THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO S MAYNARD. Editor
RUSSELL G MAYNARD. Manager
Published every evening except Sunday by The Nome
Publishing Company, Nome, Alaska.
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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATES PRESS
One Definition
Sourdough Was
Thought Good
What is the proper definition of
a Sourdough? Out of a multi
tude of conflicting opinions which
arise when an attempt is made
to define that original northern
word, the Seattle Times some
time ago carried the following
to attempt to enlighten the
Cheechacco. This definition was
offered by J. R. Little, who spent
some 36 years in Alaska and the
Yukon: ,
“The word Sourdough”, Little
said, “was born back in 1887 when
Dawson was called Fort Reliance
and was nothing more than an
Indian village with a few trap
pers and ‘squaw men’. That was
long before any real strike had
been made in the Klondike.
Sourdough was coined by a man
named Charlie Hilty, who lived
in the Forty Mile district of the
Yukon valley.
“He believed that it was the
use of baking powder in cooking
that was causing scurvy and ill
ness among the miners and pro
spectors. After experimenting,
he discovered that by putting
some salt in a flour batter and
setting it near the stove, it sour
ed, fermented and rose like a
yeast batter. He used the sour
dough to make his bread, bis
cuits and flapjacks for a short
time and noticed that his health
improved.
Y. O. O. P. Qualifications
“Forty Mile had a trading post,
an Indian village and a popula
tion of 50 old prospectors and
placer miners. These men organ
ized the Yukon Order of Old
Pioneers and were known as the
Y. O. O. P.
“Charlie Hiity called a meeting
of the organization and explain
ing his beliefs and experiment,
showed them how to mix the
sourdough with a flour batter as
a substitute for baking powder.
“It was at this meeting that
the word sourdough originated.
At the meeting they passed a re
solution that any one wishing to
become a member of their or
ganization would have to be able
to use sourdough to make bread,
biscuits, and flapjacks, and would
have to live in the Yukon valley
long enough to see the river
‘freeze up’ and ‘break up.”’
Went to Juneau in 1897
Forty years ago Little came
to Seattle from Montana, em
barked on the steamship City of
Topeka to Juneau, where he
worked until in April 1897.
Landing on the beach at Dyea
i
April 10 of the same year, Little
began his trek over the famous
trail to the gold fields. He sled- '
ded and packed his outfit over
the summit of Chilkoot pass, built
his boat by whipsawing lumber
at Lake Bennet, crossed the lak- '
es, “shot” the White Horse and
i
Squaw rapids and Miles canyon
and boated his way down the Yu
kon to Dawson, finally reaching
the gold fields of the Klondike
PH»P jniJ rrryyfy-,
in June.
Friend of Original Sourdough
“I was a personal friend of
Charlie Hilty," Little continued,
“from 1897 to 1899, and feel qual
ified to give what I believe is the
real story of the origination of
the word sourdough.”
Another comment on the mean
ing of the word comes from Wil
liam McManus, who lives at Sum
T/E CANDIDATES FOR
“MISS NOME” ENTERED
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ner, Wn.
McManus believes that "one
can easily call himself a sour
dough and feel a smug complac
ency in the thought that chances
will be very small of hig be
ing caught up on the subject.
“However, the definition of a
sourdough should not be dismiss
ed with the old wheeze: ‘A sour
dough is a cheechacco (cheechac
co is an Alaskan tenderfoot) with
a frozen brain', or one who has
missed to many boats."—Exchan
ge.
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BRIDE BEATEN TO DEATH
The badly beaten body of Mra. Mary R. Caee (above), 2S-year-old bride
of a year, waa found by her hueband, Frank Case (Inset), In the bath,
tub of their apartment in the Jackson Heights section of Nsw York.
Details of the killing were reminiscent of the slaying of Mrs. Nancy
Titterton at New York several months previously. A negro was accused
of the killing. (Associated Frees Photo)
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QUEEN CONTEST
GIVEN AWAY FREE AT THE FOLLOWING
BUSINESS HOUSES WITH CASH PUR
CHASES OR PAID ON ACCOUNT.
Following are the names of those
business houses at which votes
will be distributed free:
Mayfair Tavern
Nome Daily Nugget
Bob Jackson's Barber Shop
John Lichtenberg Hardware
A. Polet Stores
Nevada BaT
Nevada Lunch Counter
Potter Studio
Calkins Shoppe
Nome Drug Store
Cavey’s Cafe
Lehmann’s
Jack Seidenverg
Mirow Air Service
Board of Trade
Pioneer Drug Company
North Pole Bakery
Arctic Beer Parlor
Nome Lumber Co.
Wien Alaska Airlines
Alaska Emporium
Harry Hagen, Jeweler
Pacific Alaska Airways
Northern Light & Power Co.
Mrs. Curtis Jacobs
Lomen Commercial Co.
Yenney Water Delivery
Pang-man Water Delivery
City Laundry
Gus Barber Shop
Jack White Restaurant
Nome Liquor Store
Pioneer Sheet Metal Works
Nome Motor Co.
Nome Laundry,Joe Amarok
Neva Whaley Dance school
Dream Theatre
Phyllis’ Beauty Shop
Poison Water Delivery
U. S. Mercantile Store
(Continued From Page One)
order to give his favorite candi
date a good start. No doubt
many others plan to do likewise,
which will make both the candi
dates and merchants happy.
Manager Steffen further states
that he plans to make a report to
this paper of the total daily
standing up to 1 P.M. of all can
d dates. This report will be pub
lished the same afternoon, there
by enabling everyone to keep i
posted as to the last minute re- j
turns.
Some of Nome’s Beauties are
somewhat modest and reluctant
to announce their own candidacy!
and no doubt are holding back,
hopefully waiting for someone to
j I
give them a start by paying the
necessary $5.00 entry fee.
It is suggested that the boys
step up and give these girls a
boost and you can “lay to this” ■
you will make a real hit if you
do.
Remember that any girl who is
unmarried is eligible to enter the
race, so “hop to it” and get
going.
(hv The Associated Press'*
AMERICUS, Georgia, Feb. 8,—
Charles R. Crisp, former congress
man and Democratic member of
■ he Tariff Commission, died at
his home here Sunday from the
effects of a stroke of paralysis.
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