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The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19
THE SHAKING OF MINING CLAIMS.

Notwithstanding the great amount of mining liti- gation since the Nome gold fields discovered, there has been blood shed property disputes Some may regret the fact since they argue that if fin the beginning" "hangn had been inaugurated, much of the contentious and litigation that have arisen would have been avoided"
 This is indeed Draconian kind of reasoning and it need not be dwet upon. It is untenable from any point of view although it is to be confessed that when the of valuable mining claim finds his prop erty involved in litigation by the ubiquitous jumper, he may be forgiven if, the impulse of the moment, he feels bloodthirsty. To kill a man because he jumps your claim is only to make bad matter worse. And it is matter of congratulation on all sides that few deeds of violence growing out of min ing disputes, are of record in this far Northland
 Wherever valuable mines are found there will also be found litigation, often vexatious and harrassng. We opine that considerable of the litigation that has arisen in this section may be directly traceabe to claim themselves. Until recently the utmost not taken in the stalking of claims; tho de- scriptions were vague, and in cases which we have known, were such to invite confusion. Greater care, told, is being taken in stalking and there for the belief that litigation will decrease in consequence Not every man who is de- nominated a Jumper" deserves the name; he may be the innocent victim of other mans careless. or ignorance. The professional jumper is soon known in any community, and his path is so obtruded by difficulties that rule his is short and his hegira certain. The days of 1900 not likely to return in Nome. In the meantime, if the miner or prospector wishes to make little trouble for himself he will stake describe and record his claim properly then if the jumper appears, he need not be killed There are other ways of dealing with him. It does not pay to shed blood, matter how worthless and white it may be.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19

that the Colvlle country will be thoroughly investi- gated in the coming years No section is too remote for the push and pluck of the hardy prospector If the far northern sections contain placer gold or quartz lodges, sooner or later they will be exploited Evidence of this fact is in the development of the Kobuk Perhaps not less than hundred men are now busily engaged in mining in the Shunnak region. When the ice again breaks we may expect to hear favorable reports from that section. It may be that extensive gold belt will be found and sev- eral good mining camps may be developed Who can measure the possibilities of this section of Alaska gold producer-both placer and quartz |?
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19

Correspondence of THE NUGGET from the Inmachuk section, pub lished in the last issue of this pa per, shows that that region will have a good cleanup next spring. Twenty-one steam drawers and many men are steadily at work and the outlook is considered as be- ing most promising. And yet the Inmachuk was scarcely known a year ago.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19
OLD AND YOUNG PIONEERS.

THE NUGGET will on Wednesday next, publish a list of the pioneers of 1898 and 1899, we'll the names of many of the real sourdough Alaskans-the babies-born in Nome since 1899. The number oi 9Sers living in Nome this section is not large but the men of '99 make quite creditable showing While the sts necessarily, will not be complete, it i. evident that the great bulk of the population of Nome is made up of those who came here subsequent to 1899. It will also be impossible to obtain complete record of the white children born in Nome since the city was started. The first Nome Gnvin, who first saw the light January 1. 1900, and then there is Nome Boring Woods, born a few months later and both of these young pioneers arc hearty and handsome specimens of Alaska boyhood.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19
WHERE FORESTS GREW.

In the early Miocene age the climate of Green land, Spitzbergen, the Arctic islands, the northern part of Europe and America" was genial and tenn perate Immense forests of trees now confined to far more southern latitudes existed all over the north In the valley of the Yukon sycamores abundant. On the shores of Cooks inlet, pines, redwoods elms four species of oaks, three of walnuts, maple and many other trees of the temperate zone grew in profusion depression of this part of the continent began; the sea covered the site of the sycamore groves of the Yukon, and in the highest rocks (the brown sandsonss of Nulato) of that valley the re- mains of shelfsh may yet be found. The last and still uninterrupted era of elevation then commenced probably attended at first with great volcanic activity It is to this period that the elevation of many of the Aeutian islands must be referred. In the Tertiary beds which lie horizontally their Hanks, shellish still living in the ad jacent waters, abundant A colder then set in, during which tho arctic vegea ton spread far southward to its present limit. For this change of temperature science has yet found satisfying solution
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19
THE POSSIBILITIES ARE GREAT.

