THE NOME NUGGET
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.MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
False Kconomv Practiced
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By Federal Officials
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In this day and age when only a few unconquered
nations of democratic principles remain to fight the
battle for freedom and right to be governed by laws
of their own choice, and tried 'before courts of justice
established on the proposition that all men are created
equal, it seem that for the sake of a “false economy*
policy, some of the voting precincts in the Second Div
ision of Alaska were denied the opportunity of casting
their votes in the General Election which was held
September 8th. The inability of government officials
to provide the necessary supplies so that election may
be held in the outlying precinct from Nome, brings to
our attention the privilege is sacred enough without
hampering it by failure to provide the necessary sup
plies such as voting registers, ballots, tally books, etc.
They should not have to be denied this right purely
because of such a proven ‘Talse Economy Policy.”
This year, above all others, has seen many people on
the move up in this part of Alaska, and there have
been those who were leaving this section for many and
varied reasons who wished to cast their absentee votes
which they are entitled to do under the law of the
Territory. When they applied to the U. S. Commission
er they were told. I’m sorry but we have not receiv
ed the ballots or supplies from the Clerk of the Court’s
Office.” And so they left without satisfying their legiti
mate desires. How ironical that we are today fighting a
war to prserve those privileges and rights, and that
the representatives of the people cannot assure them
of the opportunity of being able to fulfill those rights
by voting when they desire to do so.
And What of the Candidates ?
And what of the candidates wrho appear on the ballots
for election? They have a right to expect that every
voting precinct established in conformity with the
territorial law has the opportunity of holding election
and voting for the persons of their choice. Since not all
precincts received the necessary supplies for holding
election and some candidate loses his election only bv
a few votes, who is tn blame9 Surely not the candidate.
And yet all of the people in this section have not had
an opportunity of declaring their wishes as to who
will represent them at the Territorial Legislature
In order that the record will be straight in this mat
ter. The Nome Nugget wishes to explain that it wrasn’t
“because we didn’t get the printing out in time,” which
some officials in the past have used as an excuse as to
why some precinct couldn’t hold an election. The Nug
get offered a fair bid on this “election printing,” but
refused to be coerced into lowering its prices below the
point at which it could make a legitimate profit from
the business. It has alw'ays, whenever the printing was
done in Nome, furnished the supplies wrhenever they
were desired, and in fairness to the voting public in
time for them to be mailed and shipped to all of the
precincts throughout the Second Division.
Wire Governor for Appropriation
However, this year, the Valdez Miner, a newspaper
in the Third Division was awarded “the bid” in order
to save money for the federal government. Now it de
velops that those supplies did not arrive in sufficient
time to have them distributed, nor never have in the
past when printed outside of Nome. The distribution of
of the substitute mimeograph ballots, one dav prior to
election, was made possible by wiring the Governor
for an appropriation for further expenditures of
funds to hire a special delivery plane. Again we
wonder where these “False Economy Policies” pre
vail. when these same officials never fail in making
every effort to have their official abilities rated higher
for further increase in salaries. We wonder if they are
thinking of saving the Federal Government money then
It is such acts as these that force a legal newspaper,
that is entitled to all possible support a small com
munity can give to enable it to exist, to suspend pub
lication, and it is not due entirely to war conditions.
There is this fact however, those persons who wished
to cast their absentee votes have been denied that right
because of this “False Economy Policy.” Well, apparent
lv that is too bad — only this time we feel that the
public should know why.
Such a possibility of the non-receipt of election sup
plies has always been pointed out to the proper officials,
although it was narrowly averted just two years ago,
now, however, it has become a reality. And who is
denied their rights? The voters. And who was in dan
ger ol losing an election because of short-sighted pol
icies? The candidate who is enttled to believe that ev
eryone shall be entitled to vote who is properly quali
fied. and who makes such demand in accordance with
the territorial laws.
f • • 1 .air most capable representatives lost his el
ection on just such a “False Economy Policy” which in
the pti • cost our Government double the expense. The
%
i samt' most capable represent
|iative is an old pioneer of Sew
i ard Peninsula, owns mining pro
i petty, makes his home among
I us and continues to help develop
this Seward Peninsula. He does
| not plan on just winning an elec
| tion for a vacation trip or gain
ing the means for leaving Alaska
| for good.
