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BUCYRUS - ERIE
Excavators
and Cranes
IpPl If it’s output you’re looking for, you’ll find Bucyrus
l Erie A, - to 4-yd. excavators and cranes are tops. Smooth
performance is achieved through fine balance of speeds and
power, through blending of operating motions, through quick
responsive control. Working with easily manipulated levers,
your operator finds it easy to handle big loads, easy to keep
them coming all through the shift.
There are ten Bucyrus-Erie models to choose from—eight
crawler-mounted machines and two Transit Cranes. See us
v for full details!
CATERPILLAR
Traxcavators
Caterpillar Traxcava
' tors are highly efficient
excavators and loaders. Each
of the 3 models is setting new records for its size, power and
capacity in the fields of performance and long life in material
handlers. Each gives big loading action from the 40° tip-back
bucket; each gives smoother, longer-lasting clutch action and
quicker loading, spotting and dumping action. Available in
models with bucket capacities from 1 to 2M cubic yards.
Caterpillar, Cat and Traxcavator are Registered Trademarks of Caterpillar Tractor Co.
WITTE
Diesel Engine
Generator Units
Wj| For installations where
' dependable, 24-hour-a
day operation is required, use a Witte engine or a Witte engine
generator unit. They will provide reliable, low-cost power, are
completely weatherproof, and can be operated out-of-doors,
without protection, except under extreme cold or wet-weather
conditions. Both are compact, require minimum maintenance,
and operate on low-cost diesel fuel. There are many generator
unit models for either direct or alternating current, and Witte
diesel engines from 4 to 12.5 horsepower.
The G-E
Motor
BETTER PERFORMANCE: Has a low noise level. . . gives up to
63% increase in shaft output per pound . . . has higher full
load speeds.
LESS MAINTENANCE: Tests prove Tri-Clad '55’ bearings last
longer' without regreasing than any other bearing system^
LONGER LIFE: Cast-iron strength . . . more fully enclosed drip,
proof construction ... water shedding stator windings.
For more information about the new Tri-Clad ’55’ call
\* us today. We will be glad to show our complete line of
General Electric motors.
NC "CAT” DEPT. jj
Machinery Division, Northern Commercial Co.
FRONT ST., NOME. MAIN 22
Visitors Assn.
Predicts Biggest
Year for Alaska
| Kay Kennedy, chief of the
j Alaska News Bureau, reports that
1957 will be a record year for vis
itors to Alaska.
The Alaska Visitors Assn, is
anticipating a 25 percent increase
in visitors over 1956- An extra
ship, the Coquitlam, is in opera
tion this summer on the Vancou
ver-Juneau route. In all, there
will be 39 cruises to Alaska over
this route.
There are about 50 scheduled
flights a week to Alaska from Se
attle and Vancouver. In addition,
Northwest Orient Airlines stops
at Anchorage 12 times a week
going to and coming from the
Orient. Scandinavian Airlines is
adding still more international
flavor to Alaska this year. Flights
between Copenhagen and Stock
holm and Tokyo stop at Anchor
age for refueling four times a
week now. ,
There are more than a dozen
go-anytime package tours of Alas
ka from the U.S. to choose from
this year, costing from $141 for
four days.
In addition, there is a wide
j variety of tours within Alaska. A
j new one is a three-day tour of
j the Homer-Seldovia region. It in
cludes a cruise-trip to king crab
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Welfare Board ;
To Meet May 1-3 !
JUNEAU—The Board of Public i
Welfare will meet at Juneau May !
1, 2, and 3 with the director of the i
department, Henry A. Harmon. j
The present board consists of j
Monsignor G. Edgar Gallant, V.G.,
chairman, Skagway, representing
the 1st Judicial Division: Mrs.
Omie McCarthy, Nome, repre
senting the 2nd Division; Rev.
Howard E. May, Cordova, 3rd Di
vision; and Mrs. Evelyn Melville,
Font Yukon, 4th Division.
Main subjects for discussion
and action will be on recent legis
lation affecting the Department
of Public Welfare. This will in
clude the newly adopted law con
cerning juveniles which will in
volve the tnansfer of certain re
sponsibilities from the Welfare
Dept, to the Board of Juvenile In
stitutions.
The most serious problem faced
by the department will be in the
Aid to Dependent Children Pro
gram in which the department re
ceived $150,000 less than the
amount appropriated for the
1955-57 biennium.
beds, visits to . canneries, water
fowl rookeries, islands, fjords and
to an old Russian church, and a
! flight over the entire area in a
! bush plane.
