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LOCAL KVS HAPKIIIBS
WARD TO SHIP COPPER
ORE FROM KOUGAROK
Tom Ward, widely known Kougarok
miner and owner of some of the larg
est and most valuable copper deposits!
in the district, located in the Kougarok
section, is preparing to inaugurate
commercial development of his prop
erties. Mr. Ward has a large outfit
coming in on the freighter Ketchikan
and intends to do a large amount of
development work during the summer
and coming winter. Mr. Ward says he
is contemplating hauling his ore over
the snow from the mines to the head
of navigation during the winter and
expects *o have a big shipment ready
for the first boats next spring.
MOTHER TIFFANY INCLINED
TO COME BACKi
Arrivals from the states report that
Mrs. Tiffany was for a time consider
ing returning to Nome on the Victoria
but changed her mind at the last
mom -nt and ecided to stay with Joe
-in.i .it Three Igikes, Washington.
The well known pioneer woman spent
• i>n>i lerahle time in Southern C’alifo
l> improved in health and appearance
a result of her sojourn In the "lanl
of Sunshine.”
NOMEITES MARRY IN SEATTLE
Miss Mary (iinnivan and Mr. Os
wald Holinson, well known former
.Voineites. were married in Seattle
May 26th. according to recent arrivals
from the Outside. The young couple
have settled down in West Seattle.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs Gin*
ill van. former proprietor of the Solo
mon and East Forks roadhouses and
s widely known among the old timers
of this section, having lived here since
a child. The groom is a relative of
\lex llolmson. the well known Bluff
'liner, and re-ided here for several
DREDGE REMOVAL UNDER WAY
The work of placing the Ernst
dredge in shape for removal to Bluff
where it will be used to mine the beach
• ands at the mouth of Daniels creek,
is under way on the sandspit. Owing
to long disuse the dredge will need
corn idernble overhauling and repairs
before it will be in shape to mine, ft
develops the reports that the dredge
had been purchased are in error. The
dredge has merely been leased foi the
reason. It is the intention of the cbn
’rolling company to use the dregde in
Jesting the feasibility of dredging the
illuff beach deposits. If successful
this summer the company intends to
build a much larger dredge next year.
The c.oni|Kiny is a co-operative con
cern. headed by B. F. Goodrich,
Marshall Lcet. and Mr. Oalderhead.
Mr. I/eet is accompanied by his voting
LADY MOOSE DECORATE
GRAVES OF DEPARTED
Nome Chapter No. 78 Women of
Mooseheart Legion performed its an
nual ceremony of decorating ths
graves in the Nome Cemetery la3t
Thursday, laying a flower memorial on
every known grave within “Nome's
city of the dead.” The ceremony is
usually held on Memorial Day hut was
delayed this year because of the late
snow making it impossible to locate
more than a small portion of tho
BEAR LEAVES FOR ST MICHAEL
The Coast Guard Cutter Bear, the
first steamer to reach Nome this year,
departed Tuesday for St Michael. On
returning, the Bear will start on her
annual cruise to Northern points if
ice conditions are favorable.
KELLIHER LEAVES
FOR KOUGAROK
Jas. Kelliner, Jhe well known Koug
arok mining and dredge man. left for
Taylor creek today to resume his an
nual mining operations in that local
E. L. MOLT
GENERAL HARDWARE
GASOLINE TANKS FOR OIL
BURNERS
TIN SHOP IN CONNECTION.
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NO WAR PRICE8 AT HOLTS
LIGHTERAGE CO. HEAD
ARRIVES DOWN RIVER
T. A. Davies, directing head of the
Alaska Lighterage and Commercial
Co., arrived in Nome Tuesday on the
return of the Victoria from St Mich
ael and is looking after the affairs of
his company. Mr. Davies made the
trip from Seattle to S^t Michael via thej
inside passage and Yukon, arriving;
there on one of the first boats reach- |
ing that port since the breakup.
