I
Candle News From
Mining District
I Interesting
During the last of December
and January we seemed to be “in
I for it" as far as weather was con
cerned. There were hardly more
than three days out of the whole
of January which were favorable
for flying. Consequently our
mail service was somewhat dis
rupted. From December 17th un
til February 1st we had no first
class mail at all. You may be
sure it was very welcome and
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Village and Hamlet in the
Second Division,
iT GETS RESULTS
much appreciated when it finally
did arrive late though it was.
On the even of January first a
dance was sponsored by the local
fire committee. This was the an
nual Firemen’s Ball and, holding
true to tradition,, was a grand
success.
Mrs. Fred Ayer flow to Kotze
bue with Pilot Maurice King for
medical attention and a brief vis
it but it proved to be a three
weeks vacation due to stormy
weather.
Pilot King took off for Fair
banks with Mrs. T. A. Vernon of
Kotzebue. Harlan Gubser of Jun
eau, and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P.
Roust of Candle. Mrs. Vernon,
who has been ill for somethime,
is on a vacation to the States
where she will spend the rest of
the winter with her mother Mrs.
Patterson. Mr. Gubser has spent
most of the winter in the Kotze
bue Sound district investigating
the wolf situation among the rein
deer. He is bound for Juneau
where he will work for those in
terests during this session of the
legislature. Mr. and Mrs. Roust
are out for a well earned vaca
tion. They plan on spending a
few months in sunny California
and returning north in April.
Frank Warsing and Charles
Evern have been taking advan
tage of our few clear days and
been freighting gas and oil from
Keewalik with their tractor.
John Larson, son of Louis Lar
son Ophaug, arrived in Candle
from Seattle the past week after
being delayed by stormy weather
nearly two months enroute. His
father who has been bedridden
since the first of December, due
to a stroke, is now improving
rapidly and soon expects to be
up and about his old haunts. His
recovery, slow but sure. Louis
claims is due to none other than
the excellent care given him by
Mrs. Robert Watkins, formerly
government traveling nurse from
Nome.
It seems there’s another run on
cigars down at Bill Thomas’ and
“Chappy” is passing out all he
can smoke. February 4th he be
came the proud papa of a baby
girl. Mrs. Chapman and daugh
ter are doing nicely in the Kotze
bue hospital.
Deputy Marshal Henry Xavier
of Kotzebue spent two weeks this
past month on official business in
Candle. This being Henry’s old
stamping grounds, he enjoyed
[every minute of it renewing old
j acquaintances and making new
ones.
The Nome Daily Nugget carries
several forms of printing blanks
I for your convenience — Dredge
Logs, thawing and drill reports,
Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode
Location Notices. Vouchers, and
Special Power of Attorney forms.
V\V;i||mt Today
J
(U. S Weathrr Bureau)
Generally cloudy weather pre
vailed over interior and western
Alaska with fog observed over
western Alaska and some snow
flurries over the lower Yukon.
Snow and rain was falling over
I southeastern Alaska.
Temperatures were rising this
morning over western Alaska
while they continue below zero
over the central and eastern sec
; tions of Alaska, and the interior
of western Canada.
Barometer readings are high
over Alaska and the crest is chart
ed near Atka on the Aleutians]
i wrhile low pressure is charted ov-1
er the Pacific Coast. It is there-,
fore likely cloudy weather will
continue for Nome and vicinity
with not much change in temper
ature.
,The lowest Nome temperature
last night was 2 above and the
highest yesterday 7 above.
Prohibition Bloc
Shows Up State
Legislature Wn.
(By The Associated Press)
OLYMPIA, Feb. 24, —In the
face of a warning of a strong
dry bloc move “toward prohibi
tion”, the sale of beer and wine
by the state on Sundays was ap
proved by the narrow margin of
55 to 44, in the house, yesterday.
The bill would amend the law
to permit the sale by glass or
bottle, under the regulations of
the liquor board.
Representative Ralph Van Dyke
said “thousands of churches and
church people wlil not stand by
without a reply.”
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