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G IV. TROY AND PARTY VISITS NOME
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GOV. TROY LEARNS
OF OUR NEEDS
A large aird representative body
of members of the Northwestern
Alaska Chamber of Commerce, in
cluding guests, gathered together
Friday noon to attend a lunch
eon given in honor of Governor
John \l?. Troy’s first official visit
to Nome. The luncheon as given
'under the auspices of the Chamber
and was held in the famous Log
Cabin, home of the local organiz
ation
President G. R. Jaokson in call
ing. the meeting to order, said:
“This is a special of the
N.W.A.C. of C\ called for the pur
pose of greeting John W. Troy,
governor of Alaska, and to pres
ent to him the needs of our sec
tion o< Alaska, and to solicit his
help and support in securing us re
lief in theae matters. Vice Pres
ident Thomas T>. Jenson wh« is
also chairman of the Entertain
ment Committee, will preaid^ as
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hosit and chairman of the meeting.
I now turn the meeting over to
Mr. Jenson.” Applause.
Chairman Jenson in a few well
chosen remarks called for a stand
ing toast to Governor Troy, after
which luncheon was In order.
After everyone had enjoyed the
delicious and sumptuous eats, Mr.
Jenson told of the work of the
local chamber in connection with
-the Territorial Chamber of Com
merce and the good that had been
accomplished. He further said
that the program, outlined by the
chamber was well in hand and
that prominent members wpuld
handle each subject separately.
The chairman lhen called on
■Representative George Hellerich to
cover the mining subject. Mr.
Hellerich being « mining engin
eer, handled his subject well, go
ing into the needs of government
aid to prospectors and miners, that
some thing should be done to en
courage prospecting
Senator Frawley was next in
troduced and had for his subject,
“transportation and roads,” He
poiifted out how difficult it was to
carry on mining and the opening
of new gold areas without the
building of more roads. He touch
ed on the fact that this season
the miners are suffering from a
lack of rain fall, and that govern
ment funds should be utilized now
In building roads to relieve the
unemployment situation here at
present and which will be a ser
ious problem this coming winter
if the men do not. get employment.
Chairman Jenson then introduc
ed -Lyman S. Brewster who gave
a vivid picture of Aviation in Alas
ka as well as outside. He said
Alaska is airminded, particularly
the central and northern areas,
and ventured to sajr that develop
ment will 'occur in porportion bo
the development of transportation
facilities. He went into the ■ mat
ter of larger and faster planes,
but that larger and better fields
are a necessity as well as proper
communication systems. He said
that if these landing field improve
meats were presently undertake'!
it would solve the unemployment
to a considerable extent. That
permanent benefits would result
from the improvements as well as
flying costs be lowered, thereby
benefitting the people and govern
ment officials who travel via air
routes.
Attorney Ira I). Orton was as
signed to talk on “Communica
tion” and covered his subject in a
knowing and forceful manner.
Chairman. Jensen next introduc
ed Carl J. Liomen, whom he said
was considered the best and most
informed person on the reindeer
industry, and as this industry is
destined to be ohe of the largest
assets to northwestern Alaska, the
publisher has decided -to publisn
in full Mr. Lomen’s remarks as
stated and which is as follaws:
“Honored Guests and Fellow
citizens: Governor Troy, yesterday
you were in the Golden Heart of
Alaska, at Fairbanks Today you
are in the Heart of the Reindeer I
country, Nome.
It is now 41 years since the first
mother stock of our present herds ,
was brought from Sill) e rial and
landed at Teller. Today the rein- J
deer population of Alaska is fif
teen times that of the human pop
ulation. During the past 3" days j
I have assisted in the handling
K>f more than 37.000 reindeer, a
•numlber greater than the white
population of the Territory.
