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Barry Keown and Oscar Swan have I recently arrived from Bluff. The Lomen brothers found that the public took such an interest in their recent premium offers that they are J. ¥. Sheldon leaves, tomorrow row going to give a grand premium morning for Taylor on a business,of a round trip to Seattle and a trip, monthly prize. The plan will be in fegeration until June first. Every day .There will be an eclipse of the moontar paid in to any of the three to tomorrow night. The moon will en men stores will entitle the payor to ter the shadow at 6:50 p. m.; total @ rumbered coupon. On the last day selipse begins at 8:00; total esclipse of each month six numbers will be ends 9:29; moon leaves shadow and d‘swn. The first of these will be selipse ends at 10:38,eid until June first to be one of the five from which will be drawn the ‘number entilling the holder to a free Jury to Seattle and back. The last of the six numbers drawn each month will entitle the holder to a special premium. For the month of January the prize offered is a No. 4 Victrala, [cope for subsequent months will be _announced later. A letter has been received from M. and Mrs. George James who are putt ing in the winter at Davidson’s Landing. There are quite a few men at work In that section, Freight is being moved to Taylor and to the Matthews and the Kelliher dredges. The first round of the five team bowling contest was rulled yesterday with Antimonies II winners with 2162 pins over the Arctics II with 2075. Eric Sather had a bad day giving Pete Sather and his team a walkover. Eric said it would be different today. Chuck Jones was high score with 181 Felix Brown, who used to have a clothingstore here and who later went into the buffet business in Se attle, only to be closed down by th iry law just as he was beginning to make money, is now running an up .A date haberdashery establishment at Anchorage. Felix is remembered by a host of friends here. That expert young bowler, Pete r Sather hung up a set of games last night that will stand as a record in some for quite a while, say the bowling sharps. His grand total of 66 ° was just eleven pins lower than the total of the 1912 winner in the American bowling congress. His score by games was 223, 223, 222. Fifty copies of the suuinor book let of the Nome Kennel Club were sent some time since to both Candie and Council. The Interest taken in dog racing by the people of those communities is evidenced by the fact that the whole number In each place has been sold. Candie likes them so well that a hundred more have been ordered. A meeting of the democratic club was held last night in city hall, Paul Keystead was elected president to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Phil Ernst. Resolutions were adopted and speeches made on sub jects of great interest to club mem bers. Senator McGann notified the cl) that Donohue assured them that Sulzer had been elected and would surely receive his certificate of elec tion In the near future. The Ruby Record Citizen quotes with approbation the half column account of the Ruby derby last March in the Nome Kenzel Club's souvenir history. It speaks in praise of the souvenir itself with its photos and says that all Ruby sportsmen are exceedingly gratified by the gracious ness of expression on the part of the writer as to Ruby's treatment of Leonard Seppala whose team was the entry from Nome and the winner of the Ruby derby in 1916. The writer of the article quoted is Mrs. Darling, president of the Nome Kennel Club. A letter received by a lady here contains many items of interest to old timers. A. J. Beecher, formerly a stenographer here, is now president of a brokerage company at Oatman, Ariz, with offices in Los Angeles. He deals mostly in Arizona gold and copper stocks. Connected with the “Oatman Rev enue Mines Co.” as president is W. H. Dohrman who from 1899 to 1903 was manager of the mining Interest of the old A. E. Co. Beecher is sec reary of this company and Pete Overfield is one of the directors. He was in Finks’ law offices and was a good mixer while here being a patron of sports. His name appears on the prospectors as “Hon. P. D. Overfield, ”the United States district judge of Alaska, now of Oatman,’ W. E. Dean is in Coalingo, Cal, and Leo is manager of the “Shell Oil Co Tremeroux, formerly of the Northwestern store, is there also, in terested In the Shell Oil Co. Other former Nomeites in Coalingo are Mr. and Mrs. Mangus The joint installation of officers of Nome lodge No. 6 L O, O. F. and the Midnight Sun Rebekah lodge No. 3 took place last night in the small Eagle hall in the presence of several hundred people. The ceremonies ac cording to the prescribed ritual were very impressive. Antonio Polet, acting D. D. G. M., and Cecil H. Frost, acting D. D. G. M., and others were the installing of ficers. The following officers of the Odd Fellows were installed N. G., Harry Pigeon; N. V. G, Alvin Swanson; secretary, Frank S. Polet; treasurer, Antonio Polet; chaplain, Alfred An derson; conductor, C. H. Frost; war den, James Bogan; R. S. N. G. D. ,8. C L. SS. N. G, W H Webb; R. S. V. G., Dr D'Arcy Chace; L. S. Vv. G. Chas, McFardden; R. S. L., Ben Gellett; L. 3S. L., Ed Gross; 1 G. A. A. Chagnon; O. G., James Panos. Antonio Polet is A. D. D. G. Mas ter, Name Lodge No. A. G, L O. O. F. has been recently admitted to the grand lodge of Washington and under this jurisdiction Odd Fellows have the privileges of the Washington home which is an elaborate institu tion to care for widows, orphans and the aged. The following officers of the Mid night Sun Rebekah lodge were in stalled Mabel E. Pigeon, noble grand; Louise Young, vice grand; Rose C. Wheeler, secretary; Bertha E. Johnson, treasurer; Ellen Weaver, chaplain; Ldgia A. Brown, conductor; Emma Rowe, warden; Henrietta Ford, , 8. 8S. N. G.; Hannah Jensen, L. 8. N. G, Jennie Stromberg, R. 8S. V. Gj Charlotte Swanberg, L. S. V. G.; Ida siull, inside guardian; George 8S. Walker, outside guardian. Following the installation there was dancing which was interrupted to partake of a bounteous repast in the banquet room. During the ban quet Mr. George Wolf made a felicit ious presentation speech when he gave on behalf of the Odd Fellows ' handsome gold nugget job to the retiring noble grand Thomas E. Ko hunek, who responded feelingly. On behalf of the Rebekahs Mrs. rank Meilke in a fine speech pre sented Mrs. Ada Arthurs with a beautiful jewel symbolic of the orde: Mrs. Arthurs made an eloquent re sponse along lines of the work of the order. Dancing was resumed and continu ed until two o'clock this morning. Music was furnished by Misa John son and Mr. Peterson.
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The Nome Daily Nugget
Nome, Alaska, US
Sat, Jan 06, 1917
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