! Native Village Armory
Construction Bids Being
^ Sought by Army Engineers
ANCHORAGE — Bids for the
■ 'Construction of 48 Alaska Nation
”M Guard Armories in Eskimo vil
lages of northern Alaska are being
■ issued by toe U. S. Army Engin
•eer District. Alaska.
Bids will be opened at the An
chorage headquarters of the Dis
trict. Plans and specifications
<Inv. 59-D can be obtained at the
Anchorage headquarters or the
'Rear Echelon Office at Seattle.
Work includes manufacture of
48 prefabricated metal buildings,
20x60 feet in dimensions, interior
'insulation and finishing, and sup
plying of heating units and stor
age facilities and electrical gen
erator units. The contractor will
transport them to toe sites, pro
vide for the foundation materials
1 and erect toe armories. All armor
ies will be completed by November
30, 1960, except the armories at
‘King Island and Little Diomede
Island, to be completed by June
30, 1961.
The armories will also furnish
heated meeting places for the iso
lated Eskimo villages when they
are not 'being used for Guard
training purposes. The structures
will serve units of the famous
First and , Second Alaska Scout
Battalions of the Alaska National
Guard.
Can Hardly Tell Blackie
From White Leghorn . . .
MESQUITE, Tex., (^—Blackie
i had five kittens in the henhouse.
A white leghorn promptly kicked
her out, and has taken over rais
ing Blackie’s kittens.
The kittens have learned to an
swer the leghorn’s clucking.
Mrs. Alton Terry, owner of the
confused group, told the Dallas
News the hen is making a good
home for the kittens.
When the kittens leave the nest
for a minute, other hens peck at
them. The leghorn flies into the
offending chickens in a fit of
rage.
Blackie takes advantage of
things like that to dash in and
feed her youngsters.
Blackie shouldn’t be surprised
by such antics. She was one of
the litter of five kittens the goofy
leghorn raised last year.
NOTICE
Declaration of Candidacy
Forms for the City Election may
be obtained at the City Clerk's
Office. A candidate must be a
resident of Alaska for at least
two years and of the City of
Nome for at least one year next
: preceding the date of declaration.
I Deadline for filing is 5 o'clock
p.m., March 30. 1959.
Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
Publish March 20, 23, 25, 27, 30.
VOLKSWAGON
★ Pick-Up Trucks
★ Delivery Vans
★ Micro Bus
THE MOST POPULAR LINE OF VEHICLES
IN THE SMALL CAR CLASS!
Just Arrived By Air
AND NOW ON DISPLAY
1959 DELUXE SEDAN
If You Are Interested In Proven, Dependable,
Low-Cost Transportation — See
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SCORCHY SMITH
HALF ACRE CASTLE
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SOVIETS REPORT PERFECTION
OF SCRAMBLED LANGUAGE
ELECTRONIC INTERPRETER
MOSCOW, UPl — Moscow Radio
said today the Soviets have built
an electronic interpreter than
translates a dozen or so conver
sations simultaneously.
“Conversations are held through
microphones, the machine inter
preting the discussions into the
language required for each speak
er,’’ the broadcast said, adding,
“Ten to 12 pairs of people can
converse through the machine
simultaneously.”
HOW TO WIN AT BINGO
PROVIDENCE. R. I., UPl — Mary
C. Thomas, 62, gets $750 for an
unexpected hit at a bingo game.
Mrs. Thomas was hit on the
shoulder and hip by a child’s
rocking chair displayed atop some
cartons at the game last July 1.
She sued the United Merchan
dise Exchange, Inc., and was
awarded $750 for damages.
Ice Pool Dates
Since 1917, when the Pool
was started, the ice has gone
out at Nenana as follows:
1917— April 30.11:30 aon.
1918— May 11. 9:33 a.m.
1919— May 3. 2:33 p.m.
1920— May 11.10:45 a.m.
1921— May 11. 6:42 aon.
1922— May 12. 1:20 pan.
1923— May 9. 2:00 p.m.
1924— May 11.... 3:10 p.m.
1925— May 7. 6:32 p.m.
1926— April 26. 4:03 pan.
1927— May 13. 5:42 aon.
1928— May 6. 4:25 pan.
1929— May 5. 3:41 pan.
1930— May 8. 7:03 pan.
1931— May 10. 9:23 aon.
1932— May 1.10:15 a.m.
1933— May 8. 7:30 pan.
1934— April 30 . 2:07 pan.
1935— May 15. 1:32 pan.
1936— April 30.12:58 pan.
1937— May 12. 8:04 pan.
1938— May 6. 8:14 pan.
