Fairbanks Protests
Bombing Range
If WASHINGTON,!!#*)—Sportsmen !
and other residents of Fairbanks,
are opposing army efforts to get
its bombing range near there
doubled in size, declaring it will
ruin one of the best moose grazing;
regions in the Territory.
The army now has 650,000 acres1
of land set aside for a bombing:
* range south of Fairbanks and has;
asked the interior department to j
allot another 600,000 acres in the
same section.
Delegate Bartlett said he pro- \
tested to the interior department,!
asked that a public hearing be |
held at Fairbanks, and was as-1
sured that before the army was |
given the land a hearing would be
held. He said it probably would be
soon.
He said that both the Tanana1
Valley Soprtsmen’s association
and Igloo No. 4 of the Pioneers of
^ Alaska, both of Fairbanks, pro
tested against use of the grazing
grounds for a bombing range.
BROOKINS FAMILY
LEAVE FOR HOMER
Mrs. Wm. Brookins and family
of Council, departed with Alaska
Airlines to join Mr. Brookins, who
> has taken up a homestead at
Homer, Alaska.
French Republic
Faces Tumultuous
Waters
PARIS, (/P) — France’s Fourth
Republic officially came into be
ing this afternoon. The upper
House of Parliament held its first
session and constitutional govern
ment was restored after six years
of war conquest by the Nazis, and
liberation.
However, restitution of govern
ment subject to popular control
found the nation in a perilous fi
nancial state, and the entire struc
ture of the colonial empire was
threatened by the bloody Viet-Nam
bid for complete independence in
far-away Indochina.
The historic moment when the
upper house, called the Council of
the Republic in the new constitu
tion instead of the Senate of pre
war France, convened was 3:11
p.m. From that moment the new
constitution, approved by the peo
ple in October, became effective.
Const itutional government in
France had been wiped out in
May, 1940, by the advancing Ger
mans.
Many a man has stopped call
ing his wife ‘the little woman"
after taking a good look at her in
slacks.
WALLACE LIQUOR STORE
A Fine Assortment of Liquors and Wines
Phone Your Orders in to Main 55
NORTHERN
LIGHT & POWER CO.
“BETTER LIGHT . . BETTER SIGHT”
G.-E. Mazda Lamps . Refrigerators
Elecrtical Appliances Washing Machines
Wiring Material
Phone MAIN 105
OPEN EVENINGS
POLAR
Drop in and see us.
A. POLET TO LEAVE FOR
DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEET
Mr. Antonio Polet is departing
lor Juneau on Monday to attend a
special meeting of the Alaska De
velopment Board. He states that
he will welcome any suggestions
plans or ideas that will aid in the j
improvement and development of
Second Division and will be glad
to present them at the meeting.
ORDINANCE NO. 316
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF NOME CREATING THE OF
FICE OF HEALTH OFFICER;
DEFINING THE DUTIES AND
AUTHORITY OF SUCH HEALTH
OFFICER; APPOINTING A
HEALTH OFFICER AND NAM
ING HIS SALARY; PROVIDING
UNISHMENT FOR VIOLATION
OF HEALTH OFFICER’S OR
DERS; AND REPEALING OR
DINANCES IN CONF L I C T
HEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACT
ED BY THE COMMON COUN
CIL OF THE CITY OF NOME
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. There is hereby cre
ated the office of Health Officer
of the City of Nome.
Section 2. No person except a
medical doctor, duly qualified to
practice medicine in the Territory
of Alaska, may be eligible for ap
pointment as Health Officer.
Section 3. A Health Officer
shall be appointed and his salary
fixed, by the Common Council of
the City of Nome, by either Or
dinance or Resolution.
Section 4. A Health Officer shall
not be appointed for a longer term
than one year, and in any event
his term of office shall expire on
the first Monday folowing any
General Election of the City of
Nome; provided, however, that
such Health Officer may be ap
pointed to succeed himself in of
fice.
Section 5. It shall be the duty of
the Health Officer to exercise a
general supervision of health and
sanitation within the City; to di
rect and supervise the enforcement
of any and all laws, city and or
Territorial, applicable to the City
of Nome in the matters of health
and sanitation; to order the clos
ing of schools, and/or places of
amusement, and/or business
houses, and/or the prohibition of
public gatherings, whenever any
such action is deemed necessary
to protect the health of the citizens
of Nome: to order the quarantine
and/or isolation of persons in
flicted with contagious or infec
tious diseases; to order the correc
tion of unsanitary practices or
conditions of any business house,
and order the closing of any such
business house failing to comnly
with any such correctional orde^:
and advise the Council as to Or
dinances essential for improve
ment of health and sanitary condi
tions.
