NEWS NOTES
Labor Day.
The Nome Common Connell is ,
scheduled to meet his evening hut, ,
owing to the day being a legal holiday,
it is probable that the city dads will .
merely meet and adjourn, deferring
business to « later period.
The schooner Amy. now tinder the
ownership and t direction of Skipper
Al Winkler, returned from a trip to
Solomon Saturday and is expected to
get away for Clolovin and Dime creek
Tuesday.
A delightful social dance was given
by the ladies of the Pioneer organiza
tion at Pioneer igloo Saturday evening
and attracted a large attendance of
dance lovers. Those attending say
they enjoyed themselves immensely
and are enthusiastic in their praise of
the appointments and music.
City Clerk Edgar C.rimm is exer
cising his functions of ex-oflloio city
assessor, nnd tax collector by making
the annual distribution of assessment
blanks to the business houses. Septem
ber 1 being the date on which tax
assessments are made under the latest
council rulings.
The local agency of the Alaska
Steamship Company reports that the
steamer Victoria will return here to
morrow morning and will got away
within a short time after arrival, ns
only a small quantity of o.ngo remains
to be discharged at this port. The
steamer is discharging at (iolovin to
day.
Come in and see what a Dollar will
l.uy at THE SURPRISE STORE
The schooner Jewel Guard returned
brought down Dr. Baldwin and a num
ber of native, orphans, survivors of the
recent fire which destroyed the Methn- j
schooner also carried tf good sized load
earlier trip to the York section.
The schooner Belinda, captained by
Arnold Castell, is being prepared to
undertake a trading and trapping ex
pedition to "Wrangell Island which will
probably extend over a period of two
consist of fastell. George Clark. Bert
Thorsen and two others. The party
gage in trapping foxes, with which the i
isolated Arctic island is said to abound, j
Owing to the day being a legal holi
day. the bank and most of the public
of the prospective departure of the
decided to keep the postoffiec open to
day in order to give the public a bet
ter opisirtunity to get in their mail. As
the volume of mail business is par
ticularly heavy at this time, the action
of the postmaster in keeping the office
Unverified rumors are In circulation
today to the effect that a nation wide
strike of railroad shopmen was either
precipitated in the States today or is
in prospect for tomorrow. Owing to
the day being a holiday, only a portion
of the Nugget's usual quota of press
of going to press hut. ns will be ob
served, reports forwarded from Seattle
source have failed. Although possibly
Snaps At
HOLT CASH STORE
Motor Cycle . $ 75.00
1 Steam Laundry, complete ... 200.00
Second Hand Lumber per M. . . .50.00
Doors, Windows all prices.
Mining Boilers, complete, reasonable.
Trunks, Suit Cases etc, cheap
Furniture, Beds, Mstresses, very cheap
Mining Outfits, Dredge supplies
HOLT is there with the GOODS
Ilsplav of Nome's famous penchant
or manufacturing i«l!e reports.
One of the largest audiences gather
d in the Federated Church in many
nnnths heard Dr John A Marquis, D.
the visiting New York divine, de
iver an eloquent address on the topic,
America and the New Democracy,"
t the divine services held in that edi
ice last evening. ,
Dr Marquis handled his subject in
in impressive and masterly manner
•etokening deep consideration of the
American temperment and attitude to
vard the world tendency to change
vhicli forms the dominant note of the
) re sent times.
The services last evening were prob
iblv the last that will be held in the
•’ederated church until the nrivnl of
he new pastor in October.
As a tree is bent, so it will grow.
Save money l»y buying at THE SUR
PRISE STORE
AY. J. Howe, contractor for the
lredging work on the Snake river har
bor construction, has completed the
greater part of the dredging on
he upper end of the basin and Is now
preparing to transfer his activities to
opening the channel at the river mouth
<o that the coasting vessels may avail
i hem selves of the shelter of the river
luring the usually stormy fall period.
The dredge has been moved down the
river to a point near the inner end of
ihe revetment structures and will work
toward the sea until the channel Is
once more open to navigation. At
present Ingress to the river is com
pletely blocked by tlie jetty structure.
