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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-31
fleming, Turner, Huff, Moore Together
x,,:ll Run High Price
H.,I " -. Planters Ware
ta,,ses n''s Coming Sea-
y, ] .2rqe Organiza-
Se 4 Assembled t O
c:agvc I2FoWC' D.

4ho coming season the two
ho High Price Warehouse
oaatol% Warehouse Will
aratod by much the same
-, anA management as last
= rlcming, Brooks Turner
.,,a Iiui will be the pro
gfo Ili9h Price houses and
II H. (Bert Moore will
tho planters.
ee H,c killed and expert to-
,an havo been on the Hen
n't. 5,#s-.t for many years. They
g. a,9nv al heir staff have given
ga vears of their lives to the
lest tobacco on auction floors,
'a ,a are large producers of leaf
Tn.v are familiar with the
q. 81 marketing. including the
End grades and the proper dis
~ parehouSe floors, and are
~ ...'..,sad 10 give the utmost OF serv-
i, IS GROWERS.
nssonnel of the large or
,.75p consists Of men drawn al
raeraIv from Vance and sur
zinc counties, who are PERSONAL
=. ..r0.sa 10 most Of the farmers who
..-,izo the Henderson market
---,-.raho..t the coming season they
M combine their efforts and their
.,.,s.eaca toward satisfying grow
II Il -l tie best prices obtainable
.o~ their offerings.
m Moore Will be directly in
4 roa Al the Planters. and will SUI
Use lis operation during the sea-
~ He is 4 new partner in the ware
MISE firm this season, but brings
~g experience and acquaintance
III the business into his new con-
1nnv Morgan will be the auc-
inner. while the bookkeepers will
rq Bob Tanner, Willard White and
George Pe9ram Floor managers are
rn0unced as Robert Virgins and
-oa Parks. The weighmen are Bob
Reed. Charlie Basket, Taylor Tuck
ar md Sidney Harris.
Others in the organization are:
Nd Workman. L. L. Sturdivant, ].
Z JI0seley and J. NJ. Bullock, the lat
lei from Granville county.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-31

Wester has acquired knowledge of
the trade in this section that has
served him we'll in the conduct Of
his business. He is thoroughly fam
iliar with livestock, cows, hogs, sheep
and other animals, which he buys
and sells to the accommodation of
the farmers in the area.
Mr. Wester is from prominent
family, and is affiliated with various
local activities. He has built a sue
cess of his enterprise and has won
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-31
Wester Owns
Sales Stable

T. H Wester owns and operates
he Wester Sales Stables, a concern
With headquarters on Wyche street
io- the sale of horses and mules in
season. and the buying, selling and
-ading Of COWS, hogs and other
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-31

the respect and confidence of the
community, including the people
with whom he regularly does bust
ness.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-31

Of all human faculties there is
none which more enriches ones life
than a sound moral judgment.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-31

"The girls of today are terrible.
What will a girl of 18 be ten years
from today?" about 49,"
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-20
Russ Explorers Discover
 Shallow Oil Field Siberia

MOSCOW-Many new oil and mineral resources have been dis covered by the 3,200 geological expeditions sent out this year to prospect in various parts of the Soviet Union. New oil deposits have been found in Yakutia, the Soviet republic in eastern Siberia which covers a fourth of Asiatic Russia. Prospectors struck oil at a depth of only 656 feet.
 Beds of raw material for the optical industry have been found in the Talass Alatau mountains, in central Asia.
 Tin has been discovered in Svantia, and zinc, lead, tin and silver in northern Ossetia.
 Prospecting for valuable min erals has become very popular with the entire Soviet people. In Siberia the collective farmers. hunters and school children have reported many interesting finds.
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-20
Hospitals and Health

