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The Nome nugget., 1931-03-14

Resources Through the Agency of The Chambers of Commerce of the
 Territory.
 WHEREAS, Years of agitation, and the present economic condi- tions of the States, have created a desire for people to come to AL 2ska 70 settle, and the demand for printed descriptive literature Of our vast na5ural and industrial re- sources has grown to such an ex- tent that only very poor attempt to furnish information has been possible by Chambers of the Terri tory. and
 WHEREAS, The natural and in dustrial resources differ material ly in each of the Divfsi ions, and it is impra cticai to handle the pub licity from any one Division or any one agency, and
 WHEREAS. The Federal and Territorial Offices. Pacific Coast Cha mbers of Commerce. Transport a.tion and Touring Agencies. and Educationa institutions through out the nation are continually asking for descriptive information, and
 WHEREAS. The compilation, prepa ration and the distribution of this advertising material. in addi- tion to the cost of printing. is be yomd the financial possibilities of the Chambers of Commerce, and
 WHEREAS, At this time there is a real necessity. and a good opportunity. for con trurtive pro- gram to establish Alaska in the proper light and increase the pop ulation. SO therefore be it RESOLVED: That the Tenth Alaska Legislature be petitioned to appropriate s10.000.00 annual ". to be divided equally between the four divisions. for publicity Hurposes, and that said apprcpria- ton be expended through and by l the Chambers of Commerce. and hat stipulated number of these publications he furnished to the Federal and Territorial branches requiring same
The Nome nugget., 1931-03-14
PUBLICITY

RESOLUTION NO. s
 For Territorial Aid For Publicity Of Aiaska's Natural and Industrial Resources Through the Agency of The Chambers of Commerce of the
The Nome nugget., 1931-03-14
ROAD PROGRAM
 AS SUBMITTED
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of some type, preferably tram, from Keewalik to Candle has be- come imperative. as the river has so hlled with silt that it is almost impossible to navigate, and con siderable difficulty has to be over | come trying to get freight by the way of the river. Last year ap- proximately 25O tons of supplies
 were left at keeUalik which should have been in Candle before the freeZe-Gp.
 Completion of the repair of the present Candle road is necessary.
 bridge across Patterson Creek is vital to operations above that point. The road should also be
 constructed from its present start ! ing point back to keewalik River and tie on to the proposed road to ! Keewalik.
 The construction of bridge across Bonanza and Eldorado creek would enable teams to go out to Quartz Creek where promising de- velcpment work has begun. This is also on the regular mail trail and | will he of considerable aid to l travel in general,
 Completion of the above pro gram or road work would cut our
 cost of transportation to a reason able figure. increasing thereby the activities of thia section and en- courage the development of large i bodies of low grade mineral de posits. This is the second larg-
 est community on Seward Penin- sula and if transportation facilities are sufficiently improved will hn developed into one of the leading producers for rnany years to come. That the road leading from l Deering to Utica be rehabilitated and gravelled so that cars will be | able to pars over it. Also that improvem ents from Utica to the
 head of the Inmachuk River be
 made in order to facilitate some | kind of transpnr- ation.
 l That road be constructed from 1 Pilgrim Hot Snrinrs to connect
 with Ire Nome-see'ton tram, as
 this wc'lld not or'y furnish ton mage for the tram line but would also make it possible for Nome to be supplied with fresh vegetables
 during the summer time from the
 Hot Springs
 That the road leading from
 Council to and along Ophir Creek
 as far as Crooked Creek be reha-
 hilitated and be put in good condi- tfon for wagon transpo rtation
 Also hat the courduroy road lead
 ing from Counel to Fox River be
 given some attention.
 | That the foot bridges across riv- IT 1 for travellers and for dog teams
 be provided.
 ! That the N>me-Shelton Tram road be extended to the T1aho Bar
 and bridge to cross at that point
 be built
 | That a suita,'Ne amount be al 'otted for the rena:r Of Konenrok
 road to permit tractors 10 relieve
 the transportation problem until
 the extension of the tra,mroad We might add that for several
 years past we have been only get ting approximately about percent To~ the hornfHt of t"is Territory
 from the total annropria tion of the
 Alaska Road Commission. Now
 that the Richardson Hiehwav. the
 Steese Hiehway and other major
 road pro oaects of the other divi- oions have heen rNmnleted. we feel that wo howe a+ n'' times beeN
 entitled to more consid aration in
 cr,r dirttrirt bmt na'rticu'arlv at
 the presert time. and We "ree that Ethe aMotment for this Division be
 increased.
 Respeetfnllv submitted, Road Committee.
The Nome nugget., 1931-03-14
ID ENCOURAGE PROSPECTING;
 UNDEVELOPED
 SECTIONS
RESOLUTION NO. I2
To Encourage Prospecting in The
 Undeyeloped Areas of Alaska

