LOCAL NEWS
JAH'AL 1‘IUMAKV FUNCTION
WAS (Jt’IKT AFFAIR
Last Tuesday April 29t.h was Pri
mary Election day throughout the
Territory. The da> was ideal as far
a - weather conditions were concern
ed but due to the fact that there was
no contest of local candidates the
voters did not conn out iu large
numbers, however. 123 republican*
and 36 democrats wended there way
to the polls to vote for their favor
ite candidates.
Up to 12 o'clock today (Saturday».
tin* following precincts have been
nik. Cape Nome. Bluff and St. Mich
a< 1-. which gives the Candidates the
following number of votes set op
Repuhlican Parly
For Governor of Alaska.
COI,E. CASH .17
SCHOFIELD. GEORGE .Ill
VA LENTIXE. EMERY .11
For Delegate to < Vmgress,
SUTHERLAND.140
For Attorney General,
COPPERNOLL. Will. I).23 I
RPSTGARD. JOHN .116
For National Committeeman,
FRAME. ARTHUR.48 j
FRAME. JOHN \V.53 j
For Delegates National Convention, j
SEXTON. GEORGE .72 I
STEELE. II. G.48 |
ROBERTSON. R. E.24 j
For Alternates to Nat. Convention.;
DUNN. JOHN II.94 j
SHOUP, ARTHUR G.62.
For Territorial Senator,
V'ELCH. LULU J.116 I
For Territorial Representative*,
ELLIOT. JOHN J.100 ■
JENSEN. THOS. I).107
RICE. CRAS. F.99 ,
s» ndquist. richard n.99
Democratic Party.
For Uriegalc to Congrres
BOYLE. FRANK A.38 j
For National Committeeman :
DONOHUE. T. .T.41 1
Delegate* to Nat. Convention
ASHBY. THOS. P.23 j
CONNORS. J. J.28
GRIGSBY. GEO. 11.41 |
HELLENTAL. SIMON.26 1
McCLOSKEY. JAMES.24 |
SHATTUCK, ALLEN.23
TROY. JOHN W.22 :
For Territorial Senator
JACOBSGAARD. MARIUS .1. •
JUNEAU
RESULTS PRIMARY KI/KCTION j
THROUGHOUT TERRITORY |
In answer to a telegram sent by i
the Nugget to the Juneau Empire •
asking for complete total results j
and standing of all candidates in the j
recent Primary election, we r**ceived i
the following:
Juneau Alaska. May 2. 1D24 i
NUGGET, Nome.
Twenty si* precincts in first divl- j
ion including all of the eight incor
porated towns of Cordova. Seward, i
Anchorage and a few other Third
Division precincts and Fairbanks
and Nome give the following totals
for Republican candidates:
Jovernor—
Cash Code.17 29
Geo. D. Schofield .290
Emery Valentine.1175
For Attorney General—
Win. D. Coppernoll .1130
John Rustgard.2375
For Vational Committeeman—
Arthur Frame.1469
John Frame.1565
I><-legate* to National Convention—
L. P. Dawes.2076
George Sexton.1494
R. E. Robertson.1426
Ff. G. Steel.1274
Emery Valentine, gubernatorial
candidate carried Juneau, Douglas
and other Ga&tineau Channel pre
cincts more Chan two to one but lost
elsewhere.
Legislative tickets headed for
Forest J. Hunt for renomination of
Territorial senator for First Divi
sion and Attorney William Paul, an
Indian, wins in all places except one.
H. R. Sheppard running for re
jiomlnation of the House in the first
division is low man at present with
only one hundred twenty four votes.
There are several Ind an villages to
hear from yet and Sheppard will
probaib’v lose out.
Returns on Divisional candidates
of other division* are Incomplete as
yet.
Fragmentary returns of Demo
cratic candidates received up to this
time show that W. W. Casey, James
McCloskey. J. J. Connors, George
Grigsby. John Troy and Simon Holl
ental are leading.
Ml SHKits KETtKN TO NOME.
; Late- Mood-ay afternoon, a party
|consisting of Mr. and Mrs. O. S.
! Weaver. Councilman S.ll Hurgh and
J Mrs. E. K. Johansen and Mr. and
1 'Ire. C. J. Woofter returned to Nome
jfioin a ten-day’s vacation trip down
Jtho Coast, 10 points including. Solo-;
‘ moji. Chinik, Council and Elira.
! The party left. Nome April 18th, j
{and were stormbound at Sitfety.
