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In order to give those who
have not joined the
NOME LOYAL LEGION
An opportunity to do so the
COUNCIL of NATIONAL
DEFENSE has issued enrollment
Blanks.
YOUR SIGNATURE IS ALL THAT IS
REQUIRED.
DO IT NOW
blanks may be obtained at your
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Tour Clothes Cleaned, Pressed and
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SUITS MADE TO ORDER from
select fabrics and trimmings.
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INTERNATIONAL UNION MINE,
MILL & SMELTER WORKERS.
Headquarters 511 Denham Ruld 8*.
Denver, Colorado.
ERAS. MOYER. ERNEST MILLS.
President. lec.-Treaa
LOCAL 240, I. U. M. M. & 8. W.
Th^egjlar meeting or the Nome
(Xtn« Worker*’ Union, Local No.
of the W. F. of M., la held
every Saturday evening at 8 p. m. at
Miner's Hall. Office hours 1 p. m.
I© • p. m., 7 p. m. to 8 p. m.
MARTIN KENNELRY, Pres.
AL. BRATEN. Sec.-Treas.
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Transfer
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Hire. Dealer in all kinds
of Lumber and Building
Material.
PHONE MAIN 87,
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444 Front St. Phone Main 53
Kmponum
We are here to please old and
new patrons. We do the best
CLEANING, PRESSING,
ALTERING & REPAIRING.
First class workmanship.. Gent
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Alaska Banking and
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Authorized Capital 9120,000
Paid Dp Capital 980,000.
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Local News Items
find Town Topics
This being what is known as
ascension Thursday, a Holy day of
obligation in the Catholic Church—
Services will be held in St Joseph’s
Church at 7:30 p .m. this evening.
A recent telephone message from
Council City, says that the Wild
Gooso Company have a few of the
spineless species working on their
dredge cn Ophir creek for $100
per month. (Some sports these
(ginks?) (
j There are many idle men at Coun
J cil. They are standing pat for $5.00
and board per day for eight hours
work. Keep away from Council,
until things are settled.
Word has been recently received
in Nome, that Mr and Mrs De-L«os
Lovell are residing in Western Can
ada, they are engaged in the wheat
raising business. Mrs Lovell was
formerly known as Mrs Warren
Nelson. The lady was married to
Mr Lovell during the early part ot
the present winter. Her husband
was formerly engaged in mine-op
erating, in the Dime Creek section
of the country.
Ophir and Klondy Nelson were (at
the time the letter was written)
residing at Juneau, Alaska.
We read about—
I wheatless
Heatless
Meatless
Swoetless
Eatless
i as well as many other varieties, with
“less” attached thereto. But judging
by the reasonable price of the
i"Bean” announcement in Lehmann’s
i adv. (on the fourth page) there need
not. be any “Beanless” days for
some time to come.
An entertainment will be given
under the auspices of the Altar j
Society, in the St Joseph’s Hall, at
8:30 p. m .tomorrow evening.
Tickets are now on sale, for 5.'i
cents each, the ticket includes an op
portunity to enjoy a splendid enter-1
tainment, as well as partake of a
delicious lunch, and listen to some j
cxc< llent music which is scheduled
to be produced.
The entire proceeds will be do
nated to the Red Cross Society, to
assist in bringing aid and comfort
to American Soldiers in Europe.
Tom Olson has gone to Beaver
crook, he took along a load ofsup
plies. lie will prepare to do some
mining on the aforesaid creek during
the coming summer.
MERELY A GO-BETWEEN
The making of baby carriages and
of coffins have been listed among
essential industries. Now that
hirth and death have been officially
recognized as necessary, would it
not be worth while to ree if life
itself is not one of the essentals.
NOTICE
The Miners Home Club will give
a dance next Saturday, May, 11th.
Everybody welcome. Come one,
come all. Ladies free—Adm Gents
fifty cents.
COMMITTEE.
i Word reached Nemo that the
Blue Goose dredge on Ophlr creek,
was recently flooded.
A crew of men were hired
to attend to it. Their remuneration
being $5 and board per day, for
eight hours work.
The emergency squad placed the
excauvator in safe quarters, after
which they were laid off.
Many of the old timers in this
section of the country contemplate
leaving for the outside on the first
boat leaving for Seattle.
