A TREAT FOR
Everyone
Owing to an error in the ordering
our orders for Candy, Gum, Chocolates
and Confections were triplicated.
In order to move this large stock of
bulk, packages and pail goods we are
going to retail same at less than whole
sale prices.
Do not miss this opportunity to treat
yourselves and friends while this sale
lusts.
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will bring new line of ladies and
gents ready to wear clothing
dry goods and notions
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NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
Bread 15c loaf straight
CHAS. CAVEY, Prop.
W. J. ROWE
TRANSFER AND FREI6NTIN6
Dealer in all kinds of Lumber
Horses For Sale
JOHN LAND Tailor
Suits made to order
Repairing:, Pressing and Cleaning
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LOCAL NEWS HAPPENINGS
OLIVER FLOWERS NOME VISITOR
Oliver H. Flowers, the well known
Solomon river dredge operator,
rived in Nome from Solomon Sunt!
Mr. Flower who, by the way, is a c
didate for Second Division Represen
tative to the Territorial Legislature,
is here to attend the sessions of
grand Jury.
DREDGE MEN LEAVE
FOR ARCTIC CREEK
Frank Hall and A1 Ouinan left Mo
day for Arctic Creek with a wagon
load of provisions for the Hall dredge
School Director Dick Morris 1
decided to withdraw from the race
legislative honors and will not be
candidate at the November electio
Mr. Morris has notified Clerk McGa
of lie District Court, and also I
■ ELLERITE VISITING CITY
Tuesday accompanied by Mrs Itoss.
The trip from Dime landing to Nome
was made <>n the schooner Nokatak.
Dime Creek is now reduced to the
[ the mouth of the Koyuk i
is contemplating
le Outside on the n
Victoria.
The power schooner Nokatak, Fred,
Sw: nron master, arrived from Dime
creek Tuesday morning with a consid-,
era Me numler of passengers from the|
Included among the arrivals were!
S. o. proven and Pete Olsen, both of
wh' *n are from the Outside. The two
mor. came down the Yukon and arrived
it t't Michael some time ngo. Being
unr Me to secure passage to Nome di
rect. they proceeded to Dime on a St
Mb- i/iel vessel, and caught the Noka
ink at fhat point. They commenced
tlH'Jr Journey down the Yukon early
last spring, reaching the upper waters
of 1 he river vja Skagwov and Lake
Bennett. Mr. Olsen is engaged in
fur Inlying and did considerable trad
PETIT JURY CALLED MONDAY
TYi« petit Jury convened In th'e Dis
trict Court Monday for service during
the present court term, because of a
number being excused and inability to
locate others, only sixteen of the orig
inal venire appeared and answered the
roll call. Sixteen new names were
ordered drawn from the Jury box to
fill the vacancies. The new venire
appeared Tuesday and comprised the
following named persons, A. N.
Hauer, P. E. Crowley, NT. W. Lewis,
R. W. Ledgerwood, J. H. McLean,
Ed Rohn, Thos Kohannick, P. Book
man. Thos. Connelly, A. W. Kah,
John Llndberg, R. W. Rockwell, Chas.
Rasmussen, Guy Mish.
As finally completed, the Jury con
sists of 29 members.
YOUNG COUPLE WEDDED
Miss Bernice Guyer and Mr. Samuel
Jlenton were the principals in a quiet
wedding securing Friday, July 9th.
The nuptial knot was tied by Rev.
■Richard Decker.
The young couple plan to leave on
the Sea Wolf for Kotzebue, where
they will take up missionary work un
der the Quaker Church.
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GENERAL HARDWARE
Juet received a full line ef Lang and
Moorec<f irrltc stoves and rangea.
Also aluminum, Whita enamal ware,
nations, ete, new an display
TIN SHOP IN CONNECTION.
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GOLDEN ORE COMPANY
MAKING FINE PROGRE88
Geo. H. Thomas, president and gen
eral manager of the Golden Ore Co.,
reports excellent mining progress on
the company’s properties on Monu
ment and Boulder creeks us u result
of the favorable mining conditions of
the past few weeks. The company
has already made two excellent clean
ups and expects another about next
week. Mr. Thomas arrived on the
Victoria and within a few days after
arrival started hydrauliclng operations.
At present the company is employing
a crew of 25 men. The ground aver
ages about 15 feet in depth and is said
to carry good values. Thanks to the
heavy snow fall of last winter and
later copious rains, the supply of wntcr
has been ample and enables the ac
complishment of an extra large amount
of work. Mr. Thomas states that
the only drawback so far encountered
has been due to the poor condition of
the road in that section. It is almost
impossible at present to get supplies
to iho company camp, ho assorts.
FAIR WINTER TRAVELLER
WEDS SOURDOUGH
Miss E. Wilson, the adventurous
young woman from Mexico City, who
mushed to Nome last winter over the
Chitina-Fairbanks-Yukon trail. was
married at Ruby on July 4tli to E.
