632ND SQUADRON BESTS
U. S. MERCS
, Monday evening two teams of
the Basketball League played at
the Base gymnasium with the
632nd Squadron having high score
and beating the U. S. Mercantile
to the tune of 35 to 26.
The second game scheduled
went to the Fire Department, be
ing forfeited by the Cooks who
tailed to turn up, it is reported.
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from the council.
The January sessions are pre
i sided over by Nationalist T. F.
Tsiang. Malik said that unless
Tsiang was expelled immediately
the Soviet delegation would take
no part in the proceedings. He
also said Russia would not return
to the council until after Tsiang’s
delegation is thrown out.
Eventually, it seemed apparent
that the Nationalist Chinese dele
gate would be replaced by a Chi
nese communist delegate, who
then will hold a permanent, veto
power seat on the council. But in
• the meantime the Soviet Union
can use the situation caused by
the defeat of Nationalist China as
a propaganda weapon levelled at
the western countries in the
United Nations.
The British election campaign
mach'nery went into top gear to
day with the election date—Feb.
23—finally fixed. Labor Prime
Minister Attlee announced the
date yesterday.
Independent observers forecast
a close election. Labor entered the
fight a slight favorite in the bet
ting. The issue is more socialism
promised by labor and more free
enterprise promised by conserv
atives led bv former Prime Min
ister Winston Churchill.
Churchill is vacationing in Me
deira, a Portuguese island. On
hearing the announcement of the
election date, Churchill said he
would leave for England as plan
ner! on Jan. 16.
Labor has been in power nearly
five years. During that time it has
placed under state ownership coal
mines, gas and electric plants,
railroads, airlines, long distance
truckin'?, the Bank of England and
cabV and wireless.
The conservatives promise to
stop nationalization. The election
in Britain follows contests in New
Zealand and Australia where the
people turned out labor regimes.
However, in Britain the issues are
somewhat different. Labor ha? not
lost a single by-election Bo fill va
cancies) since assuming power.
The United States was reported
today to be inclined to join in an
anticipated move with some bther
United Nations members to end
an economic boycott of Spain.
Washington observers said Presi
dent Truman has given the green
light to full recognition of Spain
if U. N. approval is obtained.
The national security council in
Washington is reported to favor
the United States giving limited
military assistance to Premier
Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia,
should the Soviet bloc attempt to
} crush Yugoslavia’s independence.
Dispatches from Taipei, Formo
sa, said Chinese Nationalist bomb
ers raided communist Shanghai.
In 1940, the average value per
enrolled pupil of school property
in the United States wps $300, but
the range was from $80 in Ten
nessee to $552 in the District of
Columbia.
Aircraft To “Ride
| Herd” on Reindeer
(The Juneau Empire)
An aircraft will soon “ride herd”
on thousands of reindeer in the
} Kotzebue area to combat wolves ,
which prey upon the herds, it was
revealed by Dale Belcher, director
in charge of native resources of
the Alaska Native Service.
Belcher returned to his Juneau
office recently from a five-week
Arctic tour, during which he in
spected all privately-owned herds
in the area and rounded up infor
mation on what dividends the pic
turesque animals are paying their
owners.
The plane, operated by the Fish
and Wildlife Service, is a joint op
eration between the enforcement
and predatory control branches,
Director Clarence Rhode said. Pi
lot is Bob Baker, enforcement
agent, while Stanley Patrick,
| predatory agent, will throw poison
J to the vicious animals.
While days are too short now
for good results, Rhode promised
that as soon us the sun stays up
longer, the plane will ride con
stant herd on the deer, dropping
poison wherever a wolf is seen or
I indicated. The herds have lost
' great numbers in the past, the vil
i lages of Selawik alone losing 14
i last fall, Belcher said.
Belcher visited five herd-own
ers, who run between 650 and 1,900
deer each. He worked out plans
for coming years, investigated
economy of the business, costs,
prospective income and expansion
possibilities.
