THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
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Nascopie And
Aklavik 1st To
Chart NW Pass
(By The Associated Press)
PRINCE REGENT INLET,
Sept. 3—The Hudson Bay Com
pany’s ship Nascopie and the
schooner Aklavik fulfilled a four
hundred year old dream when
the Arctic navigators charted a
new course across the top of the
American continent linking the
shores of eastern Washington and
Canada by sea voyages.
The new Northwest passage
is mapped through Bellot Straits,
south of the hazardous Lancaster
Sound and thru Barrow Straits,
marking the first passage cf any
ship through Be’lot Strait..
The Steamer N'ascopie started
from Montreal, p.eking her
way through the strait when the
Akiavik suddenly came round a
rocky headland ard soon the two
vessels nosed alongside each
other. The Akiavik come from
Cambridge Bay in the Western
Arctic.
Household Goods For Sale
Small short wave radio receiv
er, morris chair, blankets, dishes,
two card tables and other articl
es. See or phone Weather Bureau
Office.
Gen. Chiang Chek
Apologized Bomb
Of Liner Hoo\ er
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3—Gen
eralissimo Chiang Shek has of
ficially apologized for the accid
ental bombing of the President
Hoover by Chinese airmen the
state department announced to
day following receipt of a cable
gram from Ambassador Nelson
T. Johnson to the Chinese dic
tator. He also offered to make
any possible amends the state de
partment revealed.
BRINNETTES CHOSEN
AS PERFECT WIVES
AMES. Ia., (AP>—What kind
of wives do the Iowa farm boys
want? A quest.onnaire circulated
at the University of Iowa recent
ly tells the story.
The boys "insisted'’ their fu
ture wives come from the farm,
they do not smoke, that they be
"not bad looking,” that they be
able to play bridge, dance, be
good pals and good sports.
The majority chose brunettes.
Members of CCC have spent
more than 3,000,000 man-days in
fighting forest fires.
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GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS CONDUCTED
Checking Accounts Carried For Those Who
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Gold Dust Purchased
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I
First Shanghai
War Refugees to
Reach the States
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 3 —I
The Dollar Liner, President Taft,
the first vessel bearing refugees
from war torn Shanghai arrived'
here today with a jammed pass
enger list of 457.
NOME WEATHER STATION TO
MAKE PERSONNEL CHANGES
Word was received recently at
the Nome office of U. S. Weather
Bureau that Thomas B. Hayward
meteorologist, would be transfer
red to an airway station in the
States on the last sailing of the
steamer Victoria. Mr. Hayward's
new position will be in form of
a promotion but before assuming
his new duties will take advancer!
radio and teletype studies at the
Oakland, Calif, airport.
Mr. R. V. Dobbs recently trans
ferred to Nome from Ithioa, N. Y.
in one of the longest transfers
given a Weather Bureau Official
will be promoted to fill the Nome
position and another assistant
will be sent on the last voyage of
the steamer Victoria.
The Nome assignment is Mr.
Hayward's sixth station in his 12
years of Weather Bureau Service
and his airway experience was
obtained at Rock Springs. Wyo
ming. the highest regular Landing
field in the United States ard
United Air Line Officials and
Army pilots highly recommend
ed him for Alaskan service.
In a statement to the Nugget.
Mr. Hayward mentioned “that he
has enjoyed his three years of
Alaskan Experience but it is a
good time to receive advance
ment.”
Notice of Hearing and Settle
ment of Final Account and Peti
tion for Distribution.
No. 515
In the Probate Court for the
Cape Nome Precinct, Territory of
Alaska, Second Division.
IN THE MATTER OF THE
ESTATE OF JENNIE CASTEL,
Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
That the undersigned, admin
istrator of the Estate of JENNIE
CASTEL, deceased, has filed in
the said Court his final account
and report and petition for the
distribution of said Estate and
! that the 27th day of October,1937,
I at the hour of 11 o’clock A. M.,
of said date in the courtroom of
[said Court at Nome, Alaska, has
been fixed by the order of said
Court as the time and place for
the hearing of the same and ob
jections thereto and the settle
ment thereof and that at said
time and place the Court will
adjudicate and determine who
are the heirs and distributee? of
said deceased.
Dated this, the 26th day of
August, 1937.
AARNOUT CASTEL,
Administrator of the Estate
of Jennie Castel deceased.
