BUYING
POLET’S FRESH ROASTED COFFEE <
YOU WILL
ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT IN THE I
PRESERVATION OF TIN
SATE YOURSELF AT LEAST 15 to 25% ON YOUR COFFEE
EXPENSE AND IF YOU UNPREJUDICELY TRY YOU WILL
MAKE YOURSELF BETTER COFFEE THAN OU HAVE EVER •
MADE IN YOUR LIFE. (
<
FRESH ROASTED COFFEE UNDOUBTEDLY WILL MAKE
THE BEST CUP OF COFFEE.
A POLET
FORMER NOME MAN
VISITS WAR ZONE
John F Donahue, apostle of tem
perance and baseball, who has been
making frequent trips over there,
■writing on Septemebr 5 from Brook
lyn tells of a trip aboard one of the
tankers that cross the western ocean
and on which John was a member of
the crew.
‘‘The oil tanker Barendrecht of the
U. S. S. B fleet weighed anchor from
. on June 19 bound for
. ..to pick up a convoy to go
over there. The convoy consisted of
19 ships. After completing a few
minor repairs on the boilers we clear
ed from.on the last day
of July. Things were going along
smooth including the ocean, three
days before we reached.a
small fleet of British and French
gun boats met us and escorted us to
the latter place which was reached
on July 16. After that the fleet
broke up, some going up the English
Channell, some the west coast of
France. We were ordered to the lat
ter place. Next morning at daylight
we pulled out and arrived at.
before du3k where the shlip remained
overnight another day run bringing
us to our port of discharging cargo
which consisted of oil. Remaining at
.we weighed anchor and
steamed to.accompanied
by two airships, an observation bal
loon and a few gun boats. Anchored
in.days after which we had
steamed “over here”, the fleet totall
ing 30 ships. Three days out the
convoy pulled away from us, it was
too fast for us and on the morning
I of the fourth day we could see no
■sign of them. One French gunboat
' followed us and that too was seen no
more on the break of the 6th day.
There we were alone without any gun,
the gunboat considering us out of
the war zone”. The steamer ar
rived in an Atlantic Port safely.
NEWS NOTES
To “Ye Editor’:
How cold does it get in Alaska?
I’m serious. Here we freeze to death
at zero so twenty or thirty degrees
more does not make much difference.
And could a perfectly good cook
who bakes pies and cakes and pud
dings, roast beef too, earn a living.
I’m wearied to death of the constant
dress parade we have here, and lords
of creation who tfse rouge, ladies with
cotton where brains are supposed to
be. If you haven’t the time to tell
me anything about your “deuced old
country,” hope it makeB you mad
enough to at least describe it. Please
pass the letter to some one who has
time. I’m serious so don’t throw
this in the what do you use for waste
baskets in Alaska. Do you use the
table cloths and things like we do?
Last night I had dinner at he La
Salle. The doorman greeted us, the
usher seated us, the head waiter took
our order, the—whatever they might
call the printer’s devil of a hostelry
placed the silver and glass ware, an
other brought in the soup, six men in
all it took to serve our dinner—and
the Allies short of man power. In
Alaska do they call them men or do
they grow such there? And, Heaven
help me, I am supposed to marry a
he-man who wears a polka dot bath
robe when he goes to the beach and
will spend the whole glorious after
noon selecting a necktie. I’m going
to elope by myself—Alaska or Hong
Kong, I don’t care which. Seriously
I don’t intend spending the last days
of my life in a four room flat where
you almost break your neck to gei
a squint at the sky. Don’t preer
. around like, a pouter pigeon because
1 selecteu you as my confident,
stuck a pin in the map when my eyei
were shut and it went straight thil
Nome. If you see someone dancin?
about you.’ door some silvery morn
know, beloved scribe, tis your corre
spondent—and you can just show thii
to your wife, if you want to. I don'
want you, I want to learn abou
Alaska. Cordially
Doris Evans,
3827, West Congress Street, Chicago
Illinois.
This confinunicatlon is respectfully
submitted to some lonely sourdough
Saturday, Sunday and Monday the
town was talking quarantine. The
passengers who arrived on the Vic
toria were given lodging in the Holy
Cross hospital until it was safely de
termined whether or not they carried
any of the Spanish influenza germs
about their persons. The mail was
fumigated, schools, much to the de
light of the scholars closed for twc
weeks and the Dream Theatre alsc
given a rest for five days. The sol
diers who have been visiting evenings
in Nome are confined to Port Davis
and away from contagion of Nom<
and everything done to prevent ths
arrival of the epidemic in a precau
tionary manner. The mail fumiga
tion took place on Sunday and or
Monday the first'class was duly dis
tributed. No cases of influenza brok<
out on board the Vic on the way up
the ship arriving with a clean bill o
health. Strong head winds delayet
her, but the ship also put off om
passengers who seemed to precen
symptoms of the disease at Por
Townsend.
OltDKKKD TO REPORT
Miss Bertha Saville who has been ii
charge of the Columbus-Maynari
Hospital who is also a Red Cros
nurse, has been ordered to report i:
Seattle on Novemebr 15, for duty. Mis
Saville’s departure will be a very sei
ious loss to the hospital and to Nom<
CORRECT REPORTS
The following telegram was r<
ceived by H. O. Neilson of the Coas
Guard station:
Dolberg, De Bohn, Weber an
Gieger passed away. Billmark, an
Bloomqutst in hospital, condition ui
known. Allan, Jones, Bogan in ho
pital doing well. Everyone inclui
ing self well. Send best wishes 1
Nome Friends. Camp under parti:
quarantine. Expect to stay some tin
Fine trip, excellent treatment on tra
Fred Haering.”