NEWS OF
I ALASKANS
By LULU FAIRBANKS
Esther Birdsall Darling, for
merly of Nome and now of Au
burn, Calif., still builds dreams
around her memories of the I
Northland and gives interesting
talks to the American Assn, of the
University Women, Soroptimists,
and other groups. She has written
several dog books and also the
poem on Alaska’s emblem, “The
Blue Fobget-Me-Not,” which is
quoted frequently by those who
live in this “empire of the North.”
* * *
More than 600 Seattle business
! leaders and guests were present
at the Alaska Day luncheon of
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce
recently when John H. Lloyd,
manager of the Alaska Railroad
spoke on “Transportation as I See
It.” Representing their respective
chambers of commerce were Al
vin Polet, Fairbanks; Jack Con
way, Sitka; Claire Banks, An
chorage; Stanley Morgan, Nome;
William A. Bates, Ketchikan; A1
Anderson, Juneau; Knut Thomp
son, Petersburg, and Howard
Whitford, Valdez. Also present
was Don Hungerford of Nome.
❖ * *
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hoyt of
Skagway are enjoying a month
among the orchids and gentle
breezes of the Hawaiian Islands.
The three new 800-h.p. Diesel
electric engines have taken steam
off the White Pass rails from
Skagway to Whitehorse, says Mr,
Hoyt. He is superintendent of the
rail division of this historic rail
road.
I IMPORTANT NOTICE
TERRITORIAL SCHOOL TAX FOR 19'7
NOW DUE AND PAYABLE
Tax is due and payable after January 1 of
each year and becomes delinquent after Dec. 1.
A Penalty of $2.00 Attaches If Not
Paid On or Before December 1, 1957
i The $10 Tax Is Retroactive To Jan. 1, 1957
So Any Person Having Paid the $7.50 Tax
Before Now Must Pay An Additional $2.50
Who Must Pay School Tax—
All persons between 21 and 60 years of age.
Exemptions—
Unemployed Dependent Females
Active Military or Naval Personnel
Insane Persons
Permanently Injured—unable to earn a living
EMPLOYERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTION
OF TAX FROM THEIR EMPLOYEES.
Failure or neglect to pay the School Tax is a mis
demeanor and subject to arrest and a fine of not more
than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 90 days.
Payment should be made to your local school
tax collector, Department of Taxation,
Box 259, Nome, Alaska—on Front Street
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American Newspaper
Vehicles Set Safety
Record Last Year
NEW YORK, UP—The Ameri
can Newspaper Publishers Assn,
announced winners Wednesday in
its 1956 safe driving campaign for
newspaper vehicles.
It reported that 475 United
States and Canadian newspapers
participating operated 7,003 ve
hicles 166,846,088 miles, with
3,106 accidents, for a rate of 1.86
accidents per 100,000 miles. The
1955 rate was 1.89. There were
three fatalities each year.
Certificates of merit award
winners included the Fairbanks
News-Miner.
ANTICIPATED
DIVIDEND PER
RATE YEAR
Retroactive to Jan. 1, 1957
First Federal Savings t Loan Assn, of Anchorage
223 East 5th Avenue • Anchorage, Alaska
LOMEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
NOME. ALASKA
WHEN IN THE MARKET FOR EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS
IT WILL PAY YOU TO INVESTIGATE THE MANY LINES WE REPRESENT
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co. Tractors, Pumps
Belt Drives, Electrical Equipment
Baker Manufacturing Co.Dozers and Plows
DeLaval Steam Turbine Co. .. Pumps
Detroit Diesel Engine Die. Diesel Engines
Gar Wood Industrie!! . ’Dozers
Gates Rubber Company . Belts
Hobart Manufacturing Company. Welders
Hydraulic Supply Mfg. Company . Pipe
Jaeger Pumps, Compressors, Concrete Mixers
A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co. ___ Wire Rope
Lincoln Engineering Co. Greasing Equipment
**allory . Blocks
°nan .-. Light Plants
Owaionna Tool Co. Hand Tools
Power Machinery Co. .. Power Saws
S K F Industries . Bearings
Smith Welding Equip. Corp. Welding Tools
Thew - Lorain Shovel Co.Cranes Sc Shovels
Th°r.Pneumatic Tools, Electric Saws
Timken Roller Bearing Co. . Bearings
Willard Batteries . Batteries
Wisconsin Motors .. Motors
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LIGHTERAGE AND COASTWISE WATER TRANSPORTATION