This exposition is not designed
j to humiliate or hold up to rid
j icule any person or official. It
is designed to point out that
! short sighted policies and false
i economy principles do operate tc
deny one of the most sacred priv
: ileges and rights of a democratic
people—the right to vote.
The Nugget still contends there
is a doubt as to whether there
: was a legal election. No doub'
jwe will hear more about this ir
the near future.
In :he United States Land Offici
For the Nome Land District
Nome, Alaska.
Notice of Application for Fatcn
Mineral Survey No. 1899
Mineral Entry No. 0960
Notice Is Hereby Given tha
the United States Smelting Re
fining and Mining Company, i
Maine Corporation, by ant
| through its attorney-in-act, A
M. Hartford, whose post office at
dress is Nome, Alaska, has mach
; application for a United State:
i Patent for the Cupid Bench pla
j cer mining claim Sharon Bencl
placer mining claim, Saymoui
Bench placer mining claim anc
Bluitt Bench placer mining clairr
situated on the Left Limit ol
Center Creek in the Cape Norm
Mining District and Precinct
Territory of Alaska, and desig
nated as United States Minerai
Survey No. 1899 and partcular
ly described in the official plal
and field notes now on file in the
mi d Land Office, with magnetit
variation at each corner of the
survey of mean value of 18 deg
i 80 min. E„ as follows:
Cupid Bench
placer mining claim
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identi
cal with Cor. No. 2. Survey No,
1156, Beauty Association Placer
from whence U.S.L.M, No. 1C
1 bears S. 46 deg. 19 min. W..
5014.30 ft.: thence N. 3 deg. 16
min. W„ 1378.40 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence S. 62 deg. 20 min. E..
680.90 ft. to Cor. No. 3. identical
with Cor. No. 4. Survey No. 1137,
North Star Association placer
thence S. 13 deg. 26 min. W..
1039.80 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence
S. 80 deg. 12 min. W„ 287.20 ft.
to Cor No. 1 and place of be
ginning, containing an area of
12.391 Acres.
5 More Aliens
Seized In West
ehester Raids
The seizure of five enemy
aliens in Westchester County was
announced by T. J. Donegan, act
ing agent in charge of the local
office of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. The five, including
one German and four Italians.
, were removed to Ellis Island to
face internment boards.
One of the aliens was describ
ed by Mr. Donqgan as a banker
I for policy players. Portchester
; police said he was Anello de
Gregorio of 130 Pearl Street, in
that city. When taken in custody
he had in his possession $3,000 in
'cash and a large number of pol
icy slips. The agents also seiz
ed ammunition, a rifle and two
1 shotguns, five cameras and a
j quantity of propaganda litera
' ture. The five when questioned
said they would not fight for this
country. “I would kill myself if
I was drafted, rathTr than fight
j against Germans, Italians or Jap ,
anese.' one was quoted as having
I replied when asked regarding his
draft status. The four Italians
I were said to be members of var
! ious fascist organizations.
The homes of f n-tv-e girt aliens
were visited by the ra ders, who
included FBI agents. State po
; iw'*'. cty police, sheriff’s deputies
and Army and Navy officers The
raids were conducted in White
Plains, Mount Vernon, Portohest
ter and Now Rochelle. Several
.persons who were questioned
were released, and 20 others
i eluded th raiders, it was announc
ed in White Plains.
| One of the twenty persons
whom tiie raiders were unable to
; was serving a sentence in
Sing Sing prison, it was learned
later.
