THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
Telephone Main 125 $1.56 PER MONTH
P.O. Box 618 $16.00 A YEAR
E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
CLINTON GRAY .. Production Manager
Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at (fee
post office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
Subscribers not receiving their paper by 5:30 p.m. call
Main 125 lor special delivery. After 5:30 call Black 102.
OTHER WORLDS TO CONQUER
•' (Christian Science Monitor)
A Soviet scientific team, says news from Mos
cow, reports that an earthquake in Outer Mongolia
last December toppled mountain peaks, changed the
course of rivers, and started new rivers in new loca
tions. The quake was recorded around the world. And
■while seismologists elsewhere do not know whether
it was of “Force 11” (but one point under the top
of the international scale), they agree it was of great
magitude.
This inevitably invites comparison with historic
terrestrial cataclysms. Since the site of the Gobi quake
is almost uninhabited desert, it cannot be gauged, as
have been others, in terms of human fatalities: Messina,
in 1908, for instance; and the most destructive known,
one in India in 1737.
The violence of volcanic eruptions may give some
perspective. The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa between
Java and Sumatra was heard 2,000 miles away in
Australia. Its dust was observable in the upper atmo
sphere for over a year, and its debris covered an area
twice the size of California.
Many times recently it has been pointed* out that
the energy expended by a hurricane—or even a hard
summer thunderstorm — is many times that of a
hydriogen bomb. All of which leads us to observe that
as men achieve some control over their own destruc
tiveness they still have other worlds to conquer: the
so-called blind forces of nature.
Nothing New Under Sun
ST. LOUIS, l/P>—What’s new in
teaching arithmetic? Not much,
says Jesse Osborn of Harris
Teachers College in St. Louis.
He spoke on that subject at
the convention of the American
Assn, of School Administrators
and told this story:
“Two years ago at a mathemat
ics convention I listened to a
speaker present a ‘new’ way to
introduce division of whole num
bers—a way that was guaranteed
to bring understanding to the
pupil.
“The ‘new’ way may be found
in Isaac Greenwood’s arithmetic
book—published in 1729. I don’t
know its age when Greenwood
used it.”
INVITATION TO BID
Sealed bids, in writing, will be
accepted at the Office of the City
Clerk of the City of Nome until
5 p.m. March 10, 1958, for the
purchase from said City of the
following described real property
and upon the following terms:
Lots 22, 23, & 24 in Block 91
Separate bids must be made for
each lot and anyone wishing to
bid on all three lots must submit
three separate bids. All bids must
be accompanied by cash or check
in the full amount of the bid.
The City reserves the right to
refuse and reject any or all bids.
Nome Common Council
By Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
Publish Feb. 26, 28, Mar. 5, 7.
' ''tier-size and legal file folder
available at The Nome Nugget
WALL OF SILENCE . . .
Continued from Page One
two bills on the floor.
Some statehood advocates
promptly interpreted Knowland’s
remarks as a threat to combine
the two bills, a move it is be
lieved would lessen the chances
of passage for either.
Knowland made clear later on
the Senate floor that he had no
such intent. He said he favored
keeping the two bills separate
but felt the Senate should be
given an opportunity to consider
each.
Johnson, who voted against the
combined Alaska - Hawaii bill
passed by the Senate in 1954,
had declined comment on Know
land’s statement.
Del. Bartlett agreed today “there
has been what appears to be a
deterioration of the situation.”
Now Up To The Democrats
Bartlett said he found it hard
to account for the present dip in
Alaska’s fortunes. He said there
“is no doubt that damage was
done” by Knowland’s statement, !
but saw also a need for action
by the Democratic leadership in
Congress.
“I believe the administration
hurt statehood prospects for both
Alaska and Hawaii in reaching
and announcing this decision,”
he said. “Nonetheless, it is true
that the party to which I belong
— the Democratic Party — is in
control of Congress and has the
responsibility and duty of bring
ing statehood to the floor. It will
fail to meet that responsibility
and duty if it does not do so.”
He said statehood should not
be treated as a partisan issue
but should be “treated for what
it is—a proposition of importance
to the nation.”
WHY WORRY?
CALL US
and RELAX!
Residence: Main 52
Office: Black 76
— Automatic Service —
ARCTIC OIL
DELIVERY !
