COL. LEE IS PLEASED
WITH NEW PROJECTS
Lieut. Col. John C. H. Lee di
vision engineer of the U. S. Army
for the Pacific Northwest, who j
has been on a tour of inspection
the last few days of federal pro
jects under direction of the Army
in northern and central Alaska,!
left Fairbanks recently for Ju- j
neau enroute to his headquarters
in Portland Ore.
On the eve of his departure,
the Colonel expressed his plea
sure over the good work and pro
gress on the Tanana-Chena flood
control project, near Fairbanks
and likewise at Ladd Field. He j
was also much gratified he said
over the condition of the newly
completed jetty at Nome which
he visited last week and other
works in this area under the im
mediate supervision of Lieut. A C
Welling of the engineering corps.
On his way south the Colonel
wili; make a side trip from Ju
neau to Skagway and then pro
ceed to Portland. This is only
one of several visits the colonel
his made to Alaska. Last year he
was here at the head of the army
party to initiate the work at
Ladd Field.
CHERZ LA FURNITURE
CORPUS CHiRISTI, Tex. — It
was 4 o’clock in the morning. Joe
D. Browning, justice of the peace
answered the telephone.
A voice said, “I want a search
warrant. A fellow stole my wife.”
“I can’t give yciu a warrant to
find your wife,” Justice Brown
ing said.
“Well, just skip her,” the caller
said. “What I really want is my
furniture. The fellows stole that
too.”
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FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Continued cloudy with occasional light rain tonight and Thurs
day morning. Thursday afternoon partly cloudy with little change
in temperature.
Data For 24 Hours Ending 1:00 pm Today
Highest temp — 55 Lowest temp — 44 Precipitation — T
Total precip this month 0.08 Total since Jan. 1, 1940, 2.64
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight .....46 95 E-7 Cloudy
8am . .-.-. 48 93 SW-8 Cloudy
12:30 p m _ —.. .. 52 82 S-ll Cloudy
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 69 Lowest temp — 51 Preciptation — 0.11
Tomorrow: Sunrise 1:23 a. m. Sunset 10:44 p. m.
“MISS ALASKA” PRESENTED
TO MRS. ROOSEVELT IN
BRIEF CAPITAL INTERVIEW
Still beaming from a brief
Washington interview with Amer
ica's first lady, Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt, Minnie Motschman
and Margaret Mae Scott “Miss Alj
aska” and ‘‘Miss Nome” were in j
Ne\^ York to take their place as
guests of honor at “A'aska Day”
observance at the World’s Fair.
From New York Miss Motsch
man plans to travel to St. Louis
for a visit with relatives before
aontinuing to San Francisco. Miss
Scott’s intentions were to call on
friends in North Carolina and
join “Miss Alaska” in the Gold
en Gate city July 8.
Meanwhile, in his regular com
munication to the Nugget, Dele-;
gate Anthony J. Dimond describ
ed the Washington visit of the
Alaska queens as follows:
On Wednesday morning, June
19, Delegate Dimond headed a
group which had the pleasure of
welcoming to Washington Miss
Minnie Motschman of Fairbanks,
as “Miss Alaska” of 1940, Miss
Margaret Mae Scott as “Miss
Nome,” and Miss Kay J. Kennedy
Alaska newspaper woman who is
managing the eastern tour of the
Queen of the Fairbanks Dog
Derby and Ice Carnival.
The stop in Washington was
made to participate in the pro
gram and activities of the Na
tional Convention of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, at which
the young ladies have appeared
and have been presented to the
assembled delegates from all
parts of the United States. Soon
after their arrival they posed for
photographers with Senator Key
Pittman, Chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee and
Mr. Dimond. Among those of
prominence in official Washing
ton whom they met are Hon. Ro- j
bert H. Jackson, the Attorney'
General; Thomas D. Quinn, Ad-:
ministrative Assistant to the At
torney General, Ebert K. Burlew
First Assistant Secretary of the
Interior; Oscar L. Chapman, As- j
sistant Secretary of Interior; and
Mrs. Ru‘h Hampston, Assistant
Director of the Division of Terri
tories and Island possessions.
