ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
Southeast of Orion is Sirius, the
Dog Star. It is a star that surpass
es all others in brilliancy. It is
now visible in the southern and
southwestern sky soon after sun
set.
Sirius is in line with the three
bright stars forming the belt of
Orion and follows closely upon
the heels of the hunter, Orion. It
is a very bright star and it was
given the name Sirius by the
Greeks. It meens sparkling.
The ancients attributed the heat
of the sun to the fact that Sirius
rose with the sun during the
summer. The hot days of summer
were called “dog days” from the
Dog Star, Sirius, and the expres
sion is still in use.
Sirius was therefore associated
with the heat and discomforts of
the summer season and the star
was not held in high respect by
the Greeks.
ROTARY
The program was a presenta
tion by film and discussion of the
workings of the United Nations by
Rev. Reeves Havens.
The club voted to sponsor the
Alaska Trails Concert Wind En
semble here for Friday, May 13.
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: George Au
liye, J. B. Hogan, A. Lopez, R.
Kolkkevold, R. B. aMrtin, Don
Coolidge, Ellis Jebsey, Henry
Johnson.
To Anchorage: Lt. Leidholdt,
I Wm. Kaputak, Helen Fagerstrom,
! Capt. White, Mr. Walters, Louis
i Tungwenuk, Ellis Jersey.
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Guest Speaker At Luthern Church
Mr. Dar Roa, a youth Evangel
! ist for the Lutheran Church from
Minneapolis will be guest speak
er at the Sunday services, it has
j been announced.
There will also be special ser
j vices at the Lutheran Church next
week with time and dates to be
announced Monday.
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Nome Laundry
& Cleaners
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Joe Amarok, Proprietor
NOTICE OF ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that the
annual Municipal and School
Board Election of the City of
Nome and Nome School District
will be held on APRIL 1, 1955.
at the City Hall. Nome. Alaska,
for the purpose of electing the
following officers, viz:
Mayor; three members of the
Common Council; Ciiy Clerk;
Ciiy Treasurer; one member of
the School Board; and two mem
bers of ihe Nome Light & Power
Utility Board, for three and five
years, respectively, and I hereby
certify that ihe following named
candidates have been regularly
nominated in accordance with
Territorial law, to wit:
For Mayor—Steffen Andersen
For Councilmen — Keith Hed
reen, Wallace Mclver, Stanley R.
Morgan, Chas. M. Re'ader, Arvo
Saario, James M. Walsh.
For Ciiy Clerk—Carrie M. Mc
Lain.
For City Treasurer—Byron G.
Reed.
For member of School Board—
Helen Fagerstrom.
For Nome Light & Power Util
ity Board—Harry A. Lewis for
three year term and Elmer C.
Straub, for five year term.
Polls will open at 8:00 o'clock
I a.m. and close at 6:00 o'clock p.m.
Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk
Senate Passes Appropriation Bill,
Kills Property Tax Appendage
JUNEAU, (*>—'The Senate Wed-*
nesday passed the 31 million dol
lar general appropriations bill
from the House, after killing the
property tax appendage amid a
display of oratory. Final passage
of the amputated appropriations
bill came on a 14 to 2 vote.
Senator Lyng called the addi
tion of the property tax to the
appropriations bill for a second
time as “trickery and deceit.”
Lyng delivered a prepared talk
against the tax for 20 minutes
and then argued for nearly 10
minutes more. He said the appli
cation of the property tax only in
rural areas would just add to the
inequalities which already plague
the outlying sections of the terri
tory.
Instead of aiming for equality,
as set forth in the bill’s preamble,
he said, “it would only make the
economy more unequal.”
Lyng pleaded especially for the
i sad plight of the mining industry,
which he said had dwindled to
: only a shadow of its former status.
In the meantime, at the other
end of the corridor, the House
j added a salmon tax act to a bill
1 passed earlier in the day in the
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Senate. It is a bill to provide a
million dollar territorial treasury
loan to the unemplyoment com
pensation fund if the governor
applies for an interest-free feder
al loan for the fund.
House Democratic leaders said
a tax measure along with the loan
bill was advisable because of in
formation that the money from
any federal loan could not be
used in any way to repay a terri
torial loan. They said it would
have to be used solely for pay
ment of benefits.
The salmon tax bill which the
House added to the loan bill pro
poses a graduated scale of taxes
on big catches. Aimed at fish
traps, it provides an exemption
for catches up to §20,000 value,
then increases the percentage■for
bigger takes.
While most of the attention fo
cused on the two major bills in
the House and Senate, the Senate
also had a go-round on the $86,231
bill for expenses of the special
session, figured on a 30-day basis.
When it ended, the Senate had
voted to delete the $15 a day al
lowance for living expenses.
That cut $42,000 off the total
of the bill.
But no one took it too seriously.
It was a foregone conclusion the
House would write the figures in
again—to the relief of the sena
tors who carried a maneuver far
ther than anyone intended.
It all started when Sen. Charles
Jones, the 80-year-old Republican
from Nome, moved to strike out
the $15 a day pay. It is an item
the federal government pays for
regular sessions but which the
! territory has to pay for this one.
Jones remarked the legislators
don’t deserve to get the daily pay
for this session. He said they
should get along on the $20 a day
expense money.
Sen. Lyng, also of Nome, rose
to protest against what he de
scribed as “nonsense” on the part
of Jones., But when it came to a
vote, the proposal to cut out the
pay carried surprisingly on a 10
to 6 vote.
Then Sen. J. Earl Cooper <D
Anchorage), deciding to beat
Jones at his own game, moved to
strike out the $20 a day living
allowance. That one carried by a
12 to 4 vote.
Nome Directory
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Ben Young, Pres.
Joe Kroninger, Sec.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
DR. FRED M. LANGSAM, Pres.
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. l
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the 3rd Monday of each month.
Beverly Morgan
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
«« First Ave. West. Nome. Alaska
18 to 12 son. 1 to 5 p.m.
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Charles F. Lewis. W.M.
Norvtn W. Lewis. Secy.
LxJj.aAT till
Meets 1st and 3d Thursday each mnnth