WHEREAS. the basic industry
 of the Second Division of the Ter | ritory of Alaska, is gold mining.
 The total gold production of this | territory up to this date is appro-
 ximately six hundred million dol
 lars. Of this amount, the Second
 Division has produced almost one
 hundred million dollars, or about one-siXth of the total production. I About ninety percent ot this lat ter amount was extracted from the
 rich surface placers adjacent to the shore: of Boring Sea. The in terior sections of this division are
 still undeveloped. and practically unprospected, except for small ar
 eas of shallow placers The large stream beds and high bench depos- it's are still uneXplored, Many
 square miles of gold bearing plac- CTS located by early settlers have
 gone back to the public domain, due principally to the inaccesaihility of
 said areas by road or water trans porta tion. therefore making opera ton or development of same pract- ically impossible. Also many prom isng quartz prospects along the Sawtooth Mountain Range. and at other points remain undeveloped for the same reason; and
 WHEREAS, It is the concenaus of opinicn among intelligent min CTS and prospectors that the min
 eral wealth of the Seward Penin-
 sula still remains practically un-
 touched, and it's development is
 retarded. primarily on account of
 the geographical position of this
 particular part of the territory; and secondly, on account of the scant consideration it has received from the Federal Government up
 to this time in the way of assist
 ance in the building of roads. which are of first importance in , the development of all frontiers : and
 WHEREAS, the National Cong
 ress has in the past rejected our appeals for assistance in the dev- elopment of the Second Division doing that we had not convinced
 its committee appointed tc investi- gate the report of our mineral re sources, mat tte apprOprlat1onS
 asked for were justified. because we had not supported our claims by recomm mendations of recogniz-
 ed, competent mining engineer
 NOW THEREFORE,. BE IT RE SOLVED. that the Northwestern
 Alaska Chamber of Comm cree does
 hereby petition the Tenth Alaska Territorial Legislature to appro-
 priate out of the Territorial Treas
 ury, the sum of one hundred thous-
 and dollars. the same to be divid-
 ed equally between the four divi-
 sions of the Territory, and to he expended under the supervision of
 the Territorial Mining Engineer, for
 the purpose of making q nrelim- mary investigation of the gold and
 ether mir eral resources If the un- : developed and remote sections of each division. giving to said en- gineer the privilege to institute a
 drilling program, or other method
 of ascertaining the anproximate gold or other mineral content ot any undeveloped section, which in 'Nis opinicn warranted snch an ex-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-10-01
SOURCE OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Internal receipts in turn, have been derived
from two principal sources-taxes liquor and income
and profits Federal taxes liquor greatly in
creased during the Civil and during the period 1868
1865 1913 per cent of the internal received
from that Liquor increased steadily from
that date the greatest percentage, 1885, being received
during the period of 8911895 while the largest amount
received during the period 96192O when the yearly
average $3196450 0O which 10 per cent of the
total internal The largest amount paid any
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-10-01


States secures its ordinary from various sources
Revenue receipts which include customs internal revenue
miscellaneous taxes fines fees assessments, gifts rents
ETC. non-revenue receipts which include repayment OF IN
vesments sales of property trust funds ETC. The total
ordinary receipts of the government $4128423OO
in 1927; $4,O38236OOO in 1923; and $4O36,219OOO in
1929 (P u.s. Statistical Abstract of the United States
for 1929, and D. III, Statistical Abstract for 1900
large proportion of the governmental receipts come
from internal revenue. In 1927, oo48 per cent P 3,
Statistical Abstract 1927 in 1928 oo per cent and IN
1929 1884 per cent of the income of the United States
government was so received (Pp 49, IT, Statistical
Abstract, 193O)
THE american Issue
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-10-01
Bv LAURA LINDLEY

HE recent proposal to raise federal revenue by
tax on beer presents an important economic
question Democracies are expensive. All gov
eminent is expensive. The question OF who
paws the bills is vital to all citizens. The United
Seward daily gateway., 1931-01-16
CARRYING ON