BIG SECOND CLASS MAIL
ARRIVES ON VICTORIA
The portoffice force has been kept
decidedly busy during the middle part
of the week in handling the big con
signment of second class mail brought
by the Victoria. Owing to unfavorable
ice conditions, the shipment could not
be landed without extreme difficulty
when the Vic arrived last week and
was taken to St Michael when the
steamer sailed for that port on the day
following her arrival from Seattle.
NEW COMERS MEET
SOURDOUGH’S AT
CHECHACO DANCE
A large and merry crowd attended
the annual "Ohechaco Dance" held
last Saturday evening by the Frater
nal Order of Kagles. The dance was
a great success and was managed in
excellent manner throughout. Numer
ous chechaco's attended and enjoyed
their first close contact with sour
dough hospitality. An especially en
joyable feature of the dance was the
delightful music provided by the o •
thestra from tho Coast Guard Cutter
LIGHTER SHORTAGE DELAYS
DISCHARGE OF VIC. CARGO
Delay in launching the lighters of
the Alaska Lighterage and Commer
cial Company, due to the presence of
considerable shore ice on the shore op
posite tho lighter landing greatly re
tarded discharge of cargo from the Vic
toria for a day or two following tho
vessel’s return from St Michael. The
crew employed by the lighterage com
pany managed to get one lighter In
the water Wednesday, after resorting
to use of dynamite to clear away some
of the lee in front of the launching
PASSING ICE FLOES
BOTHER MARINERS
Drift, ice passing to the wesward
caused both the Victoria and Coast
Guard Cutter Rear to do considerable
maneuvering late yesterday afternoon.
The floes covered a wide area in the
outer roadstead and were moving with
considerable rapidity. The ice move
ment was continuing this morning,
with large masses and many large
bergs in sight.
LAVA MINER LEAVES
FOR IMMACHUK
H. I,. Stull, whose efforts to pros
pect the gold bearing gravel deposits
known to lie beneath the wide spread
lava deposits along the Immachuk.
have attracted considerable attention
in the past year or two. leaves for the
Immachuk via Dime creek today.
Mr. Stull stated in response to a
querry that he has already started op
erations and expects to sink several
prospecting holes through the lava
this summer. A crew of men is al
ready at work on a new shaft which
is now down fifty feet in the lava de
KOUGAROK FREIGHT
HAULING STARTS
Chas. Carr left Friday with hie dog.
mobile and a load of freight for the
Kougarok and various way points.
Several passengers were also included
In the cargo carried.
Boxes for rent at Postoffice,
75o per quarter.
WANTED INFORMATION of John
Salash, blacksmith, 6 feet 11 inchea
tall 34 years of age, light complexlxon,
gray eyes. Deft Helena Montana, in
April 1918 for Alaska. Reward ta
person locating above party.
Please answer.
Frances Salash,
Billings, Montana.
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VIC DEPARTS FOR STA » ES
VIA GOLOVIN
The Victoria landed her last lighter
load of freight shortly after 8pm Fri
day and departed for the Outside via
Golovin shortly afterward. The liner
carries a considerable quantity of
fieight for the east coast port and will
probably not get away from there be
fore Sunday night or Monday morn
ing. In addition to a number of pass
engers from Nome and Yukon points,
.the vessel also took out the malls and
0 small quantity of local freight.
The Victoria’s departure was con
siderably delayed by low water during
the past two days, and also by the
inability of the lighterage company to
get its barges into the water. Up to
Thursday morning only two lighters
had been made available for unloading
owing to the presence of much shore
ice before the lighterage landing, liow
water developed later and greatly hin
dered the discharge of cargo.
Following is the list of passengers
sailing for the states.
Mrs. R. M. McPhall. Miss. F. A.
Bishop, Mrs. Helen R. Kinney, Eman
uel Tonnesen. Mrs. J. J. Keenan, W.
