THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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He Is Risen
HE IS RISEN — is the theme of religious services
all \ over the Christian world. Inside our
churches and out of doors in many parts of the world
amid the blooming of flowers and the burst of spring,
Christians proclaim the victory of Christ over the
grave, giving hope to all who follow Him.
Christians everywhere rejoice at Easter, for it is
this day, above all others in the year, that marks the
triumph of Christ. It gives assurance that all evils
of this world can be overcome. Atomic bombs for
destruction, menace to freedom by such things as Com
munism; betrayal of small nations; ruthless attempts
for power by nations; all can be overcome by the Son
of God and his followers.
He conquered the grave, he fullfilled a prophecy;
let us be joyful.
He is risen from the dead !
Alaska Sportsman |
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N.W. Development
Harold Little, who has a hunt
ing lodge at Kotzebue, and who
.states he will have twenty beds
available by spring, is promoting
Northwestern •Alaska as an indi
vidual.
The following letter was sent by
him to Henry Kaiser, in Oakland,
, California.
Dear Sir:
I should like to inform you of a
big oportunity in our locality for
heavy industry. An outline is as
follows:
FIRST: A harbor is under way
at Cape Thompson which is under
consideration in Congress, with the
idea of using an atomic device to
do the excavation. The original
plans were for the harbor to be
40 feet deep, but at the present
time it has been scaled down to
20 feet. This reduction in depth
was caused by the lack of private
industry interest, possibly because
industry has not been properly in
formed of the opportunity that ex
ists. All details on this harbor can
be obtained from Dr. Teller of
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory,
University of California, Liver
more, California.
SECOND: The Moatak River
basin which is to the east of Cape
Thompson, is the second largest
potential source of electric power
in the State of Alaska; it has the
potential of over 600 million kilo
watt-hours of firm power output
a year. In addition, this can be
supplemented with natural gas
and coal power units; the natural
gas and coal resources are unlim
ited. These gas and coal resources
are within transmission range of
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the potential hydroelectric power
plants.
The above information on the
electric power output is taken
from Alaska reconnaissance report
on the potential development of
water resource in the State of
Alaska, House Document 197, 82nd
Congress, 1st Session.
THIRD: The mineral resources
of this area are as follows: Coal,
oil shale, iron ore, limestone, gold,
asbestos, copper and many others.
The development of the mineral
wealth has been delayed primarily
due to the short working season
and cost of transportation. The
only development work at the
present time is 20 miles north of
Kobuk village by Bear Creek
Mining Company, a concessionary
of Kennecott Copper, W 508 Ca
taldo, Spokane, Washington, on a
copper deposit. This company has
•been doing development work for
the past three years on this pro
ject. My understanding is that
they have a very large deposit of
copper ore anci are talking of put
ting in a smelter to refine the ore.
The only feasible way is the trans
mitting of electric power from
the potential power plants to the
smelter, which is’ in range. The
electric power for such an opera
tion would be in great demand.
FOURTH: The original plans
for the harbor at Cape Thompson
for a depth of 40 feet cap be car
ried out if a private industry is
informed of the opportunity that
exists. A harbor with a depth of
40 feet would allow deep-draft
ocean ships to engage in trans
portation, very essential to heavy
industry. The manuacture of alu
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Japanese Begin Slaughter
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Northern Island Walrus
CHITOSE, Japan, UP) — Japan’s
air force Thursday carried out its
first combat mission since World
War II —against invading wal
rus.
Four F86F Sabre Jets dived out
of an overcast sky firing machine
guns at the mammals gathered
around tiny Todo-Iwa Walrus
Rock, in the Pacific off Hokkaido,
Japan’s northernmost island.
There were no confirmed kills.
The air force went into action
after fishermen in the area
claimed the walrus were wrecking
their nets and eating the fish, with
a loss of 450,000 worth of equip
ment last year.
The attacking pilots said 13 of
the animals were on the rock
when they went into action. At the
firing they scattered into the sea,
and a second flight found no
targets.
SUN SPOTS SUSPECTED
CAUSE OF RADIO BLACKOUT
NAPA, Calif., UP) — Strange
thumping sounds, which accom
panied a radio blackout between
the West Coast and Pacifc sta
tions has ended, Press-Wireless
said early today.
The radio station here' was
among a number across the coun
try reporting that signals from
the Philippines, Formosa and
from New York were blacked out
Thursday afternoon by the thump
ing sounds. A Press-Wireless
spokesman blamed sunspots.
minum requires cheap electric
power, which would be readily
available. Also, iron ore and ce
ment can be obtained from raw
material within 30 miles of the
proposed harbor. The demand for
cement in this area will to a great
extent be dependent upon military
construction, and it is' my under
standing that a project. of the
same size of the BHEWS Clear
project will be located about 70
miles south of the proposed har
bor, along the coast. This project
in itself will require a consider
able amount of power.
The Kukpuk River, just north
of the proposed harbor, has a
power potential of a little under
40 million kilowatt-hours a year.
