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The Nome nugget., 1904-06-04
CHANGE IN A
NOME BUSINESS

A business change of Importance is
announced in the taking over of the
business of The North Western Com
mercial Co. by w. l.. Blatchford q Co
Mr.. Blatchford is member of The
North Western Co. and has been its
active manager for some time. The
house is SO well known all over this sec
ton that it does not need extended
mention. Mr.. Blatchford is one Of the
very earliest pioneers of Northwestern
Alaska, where he has hosts of friends.
The business will be continued along
the same lines that have already com
manded success. Besides the we'll
stocked bar the firm will carry the
choicest brands of liquors, wines, cigars,
ETC., for family trade. The firms build
ing has recently undergone extensive
repairs. 1t has been repainted and re-
papered, and it is one of the very finest
places in Nome today. \ large stock
of the best goods will be received on
the early steamers, and patrons, as usu-
al, will be certain of receiving the very
best.
Upstairs there are ten fine Offices
which will be rented on reas enable
terms. These are commodious and
centrally located, being next door to
the Alaska Banking & Safe Deposit Co.
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-04
Building Notes.

Chas. Ross new building, adioin-
ing the City bath house, called the
"Buckeye," is nearing completion.
The building is Il most substantial one,
two stories in height. and will be heat
ed by steam, furnished with hot and
cold water, and, in fact, all the access
cries of modern building.
The Combination barber shop has
recently undergone thorough renno-
walton, and is now more attractive than
ever.
The Belmont building is undergoing
extensive repairs and alterations, and
will be occupied in short time by the
Nome Trading Co. with big stock OF
fresh goods.
The Northwestern Commercial Co.
has completed q new dock and ware
house adjoining their other warehouses
on Front street, and their plant is now
second to none in Nome.
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-04
MARRIED ON
June FIRST

On Wednesday evening last Mr..
Charles II. Staples and Miss Winifred
Caughlin were united in marriage by
Rev. c. f. Ryberg, pastor of the Con-
gregational church, at the home of the
bridegroom in the Staples block. A
large number OF the friends of the
bride and groom witnessed sthe cere-
mony. The rooms were tastefully deco
rated in appropriate colors. DR.. T..
George acted as groomsman while the
bride was attended by Mrs. j. +. A.
Strong.
After the ceremony had been solemn
lied, II dainty luncheon was served
The young couple were the recipients
of many beautiful and costly presents
from their many friends. Among the
guests were: Mayor H. p. King, DR..
and Mrs. H. G. Wilkinson, Mr.. and Mrs.
John L. McGinn, Mr.. and Mrs. w. f..
Bard, Mr.. and Mrs. G. f. Kelly, Mr..
and Mrs. G. H. Chapman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Il. w. Swanton, Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. A..
Strong, Mr.. and Mrs. f. V. Adams,
Mrs. Metcalfe, Mrs. Harrington, Miss
Elma Ryberg, Miss Emma Hawkins,
Miss Ora Hygh, Judge Reed. j. j.
Reagan, J. II. Dunn, Mr.. Pyle, Capt.
Galpin, Mr.. Andrews, w. j. Rowe, G..
S. Maynard Mr.. Chaine, Mr. Stipek,
F. Nj. Kiesle, DR.. f.. George, w. NJ.
Eddy, DR.. Hill, Fl. M. Shearer, Capt.
Tronsen, c. H. Jewett.
Mr.. Staples is a we'll known business
man and is the owner of the Staples
block, while the bride is charming
young lady. recently from Los Angeles.
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-04

The complaint then recites that the
defendants, Warren and Stevens, as
publishers of the newspaper known as
the Gold Digger published the arti-
Gle referred'tO above under the heading
Licensing Crime that the said pub
LEGATION is false, untrue and defama-
tory. and was published by the defend
ants wrOngfnlly, unlawfully, knowingly
and maliciously, with the intent and
for the purpose of injuring and degrad-
ing the plaintiff, and for the purpose of
injuring plaintiffs said business and
preventing plaintiff from securing said
license.
The complaint also AYERS that the
plaintiff has been greatly prejudiced in
his reputation and good name, and in
the business in which he is about 10
engage, and he asks damages in the
sum Of $4,000.
Associated with Attorney Bell in
this suit is Attorney A. j. DAILY.
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-04

