INTERESTING, NEWSY LETTER
FROM A FORMER NOMEITE
(Concluded)
Gustave Berndt (German Gus)
after taking a brief observation at
•the sights, suddenly hove anchor
and headed in a southerly direction
toward “Frisco”.
Peluk Ben of white whale fame
is still here. Jimmy Ekdahl is pro
monadlng around in a tailor made
suit. Dan and Mrs. McDonald who
used to put up the big feed at
Bluff, recently bought a small
rooming house on Gth Ave. between
Pike and Pine. Martin and Ole
Strand the Nome river antimony
magnates are still here. Martin is
talking of making a trip to San
Francisco and Los Angeles. Ole is
figuring on pulling stumps on a
piece of land he is interested in
near Lake Washington. Frank
Martin is residing in West Seattle.
Winters and myself ate thanksgiv
ing dinner at Chauncey Wright cafe
on Third Ave. Sitting at the next
table to us were Mr. and Mrs.
James McPartland. Jimmy is look
ing better than ever, his wife is a
very pleasant woman to speak to,
she seems to e a perfect lady. Jim
Ryan v.-ho used to be one of the
Court house gang up there, has
bought r. home here. Alfred Best
(the ex-bull), Barney Ford and U.
S. Grant (the would be pug) are
about ready to leave for parts un
known. E. T. MacIntyre and Per
kypile are stopping at the Waldorf
hotel. Perk is branching out, at
• present he is performing the stunt
of a promoter, he is trying to get
someone with a little surplus cash
interested in his quartz property
which is located somewhere up In
the Candle district. I am told he is
meeting with some success. I've
seen John McGivney just once since
he arrived. Winters says Mac is
figuring on making a (rip to. where
the recent oil strike was made in
Wyoming.
Harry (deep water) Melville the
Kougarok dynamiter was around
here a few days ago, he was looking
for a chance to ship, he has sudden
ly disappeacd so I guess he found
it.
I met Jack Flynn, his wife and
their little girl on Fourth Ave.,
about a week ago. Flynr.. Frank
Petrick and John Nestor expect to
leave pretty soon for Casper, Wyo
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rning. Monte Blair and Spagghetti
Dan left for there some time ago. !
Charlie Stevens is stopping at the
Arlington. He has a job to go to,
within the next few days.
I often run across Pcto Swedmau.
M^-s. Lena Morrow Lewis is edit
ing the Daily Call, a socialist paper
started here during t'no past sum
mer. I have been to hear her specie
twice once in the Socialist hall
and once in tne I. W. W. hall. Her
leciure in the Socialist hill was one
of the best I’ve ever listened to,
both as to hor specking and her sub I
ject. The flail was packed to the
doors with interested listeners. Bui
the talk she put up in the I. W. W.
hall was certainly a poor one from
my point of view. There were
about 500 persons present. A col
lection was taken up and a consid
erable sum was collected to help I
defend the members of the I. W.
W. who were recently arrested un
der the orders of the Administra-,
for alleged offences purported to be
in connection with the war against
Germany. I asked Mrs. Lewis if
she intended going back to Alaska,
she said she was not quite prepared
to say. She stated she had been up
in Alaska almost continuously dur
ing the past four years. Seattle is
surely booming at present, many of
the business men admit that times
and business is much better now
than ever before in the history of
tho city.
Work in certain trades may not
be so very easy to get, but anyone
who wants work and will take a
job at most anything can find work
within an hour. Wages have not :
kept pace with tho raising cost of
living, but then they are not oo bad
Winters has been making inqulre'B
as to the wages which is being paid
for work in the woods, he says they
are considerable higher now than
the last time he worked in a logg
ing camp. The business-men are
surely doing a roaring business just
now and it seems to be steadily in
creasing. On Saturday and Sunday
it is a common occurance to see
people standing in a restaurant
waiting for a seat. The show houses
give two performances every even
ing and it frequently happens that
all of the tickets for the second
performance are aoid out long be
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- THIS LETTER MADE US BUY
Mr. A. Polet, Nome, Alaska.