Coke Hill, former Assistant U. S. At
torney of the Second Division, accord
ing to telegraphic advices reaching
Leonard Seppala last week. The mes
sage conveying this interesting in
formation reads as follows:
Holy Cross, Als. July 8-9 1920
iLcornad Seppala. Nome.
Miss Wilson and I were married
j July 4th at Ruby and are now on way
to Iditarod. Wo hope to see you
'next winter in Fairbanks.
Coke Hill.
Miss Wilson arrived in Nome last
[April, piloted by Seppala. with whom
she mushed from Fairbanks, and re
mained here a week or ten days. At
the conclusion of her visit the young
lady returned to Ruby, intending to
return to her homo in Mexico City be
fore the breakup. At least this was
her intention up to the time Mr. Sep
pala deposited her at Ruby and re
turned to Nome. Wily Cupid, how
ever, appears to have become busy
about that time, with the result that
the fair traveller has given her hand
to the well known sourdough attorney
and will herself become an Alaskan.
VALDEZ POPULATION
8HOW.8 BIG DECREASE
The population of Valdez has de
creased 42.4 per cent since 1910 ac
cording to a tabulation of the first of
ficial 1920 census figures for cities and
villages in Alaska Issued June 3 by the
Publicity Bureau of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce. The figures given
comprise the first Alaska census re
turns given out by W. T. J.opp, chief
of the U. 8. Alaska Bureau of Edu
cation and Include the figures for 6
of the largest Southwestern Alaska
towns and four villages.
Of the six towns listed. Seward is
the only one of the older communities
showing an Increase of population
since 1910. -In the case of Steward the
Increase amounted to 22 per cent, the
population having increased from 534
in 1910 to 652 In 1920.
The figures of the several towns
pre given as follows.
Anchorage, 1920 had 1856. Cordova,
1920 had 955, 1910 had 1162 decrease
of 17.1. Seward, 1920 had 652, 1910
had 534 increase 22. Latouche, 1920
505. Valdez 1920 466, 1910 810, de
crease 42.4. Fort Liscum, 1920 153,
1910 162 decrease 5.5.
• Four of the largest Southwestern
Alaska villages show the following
populations. Kodiak 370; Afognak
308; Seldovia 258; Katalla 84. It is
said virtually all of ths villages show
ed decreases, Katalla'e loss being
particularly heavy.
Anchorage was established since the
1910 census, hence no comparative
figures are available. The 1920 census
shows it has outdistanced many of the
older towns.
The total census returns of the ter
ritory so far given out five Juneau
the largest population with a total of
8,126. Other towns are Hated as fol
lows, Ketchikan. 2. 854. «Vrangell 864.
Nome 854.
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HARBOR WORK
MAKING HEADWAY
• Although weather conditon* have
not been of the beet, work on the
Snake River jetty has made good pro
gress during the week under the di
rection of engineer K. L. Carpenter.
Operations are confined to driving the
piling which will form the foundation
of the west Jetty. A portion of the
damaged section of the east Jetty was
torn loose by the high surf during the
first days of the week. The big tim
bers were saved, however, and the on
ly effect of the Incident will be that
the harbor crew will be spared the
task of removing the damaged section
when repairs are started. A large
quantity of massive timbers and round
piling has been piled up near the enrt
bank of the river in readiness for
future operations.
STORM SUSPENDS 8HIPPING
Shipping was brought to a complete
stand still along the section of the
coast by the storm developing Tues
day night and continuing up to the
present. The steamer Ketchikan,
which returned from' Golovin and St
Michael a day or two before the storm
broke, was unable to discharge her
Xoino cargo before the rising surf put
a stop to lightering and caused the
vessel to retire to the deep water of
the outer roadstead. AH small crafts
unable to enter Snake River, fled to
Sledge Island and other points for shel
ter. leaving only th» distant Ketchi
kan and a number of lighters sight
from the waterfront.
So far as known, the storm has done
nod amage and has performed r m toh
needed .service by cleaning up the
hench.
PLEASURE SEEKERS
ENCOUNTER SET BACK
Ttr. H. Rninig and Del. Bishop,
who recently purchased a small power
.vessel and started out for Teller on a
pleasure trip a few days ago, were un
able to reach their destination and re
turned to town a day or two latter.
The boat is said to have developed a
number of unexpected leaks and there
was also some engine trouble which
decided them to return for repairs and
a fresh start. The two men started
a few days before the storm ilnd were
fortunate in getting back before the
gale prevented progress. Tenter on they
Intend to proceed up the Yukon.
SEA WOLF DELAYED BY STORM
The power schooner Sen Wolf,
which was expected to return from
St Michael and way points by Wednes
day, has npt appeared up to the pres
ent. The schooner is said to have
left Ohinik Tuesday afternoon cnroute
to Nome, with mail and passengers
from St Michael and intermediate set
tlements. The passenger list is re
ported to Include a representative *f
the aviation branch of the army, who
is coming here to inspect t'e landing
facilities provided for the army air
planes participating in -the great trial
flight from New Yor.; to Nome. now
in progress. Thi vessel is probably
weathering out the storm in the shel
:»-r of Sledge Ialanl and no fears are
felt for her safety..
