THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
RUSSELL G. MAYNARD, Manager.
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AN UNSURPASSED
LOCATION
(Seward Gateway)
For months Anchorage,
Fairbanks and the Alaska
delegate have been swapping
yarns and beseeching the war
department to locate the pro
jected Army airfield base
near one of those towns.
It’s time for Seward to stick
in its oar !
It was pointed out months
ago by this paper that the
War Department, with its
highly trained technical staff,
was well qualified to select
and decide on an advan
tageous site.
A few days ago the War De
partment announced it was
considering several locations
for proposed flying fields and
that the Army hopes to estab
lish a base in Alaska suffic
iently near to the coast that
planes would be immediately
available in cases of emerg
ency.
So it is appropriate at this
time for The Gateway to re
spectfully call the Army’s at
tention to the clear, high alti
tude of the Moose Pass-Hope
district, where sheltered alti
tude protects vast areas of
tableland, ideal for great big
squadron bases.
Within 50 miles of the North
Pacific, adjacent to the Alas
ka Railroad and the best high
ways in Alaska; the most gor
geous scenic spot where men
and women live contentedly;
where Nature has been ex
tremely bountiful in wild
game and fish; in incompar
able streams and lakes, and
an ideal climate similar to
Central Continental United
States. Nearest for mail com
munication and freight haul,
and best in anything else one
can think of.
In this area originated the
phrase (Banana Belt) of Al
aska. Farms flourish and
cattle and sheep ranches are
in the making.
There isn’t a more strategic
point in the Northland !
This area has everything
Anchorage and Fairbanks lo
cations have and in addition
dozens of additional advant
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THE NEVADA BAR
BEER WINES
CARDS AND POOL
ages. Not the least of the
latter is the $250,000 Bureau
of Public Highway road sys
tem connecting with Seward,
and the great Chugach Na
tional Forest, a magnificient
reserve where such great air
plane base should be estab
lished.
Also, here in Seward, is the
North Pacific oeean terminus
of the Alaska Steamship Co.,
the coast terminal of the Alas
ka Railroad, and the base
headquarters plant of the
Standard Oil Company. All
these within 50 miles of the
Moose Pass-Hope district !
The Gateway challenges
any section of the Territory
to surpass the magnificent
area described as an ideal and
practical location for the pro
jected Alaska Army Airfield
base.
Gov. Troy Issues
Thanksgiving Day
Proclamation AAA
In compliance with long es
tablished American custom
and in commemoration of the
circumstances that 1935 has
witnessed practical recovery
from a severe depression
which has prevailed for six
distressing years, causing un
countable disasters and un
told hardships, I, John W.
Troy, Governor of Alaska, by
authority vested in me by the
Territorial statutes, hereby
proclaim Thursday, Novem
ber 28, as a day of Thanks
giving to be observed as a
holiday to be devoted to
Thanksgiving to the Allwise
Creator for His wise and com
passionate guidance through
the years and His many bless
ings to our people.
We are entering a period qf
recovery and prosperity. The
circumstances present a spec
ial reason for Thanksgiving to
the Supreme Authority, and
for enjoyment.
I urge the people to assem
ble on the day set forth at
their usual places of worship
and around home altars and
Children’s Help-self Pajamas
Flannel and Broadcloth
Sanforized-Shrunk
AT
MILDRED'S
SHOPPE
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H. BRORSON
Certified Wateli
Maker
Repairs Mailed Back Promptly
Front Street, Nome,
P O Box 278
Nome Laundry
Joe Amarok, Prop.
DRY CLEANING AND
PRESSING SUITS
PHONE MAIN 29
East of Catholic Church
Nome, Alaska.
hearthstones and give thanks
that our great nation and be
loved Territory have escaped
from the toils of distressed
business and industrial con
ditions and the consequent
burdens that have borne
down so heavily in the im
mediate past.
I urge that people foregath
er in their homes and other
available places with relativ
es and friends to feast and
make merry, for the occasion
is one for jubilation.
In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my name and
the accustomed seal of the
Territory of Alaska to be af
fixed this 21st day of Novem
ber, 1935.
Signed: John W. Troy,
Governor of Alaska,
Signed: Edward W. Griffin,
Secretary of Alaska—Seal.
Primitive Lamps
Great Stone Age
Used By Eskimos
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in her corner of the home.
The old men and women
carried long, slender pieces of
wood which were used for ob
taining lights for their pipes
from the lamp flame. In the
pictorial writings of the nat
ives I have often seen the
lamp turned bottom up, which
means starvation.
Cemented Blood, Dog, Hair
A broken lamp was mend
ed by drilling holes and wedg
ing with whale bone, or if a
pottery lamp it was cemented
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DRINK MILK FOR HEALTH
Dieticians contend that fresh milk
contains more nourishment than any
other known food, It has no sub
stitute.
Our cows are selected from the
best dairy stock on the Pacific Coast
—tubercular tested and approved be
fore being shipped.
We deliver at your home—office
—or store; in quarts—pints—or half
pints. Phone your orders.
WALSH BROS. DAIRY
Cavey’s Bakery
OPEN FROM 6 A.M. TO I A.M.
GOOD CUP OF COFFEE
BEST PASTRY IN NOME
Good Meals
Town & Country
SKII SUITS
All Colors—Your Choice
$12.50 Suit
JACK
SEIDENVERG
CITY LAUNDRY
Harry Saito, Prop.
Opposite The Bank
Suits And Hats
Cleaned
Laundry Work At
Reasonable Prices
Baths For Men and Women
Phone MAin 149
EMPORIUM BAZAAR
OPEN FROM 8 A. M. UNTIL 9 P. M.
Come in and see our Large Display of Holiday
Gifts. Do Your Shopping Early and avoid the
Rush. Don’t Rush Us.
WE WILL SELL OUR GOODS CHEAPER.
Main Saleslady,.Mrs. Spaghetti Dan
Opposite Telephone Office
with a compound of seal’s
blood and dog hairs.
There is a very interesting
legend of an old man who, al
though very rich, was much
disliked by the villagers. For
yeas he had chiseled on a lar
ge piece of jade making it in
to a lamp. When it was com
pleted he called the villagers
together and bragged greatly
about his new wealth.
To demonstrate the great
beauty of his lamp he filled
it with seal oil and lighted it
for the delectation and envy
of his guests. When his guests
had departed the rich man
left his lamp burning and re
tired to his fur couch. But,
while he slept, evil spirits
from icebergs and hummocks
who hated the Eskimo, enter
ed the igloo, overheated the
jade and set fire to the house.
The cabin and its miserly
owner were burned to a cin
der. Since that time, accord
ing to my informant, no Es
kimo has ever tried to make a
lamp from jade.
Without the lamp there is
no question but that the Es
kimo would be extinct. And
yet, strange as it may seem,
it was, in my opinion, not in
vented by them. It was ap
parently borrowed from a
more advanced tribe in anoth
er land, during some of the
migrations of the great Stone
Age—Dr. Daniel S. Neuman,
Anthropologist.
Keiieraled Church
NORMAN McCAY, Pastor.
Kindly reserve 11 A. M. to
12 noon for our annual
Thanksgiving Service in
keeping with the call of Presi
dent Roosevelt.
You and yours are most cor
dially invited.
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$14.50 or 60 for $7.50
20” and 22” xl1^ Spruce Drain Board Stock
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