THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3. 1879.
From The
Nation s Capitol
(The Weekly Newsletter from the
Office of Senator Ernest Gruening)
By GEORGE SUNDBORG
Administrative Assistant
WASHINGTON, UP) — Some 305
to 450 persons will be employed in
Alaska in 1960 to take the decen
nial census, Senator Gruening
was informed by the director of
the Bureau of the Census.
Supervisory offices will be es
tablished at Juneau, covering the
First Division; Anchorage, cover
ing the Third Division, and Fair
banks, covering the Second and
Fourth Divisions. Each office will
be staffed by a district engineer
and three to five clerks. District
supervisors will work under the
direction of the permanent re
gional office in Seattle. The bur
eau estimates that 20 crew leaders
and from 300 to 400 enumerators
will be required.
It is planned to combine in Alas
ka the censuses of population,
housing and agriculture, and to
obtain the information as of April
1, 1960. In the other 48 states,
the census of agriculture will be
taken this fall.
Questions in the censuses of pop
ulation and housing in Alaska will
be identical with thodse else
where, except that the item on
race will be expanded to include
separate categories for Eskimos
and Aleuts.
The Census Bureau is required
by law to report the official popu
lation count to the President by
December 31, 1960. Unofficial to
tals for Alaska may be available
late in May or early in June, the
senator was informed. District su
pervisors will be permitted to re
lease unofficial population counts
as enumeration is completed in
major areas.
Reapportionment of the Alaska
Legislature, under the state con
stitution, takes place following
each dicennial census. The last
census reported Alaska’s popula
tion to total 128,643 as of April 1,
1950. The bureau estimated the
population at 211,000 as of July 1,
1957, an increase of 64.3 per cfent,
the highest in the nation.
The manner in which the Office
of Territories and Island Posses
sions of the Department of In
terior has continued to grow de
spite “graduation” of Alaska and
Hawaii to statehood has been at
tacked by the Washington Daily
News in an editorial captioned
“Law of the Amoeba.” The edi-1
torial is as follows:
“Alaska officially became a
state last January. Hawaii has
been voted statehood and probab
ly will take over management of
its own affairs before the year is
out.
“That takes the two biggest
U. S. territories out of the juris- j
diction of the Office of Territories, i
Department of the Interior.
“But the Office of Territories is j
asking $506,000 more, and 24 addi
tional employes, in the 1960 bud-!
get. It has cut back on its Alaska {
office, all right — by $111,000.
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Paint-Up, Fix-Up, Will
Mean More Than Slogan
To Nome Hardware, Merc
Manager Don Hungerford has
revealed plans for sweeping reor
ganization of the U. S. Merc and
Nome Hardware Stores.
Part of the reogranization has
already begun, he said, with the
complete change in the method of
meat handling and display at the
U. S. Merc. “We have extensive
plans for added conveniences and
a broader line of merchandise, at
the Merc and also at the Nome
Hardware. We are going to en
large our produce section and in
clude' a small florist section spe
cializing in seasonal plants and
cut flowers,” Mr. Hungerford
states.
A new light colored floor cov
ering will be laid throughout the
Merc, and this fall two new speed
check stands are to be installed.
A new section of merchandise will
be added to the present stock at
the Merc. The merchandise to be
displayed in the new section has
proven to be a delight to women
shoppers throughout the states,
and we are sure that it will be.
well received here in Nome.
The exterior front of the Merc
will also have a face-lifting early
this spring, however, the whale
ribs will remain, as they prove of
interest to our ever-growing tour
ist traffic. The Merc is currently
being redecorated inside, and is
already much brighter and more
pleasant to shop in. A new deliv
ery truck will be on the first boat.
Nome Hardware has acquired
the Simca small car line which
Chrysler Motors imports. Also,
the Nome Hardware has a new
boat franchise, the Uniflyte line
of fibreglass runabouts. A display
model will be in soon. Yes — the
exterior of the Nome Hardware
will have a face-lifting also, this
.early spring, cooperating in the
Clean-up, Fix-up, Paint-up city
program. Other miscellaneous im
provements are being made con
Says Mr. Hungerford: “We be
tinually.
lieve in the future of Nome, and
want to be part of it!”