that it is learned that the claim has
been entirely worked out.
Billy Burger succeeded in getting to
Dexter creek with wagon load of pro-
visions, which broke the threatened
famine.
The house on the Gambrinus claim is
now at the railroad station and will be
part of the Nikala gulch road house,
which is to be opened tomorrow and
conducted by Olson and Wettach.
The Sour Dough has been newly
papered and painted and is better
equipped than ever before. a couple
of cows will help to justify the asser-
ton upon the arrival of the first boats.
1t is reported that Hyde and Savage,
on the Summit bench will close down in
a few days for the season, but will be
ready for fall operations. They have
body Of gravel that is without doubt the
richest ever discovered in this section
if the reports as to its richness are not
The Sugar claim is repumping its
water from dam and thus get better
results than without this method.
kelly's pumping plant at the mouth
of Dexter is flooded by the water back
ing up Nome river. When the ice goes
out it will be all right again.
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-04
People of Eastern States
Like News of Nome.
WINTER WAS FIERCE
R. 0. Lazier, Formerly of Nome,
Writes an Interesting
Letter.

X. o. Lazier writes j. y. Jourden,
under date of March ,, from New York
city. Mr.. Lazier has an office at %
Broadway. Among other things he
says: at would stimulate matters
generally if the people who stay in
Nome during the winter would write
all the news to their friends on the
outside. II they could see how eagerly
those out here grasp at Il letter from
Nome, no matter from whom, they
would never fail to send out all the
news they could obtain. one item
that reached Seattle Feb. % has been
copied in six large Eastern papers that
| know Of 1t covered about eight
inches of one column. If your news
popers would keep in touch with the
press of the outside it would pay big.
"The winter here has been fierce.
More snow and frost that records show
for an age. In the northern part of
this state they have from four to seven
feet of snow on the level now, and the
thermometer down to 40 below. Can
ada, and especially Montreal has been
trying to beat the klondike. You peo-
pie are not in it-55 below.
81 expect to be in Nome on one of
of money, and try to bring back sore
with me. The reports Of several min
ing companies in Alaska have shown
discouraging balance sheets. However,
things look now as if the tide was turn
ing for the better. Nearly everyone
who was inclined to dabble in stocks
have had their fl IN the stock market
here, and to form stock company on
Nome property and sell the stock to
the general public is out of the qucs-
ton.
Among the Nome people who have
been here this winter are the follow
ing: DR.. +. NJ. Rininger, wife and
child: Capt. +. W. Johnston and wife,
Nj. d. Samuels and wife, +. NJ. Ceder-
bergh and wife. John I;osene, DR..
Cabell Whitehead, Judge Hannum,
Judge Dubose, Eugene Chilberg, Jafet
Lindeberg and wife, Count Breitzhof.
f.. Nj. Walters, A. +. Murphy, James
Galen, Mike Sullivan, Mr.. Gadd, II. G.
Feeder, Frank Weller, Tom Campion.
Mack f. Smith, Harold Wheaton,
Dan Dwyer. Charles Heron, Dan Nc
Carthy, Mrs. Gilmore, Mrs. Healy.
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MUST NOT
EMPLOY WOMEN

An order has been issued by the fed
eral authorities to the effect that wo-
men will not be hereafter allowed in
saloons for the purpose of ''rustling''
or selling drinks on the per centage
plan. Proprietors of saloons and dance
halls where women are employed have
been notified that the law respecting
the employment of women in saloons
will be rigidly enforced. This action,
it is alleged, has been taken pursuant
to the recommendations of the late
grand jury.
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-04
High School Banquet.

The students of the High school gave
banquet last night at the Golden
Gate, which was an enjoyable event in
every particular. Covers were laid for
% guests. The menu cards were
unique. being the work of Harry
Lomen, each card; hearing a pen and
ink sketch cleverly executed. The
tables were decorated in the school
colors. The banquet lasted for several
hours, after which dancing was en-
joyed for some time. Present were:
Miss Blodgett. Miss Edna Blodgett.
Miss Sutherland, Prof. Traphagen,
Lieut.. Walling, U. S. A.. Carl Lomen,
A. r. Cody, Walter Gaffney, j. A.
Westby, Jr., George Maynard. Miss
Olive Storey, as guests, and the High
school class, as follows: Misses Eta
Wolf, Vida Moore, Mabel Niebling,
Mora Parkinson, Grace Fisher, Laura
JaycOx, Sara Wheeler, Eugene Hays,
Harry Lomen, Ralph Lomen, Lucius
Boardman, Richard Beale.
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-04
|CE-PACK IS
STILL SOLID

