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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-06-28
PASSING OF THE PAMPAs.
Vegetable Plumes Of California Are
Fast Losing Their Pop
ularity.

No one who has ever seen q
pampas field with it's thousands
Of creamy white plumes but
will regret the fact that the
pampas is rapidly disappearing
from it's accustomed haunts in
California. Though it is of far
less Importance than the timber
wealth of the state, it's loss is a
real sorrow to the lovers Of ma.
ture.
The pampas patches are being
uprooted, for the industry Of
raising and coloring the plumes
is dying out. There have beep
many large pampas ranches
along the coast in southern Cali
fornia, but the recent dry wealth
ar has made it possible to pull up
the plants without making large
holes in the soil and the ranch
men are taking advantage Of it.
These ranches have been one
of the most picturesque features
of the landscape. The fields are
usually from 40 to so acres in ex.
tent and are closely set with
great conical mounds of green
10, IL and IA feet high. From
the top of these mounds rise
some 200 feathery plumes Of
creamy white, which have never
failed to call forth ordinations
of delight from those who have
beheld the sight. When the
plumes attain a certain stage OF
ripeness they are picked by hand
and with greatest care, for each
mound is set with sharp saw
teeth which might infict a dan.
gerous wound to a careless hand.
The plumes are then spread out
in a dry field to cure in the sun
If this is not properly done the
feathers fall off and the plumes
are spoiled. A field covered with
these drying plumes is a sigh
peculiar to southern California
which is well worth seeing. Nc
wonder the destruction of these
ranches has aroused general dis
satisfaction.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-06-28
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the Matter of the Estate Of!
Mikkel' Larsen. -. Deceased:
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
Ella Larsen, Administrator of the Estate of
Mikkel Larsen late of the Township of Willow
Lake in the County OF Steele and State OF
North Dakota, deceased. to the creditors OF.
and all persons having claims against. said
to exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers. within six months after the first
publication of this notice. to said administra-
trix at the Office OF c.. S. Shippy. in the City OF
Hope in said Steele County.
Dated May, 22nd. A. D.. 1905.
LILA LARSEN,
Administrator
First Publication on the oath day Of May.
A. o. 1905.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-06-28
Not Valuable,

"When I sees a man sittin'
aroun' wastin' his time," said
Uncle Eben, ~ generally figures
dat he aim wastin' anything val
liable enough to worry over
Washington Star.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-06-28

described by the missionaries as
the most degraded of all human
beings, with a mortality lower
than that of animals. Insects.
especially grasshoppers, formed
a portion of their food, also prob.
ably the larger varieties of earth
worms.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-06-28
T TO CREDITORS.
le matter of the Estate of

IN the matter OF the Estate OF
Hannah oote, Deceased:
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
George Murray, Administrator OF the Estate
OF hannah Moote, late OF the City OF Hope. in
the County OF Steele and State of North
Dakota. deceased. to the creditors of. and all
persons having claims against. said deceased,
to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers
within four months after the first publication
OF this notice. to said administrator at his
office, in the village OF SherbrOoke, in SAID
Steele county.
Dated May 10th. A. D. 1905.
GEORGE MURRAY.
Administrator
First publication on the 18th day of May. A,
1905.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-06-28
With q Sting.

There is a way Of saying nice
things about other people which
give them the appearance of a
sneer.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05
A BLANK OUTRAGE.

