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THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOL 37. No. 205 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUG. 28, 1936. Per Copy 15ct3
Jumps to Death From Empire Bld’g
SITUATION MADRID IS TRULY DESPERATE
Kougarok and Northern Mining Sections Booming
U. S. Marshal Gaffney Described The
Minin" Conditions In The Northern
o
Sections As Being Greatly Improved
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MINING IS BOOMING
Conditions Good Kotzebue,
Candle, Other Places
Visited by Court
KOBUK TO THE FRONT
U. S. Marshal Thos. Gaffney,
returning yesterday after the fly
ing court” had completed busi
ness in the north, had some in
teresting information concerning
affairs on the other side of Sew
ard Peninsula.
He said that at Candle things
are booming. A large consign
ment of gold dust was shipped
by plane to Nome.
On Jump Creek, Billy French,
it is reported is doing remark
ably well. Tom Roust has three
men opening up his claims on
this same creek, said the Marshal
Everybody is busy with very
little unemployment in the camp.
Fritz Weinhardt and son have
been prospecting on the Kugu
ruk, employing a cat and wagon.
It looks as if Candle will come
to the front in a big way, declar
ed Mr. Gaffney.
Jimmy Cross was given his
final papers of naturalization by
the court. Jimmy, who has been
on the frontier for the past thirty
years, and who made several un
successful attempts to secure his
papers, has at last been rewarded
through the efforts of the “Fly
ing Court.” He is heading for
the Kobuk, his old stamping
ground,which he pronounces will
be the banner gold producing sec
tion of this Division. In this he
is seconded by Tom Roust, possi
bly the best authority in that
section.
“Yes sir,” said Roust, “I know
what I’m talking about, and you
can rest assured the Kobuk coun
try will some day be the coming
big gold producing camp of the
Second Division," he told Mar
shal Gaffney.
Concerning politics, which ev
eryone is interested in at this
time of the year, Marshal Gaff
ney, although rather reticent, ex
pressed the opinion that the
northern section was already “in
the bag for the Democratic can
didates.
At Kotzebue the court disposed
of a number of conjugal mismat
ed situations and freed the part
ies from matrimonial bonds to
take a fresh start in life.
Mr. Gaffney said he met a num
ber of old friends from the Ko
buk, including Ted Westlake, and
renewed old acquaintances. Bus
iness at Kotzebue was reported
to be very good, and mining near
Kiana and Cleary creek is declar
ed to be very promising, and num
erous outfits doing well.
Youth Jumped
Death From The
Emp. State Bldg.
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Aug. 28, — While
six sightseers, viewing New York
City’s sky line for the first time,
looked on. Francis Erskine, aged
23, leaped to his death from the
86th floor observation platform of
the Empire State Building this
morning.
Waving goodbye to the onlook
ers, he called: “So long folks!”
and jumped.
His body narrowly missed sev
eral passersby on the street, and
caused a general traffic tieup
which was not untangled for al- J
most an hour.
Cabinet Officers
Join Roosevelt At
Funeral of Dern
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, —
Cabinet officers and other govern
ment dignitaries announced they
had completed arrangements to
join President Franklin D. Roose
velt on his journey of mourn
ing to Salt Lake City for the fun
eral next Tuesday of Secretary
of War George H. Dern, who died
yesterday.
American Flags were ordered
at half mast on all army posts
and forts, and army officials will
wear a mourning band for the
thirty-day prescribed period.
The body of Secretary Dern
will lie in state at Salt Lake City
until 3 P. M. Tuesday, at which
hour the funeral will commence.
The Nome Daily Nugget carries
several forms of printing blanks
for your convenience — Dredge
Logs, thawing and drill reports,
Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode
Location Notices. Vouchers, and
Special Power of Attorney forms.
PLOT BEHIND REBEL
MOVES TO RESTORE
SPANISH MONARCHY
PLAN WAS TO VANQUISH MADRID GOVERN
MENT THEN ESTABLISH DICTATORSHIP,
AFTER WHICH CALL FOR A PLEBISCITE
DETERMINE WHETHER PEOPLE WISHED A
RETURN OF SPANISH MONARCHY.
—
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, August 28—Rebels
who would rule Spain, disclosed
that they planned a military dic
tatorship and then if the people
want it, a restoration of monar
chy. Entrenching themselves
about Burgos, stronghold, against
a sudden government thrust.
Fascist leaders let it be known
that they intended a dictatorship
to be followed by a plebescite oil
their return to the throne.
Rabat, Morocco, reported re
ceiving rebel broadcasts from
Spain declaring that the govern
ment’s Madrid position was be
coming precarious and that ex
tremists were killing hundreds of
persons.
The capitol station at Jerez!
I
Dela, on the frontier near Cadiz,!
announced that the “Madrid per
sonality are now in Tetuan, and
declared that in two nights the
Marxiest killed two thousand in
Madrid, and that sugar and cof
fee supplies were exhausted.”
The station added that the Se
ville radio station broadcasted:
“situation of Madrid is truly des
perate, Marxiest workers, despite
severe orders, refuse to obey and
work only according to their own
pleasure.”
Godfrey Reports
Tilings Doing In
Kougarok Area
Sam Godfrey, Kougarok miner
and prospector, who arrived here
the other day from that section,
had optimistic reports to make
on operations taking place in that
great mining section.
He declared that the final load
of machinery, supplies, etc., for
the Kougarok Consolidated Pla
cers Inc., Carl Hallberg opera
tions chief, had been delivered
from Davidson’s Landing, yester
day. He declared that Hallberg
expected to have the dredge in
operation for the first time, Sep
tember first, thereby setting a
record in that locality for con
struction of a dredge and camp
ing equipment, and the successful
commencement of active opera
tions. • ,
Jerry Sullivan and other Kou
garokers were reported to be
busy taking out the gold. J. J.
