking passage at the close of the sea
ton. The- Watson will arlve at Kodiak
SV.me in four or five days from that
>oint. This would place her at Nome
lust at the time when the fall exodus
n the steamer securing a full list of
ing winter will find the average N'ome
lhan usual owing to the absence of the
Dbl familiar "town clock." ns the big
limepiece in front of the Segerstrom
the public Efforts to raise the six
.lock have failed and it will be ship
some public spirited citizen or citizens
come to the rescue with a gootl sized
,.d to see whet could be done toward j
raising funds to purchase the clock,
reported at the last meeting of the city
persons are interested in the proposal
sums for that purpose, he said. hut.
aside front the few referred to. he
could find little tendency toward rais
According t-. the Ketchikan Chronl
flrst examinations ..f witnesses in the
Alaska IV-legat. contest at Ketchikan
on August 11. The initial hearings
were held before Will II. Winson. sit
ting as Commissioner for hearing, in
the Ketchikan City Hall. Judge
Wickershnm and .John R. Marshall
II. Cosgrov. and A. H. Z< igici tin- c..n
the Ketchikan precinct was the first
The Chi miele says Mr. Hunt testi
Ji•.I it was his opinion that a number
Of persons voted illegally. He said
!i- had received the instructions for
the election, together with the return
books, and that those instructions set
forth that a voter must have resided
in tlie* precinct for days prior to
election. He also said he had receiv
the Judicial district for 30 days. The
uitness named some of the Ketchikan
voters whom he thought voted ille
gally because of their Jack of proper
comprised seven whites, one of whom
the Snake liiver basin as a result of
week. \ • rsels of the coasting fleet are
vos of the facilities afforded by the
vessel from Solomon entered the har
Ioading a good sised cargo of goods.
The cap.- and speed with which the
effective demonstration of the great
value of the harbor construction to
sels.the Ram and l>kuiwnk. entered the
|harbor yesterday. Owing to the dredge
two vessels were permitted to tie up
will not be allowed when the basin is
open. The channel Is dredged to the
required eight feet in the center and
vessels ns large an the Arctic can now'
enter the basin. Considerable dredg
ing is to be done along the west side |
of the rjver before the channel is fully1
opened.
Recent criticism regarding the
methods employed hv the Ft. Davis j
officials In advertising the sales of
government stores previous to the
abandonment of the post has evoked a
reply from the office of the department
quartermaster of the Western Army
Department at San Francisco to the
effect that the necessity of newspaper
advertising in a small place like Nome |
is not apparent to the department
chief's, who instruct tfie officials of
the post to advertise sales of army
goods in the manner prescribed by
regulations, which means by posting
bulletins giving requisite information
regarding the time and place of sale j
.md the character of the commodities!
to he disposed of. etc.
Following the storm of comment re- ;
yarding the alleged failure of the post {
authorities t< give wide publicity to i
the recent government .sales at Fort
Davis. Ideutenant McPhall took up
the matter of obtaining wider publicity
through advertising in the press and
the dictum of the department is .in ;
response to his request for a ruling'
regnriling advertising future sales in.
the newspapers. It thus appears that
Xomeites who wish to avoid paying
the dealers two or three times the
prices the goods are sold for by the
v* i n no nt must keep a close watch
fur the decidedly inconspicuous little
noth es posted on the lamp posts and
postoffhe walls. Hither that or raise
a h- wl that will make the potentates
of the War Department think that
Nome is not so small as site looks when
viewed from San Francisco or Wash
ington.
A trip over tire Ft. D.t vis-Cape Nome
road reveals that construction on that
important highway is making rapid
progress under the direction of Dis
t rict Federal I toad Snporintendant Dan
.!< nr s Close to three miles of the
highway has been opened for traffic
during the present season and the end
of the construction work is now ad
vanced to a point only about one and
it half miles from the end of the road
around Cape Nome. The road fol
low the coast for a short distance lie
low Ft Davis, then traverses the low
tundra to the high land fronting the
old third beach line, following along
the bench extending with little
Interruption ; - far as the cape. The
highway is excellently constructed and
provides smooth and comfortable pas
sage for f.-g.-n lUfnr.obi-• I be
surfacing - don- with a fine grad- of
grav-1 found along Fa' line >' the high
way and t- soil f oina 'io over which
the road is laid requires little prepara
tion to provide a hard and substantial
roadbed. The ease with which the
construction is accomplished Is well Il
lustrated in the statement of Superln
tendant Jones that most of the con
struction work accomplished this sum
mer has been done with a grader. Con
siderable labor is required at points
where gulches intersect the highway as
the ground Is generally boggy at such
points Considerable filling in was re
quired at Hasting Creek and the laying
of the road across Cunningham will
also require considerable labor. The
work Is progressing very smoothly,
however, and the present outlook is
that another two months of labor will
finish the road through to the Cape.
The highway along the high land is
ir every respect equal to the average
road on the outside and is composed of
materials which seem to indicate ex
cellent durability. The cost per mile
is considerably lower than was the case
along the section running near the
bench, the approximately l1,6 miles of
beach construction having required n$.
outlay six or seven times as great as
the mileage cost along the higher
ground. The average cost per mile on
the work (lone during the present sea
son has been about $2,000.
