ELIM
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(Special Nugget Correspondence)
p February 9
Nome N'ugget:
As the weather has been so fine
In this part of the country for so
many days we have almost come
to the conclusion that the famous
“ground hog" has lost his power,
as he surely must have seen his
shadow on the second. Yet we
are having very warm weather
for this time of the year: the tern
perature has been above above
zero all of February and has been
as high as twenty above. It thaws
some in the middle of the day on
the south side, it saves fuel,
thanks to the weather man.
The men of Elim have been out
hunting seals this week and a few
have been caught. You may be
sure the food value of these ani
mals is * not overlooked.
The fur catch in this part of
the country has not been very
heavy as 'it was too cold In
Janaury, but now that it has mod
erated there have been a few furs
brought in t(o the village. We
hope that the natives may catch
many more as fur is about the
only source of income they have./
They wear nearly all white men's
clothing and they like to have
good clothing, nothing fine but
something durable and neat.
The mail from Unalakleet arriv
ed in town today with Misha
Charles, the old reliable mail car
rier at the handle bars. He ex
pects to go on tomorrow and we
are hoping for good weather for
him.
Brie Kotongan made a trip
down the line toward Unalakleet
this week and returned, but we
did not hear how far he went.
The landing field here is still in
good shape if any planes want to
land here on the ice. There is a
flag at the north end and also one
on the tyest side.
James Murray was busy the last
two weeks in the shop making a
new sled, but he has finished it
and is now using it.
The school has been visited by
colds and other things inthe line
of sickness that has made, quite a
j •
spotted record for the past month.
They are all better now.
The school has adopted a scheme
to try to get better acquainted
'with the English language. They
have organized two clubs with a
leader and a secretary and each is
tryingto out-do the other in speak
ing. English. The one whose side
talks the most eskimo has to fur
nish the other side a dinner and
it is progressing very well so far.
East month Margaret Charles,
leader of one of the sides lost out
and had to furnish the dinner.
Our school is not giving the
usual Washington Birthday pro
gram this year on account of so
much sickness that has kept so
many out of school.
The dog team travel this why
has been almost negligible and
the roadhouse in charge of Mrs.
Elvira Pleasant has not been pros
pering. but she is ready to care
for your hunger if you call at
_ Elim. C. S. Replogle ~s
GIRL REPORTER RISKS LIFE
GETTING SOOOP
“Final Edition’’ the Columbia
drama featuring Pat O’Brien and
Mae Clark is showing at the
Dream Theatre, Sunday.
Pat O’Brien plays the role of a
city editor of a metropolitan tab
loid. He is in love with a soph
isticated young sob sister, played
by Mae Clark. She refuses his
proposal of marriage on the
ground that she wants to marry
a man not a newspaper. He fires
her on the ground that she’s a
bum reporter and she gets so mad
about it that she gets out and
gets some Information about a
murder only the police know and
that they want to keep from the
papers.
“Am I good enough for you?’’
sighed the fond lover.
“No,” said the girl candidly,
"you’re not, but you’re too good
for any other girl.”
! THE
MUKLUK
TRAIL
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(BY E. L BARTLETT)
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 — The
! Interior Department appropriation
bill for the fiscal year 1935 pass
ed the House yesterday with no
changes "so far as Alaska is con
cerned.
During the days when the bill
whs being debated Delegate Dl
mond remained constantly on the
j floor of the House. Mindful of
I an occasion before lie was Dele
jgate when a member moved to
'strike out the entire appropria
tion for the Alaska Roa<L Commis
sion, Mr. Dimond stayed on the
job, ready to fight against any
move for substantial reduction of
the Alaska appropriation. For
tunately an^^perhaps because of
j continuous presence there was i
none.
Twice during the debate the
Delegate rose to address t he
House. Each time he urged that
the federal government be more
liberal in its treatment of Alaska
Indians. He pointed out that the
amount expended on them per cap
ita is substantially less than for
Indians in the States. Mr. Dimond
Indians, but it was defeated by the
increasing by $100,000 the bud
get figure for education of Alaska
fairness or generosity, if you call
I administration forces, who had
^pledged themselves before debate
;began not to increase any item.
| In urging adoption of his amend
!ment the Delegate said, in part;
“The native Indians of Alaska
ja.atf I include the Eskimos as well
!as the Indians have never been
i |
| treated with the same degree of j
fairnss or generos'ty, if you ,.call
I pr'rr-rriT-, .m-ci.i.i.«•••«*, * .«
lit that, as have he Indians of the .
United States. Under this bill !
the Indians of the United States 1
!who are in the ward status are!
given $60 per head for education j
and other relief, while In Alaska !
they are being given less than
half of that. They need the same
help in Alaska. They need It
there just as much as everywhere
else, and I think in son\e cases
the necessity is perhaps greater.
One of the troubles has been that
the Indians of Alaska have been
tab patient. It has never been
necessary at the end of a war in
wh ch a lot of people were kill
ed to make a treaty with them,
build schools for them, and take
care of them generally, as has
been the case in this country. In
Alaska, as elsewhere«,the people
who have demanded the most
have received the moat. The In
dians of the continental United
States have demanded a lot more
than the Indians of Alaska and
they have been accorded a great
deal more.
