NEWSJOTES
A limited dispatch of second class
and local way mail arrived at th<
I’ostotnee Wednesday afternoon Tin
second outgoing dispatch of the week
departed this afternoon.
The weekly card social of the Min
ers Home Club held hist night was at
tended by a considerable number am
was greatly enjoyed. The progres
sive whist prizes were awarded to thi
following in the order given. Toadies:
first, Mrs Clias. l,eseher: second. Mrs
Hockholm. Gentlemen: first, ltarnej
hiiulc: second, John Kotovic. The
clul» has announced a dance for Sat
urday evening March 8th., which wil
he open to the public at a small rat<
of admission, ladies free.
Information reaching Dime Creel
during the past week indicates tha
there is considerable congestion o:
mail at Unalakleet. This informat
ion is contained in a message sent t(
Candle by "Wallace Porter of Dirm
and transmitted t<> Nome by tele
phone yesterday. This may aecoun
f<*r the non-arrival of first class mat
for some time.
The pti* ils of the upper grades ol
the Nome public school not only dis
played a knowledge of the constitut
ional rights of citizenship somewhat
unusual in view of their years, lmt
also gave the school hoard ail extra
session this week by invoking the con
stitutional right of petition in an en
deavor to secure a change in the re
cent board ruling fixing the school
hours of the upper grades at 9:30 a.
m. for assembly and 1 p. m. for dis
missal. The upper grade pupils ad
dressed a petition to the board signed
by forty three pupils requesting the
directors t° change the prevailing
schedule of' hours so th.it the extra
half hour added onto the school day
recently could lie made up at the be
ginning of the day instead of at the
'end. as was the case in the board rul
ing. The pupils requested that the
opening hour be set at 9 a. in. and
the hour for dismissal at 3:30 p. in.
The board met Wednesday and decid
ed that the request should lie granted.
Tht a recent statement attributed
to Explorer Vihljalmur Stefansson, to
the f it .1 that Joe Bernard, master of
the Nome launch Teddy Bear, now in
the Arctic, will probably attempt to
reach the Atlantic by traversing the
passage along the Northern contin
ental. shelf discovered by Explorer
Kaold Amundsen and will probably
not show up until he reaches the east
ern coast of America, is entirely er
roneous. is the declaration of Mr. Ira
Bank, of the 1'. S. Merchantile Co.
Mr Bank reports that he lias received
word from Bernard indicating that the
latter has no intention of attempting
to reach the Atlantic. Bernard was
at Bailly Island, opposite the mouth of
the Mackenzie River, last summer on
his way back to Nome. The venture
some Nomeite had finished his trad
ing tour along the Arctic shores and
would probably have arrived here last
fall had his vessel not been caught
in the ice. Mr. Rank says Bernard
may be expected to reach Nome sonic
time during the coming summer.
Mr. Ranks also reports receiving n
letter from Martin Anderson in which
he says he intended to return here
last fall but was caught in the icc
and could not make the passage.
Anderson is wintering at Shingle
Point, some distance this side of the
Mackenzie delta.
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I The following Interesting items re
garding events at l’oint Harrow
during the present winter are culled
from a letter reaching the Nugget from
W. It. \ .in Valin, who is engaged in
ethnological ‘'♦tidies in the Barrow
section in the interest of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania Museum. The
letter was written early in January,
and in ad lition to providing a graphic
glimpse of the far North, a lew conveys
some interesting information concern
ing the Stcfansson exploration party
headed by Storker Storkerson, which
was reported endeavoring to cross tV
polar sea on the ice in the hope of
discovering further new lands in tr.e
region between Prime Patrick Land
and the Sinwi.-.n coast. Mr Van
Valin writes as follows:
i Wednesday's issue)
While I ru| ping down the coast, a
large hear came to I'ngoruk’s cabin,
climbed to the gilt window in the
roof and took a look into the interior
after breaking the gut covering. I'n
goruk's wife had no gun. Ungoruk
having one hunting on the ice. So, re
sourceful as these people are in em
ergencies of this kind, she set fire to
some old rags and stood him off for a
half hour or so with a smudge—like
we do with the hungry Yukon skeeters
< *nc tiling, aye, two, can be said in
favor of a mosquito—it comes into
the world with its mouth open and
stricks to its business while liere—
and lie is a most proficient driller.
Once while the mosquito's were near
ly eating us alive, an Eskimo asked
me a ditficut question: “What him
good for; what him made for? T
hail to reply that 1 really did not
know.
I’olar Hear are tricky and shrewd
hunters. Will just mention one of
their slick ways of catching seal,
which often times are very difficult
for him to get. owing to unfavorable
ice renditions. Sometimes he is for
ced to prolonged seasons of total ab
stinence. blizzards covering the seal
blow holes with snow and ice packed
in hard and of great thickness—not
a propitious environment for him to
secure his staple diet—seal—from.
