THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING COMPANY
NOME, ALASKA
Telephone: Main 123 P. O. Box 618
W. A. BOUCHER .....EditOT-Publisher
JAY SMITH ----Associate Ed Hot
EMILY BOUCHER _____—Society Editor
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MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1944
A MATTER OF
ADAPTABILITY
The importance of adaptability
in human survival is exemplified
in the Eskimo camp on Garden
Island where meft, women and
children accustomed to the hard
ships of a stern Arctic land have
gone through waves of sickness
and even death.
Comparatively speaking, the
average individual might consider
Fairbanks at the present time a
bit pioneerish from living sJan
dards in the States although bet
ter situated from the standpoint
of foods that are rationed Out
side. But he would regard it as
vastly more comfortable than re
mote villages of the Arctic, even
with housing shortages.
But the Eskimos, used to a form
of life and food habits that would
Sicken many a white person, grow
ill under the regime of so-called
civilization. Mild diseases that
scarcely leave a trace in the health
of a white person are serious af
fairs and weaken their systems so
that they fall prey to other di
seases in rapid succession. Store
foods do not agree with them,
reared on seal oil and whale meat.
They miss their native foods as
much as a white person in an Es
kimo community might crave
green vegetables.
Eventually the Eskimo either
adapts himself or dies. The white
tnan does the same thing in the
Arctic or in the tropics.
Climatic adjustments, however,
are insignificant as compared with
social and economic changes that
upset the equilibrium of the indi
vidual who doe1- not conform to
the constantly changing pattern.
He must do one of three things
—flee from tlum and become a
hermit in some remote area until
the new order hunts him out. ad
just his life to the changed con
ditions, or die He can no more
prevent their coming than King
Cole could stop the advancing
waves of the ocean. — ‘Jessen’s :
Weekly).
DANCE HELD
SATURDAY
The dance held Saturday eve
ning under the auspices of the
Post officers and men, was a
huge success. The floor and the
music were perfect for enjoyable
dancing. Everyone attending the
party had a most enjoyable time.
CLASSIFIED ADS
FOR SALE—Console radio, 10
tube All-Wave. Call Post tele
phone exchange.
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CHIEF — The name af Gen.
George C. Marshal! (above),
chief of staff of the I'. S. Army,
figured prominently in reoo'-ted
preparations for an Allied land
invasion of Europe
TOM ROUST OF CANDLE
DIES IN FAIRBANKS
Tom Roust of Candle. Alaska,
died m Fairbanks Monday, Jan
uary 3rd. at the age of 65. after a
long illness. The funeral took
place Thursday in Fairbanks. Ar
rangements were made by Chris
Roust of Nome, son of the de
ceased miner and businessman of
Nome. Candle and the Deering
district.
Mr. Roust was bom in Denmark
and came to Alaska at the age of
18 years. He prospected in the
Dawson and Circle district for
two years and then decided to ex
plore the reaches of the Yukon
, river, floating downstream in a
small boat. After several wreeks of
travel he landed on the beach of
Nome in 1899, where he mined for
about five years, then moved on
to the Candle-Deering mining dis
trict, where he was a merchant
and miner for nearly 40 years.
Mr. Roust is survived by his
wife and a nephew, Christian
Roust, manager for the Glenn
Carrington Company at Nome.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
j NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX
, In Accordance With Chapter 38.
Session Laws of Alaska. 1943
WHO MUST PAY SCHOOL
TAX: All male and female per
sons between 21 and 55 years of
age must pay the school tax; a fe
male person who is unemployed
and who depends for her support
entirely on her husband is not re
quired to pay the tax; persons in
the active military or naval ser
vice of the United States, paupers,
insane persons and those cared for
by the Territory or w’ho are per
manently injured, infirm, maimed
or crippled are also exempt.
WHEN PAYABLE: The tax is
payable after the first of January
in each year. It must be paid to
the school tax collector upon de
mand. If no demand is made for
payment, it must, nevertheless, be
paid to the school tax collector
or to the Territorial Treasurer on
or before the first day of Decem
ber in each year. Please remember
that no Remand or notice is re
quired to be made or given; but,
as indicated, if such demand is
made, the tax must be paid im
mediately to the collector. If pay
ment is not made, .V penalty of
i $2.50 attaches and both are col
Uectable by suit.
