Teller
ft
(Special Nugget Correspondence)
Dec. 4
A good sized crowd gathered at
the school house on the evening
of November 29 to listen to the
following program:
“Pilgrim Maidens,” five girls.
"The Turkey," '.a redtatioiyf
Tony.
“A Modren Thanksgiving," Gret
cben. .>
“That/s Thanksgiving,” a drill,.
Third grade.
"Pilgrim Song," pene.
"That’s Why We’re Thank
full," Virginia.
"Thanksgiving Council," a play,
The entire school.
“At Grandma’s House,” Albert.
“I’m Thankful," Dolly.
"Who Took the Pie,” a dialogue.
Wilbur and Paul.
“Thanksgiving Song," The en
tire school.
Frank filler is confined to the
house because of illness.
Edgar Tweet returned Wednes
day form a trip to Gold Run. He
reports every body busy out there,
getting ready for winter woPk.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Olsen spent
the Thanksgiving holiday in Teller.
Harry Bourn spent Thanksgiving
day in town.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Anderson
entertained at a dinner party on
Thursday evening. Among those
present were: Marion Waldheim,
Bill Guisler, George McLain and
James Lapierre.
The Teller Commercial team ar
rived yesterady with a number of
pairs of foxes. These fox were
purchased by Mrs. Peterson and
are being taken up to their fox
ranch.
N. B. Tweet and Norman and
Harold Tweet are working on Coy
ote Creek this winter.
I CANDLE
i ■ - _
(Special Nugget Correspondence)
Ded. 17
Nome Nugget
An NAJT plane just arrived from
Nome bringing parcels and mail.
Left for up North. Roust plane
arrived right afterwards from
l Kotzebue where the pilot, Ben
Easley, took Ross Hanson for med
ieal attention. The Roust plane
tookT"-off yesterday in very bad
weather to take Mr. Hanson to
Kotzebue. This of course is very
much appreciated by Candle^ and
other places. The Roust plane
then left for Deering where pass
engers for Seliwik and Kotzebue
were due.
rne Koust plane nas anotner
rip scheduled for Nome having
19 passengers Mrs. John Herbert
*3 ind young daughter Doris. They
— ire planning on spending- the
Christmas holidays in Nome with
heir older, daughter and sister,
Hildred who is attending high
chool in Nome. Mildred is very
— iappy and dong nicely there we
tear. Of course she is staying
vith Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Modini
ate of Candle, and they are mak
ng her home life as cheerful and
Iappy as they can.
__ It’s a shame the weather has
een so bad as lots of airplane
ctivities were in line-up here at
handle. Better luck in the future
s the weather is clearing up and
eitting colder.
Candle Is preparing for the Xmas
^1 olldays and a big time is expeet
d. The school children are put
ng on a program and our lndust
)us teacher. Miss Reader is very
nxious for everything to come up
' > expectations. Here’s hoping
all comes out as expected. The
ft rogram and Xmas tree will be
„_ at over on Sat. and Xmas Carols
the different homes This will
> enjoyed by all, we think.
Candle wishes you all a very
erry Christmas and a Happy and
•osperous Newr Year.
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BUM
(Special Nugget Correspond eacet
December 14 1
Nome Nugget.
Nome, Alaska
Dear Editor:
It seems as though the winter
is over at Elim. but I suppose we
are just getting ready for the real
winter, we have not had but very
little zero weather here so far.
One morning it was down to 14
below, but for the last several
days we have had south winds and
it has been rather warm and it
thawed some during the middle
of the day.
The mail arrived from Unal
kleet today and hpd a capacity
load with Misha Charles at the
handle bars, He will leave for Gol
ovin in the morning.
The government nurse, Miss
Wright, with headquarters in
Nome, is paying us a profess'onal
call and has examined all the
school children and is now busy
wi’h the home folks. She will im
munize as many as possible for
diptheria, and perhaps some wno
have not been vaccinated for small
pox will be vaccinated.
We want to express our grat
itude to the Office of Indian Af
fairs, and especially to Dr. Fel
lows for making the effort and
succeeding in miking it possible
for us to have the services of the
nurse as this is the first time
s!n<ce we have been here that we
have had this treat. More power
to the bureau.
The school is in preparation of
a program for the holidays, and
expect to give this program on
Dec. 22 at seven o’clock in the
school house in Elim.
The annual election of the Elim
Reindeer Association will be held
in the school house in Elim on
Saturday, Dec. 16, 1933, at one
o’clock. All share holders are re
quested to be present or send their
proxies to be voted.
There has been some trapping
done in this locality and some
fox have been caught, also a few
mink and ermine, but not any
f*r*at amount. We hope, that the
natives get a goodly number this
year and that they get a good price
for them as this is a very slack
year for every one in these par s.
While there is not verv much.
snow in this part of the country,
the trail seems to be in fairly good
condition. On the beach south of
the village the water took the ice
out and the trail is among the
i rocks on the beach.
We have two very good landinj^
! fields on the ice in front of the
[village and the village marshall
put up a pole with wind sox on it,
the other day, at the side near
est the village. There is another
good landing field beginning near
the point south of the village,
but the pole is near the south-west
corner of the second field. It is
not quite as large as the second
one. but both are fairly good.
We as well as the Ellm people
want to wish all of our friends in
Alaska a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephan Ivanoff
of Sbaktoolik were guests at the
roadhouse today on their way to
Nome, also Mr. Mike Gotchalk of
the Lyng Navigation Co.
C. Sj RBPLOGLE
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14__ Nome Lighterage
16 - Front. St. and Steadman
21_Steadman and Second Ave.
23 _Third 9t. and Lance Way
24 ..First Ave. and B. Bt.
