The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-04-04
ALASKA NEWS ITEMS
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Bert Mccarthy who will repair
 and make ready the Diesel engine
 on the Seward dredge left Saturday
 for Solomon
 A slight cold getting commana
 of the outer defense works of
 Walter Wettcrgren, his friends
 thought it better for him toAretreat
 to the hospital. His indisposition
 is not serious, and all hope to see
 him back in a few days.
 The Nome brass and marine band serenaded MT. and Mrs. Henry
 Burgh last evening with choice strains of music. After discoursing a selection well known to Nome ties, Burgh quietly stole up to the First Cornet, and suggested an ad- journment for silent music and liquid happiness.
 Chris Jensen who brought a con siderable amount of fur for the Emporium from Chinik says th2t Chester is doing a land office bus mess on account of the Dime creek demand for various supplies. He has ten teams carrying goods to Dime and he is getting rid of an enormous supply of merchandise this winter. He has a very large stock on hand. Natives charge five cents a pound for freighting.
 Sitting under brand new high power tungstens suggestive of future municipal lighting plant, the city council foregathered for their regular weekly gabfest, Councilman Lehman alone being absent, al- though due to the fact that he was being serenaded at eight o'clock Henry Burgh was trife late.
 After the reading of tho minutes of the preceding meeting a commu- nication was read from the school board asking for the sum of $l,200 in order to defray current expenses. Under the head of new business on motion by Burgh seconded by Lo- men this request was granted.
 The city treasurer's report showed that there was the sum of $5,796.39 to the credit of the city in the bank, plus a reasonable amount shown on hand by him this agreed with the report of the city clerk. Two ar rests reported the municipal magis- trate resulted in enriching the city by ten dollars under the head of fines and forfeitures.
 The report of the committee in reference to the petition of the Sandspit demunicipa1ized citizens that their names be removed from the delinquent tax list and that ac- tion thereupon be suspended until Congress determined their urban status was favorable, Councilman Blake moving that the report re- commenting the granting of the pe- tllion be adopted resulted in all voting Ay.
 Councilman Blake as Chairman of the committee of the whole coun- cil to probe the mattcr of muni- cipal lighting and pumping plant handed in a favorable resolution, declaring the plant quite feasible. recommending that the city pur- chase a lot on Front street, erect its own buildings large enough to house employees and fro fighting equipment, pumps and boilers, two 100 h. p. capacity to be purchased, crude oil to be used as fuel. we'll be sunk in said premises below sea line and having direct communica- tion with the waters of the Boring sea-recommended further that the plan be submitted to the voters at the forthcoming election, end that if carried the incoming council be urged to rush the matter to a speedy completion.
 Tn moving the adoption of the re- port Councilman Blake referred to the establishment of coal yard ana the maintenance of same and also supported that idea. The motion be- ing seconded by Councilman Ross, all the council voted in favor of it and was duly declared carried.
 After the bills had followed the usual course and the request of the school board ordered granted. the council adjourned upon motion by Thompson.
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