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NEWS ITEMS
Tivritorijl Senator O. D. Coch
ran, retun od to Nome late Sun
day by plane with pilot John
Cross, by way of Deering from
Fairbanks. Senator Cochran, fol
! lowing the conclusion of the 1939
regular session of the Legislature
made a business trip to the Stat
: es, going as^far as the Salt Lake
offices of the U. S. Smelting. Re
fining & Mining Co. He then
i took a boat as far as Juneau and
flew to Fairbanks from there via
t’ne Pacific Alaska Airways.
Mr. Cochran, who is also the
President of the Territorial
Chamber of Commerce, attended
| the luncheon meeting of the
I Nome Chamber Tuesday noon,
j where he spoke briefly on the
workings of all the chambers thru
out the Territory. Mr. Cochran
who is the attorney at Nome for
the U. S. S. R. & M. Co. expects
to remain in Nome during the
summer months
Republican Senator Leroy M.
Sullivan accompanied by his
| family, returned on the S. S. Col
| umbia (from the States, after an
i extended visit to relatives in
| Texas.
The only Republican to be el
i acted to the Legislature last
year, Mr. Sullivan and his family
left Juneau after the session for
; a tour of the western states. He
is again in Nome taking care of
his legal business. Mr. Sullivan
and Mr. Cochran were the two
lawyers to represent this Divi
• sion at the Legislature last win
I ter.
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Grenwold Collins, Game War
’ den for the Alaska Game Gom
' mission in the Second Division,
J flew into Nome in his own air
! plane Monday evening from the
! lower Yukon and Kuskokwim
I points, where he has been on
i duty for the past couple of
months. He expects to remain in
Nome for several days before pro
ceeding north.
The freighter Sutherland of
the Alaska Line completed dis
charging cargo at Nome, Monday
evening and sailed for Norton
Bay ports with much mining ma
chinery and supplies for operat
ors in those sections.
Departing from Nome Monday
afternoon was Frank Degnan in a
20-foot gas powered boat. He in
tends to go to his mining ground
on the Tubuktuluk River at Nor
ton Bay to represent it and at
| the same time do some more
j prospecting.
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A CORRECTION — In Mon
| day's issue of the Mirow Air Ser
vice ad on the the front page, the
l round trip fare from Nome to
Seattle was quoted as $290 The
ad should have read “NomQ to
Seattle $290.” Our apologies.
The Board of Directors of the
Northwestern Alaska Fair Asso
ciation will meet in the offices of
A. Polet, President, Sunday ev
ening at 7:30. The purpose of
i the meeting is for the setting of
I a date for the annual stock-hold
ers meeting for the election of
officers and also for setting the
date of the 1939 Fair.
The Nome Fire Department
was called about 4:30 Tuesday
afternoon to the home of Bob
Oomak on D Street. The roof
; of the building near the safety
was smouldering. Very little dam
i age was incurred.
The motor-schooner “Trader,"
i Captain Ira Rank, left the Nome
| harbor Monday evening on its
! first trading expedition 6f the
1939 season. The small vessel
was headed for a trip up the
lower Yukon, after which it will
I return to Nome and prepare for
i a voyage up the northern coast.
The Fourth of July is but two
weeks away, and now is the time
to get going on plans for the
celebration of the U. S. A. Inde
pendence Day, at Nome.
Sports for young and old. danc
i ing in the evening, and other
diversions are usually included
on the program. This year, Nome
has a twenty-five piece Brass
Band which officiated at the ar
rival of the first boat. Some pat
riotic air and band music would
top off the occasion. Who's going
to start the ball rolling and be
gin making plans?
Pilot John Cross, Monday,
brought Si Wallin and A. V. Cord
ovado to Nome from Dcering.
Since the arrival of the first
boats at Nome, planes of the
Ferguson Airways have been
freighting to Candle and Kotze
bue.
Chamber Holds Noon Luncheon
Tuesday, the N. W. Alaska
Chamber of Commerce met for
its regular luncheon at the
North Pole Bakery with Presi
dent Leroy Sullivan presiding
for the first time since his el
ection this spring, when he was
visiting in the States. Visitors
present included Commander Jen
sen of the Coast Guard life sav
ing division, Mrs. Edna Fix and
Mrs. Lottsfeldt.