Keenan and crew, drilling at
Coarse Gold Creek, near the
mouth of the Kougarok River,
were declared to be busy.
Godfrey is doing extensive
prospecting on Henry Creek and
is being kept very busy. He will
await the arrival of the S.S. Der
blay of the Alaska Line at Nome,
before returning to the Kougarok
Subscribe for the Nugget
Conditions Pt.
Barrow Stated
(By The Associated rTess)
POINT BARROW, Aug. 28, —
Eskimos have shot many walrus
offshore and on and near the ice
pack in recent weeks, which is
a great aid to their depleted lar
ders caused by the poor whaling
of recent years. Much meat has ,
been fed to the dogs to keep!
them fit, and the rest of the meat;
is stored for winter use, the blub
ber being used for fuel.
A finback whale, about 30 feet
long, was washed ashore during
a storm Sunday evening, but
managed to get back into the i
water and save himself. Natives ,
did not think to shoot him but
stood by and watched him escape.:
The sun, which disappeared
for the first time below the hori
zon near midnight August 9th, is
now rapidly sinking lower. There
is semi-darkness at 10 P. M. and
daylight again at 2 A. M.
The ice breaking at Herschell
Island will permit Captain C. D.
Pedersen to unload his trading
schooner the Patterson of all her
cargo after two weeks of wait
ing. The ice should leave the
area four hundred miles East of
here free for another week in
which the Patterson will have an
opportunity to escape being
caught by the ice pack.
Twelve Thousand
Ethiops. Attacked
City Addis Ababa
(By The Associated Press)
ROME, August 28—Friday the
government announced that Uvel
ve thousand Ethiopians attacked
Addis Ababa, yesterday,but were
repulsed. The statement said two
hundred Ethiopians and fifteen
native soldiers were killed.
21 Japanese Are
Reported Killed
Bandit Fights
(By The Associated Press)
TOKYO, August 28—The Domi
Japanese news agency, reported
twenty-one Japanese soldiers
were killed in encounters with
Manchurian bandits during the
last two weeks.
JUDGE J.II.S. MORISON TELLS
OF VOYAGE ON THE CUTTER
NORTHLAND TO PT. BARROW
Returning yesterday via Mirow
Air Service plane from the north
were Judge J. H. S. Morison, U.
S. Marshal Thos. Gaffney, and
Deputy U. S. Clerk of Court Nor
vin Lewis, after holding court in
Kotzebue and Candle, where sev
eral cases were disposed of, in
cluding naturalization proceed
ings for Jimmy Cross at Candle.
Voy age Aboard Northland
Judge Morison, of the U. S.
District Court at Nome, was re
turning from an extended voy
age aboard the U. S. Coast Guard
Cutter Northland, Captain W. K.
Scammel, as far north at Point
Barrow. Mrs. Morison and grand
son Stuart accompanied the
Judge and are still aboard the
Cutter, reported to be taking on
water at Teller yesterday and to
day, while Judge Morison left the
ship at Kotzebue and proceeded
by air back to Nome after court
doings.
The Judge was extremely en
thusiastic about their trip to Pt.
Barrow,on which the government
boat stopped at Teller, Cape
Prince of Wales, Shishmaref, Kot
zebue, Kivalina, Point Hope,
Wainwright, Point Thompson and
Point Barrow, declaring that
Mrs. Morison and his grandson
enjoyed the voyage very much,
although stormy weather pre-!
vailed in the Arctic Ocean much
of the time the ship was gone.
Visited Old Timers
Judge Morison visited Jim Al
len at Wainwright who was a
passenger to Barrow and return.
At Point Hope he visited with
Archdeacon Goodwin. Going
ashore at Point Barrow he talked
to Tom Gordon who comes from
Demarcation Point, far to the
eastward of Barrow’, and he de
clared that the few Eskimo fam
ilies and white people living in
that barren region were getting
along all right and had plenty of
food and fuel, although there was
a possibility that they might run
short a little during the winter.
Charles Brower at Barrow told
him, he declared, that everything
was fine around Barrow, the Es
kimos having plenty of f'od, as
evidenced by the tons ar. i tons
of whale, seal and walru- meat
piled high on the drying racks
for winter use.
Good Hunting & Fishing
Everywhere they stopped, de
clared the Judge from Nome,
there were indicat. ns of a good
hunting and fishing s ‘asm this
summer, which, he was informed
he said, would carry r.awes thru
the winter.
Stopped Scene Plane Crash
Judge Morison said that they
visited the si t pi :ne
crashed in which Will IP rers &
Wiley Post were killed hi-: Aug
ust. While then , in company
with some Eskimos, he noticed
the natives after a short time,
run to their skin boats and start
off up the coast in a hurry. He
found out a little later why. The
Arctic Ice pack, which always
lays only a few miles from the
Alaskan coast line, was commenc
ing to drift toward shore.
Experienced No Ice Trouble
They saw no ice of any conse
quences on the entire trip, re
ported Judge Morison. White at
Barrow they could see one or two
large ice bergs and on the dim,
horizon a white streak, remind
ing everyone, that the Arctic ice
pack was only waiting for the
current and winds to change be
fore drifting to the Alaskan shore
and shutting Point Barrow in for
another winter.
Motion Pictures Attraction
Of great interest, said Judge
Morison, was the immense pleas
ure and curiosity expressed by
the Eskimos up and down the
northern coast, when they came
aboard the Cutter Northland and
were treated to motion pictures
in sound.