LOCAL NEWS
lAiMKN rrothkkh rrtnoing
IN SOON FOT NT.VIN
Lomt'D Brothers will have an up
to-date 1< Cream am) Soda Foun
tain on Mil on tin* first boat This
will hi* in-'3lli tl in th<> Drug Store
and will be a valuable adjunct to
the popular establishment.
CHANGES 3N NOME
FIIlK DEPARTMENT
John Brit/ius and Julius Jensen
the Fir.* Department. .Mr. Britztua*
place a- engineer has been tilled l»y
teilo will take the place of Mr.
Jensen as driver of the Chemical
The ft re wagon was taken out of
Winter quarters and substituted for
the sleigh on Monday last.
MAYOR OF ■!Ess ( IIEKK
DOING ASSESSMENT WORK
Barney Coggins. the denial .Mayor
of Joss Cre.-k. wish the assistance
»of another man. in doing assess
ment work on the Oopher and Sur
prise claims, at the head of Dexter.
CAPTAIN BOSS HE TURNS
RETURNN FROll TlffP
Captain Thomas A. Boss of the
local, ('oast Guard Station, returned
to Nome Monday from a trip down
the coast on business.
HOME OF N. It. NELSON
SCENE OF FI BE
Shortly alter midnight Thursday
ii-irht a tire took place in the home
(•f N. B. Nelson. The Fire Depart
ment responded promptly and was
ably assisted toy members of the
Coast Guard The fire haft gained
sons'tderahh* headway hefor»* being
•discovered by Earl TModini. who
turned in ihe alarm. The building
was badly gutted by th** flames.
The true origin rf th*- fire t* un
JAMKS VtUVm'IJCY A\l) WIFK
<<»1l\<i ON T1HST S\ILP.<S
.tames Fnwiey wired y«» l-.ral
friends to have his Third aven»»*
horn** put in readiness for Dlls ar
rival on the first boat.
Mrs. Frawley hs^ recently -under
gone an operation from which she
Is recovering rapidly.
F.A. CHAf'E SERIOUSLY ILL
T. A. Chare, The genial ;and ac
comodating host <>f Cbacc’s K--ad
house a|t the mouth of ‘Dexter
Creek, is reported to have suffered
a stroke a few days ago. Duo to
the impassable condition of rhe
road at the present time, it is im
possible to bring Mr. Chare to town
for treatment. It is hoped that by
Sunday that the road can be put in
such condition as will enable a
vehicle to proceed to the roadhouse
and bring him in.
**CTRT” KVKRV MARRIED
The Information has reached
Nome that Charles (Curt) Evem of
Candle, and Miss Alice Tiepelman
were married recently at Candle.
BAHLKES’
RESTAURANT
A. M. to 7 F. M.
* ..SPECIAL DINNER FROM *
* 5 F. M. to 7 P. M. *
* W S * tfi * * « « $ S W « £ W *
Miners & Merdwiits
Bank o( Aldski
NOME* ALASKA
WE PAY
Interest on Time Certificate*
3% per annum
O* • mumrn fcgiirtu.
4% per annum
* M'tiGKTH S |
‘fSSSSSSS'fiS'liS'ftSSS
.lot* Felder and (’has. Dnlquist
left Iasi night for Salomon and
Safety respectively. They depart -
on about midnight.
Th«* (Vast Guard Cutter Bear., 'it
is reported, left Seattle Thursday
fot Nome.
Mitchell We labors has rented the
old Orland Store which he will use
as a warehouse. He is also fitting
up sumptuous living quarters in the
John J. Walsh, and wife have
nu>v. (I from the Polet apartments,
and have taken up their residence
or. Third avenue, in the old Darling
A1 Wilson recently purchased the
property formerly owned by the
late Judee Hobbes.
.Mrs. Bernard Neilly who left the
hospital last week is reported to he
well on the road to recovery.
Midnight Sun Rohekah Dodge
nu»t last Wednesday night in Odd
Fellows* Hall. A large number of
members attended and took part in
thte initiation of new members in
the Order.
Mrs. (’has. D. Jones has received
a wire from her mother stating
that she has received transporta
tion on the steamer Victoria and
will arrive in Nemo on the first, trip
Tom Gaffney returned to Sunset
Creek Friday. Tom has been busily
engaged in mining there a;Tl winter.
Charles Dahlqulst has or
through II. H. .Julian. the local
I ton "Ford truck which will arrive
on ime of the first boats.
The Hammon Company have a
| light "Water System. The crew is
now working near the Moonlight
|Springs at Little Creek and it is to
[lie hoped that they will have the
Water through the "big main on D
The Stork paid a visit to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Thompson last
Wednesday night and left an eight
pound babj girl.
