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The Nome nugget., 1903-02-21

whaling vessels of all sizes. from East ern points. About l00of these came to Boring sea and the Arctic ocean in quest of oil, bone, ivory and pelts. About a hundred more went to the J1pan and Okhotsk seas for southe m right and bowhead whales: about 20 went to Hudson bay, Davis straits aud adjacent waters: the others crused in all seas in search of sperm whales. going to Indian ocean, North and South Pacific and North and south Atlantic. Yankee blubher hunt ers as they were called, were to be found every where, and in all seas. Those were strong, well built craft: their captains. officers and about half of he crew were always experienced men, the remainder were young meu and boys from the eastern and middle states, young men and boys from the farm. and dandes from the cities. college graduates frequently No mans son Was too good 70 go on or e of these voyages; promotions were quick and money was quite sure If the captain had the reputation of being lucky and always fiji ed his ship. he could pick his crew from the ma erial have mentioned. The crews signed contracts for from two to four years. They saw more sights and grander scenery than the migrating tourist would see in half a lifetime, by going to London, Paris or Vienna.
 On these voyages primal nature is seen in every phase, as well as the primeval man and woman without so much as an apron to cover their naked ness, especially by the early voyagers. They landed their cargoes at the Sand. wich islands every year and continued their voyages, north, south, east and west. their cargoes going to the worlds markets on larger ships.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

T3 4. ", PHblry. Joln Mar~h4li. John Tal
 bO |. E DlN-ou. = -. Ru~>o. S. lh Weiss
 Alctll Lewis and E. Wilson.
 Nou are hcrcuv uotiipu .uut l haF" r-pcnird during the year 1909 one hundred dollars iu work and labor upon each Ut the T iIiL.. ."tauuu~ in the kpUrurol rCtO'i.. UI- It). District of Alaska. known Hui ,r.criD'u d. Bench a~- NOriutuH placer CIalGI. Cu,tniuIH@ loo a.""N. 'ud Iron Creek association placer yiailn, CuutaiutuE lto acres. situated between 4lat thcWs creek and WiAoW creek. tribotalIc> of pu,rlm river, u the ufOrVSald recording ulSiif f, lu order 10 hold said cIlims under the prov I,iuu, O. section ,, 2i of the Revised StGjGts~ Ot th" United States and the amendment thereto approved January 22t. lSSu coureruIug annual labor upon mining claims, being tuH amount repaired to be done on said locations turing tur year ending on the 3lSt day ot December. lA@ to hold said locations and you are hereby notified that if within min " days after tnJi pub. .: tiuu of this notice you fail or refuse tO cOntr.pGtc your prOpUrtiuu of such cNi cuU1JurC~ "~ CO-OWNcrN your inter 'NiN lu thp 5 1, .uCuUCHN N l bee me the property of tine ~Go-c .Acr. .uur co-oH4or, whu hi> made lhr cNpraa E.A.c. ,qDred bt th.. terms ot NaiI >tvtiU.. 2324 .I i. Revised ~ju.- ulc>. ana the ~di'' dme"diu' ur tn 'rcto.
 Date of rrst pHu!ctJtuu j"uudIv 10, lN3
 Date c. last .bliv i l. ,priI ll. 'oi
 $ S l.. liuAToN.
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NOTICE or FORFEITURE.