According to Northern voyager, a section of Alaska which invites the attention of prospectors, and one which is believed to contain vast mineral wealth, is the Colvile country. As yet very little is known concerning it. In the summer of 1901 a United States Geological Survey party under the direction of w. J. Peters and w. c. Mendenha, as- cended the Koyukuk, crossed the divide to the head waters of the Colville and thence down that river its mouth They had little time opportunity for investigation, except what afforded them while descending the river. They made the statement that the upper Colvile is highly mineralized country :; that was all they would state and their subsequent published reports go very little further.
 No actual prospecting has been done in that ssc- ton. It is one difficult of access, and the cost of get ting in supplies is heavy Yet there is little doubt
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19

Favorable news continues to be received from the tin quartz mine on Lost river, York district. The work of developing the ledge is steadily under way, and report has it that it is looking better all the time." It is to be hoped so. If the development work now in progress should prove satisfactory this win ter, real boom in tin may be con tidently expected next year.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19

A scientist has discovered that the activity of radium is multiplied one thousandfold by mixing it with pulverized willemite, which costs little or nothing. Thanks to the activity of scientists, the world is likely to get the full benefit of that mysterious force, radioactivity.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19

There are more turner's than dishmakers" in this world, it is said, and therefore no comment is required of TIE NUGGET in refer ence to cases where the distortion of truth and downright lying are dragged in to bolster cause,
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19

Cape Prince of Wales is in lati-
 tude 65 deg. 33 min. and 30 sec; longitude, west 167 deg. 59 min. 12 sec; Point Barrow, T deg. 27 min; longitude, 156 deg. l5 min; Sledge island, latitude, GA deg. 29 min. 30 sec; longitude, 166 deg. 1 min. 30
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19

A couple of streets should be
 opened from Front to Second. We believe that the ground necessary could be obtained at unreasonable figures, if the proper efforts were made. But they probably will not.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19

We'll, it seems that Fitzsimmons, the once mighty pugilistic cham pion, is going the way of all flesh In his recent fight with Gardner, the dispatches gravely tell us, he was unable to deliver a knock out blow" This certainly is a cause for salty tears.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19

Isn't it little queer that none of the devotses of the higher. criti- cism have ever worked out any theories as to the variety of apple it was with which the serpent tempted Eve?
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19

As late as 1867 the Yukon river was believed to empty into the Arctic ocean, and maps are still to be found which call the Colville the Yukon. All of which goes to show that this section of Alaska is very young.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19

If you have anything to sell, an ad in the Christmas edition of TIE NUGGET will help you. TIE NUG- GET is paper of general circula- tion ;" it is read everywhere in this section, from the Inmachuk to St. Michael.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19

Eskimo" is derived from a word indicating a sorcerer, or shaman According to another authority it also means "eaters of raw fish," From the same word comes the name Husky applied to a native breed of dogs.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19

The energy which impelled a couple of men to make a stake by "sniping" on another mans claim, in the winter season, may be com mended, but their judgment seems to have been poor.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19

THE NUGGET has never stated that "communication had been es- tablished between the two wireless stations" Only such statement could come from an utterly irre- sponsihle source.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19

Next Monday will be the short est day in the year. And if the old adage be true "when the days begin to lengthen, the cold begins to strengthen," the coal barons will reap their reward.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19

Congress has now been in session for several weeks and it is possible that several delegates from Alaska" are at the National capital, some boosting and some knocking territorial government. It mat ters not; territorial government will come in time. The machinations of set of men long delay it.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19

Tripple creek seems to be doub- ling up.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19

The NUGGET is on sale at the following towns in North Alaska, where subscriptions and advertisements will also be received:
 Solomon - .........~ C. W. Thornton Bluff .......- ... Chechaco Mercantile Co., Chinik - .... . ........... N c. Co. (Postofice) White Mountain ....................H G. Lightfoot Council m ................ G. A. Adams (Kane House) Nome River - ... .....- .......... c. c. Horsfall Dexter Creek - ... ......... ........ Shel Wettach Candle City . ......-... ...-.-.. l.. L. Mason Teller ... ..... ..-........ T. G. Wilson Seattle John Mccarthy 2l2 Columbia St St Michael .... .J. H. James
 CITY AGENCIES:
 F. J. Aikens .. Front Street B. Mauro .......... Front Street and kester Way Imperial Cigar Store Front Street w. C. Evans Steadman Avenue
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19

Surveys for Patelt Estimates and Grades for Ditches ent General Engineering. Ofice; 9so Fron' Street, opp Bodega Saloon
 Tome Alaska
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19

B. NJ. Stone IS the only authorized collector in Nome
 for the NOME NUGGET.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-19

NOME, ALASKA. DECEMBER l9. 1903
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-06
Lord Lousdale's Joke.

The trip Of the Ventura is reported
by the officers and passengers to have
been particularly pleasant. Games
We're unusually popular, and after
leaving Honolulu surprise auction"
was held by w. h. Orr, at which va
rious parcels made up for the occasion
We're auctioned off for the benefit of
charitable institutions in this city, the
amount realized being nearly $3.50. One
of the parcels, donated by Lord Ions
dale, went for 500, and was purchased
by f. Merton. 1t turned out to be a
vial containing a liberal draught of
popular tonic. Merton Joined in the
laugh that followed the unwrapping,
for he lately disposed of a mine in Aus
tralia for something like 81 500, 600, and
did not feel the loss OF the $500. A
great deal of money is also said TO
have changed hands on the Ventura in
the Calcutta pools on the runs OF the
steamer each day.-Chronicle.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-06
LOCAL BREvlTIES.
(From Saturdays Daily.)

