POLET SAYS
150 YEARS OF COFFEE DRINKING HAS DEMONSTRATED
THAT COFFEE IS THE MOST BENEFICIAL, DELIGHTFUL AND
REFRESHING OF ALL BEVERAGES.
THE FRESHER Tl4E ROAST THE BETTER.
Polets Coffee is Roasted Daily
THE PRICE OF GREEN CO-FEES HAVE BEEN STEADILY
ADVANCING FOR THE LAST YEA.t £UT POLET’S COFFEE IS
STILL SELLING AT THE SAME P IICE AS LONG AS THE STOCK
ON HAND LASTS.
UNLESS PRICE DECLINES JOON HE WILL ALSO HAVE TO
ADVANCE HIS PRICE WHEN HIS NEW SUPPLY ARRIVES.
CUPONS FOR PRIZES HAVE tJEEN DISCONTINUED FOR
THE PRESENT.
COFFEE IN ANY QUANTITY, PRICE PER POUND 50c
50 cts.
WHot-ESALE AND RETAIL.
ESTABLISHED 1900
First Boat
will bring new line of ladies and
gents ready to wear clothing'
dry goods and notions
THE EMPORIUM kirstan bros.
NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
Bread 15e loaf straight
CHAS. CAVEY, Prop.
I W. J. ROWE
l TRANSFER AND FREIGHTING
> Dealer in all kinds of Lumber
| Horses For Sale
JOHN LAND Tailor
Suits made to order
Repairing, Pressing and Cleaning
NOME RESTAURANT
OPPOSITE ALASKA BANK
NOW
OPEN
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Subscribe for it Today
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CITY OF NOME RECIEVES
EXCESS FUNDS FROM
TOWNSITE TRUSTEE
At a rcsuU of a recent recommen
latk .1 of the Commissioner of the
Oent.al Land Office, :it Washington.
• he city treasury has been enriched
tl:e extent of $2,016.18, according:
o a a announcement today by City
Ti e funds represent the amount of
xce: s moneys collected by former
.'o^.islte Trustee Porter J. Poston at
:ho time the townslte of Nome was
urV'yed and patented in 1904-5 and
■»r which thep roper owners cannot
The Act of March 3, 1891. providing
■ >r .he entry of townsitea In Alaska
pec ties that townslte trustees, after
id* Ing the lots, blocks, etc, of a
►wi.slte. shall place upon such lots.
J loci s or parcels of land, an assess
•nent based upon their appraised val
uation, sufficient to cover the expenses
incident to the townsite entry. After
disposal of the occupied lots the trus
tee Is directed to sell the unoccupied
'ots at public sale and it was from
hose sources that the sum awarded
he city was derived.
In accordance with the law, Mr.
> *ost.>n made a valuation of the lots
n the Nome townsite and assessed a
certain rate percent of su^h valuation
lo be |>nid by the occupants to cover
lie estimated expenses of ndrivinistra
:ion. platting, etc. After completing
!iis trust there was still left in his
hands a considerable sum of money in
xcess of the amount required to cover
II expenses. In 1905, after the work
was fully completed, Mr. Ooston’s
successor, the Commissioner of the
Lund Office, attempted to find by pub
lication the parties entitled to have a
portion of their assesments returned.
This effort was only partially success
ful and after such claims its were pre
sented were paid it was found that
the sum of $1,926. IS still remained in
the hands of the Commissioner, all
of which was derived from lot assess
ment. In addition there was also $90
derived from moneys deposited to pay
the expenses of certain contest pro
ceedings, which, with the excess ac
cruing: front the lot assessments,
ikikes up the total of $2,016.18 paid t*>
the city. Further effort to locate the
real owners of the moneys failing, the
funds were awarded to the municipal
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MAKES PEREMPTORY
DEMANO FOR LATE BOAT
Kfforts on the part of the Chamber
•f Commerce and business interests
0 induce the Alaska Steamship Co *o
onllnue its October boat service cul
nin ted Wednesday evening in a de
•ision by the Chamber to make an
•pen demand on the company for the
lesired service, tinder a guarantee by
lie Chamber that the vessel would be
discharged, regardless of whether tin*
dgh.erage oempany agrees to handle
.lie cargo or not. With a represen tn
ive aggregation of business men on
ha ml, the Chamber voted to dispense
•'it 11 further supplications and to tell
lie company plainly that it must
ith >r meet the needs of the district
a the matter of supplying boat trans.
