Tenth Annual
DECEMBER
DRAWING
With Each One Dollar Paid in During
the Month of December We
Give a Chance on a
VICTROLA
Value $150.
Drawing Close of Business
December 31st
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IRISH WELCOME GERMAN SHIP
HAMBURG, Dec. 6, (AP)—When the liner West
phalia recently called at Queenstown, Ireland, to
land some passengers, the German ship was given (
an enthusiastic welcome, which was totally unex
pected. People at the pier cheered and a delega
tion headed by the mayor went aboard, extended
best wishes of the community and emphasized the
friendly relations between the two countries.
ARCHANGEL FACES HARD WINTER
ARCHANGEL. Russia. Dec. 5, (AP)—Great
droves of famished bears, emerging from the snow
bound woods in search of food have killed thous
ands of sheep and cattle near Archangel. Natives
have organized vigilance squads to shoot the mar
auding animals, which never before have been
known to be so numerous at this time of the year.
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NOME WEEKLY NUGGET
THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES
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.828.048,982.78
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For. Fuenl Beaeflti
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.5,881,998.4!
. 8,610,787.01
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THK INITIATION FEE AND DOES WHICH PROVIDES THIS SUBSTANTIAL SICK AND FUN
ERAL BENEFITS ARE SO VERY LOW THAT THERE IS NO ONE WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO
BELONG AND HAVE TBS PROTECTION AGAINST THE RAINY DAY.
.Special Dispensation Initiation Fee $5.0C
NOME AERIE NO. 75
LOCAL NEWS
I Mr. and Mnt. Herbert ('. Hylduhl
have moved into the O’Brien house
on Third street this week.
Mr. * Mattson Is one of the new
arrivals at the Maynard Columbus
ffospital. He has a sprained and
badly bruised foot.
Mr. and Mrs. A. I*oIet are pre
paring to move into one of their
convenient apartments in the Polet
Building on Front street for the
Alfred Teisberg, has accepted a
position in the office of the Clerk
oi the District Court as stenog
rapher. and entered upon his new
duties the first of the week.
The Saxophone Rand i.s making
a good showing and have fixed up
the Alaska S. S. Co. office for their
band room. They promise some
good music for future entertain
ments here.
Charlie Os thus had the misfor
tune of falling while working on
one of the Hammon dredges last
week and as a result is layed up
in the hospital with a severely
wrenched back.
Professor L. E. Kynning, who
spent a few days at the hospital
with a sprained ankle is able to
be about again and has resumed
his duties at the Nome Public
Schools.
\V. .1. Rowe, who has a consider
able number of horses at work at
Solomon hauling ties for the Road
Commission was in town this week
fcr another load of feed. Tom O’
Shaughnessy will accompany him
hack to Solomon on the return trip
to work on the job.
Roliert Snyder broke liis non
'.t an accident which happened
■ lien he was driving a team for
I he Hammon Compau" t.t Litt e
C'r< ok Wednesday morn’ng and was
brought in to the hospital -..here
I.* received immediate attention
and is restingg easy.
Sam C. Taylor, has boon appoint*
ed Court Stenographer to fill the
position lately vacated by Law
rence S. Kerr. Mr. Taylor entered
upon his new duties the fore part
of the week .having resigned his
position in the office of the Clerk
ot the District Court.
Invitations an* out for a card
party and dance to be given this
evening by Nome Aerie No. 75,
fraternal Order of Eagles, for
members and their friends. The
gathering will be of purely social
nature given for the purpose of
drawing the members together for
a more intimate acquaintance be
tween them. The small hall will
be used which limits the number
of invitations to some extent.
Tin* Barn Dame Committee of
the A. Bs. announced last night
that their annual barn dance
would be given at the A. B. Hall
on New Year's Eve. Several spec
ial features will be announced lat
er and the combination of the New
Year’s celebration with the Barn
Dance is a sure sign that the af
fair will be a whopper. S’manthy
and Silas will be there, she with
her gingham gown and he with
his overalls and 1925 will be ush
ered in with the true Nomedian
LOCAL EAGLES HAVE
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Nome Aerie No. 75. Fraternal
Order of Eagles are conducting a
membership drive for which as a
special feature they have received
a special dispensation from the
Grand Aerie to reduce the Initia
tion fee to $5.