Dear Sir:—We have studied tho Commercial business of Alas
ka as thoroughly as possible from this distance, to seo what
products It would bo avisablc to pack of which wo have an
abundance, and yet hard to get *o you in its natural state.
We are about the largest handlers of Poultry, Eggs a:.d But
ters we3t of the Rockies, and there is no reason in our mind,
why wo should not get in touch with you direct.
Mooting with a great deal of difficulty in securing refrigatcr
space for dressed poultry, we hit on the novel idea of Conning
the fresh killed chickens.
We gather the live chickens at our Poultry and Egg buying
stations at Petaluma, and after being milk fed they are kil
led and dressed.
The chickens is then cut in four part3 and put in cans, and
cooked under a process which rotains its fine fresh flavor. We
pack a complete half chicken in the 1 1-2 lbs. cans, and a ocm
pleto whole chicken in the 3 lbs. cans, bone and all.
Wo arc also putting out a superior Chicken Soup with Rice,
which in our estimation, is above reproach.
CHICKEN. No. 1 1-2 lbs. cans, per dozen $8.25, per can 75c.
CHICKEN SOUP WITH RICE. Per doz. $1.50, per can 15e.
Our prices are as follows:
Eore the first performance is over.
A vacant room is a hard thing to
locate especially on a Saturday
ind Sunday. Signs saying that
‘fti! Rooms Occupied" are often to
bo seen hanging in front of many
hotels. When the soldiers were al
lowed to come here before the ban
was put on, many of them had to
walk the streets all night on ac
:oi:nt of being unable to procure a
bed. X romepiber that ore night
the Partagos theater opened its
ioors and allowed 1E0 soldiers to
deep on the scats. The Y. M. C.
A. and ether like institutions also
jave shelter to as many more. The
people here seem to be dressing
much better than they usod to. Of
course the prices on nearly every
thing is rapidly going up. During
the past three weeks laundry has
ucrcased 2 i-2 cents a garment,
meals from 5 to 10c. additional on
each moal, room rent has advanced
50c. to $1.00 a week moro than
heretofore, and the price cf othex
things is also soaring likewise.
Frank Hall the notorious gamb
ler and others of a similar profes
3ion are still around, they're look
ing longingly toward Casper
Wyoming. There is considerabl
Lalk going on around here that
Nome was a wide open town dur
ing the past summer especially in
regards to gambling. Some of the
rounders who were up there 3a>
that tin-horn gamblers and would
be macques never had such, a harv
est for many years past. They say
that last seasons clean-up in one
of the gambling houses on Front
St. amounted to ovor $16.00(1
which was split in four wads be
tween two caret sharks and twe
petty larceny tin-horns. They .nay
the main guy who came outside
coppod the biggest chunk of the
cloan-up. Somo of the boys whe
ear>o oat on the last boats fiat
broke don’t spsak very highly ol
ron.e of your Nemo officials for -iol
eliminating such traps and pitfall!
from within the city limits, so that
the unsophisticated roughneck!
could'nt be deliberately robbed ol
their money when they arrived ii
town from the cfeeka at the clisi
of the mining season. Many of the
eld timers say they have no inten
tion of ever going back to Nome
they’re thoroughly disgusted witl
BOWLING ALLEY REOPENS.
The I tow; log Alley next door tc
the Eagle saloon Is now open foi
business. Everybody cordially in.
died to come and enjoy themselves.
Anything in On live of Job work
U the Industrial Worker Office
Satisfaction assured.
WE CAN DO IT.
Peoples Laundry wash everything
Jxcept the Baby.
W. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop.
LADIES & GENTS TAILOR,
four Clothes Gleaned, Pressed and
Repaired.
SUITS MADE TO ORDER from
select fabrics and trimmings.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
Dor. Lane’s Way and Front Street.
M. PASCOFF.
Prepare tor the winter by patron
izing the advertisers of your paper.
