The Nome nugget., 1925-05-02

who would shoot kill theiI pokes have jeopardized their lives snatch others from the grips of famine and pestilence time and again.
 Nome's rise and fall the gold output of the of chivary adventure and high hopes that will nev tarnish. is still alive there whera poets have banned for gold and preachers have been quick on the dlaw as they have been faithful in spreading the gospel.
 The world cenered its attention again upon Nome during the dog from the rim of the inhabited Northand with dphtheria anti-toNn for the lone physician who courage ously combating dread epidemic. The principals in that gripping drama exhibited much of that devotion duty which characterized nomads of the North when Nome was young
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 Nome u the boom days had street. lined with scores of saloons scattering of stores. churches and dwellings. hemmed in four sides for nine months of the year by nearly impass- able drifts, Through the snowdrts led a few dog trails except during the fornghtly bz- zards.
 Rays from the frosted windows of the saloons where steamine sourdoughs stamped and shouted, furnished the only street Tights in the months of night.
 "The Nugget Nome,s newspaper. sold for s1 Eggs when there sold for s1 apiece in the shell, and the buyer had to beware. The price scared to s5 if the buyer desrd them cooked before his purchase was made.
 The sound of shots and the crash of glass as bottles broke he in fa ad to produce blink of an eye in the drinkers cheaper even than eggs
 The sorry here tells narrative about "Tight" Pierce. who helped lady through the valley of the shadow, describing him as a drunkard twhen possible, but who had been sober for four months because there was no liquor to be had in the camp
 seotty McGregor the chief source of ntor- nation for the writer of this article and he attrib utes his G years good health to the eight years of life in Nome which he spent in mining mush- ing dogs. drinking, cooking and preaching the gos- pei in St Marys Episcopal Church Nome.
 Scotty is living now at 1903 East Fifteenth St. Los Angeles, temporarily. and making his living at odd jobs in motion pictures when they need a real sourdough who can mush and dog team over the snow in the Big Bear country or up around Truckee
 scotty knows all the boys who became heroes in the recent dog-team dash from Anchorage to Nome with the ant-oxin
 He knows William Wild B) shannon who mushed 60 miles to Tolovana, and Jim Kalland who struggled through drifts down gullies and um 65 miles to Hot Springs There his hands were found to be frozen to the handles of his sled He knows Bill Green who raced 175 miles to Ruby and Eskimo Pete who continued the race until he was relieved by seppaa famous dog derby 
 Gunner kaasen?" Scotty echoed Sure knew him. Why, man. I used to preach to him every week and spend his collection money for drinks at "1rish Corn" Kellys saloon a couple of doors down the street. Seotty declared
 Gunnar Kaasen made the last dash to Nome along the coast, He had stop often to thaw out the eyes of his lead dog Bato with his breath, for they frozen shut He had to coax these eyes open for Balto knew the way long after the blizzard had tangled Kaasen's sense of direction.
 sed and driven his team of 1s over that same route under similar conditions.
 Of course Scotty knew Mayor Maynard Maynard used to grocery store when scotty was "sky pilot under Bishop Peter Rowe Anga, of A1,s1,o |,