Robert w. Single went to kona, Ha-
wall, yesterday.
Another conference on the Kohala
ditch matter will be heh in Governor
Dole's office this morning.
Miss Alice +. Beard, the founder Of
the Kona Orphanage, returned from
the Coast in the Alameda.
S. b. Rose, secretary OF Wilder s
Steamship Company, will leave for the
Coast on a vacation trip in the Sierra
on the 18th inst.
Chalmers Graham, grown even more
portly than when he lived here, arriv-
ed from San Francisco yesterday for a
short business visit. Friends were
shaking hands with him at every turn
all day.
There have been no new develop
ments in the case of the Japanese
woman whose body was found on the
beach at Waikiki. Yesterday one of
the four husbands of the woman called
upon Sheriff Chillingworth and wanted
to offer reward for the supposed muir
derers. The offer was not accepted.
The custom house received official in
structions from Washington yesterday
that no person coming from the Philip
pine Islands is subject to head tax.
This ruling was made on an applica-
ton of the War Department for the
free admission of thirty-one Filipino
to San Francisco.
e. NJ. Boyd, secretary of the Hawai-
ian Promotion Committee, has placed
the contract for printing advertising
folders with an establishment in San
Francisco Reports by the Alameda are
that Mr.. Boyd is much encouraged
with indications of a large tide of tour
lists to Hawaii the ensuing season.
Ozumi, the Japanese who murdered
his former wife at Kahana a few days
ago, and then attempted suicide, was
brought to Honolulu by Deputy Sheriff
Lane yesterday afternoon. The self
inflicted wounds have not healed and
he man has been placed in the hospital
ward at Oahu Prison. While on the
way up he is reported to have threat
ened to take his life at the first oppor-
unity, and guard will be maintained
lay and night.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-06
ORDER As
TO SUGAR
Collector StackabIe
Hears Of DingIey

Acting Collector Stackable has re-
lowing circular in regard to the iden-
tification of imported sugars subject to
countervailing duties under the provi-
sions of the Dinglay law:
Il. All entries of sugar hereafter
imported into the United States Shall
be accompanied by certificate of
origin stating (A) when the sugar was
produced, the country of origin or pro-
duction and the country of destination
of the merchandise; OBJ the kind and
quantity of the sugar; &C. the kind;
number and marks of the packages
and (DO the manner and means of
transportation, by land or water.
IL. Where the country of origin is
not party to the Brussels sugar con-
vention of March 5, 1902, the certificate
shall state, in addition to the fore
going particulars, that the merchan-
disc was not obtained from factory
or refinery working or handling sugars
from any bounty-paying country.
iii. The certificate shall be signed
and issued by the proper government
official having jurisdiction in the coun-
try of production, and such certificate
shall be certified by the proper United
States consular officer.
Nv. No certificate shall be deemed
valid after the expiration of twelve
months from the date of issue, or after
the expiration of such less time as may
be limited in the certificate by the is
suing authority.
''V. In the absence of such certifi-
cate, liquidation Of the entry shall be
suspended and countervailing duties
estimated in an amount equal to the
highest export bounty or grant paid or
bestowed by any country both direct
ly and indirectly, on the expectation of
similar merchandise"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-06
New Stage Line Between Honolulu
Heeia and Koolau.

Mr.. Lewis of the Hawaiian Stock
Yards, has purchased the original
stage line and mail contract on this
popular route and from today will
make regular trips daily over this
route. Will leave this city at S:45 a.
m. and returning at $3.50 p. m, arriving
at Heeia at II a. m. and leaving there
for this city at 1880. Parties desiring
an outing without the great expense
of hiring ria viii find this stage line
just the thing. Passes along the Nu-
uanu valley, over the pail along the
sisal and castor bean plantation. You
will have two hours rest on the beach
on the other side. The fare for the
round trip is only $500 or sl.25 each
way. orders should be left with Mr..
Lewis at the Hawaiian Stock Yards. =
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-06
(From Sundays Daily.)

