PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Arriving this morning were:
George McOaskey, Mr. and Mrs.
George Grigsby, Bern Burk, Es
ther and Charles Toomey.
Departing were Betty Savok,
Mrs. M. Keith and infant, Mrs.
Pauline Gnbrielson.
Sally Carrighar writes she is
living in Cambridge, Mass., where
she is working on a new book,
•‘Icebound Summer,” parts of
which will appear in the Post,
Colliers and Esquire in the near
future.
By use of artificial insemina
tion it is possible to get 1,000
calves a year from a bull com
pared with 50 by natural breed
ing.
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MR. AND MRS. GEO. GRIGSBY
ARE VISITORS IN TOWN
Mr. and Mrs. George Grigsby,
Nomeites of the early days, ar
rived today with Pan American
and ore guests at the Polaris
Hotel.
Mr. Grigsby is a well-known
Alaskan attorney who has his
practice in Anchorage where he
makes his home. He was mayor
of Nome in 1914; Attorney Gen
eral of the Territory in 1916 and
Delegate to Congress in 1919 and
U.S. Attorney here from 1902 to
1910.
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: Harold Rowe.
From McGrath: Mr. and Mrs.
B. B. Mozee.
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
, J. J. DILLON, Agent — Phone Main 68
Around Nome
By HARRY LUDBROOK
City Manager Sytem—IV
Although the manager’s author
ity over administration is com
plete, the council has power to
dismiss him should his work
prove unsatisfactory, just as. a
board of directors of any large
or small organization may dismiss
its hired manager. The manager
cannot build up a political mach
ine of his own, because the im
mediate and proper jealousy of
his employer, the council, would
result in his discharge and loss
of references for other jobs. There
is no record of there ever having
been a manager-dictator in city
employment. On the contrary, the
manager’s immediate responsibil
ity to the council makes him more
genuinely subject to democratic
control than an elected mayor
whose activities are not under
such close scrutiny toy the council,
and who may be recalled only at
stated election times or toy com
plicated legal procedure.
There is nothing automatic
about the democratic process. No
form of government will of itself
produce good government where
bad government grew before. A
form of government is, after all,
a piece of machinery. That piece
of machinery is best which per
forms most adequately the func
tion it is designed to perform
under normal operating condi
tions. Normal operating condi
tions implies oil in the gears and
an operator of normal intelli
gence. The citizen is the operator
of the piece of governmental
machinery we are discussing. If
he doesn’t tend his job, then no
piece of machinery can adequate
ly fill his place. But one piece of
machinery may be better than
another piece in making his job
easier to perform. Briefly, that is
the basic factor which differenti
ates the forms of government we
have been discussing.
Of all forms of government, the
council-manager form makes the
job of the citizen easiest, makes
it so much easier that the citizen
can both understand how it works
and make it work. But it should
never be forgotten that' if the
citizen fails to play his role in
government is likely to succeed
the democratic process, then baa
good government under any form.
ATTENTION ALL MASONS
A special communication will
be held in the Masonic Temple on
Monday, December 29, 1952, at
7:30 p.m. Work in Entered Ap
prentice Degree. Your attendance
requested.
By order of Boyd C. Harwood,
155 W. M.
WANT ADS
FOUND — Timex wrist watch
with broken expansion band.
DREAM
THEATER
Friday, Dec. 26—7:15 & 8 p.m.
"WYOMING BANDIT"
- Allan Lane -
Saturday, Dec. 27—7:30 p.m.
"THE TALL TARGET"
Dick Powell, Paula Raymond
Adolphe Menjou, Ruby Dee
Sunday, Dec. 28—7:30 pan.
"DIAL 1119"
Marshall Thompson, Andrea King
Virginia Field, Leon Ames
Sunday Matinee, 2:30
— DOUBLE FEATURE —
GAMBELL NEWS
(Pre-Christmas)
By CLARENCE IRRIGOO
Gambell Winter began Decem
ber 10, almost two weeks earlier
than calendar winter. In these
few shortest days of the year, 12
walrus and many oogrooks and
seals are killed.
Every year when the summer
months are over and fresh meat
is not available it would be better,
natives would say, to shiver from
cold and eat fresh walrus meat
when ice comes. This has been
true ever since this village exist
ed. We are now shivering from
cold, but we are once again en
joying all the meat money could
not buy otherwise.
* * *
Baby boy is born this month to
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Kaningok.
Family is doing very nicely.
TUNDRABIRDS AND NANOOKS
FEATURED IN BASKETBALL
LEAGUE GAMES TONIGHT
The undefeated 32nd Detach
ment Tundrabirds, with seven
straight wins, tangle with the
Nome Nanooks in the feature bas
ketball game at 8:15 in tonight’s
doubleheader. The second place
23rd Detachment meets the CAT*
who are currently tied for last
place with the 142nd Radar, start
ing at 7.
Tonight’s game will conclude
the first half scheduled play for
the league teams. A single elim
ination holiday tournament will
be run off December 27-31. The
Tundrabirds are favored to cop
the five-day basketball affair.
In tomorrow night’s games the
32nd Det. plays the Church at 7
and at 8:15 the 23rd Det. and
142nd Radar play in the opening
games of the Holiday Single Elim
ination Tournament.
NOTICE
The annual New Year's Pot
latch will be held at the LWY
Mission on Thursday, New Year's
Day at 5:30 p.m. Everyone is in
vited and it is requested that all
who can, bring food.
Esther McCoy, Director
Everett Schiller Reports
Results of Parasitic
Survey at Nome
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blood meal. Rat fleas have been
involved in the transmission of a
number of diseases to humans in
this way.
Self implantation of a number ,
of living fleas removed from a
rat resulted in a rather mild sys
temic reaction and considerable
local irritation.
An effort is now being made in
the laboratory to determine
whether a pathogenic organism
is involved, and if so, with which
disease it may be associated.
Cold May Control Reproduction
Interesting observations were
made concerning the prevalence
of frozen feet, tails, and ears of
rats collected. This, together with '
the indication of an extremely low
rate of reproduction during the
winter season may act as a factor
in the natural control of the Nome
rat population within reasonable
limits.
A knowledge of the relation
ships existing between rat popu
lation centers, shelter, and food
supply between these centers has
suggested the methods which
should be pursued in an effective
program of rat eradication and
control.
A detailed report of the study,
together with the recommenda
tions resulting from the investiga
tion, will be made to the Nome v
City Council for their evaluation
in connection with the institution
of such a program.
I should like to express my sin
cere appreciation to the entire
community for the hospitality, in
terest and cooperation shown me
in conjunction with this study.
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