The material dredged from the river
bottom will be deposited behind the
massive revetment walls along the
river bank, llevetment contractor How
ard Ames is making good progress in
the installation of the sheet piling on
the west revetment and has completed
the wing extending along its western
end. AVork on the government end of
the construction is also making good
headway under the direction of AVar
Department engineer K. T*. Carpenter
and Ills staff of assistants. The sheet
piling which forms the sloping walls of
the jetty is being driven at present
and approximately one third of this
portion of the work is completed. As
a result of the work of the past week,
the completed outline of the jetty is
discernible along the sea end of the
structure.
The lives of two native children
wore blotted out in a night fire which
totally destroyed the Methodist Mis
sion ut Sin rock early Friday morning,
according to advices reaching the city
early Saturday.
In addition the fire also destroyed
most of the clothing and seriously
imperilled tlie lives of the school teach
er, Dr. Cramer and upward of a dozen
. ther native children who were resid
ing in the mission.
Deports of the disaster were brought
to the city Saturday morning by Chas
Stein us. more familiarly known of Sin
iock Charlie, who made the Journey
down from Sinrock by bicycle in about
four hours for tlie purpose of securing
The destruction of the mission was
evidently due to a defective flue. An
incipient blaze developed around one of
the chimneys in the building some
hours before the building was destroy
ed and is believed to have been the
cause of the disaster, although the first
blaze was apparently extinguished
without more than a slight amount of
damage.
The first fire was discovered about
?, a. m. Friday morning. Dr Cramer
called on Steinus for assistance after
discovering the blaze and be apparently
extinguished it. A few hours later
some of the inmates of the building
thought ^ they smelled smoke and
Steinus again responded but could find
no signs 'of fire. About ten' o’clock
Friday night he again subjected the
building to an inspection but found
■v Young Men'Vt
Don't (Jet Bald
Cuticura Does Much
To Prevent It
Dandruff, itching, scalp irritation,
etc,, point to an unhealthy condition
of the scalp, which leads to thin,
falling hai r and premature baldness.
Frequent shampoos with jCuticura
Soap and hot Water do much to pre
vent such a condition, especially if
Ereceded by a gentle anointing with
uticura Ointment to spots of dan
druff and itching.
PERSHING SAILS FOR HOME ON GIANT STEAMER LEVIATHAN
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
BREST, France. Sept 1—Ceneral Pershing, commander of the Amer
ican expeditionary forces. Is here in readiness to sail for America. The
returning commander will make^the Joprnoy home.nboard the Leviathan.
ITALIAN KING GRANTS AMNESTY TO FORTY THOUSAND SOLDIERS
Social to the Nugget by the Associated Press
HOME, Sept. 1—King Victor Eininanue has granted amnesty to upward
of forty thousand Italian soldiers who were sentenced to long periods of
impn.vmmcnt for various misdeeds during the* war period.
Some of the soldier prisoners were sentenced to prison for periods
as long as ten years. A majority were under sentence for various In
f;.ic:!ins of military rules.
SOPHIA VICTIM BURIED AT SEATTLE.
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE. Sept. 1—Helen Markus, one of the unfortunate victims
of the great Sophia disaster in Lynn Canal last fall, was buried here yes
terday following impressive burial services in Mount Pleasant cemctary.
REPORTED BOLSHEVIKI CAPTURED ONE TOWN: LOSE ANOTHER
Special lo the Nome Nugget by The Associated Press:
IjONDOX, Aug. 30—A wireless dispatch emanating presumably
from Russian sources says the Bolshevik! forces operating in the Kursk
jection of Southeastern Russia have captured the important town of Rylsk,
situated southwest of Kursk, from the Denakine forces.
Tiie same message also avers that, although successful in the
Kursk sec tion, the Rolsheviki have sustained the loss of the town of Rodrulsk,
southwest of Minsk in the Minsk province of West Russia.
no Indication of danger. Feeling secure
following the last inspection, the in
mates. consisting of Dr Cramer and
nineteen native orphans of varying
ages.' retired to sleep, only to he
awakened about midnight by the roar
ing of flames.