Once more the citizens of Nome have been constrained to put their hands in their pockets in order to pay the servants of the United States government Nine tons of mail ar rived here on Wednesday last, and, because of a foolish provision insert ed in the postoffice regulations the local postmaster is unable to employ more than two clerks to distribute this amount of mail. A similar amount is expected to arrive in a few days, and had it not been for the action taken by the chamber of com merce in guaranteeing the salaries of additional clerks, there would have been congestion of mail in the postoffice for many weeks come. These conditions occur with unerring
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to all whom it may concern That w. l.. Leland, his grantees and associates, are the owners of certain waters and water rights, at the junction of the foot of Salmon lake and the head of Pilgrim river, in the KougarOk Recording Dis trict, District of Alaska; which said waters and water-r rights are claimed and owned by said parties, by virtue of valid and subsisting locations of said waters and water-rights hereto- fore made in conformity with the laws of the United States, the District of Alaska, and local customs and regula- tionS, by the said w. l.. Leland, his grantors, associates and grantees; that work has been commenced at said point by the said w. l.. Leland, his grantees and associates, on the con structiOn of dam and power plant, which is being constructed for the pur- pose of generating electrical energy to be used for lighting and power pur- poses at said place and at Nome Solo mon and various other places in the District of Alaska; that the construc- tiOn, maintenance and operation of said dam and power plant will permanently raise the waters of said Salmon lake, fifty feet above their present level.
 All persons proposing or intending to acquire or incept any rights what soever on the public domain that may conflict with said rights of said w. l.. Leland, his associates and grantees, are hereby notified, therefore, that any rights acquired or attempted or sought to be acquired by any person whatso- ever, and for whatever purpose, will be subsequent and subordinate to the said rights hereinbefore set forth aid described, and now owned by the said w. l.. Leland, his grantees and asso- ciates, for the purposes hereinbcfore set forth and described.
 w. l.. LELAND.
 Dated May IS, 1906. w4tS
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To J. J. King, Carl Larson, A. Hay den, T. R. Gibson, A. Erickson, H. Y. Freedman. their heirs, suc- cessors or assigns:
 You are hereby notified that we, the undersigned, have caused to be ex- pended in labor and improvements the sum of $10O for each of the years 1903, 1904 and 1905, upon that certain placer mining claim known as the Combina- tion group, recorded in Volume 116, page F, of the Cape Nome Recording District District of Alaska.
 And you, and each of you, are further notified that if you do not, within nine ty (9O) days from date of final publica- tion hereof, cause to be paid to the undersigned your proportionate shares of said expenditures, as co-owners, your interests in said claim will be- come the property of the undersigned, under Section 2324, Revised Statutes of the United tSates
 First publication, May 22, 1906 Last publication, Aug. 21, 1906.
 G. w. FOREMAN,
 A. GUNDERSON
 Co-Owners.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To C. F. Hine and T. D. Moffatt their
 heirs, successors or assigns:
 You are hereby notified that l, the undersigned have caused to be eXpend- ed in labor and improvements the sum of $10O for each of the years 1903 and 1904 upon those certain quartz mining claims, on the left limit of Anvil creek, in the Cape Nome recording district, district of Alaska, known and described as the Mountain Key and the Paystreak quartz claims, in said recording dis trict.
 And you are further notified that if you do not, within ninety (90) days from the date of final publication here of, cause to be paid to the undersigned your proportionate share of said eX- penditures, as co-owners, your interests in said claims will become the property of the undersigned, under Section 2S24, Revised Statutes of the United States. First publication, March 27, 1906. Last publication, June 26, 1906.
 SAM HELLER,
 CO-OWner.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05
THE EXPERIENCE OF ALI.

Tt is Imaginable; and yet it is the | by every one who goes to congress with an apeal for Alaska" says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The pre- conceived ideas of the members of congress, based upon nothing but their abysmal and contented ignor- ance of anything and everything about Alaska do not give way to any amount of information rendered upon the subject. Mr. Cannon is a man of wide information and he is actuated by a sincere purpose to help the people of Alaska, but he utterly fails to comprehend that no country such as Alaska can be developed without roads, and he ignores, with out a thought, the fact that, in the absence of any form of government, any authority to levy, collect or dis purse taxes or any machinery for such collection and disbursement, the pcopIc ol AldShd CdlHOJ pullu IOiuS for themselves.
 Yet congress with this sublime and contented ignorance of Alaska, of it's condition and it's needs, retains complacently the power to do all of the legislating which Alaska may want or need, in it's own hands, re- fusing to permit the people to con duct their own affairs in any form or manner.
 "There is but just one thing which congress can do and should do for Alaska, and that is to organize a ter ritorial government, at the same time abolishing all of the heavy spe- cial taxes which the people of Alas ka are now compelled to pay into the federal treasury. Give them control of their own affairs; let them organ ize their own countries and school and road districts, and levy, collect and disburse taxes for their own needs and their own uses. It is ridiculously impossible for congress to legislate for the local needs of alaska, so long as congress does not know and never will find out what those local needs really are and labors under the delusion that it is a country of icebergs and glaciers.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05
TO OUR PATRONS.

