THE NOME NUGGET
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Strikes Effect
Salmon Industry
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SEATTLE, April 1 —The Seat
tle Times last night said that the
waterfront tieup affecting the sal
•mon industry in Puget Sound
ports was making necessary fin
ancing arrangements for salmon
canning arrangements impossible
and so constitutes a serious
threat to the general welfare of
the Pacific Northwest and Alas
ka. The Times quoted M. A. Ar
nold. chairman of the board of
the Seattle-First National Bank
to this effect.
The Times report follows:
Because of its threat to the
new season's operations of many
salmon packers and,in turn, to
the prospective earnings of their
thousands of employees ,and the
the business turnover of cannery
and fishing fleet provisioned, the
waterfront strike in Seattle and
some neighboring cities today
was regarded as one of the most
serious situations affecting this
area's general welfare.
It was pictured in that light
by M. A. Arnold, chairman of the
board of the Seattle-First Nation
al Bank.
“In most respects the future j
months look favorable for busi- ]
ness in the Pacific Northwest and
on down the coast,” said Arnold
“but the waterfront strike is a
seriously disturbing factor for
far-reaching effect and influence.
“The season for red salmon fish
ir.g and packing—the most profit
able line in the salmon industry
i- close at hand. Yet, because of
this labor difficulty, largely ov
er jurisdictional disputes, most
t ‘ the packers have been unable
tc make their necessary financial
rangements for the season.
Hence, they cannot commit them
s Ives for their usual season’s
f. pplies nor give any assurance
o employment for the huge num
b:r of worker who have relied
io n the salmon industry for
t -r livlihood. I sincerely hopes
early settlement of the;
1:: nbl can be accomplished.”
MASTERPIECE OF
INADEQUACY
(Alaska Miner)
Under Section 7495 of the Com
piled Laws of Alaska, 1933,
which has to do with burglary
in dwelling houses, it is provid
ed: "If any person shall break
and enter any dwelling house in
wh eh there is at the time some
human being—such persons shall
be deemed guilty of burglary.”
The inadequacy of the statute
arises from the provision that
“some human being" must be in
the house at the time of the
breaking and entering, for peo
ple cannot always be in their
houses, but if they are tempor
arily absent when the burglar
enters, the paradox arises of the
burglar not being a burglar.
District Attorney’s offices have
been embarrased in the past by
this statute, and during the meet
ing of the last legislature an at
tempt was made to have the neg
lect remedied, but the legislators
refused to do anything about it.
Hence, a burglar may still bur
glarize a dwelling house when its
dweller is absent and go joyfully
on his way.
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Council Holds
Busy Session
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The city council met in regular
! session last Monday evening in
the city hall. Mayor Alvin Polet
presiding and the fallowing coun
oilmen being present: Edw. An
’ derson. Jack Hurley, Leonard
Krohlow, Hank Miller, Sam W.
| Taggart.
City Clerk M. J. Walsh started
to read the minutes of the pre
I vious meeting and upon motion
j the reading was dispensed with.
Communications were received
I and read from the following: N.
i Lester Troast and Associates, in
reference to drawing plans for
the addition to the Nome public
school.
A letter requesting approval of
a permit for conducting a lighter
age business at Snake River har
bor, by the Heinie Berger inter
ests.
The Fire Chief made his month
ly report for March, which was
ordered filed.
The report of the Chief of Po
lice for the month of March was
read and ordered filed.
Committee reports were made
by chairmen as follows:
Health and Relief report was
made in person by Councilman
Edw. Anderson.
Fire and Water, Councilman
Hurley reported that the fire
pump had been taken dowm and
overhauled. It was found that
wood shavings had been fouling
the suction pump, thereby caus
ing trouble in maintaining a cer
tain pressure After the overhaul,
the pump was placed in perfect
operation again.
It was also decided by the po
lice and jail committee that all
dogs uncalled for after a certain
period, would be shot.
Nome’s Public Health Nurse,
Mrs. Ida Sprenger, read a de
tailed account of her serviceto the
community for the month of
March, and also read an article
appropos the Public Nurse’s act
ivities in a community. Her re
port was placed on file.
The matter of revoking the lic
ence of Raymond Jones was brot
up, but lacking evidence, no ac
tion was taken.
Bills and accounts against the
city which received approval of
the finance committee, were up
on motion duly made and second
ed, ordered paid.