Michael Meagher a former memb
of the Signal Corps *at Nome, ai
later stationed at Nulato, Prfvaii
1 Lovelace also a member of the U.
■ Signal Corps who was at one tin
; stationed here and later Nulato, a
reported dead at Camp Dodge fro
pneumonia following Spanish infl
■ enza. De Rohn and John Olson a
also reported to be dead. Ford Dod|
’ has been one of the worst suffers
of all the army camps.
mere is a considerable ijuaiiuij
t freight, much of it dry goods
lerchandise to be shipped out on
le Victoria.
Last night was the coldest so far
lis fall.
Permission has been granted the
ompany to take one hundred addi
ional passengers on the Victoria for
lie Outside. A large number other
rise would have been without tick
ts and might have had to watch the
Id ship depart without them. Rather
han allow this, the government has
llowed the barriers to be taken down
nd the ship crammed with another
mndred. Let ’em all come.
The Victoria is probably the last
lirect connection with St Michael ^
he Arctic has finished its season. Th«
•verland mail starts on the first
donday in November, that is a weel
rom next Monday, or the eve of elec
ion. '
me n. wt “
toria this trip was carried out with
the utmost dispatch especially con
sidering the low water.
Letters arriving on the last mail
show that conditions have now chang
ed in the labor world, wages in east
ern ship yards being higher than
those of the Pacific Coast, thus re
versing conditions as they prevailed
last spring. On the coast while the
wages remained stationary the prices
did not and as one correspondent put
it “its the same old stunt.”
The Victoria was again fumigated
last night before leaving for St Mich
ael. The boat will again be subject
to a similar fumigation at St Michael.
That ought to reduce even larger lives
than bacilli to nothingness. One man
who presented some symptoms of a
cold which might develop into influen
za was taken off the boat and placed
in the quarantine hospital.
S. S. VICTORIA
will sail from Seattle for Nom on her last trip 10 a. m. Oct. 10th.
Last Sailing of the Season
; LEAVES NOME
OCTOBER THE 20TH
R. A. Carroll Agent, Nome
I Miners and Merchants Bank
—»—»• WMMM MM *H> OOHtOM
Nome, Alaska
Capital $100,000.00
Workingmen’s Accounts Solicited.
+*************************
•J*4* •l**|,*J-,l**i*4,*J**J**J**i**J**J**s**$**I*
.j. .j. .j. .j. .j. .j. .j. .j. 4. 4.4. 4. 4.4. + +
The Dawson Hotel
(Includes THE DAWSON, GREEN TREE and THE LINCOLN)
Finest Rooms In Nome
HOMELIKE AND COMFORTABLE QUARTERS FOR TRANS
IENT OR PERMANENT GUESTS.
BV DAT, WEEK OR MONTH.
BARNET GIBNET.Proprietor
lIMBBiaBlWHBieiMMHBail
REAL BARGAINS
*As we are [now preparing our, stock to .In
ventory we find jmany [lines of shoes[in [which
there are but fewsizes left. Many of these shoes
are being sold every day REGARDLESS of COST.
Watch our Window. Every day we find new
bargains to offer,
P. A. PETERSON SHOE CO.
aaaraeiaaBfiBBBBKl^^
This space reserved by
C. W. Lewis
-Formerly Delbar’s store
The place \yhere you can
reasonably buy anything
from a needle to an
anchor
-M- *4*4«^*4’^ + ^* + 4*4**I*4* + *I’
Announcement
Segerstrom & Hagen
WILL LEAVE ON THE LAST VICTORIA FOR SEATTLE
The store will be closed for the Winter and will open
again on our return with the first boat in the Spring.
All those who wish optical service should call as early as
convenient and we will be glad to serve you in the best possible
way. .If you should have an accident with your glesses we have
your prescription on file and a letter or telegram to our Seattle
address P. O. Box 1914, will reach us and we will make required
parts and send them to you by return mail.
All of our stock will be taken outside and you will do well
to make selections of your Christmas presents now and secure a
substantial discount, as most of our bulky stock will be sold at
greatly reduced prices.
Our Seattle address will be
SEGERSTROM AND HAGEN
BE5S.T'■SU&&) p- °-BOX’1914
SEATTLE, WASHNIGTON.
WE LEAD IN
QUALITY AND SERVICE
THORULF LEHMANN
OURIPRICES ARE THE
LOWEST IN NOME
iWIITEBG’S SELLING OUT SALE
\ EXTENDED.TQ OCTOBER 1ST.
j EVERYTHING IN THE STOR
| AT BARGAIN PRICES
; WE ARE OFFERINC ALL
{FIXTURES, SHELVES CASH
{REGISTER !ETC for sale
{CHEAP
! A. WITTENBERG
*
* * *1- * * 'I- *1* 4- "I* 'I* * 4* * 4
* CBBfcftw&v, -
THE EMPORIUM
*
1 ALL MINERS’
*
4*
4*
4
4*
*
4* /
*
*
4*
SUPPLIES
KRISTAN BROS. .
,*****•?** 4* ****4
*?..?.********************** |( £***** ***************f ************