WEEKLY SERVICE TO ANCHORAGE AND FAIRBANKS
Serving Seward Peninsula, Council and the Lower Yukon
U. S. MAILS — PASSENGERS — AND EXPRESS
ALL PLANES RADIO EQUIPPED - FOUR RADIO STATIONS
M I R O W AIR S E R VICE
; PASSENGER INSURANCE
4,+,>+,H,+4t+44,++t+++t,H,,!,+4"i,+4++ii‘'!,,!,+++4'4‘++4+,!,’H'++++4
+ +
I I
$ FOR GOOD EATS_ +
*
I
I I
! TRY THE NEVADA GRILL i
| , I
t 1
! — *
! I
t * i
WITH MUSIC EVERY NIGHT_ |
* *
t *
* +
:4-M>*++M+*+++t+*+>:>+*'l"H*4"M"H>*+++++4'+++++*+++++<
l MINERS & MERCHANTS BANK OF ALASKA ]
NOME, ALASKA }
-v 4
t
± An Alaskan Bank Which Has Served This
+ Community Continuously Since 1904 \
+ GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS CONDUCTED \
*i* 4
Money Transfers Made to Any Point In
+ States By Wire or Draft *
Carry Your Money to the States in the
| SAFE Way, By Draft j
| GOLD DUST PURCHASED j
FLY THE PIONEER LINE
Passengers, Freight To All Parts of Alaska
Radio Equipped Planes-Passenger Insurance
U. S. Mail Carriers
Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc.
Bases At
Nome : : : Fairbanks
LOMEN COMMERCIAL CO.
DISTRIBUTOR—GENERAL MOTORS DIESEL DIVISION
Nome, Alaska.
! I
Mirow Air Service
Activities
Pilot Fred Chambers left this
morning on his Nulato-Unalak
leet mail run and plans on re
turning tomorrow.
Pilot Sasseen is at Golovin
awaiting weather and expects to
be in as soon as the weather
breaks. He will return to An
chorage tmorrow to meet this:
week’s boat.
The Wien Airlines plane is be
ing held in Nome awaiting weath
er to take the Queen party to the
Fairbanks Ice Carnival.
1940 Bering Sea
Patrol Announced
_
The Bering Sea Patrol will be
i initiated (this year on April 20
by the departure of the Coast
Guard Cutter Shoshone and
Coast Guard patrol boats Morris!
and Ariadne from their respect!
ive bases enroute to the Arctic, j
'The patrol this year will be fori
the first time since its inaugura
! tion under ithe direction of the
1 commander of the Juneau Coast j
Guard District and will be under
the immediate supervision of the ^
I senior commanding officer afloat.
The Itasca Elert Aurora and Red
wing attached to the San Fran
! cisco and Seattle Districts will j
also participate in the patrol and
additional vessels will be tempor
, arily assigned if necessary in or
i der to meet the exigencies of thej
patrol duty.
The Coast Guard cutter Haida
:s scheduled to make this year's,
cruise carrying to Alaska the
i "fl mating court” which is conven
ed at various places for the pur
pose of settling and adjusting
; matters requiring federal judic
| ial attention in that Territory.
It is expected thajt. the cruise'
will commence on or about June,
1 and terminate about the first
of July. Upon the termination of
the “Court Cruise” the Haida isj
then scheduled to relieve the It-,
asca at Unalaklsa and remain at i
that place until the last vessel j
‘ participating in the patrol leaves ■
j the Juneau District for her home
i port about November 1.
Chamber Holds
Noon Luncheon
[
j
The Board of Directors of the
Northwestern Alaska Chamber of
Commerce met Tuesday noon at
the Nevada Grill. President B J
McConaghy called the meeting to
order. The minutes of the last
meeting were read and approved.
A reply was received from L E
Coveil Rear Admiral U S Coast J
j Guard acknowledged the receipt'
of the Resolution passed by our
Chamber concerning Joint Reso-1
; lution No. 27 of the 14th Terri-1
torial Legislature urging for the^
i rebuilding of a Coast Guard Sta-'
1 tion at Nome. The letter explain
ed that the efforts were unsuc- \
1 cessful f r the time being and
meanwhile it is the belief that a
reasonable amount of protection
can be provided with the person-:
nel and equipment already assign
ed to this station. The subject
was laid on the table for the j
time being.
A petition signed by fifty or,
more citizens suggesting that the
Chamber take up writh the City
Council the subject of having all
streets named and residents num
bered was read. The Chamber on
motion adopted the petition and
j instructed the Secretary to pre
sent same with the endorsement
of the Chamber to the City Coun
cil at the next meeting. The Sec
retary was also instructed to com
municate with the Arctic Club
requesting them to endorse said
movement to be presented to the
City Council at the same time.
