LOCAL Him
+-=-♦
I
EXTRA COPIES OF THK |
NOME NUGGET
OX SALK* AT THK \KV.\M. j
mink:; has narrow
ESCAPE FROM DEATH
Rasmus J(><nsen. who v ith his son
Edward is mining oast of Nome, had
a narrow escape from death last Sun
day April 22nd.
The heavy snows of the winter i
have completely covered their pump !
house and a shaft some 12 feet deep
has been dug to reach the building.
Relow a covering has been placed
over the opening to keep out the
drifting snow and acts as a ventila
tor. On the morning of the 22nd
a blizzard was raging and the min
ers derided to lie idle until the storm
subsided as it was impossible to
ho hit during such a strong wind.
Leaving Edward in the house R'as
mus walked to tihe pump house, de
cendcd the shaft and started the
gasoline engine and pump so as to
keep the working shaft from flood-,
ing. Accomplishing his object be
started up the snow shaft for home.
Upon reaching the open air he felt
himself becoming muml) and sank to
his knees partially unconscious, hut
Still in possession of His mental rae
ulitiies. Being unable to walk he
started to crawl to the cabin, some
hundred feet away, thru the fierce
blizzard. Fortunately his son was
looking out the window and saw his
father’s condition. Running out he
half led amd carried Rasmus Into the
shelter, where he soon, revived.
The explanation of being overcome
is probably that during the night j
gas had accumulated in the tightly i
sealed pump house and further, dur
ing the starting more gas was form-,
ed. thereby partly asphixiatim.g the I
Had he remained below a fe.w min
utes longer or had his son failed to
see him in time Rasmus Jensen ,
today would not be alive.
TEAMSTER COMES TO NOME
FOR FEED AND SUPPLIES
W. J. Rowe’s team of six horses
arrived in Nome* Tuesday in charge
of Fred Cook. The team left Cam
yon Creek on April 20 and was forc
ed by a heavy storm to lay over at
Solomon for a day. Cook came to '
Nome for camp provisions and horsey
feed for the crew of eight men an*'
24 horses working on the Peck
dredge In. the Cusadepaga. The
team left Thursday morning on ‘he
It'is reported that Rowe is making
satisfactory progress with the work,
but has been greatly handicapped by 1
heavy storms. On one occasion the
crew was idle for eight days, forced
to stay Indoors on account of the
blizzard. Another time three days
were lost in the same manner. The ;
dredge, being moved from Canyoi. '
Creek to the Casadepaga river, has
passed over the high places along
the route and the work from now on i
will be down hill, thereby greatly
accelerating the moving job. About
12 days will be required to place the
Jiill 1n its new’ location.
Regarding the loss of two horses,
'reported some weeks ago, full par-j
ticulars are lacking. John Olsen, I
rtae teamster in charge of Rowe’s ,
four horse team of big bays, of
which two were lost, gave a garbled
account of the accident. From de
ductions made by crew members it
is concluded that Olser on his trip (
from Solmon to East Fork met with I
a soft trail and got into an os^rflnw j
PnMiing bis team back to the firm !
snow he unhitched the four horses
and turned them loose while he w’enf '
up Solomon river looking for a solid j
trail. When he came back to his
sled he found two big bays had
wandered into the overflow ano :
were in theflr final death struggle, j
Finding it too late to assist the ani
mals Olsen left them and proceeded
with this remaining team, reaching •
a cabin near by where he remained ,
for three days, until the heavy storm
The loss of these two valuable ani
mals is a heavy one for Mr. Rowe
and is one of the chances a*n owner
of horses takes >1 n traveling thru thr
country during the winter.
If Hcjnry Herndon Smjfth will call
at the Nugget office he will receive
hiCormatinn that will be of Interest.
SUNDAY, APRIL 29tli.
CHICKEN DINNER
Etrawbeit? Short Cake.
AT—BAHLKfTS
Lena! Blanks,^11 kinds, far sals at
ti« Nonet Ofllo#.
SECOND MEETING
NEW COUNCIL
LIVELY AFFAIR
On Monday evening at S i i-locte j
Mayor Maynard called the 23rd Com
mon Council of Nhme to order. AM
members responded to the roll caj*. i
Undor the heads of the various t
conunilttees and departments no re- i
porta were submitted except that of i
the City Clerk which showed that j
on April 20th there was still a bal
ance otf $4033.34 to the credit of the !
