CHAMBER WIRES FRISCO PAPER
CONOEMNING EDITORIAL KNOCK
As the first move to counteract the
effect of the false and highly lamenta
ble editorial "knock*’ given Name by
the Hein Francisco Chronicle recently
the Northwestern Alaska Chamber of
Commerce has wir«l that journal con
demning the article in question in no
uncertain terms and is planning to in
nugurate a campaign of publicity re
garding Nome which will have a
strongly deterrent effect on such in
jurious articles in the future. Details
of the plans have no*, been fully work
ed out as yet and wtn be made public
The telegram to the Chronicle will
he followed by letters explaining the
full reason for the protest against its
untruthful and unwarranted state*
nr nt s that Nome Is denopula ted and
will soon be utterly deserted and nlso|
providing full data regarding Nome’s!
true situation and prospects. ft isj
probable that similar statements will!
also lie sent to all of the lending news-!
l*VI>ers of the country- with the request
that Nome bo given a squaru deal in
future articles regarding this city and
district.
The telegram of protest forwarded
to the Chronicfe reads as follows.
Nome. Alaska. Jan. JO. I?” 1
thk chronicle*
San Fra nclsco, Calif.
fltocedved hist mail clipping your
Nome news item of November second
and your (editorial thereon following
Sunday entitled Passing of Nome.
Same republished Nome Nugget creat
ed great indignation. Meeting Ctiam
•ber of Commerce passed resolutions
of condemnation. Article pronounced
Calsoln>od al.Ohoueh writer no doubt
misinformed. We request to know In
formant and would appreciate you
publish true facts about our section.
Nome not to blame for van* increas
ing cost of operation gold mining and
maintaining gold same value. In spite
•this* ecnnotniic fault Nome produced
mare sold than any other section Al
11ska. last year according ifovemmin
reports Commercial statistics shov
R-iUn yearly’. Fact about people leav
ing last fall, thts has been and will b<
annual occurence, but each succeeding
y«vr mos* of them return to full ca
pacity >««an« steamer. Departure*
last fall not greater than in the pcisl
Kv-ery evidence certain infuenc*
seeking cause depression discourage
ment thru propaganda (methods foi
purpose obtaining control of valuable
mining lands. Appearances Indicate
Interests in control transportation anti
fuel last summer aided by artificially
causing shortage fuel, entailing great
hardships at present, and by limiting
transportation facilities. Note Secre
tary Interior Payne rocramnends gov
ernment entering transportation field
inspired by known fticts of attempted
exploitation of Alaska resources by
TOM WARD YIELDS LIFE
ON FROZEN TRAIL
Thomas Ward, h»-^| of ‘.he Wan
f'oppc-j Company and a widely knowi
miner and prospector residing in thi:
section of Alaska for twenty years
was frozen to death near Teller a I
January 8. while e reroute to Telle1
from his valuable copper properties Ir
the American River section, accordim
to information brought to Nonno Alon
day afternoon by Pete Bloomberg.
Bloomberg, who left Teller Jao» 1!