The appearance of the first steamer
in the roadstead is anxiously awaited
Nome. Speculation is rife as to the
time of arrival of an outside steamer.
but it is noticeable that few bets are
being made. There is a large body of
ice seward. and it does not seem to
get "move on Capt. Stem, an
authority on the movement of lex packs
in Bering sea, states that the ice to
the southwark of Nome seems to have
been caught in an eddy" due to the
breaking up of the Yukon and the pour
ing of an immense volume of water and
ice into Boring sea, and unless strong
southeasterly wind should spring up,
the pack is likely to remain stationary
for some time to come.
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-04
WORLDS FAIR
SCHOOL EXHIBIT

Mrs. 0. +. King, one of Alaska's
commissioners to the Worlds Fair,
said yesterday in regard to the school
exhibit:
"Owing to the great amount of work
in preparing the school exhibit for the
ST. Louis Fair, it will be impossible to
place it before the public before Tues
day or Wednesday.
'No one should fail to see this dis
play. it will be one of the finest schools
exhibits ever displayed at a World S
Fair, from school of its size"
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-04
Academy of Sciences.

The Alaska Academy of Sciences will
meet Tuesday evening, June I, in their
club room over the St. Bernard library.
The subject for the evening will be the
Fauna of Alaska"
MRS. =. T.. KING.
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Notice..

A meeting of the cooks, walters and
all restaurant and hotel employees will
be held at Mechanics hall, over the
Reception saloon, next Tuesday even
ing at 9 o'clock.
j. J. TOPPOLSKY, Pres.
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Another Arrest,

This morning warrant was sworn
out 10y Mr.. Pelz for the arrest of Paul
D'Hierry, an employe of the Gold Dig
ger, on the same charge as that for
which Warren and Stevens are under
bonds. DHierry gave bail to appear
before Judge Reed next Tuesday morn
ing at 10 O'Clock, his sureties being
George H. Smith and Albert f.. Fritsch,
who qualified in the sum of $400 each.
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-04

If you want to have your claim sur
veyed and plated go and see Otto
Halla. He will charge you from 80
up, according to location Of claim. You
can see him at any time at Eul's. Front
street
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-04

Choice beef, mutton, pork, veal and
poultry at Pacific Cold Storage com
pany's markets.
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-04

Infinite, La Rosa, Lurlne, Upman,
Africana or Book at the Aonopole
Cigar Store.
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-04

Special values in blankets and fur
robes offered at THE IGLOO.
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-04

Imperial cigar store; wholesale and
retail cigars, tobaccos, pipes, ETC., etc
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-04

If you want to hire a saddle horse see
c. l.. Morris. 1870 Front street.
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-04

Moonlight Springs water at the
Elite Baths, foot of Hunter way.
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-04

Drinks two for 2SC, the same as
formerly 3sc each, Board Of Trade.
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Erie Oil News,

The Canville Oil company, whose
holdings are five miles north of Erie
has let the contract for six
wells. Lee Naff has the contract and
will do the drilling. No. will be
located on J. M. Barney's farm,
and will be commenced just as soon as
the weather will permit Mr.. Naff to
moye his drilling outfit to the loca-
tion.
The Erie Petroleum company will
commence on the drilling OF well
on the ]. w. Richardson farm, two
miles north and west of Erie, as soon
as the drilling outfit can be moved
IN the place. Tully Ashford has the
the contract TO do the drilling. The
Erie Petroleum company is one Of
which DR., J. A. Palmer, Co. Sellers
and L. s. Cambern are principal back
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pipe line returns that they are mar.
keting 100 barrels of oil per day. This
Is not bad for young company. We
were In error few weeks &C when we
said the West Plant Co. was receiv-
ing no returns from the Chapple lease.
The company gave bond and gets
credit for the oil marketed.
John McVicar of DEMONS, Iowa, is
in the city looking over the oil field.
Ed. Ryan returned from an overland
trip to Neodesha Tuesday. Mr.. Ryan
has been trying hard to get rigs on the
Ryan-Fitzgerald property in that
district.
The Kansas National has just
brought in an oiler on the SweenY
farm, In Woodson county.
George Moran and H. D. Devan
have filed suits against W. A. Gwin
and the Winner Co. for wages.
The Cromack Co. is drilling for the
Big Gum people and are now at work
on No. on the Burghart lease and
No. for the Gaylord Co.
G. E. Mayne recently sold an so acre
lease in Wilso county for $1,000.
The Commonwealth and Barker
Co.'S. are operating their pumps in
spite Of the high water.
The power plant for the Sunfower
and Shamrock Co.'S. is being placed.
o. S. Johnson is experimenting the
drilling OF we'll near Thayer.
An oil company at Coffeyville is
using crude oil for fuel. They report
it success.
j. ii. Miller, manager Of the Sun
dover Co., accompanied by the Stan,
lard s gauger, was rOwed across the
river on Monday by the proprietor of
Shamrock IL. The round trip COVERED
about four miles of water.
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Kansas Takes the Lead.

