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EDITORIAL
ELECTIONS TUESDAY—
At last the big day has come.
Republicans and Democrats go to
the polls tomorrow to choose
their nominees who will appear
in the general election in the fall
for Alaska offices and legislative,
positions.
Sample ballots showing the var
ious candidates running, are av
ailable tomorrow morning and the
voting public is urged to obtain
them.
Due judgment and caution is
the watchword of liberty in the(
election of the representatives of
the people; and those who vote
owe it to themselves to use
that judgment.
Alaska, unlike many of the
States, has not been the victim of
every crack-pot scheme of Uto
pia gendered in the minds of
scheming politicians. It is the
duty of every citizen of the Ter
ritory, therefore, to send good,
intelligent, and practical repre
sentatives to the Legislature.
It is also the duty of every cit
izen to vote. By his active partic
ipation in the affairs of the Ter
ritory, may he approach nearer
the culmination of every Alask
an’s ambition to bring about pro
gress and development of this
Territory.
Political lines are often so
closely interwoven as to be al
most indiscernable. Your own
good judgment and conscience is
therefore your guide, and you are
urged to avail yourself of the op
portunity.
Buy them by the bundle, Use
them for starting fires. For Stale
e‘ The Nome Nugget.
Commerce Between
U. S. and Alaska
1868 To 1939
Commerce between the United
States and Alaska from the date
of purchase to December 31, 1939
totals $3,316,636,850 according to
an analysis of trade statistics just
completed by the Alaska Plan
ning Council and made public by
John E. Pegues, Executive Secre
tary.
Seldom in the history of trade
has any such return been made
upon an investment of $7,200,000
which the United States paid to
Russia for the Territory in 1867.
Shipments from the United
States into the Territory during
the period covered by the study
aggregated $1,102,376,205. Ship
ments from the Territory to con
tinental United States totalled
$2,214,260,645.
Thus the outgoing commerce
exceeded that coming into the
Territory by $1,111,884,440, or
more than 100 percent. This fav
orable trade balance, however, is
undoubtedly more apparent than
real. Shipments from Alaska lar
gely have been in the form of
minerals and fish produced by in
dividuals, companies and corpora
tions mainly financed by capital
from the States. Sales of these
products were made largely in
the States or to foreign countries.
Receipts from these sales and the
profits thereon did not usually re
turn to the Territory but were
paid to stockholders or bondhold
ers residing outside of the Terri
tory. Much of this money was
naturally invested in projects in
the States upon which munici
palities, counties and States lev
ied taxes. Had these funds been
reinvested in developing the Ter
ritory, the need for funds from
the Federal Treasury for support
of the Territory would have been
greatly reduced if not entirely
eliminated.
Production of the fisheries rank
ed first in the list of outgoing com
merce. Total value of all fish pro
ducts from records available to
the Alaskan Planning Council
was $1,334,174,090. Up to 1901 act
ual records are not available and
the figures covering those years
represent computation from pack
records based at 74 per case on
salmon and a percentage basis for
minor fisheries. The Council esti
mated the salmon pack value
from 1879 to 1901 at $52,502,852.
The actual figure for the salmon
pack from 1902 to 1939 is $095,
479,589. Value of other salmon
products from 1912 to 1939 is $41
868,795, bringing the total for all |
salmon exports to $1,089,851,236. i
The value of all other fish pro
ducts is fixed at $144,322,854.
Gold and silver occupy second
place in the list of outbound
trade. The value of these two
minerals to the end of 1939 is fix
ed at $558,661,403. Copper was
the next most important item in
Alaska’s shipments to the States, i
The total production up to 1938;
as reported by the U. S. Geologic
al Survey was 1,374,532.000 lbs.
having a value of $227,411,000.
The same authority estimates the
1939 production at $343000 bring
ing the all-time production of
that mineral to $227,721,200.
The importance of Alaska’s
wildlife in Territorial economy is
clearly evidenced by the figures
showing the value of furs ship
ped from the Territory since it
became a part of the United Stat
es. From 1867 to 1939 fur ship
ments valued at approximately
$125,000,000, exclusive of sea
mammals such as fur seal and
sea otter for which records are
not complete, were exported from
the Territory.
Nineteen seventeen stands out
as Alaska's largest export year
when the total shipments to the
States was valued at $76,863,
798. This reflects war time pric
es for fish products and copper.
It seems significant that during
the past two or three years in
bound commerce has shown a con
sistently steady increase in value.
The year 1939 recorded the larg
est volume from a standpoint of
value of incoming trade when the
total was $44,262,710. This, accord
ing to reports received by the
Council, reflects increasing capi
tal expenditures in the placer
mining industry, public services
and public works throughout Al
aska and tends to show a steady
improvements for Alaska as a
whole.
Figures used by the Alaska
Planning Council for compilation
were derived from compilations
issued by the U. S. Department of
Commerce, U. S. Customs Serv
ice of the Treasury Department,
U. S. Geological Survey and the
U. S. Biological Survey.
WATER
and
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Meets first and third Mondays
of each month
Odd Fellows Hall, 8 p. m.
Lyons & Orton
Attorneys At Lew
Rooms 918-921 Alaska Bnllding
Seattle, Washington
rhos. R. Lyons Ira D. Ortoi
CHAS. CAVEY
Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors, Win
es, and Bet.n.
FRONT ST. NOME.
