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The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10
JUMBLES OF TRUTH AND FICTION

Strange iumbles of fiction and truth concerning Alaska appear from time to time in he outside press. But usually the kernels of truth small and widely separated that needs must examine very closely in order to detect them
 1hefreth and verdant chechako as soon as he lands in Nome, thinks that he has at least duty to per form and forthwith he sets about dscharging it. This duty to be, largely, to disseminate asmuch ntsiniormaton as possible It is probable that he does it unwittilgly, but he docs it just the
 THE NUGGET has frequently referred to the multi plicty of articles lon Nome' that have been written for the newspapers and magazines of the United States and Great Britain We have yet to find ono that was not filled with the rankest kind of romance, to no harsher term. The writers of these ucubra .ons showed by their work that they either wilfully ignorant badly informed. They evidently thought they had struck country 'wild and woolly and hard to curry.' and with this idea in view they set about writing their munchausen stories. We have unknown editors of religious newspapers and elergymen who after visiting the north went home and wrote tales to which truth almost tire stranger Probably, however, they wrote of things they thought they them, but it would seem as if some of the things they allege they saw were seen through glass, darkly
 One of the most cheerful tales we have seen con-
 
 ago in St. Louis paper It was cheerful tale. we say, for though incongruous and absurd most of the statements are the yarn evidently written in good faith, and was not intended to be 'mean." Tho writer is Charles Mientz at one time St. Louis dry goods merchant. Mr. Mentx says he in Nome in the summer of 1901 and he relates his experiences in boyish off-h hand that is refreshing One cannot help sympathizng with the misortures of Mr. Mientz for, in all apparent sincerity. he says that during the fall of 1901 he 'sailed north from Nome to Norton bay, l2O miles, the mercury being 75 degrees below.' The poor" man froze his cheek only strange to say. Occasionally Mr. Milentz gets hold of a kernel of truth for he says:
 Everybody is ishcalthy up there except the na- tives. They used to be when they lived on bubber and game and fish. But since they are learning the habits of civilization, and getting in to the white mans diet more or less they dying of consumption, The grease seems to be necessary to give the system the power of resistance in that northern climate"
 Speaking of maamute dogs the St. Louis gravely asserts that they 'Sherian foxes tamed
 The short days of winter seem to have rested like
 black pail upon Mir. Milenz's soul for he ayers tha, the "winter there is one long night lasting nine months. It begins in September and ends in May. The country fig in Egyptian darkness except from 10 .. m. until 1 p. m. all winter long. For these three hours there is sort of dark twilight" Which goes to show that MT. Mlentz not all tho time aslsep during his residence in Norton bay.
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Great Northern Mining, Milling and Tr'

To Great Northern Mining Milling and TraEs portution Company:
 You are hereby notified that we have expFnd. ed during the year lYO2. .l00 in labor ana i'm provemcntS upon each of the following tplacer mining claims Discovery on Smoke g0lch, q tributary of Patterson creek, q tributary of Candle creek; No. above discovery or sa A Srroke gulch; discovery on Vilou gulch. ayril tary Of Patterson creek, Il tributary of VIA creek; and No. above discovery on suid VI gu!ch; each of said mining claims being M. in the Fuirhayen mining and recording dfS, District of Alaska, whereof the notices 6f Incov ton are found of record in the records or e..i., recording district, ip order to hold the said claims under the provisions of section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto concerning annual labor upon mining claims, being the amount required to hold the said claims for the period ending on the 3lst day of December 1902 and if. within ninety days after the publication of this notice, .you fail to contribute your proportion of such expenditures uS a cO-OWncr, your interest in the said claims will become the property of the sub- scribers. your co-owncrS. who have made the expenditures required by the terms of said sec tion.
 R. l.. HOWE,
 JERRY HUNTER.
 Dated Nome, Alaska, Jan. 3, 1903
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To Frank Buell., $. F. Heist and Fred c. Spray You are hereby notified that l, the under signed have caused to be perJormed work. labor and ser, ices to the value of two hundred dollars on second tier, No. ?, opposite left limit oi placer claim No, ,, snow Gulch, III the present Cape Nome mining district District of Alaska for the years 1901 and lgc2. and if you do not within 70 dave from the date hereof, pay. or cause to be paid to lhc undersigned, your pro portionate share of said expenditure, us co owners. your interests in said claim will become the property of the undcrSlgned under section 232i of the Revised Statutes of the uhlteu States.
 Date hereof, and of the first publication. Jan 3, 1903.
 LAFE SPRAY, l-33mS Co-owner of aforesaid parties.
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Chas. c Carpenter:

