Possible Hydro-Electric
Site Studies Being
Made in Nome Area
George Benesch, District Elec
trical Engineer of the U. S. Bu
reau of Reclamation is in North
western Alaska studying hydro
electric sites and the feasibility
of construction of power sites in
this area as well as the need of
same. ..
There are several such sites in
this area, he stated. The most
promising being the Imuruk Basin
between here and Teller and the
Fish River site. Both could serve
Nome and surrounding areas and
possibly as far as Kotzebue and
Unalakleet.
He explained that before such
projects could be given a green
light, a couple of years of feasi
bility study and then congression
al action would be necessary. Be
fore sanctioning such a project,
the bureau would also ascertain
whether this type of power would
be lower in cost than an atomic
energy plant. Mr. Benesch con
ferred with local business people
on the outlook for economic de
velopment of Nome and North
western Alaska.
BRIG. GEN. ROBERT C. TRIPP
PATS VISIT TO NOME
The Commanding General of
the U. S. Army Transportation.
Terminal Command, of the Paci
fic, Brig. Gen. Robert C. Tripp,
who is in Alaska for an inspection
of the Mona Lisza Resupply
Operation, visited Nome on Mon
day and was a visitor at the
Chamber of Commerce luncheon
with his party. Other stops on
: his northern itinerary included
!Ft. Wainwright, Barter Island and
Cape Lisbourne.
Dick Miller, of Wien Airlines,
accompanied by his father-in-law,
. Ludwig Harrasch, spent some time
in town last week while doing
their assessment work on mining
olaims in this area.
Saturdays—2:30 to 4:00 PJ4. $
CITY COUNCIL HOLDS
SPECIAL MEETING MONDAY
A special meeting of the City
Council was held Monday night to
open two bids received on haul
ing of gravel for city streets.
Nome Machine Works bid $1.38
and was awarded the contract
over the Q Trucking with a bid
of $1.47 per yard.
Following the opening of bids
the Council went into conference
on how to handle those businesses
which have not paid their sales
tax or who have not filed their
quarterly forms for sales tax.
Their decision will be announced
at a later date.
Chamber's Guest of the Week
Chamber of Commerce Guest of
the Week, chosen from the visitors
on tour, was John Christopher
Aull, son of Dr. A. E. Aull, who
was traveling with his mother and
father, brother Robert and grand
mother Mrs. A. R. Board on the
Wien tour.
John, who is in the second
grade, was chosen as he was cele
brating his seventh birthday while
in Nome. His home is in Los
Angeles at 3835 Crestway Drive.
Sen. Bob Blodgett passed
through Nome Monday enroute to
Juneau to attend the meeting of
the State Legislative Council. He
stated the work of the Council
this session will center on the
workmen’s compensation legisla
tion, which will come before the
next legislative session.
Mrs. Peter Lee who got into a
brown bear’s berry patch last
week wishes to make a slight cor
rection to her story. She states
that she was not above Catnip
Creek, but between Camp Creek
and Council, just in case anyone
is looking for the bear or picking
berries in that part of the country.
IN MAGISTRATE'S COURT
James Bergamashi was fined
$35 on a drunk charge and David
Henry fined $35 on the same
charge. Annie Moon was sen
tenced to 90 days in jail on a
drunk and disorderly charge.
Vernon Carlson and Bert Beltz
Jr., have been arraigned on a
j charge of burglary of Green’s City
Fuel office. Trial has been set
for Friday.
N cTtTcTe
All persons desiring to be on
call as substitute teachers for the
1381-62 school term are aeked to
contact Mr. Conrad Potter at the
school as soon as possible.
Blomen commercial company I
A Division of Alaska Steamship Company
■ Lomen Commercial Company is now placing an order for
Marine Plywood, to arrive on the September boat. Let us
know your needs so that we may be sure to order the right
sixes and types. " r "
Build 'em this winter — Build 'em next spring.
But Let Us Know What You'U Need!
Phone MAIN 147 Write BOX 700
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Dial Telephone
Switchover Set
For Saturday
This coming, Saturday, Aug. 26,
Nome will be switching to a dial
telephone system. The Nome Tele
phone Co. wishes to take this
opportunity to thank the public
for their patience during the in
stallation and to give a few of
the important details of the opera
tion.
