a child in forty minutes and Hague
made a mayor out of a nephew in
ten. . . . But it is good to know
* that even in Jersey City it now is
possible for any red-blooded boy
to become mayor — if Hague is
his uncle. ... I hear that Kelly <s£
Chicago who retired this year
wired “et tu brute?” . . . And Boss
Crump of “Tennessee wired both
of them "What’s the matter with
you kid — I’ve just begun to live.”
... In Lbndon, crisis succeeds cri
sis — with the India problem set
tled. bottled beer supplies broke
down in a heat wave. ... It was
so hot a barrister showed up in
I court in wig and no waistcoat. The
court ruled that the hair on his
head did not excuse the hair on his
chest.
SCOUT NEWS
(Bill Boucher, Troop Scril^e)
Wednesday morning Mr. Hudert
took six of us, including Glen
Mazen, John Hudert, John Nor
bert, John Bell, Ray Miller and
myself up the railroad to Bunker
Hill where we spent the night in
the roadhouse.
Thursday we met Scoutmaster
B. G. Baker and the rest of the
troop at Pilgrim Springs station.
Then we all hiked to Pilgrim
Springs which is about eight
miles. The men carried guns be
cause it was told that there was a
big brown bear in the vicinity.
When we got to the springs we
couldn’t cross because the river i
was too high and the boat was on
the other side.
That night we put up a lean-to
and spent the night across the
river from the Springs. *
The next morning we hiked
back to the railroad and headed
for Iron Creek.
We spent Friday at the road
house and went fishing Saturday,
but few fish were caught.
We all got back to Scout camp
by 8 o’clock and had a big supper
which Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Gla
Fairbanks Man
Slain During
Hotel Argument
FAIRBANKS, (/P) — Harry C.
“Montana” Weiselman, 41-year
old construction worker, truck
driver and former Phillips, Mont.,
rodeo rider, was slain early Sun
day morning during an argument
in a Fairbanks hotel, police chief
George Norton said today.
Norton said a bartender. Her
bert G. Hager, 28, was be*mg held
under guard at St. Joseph’s hos
pital where he is being treated for
a bullet wound in his leg.
Marichi Gilbert, 35. tavern em
ployee, is being held as a material
witness to the shooting, Norton
said.
The police chief said Hager told
authorities he fired in self defense
after Weiselman came to his hotel
room looking for Miss Gilbert.
Then, Hager said, he took a cab
from the hotel, changed his clothes
and threw his clothes and two guns
in the Chena River before going to
the hospital for treatment of his
leg wound.
Police said Hager’s shredded
trousers and shoes were fished
from the river. The weapons were
not found.
Dr. Paul B. Hagglancl said an
autopsy showed Weiselman had
been hit three times in the stom
ach and chest by .25 caliber bul
lets.
FLESH, FAT OR BLOOD OF
dogs has long been regarded as
medicinal in Europe, according to
the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
vinovich had waiting for us.
Our two weeks were up Sunday
and so we came back to town. The
time went so fast and we had a>
wonderful vacation. Most of us
growled because we couldn’t get
to Pilgrim Springs, but we had a
good time anyway.
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Phone MAIN 144
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njuuc. uc MAKShAL'S SALE
wiiueci a tales of America: )
wicCviiiU DlVioiOll, iss:
A>tSinct oi Alaska ' )
a Uouc notice is hereby given,
mat uy viriue oi a writ of Fieri
racias ior execution), dated July
ujui, A. D. 194 i, issued out of the
Di^tiici e.ourt, oi tne United States
ior me oeconu Division, District of1
-nasiM on a judgment rendered in
sd.tt emuri, on tne 27th day of
dune, a. d. 1947, m favor of Min
ers ana Merchants Bank of Alaska,
-voiue, Alaska, and against G. K.
ddC«vSon, Administrator oi the Es
tate oi Fnule Laurm, deceased I
nave, on this 1st day of August,
a. d. 1947, levied upon the follow
ueserioed real estate, situated in
tne County of Cape Nome Record
ing Precinct and Territory of Alas
ka, 2nd Division to-wit:
MINING CLAIMS, DITCHES
ANd WATER RIGHTS: No. 1 on
S, evens Gulch, a tributary to
Macklin Creek. Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6,
1, 3, 10 and 11 from the mouth of
Macklin Creek. McFaddens Dis
covery on Macklin Creek. Nos. 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 Below McFaddens
Discovery on Macklin Creek. No.
