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MOKE KSI*K< LUiLY OURS.
FOR yUAIJTY, SERVICE ,\NI> PRICK SEK
OBTAIN MILK Kl ITLY
FROM TKIJiKH
Last week Dan Crowley left for
Teller to transact both official1 anil \
personal business. The District
Court appointed Mr. Crowley a spec
ial representative of the Department
of Justice for the purpose off con
ferring the oath of office upon Mrs.
Wm. Marx, who has been appointed
V. S. Commissioner for the Port Clar
ei ce Precinot. As Mrs. Marx could
not rake office until The oath was
tr:ken and for her to co-me to Nome
be me a hardship. Judge Lomen dele
gated the duly of the administration
of oath to Mr. Crowley.
While in Teller Mr. Crowley bought
ter. cases of milk for the Yuba Com
pany and sent -them back to Nome
with the native driver who took him
to Teller. Dan will remain in the
Miner; & Merdiant;
Bank of Atoka :
"•OMR. ALASKA
WE PAY
of Deposit.
3/r per annum
4% per annum
On 12 utoi.lli .1. posit*..
upper country until the. spring break
up. looking after the interest* of
Lomen & Company.
J. K. Hastings .is a recent arrivaJ
from the Kougarok where be has
been prospecting during the winter.
II" states that food supplies are
becoming scarce in that section and
the dully prayer of the Kouearokers
•is that the government wiM get busy
on the railroad and enable them to
develop their conutry. Mr. Hasting
vti'll remain in Nome for the summer.
MOUSE WILL GIVE
ANOTHER IIAXCK
The Loyal Order of Moose, thru
their S.vkul Committee, announce
that iin the near future another soc
ial and dance will be given In the
Moose Hall. According to the plans
now under way this event wStl be one
of the big features of the season.
The purpose of the dances being giv
en by the Moose Order is to ratee
sufficient funds to build an annex to
‘he present lodge room.
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DAN’S PLAGE
VO SIIOItTAGK ON
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ALSO A FI LL LINE OF
SOFT imiNKK
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*/3 OFF ON ALL
RECORDS
' NEXT WEEK ONLY
Lomen Brothers
LOCAL NEWS
ATTIUrTIONS SCHKDUDKD.
I May 5th, Baa tern Star Sorial.
RRTURNS FROM TRIP NORTH
IWst. ALty. Harrison. accompanied
by AJ.Winkler. returned this ,week
from a prolonwd official v&it to
<%mdle and other Second Division
WKKK KXDKItS RFTUKN
FROM SOliOMON TRIP
Harry Gabrielsoin and Lawrence
Kerr commandeered Fred Pfaffle’s
team of dops and took a trip to Solo
mon last Saturday, returning t
Nome early this week. While down
the coast the travelers report a
severe storm of several days duru
CANDiiR UNK STIIJi DOWN
The telephone line to Candle has
been out of commission for over a
week. Messages can be sent from
Nome to Counoil. but not to Candle,
the line being down somewhere be
tween those stations.
RFERLNG SOURDOUGHS ARRIVE
FROM CORDOVA DO CAMP
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Clarence Ausley and John Hoyer
arrived in Nome Wednesday noon,
April 25th from the Cordovado
Mr. Ausley has been prospecting
thru the Kotzebue Sound country
for the fast year ,and returns to
Nome for the summer.
Coming wlrth John Hoyer and his
team of 12 dogs the traveler stopped
over art. the Hot Springs for one day.
due -to a blizzard, and then came on
to Nome.
LENGTHY TRIP FACES COUPLE.
According to the Seattle Dispatch
■E. E. Pierce ajid Mrs. Pierce depart
ed on'-the steamer Alameda, enroute
•to their home in Candle Creek,
about two hundred miles to the
north of Nome. Mr. Pierre ite a
pioneer tniiniiog man of the Nome
country, and is now manager of a
dredging concern operating on Can
dle Creek. After leaving the gov
ernment raJilroad at Nenona. Mr. and
Mrs. Pierce wiftl travel by dog team
to thedT destination, probably a
journey of nine hundred miles.