H. Cameron. Clara Ottoson. Miss.
Margaret Bernard, Miss. Rmma 1-ee
Orr, Miss Grace Munson, Miss Grace
Johnson. Bert Kow, James Kow, Joe
Onlunak, Boy Brown, Miss Helen
Alexson. Miss Anna Thomas, Mamie
Thomas, Frank Thomas. Win. Brad
bury, Miss Hanna Bradbury, Miss
Helen Bradbury, Mrs. J. W. Clark, T.
j R. Williams. Mrs. A. Ford, A. Ford,
D. Kristan, Mrs. James Ross, Mrs.
Jessie Fisher, R. V. Dooley, Karl P.
Johanson. Mrs. Wm. Webb, Clyde
Bell. Mrs. G. R. Mlsh, John Ander
son. Jannette Ross. Virginia Ross, Her
man Johnson, Dan HutlcoflT Mrs T.
A. Boss. Frances Boss, P. Christman,
Tom B. Betrogoff, James Flood. R. O.
Frawley, Jack Gale, Harold Dill, Geo.
Zollinger, Swan Johnson, F. Anderson.
Julius Knutsen.
The following took passage for Gol
A. X. Klttelsen, Jehn Peterson. Geo.
H. Johnson, Mrs. Jennie Hansen. Carl
Johnson. Rmil Johnson, Mrs. A. W.
Peterson, Clyde Warin, L. Polock,
Donald McDonald. D. Baumann, Carl
Albertson. Jafet Lindeberg. Carl Lo
1 men, John Frostland, John Fargo, L.
Welnrich, O. Kausen.
DEXTER DREDGE
UNDERGOING OVERHAULING
A crew of men is engaged in over
hauling the dredge situated on Nome
river near the mouth of Degter creek,
preparatory to renewing operatlon*.
F H LAWING CALLED BY DEATH
Mr. Fred H. Lawing, former em
ployee of the U. S. Marshal's office,
where he held the position of office
deputy, passed away in Maynard-Co
lumbus Hospital Thursday morning
after an illness of many weeks. Death
is said to have been due primarily to
a tubercular affection of the spine
characterized medically as Potts' dls
Wr. La wing was taken ill during the
fore part of the past winter and was
confined to his bed until death ended
his suffering. His condition became
critical shortly after he was placed In
the hospital but later developed a turn
for the better. Following this rally
his state became so much improved
that preparations were under way to
transfer him to the outside on the
Victoria, when death suddenly inter
Mr. Lowing, came to Nome In Oc
tober 111! to fill a vacancy in the staff
of Marshal E. It. Jordan. Prior to
coming here be resided for ten or
twelve years In Seattle, where he was
engaged In the real estate business.
Before taking up residence in Seattle,
he lived at Springfield, Missouri, and
was connected with a banking institu
tion at that place.
The deceased was a man of splendid
character and possessed the utmost re
gard and confidence of all who knew
him. During his stay in Nome he
gained a wide circle of friends to whom
his unfortunate demise in the prime
of life came os a distinct personal loss.
Mr. Lowing was bom at Osark.
Missouri, in 1172. He is survived by
several brothers and sisters, some of
whom reside In California and others
In the East.
As it was the desire of his relatives
that the deceased be laid at r*§*. on
the outside, the remains were shipped
out on the Victoria. Tlie early de
parture of that vessel prevented any
attempt to hold funeral services here.
The only demonstration held in ecu
nectlon with the der arture of the body
was a procession of friends and mem
ten of the Masonic order, which ac
companied the casket from the under
taking parlor to the dock.
The Nome Nugget delivered By ear
ir or mafled. Per Month $1.00
AMUNDSEN TO DKIFT OVfeR FUUfc
VIA WRANGELL I8LAND
Capt. Itaold Amundsen's intention
to come to Nome this somme. does
not mean that he ha* abandoned the
expedition to the North Pole, accord*
ing to a dispatch to the tendon Times
from Christiania, Norway, following
receipt there of messages from the
famous explorer which are now known
to have passed through Nome from
Anadyr' in the latter part of AprLt.