To Fr. Kolln>icy, Joseph lhoma~. $. Laplana, l.. C. kuickf rbOrker auu others, co-OWncr, with the undersigned in clam lnown aS the Hnla Tract, in th" \, me mining district D.s- trct of Alaska, recorded in vol. !l, page 3S To F.. H. N cod an. Nm. I 1hompSoI. A. l. Bal oUSS, Frank kondcla, ] hn LuAm. n. Frank Miller l. H. Lnt~haW. l.. Delalnrn nlco, l.. (. knickerbocller ana other. co-oW hcr> with the undersigned in claim known a> the Fanny Tract in the Nome minilg district, District of Alaska. recorded in vol. 9t. page 3S. To l.. (. ki,kerbecler. Josie Woods, J. k. Sewcll and others. cO-ownerS win the rnd r signed in claim known as th" t ion Tract. Il the Nome mining district. Dl>tri,U Of Alaska, recorded in vol. 9l. pnge 3ji.
 To Louis Deiamonico, Wm. l.. Bet"lleN, Henry Sincock sam C. Dunham, H. H. Marsh, l.. C. Knickcrbocler and others, cOoWntrs with the the undersigned in claim known s the Appoo Tract, in the Nome mining diStrirj, District oi Alaska, recorded in the BoHunZ.. mining dis trict. in vol. 20 page 60
 To E. II. Woodeun. Fr. kollinsli"y. Lincoln Fowler A. Everett Josie W, cd. l.. (. hniclI erbocller and others, co-ownerS with the under signed in claim known as the Mars Tract, tr the Nome mining district. DlNtrlc, or Alaska recorded in vol Hl page i5.
 You and each of you are hereby notified that we. the undersigned, have expended the sum o S00 on each of tho above described claims if the year A. D. 1909, according 70 tn" provisions of See. 2324 of the Revised Statutes Of the Unit ed States and the amendments thereto, ap proved Jan, 22, 1880, concerning annual labor up on placer mining cl inns. And, if within 90 days after the last publication of this notice, yot to the undersigned respectively in the abov, described claims for the year ending Dec 3l 1902 your interests in Said claims will become thu property of the undersigned under the provs ions of said Section 2i24,
 First puD Dliyatl,.li Jan. F, NOS
 JOHN A. WEBB,
 A. L. BUTLER, Su-S (. R. EwLSe.
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NCTI.E 0r lOR, E..UkE.

To Fr. nk Buoll. $. r.. il"i and Fred C. spray: Ton are hereby uotitlC that l. th" u'tu'i- signed. have caused to be p"rJuru, ,d "ur. bor and NCrs ices to the Valuc ul lHo i nuICd gpI|ar on second tier. No. ,. oploei C l"it Inst ut placer Claim NJ. . SLOW (, Ivn. Iu the present ape Nome mining uia,ri'l D.~tr, t Cf AIu>i,I. for the years l"'l amt lE"1, and it you Go not. within go dave from tn" d.IC hereof. pay. or cause to be paid to lhe undersigned, your pro portionatc share of >aiu cEp u'titurc. yS cO- OH netS, yo IT interests IA SaI Iaiil will become The property of h. Un,"r~lE.l'd. .jnUcr S"ct,cn o24 Ottne ",i>cd Stutu, '~ ct the Uni, d States
 Date hereof, and of the first publication. Jan. 2, 1908,
 IAFs SPRAY, l-3-imS Co-OWncr Cf aiUrc- aiu pardcS
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ashore. where they were buried. I was conducting whaling station about eight miles distant. and two or three of the benumbed survivors came in while we were eating breakfast. They were unable to speak. A rescue party was sent out after others and they were quickly brought in. Some wandered about in the darkness and found na- tive village. One Of the officers died from exposure. Five vessels had been totally wrecked earlier in the season, one of them containing supplies for the station.
 The gale moderated and steamers were sighted and furnished one of the stations whaleboaLs and six of the wrecked mariners started from the end of Point Hope to intercept one of the vessels. but the men were never heard of again. The steamers failed to see them and they never returned. After these sailors had left another steamer rounded the point, where we had placed two flags, on poles, unions down, and a hundred people were waving hats and caps on the shore. The steamer came within an eighth of a mile of the beach and lay-to few minutes and then went on her way without sending boat ashore; the surf was too high for a native skin boat, and was eight miles distant with the other whaleboats. Our number now was increased to nineteen and our supplies consisted of about 70 sacks of flour and few barrels of salt beef and pork. The four was damaged. and had been left over from the prev. ious year. Of course we divided with the wrecked seamen: in another article I will tell how we fared that winter
 Between the years 1855 to 1862, or up ! to the time when Southern privateers began burning and destroying Union ships, there were nearly five hundred
The Nome nugget., 1903-02-21
SAVE THE
 SALMON A Combination of Can
 nerymef1 THAT WILL FAIL Proposal to Remove Restrictions Meets With No
 Favor.

