THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
RUSSELL G MAYNARD, Manager.
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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
WE, THE PEOPLE’ ARE BOSS AND PROVE IT
There is a good deal to be said for the Iowa farmer
who heave da dead skunk into the state capitol at Des
Moines to show his disapproval of a law recently pass
ed creating a closed season for these pungent little ani
mals.
Not that people ought to go around tossing dead
skunks into legislative chambers. No that a closed seas
on on skunks may not be a very good thing indeed. But
just because there is an up-from-the-grass-roots inde
pendence about this sort of thing that stems directly
from the finest traditions of American democracy.
The citizens of a democracy must have a number
of qualities in order to make their democracy work as
it ought to, and one of the greatest of these is a spirit
of rowdy and irascible independence. As long as they
have that spirit, their officeholders are never in any
danger of forgetting who is really boss in the republic;
and if the spirit occasionally leads to skunkthrowing,
it is an excess that can be forgiven.
Consider the case of this angry Iowan, for example.
He raises pheasants, and the skunk is a natural enemy
of the pheasant. Here is the way the Iowan explains
himself.
“Your silly Senate passed a bill yesterday putting
a closed season on skunks in my county. Last night a
skunk got at my coops and killed eight pheasants and
three chickens. 1 killed him this morning. And the next
time a skunk gets any of my pheasants I’m going to
kill him and bring him down and toss him in the middle
of the Damn' Senate.
Shakespeare once mentioned, as one of the cross
es suffering man has to bear, “the insolence of office.”
We Americans know all about that, for somehow we do
seem to have a way of breeding office holders who are
insolent beyond Shakespear s most pessimistic dreams.
But democracy always has the remedy at hand, if it is
only brash and forthright enough to use it.
The Iowa farmer, with his dead skunk and his un
cultured language, had the right idea. So did the Kan
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sas City fireman’s wife who went into the city mana
ger’s office with a horsewhip to protest pay cuts in the
fire department. Such things may disturb orderly souls
but they are healthy signs.
The grandest words in the Constitution of the Un
ited States are the first three—"We, the People”. That
tells where the sovereignty resides. It is good to have
officeholders reminded of it now and then.
For that sort of thing is the final and invurnerable
defense against misgovernment and dictatorship. A na
tion which can toss skunks at its legislators and horse
whip its city managers may have its faults, but it is in
no danger of losing its liberties. For in such a naton,
“we the people” are perfectly well aware who s boss.
Women’s skirts are getting shorter but that doesn’t
mean they will be any cheaper.
The burlesque girl’s life isn’t so easy at that. She
virutally has to live out of her trunks.
It’s when a witness insists that he “can’t remem
ber” that you’re sure knows all the answers.
4,075 Miles Covered By Two Roller
Skaters From Boston to Los Angeles
Norman Skelly, 28-year-old
rink proprietor of Pawtucket, R.
I., was in Boston recently with
reminiscences of a trip across the
country by roller skate, and re
turn as a hitch-hiker.
At noon Oct. 2, 1936, Skelly
said he and John Shefuga, 27.
started gliding along Route 20 out
of Boston. At noon on Dec. 4. he
added, they coasted to a news
paper office opposite the Los An
gels City Hall, having covered 4,
075 miles.
Skelly, who operates rinks in
Miami. Fla., and York Beach, Me.,
submitted memoranda which is
to form the basis of a book. He
expected the volume to "give de
tails, experiences. adventures,
beauties of nature, in the moun
tains, deserts and along the high
ways.plus our experiences with
the different people thar we met
on our record-making trip."
Parts of the memoranda follow’:
"Averaged ten hours a day of
skating and walking. Averaged
7'2 miles an hour.
"Fifty-five skating days. Were
on the road sixty-four days in
j all, but nine days were used as j
res; periods.
