FINE STATIONERY
USED IN AIL YOU II CORRE
SPONDENCE, confers distinction on
jour letters while offering a sublte
flattery to the good taste of your
friends.
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The Elite Hotel and Baths
Now Open
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. REFITTED THROUGHOUT.
Hot and cold llaths.
Steam Raths.
Fine Large Tubs
Competent Attendance.
MASSAGE IF ORDERED. OPEN NIGHT AND DAY.
Klectrict Lighted and steam Heated Rooms at Reasonable rates by
Day, Week or Month.
EVERY MODERN ACCOMODATION AND IMPROVEMENT.
W. R. ANDERSON
COR. FRONT AND B ST.
Prop.
PHONE BLACK 171.
WHEN BUYING HARDWARE, let quality be your first considera
tion. Then look into the matter of price. Price without quality
results in the accumulation of a lot of useless junk.. But qua
lity at a reasonable price gives you lasting service.. We handle
quality hardware, and the price is as low as consistent, or poss
ible.
CARLETON HARDWARE CO.
.10 Front IL _Pfco.* Main 11.
ORGANIZED LABOR.
3NTKKNATIONAL UNION MINE,
MILE & SMELTER WORKERS.
Headquarters ,>11 Denliam Buld g.<
Denver. Colorado.
CSAS. MOYER, ERNEST MILL*,
Prealdent. ■•c.-Trea*.
3AH-AL 240, 1. U. M. M. & S. \\.
1’he regular meeting of the Nom#
Sltne Workor*’ Union, Local No.
049, of the W. F. of M., 1* held
ATery Saturday evening at 8 p. m. at
miner’s Hall. Office hours 1 p. m.
(,c g p. m., 7 p. m. to 8 p. m.
ANDREW BEC\. President.
JONH HOEM, Sec.-Treas.
CARPENTERS AND JOINERS.
Local'Union 1789, Carpeatera and
lelsera of America, meeta every Fri
day at A1 Orland'a ahop Front St.
Carpenter’# Headquarter#, Feder
* el Labor Hall,
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FEDERAL LABOR UNION.
NIoets every Monday at S:30 p. m.
5n the F. U. U. Hall.
B. H. ANDERSON, Prea.
JENS OLSEN, Sec’y.-Treaa.
For Correctly
Fitting
EYE
GLASSES
Go to
Segerstrom & Hagen
Jeweleru and Optician*.
W. J. ROWE
Transfer
Livery and Saddle Horse# for
Pitre. Dealer In all kind#
of Lomber and Building
Material.
PHONE MAIN 87.
147 FBONT STREET.
: GROCERIES
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NO. 0320.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT.
In the United States Land Office at
Nome, Alaska, June 14, 1917.
Notice is hereby given, that George
Prosser, a citizen of the United
States, over the age of twenty-one
years, whose post office address is
Nome, Alaska, has made applica
tion before the United States Land
Office at Nome, Alaska for a United
States. Patent for the New Zealand
Mine Placer Mining Claim, situated
in the Cape Nome Recording District
Alaska, Mineral Survey No. 1194,
more particularly described in field
notes and plat of the official survey
thereof now on file in said Land
Office at Nome, Alaska as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, a fir post
4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq. set 2 ft. in
ground, with earth mound 18 ins.
high, 30 ins. base, scribed N. Z.
1-1194 on N. E. face, whence U. S.
L. M. No. 1 C. bears S. S4 deg. 25
min. W. 2030.00 ft., E. edge Anvil
Rock bears N. 13 deg. 38 min. E.
Wireless Tower bears S. 59 deg. 42
min. E.; (Variation from IS deg. 17
min. E. to 23 deg. 00 min. E.);
thence N. 24 deg. 29 min. E. 1144.40
ft. to Cor. No. 2; thence S. 4 0 deg.
06 min. E. 1069.00 ft. to Cor. No. 3;
thence S. 46 deg. 05 min. W. 836.10
ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence N. 57 deg.
29 min. W. 664.10 ft. to place of be
ginning, containing IS.876 acres. In
conflict with Sur. 451, Nome Town
site, 2.716 acres. Area claimed,
18.S76 acres.
Said claim is situated on the
northern boundary of Nome Town
site between Bourbon Creek and
Snake River, about Vs mile N. ot
Bering Sea, in Nome Recording Pre
cinct, Alaska.
Mineral Monument No. 1-C. a fir
post 8 ft. long, 6 ins. sq. set 3 Vs ft.
in ground, painted white, with earth
and stone mound, 3 ft. high and 6
ft. base around same, scribed U. S.
