TAX PAYERS SLOW
CITY FINANCES LOW
The finances of the city are at a
low el*b at present owing t«> the slow
ness of the lax payers .n meeting their
taxation obligations, according to a
statement made by City Clerk K. E.
Orinvn to the Nome Common Coun
cil at the last meeting of that body nt
the city hall Monday night.
Clerk Grimm told the council that
tnXes are coming In very slowly and
the cash in the city strong l*ox is
dwindling rapidly toward zero.
Unless some of the tardy ones take
a notion to eomc through with their
hit soon, there is a strong prospect
thnt the city ledgers will commence N>
show an unwanted amount of red ink.
This announcement by Clerk Grimm
was about the only really lively ex
citing thing developing during the
meeting, the remainder of the pro
ceedings being almost entirely of
routine character
Owing to the absence of Mayor Rice
who recently left for Teller on busi
ness. the Mayor1' seat was vacant
when the council was called to order
by Clerk Grim-hi around the usual
hour. Councilman Tarnutzer was se
lected to act as mayor pro tern and
business proceeded under his benign
direction.
The usual reading and approval of
the minutes was followed by the pre
sentation of a communication from the
Wild Goose Mining and Trading Com
pany protesting against alleged over
taxation. The council decided to in
vestigate and the communication was
laid on the table until the next meet
ing. A communication from Win.
Webb was also read, in which he of
fered the sum of 115 for a cabin sit-»
unted in the east end. This was also
laid over until next meeting
city Attorney O'Neill, who was re
Gently inxtructed to investigate cer
tain io|>orts of a corner in coal and al
leged extortionate prices chnrged for
that commodity by private dealers, re
ported that the situation was not in
keeping with the rumor*. Attorney
O'Neill stilted that he took up the
coal situation with the Masks Light -
erage and Commercial Co and found
that, although the Crowley company
had an excess of cool, over their own
requirements, it was alleged to have
been purchased for other parties and
also stored for them. Judge O'Neill
also told the council thnt he could
find no evidence of extortionate prices
being chnrged for black diamonds by
anyone
Under the succeeding order o
ness, n number of new bills
rend and referred to the Financ»
inlttee and old bills were rend a sec
ond time Those receiving the official
“O. K." of the finance Committee
were ordered paid by warrants on 'he
City tresistin'.
| Under the head of new business C.
ic. Crooks, proprietor of Nome's lead
I ing second hand goods emi>orium.
mode objection to the amount of his
taxes and offered a compromise pro
posal. Mr. Crooks was willing to
pay $70 in taxes on his Front Street
property for the post two years and
wax also agreeable to paying this
year's tuxes on a basis of $500 valua
tion on the stock contained In liis es
tablishment . Acting Mayor Tarnut
7A>r appointed a committee to investi
gate and make an appmisement on
After gmntlng a requisition of ‘he
Fire Department for various supplies
the council adjourned until the next
regular meeting night.
WEATHER CONDITIONS RECORDED BY U
Report for 24 hours ending G :
NOME, ALASKA
WEATHER BUREAU
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provided for its Correct Lu
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PUBLIC SCHOOL HOLDS
HOLIDAY EXERCISES
i
Holiday exercises were held la th«
Nome public school Friday and the
following program was rendered by
the pupils of the various grades.
Native children from the Bureau of
Education school to the number of 75
attended the exercises and appeared
to greatly enjoy the Christmas pro
gram of the white children. A con
siderable number of parents of the
public school pupils were also «>ec
tutors. The children of the native
school, os well as the public school
pupils received Christmas gifts.
' 1 Song—Merry Christmas ..School
S Song—Christmas Os.ro!. . .School
S iUeciita.tion—dolly’s Present. .
Eileen Walsh.
4 Stocking Prill.Girls of the
Second Grade.
5 What Santa Brought .... Pulpits
of Second Grade. Madeleine
Calkins. Valeria McGuire. Mar
garet Rowe. Albert Martin. Wil
fred Nelly. Rose Mary Lomen.
6 Santa Claus Jr. Substitute. .
5<th. 6th. 7th. 8th Grade Pupils
Albert Brown. Alvin Polet. Velma
Brown, Charles Becker. V'ietoria
Anderson. Andrew Sather. Rob
ert Lyle, Austen Dixon. Cora
7 Recitation—Ohristmas Time b
Coming .Pupils of First
Grade. Stanley Martin. Cristina
Bllby. Alfred t'nguulik.