SKATTIJC HELLO GULLS RETIRE.
Sharply on the stroke of midnight*
Saturday March 3rd, Seattle’s new*
telephone machine-switching equip
ment fu three branch exchanges,
Melrose, Rainder and West, went into
operation, the first units dn what
eventually will be a complete change
from the present manual telephone
system to that of automatic. The
new telephone directory now being
distributed will go to the users of
81,000 telephones in Seattle. Of
it 09.000 copies were printod. Two
carloads of paper, or about 77% tons
were required to print the directory.
OUTSIDE MAIL ARRIVED
ON WEDNESDAY
Peter Curran arrived Wednesday
afternoon with 500 pounds of regu
lar and 500 pounds of excess mail.
No more outgoing maiifl goes thru the
regular channels. Curran’s contract
having expired. However, he will
make still an other trip from Chin lit
to Nome with 1000 pounds of nvafl
matter, which will include both late
and delayed mail.
On this trip to Nome a team of 32
dogs was used, a team of unusual
size. Harry Phillips took a movie
of the team as lit left Nome Friday
morning.
SPRING DECORATIONS
NOW THE ORDER
As proof that spring Is on the way
numerous business houses are be
ginning to renovarte their places,
preparatory to the advent of the
first boats.
Decorator C. K. Larsen and hie
crew of men are now at work on
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BAHLKES’
RESTAURANT ■
Open from X
7 A. M. to 7 P. M. K
. .SPECIAL DINNER FROM K
I P. H. to 7 P. If. X
both the D. E. Crowley Grocery
Store and Milo’s Cafe.
As the weather moderates and con
ditions permit others will fall into
line and brighten up both the inter
ior and exterior of their establish
U. S. Commissioner Thornton has
a carpenter employed in converting
the upper floor of fho Commission
er's office into residence quarters.
PKIilXiATK SUTHERLAND
IS STILL IN ALASKA
As many > 'if persons aa\c* re
peatedly ash. 1 the question “where
is Sutherland" a wire was sent to
Juneau to ascertain his whereabouts
and activities, wiit’h the result that
the following telegram was received
iin answer to the question.
Delegate Sutherland has been at
Juneau w^th the. exception of a trip
to Wrangell. He Is deeply inter
ested in legislative action hearing on
the matters of Pish Reserves and
Transportation. He expects to sail
westward in a few days, going to the
interior and Dutch Harbor. It is
ibis intention .to visit Nome uideas
ho is recalled to Washington by ur
gent business before, congress.
BOXER TO LEAVE NOME JUNE
20th FOR SEATTLE
According to information received
by the Nome Bureau of Education
the Bureau boat Boxer will arrive in
Nome in time to leave for Seattle
on June 20th. On her return trip
| the Boxer will take aboard natives
, and native famPilw who desire to go
! to the Bristol Bay country where
they can obtain employment and es
tablish themselves.
At Bristol Bay a large Bureau of
Education school »hafe been establish
ed and at present accomodates over
100 children in the Orphanage con
ducted in conjunction with the
school.
The School and Orphanage are
located in the Nusfhagak River coun
try. across the divide from the Cold
Bay Chi Fields.
In addition to carrying natives
the Boxer is equipped with accomo
dations for about twenty Bureau
| teachers who become passengers on
; the trip9 north and return.
! MOOSHHRART BENEFIT
A BIO SUCCESS
The benefit given in the Dream
Theatre last Saturday night for the
Children of Mooseheart was attend
ed by a large crowd and jwas well
received and enjoyed.
As the occasion was one for child
ren or had a direct bearing on child
ren and childhood.
The program as printed and cir
culated was carried out in a manner
that gave great pleasure to the peo
ple in the crowded theatre.
Mrs. Woofter's name was omitted
from the program for t/he reason
that was uncertain whether or not
She would be able to appear. How
even*. she did appear and the and*
ience had the pleasure of listening
tc two violin selections, rendered in
a masterly manner. Miss Helen
Lomen accompanied Mrs. Woofter
The children’s numbers were giv
en in a most pleasing manner and
bespoke a careful training by the
school teacher, iMiss Goff, in charge.
miiKR MAIL CARRIER
GOES TO WAINWRIGHT
Joe DeRosie, the Teller mail car
rier, has employed a substitute to
make the May trip writh the mail.