Section 6. Any person or persons
failing to comply with any lawful
order of the Health Officer shall
bedeemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall
be punished by a fine in any
amount not exceeding the sum of
$100.00; or be imprisoned for any
length of time not exceeding 30
days; or by both fine and impris
onment in the discretion of the
Magistrate: Provided that each
day an order of the Health Officer
is violated shall be deemed a sep
arate and distinct offense.
Section 7. J. B. Tucker, M. D.,
residing at Nome, Alaska, is here
by appointed Health Officer at a
salary of $50.00 per month. His
term of office shall begin with the
passage of this Ordinance and end
as provided in Section 4 herein.
Section 8. Ordinances No. 114
and No. 278 are hereby repealed
together with any and all other
Ordinances which may be incon
sistent or in conflict with this Or
dinance.
Section 9. Council rules are
hereby suspended to the extent
that this Ordinance shall be in full
force and effect immediately upon
its passage and approval.
Passed by the Common Council
of the City of Nome in general dis
cussion assembled, and approved
by its Mayor the 23rd day of De
cember, 1946.
LUTHER DUNBAR,
Mayor.
Attest *
CARRIE M. McLAIN,
City Clerk.
Publish Dec. 27, 30, Jan. 1.
Ask Investigation
Of Rusia's “Verbal
Ultima turn”
'Continued From Page One
correct.” 'That report was New
ton’s first story of the incident).
In his official written report of
the trip to Dairen, Yates also re
ferred to the Soviet ultimatum.
Ens. Tilghmann B. Koons, Plain
field, U. J., U. S. navy officer who
interpreted the Russian order for
Yates told me the Soviets had
made their position emphatically
clear and that a translation was.
in effect: ‘‘If you do not leave
within 20 minutes we will not be
responsible for the consequences.”
At the time the Soviet ultima
tum was delivered, armed Soviet
troops appeared in view of the
ship for the first time in its two
day stay.
They were aground around the
entrance to the dock at which our
ship was based and while they
committed no overt acts the infer
ence of their sudden appearance
was obvious to everyone aboard.
In Washington a state depart
ment spokesman, Lincoln White,
said the so-called ultimatum was
“not in any sense a fist-shaking
affair.”
Observers here were at a loss to
know the state department spokes
man’s source of information about
the incident.
FAIR ASSOCIATION TO HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING
Attention is called to the annual
meeting of the Northwestern Alas
ka Fair Association tomorrow eve
ning at the City Hall. Fairbanks
is planning its annual carnival,
and Anchorage is planning its an
nual Fur Rendezvous, and White
horse has already set its date, and
it is important that the Nome Fair
plans be completed and a date
planned for 1947 to co-ordinate
with the two Alaska and Canadian
events.
Anyone interested in helping in
The Billikin
The gremlin-faced ivory can -
ing found in northern Alaska and
called the Billikin has cause I
much comment for several yean.
Until recently it was accepted a>
one of those things that belong o
the Eskimos.
An inquiry was received recent
ly asking the source of these carv
ings and their history, and as a
result considerable research has
been made.
It was learned from the oldest
of the old Diomede natives, who
not only remember way back but
remember the tales of the story
tellers of the tribes and the lore
that carries for generations, that
little chips of ivory were given the
young people to carve into billi- '
kins and were carried by the old
and young.
They seem to have been partic
ularly prominent in the years
when there was famine and starv
ation. One Diomede native, a di
rect descendant of the tribal story
teller stated that he remembers
his grandfather telling of the big
billikin which stood in the village
before the missionaries came.
Natives from Shishmaref, Wales,
and Point Hope also state that the
billikin is something they have al
ways made for their own use.
Comparing billikins acquired forty
years ago with those made today,
you will find very little variation
in expression with the exception
that the older the person is who
carves the unique little figurine
the more adult is its expression.
A popular belief is that good
luck will be with the person who
carries one, especially if you rub
his little rotund abdomen. Army
pilots took a liking to them and
they are to be found in the pock
ets of hundreds of pilots, and have
been carried by them all over the
world.
this important civic project is
urged to attend as plans must be
completed soon.
WALLACE TAXI
NOME, ALASKA Phone RED 55
PIONEER WATER DELIA ERY
Phone Main 94
FKIC NELSON
“THOMPSON,”
Is back, “The Eye Glass Repair Man, with a
new tsock of Frames, Cases, and a very large
stock of Lenses and Reading Glasses.
“32 Years Experience”
Open from Located Room 2
10 A.M. to 8 P.M. “Polar Hotel”