Will f.. Fisher has taken out an
auctioneer's license and opened a place
of business in Merchant, near Alakea
street
Hustace & Co., Ltd, has not yet
concluded it's purpose of selling out,
or merging with Peck & Co. Ltd. The
latter some time ago absorbed the
Union Express Co.
There will be no more public band
when the Territorial band will break
it's vacation by morning concert at
the Capitol grounds.
Two farmers from the mainland went
to the island of Hawaii this week,
supplied with maps and directions by
CommisSioner E. S. Boyd to look at
lands with intent of taking up farms
if conditions are inviting.
The Church in Hawaii will lose and
the Church in California will gain two
devoted members by the departure of
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Allen. They
leave Honolulu with the kindliest feel
ings of all who know them, mingled
with the greatest regret-Anglican
Church Chronicle.
a native woman reported to the po-
lice yesterday that she had seen the
Chinese highwayman a few minutes
after he shot Oda. He was then
changing his clothes Officer Elvin
and one other policeman watched in
the lantana all day for the footpad
but got no trace of him.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-06
From Mondays Daily.)

The regular quarterly meeting of the
Merchants Association will be held
some day this week. Reports will be
made by officers. There is no business
of particular Importance to come be-
fore the meeting.
George Thielen, stenographer for the
land court, will not assume his duties
until the first Of next month. In the
meantime he Is engaged in Secretary
Carters office in assisting preparations
for the county election.
Prominent Japanese in the city have
received letters of thanks from the par
ents of Tanbara Gisaburo, the Jap
anese murderer of Captain Jacobsen of
the schooner Fred j. Wood. They are
residents of Japan and express thanks
for the kindness shown their son.
Letters from Ellis Lando, Hawaii's
representative at the Annapolis naval
academy, tell of his success in making
up the classes in which he was behind,
owing to his late arrival. In the short
time that he has been at school Lando
has made up the two months, and has
kept up with the daily classes as well.
w. j. Coelho has been appointed act
ing deputy clerk of the Second Circuit
Court, by Judge Kalua.
A Republican mass meeting will be
held at Pearl City next Saturday ev-
ening, and one at Waialua a week
later.
Louis McGrew. son of DR.. McGrew,
who has been in Manila and China for
the past five years, returned to Homo
lulu yesterday in the Siberia.
f. NJ Hanuna, D. II. Kahaulelio
and II. S. Kaleo are reported to be out
with hammer and wedge in the enter
prise of splitting the Republican party
on Maui
The Exposition Association of Ha-
wall will hold a special meeting to-
morrow at IL o'clock at the rooms OF
the Chamber of Commerce. Important
business in connection with the final
arrangements for the Worlds Fair
will be discussed.
The postotiice dispatches mails to the
other islands nearly every day. Ad-
vantage is taken of all outgoing steam
ers, instead of holding mail for the
regular passenger liners. Arriving at a
port the mails are snatched up prompt
ly by the star route carriers, night or
day, and whsked with the least pos
sible delay TO their destinations.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-06
PARK IMPROVEMENT.

with all the defects of the tramways
service, II yet made thousands OF Ho-
nolulu people more or less familiar with
the benefits of sea bathing at Waikiki,
as well as somewhat casually asquaint-
ed with the charms Of Kapiolani park.
Now the electric cars give an incom-
parably better service to those places
and at from one-fourth to one-half the
tramways fare, according to the start
ing point between Kalihi and WAIKIKI
road. 1t is timely and well, therefore,
that the Legislature has given some
thing like adequate means to the ha-
piolani Park Commissioners for I'M
proving that reservation. The work
already accomplished has been intel
ligently designed and when the plans
under execution are completed kapio-
lani Park will be a new creation from
its former condition, whose almost
sole excelences lay in its smooth,
winding, shady driveways and It's
sequestered homes of the favored Few
who at the inception of the commits
sion, secured building locations around
the park borders.
Landscape gardening alone however,
will not fulfil the ideal of a great pub
lie recreating park There is ample
scope with natural advantages besides,
in the reservation for the introduction
OF features other than those of intrinsic
beauty to the eye, and yet which can
be introduced with enhancement of the
beautiful. A picnic grove for Sunday
schools and societies, with a shapely
pavilion in its midst, would be an eX-
cellent addition. Another would be
Fairgrounds absolutely free to all-com- 7
ers at all times with the sole condition 7
of good conduct on the part of those !
using the privilege. If the Hawaiian .
Jockey Club Is going out of the park,
as commonly understood to be the case,
there is room enough in the space now
occupied by it for a variety of sports
and games to be carried on there at the
same time. Garden spots might even
then be interspersed amidst, say, polo,
baseball, cricket, tennis and running
track areas.
Honolulu ought also, at any cost,
have public sea-bathing allotment
along the Waikiki beaches.
1t might be inaugurated and conducted
under the auspices of a swimming club
open to everybody, with a moderate
annual membership fee to provide for
running expenses. There are such Or
elsewhere with lists of
members running into the thousands.
No doubt the park commissioners will
be glad to receive ideas from the pub
lie which may aid them in their pur-
pose of making Kapiolani Park a place
TO vie with the finest public recreation
anywhere. .