Searching Party
Said Say Nothing
Of Missing Man
Search For Lloyd Kindler
Been Abandoned
Roger Mendalook. one of the
searching party returned to Nome
today in company with Charles
Esch. who was working at the
Jannson quartz mine. The other
member of the searching party,
Pete Larson remained in the hills
to look for reindeer.
Mendalook reported that no
sign of the missing man, Lloyd
Kindler, who disappeared Tues
day, December 29th, could be
found, and the search was aban
doned.
YENNEY’S
Water Delivery
Phone Black 7
Good Service
Complies With Sanitary
Regulations of The City
Of Nome.
Cavev's Bakerv I
GOOD CUP OF COFFEE
BEST PASTRY IN NOME
Good Meals
OPEN FROM 6 AJV1. TO 1 A M
POLSON’S
Water Delivery
“Sanitary Service”
For Years Your Old Stand
By. Always at Your
Service.
—
Ed Bergstrom—Eric Nelson
Phone Black 44
John Lepri, 49,
Passed Away
V
During Night
John Lepri, well known Nome
ite, associated for many years as
cook at Little Creek for the Hayi
mon Company, and lately in bus
iness w’ith Dan Alvich in the Al
aska Liquor Store, was found
dead about 9 o’clock this morn
ing. The marshal's office inves
tigated, calling Dr. Morcom and
Undertaker McConaghy, who
viewed the remains. John was
found dead sitting in his chair,
evidently having died in sleep
some time early this morning.
Dr. Morcom declared the cause
of death was heart failure brought
on by erysepalis, an infection on
the face, tending to weaken the
heart.
John Lepri, some years ago op
erated the former Milos Cafe in
Nome. He was a member of the
Moose lodge No. 1413 at Nome,
which it is believed will handle
the funeral arrangements.
He was born in Yugoslavia in
1883 and was 49 years old when
he met death today. He is sur
vived by a father in Europe and
a couple of sisters Living at or
near Napa, California.
Installation Of
Pioneer Officers
Installation of officers of Pio
neers of Alaska Igloo No. 1 of
Nome took place last evening,
Thomas Gaffney, a Past President
being the installing officer. Fol
lowing are those installed:
President Alvin Bahlke Sr.; 1st
Vice President, Ole Hay; 2nd vice
president, Chas. Code; treasurer,
Dave Gray; chaplain, Nels Swan
berg Sr.; historian. Lige Ketchi
son; Inner Guard, Billy Ander
son; Sergeant at Arms, John J.
O'Leary.
HOW TO STAKE CLAIMS.
How Mining Claims can be
Staked in Alaska, length, Bread
th, how many, and the Associa
tion Claim, described in detail, in
pamphlet form, for sale at The
Nugget Office, for 10 cents.
LOMEN COMMERCIAL
COMPANY
Coal and Oil
WE CLOSE SATURDAYS AT 1 P.M.
OTHER WEEK DAYS AT 5 P.M.
LOMEN COMMERCIAL
COMPANY
Three Vocational
Classes To Start
In Nome Soon
' Announcement of the forma
tion of the three vocational class
es for adults was given out to
day by Superintendent Pool of
! the Nome Public Schools.
The classes include Knitting
j and Cooking for the women, and
: a Diesel Engine class for men.
Other classes may be formed if
1 there is sufficient demand for
| them.
Facilities ol School
The Nome Sahool Board has
| offered the facilities of the school
building for these activities,
which are being sponsored by
J tlie Vocational Director, A. E.
I Schoettler, from the Territorial
Office of Education in Juneau.
This is in line with the policy
for adult education which has
! been so popular in the states and
i which for the first time is mak
ing its appearance in Nome. Class
es are in session, however, in
many other Alaskan cities and it
| is hoped that the public will
[take advantage of the opportun
ity for this type of instruction
here.
