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LOCAL NEWS
PILOT BROWN
NAT RETURNS
FROM WT. MT.
Pilot Brown of the Northern Air
Transport, who flew to White Moun
tain and Golovin yesterday, return
ed from White Mountain this morn
ing with N. Lester Troast as a re
turning passenger. Pilot Brown is
scheduled for a flight to Kotebue as
soon as weather will permit, with a
native passenger, who was a prison
er in the federal jail here.
PAA MAIL PLANE
FLIES TO NOME
WITH BIG MAIL
The Pacific Alaska Airways mail
plane, Pilot Robbins, arrived Nome
about 1 p.m. this afternoon from
Fairbanks. He left Fairbanks yes
terday morning on schedule but due
to unfavorable weather conditions
on the coast, was unable to come on
into Nome until today. He is due
to take off on his return flight to
morrow morning, weather permitt
' ing.
Pilot Robbins was forced to stop
overnight at Nulato and continued
on today, stopping at Koyuk for
some time until weather cleared.
ROUST AIRWAYS
PLANES RECEIVE
2 NEW ENGINES
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The Roust Airways planes have
been undergoing improvements and
changes of motors. Both planes now
have new motors installed and after
the Completion of other work will
again take to the air.
BIG SHIPMENT
BOOKS IN NOME
STILL HELD UP
There were about eleven or twel
ve cases of books sent into Nome on
the last boat from Seattle, to take
the place of the libraries which
were destroyed in the Are. The Seat
tie Chamber of Commerce sent the
books in, which were gathered from
many different sources, the public
libraries in Seattle, private dona
tions and collections.
The shipment was consigned to A.
W. Kay, but Mr. Kay is not here.
He was formerly employed as assay
er by the Miners and Merchants
Bank of Nome. The intention of
sripping the books to Nome was to
supply a public demand for reading
matter.
Efforts are now being made to re
lease the shipment so that the books
will become available to the public
as soon as possible. The Alaska
Steamship Co., local agent Jas. P.
Daly is attempting to ascertain
where Mr. Kay is at present and see
if the books, which are now lodged
in the Nohalico warehouse, may be
released for public reading.
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FIRST HOUSE
WARMING NOME
BUSINESS DIST.
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The first house-warming in the
new business district, will take
place tomorrow evening at the new
building of the Nome Motor Com
pany, located at Front Street and
Hunter Way. Elaborate prepara
tions for furnishing entertainment
of dancing etc., and other special
numbers, have been taken care of
and everything is declared to be in
order for the big opening. It is un
derstood that several other busi
ness concerns are planning on house
warmings when their buildings are
completde and ready for occupanc
cy. It is a good way to establish
popularity and christen your new
buildings; so "let ’er vent.”
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SOFT WEATHER
BERING SEA IS
FREE OF ICE
Soft melting weather • has again
returned to Nome, removing all of
the slush and ice which completely
covered Bering Sea the early part
of the week. According to condi
tions at present, and all available
indications, Bering Sea may remain
open until December 1st., a record
which has not been equalled since
1925.
MIROW FLIES IN
FROM INTERIOR
TOWN FRIDAY
Pilot Hans Mirow of the Mirow
Air Service returned to Nome this
afternoon from Faibanks, with a
capacity load of express. He had as
a passenger to Nulato, government
nurse Mrs. Brady. Pilot Mirow took
off from Fairbanks yesterday and
was forced to stop overnight at Nul
ato, coming on to Nome today, after
remaining at Koyuk for about two
hours waiting for the weather to
clear sufficiently to follow the coast
into Nome.
Old Time Alaskan
Collector Resigns
From U S Service
J. J. Hillard, Deputy U. S. Collect
or of Customs, left on the Northland
for Wrangell, where he will take
the place to be left vacant by the
retirement on October 31 of Robert
William James Reed, former collect
or at that city until the arrival from
Nome of Deputy U. S. Collector of
Customs L. J. Chilberg, who has
been permanently transferred to
the Wrangell office, says the Jun
eau Empire.
Mr. Reed first entered the United
States. Customs Service at Nome
during the navigation seasons of
1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907, until Aug
ust 21, 1908, when he was appointed
Deputy U. S. Customs Collector and
Inspector of Customs at Nome. He
was appointed Deputy Collector in
Charge at Nome April 1, 1910, and
remained there until he was trans- •
ferred to Wrangell, February 1,
1930, as Deputy Collector in Charge
of the office there. He has now
reached the retirement age, 70
years, and this becomes effective
on October 31, of this year.
“Mr. Reed has served long and
faithfully in the United States Cus
toms department in Alaska and will
be greatly missed by all in the ser
vice,” J. J. Connors, United States
Collector of Customs for Alaska,
said today.
Mr. Reed will soon leave for a vac
ation in the States and hsi further
plans are still indefinite, it is said.
Mr. Chilberg, who will replace him,
has been in charge of the Customs
office at Nome for some time.
THE MOST GORGEOUS SELEC
TION OF BEAUTIFUL DRESSES
EVER RECEIVED
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A
SHIPMENT OF DRESSES ON THE
LAST* AIRPLANE BUT FIND
THAT WE HAVE NO FACILITIES ^
TO DISPLAY THEM.
IN ORDER THAT THE LADIES
OF NOME MAY HAVE THE OP
PORTUNITY TO MAKE SELEC
TIONS WE ARE PLACING THEM
ON SALE AT OUR RESIDENCE
AT FIRST AVENUE & D STREET.
THE SALE WILL COMMENCE
AT llfcOO A.M. SHARP THURSDAY
THIS SHIPMENT IS PRICED
VERY CLOSE IN ORDER TO
CLOSE OUT THIS LOT AT ONCE.
YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED AT
THE LOW PRICES AND VERY
LATEST MODELS.
! A.POLET