THE NOME NUGGET
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THEY COULD BE HEROES
Next Monday, the first in 1935, a new Congress
will assemble in the national capital. Unfortunately
it will bring with it to these historic chambers some
thing less than the feverish enthusiasm of the American
people. Yet few Congresses in our history have faced
graver problems, foreign and domestic. How it per
forms, the degree of understanding and cooperation
that is achieved between it and the White House will
indicate to Americans everywhere the capacity for
unselfish devotion to the nation at each end of Penn
syvania Avenue.
However confused, we still have a two-party sys
tem. But it is still split crossways. To state clearly
and simply what each party stands for is no longer
possible, since each is divided into those who favor
socialistic and globalistic adventures, and those who
fear above all else the softening of nationalism, the
scuttling of the rights of the individual and bureau
cratic encroachment on the free enterprise system
that has given the nation its uneasy place of world
leadership. The adherants of states rights are no more
all Democrats than the protectionists are all Republi
cans.
As many have observed before, and continue to
remark, a realignment must be worked out if a two
party system—which seems historically to be the sec
ret of political health and strength — is to survive.
Such realignments have occurred in this Land of the
Free before. It is high time for it to happen again.
If and when there is clarification, the voters who
have been accused of “apathy” may be able to find
themselves and to re-establish their convictions and
their confidence.
While we’re thinking about the New Year, we
might mention that people seem to be expecting a
good deal from it. The slogans we have collected thus
far include the following:
“In ’55 let’s stay alive.” —the Atom worrier
“Make ’55 the year of jive.” —the hep cat.
“We’re going to drive in ’55.” —Sales manager.
“Make business thrive in ’55.” —Advertising man
ager. r. .
“In ’55 may sense arrive.” —That’s for us - you
and me.
COMMUNICATION
To The Nome Nugget:
I would be grateful It you will
correct the impression given in
Wednesday’s paper that I am in
favor of an annual dog tax of
$5.00 for males and $10.00 for
females.
I think those fees are too high.
My own recommendation would
be the annual fees charged in An
chorage: $2.00 for males, $5.00 for
females. In the case of working
dogs, teams actually used by their
owners for hauling, I would be in
favor of no tax, or a nominal one
of $1.00 and $2.00.
If all owners of pet dogs are
required to pay an annual tax, it
is my belief that the money thus
collected should be used exclu
sively to help control the roving
bands of underfed homeless
strays. To that end we need dog
catching equipment and the part
^ime services of a man whose duty
it is to corral the strays, the half
wild dogs so hard to capture by
usual methods. The packs of hun
gry stray dogs that roam our
streets are a menace that should
be considered no less seriously
than the menace of fire or of
criminal action. In Unalakleet I
saw a grown man attacked by
seven dogs. He was down in the
snow within seconds, with his leg
bitten through to the bone, and
unquestionably would have been
killed if others had not been pres
ent to pull off the dogs. In cir
cumstances like this, a child’s
life would not last for one mo
ment.
A pet, well fed and accustomed
to kindly treatment, is not often
a hazard, but Nome must control
the strays, many of which are the
offspring of other strays and nev
er have had a chance to develop
friendliness towards a human be
ing. Such dogs can’t be shot in the
streets—the danger to human life
is too great—but they can be held
in a pound for several days and
then, if no owner claims them,
they can be disposed of humanely.
The new ordinance, which will
provide a tag for every licensed
dog, will assure owners that they
will be notified if their pet dogs
are captured. But the tax should
not be so high that owners of
working teams -could no longer
afford to keep them.
Yours truly,
Sally Carrighar
Dogs Gone But Not The Fellow
Who Loosed Them—He's In Jail
CLEVELAND, OP) — Because he
loved dogs not wisely, but too
well, John Hircak was sentenced
to 30 days in the workhouse.
Hircak pleaded guilty yesterday
to an intoxication charge after
police caught him freeing dogs
from the kennels of the Animal
Protective League Wednesday
night, for the second time this
week.
“My poodle was killed by a car
just before Christmas,” Hircak
told the judge. “I went to the
pound to get a puppy, but when
I saw all those dogs cooped up,
I just had to let them go.”
WEATHER FORECAST
Complied by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Mostly cloudy tonight and Sat
urday with occasional light snow.
Winds NE, 10-15 mph. Low tem
perature expected tonight -10,
high tomorrow 5.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Precipitation 0 in.,
month total .10 in. High tempera
ture 1, low -20. Max. wind 15 mph
from the NE. Sunrise 9:59 a.m.,
sunset 2:08 p.m. / I
Delivery of
4Junk Mail’ Ends
Mar. 31, P.O. Rules
WASHINGTON, UPI—Postmaster
General Summerfield announced
Thursday that city and town de
liveries of “junk mail” will be
discontinued after March 31, 1955.
Such deliveries of what the Post
Office Department calls “simpli
fied address mail” were estab
lished on an experimental basis 15
months ago. The system allowed
distribution on selected routes of
advertising material addressed to
simply “householder,” “patron,”
or “boxholder,” wittout specific
street address.
The experiment, which had
been tried previously by the Dem
ocratic administration, resulted in
numerous protests that the result
clogged the postal system.
Rep. Murray <D-Tcnn>, who is1
slated to become chairman of the '
House Post Office Committee in
the new Congress assembling next
week, said recently he had told
Summerfield that unless “junk
mail” deliveries were stopped, his
committee would take steps to
outlaw it. 1
May the New Year bring
Peace, Prosperity and
Happiness to you.
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Remember the rides in the old fashioned sled
With hot bricks and blankets on a soft straw bed.
The gay singing voices and bright jingling bells
On the still night air their glad message tells.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
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