There are three hospitals in Northwestern Alaska, two of which maintained by the Bureat of Indian Affairs. Department of the Interior, for the of the Eskmos. These are lpcated at Point Barrow and Kotzebue The Point Barrow hospital replacing which was recently destroyed by fire is and well equipped. The Kotzebue hospital also has modern equipment with full X-Ray and laboratory facilities. They Staffed by phy scian, two resident nurses, and two travelling Both hospitals have twenty four beds
 Nome has a general hospital of twenty two beds which serves Seward Peninsula. It is owned and operated by the Womans Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and cares pri- marily for the white population and emergency Eskimo work. The staff consists of three graduate in the winter and four in the summer. The equipment is modern and consists of new X-Ray Castle Sterilizer, well equipped surgery, and up-to-date laboratory The private rooms all furnished with the latest adjustable beds, etc.
 Since this is an industrial community and occupation is seasonal, the number of patients in creases in the summer and drops during the winter Sick people well those injured in mining operations brought by airplane sometimes far two hundred miles.
 The general health of the population is reason ably good, although there is higher incidence of tuberculosis than exists in the States.
 Nome has full time Public Health Nurse In addition there is Bureau of Indian Affairs travel ling nurse whose home base is in Nome. The southern area is covered by a Bureau of Indian Affairs nurse whose home base is in Unalakleet
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-20
$3,OOO,OOO air base Bill Goes Ahead In Congress

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 P)- The fifty three million dollar naval air base bill sped forward in Congress as new evidence of the determination to bolster na- tional defense. Speaker Bank head and Representative Ray burn of Texas, House majority leaders announced that the House would devote tomorrow and Wednesday for consideration of the legislation. The action was taken after the Rules Committee voted unanimously to ask the House.
 Starting the voting after six hours of general debate, Senator Nye proposed meanwhile to write Jaw into army and navy regula- tions against the release of mill tary aircraft to foreign govern ments. Nye introduced a bill de- signed to safeguard for the Unit ed States any airplane or appli- ance built under government con tract, according to government specifications, or aid of govern ment funds or research.
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-20
Climate

Nome, located in that area known as the Arctic Province has climate composed chiefly of summer and winter, being separated only by periods of short transition. Freezing sets in during October and navigation on the Boring Sea closes the first part of November.
 The breakup occurs usually during the follow ing May: Sunshine plus long periods of twilight. the shortest day of the year is of nearly four hours duration, while on the longest day the sun is visible all but two hours, during which broad daylight prevails The period of continuous day light commences the first part of May and continues until August. Vegetation responds readily due to the long days, that by the middle of June Arctic flora is in abundance and many wild flowers are in bloom.
 Tempered by it's adjacency to the sea, Nome temperatures in winter are steady with daily mini mum readings ranging from fifteen above to twenty below, also occasional cold snaps which send the thermometer to thirty-fve and forty below, but these and far between. Daily maxi mum readings during the summer range between forty five and seventy-fve above with an occasional heat wave sending the mercury soaring to eighty or more
 Snowfall averages sixty to seventy inches while the total annual precipitation IS approximately eighteen inches.
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-20
Distribution Alaska
 Funds Among Cities

An index to the rating of the various cities of Alaska at the present time is shown by the Auditors report showing what funds were returned to the nun icipalities in the 1937-39 bien- nium.
 AS the amount of this aid to municipalities is based upon rev enue originating in each city, the population and wealth of which in turn is determined by that place, the index would be a fair one. Anyhow it furnishes an argument.
 Alaska's cities under this rat ing are as follows:
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-20
AVIATION

Aviation in Alaska is a necessity not luxury. As Alaska is such rugged country it has always been a very difficult matter to travel from place to place. The only of transportation in the early days was by dog team in winter, and by boats and pack horses in summer
 So, with the advent of the airplane it's wonder the people took to the air so readily. Back in 1927 few trips made between Nome and Fairbanks for the small fortune of $750.
 Traffic developed rapidly airpanes came into service It brought Nome out of the long winter confinement reducing the travelling time to Fairbanks from one month by dog team to four hours by airplane. Rates were brought down to $78 per passenger.
 Aviation in Alaska has come into it's this year. Nnety-nine percent of all winter mail tracts let awarded to airplane transportation companies, thus replacing the dog teams almost entirely.
 Nome has five major airplane companies operat- ing the year round namely Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc; Pacific Alaska Airways; Mirow Air SerVce Ferguson AirWays, and Northern Cross Inc.
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-20
Furs and Fur Farming

