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The Nome nugget., 1902-08-20
BUTLER'S DRUGSTORE
SurlrlONS FOR. PUBl-lcArloN.
In the United States District Court for thu Dis.

In the United States District Court for tho Dis.s.
 tr'cT or Alaska Second Division:
 ID l; c ;; pap pIhnnpssn Rlsnttn. ys A.B;. Ronzoner. I. ". k0nZ0ne and Frank Schwartz, defendants. The President of the UnieedF Sssses of Amer. ica sends greeting to Frank Schwartx, Q de-
 You gre hereby sssnn med to.aurso n- in, ,ts, cnited states District Court for the District of d. Alaska, Second judicial di vision thereof at Nome in said Second division of said District, Of Alaska. and answer the complaint of tho plainsin, or Judgment fopwant thereof will b0, taken against you,
 Yo0 shall appear and nnSwer the complaint iu., tnls Setion within thirty (sO) days after the, compaetion Of the period of publication of this summons, .,1n, as hereinafter set forth. towit.. within thirty lSO, days after the 10th day of September f9o2 or judgment..fOr want tNcroOf will be taken against you.
 judgment against said defendant. for the sum . of s2Oo together with interest 6n said amount from the sasta.l7th day ossIanHary, .l0Oi Ut thos iegai rate and for costs and disbursements of
 The date of the order ot.service of shis sum-, mon mons Dy publication is July 2sd, lscs. and the herein be made by publication thcrecI once e week week Tor SIX consecutive weeks in the NOME
 s.y of Psn,s n; SS published in mons VIII be July ssd 1902 and the date of the time said publication will be complete. and you, the said defendant; aren tint you are res auirsa to tAe ,ss said esmpIni within 1902. and that if you fail to answer said com. plaint within said time the plaintin will take | judgment a-uinst you for the sum of two hun.- dred dollars, together with interest on saidSuu | from the snid 17th day of January. 1901 at th1 legal rate. and costs and disbursements of thiSs suit, as set forth in said complaint.
 Witness the Honorable Alfred S. Moore Judge of the United States District Court Dis. | trict of Alaska, Second- Division. and the seal Of said court affixed this 22d day of July, 1904 GEO. " BORcHsENrUs | Clerk Of the U. $. District Court, Dts. trict of Alaska, Second Division
 By HARRY c. GORDON, seal Deputy Clerk. I. $. Thompson, attorney for plaintiff 7.g37tV-'
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What the mining future of Seward peninsula will be atlly being demonstrated As yet the work which is destined .osesbsh the supremacy of this section Of the greatest mineral fields earth largely tentative enough has been enebethe rea observer to have something angble which to predicate his se.s.
 Water is being pumped successfully the hills and creeks in ,he immediate vicinity oNome, and a much ts1s cost than first anticipated. Tho Wild Gooee- M9ing CorRany pumping plant Snake river IS assured The Mocene Ditch Companys big ditch e5m Nome ve~so the hills Of Dever creek is practically completed aiT soon the water which it will bring will by .eAring hill and opening ,sulches stream ofgold l., oared forth Another pumping plant, that of :hs Nome Ex deraot Company, will be roperauon beo ss time year All ts enterprise well for tae future this and ok ees the faih of the capitalist.
 One ha.s but visit the hsr creeks slgIehes con- siguous Nome an tara Tor himself The only drawback that he will observe is lack of water Tne dsposits of auriferous gravel almost unlimited The ssUund thirss the hart pants for tle water bsooks" that it's harvest of gold may be peaped.
 Rerenelya ,rGG-r visited Dexter and sher creeks the immediate vicinity of Nome in company ssh SaAhes Wood the energetic local manager of the ENrsDExplmation Company, o which J. W Kelly, the oil
 
