Runs 1500 Meters
In
(By Tne Associated Press)
Newark, N. J., March 17
■— Frank Nordell of the
New York Athletic Club
outran Glenn Cunningham
and Joe Mangan today, in
a brilliant 1500 meter race,
completing the course in
six minutes and eight sec
onds.
SALESMEN WANTED
MEN WANTED for Raw
leigh Routes of 800 famil
ies in Nome and Council.
Reliable hustler should
start earning $25 weekly
and increase rapidly. Write
today. Rawleigh, Dept.
SKB-17-S, Oakland, Calif.
Market Today
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(By Thc> Associated Press)
New York, March 17 —i
Market prices upped from
one to three points as the
foreign news became bright
er. There was late profit
taking but the close was
firm Transfers amounted
to two million, three hun
dred thousand.
NOTICE
The Horn Scavenger
Company is now ready for
business with a complete
sanitary outfit.
All those wishing our ser
vice, will please speak to
me personally or drop a
card to Post Oflice Box !!18.
AH orders will receive
prompt attention.
One sack of garbage per
week free with each order.
MINERS & MERCHANTS BANK of ALASKA
NOME. ALASKA.
WE PAY 3% ON TIME DEPOSITS i
Your savings will increase if placed in a Time Certificate of
Deposit with instructions to renew annually adding the earn
ed interest. As an example, the cash value of a deposit of
$750.00 increases as follows :
Original Deposit . $750.00
End of 1st year .. 772.50
End of 2nd year .. 795.67
End of 3rd year . 819.54
End of 4th year . 844.13
i End of 5th year .. 869.45
End of 6th year . 895.53
End of 7th year . 922.40 •
Many of our depositors have so increased their capital
knowing It was available should emergency arise.
LET US HELP YOU SAVE
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Alaska Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Srrond Avenue and Lane's Way
LIGHT. POWER AND ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE SERVICE
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Read l>y People in Every Town,
Village and Hamlet in the
Second Division.
The Nome Daily Nugget
“Read By Alaskans Everywhere”
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i
interesting ilenis
About Alaskans
Culled From Exchanges
Catching a muskrat on
one of the main streets of
Anchorage was the boast of
Horace Nagiev Jr., of Tal
keetna. He was walking
alone, First avenue when;
he noticed the rat hopping
along the sidewalk. He
threw his cap on it. The
rat nin into a pool of water
under a parked car and1
swam back and l'<>rh until
it tired out. He look it to
ills hotel, where it spent
the night in a water bucket
after having a head of let
tuce for dinner.
An authoritative source
reports the land recorder
at Homer swamped with
applications lor homesites.
The source reported 150
settlers on the ground with
18 midwest farmers due to I
arrive in the spring. One
hundred and sixteen fam
ilies in the same locality i
are banded together and
are sending an investigat
ing committee before com
ing themselves. Several
Matanuska families have
moved to Homer. The of
ficial weather report for
Homer for ,J Hilary bowed
11 consecutive d -ys when
the Ornpera' ems we 'e
above 40 degree ■ O h o s
frost was report d i •.
month and 5 inches if r hi.
Pus c willows are in bianra
and wild celery sprouting,
the grass is green and
strawberry plants are grow
ing. The area has 18 mil
es of road and a telephone
system with 35 patrons.
Miss Mildred Keaton,
nurse for the Bureau of In
dian Affairs, is on her way
back to her station in Kot
zebue Sound after a six
week's vacation spent in
Seattle, Portland and Los
Angeles.
An expedition from Los
Angeles to Fairbanks to
see the ice go out in the
Tanana river at Ncnana is
being planned bv a group
of Los An teas; Elks They
have mi;.cm to the Fair
banks Chamber of Commer
ce asking the ?'>!">'ox • ate
date of :h” breakup so ’he
trip can b made in - le
shortest possible time.
Lewis Lund. 76, better
known as the “Set ’Em I p
Kid,” owing to his pen
chant for treating the
d n,,e hall girls of early
days, died recently in Jun
eau of heart trouble. He
was one of the first men to,
establish a transfer barn in
Juneau, and for years was
the only man to handle
coal and wood, freight and
ashes. He never turned
down a request for fuel and
even when he died he had
thousands of dollars of un
paid accounts on his books.1
Hyder is becoming the
Gretna Green of Alaska.
Some time ago British Col
umbia passed a law requir
ing a residence of eight
days in the province and a
posted notice of intention
to wed eight days before
the knot is tied. Now Can
adian swains and love-lorn
maiden do not like this, so
drop over the line from
Stewart to Hyder and are
comfortably married. The
U. S. Commissioner at Hv
dcr has done a tidy busi
ness during the past year.
But one marriage was re
corded at Stewart with 14
births and 5 deaths.
An egg a day will im
prove children’s colds, a s
th c'Xi.' r report . The I
conclusions arc based on c.s I
periments with GO child- 8
ren from 2 to (i years of I
< -y. They were divided in
to two groups and the egg
del showed that they were
much less susceptible to
contracting colds.
I.EE TRACY IS A HERO
TO H!S El RECTOR -
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Let T ary, ,(■. busy k>ng
h:s screen "eon ebaek." L a h «ro
to Hull . w< i■ I. Wh.il's in e he’s
the pari volar hero ot ’ ■. e. . 1
S Igwtek, tirec i ol I ’1
"I'll Tell the World:” playing at
the Dream Theatre, Friday . The
screenplay deals with the loves
and adventures of a staff corres
pondent of a world-wide news
gathering agency.
Sedgwick, Tracy and the com- 1
pany, which included Gloria Stu
art and Roger Pryor, were work
ing under adverse conditions dur
ing a windstorm at the Universal
ranch. A lamp was struck by a
piece of canvas and plunged down
ward. The light was two feet
across and weighed approximate
ly' i ighty pounds Sedgwick was
right beneath it.
Tracy heard the lamp rip from
its moorings twenty feet over
head and leaped forward. He
shoved Sedgwick, sending him
forward just in time. The lamp,
instead of hitting the director on ;
the head, struck his shoulder.
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Flannel and Broadcloth
Sanforized-Shrunk
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(Nome Motor t o. Building) |
Single and Double Steam
heated Rooms with Bath L~
Reasonable Rates by Day,
Weeks or Month
Phone MAin 108
GET YOUR POLITICAL
CARDS, LITERATURE
AND ETC., PRINTED
AT THE NUGGET
HAVE YOUR PRINTING
DONE NOW
Cavey’s Bakery
OPEN FROM 6 A.M. TO 1 A.M
GOOD CUP OF COFFEE
BEST PASTRY IN NOME
Good Meals
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HAVE YOLK FLOORS
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HIGHEST QUALITY WORK
Fred Havercamp
Corner B Street and 2nd Avenue
NOME LIQUOR STORE
THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE LIQUOR STORE IN NOME
BEST QUALITY, VARIETY, AND QUANTITY
RANTER BEER 15 CENTS BOTTLE
LARGE STOCK OF CIGARS AND TOBACCO
(Next Door To Fire Station)
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
1934-1935 Schedule
Sailing Dates From Seattle Northbound And Sail
ing dates from Seward Southbound.
Leave Leave
Seattle Seward
Victoria Mar. 7 Mar. 15
Alaska Mar. 14 Mar. 20
Yukon Mar. 21 Mar. 27
General Agents Pacific Steamship Lines.
JAMES P. DALY, Agent, Nome.