THE NOME NUGGET
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Special Visitors in Town
We have special visitors in town today from the
nation’s capital to see and hear about the problems and
needs of this fabulous northland.
Their trip will convince them of the great need
for roads to unite the vast northland. From their legis
lative records we know them to be wise lawmakers
and they can readily understand that a long range
program of roads cannot be planned unless there is
uniformity of appropriations through Congress.
As they wing their way to and from Nome and
follow the mighty Yukon River, they cannot help but
visualize what the harnessing of this river at Rampart
into useful hydroelectric power will mean toward de
velopment of this northern empire, so rich in minerals
and oil. They cannot help but wonder why their Con
gressional predecessors failed to grasp the significance
of this phase of Alaskan development and let Canada
take the lead in utilizing this power.
Seward had vision when he helped purchase Alas
ka. Maybe the members of this committee will have
their names linked with his by their pioneering in the
work to be done toward the development of northern
Alaska.
In 1954 the number of Alaskan TB patients who
were admitted to hospitals reached the 1,000 mark for
the first time in history, and there were 604 discharges.
How to Make Money and Help Nome
Wanted: an organization or club looking for a
money-making civic project.
Several years ago a civic minded scoutmaster got
behind a movement to put numbers on all' the houses
in Nome and put up street signs. The Boy Scouts did
a wonderful job, but the weather has taken the paint
off signs, some have disappeared completely; houses
have been moved without having had their numbers
changed and as a result the effort has been partially
lost.
If some organization would purchase a quantity
of numbers and consult the City Clerk for the plat
with corresponding house numbers and conduct a house
to house campaign selling the right numbers they could
make money and serve the community.
Palmer, Anchorage May Get Chance
To Buy Nunivak Island Reindeer
Palmer and Anchorage area
residents may soon have an op
portunity to purchase reindeer
meat, it was announced last week
by James W. Wilson, commission
er of agriculture.
Dr. Fred Honsinger, territorial
veterinarian, recently returned
from Mekoryuk, where he in
spected a large herd of reindeer,
segregating 248 of the animals for
slaughter. The Nunivak Island
reindeer project is located at Mek
oryuk. Dr. Honsinger was accom
panied by Vern Hirsch, Alaska
Native Service assistant director
of resources.
On their arrival at Mekoryuk,
the men were met by Joe Chase,
who was in charge of the project,
and his father, Fred Chase, who
maintains the refrigeration plant
at the site. Following an inspec-1
tion of the plant, Dr. Honsinger
said, “I was very much impressed
by the up-to-date and well-kept |
facilities of both the slaughtering
and refrigerating plants.”
On the following day, a large
herd of reindeer were brought in.
The inspected and passed sides
of meat were stamped and passed.
Carcasses, Dr. Honsinger said,
were predominantly steer as they
carry on a planned breeding pro
gram on the reindeer herds.
On Nunivak Island there are
approximately 7,000 reindeer. At
one time there were several times
this number and the range was
heavily overgrazed. Chase now
estimates the carrying capacity of
the island at 8,000. Predation is
limited on the island, Dr. Hon
singer reported—only one wolf
crossed on the ice during the
winter several years back and
was eliminated. However, Chase
reported the island’s large fox
papulation causes some fawn
losses during the year.
As for some of the problems
.faced by the project, marketing
and transportation are the two
main ones. As there is no harbor
suitable for large vessels, the sup
ply ship (North Star) has to lay
offshore and discharge its cargo
by lightering ashore. The meat
that is shipped goes the same
route except for the meat that is
flown via light plane to k Bethel.
These small planes are limited
in load capacity and the 18 cents
per pound airfreight between
Mekoryuk and Bethel must be
Astronomy Notes
By OLAF HALVERSON
With the gradual lengthening of
the hours of darkness comes the
appearance of the starry host in
the sky. A clear night at this
time of the year will reveal the
sparkling gems of the sky.
The nearest star is so far from
us that its distance from us re
mains a mystery. It is difficult to
conceive of 25 millions of millions
of miles. Yet so remote is our
closest stellar neighbor. Stars
vary enormously in their distance
from us.
So enormously distant is the
nearest star that if it was blotted
out of existence at this moment
we will still be able to see its
light shining in its accustomed
place for more than three years
to come. Other stars whose dis
tances have been measured are
a hundred times more remote
than the closest star.
Light travels 186,000 miles in
one second, or eight times around
the earth during the time it takes
you to take two ordinary steps!
paid by the consumer. A proposed
DC-3 airstrip, resulting in lower
airfreight charges, would be most
beneficial to all concerned, ac
cording to Dr. Honsinger.
The marketing of the inspected
meat this year is to test the sala
bility of the meat and its accep
tance by the public. If it proves
successful, the project can look
forward to a steady market for
meat produced above the needs of
the local native population and
with improved transportation, a
lower cost to all, Dr. Honsinger
said.
Some 32,000 pounds of meat was
passed for possible sale through
Anchorage stores or other com
mercial channels. Dr. Honsinger
was informed that about 140,000
pounds will be included in this
year’s kill of four herds. The meat
is reported to taste very much like
baby beef.
Japanese Picket Lines
Smashed by Police to
Extend U.S. Firing Range
OTAKANE, Japan, Uf)—Japan
ese police smashed union picket
lines in their places Saturday as a
survey for a 36-acre extention of
a U.S. firing range began.
Several hundred police clashed
with 500 unionists supporting the
local villagers in their attempts to
prevent condemnation of their
farmland.
Twenty demonstrators and some
police were injured. Two union
men were reported in serious con
dition.
The survey site is near moun
tainous (ptakane village, 270 air
miles north of Tokyo, where U.S.
forces have been firing since Oc
tober, 1946. Their shells travel
over the village. The expansion
was negotiated with the Japanese
government to avoid having to
fire over the village.
! SUNDAY BASEBALL SCORES
American League
New York 3, Boston 2
Detroit 10, Cleveland 3
Baltimore 9, Washington 0
National League
Brooklyn 7, New York 5
Milwaukee 2, St. Louis 1
Cincinnati 12, Chicago 2
Pittsburgh 5-1, Philadelphia 2-2
Pacific Coasi League
Hollywood 7, Los Angeles 6
Hollywood wins 3rd piace, 3
games to 2, in best-of-5 series. |
Ike Calls Conference
On Improving Physical
Fitness of U.S. Youth
DENVER, Uft—President Eisen
hower Saturday invited 139 sports
world figures, top educators and
leaders in other fields to a Sept.
27-28 conference here on building
the physical fitness of America’s
youth.
The purpose of the conference
is to get more youngsters out of
the spectator grandstands and
into active participation in ath
letics.
The President has expressed
concern that lack of such partici
pation is responsible in part for
increasing juvenile delinquency
and for failure of so many young
people to measure up to selective
service requirements.
As announced previously, Vice
President Nixon will preside at
the two-day conference at Eisen
hower’s vacation headquarters
here. The President himself will
receive the conferee’s recommen
dations and speak at a dinner con
cluding the sessions.
Fire Prevention Week
October 9 Through 15
Have you inspected the fuse
box in your home? Is the right
size fuse in every socket (15 am
pere is the safest size for light
ing circuits)?
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