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The Nome nugget., 1940-04-29
CALL FOR BIDS

Sealed bids will. be received at the office of the City Clerk, Nome, Alaska until 5 o'clock p. m. May 18th, 194O, and then pub licily opened, for furnishing all labor and materials for the erec- ton of the addition to the NOME SCHOOL BUILDING, in strict accordance with the plans and specifications as prepared and approved by the Nome Com mon Council.
 Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check for five (5@o) percent of the amount of the bid, payable to the City of Nome.
 The right is reserved to reject any and all bids.
 By City Council of Nome, Alaska
 Acting for Anthony E. Karnes
 Commissioner of Education
 April "A, 26, 29.
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-29
Commerce Between U. s. and Alaska
 1868 To l939

Commerce between the United States and Alaska from the date of purchase to December 31, 1889 totals S3,316,636,850 according to an analysis of trade statistics just completed by the Alaska Plan ming Council and made public by John E. Pegues, Executive Secre- tary.
 Seldom in the history of trade has any such return been made upon an investment of $7,200,000 which the United States paid to Russia for the Territory in 1867.
 Shipments from the United States into the Territory during the period covered by the study aggregated $1,1O2,376, ,205. Ship ments from the Territory to con- tinental United States totalled $2,214, ,260,645.
 Thus the outgoing commerce exceeded that coming into the Territory by $1,111, 1884, ,440, or more than 100 percent. This fav- orable trade balance, however, is undoubtedly more apparent than real. Shipments from Alaska lar gely have been in the form of minerals and fish produced by in- dividuals, companies and corpora tions mainly financed by capital from the States. Sales of these products were made largely in the States or to foreign countries. Receipts from these sales and the profits thereon did not usually re- turn to the Territory but were paid to stockholders or bondhold- CTS residing outside of the Terri tory. Much of this money was naturally invested in projects in the States upon which munich
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-29
CLEANUP NOTICE

May 1st, to 10th, 1940, has been designated as the period in which property owners are requested to clean up their premises, as has been the annual custom, and place debris at some convenient place on the street adjacent to their property where it can be reached by truck.
 The city officials expect your cooperation in this attempt to clean up our town and make it presentable when the first boat arrives. The Health and Relief Committee of the City, accom- panied by the Chief of Police will make tour of inspection of the sanitary conditions of the town and report same to the Council at it's next regular meet ing.
 Nome Common Council
 By M. J. Walsh, City Clerk
 April "A, 26, 29, May
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-29

The year 1889 recorded the larg- est volume from a standpoint of value of incoming trade when the total was $44, 4,262,710 This, accord ing to reports received by the Council, reflects increasing capi- tai expenditures in the placer mining industry, public services and public works throughout Al aSka and tends to show a steady improvements for Alaska as a whole.
 Figures used by the Alaska Planning Council for compilation were derived from compilations issued by the U. s. Department of Commerce, U. s. Customs Serv- ice of the Treasury Department, U. s. Geological Survey and the U. s. Biological Survey.
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-29

palities, counties and States lev jed taxes. Had these funds been reinvested in developing the Ter ritory, the need for funds from the Federal Treasury for support of the Territory would have been greatly reduced if not entirely eliminated.
 Production of the fisheries rank ed first in the list of outgoing com merce. Total value of all fish pro- ducts from records available to the Alaskan Planning Council was $1, 1,234, 4,090. Up to 1901 act ual records are not available and the figures covering those years represent computation from pack records based at "A per case on salmon and a percentage basis for minor fisheries. The Council esti- mated the salmon pack value from 1879 to 1901 at $52,502,8 The actual figure for the salmon pack from 1902 to 1889 is $095,- 479,589. Value of other salmon products from 1912 to 1889 is $41- 868,795 bringing the total for all salmon exports to $1,089,851 ,236. The value of all other fish pro- ducts is fixed at $144,322,854.
 Gold and silver occupy second place in the list of outbound trade. The value of these two minerals to the end of 1889 is fix ed at $558,661, ,403. Copper was the next most important item in Alaska's shipments to the States. The total production up to 1888 as reported by the U. s. Geologic al Survey was 1,374,532,000 lbs. having a value of $227, All, ,000. The same authority estimates the 1889 production at $343O00 bring ing the all-time production of that mineral to $227, ,721,20O.
 The importance of Alaska's Wildlife in Territorial economy is clearly evidenced by the figures showing the value of furs ship ped from the Territory since it became a part of the United Stat es. From 1867 to 1889 fur ship ments valued at approximately $125, 100000, exclusive of sea mammals such as fur seal and sea otter for which records are not complete, were exported from the Territory.
 Nineteen seventeen stands out as Alaska's largest export year when the total shipments to the States was valued at $76,863, = 798. This reflects war time pric- es for fish products and copper.
 It seems significant that during the past two or three years in bound commerce has shown a con sistently steady increase in value.
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-29
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
EDITORIAL
ELECTIONS TUESDAY,