I
I
\_(
2nd Division Democrats
To Hold Meeting In
Nome Friday Evening
The Second Division Democrats
have been activated and will hold
an important meeting Friday eve
ning. Chairman for the committee
is John McNees with Les Bron
son, vice president, and Came
McLain secretary.
Other members of the group
are as follows:
Mike Walsh, Nome; George
Sheppard, Mt. Village; A. Castel,
Nome; Wm. Beltz, Unalakleet;
Neal Foster, Nome; H. Roy Hunt
er, Fortuna Ledge; Frank Deg
nan, Unalakleet; T. Scott, Nome;
James von der Heydt, Nome;
Father Tom Cunningham, Bar
row; Charles Fagerstrom, Nome;
Alfred Hopson, Barrow; Lorena
Gray, Nome; James Wells, Noor
vik; Henry Ullrich, Nome; Rev.
N. Hegland, Teller; Bert Beltz,
Kotzebue; Bob Blodgett, Teller.
Chairmen of precinct commit
tees who have been invited to
attend include: Eli Solomon, Bar
row; Clarence Katchatag, Shak
toolik; Walter Morris, Nocrvik;
Robert Blodgett, Teller; Jacob
Sepelu, Savoonga; Frank Degnan,
Unalakleet.
Parson's Patience Sorely Tried
MOLD, Wales, UP) — The Rev.
Henry Rees of the Church of
England was fined 5 pounds ($14)
yesterday for slugging an exam
iner who flunked him on his driv
ing test. It was Rees’ fifth fail
ure.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE NUGGET
1 ■■ i
"AVAILABLE"
For Part-Time Office Work
or
Will Do Typing in My Home
Contact
MRS. KATHY RODGERS
Phone Red 142
Legend Clives Early-Day
Traders Bad Name
COLLEGE — American fire
arms specialists and collectors
long have believed the old legend
that early day traders forced na
tive hunters and trappers to
stack up beaver pelts to the height
of the gun they wished to pur
chase. \
Then, the legend goes, the Na
tive took the gun, and the trader
the expensive pelts which were
worth many weapons. Some even
more unscrupulous traders added
a foot or more barrel to the,
weapons at little, additional cost
and obtained even more pelts.
“Not so,” says a University of
Alaska journalism professor in
the February issue of the maga
zine, “The American Rifleman."
The writer, Charles J. Kein, of
fers what he thinks is convinc
ing proof that the legend has no
basis in fact. A firearms collec
tor himself, Keim named his ar
ticle “Beaver Pelffs and Trade
Muskets.”
The University of Alaska mu
seum, the Cooperative Wildlife
Research, Unit on campus and the
Northern Commercial Company
cooperated with him in his re
search. *•
Letter-size and legal file folders
available at The Nome Nugget
GLUE POT
Soda Fountain
CIGARS, CIGARETS
TOBACCO
CANDY
FRESH ICE CREAM
EVERY DAY
BREAKERS BAR
BENNY BENEFIELD AT THE
PIANO BAR EVERY NIGHT
STARTING AT 9 O’CLOCK
Sadie Hawkins Night Wednesday
WINTER SCHEDULE
DC-3 or C - 4 6 SERVICE
Monday, Wednesday
and Friday
Lv. Fairbanks 7:00 a.m.
Ar. Kotzebue 8:50 a.m.
Lv. Kotzebue 9:30 a.m.
Ar. Nome 10:45 a-m.
Lv. Nome 11:45 a.m.
Ar. Fairbanks 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday
Lv. Fairbanks 9:30 a.m.
Ar. Nome 11:45 a.m.
Lv. Nome 12:45 p.m.
Ar. Kotzebue 2:00 p.m.
Lv. Kotzebue 2:45 p.m.
Ar. Fairbanks 6:30 p.m.
Thursday - Saturday
Lv. Fairbanks 7:00 a.m.
Ar. Nome 9:15 a.m.
Lv. Nome 10:15 a.m.
Ar. Kotzebue 11:30 a.m.
Lv. Kotzebue 12:10 p.m.
Ar. Fairbanks 4:00 p.m.
BUSH FLIGHTS TUESDAY charter Service
CESSNA - BEECHCRAFT
Lv. Kolz. 8:30 a.m., slop at Candle Lv. Nome 12:25, stop Deering. Twin Beechcraft
and Deering Ar. Nome 11:30 a.m. Candle, ar. Kotzebue 3:20 p.m.
Station Manager
main*4s VVIEN ALASKA AIRLINES j- «• (Dick)
-==- Miller