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Livery and Saddle Horses for
Hire. Dealer in all kinds of Lum=
ber and Building Material.
PHONE MAIN 87. *47 FRONT STREET.
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Wm. STIPEK
PHONE MAIN 171
Plain and decorative
painting and paper
hanging
Agents for Morans Preservative Paint for
boilers, pipes, roofs, smokestacks, boat-bot
toms and dredges.
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Nome Scavenger
Company
All Orders ReceiveJ
Prompt Attention
PHONE MAIN 70.
ED. BREDESON - - Prop.
WANTED AT ONCE FIVE
HUNDRED AND ONE MB?
to have their suits cleaned, pressed
and repaired
We make them look like new.
We make alterations.
All prices reasonable
First class workmanship.
All work guaranteed
We do cleaning, pressing and re
pairing for Indies and Gentlemen.
Give us a trial and you will come
again.
We make a speciality of making
and repairing furs.
NOME TAILORING COMPANY.
Next door to Segerstrom and Hagen.
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ELITE
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J BILLY ANDERSON, Prop.
PHONE, BLACK 171.
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Established June, 1900
\A laska Banking and
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Authorized Capital $125,000
Paid Dp Capital $50,000.
A General Banking Bu*ine»»
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Rocking Chairs 92.00 to 90.00
at Crooks’.
NEXT DOOR TO CITY IIAI.T..
An entrance to Modini's Lunch
Counter from the street is one of
the latest improvements to that
well known cafe.
THE SURPRISE STORE
IS SELLING Oil
The Surprise Store will be c!os= !j
ed Saturday & Sunday open again I
Monday morning with bigger
bargains than ever.
Watch our windows for new
loW prices. Goods must be sold
regardless of cost 01 advance in
prices’
Remember we close our store
for good Oct. 10. All goods not sold
will be shipped outside.
THE SURPRISE STORE
Local News Items
f^nd Town Topics
Hans M. Hanson who runs a road
house in the Dime creek section is
very popular with travelers is an ar
rival in Nome.
The Alaska Lighterage and Com
mercial Co is shipping out the last of
its cable way machinery on the Vic
toria. This consists of the heavy
hoisting drum and cable which will
be worth more today than when it
was purchased to those who require
it. The cable tower was dismantled
last year with the lumber etc pre
served intact, the work being done
under contract, and the machinery
etc has been shipped out until the
last of it is now ready for transporta
tion.
PIONEER IGLOO HOTEL
Beds 50 cents per night. . House
keeping Rooms.
MRS MONOHAN, Prop.
Governor and Mrs Riggs and party
arrived yesterday evening on the Arc
tic from St Michael.
Lars and Mrs Gunderson arrived
yestedray morning on the Nokatak
from Dime creek. Mrs Gunderson
who is a trained nurse has been call
ed for active duty.
On the Nokatak arrived yesterday
a man named Nick Scorlich arrived
from Dime for Nome with a broken
log. The injury was met with in one
of the Dime creek mines by a cave in
of dirt. Owing to the long trip of the
Nokatak delayed by storms, the in
jured man suffered considerably on
the way up. ,
Miss Irene Bongard who will teach
school at Dime creek will leave on the
next sailing of the Nokatak for Hay
cock to take charge of her work for
the ensuing term. Miss Irene Bon
gard, like her sister who teaches at
Teller, is a graduate of the Nome
High School.
Upon the invitation of Dr Shank
the present pastor of the Federated ;
Church, Bishop Rowe will preach in j
that church on Sunday evening.
Bishop Rowe recently returned from
a tour of the north'rn parts of his
district and will leave Nome on the
next boat.
Noorvik the native settlement in the
Kobuk section is one of the most ad
vanced experiments in co-operation in
America. The natives have co-opera
tive stores, co-operative saw mill etc. j
The town is laid out on regular city
lines and enjoys electric light, the
church has a clock tower which is
illuminated and reveals to the native'
the time of day or night. Only those ]
who are familiar with the native dis
position and traits can realize what
an immense achievement a place like
Norvik stands for.
The Ram will probably take coal
from Unalakleet to Nome on the next
trip according to statements of its
owners.
Democrats have placed in circula
tion a war poster giving flags and
other data of nations engaged and
urging electors in Alaska to vote for
Sulzcr.
Delegate Wickcrsham, according to
reports, is having very gratifying evi
dences of support extended to him
on all sides on his trip up the Yukon
and interior points. The feeling that
the delegate was jobbed by the ma
chien in Juneau appears to be general. I
Cap Brown who resides on the
Sandspit has been trying out his own
Nome constructed auto. It was a
complete success as a runabout and
while it made a noise like a jitney
or an express train, it proved effec
tive and speedy. He built the auto
himself in every particular, but hav
ing tried to use plain tires found that
it did not grip on gravel and so had
to send out for regulation auto tires,
after which it worked like a charm.