At last the big day has come. Republicans and Democrats go to the polls tomorrow to choose their nominees who will appear in the general election in the fall for Alaska offices and legislative positions.
 Sample ballots showing the var ious candidates running, are av- ailable tomorrow morning and the voting public is urged to obtain them.
 Due judgment and caution is the Watchword of liberty in the election of the representatives of the people; and those who vote owe it to themselves to use that judgment.
 Alaska, unlike many of the States, has not been the victim of every crack-pot scheme of Uto- pia gendered in the minds of scheming politicians. It is the duty of every citizen of the Ter ritory, therefore, to send good, intelligent, and practical repre- sentatives to the Legislature.
 Ii is also the duty of every cit izen to vote. By his active partic- ipation in the affairs of the Ter ritory, may he approach nearer the culmination of every flask ans ambition to bring about pro- gress and development of this Territory.
 Political lines are often so closely interwoven as to be al- most indiscernable. Your own good judgment and conscience is therefore your guide, and you are urged to avail yourself of the op- portunity.
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-29
N o T c E

Written applications will be re ceived at the Office of the City Clerk up to 5 o'clock pm. on May 13, 1940, for the following positions:
 Chief of Fire Department and Chief of Police.
 Engineer at Fire Department. Driver at Fire Department.
 Nome Common Council
 By M. J. Walsh, City Clerk April "A, 26, 29.
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-29
N o IT c E

Written applications will be re ceived at the office of the City Clerk until o'clock pm. May 18th, 1940, for the position of School Tax Collector for the year 1940.
 Nome Common Council
 By M. J. Walsh, City Clerk April 24, 26, 29.
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-29

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The Nome nugget., 1940-04-29

Buy them by the bundle, Use them for starting fires. For Sale a. The Nome Nugget.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-12
Who Has the Buttons?
Collector for II Years

PINE RIVER, MINN.-'Way back
in 1867 when she was seven years
old, Mrs. Anna Underleak began a
hobby of collecting buttons.
Today Mrs. Underleak has l2,0OC
buttons-45 pounds of them-collect-
ed from every section of the United
States and from the larger countries
in Europe and Asia.
Among the outstanding buttons in
her collection, which are made of
everything from blood, vegetables
and pewter to gold and silver, are
lead buttons taken from Clusters
battlefield and those from the coat
of Emerson Hough, author of 1.-THE
Covered Wagon"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-12
See Ideal Sailing
On Mdn-Made Lake
Sailors Look for Thrills at
Grand COuLee Dam.

SPOKANE, WASH.-A decade or
SO ago il was the transforming
aviator who always drew the looks
of the farmer, but now it's the un-
settled sailboat enthusiast, who
loads his craft on trailer and hauls
if from lake to lake until he finds
suitable winds.
Unlike the fiier, he's seeking
pleasure instead of fortune, and
with at least 70 lakes, large and
small, pudding the Pacific North
vests inland empire, he's almost
sure to get it. He has two states
to play in-eastern Washington and
northern ldaho-and makes the
most of it.
Putting the OF bucket-as sail
boaters affectioEately call their
Grafton a trailer and plopping it
into one lake after another until a
favorable air current prevails just
became popular this spring, but the
sport itself has had plenty of devo-
tees for four years.
The canvas spOrtsmen anticipate
the l50-mile- long lake 10 be created
by Grand Coulee dam with enthusi-
asm. Winds have followed the
gorge made by the Columbia since
the stream began cutting it. In the
past some have been too treacher-
Gus but the lake is expected tc
smooth them.
The commodore of the Spokane
Sailing club, William Stockdale, be-
heves the slim, stemlike lake will
be an ideal sailing ground and es-
pecially attractive 10 those who
want an outing of two or three days
Stockdale said the lake should be
in good condition by 1912.
At present more than 100 trim
sailing craft dot lakes surrounding
Spokane. More than 80 have per-
manent moorage on beautiful Lake
Occur d'Alene, IS miles to the east
in Idaho. A score or more other
lakes are among those attracting
the come-and-go sailors.
The types of sailboats range from
the Moth, a midget of international
design, to the 24-foot auxiliary. The
larger boats can carry eight or ten
persons while the Moths have room
for only one. Costs range from $50
to $4,000, with the average being
$3.50.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-12
Desert House Haunted;
Blamed on Radio Waves