1, 2, and 3 Above McFaddens Dis
covery on Macklin Creek. No. 6,
Bench, Yakima Beach, Glacier
Bench, Lucky Strike Bench, Que
bec Fraction, and Arctic Bench, all
on the left limit of Macklin Creek, ;
Macklin Ditch with intake on No.
1 Below McFaddens Discovery on
Macklin Creek, with all its laterals
and branches and all water appro
priated thereby and all water
rights appurtenant thereto. Schlitz
Ditch with intake on Schlitz
Creek, a tributary of Serpentine
River, with all its laterals and
branches and all wafer appropri
ated thereby and all water rights)
appurtenant thereto. Said Macklin
Creek being a tributary of the
Kougarok River in the Kougarok
Section of the Cape Nome Mining;
and Recording Precinct, Second j
Division, Territory of Alaska. A'so)
all ditches and water rights appur- j
tenant to the above described min
ing claims or used or for use there
with, and all buildings and im
provements situated on said min
ing claims, or used therewith.
And that I will, accordingly, offer |
said real estate for sale, at public
vendue to the highest and best
bidder, for cash, on the 5th day of
September, A. D. 1947, at Two
o'clock P.M.. at the Front door of
the U. S. Postoffice and Court
House on Front Street in the City
of Nome, Alaska.
Dated, at Nome. Alaska, this,
1st day of August, A. D. 1947.
EVA McGOWN OF FAIRBANKS
VISITS NOME
Eva McGown, well known Fair
banks Alaskan who maintains an
office in the Nordale Hotel, where
she has served thousands of trav
elers by her good advice and ob
tained rooms for them in private
homes, was the guest of Wien Air
lines today and visited Nome for
an hour. On every street corner
and door step she met a friend
with a cordial greeting and was
urged to remain or return again
for another real visit.
MARGARET BENEDICTUS OF
KFAR VISITS NOME
Miss Margaret Benedictus. of
Radio Station KFAR. Fairbanks,
visited Nome and the Nugget for a
few minutes between planes to
day. Miss Benedictus is particu
larly active in Tundra Topics of
the station which deals with local
Alaskan activities.
O. D. COCHRAN,
Plaintiff’s Attorney.
B. B. MOZEE.
U. S. Marshal.
SECOND DIVISION,
DISTRICT OF ALASK A
By GEORGE A. P.AYER
Chief Deputy,
Publish August 4, 1 1, 13. 25, 1947.
ALASKAN PIONEER
DIES FROM FALL
SKAGWAY—Mrs. Harriet Pul
len, colorful figure of the Skag
way gold rush days, died here Au
gust 9, following a two-weeks ill
ness caused by a broken hip she
received in a fall. Mrs. Pullen
would have been 87 on August 13.
The Skagway pioneer was own
er of the world famous Pullen
House and Museum at Skagway,
which displayed most of the lore
of the gold rush day. She and her
museum are the subject of an ar
ticle in a current issue of LOOK
magazine.
She is survived by a son. Royal,
in South ^Dakota, and a daughter
Mary living in Skagway, and eight
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held un
der the auspices of the Eastern
Star and interment was in a pri
vate plot at the rear of the Pullen
House on the side of a mountain.
Mrs. Pullen arrived in Skagway
in 1897, and worked for a time as
a cook. She then drove a team of
four horses on the route from
Skagway to the summit of White
Pass. Later she operated a restau
rant.
PIONEER WATER DELIVERY
Phone Main 94
ERIC NELSON
A. A A. GARAGE
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Phone MAIN 85
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