stated on his arrival here that tin
holy *>f the unfortunate miner wa*
found by searchers <-n the day hefon
his dojiarture. at a point about si>
miles from Teller near the lower short
• f flrnntly harbor, to ".hicli point hr
had apparently wander--’ . i r*,gh thi
driv.r.s drift of a ) blizscut
which swept over the Part Care net
section January 8. Full details of hi*
unfortunate end will n-^'er b- known
Ward is said to have left his camp f*>:
Teller with his dog team on the morn
1ng of-Jan. *!. He proceeded so far as
Dobson's camp on Budd Creek the firs1
day, leaving that point on the follow,
ing morning. He was traveling it
company with a native and his wifi
at thi stime. The trio arrived at Cons
Rice's cabin on Efleen Crock, north
cast of flrnntly harbor, after dark ot
the evening of January 7. The natolvi
wanted to remain at the cabin for tin
night and proceed to Teller on thi
following day, according to the stor;
told hyfhim. Ward, however, insistei
on going on and finally persuaded th
native to accompany him. Eileei
Creek heads into a tall divide runnin:
along the Northerly shore of Grantle;
harbor at this point and the traveler
proceeded to the top. about a mile o
so from the cabin. On reaching th
summit they lost their way In *li
darkness and decided 1<> turn Imek, a
it was starting to storm. The nativ
reached the cabin safely but War
failed to appear. Realizing that some
thing had befallen his late companio:
the native heroically started out i
search of him, but as he had no Ion
tern, the search was futile and he re
turned to the cabin once anore. Pur
the wind increased
by daybreak it was blowing a hurri
, cane with the temiwr.iture at twenty
•below. The last glimpse th‘* native
had of Ward was the last of Che lat
ter’s career. The native remained at
. the <abin through the following day
as it was almost eertain death to ven
ture out in the cold and storm. The
next day the blizzard abated in some
degree and the native proceeded to
Teller and reported the events of the
preceding forty eight hours on learning
that Ward had not appeared there.
As the Ksknno did not reach Teller
until late in the afternoon, it wag too
late to institute a search that day. but
two dog team owners. I*turie Stefans
s'un and Tommy Bernhardt voliMt<4tft<l
to leave »u‘ following morning in an
attempt to locate the massing man.
I'nsveding to the northern shore of
. (Jranstly hartior. they searched along
‘.lie slopes until Dewey Creek a short
stream running into the Harbor about
6% iwifes foiun Tellei^ was reached. As
the course of the stream runs in the*
direction Ward woind h§ve been likely
to Lake in going over the divide from
Hileen Cfreek. they proceeded up the*
stream for two miles or so and en
countered Ward’s dog team. Most of
the dogs had broken their harness.
1 bn't. as is the usual hahtlt of the nfli
i mo Is. remained with the sled.* One
1 was frozen to death in harness. Fur
ther investigation revealed a light rol>e
1 in the sled and sLgns that Ward had
i Kptf-nt a night there but Ward himself
: Was gone. Search of the vicinity also
failed to reveal a sign of the missing
i man Appearance* indicated that
Ward, after spending the night whe.re
* his sled was found, had left his dogs
* on the following morning and started
; on alone. Why he left the team be
* hind will always fremain a mystery.
I As later development Indicated he
* mncV-liis way to the shore of Grantle;
Harbor, but somehow, became confus
i wl. as It was later found that he had
traveled away from Teller, instead of
toward the town. The search was
- continued for two days before Ward’;.
1 »»•<!> was lorilyi iying in the snow oi.
the opposite aide of the hay Jmm
11H*\vpjt Creek The still form lay a
short distunc-e from shore. There is
• staked trail running along ■‘.he coast
clo«e to wnore the body lay and from
ami the stakes, it Is believed Ward
found the trail hut for some unknown
reason failed to follow it to safety.
'Die body was found by Tommy Bern
hardt and Duncan McT*nin and was
taken to Teller, where, it is now
awaiting the disposal of relatives on
the Outsfi.de.
widely known mining men on Sew
Uttle <im he ascertained of his anti
••edents. save that he had follow-d
mining in Arizona and other looali
ties. lie was aged about 60 and has
a surviving sister who visited him
known there are no other relatives.
Ward's eopper properties near
American I liver are generally consid
ered to he the innst valuable and
promising copper lodes in this section
of Alaska but. have not been worked
on ^ commercial scale owing to the
absence of tranitpeirtation through the
difficult country in which they are lo
cated. Wl#le outside last winfer he
organized the Ward Copper Compnnv,
the headquarters of which are at HI
Broadway. New York City. With the
capita! thus secured, he returned here
and was engaged in doing further de
velopment work on the Dorpertl'«
this winter, vvi.li a view to operating
on a commercial scale in the near fu
CABLE STILL DOWN
The ca>hle which has been out of
comimiisaion nearly two months is re
sponsible for the mia.11 amount of
telegraph news today. Messages are
as a rule about 24 'hours behind time
and the Nugget usually 'receives “i«
most of Its service late in the even
unlawful means.
