OUTSTANDING IN DEPENDABILITY
N. A. T.
AX ACHIEVEMENT IN SAFETY !
X. A. T. Has Flown Over a Million Miles—Carried
Over 5,000 Passengers, without Single Injury to
Passengers or Personnel. A Safety Record l n
surpassed in the History of Alaska Air Transport
Operation.
FAIRBANKS_NOME ALASKA
Airplane Activities
Pilot Noel Wien of the Wien AI
aska Airways landed at the Nom
Airport early Saturday evening
shortly after the paper came out
Sigurd Wien, a brother, was a pass
enger from Fairbanks. Wien is flyinj
his Bellanca plane.
Pilot Chester Brown of the North
ern Air Transport is scheduled for ;
flight to the Kougarok, stopping a
Taylor, and White's Camp, thenc<
to Pilgrim Springs and Teller Thi
present rainy weather is hinderinj
the flight.
A Northern Air Transport plane i:
scheduled for a flight to Unalaklee
and Ruby tomorrow if weather con
ditions permit.
Another NAT plane is scheduled t(
, fly to Golovin and Council, with
passengers, mail and express as soon
as the weather clears sufficiently.
' Pilot Hans Mirow of the Mi row
. Air Service is scheduled for a flight
. to Teller, Tin City, Candle, Nugget
■ Gulch, Deering Baldwin Kotzebue
; and Council as soon as weather per
mits.
The Pacific Alaska Airways Elect
i ra hopped off about 6 A.M. Sunday
: for Fairbanks after being held in
■ Nome overnight on its Saturday
: schedule, by weather The pass
: engers were Jack Coates, Hawley
Sterling. Miss Wright, Geo. H. Cur
toz, and L D Nelson as a round
tripper.
Nome Brass Band Practice Tonight
At Band Hall 7:30 P M. All
Members Urged Be Present
BUILD YOUR OWN
44CORK INSULATED BUILDING”
Buildings insulated with CORK withstand the rigors of this
Northern Climate.
During this season we are prepared to furnish CORK BOARD
from our Nome stock, along with which we will draw your plans
and supervise construction—At No Additional Cost.
CORK INSULATION CO., INC.
NOME ALASKA
Unit Managers In
Reindeer Service
To Be Transferred
Secretary Harold Ickes of the De
partment of the Interior, in a tele
gram to the Nome office of the U. S.
Reindeer Service, authorized the
transfer of Glenn G. Briggs from
Kotzebue to Bethel, on the Kusko
kwim River, and Sam Kendrick from
Bethel to Kotzebue. Both are unit
managers under the service, in car
ing for duties of the U. S. Reindeer
Service in those sections under
General Supervisor Lyman S. Brew
ster of Nome.
North Star Was To
Have Sailed Aug. 1
Seattle For Nome
The office of Indian Affairs’ steam
er North Star, was scheduled to
sail from Seattle direct for Nome
with supplies and etc., for the con
tacting of various points along the
coast out of Nome.
The vessel will proceed into the
Arctic Ocean and is to take outside
for relief and sale purposes about
1.000 reindeer carcasses, a number
of which will be dropped for use of
the Matanuska Colonists, according
ARCTIC TRANSPORT CO.
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ANNOUNCES
S. S. ARTHUR J. BALDWIN
SAILS FROM SEATTLE
IALG. 7, 1935.
CALLING AT ALL PORTS FROM
ST. MICHAEL TO KOTZEBUE
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YOUR FREIGHT OFFERINGS
ARE SOLICITED
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ARCTIC TRANSPORT CO.
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! to information available today.
However, it is not known definite
ly whether the vessel sailed August
first, or not.
Efforts Being Made
Secure Additional
$25,000 For School
—
In answer to a telegram sent to j
Commissioner of Education Anth
ony E. Karnes, from Nome by M. J.
Walsh, member of the Territorial
school board from the Second Divi
sion, the following wire was receiv
ed Saturday late.
Mr. Walsh in his wire to the com-;
missioner was anxious to be inform-1
ed as to the status of the request j
to secure an additional $25,000 from
the federal government, in order
to complete the amount necessary
to proceed with the construction of j
a new school building at Nome. He i
also wished to be advised as to \
when the present allotment of $50,- !
000 would have to be contracted for.1
Following is the answer.
Juneau, Aug. 2, 1935. ]
M J. Walsh, Nome, Alaska
Governor making determined eff- 1
ort to secure twenty-five thousand
dollars additional grant school build |
ing there and should know within :
few days stop If not successful sug- i
gest we call for bids immediately |
in order to set pillars this fall stop
Bids would have to be on creosoted j
piling framed building well insul- |
ated and adequate classrooms but
possibly an unfinished gymnasium j
stop Original grant fifty thousand'
dollars must be used 1936 stop
Would appreciate reaction your coun
cil and board. signed: KARNES
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NOTICE OF MEETING
A meeting of the Polarites Club
has been called for Monday, Aug.
5th at 8 P. M. and all members
are urged to attend, as important
business is to be taken up. The meet
ing will be held at the home of
.Mr and Mrs. Frank Whaley.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
‘Instructions to Bidders’
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Sealed- bids will be received at
the office of City Clerk, City of
Nome, Alaska, to be opened at one
o’clock P. M. on Wednesday Aug
ust 7, 1935, for furnishing all mat
erials necessary for the construction
of Fire Mains according to specifica
tions on file with the City Clerk.
Bids shall be submitted on the form
prescribed by the undersigned ac
companying the specifications.
All bids shall be accompanied by
a certified check (or a bid bond
furnished by a surety company auth
orized to do business in Alaska) for
five per cent of the amount of the
bid. (Where alternates are asked,
then for five per cent of the basic
bid plus the largest alternates.)
Should the successful bidder fail to
enter into a contract and furnish a
satisfactory performance bond with
in the time stated in his proposal,
the certified check (or bid bond)
shall be forfeited as liquidated dam
ages.
The successful bidder will be re
quired to file a performance bond
in the full of the amount of the
contract price, which bond shall be
furnished by a surety company ac
ceptable to the Public Works Ad
ministration.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids and to waive any infor
mality in the bids received.
REX F. SWARTZ, Mayor.
Publsh— Aug. 3, 5, 1935
Miss Phyllis Turner
Beauty Parlor Operator
Shampoo—Finger Wave &
Manicure—All For
$2.00
This Week Only
Seiffcrt Flats
Telephone For Appointments
Dream Theatre
one show TUESDAY sp.m.
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