TUNDRA
Bp AUBREY HENDERSON
Walking down Front Street
this morning, I bent down to pick
1 up a tiny pin lying in the snow.
A friend, I thought. If I let this
pin Jay there, I will lose a friend
and- bad luck will follow. I know
it’s k superstition but never
theless everyone has a supersti
tion of some sort. And why bring
Up superstition at all? Today only
the uncivilized and the unedu
cated are superstitious. Or so
We like to think, and what can
We say about superstition but
dOndemn it. Superstition is to be
ftund in the highest of the high
firbws and in persons of the high
est culture and refinement.
Superstition has developed
among the Eskimos of the Bering
Straits as in any other race of
people. A great respect for the
living human being was brought
about by the superstition that a
dleyer of a man would be haunt
ed by the "ghost” of the murder
ed man. There is a dread of the
dOad through the belief that
harm would come to the igloo and
the occupants if a person is al
lowed to die there. So powerful
wks this superstition the Eskimos
Wbuld remove the body of the
dying person to another igloo
and leave them to die alone and
ndglected. However, after the
death of the Eskimo his memory
and reputation as a great hunter
was feasted in the khashgii.
Many talisman and amulets are
uftd too. 'Ae WCasel Has always
known as a Clever animal. {
fid to wear the remains of one
attached to the belt transferred
the qualities of the animal to the
Eskimo There are many other
arifcmals that also have notewor
tiiy characteristics that the Eski
mo likes to attribute to himaelf.
The Eskimo doesn’t necessarily
have tri weaf the amulets. 'Ifhey
can also Se attached to his boat,
or to his house, or his dog sled.
The superstition that the auro
ra borealis is a football game and'
the swaying lights are the play
ers running up and down. Of
course, the players are always
srime noteworthy personages of
the village, that have passed on.
An eclipse of the moon always
foretold an epidemic or a disas
ter of some sort. The moon was
the home of a God creature who
controlled all the animals of the
earth, and the shaman of the
village made offerings during
seasons of privation.
What is superstition? Supersti
tion is the subterfuge which
mankind has as a defense mech
anism.
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I don’t remember how I got
to talking to this fellow, but
recently I met a fire marshal
for a government agency. I
think he said he was a super
intendent or something like
that. Anyway, we got to talk
ing about fires, and I had re
lated some of the various ex
periences that most Nomeites
usually have when fighting a
fire. And what a hardship it
is to fight a fire when It is
35 degrees below zero. Of
course, he had his own stories
to match any one of mine, and
he began one of his with fin
gers stretched out in a circle
known the world over as the
O. K. signal.
“l*m telling you—I personally
am a fire marshal! Uuh! No
doubt! I’m telling you—I per
sonally am inspector of mat
tresses, sheets, pillows, and
other sundry furnishings—per
sonally! I am being sent to
Nome to inspect one fire—no
doubt! Before 1 am being sent
to Nome I am living in hotel
—Uuuh! I personally fall asleep
with lighted cigarette in hand
—No doubt—Uuh! And 1 am
personally burning up mat
tress, sheets and pillows—No
doubt! And personally the dirty
bums are charging me $17.50
and dfe personally kicking me
Mt of hotel—Uuh! Personally
and no doubt! A fine fire mar
shal I am—Uuh! Add here I
am personally in -Nome to in
spect a fire—no iVwbt! And
before I dad Inspect fire—Uuh
—before I can personally get
drunk! No doubt! They are
yanking nte out of bed add I
*d inspecting fire some place
else personally — no doubt!
This is some mess for a fire
marshal, no doubt— personally
—Uuh!” Can you guem who
this is?
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CRUISER FUND
NOW UNDER
WAY HERE
An opportunity to contribute
to a fund for a gift to the newly
launched U. S. ethnecr Alaska,
has Men extended to all Alas
kans, and within freer own area,
to the residents of Nome and vi
♦tetty.
As previously explained, the
honor conferred upon our Terri
tory ih fte naming of this war
ship carries with it the obliga
tion imposed by custom, of gift
ing £he ship with a silber ser
vice. The Cruiser Alaska is not
only the first warship to bear
the name of the Territory, but it
is unprecedented in size, arma
ment and speed.
While it is the intention to
make a formal or ceremonial
presentation of this silver service
to the cruiser Alaska before she
departs for the battlefront, the
service will not be retained on
board, but will be kept ashore
until the end of the war, and in
the event the cruiser is lost, will
be passed on to her suooessor.
Contributions may be sent to
the Gd*eftK>*’s office, Juneau, or
be made at any one of the fol
lowing places in Nome, which
have been authorized to. receive
them:
Mary Bales, The Glue Pot,
North Pole Bakery, Wallace Ho
tel, Nome Grill, The Nevada,
Polar Bar, Fire Station, Hilkey
Robinson's, Nome Hardware, M.
& M. Bank, John Solon Barber
Shop, Lincoln Hotel, PoletV
Store, Lomen Commercial Co. ind
Cavfl/i
ooflrtbftteC states that any
donation, however modest in
amount, is acceptable.
fed them you saw it advertis
ed in The Nugget!