By a regulation issued by the Sec
retary of the War Department, there
is now so such thing as National
Guard, National Army, Regular Army,
Reserve Corps, etc. These are all
merged in the title of the United
States Army and none other has any
standing.
Louis Wittenberg who has been
circulation manager of the Worker for
some tine committed himself to the
belief that he needed a larger field
of endeavor, jumped the job and is
now on board the Victoria on which
boat he is taking passage to Seattle
vmt the Outs.de.
Keep Posted, Read the WORKER,
The Bering Sea herring have be
gun to run in abundance. Reports
from down the coast are all to this
effect. Locally fishermen say that as
yet they have not put in an appear
ance on anything like a large scale.
A baby boy was born to Mr and
Mrs Alfred J. Lomen on Thursday
night. M|Other and baby are doing
finely. Dr Neuman was in attend
ance.
INFORMATION WANTED:—Mr
Paul Clay is requested to communi
cate with Carl Heinzen, 305 S. La
Bade Street, Chicago on a mutually
important matter. Friends noticing
this advertisement will contor a
fa/or by direct leg the attention of
Mr Clay hereto.
King Island natives will return
home on board the government boat
sometime durng the coming week.
They have been located in a colony
on the Sandspit and have been active
in fishing and purveying ivory of all
sorts in this locality. One native com
plains that he had an immense ivory
tusk beautifully carved as a crib
board. He went out to one of the
steamers anchored in the roadstead
and having gone aboard to ply his
trade it was missing from the place he
put it. “Whiteman him take it,” was
the story of the native.
Max Gottschalk who was arrested
by the Russian government when he
made a trip over to Siberia on the
Diamond L and who was sentenced
to jail on a charge of selling intoxi
cants to the natives, was released
following the revolution and is now a
free man and engaged in business on
his own account. He was recently
at East Cape.
Charles Ross is dismantling his
sawmill and it is being shipped out
side. This will leave only the Parry
mill owned by W. J. Rowe, in the
tow'n. but this one will likely be am
ple to meet all requirments.
Mr Iliplogle who has had charge
of the native settlement at Noorvik
under the Bureau of Education, will
be a passenger to the Outside on the
steamer Vivtoria. At Noorvik is lo
cated the wireless station, which is
one of the farthest north in the world,
and the news received by this radio
station has been the means whereby
the miners were kept informed of all
the dramatic turns in the great war.
He will return next spring and dur
ing the winter his son will have charge
of the place. His son is absent at
the present time, but returns on one
of the last boats.
HERRING BARiySLS, NETS AND
SAI T TO PACK FISH AT INDEPEN
DENT GROCERY.
The following was received from
Seattle on the last mail with tho re
quest that the information therein he
givn publication.
Treasury Department Washington
July 25, 1918.
Assayer in Charge,
U. S. Assay Office.
Seattle, Washington.
Sir:
The Department has under consid
eration a plan for permitting the es
tablishment of the Mint Service to re
ceive deposits of platinum metals and
when offered in the. form of jewelry,
dental scrap, etc., the details of which
will be communicated to you as soon
as possible.
Pending final arrangements you are
requested to discontinue the practice
of returning platinum to depositors
or notifying them of your inability to
make payment for ttte same. You
will, instead, give every incourage
ment to the patrons 0* your min,t to
d'posit with you, for the use of tho
Government, all forms of me.tal of the
platinum group.
It has been tentatively determined
to have all deposits received by the
institution of the Mint Service s' nt to
the New York Assay Office where an
equipment is being installed for the
ready determination of values in
platinum deposits.
Upon receipt of deposits from you
the Superintend nt, of the New York
Assay Offico will find a purchaser for
the platinum who will utilize 'he met
al for Government purposes. The
value of the individual d posits will
be remitted to you for transmission to
the depositors.
Please give as much publicity as
possible to the authorities granted
by the Department to extend the
functions of your offic" in respect to
platinum deposits.
Respectfully
M. H. O’Rielly
Acting Director of the Mint.
Approved:
(Signed )R. C. Uefflngwell.
Assistant Secretary.
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OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
NEXT DOOR TO PACIFIC COLD
STORAGE COMPANY
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MAKE YOUR WANTS KNOWN
Through The
.ALASKA PUBLICITY BUREAU.
Juneau, Alaska.
If you want to either hire or be
hired, let us hear from you.
Employers will please state na
ture (ft positions to be filled ana
wages paid.
1 hose desiring positions will
state qualifications and nature ot
work wanted.
E. J. WHITE
Chief of Bureau
By order of the Governor.
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worthy of your patronage. They
can supply all your wants as cheaply
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advertise. Give them the preference
as a matter of course in the matter
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