Washington, Nov. l5.-The move. ment proposed by the combination ,i Alaska cannerymen, recently organiZ- ed to secure the repeal of the provi~. maintain salmon hatchcrie1 in AldSE q
 waters and tU observe a somewhat re. strirted closed season, does not meet with favor at the treasury department. Some of the leading officials of e de- partment haze expressed surprise that such q proposition should he made se- riou,ly, for the whole effort of the gov ernment has been in the direction of se- curing additional protection for the sal mon industry by ple e\enting depletion of the supply of fish.
 It is pointed out that he maintenance of hatcheri~S is the one thing tha stands in the way of an early depletion of the salmon fisheries in Aask5 waters, to such an event indeed thai the canLeries would have to go out O. business within d comparatively shOrl time. There is no inclination, either, to allow iisbing to commence before the first of July. The treasury ficiaI- who have the administration of the laws on the subject under their charge appreciate the fact that the season, un- der the present circumstances, is very short; but they are keehly conscious , also of the fact that tremrndOuS Quan' 1 titie, of hsh are being taken non
 Alaska waters every year: that the catch is increasing every year, anC thi the 'anuerymen are far from $ condition of hardship.
 President Roosevelt will certainly be opposed tu any proposition looking lt d letting down If the bars, for he be-
 lieves that the restrictions a. enforced at present in regard to salmon lishln. ar not at ali too severe. In iuct. ht has within the a two weeks been ir cousuI, atiou with officials of the treas ury department and of the fish commiS sion with the object of finding ou, what can be done to provide fur,he, protection for the Alaska fisheries.
 8 cans Carnation Cream S1
 ARCHER. EWING $ co.
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be proposal came in the form o' "
 position through the United states .arnnen, to submit claims of the
 t;.h and German subjects to aroltra- n Lord Landsowne announced ia'ef the day in the house of lords that tue ,;a,, ;s now under consideration, ad- ,~ We are greatly indebted to the n3 offices of the United States minis r at Caracas.
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QUESTION IN COUNCIL Shall the Town be In.
 corpOr2ted? STRONG 0PpOSITl0W Many of of the Leading Citizens Object to the proposi.
 tiOn.
STRONG 0PpOS!Tl0N

Council, Feb. 17.-Iour represents tive interviewed number of prumine mt men of the community on the subject of incorporation. Among those inter- viewed were Henry Schneider, propri- prietor Beach bakery: P. T. Nelson, proprietor Hub saloon: Hugo Beyer, agent N. A. T. X T. Co.,: Tom Bare, pr spector: D. D. Garvin. miner; Wn. Webb, Council Meat Market; w E. Spencer, proprietor Spencer house: c. H. Stanford, proprietor .Golovin laundry: A. H. Miller, proprietor Gee = dental hotel. As the view, of all were quite similar, the iHterview with Mr. Miller is given in full and substantially sets forth the opinions of all. The in- tervew follows:
 "Mr. Miller, dc you favor incorpora- tion of the community
 ''I do not
 "What reasons do you assign for your opposition
 "There are many. Some of the more important are: Inability of the town to support d municipal government: the federal officials stationed here are amply competent to maintain exemplary order: the laboring man and the prOl pector are the parties to be protected not merchants; the boundaries are un- reasonably large; the laburing men. mine owner, and prOSpt ctOrs who constil u c nearly the whole of our population, can ill afford the burden of u-eleS taxation, however trifling: the United States will furnish q school for the children that are or may be in the camp: the shiitin. nature of A Alaska r. sidence makes incor- poratiOn very undesirable unless e,stn- tial for public weiflre: another reason but not the least, is that the act under which communities may incorporate has been proven very defective.
 ''The council is composed of : mem bers none of whom can resign, the mayor being one of the members. My observation is that body composed oI ' men makes a very poor eXecui i've to force economy, honesty, and efficiency from city officials and employees: also under the act only 70 per cent. of the license money money is paid into the
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Notice of Forfeiture.

TO A. T.. DOIiln:
 You are hereby notified th9t I. the under SRHc1 have caused to be performed work labor and services to the value of two hundred dollars on the Tom pIdtt placer claim, Cape Nome mining district District of Alaska. certificate of location being recorded in Vol. S2. page J6 of records of said recording district. for the years 1901 and lEO2 and if you do not within N days from the date hereof, pay, or cause to be paid to the undersigned, your proportionatC ShurC of said expenditure, as co owner. your interest in said signed under section 2I24 of the Revised S at uteS of tn" United States.
 Date hereof and of the first publication, Jan. 3l. 1905
 A. NJ. BARNES. s Co owner of aforesaid par Y.
The Nome nugget., 1903-02-21
Copyright, 1903, by Peter Bayne.