independence, Kan, July TN the
uumber of oil wells drilling. Kansas
leads all the Oil fields of the United
States. On July l, Kansas had 352
wells drilling, Indiana came next
with 345, West Virginia had 314, New
York and Pennsylvania combined had
259 drilling.
During the month of June there
we're 401 wells completed in Kansas
field. the production of which amount
ed to 1912 barrels; Sc we're dry.
Pennsylvania completed 1913 wells;
production 1852 barrels; S55 dry.
Indiana completed 1897 wells, pro-
duction. 6,626 barrels; A dry.
Chic completed sos, production,
4,777 barrels; 30S dry.
West Virginia completed 224, pro-
luction, 4,1O6 barrels; $3.50 dry.
The average production of Kansas
wells in June was 248 barrels to the
we'll.
Every fifth we'll in all Eastern fields
was dry, whereas only one out of every
seyen and fraction was dry in Kan
!as.
1t is estimated that 2, $50 wells were
drilled in the United States in June.
or this number 430 were dry.
Never in the history of the oil busi-
ness was so much capital seeking in
vestment as now. Never before were
80 many business and professional
nen forsaking their life work to take
I'D oil with an idea of sudden wealth.
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'sssssssssssssssssssssss,
In the OIL
and Gas Field
Observation-Disclosures

Ottawa now feels that her efforts
are likely to be successful and that
she will be enabled to hold her head
up among the gas towns. She claims
to have two million feet gas we'll.
The Kansas Torpedo Co. shot well
last week near Lone Elm, nOrtheas
of lola.
The Sunflower Co. has its pump
started but on account of the high
water can market no oil.
The Cockerlle Zinc Co. of Altoona
brought in good oiler near that city
one day last week. Mr. Knapp Is
still operating near Altoona.
The west brick plant has brought
in a new gas we'll on the MCGOWAN
land.
The June runs of oil in the Kansas
district were short Of the May runs
by nearly $500 barrels The decrease
was on account Of the excessive rains
and floods which very materially
retarded production.
Col. Mundy, Judge Hodnett and ].
A. Birmingham, last week, traded
720 acres of lease holdings in the
Mundy trend for azinc mine at Joplin.
When that trio can't get up trade
business is pretty dull. The mine
must be valuable piece of property
as the property traded for 1t is very
desirable oil land.
A pipe line is being laid from the
Bartlesville, oil field to Chelsea, 1. T
There is one company only operating
at Chelsea, but their prospects have
put the town on boom. The STAN
dard is also laying pipe line to tn,
Wayslde district which has beeD
booming all spring and summer. II
is estimated that the output from thu
Wayside field will exceed 1000 barrels
1aily.
Isett & Mildren are down 400 feet
ia the well they are drilling at Wa
verify, Kan, and as yet have not
struck any Oil or gas sand in paying
quantities.
Isett & Mildren started we'll for
the great Northern Consolidated Co.
last week on the Cochran farm nin'
and half miles northeast Of town
The Great Northern company is new
operator in the field. This drilling
firm is also erecting derrick on tn
RAIDER farm to drill No. for tn,
Galesburg Crude Oil & Gas Co. anc
are cleaning out No. I on the Down.
lease for the T. S. OH & Transporter
tion company. This company is hav
ing all it's wells cleaned out and will
commence drilling again soon as the,
must drill eight wells on this lease b,
October /. The work on the Prlbbe
now farm for the Oil Valley Co. whic
has property in Woodson county eighI
miles west of Humboldt has beer
stopped on account of the floods. Th'
Oil Valley company has one good wei
and has two strings Of tools on thu
lease and will keep on drilling unit
the lease is drilled out.
Thayer News: The Majectic Oil &
Gas company completed their seconf
we'll the first part of last week, bu
failed to get good oiler as they haG
anticipated.
Mr.. Hemyerly, who is to drill TO-
Messrs. Hamilton and Buttenfield who
control a lease on the old Lehmei
farm, has his rig on the ground bu'
has been unable to begin operations
on account of the excessive rain.
Isett 81 Mildren are drilling for tn
Galesburg Crude.
Last week the Culver Co., drilling
in the corner of Wilson county brought
ia good we'll. The we'll Is located
near the Dimmick & Dildine hold
ings.
Driller Milt Hays left for St. Loui
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The Flood.

