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.: : “A SMILE”
From the Hand of the
MIDNIGHT SUN
Noma, Alaska.
“You’re in a had way/’ said the
doctor to the young Irishman in
the hospital. “Would you like to
see the priest?’’
“Did ye say I have scarlet fever,
air?”
“You have, and a serious chse.”
“Then send for a rabbi, I don’t
-want to give the fever to 'the
priest, do I/*
A Missouri man recently died ow
ing the editor of the Bingville
Bugle for an unpaid subscription
of six years’ standi ngf,»
The editor attended the funeral,
And be placed a palm leaf fan
and a block of ice on the casket as
his tribute to the departed.
A man named Brassier was Just
Bitting down to breakfast the
other morning when he was aston
ished to read In tbe paper an ac
count of his own death. He prom
ptly called up his partner and
asked: "Did you see the announce
ment of my death?"
"Yes, I saw it.** answered the
partner. "Where are you speak
ing from now?"
Judge—Now' Uncle, what is your
name?
Witness—Mah name, Kunnel, is
Washington Calhoun Clay, sah.
Judge and can you sign your
name, Uncle?
Witness—Well, Judge. Ah hab
nebber had no 'casion ter write
mah name. Ah Jes’ dictates it,
eah.
Parmer—You say you have been
around everywhere and yop can't
find a thing to do?
Hiker—Yas, suh; dat’s right.
I’m jes’ too heavy fer light work
an’ jes’ too light fer heavy work.
Pretty Patient: Guess who I met
yesterday, doctor.
Doctor: I’m afraid I’m not a
good guesser.
Patient: Oh, your too modest.
I heard another doctor say you
were the best guesser in the pro
fession.
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V
i ‘Robert,” said the teacher, to
drive home the lesson, which was
on charity and kindness, ‘‘If I saw
>a man beating a donkey and stopp
jed him from doing so, what virtue
| would I be showing?” Li
-‘‘Brotherly love,” said Bobby.'
Bald-headed Man (in barber
chair): Yrm ought to CHt my hair
cheaper; there is,i,very little to
cut. “
Barber; Oh, mo. In your case,
: we . don’t charge for cutting the
j hair—-we charge for having to
! search for lt^
- J “ ’
1 Quick, yDoctor —Do something!
jl was playing a month organ and
j swallowed it! , '
Calm yourself young man. Be
(thankful von were not playing a
j piano,
A minister's association recom
mends fasting and prayer, as a
1 means of ending the depression,
i Prayer might help, but-fasting has
(been going on for quite a while
| with no noticable results.
A Scot was arguing with the
conductor as to whether the fare;
was 25 cents or 30 cents. Becom-1
Jing disgusted, the conductor pick
jed up the Scotchman's suitcase and
| tossed it off the train just as they
! passed over a bridge. It ^landed
jwkfc a splash in the water)
, "Mon," screamed the Scot,
"isn't it enough to—tfy to over
charge me, tout now you try to
drown me little boy?"
CHURCH NUTES
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KKDKIUTKD CHURCH
Her, K G Porwwler
Sunday school at ll a m.
j Evening worship at 7:40 p m
Organ Music.
Vocal Solo; Mrs, Luther Dun
bar.
Violin Solo: Miss Virginia Lo
rn en
Farewell Serijjon: "Jesus Only,"
Rew. F. G. Forrester.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Rev Father Budde, S. J.
Masses at 9 and 11 am Sundays.
Sunday School at 2pm.
Evening Service at 7:30
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
W. P. BALDWIN, PASTOR
11 A.M. Morning Worship for
Adults.
11 A.M. Children’s Church in
Club House.
7 P.M. Evening Service.
Good Singing.
Singing the National Airs of the
Kingdom of God.
Solo—"The Shepard Song," Adah
Baldwin.
Solo—Mrs. Brandon.
Sermon.
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THE
MUKLUK
TRAIL
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(BV E. L. BARTLETT)
WASHINGTON, May 8, Charles
Fiory, Alaska Commissioner for
the Department of Agriculture,
started homeward last Friday.
He intended to meet Mrs. Fiory
in Portland and they will proceed
to their home/in Juneau at an
early date. Mr. Fiory was about
: he most pleased man in the
coumry as he started west. He
has been" Outside five months, and
announces that is altogether too
long. Ho was quite ill in Port
land right after coming out but
has fully recovered his health
now. Mr. Fiory was impressed in
to work at the Department of Ag
riculture here in connection with
the President’s Forestry conserva
tion program. A plan was work
ed out for Alaska, which, if ap
proved, would give work to a con
siderable number of men. It still
awaits final approval. B.F. Hein
tzleman, assistant regional forest
er, has also been detailed to for
estry conservation work, and will
not get away from Washington
for Juneau until June or July.
I? is not likely that owners of
mining claims will have to per
form assessment work for this
year. The Senate early last week
passed the Borah bill providing for
a moratorium and the House Com
mittee on Mines subsequently voted
to report the bill favorably. Dec
ision to the Borab bill wouldJ be
included. This proviso makes it
mandatory that claimants who
paid Income taxes for the year
1932 shall not.be exempted from
performance of assessment work
for the year beginning July 1,
1932, and ending July 1, 1933.
Representatives from mining states
sought to have this proviso taken
out but were defeated in their at
tempt to do so by members from
non-mining sections. The proviso
seems to. be rather vague in that
it says, “That the provisions of '■
this Act shall not apply in the case
of any claimant not entitled to
exemption from the payment of a
federal income tax for the tax
able year 1932.’’ The point was
naturally brought up that confus
ion might result where two per
sons owned a claim and one paid
an income tax and one did not.
