fficial Washington Hears Alaska
Activity in Oil Land Exploration
Described as ‘Terrific Expansion’
WASHINGTON, UP) — Official
Washington heard Alaska’s in
creasing ferment over oil land
"leases and exploration described
Hast week as part of a “terrific
peconoTnic expansion” underway in
Ithe territory.
Ralph Browne of the Anchor
age Chamber of Commerce, for
merly with the Alaska Develop
ment Board, emphasized the in
creasing oil activities before the
Civil Aeronautics Board in sup
port of his contention that more
air service for Alaska should be
authorized.
“Eight major companies are ac
tively interested in petroleum ex
ploration in the territory,” he
said.
An increasing number of opera
tors also are taking active interest
in Alaska, he added.
More than three million acres,
all within the Anchorage trading
sphere, have been taken up under
lease, Browne said.
He added the Bureau of Land
Management has reported that
some 12 million acres, in “areas
where geologic conditions are fa
vorable for the occurrence of oil,”
remain to be taken under lease.
Drilling is being carried on at
three po'ints, he said, with “more
wells being scheduled for drilling
next spring.”
"The picture changes so rapidly
that it is difficult io keep abreast
of new development,” Browne
added. “As a matter of fact, on
the day I left Anchorage, a new
million dollar firm—the Far North
Oil & Gas Co.—was organized.
This new company is backed by
Texas interests. A drilling pro
gram will get under way in the
spring.”
The opening up of a new field
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in Alaska would result in a tre
mendous influx of new popula
tion, Browne said.
Browne quoted the Anchorage
Times as reporting recently that
“the interest in oil potentials has
snowballed so as to make this
area one of the hottest spots on
the globe. Several of the major
firms are already setting up sub
stantial budgets for next season’s
operations.”
Turn Down the Volume—
Or, Is a Thief in the Safe?
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., UP) —
Patrolman H. J. Ekert Jr. was
drinking coffee at an all - night
diner Thursday night when David
Ballard rushed in and said he
had heard a “muffled explosion.”
Detectives and additional patrol
men were dispatched. But Ballard,
a nightwatchman at a nearby
shopping center, discovered the
source of the explosion.
He had bought new batteries
for his hearing aid Thursday and
forgot to adjust the volume. A
slamming door sounded to him
like a safe-cracker’s blast.
Letter-Size File Folders For
Sale At The Nome Nugget Office.
NOTICE TO BID
Sealed bids shall be received in
the City Clerk's Office up to 5:00
p,m. Oct. 25. 1954, on the follow
ing:
Winter contract for water
supply to the City on a per
gallon bid.
Furnace oil and stove oil,
each on a per gallon bid.
Nome Common Council
By Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk
Publish Oct. 18, 20, 22, 1954
NOTICE
Notification shall be made to
the Nome Light & Power Utilities
office and the City Clerk's office
before any intended move is made
of buildings in the City limits.
This precaution is necessary be
cause of electric and telephone
wires.
Nome Common Council
By Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk
Publish Oct. 13, 20, 22, 1954
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them how great things the Lord hath done for thee."
John 8:12 Paid Ado.
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0:30—Revenuers'Romp 11:00—Bill Ring
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140 Alaska Indians
May Get TB Treatment
At Firland Sanitorium
SEATTLE, (if) — King County
commissioners are considering the
possibility of treating 140 Alaska
Indians at county-owned Firland
Sanatorium.
The proposition was made by
James W. Mifflin, chairman o'f the
Firland board. He said that the
need for treatment of the tuber
culosis-stricken natives is great in
Alaska and that Firland now has
over 400 vacant beds.
The cost will be undertaken by
the Alaska Native Service which
is sharing in a government ap
propriation of $1,180,000.
After treating the natives, the
government will return them to
Alaska to make sure they do not
become public charges here, Miff
lin said.
Tremendous advances in the
treatment of tuberculosis have
made the bed space at Firland
available.
We hear that statisticians find
that nine out of ten women are
knock-kneed. And for years we’d
been thinking that statisticians
never had any fun!
Hunting Tips
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A good hunter assumes that
every gun is loaded until he
personally inspects it. Saying,
"I didn’t know it was loaded,"
admits he doesn’t know the first
rule of hunting safety, the Na
tional Rifle Assn. says. Never
point any gun at anyone. A
good hunter never will climb a
fence- carrying a loaded gun. He
will unload or open the action
on entering a house.
Your gun and ammunition
should be stored when not in
use. To avoid accidents keep the
ammunition separate from the
gun. The National Rifle Assn,
suggests that the gun either be
locked in a rack .or disassem
bled before storing. A handgun
can be kept £afe by storing it in
a locked drawer and putting the
ammunition in another locked
drawer. You keep the keys.
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Regains His Eyesight
LOS ANGELES—Because he was required to take a physical
examination before entering a summer camp for blind children,
Andrew Nicholson, 14, through a quirk of fate, regained perfect left
eyesight. Through a series of accidents during the early years of
his life, Andrew had lost total sight in his light eye and was down
to his last five percent in the left eye. However, a donating eye
surgeon, Dr. Henry Yen Lee, was in attendance at the California
Babies and Children’s Hospital and through his operation, Andrew
regained his sight. Pictured above is nurse Barbara Goldwater
(left) giving Andrew a visual test.
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COFFFE SHOP
Will Be Closed Every Monday <
Beginning September 27th.
Open From 7 A.M. to 11 P.M. B
the rest of the week.
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