LOCAL NEWS
According to news about the
street, *ack Hammer who went
nut on the last boat, Is reported to
be in the hospital at Seattle.
Mail carried Pete Curran arrived
Monday with the overland mail
bring tig 1000 , pounds of second
class. He left Wednesday morning
♦>n his return trip.
The wife of John Kawasuk pass
ed away at their home on the
Sandspit, - Wednesday night. The
funeral took place front the Meth
od'et church today.
Chas Mason who left Nome re
' cently via plane for Seattle for
medical attention, is in the hospit
al at Seward and is reported ^as
doing fine, according to a wire re
ceived by Albert Chagnon.
Following a recent meeting of
the Pioneer Women's regular meet
ing. progressive whist was enjoy
ed by those present.the winners of
prizes were: first, Mrs!* P Sather;
2nd Mrs. Edna Loinen; consola
tion Mrs. Jennie Hanseti: special
piize, Mrs. Florence Knrth.
In the commissione's court last
Ra unlay even ng. the jury in the
case of U. S. vs. Buckmaster,
charged with assault and battery
on the person of Emil Laurin, re
turned a verdict of not guilty. U.
R. Dstrict Attorney Hugh O’Neill
represented the government and
K. C. Thomas represented Buck
master. The case was tried <be
fore Judge Chas. W. Thornton.
According to a ciipp'ng from a
San Francisco paper received by
Nome tr ends, jt is learned that
Mathew Collins, aged Tl, a former
well known Nomeite and old time
politician of San Francisco, passed
away recently after several months
illness_ The clippng said. "Coll
ins who was an original South of
I.Marko street Boy. died a natural
death at the home of'Mrs. Chapin.
550 Clayton Street. 4
I During the past week (Or ten
days Nome has experienced warm
land cold weather. During the
warm spell sleet froze heavy
on the Wiring about town that
many telephones were out of com
mission as well as the electric
light and fire deportment systems.
Many men were put to work erect
ing the poles which ha^ gone
down under, the terrific weight of
teh ice and each day a number
of wires still continue to go down.
A '^4 hour telephone service was
inaugurated as a special fire pre
vention and we hope it will be
continued jn the future.
A double header baseball game
will be played at Eagle ,hall Wed
nesday, Dec. 20th, the proceeds
will go to help swell the Xmas
Community Tree fund. The first
game will begin at 8 ,p.in. sharp.
Four picked teams known as the
Mammon vs. Alaskans and the Fed
erals vs. the Commercials, will do
their Stuff and once .more bring
back indoor baseball spirit which
always was a popular sport during
! t lie winter months. Practice
games will be held at jthe hall
Monday, Dec. 18th. The Alaskans
will use the floor from 6 to 7
p.m. Hatnmon 7 to 8. Commer
cials 8 to.!). Federals 9 to 10 p.m.
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General adm'ssion adults 50cts.
children 25cts. Don't fail to at
tend and howl ,for your favorites
Wednesday night, better go early
and get ajfgood seat.
Anyone receiving news of friends
lor others returning to Nome at
| any time, the Nugget would appre
ciate an opportunity of making
ibcil mention of same
SOURDOUOH.. STATIONERY FOR
| SALE AT THE NUGGET OFFICE
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Everything is set for the Pio
neer Roof Garden tonight. The
program and entertainment com
mittees who have been vigorous
ly working for the past two weeks
are all ready and raring to go.
Th's r&Qf garden will make his
tory being the first one in over
fourteen years were you can
quench your thirst in the good
old pioneer style Yes, there will'
be real legalized bear on tap. Ice
cream and cake and sandwiches ga
lore. Be sure and don’t miss this
northern classic event. The pro
gram starts at it p.ni. sharp.
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t’al ('a lame pioneer resident
of the limnaeliitek was a Nome
visitor fur the past week. .Mr.