The Times dispatch say* Amund
sen intends to come to Nome, arriving
some time in either July or August,
and will later return to the Arctic. By
| making the trip to Nome from Norway
Amundsen will have added to his re
cord as an explorer the distinction of
having traversed the Northeast Pass
age. as well as the Northwest Passage,
thereby becoming the first man to
practically circumnavigate the globe
North of tho Arctic Circle,
On leaving Name Amundsen in
tends to enter the ArcUa ice pack
around Wrangell Island, where the
Karluk survivors were found by the
Swcnsen, Hibbard trading schoonvr
King and Wing in 1915, and will then
drift across the Polar Sea. In the
event of success attending the enter
prise he will emerge somewhere in the
North Atlantic. The feaaiblity of his
project has been practically demon*
strated by means of experiments
which indicate that the ice pack !s
continually drifting across the polo
from a Westerly direction. Amund
sen expects to be at least live yeu'-s
In reaching the pole.
VIC. RETURNS FROM ST MICHAEL
The Alaska Steamship Company
liner Victoria, Capt. Warner master,
returned Tuesday from her first trip
of the season to St Michael, bringing
a score or so of passengers, Includin':
Mr. T. A. Davies of the Alaska Light
erage Co.. District Attorney J. If.
Clements. Marshall E. It. Jordan and
Albert Edwards, widely known merch
ant and trader of Old Hamilton. The
voyage of the steamer was accomplish
ed only after considerable difficulties
With the Ice. floes still cumbering Ber
ing Sea. The big vessel was compell
ed to plow her way through heavy
drift Ice practically all the way to 81
Michael after leaving hero last week.
On arriving ofT St Michael the steam
er was held up for some time before
finding an opening Into the bay. Af
ter forcing her way through, the vessel
*:s*d barely landed her passengers be
fore the ice returned and forced her
to again put to sea. After another
wrestl* with the ice the liner again
reached port and discharged her up
rjver freight. The return trip was far
less difficult but considerable ice was
encountered enroute. The Victoria
will discharge cargo here and at Golo
vin before returning to Seattle.
SIBERIAN SITUATION
UNFAVORABLE TO PROSPECTORS
Persons who are contemplating
mining or prospecting ventures on the
Siberian coast had best forego their
desires in that direction until the gov
ernmental situation has clarified, ac
cording to Joe McLaren, an exper
ienced miner, who spent the post win
ter in the Anadyr section. McLaren
ienced considerablewCtC-uvlaRpdu
went to Siberia last year and expend
ed considerable money and labor m
prospecting during the succeeding in
terval. He says the country looks
good from the mineral standpoint but
says his advice to anyone thinking of
going there to prospect or mine la
not to go because of the preeent dis
turbed conditions. McLaren returned
on the Russian schooner Flyer last
week. He describes the political sit
uation on the farther coast ns much
unsettled. The Bolshevikl are In con
trol at Anadyr and a man nakned Rib
bon Is acting governor of the district
for the Soviet government. Mclatren
Is reluctant about discussing the dis
turbances occuring at Anadyr last win
ter and no new light on the affair
could be obtained from him.
NATIVE KOVB PATRIOTIC
The Kotsebue, native school closed
April 21st, with pleasant exercises, and
a nice little lunch for the children,
from Mrs. Thompson, the teacher.
After all was over In the house, the
big boys celebrated by “hanging the
Kaiser," to a flag pole. He was haul
ed up and down, Jerked about, until
apparently “dead,” then the Crown
Prince was run up under him. After
these two were give^ “plenty", "war
lord" Ludendorf. was sent up with
sword at “reviejr.” This was soon
knocked from his band And he passed
Ignomintously into history.
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