Advertisers may and advertisers may go but the local paper 20 on forever That's the calmly ac ceped theory of every compacent citizen who cocks his feet the WelknoWn andiron after the evening meal and proceeds to peruse the newspaper for the latest village scandal to the newest editorial
 He will berate the sheet and call it Wishy Washy oneslded and biased and slam 1t the floor but se cretly he is proud of the fact that his town has live daily that off the old press every day. rain or shine. He goats it. in his secret soul and some times privately wonders what 1t would De like up here If the right to take peek At the worlds doings every day were suddenly denied him.
 He is proud of the fact that the paper is always boosting those things he is camoring for. He reads good boost of local enterprise and allows as how maybe we will get somewhere after all
 But when business sacks off and he begins to rel trench the first move to cut down his newspaper ad vertisng The very thing that helps to bring him blsi is the first thing he cuts off at the pockets He doesn't stop to reflect that the newspaper may De hav Ing hard time Weathering the storm and that If the newspaper should stop it would be serious reflection on the whole community. He forgets that in time of stress should all pull together and that hard times can't last forever
 While the hometown paper seldom carries an ad- versement of every business house in it's city, owing to personal than any other one thing it should for the greater the revenue of the hometown paper the better paper will be published And so it fol- lows that the better the newspaper the prosper ous is the community reflected for the hometown pa
 
 and for to admire"
 In every town there are many who never subscribe to the hometown paper being satisfied to read t at the corner store, the restaurant cigar store or hotel They are content to keep up with the times through the expense of some one else perhaps, have just been thoughtless about the matter While tte if any profit is made from country paper circulation, never theless each additional helps to the extent that it aids in securing advertisers and especially the so-caed foreign advertising; advertisements from out of town
 The Gateway is intensely proud of the fact though it is published in one of the smaller towns of Alaska yet it's combined circuation-Daily and Weekly-is said be the largest in the End 3rd and 4h divisions
 If you who read this citizen of Seward and do not subscribe to The Gateway do So now start the New Year right We are doing very best to make in this way small way, to be sure but appreciated
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-13

in the hospital at present, and three others who have been dis missed from the hospital within the past week, who have arrived by plane for medical services. says the Anchorage Times.
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 Pilot Barnhill, flying the Fair child plane of the Pacific Inter national Airways, took off from Anchorage for Iditarod on an en- ergency flight. Lon French, radio operator at Iditarod, called for a man to relieve him of his duties at the wireless station and Athel Peterson of the Anchoragt wire less station was sent to take over the station while MT. French comes to Anchorage for medical atten- tion says the Times.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-13

said that it was not the collapse of the wing but & sudden down current of air that was responsible for the accident The down draft caught the plane as it was glid- ing in at the Nulato runaway about 40 feet above the ground preparatory to landing The cur- rent forced the left wing down and the plane landed on the wing, resulting in considerable damage Conclusive evidence that the wing did not collapse was ob- tained when the flying wires were found intact.
 The flight from Anchorage to Fairbanks, made recently by Chief Pilot Joe Crossin, of the Al aska Airways in the Loening Am, phibian, was made in three hourA and 55 minutes, including half hours stop at Broad Pass, where a landing was made on lake, according to the Fairbanks News Miner.
 Bound for Anchorage, Pilot Vic Ross of the Northern Air Trans port hopped from Weeks Field in Fairbanks in Stinson Junior mnoplane. With him were Peter Despolt of the Model Cafe and Dr. R. F. Swartz, who has been called to Anchorage on consulta- tion, says the News-M Miner.
 While Chief Pilot Joo Crosson of the Alaska Airways was in Anchorage recently. he made a flight to the Lake Clark country with M Goldstein, Alaska fur buyer, in a Stearman plane, which he flew from Fairbanks Stops were made also at the Stevenson & Bailey trading post on the north shore of Iliamna Lake and trapping camps reports the Fair banks News-Miner.
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 FairbankSans had their first view of the Alaska Airways Loen- ing amphibian plane when it was flown there recently from Anchor age by Chief Pilot Joe Crosson, with General Manager Arthur W. Johnson accompanying him, says the NeWs-Miner.
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 Aerial transportation has pro- ven a blessing to the people of the Interior, as the records of the Anchorage Government hospital will show. There are four patients
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-13
NOTICE

The Belmont Trading Company will shortly open for business as traders in all kinds of merchan- disc, new and secondhand, at the old log house on Fifth Ave.
 Joe Holman
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-13

