The Nome nugget., 1925-01-17

planked It city attorney to collec: this just claim from the saloon people tthere were other property but the saloon people). There just who public spirited, and that Joe Jordan. He had a saloon Medler Way and this assessment did touch his place. It he who suggested life-saver for me. He said: When you attach those saloons they will get bond and you won't get the money which is the thing want attach their cash along about nine o'clock at night All the money in Nome is in them them It bully idea and following night I had the U. S. Marshal attach every cash register along Main street, which Of course owned by the saloon keepers. had in the Court House guage railway car full of cash registers containing about all the money there in Nome. Business stands; all thought I crazy as March hare. The saloon keepers got Fink. Barr Judge Fenton and every other big lawyer in town de- fend them It was of no avail. Judge Wicker sham held the attachment valid. and of they had credit cash no currency in town and all they could do to yield. All had to do was to take the cash out of each register represent ing the proper allotment for having the street of Nome planked The is known "City of Nome Cash Register Frunebti Booze Sellers
 
 old timers knew rolonel wilkerson. He thought all this tyrannical of mine and day when was in of the ba.s talking with of the saloon keepers this Wilkerson who was under five feet four. and pudgy little fellow, came up behind me and started pounding the back with both fists. weighed 22o pounds and stood six feet four inches. and thought it a bar Av and turned around. but after while I turned around and it Colon wkerson. crying. You won't take money for any old planked streets. said All right, you win fight And from that day it known the greatest single handed fight in Nome.
 But the funniest incident of the whole thing was Bill McPhee himself. Everybody give Bill reception for having made it possible to have panked street under the Arctic lights heretofore unknown. It was unanimously voted to express the heartfelt thanks of all the Nome pedestrians the mushers and miners of the tundra trails in AL aska I was appointed to notify him of the big banquet that was to be given in his honor at the Court House. Bill came up to my office immediate ly on the discovery that he famous man, and said, Hell ,Voney, believe they will want me to make speech, and it has already taken my appe tte to think about it. I made speech in my life. told him he could do it all right, and he said, My God, I'd rather die than try it." So l suggested that he up my office every day for week preceding the banquet and we'd get to- gether and fix speech for him, and could practice it. We'll. got the speech together and we prac ticed every day promptly and reigiousy. The speech only included about thirty words. He re- hearsed beautifully in his good old. natural style We told him that it wonderful; that it would nhahJ ako linn, the World, which is a signal honor that far north
 The night of the banquet came. It was partic- pated in by nearly everybody in Nome We had ptarmigan to start with and finally the arrived for Bills speech Here the words. and as far as he got:
 "Mr. Mayor and the people of Nome--' he hes itated, smiled and knew there knockout coming. He smiled again and said. What I want to is this, that is that" Silence, and then he leaned to and said. God Almighty Vol. I've forgot my name. what hell I'll do now?"
 None who heard Bills speech will forget 1t, and 1t is something to remember and if any of those able lawyers who hailed from Nome and are prominent men will remember Bills speech when they are in hole. 1t will pull them That is at the Democratic Convention-"Ths is that
 We'll did Montague say. Preparation gives more to hope than it brings with it,"
 Turning from the ridiculous, want to pay my deepest sympathy. respect and love to dear old Charlie Lane and every of his family. Great oig pioneer of vision imagination and love.