It developed during the rendering of
a recent report of the harbor eommit
te( of the city council that the propos
ed site of the municipal wharf on the
Snake ltiver basin is the subject of
some dispute. J. Watte is said to
claim title to ^the property under a
mining claim location and the Nome
Slnook Mining Company is also a,
claimant under the mining laws. The
claim of the company is the prior one,
although Mr. Watte asserts he relo
cated the land after the company title
was permitted to lapse through non
performance of assessment work. It
appears, however, that neither of the
contending claims promise to affect
the city with respect to the dock con
struction, as the Bection of the claim
embracing the dock site Is said to be
included in the city townslte for which
patent has been obtained from the
government. Mr. Jafet Lindeherg.
who is the representative of the Nome
Slnook company, says the city owns
the dockslte under its patent and also
that the Watte claim is void both by
reason of the ground not being open
for location at the time Wat to staked
it ami also on the score that if Watte'
ever possessed a bonafide claim to the
property lie permitted it to lapse thru
failing to perform assessment work.
Mr Lindehcrg avers that if there' is
any claim to the property outside of
the city, it is the claim of the Nome
Sinook company, hut. to avoid any
dispute about the matter in future,
is willing to give the city free title to
any portion of the dock site not in
cluded in the city patent.
NOTICE
Special Meeting of Pioneer Women |
will be hedd at the Igloo, Thursday .
evening, September 18th, 8 p. m. Full I
attendance requested.
MRS. T. LEHMANN, Pres.
Come in and see what a Dollar will
buy at THE SURPRISE STORE
PIONEERS IGLOO HOTEL.
Housekeeping apartments and tran
sient rooms by day, week or month.
AI«o use of club, rooms by holed guests.
MRS. MONAHAN.
Proprietor.
The new Rainier Beverage- on
draught at the* Nevada.
} Moonlight Water Baths at the Elite
Bath House.
CLASSIFIED
ADVERTISEMENTS
. |
Y,,u may have an engige, pump,
sluice boxes, mining tools, automobile,
wagon or horse etc., for sale—See the
Nugget: we will advertise them for
you on a "no sale no pay" basis plan.
Investigate our classified column plan.
If you are looking for work or you
want to hire workmen use the classi
fied column of the Nugget.
mi WANT ADS ^S!
WANTED
WAN TED—Second hand lumber in
good condition suitable for parti
tions. Inquire Nugget office. Qtf
WANTED—A 3 room furnish,-d . bin
for the winter. Inquire at Nugget
office. 3t 9-12
FOR SALE
FOR SALE—A Kingsbury piano in
good condition. A bargain. Party
going outside. Inquire Nugget ^office.
FOR SALE—Good warm three room
furnished house, 121 D street. R is
a snap. Will sell cheap, party going
outside. Inquire Nugget Office.
FOR SALE—Five room house and
large cache, unfurnished. In good
condition. Inquire Nugget office, mtf
FOIt SALE—Art Garland hardcnal
base burner in good condition. In
quire at Nugget office. mtf
FOR RALE—Good kitchen range and
three soft coal heaters. Inquire at
Nugget office. Ztf
FOIt SALE—Prospecting Outfit, 22 f*
dory with 3 h. p. Kobln engine, in
first class condition, for s?»e at a
reasonable figure. Inquire at Nug
get Office. fP) 9-8 3t
FOIt SALE—Good washing machine.
Inquire at Nugget Office.
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of people; very little money needed,
our plan is as safe ns any business
In the world; write us today—Amer
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St Louis, Mo.
INFO R M AT IO ^WANTED
ANYONE
Knowing of the whereabouts of John
Schiller, w-rlto his brother in law
H. F. OVEBBECK, Administrator
601 Citizens Bldg.
Cleveland. Ohio.
INFORMATION WANTED
Concerning the whereabouts or
relative to John James O’Brien, aged
55 years. Distracted relatives seek
information regardless of whether he
la dead or alive. Was a member of
Tanana Igloo No. 13, Pioneers of Al
aska In 1916 and followed occupation
of miner and prospector. Last re
ported killed In this section In 1917.
Mined and prospected In Dawson,
Knik and Tolovana and is said to
be the owner of valuable mining
property near JCnlk and Anchorage.
Anyone having knowledge concerning
him will confer a favor by notifying
his wife, Mrs J. J. O'Brien, care Nome
Pioneer Igloo, or Nome Nugget
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
Having sold our entire stock of
merchandise to Mr. E. L. Holt we are
retiring from business In Nome and
we wish to express our sincere thanks
to all our friends in Nome and Seward
Peninsula for the pleasant business
relations we have enjoyed during
those many years, and regret that we
have to leave at this time.
Mr. Holt is authorized to receipt
for any money due this firm.
Very Sincerely.
E. \V. CARLETON & CO.
By E. \V. Carle ton & J. A. Mclin
Coal by the sack. Pearl Oil by the
bottle or case at SURPRISE STORE.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Owing to the opening of schoo*
necessitating change of carriers. Nug
get subscribers who fail to receive
their paper promptly will kindly notify
the management either personally o»
by telephone. If your paper does not
arrive within a reasonable time after
the hour of issue, call phone Main 11 I.
COCO COLA served at the
ARCTIC BAKERY
auto for hire
B. W. NEILLY, Phone- Red 12
Trips made »o following places bv
appointment. Little Creek, Anvil.
Third Beach, Glacier, Dexter, Submar
ine. Fort Davis, Cunningham.
Rates Reasonable.
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The best guarantee you can have for
a successful issue of your clothes Is to#
patronize an old established house: a
house that wants you to come back and
l-o th«ir permanent patron.
Such a house is tin- Nome Tailoring
Co;
We make alterations.
We do cleaning, pressing and repair
ing. Wc make suits to order. We ap
preciate your patronage.
NOME TAILORING COMPANY.
Opposite Nugget Office.
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