Culatne came to Nome ou the
lloust plane for dental treatment,
lie states there is more, genuine
prospecting in hs section than he
has seen for years. H. L. Stull
with a crew- is hoisting pay dirt,
h'red Ayers ip charge of drilling
operations; with his wonted vigor
and energy is accomplishing won
ders deapte many difficulties.
Quite a few other old timers are
punching holes to bedrock and in
general a spirit of optimism per
vades the northern camp. Mr.
Unlatne has made a few good
st. ikes in the past ou the Inma
chuck, and took out considerable
money. Upon his return he will
commence immediately prospecting
some likely looking ground, ad
jacent lo a rich spot struck years
ago.
PIONEERS ATTENTION!
All members are requested to ;
attend meeting, Wednesday, Dec. \
20, at 8 p.ni. Election of officers, j
Smoker after meeting.
Harry Lomen. Pres, j
Of German invention is a tur
bine driven by explosions of gas in
a water filled chamber that forc
es jets of the water against the
blades of a wheel.
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FOR CASH
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DECEMBER 31st
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Ladysmith, per ton $ 20.00
Kins: Utah, per ton 22.00
Chinese Anthracite, per ton 30.00
Colorado Anthracite, per ton 32.00
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December 31,1933
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P lot Ross of the NAT arrived
from Fairbanks December 15th
with Mr. and Mrs. Drown and baby
as passengers, and with mall and
express.
Pilot Uoss departed for Fa'r
hanks morning of December 16th.
with Hugh Pearson, 0. D. Cochran
and Kvereti Sutherland as pass
engers, all scheduled for Cordova,
and with mail and express. Every
effort w 11 be made to contact the
southbound steamer at Cordova.
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Pilot Brown of the NAT made
the round trip to Teller the morn
ing of December 16th. taking Emh
Laurin to Shelton. John Fosberg
o the Springs ^and Sheldon Keok
to Teller. After re^urn'ng to
Nome about noon Brown departed
again for points north with one
passenger for Selewik. . He has
ma'l and express for Deering.
Candle and Ko'zebue.
Pilot Joe Crosson of the Pacific
Alaska .Airways flying ..one
of the new Fleeter planes, arrived
Nome today from Fairbanks via
Tanana, br nging Leo Charles and
EJebrulik Rock who are returning
to their northern homes after
having been associated with the
filming of the “Eskimo” by M(5M
at Hollywood. Pilot Crosson is ex
pected to leave on his return trip
to Fairbanks tomorrow. Binks
Seiffert, born in Nome during the
early days, was a returning pass
enger to Nome front Fairbanks.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus
F» ffert, .for many years identified
wt'h rh'e business; mining anTlo
ial 1'fe of this camp.
Pilot Frank Whaley of the Speed
way Air Service made a round
trip to Solomon Friday with E.K.
Johaneon " as a passenger. The
plane brought back a quantity of
bailed hay due to a shortage here.
The Speedway Air Service piauo
is scheduled to’ make a trip in a
few days to Point Hope with Eeb
rulik Hock, a native boy who re
cently returned from Hollywood". .
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The publisher of this paper has
rece'ved from our old townsman,
Elmer Heed, a hook of Alaska
peoms. They are priceless gems
of Alaskan history in verse, and
would make a most suitable Christ
| mas present. The cost is only
| fifty cents apiece. When think
ing of your Christmas gifts drop
^into the Nugget office and get
one. They would be ideal gifts
I to send to the folks outside. No
| old sourdough cabin should be
without one bringing back as you
read those verses menior'es of
the past.
AX OMISSION
•Through a very regretable ov
ersight n the writing up of the
Nome High School play, the nam
es of Milton O’Farrell and Mar
garet Scott were inadvertently om
itted in tlieir role of Mr. and Mrs.
Tod Hunter. Both of these stu
dents deserve high pra se for their
histron c talent and the Nugget is
only too pleased to correct this
Mistake.
Sandpaper and emery cloth tha'
are sharper that usual are being
made by u new process in which
static elecir'city is employed to
set the cutting grains on edge.
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