Ed Brooker, king pin of old time Alaskans who has been in the city for the last week absorb ing pure Alaska ozone after 8 few months, departs Saturday for Fairbanks where he expects to remain indefinitely.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-13
FOOT REMOVED

Charles McDermott, we'll known oldtimer, underwent an operation in Fairbanks recently for the re- moval of his left leg four inches below the knee. Mir. McDermott froze his foot while stacking wood at his home. Gangrene set in and the toes were first removed but the disease was not checked and it became necessary to make fur ther amputation, according to tho Fairbanks NeWs-Miner.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-13
TRANSFER STATION

Transfer of the Fairbanks ex- pertinent station of the depart ment of agriculture to the AL aska College was included in the annual agriculture department supply bill reports the Fairbanks NewS-Miner.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-13
ALASKA AVIATION ITEMS
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An Alaskan AirwayS New Stan dard bi-plane en route to Fair banks from Nome was wrecked m landing at Nulato, reports the Fairbanks News-Miner At first 1t was thought that the left wing had collapsed but, Pilot Ed Young
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-13

L. W. Bishop. well known Rus sian River dweller and fox ran- cher, arrived in Seward Thursday on a brief business visit. He re- turns home Saturday.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-13

MT. and Mrs. George James of the Alaska Shop, who have been honeymooning in the States for the last three months, were ar- rivals on the SS Yukon.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-13

Crying Myself to Sleep" one of the new song hits, for sale at the Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-13

Duncan Little, oldtimer of Cooper's Landing, was among the well known local arrivals on Thursdays train.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-13

Judge E. Coke Hill and court officials arrived on the SS Yu- kon from Valdez enroute to An- chOrage where brief session will be held.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-13

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The Kusko times., 1931-04-18
Poor .RailrOaainx.

NOOf &0lnO90nx.
 Ole Olson, trackwalker, was testi- flying after 2 head-on collision.
 You say," thundered the attorney, "at 10 o'clock that night you were walking up toward Sevennile Cross. ing and saw Number 2 coming down the track at 60 miles an !hour!" "Yah!" said Ole.
 And you looked behind you aud. saw Number 5 coming up the trail.at: GO miles m :hour?" s. "Yah," said Ole.
 Well, what did you do then !,,r~' Aye sdt off the track"
 Well, but then what did yeu do1''' Well, Aye say to myself, Dis ehala hel of a way to run railroad;un ;unEEx
The Kusko times., 1931-04-18
Old Ase Pensions for Delswarea

Old Age Pensions for Delaware.s
 Delaware is the latest -staae.to pass an old-age pension law. -s It provides an allowance of $5 to $26 .inonthly for all indigent persons over 65,:x who have lived in the state five years. and m the U. s. A. 16 years> Payments are to be made from m annual ap- propriation of .$20o,000 from the state treasury.
 Delaware has had old age pensions for t4e last IA months, but they were paid. not by the state, but by one of it's wealthy men, Alfred du Pont. The number of pensioners drawing on du Fonts bounty was approximately 1,400.
The Kusko times., 1931-04-18
Engish Phonetics.

William w. Wheeler, advertising manager of the local telephone com .pany. tells about the Londoner speak
 :suoqd sqa 1sAo Su. .s"Yaws, this is MT. 'Arrison speak ing. Cawnt yer 'ear? ,Arrison. ,Ar. rison!; Haitch, hay, two hars, . hi, hess. . ho, and hen!"-Ex.
The Kusko times., 1931-04-18
ALASKA'S NAMED AND BEST
 KNOWN MOUNTAIN PEAKS

Following are the named and best known mountain peaks in Alaska of 10000 feet or over, ,as compiled by compiled by the United States De- partment of the Interior:
The Kusko times., 1931-04-18

Hyde-Too bad about Blaine going blind. What win he do for a liSin9!
 Sesk-Oh. he's in Chicago now-on the police force.
The Kusko times., 1931-04-18

There are archdukes and grand dukes all over Europe now, but the shooting of one of them would never start another war-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Kusko times., 1931-04-18

Now people are suggesting that Will Rogers run for president. And we always thought that Will was one man without enemies.-Judge.
The Kusko times., 1931-04-18
PRESS sQUIBs.