His tour coincided with the
butchering season, when steers
are killed for market, their car
casses shipped out by dog-sled and
airplane to Kotzebue and other
points for storage and retail trad
j ing.
Herders receive some of their
|
income from trading, which mer
chants prefer to offer, but some
cash must be received for paying
helpers, and renting an occasional
| aircraft to look for strav deer, Bel
: cher said.
Belcher looks for excellent re
sults from the herds if the air
plane control of wolves works out,
, and caribou herds can be by-pass
ed. Many deer ioin the latter^’ mi
grations, he explained, if caribou
come near. Some will drop out
and are recovered, but most stay
and go back to their wild origin.
Shungnak, on the Kobuk River,
lost 60 in this manner this year,
| he said.
He looks forward to additional
herds within the next five years
“if all goes well.” This means that
herders must follow established
practices, such as gelding at proper
times, corralling, and migrating to
proper feeding grounds. Circum
stances sometimes prevent these
methods from being carried out
with consequent loss of income, he
said.
With demand far in excess of
supply at present, he believed
200,000 deer could be economical
ly herded in groups of 2,000 in the
future.
The business at best is no “get
rich” affair, Belcher pointed out.
With conditions good, herders can
make a fair living for themselves
and families and from three to
four herders and their dependents.
They must live in tents, cook on a
gasoline stove, and perhaps listen
to a battery-opearted radio, mi
grating constanty from coastal
areas in summer to inland areas in
winter.
Feed during winter months is
haphazard, at best, Belcher ex
CITY COUNCIL
A lengthy council meeting was
held last Monday evening with
several important matters brought
up for discussion.
The possibility of obtaining a
suitable lot for the Territorial
Mining office is being considered
by the Council. The suggested lo
cation is at the foot of Steadman
Ave. on the south side of Front
Street.
A final reading of the Sales Tax
Ordinance was read, this being
necessary due to the resignation of
Councilman McAllister and the
absence of A. Anderson. Various I
phases of the tax were discussed
and the methods of collecting.
A new ordinance was passed
concerning the habitual drunkards
and ordered published, also an or
dinance on motor vehicle stickers
was changed slightly.
A letter was read on the March |
of Dimes campaign now on all
over the country which told of
over $7000.00 being collected in
the Territory last year.
The Health Committee was in
structed to handle this year’s
March of Dimes campaign. The
committee is composed of Fred
Cavota and Lester Bronson.
Permission was granted to M. A.
F. B. for the military gate at the
east approach of the foot bridge
on Snake River.
A discussion was held concern
ing additional fire alarms in town,
as frequently when the wind is
from the north the present siren
cannot be heard in town.
Chief of Police Robinson asked
the Council to set fines for traffic
violations, etc., as well as bail,
suggesting that drunks be held not
less than six hours before being
released by bail.
plained. Deer love a fungus-like
leichen, but feed well on tundra.
If snow is not crusted^ one may
walk through a herd and see noth
ing but hind quarters sticking out
of the snow while they have din
ner, he said. Hard crust prevents
their reaching down, so the herd
must be moved on.
Use of a bulldozei’ to break crust
for the herds has been considered,
he said, but cost would be too
great.
Leiehcn, while most nourishing
food, is not hardy nor abundant,
Belcher said. If trampled or dam
aged, 50 years must elapse before
it revives enough to furnish good
food, he explained. It flourishes
best in wet climates, because dry
ness causes it to become like tin
der.
Herders rarely go near civiliza
tion on their long wintry treks.
Little food is near a village, and
if sled dogs get loose, they tear
into the herd and do great damage.
The deer are accustomed to herd
dogs, and thus make no attempt to
escape. Wolves sometimes take
advantage of this, too, Belcher
said, sneaking up on a herd and
killing scores before they take
alarm.
The government herds, main
tained on the Seward Peninsula,
are used for “loan” purposes—500
being lent a man who wishes to
start a herd, and when breeding
has upped his charges, he pays
back the government. These “offi
cial” herds are now diminished,
and must be built up before fur
ther loans may be made, Belcher
said. Several years should suffice
for this purpose, he said.
