THE NOME NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
Published Monday, Wednesday, Friday, by The Nome
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Chamber Holds
Noon Luncheon
The regular noon-day luncheon ,
of the N. W. Alaska Chamber of
Commerce was held at the Nev
ada Grill Tuesday, with H. G.
Cabrieson acting as Chairman.
Minutes of previous meetings!
were read and approved and com
munications heard. Secretary A.
Polet, who returned the first of
the week from attending tihe
meetings of the Alaska Planning
Council, brought several subjects
to the attention of the chamber.
The subject of appealing to tihe
Post Office Department for local
zoning rates in Alaska, was dis
cussed from various angles, and
a motion finally passed instruct
ing the t secretary to draw a reso
lution asking that a system of
zoning in the Territory be estab
lished.
A resoultion from the Anchor-1
age Chamber suggesting an ap- j
peal to the Treasure Island broad;
'casting station was read. The j
appeal was to have tihe station
continue on the air an additional
two hours each day. After con- j
saderable discussion, it was de
cided to write the Fairbanks
chamber and request information j
as to whether such broadcasting
might conflict with the opera-i
tions of Captain Lathrop’s sta
tion. to open at Fairbanks soon.
Ralph Lomen, vice-pfesadent of ;
the chamber gave a short talk oni
the activities of the chamber and
called for united support for its
development programs.
Chairman Gabrielson delivered
a distribution report of expendi
tures and explained many of the
disbursements which the cham
ber makes each year i/n promot
ing the welfare of Seward Pen
insula and the north. He also
'urged the membership committee
to continue its fine work.
Mr. GabrieLson also declared
that Secretary Polet would be
prepared to render a report on
bis trip to Juneau and many of
the subjects taken up by the Al
aska Planning Council. The sub
ject of a referendum by the Ter
ritorial Chamber calling for an
increase in annual dues was re
ferred to the board of directors
after which the meeting adjourn
ed.
CLEANUP NOTICE
June 5th to 11th has been de
signated by the Common Council
as CLEANUP WEEK. Property
owners are hereby requested to
clean up their premises and place
debris at some convenient point
on the street adjarent to their
property, where it can be easily
reached by truck or other con
veyance. If this is done it will
be removed free of charge.
The city officials expect your
cooperation in this attempt to
clean up our town and make it
more presentable upon the arriv
al of the first boat. Remember,
we expect all yards to be clean
ed on the Uth when hauling will
commence. The Health Commit
tee of the council accompanied by
the Chief of Police will make a,
tour of the town and inspect the
sanitary conditions and report
same to the council at next reg
ular meeting when proper action
will be taken against those who
refuse to cooperate.
NOME COMMON COUNCIL
By M. J. Walsh, City Clerk,
Publish June 5, 7, 9, 1939.
CAUTION—
With th« coming of the late
breakup of Snake River this
spring, the local Coast Guard
personnel wish to remind all the
young people to please keep
away from Snake River, also to
use caution if they have occasion
to walk over to Belmont Point.
The Coast Guard, as is usual
at this time of the year, will keep
a watch at the river, and all
small children, unless aocompan
led by their parents will be re
quested to find other places of
amusement. PARENTS are re
quested to PLEASE COOPER
ATE.
Have The Nome Nugget sent to
your mining claim.
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Wien Airlines
Activities
Monday afternoon Pilot Sig
Wi'en went to Pilgrim Springs
with nurse Miss Sheppard and
Marie Walters.
Upon returning to Nome he
left for Haycock via Council and
returned to Nome via Koyuk
and Solomon the following day.
Passengers on the trip were Joe
Lucas, Nome to Council; Jeff
Davis, Koyuk to Nome; A1 Polet,
Solomon to Nome.
Yesterday Pilot Wien took a
load of freight to Taylor and
Mascot Creek and returned to
Nome via Pilgrim Springs to
bring Mother Superior and Miss
Sheppard to Nome.
Several trips are scheduled for
northern points today.
Scheduled also for today is a
flight with freight to Taylor, and
Mrs. Tom Christensen and sup
plies from Teller to Tin City.
Jim Sparrow
Pioneer Home
The following letter was receiv
ed in the last plane mail by Jack
Solomon from James Sparrow,
sourdough, who left Nome recent
ly for the Pioneer Home accom
panied by another old timer.
Mr. Sparrow writes interestingly
about the new Pioneer Home at
Goddard Springs which the Al
aska Legislature recently pur
chased as an additional home for
pioneers:
Goddard Springs, May 24, 1939
Friend Jack:
(I am dropping you a few lines
to let you know that Abert Rei
chart and I are sitting on top of
the world. We had a wonderful
airplane trip, got lost in the
clouds and had to go 19,000 feet
in the air.