NOTICE
I am operating a garage in
Nome, under the trade name of
Nome Motoi Co. It is not con
nected with any other business in
Nome. For service or information
Call Main 42.
We have regular gas for sale.
Discount to Tracks and Taxis.
CURTIS CHUNN, Prop..
Nome Motor Co. w57
But it is asking $180,000 more to
run the Virgin Islands and an
extra $539,000 to build an airport
on Samoa — for commercial air
liners in the Pacific.
“It may be that eventually the
Office of Territories will retrench
— conceding that Hawaii was still
a territory when the budget was
cooked up. 6ut that is not the
habit of government agencies.
“Government agencies operate on
the amoeba system — the ency
clopdia says amoeba ‘creep along
and engulf their prey by out
thrust.’ Any agency which loses
its job always finds another one
— usually bigger. Like the amoe
ba, they divide, but into more of
fices, bureaus or sections.
“And so a bureaucracy grows
—and grows. Take away its ter
ritories and the office in charge
will grow likewise, if Congress
doesn’t watch out.”
Gruening Charges
Hawaii Governor’s
Stumping Is Illegal
WASHINGTON, UP) — Senators
Ernest Gruening and Kenneth B.
Keating (R-NY) clashed in the
Senate last night over Gruening’s
contention that Hawii’s Governor
Quinn is violating the Hatch Act
•by campaigning for Governor of
the 50th state.
Gruening said Quinn, a Repub
lican, is violating the spirit, if
not the letter of the law, by cam
paigning for elective governorship.
Keating arose to say that Quinn
has not filed as a candidate for
governor and has no legal obli
gation to resign from this terri
torial post.
Keating said he assumed that if
the time comes when Quinn finds
the burdens of his campaign be
come too great for him to con
duct his office as Governor, he
will relinquish that post.
Keating added he thought the
time may come when the Hawaiian
delegate in the House might find
himself confronted with the same
situation. This was a reference to
Delegate John Burns, a Demo
crat, who has been mentioned as
a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Governor.
Gruening said Quinn is spending
virtually all his entire time cam
paigning in the islands, using the
prestige of his appointive position
in furtherance of his campaign.
He said that while Quinn has
not filed as a candidate, he has
formally announced his campaign
for Governor and that there is a
moral if not a legal issue involved
in the use of federal funds and
personnel to promote his candi
dacy.
Gruening said Quinn began his
attacks on Burns even before he
became a candidate by accusing
Bums of letting down in the fight
for Hawaii’s statehood.
R.I.T. DEAN'S LIST INCLUDES
3RD-YEAR CRAFTS STUDENT
RONALD SENUNGETUK
ROCHESTER, N. Y.—Ronald
W. Senungetuk, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Willie Senungetuk of Nome,
has been named to the winter
quarter dean’s list at Rochester
Institute of Technology, accord
ing to Dr. Leo F. Smith, dean of
instruction.
Ronald is a third year student
in R.I.T.’s School for American
Craftsmen.
MONDAY BASEBALL SCORES
(By The Associated Press)
American League *
Boston 8, Kansas City 4.
National League
San Francisco 6, Cincinnati 5.
Los Angeles 5, Milwaukee 3.
Pittsburgh 2, Chicago 1.
Pacific Coast League
Vancouver 1, Salt Lake City 0
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA
SECOND JUDICIAL DIVISION
No. 4199 Civil
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
. JENNIE MARTIN FRAZIER
d/b/a Nome Liquor Store
Plaintiff,
vs.
FRANCIS CAPRON,
Defendant.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA TO THE ABOVE
NAMED DEFENDANT,
FRANCIS CAPRON,
GREETINGS:
YOU ARE HEREBY REQUIRED to
appear in the District Court for the
District of Alaska. Second Division, at
Nome, Alaska, within thirty (30) days
after the last publication of this Sum
mons, namely within thirty (30) days
after the 20th day of May, 1959, in case
this Summons is published, or within
forty (40) days after the date of its
service upon you, in case this Summons
is served upon you personally, and
Answer the Complaint of the Plaintiff
on file in said Court in the above
entitled action.