{where they laid over until the next
J afternoon about three o’clock, when
It hey continued on to Solomon,
i From Solomon they went to Chinik.
! where they were guests of Edward
I’taffle. making his home their head
: quartern while side trips were made
i » Council and Eli in.
Protty neafily the whole popula
tio« of Chinik made tin* trip front
I Chinik t«. Council with the travelers,
[and so much he ydtality and cour
• ?*--■-' was shown to thorn during the
jtr.p. that one of the party writes
Ithir. little* account of the trip in
order that he may express the ap
preciation of tho entire party for
the many kindnesses shown.
At Chinik. the party was enter- i
mined with an informal dance at !
11.» Joe Hester Roadhoime. whore !
everyone had a splendid time |
At Council, everyone vied with his j
neighbor to see who could do tho !
tnort for the vis-tors. About eight
oj ten foams went up from Chinik. j
and upon t.heir arrival at Council, it
wre- found that a -ne-ial movie show j
and dance hud been a r ran cod for j
the entertainment of tho gue3ts. |
The travelers put tip at the Kane 1
Hotel, tinder the efficient manage- [
ment of Jack Gross, and had every i
corn (Tort them-. Ed. Pfaffle, who j
•■'•-‘ompanted the party to Council, (
threw his fine quarters over his '
store open to the use of the visitors, i
Mr A. B. Kinno, who had lxn*n I
sick in bed for several days, got up
and put on the movie show in order
that the visitors might be properly
entertained with the very 1><*sl th.it
th< little city had to offer. The
petty stayed over a day in Council
where, it was intended to vtsit the
Wild Goose camp, about eight miles i
rt.hita.nt, but owing to too much wind,
the side trip was given up. and ’
Messrs. Oliver and *Ma elver came
into town and visited instead. All
members of the party agree that the !
good people of Council certainly
know how to make visitors fee.l at ,
home. The second night at Coun
cil. anoflher movie show and dance ;
were staged for the ■amusement of ;
the visitors after which Coon mis- i
sioner and Mrs Steiner rc-freshed
them with u delightful lunch in ■
their fine home, where all enjoyed j
themselves thoroughly. j
Stops were made for refreshments;
at White Mountain both going to, j
ard returning front Council, and in- j
numerable pictures were taken ’
while the pe-rty was in the timber. j
Some of the mushers had not seen j
s trwe in so long that the scent of j
the scrub spruce was perfume of!
t.hp finest Oder.
Upon the return to Chinvk. th*» ;
/party decided to accept, the kind in- •
vitation of Rev. L. E. Os* to visit |
Ellm Mission. So the next morning j
the three teams sot out over a •wan- j
derftfl trail amd arrived in Ellm dur- j
ing the afternoon. At Klim, they j
lot rued that Rev. Ost had just re- 1
turned from n search for a native ’
who had been lost through the Ice •
and drowned, while hunting seal. .
According to Rev. Ost. the native. '
by name of Ktnigen. went out hunt- j
ing on Friday, and when he did not |
return on Saturday, it being vary 1
stormy, his partner Ajapan went our
to look for him. but found only the
hunter's kyak half full of ice, and j
inside of the kyak. Ktnigen’s parka,
his big fur mitts and seal pack bag
These were found away down to
windward of where Kintgen went
out . No one knows how the tragedy !
happened, but it is Mr. Ost’s optn-1
ion. baaed upon what he found at I
the scene of the accident, that Klni- j
gen was out In open water and had j
a tussle with an oogruk or some- J
thing of that nature, as the spear:
jline was found w+th the kyak. and
jit it presumed he got excited and
capsized
Mr. Ost visited the drowned man’s
family and says that his little boy
j keeps asking “how soon will papa
(KinJgen) be home.”
K ini gen is said to be the sole sup
port of throe, families. He rarely
went out alone. He and his partner
had planned a trip up the coast that
day, but the weather was so fine that
Kin«gen decided -to go hunting In
stead, and never returned.
Mr. Ost put ud the party of visitors
ai Ellm where they spent a pleasant
evening and night, and the next
merning set out for the return trip
to Nome, which we# accomplished
without incident. With the excep
tion of the first two or three days,
the party reports that ideal travel
conditions were experienced, and an
were sorry that the trip was.ended
when they arrived In Nome.