When the matter of new business
was reached the council received
considerable food for thought. At
the previous meeting a resolution
was introduced and passed unani
mously to the effect that instead of
employing the meat in the Fire De
partment. working under the Chief,
designating them as Engineer and
Fireman, they were hereafter to be
hired as Utility men. The purpose
of this change in title or position was
to eimploy the members of the word
ing force and place them subject to
orders that might be issued from
tifme to time by the Chief of the
fire department and the Council.
As was pertinently stated in that
meeting the City Council should be
in a position to designate reasonable
duties to be performed by City em
ployees.
Applications had been received
from the present incumbents In
which specific duties were mention
ed. Acoording to the resolution al
ready passed these applications wore
not properly worded and so were or
dered returned for correction.
The applicants after given fhe
matter consideration took offense at
the term “Utility" and express-5*!
their intention of refusing to accede
to Hie change required, stating that j
they would he employed under the
former method of procedure or quit
their jobs.
The Ohairpian of the Fire Com
mittee had a personal interview with
the employees of the Fire Depart
ment and found them adamant in
their original position. He further
asked them to attend the meeting of
the City Council and discuss the mat
ter in a business like manner and
see if the misunderstanding could
not be adjusted. Thros too was r-*
At t^ie meeting of Monday night
It was suggested bv City At.to.rnrr !
O’Neill that if the Firemen objected
to the word Utility the difficult v j
could he easily overcome hv chang
ing the objectiortahle word to rend :
"Engineer. Fireman and such oth*v |
duties as the Nome Common CJoun- j
cil may from time to time assign." j
At the request, of the member of j
♦ he Council Mayor Maynard appoin*- '
ed a committee consisting of'St. R j
•TuKian. Win. Sin held n-»d Attorney
O'Neill to *immed»wtely visit the Fir"
House and submit to the employees
there the proposed change and ob
tain their answer. A recess was
taken while the committee .perform
ed its duty. In a few' mintutes they
returned with the report that the
incumbents also objected “to the
House "and such other du‘ies” etc.,
stating that they were willing to
perform other duties amd donate
theiiT sendees, but would not obligate
themselves, in writing, to nerform
these duties. After considerable
discussion, on motion of Henry
Burgh the applications of the three
members of the Fire Defpartme*it
were laid on the table.
There ibeftng no further business .
adjournment was taken to meet
again the second Monday in May.
MRS. JOHN MlTCHEIili
PASSES ON j
Mrs. John Mitchell passed awtoy;
on Feb. 26lh at the home of her I
parents In Grand Ttapids. Michigan. :
Mrs. Mitchell. (Barbara Hughes) ,
was well known In Nome, being the !
riece of Mrs. Barney Gfbney. It i
was while here in Nome on a visit !
with her aunt that she met and mar- 1
r!ed her husband. John Mitchell, a i
former member of the Nome Coast i
Guard. After Mr. Mitchell .’a re- j
lease from the service the couple re- j
turned to Grand Rapids where Mrs. '
Mitchell remained until her death.
Before coming to Nome Mrs. Mit
chell suffered with a severe attack
of flue and never entirely recovered.
Dortng the last few month* of her
stay here she suffered with an fcndip
lent case of tuberculosis and Dt was
deemed advisable for her to move
to another climate.
» Her last hours were filled with
Buffering wti/th the disease which end
ted her life. Mr. Mitchell wo* at the
ibedside when the <?nd came.
The sympathy of Vhe community
goes out (to the bereaved fauahand.
NENANA COUNCIL
CUTS DOWN ITS
SCHOOL BUDGET
'The Nomina City. Council, at ,a
special meeting in March, met to
review the annual tax roll and school
budget, which was submitted by the
School BoArd in accordance with the
laws of the Territory.
In rev-iewin# the School budget
the councilmen decided that the
amount called for was excessive and
accordingly voted a lesser amount.
The following extract Is taken trou<
the Xenana Nows:
“The School Budget provides for
a teaching stafT of four for the com
ing year, and funds also are asked
for the employment of a janitor and
the installation of fa new heating
plant, the estimated coed of which is
placed at $3,000. The entire bud
get calls for approximately $7,000,
but the council Is of the opinion that
a sum considerably under that i
amount will suffice for school re-j
quirejments." ,
The School law requires thait the
School Boards subnet to the city
council a budget of their estimated j
requirements for the advance yean |
and the Council in turn reviews the
budget and allows whatever amount
It deems necessary. After conclud
ing the review and stating the
amount allowed the school by the
city, the Budget Is then to be re
turned to the Territorial Superin
tendent art Juneau. By this is i
meant the revised budget and NOT |
THE ORIGINAL BUDGET submitted
by the School Board. |
Nome hail an experience last year
that shows a flagrant violation of j
tin* law governing the case. The !