And in the event you fail to appear
and answer, the Plaintiff will take
judgment against you for want thereof,
and will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in her Complaint.'
WITNESS the Honorable Walter H.
Hodge, Judge of said Court and the
Seal of said Court hereunto affixed on
this 28th day of April, 1959.
(SEAL)
J. M. KRONINGER, ^
U. S. District Clerk
By GRACE HERMAN,
Deputy Clerk of the District Court,
Territory of Alaska, Second Division.
Publish April 29, May 6, 13, 20, 1959.
Interior Points To Japanese Fishing
As Main Reason for Bristol Bay Closure
WASHINGTON, UPl — The In
terior Department pinpointed Jap
anese North Pacific salmon fish
ing Monday as a key reason for its
closure of Bristol Bay to American
fishermen this season.
Acting Interior Secretary El
mer Bennett submitted a state
ment at the hearing on the bill
by Sens. Magnuson (D-Wash) and
Bartlett to bar Japanese salmon
imports.
“Japanese high seas gillnet
fishing poses a grave threat to
our important Alaska red salmon
fishery,” he said. “Unless the pat
tern of the high seas fishery is
NOTICE OF HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the Common Council of the
City of Nome, Alaska, has at its
regular meeting of April 13, 1959.
fixed the time and place for a
hearing upon the proposed light
and power rate changes of the
Nome Light and Power Utilities.
Such time and place are as
follows:
Monday, May 11. 1959, Council
Chambers, Nome City Hall, 9
p.m., or as soon thereafter as
the matter may be properly
heard.
All persons wishing to be heard
may appear at the time and place
aforesaid.
Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
Pub. April 15, 22, 29, May 6, 8, 11
IN THE PROBATE COURT
FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA
SECOND DIVISION
CAPE NOME PRECINCT
In the Matter of the Estate of
WALTER E. MERRILL, Deceased
No. 1102
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
undersigned, Bert Merrill, was on the
10th day of April, 1959, by an order of
the above entitled Court appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of Walter E.
Merrill, deceased; and that he hereupon
qualified as such administrator in the
manner required by law, and all credi
tors of, and persons having claims against
said decedent are hereby required to
present their claims, with the necessary
vouchers, within six months from the
date hereof, to the undersigned admin
istrator at Nome, Alaska, which office
the undersigned designates as his place
of business in all matters connected
with the said estate.
DATED at Nome, Alaska, this 10th
day of April, 1959.
BERT MERRILL,
Administrator of the Estate of
WALTER E. MERRILL,
Deceased.
Publish April 15, 22, 29, May 6.
WINTER SCHEDULE
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Each Monday, Wednesday & Friday — Fit. 311
Leave Fairbanks 9:00 a.m. Arrive Hughes
Leave Hughes Arrive Kotzebue 10:35 a.m.
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Nome to Fairbanks (Direct)
Each Monday, Wednesday & Friday — Fit. 312
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changed abruptly, it may destroy
the commercial value of red sal
mon runs.
“Efforts to resolve this critical
problem through the North Pa
cific Fisheries Commission have
failed. Direct discussions with Jap
anese have thus far failed. We
feel there may be no alternative
to enactmnt of legislation of this
type if the Alaska salmon indus
try is to be preserved.’.’
Lowell Wakefield, of Wake
field’s Deep Sea Trawlers, Inc.,
Seattle, and Wakefield Fisheries,
of Alaska, testified:
“Those Alaskans whose liveli
hood depends on Bristol Bay red
salmon desperately neel legisla
tion like this.
“They cannot eat pious speeches
on conservation with which each
session of the North Pacific Fish
eries Commission opens and
closes. The machinery of the com
mission has proved inadequate.
“Direct appeals to the Japanese
have not brought sufficient re
sponse. We must try to halt and
quickly the unregulated and un
regulatable high seas exploitation
of these stocks. The alternative is
no Bristol Bay red salmon for
either ourselves or the Japanese.”
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