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things generally; but il must be admit
ted tina, he did very little good by any
Of his welf-meant endeavors. and in one
or two cases stirred up hornets nest
about his ears
A Good Vein of HumOr.
There is very little plot 10 the book.
and its merit lies IN its realism and its
humor. both of which are particularly
good. II is an excellent example OF the
results which may be accomplished by
q clever man dealing with unpromlsing
materials. The minor characters are
capitally drawn. a particularly good
scene is quite aside from the plot of
the novel, and easily might have been
expanded into a shor; story.
(New York: Harper d Bros)
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Mr.. SEXToNS APPRECIATION.

NIHO says authors are not generous
w in their treatment OF one an
other? What could be more generous
tran the following letter written by
Ernest Thompson Seton to an author
working in nearly the same field as him
self:
Mr.. Charles Godfrey Leland.
Dear Sir: VIII you allow a stranger.
lover of all thai is good and pic
tUresque in our Ind.ans. 10 thank you
sincerely for giving US the epic Of
'Kuloskap the Master My feeling to
YOU for this is the same as il would be
toward some heroic fireman who had
rushed TO the burning Louvre. and. at
the last moment. rescued the Mona Lisa
the Gobelin Boarhunt. or the Man with
the Glove; but for him the world would
have lost something priceless. unique.
anC irreplaceable- Yours very sincere
l.. ERNEST THOMPSON SETON"
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COMFORT
BY LUCY LARCOM.

IT HE curtain OF the dark
Is pierced by many a rent;
out OF the star wells, spark on
spark,
Trickles through nights torn tent.
Grief is tattcred tent.
Where through Gods light doth shine;
who glances up at every rent
Shall catch a ray divine.
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HOPE

/ TERNAL hope, When Wonder spheres sublime
| PeaId their first he march OF time
Thy joyous youth began but to fade
When all thy sister planets had decayed
When wrapped in flames the clouds glow
And heavens last thunder shakes he
Thou, undismayed shall Ger smile
And light thy al Natures funeral pile,
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the sound OF the surf and the sweet
s1aen of the ocean. The highlands of
the back country lie naked TO the rocks,
aud the scanty soil that fills the little
valleys is the thinnesi and least pro-
ductive in all ireland. II is land 10
love. and land TO staTve in.
Now given this setting, and Father
Tom" the tolerant kind-hearted. &c
centric spiritual adviser OF the parish,
and Mrs. Neville's book is a natural
and happy result. The author evidently
knows her country and her people well.
for there is throughout the book the
intimate touch that gives vividness and
reality. The homely life OF the Come
mara peasants is the background for all
the stories.
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4 Little Love Song

A n Y heart was like sunless, cold.
N Unlovely land of ice and snow,
Wherein no blessed buds un-
fold.
Nor singing waters Sow.
But all at once the April skies
Laughed in your look, and at that hour
My spirit melted, torrent-wise.
My life broke into flower!
Oh. dearest heart. l had not guessed
What marvel OF immortal seeds
Lay hidden deep within my breast.
Beneath its barren weeds,
But now 1 know. but now l know
The glory Of the flower OF love,
The joyous splendor OF its glow.
The subtle pain thereof,
-Evaleen Stein
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Beneath and AboUe

SING a maid / always see
At the opera when ! go there;
But | sit in the gallery
And she in the box below there.
She fair as the fairest day in June
And / fOndly. madly love her;
But ] might as well be the man in the
moon.
am up so far above her.
She neer Will know Of the love l bear.
She would not care If she knew it;
So | sadly sit and worship where
1t costs but half" 10 do it,
The Nome nugget., 1903-03-11