Beginning with this issue, The Nome Nugget will hereafter be issued as a daily paper. There has been a change in the control and manageemnt, the Nome Co-Operative Publishing Com pany having purchased The Nugget plant and building Major J. F. A Strong, who founded the paper, has retired from the local journalistic field after a most successful career.
 The Daily Nugget will aim to be the leading newspaper of Alaska. By fur nishing the public with all the live local and telegraphic news of the day it hopes not only to retain the patron age and prestige that it now enjoys, but also to make many new friends. It will be issued as a high class family newspaper at all times advocating that which it believes to be for the best in terests of Nome and the entire district of Alaska. It will be aggressive and fair, not vindictive The subscription will be two dollars per month, and the management will endeavor to merit the support of the people generally.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To Patrick Kirwin, Charles Hornisher,
 Louis Klotz, James Cosgrove, John
 Fortune, Harry Klotz:
 You are hereby notified that the un- dersigned has expended in labor and improvements the sum of $1OO upon the following claim, to-wit: The Dewey bench claim, left limit of Manila creek, a tributary of Solomon river, in the Cape Nome mining district, district of Alaska, for the year 1905. in which l am co-owner with you.
 And you are further notified that if you do not, within ninety (9O) days from the date of final publication here of, cause to be paid to the undersigned your proportionate share of said ex- penditure, as co-owners, your interests in said claim will become the prop erty of the undersigned, under Section 2324, Revised Statutes of the United States.
 First publication, March TO- 1906.
 Last publication, June 9, 1906.
 '+- A. IT. ANDERSON.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
% R. LedgerwOod:

To R. Ledgerwood:
 You are hereby notified that l. the undersigned. have expended in labor and Improvements the sum of $1OO upon each of the following claims to-wit: {: Mudgette's Hunch association claim. on Trinity creek, Kougarok mining dis trict, recorded in Vol 49, page 235, and the Eagle association claim, on Eagle creek, in said mining district, recorded in Vol. 49, page 236, of the records of said Kougarok mining district, district of Alaska, for the year 1905, in which am co-owner with you. And you are further notified that if you do not, within ninety (9O) days from the date of final publication here Of, cause to be paid to the undersigned your proportionate share of said ex- penditures, as co-owner, your interest in said claims will become the property Of the undersigned, under Section 2324 Revised Statutes of the United States First publication, March 8, 1906.
 Last publication, June 2, 1906.
 SIDNEY MUDGETTE
 Co-Owner.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05

dersigncd has expended in labor and improvements the sum of $1OO upon the following claim, to-wit: No. 70 north fork of Kougarok river, in the Kougarok mining district, district of Alaska, for each of the years 1904 and 1905, the location notice Of which is recorded in Vol. 3S, page 15O, of the records of the said Kougarok recording district, district of Alaska
 And you are further notified that 1T you do not, within ninety (9O) days from the date of final publication here of, cause to be paid to the undersigned your proportionate share of said eX- penditure, as co-OWner your interest in said claim will become the property of the undersigned, under Section 2S24 Revised Statutes of the United States. First publication, April 10, 1906.
 Last publication, July 10, 1906.
 OSCAR THURSON.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05