SALT LAKE CITY-A haunted
city-haunted by radio waves, not
ghosts-is used by shepherds for
their headquarters on the alkaline
salt fats west of Salt Lake City
The house-a One-room cabin
has as its main attraction a stove
which the sheepmen declare plays
music while it cooks and electric
lights that burn without being d.
rectly connected TO a power line.
But these weird performances dc
not bother the herders. They ex-
plain that their shack is only a
few feet from the transmitting ter
minals of 50,000-watt radio station
and that the radiating radio waves
operate the singing stove and con-
nection-less lights.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-12
EMPLOYMENT IN STATE
CONTINUES TO HOLD UP

A continued. although slight, drop
in the number Of claims for total I'M
employment benefits filed with the
Michigan Unemployment Compensation
Commission was noted during the
week ending December 80.
A total Of 23.511 such claims were
filed This was drop of 81 from the
previous weeks total Of 1855 and
again represents new low in Bhe
commissions history, according to
Harry A. Mcdonald, commission chair
man.
Compensable claims for weekly par
tial unemployment benefits set another
new low, dropping from 1,142 in the
previous week TO 9SJ in the week end
ing December 80. There were only lis
claims for monthly partial unemploy-
mem benefits. compared with 116 the
plevious week.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-12
Featherless Chicken Is
Clad in Cotton Shirt

CHERRY VALLEY, OHIO
Babe, little White Rock chicken
pet of Mrs. George Davis, never has
grown any feathers-but the chick
is comfortable in a cotton shirt
Mrs. Davis made.
Babe hasn't a feather" Mrs
DAVIS said. The other chickens
USED to peck him so / made the
shirt from old stockings
The shirt also protects Babe from
the blistering sun.
Mrs. Davis cut holes in the stock.
mgs to allow his wings and legs tc
slip through and made a drawstrine
so the shirt would fit snugly about
the neck.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-12
TOTAL
FIRE LOSS
T FOR YEAR 1888


Inc d11iAAal Ie4''lt :" 14'e4 "N'''--
AnSflm. II the Wyandotte fire del'ar NJ
In+lH. shows that the loss by fires il
rhe CITY dprine 1920 was amroximate
$1,000, ,,.,oo- ,.,
ana No.o'- Oh GIL 'tnSA'
This SHOWS reduction Uf Sl4-24'
over la9s. when he total loss was
e.. .r,, "a
i'i'u4" lion Sc ~ '''oVV' al ca So
III 10 square miles.
Alarms received for 1929. 24l: 1919,
-,
out # town Gals for 1928. >: 1889
Ke>,c.e calls 49,. a: 1873. III.
Los III prolrr.y Tor 1888. <l5.2eG.
20 1899. $500 ca.
I..>s ON contents for 1879 81 :st:;. -
1889. -, tr;2
in>urar. ,.p nronerty for 1898
H1.,Ip25. 1929. S,a,l IA
I,>ur.,r, ..,, contents for 1928 x1st4
ga. 1.Ya x.,..oc-1
V,lu.. az r,r,n.rty involved i'm l43S
S4I371j 1s,:a S7tlJ.314
VINE If ,,,l.:e,lts involved in 1925
"A. 1879 S.>D ITO
F.,-t ,,f ladders raised i'm 1898. 40:
14Sl talS
F.l<. alarm. 1928 IL. 1879 ~
Krx calls 1879 100. 1879 ~
T.,,,,b.u4 calls 1a2S ia 1929 ia
sim alarms 142S II. 1920 Il
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-12
MRS. LENA L.AFAYETTE'S
FUNERAL SET FOR TODAY