the lower river: total, 5.3S9 Excess of departures over arrivals, 2,0G9. The excess of departures over arrivals is not believed to indicate so much q falling off in population as to q large extent an exodus of those wbO will return in the winter or next seasons and have gone outside for the winter only.
 The Dominion cen us taken in Daw- son in 1901 gave this city a population of 9, l42. This gives Dawson rank as the twenty-nnth city in Cana in point of popuiat ion.
 Roads bait in Yukon territory az grcgate 3J2. 25 miles Of winter highwal. of iali double sleigh width, and 223. ".tIes O first class summer wagon roaD. pI the winter roads 320 miles were buiu during 1902. nclrly all of winch are be- tween Dawson aud M h,tchUise on tue new overland route. First class wagon roads constructed this year aggregate $ miles.
 The Yukon territorial court com prised of three judges heard in total 934 cases the last year. The small debts court heard liJ cases.
 Yukon territory has nine sch, ol, supported ny the government. sixteen teachers are engaged. The aggregate attendance i, J113. In Dawson are 210 pupil-: Whitehorse. 45. The other schools are On Bonanza, Gold Run. Dumiuion, Hunker and Bear creeks. and an attendance of 3 to Is pupils each.
 Improvements on real estate in Daw- son are valued at &. 33I,0CO. Many splendid buildings have been erected the last year, and the total valuation raised fl20, 900.
 Freight receipts at Dawson the last year were heavier than any other sea son in the history of the city. People are ing on a greater variety of ford- than in earlier dals. and nearly every luxury of the world can be had in DaW- son markets at all times of the year. Life is on practically the same basis as elsewhere except for prices. Poverty i, almost unknown
 Machinery imports have aggregated, it is est mated. fJ. OO0. .0OO. Nearly all of this has been for mining purposes.
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The Outlook is of a Prom
 ising Kind.
VAST GRAVEL. BEDS
That Will Yield ECOrm0uS Returns When Hydra IIicNed--
 News N)teS.

Council, March GA well informed mi er who has had some two or three years acquaintance with jhis section was asked wha; view he had of the caup'- future. He said:
 "The oulloook is mp,t promisin9 The fact is grad !ally being cotabiisht q that this sec lon cmbra ',S broad tields of placer ground thal will pay well ao hydraulicking ground. Recent work on Crooked creek has revealed gravel deposits with depth of J0 feet and over, bedrock not being reached. which carry from one to three cents to the pan all through. Work this winter has unearlhcd great gravel leds on the hills of Mclsing and Myst' ry. ranging ill depth from G. feet OF the formen to B on the latter. These deposits also carry gold all through.
 1.-TWO cents to the pan may seem in significant. A little mathema>ica cai work, however. reveals startling re- suits. Suppose one acre of the ground
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Notice or Forfeiture.

To F. FalkonbGrg:
 You will please take notice that th" solomon River Mining ,OmponS. ru-uWncr With you of the >t. M, tcl b,Ilh rl ycr n. il ing c-Ilm on Solomon liver, in tn" Gp' N1mC recording pre- ciuCt, aSki. notice ui location of WEi claim k oI rccur, in NolIme ., BuuauId miAinL dis trict records at page L.. which said record S now in the office ut til" lC,Orucr of >uiu Nome pre- cinCt. ha,. during ca h of the y'Hr~ of HC0, l9Gl and .tU!. tXp ndCd in labor and Improvements, on said mini z cIuim the sum of 1Uu; thut said expenditures were made during each of said years respectively for the purpose of doing the annual representation work thereon aS required by Section 2'3i of the Revised Statutes uf the United States and am ndmcutS thereto, aS fOl- lows: During the year ending DcCcm CT "l>t t0J, aS reprrSeitatiOn for that calendar year, elu0; during the year ending lpcCcmbcr 3iSt, 1901 annual It presentation for that calendar ye 1T, SO0: during the year Cn ing December 5l >t, E 03. ! < annuuI representation for that calendar ear, SO0.
 And you are further notified that unless you, within ninety days after the date of service on you of this notice by publlcation as required by said section 2i-i Revised Statutes of the United States, contribute your proportonate ShureCi owner in said mining claim to the undersigned Alaska, you will, under said section 1}2l, forfeit all your interest m said mining claim.
 Date ui nsSt ptbi .dtipn .eb. D. iHo3
 Date Oi last D .DirHtion May 7, lHO3
 SOLOAJN RlN tt. ,. 'NlNl3 O.,
 Ny c. II SoULE, w .tl,itI2eH
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
Nn l IA Hill

