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THE NOME DAILY NUGGET VOL. 7. NO. 97 telephone no. 40 NOME. ALASKA. MONDAY. MAY 20. 1907 telephone No. 4<j PRICE 25 CENTS 25% OFF ON LACE CURTAINS Our Entire Stock of Lace Curtains, Silkolines, Draperies, Etc. at a 25^ Discount I See the values we are offering in RUFFLED SWISS CURTAINS at $2.oo a pair SILKOLINE in a great variety of patterns at 20c. a yard Nottingham Lace Curtains I at 75c., 90c., $1.25, $1.75, and $2.25 a Pair Linoleums and Floor Oilcloth At 25 per cent. Less TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: mt. • . j- n*,.i, Vr jib * Company desires to call the attention of teamsters ar.d other person to Sec tion 165 of Chapter 11 of the Penal Code of Alaska, providing for the pun ishment of persons guilty of wilful and malicious injury to telephone lines, that it will prosecute to the fullest ex tent of said law any persons breaking the lines and tearing down the poles of said company, In the moving of houses, drills and other high structures across the path of raid Ur.aa, or hi any ether manner damaging the lines of the said company. The company further wishes to state that its lines are being constantly broken by teamsters and other parties whicli delays its messages, causing great annoyance to Its subscribers and putting the company to many hun dreds of dollars’ unnecessary expense in the repairing of damages. Further, that the company has no dsaire la hlndtti anyone from passing under Its lines. All that it desires is a reasonable notification from parties in tending to pass under the lines with any high structure, upon which a line man will be sent who will raise the wire and allow them to pass under. A charge will be made for the act ual time consumed by the lineman. ALASKA TELEPHONE & TELE GRAPH COMPANY, By A. E. Boyd, General Manager. CABIN WAS LOOTED. A. P. Feike, one of the many who took advantage of yesterday's excur sion, is today trying to gain informa tion which will lead to the arrest of the men who looted his cabin on New ton gulch, recently. That his property had been stolen was not known till yesterday, when he arrived on the ground, expecting to find provisions and blankets awaiting him. The cabin is situated on No. 1 below on Newton, and when Feike arrived there yesterday he found that the lock had been broken oft: the door and the place robbed of everything which was worth carrying away. You will always get a square dea! at the Square Deal. LOCAL WEATHER REPORT. The weather report for Nome for the twenty-four hours ending at 7 p. m. last night, as compiled by Engineer Arthur Gibson, is as follows: MAY 18. Temperature—Maximum, 36 above, minimum, 26 above. Barometer—30.50 inches. Weather—Partly cloudy. Wind—West-southwest, with light breeze. MAY 19. Temperature—Maximum 37 above; minimum, 25 above. Barometer—30.37 inches. Weather—Clear. Wind—West, light breeze. WE ARE DETERMINED To Empty Our Warehouses Before June 15th MIKING ROOM FOR OUR NEW STOCK We Will Save You Money i I Archer, [wing & Co. HARD TRIP FROM CANDLE Ben Simson, of the well-known firm it Simson Bros., has returned to Nome from his Candletrip. Leaving, as he did, about a month ago, he met very bad trails all of the way. So bad were they by way of Council that he de cided to return through the Kougarok. But even worse traveling was ex perienced on the return trip. While crossing the north fork of the Kou garok river one of his I arses broke through the tee and was drowned Then, in trying to escape the overflows below Coarse Gold creek, Mr. Simson became lost in a sudden storm which blew up. For eighteen hours he wan dered over the hills without being able to get his bearings. Mr. Simson reports Candle to bo i> a highly prosperous condition. The Inmachuk region also seems to be the scene of much work The Inmachut i ditch is requiring the attention of many men and horses, the work being pushed on it a3 rapidly as possible. A. B.’S DANCE TOMORROW. Another one of the delightful Arctic Brotherhood dances will be given to morrow nieht at Ihe A. B. hall. These affairs occur semi-monthly, though, duo to <hp lateness of the season, this affair will probably be the last before next fall. The dances are limited to the mem bers of the Brotherhood. Cigar for a king—Bov era. MINERS HOTEL IMPROVEMENTS The improvements now being madJ In the Miners Hotel will make this building the finest second class house in Nome. Two large bay windows are being put ir. the front of the building and an addition in the rear of the builidng, two stories, of 28x24 wll' give sleeping room for two hundred men, all told. A nice room ha3 been fitted up in the office downstairs for the mineis, to be used as a rendlnj and correspondence room. Another improvement will be four fine baggage rooms. Always perfect—Boveras. HIDING PAYSTREAK ON RICH THIRD BEACH LINE WIRES BROKEN HIGH WATER AND ICE DESTROY TELEGRAPHIC LINES ALOFG YUKON RiVER. Word has comef rom Kaltag that the telegraph line is in a very bad condition. For a distance of fifty miles the wires are under the water and the line broken by the drifting ice. The message had to be carried from Nulato to Ruling by a small boat. It '• ••"'’'"tilt to state when