There were ten passengers and
we all got more or less sick on
account of the altitude. We sure
were “up in the air.” However,
the pilot found a hole and down
we went like a rocket, right over
tihe celebrated Chillkoot Pass.
iWe arrived in White Horse,
two hours & fifteen minutes late
left and I didn’t know that we
lfet and I didn’t know that we
had been lost. Isn’t it wonderful
to be so stupid?
The Home was pretty well fill
ed, so as good luck would have
it, Albert and I were sent down
here .which is 15 miles from Sit
ka. It is a wonderful place. There
are twenty-two of us here and
each one has a room to himself.
Hot and cold water, electric
lights, and honest to God toilets
in the hall.
The first morning I got up I
saw three deer in the front yard,
two eagles flying over the chick
en house and heard about twenty
different birds singing their pratis
es to the Lord Jesus Christ. I
hope I don’t wake uip and find it
is only a dream.
Well, of course the first place
I made for was the chickens and
garden, there was a Swede look
ing after them, but he wanted to
go fishing, and the lady cook who
has charge of this place was wor
ried, as there was no one here
who had had much experience
in that line. She saw me hanging
around there and asked me if I
know anything about chickens
and gardening, and I told her
that I was brought up in Mis
souri. So, she told me to help the
Swede for a few days and see
what I could do. The result is
that I am in full charge of said
garden and chickens with full
power to work my head off, ain’t
that nice? I have advanced so
ran in her affection that I get my
coffee at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. God
help us to get right. Such a life.
I have taken so many baths,
that 1 am light headed and don’t
know whether I aim coming or
going. Albert likes it here as
iveLl as I do and we want to thank
the ones who were instrumental
n helping us to our happy home.
‘Well, Jack, I think this is
jnough for the present, so I will
jring my letter to a finis, hope
nig this finds you in as good
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humor as it leaves me, I am as
ever,
James J. Sparrow
Mirow Air Service
Activities
June 3—Pilot Hans Mirow flew
to Solomon with E. B. Fisher, H.
Gabrielsom and Bert Stormfeldt.
June 4 — Pilot Jack Jefford
returned from Fairbanks with
air mail, express and 5 passen
gers, Bud, Lehmann, Roy Neville
Sam Emmons, Walter Frieberger
and Marshall Delong.
June 5—A trip was made to
Solomon to pick up E. B. Fisher,
H. Gabrielson and Bert. Storm
feldt for Nome, during the after
noon.
Pilot Hans Mirow made an em
ergency flight to Salomon Mon
day evening and brought H.
Bleckum in for doctor’s care.
June 6 —A trip to Fairbanks
was made by Pilot Jefford with
Mr. Griffin of Trick and Murray
and Mrs. Alaback, a traveling
saleswoman. Pilot Jefford will re
turn tomorrow.
June 6 —Pilot Mirow flew to
So loin m and Council with H.
Bleckuim and Jack Macumber
for Solomon and freight for
Council.
Passengers today from Fair
banks in a Mirow plane piloted
by Jack Jefford were: Marie
Waibl, Ada Miller, C. Malcom,
and Mrs. Tom Meeker.
The Mirow Air Service is in
stalling a new radio station for
weather reports and for contact
ing planes enroute from point to
point.
RADIOPHONE RATES
The below information is pub
lished for the benefit of those
desiring direct personal contact
with friends or business associat
es in outlying localities by means
of radiophone.
Radiophone conversation rate
between signal corps stations or
between a signal corps station
and a commercial station for
three (3) minutes or less is three
times the minimum message rate;
for each additional minute or frac
tion add one third of the initial
rate.
For example—the day rate
from Nome to Kotzebue is 50<f;
a three minute conversation to
Kotzebue would cost three times
the day rate or $1.50 and each
additional minute or fraction
thereof would cost 50<*. (Federal
tax of 5% is charged on all total
charges).
Anyone desiring radiophone
conversation must make their re
quest for such service to the op
erator on duty at the radio sta
tion.
For most satisfactory contacts
requests for radiophone conver
sation should be made sufficient
ly in advance to allow arrange
ments to be made for the special
schedule during normal office
hours.
The following is a list of ra
diophone stations with whom
the Nome radio station is in daily
contact.
Station Day Rate
Teller . $1.00
Elim .50
Selawik . 1.00
Savoonga .50
Ungalik . 1.00
Anchorage . 1.50
Kotzebue .50
Pilgrim Springs .. 1.00
Candle .„. 1.50
Gam bell .50
St. Michael . 1.50
Unalakleet . 50
Fairbanks . 70
All contacts are subject to de
lay during periods when routine
communication is interrupted
due to atmospheric disturbances.
Two Kinds of Claims
.. It is very important to distin
guish between a lode and a pla
cer deposit... If a deposit is lode,
it should be staked as a lode
claim; If it is placer, It should be
staked as a placer elaim... If both
a lode and a placer deposit are
found in the same area, it should
be located as both a plaeer and
a lode elaim.
Proof of Labor Blanks can now
be had at the 24oroe Nugget offlpa
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