The verdict of guilty and sentence
of Judge Fred M. Brown to nine
months in Jail against W. H. Johnson, j
of Anchorage, charged with living from I
the earnings of a fallen woman, was
recently affirmed by the circuit court of
appeals. This is the fourth case that
has been appealed from Judge Brawn’s
court and heard In the circuit court
of appeals and Judge Brown has been
sustained in all of them.
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AMUNDSEN GIVES DETAILS
OF POLAR JOURNEY
II. H. Wall, trader at Cape Sergo.
Siberia, now in Nome, in In receipt of
a clipping from a paper published at
Tromso, Norway, as follows:
Kristiania. May 1. 1920.
“Morgenposted.” "Aftenposten" and
“Tlden flang" published the following
telegram, which reached here per radio
from Seattle, via Anadyr, Siberia, and
Nome, Alaska. It was lated April
23rd, 1920.
We left our winter quarters Sept. 12.
1919. after having mined ourselves out
and forced ourselves through solid Ice.
two to three yards thick, a distance of
250f» yards. The following day we
were again fast In the ice at Samuel
Island. On the 14th we got through
and proceeded Eastward. ' The follow
ing day we were again arrested by the
ice which hugged St. Peter Island. As
we could not find passage around it,
we forced our way through an un
known Struit between the island and
the mainland.
The ice offered strong resistance;
hut afjer a hard struggle we succeeded
in forcing our way through this nar
row and difficult passage, with only
1% feet of ice free water under our
keel. We found much ice In Norden
skjold> Sea. This was of little con
sequence. We passed through the
Laptief Straits that separates the Si
berian Islands from the mainland:
On the 19th the sea to the East of
the island was clear of Ice. We set
our course in the direction of Jeannett ■
Island; but the next duv were again
stopped by the ice. We anchored to
the solid Ice Intending to drift with It.
We soon found by our investigations
that the Ice was drifting in a southerly
iflrortlon iit ttie rate of IV, to 1W knot,
an hour. This would not pay—after a
close inspecion which left us no hope
of forcing ourselves through the ice
we cast loose and took a Southeasterly
course, following the ice. This was a
hitter pill to swallow, hut we were
compelled to seek a place for winter
quarters some place along the coast.
The only fensable place for this ap
peared to be Tschaun Pay. The nights
were very dark qnd the sea was run
ning high. At times the Northern
lights would point the way.
A Northwest wind was all the time
blowing and this had packed the drift
ice into the hay at the point where we
intended to make our winter quarters.
We had no choice, the ice was closing
in on us—nearer and nearer—so pro
ceeded as far as the ice permitted qn<|
reached the west coast of Ainn Island,
where the situation is far from premia*
ing. but our staunch vessel will cer
tainly stand the test.
Three days after reaching this place
we met some members of the Tschuk
t8chn and Makasi tribes, who had their
tents on Alan Island, but who, on
October sixth, had left the place to
winter In the woods, in the interior
country, and herd their reindeer herds.
Sverdrup left the "Maud” in their
company, outfitted for a period of 3
months, in order to study thqlr life,
habits, habitations etc. Snev (9) an<|
Olonkin left the “Xfaud” October 20th
to go to Nijni Kqlymak, faking
them a number of things Intended to
be sent home. On November llth
they returned, having met some Rus
sians in the little town of Kolyma,
who told them that on account of the
war no communication cquI{| be i^at)
with the outside.
Hllmer Hansen and Wistlng will
soon leave qs fo go tq Nome ifrfth
As sooq as |hp |ce breaks up in lb#
Spring we will continue as far as
Nome, Alaska, where I hope to be
in July or August 1920.
Write us and ask our friends to
send us. newspapers from the very
time we left Norway.
After a brief visit In Nome we will
leave that place to buffet with the Ice
about \yrangel Island. The drift
from that place %III take us five years.
All well! Happy New Year!
ROALD AMUNDSEN,
Leader of the Norwegian
Arctic Expedition.
GUESSING OUT OF THE «ME|T|QN
At on early date fty letter and
Name Nuaret I will make known In
plain, unmletakable languape whet I
will and what I will not da when elect,
ed next fall to the Lexis|atitre,
There w)|l be HQ HQOM far *ny
one TO GUIM If I will enpport any
corporation or Blf nnilnw niMHin bi
hurt full to the worktop people or their
Internet. NO ROOM for puceelnp about
my aheolute oppoaal to the preeent
Road Law, Old Ape Penelon Law, Poll
No, no chance In the world to ftu tee,
I will make It plain.
’ M. (Jake) JAC0BSGAARO,
(A- worklnf man)
Candidate for the Uouee' of Repreaen
tatlvea. (Adverttaemenl)
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