Also present was Senator O.
D. Cochran, president of the
Territorial Chamber of Com
merce, who spoke at some length
on the programs now under way
and many of the resolutions fos
tered by the Nome chamber.
Commander Jensen, explained
his purpose in visiting Nome was
to make a survey of the Coast
Guard situation here toward the
completion of a permanent or
ganization.
Routine matters of business
came up and under separate head
ings were referred to the var
ious committees for disposition,
after which the meeting adjourn
ed.
Dr. L. W. Hines, Optometrist
of Anchorage will arrive in
Nome on or about the first week
in July. He will be in Nome for
10 days for the purpose of exam
ining eyes and fitting glasses. He
will be here for sure this year.
“SOURDOUGH”
STATIONEBY
At Nugget Office
Lareg Funeral Held For
Arthur Wright Tuesday
Funeral services for the late
Arthur F. Wright were held at 2
p m. Tuesday at the Federated
Church, under the auspices of
the Loyal Order of Moose, Nome
Lodge No. 1413. Mrs. Bjarne Ol
sen officiated. A solem (land dig
nified service was performed af
ter which the remains were
taken to Belmont Point cemetery
for interment Following is a
short acount of the deceased,
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ESTABLISHED IN 1900
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prepared from available records
I and his forty years in Alaska.
Arthur Francis Wright, born
| 64 years ago first came to Al
i aska March 10, 1898, landing at
Valdez, during the famous gold
rush to the Klondike. He first
came to Nome June 20, 1900.
where he resided until his death.
He was engaged in mining for
many years, in different sections
of Seward Peninsula. Later he
became associated with the bank
ing business, being employed by
the Miners & Merchants Bank of
Nome. After several years he
left this employ to again become
interested in the mining business.
For a short time he was engaged
in the hardware business in
Nome. During recent years he
was an agent here of the Alaska
Game Commission, and held oth
er minor positions.
Arthur F. Wright was bom at
Buffalo Hart, Illinois, October 29,
1875, of the union of Iva Bums
and James L. Wright. His only
surviving relative, a sister, is
Mrs. L. W .Craft, of Denver, Col
orado. who, upon being advised,
of his death, requested he be
buried at Nome.
Arthur Wright was a member
of the Loyal Order of Moose, No.
1413; Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo
No. 1; and the Arctic Brother
hood, Camp No. 9, ail of Nome.
At different times during the
past thirty years he has held of
fices in the aforementioned frat
ernal organizations.
BERING SEA ROUTE
SAILINGS FROM PIER 1, SEATTLE AT 10 A. M.
S. S. DENALI.JULY 11
S. S. DENALI.AUGUST 10
S. S. DERBLAY.AUGUST 11
S. S. DENALI.SEPTEMBER 12
S. S. MT. McKINLEY.OCTOBER 10
SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA ROUTE
Leave Due Leave Due
STEAMER Seattle Seward Seward Seattle
ALASKA.June 10 June 15 June 15 June 22
ALEUTIAN.June 13 June 18 June 18 June 29
; YUKON .*.June 17 June 22 June 22 June 29
BARANOF . June 21 June 27 June 27 July 3
j COLUMBIA .June 24 June 29 June 29 July 6
Mt. McKINLEY ..June 28 July 4 July 4 July 10
; ALEUTIAN .July 1 July 6 July 6 July 13
j BARANOF . July 5 July 11 July 11 July 17 ,
; COLUMBIA ..— July 8 July 13 July 13 July 20
! Mt McKINLEY .July 12 July 18 July 18 July 24
ALEUTIAN . July 15 July 20 July 20 July 27
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(Note: All sailings subject to change without notice.)
JOE HARNISH, Agent
FLY W I T H
PACIFIC ALASKA AIRWAYS INC
SUMMER SCHEDULE
Noma to Fairbanks---Every Mon. ft Than.
(Saturday Electra connecting with Juneau Schedule)
Radio-Equipped Lockheed Electras
SEATTLE NOW WITHIN FIVE DAYS TRAVELING a
TIME OF NOME
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