1939— April 29. 1:26 pan.
1940— April 20. 3:27 pan.
1941— May 3 . 1:50 aon.
1942— April 30. 1:28 pan
1943— April 28.... 7:22 pan.
1944— May - 4. 2:08 pan
1945— May 16. 9:41 aon.
1946— May 5. 4:40 pan.
1947— May 3. 5:53 pan.
1948— May 13.11:13 pan.
1949— May 14.12:39 pan.
1950— May 6. 4:14 pan.
'.851—April 30. 5:54 pan.
1952— May 12. 5:04 pan.
1953— April 29. 3:54 pan.
1954— May 6. 6:01 pan.
1955— May 9. 2:13 pan.
1956— May 1.11:24 aon.
1957— May 5. 9:30 aon.
1958— April 29 . 2:59 pan.
’59ers Cheer Alaska
Border Crossing
SCOTOE CREEK, Uft — “We’re
in Alaska at last!”
The whispered words of Mrs.
Marino Sik, late of Michigan, now
of Alaska, curled around the baby
shp held tightly in her arms.
The words touched the ears of
37 other modern-day pioneers
clustered about Mrs. Sik and the
Michigan ’59ers broke out with
cheers that danced across the wil
derness.
The ’59ers had 4,500 miles be
hind them. They had some 500
miles to go, to the Kenai Penin
sula southwest of Anchorage, their
“promised land.”
The dream of a new life in a
new land, a new state, had its in
ception in the Detroit area months
ago. The objectives were clear,
homesteads on the Kenai Penin
sula.
Beset by mechanical difficul
ties and the uncertainties of win
ter travel, the caravan wended its
way through the northern tier of
states and onto the Alcan High
way.
The people of the caravan were
buffeted to y numbing winds,
coated with driving snow and
chilled by temperatures which
dipped as low as 43 below zero.
But always in their camps there
was cheer, despite setbacks, and
always from the sides of the road
there were encouraging smiles
and friendly waves.
The ’59ers crossed the imagi
nary line that separates Border
City, Yukon Territory, from Scot
tie Creek, Alaska, at 5:30 Wed
nesday evening.
The border crossing, after days
of arduous travel, brought silence,
tired smiles and a few tears. Mrs.
Sik’s whisper, meant for little
Linda Lou alone, unleashed the
pent-up happiness of the ’59ers.
155 years ago, Baranof founded
Sitka to serve as the nerve cen
ter for the Russian American
Company.
FOR
Stove & Stack
SEE
Tom Tungwenuk
— WHITE 193 —
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ALSO
Minor Radio Repair
Death Valley Miner
Survives Series of
Dynamite Blasts
LOS ANGELES, UP) — A gold
miner lay helpless in a Death Val
ley tunnel, hearing the fuses for
18 sticks of dynamite hiss a song
of destruction.
'Frank Rasmussen, 35, could
dnly wait. His right leg was shat
tered from a premature blast and
gushing blood.
As he waited for the reremain
ing charges to blast him into eter
nity, he gasped a prayer and bur
ied his head under his arms.
Then he heard his alarmed part
ner, Harry Boyer, starting'into the
shaft from 18 feet above, to see
what was wrong.
“Don’t come in here!” Rasmus
sen shouted. “No use both of us
dying!”
Moments earlier he had lighted
the 40-inch fuses to 10 two-stick
oharges, spaced across the end of
the tunnel wall. Ordinarily, he
would have had two or three min
utes to get out. Something went
wrong this time — a faulty fuse.
Wham! With each blast two
sticks of dynamite went off. Rocks
and dirt flew. The noise was deaf
ening; the cuntfbssion, terrific.
Rasmussen counted the explo
sions. Ten in all, counting the
first one which had slammed him
against the opposite wall 10 feet
away.
The echoes died away, Boyer
charged into the shaft.
All he could see of his comrade
was a shoulder sticking out of
the debris. Boyer grabbed it and
pulled Rasmussen’s head free.
Boyer tied a rope tightly around
Rasmussen’s leg, to stop the pour
ing blood. Then he packed the in
jured man up a ladder and drove
I him to the nearby village of
| Skidoo.
Rasmussen, from his hospital
bed here, told the story Wednes
day night. In traction with a leg
broken in two places, he was
waiting for X-rays, to show how
badly his back was injured.
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Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Jerry Manning, President
ALASKA CHAPTER HO I .
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Doris Wilke
Worthy Matron
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el Each Month
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Presufe-n
Bob Grant
Set vsary
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month at School.
ROSCOE WILKIE. President
MART DIEDE. Secretary.
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