NEWS MOTES
Tho committee in charge of the
Imloor Picnic to Im* given 1>y tho lad
ies of the Mooseheart legion, Satur
day, announced today that the doors
'.ill he opened on that much anticipat
td event at 8:30 and tho program will
< eminence promptly at 9 p. m.
NEW CITY COUNCIL SEATED
The new city council on tercel upon
it.*: duties in tin* midst <-f a vast
amount of verbal pyrotechnics at the
< ilv ball last evening, following the
winding up of the affairs of the 18th
< '"ininnii Council after a short period
"I deliberation. The fire works were
occasioned by th • fact that the 191b
( oinuion Council as it i.s present con
stituted is short Mir member, the old
ouncil having taken no action with
regard to the votes cast in favor of
' S. Maynard and others for the
vacancy in the list of councllmahlc
■ ndidates created by the eleventh
hour withdrawal of Chos. \V. Lewis
■ n tin* evening preceding election.
Owing to tlie withdrawal of Lewis,
approximately one third <»f the voters
wrote in the names of Mr. Maynard,
.\] Nicholson and (bis I’.oltz in
space on tin* ballot occupied by the
name of Air. Lewis. Air. M.-tynanl
leceivod an overwhelming majority <4
these complimentary votes and was
accepted by the members of the new
council as a logical successor to Mr.
Levels. This claim, however, was
called into question by Attorney
o’Ncill on behalf «.f F. M. Kiesele.
appointed member of tlie old council,
the contention apparently resting on
the view that Afr. Kiesele’s term was
for a period of two years. During
H e discussion over the legality of Mr.
Maynard’s election, City Attorney O.
P. Cochran covered a wide range of
legal rulings tending to show that the
action of the voters in substituting Afr.
Maynard’s name was not in opposition
t> the franchise laws and constituted
.1 !' gal election. Mr. O’Neill quoted
little law but devoted considerable
time to a tirade of criticism mainly
directed against Air. Ala.vnard. At
the conclusion of the argument the
law council decided to lay the ques
tion of tilling the vacancy over until
the next regular meeting.
The ISth Council was called to order
by Mayor Lemon at the usual hour.
CouiK-ilmcu Leseher and Hager were
cut but appeared later. Follow
ing the reading of the minutes of the
la.-t meeting, the retiring city officers
lead their reports. City Treasurer’s
Jackson's report was read b> City
Clerk C.riinm and reported an over
draft of $79.11. The report of the
City Clerk disclosed outstanding war
rants amounting to $808.39 with cash
t il hand in the clerk’s custody amount
ing to $808.11. Following the reports
a number of claims and accounts
against the city which had received
the endorsement of the Finance Com
mittee were read and ordered paid
under a suspension of the rules.
Councilman Alilot then tendered a
it solution extending a standing vote
of thanks to Capt. Thos. A. Ross and
tiie crew of the Coast Cuard for their
\ohmtary assistance to the Fire De
partment during the past year. The
resolution was adopted and a copy of
the same ordered prepared for trans
mission to Capt. Ross. It was then
suggested by the Alayor that the ISth
Common Council adjourn sine die
following the completion of the min
utes of the meeting. The council then
recessed for a period of five minutes
to allow the City Clerk to conclude the
minutes.
Holts’ Cash Store
SPRING SALE
“HA TS—H ATS—H ATS”
Be*'! Stetson None Better.$5.00
Best London .4.00
B«st Imperial Hats.2.50
Best Derby .2.50
Best Work Hats.2.25
*
Largest Stock in City
BUY AT
HOLT’S
Telephone Ma:n 96.
<»n resuming, the minutes were road
and approved and after the usual pass
ing of verbal bouquets regarding the
efficient work of the members, the
motion to adjourn sine die was passed
and the 18th Council retired.
(deluding the sum of the bills order
ed paid by the retiring council, the
close of the past administration found
the city notween six and seven hun
dred dollars i?i tlie red.
Tlio 19th council was then Installed
in cilice with Mayor Holt in tlio chair
and Councilmen t’ave.v. Peterson, Tar
nutzer, Seidenverg and .Milot, tho
holdover member, occupying tho var
ious councilmanic scats. Pules gov
erning the conduct of city imsiness
were read and adopted and also a
resolution fixing the salaries of the
various salaried city officers and em
ployees. The bonds of the officers
were fixed at the usual amounts and
tlio salaries were fixed at the same rate
as heretofore prevailing.
The appointments made by the
council were as follows:
Jas. Ifnughcy, chief of the fire de
partment and Chief of Police,
George Pond, captain of the chemi
cal wagon. Peter X. Peterson, en
gineer of the city pumping plant. Dr.
1'. S. Neuman, City Health Officer.
K. Grimm, Municipal Magistrate. City
Assessor and exofficio Tax Collector.
Mrs. Tiffany was again voted the
position of janitoress of tho City Hall.
