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Seward daily gateway., 1925-01-28
For the Prospector

Can you make an accurate compass survey of your claim?
 The strange minerals you find in the hills-can you determine what they are with the bow-pipe? Do you know how to test your ore for various meth ods of concentration such as amalgamation, cyani- daton, jigging table concentration and flotation? Do you know how ore bodies form and their habits? If you do you can pick favorable areas for prospect ing and eliminate much dead work. Would you like to be able to assay your for gold and silver? Will not these aids better your chances of putting new mine on the map in Alaska?
 TUITION IS FREE
 This the nature of the work the prospecor takes up in the Mining Short Course the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines.
 The first short of 10 weeks duration begins Mo- vember 3rd. The work is repeated ill another short beginning February 2nd
 The charge for books and supplies used totals about $25,O0 for the complete course.
 Work is offered in geology, mineralogy, mining meth ods ore dressing, and fire assayng.
 There educational requirements except the abil ity to read and write
 This not dressed up Bring along your wool shirt and overalls. You will need them
 CHARLES E. BUNNELL.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-01-28

North Carolina hunter recently shot wild goose bearing an alumni mum tag and the address of Jack Min CT, Kingsville, Ontario.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-01-28

Attorney H. J. Borsje, of Memphis, pleaded an insurance case for the widow of J. E. Williams, winning the case and also the widow whom he married
Seward daily gateway., 1925-01-28

Upon the death of Alex Mckenzie. supposed pauper of Toronto, Canada. bank books were found in his attic showing him to be worth $1OO,OOO.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-01-28

Robert O'Donnell, reported drown ed, returned to his home in New York after his wife had collected and spent his life insurance.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-01-28

If you don't get your paper before six o'clock please phone us and one will be sent by special messenger.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-01-28

Packs of timber wolves have terror ized farm families in the vicinity of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, and killed several hundred deer.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-01-28

The 75-year-old custom of firing a cannon at 9:30 D. m. at Fort Henry, Kingston, has been discontinued.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-01-28

Eastman Kodaks and Supplies at the Alaska Shop. If
Palisadian., 1925-12-18

This traffic now averages about $500
motor vehicles every twenty-four
hours, and of which about 500 are
passenger busses of the new type.
injured a week ago while walking
along the sidewalk in Rutherford by
an automobile backing out of a drive
way, Albert Russ, 81, of 206 Wood
ward avenue, Rutherford, died on
Monday at the Hackensack hospital.
The driver of the car, Leon Staples,
of Suffield, Conn, has been held on
a charge of technical manslaughter.
The Chestnut Bend Country Club,
situated in the fine residence section
of Dumont, was raided early Sunday
morning by Chief of Police William
r. Grimes and several police officers
of that town, following the receipt of
numerous complaints. John Bolz, of
County road, Tenafy, declared to be
the manager and proprietor of the
CLUB" was arrested, and later plead
ed guilty of keeping a disordery
house when arraigned before Record
er O'Neill in the police court, and
who fined him $100 and costs.
Residents along the West Shore
line who have been clamoring for ad-
ditional train service in the morning
hours, have had their wishes graft
fed, the company having installed
two new ones. The new north-bound
will leave the Weehawken terminal
Palisadian., 1925-12-18

at S:45 a. M, while the one which
formerly left the Weehawken termi-
nal at $3.50 a. M, will leave at 10:30
a. m. The new southbound train
which runs from Haverstraw, will
leave Dumont at HAT a. m. and stop
at all stations east, arriving at the
Weehawken at 1927 a. m.
Another fatal road accident in the
county occurred ons Sunday night,
when Mrs. Conchita Toscano, of Pal
isades Boulevard, Palisades Park, was
struck by an automobile while cross
ing Grand avenue at Palisades Boul-
evard. The woman was with her hus-
band at the time of the accident, the
latter being seriously injured as we'll,
and at present at the Englewood hos
pital where his condition is consid-
cred grave The car which struck
the pair was being driven by Otto E..
Uhl, of $50 Palisade avenue, Jersey
City, who was held in $4,000 bail on
charge of manslaughter. Both
wheels are said to have passed over
the unfortunate woman, who died in
stantly.
Following the offer of 500 re-
ward by Chief of Police Edward
Bunce of Ridgefield, for information
leading to the Identification or ar
rest of the motorist who drove off
and left his dead victim lying in the
Palisadian., 1925-12-18
PALIsADIAN, DECEMBER 1s, 1925