"Used the same pairs of skates
j the entire trip. Used 480 steel I
| wheels in all. Used 960 cones on
HE DID IT. '
1’nexpected but welcomed, the
Rev. Anderson Jardine, vicar of
a humble parish, defied high
churchmen to perform the cere*
mony.
mtm&mmu i
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both pairs of skates. Used eight
rubber cushions on both pairs of
skates.
"Total cost of the trip for both
SI. 400.
"Abstained from all stimulants
and drank nothing but milk and
water. Ate five full course meals,
a day ot 7. 9. 12. 3, 6, besides lit
tle knick-knacks such as ice
cream, fruits and vegetables in
between tims.
"Took two baths daily, both
followed by an alcohol rub.
"Rolled as fast as eighteen to
twenty miles an hour on smooth,
level roads.
"Carried canes and used them
as brakes on downhill slopes by
pulling them on front of the left
rear wheel and bearing down
with our knees.
"Had to sleep out in the desert
three nights; one in Texas and
two in Arizona.
"The only recreations we en
joyed throughout the entire trip
were theatres and horseback rid
ing.”
The skaters wore four inches
off their canes and said they
reached a speed of forty miles an
hour coasting down Torrey Pine
Hill outside of San Diego.
Kederuletl (Jinn'll
Services for Sunday, August 1st.
Church School 11 o'clock.
Evening Worship, 7:45.
Service will be under the direc
tion of the Adult Class of the
Church School. Special music by
a mixed quartet. Mr. and Mrs.
Brown from Little Diomede Is
land will speak. A cordial wel
come is extended to all.
The annual Picnic of the Fed
erated church school will take
place August 4th at Hastings. A
day of fun for young and old.
Mrs. McCarthy is in charge of
food arrangements _and will be
glad to consult with anyone as to
his or her share.
FOR SALE—Modern heating
stores—burn either hard or soft
coal—slightly used, inquire at the
Nugget Office for information.
PALACE
Liquor Store
Open For Business
Choicest of Liquors
JIMMY HEWITT
“At The Bat”
Lalkins Shoppe
Kickemick Bloomers
Maiden Form Brassieres
And Girdles—-Garter Belts
And Shirts
At
Calkins’ Shoppe
CHAS. CAVEY
Has Opened A Liquor Store
Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors. Win
es, and Beers.
FRONT ST. NOME.
HOW TO STAKE CLAIMS.
How Mining Claims can be
Staked in Alaska, length, Bread
th, how many, and the Associa
tion Claim, described in detail, in
pamphlet form, for sale at The
Nugget Office, for 10 cents.
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE FOR THE NOME LAND
DISTRICT NOME. ALASKA
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
Mineral Survey No. 1889
Mineral Entry No. 0929
Notice is hereby given that Un
ited States Smelting Refining and
Mining Company, a Maine cor
poration, by and through its at
torney-in-fact, A. M. Hartford,
whose post office address is Nome,
Alaska, has made application for
United States Patent for the
Pearl Bench Placer Mining Claim
situated on the Left Limit of
Cooper Gulch, a tributary of Lit
tle Creek, in the Cape Nome Min
ing District and Precinct, Terri
tory of Alaska, and designated as
United States Mineral Survey No.
1889 and particularly described in
the official plat and field notes
now on file in the said land office
as follows:
Magnetic variations of 18 deg.
15 min. to 18 deg. 45 min. E.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Pearl Bench Placer, which is id
entical with Cor. No. 2. Survey
No. 759. Gadfly Placer, a fir post
4 in. square. 30 in. above ground,
and marked PB-1-1889 for this
survey, from whence U.S.L.M.
No. 11 bears S 3 deg. 18 min. E.
7,574.5 ft. The E. end of Anvil
Rock bears N. 24 deg. 08 min. W.;
thence N. 83 deg. 44 min. W 1,
293.3 ft. to Cor. No. 2. identical
with Cor. No. 1, Survey 759, Gad
fly Placer, a fir post 4 in. square,
36 in. above ground, marked PB
2- 1889 for this survey; thence N.