Following tho appointment of officials
: communication was read from Geo.
S. Maynard referring to his election at
the city •lections and demanding liis
confirmation at the’hands of the coun
cil. Councilman .Milot rose with
alacrity and moved that tho council
take no action thereon, but the mo
tion failed owing to the absence of a
second. Councilman' Peterson then
moved that the council take action on
the Maynard communication. Coun
cilman Seidenverg seconded and the
motion was carried, all the members
voting yes with the exception of
Milot.
It was at this juncture that the tiro
works started. City Attorney Cochran
in response to a query stated that tho
question of seating Mr. Maynard was
one that rested with the council. At
torney O’Neill, who was in tlio largo
audience engaged in listening to tlio
proceedings, asked permission to ad
dress tlio council, stating that lie ap
peared on behalf of Air. Kiescle. TPi
was informed by tlio Afayor that no
objection would bo made if his remarks
were brief. O’Neill then Munched
into an argument which appeared to
be directed more to villifying Air.
Maynard than to .representing tlio
claims of Air. Kiescle. during which ho
criticised the council and declared
that lie had never heard of a gang in
Nome until a day or two preceding the
recent city elections. On that oc
casion, lie claimed that tho presence of
i gang was undeniably apparent. No
one took occasion to remark Air.
O’Neill’s lack of discernment regard
ing gangs prior to the city election
campaign and ho continued his verbal
land>asts for some minutes.
floor at the conclusion of Mr. O'Neill’s
remarks nn<l stated that without any
thought of the “schemes” vaguely
alluded to by Attorney O'Neill or with
out thought of malice, ho had volun
tarily looked up the question of legal
ity respecting Air. Alaynard’s election
and gave it as his professional opin
ion that such election was legal. Air.
Cochran then quoted numerous au
thorities in support of his view and
also i-eferred to the city ordinances
covering the point. The Council
was evidently nonplussed by the situ
ation. however, and it was moved by
Councilman Tarnutzer and seconded
by Alilot that the matter of filling the
vacancy be laid over until the follow
ing meeting. The motion was car
ried.
The Alayor then appointed tempor
ary chairmen for the various admin
istrative committees and also named a
committee of three members of the
council to confer with the Chamber
of Commerce for the purpose of learn
ing what can he done regarding the
collection of tolls from the traffic of
Nome harbor after its completion.
The committee was also instructed to
devise ways and means for collecting
wharfage and other forms of traffic
tolls for a report to the council.
The following were named by Alayor
Holt as temporary chairmen of the
various committees:
Finance and Building. Chas. Alilot:
Police and Jail, Fred Peterson: Fire,
md Water, Chus. Covey; Streets, Al
l< ys and Lights, Kd. Tnrnutzcr:TTeaIt';
md ItelUf, L. Seidcnverg.
The harbor eommittes personnel Is
is follows: Ed. Tarnutzer, Chair
man, (’has. Milot, Fred Peterson.
The council then adjourned untU
ihe next regular meeting night. Mon
lay. April 21st.
HARRY HICKS WRITES
from France!
'['!»• following letter from Harry ,
! I irks, former Nome boy who jolne 1 |
hr Canadian forces shortly before the
•ntrance of America into the world
>ar, was received by Al Nicholson on
• recent mail.
Fourth Canadian infantry Work Co
lk E. P. France, January l!8, 1919
Hello Al.
Well old scout, I just received your
welcome letter. It was like Hibson’s
lapaneso current, slow in arrivin'; b ,t
•cap, plenty good to read when it did
•et here ! think y«.u ir.m-i have
«*en trying to miiio me homesick
1 ith all the news train Nome, i have
ong since come t-» the ocnclusior.
■hat Alaska is p!e*iiy goal c.iough for
nr. i am going to got some of your
3id Sour Dough’s swell noaded for Aat
?ka is well represented here. Irately
1 have been mixing with a Tom Pat
terson and a Tom Knight, both of !
whom are old Sour Dough’s. I knew
them both in Anchorage. When it
•ennks to numbing or packing, an old
Sour Dough has got them all dragg
ing flat wheels trying to keep up.
Honestly A I, when it comes down tc.
this kind of graft, getting out ami
looking after yourself as best you can,
the Alaskan is sure away ahead of the
lest of them. Al I have got to tell
you that the people of this country are
some people and the things they have
gone through are fierce but if there
were no other questions outside of the
country they are fighting for, you and
nnd Sour Dough’s would give it to them
I will sav one thing for it tho. If
produces more mud to tho square inch
than any place in the world. I was
on the trail going to* Cache Creek in
the Susitna with Jim Murray and, be
lieve me, 1 know what mud is. It
was some mud there. We met an cld
j inspector in a shack and we asked
how the trail was. He had just come
i ver and Jim commented on the size
of his pack. “Why Man", he said.’
