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VOL. 37. Nqj. 140 NOME, ALASKA' Saturday, JUNE 13. 1936. Per Copv 15cts
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La don Eager I ighting Campaign
TERRITORIES LEFT )UT G.O.P. CAMPAIGN
Partial Account of Increased
Dredging and Mining Ac
tivities Nome Section
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KOUGAROK CONSOLIDATED PLACERS INC. TO
BUILD DREDGE AT TAYLOR. OTHER MIN
ING INTERESTS ARRIVED VICTORIA
SHOW GROUND BE DEVELOPED
tions, it was reported, were suc
cessful to the extent, that it is
believed by employing two shifts
the fullest extent of time can be
used in taking out this valuable
mineral.
Tin has received unusual atten
tion this year in the mining
world, and the Cape Prince of
Wales section, a few miles from
Nome, to the westward, contains
some of the finest tin to be found
anywhere in the world.
This is but another instance of
the valuable mineral contents of
the Nome and Seward Peninsula
sections, which during the past
two years, have been receiving
highly encouraging attention.
Carl Hallberg, field manager lor
the Kougarok Consolidated Pla
cers Inc., who arrived on the
Victoria from Seattle, reports
that a 2'> cubic foot pontoon
type dredge will be constructed
this year at Taylor in the Kou
garok section. Mr. Hallberg will
be the dredgemaster on the new
dredge.
Associated with him are J. H.
Clough, president; John A. Kutz.
both of Seattle: and Sam God
frey. Mr. Clough it was report
ed will be leaving Seattle about
the 20th of the month and fly in
to Nome by way of Fairbanks.
eluded A. C. Stewart operating
on Monument creek: Donald Ste
wart, his son in charge of dredg
ing on the Casudepaga river;
J. A. Connors, former dredge op
erator at Solomon now with the
Casa outfit; Tom Shaw and bro
thers Ben and Charles, of the
Council district; Max Hirschberg
operating at Teller; Harry Dob
son interested in the American
river district, ar.d many others
whom we nave not er vet t r
able to contact.
American Tin
Fields Are To
Bigger Seale
t
Joe Sullivan. Bluff gold min
ing operator who returned here
aboard the Victoria after the
winter spent in the states, report
ed that the big storm of last fall
did considerable damage to his
equipment at Bluff, which con
stitutes a drag line, hopper, slui
ces and pumps. He has recondi
tioned some of it during the win
ter and shipped in new pumps
and engines, expecting to carry
on the usual work this summer.
Dredsemen On
Dry Creek \\ ere
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Arriving dredging operators in
the Nome section included Joe
Belleview of the Dry Creek
Dredging Company, associated
with his brother Barney in gold
dredging near the head of Dry
Creek. Accompanying Mr. Bcll
eview are Capt. A L Crowley of
Boston, also associated with the
Belleviews in the company, and
Chas Martin, brother of Joe Mar
Continued on Page Four
The new dredge will have the
close connected bucket line style:
there will be two 68 horsepower
Washington-Diesel engines: two
65 D-R Diesel caterpillars; two 10
ton Athey trailers:thawing equip
ment for cold water thawing:
pumping units; an 11-watt light
ing plant; a radio telephone; and
complete new camp equipment,
thereby setting up a regular con
struction city at Taylor in the
Kougarok section.
The dredge equipment etc., is
aboard the Alaska Line vessel
Tanana due to arrive Nome in a
few days. The machinery will
be landed at Teller, taken in by
way of Davidson’s Landing and
then hauled across the tundra to
Taylor, where the dredge will be
constructed.
American Tin Fields Inc., oper
ating on tin properties in the Tin
City section, on Cape Creek, by
means of a gas shovel, trucks &
washing equipment for placer tin
mining, expects to enlarge thci ■
operations this season, says B 11
Merritt, field manager for the
organization who arrived aboard
the S. S. Victoria from Seattle
night before last.
Mr. Merritt declared there a e
more trucks, mill equipment,
pumps and etc., aboard the first
boats which will be used in ex
tending the work to two 12-hour
shifts, operating during the sum
mer season, when daylight is
nearly complete.
Between 30 and 35 men will be
employed in the operations there
this year and a large quantity of
tin is expected to be mined, it
was stated. Last year’s opera
Dredging operations are expect
ed to commence about the middle
of August, where a large quan
tity of ground on the Kougarok
river, and the adjoining valley is
already laid out. A small hy
draulic with pumping unit, oijj
fit, will also be taken into the
Kougarok with the rest of the
equipment.
Mr. Hallberg has been working
on this project for some time
past and with the advent of this
new company, and the construc
tion of this type of a dredge in
that locality, the Kougarok has
definitely taken its rightful place
as the scene where much of the
gold produced in this section in
the future will come from.
Other extensive operations com
mencing this year in that area,
mention of which has already
been chronicled in the Nugget,
are also directing much of the at
tention of the mining world to
the country known for so many
years as the Kougarok, adjacent
to Nome.