While the drive has just started
considerable success has already
been had and the lodge expects
tp greatly increase its membership
during the period of the special
BOB ARNOLD FOUND
NOT GUILTY BY JURY
Bob - Arnold who was tried on
Wednesday in the U. S. Commiss
ioner's Court for the possession
and sale of liquor was found nol
guilty by the Jury and released
Attorney Hugh O’Neill handled
the case for the defendant.
Another count, which was tin
possession .of .everal bottles alleged
i to have contained home made beer
' in which Den Smith is held Joiptl:
frith Arnold* will be held .for thi
Grand Jury, according to D|stsie
Attorney Harrison.
DISTRICT COURT WILL
OPEN’ JAXl'AHV IOTH.
Notice has been given that the
General 1925 Term of the District
Court for the Second Division, Al
aska. is called for 11 a. m.. on
January 10. 1925. and from that
time on until further orders.
HERD OF REINDEER
FOR NOME MARKETS
A large herd of reindeer are on
their way here, according to news
received yesterday, and will be pas
tured at Sunset Creek near here.
F’rank Miller is in charge of the
herd in which several Nomeites
are interested and says that the
animals are being brought here
for the winter market.
Incidentally. those who own
dogs in the vicinity are cautioned
to keep their eyes on them or keep
them tied, as canines bothering
the herds are very apt to be dealt
severely with.
REREKAHS and their
GUESTS ENJOY PARTI’ ;
Last Saturday evening the Re- j
bekahs entertained for their faml- !
lies and friends at the Odd Fel- i
lows Hall with cards and dancing !
and a nice lunch. A large crowd i
attended the party and a general i
good time was had. Prizes were j
given to the winners in the card i
games as follows: 1st Prize. Airs, i
Norvin W. Lewis and Stanley
Whistler: 2nd. Prize, Mrs. N’els
Swanberg and Chas. Mason: Con
solation Prizes. Mrs. Jas. Hewitt,
and Robert Ledgerwood.
NOME STORES PREPARE
FOR HOLIDAY TRADE
With the approach of the Hol
idays Nome merchants are busy
making ready for the big rush and
are arranging their displays of
nice things in a manner that would
tempt any shopper.
To go into detail on the different
st res would he useless as it would
he impossible to do justice to all
so we will content ourselves by re
ferring you to their advertisements
in this issue, which are not only
attractive but interesting and may
save our readers considerable
i
money
A liMSTROXCJ ARKIVES
IX NOME FROM TELLER j
William Armstrong, one of those
stranded at Cape Espenberg aboard
the ill-fated Silver Wave, arrived
in Nome the first of the week from
Teller, where he has been await
ing transportation by dog team
He says that Nome sure looks good
to him after his late experiences.
Mr. Armstrong reports that the
natives with whom he came in con
tact seemed to have money in
plenty and said that one Mukek
tuk Barr, who accompanied him
when they took the mail sacks
from the Silver Wave was the
richest native in Alaska to his be
The Silver Wave experience,
said Mr. Armstrong, gave him the
inspiration to finish a song on the
American Flag, which he had j
started fifteen years ago.
A. TVs ELECT AM)
INSTALL OFFICERS
The Arctic Brotherhood held a
ioint election and installation of
officers last Friday night at which
time the following were elected
and installed in the different seats
of authority:
Past Arctic Chief, L. Summers,
(As sub for Mr. Edwards).
Arctic Chief. A. Polet.
Vice Arctic Chief, Dave Hofer.
Arctic Chaplain, Clias. W. Thorn
Arctic Recorder, A. F. Wright.
Keeper of Nuggets. Fred Bock
TRUSTEES—
Fred Diejmer. Aimer Rydeen, L.
Summers, Ed Tarnutzer, J. S.
Stangroom.
The next meeting of the order
will be negt Tuesday evening at
nine o'clock and a good sized class
of candidates will be initiated.
A committee has been named
for the management of the com
ing barn dance which Includes A.
G. Gabrlelson, G. R. Jackson. D.
L. Hofer. H. S. Little and Aimer
Rydeen.
