THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
RUSSELL G MAYNARD, Manager
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CONCERNING STAR ROUTE CONTRACTS
This coming summer will bring the culmination of
the present Star Route Mail Contracts that have been
In effect for the past four years in the Second Division
and throughout the Territory. Bids for the ensuing
four year period will be called for during the coming
winter.
There are a number of routes to be bid upon in this
Division and a considerable number in the other three
Divisions. It has unfortunately been the practice for
a number of years of underbidding on these contracts,
looking to the Territorial Legislature to supply the def
ficiency in the form of a subsidy. A bill was introduced
at the 1935 legislature calling for a $5,000.00 a year
subsidy for the Nome-St. Michael and Nome-Kotzebue
mail route. This bill failed to pass the House, where
it originated. At the last territorial legislative session
a similar bill passed both Houses, but was axed by Gov
ernor Troy’s veto, who succinctly said: “I do not be
lieve in subsidies.”
For those who contemplate bidding on the next four
year contracts, it might be well to consider the recent
debate in Congress on this subject, taken from the Con
gressional Record of Feb. 19th, 1937.
Mr. Taber: The mileage of these Star Routes ap
pears to be increasing, but the cost has been lowered
because the people bid less to get the jobs in the past
four or five years. How long the present service is to
continue before we will have to provide more money
no one can tell.
Mr. Dowell: That is the question I am trying to get
at. These contracts are all let by bids !
Mr. Ludlow: By competitive bidding.
Mr. Dowell: For how long are the contracts made?
Mr. Taber: Four years.
Mr. Dowell: Is it not true that in a number of these
cases, a bidder may bid a great deal lower than it is
possible to perform this service?
Mr. Ludlow. That is undoubtedly true. They
sometimes bid lower than they can afford to perform
this service for, and, as a result lose money.
Mr. Dowell. Is there any way to help the situation
so that this will not occur, or will not continue?
Mr. Ludlow. Off-hand, I do not know what sort of
law could apply as long as we observe the competitive
system of bidding, because everybody has the right to
come in and bid. If they bid too low, that is their hard
luck.
From the foregoing it should be apparent that even
Congress is apprehensive over the low bidding of recent
years. It is also quite clear that no subsidy will be
forth coming from the Territory for the next four years.
To any one who is a prospective bidder, it should be a
simple matter to arrive at a bid that will give a legiti
mate profit, which is what the government expects,
commensurate with the service given. The tons of
freight hauled, the number of passengers' carried and
the ti ip-money for the mail are all a matter of record
foi each season, and available at the custom house and
post office. If it is a boat contract the expenses of op
eration for the number of miles travelled are easily com
puted. and the same for any other method of transpor
tation.
MINERS!
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able to give you fast, dependable freight service
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Come in and let us talk over your transportation
problems with you.
MIROW AIR SERVICF
With the realization that there will be no financial
aid from either the federal or the territorial govern
ments, perhaps these Star Route contracts will be plac
ed back near their former level, and future bids be
considered on a strictly business basis.
The Japanese are going to fish anyway, but they
may be surprised at what they’ll catch.
All this argument over “packin’’ and “unpacking”
the Supreme Court ought to lead somebody to suggest
that a zipper would make things more convenient.
Very few Americans who believe in communism are
moving to Russia. How come?
Justice McReynolds may be 75, but not silently 75.
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NOTICE Oi APPLICATION FOR
UNITED STATES PATENT
Min. Sur. No. 1888
Min. Appl. No. 0926
IN THE UNITED STATES LANE
OFFICE, Nome, Territory of Al
aska.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that R. W. SILVER, whose post
office address is Nome, Alaska
has made application for a pat
ent for 1454.5 linear feet on the
Shamrock No. One lode and for
1500 linear feet on the Goode
lode, each bearing gold and sil
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 (Ms
covery cut thereon, and a furth
er discovery of said Shamrock
No. One lode being a cut the
east end of which bears S. 18
deg. 40 min. E., 255 ft. from the
west end of the lode line from
which Cor. No. 1 of the Shamrock
<V>. One Lode da m bears S. 36 deg
48 min. E.. 300 ft.; and the Goode
lode being N. 36 deg. 47 min. W
25 ft., and S. 36 deg. 47 min. E
1475 ft. from the discovery err.
thereon. A particular description
of the Shamrock No. One lode
claim bong as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1. a flr
post 43 in. long. 4 ins. sq., 2 ft
in ground, in mound of earth anc
stone 1 ft. high, 30 in. base, and
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 bear3
N. 2 deg. 35 min. E„ 204.5 ft
magnetic declination 19 dog. 15
min. E : Thence N. 36 dgg. 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 Got. No. 3. mag
luetic declination 19 deg. 15 min
E : Thence S. 36 deg. 48 min. W
1600 ft. to Cor. No. 4, magnetic
I declination 19 dag. 15 min. E
Thence N. 44 deg. 48 min. W.
1454.5 ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place
of beginning, containing 19.31 &
ic"es. Area in conflict wtith Goode
[lode of this survey 3.493 acres
and in conflict with Sur. No. 324
Southern Cross lode 3.36 acres
Net area of Shamrock No. One
lode 12.966 acres.
And a particular description or
the Goode lode being as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, which
is identical with Cor. No. 1 Sur
No. 324 Hot Air lode, a fir post
4 in. sq., 48 in. above ground, ir
an earth mound 1 ft. high, 4 ft
base, and previousy marked
324-No. 1, and now marked afco
GO-1-1888, from which U. S L
M. No. 324 bears S. 46 deg. 01
min. W., 389.4 ft., magnetic de
clination 19 deg. 45 min. E.; Then
ce N. 36 deg. 48 min. E„ 599.2
ft. to Cor. No. 2, magnetic declin
ation 19 deg. 00 min. E.; Thence
S. 36 deg. 47 min. E., 1500 ft
to Cor. No. 3, magnetic declina
tion t9 deg. 30 min. E.; Thence
S. 36 deg. 48 min. W., 599.2 ft
to Cor. No. 4, magnetic declina
U°noi9JdeS- 45 min- E-: Thence
N. 36 deg. 47 min. W., 1500 ft
to Cor. No. 1, and place of be
ginning, containing 19.792 acre*
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 claim. Total net area of
the Shamrock No. One and Goode
lode claims being 32.758 acres.
T ,;ik ,2.11cIaims OTe located on
Inlby hill between Solomon Riv
nt and Trilby 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 said
district and precinct for the
Shamrock No. One lode claim in
Voi 214, page log, and for the
Goode lode claim in Vod 214
page 107.
Adjoining claims are on the
North Sur. No. 324 Southern
kde: °n the East, Sham
rock 2 lode and Goode 1 lode,
unsurveyed; on the West, Sur
q,?; 334 Si^th,ern Cross lode and
No- 324 Hot Air lode; other
adjoining claims unknown.
U. S. L. M. No. 324 to which
tnese claims are tied is a slate
block on said Trilby hill, to lati
,HdeTTand longitude as taken from
“le C. S. G. S. map of the Solo
mon Quadrangle, of 64 deg. 39
min. % N., 164 deg. 16 min. % W.
T*, ALMER RYDEEN Register
1st Publication Fri., April 16, 1937
Last Pub. Monday June 28, 1937.