The intrinsic value of Alaska wild life has been estimated at $100,0000 00000
 Hunting and trapping furnishes the natives as well as hundreds of whites the means of obtaining livelihood and the yearly monetary return to the residents of Alaska from this is over $4,000,00000 The Alaska Game Commission reg uates the industry. There several small but successful fur farms on Seward Peninsula at this time, which have demonstrated that Northwestern Alaska is particularly adapted to the industry
 The Territory of Alaska has recently established Experimental Fur Farm near Ketchikan for the purpose of assisting fur farmers to e9pe with the problems that arise Fur farming promises to become of the basic industries of this district Mnl, Blue Fox, and Silver Fox are the three species profitably produced.
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-20
No Bridge for Lois

AMES, Ia, Lois Jean May news. 17-year-old freshman at Iowa State College, made grade "A" in every subject during her first quarter and is known as the schools "brain trust" She says she prefers dates to. study and wont play bridge because it's too hard and gets me all mixed up"
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-20
Claim Stalking Rights


 That the Alaska Mining Laws permit any ct- zen of the United States to locate twenty claims individually and two more for each of two others, under Power of Attorney, during any calendar month. The only cost to the locator being the fee for recording approximately $2.50 per claim. To hold such claims it is necessary to perform $10000 worth of assessment work each claim each fiscal year, except no work need be done for the first fiscal year, ending at noon on July 1st subsequent to stalking
 The total amount of gold production by the Second Division of Alaska now approxmates $125O00,000.
 The only productive tin mines on the North American continent in the Nome district
 The United States paid Russia $72OO0Oo.OO for Alaska in 1867 e cents per acre) and to date the Territory has produced more than one hundred times this amount in gold alone.
 Nome is the most westerly city in the U. S., being 800 miles further west than the Hawaiian Islands. It is in the temperate zone and is 150 miles from the Arctic Circle
 Nome is HOO miles west, and 600 miles north of Seattle, via the Great Circle route
 I Alaska contains 59O,O00 square miles.
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-20


 of Northwestern Alaska since gold was first dis covered on Seward Peninsula in 1898. It promises to continue to be for many years as production is steadily increasing.
 Placer mining being a simple operation, the question might well be asked, why, in this section where gold was discovered 40 years ago. should production be the increase? Why, then, the deposits not already exhausted?
 The answer is this
 The early placer miners and prospectors natur- ally worked the richest known creeks and beach properties most easily accessible and by the only known methods then available extracted millions of dollars in gold. It is true that other discoveries made and small fortunes amassed creeks far into the interior of Seward Peninsula, such as the case in the Nome district, when profits no longer possible by hand methods and small scale hydraulic operations, these sections became depopulated and prospectors and miners sought new fields or other occupations.
 Within the last few years placer mining has been revoutonized by the introduction of modern mining machinery. Of the forty-four dredges in operation in Alaska, twentytwo are operating on Seward Peninsula and several more will be added this coming season. The largest operation of this kind is that of the U. S. S. R. & M. Company with three mammoth electric dredgeS within a radius of four miles of Nome.
 Prospecting is gamble; placer mining is business Modern drills handled by trained determine the values in the ground sufficient values found to warrant operation, the engin eer or practical miner desgnates the type of
 
 When this is decided the operation proceeds in an orderly businesslike manner as in any other industry
 The machine age has brought to the placer miner, in addition to the dredge, several other mechanical devices such as the dragline, tractor, bulldozer, and modern pumping units. Perhaps in no other part of the United States have these implements been brought into with more speed and with greater success than on Seward Peninsula much that properties long aban- doned have been brought into production within the last two seasons. It is no exaggeration to state that such operations will be multiplied for several years to come.
 The increased price of gold from $20.67 to $35.00, perhaps the greatest incentive to pros pectors and miners and outWeighs all other reasons for the renewed activity in placer mining. But fortunately the machine in at practically the same period and the combination of both brought the industry to it's present active healthy, and prosperous condition.
 The airplane has played, and will continue to play, an important part in the development of the remote sections of Northwestern Alaska. These areas longer isolated they were in the past Freight, passengers, and spare machine parts are flown from Nome to the immediate scene of practically every operation with the greatest eff ciency and at moderate cost More and more prospectors using this means of transportation and as result developments steadily being reported Therefore, it is highly probable that placer gold production will increase in North western Alaska for many years to come.
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-20

