Daisy Smith of N.J.
Has Been Nugget
Reader 14 Years
The Nome Nugget has had a
regular reader for over 14 years
whom it didn’t know about until
. last week.
The boys of ACS have been j
sending their paper all these years I
to a little lady on Chestnut Street i
in East Oragne, N.J., who has en
joyed reading it although she has
never visited the territory.
She, in turn, has sent the paper
regularly to the Veterans Hospital'
tal at East Orange and supplied j
the ACS here with the Reader's
Digest.
Her interest in the territory has
grown over the years, and she
writes:
“I am now a elderly lady, al
most 77, but since my school days
I have always been interested in
Alaska. It stands out there so all
alone. We have owned it since
1867, and all this time have never
gotten around to taking it in as a
State. To me it does not seem fair.
I just can’t understand it.
“In 1954 when there was some
agitation in Washington about
taking Hawaii and Alaska into
Statehood I wrote to our New
Jersey senator. I enclose copy of
my letter and his reply. Do not
return these—I do not want them
back. But I did not get anywhere.
“Now I see the agitation is on
again. I feel Alaska should come
in ahead of Hawaii and be our
49th State—and I have always j
felt that way.”
We need a few more Daisy |
Smiths to alert their Congressmen
to support Statehood and think of |
Alaskans as Americans like them
selves.
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STATE OF NEW YORK. SUPREME
COURT. BROOME COUNTY.
VERA CLEVELAND. Plaintiff,
vs.
LOUIS H. BUCKLAND. Defendant.
Pliantiff designates Broome County as
the place of trial. Plaintiff resides in
Broome County.
To the above named Defendant:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to
answer the complaint in this action, and
to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the j
complaint is not served with this sum- !
mons, to serve a notice of appearance, j
on the Plaintiff’s Attorneys within twenty j
days after the service of this summons,
exclusive of the day of service; and in
case of your failure to appear, or answer,
judgment will be taken against you by
default, for the relief demanded in the
complaint.
Dated. December 22, 1954.
BERNSTEIN k GITLITZ
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Office k P.O. Address
604 O’Neil Building
Binghamton, New York
To the Defendant, Louis H. Buckland:
The foregoing summons is served upon
you by publication, pursuant to an order
of Hon. Daniel J. McAvoy, a justice of
the Supreme Court of the State of New
York, dated the 17th day of January,
1955, and filed with the complaint in the
office of the Clerk of the County of
Broome, at the County Court House, in
the City of Binghamton, Broome County,
Sta*e of New York.
Dated: Binghamton, New York
January 17th, 1955.
BERNSTEIN & GITLITZ
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Office k P.O. Address
604 O’Neil Building
Binghamton, New York
Pub. Jan. 31, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28, Mar. 7 1955
ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
By looking southward at eight
o'clock in the evening you will
discover Orion, which is unques
tionably the finest of the con
stellations. It can be located most
readily by means of the three
bright stars lying nearly in a
straight line in the middle of the
constellation. They represent the
belt of the giant hunter, Orion,
and are usually called the “Belt
of Orion.” They are also called
the “Yardstick” from the fact
that the line is three degrees
long.
The belt is surrounded by four
bright stars which form a crude
rectangle. Above the rectangle on
the eastern side are the stars
forming Irion’s Club. The stream
of five stars on the western side
form the “lion’s skin” which he
carries. The lowest of the three
close together above the rectangle
is moving away from us at the
rate of 61.2 miles per second* The
middle star of the Sword of Orion
is in the midst of a great nebula.
New Bill Would Restrict
Opening of Liquor Spots
JUNEAU, (A*)—Bills to restrict
the opening of new liquor spots
and to provide for confiscation of
cars or boats in which teen-agers
have liquor were introduced in
the House Friday.
Rep. Vernon Metcalfe <D-Ju
neau) Introduced the liquor con
trol bill which would restrict
issuance of new licenses unless
there is more than 1,500 popula
tion for each bar in the city or
area. Existing licenses would not
be affected but it would eliminate
the possibility of new bars in
most, if not all, cities in Alaska.
Rep. Joseph McLean (R-Ju
neau) dropped in a bill which
would allow confiscation of any
car, boat or conveyance in which
a person under 21 carried or im
bibed liquor, but any auction
ing of the seized car or boat
would be forbidden if the owner
satisfied the court that he had
no knowledge that juveniles had
intended to take liquor in it. Mc
Lean said the district attorney re
ported 75 per cent of juvenile
drinking cases involve a car or
boat.
