THORULF LEHMANN
LEST YOU FORGET
THE BIG BARN DANCE
NEW YEAR’S EYE
CHRISTMAS EVE
M Lehmau
1 CONGRESS AIMOI'KKS
FOR HOMO.IVS
Washington. Dec. 23—Congress
adjourned today for the holiday per
iod and will convene January 3.
NEW COINS TO COMMEMORATE
.ARMS <'ON FEItE NOE
Washington. Dec. 22 The coin
age of a new series of silver dollars,
designed to com memo rate the Arms
government mint today. The new
coin bears the figure of an eagle
perched on a broken sword and
clutching an olive branch. The in
scription is “Peace.”
ALASKA ISLANDS (ilVKV
NEW NAMES
Washington. Dor. -2 The Geo
gi.iphic Hoard announced today that
it has changed the name of Wad/.is
Island, located near Sitka Sound.
Alaska, to niorka Island and the
a tributary of the Chilkat. to Hirku
River The Hoard has also chang
ed the name ot' Dirge Island, near
Unnlaska. to Sednk Island
CHICAGO HOllllElt CONFESSES
UTAH TRAIN HOLDUP
Chicago .Doc. 2T.rd—Clyde Tim
mons. whose companion. Earl Tim
mons. was shot and killed here last
night after he had kidnapped and
robbed Mrs. O. J. Callahan and her
daughter, confessed to the police to
day that he and his partner partici
pated in :i Utah traiu robbery last
PIONEERS EI.ECT NEW
OFFICERS FOR ENSUING YEAR
The following were elected to till
the \arious offices for the ensuing
farm, at the Wednesday night meet
ing of Nome Igloo
For President....
1st Vice Pres.. . .
ind Vice Pres.
Chaplain.
historian.
rrustee 2yr term
librarian.
Sergt.at-Arms.
1. Pioneers of
Robert James
. . John Wilson
Harney La tide
. . . .E. Grimm
. . . Elmer Reed
Chas. Leschev
..Ivan Scheike
.Howard Shads*
. . . . John Starr
MINIATURE ALMANAC
(By John A. Wilson)
165 Meridian Time
Latitude 64^ degrees North
Sun Rises Rate
10:00 a m.Dec 25.
10:00 a.m.Dec 26
10:00 a.m.Dec 27.
9:59 a.m.Dec 28.
9:59 a.m.Dec 29
9:57 a.m.Dec 31
New Moon. Dec. 2S.
No Moonlight
.2:07 p.m.
I.. V. RAV WILL I)K
CANDIDATE FOR
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
L. V. Ray of Seward, to attending
court here. Mr. Ray is one of the
leading criminal lawyers of the Ter
ritory. and has been a resident of
Alaska for many years. It is street
gossip that he will be an active can
didate on the Republican ticket for
delegate to Congress, at the primar
ies next April.
Mr. Ray is eminently fitted for
the position as he has a wide know
ledge of Alaskan affairs and is well
known in all parts of the Territory.
—Valdez Miner.
FOR CHRISTMAS
FRESH HOME MADE CREAM
CHOCOLATES, AT
ARCTIC CANDY STORE.
WEATHER REPORT
Lowest temperature recorded up to
6 a. m. at U. S. Weather Bureau.
( By L. B. Morris )
Date Temp.
Dec. 9 —19
Dec. 10 —10
Dec. 14 10
J)ec. 16 —16
Dec. IS 20
Dec. 19 31
Dec. 20 31
Dec. 22 2S
Dec. 23 26
Dec. 24 26
Barom. Wind
29.31 X. 8
29.38 N. 3
29.54 NW 8
29.76 N. 12
29.80 N. 6
29.62 N. 8
29.42 NE. 6
29.07 X. 4
28.95 N. 4
29.24 NE. 3
29.68 E. 8
2869 SE. '40
29.70 N. 24
30.70 X. 8
30.94 E. 12
30.38 SE 16
30.26 SE 10
30.26 * S. 4
29.99 E 16
29.82 S 14
29.74 S. 30
2S.S6 bw 48
FORM Kit rALDKXAXM
AT AXAIHIt. HIRER LA
>lr. ami Mrs. JoNcph Miu-lan-n Tell
of Life In Albertan Ouf|>ini—
Ar Doing Hell.
