AIRLINES
'’"ALASKA AIRLINES
Passengers arriving Tuesday
were: Lucy Beuce, Mr. and Mrs.
Honkala, Nick Ezukameow.
‘Passengers arriving from An
chorage' Thursday were Jarrett
La whom, R. J. Iifoy.
Departing for Anchorage Thurs
day were Charley Phillips, Ed An
derson, Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Wea
ver, W. W. Laws, Mr. and Mrs. H.
Cuzzman.
Is Gravel Mineral?,
Fate Of Alaska’s
School Lands Rests
On Decision
(Continued from Page One)
vious court decisions have held
that gravel is a mineral.
The claims staked in the names
of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Cuddy,
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cuddy, Mr.
and Mrs. Donald G. Wilcox, all of
Anchorage, and Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Wilcox, of Fairbanks.
Warren Cuddy is an Anchorage
banker and attorney; his son, Dan
iel, also is an attorney here. How
ard Wilcox for many years head
ed the School of Mines at the
University of Alaska, Fairbanks;
Don Wilcox is his son.
What would be the outcome if
their interpretation of basic min
ing laws is held valid?
All Alaska school sections would
be open to such claims. Claimants
would obtain patent to the lands,
gain full title, and be in position
to sell gravel or use the property
in any way they chose. Many
school lands hove been leased for
private or municipal use.
Puckett said the claim notices
were staked by the four couples
last Nov. 28 and the “mineral”
discovery date was posted as Nov.
27.
The land in question is east of
Merrill Field, the municipal air
port which also is on school land
leased through Governor Gruen
ing’s office. The city dump, too,
is on leased school land.
The 640-acre tract already has
yielded revenue from gravel sales.
The bureau of land management
awarded a 5-year contract last
year to the Anchorage Sand and
Gravel Company to remove gravel
from 17 Vi acres, paying a royalty
Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
/ Friday, January 19, 1951
9
Forecast Nome: Clear, somewhat
colder tonight and Saturday. Light
variable winds. Lowest tempera
ture tonight —18, highest temper-1
j ature Saturday —12.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
i 7:00 a.m. today:
Precipitation, trace. (Total this
month, tracej.
Temperatures: highest 6, lowest i
—9.
Maximum wind 35 miles an
Itour from the east.
Sunrise at 9:23 am., sunset at
| 9:03 pm.
Comparative data:
Temperatures one year ago to-;
day: highest 25, lowest 6.
Extreme temperatures on this!
date since 1907: Highest 42 in
j 1940; lowest —36 in 1947.
Data for other selected stations
I as of 7:00 am. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow —46 Fog
Point Hope —22 Clear
Kotzebue —16 Cloudy
Gambell —10 'Partly Cloudy
Nome —9 Clear
Unalakleet —11 Snow
Bethel 5 Snow
McGrath —41 Cloudy j
Anchorage —29 Clear
Fairbanks —52 Fog
Whitehorse —18 Snow,
Seattle 33 Snow
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Alaska school fund.
Puckett sai dthe issue has many j
to the Territory on each yard
taken out. j
After granting the contract, the
bureau instructed the Territorial
forestry division to survey the re
maining acreage to determine its
value. Gravel it contained was es
timated at 3,000,000 yards, worth
$750,000.
The Anchorage Times said Don
ald Wilcox w»as one of the men as
signed to the surveying project as j
a mineral expert. He later worked
for the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation in the Territory*
The Congressional act which set
aside the tract as school section
16 provides that all reenues de
ried from its use revert to the
WE CARRY LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
FINE LIQUORS, BEER AND WINE
Out-of-Town Orders Carefully Handled
THE NOME LIQUOR STORE
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
Phone—Shop: Black 76 — Residence: Main 52
WE CHECK YOUR TANK REGULARLY
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CIVILIAN DEFENSE
COMMITTEES MEET
The Civilian Defense Commit
ttes met Wednesday evening at the
Federal Building where Director
Harper opened the meeting with
complimentary praise for the
progress made in the various diva
cions of the organization.
Marie Grant, public health nurse
reported in detail the work done
in the First Aid department, stat
ing that seven kits would (be need
ed for the seven zones and seven
nurses to have charge of them.
'Three emergency kits would also
be prepared.
Eileen Uttick on Welfare report
ed 'that lists had been made of
clothing and supplies to furnish
the seven zones and seven places
had been designated for keeping
them.
The report of the trial siren
alarm by Angell indicated that it
had not 'been successful as many
reported that they did not hear
the siren at all. It was recommend
ed that the City obtain a sufficient
one to be installed centrally.
Mr. Angell also reported 'that
the teachers were well organized
to take care of the children in
school and to stay with their indi
vidual group and to proceed to lo
cation designated at the time or
per directive.
Atf the next meeting accent will
be placed on the work of the war
dens and correlated branches and
it was urged that they all be pres
ent at the meeting.
Explorer Scouts will assist also
according to John McNees and be
detailed to each zone.
The next meeting of the Civilian
Defense Committee is set for Wed
nesday evening at 8:00 at the
Court Room of the Federal Bldg.
technical angles, which probably
will have to be decided by the
courts.
! roposed Alaska
| Water Code Oked
|
i Many matters of interest to
Alaska came up for discussion and
recommendation at the Alaska
Field Committee in session in Jun
eau last week.
A number of possible industrial
projects were discussed including
development of tin, nickel and
copper deposits, airports and ex
pansion in the shellfish industry.
A light aggregate plant for the
railbelt came up for discussion
also.
The proposed water code for
Alaska was slightly revised and
will be transmitted to the Secre
tary of Interior. The Committee
considered the present code as
satisfactory.
A plan of the Bureau of Land
Management to return certain se
FIVE HAPPY RECIPIENTS OF
NOME HARDWARE AWARDS
Grant Nelson, of Pioneer Water
is grinning broadly today with the
acceptance of a substantial down
payment on a new (Dodge which
! was given to him tree by the Nome
Hardware Store.
Paul Green took home the New
Home Sewing machine; Vera Huff
the typewriter, while Andy Eben
must wait until word is received
from George Madsen whether he
prefers teh down payment on a
Plymouth or an oil Water, as Andy
was fifth on the list of recipients
of valuable gifts.
lected lands for agricultural devel
opment on the Kenai Peninsula to
the public domain was approved
and will be forwarded to Wash
ington urging action in order that
they may be made available for
homesteading this summer.
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This will enable Seward Peninsula to have
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