John A. Wilson, along with I'une
Mci.aean and his splendid tears of
racing dogs, left early yesterday
morning fer the T\<i>garok. The
Territoral Road Commissioner is
gone on an official business trip., lie
expects to be away frem 10 to 15
days.
Mr. Ed Young received the fol
lowing Telegram yesterday.
Seattle, Wash. May, 8. 1918.
E. A. Young,
Nome, Alaska.
With deepest, regret 1 am sorry
to inform you that my wife after
a lingering illness passed away
yesterday afternoon.
Ward Estey
(For many years, Mrs Estey and
her husband and children were for
mer residents in Nome. The de
ceased was one of the most highly
esteemed Ladies in this community.)
A special meeting of the Nome
Mine Workers Union will be held at
9 p. m. tomorrow night, May 10th.
Business of importance to be trans
acted.
MARTIN KENNELLY, Pres.
A EBERT BRATEN, SEC’Y. !
Captain Charles Weckman expects
to leave tonight for the mouth of
the Koyuk river. He will give the
gasoline schooner Nokatak a
thorough overhauling, preparatory to
engage in the coastwise trade im
mediately after the opening of navi
gation. The Nokatak is a fast and
commodious, and staunch little ves
sel the carrying capacity is about j
30 odd tons.
Last summer Charlie was in com-1
mand of the well known gasoline I
steamer “Standard.” The aforesaid
steamer was recently purchased by |
parties who contemplate going on \
fishing expedition, during the com
ing summer.
A special meeting was held yes
terday under the auspices of
the local LcngsLaremen’s
Union. Announcement was made
that the Alaska Lighterage and
Commercial Company had conceed
ed to agree to the Union’s demand
of $1.25 per hour until the first
day of June, tlier.ce $1.50 per hour
for all longshore work performed
bn and after June 1st, 1918.
The C. L. Ross transfer Co, have
commenced re-assembling the Dry
creek dredge. It will probably
take a couple of weeks to complete
the job.
C'apt Heikkila (formerly master
of’ the historical gasoline schooner
White Bear which was caught, In
the ice last fall) is one of the latest
arrivals in Nome from Dime creek,
reaching here yesterday afternoon.
The Capt., is also one of the Reg
istrants, he will undergo a physicial
examination today.
Unless he is called to the colors,
he will be one of the crew of the
gasoline schooner Sea Lion, during
the coming summer.
There has been great sorrow in
the ranks of the photoplay colony
due to the death of Eric Campbell
well known as Charlie Chaplin’s
“heavy” man. Campbell was killed
instantly when his machine crashed
into another car in Hollywood on
December 22. Campbell has won a
host of admirers for his clever
screen work with the world’s greatest
comedian and a great many friends
among the pliotoplayers. His loss
has been keenly felt by all who knew
him.
(The above is copied from the
March issue of the Motion Picture
magazine which was handed to us
by one of our Lady subscribers.)
U. S. Commissioner Hugh O’Niel j
recoved a letter in. todays mail i
from Mrs Geo Hager’s sister, stating
that on February 15th 1918, her
brother George met with an acci
dent while employed in one of the
mines near Butte, Mont, Blood
poisoning set in and he died shortly
afterward Sv
(Mr Hager, for many years past
was a well known miner, in the
Oregon ere k section of the Pen
insular.
John Kullish (formerly of Nome)
at present residing on his ranch near
Fresno, Cal., sends word to some
of his friends in Nome, advising
them to come, outside as soon as
possible. He says many of the
fishermen in California are making
big money. Twt» of his personal
friends, cleared up over *2.00(1
apiece in 26 days, since, tho first
of the year.
A NOBLE TRIO, INDEED
In his usual mild and gentleman
ly manner the Right Reverend Yil
helm Sontag—better known as Billy
Sunday, remarks lovingly.
“Down with thoc - God-fcrsaken
I. Wk W. thugs! They’d face a
firing squad if I had anything to
do with it."
The forbearance and tolerance of
this deciplo of the gentle Jesus is in
deed remarkable, being only surpass
ed by that of the other two members
of the holy trinity—Teddy Roose
velt and Ole Hanson.
By the way, Roosevelt is re
ported to have a tumor which is
affecting his brain, but nothing like
that could possibly happen to Sun
day or Hanson.
Clothing OeanecI, pressed, altered
and repaired at the Nome Tailoring
Co., next door to Segerstrom and
Hagen's.
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Cleaner that Cleans, Largest Vacuum
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