The Nome nugget., 1920-03-06
COUNCIL NAMES
 ELECTION BOARD

v"Se"Stoiheu pidceS anu with IeW spectators on hand to witness the pro. ceedings. the city council at Monday nights meeting transacted an unusual volume of business. including tn, :.p- pointment of the election board which will preside over the forthcoming municipal and school elections The Icouncil also took an active hand in the suppression of immortality among the Eskimo by authorizing the ap- pointment of wha: may be termed l native morality suuad." composed Of three native males. w!,o vii, ke ,p virtue and help ir the suppression of Illicit rt Iations between the Eskimo (and ceit,in white clements Of loase moral propensities.
 The council found so much business to do that the session lasted until close to II r. m. Under the head of com munica..trs the c.c p. read :n offer from Ecv Baldwin '" purchase q shack in the east end for fire wood The school board wanted $4OO placed in the school fund by the city to make up total of 5000 and check for that amount drawn in the Boards favor to meet school expenses.
 The reports of the city clerk and city treasurer for February were read, disclosing something around $6.s0O in the city strong box. Councilman Tar nutzer of the Street Committee report ed the work of his com\mittee on the public thoroughfares, stated the fire department was doing excellent work in keeping the streets open for traffic and that the expense of maintenance Ioutside of the fire department opera tions had amounted to only $2O since the old street contract was dispensed with.
 Pursuant to the decision of the council at the last meting to restore the assessment date to November 10th tCouncilman Cavey introduced an or dinance amending the present assess ment law in conformity thereto and making all other dates correspond to the new date.
 Councilman Tarnutzer reported that the committee on lumber purchase had wired to Seattle lumber firms for prices on lumber to be delivered on loroning of navigation. but had receiv- ed no replies. The committee was granted more time in which to report.
 Councilman Maynard of the clock tpurchase committee told the council that arrangements were under way whereby the matter of raising funds 1 to purchase the Segerstrom and Hagen lclock would be undertaken by the lpurils and teaching stan of the public school. The school will give an enter- 1probably net enough or nearly enough to buy the clock. When the purchase is effected the time piece will be turn ed over to the city as a gift from the school children.
 Bills. including the City pay roll for the preceding month were then read and ordered paid under a sus- pension of the rules.
 Superintendent Dyfed Evans of the Bureau of Education addressed the council regarding the widespread i'm morality among the natives. Mir Evans the unsavory conditions are due to the influence of certain white ele- ment which brought liquor among the natives and was chiefly responsible for wide spread prostitution among the native females. MT Evans inti- mated that the pernicious influence of these degenerate whites was respon- sible for the breaking up of native families and much moral delinquency land informed the council that matters thave reached such a state that the na . tives have formed a council in the hope of bettering conditions by co-op- eration with the common council and thoped to secure the consent of the city dads to a proposal to appoint several Inative policemen. Mir Evans described 1.-the immortality among the native wo- linen resulting from the debauching in- lfluence of the whites as truly appal- ling: and also told the council that the identity of many white men who have {been guilty of illicit relations with na- ttive females is well established and {their names are known to him as well as to the natives.
 He was followed by Earnest Ezerok. Ia native who confirmed the statements