THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S MAYNARD. Editoi
RUSSELL G MAYNARD. Manager
Published every evening except Sunday by The Nome
Publishing Company, Nome, Alaska.
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FISHY PROSPERITY
(Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Fish are to Alaska what sugar is to its sister terri
tory, Hawaii. When the catch of salmon, halibut, her
ring, cod, flounders and shrimps runs high, everybody
prospers. When fishing is poor, Alaska’s income drops
millions.
The salmon industry is by far the largest factor
in Alaska’s commerce. In 1934, when the fisheries pro
ducts exported were valued at $41,000,000, canned sal
man accounted for $37,000,000. As an evidence of the
industry’s importance to the territory, the Ketchikan
Sunday Chronicle in its annual fisheries edition, points
out that the salmon business alone pays more than 70
percent of the tax revenues in Alaska.
At the peak of the fishing season more than 20,000
persons and 5,000 vessels of various kinds are employ
ed. Thousands of workers are imported from the stat
es, necesarily so, since otherwise nearly half of the
permanent population—men, women, children; Es
kimos, Indians, whites—would have to desert their re
gular occupations for a few weeks of work in the fish
ing industry. Population of the territory,af ter drop
ping 9,600 between 1916 and 1930, has again begun to
increase; half the loss has been regained, and the total
is now in the neighborhood of 60,000.
The 1936 output has established a new record for
the Alaska salmon pack. For the first time in history
the pack ran over 8,000,000 cases. This means a prosp
erous year for the whole territory.
Fishing, it is true, is not Alaska’s sole dependence.
It has a sizable tourist industry as well. It is estimated
nearly 30,000 visitors will be entertained there this
year. The fur business brings the territory a steady
income, amounting to $16,000,000 in 1935 and provid
ing a livelihood for^several thousand trappers. Gold
production totaled more than $15,000,000 in 1934.
Farming is still only a minor factor in the ter
ritory’s economic life. Nevertheless, it is encouraging
to note that the Matanuska colony planted there by the
federal resettlement division has come through its fir
st full growing season with flying colors. The colonists
have built homes, community buildings and roads;
they have cleared land and rased bumper crops. They
have established markets for their produce and cattle,
and they are already having difficulty in supplying the
demand for fresh foods and meats. The malcontents
have been weeded out, and those who remain are deter
mined to make a success of the venture.
From all the evidence, Hawaii’s sister territory
seems to be doing very well for itself. With its fish
eries, its furs, its gold, platinum, ivory, palladium, and
other products, it holds a valuable place in the nation
al economy.
We are told that the most pious men in India nev
er bathe. So that’s the origin of that curious phrase,
“the odor of sanctity.”—Detroit Free Press.
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A TONGUE TWISTER
A little village in Angelsey, Wales, has the distinc
; tion of having the longest name of any place in the Brit
| ish Isles. Its full and sonorous title is “Llanfairpwil
gwyngyllgogercychwyrndrollllandysiliogogogoch”, and
i it is supposed to mean “the Church of St. Mary in a
hollow of white hazel near to a rapid whirlpool and to
St. Tysilio’s Church near to a red cave.”
Since the full name cannot be pronounced by the
! ordinary traveler, it has become abbreviated to Llan
fair. The full name is displayed on banners on the
Llanfair railroad station platform. The station master
at Llanfair says that he has received many letters of
inquiry about the village from various parts of the
world, asking about the queer name.
THE DEADLIER SEX
(Naw York World-Telegram)
Every once in a while comes the creepy feeling
that Dominant Males of the so-called man-made world
are slipping. Just read these current items:
Down in Minden, La., women strike sympathizers
stopped a train, beat up the engineer, tore the cloth
ing from a railroad official and chased the crew into
a nearby woods.
Miss Etta Scorup, Utah’s home economics super
visor made a survey of the country’s high schools and
colleges and found that enrollments in dometic science
courses for men are increasing. And (shades of Brig
ham Young) on-third of Utah’s high schools offer home
making courses for boys.
From Baltimore comes a most humiliating account
of the formation of Doghouse Inc., a nation-wide system
of clubs, or hideouts, where husbands deep in dutch
with their wives may go to hold hands with one anoth
i er or drown their woes in strong drink or gaming. Time
was that when domestic trouble rose it was wifey who
went crying ‘home to mother”. Now its hubby who
slinks off to his kennel until the storm blows over.
Doubtless England is saying with more insistent fer
vor than ever, ‘‘God Save the King”—Ohio State Journ.
How is it with the player of a musical saw? Does
he come in the jurisdiction of the carpenter’s local, or
does he draw the musicians’ scale?—San Francisco
Chronicle.
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NOTICE
Bakersfield, Calif., Sept. 27, 1936.
Editor Nome Nugget,
Nome, Alaska.
Doar Sir:—Will you please put
a line or two in your paper for
me as follows: “I wish to hear
from a bachelor in his fifties.”
I thank you.
MRS. ELIZABETH BEAVER,
General Delivery,
Bakersfield, California.
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