The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-28
SEEN AND HEARD

During the trial of the Chestnut vs. Plein case. recently tried before the district court, Attorney Bell was searching through his notes or a tran script of the trial. containing the testi- mony of one particular witness and il required some time to locate the par ticular information he was after in order to cross examine. George Grigsby, one of the opposing attor- nneys seeing the difficulty of Bell. said. "A little louder please" Attorney Bell still assiduously searched his notes without making any reply until Attor- ney Grigsby again remarked. "A little louder please, we cannot hear you.
 "If your hearing was as long as your ears. you would have no trouble in hearing what was going on" replied Mir Bell without even lifting his eyes from the transcript in front of him But the whole court room enjoyed the joke SD immensely that the court had to rap for order, and one could even notice his honor. Judge Muranc was chuckling al the same time
 The rain hates to let go and now that the creeks are filled to overfowing and the tundra being well saturated with water we can afford a little of sun shine for few days. one of the great troubles in this country is, that in all things We have either feast pr famine.
 pr. Arnold and Jafct Lindeberg are having a wet time of 1t in their trip down the coast and over to Council. It has rained ever since they started and the storm down the coast is re- ported just as bafa here in Nome.
 There is a rather cute picture in the possession of MT. Walter Shields which should be entitled "The Dawn of Civilization" In the photo there sits a buck Eskimo in white porcelain bathtub which makes both the brown skinned native and white tub stand out in bold relief while the expression on the face of the Eskimo who for the first time, is being given bath. in two hundred generations k study for an artist
 one of the treats that the Steamship Senator is bringing to Nome is a mess of potatoes. for the camp has been d,.IIpt.I si,... th.. .t..,.,r,,,,. .A. Victoria, and what few potatoes re- maincd after that boat left were picked up in a hurry at SIP per crate d more fancy price for spuds even in the boom days of the camp when the reported corner of Goggin and Albright was in force and they were boosted to sl0 per crate.
 w. J. Rowe finished his contract in hauling the gravel for East Front street just in time to allow the rain to beat the gravel down hard and make the road hard and smooth when the good weather comes. For getting rc- suits in the hauling and transfer bus.- ness people can travel tu districts even beyond Nome and not find any better than the work performed Ly N. | Rowe
 The Monopole Grill was forced to close its doors for a short time on ac- count of the miners being out in the hills all having work. leaving the town  depopulated. When the town k filled with miners all the little lunch count CTS flourish, for people have to eat: but when conditions become normal the old standby places such as Modini's Cafe and Board of Trade Lunch Counter secures about all the business. Such houses have a well established reputation.
 Ed. Mulgrew reports that he is not outing the Gold Run country for good. he has settled his law suit hy secur- ing deed from the party who was trying 10 get him into court. He ex- poets to work his claim up there known as the bench ofr of Gold Run opposite No. & Whether he win work there this summer or not is doubtful for he has been having all the spring and the season would be we'll advanced before he could get his dead work