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HIRAM WAIKER t SONS, INC.
PEORIA. ILLINOIS
Charting Flyways of Birds
Following the migratory flight
of the countless ducks, geese and
shore birds that every year come
to Alaska to build their nest and
rear tlheir young, L. J. Goldman
of the U. S. Biological survey
is in Fairbanks, preparing for his
summer work.
Mr. Goldman has patrolled the
Pacific flyways from the high arc
tic to near the equator gather
jng information that will aid in
the active conservation programs
of three nation^ of the North Am
erican continent. Outlining the'
steps that the United States has
taken toward conserving its wild
Me, Mr. Goldman stated:
In the early 1920’s the govern
ment of the United States realiz
ed fhwt its wild game was as
much a natural resource as its
forests, minerals, and land. It
was at this time that the first ac
live steps were taken toward con
serving wildlife. Like any other
natural resource the government
wished to know just what its
assets were in regard to game
birds and animals.
It was through the data com
jrrJkd by the Biological Survey
some 20 years ago that lead the
government to realize that mea
sures had to be taken in restor
ing the fast declining wildlife
population.
In the past 20 years conserva
tion activity has been steadily
growing. The Biological Survey
made detailed studies of the hab
its of biirds and animals so that
it could better remedy the caus
es of decimation in numbers
Along this line refuges for migra
tory fowls and reservations for
animals were established.
One of the greatest problems
confronting conservation agen
cies was the heavy decline in the
migratory waterfowl population.
This decline was noted to be in
operation until 1935 census fig
ures showed that the waterfowl
were holding their own. Since
1935 the numbers of waterfowl
| have been on a slow, but steady
I increase.
Alaska, the nesting ground for
a great majority of the waterfowl
of the western hemisphere has
been the scene of much study on
the part of the Biological Survey
for the past several years. Re
alizing thiaU in the (nesting
grounds the increase or decrease
I in waterfowl population 'is great
| ly determined, detailed studies
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On Her Second Voyage Into Bering Sea
ABOUT JULY 25th
(Subject to Change Without Notice)
THIRD SAILING ABOUT OCTOBER 1st
Please make your reservation early and thus
Assist in making this “YOUR NEW
SERVICE” as proficient as possible.
Consolidated Olympic S. S. Co.
BERGER LIGHTERAGE CO.
S. W. TAGGART, Agent
“Any and all suggmtions in the interest and for the
betterment of this service will be gratefully received."
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have been outlined.
“We do not yet know many of j
the nesting and migrating habits
of the ducks and geese that ev
ery year come on their north-,
ward flight to the nesting places.
This lack of knowledge is one of
the things that bring me here.” j
“For a good many years I have
followed waterfowl fi ghts from
the Arctic Sea to the Canal Zone
gathering data that can be used
in the establishment of refuges
and aiding governments in set
ting their shooting seasons.”
“The governments of Mexico,
the United States and Canada are
now bound in a treaty that ex
pressly sets forth a good program
for the conservation of the migra
tory game. These cooperating gov
ernents are studying their prob
lems at this time, working to
ward the time when hunting can
be done and hunters satisfied
with their kills, without bringing
about the extermination of this
natural resource, that at one
time was well on its way.”
Mr. Goldman is now in Fair
banks and is outfitting a boat
tlhere. In a few days he will head
down the stream that will take
him to the flats of the Yukon Ri
ver, one of the North’s greatest
waterfowl nesting grounds. “I
will continue my studies thru
)Ut the nesting season, and when
the flocks start for the south in
the fall, I plan to be right along
with them.”
Colonel L. E. Atkins, Former
Alaskan Assigned Post of District
Engineer at Seattle.
Lieutenant Colonel Layson E.
Atkins, who lived in Alaska for
several years under appointment
of the War Department as En
gineer Officer in the Alaska Road
Commission, will arrive dn Seat
tle in August to take over his du
ties as District Engineer.
Delegate Dimond expressed
gratification upon learning that
Col. Atkins would have this
appointment which is so vital to
river and harbor and other War
Department projects in the Terri
tory. He said that “Now Alaska
is certain to have the continued
sympathetic understanding of the
Armp Engineers that has beer,
extended by Colonel H. J. Wild,"
who is now the District Engineer.
Emergency Airfields And Air
Navigation Facilities lor Terr.