You, Governpr Troy, as Commis
sioner for Che Department o' the
Interior, are the head of this rein
deer work in Alaska, carrying on
■through Mr. Lyman Brewster,’ Gen
eral Reindeer Superintendent, and
the federal unit managers :>f the
Reindeer Service, a new compet- j
ehC force, which has already con-1
tributed valuable and c mstructive
ideas. You can do much for the
industry. We would -like to see j
your reindeer service clothed with
proper authority and your men in
the field responsdble. We would
like to see appropriations suffi
cient to enable the Service to
carry on its work efficiently.
Each Unit Manager should have
assigned to him an intelligent,
paid Eskimo reindeer nan as an
assistant, to travel with him, act
as interpreter, and help the Es
kimo people keep pace with the
growth of the industry,
i I have been a close student of
the industry for more than 25
years, Conditions change year by
year, and reindeer ueopla must
change with the conditions. A
few years ago individual herds
were, easily and successfully main
tained. Today, because of insuff
icient herding and part);' to low
market values, the animals stray
far afield AH herds today con
tain stray deer, frequently run
ning intjo thousands. Some of
these strays travel hundreds of
miles. New rules must be made
(Continued on Pago Two)
YOUTH HELD Poll EXTORTION
HB.N’I), Ore.. Aug. II. oPi- -lack
Duckworth. aged eighteen, war
held on a charge of attempted "* ex
tortion hnd threats against tin
life of state game commissioner.
Dr. J. G. Vandervert. He tried to
extort five thousand dollars under
threats of death. He sent, a note
in which he said to put the money !
in a gravel pit Clarence Parsons
was arrested last night when he
went to the pit and grabbed *
package. Parsons told the police
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that he was sent there by Duck
worth. his brother-in-law. Both
are in custody.
FISH TRAP MAY BE RF-OPENED
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KETCHIKAN. Aug. 11. (/P)—Ai
million dollar fishtrap owned by j
the P E. Harris Company, east of j
Anchorage Cove. Unimak Island. |
closed by the Bureau of Fisheries. !
may re-open, according to recent
information here.
BOMIl KM*LOOKS ON
TROLLKY TRACK
HAVANA. Aug. 11. l/Pi — A
large bo»d> injured one policeman
and damaged a trolley car in
which several others were riding.
It was the first move in a drive
to force President \t tchado to re
sign. The bomb was placed on
the car tracks. The other police
men were travelling to their beats.
In the meantime the President's
liberal party is expected to mod
ify the condemnation of what they
termed intermeddling by the Unit
ed States. Ambassador Walles,
who presented the mediation plans
is asking the President for his
withdrawal.
HOOVKR'S HO.MK TOWU-MltY
PALTO ALTO. Calif.. Aug. (/P)
—Hoover’s home town returned to
the dry fold. Last June it favor
ed the repeal of the eighteenth
amendment by a small majority.
Yesterday it voted against an or
dinance permitting the sale of 3.2
beer
DEPARTMENT STORK
SALES GOOD
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11. (yfP)
—.Reports from department stores
throughout the Pacific Coast states
in the month of July were great
er than in the same month last
year. For the first time in sev
eral years the dollar value of sales
rose 12.8 percent. In Dallas, Tex
as, only a year ago, was the per
centage higher than that. Sixteen
Los Angejes houses ranged from
nineteen point four percent. San
.Francisco gained fifteen and Seat
tle seven point two.
COAL STRIKE STILL ON
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. (/£>)—
The coal operators are still un
aible to come to a settlement. One
of the differences is over the fair
practices agreement in the indus
try. The miners insist that the
open shop clause be removed from
the code. 7he second major diff
erence' is the minimum wage of
five dollars per day. —
'•y FOR BALE
Slightly used 85 Caterpiller in
good condition. Inquire Mort
Powell. ■ < <
PUBLIC RECEPTION
TENDERED GOVERNOR
'
The public reception given by
the Mayor and City Council on be
half >of the citizens of Nome at
the Kagle Hull)' last Thursday ev
ening was a splendid success. The
Nome orchestra opened the pro
gram by a few choice selections;
after which Gov Trov was intr^
duct d to the citizens by Lyinan si
Brewster in a few well chosen re
mark);. Following which the gov
ernor spoke. The speeches, of the
governor and Brewster are as fol
lows:
Lyman S. Brewster: We have
here tonight a very wonderful
friend of Alaska; a man who has
lived here a long time and has the
interests of Alaska at heart. It
is with a great deal of pleasure
that I wish to introduce tonight
the Honorable John Troy. Gov
ernor of Alaska.