\ FEW years, ago ship running
 A in a thick snow storm, and her captain, Barker, thinking that
 he saw land ahead, which he supposed was the Diomede islands, he put his helm to port thinking to pass by on the Siberian side. A few min utes later he found himself in the breakers. and little west of East Cape he saw a small sandbar and he stead ed his ships head for it, and when she struck one man jumped overheard and was lost. The rest of of the crew got ashore. and were housed and fed among the different tribes between Cape Serdge and Plovcr bay. The ship wrecked men were treated kindly, but few died. Capt. Barker made many voyages after this mishap and always remembered the kindness of these natives in substantial! way, stopping at the villages and distributing presents among them.
 |! f ter the bark Eliza, Capt. Kelly, .,. .YsyS running before gale, in thick 'snow squalls. found himself in the breakers in the large blight on the north side of St. Lawrence island where the wreckage of several other vessels lay. The Eliza was added to the mum Der. Capt. Kelly was taken off the next day by the Belyedere. Captain Whiteside, who died in Nome in the spring of 1900.
 The bark Little Ohio went ashore or the beach north of Point Hope in 1SSt or 1887, near where St. Andrews Mis- sion now stands. It was night and ir a few hours the vessel was in pieces sOne man dashed himself to the nigh, heads and waited for daylight. Hel captain and half of the crew were drowned. several dead bodies coming
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 hoo fund, the remaining 50 per cent. going into the federal treasury. To recover some 5000 or 5000 of this Ii 'enSe money we must incorporate, whi .h woul annually cost the taX-pay- dol blr the amount reclaimed. Sin, e gal bling has been stopped. it is quite probable that the number of saloons will lessen, thereby materially decreas- ing the license money that might be recovered. Then, too. the council has not sufficient power to collect the taxes it may levy, see the case of the City of Nome vs. Lang"
 What did you mean by saying tA" ., ,Ospector and not the merchant should be protected:'
 "I mean that the future Of this town depends on the development of the mines. The prospector and small mine operator, as we all know, has this bur den to bear and probably s times out of 10 their ventures result in total loss. 'My observation is that the man with the pile of grub practically owns the country, the prospector and small miner are his bondmen.
 "I ou remark that school can be procured at the expense of the govern meut. How can the community pro- cure it?''
 "Simply petition the secretary of the interior and Dr. Jackson, the agent of Education for Alaska, making a show ing as to the community's needs. The government will do the rest and a school will doubtless be established not later than October next.'
 Has the government furnished any schools in Alaska for whiteS?'
 ''Yes, it has one at Sitka, one at Douglas and had q 1 room school at Skagway and d school at Nome prior to the incorporation of these towns. There a"e also others which you will find emu mera ed in the report of the depart ment.
 Suppose the camp were to be over ,un with criminals. will the govern nent furnish more protection than We HOW have?"
 "Certainly. We are under the di- As many deputy mar-hals will be as signed as the needs require. There are two deputies assigned here now"
 What effect would incorporation have on the community's growth?''
 "It would retard it. We are now drawing iirewood some five miles plating changing their place of residence to the timber. With in- c operation and the consequent annoy ance of city regulations and the burden of taXat on, q great many doubtless would establish their homes in the tim ber along the river.thercb by getting free fuel and escaping taxation.
 "Then you regard municipal govern ment as doubtful venture. 7"
 "ln Alaska, where men seem so in- tent on money making. and under the present law, 1 regard it as positively y dangerous. We know what other towns have experienced. It is q jump in the darkness and when taken, it is impos- sibIe to jump back to original condi- tions. We are quiet community. not menaced by crime or disease. Better let well enough alone.
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Y OVERDUE
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER EXECU TON.

In tn" United States district court for the Dis
 trict of Alaska, Srcon! division.
 Robert l.. II. Marshall. llajatin NS. John \.
 RrmjCll. DcfCudan
 Notice k hereby given that under and hy Vir- tue uf an execution issued out of the above cn- titled court in said cause on the 1th dHy of Feb ruary. A. D.. l9O3, l will on the Eth day of March, A. h. lE03, at the front door uf the Unit cd States district court house in the city of Nome. Second division. District of Alaska. at the hour of two o'clock in the Hftcrnoon of said day, offer at public rulC to the highest amt best bidder fo" cash iu hand to be paid al tue time uf said sale, tn" real property of said def niant heretofore. on the 5th day of September. laD2, levied upon and attached by me in said acti n. and described a~ follows tu-Wit: That certain placer mining claim known and described as the Opal bench claim situated between Nugget creek ant oregon creek, q tributary of II ugrv creek ill the uuc Nome mining and recording district. District of Alaska
 Dated this 9th day oi February, A. D. l90}.
 FRANK II. RICHARDS,
 |. $. Marshal. District of Alaska, S 5t second Diyi sion.
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The Old Reliable Hunter

