Memorial Plaque Flatters
Fairbanks Founder Is
Opinion of Contemporary
“Felix Pedro wasn’t any better
looking than you or me,” shouted
Charles Schiek, oldtime gold
miner of Fairbanks, to Peter
Dallosto, Fairbanks city street
foreman, as they examined the
bronze plaque that was to be
dedicated July 22 near the spot
where Pedro discovered gold in
1902.
“Charlie, you’re just jealous,
that’s all,” Dallosto, a country
man of Felix Pedro, shouted back
at the determined Schiek. “Don’t
you remember how the dance hall
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girls flocked around Pedro be
cause he was so handsome, and
you and I had to sit on the side
lines?”
“Aw bunk, Pete. This plaque
makes Pedro look like John
Barrymore. I never saw him
dressed up like this in all my
life,” Schiek continued, much to
the amusement of the members of
Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No* 4.
“Your memory is bad, Charlie.
Felix Pedro was a fine-looking
Italian. Big and strong. Something
like me—when I was younger,”
Dallosto stated.
The bronze plaque was unveil
ed at 7:00 p.m., yesterday on Dis
covery Claim on Pedrp Creek, 12
miles north of Fairbanks. Appro
priate ceremonies were conducted
by the Pioneers of Alaska to com
memorate the 50th anniversary of
the discovery of gold in the Fair
banks area.
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Emily Ivanoff Brown
Writes From Mt.
Edgecumbe San
Emily Ivanoff Brown, well
known Eskimo leader and teacher
for the ANS, underwent an opera
tion at the Mt. Edgecumbe Sani
torium on July 17'and sends her
greetings to her many friehds in
the Second Division.
She particularly wished to be
remembered to the students at
White Mountain School as she
had planned to be with them to
help pack fish for the winter.
To the parents of children now
in the sanitorium, Mrs. Brown
says,
“For the sake of the parents
who have children here, I would
like to try' and sketch a picture
for you in words. The hospital
has more than 300 beds and every
one of them is occupied. The or
thopedic section is swarming with
children — how fortunate Eskimo
parents, our own people, are to
have this wonderful opportunity
to get well.
“Dr. Moore is a blessing, espec
ially to the Eskimo children, hav
ing such a wonderful group of
other doctors working with him.
. “Two of my nephews are work
ing here. I have seen children
from Pt. Barrow, the Aleutians,
Southeastern villages, and women
from the lower Yukon and Unala
kleet were glad to see me.
“Eskimo families can be assured
their children will return home
with healthy bodies and minds
and be useful citizens of our won
derful country, the United States.
We are proud to be citizens.”
Mrs. Brown attended a confer
ence at Brigham City, Utah, be
fore entering the sanitorium.
We wish her a speedy recovery.
Sulfuric acid is consumed in
the United States at the rate of
about 157 pounds per year for
every man, woman and child.
SCHEDULED BUSH FLIGHTS
TUESDAY, FRIDAY —
Teller, Wales, and Shishmaref
WEDNESDAY — Deering, Candle, and Kotzebue.
MONDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY —
Solomon, Council, White Mt., Golovin, Haycock, >
1 Koyuk, Ungalik (Thurs.), Shaktoolik. Unalakleet.
DAILY SCHEDULED FLIGHTS
By DC-3 Starliner
Anchorage, McGrath, Unalakleet, and Nome
TUESDAY — Moses Point and Kotzebue.
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Officers Of The Christian)
Service Division .of The
Methodist Church are Here
Mrs. Robert Stewart, secretary
of the medical department of the
Women’s Division of Christian
Service of the Methodist Church
is on her annual visit to the MMM
Hospital which is one of the many
hospitals operated by this branch
of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Stewart is always a wel
come visitor in Nome as it was
through her efforts and vision
that Nome has one of the finest
hospitals in the territory.
She was accompanied by Miss
Emma Gurris, who is of the Social
and Welfare department of the
same organization. She is inter
ested in the work of the Lavinia
Wallace Young Mission which has
been expanded and improved un
der the excellent program organ
ized and administered by Miss
Esther McCoy for the young and
old of the community as a Com
munity Center.
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