 iDt here y,e said that the Nome Exploration Com p is demonstrating faith by it's works. As has been id in THE NUGGET shs company in Junction with the Pioneer Mining Co., has made severd heavy purchases Of Sning property including the Sugar clan the left limit of Dexter and number Of claims creek and bench oo Dexter and elsewhere IsecentlN the compan! has &aded it's list interest in the Honey and Molasses eims adjoining the Sugar, and has bonded the Bowery iumediateIyt oeio~ the layter
 Systematic prospecting of the latter claim we'll Snumber of benches owned by the company the head of Grass gulch, io under way The prospecting S o kind before attempted in Alaska. It s+a-surcess In every particular Mir Kelly has introduced into the xud fields of Alaska the syseof that is Ntowed fin the oil fields of th-St It works like drm claim is literally prospeced with "n4atness an d4spAtch" The rapidty with which G. or 1oinch hole tesunE berocpisiittle less than wonde-l The huge
 earke drill borss through the crust of the earth with
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NORTHERN NOTES..

Skagway, Aug. 7.-The Santa Ana is in from Valdes and confirms the report of the Nizina strike. Rex gulch and CAititu creeks are showing up from. 50 cents to sl4 to the pan. This is taken from the rim.-. There is plenty of water for sluicing.
 Whitehorse, Aug. 7.-Commissioner Ross is making marvellous progress. It will only be short time when he will be back in Dawson doing business at the old stand.
 Skagway, Aug. 7.-T'he Garonne ar. rived this morning with three hundred Tourists. One hundred and seventy went over the White Pass route to the summit.
 | Skagway, Aug. 7.-S. Trenholm, of the Alaska Central railway survey party, died from exposure while making Sunrise City,.
 Dawson, Aug. 8.-Clifford Sifton is tc be publicly burned in effigy here. mi: is done to convey to the minister of the Canadian Department of the Interior the sentiment felt toward him by the people of Yukon territory. Dawson, Aug. 7.-GOad shipments from Dawson to the outside continue tC be made by nearly every steamer by banksy individuals or mercantile com. fpanies.
 The Victorian, sailing yesterday, took S250, 600, and the Dawson, sailing Saturday, also took $250, ,000.
 Fortymile, Y. T., Aug. 5.-A severe fire occurred at Fort Cudshy just across the Fortymile river from hero last night, entailing a loss of s40,0 so the N. A. T. x T. Co.
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Gus. Brown SA.sIJ 2nd Ave-, Seattle

at 10 o'clock q. m. of said date. and then and
 tfrefe show cause. any you hove; why yan order
 should Det be nade osreosAns Aoesoert E. estatc of Clarence A. Clsfla, deetxsed. to sell the real estate of said co-partnei ship, situated lyin sand -betae-fa themnsdctfality ot Nome, in thS Secnod division Of. tlss District of Alaska, ana deRribed ns follows, .towit:
 Commenciu9 1Aopoios where the we,e ltne of
 Clafiin street intersects the north line Of Front | street. for point of beginning: running thence westerly along the north line of Front street 50
 feet more or less to tie southWest corner of the warehouse of Clafiin Bros. Co.,: thence north erly O feet more or leSs to the south line of First avonue thence eastcry tracing the south line Of Ffrst avenue 5O feet moro or less to the
 west line Of Clafiin street: thence southerly tracing the west line of Clafin street to feet
 more or less to the place of beginning: upon the
 easterly portion of which said tract is now
 standing twOstory store building and adjoin- ing said stoFe building on the west, a oEe-story warehouse buildinp;:
 Al~o that certain pieces or parcel o,s l1nd. s<tu ate lying and being in the municipality of Nome, District Of Alaska, and particularly de- scribed as follows. tO-wit
 Situated across Front street. in a southerly direction from the above describedi wareh ouse of Clafiin Bros. & Co.,. and being stf1p of land IS feet in width. fronting on the south .hne- of Front street and extending southerly from said line of Front street a distance of 30 feet. to- gether with three-story frame and galvanized building situated thereon.
 For the purpose of paying the debts of said
 co-partnership and the costs and expenses of
 administration, and 1t appearing to the court from the verified petition Of said administrator that Alma A. ClAflia. Wilbur Clafiin, Alma A. Clafiin and Margaretta Clafiin are non residents of the District of Alaska, and reside at present at No. 6 River Road. Winthrop Beach. Muss., it. is therefore further ordered that this citation
 be served upon you ard each of you. and all
 persons interested in said co-partnerShip estate, by publication once each week for four cOnSecu tive weeks, in the NOME NUGGET -a newspaper of general circulation published bi-weekly in the city of Nome. Second division uf the Dis trict of Alaska, and that copy of this order be forthwith forwarded by registered maii pos&age l prepaid to each of said parties.. directed to their last known residence, ,s~ above set forth. Dated this 2ist day ofJuly, A D: 1904 T. M. REED U. 2. Commissioner and ex. l OfciO Probate Judge. Thompson, Murane & Thompson, attorneys for administrator. s-.3-4wW
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A Lively Contest.