Other mining operators return
ing to Nome aboard the Victoria
after the winter in the states, in
Chamberlain Of Great Britain
Strongly Recommended Drop
ping Sanctions Against Italians
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON- June 13—Neville Chamberlain, Chan
cellor of the Exchequer, Wednesday strongly urged the
lifting of sanctions against Italy. In an address he
said, it was the very mid-summer madness to consider
it possible to preserve the independence of Ethiopia
now. Considerable attention was attracted by Cham
berlain’s statement as possibly foreshadowing the atti
tude of the Baldwin government when the League of
Nations Council meets in Geneva two weeks hence to
consider the Italy-Ethiopian question.
John Hamilton
New National
Chairman GOP
(By The Associated Press)
CLEVELAND, June 13th—The
forces of Governor Landon of
Kansas completed the capture of
the Republican Party machinery
late Friday with the elevation of
John Hamilton, London’s cam
paign manager, to the Chairman
ship of the Republican National
Committee.
Landon had requested Hamil
ton’s selection. The new chair
man promised to wage a vigorous
campaign. Henry P. Fletcher is
the retiring chairman.
LANDON SAYS THIS
BE REAL CAMPAIGN
WILL FIGHT HARD
Delegates in Convention Hall W anted
Nominate Landon By Acclamation
Hoover Sends Congratulations
;By The Associated Press)
TOPEKA, Kansas, June 3—Eager for a “fighting”
campaign, newly nominated Alfred Mossman Landon,
proposed to launch the battle for the presidency “right
now.”
He has hardly recovered from his hoarseness brot
on from acknowledging the deluge of congratulations,
and awaited only the arrival next Monday of Col. Frank
Knox and members of the party’s natfi nal sub-commit
tee to chart plans
The governor’s aggressive mold was reflected in a
statement released by him. his delight at the selection
of John D. Hamilton his leader at Cleveland, as the new
Chairman of the Republican National Committee:
“He is a hard fighter, but always fights fairly, as
the Kansasans who foughf with and against him are
equally ready to verify. This is the kind of a fight we
are going to make.”
He apparently referred to his own contest with
Hamilton several years ago when Landon managed
Clyde Reed’s successful campaign against Hamilton for
the governorship of Kansas.
The republican nominee stepped out of his reticent
role during the pre-convention period, with interview
ers, saying:
"Sure, I’ll invade the enemy territory, if there is
any. This is a real campaign from now on.” ho said a
he puffed on a straightstem pipe- applying matches at
intervals to keep vast clouds of smoke pouring from
ihe bowl.
Chinese March
Demonstration
In Ilonjr Konjr
(By Ttie Associated Press)
Hong Kong, June 13—More than
a hundred thousand southwest
ern Chinese demonstrated against
Japan ail day, marching thru the
city despite a heavy rain fall.
The march included men, wo
men and children, several thous
and farmers with scythes,hoes &
rakes. Airplanes soared over
head, carrying trailing banners
urging Chinese unity.
Oriental Disease
Found in Seattle
(Bv The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, June 13—Dr. Arthur
Wade, school medical inspector
expressed the belief today that
many Japanese and Chinese
children here were suffering from;
Beri Beri, an Oriental disease
because their diet consists main-]
ly of white rice, which contains |
no vitamin B.
The disease was discovered when .
several boys collapsed during
track team tryouts.
CAPTURE INSANE CRIMINALS &
INVESTIGATION INTO THE
BLACK LEGION STARS
(By The Associated Press)
ST. PETER. Minn.. June 13—Lawrence Debore,
former member of the Barker-Karpis gang, was believ
ed lleeing through Iowa yesterday with two other mad
fugitives from the Minnesota State Hospital for th
criminal insane. The only other man still at large of
the sixteen who broke from the hospital Sunday nigh
was Frank Gibson. Tony Smith was found fifteen
miles from here badly weakened by lack of food.
Governor Troy
In Seattle And
Headed Easl
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, June 13—Governor
John W. Troy, on his way East
told interviewers here that he
would attempt to enlist congres
sional support for the two billion
nine hundred thousand dollars
airfield program, landing field ex
pansion, and increased air mail
service.
His son-in-law. Robert Bender,
accompanied him and will go to
the Democratic convention at j
Philadelphia. Mrs Bender, who
came south from Juneau, will re
main in Seattle.
DETROIT- June 13—The arrest and nightlong que
tioning of four alleged Black Legion members has di
closed existence within the vigilante organization <
an “arson squad,” charged with the burning of home ;
occupied by persons antagonistic to the order, proseci •
tor Duncan C. McRea said today. Police, meanwhil >•
investigated evidence that the Black Legion had placed
a spy in the national union for social justice to “get '
Father Charles Coughlin. The spy was alleged to be
a Dayton dean, “trigger man” of the group.
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