‘Chemical Farm' Being Built
By Air Force at Sparrevohn
By JIM DOHERTY
The U.S. Air Force, worlds big
gest potential dealer in spacial
real estate, is going back to the
farm—or the farm is coming to
the Air Force, whichever you
prefer.
,Within two weeks, according to
an Alaskan Air Command an
nouncement made last week, con
struction will begin on' a hydro
ponic farm at Sparrevohn, one of
the command’s remote radar
sites. Experts are predicting fresh
vegetables by Christmas.
The announcement foreshadows
no new land withdrawal. “Hy
droponics”. is a 16-cylinder word
that refers to the growing of
plants in chemically treated wa
ter. Japanese farmers, pinched
for space in their postage-stamp
islands, have practiced the art for
years.
Sparrevohn’s comestibles will
be grown in two planting tanks,
each 40 feet long, three feet wide
and a foot deep. Installed in
steam-heated greenhouses, the
tanks are expected to yield suf
ficient fresh produce to satisfy
the site’s entire population.
It will cost about $9,000 to put
the GI agriculturists in business.
If AAC’s Sparrevohn experiment
proves successful, the command
plans to install the “farms” at
other remote Alaskan sites.
The announcement, tho wel
comed, triggered the usual flood
of GI humor. One sourdough wag
was moved to pen the following
bucolic outburst:
Tho we deal in supersonics.
Our farms are hydroponic,
Our artichokes in liquid, hot
house bedded.
We’re as proud and pleased as
Punch
When we siphon off a bunch,
To a hydra-headed duty we’ve
been wedded.
Just between us we don’t
mind it,
As gourmets, I state, we find it
Stimulating while we’re wait
ing for the thaw,
To contemplate the blizzards
As we sit and stuff our gizzards
Sipping hydropnic bean soup
thru a straw!
Water Moccasin Is
Unwelcome Passenger
In Automobile
DALLAS, Tex., (4*1—Don Mize,
18, turned around to see who was
tapping him on the shoulder as
he drove thru a downtown street
Friday.
It was a 5-foot-long water moc
casin.
“Then I grabbed the emer
gency brake and brought the car
to a screaming stop, the youth
told officers. “All at the same
time, it seemed, I swung open
the car door and headed for the
pavement.”
Someone called the police but
by the time they arrived Mize
and a passerby had beaten the
snake lifeless with a stick.
Mize admitted to police that
he picked up the snake while on
a July 4th picnic and stowed it
away in a box in the trunk of his
car. Somehow the snake got out.
Mrs. Hap Lancaster is sched
uled to leave tomorrow for the
States and is hurrying her de
parture to visit with her daugh
ter who is planning on leaving for
Africa via Japan to be married
this month.
Mrs. Charles Fagerslrom left
for Anchorage for the funeral of
the late James Brandon, formerly
of Nome and Teller. She will visit
with his widow, Trixie Brandon,
before returning.
Alcan Highway Engineer Dies
ATLANTA, UR — Marion R.
Finley, construction engineer in
charge of building the Alcan
Highway to Alaska, died of a
heart attack yesterday. He was
a resident of adjacent Cobb
county.
Politeness is merely good na
ture regulated by plain common
sense.
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Hugo John Stoll,
Gold Rush Pioneer,
Dies in Petersburg at 74
PETERSBURG—One of Alas
ka’s colorful gold rush pioneers
was laid to rest in Petersburg
cemetery recently, another vic
tim of cancer.
Hugo John Stoll, 74, who at one
time “mushed the mail” by dog
team between Nome and St. Mi
chael, died on June 17.
Mr. Stoll had mate’s and cap
tain’s papers for operating river
boats in the interior and was
present on the1 Alaska Railroad
when President Harding drove
the golden spike signalling com
pletion of' the road.
Wien Airlines
To Fairbanks: Barbara Oake
son, Sue Duey, Jim Duey, Earl
Rohressen, Mrs. Earl Rohressen,
Edwin Moeller, Joe Merrett, J.
Medders.
From Kotzebue: Jack Bullock,
Raymond Kays, Edwin Moeller,
C. F. Dahl.
From Fairbanks: Mrs. Dan Bur
lison, Jay Burlison, Mr. and Mrs.
Nick Nussbaumer, Allen McAl
lister, Eugene Baumchen.
To Kotzebue: Harold Olanna,
Cliff Short, Archie Adrian, Mrs.
John Dixon, Mrs. E. Dixon, C. F.
Dahl.
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Cols - Maiiresses
Blankets - Pillows
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Garbage Pail Not Safe
For Night Deposits,
Grocer Learns Hard Way
NEW YORK, UPi—A Brooklyn
grocer learned the hard way that
a garbage pail won't do as a night
deposit vault.