Writing t» Mrs. John II. Higgs of
Valdez, from Anadir. Siberia. Mrs.
Jos. Mm 1.arm. formerly Mina Kat.li
eryn Will in as. a school teacher of
this city tels of conditions in the
Far North. Mr. McLaren is super
intendent in charge of a large min
ing outfit, and is also trading with
tin* Russian.' They write they will
remain at If.ist two years longer
before returning to the States.
"We put In a t'ne winter here."
writes Mrs. McLaren. " Had a
dandy log cabin and a peach of a
stove, which is no small item In this
man's land. We hail lots of all
kinds of prorisions and hail fur
clothing, and there is a coal mine
live miles away with coal to lie had
for the digging. The climate is not
us bad as at Valdez, altho colder
and we were out walking or with
the dog team almost every day. A
number of Americans were here last
winter. Some are going out this
manner. A Mr. Smith who served
in the war at Vladivostok, and a
prospecting party, an elderly man.
his niece and his son and another
young fellow. There was quite a
hit of social life here.
i lip Russians gave no end or
dinners and d.tnces. The whole
town Is invited to each one. and they
made an intoxicating drink out of
flour and sugar and yeast that would
kill at a hundred yards. This
drink flowed freely and a lot of
them were soon rendered helpless.
This is the greatest tea-drinking
country in the world. I am sure
of that Any time, day or night
that that anyone drops in you are,
supposed to serve tea and I’ve had
is many as ten tea parties in oue
day. When we first arrived and
were more or less of a curiosity all,
I did was to serve tea. Even the
natives must he served with tea.
especially when you are connected
with a trading concern as we were
One old native drank 17 cups at one
“This winter a number of pros
pecting and mining parties are going
Dut. We are going; and have a
fine outfit; a power boat for sum
mer travel and a dog team for win
ter. We are awfully pleased at th.>
outloo#. - hawe, m bp mpo|ary
permit to mine from t>B government
here which is of course only a com
mittee of men appointed by th®
people and not In touch with Central
pie of year- we Rhould worry,
whether the permit is from Moscow
or not. There is undoubtedly gold
here. Even the natives bring it In.
and they knew really nothing about
working it. We are going to a
mine that was opened during the
Czar’s regime and in one summer
several Scandinavians took out
$35,000. They were stopped of
course and since then it hasn't been
touched. Joe has a dandy fellow
with him. and they have the best
outfit going out of here. We did
well last year at trading, but of
course we came to mine. The Hud
son Bay Fur Company is here now
so the trading won’t be so good. No
small, concern can compete with a
big company like that. We are
glad the H. B. Co. is here as it is a
quieting influence on politics. No
more shooting or trouble like that
here any more, but a constant
wrangling about politics. This ex
cludes foreigners, tho.
“Joe Is in the trading business.
He is with the Russian Traders
Karueffs. This winter we have a
$40,000 stock. We have seven dog
teams and a river boat with our
outfit. There are six other Ameri
cans here, one a lady—a Mrs. Kelly.
This will be a fine country in time
without a doubt. It is rather a
picturesque place. Lots of nice
sunshiny days. Bob Shaw is on
the steamer Alaska, the KareafT Co.
boat. We do not expect any politi
cal trouble here this winter because
the government has cleaned out all
reactionaries. The native families
here live poorly. The whole family
sleep in one fur bed. in their hair
skins. They are a poverty striken
bunch.”—Valdez Miner.
MOST'S GOOD AS GAZETTE
It isn’t a bad old world, after all.
Of course, after you work your
head off to get out the best paper
you can in Our Town, and then go
out on the street and hear it knock
ed from hell to breakfast by the
people who read It without paying
for it, it makes you at times wish
that you had learned the carpen
ter’s trade at twenty shillin’s a day
instead of the newspaper and print
ers ’trade, but once In a while you
receive a letter of appreciation
which makes the world look bright
er to you. Such an one we received
laat evening, which read an follows:
EDITOR NEWS-MINER—Enclos
ed find $10 for subscription to your
valuable paper. It is the best I
ever used for lining cuke tins, ex
cept the Police Gazette, which is a
little splcer than your paper.
