NOME,
And Vicinity
_ (Continued from Friday)
• The summer visitor will find
the days are filled with outdoor
activities such as fishing for trout,
greyling and salmon with which
the streams abound; hunting for
ptarmigan, rabbits and other small
game camping and boating are
much indulged in summer sports.
There is a chance to pan for gold
on the beaches around Nome,
£,\vhere after every storm people
set up their rockers and sluice
ooxes or pan tor tne yellow metal
that brought the first outsiders in
to this section in large numbers.
Mary large gold dredges are oper
ated on the borders of ^he town
and along with the huge thawing
feilds are of great interest to all.
The literage of freight between
the boats about a mile off shore
and the docks is interesting as it
offers the only method of bringing
huge mining machinery into this
^ section. It is practically a 24-hour
operation during the summer
months as long a? there are boats
in the roadstead to be unloaded.
The days have 24 hours of day
light and the work goes on around
the clock. The summer sunsets are
magnificent and last until the sun
again begins to rise. Pictures are
^easily taken at midnight on the
longer days of the summer months.
Many short auto trips can be
the world. Only in this way may
the full weight of our industry
come into play and produce the
goods we want at reasonable
prices, whether it be meat or auto
mobiles.
made from Nome to near-by
points of interest. The Nome Air
Base is located about one-half
mile west of the City and was used
as one of the principal bases for
the ferrying of Russian fighter
planes during the War. Cape
Nome is about 15 miles East and
is the site of both the ACS and the
CAA remote receivers. On beyond
the road winds its way on a sand
spit between Norton Sound on the
one side and Safety Lagoon on the
other to Safety, the site of one of
the earliest commercial wireless
stations. A ferry crossing there
takes takes you on to Solomon
where at one time railroads were
used in the mining of gold and the
engines can still be seen wher*
they were abandoned. Placer op- ]
erations can be seen operating just I
' beyond Solomon at Lee’s Camp. I
Native fish camps berrying, and a
profusion of wild flowers make
! the trip eventful all the way and
good fishing and ptarmigan hunt
i ing will be found at either end of
the trip.
j The Bessie road takes you up the1
Nome if ver to Dexter where many .
of the Nome residents maintain
I summer homes and good fishing
1 is to be found during the summer
i and ptarmigan hunting in the fall.
The Glacier road winds up over
Anvil Mountain on which sits An
;vil Rock, Nome’s principal land
mark, and on up the Snake River
to a quartz mining operation at its
| terminus.
The Sunset road opens up the
Penny River to the fishing enthus
; iast.
A narrow guage railroad offers
opportunity to go back into the in
land, up the Nome river past Sal
man Lake to the Kougarok and
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Pilgrim rivers where unusually
fine fishing is to be had. The trav-1
eler will ride on converted auto
mobiles with flange wheels and it
is a common sight to see prospec
tors and travelers along the rail
road with a string of dogs pulling
a flat car loaded with their gear.
This trip is well within the possi
bilities of the week-end visitor.
Longer side trips offered by air
out of Nome and of much interest
to all are:
The Artcic Circle Trip, to Kotze
bue, where polar bear hunting is
available as well as sealing, fish
ing for shee fish, and a fchance to
watch the whaling operations for
the Beluga whale. This town is
North of the Arctic Circle and the
midnight sun can be seen there
during the middle of the month of
June. (Fare approximately $75.00
round trip).
St. Lawrence Island. Gambell,
the principal point of interest to
archeologists due to the many arti
facts that are to be found, and the
site of many excavations by the
University of Alaska and other
expeditions. 'Fare is $90.00 round
trip).
Unalakleet, the garden spot of
Northwestern Alaska and a poten
tial source of garden produce for
all the Northwestern Alaska.
Point Barrow, Northermost
point in Alaska and a typical na
tive village. Much whaling done at
the village. Sinara,. 12 miles South
of Barrow, where the Wiley Post
Will Rogers monument stands.
'Fare approximately $200.00 round
trip).
Teller, Shishmaref and Wales
Trip, taking in three villages all of
which offer things of interest to
the tourist and the traveler. Teller,
where reindeer are to be seen, and
the only natural harbor between
Dutch Harbor and Hershel Island
where fresh water can be taken
aboard large ships. Shishmaref
the home of the famous Eskimo
artist, George Augupuk. Wales, an
interesting native village located
on the straits that separate the
two continents. (Fare $50.00 round
trip».
Poinl Hope, where an under
ground city many years old wa.
discovered. A famous whaling vil
lage.
King Island Trip, to the home
of Alaska’s most famous ivory
carvers.
Jade Mountain Trip, up the Ko
buk river.
White Mountain, home of the Na
tive Service vocational school.
Pilgrim Hot Springs, vacation
spot, hunting, camping, fishing.
Wainwright, walrus hunting,
sealing, whaling, smelt fishing.
These points are all served best
from Nome due to the fact that the
feeder airlines are serving these
points regularly. For information
contact Wien Alaska Airlines,
Munz Air Service, or Alaska Air
lines, or North Cross Air Service.
Pan American Airways and Alaska
Airlines serve Nome from Fair
banks and Anchorage respectively.
In certain parts of Norway
snow may fall during any month
of the year.
Little sister no longer is reluc
tant to wear hand-me-downs! Sh«
welcomes this new dress, outgrown
by her older sister. It’s been re
dyed by mother, who learned that
old dresses can be made new. All
fabric Tintex dye is the answer to
the clothing shortage, high prices
and taxed budgets. The new
streamlined dye works on every
fabric made, including such man
made fibers as Celanese, acetate,
nylon, rayon and mixtures. This
dress was changed from dark blue
to ruby red with the modernized
dye. The old color was first taken
out with a dime box of color re
mover. Then the dress was swished
about in a dye-pot for a few min
i utes, emerging like new.
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