MIDNITE SUN EXCURSIONS
Each night, until about July first, sky condi
tions being favorable, flights will be made to view
the Midnight Sun, starting about eleven P. M.,
and continuing till about one-thirty. These flights
are made to an altitude of about 7,000 feet and
out approximately to the Sawtooth Mountains.
Reservations Should Be Made In Advance
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keeping us quite busy.
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NEWS ITEMS
PATRICK II.' SWEENEY
; PASSES AWAY SATURDAY
News of the sudden death of
Patrick H. Sweeney, U. S. Deputy
Marshal stationed at Candle, was
; received Monday morning by the
U. S. Marshal’s office at Nome.
| Death occurred, following an
; operation for a dislocated shoul
der. at 9 p.m. Saturday, at Fair
banks. where Deputy Sweeney
had gone last Monday or Tues
day.
His brother Tom Sweeney, who
was engaged in mining near Tay
lor Creek in the Kougarok section
was advised early Saturday of
the seriousness of his brother's
condition. Tom Sweeney flew to
j Nome and then continued on a
I Wien Airlines plane late Satur
day night, on to Fairbanks.
“Patty,” as he has been known
for thirty years to all of his ac
quaintances and friends, suffered
a dislocated shoulder at Candle a
week ago Saturday. He went to
; the hospital at Kotzebue, but due
to the unusual circumstances of
the dislocation, the shoulder
could not be placed back in nor
! mal position. He was then advis
ed to continue to Fairbanks,
1 where possibly an operation
might be necessary.
Saturday, word received said
I that he had been in a coma for
! two days and that his condition
1 was critical. His brother Tom was
advised of his condition and went
on to Fairbanks.
"Patty” Sweeney, one of the
most likeable Irishmen to ever
live in the North, was a devout;
i prospector and miner for many)
years prior to his appointment by
! the late U. S. Marshal Thomas
Gaffney. His mining interests
I stretched from the Kougarok as
far south as St. Michael, where
he first occupied a post as U. S. .
i Deputy Marshal. I,
In 1928 with the opening of the
j station at Candle, “Patty” was
transferred by U. S. Marshal B.
B. Mozee to that point, where his '
record was one of the finest in <
the country. It is expected that <
I funeral arrangement will be an- ,
nounced in the near future. ,
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Received in the last mail were
announcements of the birth of|
William Francis Barber Jr., at
Bremerton, Wn.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Barber, weighed six pounds,
fourteen ounces when born June
11th. Mrs. Barber is staying with
her mother and father at 116 S.
Callaw St.. Bremerton, Wn.
The Barbers were formerly lo
cated at Nome, where Mr. Bar
ber was agent for Pacific Alaska
Airways. He was transferred to
Fairbanks last month as airport
manager where Mrs. Barber and
child will join him later in the
summer.
The PAA Electra arrived Nome
Sunday morning about 10:30 with
110 pounds of mail and the fol
lowing passengers: H. Kainu,
Mrs. V. Price, Miss. H. Root, F.
Tourtellotte, W. A. Castleton, and
Frank Yurg. Outgoing passeng
ers were: Joe Sullivan and Fred
Kubon.
The Nome City Council is to
meet in regular session at the
city hall at 8 p.m. this evening,
June 24th.
First Nome to Seattle Ticket
Via Clipper Is Sold Sunday
The first flight mail from the
Clipper plane of Pacific Alaska
Airways, Seattle to Juneau, ar
rived at Nome Sunday morning
postmarked in the States June 20.
Regular twice-weekly service
between Juneau and Seattle is be
ing maintained.
Leaving here Sunday noon
aboard the PAA Electra was
Fred Kubon, formerly associated
with the engineering department
of the U. S. Smelting Refining
and Mining Co. Fred Kubon pur-:
chased the first Nome to Seattle
ticket from Agent Art Martin of j
the PAA, and expects to arrive i
at Seattle Tuesday afternoon via I
clipper plane from Juneau.
It was understood Mr. Kubon
was to join in a mining venture
in Oregon, upon his arrival in the
States.
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j King Island Native Arrive
Nome by Skin Boat Saturday
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Four King Island oomiaks ar-1
rived at Nome last week-end af
ter a voyage across Bering Sea
from King Island. Only the chief
and about fifty young men of the
tribe came to Nome, and only
four of the Eskimo women, the
balance of the tribe remaining
on the Island this year. Three of
the boats came directly to Nome,
the fourth stopping for a short
time at Teller.
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BERING SEA ROUTE
Sailings from Pier 1, Seattle at 10 a.m.
S. S. DENALI sails July 11 for Nome and Norton Sound
S. S. DERBLAY Sail August 10th for Nome, Norton Sound
and Kotzebue Sound
S. S. Mt. McKINLEY Sails Sept. 18 for Nome and Norton Sound
S. S. Mt. McKINLEY Sails October 16 for Nome
SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA ROUTE
Leave Due Leave Due
STEAMER Seattle Seward Seward Seattle
ALEUTIAN . June 15 June 20 June 20 June 27
BARANOF . June 19 June 25 June 25 July 1
COLUMBIA . June 22 June 27 June 27 July 4
(Note: All sailings subject to change without notice.)
M. J. WILCOX, Agent