New Sea Water Mining
System Planned For
Local Spring Operation
Ralph Murane arrived from his
home in California last week a.nd
has been getting his mining equip
ment ready to leave for Bluff to
put into operation a new method
.of mining through the ice. .
The actual mining gear, was
taken to Bluff last year by water.
The system to be used will be
|by pumping sand through a hole
;n the Bering Sea ice directly into
gluice boxes, utilizing sea water
;for the washing process.
, The tailings will be left on the
:ice, Mr. Murane said. He plans
to try the new method for a
month.
Accompanying Murane will be
Jim Dexter and Joe Mikel.
... Murane, an optometrist, has
spent several yeqrs perfecting his
• new mining method. He is the son
of C. D. Murane, a former: dis
trict judge of the court here.
Mining men are looking with; in
terest for the result of this revo
lutionary mining process.
School Board Acts
To Be Represented
At Fairbanks Conference
, Mrs. Dorothy Grant will rep
resent the Nome School Board at
the Regional Teachers Conference
in Fairbanks on March 19 and 20.
She will meet with Mr. Conrad
Potter, the new school superin
tendent, who will also be attend
ing the conference. Several other
teachers are also planning to go,
it was reported.
Bills in the amount of $5,015 for
he month of February were ap
proved by the School Board for
payment. The teachers payroll
for February was $22,667.20 gross.
The need for shop and home
economics teachers, as well as
a remedial teacher, was discussed
t the recent meeting, and Super
intendent Angell reported that all
possibilities will be contacted.
It was announced that the Hot
unch program will close at the
l of March as planned.
Ernie Bohrer reported on the
m aintenance work presently being
c rried out and a list of recom
ntndations necessary to increase
me efficiency of the program.
Members attending the Board
meeting were George Bayer, presi
dent, Dorothy Grant, Roy Snyder
and Neal Foster.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Clara Tootkayalook,
Gloria Davis, Jerry Daniels, Wal
lace Amuktoolik, Maggie Fegozk,
Marjorie Nagaruk.
Discharged: John Oksoktaruk,
Edith Iyatunguk, Wallace Otton,
and Tommy, Roger, Russell, Lois,
tand Janet Walluk.
CHERRY’S
BARBER SHOP
Will be Open jusl as soon as
a Good Barber is available. Please
baar wiih me another day or so.
Thank You,
H. D. CHERRY.
490 National Guardmen
Fly to Fort Richardson
For Annual Encampment
The annual airlift of Alaska
National Guardsmen from their
villages to the encampment at Ft.
Richardson is now under way.
Staging areas for collecting the
men have been set up here in
Nome and at Kotzebue, Barrow
and Unalakleet.
The men to gather here are
from King and Little Diomede
Islands, Elim, Teller, Teller Mis
sion, White Mountain, and St.
Lawrence Island.
First Scout Bn. headquarters
here estimate that about 490 men
will attend the encampment from
the village units. The two weeks
encampment is to start Sunday
and the first plane load of men
will leave Nome at midnight Sat
urday.
The advance detachment to set
up the camp left for Ft. Richard
son earlier this week.
KING ISLAND FLIGHTS
MADE FOR GUARDSMEN
Munz Airways planes made
three flights to King Island yes
terday bringing back nine Nation
al Guardsmen and two persons, a
woman and a child, for hospital
ization.
It is understood another flight
was to be made today for more
Guardsmen.
ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
The bright planet in the south
western sky seen soon after sun
set is Venus. Venus is one of the
planets that revolves inside the
earth’s orbit. It takes 225 days for
one revolution. The planet oscil
lates to the east and west of the
sun’s place in the sky. Sometimes
it romes out in the west, to be an
evening star; at other times it
rises before the sun, to be a
morning star .
Venus, the brightest of planets,
outshines all the other celestial
bodies except the sun and moon.
It is our nearest neighbor among
the principal planets, and comes
within 26 million miles of the
earth at inferior conjunction. Its
diameter of 7.700 miles is only
slightly less than the earth’s
diameter.
When viewed through a tele
scope, the planet shows a cycle
of phases, just like the moon.
Venus, like Mercury, does not have
a satellite.
Numbered Duplicate Stub Tickets
For Sale at The Nugget
St. Patrick’s Party
w
Sponsored By
ST. JOSEPH'S
CATHOLIC CHURCH
March 17 — 8 to 11 pm.
WHIST ★ PINOCHLE
— Special Games for Children —
★ PRIZES — DOOR PRIZES ★
Admission:
CHILDREN — 75c
ADULTS — $1.50
Scheduled Sailings Every Tuesday
For Seward and Valdez
and Alternate Fridays for Seward,
Write: Alaska Steamship Company,
Box 200, Anchorage
— OR —
Nome Agent For Information
Beta Sigma Phi Expects
Good Attendance at Nome
Conference Next Week
Alaska Kappa Chapter of Beta
Sigma Phi anticipates a good at
tendance at the Nome Convention.
