The Truth About . . .
Berries and Mushrooms
By RAY PIERCE
Cooperative Extension Service
University of Alaska
Have you heard the story about
Alaskan Cactus ? An old sour
dough was sick of answering the
same old questions about his gar
den asked by passing tourists, so
he “planted” an old caribou horn
with just the tip showing through. 1
and then each day he would get
up early and sneak out when no !
one was around and pull the horn
up just a little. This way he es
tablished a remarkable growth
rate for his “Alaskan cactus.”
The tourists, of course, stopped
asking this particular sourdough
any more questions, but to those
who did he pointed out that his
cactus had “just jumped out of the
ground trying to get away from
the permafrost.”
This is the time of year when
the oldtimers begin to tire of
telling lies to the tourists and
begin thinking about picking wild
berries and mushrooms before the
long winter sets in.
A couple of pieces of informa
tion, that contain!- nothing but the
truth, are available from your
nearest Extension Service office to
help you with berry and mush
room picking.
“Wild Blueberries and Huckle
berries” is just one of four pub
lications out on various Alaskan
berries. It has drawings of the
berries as well as dope on how to
use them in different recipes.
“Know Alaska's Mushrooms” is
a new publication, written by two
mushroom experts from Anchor
age, Mrs. Virginia Wells and Mrs.
Phyllis Kempton. It has seven
color plates, reproduced from
water color drawings made by
Mrs. Wells.
The SS Nenana is expected to j
finish unloading late tonight and I
depart for Golovin and St. Michael,!
after a delay here due to bad
weather.
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Charlies
Barber Shop
Open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Phone 2343
Leaking Tank Car Spreads
Deadly Chlorine Gas Over
Residential District
PHILADELPHIA (3 — A leak
from a tank car near a chemical j
firm sent clouds of chlorine gas ‘
billowing into the sky in the j
heavy residential and industrial j
northeast section of the city today. \
sending at least 200 persons to
hospitals.
Police reported that adults and !
children in area simply dropped j
011 the streets.
The leak was capped by a team
of masked fireman using a device
known as a chlorine capping unit,
but not before many persons, in
cluding 17 firemen, were hospital
ized.
Every fire rescue squad in the
city was dispatched to the scene
and scores of firemen, wearing gas
masks and air packs, searched the
deserted streets for persons over
come.
Witnesses reported a yellowish
glow could be seen in the sky for
miles. They said many dead pets—
dogs, cats, and birds—were found
in the neighborhood.
Apparently the gas evaporated
about three hours after the leak
and the worst was over.
Small Fire Tuesday
The fire department was called
on Tuesday to the Harry Knudson
cabin on Second Ave., which is
unoccupied. Slight damage result
| ed from a small fire on the tar
! paper on the outside of the build
! ing caused by children playing
j with matches.
Nome Teachers Arrive
Air. and Mrs. Archie Euwer
! have arrived from Virginia and
will be teaching in the Nome
School this year. They are not new
to Alaska, having taught in Kot
zebue recently and returned to the
north because they like Alaska.
Lt. Ronald Engstrom is tempor
arily officer in charge of the First
Scout Battalion, Alaska National
Guard, as Major Robert Steele has
gone “outside” for special train
ing and Captain William Caldwell
has been called to Juneau head
quarters.
NO GAMES TONIGHT
AT ST. JOSEPH'S HALL
OMAN’S
Bargain Counter
Dry Goods — Wolf Ruffs
Open 3 to 9 Weekdays
All Day Saturday
LOMEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
Sales Office: Dial 2234 Wriie Box 700
600 MORE bags of ZONOLITE have arrived on the dock!
This time it is ‘ ECONO-FILL'’ grade and IS a BARGAIN
at the REGULAR PRICE of $3.25 per bag.
SALE CONTINUES THRU SATURDAY, AUGUST 10
$2.65 PER BAG!
THIS IS AN INTRODUCTORY OFFER
Commencing Friday fhe price will be $3.25 per bag. U-Haul.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
House Will Soon Write
It's Version of Proposed
Tax-Cut Legislation
WASHINGTON L4P> — A sweep- ,
ing revision of the capital gains
tax was agreed on today by the
House Ways and Means Commit
tee.
This cleared the way for the
tax writers to complete next week
their version of a proposed $10
billion over-all tax cut bill.
The House is expected to vote
on the bill in September.
With most of the details settled,
the committee expects to come to
grips next week with the question
that interests most individual tax
payers — what new rates will be
recommended?
These apparently cannot be as
low as President Kennedy pro
posed, since the committee has
not provided as much counter
balancing revenue gain as the
President suggested.
A rough estimate by a commit
tee spokesman today was that the
revisions so far agreed on would
increase revenues, directly and
indirectly, by about $1 billion
during the first year.
