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NEWS ITEMS
Eskimo Is
Burned Death
On Sandspit
About throe o’clock Tuesday
morning Fred Chase, who lives
~n the Sandspit, awakened and
discovered a neighboring cabin
ablaze. The local Fire Depart
ment noticing the light from the
blaze went to the scene but the
fire had already reached such pro
ii'tions that no assistance was
f any avail. The cabin was burn
;d to the ground and the remains
f Melvin Asitona, the Eskimo
owner, were found within the
ruins. ^
Investigation disclosed that
Asitona had been drinking the
previous day and that he became
so abusive, his wife and five
children, the oldest of whom is
twelve, left the house about 7
p.m. and came into town. It is
understood that this was not the
first occassion they had found
this action necessary.
About 11 p. m. Asitona was
found on the river near his horn?
in a drunken condition, and Mr.
and Mrs. Billiken took him to
his house, it was reported. Un
der the circumstances the exact
origin of the fire could not be as
certained.
The fire department was called
to a fire at a cabin across from
the CAA quarters on B Street.
The fire was of the overheated
chimney variety. No damage re
sulted.
V* ien Airlines
Activities
Jan. 8 — Pilot Wien returned
; to Nome from Fairbanks yester
day with Rev. J. Youll and E. L.
Bartlett and express.
Express was taken to Koyuk
and Haycock. Lena Bahnke was
i a passenger to 'Nome from Bluff
j on th; return trip.
A trip is scheduled for Wales
! tomorrow with Rev. J. Youel.
Mh Air Service
Activities j
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Sunday — Pilot Sassen return
j ed from Anchorage. Passengers
were: Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Kro
blow. The plane also carried
freight for Moses Point and cx
1 press for Nome.
Monday — Sasseeen made the
monthy mail trip to St. Lawrence
Island. Passengers were two
children: Bertha Apodruk and
Tommy Utaziak.
Tuesday — Sassesn flew the tri
motor to Shishmaref for a load
of live foxes, destination Seward.
Wednesday — Sasseen flew to
Anchorage with a load of foxes
and three passengers: George Go
shaw. Howard Woods and Ain
sley Voss.
Bill Lund returned to Nome
Monday from the down river
mail run.
Bud Brown left today for Un
alakleet and Nulato and is due
j back Friday.
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CONSTRUCTION, JUNEAU
FIELD, TO BE PUSHED
DELEGATE DIMOND SAYS LO
CATIONS, AMOUNTS ARE
STILL TENTATIVE
The plan of the Government is
to push construction of recently
announced national defense air
fields as fast as possible, Alaska
jD-legate Anthony J. Dimond has
notified the Juneau Chamber of
j Commerce.
With reference to the recent an
nounoement that of $40,000,000
for such fields, Alaska would get
$3,000,000. Dimond said no sur
| veys had be:n completed at any
j of the proposed Alaska bases and
, that locations and amounts were
j still tentative.
Fields proposed for Alaska in
| the announcement were: Juneau
$500,000; a like amount for Ruby,
Nome, Big D Ita, and Boundary.
Cordova $400,000; and Kotzebue
! $100,000.
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E. L. Bartlett In
Nome Talk Over
Needs Seward Pen.
On his first trip to Nome since
the fall of 1916, E. L. (Bob) Bart
lett, S cretary of Alaska, reached
Nome yesterday with pilot Sig
Wien of Wien Alaska Airlines.
He will remain until Thursday
or Friday.
"My object in coming to Nome
at this tjme,” said Mr. Bartlett,
“is to confer with local citizens
as to the needs of Nome and S -
ward Peninsula generally, and to
confer with members of the Terri
torial legislature now i;n the city
as to measures which may be in
troduced during the coming ses
sion, my hope being that exper
ience gained thereby will be help
ful to administrative officers at
! Juneau.
“There has been much talk
throughout the Territory of a
new tax program. This came to
the forefront during the meeting
early in December of the Alaska
Planning Council, a meeting
which was attended by Mr. Polet,
member of the Council for the
Second Division.
Present Tax System Outmoded
“The license system under
which the bulk of the Territory's
taxes are now collected has long
been regarded as outmoded, un
scientific, inequitable and dan
gerous with respect to stability
of the governmental structure of
Alaska. The Planning Council1
suggested to the Legislature
steps which could be taken to j
broaden the tax base and to re-!
move inequities.
“While all of us will agree that
the suggestions of those who urg
ed curtailment rather than ex- j
pension of Territorial spending,
the truth is that such an objec
tive is going to be mighty hard
to reach. The country’s popula
tion is growing rapidly, impos
ing new demands on the Terri
tory as well as on municipalities.!
The P anning Council staff esti
mated that by a thorough over
hauling of the tax structure these
new demands can be met with
out dislocation of industry or
business. Chief among the means
outlined to achieve a moderate
increase in tax revenues were im
position of a net income tax
which would among other things
extract a fair contribution from
the thousands of .non-r sidents j
who now profit largely from
their employment here without
real benefit to Alaska and estab
'ishment of a general property
tax which would not only pro-1
duce revenue but would release
for productive uses a large
amount of mining acreage now
lying idle for lack of effective
legal means to put it on the op
erating market. Chief inferences
here, of course, is to patented
claims, heirs of which in many
cases have completely disappear
ed.
No Recommendations Made
“It should be emphasized that
the Planning Council did not
r commend any specific tax or
taxes. It merely studied the prob j
lem and its findings will be trans
mitted to the Legislature by Gov.
Ernest Gruening.”
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Greetings to Seward Peninsula |
i Mr. Bartlett said he was asked
to convey to Seward Peninsula
resident the greetings of James
: J. Connors, Collector of Customs
for Alaska, and of Gov. Gruen
ing. Mr. Connors lived on the
Peninsula for many years in the
i early days.
| “A Nome man of whom you
well can be proud” said Mr. Bart
lett “is Russell Maynard, Direct
or since last spring of the Terri
torial Department of Public Wrl
fare. Mr. Maynard has done a
splendid job in a most difficult
position and has proven himself
to be a highly competent admin
istrative officer.”
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SOURDOUGH STATIONERY
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That unique and humorous
and typical Alaskan stationery—
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heads and Envelopes”, have beei
Drought strictly uptodate, and art
now available at the Nugget off)
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TOO LATE
FOR CHRISTMAS
THIS ORDER HAS BEEN ENROUTE
SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER
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Jan. 15 at 8 p.m.
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SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA ROUTE
SHIP Lv Seattle Lv Seward Lv Juneau
ALASKA. Sat. J«n 4 Jan 10 Jan 13
BARANOF . Sat. Jan 11 Jan 17 Jan 20
ALASKA . Sat. Jan 18 Jen 23 Jan 26
McKINLEY . Wed. Jan 22 Jan 28 . Jan 31
BARANOF . Wed. Jan 25 Jan 31 Feb 2
ALASKA.Sat. Feb 1 Feb 6 Feb 9
McKINLEY . Wed. Feb 5 Feb 11 Feb 14
YUKON . Sat. Feb 8 Feb 14 Feb 16
BARANOF . Wed. Feb 12 Feb 18 Feb 20
ALASKA . Sat. Feb 15 Feb 20 Feb 23
McKINLEY .Wed. Feb 19 Feb 25 Feb 28
(Note: All sailings subject to change without notice.)
M. J. WILCOX, Agent