THE ARCTIC TRANSPORT CO.
ANNOUNCES
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S. S. ARTHUR J. BALDWIN
SAILING FROM SEATTLE
MAY 22 JULY 20 OCTOBER 2
Contacting: all ports from Nome to St. Michael
M. S. SIERRA
SAILING FROM SEATTLE
JUNE 6 AUGUST 30
Contacting all Ports as far North
' As Kotzebue.
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LOCAL NEWS
(i M, I.,) in mers. an incoming
•arsenrer by plane this week, it
is understood will be associated
with work on the White property
in the Kougarok section.
| Xae Mnlilns, employed several
years ago by the U. S. Kngineers
ion harbor work, wus a passenger
hk plane this week, from Nair
i'banks. '
Bud Stout,, formerly employed
as a clerk ill Point's Stores, sev
eral years a go. was an incoming
passenger this week via airplane
from Fairbanks, and the outside.
F"ank Henry, sourdough mining
man of Seward Peninsula, w,as a
passenger by plane from Fairbanks
I this week. He took another plane
soon after ills arrival here, fo^
his home at Shlshmnref.
Frank M. Hertzer. well known
eld Nomeite. and a former news
paper man. arrived l>y plane from
Fairbanks this week. He spent the
winter in the states, and has c>tnp
n parly to a’art mining operations
in which he is interested.
R. F. Gillette. who is a mining
j associate of (’has. L. (’aikins. was
tan incoming passenger by plane
this week, from the ontsld*. Ben
went out. on the last boat last
fall, but lias come in early to start
extensive mining operations for the
coming season.
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A C. Stewart, prominent. Sun
set Mining. Co., man, and his
brother Robert Stewart, were in
coming passengers via airplane
front Fairbanks, after having spent
the winter in the sta’es. They will
bo actively encaged in the company
operations for tho coming season.
\V A. .Tones, well known. Spruce
Creek miner, returned by plane
from the outside, after a short :
vacation, during the week. It is
reported he and his associate Tol- j
bert Scott pain early operations ^
on their dredging property in the
Spruce creek district.
ALASKA ROAD COMMISSION
GlVKS PROGRAM I’tyi IW34
Following detailed plans and'
meetings of the several divisional
superintendents of the Alaska
Road Commission, considerable
work has been outlined for the
coming season, and to complete
the program, additional equipment
will arrive on the first boat. The
present equipment has been thor
oughly overhauled in the commie
Ision shops and is ready for opera
tion as soon as 'snow and frost
conditions will permit.
The season's work around Nome
will consist of maintaining the
present roads and the money sav
ed from this work will he used on
the surfacing and ejftehsion of the
Snake River road to Gold Bottom.
This road was extended last sum
mer by commission equipment and
personnel, front Glacier Creek, up
Snake .River.
The , new aviation" field will be
completed to a length of 4.000
feet, approximately 2,200 feet of
it having been constructed last
season. This field, when finished,
will be one of the largest in Al
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A small crew will be organized
on the Seward Tram road to do
general maintenance work, con
sisting of bridge and culvert, re
■ pairs, in- addition to the replace
ment of ties wherever necessary.
A larger crew will he placed at
Mile 70 to .complete the new cut
off to the Kuzltrin River, where
a ferry will be constructed to
move the equipment acrosH. the
river. Prom this ferry, crossing
on the north side along the Koug
arok River toward Dahl Creek,
work will start on the construc
tion of a tractor road. It Is plan
ned at present, to employ the use
of a gas shovel and#several piec
es of mobile equipment for this
work.
The usual maintenance work of
improving trails, roads, bridges,
and ferries in the outlying sections
will continue as heretofore in the
following locations, Deerlng-Inma
Ichuk, Candle Creek, Nome-Serpen
tine Hot Springs, Davidson's Land
tng-Taylor, Dime Creek, Council,
Marshall, Iron Creek-American.
Creek Teller-Blueatone, Tin City
Goodwin, and Spruce Creek.