At this time, the council, after
listening, to the report of the
election board of the recent city
election, it was by resolution
adopted and those receiving the
highest vote for the different of
fices were declared elected.
It was moved and seconded by
motion passed that the city traf
fic ordinance (in condensed
form) be printed in circular
form by the Nome Nugget so
that a copy of same could be pre
sented to each driver of an auto
or other vehicle at the time of
said person obtaining his driv
er’s license.
Bert McCarthy was authorized
by the council to construct a
shed on skids to house the city
boiler which is used to thaw out
city drains, so that it could be
easily hauled by the city “cat’’ to
any location desired. The cost of
same to be $50.00.
Removal of snow drifts after
the recent blizzard by “cats” was
the occasion of considerable time
consumed in discussing same, the
mayor explained that it became
necessary to make the streets
passable in case of a fire alarm.
The council approved the action
taken.
Lighterage Permit
The following communication
was read by the city clerk:
War Department
U. S. Engineer, Seattle, Wash.
Mayor of Nome:
“Subject — Application from
Capt. Heinie Berger for a permit
to occupy and use for lighter
age purposes a portion of the re
vetment of Snake River Harbor
(from station 7 plus 25 to 11 plus
25, as shown on inclosed permit.
“Information is .requested as to
whether there is any objection
from the standpoint of naviga
tion to the proposed work.”
Councilman Sam Taggart stat
ed that he represented Mr. Berg
er and asked that he be permitt
ed to put up a temporary plat
form and building on the permit.
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He was advised that no struc
ture would be permitted to be
attached to the revetments by
the engineers, and the subject
dropped.
Upon motion duly made and
seconded and passed, it was mov
ed that the city has no objec
tion to the permit asked by the
i Berger Distributing Co.
Very little discussion took
j place on approving this permit
and not a single person compos
ing the council even took the
time to look at the blue print
sketch accompanying the letter
as to its location or whether or
not it embraced the city permit
location. It is possible that no
1 one even had any idea that the
1 permit requested, also embraced
j the city permit location on the
1 river, or that the city might
lose its permit, now asked for by
the Berger request for permit,
and which the city council vot
er! at its last meeting that -the
city had no objection.
The Nome Nugget believes
; that the proper action now to be
taken in view of the fact that
t!,ere may be some doubt as to
the status of the city permit,
that the mayor wire the Engin
eers office asking what the stat
us of the city permit is, as it is
desirous to maintain the city per
mit for use of individuals and
independent owners of vessels at
all times.
Neither the Council or the Nug
get or any one else desires to ob
jract to any legitimate person or
persons from obtaining lighter
age permits, but speaking for the
Nugget, the publisher, wishes to
state he is opposed to the giv
ing up of the city permit to any
person or set of persons, thus
depr.ving the individual or in
dependent owners of vessels
from having a place to tie up and
unload furs.- fish, vegetables or
what not, without having to dock
their vessel at some company per
mit site, unless they care to.
On the other hand, if the en
gineers have not already can
Have The Nome Nugget sent to
your mining claim.
ARCHBISHOP Joseph P."
Rummel (above) of New Or*1
leans is amonf the Catholic prel-,
ates of U. S. mentioned as likely
candidates for elevation to the
' rank of cardinal.
'celled the city permit, it would
have been proper for the BergeT
i interests to have asked for ad
I joining property to the city per
mit, and then requested the city
council for use of same from
time to time as may be needed
thruout a given, season.
In an interview with Mr. Tag
1 gart, representative of Mr. Berg
I er’s lighterage permit, stated that
i is was not the intention to de
j prive the city of its permit or to
| keep any one from using its loca
j tion at any time they saw fit to
! do so. He further stated that he
would wire this afternoon to
■ Heinie Berger that the extra
| amount of footage to the east
j of the city permit would be suit
, able for their purposes, thus do
I ing away with any friction that
i might arise over the city dock
j site.
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HOW TO STAKE CLAIMS.
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How Mining Claims can be
j Staked in Alaska, length, Bread
th, how many, and the Associa
tion Claim, described in detail, in
pamphlet form, for sale at The
Nugget Office, for 10 cents.
Two Kinds of Claims
.. It is very important to distin
guish between a lode and a pla
cer deposit... If a deposit is lode,
it should be staked as a lode
claim; If it is placer, it should be
staked as a placer claim... If both
a lode and a placer deposit are
found in the same area, it should
be located as both a placer and
a lode claim.
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