or and Willow Inn, Rochelle Park.
George H. Winters, of Jersey City,
who stabbed his wife, Margaret, to
death in fit of jealousy, was sen
fenced on Monday to from ten to
thirty years in States prison by Coun-
ty Judge Kinkead in Jersey City
Winters is twenty-four years of age
and was employed as an extra clerk
in the City Hall postal station in
New York.
-Burdette G. Lewis, Commissioner
of New Jersey Institutions and Agen-
cies, declared on Monday, in an ad
dress before the State Conference for
Social Welfare at Newark, that the
Bright Investigating Committee who
had criticized the mounting costs OF
running the state institutions, had
made gross misstatements in it's re,
port concerning his department and
had magnified trivial matters. The
Investigating Committee however are
standing by their original report.
With the new ferryboat Albany in
operation, the New York Central
(West Shore) have now eight boats in
all in operation, and are able to give
it's patrons a seven minute service
between Weehawken and New York
The ferry superintendent's greatest
problem now is accommodating the
rapidly increasing automobile traffic.
Palisadian., 1925-12-18

ers on Saturday night and which net
ted the police sixty-three arrests and
some six hundred names. 1t was Of
ficially announced by the police that
they had orders to clean up New Jer-
sey, and that raids throughout other
counties are contemplated. Com
plants that houses of i'll repute have
been fourishing under the guise of
road houses have been numerous, sew
conducted by the county detectives,
despite their small force.
Officials of Bergen County were,
however, completely surprised at the
action of the state troopers who are
said to have numbered about one
hundred. Following the raids, Pros
ecutor Hart announced the resigna-
ton of Detective John H. Taylor al
though he insisted that the same had
been in his hands since November
Is. Mr.. Hart admitted that the raids
had been made "over my head" He
will present the evidence obtained to
the Grand Jury, although there are
rumors that Deputy Attorney Gen
eral may be sent from Trenton to
handle the cases.
The police are looking for the "tip-
off" man who gave advance informa-
tion as to the impending raids. When
the troopers reached the Rochelle
Park Inn, they found the lights out
and the place closed, though there
were people inside. A taxi driver
told them that the girls left but
twenty minutes before their arrival,
clad only "in their underwear and
fur coats"
Prosecutor Hart declared that all
the places had previously been raided
by the county authorities, and that
"it would take a small army of po
licemen to keep these places under
the law" The places raided included
the Rochelle Park Inn, Lyndhurst
Inn, East Rutherford Palace Restau-
rant, Carlstadt, Dorando's Restaurant,
Lyndhurst, Riverview Inn, East Pater-
son, Owl Inn, Moonachie, Berr Creek
Inn near Lyndhurst, Moonachie Man
Palisadian., 1925-12-18

roadway in that town, Martin J.
Baker, of 23 Palisade avenue, Engle-
wood, operator of motor bus on the
Passaic-Bergen line, was taken into
custody by Lieut.. Joseph Sucek' OF
the Ridgefield police. The victim
was Albert Jeanrichard, Waterman
for the Robert Wicks Lumber Com
pany, who resided with his family at
936 Virgil avenue, Morsemere. He
was found dead at the intersection
of Grand avenue and Edgewater road
by Patrolman Charles Erickson. From
the appearance of the body the man
had been dragged at least one hun
dred feet after being struck. Al
though Baker was interrogated by the
police a few hours after the accident,
he denied knowing anything of the
death of the man or that he had seen
body in the road. The confession
came some days later following his
arrest. He is being held under $4,000
bail
United States Senator Walter E.
Edge, upon the reconvening OF Con-
gress, introduced two measures deal
ing with prohibition, of which more
than a score were introduced by both
drys and vets. One measure spon-
sored by the New Jersey Senator
would increase the legal alcoholic
Continued on page 19)
Palisadian., 1925-12-18