Newspaper advertising
will develop new business
for you.
e Sharon Bench
placer mining rlaim
Beginning at Cor. No. ] fron
whence U.S.L.M. No. 1C hears S
1 40 deg. 36 min. W.. 3777.90 ft.
thence N. 4 deg. 17 min. W.
501.65 ft. to Cor. No. 2 identica
; with Cor. No. 3, Survey No. 1156
t Beauty Association placer; thenci
N. 76 deg. 08 min. E.. 1074.40 ft
n to Cor. No. 3. identical with Cor
‘ No. 1. Cupid Bench Claim, thi;
•* survey: thence N 80 deg, 12 min
'• ; E, 287.20 ft. to Cor. No. 4. identi
, cal with Cor. No. 4, Cupid Bend
e ; claim, this survey: thence S. U
S 'deg. 26 min. W., 759.90 ft, to Cor
No. 5; thence S. 86 deg. 32 min
1 W, 1113.85 ft. to Cor. No. 1 anc
j place of beginning, containing ar
| area of 17.294 Acres.
f Seymour Bench
Placer mining claim
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 identi
I cal with Cor. No. 3, Survey No.
1 1891, Birthday Claim from
' whenci U.S.L.M No. 1C bears S
1 47 deg, 15 min. W.. 3406.55 ft.:
•’ thence N. 4 deg. 28 min. W.,
- 558.30 ft. to Cor. No. 2. identical
with Cor. No. 1 Sharon Bench.
• this survey; thence N. 86 deg. 32
min. E. 1113.85 ft. to Cor. No. 3.
identical with Cor. No. 5. Sharon
Bench, this survey; thence S. 13
j deg. 26 min. W„ 524.25 ft. to Cor.
No. 4. identical with Cor. No. 3,
1 Survey No. 1137 North Star As
• soeiation Placer; thence S. 6 deg.
21 min. E, 243.45 ft. to Cor. No.
; 5, identical with Cor. No. 3. Sur
vey No. 1891. Electra Bench;
thence S. 71 deg. 47 min. W,
| 323.90 ft. to Cor. No. 6, identi
cal with Cor. No. 2, Survey No.
i 1891, Electra Bench placer;
thence N. 71 deg. 00 min. W.,
704.15 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place
of beginning, containing an area
of 16.765 Acres.
Bluitt Bench
placer mining claim
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identi
cal with Cor. No. 2, Survey No.
I 1891, Lockheed Fraction, from
whence U.S.L.M. No. 1C bears S.
43 deg. 25 min. W., 2921.8 ft.;
thence N 14 deg. 30 min. W..
! 1102.50 ft. to Cor. No. 2, identical
with Cor. No. 3, Survey No. 1373.
Goodluck Fraction; thence N. 75
dog. 28 min. E., 710.90 feet to
'Cor. No. 3, identical with Cor.
No. 2, Sharon Bench, this survey;
thence S. 4 deg. 17 min. E., 501.65
ft. to Cor. No. 4, identical with
Cor. No. 1, Sharon Bench, this
survey; thence S. 4 deg. 28 min.
E., 558.30 ft, to Cor. No. 5, identi
cal with Cor. No. 1. Seymour
Bench, this survey; thence S. 68
deg. 59 min. W., 528.50 ft. to Cor.
No. 1 and place of beginning,
containing an area of 15.148;
Acres.
There are no conflicting claims.
The adjoining claims are
On the N.. Survey No. 1155,
Linda Association Group, Sur
vey No. 1156, Beauty Aessocia
tion Placer and Survey No. 1373,
Lonesome Placer.
On the E„ Survey No. 1137,
North Star Association Placer, \
Survey No. 1173, No 6 Bench
Placer Claim,
On the S, Survey No. 1891,
Electra Bench, Survey No. 1891,
Birthday Claim. Survey No. 1891.
Lockheed Fraction.
On the W.. Survey No. 1156,
Beauty Association Place and
Survey No. 1373, Good Luck
Fraction.