The above mentioned work will
be under the supervision of Ron
J.v Kinney, Superintendent of the
local office of the Alaska Road
Commission. ,
: Jack Ham-mar, wlaarf superin
tendent for the Lomen Commercial
Company, arrived back in Nome
ly plane ibis past week, after a
. winter in Seattle. He is now bus
ily engaged In conducting the ov
erhauling and placing of aU com
pany equipment, including tugs,
liargne and dock parpbenalia, in
condition for a busy season’s
work. *
Mr ami Mrs. Clyde White and
son 'Ft. O. White were arrivals in
Nome t^is wreek. by plant*, enroute
to their property in the Kougarok
• where a dredge has been moved
to, from the Solomon ^ection, this
past winter, by W. J. Rowe trans-^
for. it is understood Mr. White
expels to carry on extensive op
erations this coming summer.
Lyman Culver, formerly associat
ed with the ARC and la^er with
tiie Nome Harbor Lighterage Co., j
arrived Nome by plane this week j
from the outside, enroute to Tel
I r, where he look a plane for !
i-Re this Week. It /is understood!
lie is to iVcoine/associated with
the Teller Lighterage Co., under
^lu* management of Mrs. C. T.
Pet erson.,
Tom Roust of Candle, well
sourdough nf Seward Peninsula,
"'as in Nome this week on business
in connection with the Roust Alrr
wavs, in which he is interested, *
Tiie funeral services of little j
Mamie Brown, daughter of Mr. |
and Mrs, Ned • Brown, were held ;
Thursday afternoon 1* the Meth
odist Church.
Sunday, May 13th, is Mother's
Day. A service of' special music
and message will tie given in the
Federated church at 7:10 p.m.
Invite your mother. Plan to be
present yourself and thus honor
your mother.
(Ins Johnson, piaster mechanic
for the Lumen Commercial Co.,
has been busy this past week in
stalling a new full Diesel engine
in thg company's cold storage
plant at the .east end of town,
made necessary, it is reported he
tiie support of their mrehandistng
plan - which will require- th« opera
' lion of the plant to capacity, this
looming summer.
Jack Devine, propiretor of. the
1 Lincoln Hotel and A. Polet, Npme
merchant, will leave Seattle next
Tuesday,, stopping four days at
Juneau enroute to Nome, accord
ing to. information received here
today.
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KORK8T KIRKS RAMPANT
(By The Associated Press)
DOUGHTON. N. C\, May 4, Two
persons perished and about thirt
een homes were destroyed by
forest fires, which continued im
am' d today, over mire frvu two
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hr to red thousand acres.
Pilot Whaley of the Roust Air
ways took off today for point*
down the coast and V P Dickson
as a passenger for Kgavlk. ’Sup
erintendent Rpbinson- of the Bur
eau of Indian Affairs was a pas«
enger to Old Hamilton. After an
all night stop there the plane
wil] return, stopping enroute at
St. Mikes, Vnnlakleet, Shaktoolik,
Koyuk and Klim. Mr. Mazen will
he a passenger Ui Nome from
Shaktoolik.
The Nome Harbor Lighterage
Company has practically completed
the construction of a new scovy, ex
cept for painting and launching. The
new barge will measure twenty
feet. wide, by fifty long, by 6 feet
deep.
FOR SALK: Johnson “Sea- Mor
se’' jP-AO, 21 h.p. motor In per
fect condition. *150.00 cash. .Fx
tru |iro|M>ller,. Ross steering wheel,.
< \tra shaft, etc., Jiirlmhal. Inquire
at ~Nugg<-« Office.
TWO WIN NKNAX.V UK l*<K>L
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Jack Johnston and Nick Pykil,
both of the Lucky Shot mine,
near Anchorage were the lucky
winners of the Nnnnna Ice Pool,
when the U-e went out April 30th,
2:07 p.m. There’s was the only
tjoket" om the minute. According to
advices, received in Nome It was
believed the pool would net about
$6 0,000.
HI RHt’RIRR FOR .TWO NtT0«WT
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MOTHER’S DAY
See our special editions for Mother’s
Day in our window, Wednesday, May
9. We have an excellent assortment
of Mother’s Day cards. Let us help
you select one for Mother.
STORE HOURS — 8:80 A.M. TO S:So P.M.
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