T. B. Bourne, Chief of the Air
ways Engineering Division of the
Civil -Aeronautics Authority, and
Marshall C. Hoppin, who has
been selected as Superintendent
of Airways in Alaska, conferred
with Delegate Di.mond on May 10
with respect to the installation
of air navigation facilities in Al
aska. Mr. Hoppin expects to pro
ceed to the Territory soon to com
mence the work. An Office will
probably be established at An
chorage.
One million dollars will be
available after J-uy first for the
purchase and installation of air
navigation facilities and construe
tion and enlargement of emerg
ency airfields in the Territory.
This amount is only -one-third of
the total request, but it is be
lieved that the money appropnat
ed will provide a substantial be
ginning for the full program
contemplated. Under the provi
sions of law pertaining to the a.p
propriation none of the money
can be used for construction of
airfields other than those class
ed as emergency fields.
Information is desired of Eu
gene Posey Gordon, formerly of
Texas, by profession -a newspaper
man, who lived in Dawson, and
later at Nome and other places
in Alaska, and who has not been
heard from for some years. If
alive he would now be 76 years
old. Please send information to
M iiss Gordon Hirsch, Apt. 210,
1701 16th Streets N. W., Wash
ington, D. C.
NOTICE
The Nome Nugget has just cotn
pleted the printing of new legal
forms on card board, they are for
use when owners of mining pro
perty lease to other .parties, and
are termed Non-liability Notices
for wages and other debts con
| tracted by leasees. They are for
sale at 5G«* each or 3 for $1.00
NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX
TO AM, WHOM THIS MAY
CONCERN:
In accord with Chapter 29, Scs
sion Laws of Alaska. 1919. and
amendment thereto, all male per
sens between the a$es of tventy
one and fifty years, who are not
“sailors in the United States
Navy or Revenue Cutter Ser
vice, volunteer firemen, pauper
or insane persons,” are reonireil
to pav an annual School Tax of
FIVE DOLI ARS ($5.00'.
This tax is due and payable
after the first Monday in the
month of April and shall be paid
before the first day of May, pro
vidinjt you are in the Territory
of Alaska on said first date; if
not, the tax is due within thirty
days after your arrival in Al
oska or within ten days after
written or oral demand is made
upon you by the School Tax Col
lector. Taxes not paid in accord
ancc with the foregoing require i
ments shall become delinquent,;
and each person delinquent shall J
he subject to a fine of Two Dol
lars (S2.001.
All persons, firms and corpora
tions employing labor in A'aska
shall furnish to collectors a list
of all employees subject to tax,
and employers of labo*- as above
set out are authorized by provi
sions of said Act to deduct
amount of the tax from the wag
es of each employee who is sub
ject thereto. If any such employ
rrs shall fail to report and deduct
as herein specified within the per
iod designated for payment of
said tax, the said employers of
labor sh-?n he guilty of a mis
demeanor and subject to a fine
of from $50.00 to $500.00.
AM persons subject to, and re
fusing or neglecting to pay, said
tax, are subject to a fine of $25.00
or imprisonment in jail for a per
iod of one month; and all such
employers of labor as herein set
out, who neglect or refuse to col
lect such tax from employees
may he proceeded against and
shaM pay the amount of each in
dividual tax. and a further pen
alty of $25.00 for each saich tax.
The receipts wiM be furnished
by the tax collectors.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this
1st day of May, 1939.
E. B. O’Connor,
Duly authorized and
qualified Alaska Terri
torial School Tax Col
lector for Nome School
District.
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POTOMAC CIVES AND CIVES at Washington, B. C., where the river is being dredged
for dirt to fill in site of new airport. This is one of anchor lines leading pipe to dredge.
TROOPS GUARD MINERS RETURNING TO WORK
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National Guardsmen armed with mnchincguns are shown on d j at h i i i\ K . where coal
mines were reopened under their n;. lection despite opposition o.' ii e l iuU; Hoc V/crhcrs of Ain
erica! Operators in the Harlan fi r. fn cd to s Sn an secernent 'V -ninn ir v York
when 15 other soft coal operati u? areas approved a union shop, n the ! -c! -ro r are union
pickets, so ne of whom were turned back h i"oops.
NAVY PLANES TRAIN FOR HOP TO HONOLULU
I A three-plane group of the VP-1 squadron of the United States Navy patrol is shown at the start
, of a training flight from the San Diego, Calif., naval station, the squadron soon is to make a
i mass flight to Honolulu. In the background is hte barracks of the marine base, and in the fore
ground the tail of another ship of the squadron.