the extent of almost $3,000,000 for
taxes lost to the city when the Gov
ernment took over the German piers
for embarkation purposes during the
war. The fact that the piers are
now used for commercial purposes
from which the government derives
fair profit, is the main point upon
which the demand for Hoboken's re-
lief is being made.
Steps were taken on Wednesday
evening to ask the Legislature to
amend the drunken driver" law so
as to put more teeth" in it, at
meeting held at Newark. and which
was attended by Motor Vehicle Com
missioner William l.. Dill, State Sen
ator Alexander Simpson of Hudson
county and police magistrates from
more than thirty municipalities in the
state. The purpose of the new
amendment is to remedy the present
law which has usually permitted
drunken drivers convicted in the
lower courts to escape punishment
through technicalities.
The death penalty or life imprison-
ment for bandits, armed highwaymen
and burglars is to be asked by Assem-
blyman Harry Renner of Hudson
county who has prepared bill along
those lines, and which he will intro
duce at the coming session of the
Legislature.
According to figures made public
this week by the State Department OF
Agriculture, acreage of farm lands in
New Jersey has decreased 35 per
cent since 1900, the survey showing
that the state is no longer to be re-
garded as chiefly an agricultural
state, but is now an industrial state.
There are now 1924, 545 acres in
farms in the state, as compared with
2,2S2,5S5 five years ago. Suburban
growth in the metropolitan districts
of New York and Philadelphia are
largely responsible for the decrease.
Chancellor Walker refused last
week to grant a writ of error permit
ting a review by the Supreme Court
of the conviction of Harrison w. Noel,
twenty years old, of Montclair, for
killing Raymond Pierce, negro taxi
cab driver. Immediately thereafter,
Noeps counsel filed writ of error
under which the appeal will be taken
directly to the Court of Errors and
Appeals without intervening review
by the Supreme Court.
A mammoth still with capacity OF
500 gallons a day was raided and de-
stroyed in Paterson by State troopers
who acted upon the request of Prose
cutor J. Willard De Yoe. The outfit,
which was valued at 100000 was
operated as a "dyeing plant" Six
arrests were made.
Palisadian., 1925-12-18
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due to lack of space).

due to lack of space).
The body of the man who shot him.
self some weeks ago and was found
near the Hebrew Temple in Palisades
Park, has been buried in Riverside
cemetery, Hackensack, the congrega-
ton of the Temple paying the funeral
expenses. The body bore no marks
OF identification, but piece of paper
in his pockets on which were writ
ten the words "A Jew" The body
was wrongfully identified" several
times before being inferred as ''un-
known"
Governor Silzer was the principal
speaker at a dinner in honor of Chief
Justice William S. Gummere, of the
Supreme Court at the Pennsylvania
Hotel, New York, on Saturday night,
and which was attended by members
and bar of Hudson County. The oc-
casion marked the completion of
thirty years service on the bench by
the veteran jurist. Governor Silzer,
after paying a high tribute to Justice
Gummere, asserted that New Jersey
laws, peculiar to the State, were ex-
eellent ones, adding that sit would
not be possible in New Jersey to have
duplication of the Loeb-Leopold
case; nor would it be possible to go
through the farce that was recently
enacted in Tennessee, nor to string
out for three or four weeks such a
degrading exhibition as that of the
Rhinelander case"
Bergen County is still buzzing with
excitement over the series of raids
which were conducted by state troop
The Nome nugget., 1925-02-14
SEEKS BONES RE,MON .tL

