THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD. Editor
RUSSELL G. MAYNARD, Manager.
Published every evening except Sunday by The Nome
Publishing Company, Nome. Alaska.
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Arrangements
Being Made To
Sail The Ships
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of shipyard machinists and tug_
boat workers here and in Los
Angeles continued.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2, —
Post Office authorities notified the
public that mail services would
be resumed with the expected
sailings of the President Hoover
from here, the President Grant
from Seattle Saturday;-and the
President Wilson from San Pedro
Sunday, augmented by the sail
ing of the President McKinley
from Seattle on the 13th of the
month.
Steamship officials expected
capacity bookings up to seven
hundred passengers on the Pres
ident Hoover.
Two minor outbreaks of viol,
ence, from which the strike has
been notably free, occurred at
Los Angeles. A newspaper photo
grapher was taking pictures, and
fell, breaking his ankle when a
ladder was kicked from under
him by a seaman and two assist
ant pursers, his attackers, as they
left the federal building which
was picketed by sailors protest,
ing against the issuance of em_
ployment Tecord books as requir
ed by the Copeland Act.
Neither owners nor labor lead,
ers expected the two minor strik
es of the shipyard machinists and
tug boaters, to prevent the end
ing of the major maritime strike.
MINERS AND DREDGE MEN
How Mining Claims can be
Staked in Alaska, length, Bread
th, how many, and the Associa
tion Claim, described in detail, in
pamphlet form, for sale at The
Nugget Office, for 10 cents.
Gold Tax Bill
Calls Increase
In Net Incomes
(Special to the Nugget)
JUNEAU, Feb. 2. — John Lich
tenberg, representative from the
Second Division, introduced two
memorials urging the extension
of the Nome.Shelton tramway ac
ross the Kuzitrin river, the com
pletion of eight miles of road
from Teller to Gold Run and the
construction of an aviation field
■at Candle
By a vote of six to two the
senate passed Roden’s bill to
change the date of the general
election from September to Oc
tober. Rivers and Powers were
against the measure for the reas_
on that mining activities are fin
ished, in the interior in September
and that by October many have
gone outside.
Rivers introduced a bill provid
in,g for the payment of the same
filing fees by independent, candi
dates, as by party candidates.
A resolution by Senator Rivers
of Fairbanks urges support of
the Dimond bill to permit the
bonding of the Territory up to
two million dollars.
In the House, representatives
Harry Race of the First and Nell
Scott of the Third are authors of
a resolution which directs the
territorial treasurer to set aside
twenty thousand dollas into a
fun for the construction of new
buildings at the Pioneer’s Home,
and ultimately to take care of
women pioneers.
Race introduced a blil provid.
ing for an increase in taxes on
net incomes of mines.
The scale follows: up to fifty
thousand dollars no change; ov
er fifty thousand and up to one
hundred thousand dollars one and
threejfourths percent; over a hun
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NOME, ALASKA.
Month January
Sets Records In
Several Fields
The outstanding conditions of
the U. S. Weather Bureau record
at Nome for January were the
record snowfall and the third
mildest in thirty_one years of re
cords. More dense fog and 'low
clouds were observed than any
January since 1930.
The mean temperature this
month was 18.8 degrees compar
ed to the normal of 3.2 the daily
excess being 15.6. The mean max
imum temperature was 26.6 deg
rees and the mean minimum 11.1
degrees. The lowest temperature
was —18 on the 2nd while the
highest was 34 on the eight. The
greatest daily range was 37 de_
grees on the 1st while the least
was 4 on the 9th. The monthly
range was 52 degrees.
Precipitation occurred on 27
days during the month for a tot
al of 4.47 inches which exceeds
the normal of 1.18 inches by 3.29
inches. Snowfall amounted to
’1.8 inches, some partly melting
at it fell. The amount on the
ground at the end of the month
was 38.2 inches. Rain fell at tim
es on four days during the month.
The greatest precipitation in 24
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given, that
Chas. Alexander has been ap
pointed, by the Probate Court,
for the Cape Nome Precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Administrator
of the Estate of JOHN LEPRI,
deceased, and all persons having
claims against the said Estate are
required to present the same,
with proper vouchers, within six
months from the date of this
notice to the undersigned admin
istrator in the City of Nome,
Territory of Alaska.
Dated this the 12th day of Jan
uary, 1937.
Chas. Alexander,
Administrator of the Estate of
John Lepri, deceased.
Publish—Jan. 12, 19, 26, Feb. 2.
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hours was in form of snow on the
20th when 6.8 inches of snowfall
amounted to .66 inch.
Sunshine occurred during the
month for only 39.0 hours out
of a possible amount of 165.8
hours; the percentage of possible |
being 24 percent. Only two days
were recorded as clear, five part,
ly cloudy and 24 cloudy.
The total wind movement was
9,360 miles during 744 hours for
an average hourly velocity of
12.6 miles per hour. The pre
vailing direction was from the
Northeast The maximum velo
city for a five minute period was
thirty eight miles per hour from
tihe northwest on the 24th.
Auroras were observed on the
11th and 12th. Dense fog was re_
corded on the 5, 7, 8, 14 and 18th
while many light fogs occurred
in conjunction with snowstorms.
Sleet fell on the 26th. Lunar hal
os were observed on the 22nd,
14th and 29th while solar halos
occurred on the 17th, 22nd. 24th
and 29th. The mean relative hu
midity was 89 percent at 1 a.m.
ar.d 86 percent at 1 pm
Upper Air Data
The maximum velocity attain,
ed in upper air ascensions dur
ing the month was 53 miles per
hour from the northwest at an
altitude of 2034 feet above the
surface on the 24th at 5:53 a.m.
The maximum altitude reached
was 20,964 feet at 11:10 a.m. on
January 22nd. The direction and
velocity at this altitude was west
southwest 52 miles per hour.
Thomas B. Hayward
Meteorologist
11,000 Alaska
men and women
on the payroll
QUESTION: How many Alaska people depend on the Canned
Salmon Industry for all or part of their income?
ANSWER: The industry furnishes employment for over
11,000 local workers and fishermen. The canneries give
more jobs to Alaska workers during the fishing sea
son than any other industry does.
S>&£**ton (A&cipe, or'tfit ClJe&k.
SALMON COMBINATION GRILL
I lb. can salmon
Mashed potatoes
Melted butter
2 large or 4 small bananas
8 grapefruit sections
Thoroughly chill salmon in can, drain
and slice into 4 even circles; place each
circle of salmon on a mound of mashed
potatoes. Place on a baking sheet. Pipe
potatoes around edge of each salmon
round and brush with melted butter. Sur
round mounds with fruit prepared as
follows: Cut bananas in half lengthwise.
Roll in flour that has been seasoned with
salt and pepper.Then roll floured bananas
in melted hutter. Sprinkle grapefruit sec
tions with dash of salt and sugar. Place
baking sheet containing salmon mounds
and fruit under broiler (or in very hot
oven, 475° F.) and broil until delicately
brown. Remove from heat and arrange on
serving platter, putting salmon mounds
down the center, banana slices at both
ends,grapefruit sections alongsides.Gar
nish with parsley. Serve with mixed sweet
pickles and hot rolls. Serves 4.
This recipe is typical of those appearing in the national
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