Yours truly, A. BAKER. •*
— Fair bank News-Miner.
MST OF I'M DELIVERED
MESSAGES AT SIGNAL
CORPS CITV OFFICE
The following persons have mes
sages addressed to them, which aro
unable to bo delivered or forwarded
on account of uddresses unknown:
CHRIS GUDMITNDSOK.
Cl IAS. SIMS.
ALICE JOIRDAN.
LEONARD SEPPALA,
CHAS. WEAVER,
J. ALVERD.
NEW GAME LAWS
DEFINE PENALTIES
Coplea of the recently passed game
laws received at this office are as
follows:
District One includes the Aleutian
Islands. Alaska Peninsula and neigh
boring islands, and Southeastern Al
aska. mainland and islands from Ya
kutat Bay td Dixon Entrance.
District 2 includes the mainland
and islands from Yakutat Bay, Gclf
of Alaska. Uiamna Lake, and Bristol
Bay northward to the headwaters of
the streams flowing Into the Arctic
ocean north o fthe sixty eighth par
allel of north latitude.
District 3 includes the region
drained by the streams entering the
Arctic Ocean north of the sixty-eigh
th parallel of north latitude.
Cnprime Pelts—No land fur-bear
ing animal shall be killed when its
pelt is unprime.
Open Seasons—The black, glacier
and cinnamon bear, wolf, wolverine,
squirrel, marmot, carying hare (rab
bit) and Arctic hare may be killed
at any time.
The following fur bearing animals
may be killed in the specified dis
tricts during the following open sea
Districtl—Muskrat. December 16
to April 30, both dates inclusive.
Beaver, December 1 to March 31,
both dates inclusive.
Marten, November 16 to March 31,
both dates inclusive.
Mink, otter (land) and weasel,
December 16 to March 31.both dates
inclusive. y M p
Fox and lynx, December l, to Feb
ruary 28, both da&s inclusive.
District 2—Muskrat, December 1
to May 31, both dates inclusive.
Beaver, Marten, mink, otter and
weasel. November 16 to March 31,
both dates inclusive.
Fox and lynx. December 1 to
March 15. both dates inclusive.
Artificial Lights and Shooting—
The killing of any of the following
land fur bearing animals, viz. white
fox. blue fox, red fox, mink, marten,
weasel, otter, (land), muskrat, and
beaver by use of a jack or pit lamp
or any other artificial light, or by
shooting with either a rifle, shotgun
or pistol is prohibited at ail times.
Traps—The killing of any land
fur bearing animal at any time by
means of the trap or device known
as klipu or by means of any steel
bear trap or any other trap with Jaws
having a spread exceeding eight in
ches is prohibited.
Dogs—The use of dogs for pursu
ing or killing any land fur bearing
animal for which a close season is
prescribed for any period is prohlbi
roison—me Killing or any tana
fur bearing animal by iffiMns of
strychnine or poison is prohibited at
all times.
Seizures—All skins of land fur
bearing animals killed in violation
of these regulations found in. the
possession of any person In Alaska
shall be served by wardens and other
officers designated by the Secretary
of Agriculture or other officers au
thorized by law and such wardens
and other officers shall hold said
skins for such disposition as shall
be ordered by the court having juris
diction of a suit for condemiatlon
and forfeiture thereof.
Shipments of fur from Alaska
whether shipped as personal baggage
or otherwise will be subject to ex
amination by proper authorities and
may be detained if the shipment was
made in: violation of these regula
Shipments of Turs—Shipments of
furs consigned to points outside of ■
Alaska which may be made at an£
time, should be reported on appro
priate^blanks which will be supplied
for that purpose.
On and after September 1, 1921,
all regulations for the protection of
land fur bearing animals in Alaska
made and published under authority
of the Alaska fur law priof. to the
regulations hereby made and pub
lished shall be and are- hereby re
voked. ,,