THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
postoffice at Nome. Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
THE MOON LOOKS DOWN ON THE HARVEST
GOVERNMENT JOB A PRIVILEGE
It is now official that a government job is not a
right, but a privilege.
By executive order, President Eisenhower has cut
off the subversive federal worker’s retreat behind the
Fifth Amendment. Any employe of Uncle Sam who
refuses to testify before a congressional committee on
the well-worn ground that it may tend to incriminate
him may now be summarily fired.
It is important to note that, as a citizen, he may
still so testify if he wishes to use his Constitutional
privilege. But the Constitution was never intended to
offer anybody job protection.
As a matter of fact, it seems pretty silly to think
that a Presidential directive was required to stiffen
the backbone of a bureau chief sufficiently to fire a
worker who refused to say whether or not he was a
member of conspiracy to destroy our country by force
and violence.
FOREIGN AID CUTS
(Coatesville, Pa., Record)
The United States can help its allies in the struggle
against world Communism only if we ourselves remain
economically strong. The bankrupt aiding the bank
rupt would be as ineffective as the blind leading the
bhnd.
This is why both houses of Congress voted for big
cuts in the funds for foreign aid. We can help our
r lies most by gradual reduction of trade barriers. Our
f hies can help themselves most by improving their
sell ng methods and competing vigorously in the Amer
ican market.
As a creditor nation, the United States must be
ready to admit foreign goods to close the dollar gap
and Improve the access of foreign producers to Ameri
can markets.
U S. SUPREME COURT
The average age of the nine members of,the U.S.
Supreme Court, with former Gov. Earl Warren on the
bench, is 63 years. This compares with an average
age of about 71% in 1937, when President Roosevelt
sought unsuccessfully to enlarge the court.
The oldest member of the court is Justice Felix
Frankfurter, 71. The youngest is William O. Douglas,
who is 55.
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Review of Mining
Potentialities Of
Seward Peninsula
By HOWARD LYNG
Territorial Senator
The largest single mining dis
trict within the Cape Nome Min
ing and Recording Precinct has
been known through the years as
the “Kougarok,” and is approxi
mately 65 miles long and 30 miles
wide. The gold-bearing Kou
garok River traverses this region
from north to south, emptying into
the Kuzitrin River near Bunker
Hill. Bunker Hill is about 65 air
miles north from Nome, and is
the terminus of the narrow-gauge
Kougarok Railroad which mean
ders along up through the Nome
River valley and the Kuzitrin, 80.2
miles from Nome to Bunker Hill.
A network of roads runs north
from Bunker Hill serving the
camps along the Kougarok River
and its many gold bearing tribu
taries. The main road is 40.5 miles
in length ending at Taylor in the
upper Kougarok.
In addition to this main trunk
road, there is a 6Vi>-mile branch
road linking Coffee Creek with
Bunker Hill. There is also a five
mile branch road that connects up
with the recently completed DC-3
airfield recently completed by
contractors Johansen & Wurhman
for the Territorial Department of
Aviation.. This field, known as
Quartz Creek Field, is 3800 feet
in length and 150 feet wide, and
serves the lower Kougarok area.
A short 2Vfe-mile road links up
Dahl and Quartz Creeks, and their
tributaries, with the road system.
The Kougarok Railroad has
recently been abandoned by the
territorial government, its custo
dian and caretaker for many
years. The plan of replacement
calls for a road from Nome to
Bunker Hill to hook up with the
present Kougarok road system.
A start has been made on this
road under the supervision of the
Alaska Road Commission. John
Cooley, Second Division superin
tendent, reports the road, at the
end of this season’s work, is 13
miles on its way, and describes it
as the start of the Nome-Fairbanks
Highway.
A part of this great mining dis
trict are two excellent hot springs
that have served the Kougarokers
and people of Nome over the
years. One, called Serpentine Hot
Springs, is located a few miles
northwest of Taylor. The other,
Pilgrim Hot Springs, is situated in
the extreme southern end of the
valley, not far from Solomon Lake.
With the completion of the
Nome-Bunker Hill Road, both of
these hot springs will become va
cation and tourist attractions com
parable to those well-advertised
hot springs in the Fourth Division
out from Fairbanks: Manley, Che
na, and Arctic Circle Hot Springs.
(To Be Continued)
A juke box filled with religious
records has been installed in the
choir loft of St. John’s Lutheran
Church in Harrison, N.J.
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Revolving Fireplace Spreads the Glow
'ROUND THE HEARTH—Mrs. Robert Thrum and two of her (
three children enjoy the revolving fireplace she designed.
AP Newsfeatures '
A REVOLVING FIREPLACE toasts the Thrun family
from several directions.
Mrs. Robert Thrun, wife of a New York lawyer, designed
the fireplace for the family's summer home at Sullivan, Me.
It is built from a steel tank, four feet in diameter, and can
be turned to send heat toward the dining, kitchen or living
areas of the big room in the modern, one-story dwelling.
The fireplace is mounted on a truck wheel bearing and
has brakes to keep it from turning to fast.
Mrs. Thrun—her winter home is at Croton-on-the-Hud
son, N.Y.—studied architecture at Columbia University. She
also designed the summer home.
N.Y. Milk Strike Ends
NEW YORK, UP) — Marathon
negotiations Saturday settled a
six-day milk strike in the New
York - New Jersey metropolitan
area, bringing employes higher
wages and the region’s 12 millions
the prospect of higher prices.
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Milk Goes Up A Cent In N.Y.
NEW YORK, UP)—'The price of
milk is going up a cent a quart in
New York and some suburban
areas following the weekend set
tlement of a six-day milk strike.
A number of companies, includ
ing the Borden Co., announced the
one-cent increase last night.
FWS Director Plans No
Changes In Alaska Staff
JUNEAU, UP)—The new director
of the U. S. Fish apd Wildlife
Service gave his Alaska staffers
a pat on the back last week and
said no changes in personnel or
policy are contemplated by the
FWS in the territory.
John Farley, making his first
Alaska visit since President Ei
senhower named him head of the
service, told the Juneau Chamber
of Commerce he is proud of the
Alaska branch of the FWS and “I
am glad to be part of it.”
His trip west principally was
[ for the Nov. 4-6 hearings in Seat
tle on 1954 salmon fisheries regu
lations.
Personal and Legal Size File :
Folders on Sale al the Nuggei. '
Air Force To Stock
A-Bombs In Spain Bases
MADRID, Spain, iff)—The U.S.
Air Force eventually will have
supplies of atomic bombs stored
in Spain for use against “a com
mon enemy,” U.S. Air Force Sec
retary Harold E. Talbot declared
here Monday.
Talbot told a news conference
this atomic base for the strategic
air force will be established only
with the approval of the Spanish
government.
Talbot is at present studying
sites for five proposed bases in
Spain which the U.S. Air Force
will modernize and use in con
junction with the Spanish.
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