On Friday evening next Curly Carr and Billy Devine are booked for 20- round contest for decision and the championship of Alaska at the Standard theatre. Both men are training hard and are in the pink of condition and the event promises to, be an. interesting one. Each man has his friends and betting is said to be somewhat lively. The contest will be called at $50, sharp. Tickets, which are selling rapidly, may be had at the Standard or Kelly's drug store.
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PERSONAL.

rR. J. Park left Monday for Gold Run to look after his mining interests.
 Judge IT A. Day is visiting his min ing claims on Mystery creek, Solomon river.
 Mir. and Mrs. F. B. Porter, of Candle creek, were passengers oat on the Port lahd.
 Baron Adolph von Spitzel, who was in Nome in 1900 and again in 1901, is in town from Dawson.
 T. D. Cashel, city clerk, left on the Ohio for the states. Whether he pro- poses to return is not known.
 Dr. Lind, missionary at Golovin, and wife and Mir. and Mrs. F. E. Scanlan, Of the same place, were in town this week.
 Dr. F. NJ. Rininger is again able to be out, after being confined to his home for some days, the result of being vacci- mated.
 Mrs. H. H. Clark aud Miss Alice Clark will leave on the next sailing of the St. Paul for their home in San Francisco.
 Chief of Police Jolley is seriously ill. Dr. Itininger'is attending him. Officer Sam James is acting chief of police during Chief Jolley's illness. F.. E. McCowan was a passenger south on the Portland. Mir McCOwan will return to Nome this fall, if possible; if not, then next spring.
 A. H. Jose, the well-known business man, left. on the Portland for q brief trip to Seattle. He will return before the el'se of navigation .fs Wallace Freeman Peck and son, Of New York, who have been touring l Alaska during the past summer, re- turned to the states on the Roanoke. Frank H. Ames, of the Ames Mercan- tile, arrived on Monday from San Fran cisco via Dawson, accompanied by Mrs. AmeS. Mir. and Mrs. Ames have taken i A. J. Cody's cottage during their stay in Nome.
 o. E. Marston, the popular auditor oi { the Ames Mercantile Co.,. and his wife, will be passengers out on the St. Paul, They will leave, a host of friends in Nome who will greatly regret their departure.
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|N'SESS|0N-.
City Council Meets and
 Transacts Business.
A Warrant Call Ordered for Pay.
 ment of Warrants Numbered '' From 775 to S37, Inclusive.

The city council held brief session last night, Acting Mayor Goodrich in the chair. A contract was given the Electric Light Company to light the cross on St. Joseph's church at S40 per month. The N. C. Company Was granted permission. to- lay narrow guage freight track from the Golden Gate hotel to their warehouse.
 A request from Governor Brady for report of general facts concerning Nome and this section was referred to Acting City Clerk White.
 Chief of Police JOlley reported 11O arrests in the month of July, 97 con victiOns, discharged and ! cases turned over to the federal authorities
 Municipal Judge Reed turned in 9 check for l,27o. 10 for fines and forfeit ures received during July.
 City Treasurer Cowden reported S2, 25O cash on hand-in tho general fund and warrant call was ordered for war rants numbered 775 to s37, inclusive. ; Charles Spencer was appointed. assist ant assessor at salary of Sl5O per menth.
 Councilman Geiger reported five patients in the city hospital, and the receipt of SAP from Marshal Richards in payment for the .care of federal patient.
 CouncilmenGeiger and Stevens were instructed'to make an inventory of city property in Holy CrosShospital.
 The street committee were instructed to gravel Front street in front of Bar racks square.
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FOR. SALE.