The system is being installed
by the Automatic Electric Corp.,
and the installation of the ceniral
office equipment was begun the
latter part of June. The system
installed is based on frequency
ringing, which means that every
subscriber whether he be on a
party line or not will have only
ONE RING, and party line sub
scribers will not hear the rings
for the other parties on their line.
Immediately after cut-over,
subscribers who are now on black,
red or white numbers are asked
to cut their old phone free, fol
lowing the instructions of the
person who installed their dial i
phone.
The company wishes to explain
in some detail how calls made
to another party on the same line
can be placed. The calling party
must dial 119 plus the FULL di
rectory number; for example,
110-443-2225. The calling party
will, after dialing the last num
ber, get a busy signal. This does
NOT mean that the number called
is busy, but merely indicates that
you are calling on the same line.
The calling party, after complet
ing the dialing, hangs up his
phone, and waits a little while to
give the other party’s phone a
chance to ring. He then picks up
his phone, and if the called party
has not yet answered he will hear
a tick tone which will show that
the party has not yet answered,
and he should wait e while before
hanging up as the party may not
have reached his phone yet. By
the same token, the party who
has called will also hear a tick
tone which will tell him that the
call is coming from someone on
his line, and he also should hold
on for a short while before hang
ing up. This may sound very com
plicated, but it really is not, and
anyone having trouble make a
call is asked to call the telephone
office and will be given assistance.
Information calls will be hand
led from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. and
the information number will be
2213. Regular office calls and
trouble reports should be made
to the office number, which will
be 2225.
The Nome Telephone Co. also
wishes to announce that it is con
sidering a toll agreement with
ACS whereby long distance calls
placed would be charged to your
telephone number. Further details
will be published at a later date.
At the present time, calls will be j
handled in the same manner as
i in the past, and the number to
i be dialed for long distance will
.be 110.
The company wishes to extend i
an invitation to everyone to visit |
their office and see how a dial
telephone system operates.
LjWANT ads
FOR RENT: Two-room Cabin.
Call The Nugget.
FOR SALE: Choice lots, two fur
nished homes, garage and ware
house. Call Black 176 or write
Earl Towner, Box 474, Nome.
,
FOR SALE: ’58 Senca, 10 HP
Evinrude outboard motor. Leav
ing Nome. Priced for quick sale.
iL, H. Sasseen, phone 378. 102c
FOUND: Nugget and imitation,
jade earrings- Identify and pay
for ad at Nugget.
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Mamie Yan Doren -
“BORN RECKLESS”
WITH
Jeff Richards - Arthur Hunnicutt - Carol Ohmart
Tom Duggan - Tex Williams - Johnny Olenn and Group
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
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Home Arts Club to Meet Aug. 29
The Home Arts Club will have
its August meeting at the sum
mer home of Bonnie Hahn at Cape
Nome on Aug. 29, which is next
Tuesday.
Those needing transportation
are requested to call Opal Bald
win. • *
Mary Pilcher has been appoint
ed as the new Employment Se
curity Division agent for Nome
and is leaving for Fairbanks for
instruction. The Nome office now
will be on a full time basis for
the first time.
Werner Bohrer Recovering
Friends of Werner Bohrer will
he glad to know that he is re
covering satisfactorily from sur
gery in Anchorage where he went
for specialized attention.
".
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Dinkle are the
parents of a daughter bom on
Aug. 14 at the Anchorage hospital,
weighing 7 pounds, 13 ounces. Mr.
and Mrs. ’Dinkle are teachers at
Nome School, who have spent the
summer in Palmer and will be
returning next week.
Fine Job Printing At The Nugget
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THE ARMY ADVISORS REGRET
THAT WEDNESDAY’S A BAD NIGHT TO SET.
IF THE LIONS ARE WILLING
TO MAKE THURSDAY’S BILLING, THEN
THAT’S WHEN WE’LL ROLL OFF OUR BET.
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Passenger Grip
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710-15 27.77 , 21*5 ' ,i
760-15 30.26 24™ ... §|
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Reg. NOW
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