regularity every spring, but it has seemed impossible to make the au- thOrities at Washington understand the situation. We would think that they must have knowledge of the fact that there is a period of about four weeks every spring during which time the Nome mail leaves Se- attle. To any man of ordinary com
 non sense, it would be apparent that great deal of mail must accumu- late. Yet the postal officials profess the greatest ignorance of the fact, and restrict the postmaster from em- ploying more than two men to per the business man and merchant, in order to get his bills of lading for perishable goods lyIng in the road stead or rotting in the warehouse, is competed to hire a few extra postal clerks at his own expense.
 Of course, these conditions are a pernlclOuS shame ana damnaDle outrage and many other things that are too profane to mention in the columns of a respectable newspaper, but the question arises: What are you going to do about it? Petitions and remon strances have been sent by the score to Washington, where they have been very quietly pigeonholed in the dusty archives of the depart ment, never again to see the light of day. But we have still one hope left. Unless providence interferes we will have a delegate at the next session of congress, and he might possibly be able to bring enough pressure to bear on the department 10 induce them to employ somebody with a small modicum of brains in the place of the ninny who now at tends to the Alaskan postal service.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION.

In the District Court for the District
 of Alaska, Second Division.
 Northern Commercial Co. Ca cor poratiOn), plaintiff, vs. Andrew Berg strom, defendant.
 The president of the United States of America to Andrew Bergstrom, greeting: You are hereby summoned and required to appear before the above entitled court at Nome, Alaska within thirty (S0) days after the date of the service of this summons upon you, to-wit, within thirty days after the 9th day of June, 1906, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff filed herein, or judgment for want thereof will be taken against you.
 You are further notified that if you fail to answer said complaint, the plaintiff will take judgment against you for the sum of five hundred dol lars ($500.00), together with interest thereon, at the rate of eight per cent per annum from the iirst day of Oc- tober, 1901. and costs of suit
 This summons is published by an order of the above entitled court of date April 21, 1906
 Date of first publication, April "A, 1906.
 Date of last publication, June 5, 1906.
 Witness the Hon. Alfred S. Moore, Judge of the United States District Court, District of Alaska, Second Di- vision, and the seal of said court af- fixed this 21st day of April, 1906. (SeaD JNo. ". DUNN,
 Clerk of the U. $. District Court
 for the District of Alaska, Sec Tu ond Division.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05
MAKE AN INVESTIGATION.

We notice by an exchange that Dr Barrett, Dawson's health officer, ha. destroyed all of the cows belongine to the northwest mounted police, giv- ing as his reason for so doing the fact that the animals were victims of tuberculosis. The fate of these animals is not an uncommon one to stall fed cattle. Tubercules turk in darkness and lack of ventilation, and where on earth is there a darker or closer place than an Alaskan stable in the winter time. Stabbed horses are worked and get exercise, but COWS do not. It is fact well estab- lished by the medical faculty that tuberculosis or consumption is con- veyed in the milk from the COW to the human being-hence the neces- sity of shooting. Under much more favorable conditions it is found nee essary to frequently examine dairy cows, but so far as we have learned the health officer has never taken the trouble so to do. An examination of all COW stables should be made by a competent examiner, and we should think that the dairymen themselves would welcome the investigation. A clean bill of health is an asset just as valuable and necessary to the dairyman as it is to the restaurant teur or any other purveyor of food stuffs.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05

Gold has in all ages been the chief the prospector. The passion for pos session of gold has peopled the most distant and forbidden regions, and has led countless thousands of men to face every difficulty and even death itself After all this is not so strange, when one considers what gold will do. It can give us the best as well as, alas. the worst, that is attainable Why should not man strive for il?
 Whatever else may be said against
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05

the citizens of Nome it cannot truth fully be charged that they are lack ing in public spirit. There has been scarcely a month during the past winter when they have not been ask ed to contribute to some enterprise of public or charitable nature. The wagon road to the creeks, the i'm provement of Steadman avenue and the San Francisco disaster are cases in point. In the latter event Nome and vicinity contributed about three dollars for every man, woman and child in this section. Most of the large cities in the united States con tributed about as many cents per capita.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To c. N. Bfown:.