EMPLOYER MUST FURNISH
list of Employees and pay
|TAX. Whenever requested by the
[school tax collector any employer
j who has people working for him
i who are subject to the payment
[of the tax, must furnish a list of
ihis employees together with the
age of each of them to the col
[ iector. and must also pay the tax
due from each of them. When
I such payment is made by the em
ployer, the collector must give
him a receipt for each tax paid!
and the amount thereof may be
deducted from the employee's
[ wages.
DOUBLE PAYMENT OR PAY
MENT BY MISTAKE. Any per
i son who pays the tax when he is
; not liable therefore, or if it is paid
by an employer for his employee
when such employee is not sub
ject thereto has the right to claim
refund of the amount paid; such
person should first request the
school tax collector to make such
refund and if this cannot be done,
he should forward such request
to the Territorial Treasurer at
Juneau. Upon receipt of such re
quest the Treasurer will investi
gate and if he finds that the tax
was paid by mistake, will make
(the refund immediately. Remem
I ber that request for refund must
be made not later than ninety days
after the end of the calendar
year during which the tax was
i paid.
i NON-RESIDENTS SUBJECT
I TO TAX: The tax is payable by
; residents as well as non-residents.
I If the non-resident is merely a
jsightseer or tourist, he or she is
not required to pay the tax; but
| if he or she comes to the Terri
tory for the purpose of engaging
1 in business or employment and
actually does so, though not a
resident, he or she becomes liable
for the payment of the tax.
PURPOSE FOR WHICH TAX IS
LEVIED. This tax is collected to
assist in the education of the
children of the Territory of
Alaska.
Your cooperation is appreciat
ed.
OSCAR G. OLSON,
Territorial Treasurer.
By CARRIE M. McLAIN, School
Tax Collector, Nome and Vi
cinity.
Run Jan. 10, Feb. 7, March 6.
Tell them you saw :t adver
tised in The Nugget.
FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Funeral services were held Fri
day afternoon at two o’clock at
; the Lavinia Wallace Young Mis
sion for Miss Jim Kanyak, who
passed away December 31st as a
result of influenza. She is sur
vived by Jim Kanyak, her hus
band; two sons, Lincoln, in the
armed forces, and Harley in
Goodnews Bay; one daughter, Mrs.
- Maud Tetuck of this city.
RAILWAY MAIL CHIEF
, PROMOTED
Earl L. March, railway mail ser
vice chief, well known throughout
Alaska, has been promoted to
chief railway mail clerk at Seat
tle. The official order of his pro
motion reads:
“Effective January 1, 1944, Pe
ter M. Peterson has been appoint
ed Chief Clerk, Railway Mail Ser
vice, Anchorage, Alaska, vice Earl
L. March transferred to position
of Chief Clerk, Railway Mail Ser
j vice. District No. 3, Seattle, Wash.,
vice George M. Marchand, retir
ed.”
Mr. March says: “I wish to
thank all Alaskans for the splen
did cooperation furnished me dur
ing the past six years and it is
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j with regret that I leave Alaska.
: My departure is scheduled to take
place about February 1.”—Fair
banks News-Miner.
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"DOGFACE DRAMA"
ON AIR SUNDAY
The following took part in the
first production of "Dogface
Drama”, over WXLN Sunday aft
ernoon at 6:30 o’clock: Boris Tu
marin, John Biggs, Frances Wald
heim, Jack Knox, Nick Yost,
Frank Thompeter. The play,
“Luck”, by William Daniel Steele,
was directed by Wm. Winn. “Dog
face Drama,” will be produced
each Sunday at 6:30 p. m.
CHAIRMAN APPOINTED FOR
PRESIDENT'S BALL
Mrs. Conrad Yenney has been
appointed chairman of the Presi
dent’s Birthday Party Celebration
for Nome. The customary ball will
probably be given on the Satur
day preceding the date, which is
Sunday, January 30th. This cele
bration, or party, is given annual
ly for the purpose of raising
funds for infantile paralysis re- -4
search.
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(> We can well be proud of our progress,
but we cannot rest on our achievements.
Still other hard, grim months loom ahead.
Our efforts must be rekindled in the
fires of freedom.
Jn the hour glass of victory,
no single, precious minute must he wasted.
We are united for victory, *
and as a united people v
we will concentrate our strength «
with increasingly furious power
against a tyrannical enemy.w
Eric A. Johnston ■—
President, United Stales Chamber of Commerce— 4
April, 1943
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