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Nome, Alaska.
Chamber Dis
cusses Proposed
Hotel for Nome
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The Board of Directors of th<
N. W. Alaska Chamber of Com
! merce met Thursday noon at the
North Pole Bakery for a special
meeting to consider a telegram
handed to them by Alfred J. Lo
men which he had received from
Joe Wallace in Seatle.
The telegram asked Mr. Lo
men to secure statements from
civic organizations as to the need
of a hotel in Nome. Inasmuch as
| he is leaving for the States, he
handed the telegram to the
Chamber.
After discussing the wire at
some length the chamber voted
to prepare a statement concern
ing Nome’s need of a hotel. Pres.
McConaghy appointed a special
committee composed of A. Polet,
Thos. O. Givan, and Harry Gab
; rielson to approach other organiz
ations for similar statements.
The telegram mentioned that
an attempt was being made to
! finance the construction of the
! hotel, estimated total cost furnish
ed at $54,000 through the Recon
i struction Finance Corporation,
and through local stock solicita
tions. Prompt action was empha
| sized so thait if the plan goes
through construction could com
mence upon the arrival of the
| first boats.
Marshal Mozee
Makes Round
Trip to Barrow
U. S. Marshal B. B. Mozee re
turned Thursday noon from a
round trip flight to Point Barrow
making the trip with Pilot Cross
, of the Northern Cross, Inc. He
1 had as a prisoner from Point Lay
Leo Attononi, 24-year-old Eski
mo boy convicted of assault and
j battery on his small step-daugh
ter. U. S. Commissioner Jim Al
;
!en of Wamwright sentenced the
J youth to six months in the feder
al jail and five hundred dollars
• fine.
Marshal Mozee left again for
Wainwrigbt with Pilot Cross this
morning to bring to Nome an Es
kimo sentenced to one year in
jail for robbery at Point Barrow.
Tee Barrow prisoner was left at
Wainwright while the Point Lay
prisoner was brought on to Nome
It is understood that another pri
soner might possibly be picked
up at Point Lay and brought in
| to the federal jail here.
Enroute North said Marshal
Mozee they spent one night at
Shishmiaref where he visited
with George Goshaw, operator of
a fur farm there, the Russells,
school teachers and Rev. Dahl,
the missionary.
At Kivalina the Marshal stop
ped for a while and conferred
with the Samms, the Indian Af
| fairs school teachers there and
then flew on to Point Lay and
.Vr nv. rlght where he stopped ov
might going on to Barrow and
turning the next day. He report
. d extremely cold weather and
that the season has not been a
profitable one for fur catches or
hunting so far along the Arctic
' Rim.
On the return trip the plane
stopped at Deering, letting off
Mrs. Cross who made the north
ern trip and picking up Boris
' Magids for Nome. Mr. Magids
caught the outbound PAA today
for Fairbanks.
The women’s baseball league
did themselves proud at Wednes
day night’s games, turning in two
thrill-packed, upsetting over
time games. The first games be
tween the Blazers and Married
Women ended in victory for the
Blazers by a one-point margin
after playing off tie in an over
time inning.
The second game between the
High School and Alaskans was a
| bit more lively than the first
game and it ended in a tie so
that an overtime inning was
played, the Alaskans squeezing
in one more run and shutting out
the High School to win the game.
St- Patrick’s Day
Dance Sat. Night
At School Gym
The Catholic Ladies are giving
their annual St. Patrick’s Ball
tomorrow evening at the school
auditorium with a special pro
gram of entertainment and danc
ing commencing at 9 pm. The af
j fairs this year is given on Satur
jday instead of the regular “17th
of Ireland," which falls on Sun
day.
tFunds derived from this affair
I go to support the Our Lady of
the Lourdes Mission at Pilgrim
Springs, possibly the greatest in
stitution of its kind in Alaska—
a home where orphaned children
are care for, educated, instructed
in trades and prepared for their
advent into life.
Rev. E. J. Cunningham, S. J.,
is in charge of the Catholic Sis
: ters and Brothers who staff the
institution. With fertile fields in
j the vicinity of the Springs, clear
ed by the hands of the many in
1 habitants, the Pilgrim Springs
Mission produces some of the fin I
est home-grown vegetables in A11
aska.
Nome has always had a warm
spot in its heart for this insti
tution and under the guidance of
the Catholic Ladies of Nome,
many excellent entertainments |
have been presented here.
This year St. Patrick’s Ball is
said to rival all others in its char
acter of entertainment and fun.1
This is usually the day when thfe,
Swedes “come to town and blame
it on the Irish.” Everything is
in good fun and humor and ev
eryone who attends the Ball real
ly gets their money’s worth. Re
member —tomorrow night at 9
pm—St. Patrick’s Ball.
Incoming passengers yesterday i
on the PAA mail plane were Harj
old Bayne and Garnett Martin |
from Fairbanks and George Fol-j
ger from Golovin. The planej
■. made a special trip to Golovin 1
' yesterday with a load of gas re-1
turning here for the night and
leaving this morning for Fair
banks with Boris Magids and Al
fred J. Lomen, with Geo. Folger
for Golovin.
Today was the last day of
grace for the filing of 1939 in-1
come tax returns and according;
to all of the activity around offic
es of notary publics, Nomeites
were rushing to get under the
wire.
Today, March 15th is also the
last day of grace for operating
motor vehicles on public streets
and highways in the territory,
without the current 1940 license
plates attached.
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While operators have been driv
ing on borrowed time since the j
first of the year, they have been
given plenty of time to obtain
their new plates said U. S. Com
missioner C. C. Tanner. Those
found operating motor vehicles
after this date, he said, are sub
ject to arrest and prosecution for ;
violation of the law. So it be- j
hooves one and all who operate
motor vehicles to secure their li- j
cense plates and have them at- I
tached at once if they wish to
avoid penalties.
Yesterday Pilot Whaley of the
Wein Airlines made a flight to
Fairbanks with Julian Boulanger
and Seivert Jacobson. He is ex
pected to return today with a
load of passengers.
Yesterday Pilot Jeft'ord return
ed to Nome from Kotzbue with
the Reindeer Acquisition Unit
Jefford will leave tomorrow with
the Unit for Kanakanak.
Pilot Sasseen left Nome for An
chorage yesterday and is to re
turn tomorrow with passengers.
Pilot Fred Chambers is to re
turn to Nome tomorrow from his
down coast mail trip.
NOTICE TO VOTERS
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The Poll Book for the Registra
tion of voters for the forthcom
ing Municipal and School Board
Election will close on Saturday,
day, March 23, 1940.
M. J. Walsh, City Clerk;
FREE GUESS
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WHAT IS THE POPULATION OF NOME?
WHAT IS THE POPULATION OF
THE SECOND DIVISION?
Commencing Monday morning March 11 and closing
on Monday March 18th we will accept FREE of
CHARGE your guesses on the Nome population as
well as on the population of the Second Division.
The winner will be announced as soon as the official
figures are released in Juneau and wired into the
Nome Nugget. >
To the Nearest Guess $5.00 In Trade
To the Second Guess 3.00 In Trade
To the Third Guess 2.00 In Trade
The same prizes will be awarded to the winners of
the Nome Contest and the Second Division Contest.
In case of a tie the prizes will be awarded by ^
drawing for place.
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