+ SCIfOOL NOTE* ♦
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(Contributed)
Next Friday evening at S o’clock ,
the Spanish Club will hold another !
meeting. Due to the epidemic of j
sickness to has not met for several
Last week in the High School var
ious tests have been, given in sev- I
era! of the courses in order that the !
standing of the students ..f the i
school here may be compared with '
the standings of some of the stu- ;
dents from the Outside. These tests !
v/pre held in English. History and 1
Physics. So far the standings have f
compared very favorably with the (
standings received from the schools !
from the Outside. These tests are i
compiled by the Ohio State Univer- !
sity and are sent to all the schools j
thruout the United State; and Alas
The championship spelling match !
of the school was held last week j
between the Freshmen and the stu- i
dents of the Eighth Grade. The I
Freshmen won the match after a |
very interesting battle in which the
two teams were very evenly match
TWO MORE WEEKS OF SCHOOL!
SENATOR AYER LEFT FOR
COUNCIL CITY
Territorial Senator Fred M. Ayer
and wife left Nome for the
Summer the latter part of last
week, and have gone to Council
where Mr. Ayer will direct the minr
Ing operations of the Wild Goose
Mining & Trading Company. Be
fore leaving,Mr.Ayer sold his house
on Third Avenue to J. A. McLaren.
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| SUNDAY, MAY I8U1 !
| CREAMED CHICKEN I
Prime Rita of Beef I
I Roast Pork and Apple Ranee j
| Crab Salad \
Com an the Cob j
| Ida Cream and Oak*. |
| Cherry Fie
I at mirunrs. j
LOCAL NEWS
l'KI,»iKAPH NKR\I( U f
H5KV INEFFICIENT
T*h« local telegraph service is
badly demoralized ever since the
break Ln the old cable which occur
red about a month ago. Only one
half of the new cable has arrived
from England. This will reach as
far as Ketchikan and then the
cable ship Ilelwood will have to re
turn to England for the other half.
No appreciable improvement in the
s* rvice can he expected until the
other half arrives and the cable is
completed. In (the meantime, it
makes running n newspaper one
(i.ntinual round of PLEASCRE—
t ovriNvors light
SERVICE FOR NOME
The Ahuskan Industrial Minins
Ac Power Co. have made arrange
ments with the Hammon Consoli
dated Gold Fields whereby •.Nome
will have continuous electric light
service. The local company will
furnish the electricity from four
o'clock in the afternoon unt 1 mid
night. From then on the electricity
will be furnished by the Hammon
Company's power plant on Dry
BESSIE ROAD RETNG OPENED
The Bessie road is being opened
for traffic. It is expected that cars
will be able to proceed to Little
Creek by Sunday. Steadman ave
nue will be opened by the City
to connect with the Bessie Road.
• BILLY*’ ROWE MOVES
HOI SE-FOR Re FRIES
\V. J. Rowp, Thursday moved a
Geo. B. Grigsby home for John De
Fries. Mr. DeFries purchased the
house last summer from Judge G.
J. Do men. and the lot upon which
it was moved, from Captain John
Send back. The house which was
moved was originally situated near
the corner of Second Avenue West
It is understood that Mr. DeFries
will make general repairs and al
t< rations to the house and occupy
it as a home upon his arrival in
Nome on the first sailing.
Mr. DeFries is engaged in mining
operations on Oregon Creek on
property belonging to Captain John
Sundback. upon which the ow’iier
last summer let an option to a Ca
nadian Company and Mr. DeFries is
DELINQUENT TAX UST
BRING PREPARED FOR
IM BRICATION SHORTLY
E. Grimm, the City Clerk, is pre- 1
paring a delinquent tax report for j
publication. The report runs back
to the year 1918, and will be pub- j
lished in the Nome Nugget shortly, j
LEHMANN TEARING DOWN
OLD MILO CAFE BLDG.
Thorulf Lehmann has workmen i
engaged in tearing down the charr- j
ed fragments of the old Milo Cafe. |
which he purchased recently, and it
is rumored that he will erect a |
garage upon the site, for his auto j
truck delivery.
ALFRED liOMEN MAKES
ALTERATIONS IN HOME
Alfred J. Lomen of Lomen Bros.,
is having alterations and additions
made to his residence >n First Ave- j
nue West. The roof h.»-; been [
altered in such a way that two nice i
rroms have been made in the attic
providing more room and a play |
room for the kiddies.
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NUGGET
E. L. HOLT
Building Paper, All Kinds
PAINTS, OIL ETC.
CUT GLASS
SILVERWARE
ELECTRICAL GOODS
ALARM CLOCKS
PYREX WARE
ICE CREAM FREEZERS
You do not need to order your
goods from Mail Order houses as we
will have 10 and SB cent Counters
next Spring at Outside Prices.