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DIRECTORY
HENRY JOSEPH
LALLflY
ACCOUNTING, INCOME TAX
AND SOCIAL SECURITY
Inquire At Nttftet Office
IRA D. ORTON
Attorney At Law
Ream 1—Nevada Building
Nome, Alaska
Seattle Office:
1912-13 Smith Tower
Telephone Elliot 8200
O. D. COCHRAN
Attorney At Law
Phene Main 121
N. STRAND
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY
Phone Black 88
NOME, ALASKA
HAGEN
^ JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Oenrt Boose id Oppoeito Si
Phene Main 40
COMPLIMENTS
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BOB KITE
SCAVENGER
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CHURCHES
LAVIN1A WALLACE YOl’NG
Mission
Minister and Director—C. W.
Erickson
Sunday, October 31.
11:00 a. to.—Church school.
11:00 a. m. —Junior church.
6:30 p .m.—Youth meeting
Slides will be shown.
7:00 p. m. Evening worship. Pri
vate Frank Parten will present
a piano concert. All arc welcome.
Monday, 8:00 p. m. Men’s Club
at Kahzim.
Tuesday, 8:00 p. m.—Youth Fel
lowship Group at Kahzim.
Wednesday, 8:00 p. m.—Relig
ious Council.
Thursday, 7:15 p. m. Prayer
service.
Thursday, 8:30 p. rr. Choir re
hearsal.
“Receiving from God brings
the privilege of sharing with
others!”
St Joseph’s Roman Catholic
Church
Edmund A. Anable, S. J.
Pastor
Sunday Masses, 8 and 10 a. m.
Week-day Mass’ 7:00 a. m.
Religious instruction for the
children: Monday afternoon, pri
mer class; Tuesday afternoon,
advanced class.
FEDERATED CHURCH
Sunday—
10:45-11:45 a. m. Sunday school.
Adult Bible Class.
7:45-1:45 p. fh. Wortbip Ser
vice. Chair—prayer—sermon.
5)00-10:00 p. m. Social Hour
and refreshments.
Tuesday—
7:30-tf:3ft Q. m. Fellowship
Prayer Hour.
Thttrtaky
7:30-000 p. m. Choir rehearsal.
800-10.Oo p. m. Hobby elute,
share your hobby with others.
Everyday—
The social room is open to any
group 6f individual who wishes
to use it at any time. Ping-pong
table, piano, reeding table and
other equipment ie there for you
■a. • m -• j. x.it xr j j t. • m i
j to use.
At all times-—the pastor of the
: church is always ready and
j willing to help you in any -pay.
i Feel free to call on turn at any
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WEEKLY
SERMONETTE
(By C. W. Erickson)
“BEHOLD TOLU GOD”
“Say unto the cities of Judah:
Behold your God’’—Isa. 40:9.
There is no other statement
that needs to be said to individ
uals and groups today greater
than the message that came to
Isaiah. The conditions in Judah
were comparable to many people
and nations today under the cap
tivity of the Nazis and the Jap
anese. The prophet’s people were
in bondage, slaves in a foreign
land denied opportunities of
home, church and country.
Human life was cheap. Then
came the Voice. “The grass with
ereth, the flower fadeth, but the
Word of our God shall stand for
ever.” There followed a rebuke
to the prophet which is meant
for us all: “O thou that tellest
good tidings to Zion, get thee- '
upon a high mountain, lift up
thy voice with strength—say un
to the cities of* Judah: “Behold
your God”! God lives—become
aware of God—an awareness of
God and His laws.
Neither war nor peaceful men
.A. .A. .A. .A. .A. .A. .A. A. A A A. A
| rtor nations can escape those laws.
Lohk up, not down—up and
onward! L.ve in the present with
giad thoughts of the past and
hopes for the future. So shall
I you do the work that -is yours to
i do well and bravely,
j “Is this the t.me
‘ O Church of Christ!'to sound re
treat?
To arm with weapons cheap and
blunt
The men and women who have
■borne the brunt
Of earth's fierce strife,
And nobly held their ground?
Is this the time to halt
When all around
Horizons lift, new destinies con
front, j
Stem duties wait the nations
Never wont to play the laggard i
When God’s will was found?
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No! rather strengthen stake and
lengthen cords
Enlarge thy plans and gifts, O
thou elect
And to Thy Kingdom come for j
such a time!
The earth with all its fullness j
is the Lord’s.
Great things attempt for Him,
Great things expect,
Whose love imperial is. Whose
Power sublime.
Tells ail the earth, if we who fol
low Him
Build in this world His King
dom unconquerable.”
—Selected.
JOHANSONS LEAVE
FOR SALT LAKE
Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Johanson..
well known Alaska miners and
more recently employed on war
time enterprises, left last Sat
urday for the States where they
will spend the winter. Their ad
dress will be 560 Twelfth Ave~
Salt Lake City.—Jessen’s Week
ly).
The Nugget, $1.50 per month.
CLASSIFIED ADS
POTjlND—Three sets of keys.
Owners may have same by
identification' and payment of
this ad. tf
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