S Group of Polk Dances and Son,?
High School and Grade Pupils.
Catherine Halsheimer. Emily Po
let. Kristie Snthor. Victoria An
derson. Cora Evans, Velma
Brown, Francis Ross.
9 The Brave Utile Tree_Pupils
of Second Grade. Grace Swan
berg. Mary Walsh, Margaret ITT-;
rich. Fret! Larsen, Carl Bllby. •
Gertrude Becker.
10 Diatomic . . Fifth and Sixth Grades i
Caroline I-arsen. Edward Beeker. j
Walter Cavey. Max Kris tan. !
11 Recitation—Poor Santa Claus..
Raymond Hearing.
12 Song—Silent Night .School
13 Scrooge and Nephew .Alvin
Bahlke, Donald Lyle.
14 Santa Claus at School ....Third
and Fourth Grades. Frances
The following is the total vote re
ceived hy each candidate after tabula*
ing the returns from the Nome and
Cape Nome. St Michael. Chinlk. Court
ell, Solomon, Candle. Peering. Utica
Dime. Bluff. Taylor. Teller. Klnna. Kot
zebut. Marshall and Willow precinct*
Marshal Willow Total
Attorney General
Kustgard . . . . 4
For Senator
Sundbiick . . 5
For Represenlati>
Winkler .... 0 0 123
According to information received
by Clerk of the Court Thos. McOann.
the official election printing did not
re-ach Andreaoftsky in time for elect'o i
due tothe boat carrying the mail har
ing be*.n frozen in on the Yukon
Bethel remains the only precinct to
be heard from.
A total of 17 votes were cast at
Marshal and 15 at Willow.
floss, Eva Nlooli, Amn, Otteaon.
Ma Martin. Clam Otteson, Jos
Walsh, Nets Swanberg. Ernim
Kicoii -Hussel Maynard, Roy
Ihmu, Alice McCarthy, Erika
laneft, Ohnrolette Swanberg, Joe
Kristan. Beesde Bruner, Ruby
Bockholm. Helen Baldwin, Mil
dred Maynard. Alice Anderson.
15 Gifts for each Pupil were dlatrl
16 Son#—Star Spangled Banner. .
IN THE OirntICT COURT
At a session of the District Court
today the court granted the motion
of respondent. Max Gottschalk. to
quash 0h<> deposition rlf Henry l*.
Smith, libellant.
The motion to quash service of sum
mons in the case of Curtes Welch vs
York Dredging Company was argued
and submitted. The court announced
that he would take the matter urn’
advisement and render judgment later.
ALASKA ITEMS
'Hie Ketchikan Chronicle states that
it is the "only paper in the North
which stands firmly for the handling
of the -business o fthc North by Amer
icans.” It qualifies its statement later
by admitting that Canadian steamers
have been beneficial this summer.
The Nenana News is in receipt of
a letter from G. A. O’Connor, former
blacksmith in the employ of the Adas
lean engineering commission. Who went
outside last year. The old timer was
lonesome, he said, and longed for a,
copy of the News. "It was always
CMn|>nny for me and you bet I miss
Sen. .1. It. Heckman of Ketchikan
has let a contract for the .erection of
a $75,000 concrete and brick addition
t) his store building according to ad
vices from that city. It is said the
of d»onds to the public.
Many prospectors are operating In
the IJaianski district and there ere
reported to he several promising min
ing properties which will he opened
City Treasurer A. R. I^irson of
Ketchikan has been, instructed to. col
lect over $23,000 more in taxes this
year than in 1919, owing t.» the city*«
rapid growth.
Julius Strngier, 38. .met his death
recently on the Number 3 level of
the Alaska Juneau mine when he was
overcome with the._gas and smoke in
the drift while coming off shift after
blasting a round of holes.
Iw.natTl Calvin McKay anil Hazel
dine (Irina Nelson were married a*.
Jureau recently. Mr. McKay is in
terested in a logging camp near Ten
akoe. Miss Nelson is a nurse and has
boon in Alaska for some time.
M. S. E. Kergt. Jihn A. Perry ar
rived in Juneau on one of the Inst
lwast to take charge of the U. S- ca
ble office, relieving First Class Ser
geant W. B. Gilbert, the present oper
ator. Sergt. Perry was formerly sta
tioned at Sitka.
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