The following telegram has been received by the Nugget w!!ch is self-explanatory. and is printed for the information of the Nugset $ readers:
 San Francisco. Feb \. 1895 Nome Nugget. Nome Alaska. Sourdoughs here have instituted a campaign for " A. Baranoff' $ appointment by President Coolidge as Governor of Alaska, by the fol- lowing well known AIaskans: Gies. Baldwin, Coe. Lanes. kirnhallS, Cole. McPhee, Nelson, Mct;ilvrey. and Lindeberg. They ask all Nome ties to write or telegraph President Coolidge and Delegate Sutherland urging Baranoff's appointment. We are hoping for a speedy elimina- tion of the epidemic. Best regards.
 CAPT. LOUIS LANE.
The Nome nugget., 1925-02-14
WEDNESDAY,
 TeLEGRAPHICN
BLENDING BLIZZARD ON YUKON

Ruby. Alaska. Feb. II. (APJ Tuesday the temperatuse rose from forty-eisht helow to fifteen below last night ! blinding snow storm is raging all along the Yukon trail. The antitoXil is due at Nulato at -nidnieht Tuesday The speed of the relaY men dropped from ten miles an hour 10 six miles an hour on account of the storm
 Representative John J. Elliot and Ralph Lnmen enroute 10 Juneau and tha Ont tside respectively. the first passengers out of. Nome since the epidemic have passed here.
 The outbreak of pneumonia at kokrines is now said to be under control after two women and one child died ot the disease. There is one serious case remaining.
The Nome nugget., 1925-02-14
MILFORD SERUM COMPANY
 TO REWARD RELAY MEN

The following telegram was re- ceived by Mayor Maynard from the manufacturers of the diphtheria serum which is interesting, and is published herewith:
 Philadelphia. Pa. Feb g. 1925. His Honor the Mayor.
 Nome. Alaska.
 Our heartfelt thanks and congrat ulations 10 the brave drivers of the dog teams that carried Null ford concentrated diphtreria antitoNin in the soul-stirring race from Nenana to Nome. The H. K Mulford Company have arranged fer special medals to he awarded to each of the relay drivers to sig nalize their bravery. Please send us names and addresses of the drivers of each of the teams Their achievement is a splendid testi- monial to the humanity and cour- age of Alaska manhood.
The Nome nugget., 1925-02-14
BANK RECEIVES WIRE
 FROM AIRPLANE CORP'N

The following wire was received yesterday afternoon from the Fair banks Airplane Corporation and is published for the information of the readers of the Nugget:
 Fairbanks, Feb. 9, 1925 Miners and Merchants Bank. Nome, Alaska.
 Airplane ready to start this morn ing but impossible to fly in this ex- treme cold weather. We under stand that serum leaving Nenana last night is being carried by re- lay dog teams and should reach you by the thirteenth. If this is correct. it will arrive there sooner than we can get it to you by plane. Telegraph your opinion.
 Fairbanks Airplane Corp'n.
 To which telegram the Bank re- piled as follows
The Nome nugget., 1925-02-14
BELIEVE. COLLINS BE
 RESCUED iLINF.

Cave City, Feh. II. tAPl The shaft being dug through which t0 rescue Floyd Collins who has been trapped in Il cave for several days. is now forty two feet deep at nine o'clock this morning II T. Car michael. Superintendent of the res cue operations said. "We appear 10 bp very close and are in the belief that we shall get Collins out alive. :" The amplifier which was placed on Collins body failed to indicate his breathing but the bulb is believed {" be burned out of the socket on the end of the circuit near Collins body The odor of banana oil sprayed in the Collins tunnel Sun day and Monday penetrated to the floor of the shaft last night.
The Nome nugget., 1925-02-14
ARIZONA POLICEMAN'S
 SLAYERS ARRESTED HELD