PIONEERS ATTENTION
A referendum vote on. the ex
tension of time limit for eligibility
to membership in the Pioneers of
Alaska is now being taken at the
< ;£ity Clerk’s office. Ballot Box
closes January 15th. All mem
bers ace urged to vote.
By qrder of Grand Igloo.
E. GRIMM.
She’* ’Igloo No. 1.
! FOX FARMI.NO ox
S K W ARI> I»E.\ XI XML'LA
Within the twelvemonth a new
industry looms high on the hori
zon of Seward Penninsula. Not
alone to one section has this in
dustry made itself felt but its
golden rays of promise extend all
the way from St. Michael to Kot
zebue.
Looking forward to permanent
settlement of this Seward Pennin
sula with permanent incomes to
sustain this settlement, fox farm
ing appears to supply the answer.
I promises to dovetail into the
steadily growing reindeer industry
and to convert into big money the
hitherto wasted offal and other by
products incidental to the slaughter
of reindeer. It promises further to
utilize at a high profit our vast
schools of herring, our several var
ieties of salmon, our lowly but
numerous tomcod. our white whale
and our seal.
Percy Blatchford of Shismaref
was the pioneer. Blatchford cap
tured several pairs of white fox
three years ago and from them has
developed a well-organized ranch
with a dozen or more pair of
breeding white fox today. All the
vicissitudes of a pioneer’s was
Blatchford’s but he has persevered
and demonstrated beyond a doubt
the feasibility of raising white fox
in captivity. This last spring one
of his females gave birth to a lit
ter of fourteen pups, thirteen of
which he succeeded in raising. An
even larger litter is recorded at
Igloo where Jimfdv Okaleasak.
working under permit, dug out a
white fox mother with fifteen young
ail of which grew to maturity.
There are two ways of going in
to the fox business. One way in
to secure a permit from the Sec
retary if Agriculture to capture
alive his breeding stock. This
permit may he had by writing to
the Chief of the Biological Survey
at Washington, D. C., and the ap
plication should state the circum
stances of the applicant, the lo
cation if his proposed ranch and
his intentions. The application
mould also state a definite number
if foxes to be captured. Five or
ten pairs is usually enough for a
beginner. The permit costs noth
ing but each fur farmer is required
to pay an annual license of ten
Jollars.
The other way of launching into
fox farming is to buy breeding fox
es from ranchers. This way costs
a great deal more money but off
ers speedier returns. Instead of
raising white foxes to sell at poss
ibly forty dollars this method al
lows of raising blue foxes to sell at
more than a hundred dollars each.
Instead of reds pelting at twenty
dollars this method produces sil
vers at two hundred or more each.
It costs no more to raise a blue
fox than a white; no more to
raise a silver than a red.
This method is the one employed
by George Goshaw who accom
plished a notable piece of work in
transferring 51 pairs of blue foxes
from the Aleutian Islands to Shis
maref without the loss of a single
animal
High grade guaranteed breeders
cost on ♦ lie average of five or six
hundred the pair for blue fox and
from one to two thousand dollars
a pair for silver foxes.
We have received information
that one or two more large invest
ors are planning to locate on Sew
ard Penninsula. Perhaps of more
interest to the ordinary man is
that more than a dozen permits
have been issued to residents here
abouts within the last six months
to capture live wild foxes for prop
ogating purposes.
The infant industry is already
developing into a lusty child with
every prospect of becoming a hus
ky, rich young fellow in a decade.
Attend tin* Barn Dance at A. B.
Hall New Yew's Eve.
NOTICE
Pursuant to an Order of Court
entered on this 5th. day of Decern*
her, 1524, notice Is hereby siren
that a General Term of the Dis
trict Court, Second Division. Ter
ritory of Alaska, will be held in
the Court House in Nome, in said
Division and Territory, commenc
ing at the hour of eleven o’clock
A. M., on Saturday, January 10th„
1925, and to continue thereafter
according to further orders of the
Given under my hand and with
the Court’s Seal affixed this
5th. day of December. 1524.
(SEAL) JOHN SUNDBACK
Clerk of the District Court
for the SfCPBfl Division of
Alaska.
Publish. Dec. «, *». 20, 17. 1924.
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