The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-19
NOME TAXES ON APPEARANCE OF
 MOVIE COLONY
Preparations for Picture and Increased Min
 ing Stir Camp

ANCHORAGE-Th was more than the usual spring activity a. Nome following the arrival of the steamer Victoria from Seattle last month, according to an article in The Anchorage Times quoting s. c. Bassett, manager of tn Anchorage office of the Alaskan Airways, who returned to Anchor age July 2 from a visit of several weeks in the Seward Peninsula country The principal cause of the unusual activity was the presence Of a score or more of movie people among the passengers on the Vic toria, enroute to the Arctic for a winter of location in connection with the filming of The Eskimo, stirring northern story by Captain Peter Freuchen, Danish author who is there in person to see that the setup is as it should be.
 Came North By Juneau
 Captain Freuchen came north from Seattle aboard a steamship by way of Ketchikan, Juneau, Cor dova and Seward to Anchorage He flew from Anchorage to Nome with Pilot Matt Nieminen, and the same plane brought MT. Bas- sett back to Anchorage.
 The trading ship Nanuk, which has been chartered by the Metro Goldwyn- Mayer company for the Arctic picture, was in port at Nome ahead of the Victoria with the vanguard of the company and with the remainder of the motion picture outfit, the old mining camr, town took on the appearance o! a movie colony.
 In addition to the members of the movie party brought from the states. the company will use about ten families of natives, and at the time MT. Bassstt left Nome arr angements were being made tc gather a large number of Eskimo hunters at Teller for the purpose of selecting the most likely ones for the work in hand.
 To Be Taken On Nanuk
 They are to. be taken aboard the Nanuk and used in the film ing of the production. It was eX- pected that about 300 would gather at Teller for the inspection, word having been taken to King island bv Aviator Joe Crosson to have the natives go from there to Teller to compete for selection. It has not been decided whether the Man. uk would winter at Teller ol freeze in at Point Barrow. The director of the picture proJec' hopes to have the picture com pleted by February
 In addition to the movie outfit the steamer Victoria landed con siderable number of job seekers al Nome. resulting in the creation Of an unemployment situation which was the cause of no small apprehension on the part of Nome 
 officials.
 Not Enough Jobs
 There was more than the usua. amount of mining under way ano more in prospect, but not enough to provide work for the many who were seeking it.
 Two of the Hammon company dredges were operating during the time MT. Bassett was in Nome ano the third was to start soon. Al three of the dredges are within sight of Nome and there are mum erous others scattered over ths district. In addition, there are quite number of small outfits working this season and more than the usual number of prospectors scout ing around for new paystreaks.
 Department Inspectors Trow- bridge and Gilman, who were sent from Washington to investigate the reindeer situation and seek a solu- !. ton of the grazing problem, were v still in Nome when MT. Bassett left there.
 Task Will Be Difficult
 He did not learn what progress they had made with their work but it is his opinion they will not find their task simple one MT. Bassett has spent many years on Seward peninsula and he knows something of the reindeer situa- tion among>the natives from per sonal observation.
 Nome has been very busy ar port this season. MT. Bassett says there were nine planes there one day during his stay on the penin- sula. The number included two from Anchorage.