The Nome nugget., 1938-08-03
(. of C. Held A Busy Luncheon
 Tuesday Noon

Der of Commerce met Tuesday ir
 the North Pole Bakery. Of the
 approximately 40 persons at
 tending, the out -of-toWn visitors
 almost outnumbered the regular
 members at the noon day lunch
 con.
 Included in the list of guests
 read by Ed. Seidenverg, who pre-
 sided as chairman of the meeting,
 were: Anthony J. Dimond, Alas
 kas delegate to Congress; Chris.
 Rachford, chairman of the rein deer fact-finding committee; Dr. l. w. Wilson, his colleague, Ray Dane, photographer who accom- panies the committee; C. C. Eu-
 bank of the Alaska Livestock Company; PIT. Fitzsimmons, cre- dit agent for the Bureau of h. dian Affairs; Virgil Farrell, sup ervisor of native arts and crafts; George FoIger of Golovin; War ren Ferguson of kotzebue; Glen Smith of Candle; Fred Mebes of Council; H. Clough, H.C. Cooper, Barry Keown and Sam Godfrey, all mining men in the Taylor sec [ ton of the Kougarok district; and George Cortez, of the U. s. S. R. and M.
 The guests when called on to say a few words to the group, all expressed enthuiastic praises of the Territory and their apprecia- ton of the hospitality accorded them.
 MT. Dimond remarked that what Alaska needs is about one million dollars worth of adver- tising.' He said that the first steps in program to bring our Territory into the public eye would be the meeting of the Ma tional Editorial Association in Southeastern Alaska sometime next summer. Just before he left Washington, Delegate Dlm- ond extended to this association, composed of the newspaper edl- tors turnout the country, a cord ial invitation to hold their next convention somewhere in Alaska, and when he reached Seattle, he was informed that arrangements had already been made for the meeting.
 Messrs. Rachford, Wilson and Dane, of the reindeer committee, expressed their enjoyment of their stay in the territory. MT. Dane was loud in his praises of Alaska's beautiful scenery, and Dr. Wilson urged that steps be taken for the complete protec- tion of the territory's great re- serves of wild life.
 MT. Eubank was prevailed up- on to say a few words about his unique business venture. The American Livestock Co.,, which he heads, is developing the possl- bilities of the Aleutian Islands as grazing land, running about 15OOO head of sheep on Umnak and Unalaska Islands
 The other guests were able to give brief reports of conditions in the various mining sections In the vicinity. The representa- tives of the Kougarok again point ed out the crying necessity of adequate roads in that district.
 In short business meeting which followed, MT. Polet Sug- gested that now that Nome's new federal building was nearing com pletion, the chamber should turn its attention to securing another structure much needed by the city, namely, a large modern hotel. He pointed out that at present the lodgings available to house the transient population of the town were very inadequate, and it was often impossible for even distinguished visitors to secure rooms at either of the two existing hotels. It was moved, seconded and passed that the Board of Directors be requested to appoint a committee to inves- tigate the possibilities of con- structing a hotel.
 AS there was no further busi- | 1ess and time was short, the 1