The Nome nugget., 1924-02-09
LOCAL NEWS
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD AMERICAN LEilON
 FRONTIER NIGHT

come on Seven! will be the pass word next Saturday evening at the large Eagle Hall where the Thomas Alfred Ross Post No. 9. American Legion of Nome will stage their an nual Frontier Night Members of the local Post are busy getting things in shape for one of the grand est nights ever spent al a Frontier Night in Nome. Many new stunts are being framed and something diff ferent from the previous Frontier Nights is promised this time.
 Besides chance to enjoy an even ing of dancing to music that cannot be equaled anywhere, there will be a chance to win some very valuable prizes
 The Arrangements Committee an nounce that everything will be ar ra nged So that the evening will af- ford entertainment to everyone.
 The Race Track with the galloping thoroughbredS, anxious 10 start, will be there. and a chance to win a for tune in American Legion money will he afforded on this event. The Rou- lrtte Wheel. one of the most elusive games of chance ever played. will be in operation, and the Dice Table. vr:h an expert dice dealer in charge, will offer chances to woo the goddess of luck and the many Black Jack dealers will take pride in teaching everyone the fundamentals of the "Old Army Game" Then. there's the Faro dealer-a game which has made more men rich and more men poor than anyone can enumerate.
 Aside from the games of chance, there will be shooting gallery. erected SO that there is no possible chance for anyone to be injured. and the person making the highest score O. the evening will be awarded the sum of 5000 in American Legion money, which can be used to assist in winning the grand prize of the evening
 And now ladies. here is where the fun comes in-everytime one of the gentlemen completes a dance he is according to the "Top Soldier" posed to promenade his partner to the Bar and purchase a soft drink from the smiling exDoughboy sta toned there. The ;ady will receive the percentage check from said smii- iEg ex-Doughboy. after the drink is paid for. which can be exchanged for $125 in American Legion money at the American Legion Bank, over which Buddy Casey" Forsling will he presiding tha; evening. There will be refreshments served from the kitchen and no one will he allowed to leave the hall hungry.
 There ia new stunt in the way of flirting with the goddess of fortune. being arranged. which will be the thriller of the evening.
 An attempt is being made to make this Frontier Night as near like the days when Nome was frontier camp. as possible. Many old-timers have been consulted and suggestions of the old sourdoughs are being fol- lowed. and the evening promises to be the most lively and entertaining event of the season.
 In the next issue of the Nugget. there will appear an account of all the games of chance and other enter tainments which will be staged that night. The old-timers are cordially invited to attend and live for an evening again in the atmosphere of twenty years ago in Nome, and those who were not here during the big strikes are invited to come and see how Nome passed the time when the town had a population of approxi- mately 10000 inhabitants.