Publish Aug.27, Sept.3,10,17,1937
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IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE FOR THE NOME I .AND
DISTRICT. NOME. ALASKA
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR PATENT
.Mineral Survey No. 1884
Mineral Entry No. 0932
Notice is hereby given that Un
ited States Smelting Refining and
Mining Company, a Maine cor
poration, by and through its at
torney-in-fact, A. M. Hartford,
whose post office address us Nome,
Alaska, has made application for
United States Patent for the Won
der Fraction No. 1 and Wonder
Fraction No. 2 Placer Mining
Claims situated on Wonder Creek,
a tributary of Center Creek, in
the Cape Nome Mining District
and Precinct, Territory of Alas
ka. and designated as United
States Mineral Survey No. 1884
and particularly described in the
official plat and field notes now
on file in the said Land Office as
follows:
Wonder Fraction No 1
Magnetic variations 17 deg. 00
min. to 17 deg. 45 min. E.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of Won
der Fraction No. 1 Placer, esta
blished on line 2-3 Survey No.
444, Lillian Association Placer, a
fir post 42 in. long. 4 in. square,
18 in. in the ground, in an earth
mound 24 in. base, marked WF
1-1WF-2-3-1884, for this survey,
and from whence U.S.L.M. No.
11 bears N. 77 deg. 24 min. E.
5.289.66 ft. Anvil Rock bears N.
13 deg. 31 min. 30 sec. E, then
ce S. 19 deg. rt() min. W. 143.8
ft. to Cor. No. 2, identical with
Cor. No. 6. Survey 1155, Linda
Association Group Placer, a fir
post 4 in. square, 30 in. above
ground, marked WF-1-2-WF-2-2
1884 for this survey, thence N.
58 deg. 54 min. W. 659.3 ft. to
Cor. No. 3. identical with Cor. No.
4. Survey No. 1861, No. 6 Below
Discovery Placer, a fir post 4 in.
square 30 in. above ground, mark
ed WF-1-3-1884 for this survey,
thence N. 65 deg. 35 min. W. 547.6
ft. to Cor. No. 4, identical with
Cnr. No. 5 Survey No. 1861, No.
C First Tier Bench on the Right
Limit Wonder Creek Placer, a fir
post 4 in. square, 30 in. above
ground, marked WF-1-4-1884 for
this survey, thence S. 68 deg. 47
min. E. 1190.2 ft. to Cor. No. 1
and place of beginning, contain
ing an area of 1.481 acres.
Wonder Fraction No. 2
Magnetic variations 17 deg. 00
I
min. to IV deg. 45 min. E.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Wonder Fraction No. 2 Placer, i
identical with Cor. No. 2, Survey
No 444. Lillian Association Flac
I er, a fir post 4 in. square. 24 in.
above ground, in an earth mound
12 in. nigh, marked WF-2-1-1884
for this survey and from whence
U S L M. No. 11 bears N. 70 deg.
23 min. E. 4502.1 ft. Anvil Rock
bears N. 9 dog. 10 min. E., then
ce N. 77 deg. 06 min. W. 993.0
ft. to Cor. No. 2. identical with
Cor. No. 2 Wonder Fraction No.
1 Placer of this survey, and pre
viously described, thence N. 19
deg. (10 min. E. 143.8 ft. to Cor.
No. 3. which is identical with
Cor. No. 1 Wonder Fraction No.
1 of this survey previously des
cribed, thence S. 68 deg. 47 min.
E. 988.5 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and
place of beginning, containing an
area of 1.630 acres.
The adjoining claims are: on]
the north Survey No. 444, Lillian
Association Placer: on the east
Survey No. 1333, Florence Asso
ciation Placer and Survey No.!
1155 Linda Association Group]
Placer: on the south Survey No.
1155, Linda Association Group
Placer, Survey No. 1885, Wonder
Fraction No. 3 Placer, Survey No. (
1861. No. 6 Below Discovery Plac
er, and Survey No. 1861, No. 6]
First Tier Bench on Right Limit
Wonder Creek Placer: on the;
west Survey No. 1127, Tundra
Lakes Association Placer. The!
conflicting claims are Justice]
Placer Claim, survey No. 583, i
claimant unknown.
The location certificates for
said mining claims are recorded
in the office of the recorder of
the Cape Nome Mining District,
Territory of Alaska, in volume
208, pages 416 and 417 of the re
cords of locations of said district.
The mineral monument to
which these claims are tied is des
cribed as follows:
U. S. L. M. No. 11 is a fir post
6 in. square, 7 ft. above ground,
firmly set in a mound of stone 30
in. high. 60 in. base, marked U.
S. L. M. No. 11 and is situated
on the .ridge between Holyoke
and Bourbon Creek 70 ft. E. of
the Bessie road in Lat. 64 deg. 32
min. N. Long. 165 deg. 22 min. W.
Dated the 5th day of Aug
ust, 1937..
ALMER RYDEEN
Register
First Publication Aug. 6, 1937.
Last Publication October 6, 1937.
