THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO S. MAYNARD. Editor
RUSSELL G MAYNAKD. Manager
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PUBLICIZING ALASKA
Action of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce look
ing toward creation of a full time executive secretary
ship to permit nationwide exploitation of Alaska meets
with approval of the Juneau Empire. Aim of the capi
tal city leaders is to establish an “Alaskan publicity
bureau.”
Such action is timely, remarks the Empire, because
at no previous time has such widespread interest in
Alaska been evinced throughout the States. “True,”
continues the Juneau newspaper, “in gold rush days
hordes poured in; but most of them came merely to
quickly exploit, make a stake, and leave.” • Continuing,
the Empire says: The revived interest in gold mining
is attracting capital that anticipates a much longer pull,
resulting in operations which will extend over many
years, and sustain population over a protracted period.
The Matanuska project has and is demonstrating to
millions of uninformed that Alaska is not ice, snow and
gold, but an agricultural country as well.
Our huge fisheries and the excellent advertising
they are getting through co-operative packers’ nation
wide campaign are graphically making hundreds of
thousands of people aware of Alaska’s importance as
a source of food supply.
The growing fur-farming industry in Alaska is grad
ually supporting more Alaska residents, and undoubt
edly can support more, permanently; lumbering is ad
vancing, the world’s greatest paper-pulp supply is only
awaiting development.
The first eight months of this year 31,606 passengers
have come to Alaska from the United States and Brit
ish Columbia, according to the collector of customs re
port, a large proportion of which were tourists.
Alaska is definitely on its way, but a bureau along
the lines which the chamber of commerce is consider
ing can be of inestimable value.
The steamship and railroad companies have carried
on an excellent advertising campaign, the successful
results of which are obvious.
Properly set-up a bureau such as the chamber is
contemplating could assist the transportation compan
ies in the continuance of their efforts.
Equally if not more important the personnel of such
a bureau could tie-in the further development and in
crease the prosperity of the Territory, by being a clear
ing house for factual information, ranging from mining,
and farming, to all types—hunting, fishing, hiking,
camping, cruising, and all out-door sports that tourists
seek, and which Alaska can offer in abundance.
Such a bureau could work with and encourage Alas
kans in various sections to build up tourist attractions,
to make it easy for the big game hunter to arrange his
hunts, or the tourist-fisherman his fishing expeditions,
or provide accomodations for those who would vaca
tion for a week or more in Alaska if suitable arrange
ments were assured.
The direct, profitable benefits of co-ordinated effort
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in “selling” a state, a community, a district, are on re
cord literally from Maine to California.
Alaska can do likewise. The start of the project is
in most capable hands, the committee consisting of
Allen Shattuck, H.L. Faulkner and A.B. Phillips. From
Juneau’s start it is hoped that all the chambers of com
merce throughout the Territory will co-operate and
through the Territorial Chamber of Commerce, which
M. S. Whittier has served so well as executive secre
tary the establishment of the bureau will be consum
mated.
DID YOU EVER STOP TO THINK?
By Edson R. Waite, Shawnee, Oklahoma
In every successful town and city you will find a
live, hard-working bunch of business men who place
community spirit alongside or in front of their own
business needs.
In other towns or cities where opportunity is just as
great yet progress is not so evident, you will find that a
lack of community spirit is holding them back. They
are not successful.
Community building is the modern business man’s
most important duty. No man can selfishly think of
his own business interests alone and achieve his fullest
success, for as his community grows so will his business
grow.
If a man not interested enough to get enthusiastic
and get his shoulders behind his community needs, he
had bettet pull out and start again in some place that1
he is sold on.
WELCOME ADVICE
For years most of us have been intending to be
gin taking cold morning plunges. There was nothing
like it, we understood, for giving one that rosy glow,
not to mention vim, vigor and vitality.
But, what with one thing or another, we never got
around to it. One feel of the water, and we invariably
realized that we would have to skip it if we weren’t to
be late for work. Not timidity, understand. Just that
we never seemed to get around to it.
At the same time, there have been a few, more
spartan-like in nature, who have been taking the frigid
matutinal plunges regularly. But even those few
must recently have been shuddering at the approach
of chill autumn days.
Now comes the information that a New York phy
sician has warned that cold baths are harmful. He has
only himself to blame if he finds himself smothering in
a flood of laudatory wires and letters.
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Nov. Weather
(U. S. Weather Bureau)
Temperature above the normal
featured this month’s meteoro.
logical summary compiled by the
Nome U. S. Weather Bureau
office. It was the warmest mon
th since 1929. Another outstand
ing condition was the rainfall
during the forepart of the month.
Precipitaiton was above normal.
The mean temperature for the
month was 18.0 degrees compar.
ed to the normal of 15.3 The
mean maximum was 23.5 while
the mean minimu was 13.6. The
highest temperature was 41 on
the 1st and the lowest minus 10
on the 20th.
Precipitation occurred on 14
days during the month for a to_
tal of 1.34. The normal for Nov
ember is 0.94 inches. The great.
e9t fall in 24 hours was 0.54 inch
on November 1.2 in form of rain.
1.9 inches of snow fell in 24
hours on the 21st. The greatest
amount of snow on the ground
was 4.7 inches.
Sunshine was recorded on 19
days during the month which is
above the average. 90.8 hours of
sunshine were observed out of a
possible amount of 195.2 hours,
for a percentage of 47. Clear
skies were observed on 13 days,
partly cloudy 2 and cloudy 15.
The total wind movement was
7640 miles in 720 hours for an
average hourly velocity of 10.6.
The prevailing direction for the
month was northeast. The maxi
mum velocity for a five minute
period was 34 miles per hour
from the North on the 28th.
Light fog and moderate fog oc
curred on 6 days during the
month while no dense fogs were
recorded. Auroras were numer.
ous and noted on 13 days. Lun.
ar halos were observed on the
23rd and 24th.
Nome Upper Air Data
The maximum velocity attain
ed during the month was 101
miles per hour at an altitude of
8600 feet above the surface at
6:14 ajm. on Nov. 16. The dir_
ection was from the Northwest.
The maximum altitude reached
was 36,875 feet above the sur.
face on November 28th at 11:36
a.m. The direction and velocity
at this ahitude was southwest
twenty.seven miles per hour.
THOMAS B. HAYWARD
Meteorologist
Italy’s II Duce
This is a new character study of
Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy
made when he led a throng of 50.000
in a celebration marking the four
teenth anniversary of the famous
“March on Rome." (Associated
Press Photo)
0. S. Weaver Is
Elected as Vice
Pres. Chamber
At a special Board of Directors
meeting this morning, of the
Northwestern Alaska Chamber
of Commerce, O. S. Weaver,
manager of the Northern Light
& Power Co. and the Alaska T.
& T. Co., was elected to the pos
ition of Vice-President of the
chamber.
Mr. Weaver, who has been ac
tive on past board of directors’
councils, occupies the position
formerly held by Thos. D. Jen
sen, who left Nome this summer
for Flat, Alaska, where he is as
sociated in the banking and gen
eral mercantile business with
Harry Donnelly, following his
resignation from the office.
Other subjects discussed at the
meeting included the report on
the formation of a legislative pro
gram for the Second Division of
Alaska, which the chamber is
sponsoring. Work is progressing
rapidly, and resolutions concern
ing proposed legislation should
be ready for publication soon, it
was announced.
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