L. M. No. 1 C, with letters painted
black, is situated on edge of bluff
overlooking bend In Snake River,
and 42 ft. in elevation above river,
in Latitude 64 deg. 31 min. N. and
Longitude 165 deg. 23 min. W.
Location notice is recorded in Vol.
118 Page 316, records Cape Nome
Recording District, Alaska.
The adjoining claims are on the
north, Alma Association, unsur
vcyed; on south, Sur. No. 451, Nome
Townsite; on east and west, claims
unknown and unsurveyed.
There are no conflicting claims
except as stated above.
G. A. ADAMS.
Register.
Date of first publ., June 15, 1917.
Date of last publ., Aug. 16, 1917.
WE CAN DO IT.
For first class work ana pron pi
delivery pit die Main lrtl and ths
People’s Steam Laundry will n li
and get your laundry.
W. J. WILLIAMSON Prop,
Anything In the line of job work
ALASKA NEWS ITEMS
AND TOWN TOPICS
The Kougarok mail arrived with
Gus Wheeler on Tuesday evening.
The Umatilla will taice the next
mail to the Outside.
Sam Magids arrived from Candle
on the Silver Wave.
1 A. C. Stewart the Sledge creek
operator is in town on business.
Rubber Goods, Rugs, Linoleum,
Mattresses, Reds and Bedings. No
thing but the best at HOLT’S,
The mail for the Kougarok will
leave this morning about nine
o'clock.
Dry weather is causing a shut
down of many small camps in every
direction.
Quietest season in years, announce
Nome businessmen almost unanim
ously.
We are using Moonlight water in
the Elite Bath House.
The Silver Wave arrived yester
day morning from Teller with mail
and passengers.
The Standard arrived from the
Kovuk yesterday with a considerable
number of passengers.
The Kelliher dredge started work
on July 29 having bee 1 delayed by
frost in the Kougarok.
For the best ,10c. Dinner in Nome
go to the Board of Trade Lunch
Counter.
Mrs. Carlson of the Golovin Mis
sion arrived in town yesterday front
Golovin.
Albert Lokke who has been work
ing for the Pioneer Mining Co. is in
town suffering from a severe cold.
< ucunibcr, large one's 2 for 25c.
Rhubarb 5c. in 50 lbs. box.
A. 1 . OKSTRKICH.
Andrew Beck President of the
Nome Mine Workers 1'nion, is in
town from Dexter.
Mail for Point Hope. Barrow and
points in the Arctic will ( lose today
at four in the afternoon.
The Silver Wave takes tlie* mail
for Blufl and St. Michaels as well
as all way points on its present trip.
Pioneer Igloo Hotel. Rooms 50c
und up. Large Reading Room for
guests. Mrs. .Ino Monolian, Prop.
• • •
Ringnell and Co. had their boiler,
machinery, etc., hauled to their new
working shaft on the submarine by
ltowe's teams yesterday.
Cochrane, the Boulder creek ope
rator, and who is in town at the
present tin ■ . is forwarding consider
able supplies to bis camp.
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Carl and fins Hed who have been
mining on the Mistletoe claim will
be passengers for the Outside on the
Umatilla.
Hardware, < rockery ware, (iranite
ware. We lead in quality and price
at HOI,TVS.
U. S. Commissioner Marx is away
with Mr. and Mrs. A1 I.oinen, in the
northern section of the Peninsula
and was expected to be a* ay about
a month.
The Victoria will take out a num
ber of round trippers or tourists
doming via St. Michaels, according
to advices received by R. A. Carroll
the local agent.
Quite large shipments of potatoes
received by local merchants of this
season’s crops have cut the price to
five dollars and half a crate.
Take your Punch and Dinner at
the Hoard of Trade Lunch Counter,
only 50c.
E. L. Holt is tearing down the
Miners Hotel Annex building at the
back of his former hotel. A con
siderable amount of valuable lumber
is being obtained in the work.
A. J. Mueller, whose fame as a
jeweller is well known, received
orders on the last mail for nugget
and ivon jewelry from a lady In
Kansas who had seen specimens of
the Nome artist's work.
Pioneer Igloo Hotel. Rooms $2.00
«.V $:S.oo per week and up. 50 cents
per night. Housekeeping Apart
ments.
WILL DELIVER FROM WHARF.
. .To our patrons who have given us
order's for potatoes, and will not I c
at home when delivery is made are
asked to call at the store and pay
for same soon after boat arrives.
We have other things, bring your
baskets.
A. K. OK8TREICH.
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The heavy rains in the Kougarok
before and on July 27 caused a
great freshet in the Kougarok river.
As however everyone was prepared
for a big flood this year it did no
damage to speak of.
