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January 23* 1956
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10 Cents Per Copy
A drive for funds to operate the
STONE LAMP
The Homer Society of Natural History
has been informed that the stone lamp
found last year on Yukon Island is an
important find in the field of archae
ology* The Society received a letter
from Gordon H* Marsh of the department
of anthropology, University of Alaska,
giving some of the history of the peo
ple that once inhabited the Kachemak
Bay area and produced stone works of
art such as the lamp.
Professor Marsh stated, “as far as
current archeological information is
available, the distribution of this
type of stone lamp is largely confined
to the south coast of Alaska* Most of
the specimens reported come from the
Chugach and Kanyagh areas of Prince
William Sound, Cook inlet, and Kodiak
Island. (as you may know the “Aleuts"
«f Prince William Sound are referred to
in the scientific literature as Chu
gach, and the “Aleuts" of Kodiak Island
and the south ^oast of the Alaska Pen
insula are termed Kanyagh (also written
Kaniag and Koniag)* The Chugaches and
Kanyaghs are closely related linguist
tieally and can understand each other *s
speech without difficulty* These two
groups are linguistically distinct fr«n
the Aleutian Island Aleuts, who also
originally inhabited the tip of the
Alaska Peninsula as well as the Shuma
gin Islands, All of these groups of
"Aleuts” belong racially, linguistical
ly and culturally to the Eslcimo-Aleut
stock* The Eskimo-Aleut stock empris
es a series of related#populations or
iginally inhabiting the entire coastal
and tundra areas of arctic and subartic
North Amerita stretching all the way
from the south esast o£ Alaska at the
mouth of the Copper River through
southwestern and western Alaska and *
north along the coast to northern Alas
ka, including also St, Lawrence Island
and the Chuck&hi - Peninsula in Siberia,
and extending slear along the Arcti#
Sea Coast of northern Alaska and Candda
to Greenland and Labrador, where they
t fnmerly inhabited the coast as far
south as the northern shore of the Gulf
of St. Lawrence and even made inroads
over to the northern end of Newfound
land. The ancestors of the Eskimo-Al
eut stock came to North America from,
Asia by way of the Bering Strait area,
probably some 6 to 7 thousand ;years
ago.. The initial migration apparently
first came south from Bering Strait and
settled *in southern and southwestern
Alaska. From there, as their - number^
increased, they spread westward i*t©
the Aleutians, which they began #ccupy
ing some LOOO years ago, and also
northward again, seme of them returning
to Siberia and St* Lawrence Island,
while others migrated eastward till
they yeached Greenland a little over
1000 years ago* The first migration of
Eskimos to Greenland and Labrador was
followed by a second that pushed east
'froff Alaska around 800 years ago* Life
became r.oo difficult in the Canadian*
Arctic, and some of the Eskimos of the
sec o x1 migration returned to Alaska
' some ?C0 years ago, where they still
wi;statute and major linguistic element
ii tio Eskimo
PUD MEETING
The directors of the PUB met Monday
night to reconsider the proposed bound-*'
ary line for the exclusion vote on the
PUD set for February 21. The line now
runs from a point approximately one
half mile below Miller*s Lauding.west
to a point on the Bay near the BLM
ranger station* All land lying south
of the line will remain in the PUD and
the land lying north of the line will
be excluded, if residents living both
north and south of the line approve the
exclusion*
The directors had voted a week ago
on a boundary line that would have made
the PUD smaller than the latest propos
al. However, considerable discontent
was noted after the boundary line had
been set and the new and larger area
was established by the board.
•• • In other PUD news, Homer Thcapson,
PUD manager, states tha£ he received a
call from Irving Reed, territorial
* highway engineer last week. Reed said
that he and Harold Pcmeroy, acting as a
"taxpayer and a Homer resident, had gone
to see James Huston, director of Alaska
Public Works, to see if same thing
coulda’t be done about a boat harbor
for Homer. Two possible plans were
considered, Reed said. One was to try
to get the Territorial legislature t#
appropriate about a quarter* of ;a mil
lion dollars for the harbor, and the
second plan was to see if the firmer
harbor could mot be taken *ut of the
Cook Inlet Report now before Congress
and have*it acte# upo* on its own mer
its* Reed also said that a contrast
for the repair of the dock wae o« its
way to Homer.