To j. k. Hill;
 You ne Ii eby notified that we The under ,i'ned. G o. A. shea anI th1>. S Joha>un. nave done ulf.'ug the year iJ2 at least one huuorcu tsiuuJ iol.ar> Nur,A Of york up,n thIt ,,r m placo, mimi rluim k., WI a, uulap"r six td) below the mouth O. PouucI creek oh the mmachuk river, ih the Fair Haven mining a"d accordance with inc moyi~tuu> uf section 2j.I of the Revised Stu'u1e> of the lrittd states You arc also hereby notified that Cleo. A. Shea ana h",. S JOua son are cu-oNucr> with you m said claim. and you are hereby required ,p con. tribute your proportion of sad cNpc nGtju jure. and u case ttu t@iI tu ,ortrlDulc your Drvhu. ion "t such expenditure lu ~aid Geo. A. ShcI tu.' ( !, .7. S Johnson wi hin ninety CDi day after this publication. your interest in said mining claim will become tn prrucrty ot said Gee. A. S&ca and Cha>. S. Johnson.
 Date uf first pub4lcation Feb. 1. I@o3.
 GEO. \. SHEA,
 CHAs. ;. JpH%SOE,
 tu-JWucrS.
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Gold 0utput Since Dis.
 Covery, .$S0,547,W6.
BANNER YEAR 1905
When S22,175,000 Was Produced Interesting Facts and
 Statistics.

Dawson, Y. T.. Jan. 1.-The gold out Iput of Yukon territory, properly that 'portion of the British Yukon basin north of and exclusive of the camp at Atlin, since the country was first en tered by the whites, aggregates in round numbers eighty millions and five hundred thousand dollars.
 Figures utilized in obtaining this to- tai are taken from the records in the Canadian government offices of the de- partment of the interior from 1897 to the first of January. 1903: from sttle- ments furnished by the Northwest Mounted Police for 1895 and lS.6: and from trading companies for 1885 to 1894, inclusive.
 The output for the different years
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Bachelors Social.

A bachcl' rs' social will b given next Friday n'gUt at the Congregational church. Tine bac hclor, ave entire charge and some interesting inuova- Iior, are promised. Among the num- her, on the rogram are: he Elite Quarette: Mr. Nose, 500; Edwin Michael, violin solo; Irvine Bro4au, recitation: Irene tianu gan. rccitdtIun. and several more of equal merit. An fee of , cents will be charged which includes refreshments.
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NOTICE or FORfEITURE.

To Ni"-jl Moore. C. t. ~"'.r. lohu Bp.ir. I r. Bab 'uck. 'rau.t x. l'c.n",. Wi.li III Ijeuny. You ar hor'ps N,'ji.ro tt.I w.. 'ur 1I ..r- md services ol th' ,uc. .'l ,tc h" .urD.t .'.4.- ..pou tn" j,!.o"iu-- Iccr n'i.iue y1.w for inc year Hu3. tu vii. The oirrjrI. z Tuu,,ri cla m. adjoining Bourbon crock. in the Cape \ m" rcroriiag Di-,rirt, Bl>t. .ltl ui Ald-,.. ccr ulicat. ol Iu.tttou ir.l" 'cco.'d .u volume r., uaE -, ci thc retu. d. of ~.id rr'aruim- district. cud you ar" fHtth'r uutiG"G th3t if y,u Gu not within 70 uay~ t.um thc dajo hereof. cause to D. paid to tn" uudr,ieuct. your pro urtin llt" share of i'd csp"a,dt .lr. d. "u- oW arr~, uur iu,Hr'~' m -;il cam @I. h.. o,.r lh" pru}trt e. th" lintor~ianr l. u'li"r >,e.il1n 2a3i of tHa Hr, i~Cd Statutes ut thc Tnu,I -tutc-. \ '.. AXE.
 R. S. GIuDiNGS,
 Co-oWLcr> Q. t;,rr-u.,, l,r.pcr. Y. Date uf tll$' pGhHca>.o.l. .isu. D.. I.u&.
 Rat" e! l.>t puhiica,ioI. April -' Eo3. W
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News from Va.deS.

