THE NOME NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD. Editor
published Monday, Wednesday, Friday, by The Nome
Publishing Company, Nome. Alaska.
Telephone Main 114 P. O. Box 518
Subscription Rates Payable In Advance.
Delivered by carrier in Nome, Little Creek and Sunset
Creek, for $2.00 per month. By mail postage paid out
side of Nome and vicinity, $1.50 per month.
filtered in the Post Office in. Nome as 2nd Class Matter
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
A SUGGESTION FOR ADDITIONAL
FIRE PROTECTION-NOME
Three separate fires this winter have caused the
lives of three indivdual persons to bo snuffed out, and
their cabins burned to the ground. The fires were in
remote parts of the city, not one of the three being less
than a half mile or more from the fire department
station.
We do not intend or advocate blaming the fire de
partment or anyone in connection with the department.
The only reason this editorial is being printed is to
encourage and advocate for more fire prevention meth
ods and in so doing we are going to suggest that an
all-night telephone service would assist in many ways
to check and help prevent disastrous fires, and who
knows but what it may be the means of saving others
from being burned to death.
We are all aware that added fire protection means
more expense and somebody must pay the costs. It has
been suggested time and again that another fireman be
added to the department to patrol the city at night time
but tills was said to be too expensive.
The Nome Nugget’s suggestion is a simple means,
thus, for the Chamber of Commerce to appoint a com
mittee to meet with a like committee from the Council,
wait on the local telephone officials and see what it
would cost to have another operator—man or woman—
to remain on duty from midnight to the following morn
ing when the usual service begins. This amount ascer
tained, inquire as to the feasibility of installing enough
additional phones to make up the cost, thru the com
bined efforts of the membership of the Chamber and
Council the businessmen the householders and others
who at present do not have a telephone in their busi
ness house or home.
If sufficient new phones could be added to the ser
vice now in use, it might be possible to request a lower
rental rate, thus making it more advantageous to the
old phone customer as well as the new phone custom
ers. On this basis, if there is a certain number of new
phones added to the list already in use, the extra ser
vice given would lessen the fire hazard two-fold by the
use of the phone in calling the fire department to an
alarm of fire and also for police protection.
Several years ago those who had phones in their
business houses decided among themselves to be as
sessed an extra charge per month for a few hours extra
phone service earlier in the morning, this did not add
any new phones to the list, and did not give the nec
essary assistance in time of need, because it lacks the
principle of more phones, more service to the com
munity and better fire prevention. __
..... ....» -■
V VT VVTTTTTTTTTTTTTXTTTT-r TT r • t . . ...
♦ ;;
Northern Light «S: Power Co.
and ;;
t \iaska Telephone & Telegraph Co. •
t •
f Second Avenue and Lane’s Way
+
t LIGHT, POWER AND ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
+ V
t LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE SERVICE |
*
+ *
* :. :-:- >++++++++++++++*:*++++++++++++++++++++<M>+++*+«
Our Aim—Satisfied Customers
BOILER, MARINE. TRACTOR. ACETLYNE AND
ELECTRIC WELDING
MATERIAL STOCKED: SHAFTING, STEEL, BRONZE,
BUSHING. BABBITT, ACCESSORIES.
Prompt Attention to Local and Out of Town Work
Telephone Black lit
NOME MACHINE SHOP
W. L. SLACK AND SON. PROPRIETORS
BEST WINE IN NOME SERVED OVER BAR
also Beer, Soft Drinks, etc.
Cigars, Cigarettes and Candy
I
ARCTIC BEER PARLOR
Tack Solomon, Proprietor
ALASKA
By MOLLY NEZEROFF
Where the reindeer haunts the
woodland,
And the sun till .midnight stays
There the Eskimo and Indian
Chant their ceremonial lays;
There all races meet in hand
shakes
'Neatih glowing western skies,
And you know the foTks are
friendly
From the light within their
eyes.
Where the mighty river, Yukon
Winds is way thru vale & glen
And the fox so sly and cunning,
Outwits the fastest men.
Totem Po es, symbolic of history
Carved & painted by the score
Still ho’d mysteries for al people
Though they’ve seen them o'er
and o’er.
Rugged mountains rise in grand
eur
Up against the sky so blue,
In the springtime there are
flowers,
Flowers? Yes of every' hue.
In the sky, the stars of evening
Reassure the- travelers w3y;
Every morning glorious sunrise
Introduce a perfect day.