Well, the bandit business seems to be holding up.-Ohio State Journal.
 The return of prosperity will, in . manner of speaking, upset the apple cart.-Arkansas Gazette.
The Kusko times., 1931-04-18

"It's time to get dog licenses again. You keep . dog, don't .you?"
 "No. II ws hear . noise in tho night, -weA bark outselves. r '-R Royal ArcAnum Hulletin.
The Kusko times., 1931-04-18

We'll, if those smart young fellows keep removing the bunk, pretty soon therell be no place for biographer to ie comfortably.-Boston Herald.
The Kusko times., 1931-04-18

1t is said that many modern novel; ists write entirey for their own plea sure. We gladly accept their ex- planation.-Punch.
The Kusko times., 1931-04-18

A lame duck" doesn't use a crutch or anything. That isn't where the lAmeness is.-Everett Herald.
The Kusko times., 1931-04-18

1t might be remarked in passing that the world is bossed by men who couldn't even work ninth grade al- zebra problem.-Publishers Syndi- cate.
 An, we'll; there also seems to be considerable indulgence in other things prohibited several thousand years longer.-Sumter (S. C.) Item.
 A doctor says he often wonders just how much sleep a man really wants. Just another five minutes!- Passing Show.
 Some of the prominent Democrats are getting ready to have harmony, even if they are compeled to punch
The Kusko times., 1931-04-18

somebody in the nose to get it.--1n- dianapois News.
The Kusko times., 1931-04-18

Scientist finds that the radio voice is weaker when the moon is at full a hitherto unexpected beauty of moonlight-Arkansas Gazette.
The Kusko times., 1931-04-18


 We'll, if those smart young fellows keep removing the bunk, pretty soon therell be no place for biographer to ie comfortably.-Boston Herald.
 Scientist finds that the radio voice IS weaker when the moon is at full a hitherto unexpected beauty of moonlight.-Arkansas Gazette.
 Another puzzling thing is why the speed cop, after winning a jolly race. always seems so mad about it.-Al- toona Tribune.
 Another thing the country needs even more than good 5-cent cigar is burning issue that vii produce fight instead of heat.-Louisvie Times.
 The word is so full of number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings" wasn't written by Alfonso of Spain.-Louisville Times.
 Prohibition may not have made it much harder to get a drink, some places; but it has made it much harder to drink it.-Tampa Times.
 To some of the shoe repair men who recently met here in convention it seemed as if Chicago's political conscience needed to be souled and healed.-Chicago Daily News.
 Until Einstein makes up his mind whether the universe is static or dy- mamie, we are maintaining as best we can the attitude of the mental in- nocent bystander.-Detroit News.
 American movie theaters are now being established in darkest Africa. We can remember way back when the big idea was to civilize the darkest Africans.-New York Evening Post
 The Supreme Court has upheld the liuor law again. The country is pret- ty we'll convinced, now, as to the quality of the law. But something shoud be done about the iquor.-To- peka State Journal.
 Al CapOne has worn blue, gray, brown and green on four appearances in court, but the public is eager to see him in stripes.-Indianapolis Star
 There should be a dandy opening 25 or 30 years hence for an enter prising group of young writers to go to work rebunking history.-Detroit News.
 A prohibitionist says the Govern ment's new system of treating alco- hol is neither immoral nor illegal. No. it's simply matter of bad taste.- Southern Lumberman.
 Eggs are so cheap that . man still pays 15 cents for one shaken up by 8 dapper youth in little milk, which IS so cheap that 8 man pays 15 cents for glassfu with an egg in it.-Bos- ton Herald.
 Dr. Millikan, the scientist, has re- stunned his experiments in California to determine the speed of light. All we know is that it usually gets here too soon in the morning.-New York
The Kusko times., 1931-04-18

Another puzzling thing is why the speed cop, after winning jolly race. always seems so mad about it.-Al- toona Tribune.
The Kusko times., 1931-04-18

Until Einstein makes up his mind whether the universe is static or dy- mamie, we are maintaining as best we can the attitude of the mental in- nocent bystander.-Detroit News.
The Kusko times., 1931-04-18

American movie theaters are now being established in darkest Africa. We can remember way back when the big idea was to civilize the darkest Africans.-New York Evening Post.
The Kusko times., 1931-04-18

Another thing the country needs even more than a good scent cigar IS burning issue that vii produce fight instead of heat.-Louisvie Times.
The Kusko times., 1931-04-18

To some of the shoe repair men who recently met here in convention it seemed as if Chicago's political conscience needed to be souled and 'healed.-Chicago Daily News.