Holt sella everything except Gro
ceries, I*? Goods and Drags.
EVERYTHING AT
■ OLT’I N> 1 w mu
■sad*sin WlmtusuH and Retag
Tetuphauu Main ii.
colt-rctor customs rkkd
BEEN HICK THIS WEEK |
11. \V\ J. Reed, the genial local j
Deputy Collector of Customs has j
been very sick this week .with the ’
epidemic going the rounds of the j
community. .Mr. Reed is very much '
improved today, but says he feels ^
Mrs. Reed has also been very sick j
for sometime past, but is now im
proving and hopes to be out again j
OF.MlKKI.li ltA BY RK< ’OVKRKD
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. j
Hugh O'Farrell wps very ill the'
early part ur the week. The little j
tot contracted the chickenpox. and j
then caught cold, which led to very !
distressing complications, but he j
has recovered now and is enjoying ;
good health.
JULIAN AND WIFE
BOTH MUCH BETTER j
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Julian who |
have both been sick with the epi
demic prevalent in this community,
are both much better and are up
and around again..
THOME\ BRINGING IX
MOTORCYCIJi, SIDE CAR
A. G. Thomen is bringing in a
motorcycle of modern make equip
ped with a side car. with which he
expects to have some tvreat sport
this summer. This type of machine j
was christened a “wife-killer” by
members of the A. E. F. during the |
HOLT SELLING OODLES
OF WALL PAPER
E. L. Holt the Hardware Merch
ant. who recently purchased from
the Orland estate the supply of
paints and paper formerly located
In the Kiesele Building, is having
<i Clearance Sale on wall paper to
r. ake room for the large stock of
now paper which he expects to re
ceive on the first boat. Ed. says
that the paper is going like hot
cakes, and that many persons are
taking advantage of the reduced
price, to repnper their homes this
ALLYN SAYS WATER
business his idea of
OUTDOOR SPORTS
Cliff Allyn opines that the water
delivery business furnishes more
thrills and honest-to-goodness out
door sport than any other vocation
he has ever tackled up to date.
Early Thursday afternoon Cliff was
coming in with a load of waterJ
from his well and had negotiated
the journey as far as the residence i
of Judge G. J. Lomen, when on the j
top of a tall snow-drift the front j
truck of his wagon parted company
with the rear truck thereof, with
a sickening, splintering. crash, and
the procession came to a sudden,
if somewhat undignified halt. Cliff
spent most of the afternoon in thor
oughly enjoying the sport of gett
ing a new running gear under the
contraption and says that he would
not have missed the fun of the ex
perience for anything.
I JODY OF KIXIGEX
HAS BEEN RECOVERED
The body of the Eskimo Kinigen. ,
who was reported last week as hav- j
ii:g lost his life by drowning while j
seal hunting near Chinik. was found j
several days after the accident, up
on the ice not far from the supposed
scene of his drowning. When found f
the body was solidly frozen, and the !
skin and flesh was almost gone from
his hands, from his efforts, it is be
lieved. to crawl to safety upon the
ice, or to climb out of the water
upon the ice. His body was found
nearly a quarter of a mile toward
shore from the edge of the ice, and
tracks showed that he had partly
walked and partly crawled that dis
tance before death overtook him,
and was evidently trying to make
his Way to land.
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$1.00 PER MONTH.
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j GEM RESTAURANT
Opposite .Vngget Office
MRS. OLIVER FLOWERS
A GOOD PLAGE
TO RAT
Diaacr Dwud Fran 11 A. M. *
Optm fnm Taa. tglO* a*. M
8 » * • 1
■t SPECIALS
FOR THIS WKK
HERSHEY COCOA -
Half pouud tins per tin 50cts
Del Monte Brussels
Sprouts
Three Cans for $1.00
RUBY CATSUP
Three 16 ounce Bottles $1.00
FISHERS PAN CAKE FLOUR
Large packages 40cts
POLET’f STORE
Segerstrom & fjagcn
JEWELERS and OPTICIANS.
ANNOUNCEMENT
We wish to make known to the
public that we are closing our Seattle
Store and that wTe will both come to
Nome on the first steamer with a full
and complete line of. jewelry and etc.
Seoerstrom #1)0001
JEWELERS and OPTICIANS.
NOME, SEATTLE,
Opposite Nugget Office. 5th Are. opp. Fredrick Jk Nelson
RECEIVED FROM TELLER
A Small Amount of
STAR
HAMS
Which will be SOLD at exact
Landed Cost
“A Samdle line of
TABLE OIL CLOTH
Now on Hand
TIE D. E. CROWLEY 8R00ERY CO. MW.
R. B. JULIAN Manager
non warn mm a. h. ■ yyy W *■ *•