We have been enjoying fer the last
week the, till this spring, novel SEN
sation of being shut off entirely from
the outside world.
For several days all trains were de-
clared off and Chanute was left to her
own resourcee for business and pleas
ure. The present flood exceeded the
June freshet in height by about foot.
We are inclined TO ths opinion that
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FOLEYSHONEYArDTAE
stops tho cough and heals lung

DR.. C. j. Moffett is graduate OF
medicine and has much right to pre-
scribe for the sick as any physician.
and gives to mothers his "Teethina"
as the best remedy they can use
for their teething children. Tee
thina" aids digestion, regulates the
bowels, overcomes and counteracts
the effect of the summers heat and
makes teething easy.
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and admit that the old record has
been beaten. This time the water
was three to four inches over the floor
Of the Katy depot. 1t only came up
to the floor in 'S5, and the June waters
lacked seven inches Of being to the,
floor,
1t is very difficult matter to de-
termine the relative volumes of water
in 'S5 and 1904, from the fact that the
numerous levies along the river
changed the currents very materially
and in many places backed the water
up several feet.
However, there caa be but little
doubt that the '85 record has been
beaten and the standard of measure
that has gagged all floods for the last
10 years will have to be changed to
the flood of 1904.
Yet there are some VINO still claim
that the record has not been broken.
In '85 the boys tied their boats to the
curbing OF the old public well which
stood in the center of the crossing of
Main and Malcolm, The debatable
question is whether the street has
been graded up enough to account for
the water not reaching that point
this time.
There have been other floods on the
Neosho that cause tie freshets of 'S5
and 1904 to seem very insignificant.
There was a flood in 1874, as reported
by the Indians to the early settlers,
that was somewhat Of a sumner.
In the spring of 1856 Jesse Parsons
came to this country with his parents
and settled near lola. During that
summer he had occasion to ride down
the river to the old Canville trading
post on Big Creek, near where Delcs
Johnson lives, to attend big Indian
dance.
On the way across the prairie, near
where the North Valley school now
stands, he noticed some old logs lying
on the paririe. He asked an old
Indian who was with him how they
got there and was told they floated in
during the high water of 1874. He
likewise noticed hictorY nut hulls ly-
ing around the prairie.
They must have foated there. L.
H. Cole says the Osages used to claim
they had seen the river up to the
Williams bluff, a mile west of Austin.
In 1874 the writer of this article
noticed at least one large rough log
lying on the prairie, we'll bedded in
the ground between the home of j. D.
Nichols which was near the foot Of
the Williams bluff and Austin. 1t
must have floated there. These
marks and traditions would indicate
a rise of some or 10 feet greater than
the present one. There can be no
doubt that this flood far exceeded any
thing the white settlers of this
county have eyer seen. Farther back
than this we have traditions of a
much greater flood.
The old water marks are pretty
we'll obliterated yet the old settler
still talks about it. 1t is usually
referred tom this locality as Noah's
flood, from the fact that old man
Noah was sbrewd enough to have
raft constructed with which he fer
rled oil men across the river at 50
much per,
Old man Noah is LONG since dead.
His raft has decayed or floatei to the
gulf and since all distinct records of
his flood are obliterated, the record Of
"A will have TO stand.
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DR.. George Light, veterinary sur
geon, will be In Chanute on Monday
end Tuesday OF each week until
further notice
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If you want your watch to run, tax
it to the new jeweler-all work guar
anteed or money refunded.-Dr. J.V
phillins
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