The Nome nugget., 1920-08-28

I tel by the reception committee and were later taken to dinner al the Nieb- ling C. fe. Later in the evening tncy wen guests of honor at q public re . cei .lon and dance given by the Arcti, l Brotherhood. where they were present . cd Individually to practically the en- tire white population of the city. Fol lowing addresses of welcome and lau !. daiion by Mayor Rice Geo. D. Scho Held, and Fred Harrison chief officer of the A. B.'s the avlators were presented by the city government with variety "f handsome native gold souvenirs as memento's of their visit. the presentations being made by Mir. Q. n. Cochran, They were also the recipients of a beautiful solid gold lov- ing cup as t gift from the Arctic Broth crho"d. In making the cup prescnta- ton, Arctic Chief Harrison very ap. propriately described it as a gift from the old Pioneers to tho now"
 Former aviation Lieutenant W. F.. Case, whose efficient, and rainstaking work in tho preparation of the land ing field and assisting the landing of the four planes proved an in est !mahlc contribution to the success Of tho flight was also given a set of Rolh and ivory cuN links and tie pin by the city in token of his services. The hall was beautifully decorated for the occasion and the dancing which followed the presentations continued until tho light plant closed down for the night around a m
 Itoua to display her regard for N'ir great achievement, Nome liter ally opened her arms to tho gallant voung aviators during their stay in the city. No celebrity. however greet thti honorS has received q warmer welcome than was given 10. ihe eight members of the expedition Every one seemed Ia he eager to meet and talk wl,h them and il is safe to say that | nu; for a moment did they find time hanging heavily. l In accordance with plans formula tS
 al before thcir departure from Mineola | the aviators expected to make fligh,
 to Cape Prince of Wales. loo milcs l noith cf Nome, h. fore returning h aho l ,;ates. All preparations were perfect sd for departure on the second da, liter their arrival ana the aviator. were almost in tha get of cnterine ;h, ir planes when orders were rec,,iv cd to abandon the Wales flight ana
 pr cecd to Ruby on the first leg of l ths ir return journey to the states.
 In expectation of seeing the airmen pull out on the Wales flight. T large l number gathered at the landing field Wednesday morning hut before the ex-
 petition could get under way hotii
 the crowd and tho aviators were great | ly disappointed by the arrival of the | new orders directing the airmen to | proceed to the outside. No reason was given for the change in plans and the 1 flyers were totally at loss to accoun:
 for 'the alteration in their flight pro- gram. Most of the boys were keenly
 intent on making the Wales flight in
 order to fly over East Cape. the far
 thermost eastern point of Asia. situat-
 ed about 30 miles west of Cape Prince
 of Wales and easily accessible to the
 air voyagers. The trip to Wales would
 als" have made their flight include
 a visit to the most westerly point of
 the American continent.
 The changed orders also caused q
 general abandonment of numerous
 local entertainment plans. including a
 dinner scheduled to be given in the la!'men honor by the American Le-
 zion post and Il public smoker by tn.
 Ncme Chamber of Commerce.
 Pursuant to their new instructions
 Capt. Street. and his companions pre-
 pared to get away Wednesday after
 noon at 2:30 p. m. but before going
 were taken on q hurried visit to the
 Pioneer Co. hydraulIc mines on Little
 Creek. four miles north of the city.
 The trip was made under the personal
 direction of President Lindeberg of
 the Tionecr Co. After inspecting the
 huge hydraulic operations, the flyers
 re''rned to the city and shortly after
 one o'clock departed in automobiles
 for ft. Davis. Following a short DC, Tod of insnef,tIon n nd tunipr ,,u