THE NOME NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
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GOING TOO FAR
r
It is well to discourage people
without means from coming to
Alaska. It is well to emphasize
that Alaska’s need is more for
capital than for labor. It is well
too to deplore harmful publicity.
All these things were done in
a recent Juneau Chamber of
Commerce resolution which has
been sent to Ketchikan for en
dorsement.
Here in Ketchikan, we are not
fully familiar with the situation
in Juneau. It is entirely probable
that the unemployment situation
is deplorable enough to justify
not only the conclusions reached
by the Juneau Chamber but the
warmth and the length of reso
lution in which these conclusions
were set out.
But, as was pointed out at the
meeting of the Ketchikan Cham
ber of Commerce this week, it is
one thing to endorse the essence
of the resolution, another thing
to endorse it entirely. We have
no quarrel with Juneau and we
sympathize with the conditions
that led to the adoption of the
resolution and the letter to Presi
dent Roosevelt. Nor does it mat
ter a great deal if the Ketchikan
Chamber of Commerce decides
next week to endorse the letter
and resolution in the entireties.
Nevertheless, we do not think
that all Ketchikan would agree
! or would want the word spread
far and wide that this commun
. ity as a whole subscribes to some
I of the statements in the resolu
' tion and letter. In fact, the reso
lution condemns harmful public
ity and yet in itself would spread
still more harmful publicity
about the Territory. We take
some random quotations from
the resolution and letter.
The fisheries are probably over
developed. The Chronicle and
the Ketchikan Chamber of Com
merce have been insisting that
the fisheries are undeveloped,
that a fisheries labratory would
certainly develop new uses for
fisheries porducts.
“Alaska has received much
harmful publicity in the past two
or three years from uninformed
persons and from unreliable
sources which has brought thou
sands of men seeking employ
ment for whom no employment
is available. Surely some of the
publicity has been good. Too, Ju
neau’s complaint is about a “des
titute” class who probably have
n’t read the publicity, good or
bad.
“Alaska is in no position to
absorb any increased population
of any kind.” That is a manifest
absurdity, a bald statement
which is the worst kind of pub
licity Alaska could hope to get.
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j If an outside writer put that in
| national circulation there would
be an awful howl from Alaska.
Of course, we realize it is idle
to quibble over words. We all
1 agree that steps should be taken
tc discourage the wrong type of
people from coming to Alaska.
Thus, most everyone must agree
with the essence of Juneau’s com
paint. It will be remembered
that The Chronicle spoke out sev
eral weeks ago on the matter of
sending political refugees north
ward. Our comment then was
that Alaska needs population,
but it must be reasonable sel
ective. Good or bad, that com
ment the The Chronicle was wid
j ely publicized in the nation’s
press.
Nevertheless, we cannot help
: but feel that in closing the doors
i to the undesirable We should not
go to the extreme of closing the
I doors to the desirables as well.
If we keep shouting that Al
1 aska is NOT a land of golden op
j portunity, NOT a land in which
people can make a living, NOT a
■ land in which the immediate
future holds hope of develop
ment, then we shall find the peo
ple begin to believe us. and we
shall reach the end of the next
30-year period with the same pop
ulation we have today, just as
we have reached today with the
same population we had 30 years
ago.
Let’s concentrate on what Al
aska has to offer instead of what
she has NOT.
—Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle
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NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
In the matter of the Estate of
W. H. VOLLINTINE, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that
the following described property
belonging to the estate of W. H.
Vollintine. deceased, will be of
fered for sale to the highest
bidder for cash. Property con
sists of:
1, 35 h.p. Boiler.
1, 5x8 Flory Hoist.
1, Self dumper, steam pipe,
rails and mining equipment.
1 !3 interest in Discovery Bench,
2nd tier.
1|3 interest in Buster Bench,
3rd tier.
1|3 interest in King Bench,
3rd tier.
1|3 interest in Irwin Bench,
2nd tier.
1J3 interest in Svea Bench, 2nd
tier, all claims situated on the
left limit of Dime Creek, abreast
of Discovery and No. 1 and No. 2
below, in the Koyuk Precinct,
Territory of Alaska.
Sale will be held on the prem
ises, Discovery Bench, 2nd tier
in the above-named Precinct, on
the 31st day of March, 1939, at
2 o’clock p.m.
Dated at Haycock, Alaska this
10th day of Feb., 1939.
Joel Vollintine,
Administrator.
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8, 1939.
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Famine Aided in Death
of Sick Trapper
Starvation was at least a con
tributing cause of the death of
J A1 Brown, trapper and prospect
] or, whose remains were found in
| his cabin on the Charlie River,
in the Eagle precinct, late last
month. Mr. Brown had been miss
j ing since April. 1937.
Details of the finding of the re
mains and of some of the circum
I stances surrounding the death
j have been received in a letter
from Robert Steel, United Stat
es commissioner at Eagle.
The commissioner writes:
“The evening of January 25,
Phil Berail, hydraulic foreman
on Coal Creek, came into Eagle
and reported that he found the
, remains of A1 Brown, while pros
pecting way up on Charlie River.
Berail said he was going up
Copper creek and noticed a
blazed trail going up a small
tributary. He got to thinking
about A1 Brown, so followed this
trail and near the head of the
creek he found a small cabin,
and there under the storm roof
sat, or lay, all that was left of
Al. In the cabin Bei'ail found a
.letter which I have here, dated
April 14, 1938. Brown writes
about being sick all winter and
trying to flag several different
planes that flew over.
“He was out of grub, and sick
as well as hungry, and in the
last few lines said he was getting
very weak and did not know
how long he would last. He last
ed at least eight days longer, as
the dates on the calendar were
crossed off til April 22. He died
sitting with his back leaning
against the shed wall and now it
looks just like a bundle of old
clothes—head gone and bones
held together with a mackinaw
coat and other clothes.
“One of his dogs died lying be
side him. Phil says there are five
or six gunny sacks full of fur
hanging in the cache and all
seems to be in good condition. I
don’t know yet whether the re
mains and fur will be brought
here or taken to Circle Springs.
Berail thinks it will be much
easier to go out that way, and
I think it would be O. K., even
though it is in this precinct.”
—Fairbanks News-Miner
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claim: If it is placer, it should be
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a lode and a placer deposit are
found in the same area, it should
be located as both a placer and
a lode elaim.
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TO SUP FROM CUP had its hazards for “Gay Nineties"
gentlemen with luxuriant foliage on the upper lip—as witness
W. S. J. Wick at the hobby show in New York. Mr. Wick donned a
fake “handlebar” mustache to demonstrate one of the mustache
cups in his collection. When the cup’s in use, the drooping mus
tache drapes silently over bridge near mouthpiece.
BRICHT’S THE NAME but the deeds not “bright”—
wearing a silk hat for skiing events at Lake Placid, N. Y.—if the
hat’s to keep its shape for long. But, explains George H. Bright,
jr., a student at Princeton university, the hat’s just a gag. and lie
adheres to the conventions with the rest of ids costume. He’s get
ting a lift uphill on the tow line.
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f T $ OF HUMOR were used by Humorist Irvin 8. Cobb (right) to
_net limit, in bucks, during s Texas deer hunt. His companion, Tom Hogg (left), too did well.