Mrs. Geo. Beale received Il letter by the last mail from her husband at Val des, dated Dec. To. stating that Captain G iser intended building bridge and r. adhouse in the interior, but just where Mir. Beale did not say. Mir. Beale intended to accompany him to the interior. There are five boats mak- ing mont ly trips between Seattle and Valaes. F.l three week, prior to tle date of he ttter the weather had been very stormy.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To Cha~. C trrcHlcr:
 You are b"r"h notified 'ha' I. tA' aa signed. have cpu~ 'd to h. performed work. ~"r- Nj.co md laN,r tt the val C.! tlur upon the to- low il r pIu '." m'uug r.Iim ,ut 'Ut year n2. to-wit: Claim. No. below on Willow li'laN d tripulary of t'i.-.lm liNrr in th" NuU2.ruE ,t- roHdi." d, .triet. District ri NH~1". C'"#rr&t oi lo '@iiou b. iu-. recorded in vul"ni" Hl-" f tha records fl ~"l. r'cp;dI.r o..t'lCt. And . uu are iWiu.r nu .ti.4 nat f Nou dp unt .4th uiurtv t!rj G.,. .g.m .ir ,u1 n'lcof .'.' >' lu hrp id io l'" 'u.,r- f,..d .u.r pr .ortipn L. share ,t >ai, ,N.'lDi.u'c H. ro .wn.r you, inter, >t iI ~.,d c..Im "Il har'm' tic !t.uprti, ui jht undersigned Aaltr ~"c.lD n .4 Rr,i>cd Ntatu,p~ ot jh, Uut'". t.tc~,
 r.G. lsAfpELNAN.
 Co-OWucr If .hr Aforesaid Pro, ,crty. Date of ir,t publi ..lIou. Iun :, I9}i @ni :"
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From the InmaCiluk.

Frank Van Alter and Billy JCnes ar rived from the Inmlchuk Monday after noon, having made 'he trip in five days. They are in town for supplies. Floui is ZIG a sack at Candle, and il willprob- ably reach $30 before the opening of navigation.
 Fred Ruhl has made q ed strike on bench four miles above the D,,,uley Company's group. It is now known that at least six miles of the IumlchulS carries pay and excellent prospects have been found still greater dis
The Nome nugget., 1903-03-11