The location certificates for
said placer mining claims are re
corded in the office of the record
er of’the Caps' Nome Mining Dis
| trict, Territory of Alaska as fol
lows:
; Cupid Bench placer mining
' claim in Vol. 216, at page 145.
Sharon Bench placer mining
i claim in Vol. 216, at page 130.
Seymour Bench placer mining
: cla;m in Vol. 216, at page 129.
Bluitt Bench placer mining
' claim in Vol. 216 at page 127.
The mineral monument to
which these claims are tied is de
! scribed as follows;
i U.S.L.M. No. 1C to which these
claims are tied is situated in Lat.
64 deg. 30 min. 30 sec. N., and
1 Long. 165 deg. 25 min. 18 sec. W.
Dated the 16 day of Sept. 1942
Aimer Rydeen, Register
First publication Sept. 16, 1942
1 and ending Nov. 16, 1942
I
Bullion Placer Mining Claim
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identi
cal with Cor. No. 1, Survey No.
472, No. 3 on Grass Gulch Placer,
from whence U.S.L.M. No. 4
bears N. 69 deg. 15 min. E.,
5723.47 ft., thence S. 5 deg. 46
min. W., 350.60 fit. to Cor. No. L
thence S. 5 deg. 21 min. W., 296.60
ft. to Cor. No. 3, identical with
Cor. No. 4. Survey No. 1255.
Louise Bench Placer; thence S. 9
deg. 28 min. W., 698.60 ft. to Cor.
No. 4, identical with Cor. No. 3, i
Survey No. 1255, Louise Bench j
Placer; thence N. 75 deg. 51 min. j
W, 500.70 ft. to Cor. No. 5: ■
(hence N. 34 deg. 02 min. W
842 70 ft. to Cor. No. 6, identical j
with Cor. No. 2, Survey No. 472, ;
No. 3 on Grass Gulch Placer;
thence N. 65 deg. 43 min. E.. I
1245.00 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and j
; place of beginning, containing an j
area of 19.887 Acres.
Eagle Bench Placer Mining Claim
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identi
cal with Cor. No. 4, Survey No
417 Haynor Bench Placer, from
whence U.S.L.M. No. 4 bears N.
64 deg. 57 min. E.. 4739.23 ft.; j
thence S. 71 deg. 17 min. W.,
| 1155.10 ft. to Cor. No. 2, identi
cal with Cor. No. 2. this survey;
thence N. 5 deg. 46 min. E.. 350.60
ft to Cor. No. 3, identical with
iCor. No. 1 Bullion Placer mining
claim, this survey; thence N. 36
deg. 46 min. E., 68il.20 ft. to
true Cor. No. 4, from whence wit
ness corner bears S., 35 deg. 46
min. W., 73.20 ft; thence from,
true Cor. No. 4. S. 52 deg. 34
min E., 846.80 ft. to Cor No. 1
and place of beginning, contain
ing an area of 10.655 Acres.
Illinois Bench Claim
Placer Mining Claim
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identi
i cal with Cor. No. 1, Eagle Bench
I placer claim, this survey, from
' whence U.S.L.M. No. 4 hears N.
64 deg. 57 min. E., 4739.23 ft.;
thence ,S., 1 deg. 00 min. E„
568.80 ft. to Cor. No. 2, identical
| with Cor. No. 1, Survey 1255,
Louise Bench placer; thence S.
85 deg. 06 min. W., 1135.70 ft. to
Cor. No. 3, identical with Cor.
No. 3, Bullion Placer mining
1 Claim, this survey; thence N. 5
1 deg. 21 min. E., 296.00 ft. to Cor.
! No. 4. identical with Cor. No. 2,
'! Bullion placer mining claim, this
> I survey; thence N 71 deg. 17 min.