Mrs. Lena Lafayette, ~ 3347 Fourth
street, Trenton. died at the Wyand0tte
General hospital. january 10. follow
ing several months Illness She was
- years VI age.
Surviving are her husband. yelling
ton, her father, Noah LeRue Of Tren-
ton. and the following children: Mrs.
Nora Terwihinger, Mrs. Mary Foster,
Beatrice Cook, Russell TrOmbley. X "
Trosnbley Of Riverview, Mrs. Gladys
CarOlon, Clayton Mitchell, Of Wyan-
dOtte, and a sister, Mrs. Sylvia ThOmp-
son Of Riverview. Funeral services
will be held today Friday from the
Nixon funeral home, Rev. Firrschild
of Emmanuel Lutheran church offiei-
ating. Burial win be in BlOOmdale
cemetery.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-12
Indian Encampmsnt
Held Inst allation

George H. Brand. Of Detroit. grand
senior warden of Grand EllGlmpment
of Michigan. visited and participated
i'll the installation of Officers of III
dian Emcdmpment Of the IO.O.F., last
Friday evening He was accompanied
10y the p;tst grand patriarch IF Michi-
gan, Louis Sutliff, who also took part
in the service.
The other Installing officers were
Thomas AllmaIr,5 Jr., district deputy
jdniOr warden; Joseph Hume. district
deputy grand high priest: f. e. HOff-
helms. district deputy grand scribe, and
George Balm district deputy grand
treasurer.
Off t,l-S incf alled were: William
smith. chief patriarch Francis Thin
mes, senior warden; Andrew Simpson
high priest: William Shurmur. junior
warden: Elmer Smell. recording scribe
Frank KOlb. financial scribe; George
MrTaggart, treasurer.
Guy Murphy. guide; Joseph John
SiOn. inside sentinel: Arnold Decker
outside sentinel: Velva Barnes. first
watch; Lester Mclaughlin, SECOND
wnth; Fred JaclnEIn, third watch
Joseph Simon, fourth watch; Ward
Reed. first guard Of tent, and +. f.
Rasmussen. of River Rouge, second
guard of tent.
Ellsworth EllwoOd is the retiring
chief patriarch.
The eaTcampment accepted an invita-
tiOn TO go To Detroit OH Saturday, Jan
uary 20, To confer the golden rule de-
gree Plans are being made 10 20 by
bus. leaving the temple OH Elm street
at 40. 80 AZ ho be at Mack and Van
Dyke for a six o'clock supper. The
degree will be- exemdified at O'clOI&
followed Immediately by the royal pur-
pie degree.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-12
Vice-President.
Arthur E. Baisley,
Secretary


Trustee Kalash moved that the bills
be approved a. read. and that the
Treasurer be authorized to draw war
rants OIL the proper funds for the pay
ment uf same
Trustee HUmeiSter seconded the mo-
ton.
Ayes: Trustees Block. H0meiSter,
kalassh, Steele and Tucker.
Nays: None.
The motion was carried
The Cafeteria Report for the month
Of December showing lOss Of $685.
WAS received and placed on file.
Notice f Annual Meeting OF share
holders Of The National Bank If Wy
aildOtte was read.
Moved by Trustee Tucker. and sup
ported by Trustee Steele that T.. J
Haubrich and Fred X. Sc-hafer he an
pointed to represent the Board of I'd
rr.ltion at talis meeting Tuesday, Jan
uary q. 1910.
Ayes: Trustees Block. HOmeister
Kahl~ll, Steele and Tucker.
Nays: None.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-12

Small game licenses issued during
the 1889 small game season are good
until September 80, 1910. A small
game license and a gun permit are
needed by any person wishing to carry
a high powered rifle or shotgun with
buckshot. slug loads or ball cartridges,
EOI shooting coyotes. foxes, crows or
other unprotected animals. until the
end Of the last open season. After all
open seasons On protected animals oee
closed, the small game license and GIN
permit are needed for nse Of any fire
sIIa
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-12
Family Misses Diploma
First Time in II Year,

ST. JOSEPH, MO.-For the first
time IN IL years Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
-Westphelng have no diploma to
hang on the wall.
But the family has collected al
most enough sheepskins to paper the
wall. The diploma collection so far
includes 10 from nine different
schools. They were collected by six
children.
Four children are still in school
and the diploma yield is expected
to start again next year. They ex-
pect at least eight more graduating
certificates.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-12