TAG AN- SiTES
The District Engineers announced
last week that Homer and Kenai have
been designated as sites for the. in
stallation ; of TaGa^ facilities* 4 to
tal of 1? sites ^were chosen in the Ter
ritory with each installation estimated
to cost under #10#,00G* A mobile
TACAN station has. been i* •perati#® in
the Homer area for the past several'
months* ^UkOkH is the new tactical air
.navigation system used by the military*
PILOTS NOTE
Allen D* Hulenr CM director for the
Territory, and several members of the
GaA staff will be* in Hauer February 2
to meet 'with local pilots to acquaint
them with other CAA fields throughout
the Territory* Time for the meeting
has been set at 1 p*m*, according to
Bob Edlund, local Caa station manager.
FARM FORUM
a one-day farm forum has been sched
uled for tomorrow at the Fritz CGreek
Civic and Social Center, according to
Ed Leibenthal, Hauer extension agent*
Featured in the affair vh. ich will
get underway at 10a*m. will be Dr*
William Sweetman and Paul Martin of the
Palmer experiment station* Dr# Sweet
man will speak on “Care and Feeding of
Hcmer hospital as soon as the services
of a doctor are available, will get
underway this week, according to Mrs.
Margaret Anderson, chairman of the hos
pital committee. a mimeograph letter
to all boxholders will go out in the
mail today, Mrs. Anderson said, ex
plaining the need for the money.
The letter reads as follows:
In order to expand the Home r Health
Center to operate as a hospital and
support a full-tinle physician, we must
have the help and cooperation of every
one in the area. Primarily this means
MONEY l
To attract a permanent doctor, we must
set-up a projected budget for the com
ing year. The Kenai Peninsula Public
Utility district will appropriate ap
proximately ^0% of the fuods necessary
for this operation. We are asking for
your donation to supply the additional
funds needed.
We are herewith, submitting a plan
whereby you may receive something for
your investment in this very worthy
project. a oomplete record, including
reoeipt to you, will be kept of all
funds collected. If you or members of
your immediate family require hospital
ization, the amount Of your donation
will be deducted from your hospital
bill. This is to apply on all hospital
expenses, when an in-patient, excepting
doctor*s fees. This plan is good for
one year from the date of the official
opening-of the hospital. If you do not
require hospitalisation within this
period your contribution will be con
sidered a direct donation.
Please take or mail your contribution
to the P.U.D. office at your earliest
convenienpe, , making check payable to
Hcmer Hospital-Health Center Fund.
Your cooperation toward making this
hospital a success will be greatly ap
preciated.
Homer Hospital Board
Tcmorrow night, Tuesday, Mrs* Ander
sen vdll speak over the . Hamer Radio
Station and give other information cn
the hospital and the work #f the com
mittee*
Other committee members include Mrs.
Bernadine Mutch who will have charge of
the area outside of the PUD as far as
Clam Gulch, Jim Scott who will be in
charge of the area from Clam Gulch to
Kenai, Nelson Moyer and Russ Cronin
will concentrate their efforts on the
Homer area, and Matt Thome who is cur
rently out of town on business and will
not be able to return for the c^paign.
of Soils.” Dr. Sweetman will also talk
nn ,,Forages,” an address that was to
have been given by Dr. Hodgson who
will be unable to make the trip due to
a recently broken ankle.
Leibenthal said that the forum would
probably last until - about U*30 in the
afternoon. a luncheon will be served
by the Fritz Creek ladies. The cost of
the lunch was not announced.
All persons interested in agricul
ture are urged to > attend . the •. Tuesday
meeting.
The two extension service men will
present a similar program Y/ednesday
night at 8 p.m. at the Ninilchilc sohfO3*