The following claims und interests in claims belonging to the estate of 6igurd koppang in kougarok district, are offered for. sale; price, $500: cro.k. ' One half interest in Mo- 24 above. Boulder creek.
 One qusrter interest. jn .No'. d. E'iossscreek, above G0>es';
 One-qusXS XSr interest In No. Buxzaed creek, below GOOs8<, One.half.interest in No. Chechako creek.
 No. above on Sk00kum creek.
 No. Grouse creek.
 One elakln 4n Miller creek.
 One-Quareep interest in Mo- Bernhard creek. Also e1e following claims belonging to the eSeaeo O 4,- H. HAAxon ,SittAtDd b X0agArek
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NOTICE OF SALE.

District of Alaska, Nome Precinct ---s S.. In
 Probate Court
 In the matter of the estate of >Niis"T. Uiness, deceased.'-
 Under and by virtuc'of on order of sale made and entered herein by siid cdtirt tn the i2th day ot August, 1902, am ordered and directed to sen the real estate and premises belonging to said estate, lyiug and being in said precinct, kn0wa as Highland Mary bench or tundra claim opposite No. below on Anvil creek. left limit: placer claim No, 3, on the north fop1k of Fox creek; the undivided one-fourth of fra. tiOnsl ioe on Second street in Nome, opPosiestks barraclls,s and adjoining the Spokane laundry on the east: also the east half of lot on Front street, Nome. Alaska. adjoining on the east the half lot owned by Elef Sennes.
 Notice iS therefore hereby given that on tAa 18th day of September, i90s at 10 o'clock a- m. the t-~-s
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ADr1lNIsTRATRlx's NOTICE.

District of Alaska, Nome Preoinct-ss. In Pro-
 bate C5urk.
 In the matter of the estate of John H. Ger man, deceased.
 . Under and by virtue of m order of sale made and entered herein by said court on the 3Oth day of July, 19O3, I am ordered and directed to sell those certain placer mining claims belonging to said estate lying and being in said precinct and Known us the "Sweepstake" mine. on Nugget gulch, Q tributary to Orcgon creek, and the Hard Pan" mine. on Oregon cre0lx.-
 Notice is therefore hereby given that on the lst day of September, l0E. at 10 o'clock n. m., Ut the front door Of tAc Ollsec of tho UHhed Statcs eommixSi0ner in, ,Andf fOF xsi6 precinct in Nome, Alaska, will, In obedience to said order, sefiAhv above deserfbed premises and mining claims st uaablic veudue to the highest and hest bidder therefor for cash.
 Dated Nonad, Alaska, July O. 19Os
 JBLnA GznAsAN.. 4ww Admfnistratrix of said Estate.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To Louis Pugnante, S.'Albasini. Joseph Maiola,. John Vaglio and Joseph Maccono: You are hereby notified that we. the under- signed have caused to be performed work labor and services to the value of one hundred doliars1 on claim No above discovery on Venstia creek, in the present Cape Nome mining disttict Dis trict of Alaska, for the year 1901. and if you do not. within % days from the date thereof, pay. or cause to bs peA 'tos'the uhdetsiGned your prop0rtfonate share of said expenditure, us CO., Owneys, your ihteYeseS in said' claiih wNR be. come the property of the undersigned, under secsion73@ ofehe revised statutes of the United States.
 Date hereof, and of the nrst publication. Aug. 2A loOI
 StLvEY BoLDRaMI,.
 BAWNKY ROLkNDO,
 CO-OWhers of the aforesaid pnFty..
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The Dawson City.

The repairing and refitting of the
 steamer Dawson City, on the sandspit, is being pushed rapidly: A now keel is being placed on the steamer and she
 is being otherwise completely over hauled, and in a very short time she willbe placed in commission.
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CITATION.