I i TO THE VOTERS OF THE SECOND DIVISION
Again the time has arrived when you, men and women voters of the Second
Division must turn your attention to the requirements and needs necessary for maintain
, ing and developing our legislative standards. With it has come the important task of
j selecting those persons whose ability and integrity most qualify them for the respons
ibility that is to be intrusted in them to decide and enforce problems of great import
ance to our Alaskan people. j
We are of a country whose chief industry is the mining of gold. Naturally, it
would follow that one versed and experienced in mining, with a comprehensive knowledge
of those problems and necessities attendant, would be most suitable to represent the peo
ple at the next session of the legislature; providing he has the desire and ability to be of
that service. I am firmly convinced that if I am elected as your representative to the
House in the primaries on April 30th and in the fall general election, I will more than
justify the faith and trust imposed in me.
As most of you know, I am a long time resident of Nome, having lived here
since childhood and have, during that time, enjoyed, I believe, a good reputation of char
acter. Both my father and mother are early pioneers of Alaska, my father first coming to
Nome in 1902, while my mother arrived in 1906, and have been engaged in mining on
Seward Peninsula ever since.
In 1936 the Lee Brothers Dredging Co. was organized by my father, brother and
myself on Solomon River and has since been steadily developing. In the capacity of busi
ness manager for the company I have gained much valuable experience and knowledge in
handling business deals and coming in contact with many problems relating to widespread
interest. It was that knowledge of the various necessities concerning our entire country
| that induced me to enter my name on the De mocratic ticket as candidate to the House of
I Representatives.
My affiliation with the Democratic Party began in the spring of 1934 when I join
ed the party at the age of twenty-two. That fall I was appointed Clerk to the U. S. Attorn
ey at Nome and in that capacity acquired an invaluable education in the manifold intric
acies of political jurisdiction. Since 1936, when resigned in favor of mining, I have been con
tinually associated with the principles and policies of the Democratic Party and will
staunchly uphold its platform should I be elected for this coming biennium and shall, at
all times, bear in mind that the needs of the people and this country are first, last and |
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. I Very sincerely yours, , ’ &
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* RICHARD E. LEE J
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NOTICE
Written applications will be re
ceived at the office of the City
Clerk until 5 o’clock p.m. May
13th, 1940, for the position of
School Tax Collector for the
year 1940.
Nome Common Council
By M. J. Walsh, City Clerk
April 24, 26, 29.
CLEANUP NOTICE
May 1st, to 10th, 1940, has been
designated as the period in which
property owners are requested to
clean up their premises, as has
.been the annual custom, and
place debris at some convenient
place on the street adjacent to
their property where it can be
reached by truck.
The city officials expect your
cooperation in this attempt to
clean up our town and make it
presentable when the first boat
arrives. The Health and Relief
Committee of the City, accom
panied by the Chief of Police
will make a tour of inspection of
the sanitary conditions of the
town and report same to the
Council at its next regular meet
ing.
Nome Common Council
By M. J. Walsh, City Clerk
April 24, 26, 29, May 1
NOTICE
Written applications will be re
ceived at the Office of the City
Clerk up to 5 o’clock p.m. on
May 13, 1940, for the following
positions:
Chief of Fire Department and
Chief of Police.
Engineer at Fire Department.
Driver at Fire Department.
Nome Common Council
By M. J. Walsh, City Clerk
April 24, 26, 29.
CALL FOR BIDS
Scaled bids will be received at
the office of the City Clerk,
Nome, Alaska until 5 o’clock p.
m. May 13th, 1940, and then pub
licily opened, for furnishing all
labor and materials for the erec
tion of the addition to the
NOME SCHOOL BUILDING, in
strict accordance with the plans
and specifications as prepared
and approved by the Nome Com
mon Council.
Each bid must be accompanied
by a certified check for five (5%)
percent of the amount of the bid,
payable to the City of Nome.
The right is reserved to reject
any and all bids.
By City Council of Nome, Alaska
Acting for Anthony E. Karnes
Commissioner of Education
April 24, 26, 29.
Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Party cloudy tonight and Tuesday: Warmer Tuesday.
Data For 24 Hours Ending 1:90 pm Today
Highest temp — 42 Lowest temp — 28 Precipitation — 0.00
Total precip. this month 0.57 Total since Jan. 1 1940 1.79
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight .~ - - 33 87 NW-3 Pt Cldy
8am ...-. 29 95 W-9 Clr, It fog
12:30 p m _ —. 30 86 SW-7 Foggy
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 20 Lowest te mp — 0 Precipitation — 0.00
Tomorrow: Sunrist 3:35 a. m. Sunset 8:12 p. m.
Hie Peninsula: Temp. Wind ..Weather
Deering ...- —.. 30 N-2 Foggy
•ouncil ..— 35 SE-10 Pt Cldy
•alovin . .... 32 SE-12 Foggy
Kotzebue...... 24 W-8 Cloudy
Solomon _ _ -.-.- 38 SE-12 Cldy, It fog
Teller .... 28 W-12 Cldy It fog
Wales___ 22 NE-8 Cloudy
Weather Elsewhere: 1:99 am Nome Time ’
Temp. Wind Weather Precip.
Anchorage ... . — 38 SE-2 Cloudy 0.01
Bethel.... 33 NW-10 Clear 0.00
Oordova . ... ........._ 40 E-2 Rain 0.21
Dutch Harbor. .— 39 NW-10 Rain 0.10
Fairbanks —- —.—• — 38 E-2 Pt Cldy T
Juneau.. 40 Sl6 Cloudy 0.19
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