THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD. Editor
RUSSELL G MAYNARD, Manager
Published every evening except Sunday by The Nome
Publishing Company, Nome. Alaska.
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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
UNEMPLOYMENT AND ALASKAN
PUBLIC WORKS
Alaska has an annual unemployment situation pec
uliar to herself of which it is well the Federal authori
ties at Washington should be fully informed in order
that they give favorable consideration to the applica
tions for various civic and other projects within the
Territory.
Throughout the Territory there are more job seek
ers than there are jobs. Each spring and summer many
men and a percentage of women come from the States,
seeking work in Alaska, and especially in the larger
towns.
The towns are in no. position to care for the surplus
overflow from the States which comes this way. Once
the job seeker arrives here, he is far from his Id base
and in no position to obtainrelief under allotments ac
corded communities of his former domicile. Merchants
in Alaskan centers are unable to extend credit to the
transients—and in this land of high costs of living the
newcomer finds himself in a most embarrassing posi
tion.
Every train coming into Fairbanks brings more men
at this time of the year. Already there are many who
fail to find employment, many of whom passed the win
ter here. Adding the new arrivals to the winter list,
the total reaches a formidable figure.
Gold mining operations and developments in Alaska
unquestionably are booming, but notwithstanding this
fact, such enterprises cannot absorb the army of men
who are induced by reports of such activities to come
this wav.
lo take care cl the horde of unemployed voluntarily
coming this way, it is necessary that Alaskan communi
ties receive a generous share of the PWA funds alloted
under the relief or emergency provisions. In order to
get those allotments for Fairbanks and other towns,
evidence must be forthcoming that there are many here
needing work. It therefore behooves every job seeker
in this vicinity to now enroll with the Fairbanks city
clerk.
If the city can show reason it should receive funds
for purpose of helping the unemployed, it will receive
the grants it desires for the civic projects now contem
plated here. It is in the interest of every unemployed
person in this vicinity to go the city clerk and enroll
at once.—Fairbanks News-Miner.
MUST MEN BE SAVED FROM THEMSELVES?
Some day the historians will probably write down
this particular section of the 20th century as the era in
which men clamored to be saved from themselves.
For that seems to be what we are up to these days.
We face a world which is forever compelling the indi
vidual to survive through his own effrts, and demand
that it be made fool-proof. And, because that is im
possible, we go to the wailing wall and cry that life is
hard, times are bad, and things in general are in a
mess.
For example: the papers reported the other day that
a Minnesota scientist had devised a new kind of iron
block pavement which would prevent auto accidents
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by giving automatic warnings to careless drivers.
Certain embossed designs on the iron blocks would
give off a comfortable and soothing hum when a motor
ist’s tires passed over them. But if the driver got too
close to the edge of the road, or ventured over on the
wrong side, this hum would immediately rise to a
shrill screech. This would assail the driver’s eardrums,
bring him to his withs, and induce him to get over
Where he belonged without delay.
The invention sounds excellent, and most of us, no
doubt, would be very glad to see it adopted. And yet,
when you stop to think about it, isn’t there something
almost grotesque about this business of looking for an
automatic warning to tell us when we are foolishly risk
ing our necks?
That is to say that any driver who has moderately
good eyesight, two hands, a speaking acquaintance with
the art of driving and enough common sense to get inj
out of the rain, knows, without being told, when he is;
driving on the wrong side of the road and when he is1
not.
If he is as much as half awake, he can tell when he
is too close to the edge of the pavement, or whep he is
over in the lane reserved for oncoming traffic. He
needs an automatic signal about as much as a seagull!
needs pontoons.
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And yet some thousands of people get killed every,
year because motorists do drive on the wrong part of
the pavement; and a mature scientist finds it worth his;
while to go to the trouble of inventing this warning j
device.
And there we are. We are asking to be saved]
from ourselves. We want the highways, along with the i
rest of the world, to be fool-proofed, and it never seems!
to occur to us that this wouldn’t be necessary if we
could just act with a dash of intelligence.
Is it too much to hope that we may eventually wake'
up and discover that this kind of salvation, like the
scriptural kind, begins %*fth the individual ?
Mention of a 30-hour week has Junior worried. If;
they keep cutting it down,it will soon mean a bath a day,
The Duke of Windsor is Austriasized.—Wheeling
(W.Va.) News-Register.•*
Cordova Is Still
Afire, Proceed
To Ketchikan!
(Continued From Page One)
of forty-eight aboard.
SEATTLE, April 29—A message
to the Seattle Times at 11:51 a.m.
and relayel by the U. S. cutter
Alert said: “flames not yet under
control, have repaired steering
gear and vessel is proceeding to
wards Ketchikan via Brown’s
Passage, will let you know about
our progress. Rough southeast
seas are moderating, signed Mas
ter.”
I By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, April 29—Three ves
sels braved the southeast gale it
rough seas and are speeding to
the aid of the Steamer Cordova.
Attmospheric conditions handicap
ped wireless communication, but
the Coast Guard said at noon a
message reported that the vessel
anchored fifteen miles northwest
of Bonilla Island, and is awaiting
the arrival of the Swallow, sixty
4
miles away.
The Alert is steaming south
from Ketchikan and is due late
tonight. Also in nearby waters
is the Steamship Northwestern.
The Alaska Steamship Company
officials here, said, they had no<
fears of the liner’s safety.
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(By The Associated Press' ,
PRINCE RUPERT, April 29—
The steamer Cordova reported
here late today, fire under control
and is proceeding to Ketchikan. \
Get After
The Business
MR. MERCHANT:
Do you know that enough business is going
out of town every month to support at least one
more store here, even larger than any doing busi
ness here today.