12 deg. 41 min. E. 661.5 ft. to
Cor. No. 3, identical with Cor.
No. 5. survey No. 1193, No. 4 Be
low Placer, a fir post 4 in. square.
24 in. above ground, marked PB
3- 1889, for this survey; thence S.
75 deg. 43 min. E. 1,189.1 ft. to
Cor. No. 4, a fir post. 48 in. long.
4 in. square, set 24 in. in ground
in mound of earth and stone, j
marked PB-4-1889; thence S. 1
deg. 22 min. W. 492.5 ft. to Cor.
No. 1 and place of beginning, con
taining an area of 16.310 acres.
The adjoining claims are: on
the north Marie Placer, unsurvey- j
ed, and other claims unknown :
and unsurveyed; on the east XYZ
Placer, unsurveyed: on the south
Survey No. 759, Gadfly Placer;;
on the west Survey No. 1193, No. j
4 Below Placer.
The location certificate for said,
mining claim is recorded in vol-,
ume 171, at page 470 of the re- j
cords of location of the Cape!
Nome Mining District and Pre-;
cinct, Territory of Alaska.
The mineral monument to wlitch
this claim is tied is described as !
follows:
U.S.L.M. No. 11 is a first post
6 in. square, 7 ft. above ground,:
firmly set in a mound of stone 30
in. high, 60 in. base, tnarked U..
S. L. M. No. 11 and is situated on 1
the ridge between Holyoke and
Bourbon Creeks, 70 ft. E. of the}
Bessie road in Lat. 64 deg. 32 min,
N. Long. 165 deg. 22 min. W.
Dated July 26th, 1937.
ALMER RYDEEN,
Register
i IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE FOR THE NOME LAND
I DISTRICT NOME. ALASKA
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
Mineral Survey No. 1887
Mineral Entry No. 0931
Notice is hereby given that Un
tiled States Smelting Refining and
Mining Company, a Maine cor
poration. by and through its at
| torney-in-fact, A. M. Hartford,
whose post office address is Nome.
Alaska, has made application for
United States Patent for the
Acme Placer Mining Claim sit
uated on the Right Limit of Sat
urday Creek in the Cape Nome
Mining District and Precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska, and designated
as United States Mineral Survey
No. 1887 and particularly describ
ed in the official p at and field
notes now on file in the said land
office as follows:
Magnetic variations of 17 deg.
45 min. to 18 deg. 15 min. E.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Acme Fraction, established on
line 4-5 of Sur. No. 1117, No. 1
Below Discovery on Saturday
Creek Placer, and which is iden
tical with Cor. No. 5, Sur. No. 1,
175, Discovery Claim on Lake
Creek, from whence U.S.L.M. No.
II bears S. 6 deg. 35 min. E. 4,761.
7 ft. Anvil Rock bears N. 13 deg.
47 min. \V\: United States Signal
Corps wireless tower bears S. 9
deg. 47 min. W.; thence N. 3 deg.
14 min. W. 317.00 ft. to Cor. No. 2.
identical with Cor. No. 4, Sur. No.
1175. Discovery Claim on Lake
Creek: thence S. 48 deg. 45 min. E.
232.00 ft. to Cor. No. 3, identical
with Cor. No. 1, Sur. No. 1224,
Sunny Day Placer, a fir post 42
inches long marked AC-3-1887;
thence S. 24 deg. 35 min. E. 80.3
ft. to Cor. No. 4. identical with
Cor. No. 1, Sur. No. 445, Lead
ville Claim, a fir post 48 inches
long, marked AC-4-1887; thence
S. 64 deg. 31 min. W. 210.5 ft. to
Cor. No. 1 and place of begin
ning. containing an area of 0.796
acres.
The adjoining claims are: on
the north Sur. No. 1224, Sunny
Day Placer: on the east Sur. No.
