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EDITORIAL
Chicago Democratic Mecca
Fixing Chicago as the place
for the Democratic National Con
vention of 1940 the National Com
mittee of the party recently set
that city as the goal of the many
delegates who will name the
next Democratic candidate for
president.
Chairman James A Farley re
served the exact date of the con
vention which he will name him
self but indicated it will be late
possibly in August and after the
Repubican National convention
which is expected to assemble in
June or July.
The Democrats according to
Farley hope to gain the advan
tage by holding their convention
late, if sizing up the Republican
platform and nominee and be
better able to shape affairs in
such a way as to appeal to the
10,000,000 .independent voters
who are expected to cast their
ballots for the best program and
most satisfactory candidate.
While not mentioned it may be
that the holding of the Democrat
he Convention late also has some
thing to do with the decision of
President Roosevelt as to whe
ther or not he will stand for a
third term.
Be all thiis as it may, the fact
first maneuvers are being made
on the chess board of national
politics for the campaign of 1940
intensifies the interest in the
great game, in every part of the
nation.
From now on look for many
strategic movements and plenty
of propaganda from all quarters j
designed to influence the views
and ultimate vote of the autocrat
•f the situation —The American
voter.
—Fairbanks News-Miner
GRAND COULEE CREATING
VAST MARKET
By the middle of 1941 the1
Grand Coulee Dam will be com
pleted and by 1943 or 1944 the
first water will be ready for the:
Columbia Basin according to re
soemt estimates of the United
States Bureau of Reclamation at
the dam. Including its dry land
reclamation feature, the dam is
the greatest piece of construction
over undertaken by man. Its won
ders are shown in the copy of
the Annual Progress Edition of
The Spokesman-Review.
This dam when completed to
its full height — 550 feet will
make a lake 151 miles long, ex
tending to the Canadian border.
The water surface above the
dam will be raised about 355
feet above low water level. Then
this water will be pumped 280
feet higher into the great reser
voir extending 27 miles in the
Giand Coulee. From here it will
run by grawity over the million
and a quarter rich acres to be
irrigated in the center of the
State of Washington, with soil
productive as that of the famous
Yakima and Wenatchee apple
districts.
When this Columbia Basin ir
rigated acreage is settled, its
people will pay $75,000,000 a
year for goods from eastern stat
es. This is based on the $25,000,
000 which has been spent annual
ly by the settlers in the Yakima
irrigated district near by which
is only one-third as large.
Assuming that this Columbia
Basin land will prove as produc
tive as similar soil already under
the ditch in the State of Washing
ton it will produce every' two
years crops equal to the whole
'cost of the enterprise.
Subscribe for The Nugget.
Pioneer Nomeite
Bob
Passe:
In a letter received from How
ard Lyng, datelined Juneau, he
passed along the word of the
death of his uncle Bob Lyng at
San Francisco the early part of
February Lyng mentioned that
he was leaving Juneau to go
to California where his sister re
sides.
Bob Lyng was one of Nome’s
earliest Pioneers going from Gol
ovin by doig team in November
1898 to Nome where among oth
er ground he staked all of Dex
ter Creek, recording his find at
St Michael as of Nov 28 1898,
naming the creek after his friend
John Dexter. He was running
Dexter’s trading post at the time
the Mission schooner left Golo
vin with Lindeberg, Bironteson
Lindbloom Kittleson Gobe Price
and Tornensis bound for the stak
ing of the first creeks in the
Nome area
They returned to Golovin Nov.
10th and shortly after that Bob
and Englestad (a trader at Un
alakleet) traveled to Nome via
their dog teams. They were the
7th and 8th stakers of record
in the Cape Nome mining dist
rict.
Bob Lyng also built and own
ed for a number of years the
building in which Doc Hill had]
his original drug store and was
I secretary-treasurer of the orig
inal Moonlight Water Co. hav
ing staked Moonlight Springs al j
ong with the two claims on i
Moonlight Gulch.
The Moonlight Water Co. was
organized by Howard’s father R.
T. Lyng, E. O Lindbloom and
Bob Lyng. They bought and ship
pod in from San Francisco and
laid the pipe line from Moonlight,
Springs to Nome which still ser
ves the town of Nome. They sold
the company to the Pioneer Min
ing Co in 1902,
Bob Lyng died at the age of
71 He was born in Molde. Nor
way. He came to Sand Point, Al
aska in 1892; to St Michael in
1896 to Dawson in 1897 and to
Nome ;n 1898. He left Nome in
1912.