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A considerable quantity of freight
is to go north for the Bernard
dredge on American creek on the
next boat going north. TO. W. Carle
ton Co. have a considerable ship
ment to make for this and other
firms at Deering.
You Can save money on your
House, (lamp or Dredge Supplies b\
paying cash at HOI.T'S.
The Wild Goose heating plant is J
still making extensive alterations
in their main system. The piping
is to be boxed with heat insulators
throughout and this will mean con
siderable tearing up along its en- 1
tire line.
The City is tearing up the plank
ing between the Telephone Central
Office and the Alaska Bank prepara
tory to re-laving it. The street is
badly cut with holes in this section
making it dangerous to life and
limb. No money was found when
the planking outside the Eni Club
was taken up. None is lost on tlie
outside whatever happens on the
inside.
GKX1S I rilXISHING, new goods.!
Comprising Shorts,. Underwear,!
Gloves, Stockings for I.adies, Gentle
men or Children. A little better*
and cheaper at HOI.T’S CASH !
STORK.
About 2l men are now employed
by the Divisional Road Commission
making the Cape Nome road exten
sion beyond Fort Davis. Several j
teams are used for hauling the road
metal to the right of way laid out
for its ((instruction. This work will
place a (onsiderable sum of money
in circula'ion in Nome .
Tom Ward, the Kougarok copper
king, arrived on Tuesday night in
Nome. He has some samples of his
copper ore which will be shipped
outside. In the copper mine owned
by Mr. Ward, there is a vein of valu
able peace k ore that gave valuable
returns -ome years ago when
smelted at Tacoma. Since then no
extensive shipments have been made, '
mainly owing to the fact that sev
eral wet.- to take options on the
property t 'ought to get a valuable
something for little or nothing. This
is one of C e genuine mines on Sew
ard I’enin ula and without doubt
when transportation lias developed
beyond tie present stage will be con
siderable c! a producer.
The following from a recent is
sue of tiie Seattle P. J. will be read
with interest 1\ the e who were
ae | tainted v ith the deceased
John Holmes, for many years a
resident of Seattle, and recently vice
president ,,i the Miners and Merch
ants’ Rank of Iditarod, Alaska, died
Wednesdaj morning at the home 1
of his brother, L. F. Holmes, 1027
Bellevue court, following tin illness
of several months. Besides L. F.
Holmes, secretary of the Olympia
Shipbuilding Company, in Olympia;
a sister, Mrs. W. B. McCreary, or
Tacoma, and his mother, Mrs. A.
M. Holmes of Tacoma. He was
born in Iowa, coming West as a
young man. He graduated from
Stanford university in 1900, and
came to Seattle shortly after. He
served four years as assistant as
saver in the United States assay of
fice here, removing to Candle, Al
aska. in 1907. In Candle he became
assistant manager of the Miners j
and Merchants’ Bank. He returned j
to Seattle m 1910, and went north
again in 1911 as manager of the :
Miners and Merchants’ Bank in ldi- ,
tarod. He was elected vice president
of the concern in 1915. He came
out in the fall of 1916 on account of
his health. He spent last winter in
Santa Barbara, Cal., and returned
to Seattle in the spring. Recently
lie suffered a relapse He was 36
years old. The remains will be
shipped to Tacoma for burial.
CITY BATH HOUSE
has the largest
and only 0 feet
Bath Tubs In Nome.
Miners Supplies
At
the emporium
Kristan Bros.
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| Bakery
I &Coffee
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BREAD
MOc. per it 3f
3 Loaves 23c.
Miners and Merchants Bank
Nome, Aiaska
Capital $100,000.00
Workingmen’s Accounts Solicited. i
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GOLD WATCH
11 Karat Hi Jewel Klftin Movment.
tJiio chance with cat'll »>0c Cash purchase or payment oil account
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Cheap John Store
TEL. MAIN *8. ONE PRICE TO ALL
Established June, 1900
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[Alaska Banking and! ^onie Scavenger
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Sate Deposit Co. j
Authorized Capital $123,000
1 , i’ald Up Capital *30,000.
A General Banking Bu»ine«a
Transacted
All Orders Receive,
Prompt Attention
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popular pipe—THE WEI.MXGTON. (The Universal Pipe). Good
pipes and good pipe values are here at .»Oe. anti up; also cigars,
eigarrettes, smoking tobacco and other things smokers want.
YORKEY’S
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beef, mutton, pork,
POUIjTKY. hams, bacon,
AND EGGS.
Every line Is lirst class.
Get our prices.
Pacific Cold
Storage Co.
PHONE WHITE 17.
Milo’s
Cafe
OPMK DAY AND NIGHT
Next door to Pacific Cold
Btorago.
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