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SANTA VISITED NOME
HARDWARE SATURDAY
Santa went to the Nome Hard
ware S'ore last Saturday, arriving
in a new Dodge sedan, instead of
i the traditional sleigh and rein
i deer. Santa is a very popular man
! these days and had the children
lined up clear across the street,
tying up traffic.
Each and every child received
a gift from Santa and went away
happy.
ATTENTION - - LA]> OWNERS
Register Your Title NOW
The Alaska Real Property Registration Law of March 24, 1945,
requires each owner of legal title of land in the Territory of Alaska
to file a declaration of ownership in the U. S. District Land Office in
the District in which land is situated, or with the Territory Treas
urer in Juneau on or before JUNE 30, 1946.
Upon transfer of title of land on or after January 1 of any year,
declaration must be filed before December 31 of that year.
Land owners are subject to a $5.00 PENALTY for failure to file.
Contact District Land Offices or Territorial Treasurer’s Office in
Juneau for instructions and forms.
Christmas
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STORE OPEN EVENINGS
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
Until 8 P.M.
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Northern Commercial Co.
Your Chritsmas Gift Store
Bids For Army
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Barracks Opened
ANCHORAGE, (A*) — Combina
tions of contractors submitted low
bids of $7,947,000 for completion
of three 500-man barracks at El
mendorf Field here and $1,988,512
for finishing one 500-man bar
racks at Fairbanks’ Ladd Field.
The district engineer here an- l
nounced the apparent low bidders I
on the air force base projects af
j ter the bids were opened at Seat
tle Wednesday.
Construction on all the projects
was started originally by the
Birch-Johnson-Lytle firm.
The $7,947,000 Elmendorf bar
racks bid was from Patti Con
struction Co., of Kansas City, Mo.,
and McDonald Construction Co.,
St. Louis.
Other bids were: $8,058,965 by j
i the Nettleton-Baldwin-Anderson j
| Co., of Seattle; $8,071,048 on a
; joint bid by Morrison-Knudsen
Co., Peter Kiewit Construction
Co., Pomeroy Construction Co.,
i and Bechtel Construction Co.,
which listed no home office.
The latter group were the ap
parent low bidders on the Ladd
Field barracks. Nettleton-Baldwin
Anderson actually made a lower
bid, $1,985,553 but with the pro
viso that it also should receive a
contract for completion of the nine
eight-family quarters at Ladd
Field. The Patti-McDonald com
bination bid $2,239,854.
Gaasland Construction Co.. Bel
lingham. entered a bid of $1,598,
575 to complete the nine eight
Greek Steamer
Loses Propel lor
(Iff Aleutians
SEATTLE, </P> — The .steamer
Maria Stathotos, a Greek freight
er. radioed Friday night she had
lost her propeller 350 miles south
east of Adak in the Aleutians.
The master of the helpless ves
sel reported she was in no immedi
ate danger. Weather in the area
was good.
The navy at Adak offered assist
ance. The master of the vessel said
he would delay asking aid until
after a check with his firm's Lon
don and New York offices.
The navy had a tug standing by
at Adak for a call.
It was not known how many
persons were aboard the 7,176-ton
vessel.
What’s Cooking?
By CHARLOTTE ADAMS
Mashed Squash Baked wiih Bacon
Steam squash until tender.
Mash and place in baking dish.
Cover with two slices of bacon cut
in narrow strips and bake until ba
con is crisp.
family units at Ladd. Other bid
ders were: Reed-Martin-Westfall
of Fairbanks $2,265,000: Northern
Construction Co., Los Angeles
$2,185,000; Nettleton-Baldwin-An
derson $2,739,000; Morrison
Knudsen and its associates on the
other bid, $2,652,085.
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Alaska Airlines
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4 Scheduled trips a week: Monday. Wed
nesday. Friday, Saturday. Nome. (Moses
i Point Flag Stop), Unalakleet, McGrath,
(Farewell Flag Stop), Anchorage. Alaska
Airlines IS STEADILY INCREASING
THEIR SERVICE to the people of Nome
and the surrounding districts. We are
proud of our dependable service, and in
tend to maintain the BETTER SERVICE
to Nome. Low freight rates and even
lower rates on produce shipments will
help everyone—Merchants. Businessmen,
and Housewives.
Mail service four times a week speeds
your correspondence.
Alaska Airlines maintains a Shopping
Service too, for your convenience:
TRAVEL, SHIP, THE DEPENDABLE —
THE STARLINER ROUTE. m
One carrier service from Anchorage to
Candle, Deering and Kotzebue.
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