Nome Federal Bldjr
Becomes More Fav
or; iblc All the Time
A. Polet. secretary of the North
western Alaska Chamber of Com
mer-e, who returned by plane
Wednesday from Seattle via Jun
eau and Fairbanks, brought with
him. decidedly important infor
mation in the form of a virtual
guarantee that the Nome Federal
Building would be constructed
this year.
Mr. Polet spoke of interview
ing a construction engineer of
the Procurement Division of the
federal government, who is re
ported to have stated, that while
once the federal building for
Nome was actually pigeon-holed,
it has now become an actuality
and that the details should be
o*t and active business under
taken not later than the fifteenth
of June.
He further reported that the
plans of the department were
dear .and direct on the program
Of sending -in the furnishing sup
plies not later- than the last boat.
U was believed, said Mr, Polet,
that the job of erecting the foun
dation. basement, walls and roof
would he rushed thru before the
freeze-up in the fall and then all
of the interior work could be per
lormed during the winter.
Other matters of importance to
Nome and the Second Division
were taken up by Secretary Po
let while in the States, and he
reports, that interest in gold min
ing is receiving an extraordinary
degree of publicity and interest
from both former and new inves
tors and mining interests, and
Nome and the Second Division
should receive an exceptionally
favorable year in this important
industry.
LOCAL ITEMS
Kurt Sprenger in charge of the
local coast guard station stated
today that the small power boat
of the station was launched to
day and that launching of the
larger coast guard vessel will be
accomplished Monday from the
Lomen Commercial dock.
The graveling of the new school
site lot has again been postpon
ed, this time on account of tail
ing piles in the vicinity of Nome
Still being frozen. The authori
ties had planned on getting grav
el near the westerly end of Chic
ken Point, but found the surface
frost still in existence.
The ARC gas shovel is being
moved to some other point and
it was stated by the committee
today they expected the work to
commence next Monday.
It is hoped that many citi
zens will take advantage of the
monthly subscription rate to the
Nome Daily Nugget, in place of
purchasing it on the street, as the
price per copy is being raised to
become effective June 1st, to 15
cents. As a regular subscriber
you are assisting in the support
and helping toward the contin
uance of a daily paper in Nome.
The price by the month will
remain the same $2.00 per month,
or $10.00 for six months paid in
advance, delivered by carrier.
U.S.C.G. Northland
Sail From Dutch
Captain W. K. Scammell in
command of the coast guard cut
ter Northland wired today from
Unalaska.to the local coast guard
station at Nome, asking informa
tion concerning ice conditions 8t
to keep him advised erf any im
portant changes. The Northland
expects to leave Dutch Harbor
for Nome within the next five or
six days, the message said.
Acting Officer in Charge of the
Nome Coast Guard Station, Kurt
Sprenger, wired to the Northland
in reply that all indications ac
cording to best information avail
able, that the Northland or any
other steamers coming to Nome
will not be impeded on account,
of ice. There has been no ice in
sight of Nome for the last six
days. Arrangements for lighter
ing the mail are being taken
care of.
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In order that subscribers may
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The Nugget has divided Route 1,
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next few days, will confer a fav
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Airplane News
Nome Airport
Pilot Jack Hermann of the
Northern Air Transport, with
Pete Bloomquist as a passenger,
made a flight to Iron Creek to
day. Mr. and Mrs. Cordell will
be passengers to Kotzebue with
him tomorrow morning besides
two others on the flight during
which he will stop at Candle.
Pilot Whaley of the Nome Air
ways landed at Boulder Dome,
elevation 1.500 feet above sea
level yesterday, near Rainbow
camp in the Kougarok section &
returned to Nome with Jules
Gunderson, Sterling Montague
and Harry Nelson as passengers.
The new field on Boulder Dome
is 1,000 feet long by 200 feet wide
and was constructed privately.
The plane is scheduled for a
flight to Solomon and Golovin to
morrow.
Pilot Hall of the Mirow Air
•Service made a flight to Fair
banks stopping at'Solomon with
Carl GLavinovieh, Mr. Olson, and
one other. He is expected to re
turn to Nome tonight with pass
engers from the interior city. j
Pilot Hans Mirow of the Mirow
Air Serivce hopped off today
with Wm. A. Hesse, Territorial
Highway Engineer and Ross J.
Kinney, Second Division Super
intendent for the Alaska Road
Commission, on a flight which
will take thorn to Council. Deer
ing, Candle and Kotzebue to
day and thence to Nome. They,
are to make another flight this j
evening to Teller and return. |
Jake Overbaugh was a pass
enger to Council, and Warren
Ferguson is to be a passenger j
from Kotzebue to Nome.
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