TO ChaS. c IHTptHlVT.
 You uge hereuy notified that I. the un signed have caused to be performed work, ser. vices and labor of the value Of alOO upon the fol. lowing placer mining claim for the year 1909, to-wt: Claim. Ne. below on Willow Below a tributary of Pilgrim rlvcr in the kougarok re- cording district District of Alaska, certificate of location being recorded in volume -, page -, of the records of said recording district. And you are further notified that if you do not within ninety tS0) days from the date hcreSf cause to be paid to the undersigned your pro- portonate share of said expenditure as CO., owner your interest in said claim will become the property of the undersigned, under Section 2B,I Revised Statutes of the United States.
 F. G. kAPPELMAN. Co-Owncr Of the Aforesaid Property. Dntc of first publication. Jan. 3, 1903. 3mW
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10

THE NUGGEr's annual calendar issued on Dec. 31 last was greatly appreciated by our patrons, per haps no more so than at the differ ent road houses between Nome and Council, each of which was sup piled. TIE NUGGET has large circulation along the eastern coast, and 1t will be found on file at all the roadhouses.
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To J. NJ. Sturbuck w. II. Dougan, w. D Sawyer F. Hastings, Albert Hastings. Mrs. M C. Gill, Mrs. M. Lample and Mrs. C. Mel l.ean co-owners with the undersigned in the ''S X S. l60-acre placer mining claim on Snake river and which was recorded in Book vl, Page i19 Aug. lD. ly0l, in the recording books Of the Cape Nome mining district, District of Alaska; and J. NJ StarbucI, ". F. Gill. w. II. Dougan, J. F. Springer, Theo. Johnson, J. N. McElvaine and Mrs. C. Mclean cO-ownerS with the under signed in that certain placer mining claim Of l6t acres. known and recorded in Volume 9l, Page 3yi. as the ''Starbuck Mining Association and that bench claim known aS the "Duna on the right limit of Monument creek and that bench claim known as "Etna" on the right limit Of Monument creek, all in the Cape Nome mining district:
 You. and each of you, are hereby notified that l. the undersigned. have expended the sum oi 500 on each of the above mentioned claims ac cordng to the provisions of Sec. 232l Of the ke viscd Statutes of the United States, and the amendments thereto, approved Jan. -, 'ltSo concerning annual labor upon placer mining claims. And il within 0J days after the publl' cation of this notice you fail to contribute your proportion us co-ownerS to me respectively in the above claims your interest in said claims will become the property of the undersigned, under the provisions of said Section 2324.
 First publication Oct. 9, 1902.
 s ALEX. C. STEWART. Co.owner.
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10

Until such time as the truth is disclosed as 10 the cause of the la. mentable killing of former Officer James by Chief of Police Jolley, il would be well to reserve judgment. The spilling of human blood under all circumstances is always to be deplored.
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE,
TO Dennis j. Horgan:

To Dennis J. Horgan:
 You are hereby notified that have expended during the year 1902 one hundred dollars in work and labor upon the mining location m the Cape Nome recording district Of the District of Alas ka, known and described Us No. 6 below dis coycry on Sanders creek. d tributary of last ings creek, in order to hold said claim under the provisions of section 2a24 Of the Revised Stat uteS of the United States and the amendment thereto approved January 22d. 1880, concerning annual labor upon mining claims being the amount required to be done on said location during the year ending on the 3lst day of De- cem0er, 1902 to hold said location. and you are hereby notified that if within ninety days after final publication of this notice you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of such eXpendi- turc as a co-Owner, your interest in the said To- cation will become the property of the Sub- sCriOer, your co-owner, who has made the eXpen- allure required by the terms of said section 2324 of the Revised Statutes, and the said amend lneuL thereto.
 Date of first publication Junuary :. 1905
 Date of last publication April 8, 1903.
 OLE STENFJELD.
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10