While such conditions obtain, locating
a blow hole, he will proceed to make
use of his powerful and sharp claws
by carefully scratching away the ice
around the hole for quite a distance,
until it is quite thin but not broken
through. Having completed his
preparations, he takes up his position
on the lee side and patiently awaits
the coming of the seal to get fresh air.
The moment the seal’s nose appears,
the bear will go into and through that
thin ice ice like a shot, head first, and
its ;i luck “nuck-chuk” that makes its
escape.
.Mr. Bear is good arul wet, hut
what of it?: salt water at that. He
is generally protected by a heavy
coating of fat and. although it is min
us r»0, he does not freeze. He shakes
and rolls a few times and he is dry.
The slush ice which has already
formed on his coat when he strikes the
air after immersion is easily removed
from polar bear hair. This is one
tiling that makes it desirable above all
Arctic fur for mittens and the "seats”
the seal hunters have suspended from
their belts in the rear to sit down on
when on the ice shotting seal, espec
ially if the* ice is "young”. Such ice
is generally wet. (An Eskimo as
sumes a sitting position almost in
variably when shooting with a rife,
unless it is intensely cold).. The lat
ter being the case, the salt which pre
cipitates on the surface is generally
turned into beautiful crystals, some
times called “ice flowers”—a magni
fieient sight when the sun shines on
them. The famous "Tower of Jew
els” at the San Francisco fair was in
significant in comparison.
The first news for over four montns
from the outside world reached us
December 24th. What on earth has
struck the natives! From the high
est banks of drifted snow, they clap
and dance and shout for joy! They
hear the Kaiser is dead and that the
Allies have -whipped the Germans!
Joy unbounded! But, simultaneous
with the glorious intelligence, comes
the heart rending news that a fearful
epidemic is extant; has reached our
coast and many countrymen and
friends have succumbed to its fatal
ravages.
Our news is very fragmentary.owing
to the quarantine--the wise precaution
ary measures taken at Nome and else
where. We pray God this scourage
nmy l>e blotted out quickly. It looks
as though the judgements of the Al
mighty arc already in the earth. He
says when they are, the inhabitants
of the world will “learn righteous
mss": How stupid and slow we are
to learn this all important lesson! I
am not going to attempt a sermon,
even tho I could, but kindly permit
me to say this: the time is ripe for
each and every nation and individual
to break off sinning and sow for them
selves in righteousness, that they may
reap in mercy. Why be like Ephriam.
who. “feedeth on wind and followeth
after the East wind”?. Enuf said.
Think it over and look it up for your
self. friend reader.
We are greatly favored in a great
many respects in this remote quarter
of the earth. While tho earth in a
large measure is meat hungry, we are
blessed with an abundance of it—
whale, seal, reindeer, caribou, fish,
walrus polar bear (forty of which
have been killed so far this winter.)
and ducks. Ducks, in great numbers,
were shot last fall. .Mr. Brewer kil
led over 1.200 for his own use, Pacific
and King Eiders mostly, as well as
News has reached us from the east
ward that the Stefansson party (head
ed by Mr. Storkerson I believe) who,
following Stefansson's instructions,
left the cast coast on the ice with tae
intention of drifting with the pack
across to the Siberian coast, returned
from the ice to the coast not far from
their starting point. This is said to
have occurred some time in October.
We conclude that owing to the pre
vailing Northwest and Southwest
winds last summer that the pack ice
was held close in to the east shores
and failed to drift in the usual west
erly direction. Few foxes are being
caught in this locality compared with
the catch of last year. The foxes are
reported to have left the land largely
and have moved on the ice to the
Northeast.
As a result of the untiring and effi
cient efforts cf Dr. and Mrs Spence, a
program of rare excellence was re
cently rendered here by the Eskimos
of the Prsbyterian Church. The
program consisted of a flag drill, song
drill, single and double male quartet
. tes. speeches and songs of divers sorts
appropriate to the occasion. By re
quest of the Doctor and his wife, the
writer and his wife took charge of the
musical part of the program. The
[writer and his family and Dr. and
Mrs Spence were the Christmas din
ner guests of Mr. <\ D. Bower. Mr.
Hobson, his chef, certainly gave us a
treat of good eats which were simply
delicious. Sincerely Yours
W. B. Van Valin.
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Grand Ball Miner* Home Club
Saturday March 8 at 9:30 P. M.
Good Music, Refreshments.
Admission Gents $1.00, Ladies free
Come one, Come All
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SOCIAL DANCE MONDAY
Nome Chapter 78, Women of Moose
heart Legion, will hold a social dance
in honor of the boys at Ft. Davis, the
Signal Corps and the Coast Guard, in
small Eagle Hall, March 10th., at 9 p.
m. The public invited. Admission
civilians, $1.00, ladies free.
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