the wires will be in worlt.ng order, tiiougo it cannot possibly be till the water goes down on the Koyuku and Yukon rivers. The workmen are unable to repair the line, as they are living in the second stories of the buildings to escape the high water. It may be a week, and it may be three times that long, before any ntes. sage can be received or dispatched. EXCURSION TO PATSTREAK A large train lod of merry excur sionist's took advantage of the beauti ful day yesterday to visit the third beacli paystreak. The special train of the Sewaid Peninsula railroad made three trips during the day, the one leaving town at 11 o’clock carrying the greatest number of people. Though the air was a little crisp, there was too much of Interest to see for anyone to complain of the cold. T ie "paystreak spur” runs directly through the heart of the richest part of Seward peninsula, and the melting of tiie winter’s snow allowed the pleasure seekers to see the tinmens* is**, 4 v amount of work which has been done during the past season Dump after dump was passed as the train rolled along. Owing to the recent cold snap, there was but little sluicing in prof gross. The freeze-up has made the water very short, though it is prcbable that if there is a change in the weather there will be plenty of sur face water to finish slucir.g up all of the dumps. The operators are evident ly expecting a change soon, for they are setting up their boxes and getting in readiness to shovel in as soon as the water begins running. Mis. E. W. Johnston, who has just won title to a rich dump on No. 8 Cooper gulch, had three men sluicing up the valuable dirt which has caused all of the trou ble. Tom Doyle is sluicing, as alsj are a few Center creek operators. There is still considerable snow on the tundra, though the greater part has disappeared. There Is enough on the hills to supply the creeks with a large sluicehead for many days yet. The excursion was much enj .yed by all who took advantage of It. It is to be hoped that the railroad company will see fit to give many more at fre quent' intervals in the future, for they are much appreciated by hundreds of people who have their Sundays to <le tmti in unnh rtlr^nsiirf* TOURNAMENT SATURDAY There is to be a very interesting race at Eagle hall on Saturday night. Peter Berg and George Cowtosoa have arranged to run ten miles for a side purse of $500, the money having been deposited at The Nugget office. At present the two named are th ■ only ones entered though an) one may do so upon paying $i5. All of the en - trance fee, as well as $100, given by the Eagles, will be given to the win ner. There Is much rivalry between Berg and Cowtosos, each claiming superior ity over the other. Both will exert every effort to win Saturday night. There will be two other attractions at the tournament besides the race. C. Ij. Brag, of Fort Davis, and Fred Jacobson, of the Nome life-sa\ing sta lion, will wrestle for a prize of $50 and a side purse, while two heavyweights will also be put on for a bout. The prize in the latter case will be $.50 and a side purse of $300. The names of the wrestlers will be announced as soon as the papers have been signed. The tournament will be given unde • the auspices of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and is for the solo purpose of raising funds to equip a first-class gymnasium next winter. It Is the In tention of the Eagles to have the finest gymnasium in Alaska, and they are beginning early to make their ar rangements. Anent the recent reports of strikes, and supposed strikes, along the now famous third beach line comes one of a sensational nature that seems quite plausible, and illustrates the careful tendency towards secrecy, by which prospectors In the Cunningham and Derby regions are guarding their op erations from publicity. This is due, of course, to the prevalent fear of liti gation which pervades the minds of nearly every mining operator and prospector in Alaska like a "yellow streak' lines up in some prominent modem "pugs” of California. Enough has been learned that some unusual find of rich pay has been made in that section, the knowledge of which has been kept from general pub licity, owing to the complicated condi tion of the claims In that region, which lap and overlap each other, in many Instances, three and four deep. This condition has been brought about by the law which allows the re-re cording and restuking of a "live” min ■ ing claim, or one which has not been abandoned by its claimants. In some instances it is alleged that lines have been changed and boundaries snifted so as to include a portion of the sup posed paystreak. Several fights of a riotous nature and many legal contests have ensued the past winter between adverse claimants, most of which are still un settled, that in a measure may tie up the country for a whole year to come Among many of the older locations of that region may be mentioned the Shamrock the Wisconsin, the Oregon, the Michigan, U. 8., Derby, Lookout Mountain, Hastings group and Morn ing Star claims. Of the validity of some of these properties there is much comment hoth for and against, but of which The Nugget knows nothing pos itively. The late locations of