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FIX TRANSPORTATION CO.
Will start the 1939 freighting season over
tramroad from Nome to Bunker Hill as soon as
road is open.
The office at foot of the car tracks will be
open early this season, and managed by
EDNA FIX
Telephone Your Orders
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NEWS ITEMS
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Rain or more snow—is pre-j
j dieted by weather men for to-'
night and tomorrow, at ’east.
Students of the Nome Public
School and their teachers were
! in attendance at Court today.
The Directors of the local Cham
ber of Commerce will hold a
business meeting at tiheir noon j
day liuncheon tomorrow at the
Nevada Grill.
The meeting recently called by '
the Nome Public Library Com
mittee, has been postponed until
Wednesday. April 25th, at Odd
Fellows Hall.
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E. F. Clements, Territorial! De
partment of Health official, who
is a recent arrival from Juneau,
will be the speaker at the special
meeting tonight, called by the
Nome Health Council at 7:30 p.j
m., City Hall. All members are
uged to attend and the public is
cordially invited.
Wm. Barber, locaH agent for
the PAA. announces to the pub
lie that the Pacific Alaska Air-!
ways plane schedule from Fair
banks to Juneau has been chang
ed ,and that henceforth, planes
will leave Fairbanks every Sat
urday instead of Sunday.
All the Nome guesses on the
Nenana Ice breakup were for
warded to the Interior city last
Thursday, via plane. It is report-!
ed that there were about 5000
guesses made in this section.1
; Numerous persons are now busy
i figuring on how to capture the
| minute pools now being made
| around town in different busi
j ness houses.
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Pilot Sig Wien made a flight to
Bunker Hill in the Kougarok
section. Saturday, with a load of
freight. After returning to the
Nome airport Wien took off
I again for Council with John Ost
' and Hans Larson, who completed
! their dutes as Grand Jurors,
here. The plane brought back to j
Nome as passengers Nathan Ost
and Joe Ost, who were subpoen
aed for Petit Jury service.
Mr. and Mrs. Aben Shallit who ^
have been touring Alaska this j
winter, are again nicely settled ;
in their apartments in the rear i
of the Nome assay office, having I
been recent arrivals from Fair
banks where Mr. Shallit took
charge of the Fourth Division as j
say office during the absence of
its regular assayer, who was on 1
vacation to the States. Mr. Shal-,
Hit also did a like duty at the!
Ketchikan assay office in the j
First Division.
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I C. KIRK HILLMAN DRILLS §
I NORTHWEST DRAGLINES |
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The Coroners Jury composed of
| the following persons: Clinton
Atwood, Arnout Castel, Horace;
i Kelsey, Robert Peterson, Richard
McLean, Chas. Goetzenberger, j
| sworn in to examine into the
death of George Comely, who
| was burned to death in his cabin
this morning, returned the fol
lowing verdict: “That Geo. Com
ely suffered death thru suffoca
• tion and burning to death.”
The PAA mail plane piloted by
B:ll Knox which arrived Nome
last Thursday, is still delayed
; here by adverse flying weather,
j which may last for another two
'or three days according to those
who know, how long the storm
will last. Passengers awaiting
: transportation are R. K. Klement
i son to Golovin; and H. J. Tthomp
| son for Juneau.
Another PAA mail plane is
? scheduled to leave Fairbanks to I
day for Nome, but due to the1
unsettled weather, it is doubtful J
if the plane leaves the interior
j city.
A1 Carey, the well known Dahl
Creek mining man in the Kou
garok section, who recently re
turned from the States, where he
spent the winter and took in the
: Golden Gate Exposition, is leav
ing for the scene of his summer
: operations via Wien Airlines1
p ane as soon as the present j
1 storm abates. Mr. Carey states
j that he is expecting Mrs. Ander-!
; son, Hans Nunen and Oscar Lyle
! to arrive here via plane shortly,!
I from the States, after which they
where they will be employed by
I will be flown to Dahl Creek
i him.
For Meals Bring Your Friends
To The NORTH POLE BAKERY
GRAND JURY EXCUSED
The Grand Jury which went
into session a week ago, conclud
; ed its business last Saturday af
ternoon and upon rendering its
final report to the Court, were
excused from further duty, until!
; further notice.
Owing to the length of the re
port it will be printed in our
| next issue, Wednesday, April 19.
APRIL 1939
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FRATERNAL ORDERS
I. O. O. F.
NOME LODGE NO. A-5
Meets every Friday, 8 p.m.
Odd Fellows Building
L. O. O. M.
No. 1413
Next Meeting April 17th
Initiation of Candidates
Election of Officers
Odd Fellows Hall, 8 p. m.
Dr. W. A. Rvstrom
D E N T I S T
First Avenue West
Phone Main 22
Lyons & Orton
Attorneys At Law
Rooms 918-921 Alaska Building
Seattle, Washington
rhos. R. Lyons Ira D. Ortor
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JUST RECEIVED
The Latest Novelties In
NEW ASCOTS
COLORFUL SASHES
HEAD SCARFS
75c and $1.00
Come and see the Fashion
Plates, how they are worn
in the States.
POLET STORES
Main Store Branch Store
Tel. Main 103 Tel. Main 55
JUNIOR PLAYS
(Contributed)
A large and appreciative aud
ience, on Saturday night at the
High Schocll Gym, were pleased
by the presentaton of three ex
cellent one act plays.
The High School players who
were outstanding in their char
acterizations were: Lincoln Ost,
as the barber in “Love and La
ther;” Virginia Calkins in “Bar
gains:” and Henry Becker, as
“Jason Harrider” in the tragedy
“Singapore Spider.”
Are you taking advantage
of six months paid in ad
vance subscription ?
Pioneer Water Co.
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Arrange Now for Your Winter
.. Delivery of Fresh Sparkling
Spring Water.
ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE.
NELSON and BULLOCK
Fhone Black 44
CHAS. CAVEY
Has Opened A Liquor Store
Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors, Win
es, and Beers.
FRONT ST. NOME.
STEAMER EL CAPITAN
SAILS FROM
Los Angeles, California, May 2nd
San Francisco, Calif. Pier 16, May 10
Seattle, Washington, Pier 6, May 20
FOR NOME
AND OTHER BERING SEA PORTS, Including
St. Michael, Unalakleet, Golovin. Bluff, Solomon,
Teller and Kotzebue points
S. S. EL CAPITAN is a 4000 ton, steel, ten-knot
freighter, with new clean cooler and
cold storage rooms
We have inaugurated this service after careful con
sideration and solicitation of many of your sincere citizens
and solely upon their representation that our service would
be welcome and PERMANENT.
We want you to consider the El Capitan your ship for
it Ls our desire and intention to cooperate w’ith our shippers
in proportion to our successful operation.
Instruct shippers of your merchandise to deliver
same to the Str. El Capitan, Pier 6, Seattle,
and for further information, see
our local agent SAM TAGGART
CONSOLIDATED OLYMPIC LINES
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FLY WITH
PACIFIC ALASKA AIRWAYS INC.
WINTER SCHEDULE
Nome to Fairbanks-—Every Mon. & Thar*.
(Saturday Electra connecting with Juneau Schedule)
Radio-Equipped Lockheed Electras
SEATTLE NOW WITHIN FIVE DATS TRAVELING
TIME OF NOME