(Liu' Junnr Nugget
Published Monday. Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING COMPANY
NOME. ALASKA
Telephone: Main 125 P. O. Box 618
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W. A. BOUCHER Editor-Publisher
EMILY BOUCHER .Society Editor
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MONDAY. APRIL 17. 1944.
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IN THE VANGUARD
OF CIVILIZATION
An attractive booklet published by the
National Federation of the fur industry
and reaching our desk with the compli
ments of the Seattle Fur Exchange serv
ed to bring back to us some of the often
forgotten facts concerning the import
ance of the fur industry both in world
commerce and in the wider field of its
historic place in the exploration and de
velopment of the world’s frontiers.
From the early Pilgrim settlers who
sent their furs on the long journey back
to England to be exchanged for the things
they couldn’t grow or otherwise produce,
to Daniel Boone who headed west into
the wilds of Kentucky and Missouri, on
to the founding of St. Louis by fur trad
ers . . still further along in national his
tory to John Jacob Astor who set up his
Pacific Fur Company at the mouth of
the Columbia in 1810 . . . always in the
vanguard of civilization we find the fur
trader. In many a wild corner of this
continent a Hudson’s Bay Company man
was the first white man to set foot.
Says this interesting brochure; “And
j what about Alaska, 1865, “Seward Fol
ly”; called that because he had the as
tounding foresight to buy a quarter of
a contient from Russia for $7,200,000.
Czar Peter the Great got Vitus Bering
to explore for him east of Siberia. Ber
I ing’s third voyage landed him under a
| cross on an island which took his name.
' Bering’s survivors brought back to Kam
chatka 900 sea-otter skins; started a
stampede; Sergeant Basof sailed in a
shitik (sewed boat) in 1743; Serebranni
kof hastened into the Alutians in 1753;
Shelekof started his trading post at Ko
diak 31 years later—and it’s still there.
Betwreen 1867 and 1939 \vc got out of
Alaska $142,400,000 of furs alone. Some
folly, eh? Some bargain I call it.’’
“Yes, Uncle Sam, this old Fur Indus
try wras here before your birth. It cared
for you in childhood, and, by gosh, it’s
still a first class asset. We’re in the w^ar
now, but just think. Uncle, w'hen peace
comes the old fur industry will be
mighty useful to this country—darn use
ful—so cut it down if you must, stream
line it; hammer it a bit, bleed it a little—
but don’t crush it completely—you sure
will be glad to have it afterwards.”—
NEW PRODUCT
NOTED IN
CANNERIES
At a recent meeting of the sal
mon packers in Seattle, called by
A A. Anderson, chief af the Di
vision of Fishery Industries of the
Fish and Wildlife Service, con
siderable interest was shown in
a product called ‘‘Cannery Loaf”
developed in the local Fishery
Products Laboratory.
Representatives of various gov
ernmental agencies were present,
and Lyle Anderson, director of the
laboratory, lectured on the tech
nical and practical aspects of the
product.
The product “Cannery Loaf”
employs certain raw materials now
discarded by the salmon canner
ies and would provide an appre
ciable increase in the salmon pack.
The raw materials used are se
lected cuts of the heads, collars,
roe, liver and fail pieces. The
products has been subjected to
painstaking analysie and found
superior to the canned product,
from whence it originated, in al
most every respect.
Af the meeting, the hall, with
a seating capacity of 150, was vir
tually filled and the packers and
brokers expressed considerable
enthusiasm over the new possibil
ities. Several of the larger pack
ers have given careful thought to
the problem and have indicated
that they are planning to try an
experimental pack.
By way ot market for the
product, the War Food Adminis
tration announced that it would
purchase a token amount this
year in order *o pave the way for
larger operations next year. It is
now too late In the season for
appreciable production to be ef
fected since considerable equip
ment would be involved.
Details still have to be worked
out wi'h the Food and Drug Ad
ministration and the OFA as well
ns to establish specifications, but
when these matters are arranged,
the WPA expects to purchase a
thousand cases.
It is honed that the packers will
conduct private experiments to
utilize these waste materials. The
work along this line and. also
o'her lines to extend the fish
eries of Alaska, is being contin
ued at the laboratory.
PIONI tIES
HOLD MEETING
Pioneer Women of Alaska, Aux
iliary No. 1 held its regular meet
ing at the home of Mrs. J. J.
O'Leary, with Mrs. Luella Grant
as assisting hostess. After the
business meeting, cards were
played, followed by refreshments.
The winners of the Whist party
were Mrs. A. Polet Mrs. A. Ry
deen, Mrs. T. Lehmann and Mrs.
Carrie McLain.
ANNOUNCES BIRTH
OF SON
Mr. and Mrs. John Moore have
sent their friends in Nome an an-j
nouncement of the birth of a son,
Kenneth Charles Moore, on
March 2nd. Mrs. Moore is the
former Madeline Calkins Mirow
and she now resides in Santa
Rosa, California.
EUGENE DeCARY DIES
THURSDAY EVENING
The funeral arrangements for
Eugene DeCary of Council, who
died in the hospital last Thursday
evening, will be announced in the
near future.
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CARNIVAL
PROVES HUGE
SUCCESS
The Arctic Club Carnival was
a huge success, according to Duke
Mitroviteh. chairman of the affair'
with much credit for the success
going to the members working on j
the various committees.
The games wer eenjoyed by the j
many GI’s and civilians who par-:
ticipated and one person remark
ed: ‘‘It is the most orderly car
nival I have ever attended."
Dancing to the music of Lt. La- j
gel and his boys was a pleasure j
in itself. The queen contest which
has been in progress for the pdst
week, ended in a beautiful setting
on the stage of the auditorium.
The five girls competing in the
finals were certainly dressed be
fitting queens and princesses.
At midnight the curtains of the
stage were drawn apart, and the
five participating candidates were
on the s*age. The winner, Alberta (
Schenck was on the queen’s'
throne with Beveny Morgan,
Frances Waldheim, Dree Witt and
Pat Graham as maids of honor.
The 1944 queen was crowned
and presented with an engraved
loving cup and a War Bond by
Eloise Beekem, the retiring 1943
queen. The final duty of Queen
Eloise was the presentation of
prizes of War Bonds and stamps
to the other four contestants.
Beverly Morgan won a $50 War
Bond; Frances Waldheim won a
$25 War Bond; and Dree Witt and
Pat G#aham each receiving a
$5.00 corsage of War Stamps.
The crowd cheered the new
queen, smiling and excited on the
throne, and as dancing was again
resumed she came down into the
crowd to be congratulated by her
many friends.
The final score was- Alberta
Schenck 63,850; Beverly Morgan
21,550, Frances Waldheim 19 100;
Dree Witt 4,100 and Pat Graham
3500.
NOTICE!
T he adult public is cordially
invited to attend the showing
of the following films: ‘Tn De
fense of the Nation" at 7:30
p. m. April 18th. and ‘'Know
For Sure" (for men only), at
7:30 p. m. April 19th. The show
ings will be held in the Ter
ritorial School building.
Advertise it in The Nugget.
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