the past two or three years, perhaps most prominent, may be mentioned the New Morning Star, the Yellowstone, Lake view, Dunce-Cap, New Morning Star fraction, Winters group, Capitola, Masters Association, Hot Tamale, Rex Humboldt, Bread ard Butter, Emma Wedge, Umatilla, Rockland, Sour Dough, Dubi'n, Nos 8 and 7 Cirrmlng ham, Valentino No. 6 Derby, Cracker jack, Peggy Happy group, and many others. Just where or how conditions may exist that should cause legal or other controversy is perhaps known only to the claimants themselves. There is. however, a manifest desire or the pari of operators, ard laymen especially, on many properties, who would be caused great inconvenience and expense, a desire to bo protected frpm any hor rible excuse for lawsuits. Recently news of an important strike was given out as having beer made by a man named Carpenter on the hili overlooking Hastings creek a little to the south and west of the mouth of Grass creek. Coincident with this rumor was another pretty authentic one of a strike having been made on the Dublin claim. Operators ail along the route between these twv points began t'o line up and sink holes cn every intermediate claim. Where counter titles existed, laymen endeav ored in many instances to secure lays from both claimants and consolidate their interests. Others contented themselves with what they could get and moved onto the ground. Thus, often Iwo or three contending parties The Beau Mercantile Company IS GOING OUT OF BUSINESS We will quote a few prices on staples to substantiate what we say. That we are making a cut of from |0 TO 50% n Hardware, Underwear, Graniteware, Dry Goods, Chinaware, Furniture, etc. Silver Dollar Shovels 90c each, $10.25 a dozen Juneau “ .75c “ 8.25 “ Ulorsheim Wet defi Shoe, 10 in. .. $7.50, formerly $9.00 “ “ “ “ 16 in. 8.50, “ 10.00 Staley Underwear. 4.00, “ 5.00 “ “ 8.25, “ 4.00 All other Hardware, Underwear, Graniteware, China ware, Dry Goods, Furniture, etc., at Lowest Possible Prices. Beau Mercantile Co. Telephone Main 07 were on the same ground on different' lays. , Things were proceeding apparently harmonious in some instances, not withstanding these adverse conditions, until thaw weather and surface water interfered with their operations. Then work all along the line was tempo rarily suspended. During the early part of the thaw spell, and at a time when it was practically impossible for teams and human aid to move them off, two new outfits moved inside the boundaries of the New Morning Star claim and the Winters association, where they are now at work beside the drill machine of Johnson et ah, which is also busily perforating holes to bed rock as fast as money and labor can put them down. These operations, in this exact locality, are interesting, in view of the fact that none of them, admit having found pay. Saturday a Nugget reporter learned of a note sent to town a day or two previousi which stated that tile Writer was positive that Smith, Bounds and Niebuhr had found the i...v last week on the Humboldt, in direct line with the operations on the Dublin and Sour Dough, to the west, and the Capitola Rockland, Dunce-Cap and Derby groups- to the east. Inquiry from those who are best calculated to know, in view of these facts, inclines to the belief that the paystreak has Ift-en cut in several places on some of those claims. Tlie operators who are doing die most work are the ones most ready' to deny having located the pay, and die natural conclusion of prospectors generally who are posted in that neighborhood is that the miners an hiding the paystreak for fear of lid gatlon. Genuine Lemon Juice at the bar, at Blatchford & Oliver’s Family Liquor Store. NARROW ESCAPE ROYAL MOTORISTS UPSET AT EDGE OF HIGH PRECIPICE IN GERMANY. BERLIN, May 10.—Emperor Wil liam of Germany an 1 King Edward of England had a narrow escape from a terrible death. King Edward has been Germany’s guest for a number of days. The time has been much taken up in out-of-doors pleasures, motoring being the favorite mode of pleasure. Today, while the two rulers were riding at a high speed along the edge of a higil precipice tile automobile encountered o imi.ll Irtw.11 In I h„ rnn.l Thnilfrh Emperor William, who was driving, did all in his power to hold the ma chine to the track, it tipped over on its side, throwing the occupants upon the very brink of tne abyss. Had the motor cur gone two fee' further, both men would have been thrown clear to the edge of the chasm and undoubtedly dashed to pieces o:i 'the rocks beneath. Lovera, Lovera, Lovera, Lovera. Fresh Lemons at “The Northern.” FITZGERALD. Wall paper, paints and glass. Th« largest and most complete stock New pool and billiard tables at the Soard of Trade. Chechacos Will Be Welcomed -- All the Sourdoughs of Nome will be well dressed in a suit of Stein-Bloch Clothing purchased at Gus Brown’s, to welcome the Chechacos on the arrival of the first boats. Those who have not already got their new suit had better pay this store a visit, as everything is marked down to cost, in order to make room for the large Spring ■ Stock now being purchased on the out side. i Men’s Suits Boys’ Suits AT LOWER PRICES THAN ELSEWHERE GUS BROWN The Leading Clothier