' E.. 1155.10 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and
! I place of beginning, containing an
' 1 area of 10.981 Acres,
t
Nugget Claim
i Placer Mining Claim
5 Beginning at Cor. No. 1 identi
i cal with Cor. No. 4, Survey No.
i 1298, Good Luck Fraction Placer,
f from whence U.S.L.M. No. 4
, hears N. 71 deg. 42 min. E.,
13850.76 ft.; thence b. ] deg. 31
min. E., 1254.30 ft. to Cor. No. 2.
identical with Cor. No. 1. Survey
No. 1255. No. 2 Bench Placer,
thence S. 80 deg. 23 min. W„
670.20 ft. to Cor. No. 3, identical
with Cor. No. 2, Illinois Bench
Claim, this survey; thence N. 1
deg. 00 min. W., 568.60 ft, to Cor.
No. 4. identical with Cor. No. 1,
Illinois Bench Claim, this survey;
thence N. 38 deg. 16 min. E.,
1021.30 ft, to Cor. No. 5 identical
with Cor. No. 1. Survey No. 417,
Havnor Bench placer; thence S.
43 deg. 55 min. E.. 7.J0 ft. to
Cor. No. 1 and place of beginning,
containing an area of 13.886
Acres.
The adjoining claims are:
On the N., Survey No. 1341,
No. 3 Grass Gulch placer mining
claim. Survey No. 472, No. 3 on
Grass Gulch Placer, Survey No.
418, No. 13 on Dexter Creek
placer, Survey No. 417, Haynor
Bench placer and Survey No.
1293, Good Luck Fraction placer.
On the E., Survey No. 719, No.
1 Left Hand Branch Dexter
Creek placer and Survey No.
1255. Louise Bench Placer.
On the S., Survey No. 1255,
Louise Bench Placer, Survey No.
1255, No. 2 Bench Placer and
claim? unknown and unsurveyed.
On the W., claims unknown
and unsurveyed.
There are no conflicting claims.
The location certificate of said
Bullion placer mining claim is
recorded in Vol. 199 at Page 82
of the records of locations in said
mining district.
The original and amended cer
tificates of location of said Eagle
Bench placer mining claim are
recorded in Vol. 38 at Page 25;
Vol. 86 at Page 366 and Vol. 199
at Page 9 of the records of lo
cations of said mining district.
The location certificate of the
Illinois Bench placer mining
claim is recorded in Vol. 199 at
Page 8 of the records of locations
of said mining District.
The location certificate of said
Nugget Claim placer mining
claim is recorded in Vol. 208 at
Page 85 of the records of loca
i tions of said mining district.
The mineral monument to
j which these claims are tied is
; described as follows:
| U.S.L.M. No. 4 to which these
| claims are tied is situated on the
I South or Right Limit of Dexter
i Creek about 1000 feet west of
i Joe Gulch and is in Lat. 64 deg.
! 35 min. No., Long. 165 deg. 19
| min. W.
Dated the 18 day of Sept. 1942
Aimer Rydeen, Register
First publication Sept. 18, 1942
I and ending Nov. 18, 1942.
In the United States Land Office
For the Nome Land District
Nome, Alaska.
Notice of Application for Patent
Mineral Survey No. 2126
Mineral Entry No. 0962
j NOTICE Is Hereby Given that
j the United States Smelting Re
i fining and Mining Company, a
| M a i n e corporation, by ' and
I through its attorney-in-fact, A.
j M, Hartford, whose post office ad
; dress is Nome, Alaska, has made
application for a United States
! Patent for the Bullion Placer
I Mining Claim, Eagle Bench
Placer Mining Claim, Illinois
Bench Placer Mining Claim, and
Nugget Claim Placer Mining
( Claim, situated at the head o!
and on the Right Limit of Gras:
Gulch, a tributary of Dexter
(Creek in the Cape Nome Mining
| District and Precinct, Territory
; of Alaska, and designated as Uni
j ed States Mineral Survey No
I 2126 and particularly describee
1 in the official plat and field note:
( now on file in the said Lam
Office, with magnetic variatior
1 at each corner of the survey o
j moan value of 19 deg 20 min. E.
> as follows:
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