An outdoor upper floor where diners may eat and watch crowds at the 1889 Golden Gate Inter national Exposition, is part of the Oakwood Barbecue, already open for service.
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-20
Other Minerals Found On Seward Peninsula

Though gold and tin the principal minerals, platinum is recovered in several of the gold opera tions and most encouraging prospects have been found to indicate the presence of tungsten, silver, antimony copper, iron, graphite, and coal. These prospects await further exploration.
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-20

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Fraternal Orders

EAGLES Nome Aerie, No. 75 F. O. E.
 MASONIC Anvil Lodge, No. 40, F. & A. M EASTERN STAR Alaska Chapter, No. l. O. E. S
 ROYAL ARCH Seward Chapter, No. 2 R. A. M. LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE Nome Lodge, No. 1413, L. o. O. M. Women of Mooseheart, Chapter No. 78 INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS Nome Lodge, No As, | o. O. F. Midnight Sun Rebekah Lodge, No. 3-A OTHER ORGANIZATIONS PIONEERS OF ALASKA Historical and Semi-fraternaD
 Igloo No. 1 Pioneer Women, Igloo No NOME KENNEL CLUB NOME SPORTS ASSOCIATION KEGOAYAH KOZGA CLUB
 NOME SKI CLUB
 HOME ARTS CLUB NOME CAMERA CLUB
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-20
GOLD LODE MINING


 Little effort has been put forward in this direction Seward Peninsula up to the present Some superficial examinations have been made of quartz prospects from time to time, but no real development has taken place. Recently promising free gold ledge has been discovered carrying high values, about 20 miles north of Nome and some development work was carried on during the past summer with encouraging results Next season will witness extensive investigation and no doubt other adjacent properties will receive attention also
 The only known commercial deposit of this mineral in the United States exists in the Northwest section of Seward Peninsula, namely at near Cape Prince of Wales Placer stream tin has been mined in this section for many years by hand method and dredge. Recently operations being conducted by gas and diesel shovels bulldozers etc, with the aid of diesel pumping units furnishing water from Bering Sea. This is perhaps the most highly minerazed section of Seward Peninsula, if not the entire territory. Every stream and rivulet having it's source in the rugged mountain range immediately back of the present placer operations shows rich prospects of placer tin. Float tin ore is visible at the head of most of these creeks and the mountain slopes show every evidence of lode tin deposits.
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-20

LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE Nome Lodge, No. 1413, L. o. O. M Women of MooSeheart, Chapter No. 78
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-20
M IN I N C.

Placer gold mining has been the basic industry of Northwestern Alaska since gold first dis covered on Seward Peninsula in 1898. It promises to continue to be for many years, production is steadily increasing
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-20

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS Nome Lodge, No. As, l. o. o. F.
 Midnight Sun Rebekah Lodge No 3-A
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-20

I Nome is 1700 miles west and 600 miles north, of Seattle, via the Great Circle route.
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-20

EAGLES Nome Aerie, No. 75, F. o. E.
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-20

f Alaska contains 59O,OOO square miles
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-20

I Nome is the most westerly city U. S., being 500 miles further west Hawaiian Islands. It is in the temperate is 150 miles from the Arctic Circle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-09

The national consumption of beer is decreasing in England, while the consumption of coffee, tea and wine is increasing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-09
DRICCS TEACHER
 NAMED PRESIDENT
Maud DimmOck Heads Assn for Childhood Edu=
 cation in City

