TIIE NOME DAILY NUGGET
. GEO. S. MAYNARD. Editor
RUSSELL G MAYNARD. Manager.
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Dei. Dimottd
Vt i! h (I r a \v s
Reindeer Bill
The reindeer bill intro
duced recently in Congress
which has caused so much
criticism and disapproval
by native reindeer owners
in the Second Division, has
definitely been withdrawn
until such time, possible
next summer, when Dele
gate Dimond can have an
opportunity to work up a
more suitable bill, by inter
viewing them personally
when he returns to Alaska.
Such was disclosed in a
telegram to Chairman of
the Democratic Divisional
Committee, John F. Devine
from Delegate Dimond.
Following is the text of the
telegram:
Washington March 13
John F. Devine. Nome
Thanks for your telegram
March 9th stop While I
have received telegrams
from some native reindeer
owners favoring principal
of bill if properly administ
ered I now believe no fur
ther action should be taken
and the whole matter
should go over until we
have an opportunity this
summer to discuss matter
fully with natives and de
termine what if any legis
lation should be worked for
stop Please assure all con
cerned that I shall not sup
port any reindeer bill
which natives themselves
oppose.
Signed: Dimond
Numerous protests to the
bill have been wired to the
delegate’s office in Wash
ing t n, D. C., by native own
ers and others of this sec
tion. The text of the bill
was printed some time ago
in the Dailv Nugget. Com
munirrnion • w.'ih ibe Dele
gate with various agencies
in Nome resulted in the
above telegram being sent,
and the reindeer situation
for the present has been de
finitely postponed until tins
coming summer when Dele
gate Din.ond intends to
take up personally with all
concerned, the problem of
framing a bill which will
be suitable to all.
As explained in his tele
gram, Delegate Dimond
stated he would not sup
port any bill which the na
tives themselves opposed.
Previous communications
assured parties interested
that he was acting entirely
for the benefit of justice in
the matter, and since the
present bill appeared not
to be satisfactory he would
withdraw i: and wait until
a new bill could be worked
out.
BULKHEAD AT
NOME IS MAJOR
PROJECT IN VIEW
Bank President Will Com
plete Plans with Wash
ington Heads
From bookkeeper for the
Wild Goose Gold Mining
Co. to a bank president it}
Nome is the record of
Grant Jackson, who spent
last week end in Seward,
guest at the Van Gilder
hotel, and departed with
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Mrs. Jackson on the SS Vic
toria to Seattle. They are
en route east, Washington,
D. C., to be the chief point
of interest.
The big local improve
ment that Nome is promot
ing is the building of a bulk
head to hold back turbu
lent tides of Bering Sea.
Some confusion in the re
cords will entail a renew
al of plans, and it is in that
connection that the Nome
banker who is president of
the Nome chamber of com
merce, will be busy at
Washington.
Ultimate building of the
bulkhead is a certainty, be
lieves Mr. Jackson.
The building of the school
house and federal building
is assured, which with the
bulkhead and enlarged min
ing activities will put Nome
to the forefront in things
industrial the coming sea
son. he said.—Seward Gate
way. Feb. 25 issue.
Card Party and Dance
The Catholic Ladies will
give a card party and dance
including refreshments,
March 17 th, at Pioneer
Hall, 9 p.m. General ad
mission 75 cents. 4-t
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Skipper LaGasa
and Sister (.ome
Near Drowning
Losing his 62-foot boat,
the Alaskan, all his person
al property and deep sea
diving equipment, valued
at $7,000. Capt. Arthur La
Gasa and his sister, Miss
Lois La Gasa, miraculous
ly ecaped from drowning
Saturday afternoon at Chat
ham Straits. The two were
brought here on the U. S.
C. G. Tallapoosa, Sunday
says the Alaska Daily Press
of Juneau in the March 2nd
issue.
Capt. La Gasa left here
Saturday ' morning in the
Alaskan to call for his 17
year-old sister, Lois, who
has been vacationing at En
trance Island with Mr. and
Mrs. Otto E. Wilde and
their two children, Charles
and Otto. Jr., for the past
month. The two were re
turning in the Alaskan
about 1 p.m. when the pro
peller shaft broke. Short
ly after the vessel commenc
ed to fill with water, so the
two escaped in a small skiff.
“We knew the Alaskan
would sink in a little
while,” Lois said this morn
ing. “The Taku was blow
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Large, Comfortably Heated
Cabin Plane
H. J. NELSON F. H. WHALEY
ng a gale and the waves
were very high. We were
right in tile middle of Chat
ham Straits, practically
freezing to death. One of
jur oars broke. My broth
er tried to row up to Taku
with the remaining oar,
while 1 sat in the back and
wabbled from side to side
to keep the boat balanced.
The wind kept tossing us
around in the waves and
the skill' was leaking, so it
was my job to swing back
and forth and bail her out.
The only lucky thing was
that it all happened during
the day time.
“We finally drifted to
Taku, arriving there at 5
p.m. All this time my bro
ther had been kneeling
while rowing with one oar,,
and when he tried to get
out, he was paralyzed. I
was frozen, too, and we
were drenched. All we
were able to salvage out of
the Alaskan were about six
blankets, but they didn’t do
much good.
“At Taku we met a man
on the small fishing boat,
Nip ’n Tuck, who helped us
out of the skiff and gave us
dry clothes. ITe built a fire
in one of the empty Taku
cannery cabins there and
told me to keep warm.
Then my brother and the
man went out in the Nip n'
Tuck for the Alaskan hop
ing they could tow her baqj<
to shore and save her. They
were supposed to return ir
a couple of hours but 1
waited all night and they
still didn't show up. 1
thought Art had drowned
I kept worrying about him
but finally 1 fell asleep.
“The Tallapoosa arrived
at Taku about 2 a.m., I
learned the next morning,
having left Juneau about
11 p.m. My brother and the
captain of the Nip n’ Tuck
were unable to find any
trace of the Alaskan and
had sailed to Juneau
to seek help from
the cutter. I was relieved
when I found my brother
all right—we both have
bad colds, but nothing ser
ious—.
Yesterday, the ialla
poosa went up the Taku,
looking for some sign of
the Alaskan. But ’ there
wasn’t any. 1 guess we lost
everything we had, a home,
clothes and equipment.”
Capt. La Gasa is now
.staying on Tom Smith’s
boat, the Yacobi, while his
young sister has been re
cuperating from the shock
of the harrowing experien
ce at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. George Anderson. The
Alaskan, 62 feet in length,
with a beam of 114 feet, is
approximaely 20 years old.
Only last summer Captain
La Gasa, Alaska’s famous
deep sea diver had her com
pletely remedied and equip
ped.
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