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NOME. ALASKA SATURDAY, DEI TIMBER 23. IS22.
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A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
n mm HUD ACCUSED «f MURDERING TWO
< ALASKAN ITEMS .
INCLUDED ANNUEL’
SUPPLY BILL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23—The Annual Supply Bill for the various
breaches of the government service, under the Interior Department,
eanring 929,215,300 was reported to the House yesterday.
The item of 915,000 for suppression of the liquor traffic in Alaska,
cifotomarili carried in the bill, but not indluded in the Budget estimate,
91,000,000 was provided for maintenance and operation of the
railroad and the budget estimate of $889,140.00 for completion
of construction and equipment of the railroad was approved. The bill
also carries 950,000 for operation of steamers and other boats on the
Tn^on river and dits tributaries and makes available for construction
of new steamers and bargfes the sum of 975,000 realized from the sale of
aontenned property. Alaska also vU __' "•♦ion 9335,000,
Medical Relief 990.000, Reindeer ^rdfftfation 910,000, Care of the Insane
$143,(00 and for Game Protection 920,000.
LLOYD gborge tasks needed vacation
Lausanne, Dec. 23—Lloyd George left for a ten days rest at a
Spanish watering resort.
RIGA, Dec. 23—At the recent election held in Lithuania, A. Stul
giaaki was elected President.
restored.
LITHUANIA
PEACE WITH TURKS IN SIGHT
LAUSANNE, Dec. 23—Peace with Turkey, but not with Russia, is
right. The Turks gave in to the Allies on almost every point concern
ing the freedom of the Straits.
KNGUKH GIVE UP HOPES GERMAN LOAN
LONDON, Dec. 23—British papers give up hope that t&e United
Slates will make a loan to'Germany for the payment of Reparations.
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CONFIRMED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23—Nomination of Botler aa Associate Jus
tice of the Supreme Court was confirmed by the Senate yesterday.
NATIONAL GUARD TO ARREST MURDERERS
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 23—Machine Company D., Louisana Na
tional Guards, was ordered into actual service tonight, to bring about
the arrest of those responsible for the murder of the two men whose
•• bodies were recovered from Lake La Fourdhe today!
STANDARD OIL AGAIN UNDER INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23—The United States Senate Committee is
investigating the Standard Oil Company, to determine the cause of the
pjrasent Stiff price in crude oil. Oil at the wells has taken a decided
drop but the consumer is still subject to inflated prices.
KU KLUX KLAN ACCUSED OF MURDER
MERROUGE, La., Dec. 23—The bodies of Major Watt Daniels and
Thomas Richards, alleged victims of the Ku Klux Klan, were recovered
from Lake La Fonrche.
, The murdered men were never seen after they were carried away
on August 24th by a hooded and robed band of persons.
SEATTLE CONTRIBUTES TO ASTORIA
SEATTLE, Dec. 23—The Seattle City Council yesterday afternoon
voted the sum of ten thousand dollars toward the relief of the City of
MILLIONS WORTH OF BUILDINGS FOR YEAR .
SEATTLE, Dec. 23—During the year just drawing to a close the
Oftty of Seattle has erected new buildings aggregating the valoe of twenty
million dollars.
COLLECTOR HELD UP AND ROBBED
ST. LOUI8, Dec. 28—A collector of a.dry goods concern, guarded
by policemen, was held up this afternoon and robbed of five thousand
(H HI.STM AS TIMK 18 HKRK.
A MEKHY XMAS TO YOl' AM,.
COMORROW night is‘the Y'uie Tide Kve, Xmas
is at hand and another year is about to close.
The sy.i'A of the man of sorrows should per
meate every fibre of oar bodies. At this time all will
lay aside the petty annoyances and distressing thoughts
and be one with the mass of humanity, take part in the
pleasure** and sorrows of our fellows and be in truth
Christians; Christ Men.
While the Xmas period has for centuries been
dedicated to Gods Little Ones there are many men and
women as well whose lives we can make happier by a
kindly remembrance, a smile, or a word of encourage
ment. Let ns do it.
Nome is fortunate .beyond measure in the absence
of abject poverty, but even so there are many instances
in which we can help to make life brighter for some
"What ye do unto the least of these
do ye also unto me."
The master called unto his knees the little ones of
the people, the buds of the flowers of men and women
to be, and proved his love for the helpless.
We in our sufficiency can show our love in no bet
ter way than to remember some little one who has not
the means or opportunity to enjoy a real Xmas without
our help. It takes but little to bring joy into the
heart of a child and a smile to wan Ups and that little
we all possess, no matter what our station.
If our religious teachings are forgotten during the
rest of the year this Xams period is the time for a
resurrection of lofty sentiments and actions. Altruism
is expressed without ostentation and done voluntarily,
without hope of compensation.