HE NUGGET nas established q department for the answering of questions, general. special and technical. Princil al Henry of the Nome public schools, will have charge of the department. Address all questions to Question Editor NOME NUGGET.
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10

Camp Nome No. 9, Arctic Broth. erhood, will attend divine servlce> at St. Mary's church tomorrow when Arctic Chaplain Rev. c. H. II. Bioor will preach to the Broth erhoOd, commemorative of the third anniversary of the organiza- ton of the camp.
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10

Would-be philosophers are good deal like prophets inasmuch as they may not be without honor, save in their own country.
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10

need be demanded. Cri,icse as much as yon want to, but hew to the line, for if you do so, what you may say must innure to the credit of the country.
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10

Unmitigated gall, insufferable impudence and a large amount oi general ignorance is a stock-ln- trade that is always in evidence.
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10

If one wants to see the possibll- ities of winter mining in this sec
 tion, he has but to go out to Anvil
 and Dexter creeks and witness the operations there being conducted on bench claims. He will also find a consensus of opinion that bench mining can be more proftabiy y prosecuted Tn winter than during the summer season. But there is no doubt that after the winter miner has exhausted the ground, along will come the hydraulic miner and make the final cle n.up.
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10
LET US PROTEST.

The question of the of sick and indigent Eski- mos and white men is not in Nome. For four winters at leas the charitable people of Nome have not been backward in coming to the aid of the
 sick distressed. Indeed. they have been generous .o fault When appeals to help the suffering have ssea made they have responded willingly snd libsr-
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10

Boiler plate wisdom is always musty, and therefore unlike good wine, inasmuch as it does not i'm. prove with age
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10

The coldest weather of the sea- son, and the worst storm of the season, all within a period of few days, is one of the records of this week.
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10

There are three dear commodit- ies in Nome. These are fresh meat, coal and coal oil, and the, are dear because they are mot 2 bit better than they should be-"
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10

Thirty degrees below zero with no wind 1t seems to us is far pre- f-rable to zero and a roaring blizzard.
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10

Strange what runlors almost any unusual occurrence will give, rise
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10

The NUGGET is onsale the following towns in North Alaska, where subscriptions and advertisements will also be received:
 Solomon ...... ....... l.. B. Glass Bluff ......... Chechaco Mercantile Co., Chinik N. (. Co. U'OstOfice) White Mountain ...................H G. Liz httoOt Council ..... G. A. Adams (Kane House) Nome River .... ......... C. G. Horsial Dexter Creek She Wettach Candle City .. .... . . .......... J. L. McGinniss Teller .. .... F.. R. Miles Seattle . John Mccarthy PIP Columbia St. St. Michael ..... ..... ..J H. James
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10

Frank G. kappeman is the only authorized collector ir
 Nome for the NOME NUGGET.
The Nome nugget., 1903-01-10

The NOME NUGGET hereby guarantees circulation double the combined circulation of all other papers published in Northwestern Alaska. Advertising contracts
 will be made subject this guarantee.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-09-01

Arnc Grass - one OF the most valuable grasses sown in the
Southern eoaairy. making a magnificent pasture through the win,
ter. and stands ireeling and dry weather. aud will make n mayn6.
cent crop of hay, producing from twot TO four tons to the the acre,
Write for circulars and prices.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-09-01

let stand another day. II makes
much better feed 10 stack than
TO bale. If you bale it should be
perfectly dry, as it 10 bad to heat.
Rain will spoil it much quicker
than prairie hay If rained on
while id cocks. II it 10 not rak.
ed rain will turn il white, but II
does not damage the hay to q
great extent If shocked before
the sun burns il.
have worked in il all the
season and have lost but little
and have bad some hard rains.
! believe Il 4 good recipe for the
boil weeyil. | worried over the
weevil three years and then
"fooled 'em. came out here and
found alfalfa fine. Apples and
kafir corn beat cotton. Oh
course under irrigation we cau
raise extras, such watermelons
cantelopes, tomatoes. "frijoias'
tMexican bcansl and most any
kind of fruits.
u is needless 10 say anything
to The News-it speaks for IL,
sef.-C. W. D.. in Tex. News.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-09-01
Agricultural Education.