auction or face the alternative .*f
••Joi.se diverting its husiness to other
hannels. In accordance with this
lew the following telegram was for
aided to the company headquarters
1 S-attic Thursday.
Nome, Alaska, Aug. 2G 1920
Ma ka Steamship Co.,
I you expect to continue business1
in the future with Rering Se.i i>orts.
ve insist that you comply with our
request with Victoria or other boats
equal capacity a ml service for Sep
tember anrl October sailings. We urge
•ro'inpt an<l <iefinite reply.
Signed .Northwestern Alaska C ham
1 « r cf Commerce
In a statement regarding the sltua
sion today Acting Secretary A. Polet
•sscVtcd that the Chamber is detcr
j nin. d to figuratively take the bull by
| .he horns and either compel the com
i«»ny to continue its service at the
ime When such accomodations are
lost needed or find some other means
f supplying the transportation re
in imients of this section.
"To cut off boat service in Septem.
:>or means an almost disastrous blow
lo this section.’” Mr Polet said in dis
cussing the Chamber attitude. "Every
.ield of industry and commerce will
suffer,, he continued.
The business interests represented
»y the Chamber of commerce have
lone everything possible to make the
■ ompnny understand that cutting off
;ho October sailing will force the min
ors to close down at he most prolific
part of tho season and result in irre
parable harm to the entire commun
ity.. We have offered to guarantee
the discharge of a steamer providing
it arrives here before October 25 hut
the company, instead of attemhting to
aid and assist the people* who have
given it the bulk of their business for
nearly twenty years, has treated the
guarantee offer almost with contempt
and without the slightest show of con
sideration for those whom it affects.
Tho company, as a public service
nganization plainly owes a duty to
the public and we are now putting it
squarely up to them to either observe
it or face the alternative of .having
Nome business given to some one else.
We have been suppliants long enough
on a stand pat basis of demanding
more by insisting on our rights and as
ornment for assistance if the company
does not do the right thing.
CHOPS AT NOME RESTAURANT
FRESH REINDEER STEAKS AND
ERNST DREDGE SINKS
ENROUTE TO SLUFF
The Ernst Brothers dredge, which
departed for Bluff Thursday in tow of
he Chester schooner Arctic Chief and
*he Itoss launch Defiance, was punk
in iSening Sea a few miles from ^ts
• lestination Thursday evening, accord
ing to long distance telephone reports
from Chlnik reaching Nome Yester
day. The sinking is said to have oc
1 lined about 11 p. m. at a point some
distance to the westward of Topkok
; s a result of leaks developing in the
hull while enroute down the coast.
After leaving Nome Thursday
morning the iff edge was towed to a
l>oint about 4* miles from the place
where it was to have been landed on
the beach. Arriving off Topkok, it
was found that the dredge was leak
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Wo guarantee to Soil Goods at Out*
side Retail Prices, Freight Added.
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% In Beat Flexible Cable per foot 13»/fco
'/* in Boot Flexible Cable par foot 18c
H in Beat Flexible Cable per foot 20c
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Telephone MU' 11
ing badly, propnbly as a result of the
hull b'ing strained by wave action.
Those''aboard signaled the towing ves
sel and were taken off after an ex
amination which disclosed that the
dredge was taking water rapidly. A
considerable sea was running by this
time and the dredge was cut adrift
and is believed to have sunk soon at
lerward. The Arctic Chief proceed
ed to Chinik with the orew. ThertT’is
sidd to be a alight prospect that the
dredge may have drifted ashore dur
ing- the night but the chances were
much against such an eventuality.
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JIG CROWD GREETS
SUTHERLAND AT SEWARD
A kime and enthusiastic audience
greeted candidates Sutherl-i id and
Ohabnberluin when they opened the
republican campaign at Seward Thurs
day night, according to a telegram
leaching Judge G. J. Lomen last even
ing.