A bill was introduced by Rep.
Seaborn Buckalew Jr., iD-Anch
orage) to designate a new cate
gory of crime on their books but
Alaska has a blank spot. It could
carry a fine of up to $1,000 and
imprisonment up to five years.
The bill would include such
offenses as poisoning, inflicting
“grievious bodily harm, assault
with a dangerous weapon, injur
ing a person by reckless or drunk
en driving or shooting another
person while hunting.
It has been suggested that some
new issue of postage stamps carry
a picture of a weeping taxpayer.
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Seattle Assay
Office Closes After
56 Years Operation
SEATTLE, Uf)—Seattle’s feder
al assay office—opened more than
56 years ago for the fabled quest
for gold in the Klondike—will
close Monday, bringing retire
ment for two veteran staff mem
bers.
George L. Swarva, assayer in
charge, and C. L. Bretland, chem
ist, senior employe in the United
States Mint Service, watched si
lently as test-tubes and scales
were packed away Friday.
Gold shipments of $200,000 and
$300,000 from Alaska were routine
to these men.
“Like so many paving bricks
after awhile,” Bretland said.
Bretland, 69, joined the office
471/2 years ago. Swarva, 66, took
charge of the office in July, 1933,
after starting as a chemist.
A rented two-story building at
Ninth Avenue and Terry St. was
headquarters for the assaying op
eration when it started on July 1,
1898. The office has been at 815
Airport Way since 1932.
Government efforts to buy Can
adian gold were responsible for
the decision to establish the assay
office here.
“American fields up there (Al
aska* hadn’t been opened yet,”
Swarva said, “and the govern
ment was buying gold to streng
then the gold balance.”
Since that time, $658,619,298.46
worth of gold—nearly 1,000 tons
—has been processed here.
“That would be nearly a billion
dollars if you valued it at the
present price,” Swarva pointed
out. The price of gold climbed
from $20.67 an ounce to $35 in
1934.
The price boost trebled business
at the assay office and brought
in a wide variety of scrap gold.
Employes estimated that 80 per
cent of the gold assayed here
came from mines in Alaska. But
over the past half - century the
office also has served Washing
ton, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
DR. LANGSAM ATTENDS
JUNEAU MEDICAL MEETING
Dr. Fred Langsam left Friday!
to attend a meeting of the Alaska
Medical Association which is in
session at Juneau. Langsam is an
officer of the organization and
while in Juneau will confer with
health officials. During his ab
sence Dr. W. Knicker will be at
the MMM Hospital.
Ice Pool Dates
Since 1917, when the Pool
was started, the ice has gone
out at Nenana as follows:
1917— April 30 .11:30 a.m.
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 a.m.
1922— May 12. 1:20 p.m.
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 p.m.
1927— May 13. 5:42 a.m.
1928— May 6. 4:25 p.m.
1929— May 5. 3:41 p.m.
1930— May 8. 7:03 p.m.
1931— May 10. 9:23 a.m.
1932— May 1.10:15 a.m.
1933— May 8. 7:30 p.m.
1934— April 30 . 2:07 p.m.
1935— May 15. 1:32 p.m.
1936— April 30 .12:58 p.m.
1937— May 12. 8:04 p.m.
1938— May 6. 8:14 p.m.
1939— April 29 . 1:26 p.m.
1940— April 20 . 3:27 p.m.
1941— May 3. 1:50 a.m.
1942— April 30. T:28 p.m.
1943— April 28 . 7:22 p.m.
1944— May 4. 2:08 p.m.
1945— May 16. 9:41 a.m.
1946— May 5. 4:40 p.m.
1947— May 3. 5:53 p.m.
1948— May 13.11:13 p.m.
1949— May 14.12:39 pjn.
1950— May 6. 4:14 p.m.
1951— April 30 . 5:54 p.m.
1952— May 12. 5tfJ4 p.m.
1953— Aoril 29 . 3:54 p.m.
1954— May 6. 6:01 p.m.
Most Photographed Tower
, snnmyaMHi
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF.—This unusual tower with its obser
vation balcony has become the most photographed tower in America.
Located on the grounds of the El Mirador Hotel, the “Tower of The
Stars” is graced by the famous hand hammered bronze bell brought
from the Church of Our Lady in Amalfi, Italy.
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