LOCAL NEWS
ROUK MOVING W.IRKHOI SK
FOR MAMMON COMl’ANV
W. J. Rowo Transfer is moving the
• id Carleton warehouse to the pow
er house Sit*' of the Hamilton Consol
id«ted Gold Fields on Dry Creek
hiil. when- i* is * xpecte<J-to be used
a.- a warehouse supply depot. The
work of moving the structure began
last Monday and Friday the work
had progressed to a point just west
of the Radio Station..Sixteen horses
and six men are being used to move
the building to 113 new site.
PIONKKKS TO GIVE CARD PARTY
AND DA NCR TONIGHT
The Pioneer of Alaska. Igloo No. 1
of Nome, will give their sixth card
party and dance of the season at the
local Igloo this evening, the previous
entertainments given this winter by
the Pioneers have been a great suc
cess and a large crowd is expected
this evening, aeiording to the com
mittee in charge.
HKW BARIIKR SHOP OPKNH
FOR IHSINKSS
James Sparrow has opened a bar
ber shop at the Elite Hotel and
Rath House. Mr. Sparrow at one
time owned one of the largest barber
•hops in Dillon, Montana, and ac
cording to the boys v/ho have patron
ized the new’ place, the former is a
tonsorial artir.t of great ability.
MOOSE ELECT OFFICERS
The local order of Moose held
^'Ttion of officers last Monday even
ing ni the Moose hall on First ave
nve, and also had a class initiation
followed by a smoker, the following
officers were elected and will be in
stalled at the next meeting: which
will be held April 28th:
Nonin W. Lewis.Dictator
Fred Cook. .
J W. Clark.
Dictator
NOME LADIES SPEND SATURDAY
NIGHT AT DEXTER
Mrs. Cliff Allyn and Miss Jessie
Newton skiied out to Dexter last Sat
urday evening and spent the night,
and returned to Nome the following
morning.
RICHARD NEGUS FOUND
“NOT GUILTY" BY JURY
The case of Richard Negus, charged
■with manslaughter, for the alleged
killing of one Mike, an Eskimo, near
Bcammon Bay. went to the Jury in
the Federal Court of Nome last Sat
urday afternoon, and after deliber
ating all Saturdey night the Jury re
turned a verdict of "not guilty" Sun
day afternoon at about 3:45.
The Negus case was the last crim
inal case on the docket of the crim
inal calendar for this session, and the
Jury was excused from further at
tendance in Court until 11:00 a. :n..
S» ptember 11th.. 1924.
Any items of interest to the com
munity if given or telephoneo to the
Nugget will be given publicity and
will be appreciated at all times.
BAHLKES’
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Nome. ALASKA
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Oa • ant ll^fiitn.
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“Dad" Chase, the popular propri
etor of Chase's Roadhouse at Dex
ter, paid Nome a visit during the
week, walking in from his place near
I>exter. Dad stated that the trail
was very heavy and walking a tire
some exercise through the snow
Eric Johnson and Alec ilolmson
left last Wednesday for Council,
which Is their home. Both Council
men have been Hi Nome for the last
few weeks during the session of the
Federal Court.
The Independent Order of Odd Fel
lows local lodge of Nome are making
preparations to celebrate the organi
zation's one hundred and fiftieth an
niversary on the 2*?th. of April. With
nl. interior decorations completed
in the Odd Fellows’ Hall, the Lady
Ilebekahs are furnishing three large
handsome rugs for the floor and a
number of smaller ones to be placed
at. convenient places around the hall.
Jack Murphy, one or Candle's le«d
jr.g citizens, who has been in Nome
for the last three weeks, left here
for his residence in the former city
during the week.
L. E. Hunting has taken a tempor
ary job with the Allyn and Pang
nmn Transfer Company, and can bo
seen daily at the steering wheel of
one of the company’s gravel wagons.
Many out of town people who have
been in Nome for the last few weeks
attending this session of the Federal
Court, left town during the week for
their homes.
