THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD. Editor
RUSSELL G. MAYNARD, Manager.
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NOME NEEDS A HOTEL
Since the fire of last September, Nome is hotel-less
What is to be done, and what can be done to provide accomo
dations for the influx of newcomers to Nome this spring and
summer? This is a question that is being thought of and
talked about by everyone.
Recent rumors were to the effect that a hotel company
had been floated in the states and that everything was set for
the construction of a modern and uptodate hotel tor Nome,
but advices received by wire the past few days state that
the project has fallen through.
This means that if Nome is to have a hotel worthy of
the name, that Nomeites must get together and raise suffi
cient capital to build a hotel and apartment house in con
nection. It has been suggested to the Nugget that we take
the lead and call for a public meeting of all interested citi
zens and see what can be done in furnishing Nome with a
hotel.
In the past the citizens of Nome have met every diffi
culty in a business way; why not get together now and put
our shoulders to the task and arrange for the building of a
hotel in Nome that will be a credit to the community? By
concerted action we believe it is possible to do so.
Every town and city in Alaska has its hotels and they
are run as econmically as possible but they ask a price that
is in keeping with hotels in the states, and rightly should be.
The day of cheap hotel rooms and service in Nome is gone
with the fire and from now on with modernistic hotel serv
ice people who wish to take advantage of this class of sci
vice will be expected to pay a living price. The dollar day
hotel is out of the question and when Nomeites go via plane
to Fairbanks or some other Alaskan city, they must pay
S2.50 to S4 and $5 per night; why should they not expect to
pay the same thing right here in Nome if the right kind of
a hotel is constructed.
Nome has never been weighed in the balance and iound
wanting; she has met every emergency and task with streng
th and fortitude, and has won every battle—Lets riot be
found wanting now—Let’s Build a Hotel!
If you are looking for a quiet place to rest and sleep,
just look up a few of the towns where the mechants do not
advertise. They are the dead towns where you can rest
in peace. ;
NOW MOVED
NOME DRUG STORE
PRESCRIPTION PHARMACY
New Location Opposite The Nevada
“Cappy McDougall, Proprietor Telephone Main 95
ONE SIP AND YOU’LL KNOW
CRAB ORCHARD is a genuine Kentucky Bourbon
naturally aged in charred oak and bottled straight
from the barrel.
ALASKA LIQUOR STORE
Opposite Telephone Office
ROUST AIRW4YS
MEMBER OF THE ALASKA AIR TRANSPORT
ASSOCIATION
Wlien You Travel, Fly in our New
And Comfortably Heated Cabin
Planes_Tor Rates, Any Place,
Any Time, Call Tlie
ROUST AIRWAYS
BASES AT NOME AND CANDLE
I
\ inson Bill W ould
Pay $2,357,000,000
To V eterans Now
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credit figured at $1,25 a day for over
sea duty and $1 a day for home
service. The bonus law imposes lim
itations on base credits, $625 for ov
erseas and $500 for home service.
To the base credit is added 25 per
cent—a premium for deferred pay
ment of the bonus—and the sum of
the two constitute gross credit. The
maturity, or face value of the cer
tificate is the amount of 20-year-en
dowment nsurance which the gross
credit and purchase based on a single
net premium and dependent on the
ago of the veteran and the time he ap
plied for the policy.
Would Kxtend Application Period
It is estimated that about 250,000
veterans have not made application
fur compensation certificates. Under
the present law the period for filing
applications has expired, but the
Vinson bill extends that period until
January 2. 1940, while the Patman
measure places no time limit on the
making of applications.
Representative Patman has pre
pared a table showing the amounts
that would go to the various stat
es by the payment of adjusted ser
vice certificates, less outstanding
loans and interest on the loans. On
that basis of payment, he estimates
a flow of money from government
coffers ranging from $1,771,000 into
Nevada and $3,527,444 in Delaware
to $221,373,000 into New York and
$155,599,00 into Pennsylvania.
Veterans in Patman’s own state,
Texas, would receive $83,696,000
while those in Kentucky, Represen
tative Vinson's state, would get $34
261,000. The amounts received by
the veterans in each state would be
larger under the Vinson bill since
that measure provides for canellation
of interest paid by the veterans on
certificate loans.
NEWLY PRINTED FORMS
FOR
PLACER LOCATIONS
AND
LODE LOCATIONS
ALSO
DEED FORMS
ON SALE AT
THE NUGGET OFFICE
Latin American
Highway Is Near
Conference Due
Would Propose Toll Tax To
Help Pay for Cost Of
Construction 7 Nations
LAREDO, Tex., May —Possibility
that the Pan-American Highway,
long an issue in Latin-American pol
itics, will within a few years stretch
from Lareda to Panama City was
predicted by Nelson Rounsevell, pub
lisher of the Panama American,
Panama City, proponent of the high
I
way.
For the first time all nations along
the route from this city to Panama
have agreed to send delegates to
the Pan-American Highway Con
ference, which meets in San Salva
dor.
The conference was called by
Rounsevell and will seek to esta
blish a corporation of the nations
involved, whereby funds for the con
struction work can be procured.
Seven nations, Honduras, Nicara
gua, San Salvador, Panama, Costa
Rica. Guatemala, and Mexico, have
agreed to send a lawyer and an en
gineer each.
One plan suggested by Rounsevell
calls for the levying of a capital toll
of one cent a mile for travel on
the highway to pay for its cost.
Much of the highway, it was point
ed out, already has been built. The
highway between Lareda and Mex
ico City is to be opened within a
few months.
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NOME'S NEW AND MODERN DRUG STORE
PIONEER DRUG CO.
Agents for Eastman Kodaks and Films
MIROW AIR SERVICE
Nome, Alaska.
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MINERS AND MERCHANTS BANK
OF ALASKA
NOME, ALASKA.
Has established temporary quarters in
the former office of W. J. Rowe Transfer, and is
carrying on its business as usual.
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Northern Light & Power Co.
AND
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Second Avenue and Lane's Way
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