on Crooked wcrr s.uccd .l would yield d, follows: 4S4l square yart- oI surface by l6 yards in depth, by lj0 pans per cubic yard at cents per pan, equal, $232 320. And nj, tto, all above bedrock, Valuable real c,tatc,,
 "The Ncukluk valley probably pre- sents one of the greatest dredging prop o,jtiDu> .u hc Wor.d. l j- a. Ia lrru-, vtilcy filled in with gol Lea in- gravel 10 d depth ol iIom r. to - feet. F.op Johns, n 5 camp to he untIon ut tt Ca,adcpo4a, distance of over 3o mi es, the gravel of the banks ol the river are known to pan fa atly well. In 1900 the soldiers stationed at Council devoted porl ion of the F idle hours to banning and rocking the grave of the rver bank abreast the town. with d result oi *, and $ per day.
 "Iiert toforr capuaI h., not fo Iud it. way into this section. with the eNceI- ton of one C. mpany, (waich is richly rrWdrde !, no m0.rY of cquence has been brought in camp tu ueveiop ground. The mining ventures that have been made have uccn ou a mall scale and If nCt made pa! Ing from tte beginning, thC operators were forced to quit. Money io needed to dig oIaiu construct Gam- and ait hes and install machinery heiolp the gold can te got ten out. The reward which certain ; i, inviting i, here f [ tue taking.
 Nome ana c,ao field, have b,,nI more atcc,, loic. Capita ha, 'ound those pl iccs first. It l. new this camps ln3u and the W. k that | d. been Gone here, the Natue~ e~tabIi,hd q, wtll serve to expedite il, speedy investment when capital seeks this licid."
 Councilman w. B, Goodl' rh leaves toJay Tor None. He made he iourAey to Council in two days.
 r. Le,le. of Ame, C,. o,e, leave, for Nome tomorrow.
 Judge II. (. Iuruon and B d Sh,i- burne arrived yc>ter ay T, III Nome.
 John Brewer ol lict Air Stage fame arrived in camp yesterday evening. having come by way of solomon ana Fox rivers.
 Unless the embargo on froighting i, | raj ed Council will be crying tor many article of food and use. Eggs potatot, cream. meat, ham. kerosene and horse feed are now scarce.
 The camp ha, had two pleasant days since Feb. l2. wbcu the ertt weather began. During those two cay~ great actiyi'y Wa> di~p 'ayri. it bc n9 chiefly di erlcd towards 4tt'i z enough fire wood from tue tmbcr to tide the camp through anolhcr storm.
 Ed Truudy. inc weather prophet of the Nen<iuk valley. predicts that the ''iion and the lamb" adage will not holi true the uI escnt month. Tine C unri e'cc ion h"ar1 has h. gun hol ing sessions as d registration board. \, I rc,u ult of two days regi,- tration one rame appears up"n the register. Tie board has announced the dates on which registration II ay he made. Al told the board will be in session lj daNS a> folIaw~:
 March ,. l ana 6, at cabin of x. II. Castle: March 9, l0 II. l2, l3, II at \. E. hail: March lG, l" an 70 at C,uucil \ .l- l. at x. II. Gas e's.
 Geo T.. Grow, of Mystery creek, paid he camp a visit today.
 Dancing in Coluci every Tuesday evening: a day dancing school meeting twice week: masquerade on ot. Pat. r ck day: mustrel .Iow on the 24th. Evidently the wauiug portion of the winter k to be Utij zcd.
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The output for 1902 is. shown to be lighter than in previous years, but this argues little as to the activity in the Yukon and the klOndike camp in par ticular. The fact the cream of the marvellous claims on Bonanza and El- dorado was taken out between 1897 and l9C2 gave the years in those intervals more gold with less labor than perhaps will ever again be equaled in the north. But the gold producing creeks and the placer area has been greatly increased Many creeks of no small consequence in the Yukon have been developed the last two years, and a great deal of low grade ground which was unprotitahe in their earlier days has been brought within profitable range the last year by the reduction of transportation rates and the consequent reduction oF the cost of installation of machinery, living and wages While the gold is not so plentiful in certain small districts it is being obtained over far greater area and engaging the attention of perhaps more men than ever before have been actually pursuing mining on methodical and systematic lines in the territory any time in it's history.
 Records show that money sent from Dawson to the outside world by post office money order during the twelve months of 1902 aggregates Sl,264, ,O0o. Dawson perhaps holds the worlds rec ord for amount ot money sent by post office order from any town not boosting the dignity of one or more branch pcstotfices. New York and other cities exceeding Dawson's showing have sev- eral postoffices.
 Activity is shown to have existed in quartz matters in the Yukon the last year by the fact that l,l35 quartz claims were recorded during the period. Certificates of work issued for quartz properties aggregate I'll. Only 32 claim owners paid the annual assess ment rather than do work.
 The Yukon is shown to be a land of homes and families in the fact that during the last twelve months 13o chil dren were born in the territory. The total number of births since the organ ization of the territory in 1900 is PTS, very few of which are natives.
 Deaths in Yukon territory during 1902 numbered 136. Of this number 2l net accidental deaths, three were mur- dered and four committed suicide. The total number of deaths in the territory since 1896 Is 584.
 Marriages in the Yukon the last year numbered l02. This year saw by far the greater number of any year on rec ord. The total number of weddings since 1896 is 3l1. "
 Messages sent from Dawson to the outside by telegraph the last year num- bered 13,67l; received from outside, .l4,229. In addition to this press matter was transmitted, numbering in aggre- gate 856,472 words.
 People arriving in Dawson during 1902 numbered 2,247 from the upper .river; and l,Os3 from the lower river; total, 3,32O. People departing nin- .oered }, l37 by the upper river 252 by
The Nome nugget., 1903-03-11
The Old Reliable Hunter

