LOCAL NEWS
LOCAL OIL COMPANY'
PERFE4TING ORGANIZATION
Local holders of Pt. Barrow oil
locations held a meeting last Thurs
day and a committee was appointed
to interview the various propsed
members before the final organiza
tion will be perfected. Another
meting will be held next Sunday.
MISSIONARY ARRIVES
FROM TELLER
Rev. Dahl, superintendent of the
Teller Mission. arrived in Nome to
day after a stormy trip. Rev. Dahl
will attend to several business mat
ters and return to his station in a
TELLER MAIL ARRIVES
Mail from Teller arrived at Nome
Feb. Sth, in charge of Bob Oinak
the native Eskimo contractor. Bob
reports a most trying trip, the snow
and wind combined to prevent his
arrival but his dogs were in fine con
dition and he made the return trip
in six days, having left Nome Feb.
DR. RAMSEY' BECOMES
ASS’T HEALTH COMMISSIONER
According to the Alaska Dispatch.
Dr. William Ramsey of Council has
been appointed by Gov. Bone to the
Office of assistant Territorial health
Commissioner for the Second Divi
sion. Dr. Ramsey succeeds Dr
Curtis Welch our Nome medico.
The Dispatch also states that F.
B. Gillespie of Kennecott becomes
a member of the board.
A LADIES' AFTERNOON
The Women of Mooseheart Legion
announce a card party and dance,
for Tuesday February 14, at Moose
The card party will be given in
the afternoon for ladies only and an
invitation is extended to all ladies
Of Nome.
'"V av#.ning will be devoted to
eing <?> which the general public
is cordially invited. The admission
for ladies to the afternoon party is
fifty cents. In the evening the gents
Where Quality Reigns
Complete Outfitters
for Ladies, Men’s and
Children’s in ready=
to-wear or yard goods
Out of town buyers
will kindly drop us a
line and your needs
will be attended to
promptly
CHEAP JOHN STORE
WHOLESALE ft RETAIL
will be asked to pay $1.00 and the
ladies will he admitted free.
.NATIVES imi\G KltKSH
til A IIS INTO MARKET
Eskimos are appearing on the
streets of Nome with fresh crabs
i which they have been catching a
I short distance out on Bering Sea.
As soon ns the heavy storm ceases
I more natives will get busy and we
! can soon obtain quantities of this
| delicious fresh sea food.
OUTSIDE MAIL ARRIVES
EARLY THIS MORNING
Peter Curran arrived at the Nome
postoffice at 8 p. m. this morning
after a stormy trip. Contractor
Curran carried about 700 pounds of
mail of both first and second class,
being an excess of 20o pounds over
j the regular weight limit.
| Mr. Curran states that this trip
I was the most severe he has encount
| ored during his experience, snow
| drifts up to his waist and driving
1 storms made the trip a gruelling ef
! fort to advance. Increasing his dog j
team to twenty six Curran left Solo-;
j mon but was unable to get farther !
than Cape Nome where he rested un-1
I til after midnight last night, proceed-;
ed to Nome and arrived this morning !
John Lindberg of Dime was a pas- j
: senger on the mail team and will
remain in Nome for a few weeks be
fore returning.
FUR BUYER RETURNS
FROM TRIP
M. Garrity has returned to Nome
from a fur buying trip along the
west coast and reports gratifying re
MAYOR RICE Ul»
AND AROUT TOWN
Mayor Chas. F. Rice, who has
been confined to '‘his residence for
several weeks, suffering with an in
jured arm. made his initial appear
auee on the streets today and his
many friends are glad to see him
CITY TAXES IIEING
SLOWLY I’All)
(Tiiy^leik E E. Grimm states that
taxpayer!^ are slow in paying their
1921 assessments am! that many
have l^led to perform their civic
duty. / tegular bi-monthly meeting
of tii - J ity Council will be held at
the hall next Monday and the
matter of delinquency will at that
time he acted upon .
NOMEITKS TAKE
Tltll* TO SOI.OMON’
..Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Johanson de
cided to relieve the monotonous win
ter days and left last Sunday to
spend the week in Solomon. Up to
the time of going to press they had
not returned and are no doubt snow
bound in the down coast metropolis.
REPUBLICAN CLUB HOLDS
MEETING LAST SUNDAY
Last Sunday afternoon the Nome
Republican Club held a meeting in
the City Hall, pursuant to a call
issued by United States Attorney W.
Fred Harrison, president of the local
Republican club.
Secretary John Hancock resigned
his office, deeming it inadvisable for
a Government official to become poli
tically active, and J. J. Stokes was
elected temporary secretary.