School Board submitted to the Nome 1
Council a budget of estimated re- j
quiramients. The Council after a j
thorough investigation of conditions
decided that the amount asked for
was excessive and they also reduced
the amount asked for, by over
$1,000. Instead of sending to the
Territorial Superintendent the re
vised budget the Clerk of the Nome
School Board sent the original bud
get as compiled by the mean hers of
the Board-. Why this was done is
not fully explained, except -that the
clerk claims he forgot to include the
revised budget as returned by the
City Council. The revised budget
provided for fewer teachers und th<
elimination of. other items of ex
pense, but still the original budget
was sent into headquarters. Some
weeks after it was learned that -the
Board ihad so acted and immediately
the City Council submitted the re
vised budget to the Suerinrtendent art
Juneau.
As the City obligated itself to the
payment of a certain) sum for School
maintenance and the School Board
saw fit to iignore the Council’s c
tion and entered tinto obligations in
ex<-ess of the authorization it is ap
parent that the School funds to be
used for tlhe opening quarter of rtflie
coming school term will be exhaust
ed. thereby.
At the last -meeting of the 22nd
Common Council of Nome the bal
ance due the School Board was trans
ferred from tihe General Fund ito the
School Fund, of the city, thereby
satisfying itihe obligation of the
The high handed manner in which
the old school board handled the
financial matter delegated them an 1
fhe disrespect shown the Nome
Coinon Council is a matter of which
neiither the School Board members
nor the people of Nome can be
PENSION AND SUBSIDY BILLS
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
The Name Chamber of Commerce
received the following telegram
from its Juneau correspondent:
Henderson has been reappointed
Territorial School Superintendent.
Judge. Reed sustained the fight of
the Common Council to fix rates of
the Public Service Corporation. The
Might percent interest bill was killed.
Governor Bone approved the Pen*
sion Bill which provide* not over
$25.00 for men and $45.00 for the
The memorial, petitioning con*
grees to enact a literacy t««t for vot
ers passed the House. Ayer has in
troduced a bill Increasing the pres
ent compensation i<n the existing
Workmen Compensation. Act to 25
per cent Decker introduced a bill
to repeal the anti syntttc&l law but
was defeated. The Board Control
BUI was also defeated.
CL.Nfigps.. :A Sn( wCand TTT
The Nome SuMd? Bill passed the
Senate lust as ft passed the House
and Governor Bone approved it.
Known Tor Our Low Prices
CHEAP JON STORE
SPRING CLEARANCE SALE
EVERYTHING IN OUR STORE AT 6REATLY REDUCED PRICES
DRESSES, SUITS,
B1XHJ8B8, GOATS
AND HATS
Included in this SALK.
liADIKS I'll it*:
SILK HOSK
25% OFF
liAOIKS AND GIRLS
HIGH TOP
SHOES, OXFORDS,
AND SLIPPERS
AT GUT PRICES.
SALE
Begins
Monday
APRIL 30
COMI’JjHTK links j
If
OK CliOTHINCi jj
FUftXISHIXVS,
!
SHOKS AM) DRY ROODS
FOH MEN, WOMEN AND I
(*HIIJ)KKN j !
*—--—♦
l I
| KUITKNHKIMKR |
I! f
j - m wooijRN suits j
f 1
| AN INVESTMENT IN f
I I
| UOOIi ATrRARANCK j
i_I
l>
f I
j SPKTMIi j
200 PAIR OF j
MEN’S SHOES }
I titular Pric** 98.00 to 810.50 1
CUT TO 85 50 •»
200 PAIR j
FVum 80.00 to 812.50 j
! CUT TO 8 0.50 |
STKTSOX HATS |
IN FEI/T OR |
GENUINE VAJjOUR j
NONE KKTTKR. f
REMEMBER NOTHING RESERVED
Anything Bought at Thbi Sale, if njnt Entirely Satisfied, Your Money Will l»c (Wrfully Refunded.
CHEAP JOHN'S STORE
(The house of Quality, Style and Service)
M. WEISBERG. MANAGER
Mail Orders Filled at Reduced Prices
GET OUR PRICES 6n DOG SLEDS
FOR THU BEST MAKES OF HOG HARNESS FOR RACING AND FREIGHTING SEND VS YOVR OKOHt
MILLED HICKORY FOR DOG SLEDS, (REDUCED TO) 75 cento PER FOOT.
A United amount of Herring and Blubber for dog feed Hill on hand, will roll at following frieee wUto It
HERRING per pound 4cts. Per ton $60.00
BLUBBER per pound 8 cents
W. H. CAMERON
fkont artammr, ' WH 1i