The Nome nugget., 1939-04-07
Taggart Tells of Meeting Nomeites In Seattle

business trip to Seattle, for the following information regarding former and also some present Nome souldoughs, winlering in the States.
 Attorney William A Gilmore and former Mayor of Nome, now residing in Seattle, always has a warm spot in hls heart for Nome, his former home when a young man. He never tires of asking questions about his many friends and talking of old times.
 Barney and Joe Belleview, op- orators of the dredge on Dry Creek east of the famous Bessie Bench, have been in and out of Seattle all winter. They are busy assembling their new dredge which will be shipped on one of the first boats this spring to be constructed and operated on the Cordovado property on the In- machuk River, northwest of l Nome.
 Gus Seiffert, old time business man and operator on Nome'S sub marine channel west of Nome, is now interested in the Willow Creek district out of Anchorage Jim McDonald who is interest ed with Wourman, Johansen and Harvey Grant, Kougarok miners is stopping at the Savoy Hotel, Seattle, after returning from a trip to the San Francisco Fair.
 Harry Donnelly, banker, miner and general merchant at Flat, accompanied by his partner MT. Sheppard, were stopping at the New Washington Hotel, Seattle. Harry inquired about his many oldtime Nome friends.
 Mrs. Edna Christofferson Fix of Nome and Shelton, was a guest at the New Washington Hotel for several days before go ing to her home at Vancouver, Washington. She may decide to fly here before the first boats ar rive.
 MT. and Mrs. Andrew Sande- gren (government representative of the building of Nome's new Federal building) stopped in Seat tie for about week and while there showed over 60,000 feet of Alaskan movie pictures, which were much enjoyed by several hundred old Alaskans and their | friends. His pictures were shown l in one of the court rooms of the i new federal building in Seattle. 1 Leo Seidenverg, well known | Nome merchant, was to be seen at the New Washington Hotel ev- cry day, until he took unto him. self wife, after which he was seldom seen at the Hotel.
 Miss Verda Brass who main- tainS an Alaska Travel Bureau at the New Washington Hotel, keeps an up-to-date Alaskan register and any Alaskan desir- ing to locate other Alaskans will 1. find a warm friend and great help in Miss Brass.
 Miss Lulu Fairbanks of the Al aska Weekly, also has a very complete register of Alaskans and is always ready and willing to assist in locating friends. |
 Mrs. Vesta Sheldon writes that it is her hope and intention to visit Nome this coming summer with her son Harry Ca native born noneites), who has just graduated from the Stanford University in Journalism, and who at graduation time was chief editor of the University pa per as well as correspondent for the Associated Press. It will be recalled that Mrs. Sheldon's hus- band Joe, (forrner Nome bank er), died Dec. 23rd.
 Any Alaskan registering at hotel in Seattle, Portland, and in fact any western city hotel, must expect to be deluged with calls and letters from people de- siring information about Alaska. The Northern bound ships are already crowded with people headed for Alaska. At least 50 per cent of whom are making their first trip.
 Pilot Noel Wien, President of