Sells Genuine old Crow Boul bon and Old Hunter Rye Whisky at S2.o0 d bot tie or l2t cents d drink.
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eco soo eco

THE town certainly has gone crazy
 on this sacngerfest business It ;
 all German now, and you have to pass quite an eXamlnation in the lan- guage before you can qualify for the Arion club. 1 wonder how McCarty. Tieruey, Barney O'Reilly, Finnigan and several other descendants of the Celts got through. Of course Chaddy, Eaton and Native Son Daly captivated the examination board by their sweet singing of 'Gcrman lyric" they have acquired.
 This Arion society has come to the front with remarkable rapidity, and it. is going to thrive. l attended a meet idg sunday night. It was held i'll the small hail of the Golden Gate. and to hear those 250 Germans sing their fatherland songs was indeed treat.
 Another brewery would do well now, because if this club keeps on adding names to the roster one brewery won't be able to supply the demand. l won der if the man that started this Deutche Gershefte is a stock holder in tue Non e brewery? It's keen stroke of busi- ness if he is. Well, they all went home full of sandwiches and good cheer." Saturday night promises to be interest ing.
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r'nE Alaska Banking X Sale Depos- C it boys have taken lo skiing. It's tI

\ it boys have taken to skiing. It's
 a pity these Dry creek mine own CTS cant ring in the asSe>smtnt work act on the snow that's pl0Wcd up on the hill back of town. Funny thing about this gang: when they start out on d ski trip they always strut up Front street looking in fine shape. No one ha, ever seen them come back; via Front street; they probably sneak home and chop up whats left of the skis for tirewood - hickory burns well. too. Aile, says the nub,c ostrich would die of the stag gers cUuid h. ever -cc CoWdcn at he bottom of the hill with hi- head aud shoulders buried in the snow, trauti cally giving the distress signal with his feet. Kah broke his arm last time they were out, and it seems Ailes ie mad because he could not have broken his too Qnite hero, Nah is. Old Thatch. has the ''ski' habit, but not SO fierccly as the others, nor the kind. Ina ell. doesn't have to 20 outdoors to to do his skiing, either.
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eco GOO eco

x<CEND out some help at once, =
 O yelled Col. oi Perkins through
 the telephone to Mir. Allen "There's six hundred kids come out here and took tho shebang away from me-" On Sunday the Aliens supplied the rig and lots of hay and had crowd of happy children take hay ride out to scovery on Anvil. They had all sorts of conlrivances for misunderstanding noise, and when they struck "old Perks dOmicile he thought it was Il visitation from bedlam. The kiddies ran that concern to suit themselves, aud with their childish pranks finally won old Perk, who straightway pitched in with the little ones ani helped make his house wreck. There were only sixteen; Perk said six hundred. but he was excited then. They were: The Mcintyre children, Juanila Heck. DOro- thy Winslow Helen Marr, Helen Rin- finger, Constance Reed, Ina Dahlstrom, t ,e Moore children, IT. ne Hannigan, Ruth NcCormick, Parser Cowden, Ge,r4je Wagner and lttle Tommy White.
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eco oeo oco

A x Eskimo told Ernest Whi'tard A the other day that we would have
 an early spring. The cause lor this assertion is the recent catch of crabs: he expla med to Ernest that the crabs last one moon and when they al C no longer to be captured the snow disappears and spring has come. This is an exceptionally early season for hese shell fish.
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900 0j0 GOO


%THEOPHILUS ALLEN and Billy
 ! Watts are in Nome again. The re
 without doubt, are two of the greatest mushers in this country. Seven weeks ago they started for Coun cil City. 'Be back in two weeks" they said, flying trip.' Five weeks overdue, and home they come with Harry Leland as pilot. l hear they or ganizcd q aarlette at White Mountain and got so stuck on their sweet con cord of sound that they hated to sepa rate.
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oo0 900 eco

NOSE ROSENCRANTZ is making WI his datly trips to the roof oi the
 Golden Gate again. Don't you remember Nose was the first to see smoke a. few miles out last March? lie