Kennedy’s proposed revenue
code revisions would have raised
an estimated $3.2 billion to offset
the losses from rate slashes.
In its action on taxation of
capital gains — the profit on in
vestments and other assets sold
after a specific holding period—
the committee recommended set
ting up a new category that would
benefit owners who held the as
sets as long as two years.
MMM Hospital Admitted: Wm.
Harris, Lester Bronson, Marcella
Hernandez.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Annogi
yuk are the parents of a daughter
born on Aug. 7. The parents are
from Savoonga.
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Hernan
dez are the parents of a son born
this morning at the hospital.
Alcoholics Anonymous meeting
Saturday evening, 7:30, Conference
Room, MMM Hospital.
ATTENTION MASONS
All 32nd Degree Masons who
will be in Nome on the 19th of
August and who are interested in
advancing to Shrine, please con
tact Jack Reed at 2345 or 2620.
WANTED IMFEDIATELY —Man
or woman to supply Rawleigh
products to consumers in Nome
& vicinity. Can earn $50 week
ly part time—$100 or more full
time. Write Rawleigh, 306 Ade
line, Oakland, Calif. 94607
HOUSE FOR SALE —2-b.r. fur
nished, refrig., deep freeze. Call
2285 or see at 677 1st Ave. 95p
HAMMOND ORGANS: Perfect in
strument for Nome. Needs no
tuning. Phone 2460 for informa
tion. tf
FOR SALE—Groceries and miscel
laneous household items. Sun
day, 2-5 p.m. Corinne Kerfoot.
FOUND—Dog tag ot an Iyoutun
guk. Call at Nugget.
I SELL Those Surplus Items. Let
a Nugget Want Ad convert them
1 into cash for you!
NOMERAMA THEATER
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
NEW CHAPTER STARTS TONIGHT
SUNDAY anil MONDAY
PARRISH
Troy Donohue -:- Claudette Colbert -:- Karl Malden
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i PTARMIGAN SEASON
OPENS SATURDAY
Ptarmigan season opens on Sat
urday, Aug. 10, with a bag limit
of 20 birds per day.
Fish and Game enforcement
, agent Joe Brantley cautions all
hunters to observe the regulation
that birds cannot be shot from a
public road or across the road or
from a vehicle.
From all indications there are
plenty of ptarmigan in the area
this year for a good hunting sea
son.
Cancer Crusade Rummage
Sale Now Under Way
The 1963 Cancer Crusade is now
under way and rummage sale con
1 tributions are pouring into the
■ building known as the Question
Mark where the items are being
sorted and priced by Mrs. Hubert
. Gilbert and her volunteer helpers,
i The Beta Sigma Phi have volun
teered to make the house-to-house
■ campaign and residents are re
• quested to have their contribu
> tions handy tonight between 6
and 7 o’clock.
The downtown campaign will
be handled by Tom Balone and
Jack Carpenter, stated Mrs. Gil
bert, and the crusade will be con
( eluded on Saturday.
' NOTE OF THANKS
We wish to thank everyone
for their expressions of condolence
and their many acts of kindness
i after the death of our father and
grandfather, Henry Agloinga.
i —Richard Nershak Family
STRAUB
Service Center
Radio & TV
Appliance Repair
House Rentals
Phone 2260
MIDNIGHT SUN FESTIVAL
POLAR BEAR RUG IS PRIME
ATTRACTION IN OHIO
I The winner of the Midnight
Sun Festival prize, the beautiful
polar bear rug which was won by
Bette Gibson, has arrived at
Fainesville, Ohio, and has created
quite a sensation.
Bette Gibson works at a travel
agency there where the bear is
on display and is quite an exhibit
in the interest of tourists as well
as townspeople who want to know
I how it got there. Even the ex
i pressman, stated Miss Gibson in
her letter to Johnnie Reardon,
Festival manager, couldn't help
waiting upon its delivery and he
helped with the unpacking.
IN MAGISTRATE'S COURT
Victor Merryfield was given a
$100 fine for driving while intox
icated and a 30-day suspended
sentence on the condition that he
repair the damages to another ve
hicle, the patrol car, also his dri
vers license was suspended for a
period of 3 years.
Another charge of reckless driv
ing was dismissed.
Roy Kinnick was fined for driv
ing a motorcycle without a drivers
license.
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M Lord and Lady Shop
Announces
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Stew, Chops, Roasts and Steaks
PORK SPARE RIBS L. 63‘
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ALASKA-GROWN
LETTUCE & CABBAGE „ 33'
NC COMPANY^
Alaska** Pioneer Merchant*
Phone 2243 Free Delivery
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