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Liquor Store
Open For Business
Choicest of Liquors
JIMMY HEWITT
“At The Bat”
CHAS. CAVEY
Has Opened A Liquor Store
Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors, Win*
es, and Beers.
FRONT ST. NOME.
PRINTING BLANKS CARRIED
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.
Special Power of Attorney forms
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE FOR THE NOME LAND
DISTRICT NOME. ALASKA
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
Mineral Survey No. 1889
Mineral Entry No. 0929
Notice is hereby given that Un
ited States Smelting Refining and
Mining Company, a Maine cor
poration, by and through its at
torney-in-fact, A. M. Hartford,
j whose post office address is Nome,
: Alaska, has made application for
United States Patent for the
1 Pearl Bench Placer Mining Claim
situated on the Letft iSmit of
| Cooper Gulch, a tributary of Lit
! tie Creek, in the Cape Nome Min
! ing District and Precinct, Terri
| tory of Alaska, and designated as
j United States Mineral Survey No.
: 1889 and particularly described in
j the official plat and field notes
1 now on file in the said land office
as follows:
Magnetic variations of 18 deg.
15 min. to 18 deg. 45 min. E.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Pearl Bench Placer, which is id
entical with Cor. No. 2, Survey
No. 759, Gadfly Placer, a fir post
4 in. square, 30 in. above ground,
and marked PB-1-1889 lor this
survey, from whence U.S.L.M.
No. 11 bears S 3 deg. 18 min. E.
7,574.5 ft. The E. end of Anvil
Rock bears N. 24 deg. 08 min. W.;
thence N. 83 deg. 44 min. W- 1,
293.3 ft. to Cor. No. 2, identical
with Cor. No. 1, Survey 759, Gad
fly Placer, a fir post 4 jn. square,
36 in. above ground, marked PB
2- 1889 for this survey: thence N.
12 deg. 41 min. E. 661.5 ft. to
Cor. No. 3, identical with Cor.
No. 5, survey No. 1190, No. 4 Be
low Placer, a fir post 4 in. square,
24 in. above ground, marked PB-1
3- 1889, for this survey; thence S.
75 deg. 43 min. E. 1,189.1 ft. to
Cor. No. 4, a fir post 48 in. long, i
4 in. square, set 24 in. in ground
in mound of earth and stone,
marked PB-4-1889; thence S. 1
deg. 22 min. W. 492.5 ft to Cor.
No. 1 and place of beginning, con
taining an area of 16.310 acres.
I The adjoining claims are: on
| the north Marie Placer, unsurvey
ed, and other claims unknown
and unsurveyed; on the east XYZ
Placer, unsurveyed; on the south
Survey No. 759, Gadfly Placer;
on the west Survey No. 1193, No.
4 Below Placer.
The location certificate for said
mining claim is recorded in vol
ume 171, at page 470 of the re
cords of location of the Cape
Nome Mining District and Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska.
The mineral monument to which
this claim Is tied is described as
follows:
U.S.L.M. No. 11 is a first post
6 in. square, 7 ft. above ground,
firmly set in a mound of stone 30
in. high, 60 in. base, marked U.
S. L. M. No. 11 and is situated on
the ridge between Holyoke and
Bourbon Creeks, 70 ft. E. of the
Bessie road in Lat. 64 deg. 32 min.
N. Long. 165 deg. 22 min. W.
Dated July 26th, 1937.
ALMER RYDEEN.
Register
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE FOR THE NOME LAND
DISTRICT NOME. ALASKA
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
Mineral Survey No. 1887
Mineral Entry No. 0931
Notice is hereby given that Un
ited States Smelting Refining and
Mining Company, a Maine cor
poration, by and through its at
torney-in-fact, A. M. Hartford,
whose post office address is Nome,
Alaska, has made application for
United States Patent for the
Acme Placer Mining Claim sit
uated on the Right Limit of Sat
urday Creek in the Cape Nome
Mining District and Precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska, and designated
as United States Mineral Survey
No. 1887 and particularly describ
ed in the official plat and field
notes now on file in the said land
office as follows:
Magnetic variations of 17 deg.
45 min. to 18 deg. 15 min. E.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Acme Fraction, established on
line 4-5 of Sur. No. 1117, No. 1
Below Discovery on Saturday
Creek Placer, and which is iden
tical with Cor. No. 5, Sur. No. 1,
175, Discovery Claim on Lake
Creek, from whence U.S.L.M. No.
11 bears S. 6 deg. 35 min. E. 4,761.
7 ft. Anvil Rock bears N. 13 deg.
47 min. W.: United States Signal
Corps wireless tower bears S. 9
deg. 47 min. W.; thence N. 3 deg.
14 min. W. 317.00 ft. to Cor. NoTl,
identical with Cor. No. 4, Sur. No.