Francisco Lopez closed his store
late Thursday night, stuffed
$1,500 in receipts in a paper bag
and dropped the money in the
pail. He suddenly remembered
the money the next day—after
the garbage collector had called.
Lopez traced the trash to a city
sanitation department pier. The
refuse and the money were about
to be towed to sea for dumping.
The grocer and 11 other men
dug thru tons of rubbish. They
found the money after a lV£-hour
search.
“The bank for me,” sighed Lo
pez.
At Least 10 Die
In Italian Heat Wave
GOMEZ. t?’i—Italy counted at
least 10 dead Saturday from a
week-long heat wave.
Temperatures reached 105 de
grees Friday near Bologna. Mi
lan’s 98 was the hottest there
since the war. Rome had a swel
tering, humid 97.
The heat wave extended to
other countries of Europe. Paris
had its hottest night ever record
ed. It was 95 at mid-afternoon.
The heat wave gave Paris po
licemen unprecedented privilege
—the right to take their coats off
on duty.
Nobody on the force remem
bers it ever getting that hot be
fore.
Joan Longley, who has been
visiting here with her family, left
for Bethel where she is cm the
nursing staff of the A.N.S. hos
pital.
INVITATION TO BID
Sealed bids will be received at
the Nome Light & Power Utilities
office until 2:00 p.m. July 11,
1957 and then publicly opened
for the sale of the following- sub
ject to the approval of the Nome
Common Cuncil:
1 American Tool Co. belt
driven lathe with 14-inch swing
and 5 feel between centers, also
assorted cullers;
1 Chevrolet motor -equipped
with pulley.
Above may be inspected at the
City Power Plant.
Nome Light & Power Utilities
Publish July 5, 8, 10, 1957
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Airman Refuses
Order to Get
‘Sidewall’ Haircut
TOKYO, (/P>—A young Colorad
an airman said Saturday his re
fusal to get a “white sidewall”
has resulted in court-martial
charges against him.
In this incident “white side
wall” refers to a haircut, one that
strips the sideburns bare from
the ears to the crown of the head.
Airman 3/.C Don Wheeler of
Cortez, Colo.', said charges of dis
obeying orders were filed against
him after his squad leader told
him, to get his hair cut in that
fashion. He declined.
“I am not refusing an order,”
Wheeler said,, “simply challeng
ing an order to get a ‘white side
wall’ haircut because I had had
an Air Force regulation haircut
only the day before.”
Murray Sprunk, a New York
lawyer practicing in Tokyo, said
he had agreed to defend Wrheeler
in the summary court-martial.
Wheeler, 20, is a member of
the honor guard platoon at Persh
ing Heights. A spokesman for the
Air Force said that, as such, he
should have a sharp haircut.
“Members of the honor guard
should look alike,” he said.
“Wheeler is not being tried for
failure to get a haircut. He is
charged with disobedience of a
lawful order of his superior of
ficer.”
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jJohn White to Retire
iFrom Pan American
SEATTLE —John W. White,
Pan American World Airways
director for the Pacific Northwest
and Alaska, will retire effective
September 1.
White is observing his 25th
year of service with the airline.
He was assigned to Fairbanks,
at the time Pan American ac
quired the predecessor companies
of its Alaska operation.
White remained in Fairbanks
nine years. He was assigned to
the company’s offices in Seattle
in 1941.
He later was promoted to re
gional director and was named
director in 1954.
Son Born to Mr. and Mrs. Minnix
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Minnix are
the parents of a son bom Satur
day evening at the hospital. The
father is well known as a taxi
driver here.
WEATHER FORECAST
Continued cloudy, frequent fog
and rain or drizzle, southwester
ly winds changing to westerly to
night and reducing to 10-15 mph.
Little change in temperature.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Precipitation .01 in.
Highest temperature 45, lowest
43. Max. wind 20 mph from the
W.S.W. Sunrise at 1:50 a.m., sun
set at 10:24 p.m.
A year ago today: high 52, low
48. Extremes this date since 1907:
highest 72 in 1925, lowest 32 in
1934.
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Leave Fairbanks 7:00 a.m Arrive Nome 11:30 am.
Leave Nome 4:30 p.m. Arrive Fairbanks 8:45 p.m.
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, SATURDAY
NOME - KOTZEBUE - NOME
Leave Nome 12:30 p.m. Arrive Kotzebue 1:45 pm.
Leave Kotzebue 2:30 p.m. Arrive Nome 3:45 pm.
TUESDAY and FRIDAY
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NOME - DEERING - CANDLE - KOTZEBUE
Leave Nome 8:30 a.m. Arrive Kotzebue 10:30 a.m.
Leave Kotzebue 11:00 a.m. Arrive Nome 1:00 p.m.
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