TO c. N. BfOWn:
 You are hereby notified that I, the undersigned, have expended in labor and improvements the sum of $1OO upon each of the following claims, to-wit: {: Mudgette's Hunch association claim. Trinity creek, recorded in Vol 49, page 235; the Mogus association claim, Brandy creek, recorded in Vol. 49, page 237; the Eagle association claim, Eagle creek, recorded in Vol. 49. page 236, of the records, Kougarok mining .is- trict, district of Alaska, for the year 1905, in which I am a co-owner with you.
 And you are further notified that if
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05

Notwithstanding the fact that ex- perts who visited this country three or four years ago declared that there was little or no payable tin in Alas ka, a corps of experts assisted by one of the most eminent geologists and aSsayers in the United States award ed all of the prizes for placer and quartz tin, as well as metallic tin to the owners of the Seward peninsula tin mines. Experts are not always infallible, of course, but judging from the fact that some hard headed business men are investing large sums of money in the tin fields in this section, we judge that the eX- perts who made the awards knew tin when they saw it.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05

The worlds gold supply during the present year will show tre- mendous increase from past produc- tions The mines of Alaska are at tracing considerable attention throughout the United States on ac- count of their richness and the enor- nous output promised. The gold fields of Nevada show considerable increase, and the mines of Sodth Africa are today producing at a greater rate than heretofore. This new wealth is one cause for the pres ent prosperity of our nation. In fact. we might truthfully say that the increase in gold production is one of the greatest causes for con tinued prosperity.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05

A number of white" men have been sent to jail at various times for selling liquor to the Eskimos, but the crime does not seem to be on the de crease. sending man to Jail is al ways a costly proposition. anyway, and perhaps better results would be obtained by the establishment of a branch of the keeley institute for the exclusive use of the natives.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05

you do not, within ninety (9O) days from the date If final publication here of, cause to be paid to the undersigned your proportionate share of said ex- penditures, as co-owner, your interest in said claims will become the property of the undersigned, under Section 2324 Revised Statutes of the United States First publication, March 3, 1906.
 Last publication, June 2, 1906.
 SIDNEY MUDGETTE,
 Co., Owner
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05

We have noticed that a great many people have much fault to find with the Seattle Alaskans. We have also noticed that when the residents of Nome want to pull little string at Washington, the first place they seek for assistance is the Alaska Club which is composed almost entirely of these Seattle Alaskans.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05

Reading the report of the Chicago board of health on the meat business of that city makes one shudder to thinn of the amount of disease that is thus disseminated. If the report of Dr. Whalen and his bacteriologist is true, the Chicago meat trust is re- sponsible for about as many deaths per annum as the railroads.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05

The admission of Alaska under q not be delayed much longer by tn. law makers at the national capital. The residents of the northland. ire spective of party affiliations, are all most unanimously in favor of self government.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05

In order for this section of Alaska to secure one of the elective dele gates to congress it is necessary for the people of Nome and throughout the Seward peninsula to first unite on candidate and then leave no stone unturned until his election has been assured by a handsome ma jority.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05

mon on the outside that the smart set are endeavoring to find some more exclusive pastime We would suggest the balloon or airship as a substitute.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05

Alaskans are not particularly in terested in the question: How old is Ann?" But they would like to know the age of the ancient old moosback who formulated the postal regula- lions applied to this country.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05

The political boss IS being grad ually replaced by the political re- former, but it is only a question of a very few years when the reformers will be the bosses and will have the same old whrligig over again.
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05

dust that are daily being received by the local banks is proof conclusive that the output from Seward penin- sula this spring will be double that of any previous year
The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-05

Target practice is no doubt a necessary part of military discipline, but soldiers who indulged in it with in the city limits should be vehe- mently discouraged.