Chas. D. Jones local Superinten- j
dent of the Alaska Rqad Commis-,
sion, was nominated to the office of
president, but was not elected a9 a
point of order was • made that the
terms of the present officers do not
expire until two weeks hence, and
President Harrison it is understood
retains the chair until the expiration
of his two year term.
Fred Ayer received the endorse
ment of the club for Territorial Cora
mitteemanship, vice Judge G. J. Lo
man, resigned.
President Harrison appointed a
campaign committee of five to ob
tain timber to fill the various offices
in the coming election.
The Nugget was unable to get in
touch with the secretary of the club
and so Is unable to give a more de
tailed acconnt of the various persons
nominated for officers of the club,1
who are to be elected at the next
meeting. I
CARD PARTY AND DANCE
The Women of Mooseheart Legion
will give a card party and dance, Feb.
14th. Card party at 2 p. m. for all
tlu> ladies in Nome, admission 30c.
General public invited to social
dance at D p. m. Admission gents,
$1.00... Ladies Free.
The Daily Telegraph bulletin ann j
\\4rklv Nmreret delivered by carrier.
GOVERNMENT TO CALL
FOR HEW RONE HARBOR
DREDGING OIOS
The regular weekly meeting of
the Hoard of Directors of the Nome
Chamber ■!' Commerce was called to
order Tuesday evening by the presi
dent. and during the meeting the
subject of the Alaska mails predomi
nated. A telegram was sent to
Governor Hone asking bis assistance
in obtaining speedy action by the
Department iu awarding the con
tract for the Nome-St. Michael mail
route, insisting upon the vessel
being staunch and of sufficient ca
pacity to accomodate coastwise ship
ping and able to pass rigid govern
ment inspection.
Another telegram was sent to
Delegate Sutherland soliciting as
sistance to obtain a contract to re
lieve the mail congestion at Nome.
Permission has been given the
contractor to accept excess mail at
Unalakleet for Nome but no pro
vision has been made to relieve the
local congestion. The Chamber asks
that 300 pounds excess be taken on
each trip from Nome under the same
conditions governing the Unalakleet
situation. At the present time
about 2000 pounds excess mail lies
in the Nome office awaiting distrl-|
bution to outlying offices and unless
immediate action is taken this mat
ter must remain here until the open-j
ing of navigation. {
A lengthy communication has;
been received from National Coun-I
selor Geo. D. Schofield in which he
i states that he has been sick an 1
| unable to communicate at an earl-1
I ier date. His telegram states that |
the government engineers have re- j
| commended that bids be called tor I
j and opened at both Nome and Jun-i
eau for the dredging of Nome's har
bor. In event that bids submitted
are not acceptable to the department
l the government will ship its own
equipment and do the work under
the direct supervision of its engin
eers, and complete the work by the
end of August. Bids will call for
work to begin as soon as the storms
block the channel after the spring
freshets have cleared the mouth of
No Information has been obtained
regarding the proposed Liabourn
Coal deal. Mr. Schofield also re
ports that he has presented an ap
plication to obtain lights and buoys
according to the list presented by
Collector of Customs Reed.
Before the business of the even
ing was concluded it was decided to
make the annual membership dues
for merchants and other business
men <25.00 and individual member
ship dues were placed at $10.
The Nome Nugget delivered by car
rier or mailed. Per Meath II.Of
WEATHER REPORT
Report for 24 hours ending 6 a. m.
Daily, at U. S. Weather Bureau.
Nome, Alaska.
( By L. R. Morris )
Date Highest Lowest Wind Weather
Feb. 1 28 26
Feb. 2 28 18
Feb. 4 4 30
Feb. 5 —22 —33
Feb. 6 —20 —28
Feb. 8 8 0
Feb. 9 13 12
Feb.10 20 IS
Feb. 11 16 15
Legal Blank*, all
l'ie Nuget Office.
NE. 12 Sno
NE<10 Clr
Calm clear
E. 4 Clear
E. 12 Cloudy
N.E. 8 clo
E. 16 snow
N.E. 12 snow
S. cloudy
cinds, for vile ut
INFORMATION WANTED
Juneau. Alaska, Dec. 5th. 1921
TO THE PRESS:
The Governor's office has been ap
pealed to for assistance in the search
for Charles Herman Volkert, famil
iarly known by the name of "Alkali
Ike." He is about 60 years old. 5
ft. 10 inches in height, weight about
165 pounds. Dark complexion and
hazel eyes. Hair waa black and he
wore a full beard. Good business
man. Did carpenter work and some
prospecting. His whereabouts is
earnestly sought by his mother.