FOOT-AND-MOUTH
DISEASE SERIOUS MENACE
TO MEAT SUPPLY
The foot-and-mouth diseas** which
!- a*t present raying in California is
! n very serious problem for the De
i pertinent of Agriculture, to handle.
| This disease Ls highly contagious,
I and has at times been known to et
feet human beings. The following
except on rh»* subject is taken from
I the Yearbook of the Department of
'Agriculture for the year 1914:
1 “Other aniinttl dis hes intorfer:s
iseriously with meat production, and
from time to time great actual loss
jin cnttje and hogs and still greater
disturbance of industry are caataed
bv foot-and-mouth disease. This
dis. effects cattle, sheep, other
jn-mir.anc.. and swine. It mad if pats
| itself by abnormal elevation of tem
perature and by ulcers or vesicles
;ti the mouth and on the feet It
m m/t inH'esMa rv fatal. hut
t'r (|uently eff«vjt.s very seriously the
value of tihe animals. There were
outbreak's of foot-ard-menth disease
in the country in 1S70. 1SS0, 1884,
1902 and 1908, -aince the close of
the fiscal year 1914 the sixth out
break has occurred. The firsrt three. ,
those in 1870, 1880, and 18S4. were
vnrnr-'i-i'h' sfrifltag. Those in ’
1902 and 1908 were more grave. j
The prosent is the most seriously j
and extensive of all.
“In 1902 the outbreak occurred
in the New England States. In 1908
:-t originated in rk*troit. Th<- origin,
(f each ..f these outbreaks was trac-!
ed to the importation of vaccine vir !
for the propagation of vaccine for;
use in vaccinating people aflaiift j
smallpox. The vaccdne virus wus j
imported front Japar.. where the '
foot-and-mouth dleseaae exists. Kach j
of these outbreaks were stamped out j
by methods which have proved most i
effective in preventing the disease j
from gaining a footing. These met- ,
hods involved the killing or nM In-!
footed and exposed animals, varying ;
of i-arcaspew. and the thorough dis-1
infection of all premises with which I
the animals may have come in con-j
•On October 18th 1914 t.hc Bur-{
eau of Animal Industry of this de
partment learned that cuttle in the ;
vicinity of Niles. Michigan, were in
fected. It was thought for a tiroo •
that the trouble might be confined j
t,» t.wo comnties in Michigan and the
rv.-o adjoining counties in Northern j
I rrdia na. but evidently before Che .
disease was reported a.nd before it,
was diagnosed shipments of Enfected t
ar,linals passed through the Chicago
stock yards. Upon tracing ship
ments from these yards animus in
fected with the disease were found
at points in MtaMfgan. Indiana. Ohio,
Wisconsin. Pennslyvania. Maryland,
\V-w Jersey. Kentucky. Iowa. a*»d
:\|;v**wclmse^tB. Subsequent^ paw*
of infection have been discovered.
The exist ance oS the disease in Mon
tana has been traced to animals
from the infected area in Wisconsin.
a.r.d its existance in Washington, has
been traced from animals w'hlcb
crossed the trail of the Montana
herd. The Department has taken
every step possible to control the
disease and prevent its spread.
“It has worked In close coopera
tion with the State authorities and
with great numbers of individuate
and association* of individuals. It
has pursued tts former policy bf I
purchasing disease and exposed cat-!
tile at an appraised value and of
slaughtering and burying them. It
has established and maintained a
I very strick quarantine. The ex
| pen»e of this task will be very great,
land it wijl be necessary to ask Con
gress for an emergency appropria
tion of several million dollars. The
! interests arf. stake are vast and Justi
fy any reasonable expenditure.
■ “It is not possible at the present
| time to state what the origin of the
present outbreak was. The disease
is highly contagious. It may be
carried by birds, dogs, cats, rata,
or ruminants, or by human beings
passing over territory which the dis
eased animals have traversed.
Horses going ever infected ground
may convey the disease in dirt ad
hering to their feet. When one an
imal h* a herd becomes affected it
has usually spread to all the other*.
As has beefet. -stated, 't/he outbreaks
of 1908 and lt08 were traced to
vaccine virus. The 4 most plausible
suggestion as to fee origin of the
present outbreak Is that It whp ln
' trodttced by hnpertatlAia Of bn ar
ticle used in tanning. This article
!a Imported from several countries.