John L. Herbert, a well known
i resident of Caudle, who ha1? been in
Nome for the last three weeks serv
ing on the Petit Jury in the Federal
to Candle by the way of the Kouga
r<*k, driving a team of reindeer.
Hilkey Robinson, the Candle mer
chant. left Nome by dog team for
the former place last Wednesday.
Robinson has been in Nome for the
last few weeks attending this session
of the Federal Court as a witness in
Richard (Dick) Negus, the well
known old-time Alaskan from Scam
mon Bay in the Yukon Delta coun
try. left Nome for his trading post
during the week.
Robert C. Livingston of Nome, is
suffering from a strained back, in
jured while employed on the Mam
mon Company’s dredge No. 2 at Lit
tl< Creek during the week, and if
resting at his home and giving the
injured back a chance to recover.
Bessie Bruner, one of the pupils
n Miss Newton’s room, is away from
school this week, having contracted
a case of chicken pox. Bessie says
she is feeling fine and will be back
in school shortly.
Father Post arrited in Nome dur
ing the week from the Hot Springs
in company with Charles Prosser of
the United States Coast Guard Sta
Bob Ooumak. the Nome-Taylor j
Creek mail carrier, arrived in Nome I
during the wepk a-nd left for Mary’s |
Igloo again Friday.
Thomas Peterson, one of the own
ers of the Teller Lighterage and
Commercial Company arrived in j
Nome during the week from ■' lie city j
on Port Clarence Bay.
Dad Chace while in Nome from
his Dexter Creek roadhouse, was a
registered guest at the Elite Hotel.
J. H. Charlton, known at Little
Creek as “the Tailing Pile Kid” is
in Nome and registered at the Elite
Hotel for a much needed rest after
a strenuous winter spent in mining
on Little Creek.
im. WELCH MOTORS THROUGH
STREETS OP NOME
SINCE LAST SUNDAY
Doctor Curtis Welch, Nome’s tal
ented physician and surgeon, bas laid
down a precedent never before ac
complished in the history of Nome,
as far as we are able *o ascertain,
that is, he brought hie automotive
out last Sunday and drove around
town in the same manner practically,
as one would in the middle of the
summer. Never before, we are told,
has anyone ever witnessed an auto
mobile gliding smoothly (or any
other Hmj) along over the snow-cov
ered streets of Nome In the early
part of April.
LOCAL NEWS
VICTOR ANIIKRSON
ARRIVES IX XO.MK
Victor Anderson, the well known
Nome man who has been in the
States since the Inst boat last fall,
arrived in Nome yesterday after
noon by dog team from Nenana. hav
ing made the trip from Seward over
the Government Railroad to Nenana.
Victor says that San Francisco is
the only city in the world worth liv
ing in except Nome, and it was with
many regrets that he left the Bast
Ray City, the only thing making the
trip Forcible at a!! briarr the* f'.*.'*t
that he wa,s on his way back to
Victor stated that he made the trip
from Nenana in 16 days with 11
dogs, travelling alo-ne until he ar
rived at Ruby, where he picked up
three other men who were coming
to Nome from the Iditarod country
for the purpose of entering the em
ploy of the Mammon Consolidated
Gold Fields. These three men, J. J.
McKinnon, Austin Cary and Tribley
Poirier, made the trip into Nome
with their own teams following An
derson. McKinnon has already been
engaged by the Mammon Company,
according to Anderson, and has had
experience in the Dawson country
and Iditarod section as dredge mas
ter for the Guggenhelms.
