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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Queens Burden
Dog Race is Set
For Sunday 14th
The Nome Kennel Club announ
ces that it will stage a Queen’s
Burden Race on this coming Sun
day, February 14th. Each Queen
candidaate will appear in this
race and act as burden. Neces
sary racing teams are being ar
ranged for each candidate and
just before the race starts the
girls will draw their team by
lottery. This race will start
promptly at 1 p.m. Sunday, and
will be run over the regular
course on Bering Sea ice for two
laps. The prizes for this race will
be $10.00, $5.00 and $3.00 to the
dog team owners and drawings
for place will be made at the
Nome Drug Store at 12 Noon this
coming Saturday.
All prizes for major dog race
events will be presented on March
6th at which time the Queen of
Nome will be crowned, at the
Kennel Club Karnival.
The following events will be
staged after the finish of the
Queen’s Burden Race:
Single dog race with sled, open
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to all boys and girls under twelve
years of age.
Free for all ski race with not
over two dogs for everyone un
der 18 years of age.
Extra Session Is
Now Up to Gov.
After Passage
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(By The Associated Press'
JUNEAU. 9, — Without a dis
senting vote, the House passed the
Senate resolution asking the Gov
ernor to call a special session of
the legislature immediately upon
the conclusion of the present one,
for the purpose of considering so
cial security legislation.
Representative Lichtenberg op
posed the measure believing all of
the work could be accomplished in
the remaining thirty one days,
but voted in favor of the question.
The measure is now up to the
Governor.
The senate went into committee
session today for a discussion of
the Dimond, bonded indebtedness
bill which was introduced in
Congress.
Senator Cochran introduced a
bill granting authority for a
court extension time of sixty days
from justices courts.
J. P. Hannon of Anchorage,
Cchief Clerk in the House ten
dered his oral resignation today
which was turned over to the
committee on employees.
It was understood Mrs. Monte
Grisham, nee Margaret Otteson,1
who was chief clerk two years
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ago, would be appointed.
A secret session of the House
Saturday revealed certain friction
was arising and members deter
mined to make a change to avoid
trouble, as work mounted for the
legislature to do.
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Weather Today
(U. S. Weather Bureau)
Generally cloudy weather pre
vails over most of Alaska this
morning with good ceiling and
visibility except for fog and low
clouds over the lower Yukon.
Snow was falling along the Aleu
tions and had fallen along the
Gulf and southeastern Alaska
during the night.
Low barometric pressure covers
Alaska and western Canada with
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the lowest readings observed
south of Cordova over the Gulf.
High pressure is charted south of
the Aleutians. Continued cloudy
and unsettled weather is likely
for this vicinity tonight and
Thursday with somewhat lower
temperatures tonight.
The lowest Nome temperature
last night was —4 and the high
est yesterday 7 above.
NEW FLOODLIGHT COMBATS ’FLU
A new kind of floodlight, using ultrs-violet rays, promises to help curb
influenza, colds and the spread of dangerous air-born diseases. It was
developed at the Harvard School of Public Health by William F. Wells,
shown with the light in its present form, and his wife and Is designed
for use In hospitals and operating rooms. It is hoped that It may also
prove of use In public places. (Associated Press Photo)
NEW AIRWAY STATION
A cooperative airway station
has been opened at Elim, Alaska,
under the direct supervision of
the Nome Office of the U. S.
Weather Bureau. This station
will aid aviation interests and
the general public in supplement
ing reports along the Nome-Fair
banks Airway. Reports will be
sent to Egavik and relayecT to
Nome from that point.
-COMMISSIONER HELD DRIVE
Possibly the most unusual cam
paign in Alaska was conducted
by U. S. Commissioner George F.
Marsh, with headquarters at Mar
shall on the Yukon River, and
within the confines of the Second
Division.
Following receipt of informa
tion that the Red Cross was con
ducting a drive for funds for the
relief of flood sufferers, and also
knowing that the drive was con
ducted on the President’s Birth
day for the relief of infantile par
aiysis sufferers, Commissioner
Marsh set out and collected a
large amount of money for both
purposes. He wired his superior,
Judge J. H. S. Morison of the
District Court at Nome, as foil- j
!>ws:
Marshall, Feb. 4, 1937.!
J.H.S. Morsion, Judge, Nome.
Residents Wadehampton Pre
-inct have subscribed one hun
dred and eighty eight dollars and
twenty five cents for Red Cross
flood relief and one hundred and
two dollars and fifty cents for
the President’s Birthday fund as
follows:
Ohogamute ten dollars, Mar
shall one hundred and thirty,
nine dollars, Pilot Station fifteen
dollars, Pitkas Point twenty doll
ars, Liberty Landing five dollars,
Chockokotolik five dollars, Mt.
Village sixty one dollars seventy
five cents, Hooper Bay five dollars
Nelson Island ten dollars.
Will forward to you first mail
list showing amounts subscribed
and name and address of each
donor together with check cover
ing total subscription.
Geo. F. Marsh, Commissioner.
If you will look on the map of
Alaska, at the lower Yukon dis- j
trict, you will see the extent to1
which Commissioner Marsh con-*'
ducted his drive.
VOTES ON THE
QUEEN CONTEST
| GIVEN AWAY FREE AT THE FOLLOWING
BUSINESS HOUSES WITH CASH PUR
CHASES OR PAID ON ACCOUNT.
Following are the names of those
business houses at which votes
will be distributed free:
Mayfair Tavern
Nome Daily Nugget
Bob Jackson’s Barber Shop
John Lichtenberg Hardware
A. Polet Stores
Nevada BaT
Nevada Lunch Counter
Potter Studio
Calkins Shoppe
Nome Drug Store
Cavey’s Cafe
Lehmann’s
Jack Seidenverg
Mirow Air Service
Board of Trade
Pioneer Drug Company
North Pole Bakery
Arctic Beer Parlor
Nome Lumber Co. H
Wien Alaska Airlines
Alaska Emporium
Harry Hagen, Jeweler
Pacific Alaska Airways
Northern Light & Power Co.
Mrs. Curtis Jacobs
Lomen Commercial Co.
Yenney Water Delivery
Pangman Water Delivery
City Laundry
Gus Barber Shop
Jack White Restaurant
Nome Liquor Store
Pioneer Sheet Metal Works
Nome Motor Co.
Nome Laundry,Joe Amarok
Neva Whaley Dance school
Dream Theatre
Phyllis’ Beauty Shop
Poison Water Delivery
U. S. Mercantile Store
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Victoria Sail Five
Times Nome 1937
(Bv The Associated ?ress)
SEATTLE, Feb. 9, — The Al
aska Steamship Company announ
ced that the S. S. Victoria would
be assigned to the Nome route
for the entire summer season of
1937, making five trips, sailing on
its first trip June 2nd, July 2nd,
August 7th, September 8, October
9th.
The July and August trips, will
be Arctic Cruise Voyages to East!
Cape Siberia and the PribilofI Is
lands.
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