LOM N COMMERCIAL CO.
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STANDARD OIL PRICES
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Gas 25 cents per gallon
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BY THE BARREL:
Aviation Gas • 23 cents per gallon
Ethyl Gas 22 cents per gallon
Standard Gas 20 cents per gallon
Distillate ? I9}£ cents per gallon
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ARCTIC TRANSPORT CO.
THE M. S. SIERRA
IS SCHEDULED TO SAIL SHORTLY
FOR ALL POINTS FROM UNALASKA
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LOCAL NEWS
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Tlie ('oast Guard Cutter Haida
lit was reported here today is due
to arrive at Nome, Sunday night
|with a large consignment of mail.
OLAUIKK AT t'. S. HOADHOl'SK
1*01,1) UP TRAM ABOUT WKI1K
W- rd r.weived in Nome lust
n "ht sta ci that connections on
I‘he 'ramw.v f0 the Kouearok had
been established, that Dick McLean
:ii mu’fted front Shelton wDn,
:».e large speeder of tile Ailtsu.)
Pond (' >mif *lnh to tlie out")
end of the glacier at U. S .Road
house.
hi' r.■'ported that the crew at
illal point lias penetrated the gla
jiifr .ih .it 300 feet .and that
'h nt.liOO or 6on feet still remain
over the tracks to he cleared
.away. In some places tlie .glacier
! L. ah'HiI six or seven feet deep,
but sloping off on both ends
' It is estimated that it will take
about another week to clear al!
|of til * ice ' off the track at this
point. On either-side of the glac
ier tlie road is open.
PILOT JON HS PA A •
I, MAY US TODAY
Pilot Jerv Jones of tlie T'.ici c
.Alaska Airways, took off today in
|the pontoon plane with Jack Guck- i
!er as a passenger bound for Una- '
lakleet, St. Michael. Kotlik. Old <
!Hamilton. Russian Mission and i
■ Bethel. After departure from Beth
el, the plane will stop at points i
up the Kuskokwim enrotite back
to Fairbanks.
BIG BITCH SYSTEMS OK
HAMMOX COMPANY NOW
OPENED CP
The Miocene and Seward ditches
two separate ditch systems are now
open from <uie end to th,» other,
and a large head of water is pour
ing down the many miles of their
reaches.
Very little snow remains on the
hillsides and the ditches are draw
ing the water from their intakes,
at the heads of the systems.
These ditches are operated Try
the Hamon Company, which re
ports that the old Pioneer. Ditch
is now being repaired and will
be placed in condition to furnish
water for the dredges and thaw
i ittg daring the present mining;
i season.
Further reports stated that
the Union Oil Company tanker
"Los Angeles" is due to arrive at
•Nome about July 15th. with a
large consignment of oil for the.
^Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields.
Additional men have been put to
work repairing Dredge Vo. 2. of
the company, to put it in readi
ness for operation as soon as the
developments are ready.
To save writing letters, mail a
c»Py ef The Nome Xngget on plane
CHURCH NOTES
FEbbRAfRD CHURCH
Norman McCoy, Pastor
Sunday school at 11 a.m.
Rroninr worship at 7:40 p.aa,
.. “The Witness of Conscience.".
j MINERS and merchants
BANK OP ALASKA
NOME, ' ALASKA.
Established 1904
General Banking Business
Conducted
(Kecking Accounts Carried
For Those Who Prefer
Paying By Cheek
Interest Paid
On Time Deposit*
Geld Dust Purchased
We Solicit Tour Business
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Wife:. Darling, the new maid has
! burned the bacon and eggs. Woul
du’t you be satisfied with a couple
of kissess for breakfast
Hubby: Sure. Hring her i^n.
‘stenog (A husband hunter.): When
you’re blue and lonesome, don’t
you often wish you had a loving
wife? *
Hoss (a confirmed bachelor): Why,
of course not, girlie. Then I
wouldn't be able to step out with
you.
As far us we can figure it out
a statesman is a man who-arrang
es for you to fight Tor your
country.
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|.)Dnes: Say. I” wapt to see you on
a personal in n't ter.
Smith': Do I owe you or do you
want to owe me?
Tlie barber ^akes the j’erl hot
towel, as though he were just
learning and drops it quickly on
your face to keep his hands from
burning.
CANDLE
(Special Nugget Correspondence.)
June 7, 1934
Nome Nugget, m
Nome, Alaska
The mining camps in and around
Candle are working full blast.
The Keewalik Mining Co. is still
drilling on the Keewalik River
and prospects are very favorable.
The .Candle creek miners are
rery busy. The water is holding
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out pretty well and every thing
looks fine.
! a StindqvrlHt _ on 20 Cahdle
Creek had a clean up the last
I already. They cleaned up the last
j of May. This Is unusually early
for Candle as work Is almost al
1 ways delayed in the 'spring on ac
count of cold weather, etc, How
!ever, we arc glad lo hear tfic good
i news.
The road will soon he free or
snow and we look for a lot of
road work done this summer, Mr.
T, Roust \yho Is in charge of the
mail work here has promised us a
lot of filling In and gravelling and
we sure hope nothing delays the
good work. We are glad to receive
the money allotted us this year as
it fnay go clear around. Usually
we get just enough to make the
work interesting hut not enough to
Intake any improvement on the road.
School is over and the children
had a picnic the last day of school.
Some of the mothers were along
to build a fire for th,. weiner roast
and the rest of the lunch. A
good time was had, by all and al
itho the day was not so nice for a
picnic still we bundled up and
made it go Just the same.
Candle wishes Mr. George May
nard a very nice trip outside and
hopes he gets a chance to take In
the big fair.
Mrs. R. N. Sundquist and young
daughter are expected in on, the
first Victoria. They will fly in
from Nome. Miss Mildred 'Her
bert who has been attending high
school in Nome is expecting to fly
here from Nome at the same time.
She will spend her summer vaca
tion here.
H. N.
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