Sailing Schedules
Out Of Skagway
The following information in
reference to boat sailings from
Skagway of Canadian vessels,
dated Skagway, December 7th
and addressed to the Nome radio
station is herewith published by
the Nugget for the benefit of the
travelling public:
“Steamer Princess Louise will
leave Vancouver December 15th
and sail South-bound from Skag
way December 19th and is due
A NEW AND
INTERESTING
LINE OF
AT THE
The Potter Studio
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Seattle 23rd. This sailing is in
addition to regular sailing of the
steamer Princess Norah which is
scheduled Southbound from Skag
way December fifteenth.”
Dredge To Be
Moved to Ester
Creek Section
(Continued From Page One)
will weigh 100 tons. The cutting
will be done by torch and then
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the hull will be placed together
again at Ester by riveting. By
dividing it in that manner it will
be possible to haul the several
sections without too much trou
ble. Vic Johnson is in charge of
the freighting.
Assembly Will Be Fast
Company officials estimate it
will not take more than 6 weeks
to assemble the dredge. Soon
after Christmas the crew of 45
men now engaged in dismantling
the boat will be moved to Ester
to start putting it together. It
will be ready to operate by the
time water is available to float it,
and early in the season will be
moving up the famous creek, one
of the richest ever discovered in
this district and one which yield
ed many fortunes in the early
pick and shovel days of the
camp.
On No. 5 Above
.. The dredge will be erected on
5 above Discovery. It will start
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The Nome Amusement Co.
OFFERS THE PEOPLE OF NOME
Skating—SUNDAYS ONLY—2-4 4-6 7-9 9-11
PUBLIC DANCE—Every Wed. Night Adm. $1.
DANCE—Whites Only—Every Sat. Night—
(Unless Advertised Otherwise)—Adm. $1.
“LET’S MAKE THIS WINTER A GAY ONE”
BABY WATCHES 5Y SLAIN MOTHER
This 2-year-old boy, held by Mrs. W. J. Gorman, nurse at a Bainbridge,
Ga., hospital, maintained an all-night vigil by the body of his mother,
Mrs. Bertha Owens, in a secluded clump of woods. The infant’s whim
pering attracted a negro boy passing by. Police officers believed the
woman was slain and held a truck driver questioning. (Associated
Press Photo)
digging upstream and after work
ing up for some time, will be
turned to mine the ground on the
other limit.
At the point where dredging
will start the gravel is only 12
feet in depth. Overburden on
that and immediately adjacent
claims varies in thickness from
six to 75 feet. Overburden has
been removed already from the
upper end of the creek and down
stream as far as 2 above..
Other Dredges Working
The other four dredges of the
F. E. are digging away on a 24
hour a day schedule and condi
tions are said to be favorable for
continued operation. They will
continue to work until the wea
ther becomes too cold to render
CQntinuation of mining advisable.
Drills Closed Down
Prospect drilling has been clos
ed down on Dome, Cleary and
Big Eldorado Creeks. One drill
has been working on each of
those creeks.
A program of steam thawing
of some deep ground at ^sta
rt Lka has been carried forward
but is nearly completed now.
Thaw drilling there will start
around the middle of February,
LOMEN COMMERCIAL CO.
LOMEN COMMERCIAL CO.
it was said.
At this time the big company
is employing approximately 225.
men.
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Special Holiday
Telegraph Rates
Made Effective
Following is a Special Christ
mas and New Year’s Greeting
Message Service available over
Western Union and Postal Tele
graph lines in the United States:
Messages for delivery not earl
ier than the day following date
of filing containing not more than
fifteen words, at a flat rate of 35
cents per message, between Seat
tle and any point in the United
States served directly by either
telegraph company. Additional
words over fifteen at two and
one half cents per word. Mes
sages must be confined to Holi
day Greetings and salutations.
Special Christmas and New
Year’s Greeting Messages will be
delivered on the holiday irrespec
tive of date filed for transmission
unless otherwise instructed by
senders.
Messages over the Alaska Com
munication system will take the
night message or night letter
rates, whichever is cheapest.
Weather Today
(U. S. Weather Bureau)
Generally cloudy weather pre
vailed this morning thruout inter
ior Alaska while some fog was
reported along the coast of Nor
ton Sound. Snow was falling
near Kaltag and lower portions
of the Yukon. Juneau reported
13 inches of snow on the ground
and still snowing.
An extensive area of low baro
meter is charted over the Bering
Sea District central near St.Paul
Island. Pressure was lowering
over western Alaska today and it
is likely snow storms will occur
in this vicinity tonight and Wed
nesday with moderate to strong
northeast winds.
Temper aftures continue below
zero over eastern Alaska and
western Canada. The lowest ob
served being —46 at Aklavik.
The lowest Nome temperature
last night was —15 at six P. M.
while the highest yesterday was
2 above.
Airplane News
Nome Airport
The PAA Pilgrim mail plane
left Nome this morning for Fair
banks but bad weather was en
countered and the plane is re
maining over at Golovin.
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Commemorative 4
Stamps for Alaska
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(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 8th
—The U. S. Postoffice Depart
ment said, today, that it would
issue soon commemorative stam
ps for Alaska.
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