A considerable portion of one side
of the building was on fire when the
second outbreak was discovered. Dr
Cramer hurriedly gathered the children
together but before escape was possible,
the flames spread with such rapidity
that the teacher and her charges were
forced t>> flee with only the scanty sup
ply ..f clothing hastily gathered during
the few minutes they were able to
remain in the building. After reaching
a place of safety. Dr Cramer counted
the children and found to her dismay
that two of them were missing. By
this time the building was a mass of
flames and entrance was impossible.
The teacher and some of the older
children broke in the windows and
called the names of tlie missing child
ren but received no response. Owing
to the dense smoke with which the
structure was filled, it is probable
lhat the little one’s were overcome
while making their escape from the
dormitory on the tipper floor.
In the absence of effective assistance
in combatting the flames. Dr. Cramer
and Stenius were helpless and the
t uilding was entirely consumed. The
iwo victims of the flic* were a native
girl known ns Susie*, aged 12 years,
and a boy named Ivan, aged 0. Both
.vere orphans whose relatives perished
.luring the influenza epidemic last win
ter. The other seventeen children are
..Iso orphans.
The fatality is rendered doubly sad
by the fact that the children were on
ihe i ve of being transferred to the
native orphange in charge of Dr. Bald
win at Nome. Until recently about
thirty of the little orphans were being
cared for at the mission. Ten of them
UNITED STATES POSTOFFICE
Nome. Alaska, Aug. 29th 1919.
Sealed proposals will be received
i t this office up to September 5th. 1919.
1 p. in. for the performance of the
service described below:
Oarying the United Ft ate® Mails
from Nome, by Solomon, and Golovin,
to Unnlakl^et, Alaska, about 225 miles
and back, once a week from Novemlter
16th. 1919. to May 2nd, 1920. Inclusive, a
total of twenty four, round trips, by
a schedule satisfactory to th > Depart
ment of not to exceed 8 d tyd running
time each way, carrying not to exceed
r.oft pounds of mall a singl.- trip each
v ay.
JOHN J. WALSH
. Postmaster.
INFORMATION WANTED
Concerning the whereabouts or
relative to John James O'Brien, aged
55 years. Distracted relatives seek
information regardless of whether he
is dead or alive. Was a member ol
Tanana Igloo No. 13, Pioneers of Al
aska in 1916 arm followed occupation
of miner and prospector. Last re
ported killed In this section In 1917,
Mined and prospected in Dawson,
Knlk and Tolovana and is said t«
be# the owner of valuable mining
property near Knlk and Anchorage,
Anyone having knowledge concerning
him will confer a favor by notifying
Ills wife, Mrs J. J. O'Brien, car© Nora*
Pioneer Igloo, or Nome Nugget.
were removed here on the schooner
Jewel Guard last Thursday and It was
planned to bring the remainder down
as fast as they could be transported on
the Jewel Guard, which is the property
of the mission. The vessel was ex
pected to bring down the last of them
Friday but was delayed by adverse
weather. Immediately after hearing
tlie news. Dr. Baldwin, manager of the
local orphanage, secured a supply of
clothing and other necessaries and de
parted for Slnrock on the mission
schooner. On arrival he found many
of the children clad only in the scanty
attire in which they fled from the
burning building. They were immed
iately placed aboard the Jewel Guard
and brought to Nome, arriving early
yesterday. Dr. Baldwin says the
building and contents were totally des
troyed but the loss is partially covered
by insurance. . .
Coal by th# sack. Pearl Oil by tne
bottle or caw* at SURPRISE STORE.
EAGLES ATTENTION
The regular meeting of Nome Aerii
No. 75 F. O. E. will be held at eight
o'clock Tuesday night. Sept. 2. Vis
iting Eagles Welcome.
CHAS. THOMAS. Sect'y.