“that pack is the only thing that sav
ed me from the mud. I was able to
pull myself out on it”. And this mud
here sure has that beat all to a fraz
zle.
I got in bad since I wrote you last
while still at Seaford. They gave me
six days leave and, like a good many
Sour Dough’s who forget where they
put their stakes, I forgot the day I
was to report back to camp
and made it ten days instead of
six. That entitled me to thirty days
lestrirted pay; four days forfeited pay
and seven, days field punishment. Like
;:ii goon things the last is the best—
"full marching order” weight about
seventy pounds and doing every thing
in the detail packing it around. They
lave a good training system in Eng
land anway. I learned more in five
weeks there than I did in three months
in Canada. Altogether different cour
ses and instructors. Took infantry,
bombing, gas, bayonet and musketry
and you have to pass out of each
class. You sure have perpetual mot
ion on you for that five weeks, let me
tell you. They sure put down some
depth ehifrges from the boats we could
see from the camp. They dropped
depth charges from dirigible balloons
they had along when we were coming
over. They sighted one of the IT's
coming over. They must have been a
couple of miles away from the convoy
when they started to put down thej
depth charges but they sure did shake
up the old ship we were on. Some of
the boys were staying down from sup
per. waiting for the seconds—cleaning
up. you know—and they lost no time
in making the deck. I wish old Tom
ltoss could see the boat drill, for it ta
picture no artist could paint. When
I was at Halifax, they emptied ship in
J5 minutes so you see the gang was
pretty safe on that boat, even if the
ropes would not go through the pul
leys very well. I think it was the
tirst time the boats were lowered since
the ship was built. A convoy like we
I had is a pretty sight. Twenty in ours
and the sub chaser’s going back and
forth. They sure ha^p some speed.
(To be continued on Monday.)
Age betrays itself earliest in er
argement and stiffening of the waist
ind Mps. Bowling tends toward the'
'etention of suppleness and grace and
—Is ;i fascinating: pastime.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
Owing to the Dickiton Hotel being
noved from Dickson, Mrs. Shaughnessy
las thoroughly renovated and refur
lished the former Steigelmier road
louse and is ready to accomodate the
raveling public... Every effort has
>een made to provide a homelike at
nosphere and the acme of cleanliness
ind comfort. Good accomodations
lave also been provided for dogs.
Rates: Meals $14)0; Beds 75cts;
Hunks 50cts.
Moonlight Picnic, Eagle Hall Saturday
9th. Be sure and come. Adm. $1.
INDOOR PICNIC
Women of Mooseheart Chapter No.
7& will hold an Indoor Picnic and
Dance at Eagle Hall Saturday evening
April 19th. Admission gentlemen $1.
ladies free. Refreshments, including
coffe, c^ke and ice cream, wil U
served at the nominal charge of 25
cents per service. Especial attract
ions for children and a general good
lime for all guaranteed.
FOUND STRAY DOG
A white and black and yellow Sib
erian female dog strayed to Nugget
roadhouse, owner can have same by
paying for his keep and advetrising.
' N. P. PETERSON
Nugget Roadhouse
Subscribe Now for tfie Niicre*
COMMENCING MONDAY APRIL 21
With every cash sale or cash receipt we will issue a cash register
slip with amount of the transaction printed thereon.. . Every cent on
these slips counts one vote.
Every Saturday afternoon at 5 o’clock the boy or girl having
the largest vote will be awarded one of our boy proof indestructible
SAM-E-KARSS FREE
All slips must he dated of the week of the content, in other
words a new contest starts on every Monday morning. |
Votes will lie counted or posted every day at 2:30 P. M. except
Saturday when the final count for the week will take place. S
No one will be allowed to contest but once if winner. i
Purchases from other grocers not allowed to be counted sj
Mr. Jas. M. Streeten has kindly consented to act as judge
in the contest. £]
A. POLET
Fred Harrison !
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
NOTARY PUtLIC.
Phsnu Main 113.
Rooms 9-10, ....Wild Gooso Building
NOTICE
Lost—Between Cape Nome and
Nome, a skin vest containing Ceeby
nite compass in gold case; a gold
chain with large nugget fob with pick
md shovel design attached. Finc'er
p'ease return to Nugget office or H. S.
Chester and reoeive reward.
I i I
> DON'T FORGET j |
I; YOUR SPRING COATS
! AND DRESSES U
I n
P WE HAVE THEM
| EMPORIUM ];
| KRISTAN BROS.
Sufeo^ribe Now for the Nomo Nuygot
NORTH POLE BAKERY
Bread 15c leaf, two loaves for 25c
CHAS. CAVEY, Prop.
ARCTIC BAKERY
AND CANDY STORE
The home of sweets and
a good place to eat
GOOD BREAD
Pios, Cakes, Pastry
Fresh Ice Cream Daily.
CARLPORATH, PROP.