THE NOME NUGGET j
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
Published Monday, Wednesday, Friday, by The Nome
Publishing Company, Nome, Alaska.
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.
Entered in the Post Office in Nome as 2nd Class Matter
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
!
ALASKA’S MILITARY
PLIGHT BROUGHT BE
FORE LEGIONNAIRES
(Los Angeles Daily News)
Powerful military defenses for
the Pacific Coast — America’s
“western front”—are almost cer
tain to form one of the serious
subjects before the national Am-1
erican Legion convention to be
held in September.
One indication is evident in the 1
Legion Magazine for July, whi
ch carries what probably is the
best article ever compiled on thej
bitter Bering Sea and Bristol
Bay fisheries dispute with Japan.
It was written by Clyde R. Ellis,
Legionnaire of Anchorage, Alas
ka, whose calm words, free of
any jingoism, convincingly re-1
veal the perils of our salmon in-1
dustry—and also the military
helplessness of this rich and un
protected salient of the United
States.
Despite his dispassionate reci
tal, the sportsman-like American
citizen is likely to flare angrily
over the explosures.
For years the Bureau of Fish-1
eries, the salmon packers and thei
marine unions have abided by a I
set of rules more rigid than those ]
of a football or baseball contest, j
Only one month of fishing is al- j
lowed each year (even this has j
two “rest” intervals), and so j
sporting are the provisions, that |
the fishermen are not allowed
power boats, but race to the fish
ing grounds in tiny sailing sloops
with two and three-men crews.
Consequently, the catch has been
kept within the spawning and
the supply could endure for cen
turies.
Imagine the wrath of these
men when the field is raided by
greedy, unscrupulous foreign pir
ates, who could destroy the rich
est salmon ground of the world
—America’s own—in a few years!
Tokyo denies that any Japan
ese ships are licensed to fish for
salmon anywhere near the Am
erican waters. But Eliis specifi
cally charges that despite the
mild assurances of the Japanese
government made last March,
such raiding is still going on.
He asserts that large-tonnage
“mother-ships”, floating canner
ies, are constantly in the salmon
area, ostensibly to trap crabs.
But the gear they carry is sal
mon nets for surface fishing.
Crabs are caught at the botton
with different equipment, he la
conically relates. According to
Ellies, the packers have obtained
their evidence by airplane.
The Legion Magazine article
relates one incident that will
please Americans. Japanese fin
anciers approached American
packers in Seattle with a propos
al that they form a joint company
—a trust-like monopoly. The idea
++*+++***********<i<*<l-*+4>*4»|»-M-++*»M<******’<-**<M>‘i>*4>++
i $
♦ *
| FLY Willi llie U. S. Mail—Via |
I MIROW AIR SERVICE j
T *
♦ •§•
+ In Modern, Comfortable and Radio Eqnipped Airplanes. +
* X
+ T
For Safe, Fast and Efficient Service $
% DEMAND RADIO EQUIPPED PLANES t
! i
r++t+++++++ ++t'H'+++++*+++++++++'H'++++++++++++++++
+*++++++*M-++ + +++++++ ** ’ '• + + + + + ++++++ ++++ +++++ + + ++
♦ |
| MINERS & MEr i./vNTS BANK of ALASKA 1
+ 2
NOME, ALASKA. +
<r +
* +
i ESTABLISHED IN ISM. J
J +
X GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS CONDUCTED f
X X
Checking Accounts Carried For Those Who
X Prefer Paying By Check. t
+ t
Interest Paid On Time Deposits it
•J*
X Gold Dust Purchased J
X WE SOLICIT YOUR BUSINESS |
4» %
THE BOARD OF TRADE
NEW LOCATION
(Opposite The Dream Theatre)
ARCTIC BEER PARLOR
AND CARD ROOM
Between Pioneer Drug Store And Dream Theatre
Jack Solomon, Proo.
Ir
i
was that Japanese labor was so
much cheaper than American la
bor that the profits would be
immense. The packers scorned
the plan.
So the Japanese intimated they
would go ahead—as an Ameri
can corporation. The Fisher
men's Union chief stepped in
and informed the Japanese just
what would happen to their ships
and men when they tried to un
load in an American port. At
first bewildered, Mr. Mote and
his pals soon were convinced,
and you’ll hear no more of that.
C) I’R BIRDS' IN ALASKA
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
With Howard Hughes back in
America this region’s chief inter
est is neither in the halving of
Lindberg’s time across the At
lantic nor in the question of how
deeply Wiley Post’s globe-girdl
ing mark is to be slashed.
Rather we are conerned in the
new demonstration of the import
ance of Alaska, once sold for a
song by a Russia that failed to
recognize its value, in the devel
opment of future world air rou
tes and in the defense of Ameri
ca.
