The Nome nugget., 1928-03-31

l Marshal Chas. D. Jones and Er- nest Buckmaster arrived here yes- terday from Point Hope after one of the most strenuous trips ever made by the Marshai's ofice. It will be remembered by the readers of the Nugget that Alick
 Holmsen. the old time all-around Alaskan who was driving the team. ! dropped dead at Blun. leaving the
 Marshal without a driver. How ever. he secured the services of
 Ernest Buckmaster who was born in Nome and was naturally and climaticaily adapted for the stren- uous work ahead.
 From Blu6 to White Mountain, then Chinik and Candle by the way of Koyuk and Dime. where he was laid up for five days through the ferceness of the weather.
 From Candle to Kotzebue where the worst blizzard of the season held him for five days. Trails were heavy to the Arctic Circle but I after that the trails were not so 1 heavy.
 From Kotzebue to C. Aliens Ig- loo at Uniak where he was com pelled to lay over for day on ac- count of bad weather. From there I~s ka next day in a blinding blizzard to kivilina where he was storm bound for two days. The next day on to Chester's twenty-five miles in a blizzard; twentyfour miles to Pet CTS Igloo with fine weather that turned during the night into a cold snap registering thirty-five below zero. Next morning with cold wind blowing that severely .froze both the driver and marshal. Fin ally they arrived at Point Hope and in good shape. Point Hope. how ever. took them in a blizzard's em- brace for 8 week. They left there on their return trip before it had ceased and made Peter's place. The succeeding two days started out l nice but ended in a blizzard. at Chester's they were storm bound a | week, they attempted to fight the ! blizzard but after making fourteen | miles were compelled to return. Their return to Kotzebue from Xiv alina was made in storms and at Kotzebue the rainy weather detain- ed them; three days to Deering; one to Candle and from there to here regular runs under fair condi- tions.
 Marshall Jones reports conditions l along the route fair. with the nat 1 ives now in the northern sections catching plenty of seal, but that the
 fur catch was small owing to the l heavy snow and almost continuous biizzards.
 Finding the routes was also found difficult. owing to the absence of stakes in the northern section. and the obliteration of natural land- marks by the heavy fall of snow. A report to the effect that a vein of coal was discovered twen- ty five miles from Kfvalina on the river by that name. was brought
 in. The coal is hard and can hard ly be cracked with sledge and it
 will easily ignite from lighted
 match.
 To the north of the Point, at
 some unidentified spot it is re- ported that a polar bear visited an igloo during the absence of the men folks, and being denied admission by the old woman and the twelve year old boy that were the sole occupants. proceeded to force an entrance through the roof, the boy with a thirty thirty rifle successfully contested the entrance 1 and when the men returned they found plenty of meat in the igloo MT. Range. the school superin- tendent. held a meeting fin the school house on the evening of the ninth in the interests of the Es.-
 kimos. The meeting was very largely attended by the people of the town. His lecture dealt with N-I-