THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3. 1879.
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‘Life - Learning - Friendship’
KAPPA CHAPTER of Beta Sigma Phi was installed
in Nome in 1950, and its first president was Mrs.
Jim McLean.
Although a very small group of about a dozen
members, they have, in these past eight years, been
most active in community affairs, doing their share
in making Nome a better place in which to live, and
in working toward the cultural growth in Alaska’s
most famous little town.
The respect the group has attained in these few
short years is expressed by the co-operation given
them in financing and promoting this convention.
This international organization, with more than
€,000 chapters, will be represented here by the 19
chapters in Alaska, all of whom are dedicated to “life,
learning and friendship.”
We extend to you, Beta Sigma Phi, the warm
hospitality of Nome !
Withdrawals Unlimited...
MINING PEOPLE of this area were glad when
Senator Bartlett declined to sponsor the
National Wilderness Preservation System.
The areas already held in Alaska for national
monuments, wildlife preserves, petroleum reserves,
etc., already take millions of acres. The proposed
withdrawal of another 9 million acres for an Arctic
Wildlife Range and the Kuskokwim withdrawal of
2,924 square miles, is another good-sized chunk of the
new State which should be carefully studied by more
than one group within the State before any action
is taken.
Rivers Tells Congress Japanese Must
Relent, Cooperate, in Fish Conservation
WASHINGTON, UP — Unless
Japan limits its North Pacific fish
ing activity it may lose a U. S.
market for its catch, the House
•was told Thursday.
In prepared remarks, Rep.
Ralph Rivers called attention to
Uie Interior Department’s plans
to close Alaska’s Bristol Bay sal
mon fishery and to legislation in
troduced to ban the import and
sale of Japanese caught salmon.
“As the situation now stands,
and unless there is an early
change for the better,” Rivers
said, ‘‘it is going to be necessary
in the national interest to enact
such legislation.”
In announcing plans to shut
down commercial fishing in Bris
tol Bay this summer, the Interior
Department said too few salmon
would escape the Japanese har
vest on the high seas to permit
domestic fishermen to operate in
the bay. To do so, it said, would
lower escapement below levels
needed to maintain the run.
Rivers said this decision has
left bay residents “in deep eco
nomic trouble and understandably
indignant and angry.”
“They have helplessly watched
the fine resource . . . decline
through the years because of fed
eral mismanagement and result
ant over-fishing,” he said. “They
have watched the situation get
progressively worse since the Jap
anese started their high seas fish
ery for salmon in the North Pa
cific since 1952.”
He said the Japanese have lived
Up to the letter but not the spirit
of the 1952 treaty which restricted
their fishing to the area west of
175 degrees west longitude.
Originally set as the western
limits of migration by Alaska
spawned salmon, scientific evi
dence now indicates the line
should have been set farther
west.
“It is apparent,” Rivers said,
“that unless the Japanese relent
and cooperate in negotiating a
new abstention line at least 5
degrees farther west than the
present line, along with improved
conservation standards, the United
States will be in the position of
doing all the conserving while
the Japanese catch all the fish.”
ORDINANCE NO. 389
An Ordinance of ihe Cify of
Nome, Alaska, fixng the salary
of ihe Ciiy Clerk io be elected
in ihe Municipal Election on April
7, 1959.
BE IT ORDAINED AND EN
ACTED by ihe Common Council
of ihe Ciiy of Nome, Alaska:
Thai ihe salary of ihe Ciiy
Clerk to be elected al ihe annual
ciiy election, April 7, 1959, shall
be as follows:
Ciiy Clerk, Assessor,
Tax Collector and
Magistrate . $750.00
. per month.
Passed and Approved by ihe
Nome Common Council of ihe
Ciiy of Nome, Alaska, in Special
Session assembled March 18, 1959.
s/ Steffen Andersen,
Mayor
Attest: s/ Robert F. Scolt,
Ciiy Clerk
Publish March 20, 23, 25
Derr Resigns As
Director of AVA
JUNEAU, UPI — Some “long
standing differences” were given
by R. A. Derr Thursday as the
reason for his resignation as man
aging director of the Alaska Vis
itors Association.
Rejection by the board of direc
tors of his request for “small sal
ary increases” for three members
of his staff immediately preceded
his decision to step down Wed
nesday, he said. He had held the
post since August, 1957.
Derr, former manager of the
Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce;
appeared before a legislative
committee Tuesday night seeking
a $250,000 state appropriation for
the association.
New officers of the tourist pro
motion group and a new board, of
directors were chosen here Wed
nesday. Robert Baker, Anchorage
bank official, was elected presi
dent, succeeding Everett Patton
of Fairbanks.
The new officers are: Robert
Ellis, Ketchikan, first vice presi
dent; Bernice Stokke, Peters
burg, second vice president; J^rry
Gerard, Anchorage, secretary,
and O. F. Benecke, Juneau, treas
urer.
Sixteen persons were named to
the board of directors. Sen. John
McNees, Nome, was named to fill
the unexpired term of Frank Rich
ards of Sitka.
Other board members named to
two-year terms were:
Fred Dunn, Mrs. Helen Mon
son and Mrs. Belle Simpson, all
of Juneau; Paul Nielson, Ben
Crawford and Brad Philips, all
of Anchorage; Jim Binkley and
William Snedden, both of Fair
banks; Frank Downey, Skagway,
and Leroy Peterson and Howard
Clifford, both Seattle.
NOTICE OF
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the Annual Municipal and
School Board Election will be
held on Tuesday. April 7, 1959.
at the City Hall, Nome, Alaska,
for the purpose of electing the
following officers, to-wit:
MAYOR
ONE MEMBER OF NOME
COMMON COUNCIL FOR
i YEAR TERM
THREE MEMBERS OF
NOME COMMON COUN
CIL FOR 2 YEAR TERM
CITY CLERK
ONE MEMBER OF SCHOOL
BOARD FOR 5 YEAR
TERM
ONE MEMBER OF UTILITY
BOARD FOR 5 YEAR
TERM
A qualified voter must be at
least nineteen (19) years of age;
a citizen of the United States; a
resident of Alaska for one year
and of the City of Nome for
thirty (30) days prior to date of
election.
Polls will be open at 9:00
o'clock a.m„ and close at 6:00
o'clock p.m.
Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
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Federal Game, Fishing
Laws Funds To Be Cut
In Alaska By 1960
WASHINGTON, UK—'The House
Appropriations Committee rec
ommended today that funds for
continued federal administration
of the Alaska game laws and com
mercial fisheries be cut off Jan
The American flag was first
official displayed over Alaska
when Russian troops lowered their
flag and U. S. Marines hoisted the
Stars and Stripes at Sitka on
October 18, 1867.
uary 1, 1960. It said by that time
Alaska should have taken over as
provided in the statehood act.
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