COCO COLA served at the
ARCTIC BAKERY
PIONEERS IGLOO HOTEL.
Housekeeping apartments and tran
sient rooms by day, week ar month.
Also use of club rooms by hotel guests.
. MRS. MONAHAN,
Proprietor.
The new Rainier Beverage on
draught at the Nevada.
Moonlight Wator Baths at tho Elite
Bath Houso.
War Savings Stamps for sale at the
Poetoffioe.
THE NOME WEEKLY NUGGET
SOcts. par Month.
Classified Ads.
All ClaaoiRod Ado Moot bo Fold Ur
in Advance.
sarr WANT ADS'
LOST
LOST-—Two fill nets, one flounder
net 75 feet Ion* and one sipelt net 50
feet long—Both net* were tlpd to
gether. Oft the Hapdsplt. Finder
please notify J, A. Braun, Sandsplt.
Nome, and get reward,
HELP WANTED.
WAITRESS.WANTED—Apply at the
Nugget Office.
WANTED
WANTED—Will pay epsh for small or
large quantities of Quicksilver—see
NOTICE
The Associated Press U exclusively
entitled to the use tor publication of all
news dispatches credited to It or no*,
otherwise credited In this paper and
also the local news published heroin.
All rights of rspuUlcaUon of spec
ial dispatches herein arc also reserved.
THE NOME NUGGET.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NOME, ALASK^.
GEO. S . MAYNARQr Proprietor.
ALWAYS IN STYLE.
If you have your milts cleaned and
pressed by us. wc will mate them
look like new. #
We do dry or gasoline cleaning.
We do steam cleaning.
Wo make suits to order.
We make alterations.
We clean and make and repair furs.
Wo do cleaning, pressing and re
pairing for Ladies and Gentlemen.
We guarantee all work and our
prices are reasonable.
First class workmanship.
Como and see us. we will give y<> «
our prices before we do your work.
We appreciate your patronage,
NOME TAILORING"COMPANY,
Opposite Nuggst Office.
AUTO FOR HIRE
B. W. NEILLY, Phone Red 12
Trips made to following places by
appointment.* Little Creek, Anvil,
Third Beach, Glacier, Dexter, Submar
ine, Fort Davis, £unnlnghaiP‘
Rates Reasonable.
Have you sent your friends a copy
of the edition of the Nugget contain
ing the account of the future possibili
ties of Nome and Seward peninsula.
Dog owners will please take notice
that reindeer, for slaughter, are now
tejng brought to Nome. The Golovin
wrd is due here next week. To pre
sent the herds from being stampeded
it is imperative that dogs be not per
mitted to run at largo.
The law providss that “whenever
■ny dog habitually annoys reindeer,
jr evince# a disposition which renders
it likely that it will without provoca
tion bite such animals, it shall be law
ful for any person to KILL SUCH DOQ
WHEN AT LARGE.”
PROTECT YOUft DOGS and oblige
THE DEfRMEN.
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pyt business opportunity for thousands
i)f people; very little money needed,
nur plan Is as safe as any business
l.i the world; write us today—Amer
ican Securities Co. 3523 ?f. Grand Ave
Si Louis, Mo.
ANYONE
Knowing of the whereabouts of John
Schiller, write his brother in law
H. P. OVEHBECK. Administrator
601 Citizens Bldg.
Cleveland. Ohio.
JOHN LAND Tailor
Suits made to order
Repairing, Pressing and Cleaning
NOME RESTAURANT
OPPOSITE ALASKA BANK
NOW
OPEN
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ALL KINDS OE FRESH MEATS
UPON ARRIVAL OF FIRST BOATS
BEEF, MUTTON, PORK, VEAL
AND POULTRY, HAM, BACON, BUTTER.
ALL BILLS MUST BE PAID ON OR BEFORE THE
10th. OF EACH • MONTH
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A full line of
LADIES HATS, COATS, DRESSES ETC
ON ALL BOATS
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NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
Bread 10c loaf, two loavee for 20c
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