The Nome nugget., May 19, 1934, Page FIVE, Image 5

About The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1919-1934

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NEWS I
PIXCHOT DEFEATED
(By The Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA, May 16, Pin- j
chot today conceded defeat, giv- ,
ing the election to Read, who is
leading him by more than one
hundred thousand votes.
J NEWS OK TRANSFER
(By The Associated Press)*
SEATTLE, May 14. The trans
fer of \V. R. Mulvihill, 90n of the
Mayor of Ska gw ay, and employed
by the Alaska division of the local
Railway Express Co officials, to
Juneau, to take charge of the new
ly established office there, was an
nounced today. He was formerly
a Lieutenant in the National
Guards.
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MINING CLAIMS EXEMPT
ASSESSMENT WORK
i By The Associaiel liens)
WASHINGTON, May 15, The
Dimond bill exempting mining
claims in Alaska from assessment
work for the year 1984, was sign
ed today by President Roosevelt.
Under this measure individuals
are exempt from doing assessment
on claims up to six claims, and
corporations or partnerships up to
twelve claims. Such claims are
limited to twenty acres each.
Persons, partnerships or corpora
tions who paid income tax in 1933
are not exempt. Notice of exemp
tion claim must be filed before
July 1st.
TO INAUGURATE NEW
AIRPLANE HEltVICI
SEATTLE. May 15, Frank Dor
bandt well known Alaskan pilot
■today announced the inauguratior
of a new Alaskan airline, wi.fl
regular freight anid passengei
service between Cordova, Anchor
age and Paittoenks.
He said he expected to extent
the line to Siberia within ten mon
I
tlw or- a year. poiiiiandt is due
to sail for the north Saturday
with one of the five largest plan
es to be used on the line.
ATTEMPT ( X) ATHOL
MI X ITIONS TRAKEIC
i By The Assoelatod P/essl
WASHINGTON, May lv
Itoojjevelt asked the Senate to
ratify the Geneva Arms and Mun
itions convention in a move to
othtain control of the munitions
traffic.
PROPOSE 'TO END STRIKE
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1* —
A defiinite proposal to end the
strike*—was made by waterfront
employers of San Fraftuiseo. The
proposal includes the request by
employers for the establish in :*nt
of the open shop; and control
by tire employers of hiring dis
| patching longshoremen. The
' strikers, Lewis said, want r< ugm
tlon of the closed shop and the
i right 10 hire dispatch w rkers,
besides wage increases and short
er hours.
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! l*EBUSHKR OK NOME Nl (l(*ET
ON FIRST TRIl* OUTSIDE
twenty years
Geo. S. Maynard, Editor and
Publisher of the Nome Nugget,
tfor the past twenty years, left
last Monday by airplane with The
Roust Airway®, for Fairbanks, en j
j route to the States for his Hist ^
'vacation in twenty years. During .
his absence his son, Russell, will
'manage and edit the paper.
Mr. Maynard, receiving news
that hip parents in Jernvyn, Penn
sylvania were sariously ill, expects
j to fly bank there and visit them
I for the first time since 1915. He
| expects to stop at Chicago and
1 visit the World's Fair, which is
I reopening the latter part of this
month for a continued engage
ment. If arrangements work out
property, Mr. Maynard expects to
[return to Nome again in about
[six months,
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Jackets At 9.75
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Sport Coats, ^ U p to 30.00
Blouses, 2.50 to- 3.75
Sweaters, 2.50 to 3.75
Scarfs, , . 1.50 to 2.00
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llt.WSI’OltTJ.NG DKKIM1K
INTO TI1K KOLGAROK
W. J. Itowe, the popular and ]
ivell known transfer and freight- |
ing man of Nome and Seward I
IMi.inaulu, arrived bark i/n Nome
[as! Sunday evening about- 5 p.m.
,fter eotn.plKing the Transportation
of .1 gold mining dredge .from the
vYlniiy of Solomon river, to Nug
t Gulch, in the Kougarok.
Fallowing a hearty meal, Mr.
Rowe, who had gone to bed early
Sunday evening, suffered a com
nl»; e collapse, aHer" his past four
months or extreme hardships and
work of hauling by horse team,
t so tons- of dredge “'material, a
i.iwlance of approximately 65 mil
l's.. lie was taken to the hospital
wtyere he is now convalescing and
tk-uperating. The terrific grind j
f managing !h s large .haul dur- ]
ug the hard's.*, months of the i
.•.■inter seriously drained his energy j
!1 a vitality, and it is believed i
i long rest and ipp irtnnity to re-]
r'cnish his strength and nervous]
sy leip will do Mr. Itowe a great ]
ol of good.
Mr. Itowe arrived by dog leant 1
d'nun Cape Nome and Solomon. ;
Mow ug ht-3 arrival nere, rveij, j
piece nf equipment was brought ;
i) \'imie from that section, arriv- !
itig late Sunday night. The haul
was made from about thirty mil- '
cs u ntil i f Sclonion. or the month
c a' < i < U, I,, a* i bin about 10
m' cs from tiie tin u‘b of Ikihl
Ccek or Nugget Gulch. >
Approximately 153 tons of ma
terial were hauled hv the use of
twenty-two horses and six sleds,
employing six men.
Hauling Took ft Months
The contract and actual haul
ing commenced about the middle
of January an.,1 continued until the
final load was delivered at Nug
get Gulch, May 5th. It took about
eight days to make a round trip
during the hours of short day
light, and then later in the spring
only about five days, depending
on good weather.
Three Main ('amp*
Three main cam ms were eeabllsli
eri as • depots along the route,
one at Coal Creek, from where
I ho dredee was hauled, then an
other catnip at American Creek and
the third camp at the mouth of
(lie Kuzitrln Iliver. Front the
third camp into Nugget- Gulch was
made in auother haul, a distance
of about 35 miles.
Extreme Culd Temperature
Between the middle and latter
part of February proved to be
the hardest period of the entire
joti, duo to the extreme cold
temperature, ‘sometime* rung!:.?
from 50 to TO degrees below zero.
This cold existed for about ona
mon h and a half.
Twenitiy-kiwo horses were used on
the job but the lloss of five of
them was suffered duo to the
cold and storm's. freezing their
lungs and then being exposed to
the c l'tnetvts.
Chas. Kennedy, well known
Nnnteito has taken charge of Mr.
Rows’* transfer outfit, while he
is in the ‘hospital.
ft was also learned that Clyde
While and his orerw are now bus
ily engaged m constructing the
dredge, following the arrival of
the last, load of equipment on May
fifth.
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