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Canadian Eskimo Stone Carvings
The Eskimos living on the rugged coast
of the Canadian Arctic, like the Eskimos
of the Alaskan coast, have found inspiration
in producing a meaningful art.
Whereas the Alaskan Eskimo used the ivory
of the walrus, and whalebone,
the Canadian Eskimo uses stone.
Out of the lifeless rock they have created
lively forms depicting, not only human beings
and animals, but also imagined creatures
seen only in their dreams.
An exhibit of their work is now on display
ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
Towards the close of the 18th
century, the German astronomer
Bode invited his colleagues to
share in a search for a planet be
tween the orbits of Mars and Ju
piter. He pointed out that a series
of numbers, which later was called
Bode’s law, represented the rela
tive distances of the planets re
markably well, with a single ex
ception. No planet had been found
corresponding to the number 2.8.
While the search was being or
ganized, the missing planet was
discovered by accident by Piazzi
in Sicily, on the first of January,
1801. Its motion from night to
night among the stars he was ob
serving declared that it was not
one of them. The mean distance
of the new planet, which Piazzi
named Ceres, proved to be almost
exactly 2.8 times the earth’s dis
tance from the sun. Three other
asteroids, Pallas, Juno and Vesta,
were discovered during the fol
lowing few years.
GABBY . . .
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., UP)
— Jim Craft of Oklahoma City
admits he is “a real talker” — but
it would take “quite a few first
class talkers” to run up the tele
phone bill he received — $9,999,
910.51 for the month of April.
.The Southwestern Bell Telephone
Co. assured him there had been
an error and a new bill would be
issued.
Black Brant Species
Declining, Reports Govt.
PORTLAND, UP) — The Depart
ment of Interior yesterday said
the black brant, a species of ma
rine goose, has declined appre
ciably. Severe hunting restric
tions may be imposed, the depart
ment said.
The department said its survey
showed that the numbers of black
brant declined 45 per cent in a
period when most ducjts and geese
in the Pacific flyway increased 10
per cent.
Part of the reason for the de
cline, the department said, was
poor nesting conditions in deltas
of the Yukon and Kuskokwim
Rivers in Western Alaska. The
birds also nest in eastern Siberia.
In the 1958-59 waterfowl sea
son, the hunting period was re
duced 15 days. But even that
failed to check the decline and the
department said it may be forced
to impose more severe hunting
restrictions.
WEDNESDAY BASEBALL
American League
Chicago 4, Boston 0.
National League
Milwaukee 3, St. Louis 2.
Pittsburgh 6, Los Angeles 4.
San Francisco 6, Philadelphia 0.
Chicago 10, Cincinnati 0.
Pacific Coast League
Vancouver 6, Seattle 1.
Spokane 7, Portland 0.
Phoenix 12, San Diego 2.
Salt Lake City 7, Sacramento 0.
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House ‘Converts’ Ike -
Requested Carrier Funds,
To Building Up Manpower
’WASHINGTON, UP) — President
Eisenhower’s request for 260 mil
lion dollars to build a new super
aircraft carrier reportedly has
been turned down by a House Ap
propriations subcommittee.
Instead, the 17-man group has
decided, the money should be
spent to beef up antisubmarine
and missile programs and to main
tain stronger Reserve and Na
tional Guard forces.
The subcommittee has agreed
to almost the exact amount asked
by the President — $40,800,000 —
in new appropriations for the De
fense Department for the year
starting July 1.
The effect of the subcommittee’s
action as explained by members
would be to provide small reduc
tions in the size of the active
armed forces, and to prevent
planned cuts in the strength of
the National Guard and the Re
serve units.
The defense budget as tentative
ly approved provides funds for
three more missile-toting Polaris
submarines. Some committee
members favored increasing this
number.
SET BASEBALL BACK
TO PLAY OF 100 YEARS AGO
DETROIT, UP) — This is the
centennial of college baseball, and
Wednesday Michigan and the Uni
versity of Detroit set the game
back 100 years.
It was a conventional 6-3 game
until the eighth inning, with De
troit leading. Then Michigan
erupted for 21 runs in the final
two innings, and won 24-10.
The zany game bore consider
able resemblance to the first col
lege game between Amherst and
Williams in 1859. Amherst won,
73-32.
LOO K—L O O K—L O O K
Steam Baths
Shower Bath
Barber Shop
Open to the Public, for
BOTH MEN AND WOMEN
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POOL HALL
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Jerry Manning, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Doris Wilke
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
Meets First and Third Mondays
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
HERB JENKS, W.M.
Norvji V. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
rJ&Bra&U Jim Blanning
President
V\y Njf? Bob Grant
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheor
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
WERNER BOHRER. President
VESTA SUNDSTROM, Seely.
— VISITORS WELCOME —