The next meeting will be devot
ed to a general luncheon at
which the newly installed Presi
dent will preside and it is the
intention to make the meeting a
social gathering instead of for
business. The next business meet
ing will bg held on February 19.
Meeting adjourned.
j
Report Three Frozen To
Death at Keewalik Near Candle
A report was received by U S
Marshall B B Mozee yesterday
that the two children of Richard
Foster of Cand'e and their uncle
were found frozen to death in a
small tent on the Keewalik Riv
er. Their bodies were being tak
| en to Candle it was reported and
I an inquest was to be held the in
| formation said.
Bound Over To Grand Jury
Bill Kanyak 26 years old waiv
ed preliminary examination Mon
day before U S Commissioner C
C Tanner and was immediately
bound over to the Grand Jury on
a charge of rape.
Grand and Petit Juries For 1940
Are To Be Drawn Next Monday
The Grand and Petit Juries for
the 1940 general term of court
will be drawn next Monday
morning March 11th in the U S
District Court for the Second j
Division -before Judge J H S Mori ]
j son. presiding. They will be re
! turnable April —the Grand on
the 15th and the Petit on the
22nd.
U S Marshal B B Mozee left
Nome with Pilot Cross of the
Northern Cross Airways Tuesday
bound for Point Barrow but due
to adverse weather the plane
was forced to return to Nome -
about noon yesterday.
Marshal Mozee is awaiting fav
orable weather to fly to Barrow
to bring a prisoner sentenced to
a year in jail to Nome.
ATTENTION
—
Catholic Ladies will give an
entertainment and dance on St,
Patrick’s Day Saturday March 16
at 9 pm for the benefit of the
Pilgrim Springs Mission at the
School Gym.
l_
—' i
I
i
'
MLLE.-RaTE —Her single
ness costs money, says Mile. Eve ,
Curie (above), daughter of
radium discoverer, now in U. S.
to lecture. France takes 30% of
a single person's income.
CALL FOR BIDS
Scaled Bids will be received
until 5 o’clock pm March 11,
1940 at the office of the City
Clerk Nome Alaska and then
publicly opened for furnishing all
labor and materials for the (pil
ing) foundation for the proposed
addition to the school building
in accordance with the specifica
tions prepared by W H Kelsey.
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 ail bids.
By City Council of Nome, Alaska
Acting for: Anthony E Karnes,
Commissioner of Education
Publish March 4 6 and 8
SPECIAL
ONE WEEK ONLY 4
SUNSET TOMATO JUICE
Put Up in the Famous Puyallup Valley
Superior Flavor Finest Quality
CASE DOZEN CAN
6 10s . 3.50 70^
12 46s. 3.75 2 cans 75f
24 2s. 3.75 1.90 3. cans 50<*
48 12 oz. 3.75 1.00 5 cans..50^
- i
POLErS STORE
ESTABLISHED IN 1900
| “Better Li^lit—Better Si^ht” I
% APPLIANCES ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES I
* +
t WASHING MACHINES.IRONERS $
■I* A
A +
*• i
■> - *
* *
* +
Northern Li^lit & Power Co. *
A A
<• +
.. .■.
ARCTIC SOFT DRINK PARLOR
Cigars Tobaccos Cigarettes
All Kinds of Soft Drinks
Woodbury Offers A Bargain
Woodbury’s Cold, Vanishing or Cleansing Cream
with a 4 ounce bottle Almond Lotion
—A 75^ Value for 60^
NOME DRUG STORE
Woodbury Dealers
Pacific Alaska Airways Inc.
Schedule Fairbanks to Nome and Return
MONDAY and THURSDAY
Fairbanks to Juneau
WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY
Juneau to Fairbanks
TUESDAY and SATURDAY
— Continuous Two-way Radio Communications —
We Maintain and Operate 14 Radio Stations in Alaska
SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA ROUTE
Leave Duo Leave Due
STEAMER Seattle Seward Seward Seattle
ALASKA.. Feb 24 Mar 1 Mar 1 Mar T
YUKON —.... Mar 2 Mar 8 Mar 8 Mar 14
ALASKA .—-Mar 9 Mar 15 Mar 15 Mar 21
YUKON ........ ........ Mar 16 Mar 22 Mdr 22 Sdar 28
Mt. McKINLEY--Mar 20 Mar 26 Mar 26 Apr 1
ALASKA .-. Mar 23 Mar 29 Mar 29 Apr 4
(Note: All sailings subject to change without notice.)
JOE HARNISH, Agent