More than 4.5 billion tons of
shipping has been locked through
the Sault Ste. Marie in the 92
years of their operation.
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
——
The Chamber of Commerce met
Tuesday for its regular noon
luncheon at the Bering Sea Club
and had a very busy session with
several matters of utmost import
ance to the community being aired
and acted upon.
President H. F. Harper made a
report on the action of the Cham
ber in regards to the rumored
closing of the Marks Air Force
Base, which had already been re
ported in a previous issae as well
as to the continuing efforts under
way until complete information
can be obtained as to the action of
the air force at Marks Air Force
Base.
A. Folet reported on a wire re-j
ceived from the Alaska Develop
ment Board advising him of pro
posed reservations being planned
in this area by the Interior De
partment for the Eskimos and
stated that in addition to opposi
tion voiced by the people of this ■
area the Alaska Native Brother
hood haev voted their opposition
to such a plan, as they also are
against reservations for the na
tive people. He suggested that the
Chamber follow the wire of pro- i
test and opposition with resolu
tions explaining fully how such
an act would retard development
in the area.
Mrs. Silverman of The Trading
Post called attention to the fact
that there was to be a retail sale
j of U. S. surplus garments at the
Marks Air Force Base and pro
j tested that action, stating that a
retail store was a departure from
usual procedure at this base. On
motion, the matter was directed
; to be presented to the command
ing officer, Col. D. C. Jamison
and followed by additional letters
I to Delegate Bartlett and the Alas
ka Command.
i
Chuck O’Leary called attention
to the fact that the road to the
municipal airport was impassable
and after considerable discussion
the matter was referred to the
committee on Roads, headed bv
I
Donald Lyle to confer with the
Alaska Road Commission.
THE NOME NUGGET 7
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
ORDINANCE NO. 336
An Ordinance of Ihe City of Nome.
Territory of Alaska, In Reference
to Habitual Drunkards; Repealing
Section II of Ordinance No. 310;
and Providing Penalty for Viola
tion Hereof
BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACT
ED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NOME as fol
lows:
Section I—It shall be unlawful
for any person to sell, barter, give,
or deliver intoxicating liquor or
beverage to any habitual drunk
ard.
Section II—It shall be unlawful
for any habitual drunkard to so
licit, incite, or induce any person
to sell, deliver, furnish, or supply,
him or her with intoxicating liquor
or beverage.
Section III—In all prosecutions
involving the question as to whe
ther or not a person was an habit
ual drunkard at a given time if it
be proven that any such person
had been duly convicted in the
City Magistrate’s Court for being
drunk or drunk and disorderly
five (5) or more times within a pe
riod of one (1) year next pnor to
such time, such person shall be
deemed to have been an habitual*
drunkard:
Provided, nevertheless, that
such proof or failure of such proof
shall not exclude the introduction
of other competent evidence to
prove the person an habitual
drunkard; and provided, further,
that the reputation of the person
as to sobriety shall be considered’
competent evidence.
Section IV—“Person” as used in
this Ordinance shall include indi
viduals, companies, corporations,
and employees; and a prosecution
against one class of "person” shall
not be a bar to a prosecution
against any other class for the
same offense.
Section V—Any person found
guilty of the violation of any pro
vision of this Ordinance shall be
punished by a fine in any amount
not exceedig $100.00 or be impris
oned for a period of time not ex
ceeding thirty (30) days or be both
so fined and imprisoned, all at the
discretion of the Magistrate.
Section VI—Section II of Ordi
nance No. 310 is hereby repealed
together with any and ail ordi
nances or portions of ordinances
which are in conflict with this Or
dinance.
PASSED by the Common Coun
cil of the City of Nome in regular
session assembled this 9th day of
January, 1950.
APPROVED by the Mayor Jan
uary 9th, 1950.
STEVE ANDERSEN,
Mayor.
Attest:
Citv Clerk.
CARRIE M. McLAlN,
Publish Jan. 11. 13. 16, 1950.
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