27 TEAMS MAY
ENTER DOG DERBY
Information has been received
by the Dog Derby committee its
chairman Sherman A Noyes, de
clared indicating 27 teams will
compete in the speeding-sled ev
ent to be run at Ice Carnival
time early in March.
Among the drivers whose teams
will be entered are Bergman
Kokrlnes and Phillip Kennedy
from Tanana, Howard Woods and
Edward Mayo from Rampart,
Silas Gundrun and Morris Gun
drun from Circle, George Jim
mie from Galena, Timothy Wal
iis from Fort Yukon, Walter
John from Stevens Village and
Harry Riley from Nenana.
Robert Buzby, Robert Hanson,
JefT Studdert, Thomas Wright,
Mike Agbaba and Leonhard Sep
pala all of Fairbanks.
“With the field like this there
can be no doubt about the qual
ity of dog racing that will be
offered at carnival time.” Mr
Noyes declared.
“Conflicting reports have been
received as to whether Johnnie
Allen will be a contestant. He
has experienced during the past'
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SALE OF PROPERTY
No. 593
In the Probate Court, Cape Nome
Precinct, Territory of Alaska
In the matter of the estate ofj
J. C. Kennedy, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that in
pursuance of an order made by;
the above-entitled Court on the
23d day of January, 1940, the un
dersigned Administrator of the
ab -ve-entitled Estate will sell at
public auction, to the highest
and best bidder for cash, sub
ject bo the confirmation of said j
Court, on Monday, the 26th day
of February, 1940, at the hour of j
2 o'clock in the afternoon, at the
office of the U S Commissioner
at Nome, Alaska, all the right,
title and interest of said J C Ken |
nedy at the time of his death, in !
and to
Lot twenty-nine (29) in Block
twenty-nine (29), with cabin;
Lot thirty (30) in block twenty
nine (29), with cabin:
East half (‘i) qJ lot thirty-one
(31) in block twenty-nine (29),
with cabin; all in the Town of
Nome, Cape Nome Precinct, Al-'
aska.
Terms and conditions of sale:
The Administrator reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
Said sale will be for cash in law •
ful money of the United States, j
twenty-five percent (25%) of the i
purchase price is to be paid to
the undersigned at the time of
the sale, and tht balance of sev
enty-five percent (75%) upon
confimation of said sale by the
above-named Court, and delivery
to the purchaser of a proper con
veyance of title.
H R Phillips, Administrator i
Publish Jan 29 Feb 5 12 19, 1940 j
year considerable bad luck with
his racing dogs.
Before Great Britain became
involved in war in Europe, sev
eral teams were scheduled to
come from Dawson to Fairbanks.
No information since the begin
ning of the war has been receiv
ed relative to the intentions of
Klondikers.”
“SOURDOUGH”
STATIONEBT
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and
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Call
Modern Cleaners
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Attorneys At Lev
Rooms 918-921 Alaska Building
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rhos. R. Lyons Ira D. Ortoi
CHAS. CAVEY
Has Opened A Liquor Stor«
Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors, Win
es, and Bett i.
FRONT ST. NOME.
L. O. O. M.
No. 1413
Meets first and third Mondays
of each month
Odd Fellows Hall, 8 p. m.
Pioneer Water Co.
Fresh, Sparkling Spring Water
ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE
NELSON AND BULLOCK
Phone Black 44 or Main 15
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COOD NEWS FOR FINN S—Appeals for fur coats to clothe Finnish war victims brought
- good results, agrees Madame Gripenberg (above), wife of the Finnish minister in London.
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Joe’s A Football Hero Now
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BURK & BUR K—.Mrs. Paul Burk of Bridgeboro, N. J„ makes
pretty plain how glad she is that her son, Joe Burk, won the
James E. Sullivan Memorial trophy. The award, voted by 600
sports leaders, pays tribute to unassuming Joe's contribution to
sportsmanship. He won Diamond Sculls in England in 1938, 1939,
thinks Alice Marble deserved Sullivan award.
.IFE AFTER 40—No hope of ever returning to the game
he glorified for two decades stirs in the mind of George Herman
“Babe” Ruth, seen taking life easy in his Riverside Drive apart
ment, New York. Nearing 46, Babe now weighs 243 pounds and
finds his sport in hunting and golfing. He plans a spring trv
south, to serve on faculty of a baseball school.
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