THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by The
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
Nome, Alaska
Telephone: Main 125 • P. O. Box 618
W. A. and EMILY BOUCHER ....?.Editors
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943. at the postoffice
at Nome. Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Friday, July 9, 1948
An editorial from the Seattle Post Intelligencer
thanking our self-sacrificing Canadian good neigh
bors for their saving of American life and property.
OUR DEBT TO OUR
CANADIAN NEIGHBORS
rkMAK and the rest of the Okanogan Valey were
^ hard hit by the recent floods.
But the damage would have been far. far heav
ier if it had not' been for the self-sacrificing gener
osity of their Canadian neighbors in Penticton and
Kelowna, B.C.
Ehtirely of their own volition, the Canadians
flooded their own lowlands to save the Okanogan
Valley from devastation.
They did this by keeping closed the flood re
lease gates on the dams of the chain of lakes which
constitute the source of the Okanogan River.
Engineers estimate that if the flood gates had
been opened—saving Canadian property from dam
age—there would have been at least four feet of
water in the main street of Omak, and the pressure
might have been so great that all the dikes would
have been destroyed.
This would inevitably hale resulted in heavy
loss of life and millions of dollars in property dam
age.
The Canadian's unselfishness provides us with
a perfect example of the good neighbor policy in
action. They have shown once again that they are
the kind of neighbors any region is fortunate to
have.
Our consciousness of the heavy debt we owe
our good neighbors makes it extremely embarrass
ing when we learn that the New York newspaper
PM has put most of the blame for the Pacific North
west floods on Canada.
"Alter all," the New York newspaper observed,
"the Columbia is Canada's worry before it is ours.
The yellow water in Portland's basements is nothing
but Dominion snow, melted in the Selkirks and the
Cariboos. Canada needs to be warned to improve
its methods of snow removal.
"It is a well-established principle in equity that
a man living by a water course has no right to cre
ate stream conditions that work a nuisance upon
neighbors below him.
"All of us are proud of the longest undefended
border. But all our complacent back-patting can't
hide the fact that the Canadian Columbia has Just
been guilty of a serious aggression upon the United
States. The border will have to be defended after
all."
Of course, no New York paper—and PM least of
all, with the possible exception of the Daily Worker
—is qualified to speak for the Pacific Northwest.
So we do not believe our Canadian friends will take
PM's allegations too seriously.
As the Vancouver (B.C.) Sun remarks in com
menting on the editorial:
"If thin idea were carried to its loaical conclu
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sion you could as easily argue that Uncle Sam ought
to pay a royalty on electricity he produces at Coulee
and Bonneville, because it is derived from the water
originating in Canada."
At the same, time the Sun recognizes that Brit
ish Columbia has a definite obligation to its own
citizens to keep its rivers under control and it joins
with the Montreal Star in urging "a program of con
trol and regulation, with the Dominion lending a
hand in what is of national concern and of national
interest."
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The Post-Intelligencer believes that this can best
be accomplished, with respect to rivers which flow
through both Canada and the United States, by a
coordinated program on both sides of the border.
We have demonstrated our willingness to co
operate in such a move by sending our army engin
eers to British Columbia to assist the officials there
in coping with the flood situation.
ALASKA RAILROAD TO HAVE
EXHIBIT IN CHICAGO FAIR
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s INVITING Territorial Chamber*? of Comme^oe to
i1 send local literature to the Chicago Railroad
World's Fair, the Alaska Railroad recently reported
it will place a new ARR refrigerator car on exhibit
in Chicago. The literature will be put in the ARR
car for distribution to visitors.
Upwards of 2,000,000 persons are expected to
visit the Chicago Fair from July 20 to Sept. 7.
Chambers of Commerce who have literature or
pictures of their community which they wish to ex
hibit may do so by contacting L. A. Moore, publicity
director of the ARR. Moore will direct the setting up
of the ARR's exhibit in Chicago. He plans to show
the Fair's visitors specimens of Alaska fish and wild
life.
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Literature on business opportunities and tourist
attractions are particularly welcome, Moore said.
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The Chicago Fair will commemorate the 100th
anniversary of the opening of the Mid-West by rail
road transportation. A century ago the first 10-ton
wood - burning locomotive pulled out of Chicago
hetaded west—a distance of a mere five miles.
Much has been accomplished in the years that
followed—even in far-away Alaska the railroad
has become streamlined for service.
CHI 1CHES
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Saturday 1:30 p.m. Catechism
Class.
LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
MISSION
Pastors - Rev. H. R. Amundsen
and Rev. Theran McGrew
Sunday:
11:00 a.m. Sunday School.
7:30 p.m. Evening Service.
Wednesday - 3:30 p.m. - Chil
dren’s Miracle Book Club.
Thursday - 7:30 p.m. - Prayer
Meeting.
FEDERATED CHURCH
Sunday
No morning services at the Fed
erated Church, except the Sunday
School as usual at 10:00 a.m.
PENTACOSTAL ASSEMBLY OF
GOD
Third Avenue West
Pastor A. E. Capener
Sunday—
Sunday School.10:30 a.m.
Evening service .7:45 p.m.
Wednesday—
Bible Study .7:45 p m.
EVERYONE WELCOME
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Corner of Third and Division
Rev. Lewis I. Hudgins, Pastor
Prayer cheers the heart and
clears the brain.
10:00 a.m. Singspiration and Sun
day School Classes.
11:00 a.m. Morning message.
7:30 p.m. Singspiration and spe
cial music.
8:00 p.m. Evening message.
Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. Melody and
Prayer.
Come and bring your Bible.
You are ever welcome to attend
these services.
NOME GOSPEL MISSION
of
Alaska Evangelisation Society
Rev. Vern Rimling, Pastor
Sunday:
2:00 p.m. Sunday School.
7:30 p.m. Gospel Service.
Tuesday:
7:30 p.m. Prayer and Testimony
Thursday:
2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Bible Club for
Boys and Girls.
Friday:
7:30 p.m. Bible Study.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
CHURCH
Fred H. Wagner, Pastor 1
All services now held in pastor’s
residence located on Fourth Ave.
i and Division St.
Sabbath School 11 a.m. Saturday.
Evangelistic Service, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday.
The Public is cordially invited.
THREE PILOTS ARRIVE
FROM BURLINGAME. CALIF.
Three Burlingame, Calif., pilots,
each flying his own Luscomb air
plane, arrived at the city airport
last evening as part of an inter
esting tour which is taking them
to all parts of the Territory.
The pilots are J. P. Reilly, Joe
Laurenz, C. R. Smith, all of Bur
lingame.
MRS. FRED ROHN TAKES
VACATION IN ANCHORAGE
Mrs. Fred Rohn, bookkeeper for
Polet’s Store is taking a well
earned vacation with a trip to
Anchorage where she will visit
with friends.
JOE FELDER RETURNS HERE
TO VISIT HOME TOWN
Joe Felder, who has been at
school at Mt. Edgecumbe returned
Thursday for a visit to his home
town and friends.