Bugs Baer, with his customary
pungency, puts his pen point on
the real question. He asks:
“How would you like to look
up there in the sky some morn
ing and see a bird with eggs for
breakfast that you never order
ed ?”
Tha United States today re
mains ahead in aviation achieve
ments.
Eut Japanese, Chinese and Rus
sian “birds” are dropping their
deadly-“eggs" in Asia today.
Hughes’ flight provides a strik
ing object lesson of how few
hours they are from us.
Our best protection is the pres
ence of our own “birds” in Al
aska.
NOTICE
Keep your self informed of all
the latest news by subscribing
for the Nome Nugget. Do it now.
Subscribe for The Nome Nugget.
I
EXAMINATIONS FOR
ACCOUNTANCY IN ALASKA
BE MADE IN NOVEMBER
In a letter written at Juneau,
James C. Cooper, scretary-treas
urer of the Territorial Board of
Accountancy, makes the follow
ing announcement:
Examinations for Certified
Public Accountants will be held
in the Territory some time in
November of this year. In order
to be able to obtain a sufficient
number of examination papers
from the American Institute of
Accountancy, it will be neces
sary for any candidate wishing
to participate in this examina
tion to notify the Territorial
Board of Aocounancy at Juneau,
Alaska, on or before September
30. 1938.
Qualifications for candidates
are as follows:
1— A citizen of the United Sta
tes and of the Terntory of Al
aska.
2— At least 25 years of age, abd
good moral character.
3— A diploma from a recogniz
ed high school, or muist be able
to present satisfactory evidence
of an equivalent education.
4— Must not have less than five
years of experience in the prac
tice of accountancy.
Subscribe for The Nome Nugget.
FOR SALE
Wonderful business opportunity,
Fishermen’s resort, fifteen miles
from Seattle, Wash. Six hundred
and ninety feet of water front
on Sound; building large enough
to store seventy-five boats.
Twenty-five out board motor
boats; four out board motors.
.. Electric motor and hoist to
handle boats.
.. Seven cottages furnished.
.. Pumping system for live bait
ponds.
Will sell half interest or all—
$9,000 will handle deal.
For information call or write
CHAUNCEY’S BOAT HOUSE,
Box 713, Edmonds. Wash.
TO STAY OFF RELIEF Clyde Zibell, 25, deciiieti to take
111 W3 lungs at his Milwaukee home. He has a wife and two daugh
ters, ;iie younger of whom was born recently, and the loss of his
I machinist's job turned him to the tubs.
Freight and Passenger Flights
To All Parts Of Alaska
*
Via CESSNA
Fast, Warm and Comfortable
AIRPLANES ?
CALL
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES. INC. #
'- "V.
•J
WALTER W. JOHNSON CO.
351 California St.. San Francisco, California.
t
Builders of Gold Dredges,.Prospecting Drills, 4
and Other Placer Mining Equipment
---- - v
FREE
•
A bottle of Colgate’s exquisite Gardenia Eau de
Cologne with a 40<i purchase of any
Colgate Product >
Come Early—The supply is limited
NOME’S OWN DRUG STORE
Colgate Dealers
Sin.
__
i _—..
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 119
i NOME MACHINE SHOP
W. L. SLACK AND SON. PROPRIETORS
-~ *
Northern Light & Power Co.
AND
Alaska Telephone & Telegraph Co..
Second Avenue and Lane’s Way
LIGHT. POWER AND ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE TEI EPHONE SERVICE
+4.+*++++*+++++t++4t++t+++t*+++*+++,Mt++*++++++*4«»
ft. ft ■■ft pftv %jpHft||H )
W i TV Kj [ri Vft 1 ftfi ill kl iff ft ■ I ft ft I IK I ft ft V ’
IBHftftiyUiUKUHUftUUwEiUbHAlHUU0ElH
— 1 111 ■■■■
BERING SEA ROUTE *
(SAILINGS FROM PIER 1, SEATTLE AT 10 A. M.) *
11
BARANOF. September 14
mt. McKinley.October is t
SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA ROUTE
Lean Dae Leave Dae
STEAMER Seattle Seward Seward Seattle
COLUMBIA- .Sept 3 Sept. 9 Sept. 9 Sept. 16 *
MT. McKINLEY.Sept. 4 Sept. 8 Sept. 8 Sept 14
ALEUTIAN-Sept. 10 Sept 16 Sept. 16 Sept 22 4
YUKON .. Sept 14 Sept. 20 Sept. 20 Sept 28
COLUMBIA. ...Sept. 17 Sept. 23 Sept. 23 Sept. 29
ALASKA-Sept. 21 Sept. 27 Sept 27 Oct 3
ALEUTIAN- Sept. 24 Sept. 30 Sept 30 Oct 0