Phoenix, Ariz. Feb. s. tAP)-- Will and Babe Laurance. reputed to be the slayers of Haze Burch. a Phoenix policeman. and wanted at Muskogee for murder and rob- bery, were arrested yesterday at Top Temp Butte. ten miles from here, and were landed safely in the penitentiary at Florence to- night after four-hours ride to avoid the possibility of their be- iEg lynched. They are also re- ported to be wanted for the mur- der of an officer at Livingston. Montana Burch surprised them while they were stealing gasoline from an automobile and Burch was shot by them and died soon after.
The Nome nugget., 1925-02-14
RELAYS REACH RUBY WITH
 SERUM :s \. VI. TO-DAY

Ruby, Feb 2. tAP> Special Four huntIIef and eighty thousand units oi dipff5eria serum left Ne mana Sund8 sy dog team relaY. chaneine feaut5 every thirty miles leading Gna5a zial race acceptance carving siS edred and ten thou sand unit antitoNin to Nome passed F3rt=fs3i,bon al one ten this afternoon. =@t5= station, eight miles west at tl4.s the afternoon and will arrivet Euby at three o'clock Tuesday m@rnHg. The teams are averaging ten miles per hour and the tempera1Hte is between forty and fifty degrees below zero and has been ev.r since January thir teen1h T. s forty eight below to- day, with na prospect of change for warmer weather.
The Nome nugget., 1925-02-14
MAYO DISTRICT GETS
 ANOTHER BIG STRIKE

Dawson. Feb. 10. tAPl- Special
 A four-foot ore body on the tween three and four thousand ounces of silver to the ton has been discovered by Cannon and Graves on Lucy Queen Guleh be tween Kono and Mayo. Acting Gold Commissioner Percy Reid on his return here from { scene of the new strike. said that the future of the district is assured with great promise.
The Nome nugget., 1925-02-14
OFFICIALS THINK THAT
 COLLINS STILL. LIVES

cave City. Feb. 1o. tAPl--The shaft which is being sunk in the attempt to reach the entombed Collins has reached the depth of thirty-eight feet and at ten-fifteen this morning the bottom of the hole was saturated with water. More boulders had been enconnt- cred to make the excavating more tedious. Officials of the Geologic al party and medical experts an- nounced their convictions that he is still alive. Reporter Miller of the Louisville Courier-Journal will he the first witness at the military court martial proceedings which will be public.
The Nome nugget., 1925-02-14
RELIEVE COLLINS STILL LIVES

Cave City, Feb. 9, fATN-A shaft thirty feet deep was oomplet- ed at nine o'clock this mornjna af- ter four days work Will ror be able 10 reach Collins al tt,4 rate befout Thursday. Five electrical tests with voice amplifer- has convinced P T Carmichael direct ing the rescue work. that collins is alive today Brieadier ''enAral Denhart. commanding the National Guardsmen announced today an nounced that the reported cantro- versy among the rescue forces will be investigated by q militaIy court.
The Nome nugget., 1925-02-14
HOPES START SHIPMENTS
 REINDEER SOON ON R. R.

Seattle, Feb. 9, (APl-Special- A statement by Noel Smith, the recently appointed General Manag- CT of the Alaska Railroad. who ar rived at Washington tonight. re- ceived from Washington, said We are ropeful of developing the rein deer industry in Alaska soon to the point of starting regular ship ments of venison for consumption in the States.
The Nome nugget., 1925-02-14
GETS LIEF. FOR KILLING
 WIFE AND HER BROTHER

Geneva. H., Feb. 10, tAP)- Warren j. Lincoln. the eccentric Aurora lawyer and florist. who re gently confessed to the killing of his wife and her brother Byron greenhouse furnace and sealing their heads in concrete blocks. was today convicted by the Jury and tEe Jury fixed the punishmen, at life Imprisonment
The Nome nugget., 1925-02-14
RELAY MEN EXPECT BEAT
 FORMER RELAY TIME