Mary Honsberger, housing chair
man, has received 28 registrations
to date, and more are expected
before the end of the week. This
is to be the fifth All Alaska Con
vention of Beta Sigma Phi Soro
rity.
Mrs. Wilma Z. Lind of Seattle
will represent the International
Office at the convention.
The home chapter, under the
capable management of Conven
tion Chairman Ruth McLean, is
busily engaged in putting last min
ute touches to convention projects.
Delegates are scheduled to ar
rive Thursday, March 19th. Upon
arrival they will register at their
hotels, and then gather in the
evening for a get-acquainted cock
tail hour at the Polaris Hotel.
On Friday the delegates will at
tend morning and evening forums,
a luncheon and a Gay Nipeties
Party in the evening. Saturday,
there will be a morning forum,
a tea in the afternoon, sponsored
by the Home Arts Club, and a
formal banquet in the evening.
The convention will close with a
brunch and the Closing Ritual on
Sunday morning. Delegates will
be entertained with dog races
sponsored by the Arctic Club on
Sunday afternoon.
A more complete convention
schedule will be available, next
week.
IN DISTRICT COURT
Ray Bunday of Selawik, who
had been bound over to the grand
jury, pleaded guilty to a charge of
contributing to the delinquency of
a minor and was sentenced to 10
months in jail, suspended, by
Judge Walter Hodge.
WEATHER FORECAST
Fair and colder tonight and to
morrow. Lowest temperature ex- ^
pected tonight -30. the high to
morrow -5.
In last 24 hours: Lowest tem
perature -26, highest -6.
"4-on" Duplicate Receipt Book*
available ai The Nome Nugget
Notice To Real And
Personal Property Owners
The Common Council will sit as
a Board of Equalization on March
16, 17, and 18, 1959, from 8 p.m.
to 9 p.m. in the City Hall.
Real and Personal Property
holders have this opportunity to
make adjustments on their assess
ments.
Nome Common Council
By Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
Publish March 13, 16, 18
WANT ADS
FOR SALE — Sunbeam Mixmas
ter; Serving Tea Cart. Black 44.
FOR SALE — W i 11 y s Station
Wagon. Call Red 30. tfc
FOR SALE — Our new dried Red
salmon are in. Better than ever.
50c lb. by the bundle. 55c lb.
straight. R. R. (Bob) Blodgett,
Teller Commercial Co., Teller,
Alaska. tf
YOUNG MEN, 20 - 30 years old;
Tradesmen, German or Hun
garian trained, want to settle
in Alaska. Contact Yorkville
Employment Agency, 200 E. 85th
Street, N. Y. C., N. Y. 4t-wk.
FOR SALE — Combination radio
and record player, mahogany
cabinet with 80 records; Sun
beam ironing board; Sunbeam
Mixmaster; vacuum cleaner
with all attachments; glass
ware, silverware, and other
household items. Tuttle, First
Ave., Phone Red 18.
SHOWING AT NOMERAMA
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
RECKLESS, BREATHLESS ADVENTURE!
SUNDAY and MONDAY
Cedi B. DeMille's Adventure Spectacle! |
Paramount AADV
Presents bAKT
cooper Cecil B.DeMHIes
an« PAULETTE
GODDARD
BOMS T CECIL WARD
• KARLOFF- KELLAWAY- BOND
Produced and Directed by Cecil B. DeMille • Screenplay by Charity Bannett. Fredric » Frank and Jast larky, Jr.
Bated on tbe novel by Neil H. Swanton • A PARAMOUNT RE-RELEASE
" K N 0 M - T V
"" FRIDAY SUNDAY
6:30—Flash Gordon 6:30—Loretta Yousg
7:00—Huckleberry Hound 7:00—Steve Allen
7:30—Steve Canyon 8:00—Maverick
8:00—The D.A.'s Man 9:00—The Thin Man
8:30—Schlitz Playhouse 9:30—Feature Movie
9:00—Wells Fargo 10:30—Sacred Heart
9:30—Lawrence Welk
10:30—Feature Movie
Sunday — 2:30 Sunrise Semester; 3 Pat Boone- 3:30 DA's Man
INTERNATIONAL
PARTS
PICKUPS Jgzs. TRUCKS
BEN YOUNG__
The U.S. MERC
“Where Your Dollars Have More Cents”
★
WATCH . . .
OUR WINDOWS
THEY...
ARE ON THE WAY
BE HERE SOON!
★