Governor John VV. Troy: Mr.
Browser, ladies and gentlemen: I '
am not going to make a speech to-J
night, because I never made one
in my life and the fact that T never '
desired to make one, makes it |
that much harder. I tried very j
hard to be here. It is the first
time in twenty-five years, and T1
wish I could stay longer this time: j
but I must return by Saturday!
night. I
really to
tell you anything; I am here to |
learn I have a report to make. |
and I want to learn o editions of i
all Alaska and your conditions as
well as I can I think there is no
question that you will get a lot (
more: jnore road money, and mmi !
ey for the air-field, and a few
things of that kind. I can only |
say this: 1 am not announcing j
my policies yet. They will he dis- i
closed as they are put into oper
ation. It is my purpose to do t]r^,
best I can and serve the Second
Division with1 the same zeal ns
with any® part of the Territory.
If anyone has anything to ask me,
I will answer the best I can. I'll
close by saying. I’m glad to be
here.
Mr. Brewster: Governor Troy
will be very glad to meet all the
lOMEKGOMMj
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new prices effective
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5 P. M. TODAY
STANDARD <i^S
IN RETURNABLE BAHREIN
22^cts per gallon
<;as at pump
25cts per gallen
Lomcomco.
Nome people, and a lrne will form
her in a few minutes.
Everybody who wishes to meet
'our new governor of Alaska please
come down. He wants to meet all
the Citizens of Nome, and I’m sure
you will want to meet our genial
Governor.
After tin* speeches the people
came forward and were introduced
j to the governor, his daughter, Mrs.
I Morgan, secretary to her father;
Mr, James J. Connors. Nata'I dem
ocratic committeeman and recen’
ly appointed Collector of Customs
I for Alaska and Mrs. J. J. Connors.
'The iiVat itnf gi\'erif t° <nir new gov-.-,
ernor was one of the greatest ever
uco >rd«d a governor In Nome. A
novel feature of the reception was
[the long train of native** who
jshook hands with the governor
and his party.' The chief of the
King Island natives invited tho
governor to visit his village at the
east end of town and witness a
program of native sports he would
Sivr^tn his honor which was gra
ciously accepted by Gov. Tro>.
Following the reoeption a dance
took place in which young and
old participated.
NATIVES ENTERTAIN (iOYKRNOR
The program given by the nat
ives of King Island proved to be
one of the most enjoyable events
of the Governor's visit. Seated on
an improvised grand stand both
the governor and the chief watch
ed the natives launch their largo
canoes and paddle .out to sea and
then the crews raced back to
shore. Three large canoes com
peted. It was a very thrilling ex
hibition of skill, with all three
bv>ats in a very close finish; two
of which were neck and neck.
After this race daring, deeds
were performed in kvaks. The
natives 'overturned their frail
craft in the breakers and remain
ing under water an imc reditable
length of time while they dexter
ously righted the canoes. A nat
ive dance was then put on by the
chief followed 'b/ blanket tossing.
A noticeable feature was the shake
hands of the governor and the Es
kimo chief in which they pledged'
well wishes to each other.
REI> THREATEN TO '
INVADE A MOV,
SHANGHAI. Aug. 10. (yp)—.The
threatened, invasion of Amoy by
forty thousand hungry reds forced!
out of Kiangsi province by the
army of General Chang Kaishek.
is reported from foreign sources.
Amoy communists are believed tt>
’be headed for Chang Chow, twenty
five miles West of Amoy, for the
purpose of establishing a sea out
let in anticipation of an attack on
Amoy. A Chinese diepateh said
that the Chinese troops were
routed and falling hack. „ The
nineteenth army lost four battal
lions killed and wounded and the
Communists, five thousand.