WILDLIFE SERVICE SETS UP
CAMPAIGN AGAINST WOLVES
ANCHORAGE, (A') —Headquar
. ters for a $100,000 campaign
against four-legged Alaskan wolves
has been set up in Anchorage^by
Maurice Kelly of the fish and wild
life service. The appropriation will
permit employment of between 7
and 10 hunters. Heretofore only
one time hunter has been employ
ed. Kelly’s staff includes Robert
Scott, head of the Anchorage dis
trict; Hosea Sarber, supervisor of
Southeastern Alaska and Frank
Glaser who is stationed at Fair
banks.
People who aren’t afraid to roll
up their sleeves seldom lose their
shirts.
Post Holes Dirt '
Cheap In Illinois
DECATUR, 111. (/P) — Postholes
are vitually dirt cheap in this area.
About two cents a hole, to be safe.
This little figure was reached by
a Macon county court jury in a
condemnation suit brought by the
Illinois Power company.
The case got into court when
some landowners objected to hav
ing the power lines on their prop
erty.
A post hole was figured to take
up about 1/23,000 of an acre. So
the jury decided that farmer Oscar
French was entitled to eight cents
for the equivalent of four holes
on his property. His land was val
ARMY IDENTIFIES VICTIM
OF MID-AIR EXPLOSION
FAIRBANKS, (/P) — The Ladd
Field public information office to
day identified a pilot killed in the
mid-air explosion of an F-80 jet
plane as 1st Lt. John A. Massart,
25, of Merrill, Wise. His wife Vir
gil lives at Merrill.
Massart, who won the air medal
with two clusters and the- Philip
pine liebartion medal 'as a P-38 pi
lot in the South Pacific during
World War II, was flying with
three other pilots from Whitehorse
Y. T. to Ladd Field last Friday.
ued at $400 an acre.
Parmer John F. Streich, whose
land was valued at $350 an acre,
was awarded 16 cents for holes for
10 poles.
Man Shot In
Fairbanks Club
FAIRBANKS, (/P) — A warrant
for first degree murder was signed
here Wednesday as a result of a
faial shooting fray at the Cotton
Club, night spot, near here Sept.
28.
Raymond Wright, proporietor of
the club, was the complainant who
signed the warrant. He signed a
warrant for assault with intent to
kill against another man.
The shooting victim was Pierce
Hicks, 30. He died in a hospital
Wednesday. Witnesses at a coron
er’s inquest Wednesday said Hicks
was wounded when 10 or 12 shots
were fired through windows ot the
club.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION
To the Electors of the Town of
Nome, Division No. Two, Territory
of Alaska
Notice is hereby given that, pur
suant to an Act of Congress, ap
proved May 7, 1906, entitled, “An
Act Providing for the Election of a
Delegate to the House of Repre
sentatives from the Territory of
Alaska,” an Act of Congress, ap
proved August 24, 1912, entitled
“An Act to Create a Legislative
Assemoiy in the Territory of
Alaska, to Confer Legislative Pow
ers Tnereon, and for Other Pur
poses,” and other General Laws of
Alaska, and in conformity there
with, a General Election will be
held on
Tuesday, October 12, 1948
between the hours of 8 o’clock A.
M. and 7 o’clock P. M. of said day,
for the purpose of electing the fol
lowing officers, to-wit:
Delegate to Congress.
Attorney General.
Auditor of Alaska.
Highway Engineer.
2 Territorial Senators.
4 Territorial Representatives.
And a Referendum Whether
“Fishing with fish traps in Alaska
should be gradually abolished
over a period of ten (10) years.”
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“Fishing by means of fish traps in
Alaska should continue to be al
lowed.”
The Common Council of the
Town of Nome, having heretofore,
by ordinance duly designated the
polling place in said Town, the
Electors are hereby notified:
That all duly qualified voters
residing within the Town of Nome
will vote at City Hall Building, lo
cated on Front Street, in and upon
Lot of Block which is owned by the
City of Nome the same being the
duly designated polling place.
Dated this 23rd day of August,
1948.
The Common Council of
The Town of Nome,
By Carrie M. McLain,
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Pub. Sept. 29, Oct. 8, 1948.
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