Should Register With
The class in Knitting which is
for both beginning and exper
ienced knitters will be organiz
1 ed at the high school at four
o’clock Monday, January 11th,
I under Mrs. A. Polet Sr.
Ladies interested in the cook
ing class will meet at three o’
clock Monday in the Homemak
ing room at the high school.
Diesel Engine Class
The Diesel engine class is of
| slightly different nature and is
.offered only to those individuals
! whose line of work brings them
| into contact with the care and
(maintenance of Diesel engines. It
is not a beginners class and all
entrants should have some prev
ious knowledge of this work.
Those interested should register
with Supt. Calvin Pool or with
! O. A. Cunningham, Hammon com
pany Machinist.
TELEGRAMS ! ! !
Telegrams may be left at the
Pioneer Drug Company where
they will be picked up by the
U. S. Signal Corps Radio Station
messenger twice daily. The mes
senger will call at the Pioneer
Drug-Store at 10 A. M. and 4 pm.
on week days, and at 4 p.m. on
Sundays and Holidays.
FOR SALE—Modern heating
stoves—burn either hard or soft
coal—slightly used, inquire at the
Nugget Office for information.
Save $2 by paying in ad
/ance for your subscription
Calkins’ Shoppe
NEW HOLEPROOF
HOSEIRY
And A Variety Women’s
Notions At
Calkins’ Shoppe
Parents Mattson
Boy Fear Cold
Be Dangerous
, (By Tne Associated Press!
TACOMA, Jan. 7—The coldest
i weather of winter has alarmed
■ the parents of the Mattson boy,
and are fearful that he might be
seriously affected if he is being
kept in some outlying poorly
! heated shack or released on some
lonely country road.
Thefather of the boy has made
preparations to rush him to a
hospital instead of home, as he
had a cold w;hen kidnaped.
All avenues to the family are
being left entirely open to permit
contact with the kidnapers. G
men, po ice, and newspapermen
have withdrawn from watching
the families movements and etc.
Weather Today
(U. S. Weather Bureau)
Believe it or not, it was colder
along the coast of Oregon and
Washington than any station re
porting over the Nome-Fairbanks
airway or Nome-Kotzebue Air
way this morning. Seattle re
ported a temperature of 20 for
the lowest while Portland obser
ved 14. The lowest observed in
interior Alaska was 16 above
while most temperatures were
well up in the twenties.
Cloudy and unsettled weather ’
with fog and snow squalls con
tinue over the western portion of
Alaska and Tanana Valley. Rain
was falling at Kodiak Island and
had fallen at Juneau during the
night.
Barometer readings continue
high over the north Pacific Ocean
and extending into the Western
States and Canadian Provinces.
Low pressure is charted over
Western Alaska and the Bering
Sea. This distribution will like
ly cause continued unsettled wea
ther with probably snow squalls
and fog with continued mild tern
peratures.
The lowest Nome temperature
last night was 24 and the highest
yesterday 31.
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Northern Light & Power Co.
AND
Alaska Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Second Avenue and Lane’s Way
LIGHT. POWER AND ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE SERVICE
I
Papers For Sale
The Nome Daily Nugget
s for Sale at the following
olaces of business :
The Nome Drug Store,
The Board of Trade,
The Nevada
Pioneer Fountain Lunch
Newspaper advertising
vill develop new business
for you.
Airplane News
Nome Airport
It is understood that two PAA
mail planes are waiting at Nula
to with two weeks’ mail, for the
weather to lift so they can fly
into Nome.
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ADULTS 55 CENTS CHILDREN 25 CENTS
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SALE
ALL BLANKETS WILL BE OFFERED
AT 20% DISCOUNT
Why Sleep cold when for very little money you
can get nice warm blankets that will last you
a lifetime?
LEMONS
45cts DOZEN—2 DOZ. FOR 85cts
Put away a few dozens for future us. There are
several ways you can do it.
1— In water
2— Paraffined
3— Keep in cool place
4— Squeeze out the juice and bottle.
POLET’S STORE