Also, along this river are a num
ber of coal deposits. Both the dam
site and part of the coal deposits
are within 15 miles of the pro
posed harbor.
SUMMARY: The greatest po
tential for the locality is cheap
electric power with a demand for
the use of such power. With full
utilization of the proposed trans
portation facilities available, im
port and export of material and
the manufacture of same with
the use of unlimited cheap elec
tric power, the development of
this project is an opportunity for
an industrialist of your caliber.
I would appreciate your consider
ation and investigation of the de
velopment of this project.
— H. LITTLE.
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Chamber Notes
By RUTH McLEAN
Several bills now before the
Legislature were discussed by the
NWA Chamber of Commerce at
its Monday luncheon meeting.
Acting President Russ Hermann
asked the transportation commit
tee to consider House Bill 71, call
ing for an additional 2-cent gaso
line tax and to wire its recom
mendations to our legislators.
James von der Heydt was asked
to send wires in favor of Senate
Bill 94, which would evenly dis
tribute the road funds between
the four major state districts. The
Chamber Roads Committee has
telegraphed support of a resolu
tion to give the Nome-Teller road
high priority; however the Cham
ber still lists Highway 97 for first
priority in road building funds.
FJVA.. Statio nManager Rhode
advised that in June the Florida
Aero Club plans a flight of snail
planes from Miami to Fairbanks,
and suggested that the Chamber
ask for an extension of the Visual
Flying Rules, an airway aid for
small planes, from Fairbanks to
Nome, so that the Florida group,
as well as other small aircraft
pilots, will continue on to Nome
when they visit Alaska.
L. E. Hough pointed out that
BPR again had the largest atten
dance at the Monday luncheon.
The Member of the Week, Stan
Harhut, employed by Federal
Electric on Anvil Mountain, was
introduced by Lloyd Sundstrom.
Member for the past week was
George Miller, also of Anvil Mr.
Correspondence has been ex
changed between the NWA Cham
ber and Rep. Rivers and Sen.
Gruening concerning the possible
trucking of second, third and
class mail up the Alaska Highway
and the proposed regulations for
land selection by the new state.
A tape recording of a new song,
“Colorful, Historical Nome,” was
presented to the Chamber. The
words were written by Edgar
Bibb, and the music by Everett
Bachelder.
Guests included several Beta
Sigma Phi convention delegates,
Jean Wien Rozanski, Marcel Colp,
Blanche Willacy, Lee Carter and
Imogene Limbocker of Fairbanks,
and Aileen Jones of Ketchikan.1
WINTER SCHEDULE
Fairbanks to Nome (via Kotzebue)
Each Monday, Wednesday & Friday — Fit. 311
Leave Fairbanks 9:00 a.m. Arrive Hughes
Leave Hughes Arrive Kotzebue 10:35 a an.
Leave Kotzebue 11:15 a.m. Arrive Nome 12:25 pan.
Nome to Fairbanks (Direct)
Each Monday, Wednesday & Friday — Fit. 312
Leave Nome 1:25 p.m. Arrive Galena
Leave Galena Arrive Tanana
Leave Tanana Arrive Fairbanks 5:25 pan.
Fairbanks to Nome (Direct)
Each Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday — Fit. 311
Leave Fairbanks 9:00 a.m. Arrive Tanana
Leave Tanana Arrive Galena
Leave Galena Arrive Nome 11:00 a an.
Nome to Fairbanks (via Kotzebue)
Each Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday — Fit. 312
Leave Nome 12:00 p.m. Arrive Kotzebue 1:10 p.m.
Leave Kotzebue 1:50 p.m. Arrive Hughes
Leave Hughes Arrive Fairbanks 5:25 p.m.
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ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF' HALVERSON
Photographs of Venus through
violet filters exhibit a variety of
markings on the disk. They are
cloud markings which the eye at
the telescope sees indistinctly, if
at all. The clouds are due per
haps to dust which is present in
large quantities because of the
lack of water. From an-examina
tion of such photographs it is in
ferred that the rotation period of
Venus is something like a month.
Spectroscopic studies of Venus
give no evidence of free oxygen
in the upper levels of the atmos
phere, but they do reveal a sur
prising amount of carbon dioxide.
There is something like 10,000'
times more carbon dioxodie above
the cloud level than in the entire
atmosphere of the earth. Under
such a blanket the surface tem
perature might reach the boiling
point of water. Although the sur
face conditions cannot be ob
served it seems unlikely that we
can find the planet a desirable
place to live.
ORDINANCE NO. 390
(Published by Title only)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF NOME. ALASKA, to add a
new section to the Code of Ordi
nances of Nome, Alaska, pertain
ing to salaries to be paid to the
Mayor and the Members of the
Common Council as Officers of
the City, and setting an effective
date. v
Passed at a regular meeting of
the Nome Common Council, held
the 23rd day of March, 1959.
sA Steffen Andersen,
(City Seal) Mayor
Attest: s/ Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
Pub. March 25, 27, 30.
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