25 ___ Catholic Church
31 -First Ave. and D. St
32 -.D. St. near Andeieon House
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Dcering
(Special Nugget Correspondence)
Utica Camp, Deering, Alaska
Nov. 9
Hello everybody! I know a lot
of you folks down In Nome have
been wondering bow we are get
ting along up here on the creek.
When we left Nome, 1 promised
individuals letters to all my
friends. But since we arrived I
have been too busy to write and
now car travel is practically over,
picking up the mail will be very
uncertain out our way. It will
only be when an occasional trap
per or ntative happens along with
a dog team. So I hit upon, what
I think, a splendid plan. By writ
ing one long letter and trying to
persuade kind Mr. Maynard to
publish it in ’the Nugget, I can
thereby reach all of you before
Christmas at least. So, here goes.
We arrived in Deering about noon
September 11th, having flown here
with the NAT's capable pilot, Ches
ter Brown. The weather was
splendid and the trip great. Upon
arriving in Deering. Mr. and Mrs.
Art Chamberlain very kindly in
vited us to luncheon and dinner
and we in turn very graciously
accepted. And, indeed we were
not sorry as Mrs. Chamberlain is
a wonderful cook and served us a
very del cious dinner. We played
cards until late in the evening,
thence to the nearby hostelry,
“Deering Roadhouse’’ where we
spent the night. We arose at 5:30
in the morning and started by
truck for Utica Camp, our new
home. Utica Is about twenty miles
due north of Deering located on
the Imachuck river. The camp
consists of: A winter house, where
we live, several large warehouses,
summer cook house, barns, garag
es, blacksmith shop and numerous
small cab'ns. Our house sets
down in a pocket in the bank of
jthe river. A wall of hills sur
!round it, with just the cut where
Jthe r'ver runs through. The side
! hills are covered with red willows
and berries, making an ideal feed
ing ground for ptaemigan. Follow
ing around the complete top of the
wall is lava rock, evlden ly thrown
there by some giant upheval of the
'earth when this country was trop
ical. We r°r,nlT flfift “li"
noon as it is behind the hill, then
it is just a little while until it
slips down on the other side again.
1 Our house is of Trame, covered
with sod and s very warm. There
s one large room which suffices j
for kitchen, living room, bedroom
and bath. W-e have a portion cur
tained off for our sleeping quart
ers. And, say, we have one of
the best beds in Alaska, thanks
to Mr. Alfred Lomen. There is a
'smallroom in the back and a cell
jar for storage. Off the kitchen is
a nice large pantry. A good
! well of water with a pump in the
! kitchen makes it very convenient.
You must try if you can to pic
ture the look of dispair on my face
; when I first entered the house.
Grimy walls, the soot of many
years festooned from the ceiling,
a line of bunks hanging from the
wall, old parkas, reindeer skins
and whatnot serving the purpose
of matresses. On a shelf above
the table stood several Coleman
gasoline lamps, one minus a shade
another with ragged mantles. Scat
tered her and there were shotgun
shells, a can of tobapco, a rusty
pen and a bottle of Ink. I stood
rooted to the spot not knowing
whether to weep or turn and run.
I didn’t do either, however, bnt
calmly “took the bull, by the
horns,” flung off my coat, rolled
up my sleeves and started clean
ing.
The men tore down the bunks,
scrubbed and painted everything.
'Then we laid new linolium on the
floor. I washed the windows, hung
curtains and put a few splashes
of, bright cretonne here and there
and all in all It does look quite
cozy now.
We are already for company
no-w, so hurry along. In pack
ing, unpacking and repacking our
bags the morning we left, we fin
ally succeeded in taking thef wrong
ones. Consequently, the only
change I had, consisted of a pair
of overalls and a sweater, which I
bnd to wear for ten days. In due
iime our baggage arrived and I
was. none the worse for the ex
perience. The weather has been
ideal for working and the men
are busy every day. They are,
still driving the truck to and from
tho drill.
We are both well and happy.
Now I suppose some of you will
wonder how anyone could be hap
py in an isolated mining camp,
miles away from all human con
tact. But honestly now, haven’t
you been Just twfully lonesome
at times in a crowd? I know I
have. Many times in Los Angetea
shuffling along Broadway with the
masses, I have felt that lonely
ache experienced only when one
Ib devoid of companionship. But
not here. I have not had one
lonely moment. I arise at 8:00
a.m. and start the day by getting
breakfast for Fred, two men of
the crew and myself. Atter Break
fast I tidy up the dishes, plan the
rest of the mealB for the day, sit
down and write a little or pick up
my gun and go hunting a couple
of hours. Then one day I bake
bread and the next, a batch of
cookies or doughnuts. After all.
it is said “the city of happiness
lies iQ the state of the mind,” and
I really think that it is true. If
our mind is occupied with happy
thoughts, then we can’t be other
wise.
The hours slip quickly by when
one is busy, if only the daily
routine of housework. To gnd
happiness we must seek for it in
a focus outside ourselves. I be
lieve there is a certain quantum
of creative energy left in every hu
man being which is not absorbed
by the business of a work-a-day
world. So, ln order to be happy’
we must find a channel for this
creative energy. No one with n
good hobby is ever lonely for a
long time. My hobby is writing
I don’t expect to ever become fam
ous doing it, but at least I can
while away the hours., I am fin
ishing my book, a northern love
story and writing a serial “Travel
ogue of the North" for an Okla
homa newspaper. Besides bunting
This is beginning to sound like
a story so I will bring it to a
close.. I hope you will be able to
get up here sometime this winter
and vis t with us awhile. Remem
ber, we have a “miraculous" sour
dough kettle that is never empty
and a latchstring that is always
out.
Kindest regards to all down ■
Nome way.
AuNN SULL.IVAN AYER
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