Victor stated that had the Shenan
doah advance party continued on to
Nome, and Lieut. Wyatt had return
ed to Nenana for the plane, that ar
rengements were practically com
pleted for the former to make the
trip into Nome with the aviator
R. thi* plane. Victor remained in
Nenana two weeks after arriving
there, awaiting H. R. Edwards. Sup
erintendent of the Mammon Com
pany of Nome, who expected to re
trrn over the winter trail, but after
waiting two weeks he received a tel
egram from Mr. Edwards stating
that the plans were changed, and
Edwards would not come in over the
nnna to Fort Gibbon along; the trail
and the mail carriers are using hors
oc and wagons to transport the mails
says the new arrival, and adds that
the streets of Fairbanks are free of
srow, and the Tan ana River had the
appearance of a break-up three
Victor spent most of the time
while on the outside in San Fran
cisco. and says that the bright lights
along Market Street are a thrilling
sight to an old sourdough, after
spending many years in the north
land. but still, there is no place like
Nome, is the finish of all of Victor’s
praise of other cities.
Victor will be employed in his us
ual capacity with the Mammon Con
solidated Gold Fields this summer.
KASTER SERVICES BE
OBSERVED IX NOME
Easter Services will be observed
in the Federated Sunday School on
F.aster Sunday. April 20th., at 11
o’clock a. m. A special program i®
being prepared. Everybody is cor
dially invited to attend and especial
ly the parents of the Sunday School
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MRS. OLIVER FLOWERS
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S TO EAT A
* Dinner Served From tl A. M. ^
* Open from 7 a. in. to 10 p. m. *
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S'fiSKSSyi'filfiSifiSIfiWS’fi
E. L. HOLT
Building Paper, All Kinds
PAINTS, OIL ETC.
CUT GLASS
SILVERWARE
ELECTRICAL GOODS
ALARM CLOCKS
PYRRX WARE
ICE CREAM FREEZERS
You do not need to order jour
goods from Mall Order houses an we
will hare 10 aod SB erat Counters
next Spring at Outside Prices.
Holt sells everything except Gro
ceries, Dry Ooodi and Drugs.
EVERYTHING AT
HOLT'B NrHW STORE
SM ’HOOL \OTKS
The Senior class held a meet Hi:;
|last Thursday and elected officers.
.Kristie Sat her was elected president.
Emily Polet secretary and treasurer,
land L. E. Rynning faculty advisor.
1 The Seventh and Eighth grades
have had good attendance this
month. Those who have been neith
er absent nor tardy are as follows:
Agnes Otterson, Helen Brunell,
Charles Cavey, Russell Maynard,
Walter Cavey, Edward Becker, and
j Ernest Gerhart.
The highest average In the. Seventh
j grade was made by Helen Brunell
j while that of the Eighth grade by
! Ernest Gerhart.
Wednesday morning the High
{school had the third spelling match
i to decide which was the champion
{class—the Freshmen or the Junior
! Seniors. After several had been
{spelled down on each side the con
[test became interesting. Soon the
sides had dwindled down to one on
jeach. After spelling several words
the Senior made a mistake which
was quickly corrected by the Fresh
man, thus giving the decision to the
All of the honor pupils of Miss
Cochran’s .room who were neither
absent or tardy during the month
are as follows: Juanita Jones, Billy
Edwards. Jas. Walsh, Pierce WTalsh,
Mary Walsh. Mary Banks. Ida Sims,
Laura Buck, Wilson Scott, Hugh
C’Farrell. Milton O’Farrel. Ellwood
Crooks. Anthony Anderson and Tom
This last week in the upper class
English work a series of speeches
have been prepared in the way of
nomination speeches, acceptance
speeches and various others. This
work is being given as a supplement
I to the regular work to introduce the
pupils into the art of speech making.
PARAGRAPHS
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A press item from Washington,
f I • C„ that Daugherty has signified
I his intention of resuming the pne
jtice of law. It is good to know tnat
I the former Attorney General has de
cided to begin the practice of law.
, Possibly the definition of the word
j“Reserve” should be altered to con
iform with the use it has been put to
jin the recent oil deals In Washing
! A Cheechako was heard to ask an
old-time sourdough recently if th»
Wild Goose was the bird that laid
the golden egg.
“Chinese Girl Wins Right to Choose
Own Husband.” was the headline of
a recent article in a daily new
spaper—Hurrah for Justice!