Mrs. Catherine Volkert.
90 Straus St..
Dubuque, Iowa
Washington—Lincoln
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AMERICAN 19 LEGION
Saturday Feb. 18
BIG EAGLE HALL
Roulette
Faro
Black Jack
Craps
Music
Dancing
Vaudeville
Sketches
Big Eats
Fancy Drinks
Tiger Milk
Snake Juice
Shooting Gallery
and the most unique collection of Prizes
ever offered in Nome
1000 BUCKS WITH THE $1.00 ADMISSION
Come on in you old timers who broke the bank
in ’98—The roofs the limit—and we can
take that off
THE ONE BIG TIME OF THE YEAR
DON’T MISS IT
SHIFTING OF KAHTH'S
AXIS NOT ALARMING
(By John Wilson.)
A telegram to the Nugget of Jan.
31 announced that the axis of rota
tion of the earth, or in other words
the poles, had shifted in position,
and that the re-adjustiuent follow
ing this change had caused tremend
ous earth vibrations and extended
the huge fault in the earth’s crust
which opened up along the Pacific
Coast in 1906.
If this report of the poles shifting
is confirmed by later reports, it
marks the most remarkable change
that has taken place in historical
times, for while the earth moves in
some 12 different ways, it is execut
ed with the precision and smooth
ness of wejLl adjusted machinery,
and we would never be aware of it if
scientists did not tell us of it. In
fact, up till recent times it was
popularly believed that the earth
was stationary in space.
Astronomers have discovered and
calculated all possible changes of
any moment la the earth’s orbit or
its rotation, and it is hard to believe
that the poles could. Wc- shifted'
enough to cause the disturbance.
Minute changes in the position of
the earth’s axis with regard to the
surface actually do occur. The
wandering of the pole, however,
amounts to only about two-thirds of
a second of arc, which means a cir
cle of about 60 feet diameter. Such
a slight movement would hardly be
sufficient to upset the equilibrium
of the earth’s rotation.
It is much more likely that the
earth tremors were caused by
breaks or slips in the rock structure
which is common in mountain reg
ions like along the Pacific Coast
which are young and steep, with
peak and ridge structure. It la
also possible that the cooling and
consequent shrinking of the interior
of the earth caused settling which
is transmitted to the surface, result
ing in violent shocks and tremors.
Reverting again to the subject of
possible abrupt or material changes
of the poles, it is interesting to note
that such changes were suspected in
early times. Granted a sufficient
change in the position of the earth’s
axis in remote times, the climate of
Alaska might have been tropical and
the tropics frigid. Professor G. H.
Darwin, who thoroughly investigat
ed the subject, claims that any past
changes of more than three degrees
are improbable.
According to other authorities,
the earth when plastic might have
been deformed by internal disturb
ances enough to cause a change of
from 10 to 15 degrees. The possi
bility of any abrupt or disastrous
changes taking place is so remote
that it need not cause any timorous
soul to He awake nights.
SUMMONS POll PUBLICATION
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska. Second Division.
MINERS & MERCHANTS BANK OF
ALASKA, a corporation.
Plaintiff,
FRANK HALL.
Defendant.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA,
To FRANK HALL, defendant above
named,
/ GREETING:
You are hereby required to ap
pear and answer the complaint of
the plaintiff on file In the Office of
the Clerk of the above entitled Court
at Nome, Alaska, within thirty (30)
days from the date of the service of
this summons upon you, or judg
ment for want thereof will be taken
against you.
And you are hereby notified that if
you fail to answer the eaid com
plaint the plaintiff will take judg
ment against you for the relief de
manded in the complaint, to-wit:
For the sum of $1100.00, with in
terest thereon at the rate of one per
cent per month from the 4th day
of October, 1920, together with the
sum of one hundred dollars attor
ney fees, and the costs and expenses
of this action.
The date of the order for the ser
vice of this summons by publication
is February 4th, 1922.
The date of the first publication
is February 4th, 1922; and the date
of the last publication is March 18th,
1922; and the date within which you
are to appear and answer is thirty
days from the 18th day of March,
WITNESS the HONORABLE G. J.
LOMEN, Judge of the District
Court for the Territory of Al
aska, Second Division, and the
seal of said Court hereunto af
fixed at Nome, Alaska, this 4th
day of February, A. D. 1922.
(SEAL) J. SUNDBACK,
Clerk of the District Court for
the Territory of Alaska, Second
Division.
By W. C. McGUIRE,
Deputy Clerk.