In the United States Commissioners Court in
 and for Nome Precinct. Second Division of
 tho District of Alaska. before the fIen. T..
 M. Reed, U. S. commissioner end ex -sfiicie
 probate judge.
 In. tho matter of the estate of Clarence A. Clafih, deceased.
 The President of the United States to Alma N. Ciafiin, Wilbur Claflin. Alma A. Csnin nnd Margaretta Clafiin, nnd to all other persOns in- terested in the co partnership estate 0f Clarence A. Clu0iIf deceased, gfcttfnR: the above entitled court, dui made and entered you are hers Quired to be and appear before cOurt hnahis once in the muuic Nome precinct, Second divisiC ol AaASkA.Aen thA..7th aay OfS
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asked,H said Mrs. Mary Waeoner who discovered the remains, if would help him to keep the matter quiet and let him bury the body, He intended to pay it ont of his wages
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To The Public.

Mrs. L.. Lowenstein, with NJ. D. Samuels X Co.,, lately from the outside, will give lessons in needle painting and needle embroidery during the summer and winter. Glasses Tuesdays and Fridays. Apply at M. D. Samuels &
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Manthei Arrested.

Sam Taylor states that J. Manthei, indicted by the grand jury. for perjury in the case of the United States against Helen Wagner, has been apprehended at Eagle and will be brought to Nome. It is said that sensational developments will be made in this case.
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From Candle Creek.

H. H. Clark, who has been on Candle creek since early last spring, is in town. MT. Clark says that Candle does not de- serve much of the "knocking" that it has received; on the other hand it was overrated, Still he thinks that the creek will prove big producer. Mfr. Clark is operating on No. , below Blanks, and he says he has done fairly we'll. The benches, he also believes, will prove to be rich. Good prospects have been found on several benches, and systematic development work will make many of them producers,
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What Is Being: Done By the Nome Ex= ploration Co. and What It Is Proposed to DO=--Water to Effect a. Trans formation of tf1e Landscape
 Contiguous to Nome.-

the easeaud facility of carpenters anger throu h soft pine plank, only rasdly Caro,l panaings of the dirt which k drought up in the process of sinking made and thus the value of he ground is easily determined Two o these h6ring machines work the Bower claim the other contiguous ohe head of Grass gulch On the Bowery claim four holes had been sunk Monday last respectively % 4 4 and 25 feet deep Under ordinary circumstances sinking Le 10 50 feet deep hours s trihe. So it will readily be how easily and cheapy claim may be prospected On the Bowery claim holes being bedrock distance apart of about 30 feet.
 As stated, the Nome Exploration Company, through Manager Wood have secured interest in the Honey and Melas,e claims These claims and especially the Honey, arewe known They be called the sisters of Sugar the Honey antsthe fake which aa joins it, reveals the only deep mining in this section. The nakc and Honey worked in conunction the shaft bringing the surface the dirt from each mine. The Snowflake is owned by Captain O. w. Carlson E. R. Dunn bo:h claims leased present. being MT Ashley. the Honey it 96 feet bed rock and the Snowflake shaft is little deeper. Three hundred pan buckets daily placed respective dumps The mining is ssystoma and thorough hard i, the unfrozen gravel however that powder has be used sntegrate the dirt Vet the roofs sides the tunnels drifts little harm. Only rich dir. is being raised and these and the of ad joining mines of which there present of the hydraulic propositions in the country
 The Water Supply.
 And the Nome Exploration Company will furnish the water As was told in TIE, NuGaET some time ago. a pumping plant will be erected at the mouth of Dexter creek Nome river. MT Kelly is the States se curing the machinery and it will be shipped Nome this
 al It. will be placed in position winter and by July
 it vi be pumping four reservoirs Dexter the base of i>ing mounain overlooking the valley the others the divide between Dry creek and Dexter These reservoirs will each hold 4s gallons water and
 they will be kept full by the pumps the Nome river val
 ley. Four separate lines of pipes will supply water and should one become disabled through any will not be delayed.
 Crude oil will be the fuel used to furnish the motive power for raising the water, and immense oil tank will also be erected hs D creek divide from which pipes will convey the fuel the furnaces of the pumping plant
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Wanted to Buy the Body.