Joe (has been employed by Harry
Phillips to meet C. W. Scarborough
at Candle and convey him from that
point to Wainwright. Mr. iCameron,
who contracted «to carry Scarbor
ough as far as Candle, will turn
over his passenger and load at Can
dle and return to Nome.
EDWARD FOX
The Watch Repairer,
Is no,w in town and will repair your
watch if left with John Litchenberg
at Holt’s Store.
EDWARD J. FOX.
E. L. HOLT
HARDWARE
Shovels, All Steel Picks, Wire Gable
and Traps. Canvas Hose, Granite
Ware, Tin ware and Groekery ware.
HOLT’S NEW STORE
Telephone Mete 11.
R I C O
PURE WHITE
WILL BEAT EASY
AND
WHIP WELL
FOR ICING MERINGUE, KISSES, CREAM ROLL FILIiNti, MiUMH
MALURV, SL\rAKOOJi8, ANGEL FOOD, ( IKK AND
C HARLOTTE RUSSE.
—AltSOLUTELY PURE.—
Per Ounce
APOLET
PERSONAL MENTION'
M. Pow«tb and Mr. Hoffman ar
rived this week from Bluff. The
gentlemen will transact their busi
ness affairs and return to-their home
Air. Geisler arrived in Nome Wed
nesday with mail carrier Pete Cur
ran. having taken passage an Ghtaik.
Mr. Geisler has been employed at
the Pish River ififlver Mine in the
capacity of blacksmith and engineer
and wtMl proceed to Tefller to enter
tin employ of Thomas Peterson, the
lighterage man of that port.
Former Mayor Guise of Nome has
hccome something of a globe trotter
the last few years after passing
fcibout 20 yeaTS of his life in Alaska.
He has just returned to Seattle from
fiew York, via Los Angeles, and is
plopping ait the New Washington.
Jake Berger, also prominent irn
mining cirdles in the early days of
(Nome, is stopping at the New Wash
ington Hotet.
i Jerry SuMivan arrived Friday
from his milling claim on Good Hope
iRiver, in the Kougarok. Finding it
riifllcnlt to obtain mining supplies at
Dt-ering or Other near by camps Jer
ry came to Noitfe to replenish his
larder, and procure other needed
hrticles.
Rood Commissioner Chas. 1).
Jones and Geo. Waldheim returned
to Nome this week from a trip to
northern coast sections.
Mrs. Flowers is in receipt of a let
ter stating thsut the oldest son ol
Mts. Glass died during the paot few
Months. The Glass family will bo
wefll remembered by Nomeitee as
they resided here for a number of
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Rice are spend
ing; the winter i-n Los Angeles. Mr,.
Rice intended taking a trip east this
month. raturnihg in time to take
the first boat for Nome. Mrs. Rice
will remain in California.
Joe Roadhouse and Dave Taft,
beth well known former NOrnettes,
d >ed iin the County HJospital in Seat
tle during the month of March.
Chas. Brown Sr.. Special Officer
for Suppression of the Liquor Traffic
among the Natives retunned this
week from a trip into the interior
on official .business.
Dr. and Mrs. Fromm were due in
fleering April 21st and will return
to Nome over the west coast route.
WE WILL PAY
25 c A CAN
FOR
MILK
WE WANT 300 CANS
ANY PERSON IN NOME HAS ANY MILK TO
"■f SPARE, WILL YOU SELL IT TO US V IF 80
11 WE WILL AGREE TO SELL IT TO THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE OUT OF MILK AT THE SAME PRICE
WE PAY YOU FOR IT. AND WE FURTHER AGREE TO
DISTRIBUTE IT BQUA1A.Y AMONG THE RESIDENTS OF
P. S:—THIS OFFER DOES NOT APPLY TO OUR
TIE I. E. CMWLET IIGGERY GO. IIP.
R.B. JULIAN Manager ^