445, Leadville Placer; on the
west Sur. No. 1175, Discovery
Claim on Lake Creek placer, on
the south Sur. No. 1117, No. 1 Be
low Discovery on Saturday Creek
Placer.
The location certificate for said
mining claim is recorded in vol
ume 214, at page 144 of the re
cords of location of the Cape
Nome Mining District and Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska.
The mineral monument to which
this claim is tied is described as
follows:
U.S.L.M. No. 11 is a fir post six
inches square, seven feet above
ground in a mound of stone thir
ty inches high, sixty inches at
the base, marked U.S.L.M. No.
11 and situated on the ridge be
tween Holyoke and Bourbon
Creeks, seventy feet east of the
Bessie road in Lat. 64 deg. 32 min.
N., Long. 165 deg. 22 min. W.
Dated July 26th, 1937.
ALMER RYDEEN,
Register
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
I OFFICE FOR THE NOME LAND
DISTRICT NOME. ALASKA
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
Mineral Survey No. 1885
Mineral Entry No. 0930
Notice is hereby given that Un
| ited States Smelting Refining ani
i Mining Company, a Maine cor
poration. by and through its at
torney-in-fact, A. M. Hautfori
whose post office address is Nome.
Alaska, has made application for
I United States Patent for the
Wonder Fraction No. 3 Placer
Mining Claim situated on the Left
Limit of Wonder Creek, a trib
utary of Center Creek, adjoining
the Linda Association Place:
Survey No. 1155, in the Cape
Nome Mining District and Pre
cinct. Territory of Alaska, and de
signated as United States Min
eral Survey No. 1885 and partic
ularly described in the official
plat and filed notes now on file
in the said Land Office as follows:
Magnetic variations 17 deg. 15
min. to 17 deg. 45 min. E.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Wonder Fraction No. 3 Placer
Claim, identical wi«h Cor. No. 1,
Survey No. 1861, No. 6 Below
Discovery Placer, a fir post 4 in.
square, 30 in. above ground, mark
ed WF-3-1-1885 for this survev
from which U.S.L.M. No. 11 bears
[N 76 deg. 05 min. 30 sec. E. 5,
366.06 ft., Anvil Rock bears N. 13
I deg. 35 min. E.: thence S. 18 deg
152 min. W. 637.4 ft. to Cor. No. ?
| identical with Cor. No. 1 Survey
! 1848, Wonder Bench Placer, a fir
post 4 in. square, 24 in. above
ground, marked WF-3-2-1885 for
this survey; thence N. 71 deg. 08
min. W. 128.5 ft. to Cor. No. 3,
identical with Cor. No. 5, survey
No. 1848, Wonder Bench Placer,
a fir post 4 in. square, 24 in. above
ground, marked WF-3-3-1885, for
this survey; thence N. 30 deg. Id
min. E. 650.00 ft. to Cor. No. 1
and place of beginning, contain
ing aji area of 0.940 acres.
The adjoining claims are: on
the north Survey No. 1884, Won
der Fraction No. 1 Placer and
Survey No. 1884, Wonder Fraction
No. 2 Placer; on the east Survey
No. 1155, Linda Association Group
Placer; on the south Survey 1848,
Wonder Bench; on the west Sur
vey No. 1861, No. 6 Below Discov
ery Placer.
The location certificate for said
mining claim is recorded in vol
ume 208 at page 416 of the re
cords of location of the Cape
Nome Mining District and Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska.
The mineral monument to which
this claim is tied is described as
follows:
U. S. L. M. No. 11 is a fir post
6 in. square, 7 ft. above ground,
firmly set in a mound of stone 30
in. high, 60 in. base, marked U.
S. L. M. No. 11 and is situated on
the ridge between Holyoke and
Bourbon Creek 70 ft. E. of the
Bessie road in Lat. 64 deg. 32 min.
N. Long. 165 deg. 22 min. W.
Dated July 26th, 1937.
ALMER RYDEEN,
Register