St. Michael News
By Dwight Milligruk
At one time Saint Michael was
a very busy village. There was
river steamers going up and down
the Yukon river. Some burned
wood and some burned crude oil
in their boilers. And there were
some big store tanks for crude
oil here.
Of course the village is very
quiet now, and no more steam
boats. Where the*big tanks were
the dirt under them is crude oil
soaked say about 4 to six inches
thick. As usual there is no wood
to get within reach, unless you
go eight to eleven miles from the
village.
Now everyone is chopping fro
zen crude oil soaked dirt, every
day, and of course lots of small
pieces flying around when you
hit it with the ax. It sticks to
your soles and everywhere you
go. It sticks to floors and on
your clothes and blankets and
even to your pillow, but I tell
you it is “hot”. Have to watch
it, and it really sticks to stove
pipes too. But if you are not lazy
to clean stove pipe it fine, but,
dirty.
Not much news of anything else
from here. Everyone is fine. Peo
ple seem to be cheerful as be
fore. They are little colder than
last summer, but we know it will
be warmer again.
We thank the Lord for every
thing. It little hard some time,
but ‘tribulation worketh patience.’
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ALASKA JUDGESHIP BILL
WASHINGTON, (/P)— A bill
creating 18 additional federal
judgeships, including one in the
Third Division, District of Alaska,
was introduced by Chairman Cel
ler <D-NY) of the House Judiciary
Committee Wednesday.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by U ** Dent, of Commerce,
Weather Bureau
Partly cloudy tonight and Tues
day. NE winds 10-20 mph. Low
temp, expected tonight 10, high
Tuesday 14.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Temperatures: high
24, low 10. Max. wind 19 mph.
from ENE. Sunrise 8:57 a.m., sun
set 3:33 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago: high
38, lowest -15. Extreme tempera
tures this day since 1907: highest
39 in 1929, lowest -40 in 1919.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -7 Clear
Pt. Hope 2 Clear
Kotzebue -t* Clear
Wales 8 Part cloudy
Gambell 11 Cloudy
Nome 20 Part cloudy
Unalakleet -16 Part cloudy
Bethel 12 Part cloudy
McGrath -9 Part -cloudy
Anchorage 19 Part cloudy
Fairbanks -16 Cloudy
Whitehorse 1 Cloudy
San Francisco 50 Part cloudy
Seems like every time history
repeats itself the price has gone
up.
KEYS
Duplicates Made
For All Kinds of Locks
ONE-WEEK SERVICE
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NOME NUGGET
! ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY !
| Phone—Shop: Black 76 — Residence: Main 52 *
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New Schedules Effective Oct. 30
EACH MONDAY AND THURSDAY
ARRIVE NOME FROM FAIRBANKS 10:30 a. m.
LEAVE NOME FOR FAIRBANKS 1 1 .on „ _
__ . . ll:oU a. m.
Via Kotzebue
EACH WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY
ARRIVE NOME FROM FAIRBANKS 12:45 D. m.
Via Kotzebue
LEAVE NOME FOR FAIRBANKS 1:45 p. 111.
EACH MONDAY AND THURSDAY
ARRIVE NOME FROM KOTZEBUE Q.4ft
Via Candle and Deering
LEAVE NOME FOR KOTZEBUE tn,in „
Via Candle and Deering * .
EACH SUNDAY
ARRIVE NOME FROM FAIRBANKS 4:00 a. m.
LEAVE NOME FOR FAIRBANKS r AA
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Via Kotzebue
FREIGHT ONLY, NO PASSENGER SERVICE ON SUNDAY
30th VESSEL IN ITS FLEET
ASSIGNED To ALASKA STEAM
The Liberty ship William D.
Hoxie has been assigned to the
Alaska Steamship Ccrmpany by
the Federal Maritime Board for
operation under general agency
agreement, according to word re
ceived by the company Friday.
The Hoxie is in the Olympia
Reserve Fleet and is scheduled to
be taken out of lay-up next week.
The addition of this ship will
raise to 30 the number at vessels
in the active Alaska Line fleet.
This is the eleventh vessel to be
assigned the company for opera
tion under the National Shipping
Authority.
SERVICE CLEANERS
4th AND B STREETS OPPOSITE SCHOOL HOUSE
t > 4 • •
QUALITY DRY CLEANING A SPECIALTY
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mickelson, Props.
Prompt and Courteous Service
Phone RED 96
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