For many years there was
a strong prejudice among agri-
culturists agains, the educated
and intelligent farmer. He wa
regarded with derision and
slighsingly referred 10 N a kid.
g'ovcd farmer. and was generally
regarded rs long on theories aud
short on results says the Journal
Stockman. Il has taken years
to remove this prejudice. but il
Is perfectly safe 10 say that ia all
prosperous and progressive CON-
muri,ies the prejudice il gone
and ia its place has come the con.
Temp and pity for the man who
still clings 10 the old meth.
od~.
To-day farming In ~ much q
science az engineering. and the
farmer who does no, keep up
with the improvements in plant
Jog. cul,ivating, harvesting and
utilizing his grain and grass IL
sure 10 be dis,anced in this race
and placed in the same class N
the ancient shoemaker and weay.
or. Much of this is undoubtedly
due to the influence OF the agri.
cultural college and the expert.
ment station. The study of
soils and climates and the grains
and grasses suited 10 them has
made farm work a scientific
operation, and IL indeed surpris.
ing to frd how many successful
and prosperous farmers are well
informed and thoroughly up to
date on matters that a few de.
ago were generally sup
posed 10 be entirely unnecessary
and superficial.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-09-01
Growing and Curing Alfalfa.

tefesting AND timely topic ID the
Forum / will tell how it is work.
ed in and around Hagerman, the
greatest alfalfa shipping point in
Southwest. To say it is the in-
est hay crop on earth 10 putting
it mildly. Five years ago 1000
acres would have covered all of
the alfalfa in a radius of twenty
miles of Hagerman. Now you
can see whole sections in alfalfa
cutting four and Eve crops per
year by the use of il rigation, but
such lands as you find in South
ern. Texas, ia Jackson, Fort
Bend, victoriaand those counties
will grow ine alfalga with irri-
CATION, and | believe il will prove
. money-maker 10 farmers who
own bottom land infested with
Johnson grass. In some places
here il grows along bitches, but
You never see II ia the alfalfa.
1t fails to stand the Stest. when
alfalfa gets set.
First prepare your land by
breaking deep, remove stumps
(if any. drag level, sow abou,
twenty pounds seed per acre on
land and fifteen on rich bottom
land. Now some will disagree
with with me there. but the bill
land will not grow nearIy 70 high
and will stand thicker, but bot
tom land will grow much faster
If left thinner and will yield more
tons when thin then than when
sown thick, as the stems arc lar.
ger and heavier. Sow in fall
about first of October. Keep
stock of the first winter. II not
enough cold weather to keep
down, NOV it, when about ten or
fifteen inches high. That will
make il stool and send roots
deeper. Keep il moved as
above until middle of June then
the roots will be deep enough 10
stand summer dry spells. and
after first year there il not
much daugeroi the drouth killing
stand. | belle We il good idea
to let a crop send every three
or four years and then disc il
we'll the following spring.
AS to curing and saving the
hay, cut when two-thirds in
bloom TO make good hay, and il
keeps better than TO cut i, ear.
lier. Cut in the morning and
let lay until the next morning.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-08-21
The Gospel of Must.

There is work in the world for the toiler
or dreamer
And the work that's at hand is the
work he should do;
And whether the toilers mechanic or
schemer
The, result is the crystalIized thing
that he knew"
Let the thing be a good thing the world
If bad tbs pity the tools did not rust.
Good, bad or Indifferent, man is the
debtor
$50 he'll tell you at tines of the Cos
pei of Must.
81 just had to do it!' cries weakened
'Gainst morality's laws, when he's called
to account.
81 had tor the borrower says to the
lender
So do instances rise-there are any
amount.
Cruel fate is most kind in providing ex-
For weak. foolish men who lie prone
in the dust
And. while helping the wicked and fool
iSh. traduceS
A great and wise message the GospeI
of Must.
The wise man must give Of his wisdom
to many;
The man with great gifts alWays must
pass them on.
The good man forbears doing evil to
any
Always must do what's right, and bid
evil begOne.
Grim necessity cruelty tries every fellow
Who walks meath her banner. An.
heartless her thrust.
You must do right or wrong, You must
be red or yellow
So the weaklings are killed bv the Gos-
-Pittsburg Dispatch
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-08-21

THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. ]
. Latest Quotations from South !
Omaha and Kansas City. 1
sOUTB OMAHA.