Brooklets playing in the canyon;
Sing a melancholy strain,
As a violin seeking,
Always seeking but in vain;
Till the winters snow descending
Like a blanket wraps the earth
And the stories of the gold-rush
Lure the families round the
hearth.
The miner who stiil loves his
Northland
Sees his cherished dream come
true,
He had hit it hard and hitting
Still had kept his goal in view'
For the master’s hand that mould
ed
Every rugged mountain peak,
Put the gold into the mountains
Which the miners ever seek.
Thus it is when friends forsake
us
That in nature we find rest,
There to live among the forests
Till our shepherd calls us west
Every evening let us thank him
For the stars up in the sky,
Like our rugged snow-capped
mountains,
We will keep our ideals high.
Fair Exchange
“Did you notice how the con
ductor stared at you as if you
hadn't paid your fare?”
“Yes, and did you notice how
I looked at him as though I had?”
THAT FLEET-FOOT FLOOCIE from Kansas, Glenn .
Cunningham, met his master in the mile at the New York initia- t
tlon of Circus Saints and Sinners, but the ball and chain and the !
•‘500-pound" weight he carried may have slowed him down. It was '
part of the gag initiation for Cunningham into the club; the tape
_ breaker ahead of Glenn is Napoleon Kramer, a big cigar man.
IT WORKS TWO WAYS, admits Sascha Gorodnitzki,
pianist whose table-tennis concertos draw praise even from his
fellow-musicians in New York. He finds this game useful in
keeping his wrists supple for piano concerts—and vice versa.
MODEL INDIAN VILLAGE
BUILT AT KETCHIKAN
A model Indian village of 3
community houses is being con
structed near Ketchikan as a
tourist attraction. Plans for the
replica village, which will not
be lived in, were approved by
Regional Forester B Frank Hein
tzleman and the ground is al
ready being cleared for erection
of the buildings.
Historically accurate, the vil
lage is being built to preserve
examples of the art and culture
of the Thlinget Indians. War
canoes, totem poles and other
articles are to be on view at the
village, as well as the three orn
ate houses.
Workmen on the village are
principally Indians, employed by
the Forest Service, CCC and
with some help from the WPA.
The village is located on the
shoreline of Tongass Narrows,
where it can be seen easily from
the steamer channel. The loca
tion is seven miles from Ketchi
kan, on the Tongass Highway.
Eight acres of wooded ground
have been set aside for the pro
ject, which will be completed by
the end of this year.
Don’t forget to leave your name
and address for the Nugget to be
sent to you via airplane at your
mining camps, from now on?
atre '
IOO% TALKING PICTURES
MANAOEMEMT C.H.CODE -*
‘—-^ \JjGAtAiLSt ytoytiuMsteSvn HvlgUa* Lm U.SA~^~^
One Show Tuesday, 8 P. M. Adm. 25f & 75tf
4 WAKE UP AND LIVE”
t
WITH
WALTER WINCHELL, BEN BERNIE, ALICE FAYE,
PATSY KELLY, NED SPARKS, JACK HALEY
Winchcll’s Wincing—Bernie’s Burning—But even they
I Agree its a galamorous, galorious, Ilowlarious show!
1
also “COLORFUL ISLANDS”
and “EQUESTRIAN ACROBATICS”
FIGHT ACID
WHEN YOU BRUSH YOUR TEETH
SQUIBBS DENTAL CREAM
The Acid Neutralizing Dentifrice
Large Tube 45<,‘
Dental Powder Also
NOME DRUG STORE
OUTPOST OF PHARMACY
I-1 #
| FLY VIA
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES, INC
U. S. MAIL CARRIERS
PASSENGER INSURANCE CARRIED
■
Bases At
NOME : : : FAIRBANKS
SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA ROUTE y
Leave Due Leave Due
STEAMER Seattle Seward Seward Seattle
Mt. McKINLEY ...„. Apr. 5 Apr. 11 Apr. 11 Apr. 17
Yukon ... Apr. 8 Apr. 14 Apr. 14 Apr. 20
BARANOF...Apr. 12 Apr. 18 Apr. 18 Apr. 24
ALASKA .-. Apr. 15 Apr. 21 Apr. 21 Apr. 27
YUKON .... Apr. 22 Apr. 28 Apr. 28 May 4
BARANOF.Apr. 26 May 2 May 2 May 8
ALASKA ..._._... Apr. 29 May 5 May 5 May 11 f
(Note: All sailings subject to change without notice.)
JOE HARNLSH, Agent
-#