From Washington the party
vvi 1 go to New York City where
they will be honored by a .spec
ial ‘'Alaska Day” at the New
York World’s Fair. The girls will
have the privilege of participat
ing in a formal reception with
city and fair officials. Arrange
ments for the day have been com
pleted by Delegate Dimond who
hopes to be able to leave Wash
ington on that day to partici
pate in the program.
R E N 0 - I T E —Settlement of
almost $3,000,000 has been made
on Elizabeth Whitney (above)
by John Hay "Jock” Whitney,
from whom the attractive "Liz’’
plans to seek a divorce. She’s
now in Reno, Nev. They'd been
wed 10 years.
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REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF THE
Miners and Merchants Bank of Alaska
Located at Nome, Alaska, Territory of Alaska, at the close of!
business on the 30th day of June, 1940.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts . $ 343,095.42
Loans on real estate. 106,006.01
Overdrafts . 1,226.95
United States bonds owned . 185,555.32
Other bonds and warrants owned .v. 219,783.88
Banking house, furniture and fixtures . 36,102.68
Other real estate owned . 2.365.50 ,
Checks om other banks and other cash items . 6.736.14
Exchanges for clearing house .
Cash on hand and due from banks . 285,725.16
Other resources, judgements, claims, etc. .
Expenses in excess of earnings ..'.
Gold bullion on hand . 24,790.67 !
Fuel oil on hand . 102.06
TOTAL. $1,211,579.79
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in ... $100,000.00
Surplus fund . 25,000.00
Undivided profits less expenses paid . 99,778.58
Dividends declared but unpaid .....
Due to other banks—deposits ...
Due to other banks—overdrafts .......
Individual and savings deposits . 559,153.79
Demand and time certificates of deposit . 427,097.42
Cashier’s and certified ohecks . 550.00
Notes and bills rediscounted .....
Bills payable (including certificates of deposit) for .
money borrowed ......
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TOTAL. $1,211,579.79
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )
Territory of Alaska, : ss:
Second Division. )
I, H. G. GABRIELSON, cashier of the above named bank, do
solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best
of my knowledge and belief..
H. G. GABRIELSON, Cashier
( NOTORIAL SEAL ) ( CORRECT ATTEST )
Subscribed and sworn to before me this IRA D. ORTON
2nd day of July, 1940. G. R. JACKSON
Directors
JEANNE C. MOZEE
Notary Public in and for the Territory o!
Alaska. My commission expires Sept. 24, 1943.
Instruction For Enforcement Of
SCHOOL TAX LAW
Four distinct remedies are pro
vided by Chapter 29 of the Laws
of 1919, -known as the School
Tax Act.
1. Where an individual liable
for the tax refuses or fails for
ten days after demand to pay the
same, he may be prosecuted as
provided in Section 6.
2. Where an employer refuses
or fails after proper demand, to
funish the school tax collector
with a true list of his employees
who are subject to the tax, or
fails to pay the collector the tax
due from the employees, he may
be prosecuted as provided in the
second paragraph of Section 8.
4. Without civil or criminal
prosecution the Commissioner
may issue a warrant to the Mar
shal, directing him to seize the
property of the delinquent and
sell (he same in the manner pro
vided by law. Before this is done
a complaint under oath must be
filed, showing the delinquency.
Such warrant may be issued both
against the empoyer and em
ployee, were both in default, as
provided by Section 9.
E. B. O’Connor,
School Tax Collector
Office: Resident across from
Native School. Hours: 5:30 to
7:30 p.m.
Staking of Claims
—
Under the law as changed a per
son may stake two claims for
himself and two under power of
attorney in any month. Under the
old law a person could stake two
for himself and 16 under power
of attorney in any month.
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