CATTLE-There was u moderate run
OF cattle, and as local buyers were an
anxious for supplies the market ruieu
active and higher on all deSlFaoie
grades. There were several cars Oh
cornfed steers on sale. and In IacI
larger percentage of the receipts than
usual consisted of beef steers. Inc
quality OF several shipments was py
far the best of any that have peen
here in some time past. PACKERS
though. all took hold freely. and as
result the prices paid were very satis-
factory. There were only few cows
and heifers in sight and the market
ruled active and steady to strong
There is nothing new to report regard
ing bulls, veal calves and stays. They
have sold in much the same notches
: all the week. There were only feW
punches of stockers and feeders III the
yards, and as is generally the case TO-
ward the close of the week many were
wanted. 1t would not be safe to quote
them any more than steady. There
were not enough western cattle here
to make a test of the market From
the way packers bought the cornfeds.
however, it would be safe to quote
grass beef strong.
HOGS mere was not an excessive
run of hogs in sight, and under the IN
fuence of a good demand the market
here opened fully a nickel higher with
trading quite active. A good many
sales showed an advance of . q 10c, but
toward the close the demand was not
quite as brisk, so that the late sales
were a little weaker. Coarse heavy
hogs had to sell as low as $50, but
the bulk of the heavy hogs sold from
S5.15 to $500, mixed went from $500
to 1926 and lights sold from s5.25 to
$5.374.
SHEEP-Quotations for grass stock:
Good to choice lambs, $5.00Q5.25 fair
to good lambs, $4.75@5.0O; good to
choice yearlings, $3.5993.75; fair to
good yearlings, $3.25@3.5 good to
choice wethers, 1925; good to choice
ewes. $2.90@3.1O; fair to good ewes,
s2.5O42.75; feeder lambs, $3.50@425;
feeder yearlings, $3.25Q3.5O; feeder
wethers, $3.OOQ3.25; feeder ewes. $3.50
Q2.5O.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-08-21
BIGGEST IOWA HAS EVER HAD.
Indications Are That State Fair at Des
Moines viii Break All Records.


DES MONIES, lathe Iowa state
fair opens Friday of this week and
the indications are that it will be the
biggest fair the state has ever had.
All of the departments will be full
to overflowing and the directors OF
the fair are at loss to know what
to do with all Of the entries that have
been made. In the cattle department
nearly 800 entries have been made,
which is above last years record II
will probably be necessary to house
part of the cattle in tents, as the
barns will not hold all of them and
there will not be time to build more.
The horse show will be one of the
greatest ever held in the west. All
of the leading importers of the central
west have arranged to have their sta
bles represented, and when it comes
to judging horses, the best judges in
the country will have all they can do
to pick the winners.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-08-21
WAS THIS DOCTOR A oUAcK?
Cured Patient of HalIucination by
Clever Trick.

Cured a Patient of a HalIucination by
a Clever Trick.
We recall the case of an unhappy
wretch who came to Washington some
years ago imploring the doctors to re-
lieve him of a snake which he said
he had swallowed while drinking at a
spring and which, as he violently de-
clared, was devouring the coat of his
stomach. One by one the learned gen
tlemen examined him, satisfied them
selves that there was no snake-as,
indeed there was not-and sent him
away with the solemn assurance that
he need not worry about it any more.
He continued to worry, however.
and when at last he found a physician
who cared more about results than
etiquette he was on the verge of
actual insanity. This great physician
soon perceived that he had to deal
with hallucination, not a snake, and
proceeded accordingly. He employed
colored citizen and a tin bucket.
Two hours in Rock Creek park brought
forth a garter snake of small size but
great activity, and an earnest and in
Gustrious emetic did the rest The
victim saw the snake wriggling in
the bucket and went home happy. 1t
is part of the history of that period.
however, that the physician who
achieved the cure was loudly de-
nounced as an outlaw, and consigned
to everlasting odium for unprofes-
sional conduct.
We never heard that he lost the
confidence of the public on that ac-
count, however, and as the fame and
the fortunes of medical men are made
by their practical achievements and
not by the approval of their fellow
doctors we rather think he profited in
the end.-Washington Post.