The annual meeting of the Wa terbury branch, Association for Childhood Education, was held yes- terday afternoon at The Elton. Miss Maude Dimmick, of Driggs school, was elected president for 1939-40.
 Annual reports were given by of ficers and committee charimen. A program for the coming year was discussed.
 Others chosen were: Vice presi- dents, Miss Margaretta Jones and Miss Mary McGowan; secretary, Miss Maud Arnold; treasurer, Miss Alice Briggs; auditor, Miss Eunice Camp.
 New chairmen of committees are: Ways and means, Miss Molly o. Connor; social, Miss Catherine Phelan; program, Miss Goldie Cor don; publicity, Miss Cora R. Cromp- ton, and friendship, Miss Ruth Blansfield. Mrs. Helen Patman and ! Miss Loretta Skelly were named to the executive committee.
 Present were: Misses Maud E. Arnold, Alice Mary Briggs, Angela B. Casey, Margaret M. Conaty, Vera Crane, Cora R. Crompton, Maude E. Dimmick, Lois M. Doolittle, Goldie F. Gordon, Bernice M. Harp CT, Helen B. Heater, Margaretta A. Jones, Ruth Keenan, Mary E. Ken nedy, Mary E. McGowan, Mary c. O'Connor, Catherine T. Phelan, Es- ther Phelan, May Ryan, Lucy c. Shanahan, Helen M. St. Louis, Mabel Sweeney and Mrs. Helen T. Patman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-09
THE FRONT PAGE
 MAKES DEBUT
New Exchange Place Res taurant Opens Today
 for Business

Scooping all rivals, the Front Page Restaurant, located at 20 Bank Street, in the heart of the city where eating news is real news opened its doors for the first today,
 Patterned externally along the lines of the newspaper front page, internally it is front page material, what with spacious, commodious booths, easy-on -the-eyes wall cover ing, and the city's finest cocktail lounge, called the "blue room" for its decorative shade.
 Unique features of the front page facade of the restaurant include a date-line in all respects identical to the one which appears on the front page of this paper, weather report on the right hand with the truthful information: Weather Air Conditioned" and bulletings in the form of the daily menu, as varied as the news of each successive day, Feature of the service includes a standing invitation to patrons (and by the way the news restaurant has ample, airy accommodations for 150 persons plus the atmosphere of chat ty seclusion which the restrained lighting creates) - an invitation to patrons to inspect the kitchen any time they wish. When they do SO they will find cleanliness the leading motif, and the latest culinary ap- paratus to prepare that "healthline' bill of fare.
 A staff of pretty waitresses, re- spending courteously to your eating whims, round out the decorative at. fractions, and give the new restau- rant that hard to capture sense of re. finement.
 And, by the way, charcoal is uset exclusively for broiling, and is wei appreciated, too, by the looks o! satisfaction on the customers today
 It is certain that the Front Page Restaurant will swiftly become a gathering place for the city's epi- cures. Don't forget: Its quality never varies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-09

Mashapaug. 4 1-2 miles of rolled gravel.
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 Windham. Norwich Willimantic road between Williams crossing and So. Windham. About 1-2 miles of concrete pavement. Route No. 32A
 New London. New London Nor wich road. (Mohegan Ave) about mile of concrete. Through traf- fic will use present route No. 32. Route No. 5 Ridgefield. IA mile of rolled gra- vel and box culvert at New York state line on new location. No in- terference with traffic. Route No. U. s. A
 Canton -Simsbury. Winsted- Hart ford road. 3-4 mile of gravel sur face. Canton. Hartford Winsted road. 4 miles of concrete pavement Short stretches of one-way traffic. Route No. 68
 Prospect. Prospect Naugatuck road. About 3-4 miles of bitumin- ous macadam. Detour provided. Route No. 69 Prospect. Waterbury road. 3-4 miles bituminous macadam. Detour provided. Woodbridge. Bridge and approaches over Sargent river Temporary road.
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 Tolland- Wilmington. Bridge over 1 Willimantic river and approaches Temporary bridge.
 Route No. 89
 Ashford. Approaches for bridge over Mt. Hope river. l mile south of Warrenville.
 Route No. 91 Eastford. Bridge and approaches at Bigelow Brook.
 Route No. 109 | ThomaSton. Constructing 1 B. miles of bituminous macadam iron Wigwam reservoir east.
 Route No. 115 1 Ansonia. North Main street. mile of bituminous macadam. Route No. 156 Waterford. Approximately milt of bituminouS macadam highway from Jordan Village westerly. Route No. 172
 Southbury. Constructing bridge and approaches at South Britain Temporary bridge.
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 Pennington. Plainville road Bridge over Pennington river. Route No. 215
 Groton. Noank-West Mystic road 21-4 miles bituminous macadan highway. Route No. 219 New Hartford. Bridge and ap- breaches over Nepaug river.