Can anyone decide the question
whether Anvil Mountain was really
discovered by a Blacksmith or not,
and if such is the case, was it a Den
tist or a Carpenter who discovered
the Saw Tooth Range.
With the passing of the election,
there is a decided decrease in the
number of cigar smokers' around
town, observes Gasoline Red.
The season is fast approaching
when the town will be full of mining
men from the outside, and possibly
explorers who should be on the in
“Drink Our Brand and You Will
Never Drink Another,” was a sign
displayed in one of the “speakeasies”
oJtside, and after trying one, we al
most decided the sign was right.
If this weather keeps up the Bears,
Wolves, Rams. Spiders and other
varmints will be turned loose on
Fnake River very shortly,
“There is many a slip twixt hand
and hip,” said the old timer as he
viewed the broken remains of his
last quart.
TYPEWRITER RIBBONS
ob sale at the Nonet oflce, also a
supply of typewriter paper.
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THESE son’s ARK MADE VI' IN CONCENTRATED FORM
WHICH GIVES THEM MANY NOTEWORTHY ADVANTAGES
OVER THE SOU'S SOLD IN LIQUID FORK.
WE HAVE THE FOI^XIWING KINDS:
BOC1LLION,
PRINTANlElt, •
VEGETABLES,
i REAM OF OAT,
RICE JULIENNE,
CREAM OF CELERY,
CREAM OF TOMATO,
POTAGE BOITILLION,
VERMICELLI AND EGG,
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CALL FOR BIOS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that the Governor of Alaska will, in
conformity with the provision* of
Chapter 47, of tin* Lawn of Alaska
for 1033, enter into contract * with
owners or charterers of vessels of :
American register as follows:
(1) For operation of vessels as a
common carrier of freight and pas
sengers from Nome to Kotxebur and
retorn, touching each way at Tell *r,
Wales, Deering and Keewallk. ind
making regular stated round *rips
of not less than once each two (2*
weeks during the season when navi
gation is open in such waters.
(2) For the operation of vessel is
a common carrier for freight and
passengers from Nome to K» Michael
and return, touching same way at
Solomon, Bluff, Chinik and Unala*
kleet and make regular stated round
trips not less than once each week
during the season when navigation
is open in the aforementioned wat- l
ets. Each vessel must hare a cargo
capacity of not less than fifty (80)
tons under deck and passenger cap
acity of not less than twenty (20)
persons, loaded draft not to exceed
six (6) feet and maximum speed of
not less than seven (7) knots an
hour. The contract will be for the
open navigation season of 1024. A ;
sum not to exceed five thousand
($8,000) dollars will be paid for the I
season for the vessel on the Nome
kotznhnc route und a sum not to ex*
reed three thousand fixe hundred
(W,BOO) dollars will be paid for the
reason for the Teasel on the Xome
9t. Michael route.
Bids or offera to operate such res
M'l« will be received by mall or wire
i»t the Governor's office at Juneau.
Alaska, up to 12 o'clock Meridian.
May 1, 1024, at which hour all bid«
received will be opened. Kach bid
must state the siae, speed and ac
commodation -of the vessels over the
requirements almve set out, together
with the subsidy demand.
The passenger accomodations must
be approved by the United States
Steamboat Inspection Service. The
Governor intends to let the contract
to the lowest and best bidder, but he
reserves the right to reject any and"
nil bids.
As soon as a bid Is accepted a writ -
ten contract will be entered Into.,
embodying the conditions and pro
visions of the bid accepted.
Kach bid most be accompanied by
a surety bond to the Territory of Al
aska in the sum of one thounand dol
lars, conditioned upon the failure of
performance by the bidder of the
terms of his bid.
Dated at Juneau, Alaska, March
18th., 1024.
SCOTT C. BONK,
Governor of Alaska.
Nome is the outfltlng base for at]
Alaska exploring expeditions.
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GINGHAM
NOW SELLING AT
2 cts
Per Yard
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