• There is in the vicinity of Nile#,
Michigan, a small tannery u^ing. the
j article in question, and swine owned
by the employees of the tannery’
k« pt in this vicinity were the first
animals known to have contracted
the malady. Since the disease exists
ii; a great part of Europe, in the
Orient, in South America, and other
places, there will be danger so long
us there is any trade or travel with
such country. Apparently the only
certain way to prevent the intro
duet ion of the disease into this coun
try from abroad is to isolate this na
non from othens. The only reason
able. thing that can be done *is to
enforce as carefully as possible the
inspection laws, and to give the De
partment .of Agriculture sufficient
authorization and inmersency funds
jt<> cope with the disease when it
Jdi.es appear, and to institute such
scientific inquiry and experiments
under absolutely safe conditions us
.may be practicable in an attempt to
[discover the cause of the disease and
to ascertain and apply the remedy,
i The present -situation suggests the
[wisdom of legislative action to this
ieffect. If the interval between the
|session of Congress had been longer.
| th** doporrment would have been
without adequate funds to deal with
th* problem."
ODD FELLOWS
ANNIVERSARY
GELERRATION
The 105-th. Anniversary of the
IV undili*? of Odd Fellowship In Aju
crica was celebrabed by Nome Lodge
No. A. 5 I. O. O. F.. last Saturday
night. and the event was made a;
gala affair. Their newly renovated 1
lull] wok crowded with members who I
responded to the call from every J
section and a inoni pleasant and long i
to be remembered evening was spent.!
Th*» evening's enitertainmeni. open
ed with a few games of hearts, fol
lowed by a well rendered and nicely
balanced program.
Mb'. Karl C. Modini in a capable
manner delivered the following ad
dress on tihe subject of Our Birth
“Today is the 105th anniversary
of the founding of Odd Fellowship in
America.
"The birthday of an Ludividual is
i significant event, a* marking stage
in the alloted «pau of life which
n-ust reach its end. But in the case
i>t an organization worthy to endure
through the age*:, it means little as
a measure of the passage of time.
How»w. its appropriate celebraftloc
may be made to serve a very useful
-purpose, as it is a suitable occasion
upon which to survey the accom
plishments of the past; to take an in
ventory of the present powers and
capacity for service; and to study,
the problems and opportunities of
it* future.
"Happily the 105th. birthday of
our Order Is one which we may cele
brate with just pride and satisfac
tion- A Vevtew of its past achieve-!
roents brings a thrill to the heart of i
every loyal member. A survey of
its present vast membership, and of
the wide scope of its varied activities -
in the service of humanity arouses
the pride of every Odd Feflorw.
"As time will not permit showing
in detail the triumphant march of
progress our Order has made since
its founding in 1819. I am going to
use the three different occasions up
on which the Grand Lodge held its
annual session In Cincinnati with
which to emphasize its marvelous
growth.
"When the Grand Lodge met there
for the first tune in 1850 the total
membership was 180,467. At the
1881 session It was reported as 456.
942. and at the opening of the ses
sion held last September, the total
membership was well over 8,000,
000. Our Order la now conducting
eucceestully 66 homes for widows,
orphans and the aged with a total of
5,365 resident a. During the puot
year f MW,3*8.00 was up*»t to
maintain theae homes Which are Tal
k'd at It ai» diabuvB
led during this year approximately
THE LEO SEIDENVERG STORES
HOLE
PROOF
HOSIERY
LADIES, MISSUS AND
miLDKEN
COTTON, WOOL, SILK
AND SILK and WOOL.
I-ADIKS AND CHILDREN'S
READY TO WEAR AND
YARDAGE GOODS.
IHE BON MARCHE
JOHN B.
STETSON
HATS
IN FELT AND IN
GENUINE VALOURS
NO IMITATIONS
CHEAP JOHN STORE
MAIL OIIDKIM GIVEN PERSONAL ATTENTION.
( The Hume of Hurt. SeluSur A Hurt Clothes, Mid .Stetson Hats, )
WHOLESALE. Telephone Main 4». RETAIL.
M. WEUBKIMi. Manager.
f£.000,000 in relieving nearly 10.
000 families and aiding 140.000
brothers. Over 70.000 orphans
were assisted and more than a quar
ter million dollars were spent for
thelr-education. The invested funds
of the Order now amount to $94.