Mr. Miner I
ATHLETIC TOURNAMENT
EAGLE HALL
FRIDAY FEB. 1ST 8:30 P.M.
BASKET BALL
i ; i i NOME VS. FORT DAVIS.
BASE BALL
CIIECHACO’S VS. !»URDOUGHS.
WRESTLING AND BOXING
Adm. 50c Reserved Seats $1.00 ,
PROCEEDS DONATED TO ALE ALASKA SWEEPSTAKE
RACE. TICKETS ON SALE AT HILLS DRUG STORE.
that part of Alaska, and it doesn't
surprise rao a bit that Nome is
given such a black eye in many
places along the Pacific Coast,
especially when such crocks and
parasitic buzzarcs arc tolerated up
th-sre.
Now that Congress is about to
convene, there is considerable spe
culation going on around here as to
who will be the next U. S. Marshal
for the Sccc. d Division. Many
thinks that Jordan will be re-con
firmed, he seems to have many
friends here, the principal objec
tion I have heard against Marshal
Jordan is that he retains in office
some of his republican under
strappers. Of course there is also a
sei.timent to the effect that four
years is long enough for any gov
ernment official to hold office.
Dear old pal:—I am going to
bring these few lines to a close, ex
cuse me if you find some of the
items mixed up a bit. Jimmy the
Ham, Oosak and Winters sends
their best regards. Give my regards
to Mike Layden and Charlie Han
sen, and others who may be glad to
know that I'm still on deck. I
will drop you a few lines again
after the holidays. Wishing you a
healthy and prosperous winter, I
remaJn your sincere,
“SOURDOUGH FRIEND.’’
RIGHT HOUR FIRMS.
The following business houses
have signified to this paper their
cheerful adoption of the Eight
Hour Day.
A. Polet.
Thorulf Lehman.
Pacific Cold Storage Co.
North Pole Bakery.
Arctic Candy Store and Bakery.
Nome Bottling Co.
Chas L. Ross, Transfer.
E. W. Carleten Hardware Co.
The Surprise Store.
Cheap John’s Store.
Lomen Bros.
Kristan’s Emporium.
The Nonpareil.
Ed L, Holt.
P. A. Peterson Shoe Co.
A. Wittenberg.
Crowley Grocery Company.
Anvil Bakery.
Nome Bakery.
Nome Bakery Annex.
Milo’s Cafe.
Rowo Transfer Co.
C. C. Crooks, 2nd and Store.
B. O. T. Cafe.
Nome Tailoring Co.
Alaska Dream Theater.
Wm. Stlpek,
Independent Meat Market.
U. S. Mercantile Co.
Hill’s Pharmacy.
Board of Trade.
Raviolis, Italian style every
Evening at Modinl’s B. O. T. Cafe.
Reasonable prices, and first class
workmanship at the Nome Tailoring
Company.
GET THE NEWS BIGHT. READ
THE WOKKER.
TURKEY DINNER Daily at Mo
dlni’s B. O. T. Cafe only 75c.
Clothing cleaned, pressed, altered
aud repaired at the Nome Tailoring
Co., .next door to Segerstrom and
Hagen *8.
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WHO HOLDS TICKET NUMBER
ISSUED BY US IN DECEMBER
If this ticket is not presented
prior to March I the special prize
Will be awarded to Mrs. Janies
Ross holder of the second choice
Remember all tickets ending
with the unit six are redeemable
for face value in merchandise
Lomen Bros.
Three Stores
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14 H. P. BOILER
6 H. P. HOIST
11-2 INCH PUMP
For sale very cheap
Thorulf Lehmann
Miners and Merchants Bank!
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Nome, Alaska
Capital $100,000.00
Workingmen's Accounts Solicited.
THE NOME INDUSTRIAL WORKER
is prepared to handle
all kinds of
JOB PRINTING
Let us figure on your
work. Call up Black
134 or call at
THE INDUSTRIAL WORKER OFFICE