Every mail brings in direct mail advertising
that is taking YOUR Business away from YOUR
Nome—You can hold most of that business here
bv telling the public what you have to offer.
And the best way to tell them is through the
adverising columns of THE NUGGET.
Call our Advertising Manager and he will be
of assistance to you in preparing your advertising
copy if you so desire. .
Nome Daily Nugget
Phone Main 114
(By The Associated Press)
BILBAO, April 29, —Four more
British food freighters arrived
here, running the insurgent block
ade, thereby bring to twelve, the
number of food vessels entering
this port.
BE BEADY FOB
SPRING
IN A NEW CULOTTE OR
CORDOROY SLACKS
Worn With
BERMUDA SPORTS SHIRTS
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOB
UNITED STATES PATENT
Min. Sur. No. 1888
Min. Appl. No. 0926
OPFTCF STATES LANE
Name, Territory of Ai
thN.°P^ 18 HEREBY GIVEN
that R W. SILVER, whose port
h2^n£?dre“ > Nome- AlSSte
has made application for a pa-t
I?1 *“*■ *«« VreaT fe** <« the
i Ho, One lode and for
1500 linear feet on the Goode
lode, each bearing gold and ail -
ver, the same being as to the
Shamrock No. One lode N. 44 deg
48 min. W. 63.5 ft. and S. 44 deg
48 min. E. 1391 ft. from the cfte
oovery cut thereon, and a furth
er discovery of said Shamrock
No. One lode being a cut the
east end of which bears S. IP
deg. 40 min. E., 255 ft. from the
west end of the lode line from
which Cor. No. 1 of the Shamrock
4o. One lode cla m bears S. 36 deg
48 min. E., 300 ft.; and the Goode
iode being N. 36 deg. 47 min. W
25^ft., and S. 36 deg. 47 min. E.,
1475 ft. from the discovery cur.
theroon. A particular description
of the Shamrock No. One lode
claim being as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, a fir
post 43 in. .long, 4 ins. sq., 2 ft
in ground, in mound of earth anc
stone 1 ft. high, 30 in. base, anc
marked SH-1-1-1888, from which
U. S. L. M. No. 324 bears S. 41
deg. 25 min. W., 774.7 ft., and
from which Cor. No. 1 Sur. No
324 Southern Cross lode bears
N. 2 deg. 35 min. E„ 204.5 ft
magnetic declination 19 deg. 15
min. E.; Thence N. 36 deg. 48 mir
E.. 600 ft. to Co:*. No. 2, magnet
ic declination 19 deg. 15 mir.
E.; Thence S. 44 deg. 48 mir
E., 1454.5 ft. to Cor. No. 3, mag
netic declination 19 deg. 15 min
E.; Thence S. 36 deg. 48 min. W
S00 ft. to Cor. No. 4, magnetic
declination 19 deg. 15 min. E
Thence N. 44 deg. 48 min. W
1454.5 ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place
of beginning, containing 19.81f
ac-es. Area in conflict wtith Good*
lode of this survey 3.493 acre*
and in conflict with Sur. No 32*
Southern Cross lode 3.36 acivs
Net area otf Shamrock No. On*
lode 12.966 acres.
Ana a particular description erf
I the Goode lode being as follow*.
Beginning »t Cor. No. 1, which
is identical with Cor. No. 1 Sur
No. 324 Hot Air hide, a fir pen'
4 in. sq., 48 in. above ground ir
an earth mound 1 ft. high, 4 ft
oofe;T a,nd Previou.sy marked
1. and now marked afts.-.
GO-1-1888, from which U. S. L
M. No. 324 beans S. 46 deg 01
nun. W„ 389.4 ft., magnetic de‘
elm at ion 19 deg. 45 min. E.; Then
N- 36 de8- 48 min. E.. 599.2
ft. to Cor. No. 2, magnetic declin
ation 19 deg 00 min. E.; Thence
a- 36 deg. 47 min. E., 1500 ft
to Cor. No. 3, magnetic declima
tion i9 dog. 30 min. E.; Thence
S. 36 deg. 48 min. W.. 599 2 ft
to Cor No. 4, magnetic declina
M°n«9Jdeg- 45 min- E-: Thence
N. 36 deg. 47 min. W., 1500 ft.
to Cor. No. 1, and place of be
ginning, containing 19.792 acres
net area, the conflict of 3.493 ac
res with the Shamrock No. One
lode claim, same survey, being
shown above and deduction made
therefor from the Shamrock No.
One lode cla:m. Total net area of
the Shamrock No. One and Goode
lode claims being 32.758 acres.
Said 2 claims aTe located on
Trilby hill between Solomon Riv
er and 7’rilby Creek, in the Cape
Nome Mining and Recording dist
: rict and precinct, Second Divi
sion, Territory of Alaska; the no
tices of locations being recorded
with the Recorder for the 6aM
district and precinct for thr
Shamtock No. One lode claim hi
Vol. 214, page 106, and for the
Goode lode claim in Voi. 214,
page 107.
Adjoining claims are on the
North, Sur. No. 324 Southern
Cross lode; on the East, Sham
rock 2 lode and Goode 1 lod* /
unsurveyed; on the West, Sur. '
No. 324 Southern Cross lode and
Sur. No. 324 Hot Air lode; other
adjoining claims unknown.
U. S. L. M. No. 324 to which
these claims are tied is a slate
block on said Trilby hill, in lati
tude and longitude as taken from
the U. S. G. S. map of the Solo
mon Quadrangle, of 64 deg. 39
min. % N„ 164 deg. 16 min. Vt w
ALMER RYDEEN Register
1st Publication. Fri., April 18. Mg
Last Pub. Monday June 28, 1937.