000,000.00. Il was at the 1S50 ses
sion that the Rebek&h Degree had
its inception and this branch <*t' the
Order now has 1.075.000 member*,
approximately H50.000 of whom are
“Being a progressive organization
and believing t.hat “As the twig is '
b« nt. thus will, the tree incline,“ r.he
Sovereign l^odge at its Cincinnati
session last summer enacted into law
a hill creating a new branch of t.h“ 1
Order to be known as the Junior
Branch of the Independent Order of:
Odd Fellows, which provides “that
all Tree, white males of good moral';
character, who have, arrived at thf*|
age of fourteen years and who be- j
lirve in a Supreme Being, the Crea-!
ter and Preserver of the Universe]
sl.afl be eligible to membership in a j
fireside of the Junior Branch.” * *
the objects and purposes of which
are declared to be:
••*1. To cause their members to
acquaiut themselevs with and inter
est themselves in the fraternal and
beaswskmt ministration* practiced
by the Independent Order <«f Odd
“ ‘2. To develop among their mem
hers a high standard of fraternal re
lation. aavd a generous, helpful and
unselfish interest in one another; to
et‘mutate their members to a better
u: derstanding of the responsibilities
ard the noble purposes of life; to
assist them to develop both physic
ally and mentally; and to encourage
ai d foster higher education among
their members.
V *3. To cause their mem heirs to
gam a wholesome understanding of
government and koveraftrenfal agen
cies. engendering thereby a genuine
patriotic spirit, and to take a definite
and active interest in such undertak
ings and movements, as have for
their objective the elevating 6f the
rr.oral standard of youth.’
“Besides being a sort of training
school in Odd Fellowship, and a
great help -to the parent organization
i:, the days to come, this Junior
Branch will Stimulate every yohng
man who is fortunate and wiae
enough to Join, to become a more
Intelligent, more useful and more
contented citizen.
“Our Order has not attained the
full growth of its destined powei
and prestige. It Is still a g no win*
Order. It is still an achieving Or
der. Its birthdays are occasions up
on which It looks forward with eager
purpose and not merely backward
with complacent satisfaction. It re
alises Sts opportunities for an in
creased usefulness In -the future and
1 rep ires its members fo a renewed
seal and devotion to those purposes
for which this great Brotherhood
was founded.
“So long aa >11118 continues to he
so its anniversaries will be occas
ions worthy of celebration. And onlj
so long will the order justify Its ©ott
tinned existence.**
• The program waa followed bj
dancing, the mimic being furnished
by the High School Orchestra, ami
:ni crtiH ciHlly elaborate banquet waa
served. As tho informant to the
Nugget reporter put.s it:
"We played hearts, we attempted
jto reach the heart. we ate out of
! hearts and we sincerely hope that
everybody had a hearty good time.*’
A unique feature of the evening
was the radio entertainment made
ipossible bv the kindness of Thomoa
I Kohanek, who installed hie radio set
for the evening and reguled tho
i members with the. strains of sweet
.music issuing from the orchestra of
the San. Francisco Hofei at San Fran
cisco. California. While not ve>ry
loud to enable the use of same for
dancing, still it could be heard suffi
ciently to be mnch eujoyed.
AIAHKA S. S. CO. HANDS DOWN
l I/ilMATUM TO SHIPPERS
President K. B. Julian of the Nomo
Chamber of Commerce received fhe
following Urogram from James P.
Daly representing the Alaska Steam
ship Company which speaks for it
self, it is as follows:
Seattle, April 30. 1024.
Chamber of Commerce,
Nome, Alaska.
Alaska Steamship Company an
nounces consolidating all Items from
various shippers to one consignee
per steamer when total amounts to
carload minimum or more to secure
benefit. Carload rate, will no* be
allowed this season but Rule 65 re
garding mixed carloads of tJbelr 1919
Tariff will apply.
P. DA.LY. Agent.
President Julian caMed a meeting
of the directors of the Chamber of
Commerce for eleven o’clock today
to take notion on the telegram.
Anyone having toots, eta, belong
in# to them in thy shop are hereby
requested U (Wttr and get than at
once, as I am disponing of mj
bnslnefwi Immediately.
WIUUAM HIWHOLD
NOTICE TO CRRMTORS
In the U. S. Commissioner’s Court
for the Territory of Alaska, Sec
ond Division, Cape Nome Precinct
In Probate.
In the matter of the Estate of
1 Sven P. Bengtson, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned hpa been appointed by
the above entitled Court, adminis
trator of the Estate of Sven P; Ben
gtson. deceased.
All persons having claims against
the said estate are hereby required
to present the same with proper
vouchers attached to the nnderslgn
i ed at Nome, Alaska, • as by taw
required wtfcrfn six mouths fromthe
date threat.
Dated at Nome, Alaaka, the 3rd
day of ?ay 1124.
HBNRT OTJfnif
AtotlWniiof of the Estate of
Sven T. Bengtaon, deoeaoad.
r PubUsh May 3, 10. 17, 34, 31, 1324.