The Nome nugget., 1927-11-19


 by the Native owned herds and the Lomen Reindeer Corporation herds more than justify the above pro phesy. The Lomen Reindeer Cor poration has installed this year a large canning factory for the can canning of reindeer meat at Golovin Bay. not far from Nome.
 Canning Factory
 tA the large canning factory of the Lomen Reindeer Corporation, the meat and other byproducts are being taken care of The factory is said by the owners to be as yet in the experimental state, though certain success is assured. The canned meat is of excellent quality for food. The bone is being ground and shipped; the horns used in manufacturing; and the hoofs make glue stock second to none. The waste fat is being used in soap making, and the other offal for fertilizer and dog feed.
 Trnmway to Candle
 A proposed extension of the Nome-Shelton tramway to Candle by the Government, would open up a veritable treasurehouse of riches the Kougarok section-which is so vast in extent that it has hardly been scratched. It is hoped and believed that this extension will shortly be made, connecting Nome directly with Candle, as well as to make Nome the port and base of supplies for the kougarok. Inma chuk,, kugruk. and Keewalik river camps. Navigation is open from six weeks to two months longer in Nome than in any other camp in the district, and if this exten- sion of the tramway is effected, adding this means of transporta- tion,, it would add from six weeks to two months to the operating possibilities of these northern camps, and giving them rapid and comparatively inexpensive means of landing their outfits on their properties early in the Spring, and give them passenger and freight service to Nome for their cleanups, and permitting them to reach Nome in time for the last sailing, without the loss of at least months operations.
 Nome Government
 Nome is the seat of the United States District Court for the Second Judicial Division of Alaska. having a United States District Judge; a United States District Attorney; a United States Marshal; and the un- ited States District Clerk, with their respective office staffs. Two sessions of Court per year are held at Nome March and September at which times all actions for this Division are tried.
 Nome has an excellent City gov ernment, with mayor, common council, city attorney and city clerk. This city government maintains an excellent fire department, and police department
 The United States Commissioner, and exOfficio Justice of the Peace, for the Nome Mining District, is al- so located at Nome. Under his di- rection are filed all mining locations and other instruments are recorded in his office. In his Court are heard all preliminary hearings for the Cape Nome Precinct, and all trials which do not reach the Courts above.
 The United States Customs Ser vice maintains an extensive office in Nome but in recent years it has only been open in summer. A Dep uty Collector of Customs is station ed her1 from the opening, until the close of navigation.
 The Alaska Road Commission has an office here with District Super intendent of Roads. and Special Disbursing Officer. Too much praise cannot be given to the Alaska Road Commission for the excellent work it is doing in building roads.
 The United States Signal Corps maintains an excellent radio sta- tion here. through which passes all communications to and from Nome.