Nome tri-weekly nugget., 1919-03-12

everything cor-espondingiy. Clothes even overalls. are out of sight and we oftines wish for a Saturday night shopping at Nome. prices As to what is in store for us this coming year God knows. Those who think they should know declare unheard of pros perity for at least two years hence. Anyhow the wage scale is not drop ping any and that is probably as good q guage as one can get
 The Union Construction company has branched out in great shape and E..s four years work ahead. Fortun- ate in acquiring the bes; site on the bay, with the most modern equipment in the United States. they stand Q great show of making a permanent success of ship building. Say Brink CT; if you had glimpse of this yard with four ships under construction and over two thousand men working you would feel proud that Walter Johnson was. and is. an Alaskan. He is some organizer. some man. some engineer; and he has q big future be- fore him. Alaskans are given pre- ference in employment at the Union Construction Co. and one at times
 would imagine himself back North. Every day some old time Nomeite comes to the surface. Al lunch time We gather in focks and talk of you and Gus Boltz and kiesele and other famous people up there. And. Brink, its funny, but 90 per cent of them would go back tomorrow if the boats were running. Gro that I set my
 hand and seal) The monotony of Outside life-especially if one belongs to the bread line-does not appeal to one who has enjoyed that greatest of 'all liberty found only on the remote frontier. And when men of our ilk have to bend to a routine we feel op- pressed and want to go away back away from the factories. the street cars land the false views of conventionality. Spring time. mayhap. may find us on our way to Siberia. provided I get the lineup I am after and that Bolshe- yism is stamped out over there. From all appearances there will be one big stampede to that big country We are happy, comfortable, and all that, but from the present outlook we would have to stint ourselves like everything a man bought S75o car he would have to work a year to pay for it. Play ing the big game in q virgin country there is a chance. So you see it Is in my blood and-Siberia for mine!
 Now old scout: tell US in your ans- wering letter how Ed. Burroughs. Frank Kiesele and Tom Shaughnessy are. Give them our best regards and also to J. M Streeten. To all the old brigade at the A. B's say "Hello." can picture that old pan" table as it was when we were there! What it is now with so many gone lover the way" is hard to tell from here. Ed. Divine treated us royalty in Seattle. Dinners and ten cent limit games. Ed plays the same old rotten game of poker but as host he's king. Faxon, Mother Lewis. Rowena and myself are very comfortably housed. We have a nice modern bungalow with garden front and back and a garage. In a few months we expect to get some kind of an antique car and sit back like Frank Lilly or. Barney Oldfield. In close proximity to our residence i've the Darlings, Allan's, Geo. Adams. Harry Bloomfield. Harry Phillips. Ernest Lindberg, Mrs. Meuller. Mrs. A. J. Daily, pr. Scott Hamilton. Harry and Mrs. Ray and W. w. Johnson. The Sheldon's have gone to Tacoma. While I think of 1t, say Hello" to 10. D. Cochran, Dad and Harry Lomen and all other old friends for me. Tell A. J. Meuller that his family arc fine and are stalking house for him in Berkley."