Sells Genuine old Crow Bourbon and Old Hunter Rye Whisky at S2 co bot tle or l2I ctnt~ drink.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-27

Miss Young said today that she
and Dowell had arranged to be mar
rled, that the postponement of the
ceremony had been amicably arrang-
ed between them. and that the as
sault was entirely unprovoked and
the result o. the malicious gossip of
Mrs. c. f. Grinnell, with whom the
girl had been boarding while attend
ing the Garden City Commercial col
lege. Miss Young is of the belief
that Mrs. Grinnel is responsible for
the tragedy, She stated hat she and
her landlady We're not the best Of
friends. and that when she decided
to come to Helena she did not tell
Mrs. Grinnell where she was going,
but merely settled her bill and left
Mrs. Grinnell, 1t seems. then jumped
at conclusions. and Immediately
wrote Mr.. Young that his daughter
Lad disappeared. and strongly init
mated that she was in a delicate con
dition, for which. she stated. DoweH
was responsible.
i will not lie in this matter, aven
to save my fathers life she declar-
ed. The assault on Mr. Dowell was
entirely unpTovoked. We were en-
gagged to be married, and had in
tended to be married as soon as we
were both ready. He is a gentleman
and has always conducted himself
as such. | will not attempt to shield
my father"
Miss Young left for Missoula on
the Northern Pacific train, No. Il.
which was about an hour late.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-27
Carload of Furniture and Coffins Har-
bors a Seedy Tramp.
YELLED LIKE a Gagged HYENA
When Car Was Set Out at BID Tim
ber Until He Was Released From
His Gruesome Surroundings-Go
In Car After Dark Ignorant or Its
Contents.

Big Timber. Mont, March 90 A
carload of furniture. coffins and other
commodities was set out at the
Northern Pacific depot this morning
by a westbound freight train In
addition to it's load of freight, the
car was lound to contain a live man
AS soon as the car was set out he
began kicking at the doors and
yelled like Gagged hyena. Sheriff
Falling happened to be near and re-
ported to he railroad authorities that
there was some one in the car. Upon
being released the man was found to
be young fellow. fairly we'll dressed
He said that he got into the car the
evening before while some freight
was being unloaded east of here. He
was without money and wished to
reach Helena or Butte to find work
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-27
Tacoma Leads Off and the Seattle Men Pull
Off Sympathetic Strike.
NO CARS RUNNIhS ~ EITHER CITY
Nearly Foil Percentage Of Carmen Have Joined the Union
Seattle Men Will Not Hire Out for Work on
Tacoma Lines--Company Obstinate

members. Intense excitement was
felt by all the employees and as late
as 3 o'clock next morning the room
was still open and a considerable
number were present. Late operators
were still coming in and signing the
agreement.
At the meeting after the organiza-
ton, the ultimatum or demand to the
company officials was formulated
and read to them So far as could be
learned there were no dissenting
voices. This ultimatum required,
first, the recognition Of the new
union by the Seattle Electric com
pany and an agreement to discharge
no employe without cause; second,
that the electric company send to
Tacoma today and return the men
sent there from this city to operate
the cars there, to Seattle by u
O'Clock midnight. this evening.
The men for the most part at least
who were sent from here to Tacoma
are experienced street car men, some
Of whom left good places here. The
demand is that these men be taken
out of Tacoma tonight.
By the rules of the new union they
are barred from becoming members
of that body and from being re-em-
ployed again in their old positions by
the Seattle Electric company.
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Seattle, March 26.-Upon the first
day of the strike among the opera
tives of the Seattle street car sys-
TEN but seven cars were running
during the day, and these only at ir-
regular intervals. Only three cars
were running at any one time. There
are now on the rolls of the union SAB
names of over 80 per cent of the car
men of the city. The officials of the
company show no signs of weaken
ing, and the strikers are jubilant
over the first days victory.
The unrest among the street car
men began with the first signs of an
effort to influence the men to go
from here to Tacoma to take the
place Of the strikers. In most cases
this request was refused, but here
and there men were secured to the
number of about 26.
When things became more acute
in Tacoma the men here began to
talk among themselves. Then last
Sunday morning a paper was started
the rounds among the men for sigma
lures, being an agreement not to go
to Tacoma at all hazards. Men signed
readily enough it seems.
Wednesday night at o'clock came
the grand climax when an organiza-
tion meeting was held.
At this meeting regular union
was formed and officers elected and
among the street car men it is said
AGO employees of the company signed
the union agreement and became