Anchorage. Feb 2, (AP)-Spsc- ial-The antitoxin from Juneau which left Nenana Wednesday. ar rived at Hot Springs by horse team On the regular mail stage yester- day The dog team which left Nenana yesterday with the Ala meda shipment of antitoxin will Springs also. The relays expect to make Nome in four days from Nenana on account Of better equip ment than the former relay teams had on their runs.
The Nome nugget., 1925-02-14
JUNEAU MAIL BOAT FOUND
 ALL DEAD OR MISSING:

Juneau, Feb 9, (AP)-Special- Three bodies were taken from the Gasoline Boat George Junior which was reported overdue and feared fled when the ice thawed from them as R. R. Brown, Superintend- ent of the Juneau Electric Light Plant: Nick Gystrom, Master of the George Junior. and John Les eth. deck hand and Ed. Lee, the Mate whose remains are missing, were undoubtedly lost with the vessel
The Nome nugget., 1925-02-14
EDITOR NEWS-MINER WIRES
 ABOUT FLIGHT STATUS

The following telegram was re- ceived by the Nugget from the editor af the Fairbanks News Miner:
 Fairbanks, Feb 9, 1925 Nugget Nome.
 You know how it is. What can humans do against Nature? Fool thermometer dropped here to forty five below zero this morning. The boys went out to the field work ing their heads off to get away with serum and the water froze in the radiator. There was not an excuse for their trying as there was no horizon or visibility. They had their faces covered quarter of an inch thick with dope to keep from freezing They were ready to go-ready to risk their lives and the ship and no chance to fly. They will stay with it day and night until Fairbanks can help Nome. It isn't a Government or Territorial affair-just Fairbanks feeling for Nome. still Nome must know and remember Nature sends fool conditions which cannot be overcome by human beings.
The Nome nugget., 1925-02-14
KAASt.N COMING IN FOR
 NICE REWARD

Seattle. Feb. 10. tAP)-The To- cal manager of the Seattle Branch of the H. K Mulford Company an nounced today that he would pre- sent Gunnar kaasen with one thousand dollars, and would give the other drivers of the first re lay run medals of appropriate de sign. II is understood here that the Alaska dog reward has reached two hundred dollars.
The Nome nugget., 1925-02-14
EPIDEMIC PNEUMONIA
 AT kOkRINES ON YUKON

Anchorage. Feb. S. tAP)-Spec- ial-Two women have died of pneumonia at Kokrines on the Yu- kon River and the disease threat ems to become an epidemic like at Nome. Five persons are now i'll with the disease and are in ser ious condition. according to re- port from G. D. Mozee. Superin- tendent of the Central Bureau of Education which operates the Bu- reau school at kokrines. The re- pert was received by former Com missioner Thomas J. DeVane at Ruby.
The Nome nugget., 1925-02-14

Mildred Nelson. q Vancouver nurse. who was shot today al the Nurses Home Miss Nelson re- pulsed the attentions of Hanley. but Hanley kept bothering the young lady and went so far as to seek her parents and press his suit ard urge his qualifications as a husband. after which he returned tc Miss Neilson and was again re pulsed, after which he shot her.
The Nome nugget., 1925-02-14
NEVADA NlN DROWNED
 IN TANK GASOLINE

Reno. Nev Feb IT, fAP1 Al- berf Wenzel, twrnry- two years of age. was drowned nj Tonppah, this State in twenty thousand gallon tank of gasoline according to word received here tonight. Wen gel is said to have been inspecting the gasoline through the man-hole ir the top of the tank, and ii is believed that he was overcome by the fumes
The Nome nugget., 1925-02-14
PLENTY MOOSE ON
 RENAL PENINSULA

Seward. Feb. 10. ,AP)-GeorGe Nelson. a guide in the Shilak Lake district near here who is now in Seward. said today that there are large herds of moose on kenai Peninsula and that the animals are standing the winter splendidlv as there is plenty of feed for them, the high winds having removed the snow So that they can easily reach