MINERS PREPARING
TO TAKE OUT PAY
ON ELK CLAIM
Hansen and Hansen, operating on
tbe Elk Claim, between Bourbon
and Wonder Creeks, are making ex
tensive preparations to take out the
exceptionally rich pay discovered in
their leased ground.
Wm. Pangman, assisted by Leo
Kent and Wm. Lehmann, employed
16 horses last week and moved a
bunk and cook house from the
Mable to the Elk, a distance of
about 1200 feet. Tbe lessees state
that the moving job was performed
in exceptionally quick time, four
hours only being required to place
the buildings on their new location.
Mr. TTansen says that ^for the
present a tripod has been erected
but that later a self dumper will
be employed to hoist the pay dirt.
The shaft has been widened and is
now a regular working shaft. A
pump has been installed below and
the tunnel widened and lowered to
provide proper drainage. The lad
der has been placed in the Bhaft
and Hansen and Hansen will em
ploy five men to fake out a. winter
As there is still a question as to
the direction of the paystreak tbe
operators will mine on a small
scale until later developments justi
fy a larger crew and more exten- !
sive equipment. Having profited by j
the experience of miners who in the .
post permitted themselves to be de- |
Ii’ded by initial indications, these
miners will proceed slowly and be
sure of each step before plunging.
From present indications this
claim will be a decidedly profitable
investment for the lessees and the
owners. The small dump, taken
from the shaft, already contains a
handsome amount of gold as indi
cated by grab samples.
A .HAS TEIJCGHAMS CROWD
OUT PRESS NEWS
The telegraph lines thruout Alas
ka are crowded with holiday tele
grams and as a conSequence press
wires have been delayed. Due to
this condition the Nugget is unable
to print the usual amount of tele
graph news In today’s weekly issue.
If any item of unusual interest
a: rives before the next regular issue
of the Bulletin we will go to press
and issue an extra Bulletin.
BEGIN THE NEW YEAR RIGHT—
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SPECIAL OFFICER i
RETURNS FROM TRIP
Charles Brown Sr., Special Officer
tor the Suppression of the Liquor
Traffic among the Natives, returned
to Nome this week from an extended
official trip thru the country.
FAMOUS RACING TEAM OF AUBE RT FINK, JOHN HEGNEN8 DRIVER. Photo by Lomcn Bro*.
DOS RACIRG—FAVORITE SPORT
TO OE REVIVED OY
ROME KERNEL CLOD
A number of dog owners and
members of the Nome Kennel Club
held an informal meeting for the
purpose of reviving the waning
spirit of dog racing. These enthus
iasts decided, and wisely, that the
farmer dog racing enthusiasm had
been long enough without expres
sion and met to devise way and
means to again make this famous
sport a feature of our winter out
ieor activities.
There are many speedy teams in
this community at the present time
ind all that is needed to revive the
sport is some definite action on the
part of those who can get the dog
men to BARKING and who have
bad the experience to carry the mat
ter to a successful conclusion.
It is proposed that the Nome Ken
nel Club be revived, its rules and
regulations followed and events car
ried out under the entire principle
of the old organization.
As a preliminary to the new club
a dog race will be run from Nome
to the Yuba Camp on Little Creek
and return, running the “Loop”.
January 6th has been selected as the
date and efforts will "be made to
have as many teams as possible en
ter. At a later date races similar
to those that have made the Nome
sport famous will be run, such as
the Camoogan. Borden handicap. Ft.
Davis, Solomon and perhaps the
Great Alaskan Derby. The extent
of the racing program will depend
entirely upon'the interest taken by
Steps are now being taken to re
organize a permanent Racing Club
j and as the efforts materialize the
[Nugget will take pleasure in keep
ing the public informed.
Let the Nome Nugget do your
letter writing, by having us mail
the Weekly Nugget to your friends
on the Outside.
J. D. SHELTON
SHOT UNO KILLED
LOWED YUKON
The Marshal's Office is in receipt
of information from St. Michael that
J. D. Shelton was shot and killed.
It is presumed that the shooting:
was accidental, but certain circum
stances give rise to the suspicion
that there may have been foul play.
The shooting occurred at the
South Mouth of the Yukon river, in
the Wade Hampton District. The
wire received Dec. 16th by the Mar
shal does not state when the shoot
ing occurred.
Commissioner Williams left St.
Michael Thursday for the scene of
the shooting and will hold an in
quest, at which tinte further details
will be available.
Shelton was a well known Nonie
ite and Kougaroker, having follow
ed mining for several years in thes»
sections, the town of Shelton in the
Kougarok was named after him. 60
we are informed.
KOUGAROK MAIL ARRIVES.
The Kougarok mail, consisting of
200 pounds, afrived at the Nome
Post office at 11:00 a. m. today. In
charge of Bob Omak, the native con
tractor.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
evening of tliis week we will re
main open until 0 o’clock.
LEHMANN’S
DONT FORGET THE CABARET DECEMBER 30 TH.