Mass Meeting at
City Hall Over
Public Utilities
The mass meeting called last
night by Duffy O’Connor was at
tended by between seventy five
and one hundred people, who list
ened to his explanation of why
Nome should enter the public
ownership field.
Councilman Alvin Polet offi
ciated as chairman of the meet
ing while O’Connor, also a coun
cilman, went into the history of
the means by which Ketchikan
and several other cities were
able to secure public ownership
of utilities.
Following a lengthy discourse
by O’Connor as to what public
ownership would mean to Nome,
he called foT any four persons to
volunteer to form a committee to
interview the Northern Light
and Power Co. here whether it
would go half on the expense of
serairing the services of an en
gineer to secure appraisals of
public utilities in Nome The ex
pense quoted was $2500, in a let
tier read by O’Connor from Bums
and McDonald of Kansas City,
" Missouri, who acted in that cap
acity for the city of Ketchikan.
O’Connor also stated he be
I
Moved that a public ownership
eague should be formed here
and that applicants for the posi
tion of mayor and city council
men should be “put on the spot”
before the city electon to take
place Tuesday, April 6th, as to
whether they were in favor of
public ownership of utilities.
Nominations were made for
the committee to see the North- ■
ern Light and Power Company,!
and included John Reamer, S. D.
Mazen, Bob Roberts and Duffy
O’Connor. They are to report
back to another mass meeting to
be called soon.
aome discussion as to the mer
it of the question being placed
on the ballot for the city elec
tion took place. The question is
“Are you in favor of public own
ership?”
A contention was taken that it
was not specific enough to satisfy
fair-minded people in what they
really thought of the possibilities
for Nome. Shortly thereafter,
the meeting was adjourned.
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 26, —
The West needed a bumper crop
of com to regain its place as the
principal producer of corn for
hogs.
The supply in relation to the
number of hogs is forty percent
less than after the 1934 drought.
-THIRD
ANNUAL
FAIR
WILL BE HELD IN NOME,
ALASKA. MARCH 31, APRIL 1, 2, 3, 1937
AMATEUR CONTEST
An Amateur Contest will be held by the Northwestern
Alaska Fair Association, Thursday evening, April 1st. Con
testants desiring to participate will submit a written state
ment of their act to A. Folet, Secretary, on or before Mar.
30th. Prizes—first |10; second $7.50; third $5.00; fourth
$2-50- Position on program will be decided by drawing.
NATIVE POTLATCH
A Native Potlatch will be given Thursday evening,
March 31st, under the auspices of the Northwestern Alaska
Fair Association, conducted by the Nome natives, featuring
native products, for the entertainment of visiting, as well
as all Nome natives.
NORTHWESTERN ALASKA
FAIR ASSOCIATION
A. POLET, Secretary.
EYE PROTECTION
SNOW GLASSES AND SUN GLASSES
For Use in Town or on The Trfeil
NOME DRUG STORE
CAPPY McDOUGALL.
More Liquor Bill
(Continued From Page One)
in the Territory of Alaska, may,
by ordinance duly enacted, pro
vide such additional rules and
regulations governing the barter
sa'le and possession of intoxicat
ing liquor wl'thin such municipal
ities as may be deemed necessary
to the orderly conduct of the
busness of selling intoxicating
liquor; provided however, that
such ordinance or ordinances
thus enacted shall not be incon
sistent with this Act, and that
no municipality sha‘11 impose any
additional taxes.
Section 11—No license shall be
issued for a greater period than
one year; and no licenses shall
be transferred by the licensee to
any other person except with the
consent of the court, but author
ity for the same shall issue upon
application thereto in writing.
Section 12 Penalties—A viola
tion of any of the provisions of
this act shall be deemed a mis
demeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by im
prisonment of not more than one
year or by a fine of not more than
five hundred dollars, each viola
tin to be considered a separate
offense. Any intoxicating liquors
shipped into the Territory, oth
er than to licensees hereunder
and contrary to the provisions of
this Act, shall be deemed contra
band, and subject to confiscation
by the Territory, or any enforce
ment officer; and any intoxicat
ing liquors so seized shall be
sold under the order of the Dist
rict Court, and the proceeds
thereof deposited with the Terri
torial Treasurer.
(Continued Tomorrow)
Wag es Gone Up .
BUTTE, Montana, March 24 —
The Anaconda Copper Mining
Company announced an increase
in wages of twenty five cents |
a day to laborers in the Butite,'
Anaconda and Great Falls mines.
The increase in pay, benefitt
ing more than ten thousand men
resulted from the increased price
of copper. Under the new scale,
the minimum wage for under
ground workers is six dollars a
day.
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Airplane News
Nome Airport
Pilot Cross of the Wien Airlin
es made a flight to Solomon with
Andy Nylen and Jerry Coffin, and
then flew to Teller.
_
Pilot Whaley returned yester-J
day from Council with Mrs. Ost j
and Marco Markoviteh.
—
Arriving yesterday in the Artj
Woodley plane from Anchorage
were A. Condon and Mike Weavj
_I
Jack Gueker was a passen-:
ger to Nome yesterday aboard j
another Anchorage plane.
j
Weather Today
(U. S Weather Bureau)
Generally fair weather attends
a distribution of high atmosphere
ic pressure over Alaska and west
ern Alaska. Rain was falling a
long the Oregon - Washington
coast.
Temperatures were lower last
night over the Tanana Valley &
upper Yukon Districts. Not much
change was observed over west
ern and southwestern Alaska dur
ing the past twenty-four hours j
Low pressure still covers the'
Aleutian Islands and southward
and has not changed noticeably
and it is therefore likely that;
generally fair weather will con-1
tinue for Nome and vicinity to
night and Saturday with moder
ate northeast wind and not much
change in temperature.
The lowest temperature at
Nome last night was one above
at 5:30 a.m., while the highest1
yesterday was 16 above. About'
44 inches of snow remain on the
ground.
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NOTICE TO VOTERS
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The Poll Book for the registra-1
tion of voters for the forthcomingJ
Municipal and School Board el
ection has been open since Feb
ruary 17th, and will close on Sat
urday, March 27th, 1937. Elec-1
tion takes place April 6th.
M. J. WALSH,
City Clerk i
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Investigation Of
Sardines Is 0 K
(By The Associated Pressi
WASHINGTON, D C March 20,
The proposed investigation of the
Pacific sardine fishery industry
was approved today by the House
appropriations committee.
The committee recommended
twenty five thousand dollars.
It further reported that a con
tinuous controversy on the West
Coast had created a situation
which now required an '‘accu
rate government survey” to de
termine the sardine supply.
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