The motion was carried.
communication from the National
ArasO,iatiGm Of Public School Boards
was received and placed on file.
Trustee Kalash moved 10 adj JIrn.
Trustee Tucker seconded the mOtioE.
Ayes: Trustees Block. HOIneister.
kalash, Steele and Tucker.
Nays: None.
The meeting was adjourned.
ARTHUR +. BAlSLEY,
Secretary.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-12
WydndOtte in
Years Gone By
40 YEARS AGO


Frightened away from Turski Brs,.
grocery in New Jerusalem un a Friday
night. the burglars returned on the fol-
lowing Tuesday and gained entrance
b5 saving cut part .f i door Then
they blew open the safe and got Il few
pennies for their trouble They missed
SO IN anOther compartment of the
safe
Local hanks elected these directors
In January, 1900: Wyaud"tte Savings
bank. j. =. Van ALStyIle F. Il. Sibley,
Ne ler, Charles w Thomas. Dr James
Catalan. T. H. Christian: First Com
nE-rcial and Savings hank. A VI. Sal
EGtte. August /, e-fflt-r Frank Marx,
William II DeIInan. William +. Lacey,
Henry II. Eby William II Lacy John
Desmond. Gustave a KaWp, }. ID.
Haven, Samuel T. Hendricks.
F"-ty years ago. WyaIvI,e WAS al
torn up over HpH-t-Lf"I' ,menl IL me
EGE"r laws The Herald gave an entire
column L" letter from Citizen" Who
advocated tl.. Withdrawal + batter
i,-- LOW aimed AZ Iht. dispensers IF
Intoxicating liquors" and making The
patron the objective p,iIt IF attack.
A4q reach him IL ole in whom You feel
Il personal Interest. and III kindly. per
SueSive words. lead him 70 the cunvic-
Z 49, iftrs - S2sbf
hi> family. aLd the community Will
b. elllArAtd 10y the withdrawal If his
patronage from the saloon
Tue Michigan Alkali Company paid
out $4OUU To employers Oh pay day
III january. 1900
For the entertainments Of customers,
Wiseman Brothers the mu>i al bar
bers," III the basement IF the First
Commercial and Savings bank. main
taine.d a piano i'll their shop.
p YEARS AGO
POSTMASTER f. y. Clark entertained
81 employees II the Wyandotte postOf-
flee and friends at Il banquet i'll the
Arlington hotel.
CONTRACTS were Let for adding Il So
clld story la the PdrdO garage OH Bid
de avenue
petition WAS filed with The City
Commission for The paving of Elm
Street
There was just one mere birth III
WyanduIte during 1914 than in 1913
Sit III 1914 Deaths. in 1914 numbered
OIty l1G. a. against IN in 1913.
WyanduIte residents of English birth
held their first annual social and dance
at Arbeiler hall.
The WyantlOtte Savings bank report
Ell total resources of 81 .G6J.J12.J7, i'll
January. 1919: the First Commercial
ard Savings Bank. S4lI..J919S.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-12

This is to certify that the above
wonders amounting 10 $2,661.61 have
been examined: that the articles or
services called for have been received !:
that prices and computations are cor
rect: that all invoices. receiving mo-
tnes and supporting data are attached
and in order, and that the proper ae-
counts have been charged.
The Urea Surer is hereby authorized
TO pay the above vouchers.
ClElS. III. Block,
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-12
Stolen Dog Back Home

COLDWATER, MICH. - Three
years ago someone stole Mack, an
English setter belonging to Clyde
Westlake. The other day the dog
returned heme.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-12

Ii was reported that Of all the ship
yards in the country which made state
ments To the government Us 10 what
they could do in a given length IF
time, the Wysndotte yard came the
nearest to keeping It's promises
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-12
Wyandotte in
the Last var

Police Captain john \. Denman re
ct-ved letter from The lnileS States
M I>Shal AT Detroit, stating that all
male. German aliens in WyandOtte over
II yesiI> Of age would have To register
with tile police Six days WAS allotted
fuI the work.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-12

Here w;lS one angle of the United
States entry in the world war 1t is Il
copy from an advertisement appearing
in The Herald. For Sale-1911 model
Ford sedan. Enlisted and have Ia use
for car Will he sold at biz sacrifice.
Can be- seen ut rs Plum street. Wyan-
d"tte. Mich. In gOud running cOndi-
ton