The dommitte finally decided to
report the entire bill without am
endment of any sort. ' A vote by
the House Is expected In a brief
time.
The Alaska exhibit at the Chic
ago World’s Fair, which opens
Junel, will be housed in a huge
log cabin, construction of which
has been completed.
“Arctic Village” is the literary
sensation of the day. Written by
Robert Marshall as a result of a
15 months’ stay iu the Koyukult,
it is hailed by critics as an out
standing contribution to the soc
iological .^literature' of America.
Of Course everyone in the Koyuk
uk kfiows the author and many
other Alaskans will remember him.
A forester by training, he first
went to the Arctic to study tree
growth and returned to study peo
ple. His, second trip to Wiseman
was made"Tn 1930 aha"he remained
there until the fall of 1931, weav
ing wh&t promises to be a best
Beller out of his observations of
the Bmall group of residents of
that isolated camp. His book is
entirely sympathetic and he des
cribes the Koyukukers as the hap
piest people he has ever known.
Marshall served in the U.S. Forest
Service and then took his Ph. D.
Degree in plant physiology at
Johns Hopkins. He has previous
ly written for scientific publica
tions but this is his first popular
work.
WASHINGTON, May IS— The
Rev. H. H. Chapman, who served
in Episcopal missionary work in
Alaska for many years, will leave
for Anvik, on the Yukon river, In
about a month. Mr. Chapman has
been at Ashville, North Carolina,
since last fall. He Is to become
pries rin-r barge again of the
church at Anvik. There, his
father, the Rev. John Chapman,
carried on missionary work for
a'bout 40 years. Te elder MT.
Chapman Ls now living in New
York City.
The House passed the Borah
1)111 Friday and as soon os the
President affixes his signature to
the measure, owners of mining
claims who did not pay income
tax in 1932 will be exempted from
performance of assessment worlc
for the year ending July 1, 1933.
, ——
Major Molcolm Elliott, last presi
dent of the Alaska Road Commis
sion when that organization was
under army control, has an exec
utive position in the non-military
activities of thtj War Department
in Washington. Two other former
officials of the War Department
are also in the city. Major John
Gotwals is a commissioner of the
District of Columbia and Majo*
Douglass H. Gillette, engineer
officer of the A.R.C. under Major
Elliott, is connected with the Dis
trict government as well.
Legislation is being draw which
will have for its purpose the trans
for of title from the Federal to
Hie Territorial government of
land at Sitka occupied by the Pio
neer’s Home.' The Navy Depart
ment, which has charge of this
pi operty, is favorably inclined to
the transfer and It is hoped the
bill may be passed during the
short' session.
During the past week the Dele
gate’s office was moved from the j
third to the fourth floor of the j
old House Office Building to what
will *be his permanent location.
The room number of the new loc
ation is 455. Since the opening,
of the new House Office Building, j
two rooms are made available for
each member.
Delegate Diniond is nearly con
valescent now following his re
cent operation and expects to re
sume his duties this week.
)
Petitions from residents of the
Interior have gone forward to the
Post Office Department asking
that mail be again caried bv dog
team, but have met with the reply
that the 'Department will not call
for any special type of service but
will award contracts to lowest
competent • bidders whether dag —
teams, airplanes or horses be used
. The administration’s. gigantic
public works 'bill. Including a plan
for industrial regulation which
will serve as a substitute' for the
five-day week, six-hour day. mea
sure. is expected to be presented
to Congress and of gourse Dele
gate Dimond is prepared to ad
vance the claims of Alaska for .»
t^ust share of the money to be
made available.
The Post Office Department an
nounces that Willem H. Murray
has been named acting postmaster
of Skagway.
Now soing Republican will lik
ely be mean enough to suggest
that the Tre.asury Department has
a Wood in head. H
Business f'iiues are natural!-.
fewer of tftte. ~bT cause—t here TT< r»..
so few ' left to fail.
FOR SAIJE— Corona portable
typewriter also small trunk. In
quire at Nugget Office.
NOTICE
All copy tor changing advertise
■tents In Weekly Nugget moat be in
the printer* hand* not later than
THURSDAY, 5 P. M., to iannre In
sertion. /)
notice of final settlement
In the Probate Court for the
Cape Nome Precinct In the Second
Division of the Territory of Ala
ska, before the Honorable C. W
Thornton, U. S. C^n^mlssioner and
Ex-Officio Probate Judge.
In the Matter of the Estate of
W. H. STURTEVANT deceased
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to
HARRY W. STURTEVANT ol
Milo, State of Maine, MRS. MIN
NIE R. HATHAWAY, and £MISS
EDITH STURTEVANT of Winthrop
State of Maine, , and ARTHUR
STURTEVANT, of Franklin, State
Of Vermont, that the Administrator
of the Estate of W.H. Sturtevant.
deceased, has filed 1n said court
his Final Account as such Admin
istrator, and that Saturdays the
5th day of August. 193.3. at the
hour of ten o'clock in the fore
noon of said d^v, has been fixed
by the Court as the date of hear
ing the objections, if any, to said
Report, and that at the same
time and place the Judge of said
Probate Court will befir, adjudi
cate, and determine who the heirs
and distributees of decedent are.
S C Anderson
Administrator.
Publish June 3, 10. 17. 24, July
l. 1933.
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