IN MAGISTRATE'S COURT
State Cases
John McLuke, disorderly con
duct, $40; Milton Willoya, assault,
60 days suspended and $50 fine;
Andrew Nakarak was fined $50,
suspended for one year, for taking
beaver within 25 feet of a beaver
house; and fined $25 for trap
ping without a license. The com
plaint was filed in Unalakleet.
City Cases
Mabel Okobak and Morris
Alexander were each fined $25
on drunk charges.
Alice Hudson's Sister and Neice
To Visit Her Here
Alice Hudson is anticipating the
arrival of her sister Mrs. Agnes
Adams and neice Mary Ann Ad
ams today on Alaska Airlines
Mary Ann is well known here
having spent some time here
with her aunt and several subse
quent short visits.
Rockefeller Will Make
120 Speeches On Behalf
Of Republican Ticket
WASHINGTON, GW —Gov. Nel
son A. Rockefeller of New York |
announced after a conference
with Vice President Richard M.
Nixon Thursday that he will
make a coast-to-coast campaign
for the Nixon-Lodge ticket.
Rockefeller talked with Nixon,
the Republican presidential no
minee, for an hour at Walter Reed
Hospital where Nixon is getting
treatment for a knee infection.
Rockefeller said that he pro
bably will make an average of
two speeches a day for the Re
publican ticket of Nixon and
Henry Cabot Lodge, the Vice
Presidential candidate, in the
little more than two months re
maining before the election. He
estimated this would run to about
120 campaign appearances.
TODAY is Friday, September 2,
the 246th day of 1960. There are
120 days left in the year.
A thought for today: Many a
man gets hot from an overheated
conversation.
But Would They?
CARDIFF, Wales, OP^-A West
ern scientist suggested today that
Britain build and equip a big
earth satellite and ask the Soviet
Union to launch it.
Patrick Moore, astronomer and
lecturer, told the British Assn,
for the Advancement of Science
the Soviets can launch far more
massive things than the Ameri
cans and are skilled at guiding
rockets
"At the same time, British in
strumentation is probably the
best in the world,” he added.
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MAYOR, NOME, ALASKA
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GAMBELL NEWS LETTER
By CLARENCE IRRIGOO
Summer, 1960 |
Zoology
While the other people of the
world focus their attention on
satellites and rockets that orbit
our planet, two men were sent
from University of Wisconsin this
summer to study the migration of
Golden Plover. Dr. Franz Sauer
and Emil K. Urban spent three
months in a tent at Boxer Bay on
St. Lawrence Island, studying the
habits and behavior of the bird.
Three months on St. Lawrence
Island was most interesting, stated
Urban. Living without any con
tact with the outside world, not
even a radio receiver, they en
joyed every day of their camp
ing, except for several days when
they had to eat squirrel meat as
well as cormorants and bird eggs.
Once Urban did a primitive type
of hunting. He saw a young seal
on the beach. Most cautiously he |
crep! close enough and caught the j
animal. When asked if he saved !
the skin, Urban remarked “that j
was the toughest skinning I’ve
ever done. The blubber clung
tight to the meat.”
Dr. Sauer and Urban spent sev
eral days in town when they
walked over from Boxer Bay on
July 3 to watch Eskimo style
celebration on July 4th. One of
the men said the 50 miles dis
tance from Boxer Bay is really
longer when one had to walk that
long!
Three cages with 2 to 4 Golden i
Plovers in them were brought
back, which will be taken to Wis
consin for further study. Dr. j
Sauer who is a German, could not
definitely say that he had learned
all the questions and answers
about the non-stop migration of
Golden Piovers where the home
is in th“ Hawaiians.
Natural History
Another visitor passed through
here from New York Museum of
Natural History. She spent her
time in Savoonga. She was get
ting news and stories about Es
kimo life. She also spent most
enjoyable summer, she said.
Employment
Discouraged travellers returned
from Northeast Cape after wait
ing for employment for many
weeks. With the hope of finding
work at the Air Force Base near
the fast growing village at North
east Cape, several families made
useless trips only to find no em
ployment. Several times during
the past winter Alaskan papers
carried news of more than a mil
lion dollar contract for Northeast
Cape. Someone commented “this
money was only for the Savoonga
people.” The people who were
there from Gambell reported only
Savoonga men were being hired.
This is certainly not the con
tractors way of hiring Eskimo
people.
Business
Local store reported the cash
sales for the month of July went
up. More than once the daily cash
sales reached more than $1,000
the manager said. These are the
monies, such as checks, money
order and cash that we used to
buy merchandise from the store.
The sale of native products, such
as carved ivory, etc. also went
up that same month, with the
total of more than $1,200. This
report showed good business for
one month. Take a look on the
other side of the story. Will the
present stock of groceries anti
other necessary items last until
next July? Maybe not! Fastest
selling items such as candy and
soda pop lasted only long enough
to satisfy the white-Eskimo popu
lation of Gambell for one month.
Several hundred cases of soda
pop and same quantity of candy
went fast when 500 or more cus
tomers did the shopping 6 days a
week this summer.
Many more things will run low
before the winter is over. For this
reason the Village Council had
written to Seattle office of
ANICA requesting the MS North
Star to make another trip in the
fall. The request was turned
down. Since the fuel oil is not.
enough to last until next spring,
we will have a cold winter. Last
spring when sugar and milk was
gone, the Alaska National Guard
airplane came to the rescue and
helped airlift the freight.
Miscellaneous
27,000 to 30,000 empty oil drums
went down into Davy Jones
Locker some 350 miles southwest
of here. With all this removed
from village site, you’d notice
how clean it looked. Work is still
going on and will go on until
snow comes, within the village
limits.
Mr. Howard Slwooko was a
visitor early in August. He was a
speaker one Prayer Meeting. The
audience was so attentive, not so
much for what he was talking
about, but because of his slant in
dialect to those of Nunivak Is
land. According to Mr. Slwooko,
this is the first visit in 18 years.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Slwooko of Gambell.
Howard Slwooko pastored the
Covenant Church for many years
and now they are transferred to
Elim.
Sam Bill Nowpakahak and
Betty Nupowhotuk were married
by the U. S. Marriage Commis
sioner of Gambell, he for the 3rd
time and she for the 2nd time.
Ballots for Primary Election
were too new for old Eskimo
voters. Many were not counted
because the voters voted on both
sides of the ballot. Many who
did not vote were discouraged be
cause there were no absentee
ballots.
One naturalized male citizen of
Gambell was right when he com
mented after buying a Hunting
and Trapping license, a Duck
Stamp and a Permit to buy and
sell raw ivory: “I will be happy
if I do not have to buy a permit
to sleep with my wife.”
“Operation Gambell” which
lasted from July 12 to August 12
this summer with some 150 sol
diers from 23rd Infantry of Ft.
•Richardson was one to be remem
bered for their friendliness and
helpfulness. Under the leadership
of Captain Harrold, all went
smoothly.
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