"It Is the duty of the govern
ment to give them a fair degree
of educat'on so that they can
meet the conditions wHh which
they will be confronted In civiliz
ed life. These are line, upright,
sturdy people. Theyare good cit
rons, and they have the making
of better citizens. You cannot
rxpect much for the futu'3 in the
way of decent and right cltizen
»blp from these people in'* Alaska,
who -are citizens of t.:e TTnited
i.ta.;>e under the mandatn of Ccn
f reus just as much as we are, un
I'.ss we furnish them fac'htiea for
i education. This has no; b^en
done. "A7hy can we not ni.;kr a
start now? I am asking only an
amendment of this bill requesting
an additional $100,000, and ~ in
making this request I am sur
prised at my own modesty, if I
did full justice to the Indians of
Alaska I should ask for double
the amount carried in the bill,
but I realize that as a practical
matter unless I make my de
mands modest I will not get any
thing. But $100,000, Mr. chair
man, will furn'sh a few schools
for some of the native children
of Alaska who are now going
without education.”
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The budget provision of a five
per cent increase in the pay of
federal employees commencing
July l moved successfully through
the House but is encountering
stubborn opposition in the Sen
ate, many of whose members be
lieve ther ought -to" be some re
storation immediately and that
the entire 16 per bent cut should
be eliminated-by t^ie beginn'ng of
the new fiscal year.
In the meantime Delegate Dl
mond is endeavoring to enlist the
support of Senators for his pro
posal that federal employees in
Alaska, because of the. higher cost
of living there, should be immed
iately exempted from all pay cuts.
Concerning thiB he has talked
with Senators Dill and Bone of
Washington, Lafollette of Wis
consin and Costlgan of Colorado
and has written to Norris of Ne
braska on the subject.
Senator Dill has proved him
self a good friend of Alaska. On
every occasion where he could
consistently do so, he has been
more than willing to co-operate
for the advancement of leglsla
iion for the betterment of the
territory. His assistance has been
much appreciated by Delegate Di
!ii and.
That the Coast Guard should
not be merged with the Navy Is
the considered opinion of the
Delegate and he has made that
opinion known to the President.
There has been considerable news
paper talk about such a union,
but little authentic information.
Looking at the problem from pur
ely a local angle. Mr. Dimond be
lieves the Coast Guard is better
able to perform its work in Alas
ka under the present set-up than
if It were a branch of the Navy.
WASHINGTON
CURRRANT
COMMENT
Chinese pirates renew their act
ivities. Perhaps piracy is the only
game in which Chinese have any
chance of coming out ahead, when
fore'gners are concerned.
An American 111m actor has been
arrested in Mexico for appearing
in public, wearing nothing but a
blanket, which slipped off during
his activities, whence it appears
that the standard of conduct ex
pected in Mexico is grade above
that which characterizes some Am
erican motion pictures.
Americanization classes for
aliens are being held in Washing
ton. They will be taugh arith
metic, among other things. Why
does someone not open a similar
school for financiers of the sort
who have been testifying before
Senate committees? When It
comes to the income tax they can
not count beyond ten.
"If a copperhead, water mocca
sin or rattler bites you, treat it
quickly." Sound advice, but what
is a person going to do if the
snake does not drink?
Mr. Hitler, condemned in many
quarters as the wild man of Eu
rope, has made at least one sound
move. He has arrested a citizen
who failed to vote. The plan might
be followed with profit in this
country. Something should be
done with the man who is too en
grossed with his private affairs, or
too big in his own estimation, to
get out to the polls with hia fell
ows.
A prominent New Yorker has
been requested to pay up about
a hundred and twenty-five thou
sand dollars in back income taxes
If he had a radio probably ho
tunod in the old song program
tor the day, including such sel
ections as Walt Till the Sun
Shines Annie, and Some Sweet
Day Bye and Bye.
I The fossil bones of a man said
! to have lived 30 million years ago.
have boon discovered In South Dak
. ota, and are being made the sub
jject of much current speculation.
Without detracting from the eff
orts of investigation as to the or
jigin of man, it is suggested that
I science might more profitably deal
with his future, or even his present,
Whether human beings descended
from apes Is of no great conse
quence to the fellow called upon
to bear the burden of the dayi
The vital question is whether or
not we are now acting like apes,
or manifesting characteristics that
point toward a reversion to an
ancient ape-like status.
.Alfred E. Smith has had some
good things to say about recon
struction and putting the world
again on its feet. They^have been
pr nted so widely that they need
not be repeated here. A word of
comment on** Mr. Smith personally
may not be out of order. It may
be said of him, as Seneca of Plato.
hat philosophy did not receive,
him as a noble though she made
him one.
A few years ago, the Washing
ton authorities tore down all but
two walls of the home of Francis
Scott Key, of Star Spangled Ban
ner tame, to make room for a
new bridge. It 1b now proposed
to restore the structure. The re
stored building will be like the
Indian’s hunting knife that be
longed to his great-grandfather.
His grandfather fitted it with a
new handle an his father supplied
it with a new blade. At the time
of the razing of the house, the
Washington officials apparently
forgot thej maxim that it it better
to be slow than sorry.
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A not ce that the plague has
Killed half a hundred in Russ'an
Asia passes almost without notice.
The middle aged in the United
States were small boys at the time
of the last cholera scare. Smal’
pox is almost unknown here. The
, , ...... w. ^
plakue is an utter stranger. When
inclined to be pessimistic, take
i verythlng into consideration, look
abroad, and take a glance at the 1
past, I
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