Census bureau figures Some winter
population edght fifty four double In
Hummer. From November vote after
boat departure we estimate population
greater. Kftnhall statement your
publication Nov. IS show facts,
haul thy commercial and industrial
condition*. Nome on stable. permu
nntn basis, future assured.
Northwestern Alaska Chamber
of Commerce.
TOM POWERS WRITE8
OF OUTSIDE "OBSERVATIONS
Seattle. Nov. 20. 1920.
The Nugget, Nome:
The result of recant ejections in
Alaska created no surj#iae among the
old Umars, :is it seemed n foregone
conclusion that Sutherland was a sure
winner and that a change at Juneau,
if it did no good. would do but little
Sutherland is scheduled to .*i>ldre<<«
the Yukon I'Joneers at an old fashioned
.smoker In the Masonic Temple h.nre
on December 1.
While going to lunch with George
Goshaw the other day. T saw Repre
sentative Kd Holt and between fie!
tailors, manicurists, chiropodists and I
tonsorial artists you, would have a I
liard (time to recognize him without
• lose scrutiny.
James IV Daly may go East on ;
business connected with the Kougarok 1
dredge. HUs defeat does not worry !
him any. It seems. 1
Tn an interview given by C. .7. *
j Lomen to ohe of the local papers, lie
I discussed the reindeer industry in a
I conservative manner, yet showed its
possibilities as a leading factor in
Alaska’s future. as fell as its import
ant relation to the meat problem in
The laws In relation to the. Japanese
passed by the CaJifomia legis'ature
nnay come into conflict with. Japan’s
treaty right, it appears. a.nd the Jap
anese. with a hig fund back of th«-n,
and also hacked by some white men.
are going to. test their validity in the
courts. Hut. in the meantime thous
ands of Japanese are heading hack tn
Che land of the. rising sun. What the
migration means, the writer knoweth
not. Texas, we- learn, has also passed
a law prohibiting Japanese holding
title to land. The .Taps are loom1* c
up as a big question that may strain
our relationship with Miikado land to
the breaking point before we are thru
with it. The people of Great Britain
are also agitating the question, claim
ing that their treatay with Japan is
antagonizing the people of the United
■States toward themselves. All classes
over here seem to be in favor >f dis
continuing the alliance after the ex
piration of the existing Pr*&;nh-Jap
anese treaty in 1921. Australia Is
also demanding a “white Australia”
without any comprises and that is also
one of the principal reasons the Brit
ish advance for cessation of t! • al
liance .
The Jn>panese have quite a hold
here. Yet they still comprise -only
about two per cent of the papulation.
The feeling against them is apparently
not as intense here as 1n Oa'afcrfnla.
although there Is n.n undercurrent of
antiigoninm that may at any time
ripen into open resentment of their
But we wonder why the feeling is
all against the Japs. Rathe” should
the antagonism be directed against
the people who sell, rent or leas' fchftr
property to them. There is no law to !
compel them to dispose of lheir prop- I
orty tc the Japanese. Only two things i
induce a man to sell, rent or lease his
property, necessity <w profit and if;
they sell to the Japs it is simply be
cause they get a larger return. 7 no
Japanese .are not to be blamed- for
making every effort to better them*
(Contlnued on page six)
WEATHER CONDITIONS RECORDED BY U. S. WEATHER BUREAU
Report for^24 hours ending 6 a. m daily
% Minus sign before figures means , below aero.
Data Highest
Jan.0 6.16
Jan. L3. . . .—10
i Tempt Barom
—127 30.02
NW Pt Cloudy
Calm Clear
W Pt. Cloudy
NE Cloudy
NE Snow
Calm Clear
Ca^a Clear
NE Clear
NE Cloudy
NE Cloudy
NE Cloudy
8 Cloudy
NE Cloudy
SW Cloudy
NW Clear
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