The candidates touched upon the is
sues of the day in clean cut addreqpe*
in which the message says, personali
ties were entirely eliminated. The re
marks of the speakers were received
with close attention by their hearers.
The message adds that public opinion
it Seward is strongly republican.
N. Y. L0NG3H0REMEN
PROTEST DEPORTATION OF
PRO IRISH PRELATE
New York, Aug. 28'—New York
longshoremen stopped work on . four
big White Star steamers today in pro
tect against the recent action of the
Baltic’s crew* in allowing British au
thorities to take Archbishop Mannix.
the alleged pro-Irish prelate, from the
ship on her last trip to England.
Mannix was taken from the ship
by British authorities and transported
back to France on a destroyer while
fnroute to Ireland because of his pro
Irish sentiments.
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LOCAL NEWS
BENDER BROS. RETURNS
FROM SIBERIAN TRIP
The WftttenbprR-Sidenverg trading
schooner Bender Bros returned Wed
nesday from a several weeks trading
tour along the Siberian coast.
J KRISTAN NOW
PATER FAMILIAS
J. Kinstall, the well known co
proprietor of the Emporium is wear
ing a broad and never fading smile
since Wednesday as a result of the ad
vent of a baby girl at his domicile
Wednesday morning. The new ar
rival is-said to nave tipped the beam
it something over eight pounds at the
time of her debut. The little miss and
ijor mother are under care of Dr.
Welch and doing nicely.
HARRY DOBSON
.. VISITING METROPOLIS
Harry Dobson, the well known min
ng and dredge man, is down from the
American River section on a business
EXTRA COPIES OF
NUGGET FOR SALE
Parties desiring extra copies of the
Nugget containing aeroplane arrival
story may obtain same at oitice. In
response to numerous requests for
copies a large number of extra have
VIC EXPECTED
HERE TOMORROW
The Victoria went through Unimak
Pass yesterday, according to advices
reaching Agent R. A. Parr dll, who
expects the liner to reach Nome soinc
KARIEFF SCHOONER PREPARING
FOR SIBERIAN TRIP
The three masted schooner Arrnkh,
owned by Karieff Bros. the well
known Russian trading firm, will
leave shortly on a voyage along the
.north * Siberian coast, where the ves
sel will visit the various stations
maintained by the firm.
DOBSON DREDGE OPERATING
Hurry Dobson, the American Rive”
dredgeman who arrived in Nome >n
i business trip a few days ago. re
ports that hks dredge is in full opera
tion and working night and day.
HALL BRINGS ARCTIC
DREDGE CLEANUP
Frank Hm.II, owner and operator of
the Arctic creek dredge, arrived from
Arctic creek Thursday with a largo
poke, the result of his operations. He
reports the dredge in full •swing with
everything working like a clock.
SEA WOLF BRING8
OUTSIDE MAIL
A large consignment of outside mail
arriving at St Michael on the freight
er l^itouche a few days ago was
brought to Nome Thursduy night by
the Rank power boat Sea Wolf. The
consignment consisted of both first
am! second class matter, both In large
quantities. Owing to the storm only
the first class matter wag brought
ashore Friday. The task of bring
ing the first class dispatch through
the heavy surf was preformed by
Capt Ross’ coast guard crew, whose
services were greatly appreciated by
the public.
At the time this article was written
today the storm Is continuing and
there was no apparent prospect of the
second class matter being brought
ashore before Sunday.
The Sea Wolf also brought In the
lower Yukon and east coast malls.
HARBOR REPAIR WORK
NEARING COMPLETION
result of the substitution of n
heavy drop hammer for the steam
hammer formerly used on. the big gov
ernment pile driver, the task of ex
tending the east revetment of the har
bor construction to cover the damaged
section of the Jetty has made excel
lent progress during the past week
nnd is now fast nearing completion.
About fifty feet of the gap In the
Jetty still remains to be covered but
will probably be finished by the end
ef next week.
Engineer E. L. Carpenter il#highly
pleased at the excellent tin flu
daring the week.
Are YOU m Subscriber Mr. Reider f
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