1175, Discovery Claim on Lake
Creek; thence S. 48 deg. 45 min. E.
232.00 ft to Cor. No. 3, identical
with Cor. No. 1, Sur. No. 1224,
Sunny Day Placer, a fir post 42
inches long marked AC-3-1887;
thence S. 24 deg. 35 min. E. 80.3
ft. to Cor. No. 4, identical with
Cor. No. 1, Sur. No. 445, Lead
ville Claim, a fir post 48 inches
long, marked AC-4-1887; thence
S. 64 deg. 31 min. W. 210.5 ft. to
Cor. No. 1 and place of begin
ning, containing an area of 0.796!
acres.
The adjoining claims are: on
the north Sur. No. 1224, Sunny
Day Placer; on the east Sur. No.
445, Leadville Placer; on the
west Sur. No. 1175, Discovery
Claim on Lake Creek placer, on
the south Sur. No. 1117, No. 1 Be
low Discovery on Saturday Creek
Placer.
Tlie location certificate for said
mining claim is recorded in vol
ume 214, at page 144 of the re
cords of location of the Cape
Nome Mining District and Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska.
The mineral monument to which
this claim is tied is described as
follows:
U.S.L.M. No. 11 is a fir post six
inches square, seven feet above
ground in a mound of stone thir
ty inches high, sixty inches at
the base, marked U.S.L.M. No.
11 and situated on the ridge be
tween Holyoke and Bourbon
Creeks, seventy feet east of the
Bessie road in Lat. 64 deg. 32 min.
N., Long. 165 deg. 22 min. W.
Dated July 26th, 1937.
ALMER RYDEEN,
„ Re*“*'
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE FOR THE NOME LAND
DISTRICT NOME. ALASKA
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FORT
PATENT
Mineral Survey No. 1885
Mineral Entry No. 0930
Notice is hereby given that Un
ited States Smelting Refining and
Mining Company, a Maine co>
poration, by and through its at
tomey-in-faet. A. M. Hartford,
whose post office address is Nome,
AlasJta, has made application for
United States Patent for the
Wonder Fraction No. 3 Placer
Mining Claim situated on the Left
Limit of Wonder Creek, a trib
I utary of Center Creek, adjoining
the Linda Association Placer,
| Survey No. 1155, in the Cape
Nome Mining District and Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska, and de
signated as United States Min
eral Survey No. 1885 and partic
ularly described in the official
plat and filed notes now on file
in the said Land Office as follows:
Magnetic variations 17 deg. 15
min. to 17 deg. 45 min. E.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Wonder Fraction No. 3 Placer
Claim, identical with Cor. No. 1,
Survey No. 1861, No. 6 Below
Discovery Placer, a fir post 4 in.
square, 30 in. above ground, mark
ed WF-3-1-1885 for this survey,
from which U.S.L.M. No. 11 bears
N 76 deg. 05 min. 30 sec. E. 5,
366.06 ft., Anvil Rock bears N. 13
deg. 35 min. E.; thence S. 18 dee.
53 min. W. 637.4 ft. to Cor. No. 2,
identical with Cor. No. 1 Survey
1848, Wonder Bench Placer, a fir
post 4 in. square, 24 in. above
ground, marked WF-3-2-1885 for
this survey; thence N. 71 deg. 08
min. W. 128.5 ft. to Cor. No. 3,
identical with Cor. No. 5, survey
No. 1848, Wonder Bench Placer,
a fir post 4 in. square, 24 in. above
ground, marked WF-3-3-1885, for
this survey; thence N. 30 deg. 16
min. E. 650.00 ft. to Cor. No. 1
and place of beginning, contain
ing an area of 0.940 acres.
The adjoining claims are: on
the north Survey No. 1884, Won
der Fraction No. 1 Placer and
Survey No. 1884, Wonder Fraction
No. 2 Placer; on the east Survey
No. 1155, Linda Association Group
Placer; on the south Survey 1846,
Wonder Bench; on the west Sur
vey No. 1861, No. 6 Below Discov
ery Placer.
The location certificate for said
mining claim is recorded in Vol
ume 208 at page 416 of the re
cords of location of the Cape
Nome Milling District and Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska.
The mineral monument to which
this claim la tied is described ae
follows:
U. S. Xj. M. No. 11 is a fir post
6 in. square* 7 ft above ground,
firmly set in a mound of stone 30
in- high, 6« in. base, marked U.
S. L. M. No. 11 and is situated ors
the ridge between Holyoke and
Bourbon Creek 70 ft. E. of the
Bessie road in Lat 64 deg. 32
Long. 165 deg. 22 min. W.
Dated July 26th, 1037.
AIMER S YDEJEN,