Portland, Or, July 29.-Though only s7workingman on swsl wages, Ben H. Merrill offered pDse money for his tsataer's body than the big state of O~gon.
 eao ssid he would pay me wbetevsr'
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Notice.

FotAll-goods left with Rubenstein, tNostaiaor; and which were damaged by thsafire yesterday, cash will be paid or other goods given in exchange. Next dlSbe's hardware store.
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WARRANT CALL.

Warrants numbered from775 to 831. both En- elusive, will be paid on aad after August Sh leeA tfbOn presentation to the city treasurer Ut his oifice In the Alaska Banking & Safe Deposit Cos. building,
 W:B. GOODRICH,.t
 Mayor pro tem.s Nome, Alaska, Aug. %, 1902.
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Smith'A Place Furnished.

. For rent from Oct. l to July 1st in advance. Seven room house; also Spo- kane laundry for sale; doing a good monthly cash business of $700.,,. Pareies leaving for outside.
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The schooner Lilly l., of Northwest ern Commercial Co.,, left Sunday for Siberia with 50-ton cargo of general merchandise and lumber.
 Steamer St. Paul, of the N. C. Com pany, is due to arrive on August 26; steamship Senator, of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, ou. August 24, steamship. Centennial, of Northwestern Commercial Company. August 2l; the Oregon on August 3l. The Roanoke, of the N. A. T. & T. Company, sailed for Seattle Monday afternoon with fair passenger list Steamship Portland sailed Tuesday afternoon for Seattle with 38 passen- gers.
 The Elihu Thomsen arrived Sunday afternoon from Tacoma, discharged It head of cattle and left for St. Michael. Steamship Corwin, of the Pacific Ceal and Transportation Company, has gone to Cape Lisburne for q cargo of eoal
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NeW.SuitS Filed,

Jacques des Garets and Geo. H. Red ding have begun-suit' against the city to recover s7, 7,O5s. 10 for lumber sold the municipality in 1901 to plank the streets.
 c. J. Jorgenson has sued J. G. Pacey .A. al. to recover s2. S74.S6 alleged to be due pfsintiff on two m'omissory notes. An aCtachment has been issued.
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New stock delicdcies. Nome Trading Co.
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Lumber at Northwestern"
 Gasoline, coal oil. "Northwesssru.n Shot, powder aud castridGes of all Kinds at Oiese's. Doughnuts at North Polo Bakery
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WOMAN for general housework Apply to W Mrs. l.. B. Tanner Front street east
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WANTED

AIANTED-A long arm sewing machine, if W price, kind and condition arc right. State each. Address w. r. Horton. r. O. Box 12l.
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Iron and steel of all kinds at uiese' $

LiptOn's tea. Nome Trading Co.
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HuANTED-To buy-Cabin 10 f2 or 12 14. W State lowest price. Inquire Nugget office.
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1 SHIPPING. Portland and Roanoke
 Sail for Seattle. Steamship Centennial Is Expected TOmOrrOw...Otfer Steamers Due Next Week.

Steamer Saddle sailed for Keewalik Monday night with full cargo and the following passengers:
 H. l. Dearborn, Mrs, Il. l. Dearborn
 l.. F. Dearborn. A. J. Pritehad, ! Goo. Plumner. Thomas kenney, J. E. Lee F. Aquino. J. Baker, F'r. F.. Devine, T. Roust. P. F. Tinney- A Nielma. G. F. Allsopp, F.. x. Timnons. Miss Steiner. A.Gustafsen, R. G. Walker, Dr. T7edemann, II. Shade, , J. Frawley, R. J. Park,
 ] Johnson, G. Siefert,
 w J. Rodgers, A. D. Nash,
 E. F. Richter, John SeSnOn,
 d. M- Sloane,